cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Building Human-like Communicative Intelligence: A Grounded Perspective
Creators: name: Dubova, Marina
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Modern Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems excel at diverse tasks, from image classification to strategy games, even outperforming humans in many of these domains. After making astounding progress in language learning in the recent decade, AI systems, however, seem to approach the ceiling that does not reflect important aspects of human communicative capacities. Unlike human learners, communicative AI systems often fail to systematically generalize to new data, suffer from sample inefficiency, fail to capture common-sense semantic knowledge, and do not translate to real-world communicative situations. Cognitive Science offers several insights on how AI could move forward from this point. This paper aims to: (1) suggest that the dominant cognitively-inspired AI directions, based on nativist and symbolic paradigms, lack necessary substantiation and concreteness to guide progress in modern AI, and (2) articulate an alternative, "grounded", perspective on AI advancement, inspired by Embodied, Embedded, Extended, and Enactive Cognition (4E) research. I review results on 4E research lines in Cognitive Science to distinguish the main aspects of naturalistic learning conditions that play causal roles for human language development. I then use this analysis to propose a list of concrete, implementable components for building "grounded" linguistic intelligence. These components include embodying machines in a perception-action cycle, equipping agents with active exploration mechanisms so they can build their own curriculum, allowing agents to gradually develop motor abilities to promote piecemeal language development, and endowing the agents with adaptive feedback from their physical and social environment. I hope that these ideas can direct AI research towards building machines that develop human-like language abilities through their experiences with the world.
The Gold-plated mode revisited: sin(2 beta) and B^0 to J/Psi K_S in the Standard Model
Creators: name: Boos, Heike
name: Mannel, Thomas
name: Reuter, Jurgen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the corrections to the determination of sin(2 beta) from the time dependent CP asymmetry of B^0 to J/Psi K_S which arise in the standard model. Although a precise prediction of these corrections is not possible we find that they are indeed extremely small, of the order of less than a per mil of the observed value. This means in turn that any deviation visible at the B factories will be a clear signal for new physics.
description: 15 pages, 4 postscript figures
EGYPTIAN FEEDLOT PRACTICES, COSTS, AND RETURNS
Creators: name: Shapouri, Shahla
name: White, T. Kelley
name: Khedr, Hassan
name: Shapouri, Shahla
name: White, T. Kelley
name: Khedr, Hassan
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1985
Subjects: subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Egypt
subject: feedlots
subject: meat
subject: costs
subject: returns

description: A survey of feedlot farms in Egypt shows important variations in operational characteristics, costs, and returns among regions, different sizes of operation, and management systems. Overall, the degree of feedlot utilization was low, less than 70 percent of capacity. Weight gain per day for local breed was lower than for foreign and crossbreeds (1 to 15 percent). Budget analysis showed that the return to average producers covers variable costs and leaves a margin to fixed factors and management, especially for private feedlots. Differences in farm management decisions, on types and weights of animals entering and leaving feedlots, and types of feed ration had a significant effect on costs and returns to farmers.
Elastic colloidal monopoles and reconfigurable self-assembly in liquid crystals
Creators: name: Yuan, Ye
name: Liu, Qingkun
name: Senyuk, Bohdan
name: Smalyukh, Ivan I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Monopole-like electrostatic interactions are ubiquitous in biology and condensed matter, but they are often screened by counter-ions and cannot be switched from attractive to repulsive. In colloidal science, where the prime goal is to develop colloidal particles that mimic and exceed the diversity and length-scales of atomic and molecular assembly, electrostatically charged particles cannot change the sign of their surface charge or transform from monopoles to higher-order multipoles. In liquid-crystal colloids, elastic interactions between particles arise to minimize the free energy associated with elastic distortions in the long-range alignment of rod-like molecules around the particles. In dipolar, quadrupolar and hexadecapolar nematic colloids, the symmetries of such elastic distortions mimic both electrostatic multipoles and the outmost occupied electron shells of atoms. Electric and magnetic switching, spontaneous transformations and optical control of elastic multipoles, as well as their interactions with topological defects and surface boundary conditions, have been demonstrated in such colloids. However, it has long been understood that elastic monopoles should relax to uniform or higher-order multipole states because of the elastic torques that they induce. Here we develop nematic colloids with strong elastic monopole moments and with elastic torques balanced by optical torques exerted by ambient light. We demonstrate the monopole-to-quadrupole reconfiguration of these colloidal particles by unstructured light, which resembles the driving of atoms between the ground state and various excited states. We show that the sign of the elastic monopoles can be switched, and that like-charged monopoles attract whereas oppositely charged ones repel, unlike in electrostatics. We also demonstrate the out-of-equilibrium dynamic assembly of these colloidal particles.
Impacts of Fuel Pricing and Non-Price Allocation Scenarios On High and Low Risk Crop Producers
Creators: name: Kliebenstein, James B.
name: Farthing, Douglas