cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Positivity of Segre-MacPherson classes
Creators: name: Aluffi, Paolo
name: Mihalcea, Leonardo C.
name: Schürmann, Jörg
name: Su, Changjian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Primary 14C17, 14M17, Secondary 32C38, 32S60

description: Let $X$ be a complex nonsingular variety with globally generated tangent bundle. We prove that the signed Segre-MacPherson (SM) class of a constructible function on $X$ with effective characteristic cycle is effective. This observation has a surprising number of applications to positivity questions in classical situations, unifying previous results in the literature and yielding several new results. We survey a selection of such results in this paper. For example, we prove general effectivity results for SM classes of subvarieties which admit proper (semi-)small resolutions and for regular or affine embeddings. Among these, we mention the effectivity of (signed) Segre-Milnor classes of complete intersections if $X$ is projective and an alternation property for SM classes of Schubert cells in flag manifolds; the latter result proves and generalizes a variant of a conjecture of Fehér and Rimányi. Among other applications we prove the positivity of Behrend's Donaldson-Thomas invariant for a closed subvariety of an abelian variety and the signed-effectivity of the intersection homology Chern class of the theta divisor of a non-hyperelliptic curve; and we extend the (known) non-negativity of the Euler characteristic of perverse sheaves on a semi-abelian variety to more general varieties dominating an abelian variety.
description: 20 pages; v2: improved exposition, in particular proof of the Main Theorem is given early in the paper, and the remaining part is dedicated to applications
Ground-based near-IR observations of the secondary eclipse of CoRoT-2b
Creators: name: Alonso, R.
name: Deeg, H. J.
name: Kabath, P.
name: Rabus, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the results of a ground-based search for the secondary eclipse of the 3.3 Mjup transiting planet CoRoT-2b. We performed near infrared photometry using the LIRIS instrument on the 4.2 m William Herschel Telescope, in the H and K_s filters. We monitored the star around two expected secondary eclipses in two nights under very good observing conditions. For the depth of the secondary eclipse we find in H-band a 3 sigma upper limit of 0.17%, whereas we detected a tentative eclipse with a depth of 0.16+-0.09% in the K_s-band. These depths can be translated into brightness temperatures of T_H<2250 K and T_{K_s} = 1890(+260-350) K, which indicate an inefficient re-distribution of the incident stellar flux from the planet's dayside to its nightside. Our results are in agreement with the CoRoT optical measurement (Alonso et al. 09) and with Spitzer 4.5 and 8 micron results (Gillon et al. 09c).
description: Astronomical Journal, accepted
PR - Potential Of A Beef System To Cash In On Seasonal Premiums (p265-272)
Creators: name: Trafford, G.M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Seasonal premiums
subject: autumn once bred heifers
subject: flexibility

description: Due to the vast majority of New Zealand livestock farming systems being based on pastoral feed, the flow of livestock for processing also follows a pattern dictated by this supply. This leads to the meat processing companies having very pronounced peaks and shoulders in the throughput of livestock. The result is that New Zealandâ€™s total beef kill could be processed in 28 weeks rather than the approximately 50 weeks that processors are operating. To try and smooth out the supply of livestock and to meet market requirements, meat companies offer seasonal premiums to encourage farmers to send in livestock at times which may not be optimal for biological efficiency. This paper uses a linear programming whole farm modelling technique to investigate the feasibility of a beef system which can capture some of these premiums without sacrificing feed quality and overall farm flexibility. The system, an autumn based â€˜once bred heiferâ€™ system (AOBH) has heifersâ€™ surplus to replacement requirements bred to calve in the autumn and then finished for slaughter in the following spring, a time when off-season premiums are at their highest. The results indicate when compared to a conventional model and spring based OBH system, the AOBH is more profitable and has the potential to provide more flexibility to the farming system.
description: Eighteenth International Farm Management Congress, Methven, New Zealand, 2011
Tobias Völkl, Via Duce – Die Eucharistie in der Theologie des Petrus Lombardus, Münster (Aschendorff) 2023
Creators: name: Ernst, Stephan
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2023

description: Tobias Völkl, Via Duce – Die Eucharistie in der Theologie des Petrus Lombardus, Münster (Aschendorff) 2023, 372 S. (Corpus Victorinum, 10), ISBN 978-3-402-10453-8, EUR 76,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2023/4
Wallflower : an exploration of female self-representation
Creators: name: Porteous, MMR
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: My project is an investigation, both theoretical and practical, of a mode of self-portraiture and autobiography which represents the self as a process, rather than as a fixed identity. It consists of a written thesis and an installation of drawings. The starting point was a fascination with works by four women - Gwen John, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Jean Rhys and Louise Bourgeois. These works all draw on self-portraiture and autobiography. A common motif in the selected works by these women is the use of a room to represent the self. The walls suggest a restrictive version of femininity through which images of repressed experience emerge. The works embody the inadequacy of traditional modes of representing and speaking the self to represent female experiences; and they also deal with the struggle with repressive versions of 'femininity'. They develop forms which represent a self as a process - not fully in the symbolic order of language and the mirror image, but disrupted by the unconscious, open to dreams and the body. They develop visual and textual strategies which catch the viewer up in this process. I have drawn on Kristeva's concept of feminism as a signifying space to argue that this representation can be seen as a liberating one. Language and art become possible sites for exploring new ways of representing female subjectivity in which individual experiences of fear, anger and desire can be felt pushing through the symbolic order, and the language and conventions which seek to repress and contain them. My method has been to make a close comparative textual analysis of the selected works, and to relate their formal strategies to contemporary theories of subjectivity and representation. I have also made a series of drawings which attempt to illustrate the formal structure of the works, and record my unconscious encounter with them. Part of the intention of the project was to find a way in which these two processes could be unified. The final result is a 'reading' room. The drawings use imagery drawn from the works, and from the lives of the artists, emerging from beneath a formal pattern symbolic of femininity. The room encloses the viewer and a narrative is suggested, but not stated.
Motivic Chern classes of Schubert cells, Hecke algebras, and applications to Casselman's problem
Creators: name: Aluffi, Paolo
name: Mihalcea, Leonardo C.
name: Schürmann, Jörg
name: Su, Changjian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Primary 14C17, 20C08, 14M15, Secondary 17B10, 14N15, 33D80

description: Motivic Chern classes are elements in the K-theory of an algebraic variety $X$, depending on an extra parameter $y$. They are determined by functoriality and a normalization property for smooth $X$. In this paper we calculate the motivic Chern classes of Schubert cells in the (equivariant) K-theory of flag manifolds $G/B$. We show that the motivic class of a Schubert cell is determined recursively by the Demazure-Lusztig operators in the Hecke algebra of the Weyl group of $G$, starting from the class of a point. The resulting classes are conjectured to satisfy a positivity property. We use the recursions to give a new proof that they are equivalent to certain K-theoretic stable envelopes recently defined by Okounkov and collaborators, thus recovering results of Fehér, Rimányi and Weber. The Hecke algebra action on the K-theory of the Langlands dual flag manifold matches the Hecke action on the Iwahori invariants of the principal series representation associated to an unramified character for a group over a nonarchimedean local field. This gives a correspondence identifying the duals of the motivic Chern classes to the standard basis in the Iwahori invariants, and the fixed point basis to Casselman's basis. We apply this correspondence to prove two conjectures of Bump, Nakasuji and Naruse concerning factorizations and holomorphy properties of the coefficients in the transition matrix between the standard and the Casselman's basis.
description: 49 pages; final version: improved exposition, to appear in Annales scientifiques de l'\'Ecole normale sup\'erieure
Karl Ubl, Köln im Frühmittelalter. Die Entstehung einer heiligen Stadt. 400–1100, Köln (Greven Verlag) 2022
Creators: name: Huffman, Joseph P.
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2023

description: Karl Ubl, Köln im Frühmittelalter. Die Entstehung einer heiligen Stadt. 400–1100, Köln (Greven Verlag) 2022, 513 p. (Geschichte der Stadt Köln, 2), ISBN 978-3-7743-0440-6, EUR 60,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2023/4
PR - To Be Or Not To Be Premium Pricing Of Swine Facility Farm Sales In A De Facto Moratorium Environment: The Case Of North Carolina (p427-436)
Creators: name: Van Der Hoeven, Guido
name: Zering, Kelly D.
name: Kotsiri, Sofia
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: moratorium
subject: regression
subject: steady-state live weight

description: There exists a de facto moratorium on the expansion of swine farms in North Carolina stemming from 1997 legislation due predominantly to the waste management issue from these types of farms. Swine farm operators are required to maintain a manure land application permit which specifies a maximum allowable steady state live weight (SSLW) at each site. New or expanded swine production capacity is effectively prohibited. The only option available for farm expansion is to purchase an existing swine farm with a valid SSLW permit and operate as it is or convert the farm type within the SSLW permit constraints. This leads to questions of how to value the permit or if a premium for swine farm purchase has developed since the beginning of the moratorium. Farm sales data from 130 swine farms in Southeastern North Carolina are evaluated in an attempt to answer this question. Initial results seem to indicate that a premium is applied to swine farm sales over the time period under study. Analysis provides insights into divergent characteristics of subsets within the sample. Preliminary regression analysis yields strong correlations of premiums with swine production capacity, land area, and other characteristic of farms sold. Planned data acquisition and additional analysis are described.
description: Eighteenth International Farm Management Congress, Methven, New Zealand, 2011
Claire Tignolet, Théodulf d’Orléans (vers 760–821). Histoire et mémoire d’un évêque carolingien, Turnhout (Brepols) 2023
Creators: name: Chevalier-Royet, Caroline
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2023

description: Claire Tignolet, Théodulf d’Orléans (vers 760–821). Histoire et mémoire d’un évêque carolingien, Turnhout (Brepols) 2023, 276 p., ill. en coul. (Haut Moyen Âge, 46), ISBN 978-2-503-60158-8, EUR 80,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2023/4
20200813 Supplement.pdf
Creators: name: Magnus, Maria Christine
name: Ferreira, Diana D.S.
name: Borges, Maria Carolina
name: Tilling, Kate
name: Lawlor, Deborah A.
name: Fraser, Abigail
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 111402 Obstetrics and Gynaecology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplementary online content for research paper titled:
Cardiometabolic health during early adulthood and risk of miscarriage: a prospective study
Hérold Pettiau, Anne Wagner (dir.), L’Évêque contesté. Les résistances à l’autorité épiscopale des Pays-Bas à l’Italie du Nord, Paris (Classiques Garnier) 2023
Creators: name: Weber, Matthias
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2023

description: Hérold Pettiau, Anne Wagner (dir.), L’Évêque contesté. Les résistances à l’autorité épiscopale des Pays-Bas à l’Italie du Nord, Paris (Classiques Garnier) 2023, 249 p. (Histoire religieuse, 5), ISBN 978-2-406-13356-8, EUR 25,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2023/4
Cosmic ray studies with a low multiplicity neutron monitor
Creators: name: Quang, Ta Trung
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: This thesis presents some investigations into (i) the effect of atmospheric variations and seasonal environmental changes on the counting rates of neutron monitors and the determination of the minimum thickness of polyethylene or silicon dioxide which may be used as shielding to minimize these effects, (ii) the design of a low multiplicity neutron monitor employing silicon dioxide as reflector, moderator and producer with the following aims: (a) relative freedom from environmental effects, (b) simpler statistical treatment of data and (c) lower cost and (iii) the application of this new type of monitor in the studies of cosmic ray intensity variations with reference to the statistics of observed counting rates, contribution to the total counting rate made by the various secondary components, barometric coefficient, atmospheric pressure and temperature effects, relative response, contribution of atmospheric multiple neutron production to the observed multiplicity distribution and cosmic ray scintillation studies in comparison with the other two conventional IGY- and IQSY-type neutron monitors.
PR - Agri-food Living Lab: The Virtual Meeting Place For Open Innovation On Farm Information Management And Ict Development (p496-504)
Creators: name: Wolfert, Sjaak
name: Kruize, Jan Willem
name: Verdouw, Cor
name: Beulens, Adrie
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: digital infrastructure
subject: software development
subject: business process management

description: Information exchange is a crucial factor in modern farm management, especially when the whole agri-food supply chain network is taken into account. This requires flexible information systems for which a common digital infrastructure is needed. Development of such an infrastructure is, technically and organizationally seen, a huge challenge. In this paper an open innovation approach called Agri-Food Living Lab is presented as an appropriate vehicle to support and conduct this development. In living labs, users and developers are co-operating in an open space to develop innovative ideas. Each player can use innovations, derived from this open space, to develop private or commercial applications. In this way, development of innovations is expected to be accelerated and based on a common investment in a digital infrastructure. The Agri-Food Living Lab is a community of practitioners tightly connected with a web portal functioning as a virtual meeting place and providing a structure and components that support information systems development. Current results show that use cases play a central role, while methodology components such as web services and reference process models are used to create coherence in the gradually developed infrastructure. A key success factor, which is currently not fulfilled, is creation of enough critical mass to boost the development and to create self-enhancement. To improve this, several actions concerning communication and stakeholder involvement are taking place and extensions are planned through connections with similar international platforms.
description: Eighteenth International Farm Management Congress, Methven, New Zealand, 2011
Focusing Cosmic Telescopes: Exploring Redshift z~5-6 Galaxies with the Bullet Cluster 1E0657-56
Creators: name: Bradač, M.
name: Treu, T.
name: Applegate, D.
name: Gonzalez, A. H.
name: Clowe, D.
name: Forman, W.
name: Jones, C.
name: Marshall, P.
name: Schneider, P.
name: Zaritsky, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The gravitational potential of clusters of galaxies acts as a cosmic telescope allowing us to find and study galaxies at fainter limits than otherwise possible and thus probe closer to the epoch of formation of the first galaxies. We use the Bullet Cluster 1E0657-56 (z = 0.296) as a case study, because its high mass and merging configuration makes it one of the most efficient cosmic telescopes we know. We develop a new algorithm to reconstruct the gravitational potential of the Bullet Cluster, based on a non-uniform adaptive grid, combining strong and weak gravitational lensing data derived from deep HST/ACS F606W-F775W-F850LP and ground-based imaging. We exploit this improved mass map to study z~5-6 Lyman Break Galaxies (LBGs), which we detect as dropouts. One of the LBGs is multiply imaged, providing a geometric confirmation of its high redshift, and is used to further improve our mass model. We quantify the uncertainties in the magnification map reconstruction in the intrinsic source luminosity, and in the volume surveyed, and show that they are negligible compared to sample variance when determining the luminosity function of high-redshift galaxies. With shallower and comparable magnitude limits to HUDF and GOODS, the Bullet cluster observations, after correcting for magnification, probe deeper into the luminosity function of the high redshift galaxies than GOODS and only slightly shallower than HUDF. We conclude that accurately focused cosmic telescopes are the most efficient way to sample the bright end of the luminosity function of high redshift galaxies and - in case they are multiply imaged - confirm their redshifts.
description: 12 pages, Accepted for publication in ApJ
Platforms for imagination : interaction with minimal furniture forms
Creators: name: Read, AS
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: This research project is an investigation of furniture within the public domain, both interior and exterior. Looking closely at the physical interaction with form in public space, it is a body of work that examines and questions traditional notions of function within furniture and reinterprets them through the use of forms that are hybrid objects, mixing the functional and the self-expressive asking; Can reduced furniture forms still provide a variety of functions and how can they stimulate the imagination of the user? Underpinning this research is the development of a strong minimal aesthetic, where forms have been pared back to simple basic components. This minimal visual language is used to create a functional ambiguity in the work and at the same time allow for, and develop, the possibility of creative personal interaction and functional choice on the part of the user. The research questions the nature of function in furniture and argues that reduced form does not necessarily restrict function, but rather enhances and engages it. Investigating the nature of the minimal form to provide multiple functional opportunities, the research also questions our traditional expectations of furniture. It examines the notion of the ambiguous form and identifies and explores the ability of people to find function in non-furniture objects. Blending the sculptural with the functional the project experiments with ideas of what furniture is and what it is supposed to look like. Intersecting the functional explorations of the project are examinations into the role of the imagination of the user. The project looks at the blending of the imagination and interaction through studies of children's toys, play grounds, play equipment, theatrical set design and stage props. Linking with theories concerning these subjects, the research investigates how a minimal form can be something different to each person and how, through imagination, these forms assume a variety of different functions. The project is located in a contextual field of artists and designers whose work is either concerned with minimal form or with questioning traditional notions of function. Minimalist designers such as Donald Judd and Enzo Mari are examined in relation to the aesthetics of the research whilst designers like Verner Panton, Karim Rashid and Andrea Zittel are identified through a connection with the functional concerns of the project. The theatre and playground designs of Isamu Noguchi have also been an important influence on this project. The resulting furniture pieces produced through this research are conceptual experiments not only with the functional and aesthetic aspects of furniture but also experiments in a social sense. It is furniture that seeks and encourages interaction personally and publicly. By distorting, expanding and playing with accepted ideas of furniture this research produces pieces that defy direct recognition as furniture and create a playful ambiguity in both their form and utility.
Scoparia negrosensis Leger 2024, sp. n.
Creators: name: Léger, Théo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Crambidae
Scoparia
Scoparia negrosensis

description: Scoparia negrosensis Léger, sp. n.
https://zoobank.org/64E6C7EA-DD2B-4A77-8EB5-C5867E80E1D9
Figs. 13, 70, 128.
MATERIAL
Holotype: ♀ (DNA voucher MFNLEP1169, genitalia on slide TL1481♀; BOLD sample ID PYPHI390-23, Genbank Accession Number PP211050). PHILIPPINES: Negros, Mt Talinis, shore of lake Nailig, 9.247706°N, 123.174851°E, 1580 m, 10-11.08.2012 (collectors unknown). Deposited in SMNS
Paratype: 2 ♂, 2 ♀ (detailed information in Table S1; https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.b8gtht7mh).
SIMILAR SPECIES
Scoparia aenea sp. n., Scoparia spadix.
DIAGNOSIS
Scoparia negrosensis sp. n. is superficially similar to S. aenea sp. n. and S. spadix (Fig. 13). In male genitalia (Fig. 70), this species is separated from other species of the spadix group by the very long gnathos projection about 2.4 times the length of the uncus and the ten straight cornuti of increasing length on the vesica. Female genitalia (Fig. 128) are virtually identical to those of Scoparia philippinensis.
HABITUS (FIG. 13)
Forewing length 7 mm (n = 1); ground color dark brown, with snow white and brown markings. Antemedian line white, well-marked. Longitudinal suffusions of brown scales running along cell veins and 1A+2A. Postmedian and subterminal lines white, narrowing towards each other at midlength without meeting. Subterminal area broadly suffused with brown. Fringes dirty white, distally dark brown. Hindwings dirty white, distally speckled with brown scales.
MALE GENITALIA (FIG. 70)
As in S. spadix except for the following characters: gnathos projection 2.4 X uncus length; vesica with ten straight cornuti of increasing length.
FEMALE GENITALIA (FIG. 128)
As in S. philippinensis.
DISTRIBUTION
PHILIPPINES: Negros. Collected at altitudes between 1580 and 1820 m.
DNA BARCODING
All five specimens sequenced yielded identical DNA barcodes.
ETYMOLOGY
Derived from Negros island where the species is encountered.
description: Published as part of Léger, Théo, 2024, Half of the Diversity Undescribed: Integrative Taxonomy Reveals 32 New Species and a High Cryptic Diversity in the Scopariinae and Crambinae of the Philippines (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), pp. 1-93 in Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists 3 (2) on pages 15-16, DOI: 10.18061/bssb.v3i2.9527, http://zenodo.org/record/15116964
Exotic complex Hadamard matrices, and their equivalence
Creators: name: Szöllősi, Ferenc
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Operator Algebras (math.OA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05B20; 46L10

description: In this paper we use a design theoretical approach to construct new, previously unknown complex Hadamard matrices. Our methods generalize and extend the earlier results of de la Harpe--Jones and Munemasa--Watatani and offer a theoretical explanation for the existence of some sporadic examples of complex Hadamard matrices in the existing literature. As it is increasingly difficult to distinguish inequivalent matrices from each other, we propose a new invariant, the fingerprint of complex Hadamard matrices. As a side result, we refute a conjecture of Koukouvinos et al. on (n-8)x(n-8) minors of real Hadamard matrices.
description: 10 pages. To appear in Cryptography and Communications: Discrete Structures, Boolean Functions and Sequences
PR - Strategies Of Precision Agriculture: Comparison Of Countries With/Without Land Resource (p297-306)
Creators: name: Yagi, Hironori
name: Howitt, Richard
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Precision agriculture
subject: Rice production
subject: Global Positioning System (GPS)

description: This paper compares the present situation of precision agriculture (PA) practices in US and Japanese rice production and presents desirable strategies for implementation. First, the accessibility of PA technology in the farm equipment market by farmers is investigated through interview surveys among Global Positioning System (GPS) dealers and salespersons of leading companies. Second, the actual uses of PA equipment are assessed by interview surveys among rice farmers in California and Japan. Third, the break-even cost reduction rate (BECR) of PA investment on farms is calculated to find out how much a farmer should reduce cost (or improve profit) to cover the overhead of PA equipment. The technology seems to be disseminating among relatively large farmers there in spite of the limited accessibility of PA and the small scattered rice fields in Japan. The BECR of the farms in both countries is quite similarâ€”around 1%. It probably reflects the risk and benefit of introducing PA to each farm. Since Japanese rice farmers obtain higher prices for the rice they produce not only because of the tariff barrier but also the quality standard, they can achieve a low BECR despite the smaller farm size.
description: Eighteenth International Farm Management Congress, Methven, New Zealand, 2011
Updated parameters for the transiting exoplanet WASP-3b using RISE, a new fast camera for the Liverpool Telescope
Creators: name: Gibson, N. P.
name: Pollacco, D.
name: Simpson, E. K.
name: Joshi, Y. C.
name: Todd, I.
name: Benn, C.
name: Christian, D.
name: Hrudková, M.
name: Keenan, F. P.
name: Meaburn, J.
name: Skillen, I.
name: Steele, I. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Some of the first results are reported from RISE - a new fast camera mounted on the Liverpool Telescope primarily designed to obtain high time resolution light curves of transiting extrasolar planets for the purpose of transit timing. A full and partial transit of WASP-3 are presented, and a Monte Carlo Markov Chain analysis is used to update the parameters from the discovery paper. This results in a planetary radius of 1.29^{+0.05}_{-0.12} R_J and therefore a density of 0.82^{+0.14}_{-0.09} p_J, consistent with previous results. The inclination is 85.07^{+0.15}_{-0.16} deg, in agreement (but with a significant improvement in the precision) with the previously determined value. Central transit times are found to be consistent with the ephemeris given in the discovery paper. However, a new ephemeris calculated using the longer baseline results in T_c(0) = 2454605.55915 +- 0.00023 HJD and P = 1.846835 +- 0.000002 days.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures, Accepted for publication in A&A
Fernand Peloux, Les premiers évêques du Languedoc. Une mémoire hagiographique médiévale, Genève (Librairie Droz) 2022
Creators: name: Krönert, Klaus
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2023

description: Fernand Peloux, Les premiers évêques du Languedoc. Une mémoire hagiographique médiévale, Genève (Librairie Droz) 2022, 616 p. (Hautes Études médiévales et modernes, 115), ISBN 978-2-600-05752-3, EUR 51,70.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2023/4
title: Optimal power management of residential microgrids with integrated renewable energy sources and plug-in electric vehicles
title: Βέλτιστη διαχείριση ενέργειας οικιακού μικροδικτύου με ενσωμάτωση ανανεώσιμων πηγών ενέργειας και διασυνδεδεμένα με το δίκτυο ηλεκτρικά οχήματα
Creators: name: Καλαϊτζακης Ιασων--Χρηστος
Publisher: name: Technical University of Crete
Year: 2020

description: The rapid development and diffusion of microgrids throughout the main grid has paved the way for new power management strategies to develop. The traditional structure of centralized power generation is being replaced with Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), while demand response strategies are introducing better load flexibility. Additionally, Electric Vehicles (EVs) are similarly increasing in popularity, therefore presenting new opportunities and challenges to the grid.
Considering the above, the aim of this dissertation is to develop an algorithm that accomplishes optimal operation of a residential household microgrid with a grid-connected EV and rooftop solar panels as the renewable energy source (RES). The algorithm focuses on minimizing the main cost equation through the fmincon function of Matlab, while simultaneously adhering to all the constraints inherent to the above power system. Additionally, multiple different scenarios regarding season, house occupancy and cost of power model are simulated, in order to showcase the effectiveness of the algorithm in a wide variety of environments. The significance of this dissertation is that it clearly illustrates the cost savings that can be achieved through the proper management of EVs and loads in a residential microgrid.
description: Η ραγδαία ανάπτυξη και διάχυση των μικροδικτύων σε όλη την έκταση του κεντρικού δικτύου επέτρεψε την ανάπτυξη νέων στρατηγικών διαχείρισης ισχύος. Η παραδοσιακή αρχιτεκτονική της κεντρικής παραγωγής αντικαθίσταται με κατανεμημένη παραγωγή, ενώ οι στρατηγικές απόκρισης ζήτησης εισάγουν καλύτερη ευελιξία στα φορτία. Παράλληλα, τα ηλεκτρικά οχήματα επίσης γίνονται ολοένα και πιο δημοφιλή, δημιουργώντας έτσι νέες ευκαιρίες και προκλήσεις στο δίκτυο.
Λαμβάνοντας υπόψη τα παραπάνω, στο πλαίσιο αυτής της Διπλωματικής εργασίας αναπτύχθηκε ένας αλγόριθμος που επιτυγχάνει τη βέλτιστη λειτουργία ενός οικιακού μικροδικτύου με ηλεκτρικό αυτοκίνητο συνδεδεμένο στο δίκτυο και ηλιακούς συλλέκτες στην οροφή. Ο αλγόριθμος επιχειρεί την ελαχιστοποίηση της κύριας συνάρτησης κόστους μέσω της συνάρτησης fmincon της Matlab, ενώ τηρεί ταυτόχρονα όλους τους περιορισμούς που είναι εγγενείς στο παραπάνω σύστημα ισχύος. Επιπλέον, προσομοιώνονται πολλαπλά διαφορετικά σενάρια σχετικά με την εποχή, τις ώρες παρουσίας/απουσίας των ενοίκων στο σπίτι, καθώς και το κόστος ηλεκτρικής ενέργειας, προκειμένου να αναδειχθεί η αποτελεσματικότητα του αλγορίθμου σε ευρεία ποικιλία συνθηκών. Στόχος της παρούσας διπλωματικής είναι η εξοικονόμηση δαπανών η οποία μπορεί να επιτευχθεί μέσω της σωστής διαχείρισης του ηλεκτρικού οχήματος και των φορτίων στο οικιακό μικροδίκτυο.
20200813 Supplement.pdf
Creators: name: Magnus, Maria Christine
name: Ferreira, Diana D.S.
name: Borges, Maria Carolina
name: Tilling, Kate
name: Lawlor, Deborah A.
name: Fraser, Abigail
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111402 Obstetrics and Gynaecology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplementary online content for research paper titled:
Cardiometabolic health during early adulthood and risk of miscarriage: a prospective study
Additional file 4 of The pelvis urinary microbiome in patients with kidney stones and clinical associations
Creators: name: Liu, Fengping
name: Zhang, Nan
name: Wu, Yunhong
name: Jiang, Peng
name: Jiang, Tingting
name: Wang, Yang
name: Zhang, Yuwei
name: Zhai, Qixiao
name: Zou, Yeqing
name: Feng, Ninghan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 4: Figure S2. Bacterial genera distribution between the groups. The relative abundances of the major genera in males and females in the SKP samples (A), in pre menstrual and post menstrual females in the SKP samples (B), in males and females in the Bladder A samples (C) and in pre menstrual and post menstrual females in the Bladder A samples (D), as determined by 16S rDNA gene sequencing, in the SKP and NSKP samples were more similar to the Bladder A samples than the blood samples. “Others” includes all detected bacteria.
The Modified Stroop effect and eating disorders
Creators: name: Read, Belinda
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: The use of the Modified Stroop task in assessing attentional bias and cognitive processing underlying psychopathology is reviewed, with particular focus on eating disorders. It is argued that the modified Stroop effect obtained with food or body related stimuli is not specific to individuals with eating disorders but also occurs in individuals high on dietary restraint. The relationship between the Stroop effect and recovery from eating disorders is examined addressing the issue of whether the Stroop effect is concomitant with current symptomatology or reflects an underlying vulnerability trait that remains after recovery. Methodological issues such as varying approaches to statistical analyses, stimuli word choice and control words are considered. The influences of participant characteristics such as eating disordered symptomatology and general psychopathology as well as hunger state on the Stroop effect are evaluated. Further directions for increasing knowledge of the conditions under which the effect occurs are indicated. The Stroop effect is considered as evidence for the existence of schematic processing of food and body shape related information and implications of this for understanding of disordered eating behavior and treatment are considered.
Klaus Oschema, Peter Rückert, Anja Thaller (Hg.), Starke Frauen? Adelige Damen im Südwesten des spätmittelalterlichen Reiches, Stuttgart (Kohlhammer) 2022
Creators: name: Fößel, Amalie
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2023

description: Klaus Oschema, Peter Rückert, Anja Thaller (Hg.), Starke Frauen? Adelige Damen im Südwesten des spätmittelalterlichen Reiches, Stuttgart (Kohlhammer) 2022, 292 S. (Sonderveröffentlichungen des Landesarchivs Baden-Württemberg), ISBN 978-3-17-042251-3, EUR 28,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2023/4
Cosmological Dark sector from a Mimetic-Metric-Torsion perspective
Creators: name: Chothe, Hiyang Ramo
name: Dutta, Ashim
name: Sur, Sourav
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We generalize the basic theory of mimetic gravity by extending its purview to the general metric-compatible geometries that admit torsion, in addition to curvature. This essentially implies reinstating the mimetic principle of isolating the conformal degree of freedom of gravity in presence of torsion, by parametrizing both the physical metric and torsion in terms of the scalar `mimetic' field and the metric and torsion of a fiducial space. We assert the requisite torsion parametrization from an inspection of the fiducial space Cartan transformation which, together with the conformal transformation of the fiducial metric, preserve the physical metric and torsion. In formulating the scalar-tensor equivalent Lagrangian, we consider an explicit contact coupling of the mimetic field with torsion, so that the former can manifest itself geometrically as the source of a torsion mode, and most importantly, give rise to a viable `dark universe' picture from a mimicry of an evolving dust-like cosmological fluid with a non-zero pressure. A further consideration of higher derivatives of the mimetic field in the Lagrangian leads to physical bounds on the mimetic-torsion coupling strength, which we determine explicitly.
description: 39 pages, 4 figures
NPR - Whatâ€™s It Worth If You Stay On The Farm (p236-243)
Creators: name: Baker, John R.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Farm Management
subject: Succession
subject: Inheritance
subject: Contribution

description: The aging farm population, the need for replacement farmers for those who are or will retire, beginning farmer schemes and farm family business succession planning have been and continue to be issues that are receiving a great deal of attention over the last several years. An example is the current United States Farm Bill that contains approximately eighteen million US dollars to fund grants awarded through the Beginning Farmer/Rancher Development Program. Other examples of the interest in new farmers and farm family business succession include the FARMTRANSFER international research project. FARMTRANSFERS is a collaboration between Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa USA, Exeter University, Exeter, Devon, UK and the University of Plymouth, Plymouth, Devon, UK. A postal survey is employed to determine whether or not a successor has been of identified; demographic information on the owner/operator and the successor; the transfer of decision making authority to the successor and the timing thereof; and, the estate plan of the owner. Another example of interest in beginning farmers, farm entry opportunities and farm succession is the International Farm Transition Network (IFTN) that was established in 1990 and has grown to twenty member organizations throughout the United States and Canada. The IFTN members provide a variety of services including educational seminars on farm business succession planning. Historically farm succession seminars have focused on issues such as business entities, financing the purchase of the farm and estate planning. Recently the emphasis has begun to shift to the intersection of the individualsâ€™ priorities and goals with the selection of the business entities and estate plans. One area of particular difficulty for parent/owners is the division of assets by the estate plan. In a 2006 FARMTRANSFERS survey of Iowa farmers who had an estate plan responded the best plan was to divide the land equally among all heirs regardless of participation in the farm business. This distribution often results in the demise of the farm business as the successor cannot afford to buy out the other heirs. How then should the contribution of the one farm be valued and how should it be credited?
description: Eighteenth International Farm Management Congress, Methven, New Zealand, 2011
The role of information systems and technology : an integrative approach to managing the Tasmanian rock lobster industry
Creators: name: Richards, TJ
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: This thesis is about the role of information systems and technology (IS/IT) in the seafood industry. The topic is part of an ongoing research initiative driven by the Tasmanian Rock Lobster Fishermen's Association (TRLF A) to gain a better understanding of rock lobster supply chains, product and information flows, price formation, market trends and business cultures. Limited understanding of such issues may explain a widely held perception among members of the Association that fishers and processors are 'price takers' for a scarce and valued commodity. In trying to develop their knowledge of supply chains, the TRLF A has sought IS/IT solutions to improve market access, and communication and information flows, and to allow its members more often to be 'price makers'. The overarching aim of this research has been to create strategies to ensure a viable and sustainable future for the industry. Two novel IS/IT models are developed and tested via consultation with key stakeholders, who have provided feedback on the cases and helped to verify assumptions about the supply chain. Using data modelling techniques, current and future industry supply chains are mapped. An industry profile is established using an analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT analysis). One particular IS/IT model, including a strategic plan for the Tasmanian rock lobster industry, is then recommended on the basis of Critical Success Factor (CSF) analysis. The work is indebted to numerous theories, methodologies and techniques from qualitative social research and information systems; an understanding of fisheries policy is also important to the project. This multi-disciplinary approach reflects my conviction that an integrative approach to the management of the Tasmanian rock lobster industry is central to sustainable outcomes. In the final analysis, the salience of the research goes beyond making improvements to supply chain management. Hence, attention is also paid to the fact that the Tasmanian rock lobster industry has played a significant part in the social and economic development of the island state. The industry has, in fact, provided a reason for the existence of small rural towns and communities there; however these communities have become increasingly affected by the mixed effects of globalisation and the rationalisation of businesses and technologies, making them sometimes highly dependent upon resource extraction, a situation which underscores the need to create new and appropriate management strategies that reduce dependency on exogenous forces and influences.
Topology of weak $G$-bundles via Coulomb gauges in critical dimensions
Creators: name: Sil, Swarnendu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 58E15, 53C07

description: The transition maps for a Sobolev $G$-bundle are not continuous in the critical dimension and thus the usual notion of topology does not make sense. In this work, we show that if such a bundle $P$ is equipped with a Sobolev connection $A$, then one can associate a topological isomorphism class to the pair $\left( P, A\right),$ which is invariant under Sobolev gauge changes and coincides with the usual notions for regular bundles and connections. This is based on a regularity result which says any bundle in the critical dimension in which a Sobolev connection is in Coulomb gauges are actually $C^{0,α}$ for any $α< 1.$ We also show any such pair can be strongly approximated by smooth connections on smooth bundles. Finally, we prove that for sequences $(P^ν,A^ν)$ with uniformly bounded $n/2$-Yang-Mills energy, the topology stabilizes if the $n/2$ norm of the curvatures are equiintegrable. This implies a criterion to detect topological flatness in Sobolev bundles in critical dimensions via $n/2$-Yang-Mills energy.
NPR - Dairy Advantage: Growing North Carolinaâ€™s Dairy Industry Through Improved Farm Management Practices (p118-123)
Creators: name: Benson, Geoffrey A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Industrial Organization
subject: Dairy industry development
subject: farm business management
subject: profit teams

description: This paper describes a dairy development program created by members of the North Carolina dairy industry to slow or reverse the downward trend in the stateâ€™s milk production. Under leadership provided by several organizations, a strategic plan was developed for the industry that included: an assessment of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats; goal setting; an assessment of resources; and an action plan. The action plan called for the acquisition of additional resources, improved coordination in developing and delivering programs for dairy producers and their families, and the development of two new programs that integrate farm production management and farm business management. Great progress has been made in implementing this action plan. A Dairy Farm Assessment Program provides dairy producers an opportunity to clarify their family and business goals, and have their farm resources, farm production performance, and farm financial performance and health reviewed by a two-person team. Guidance is provided on future directions and priorities. A Profit Team Program builds on the farm assessment and creates a team of advisors to assist the dairy producer and family to achieve their goals. Results to date have been largely intangible but the program leadership firmly believes the foundation has been laid that has an increased probability of successfully achieving the stated goals.
description: Eighteenth International Farm Management Congress, Methven, New Zealand, 2011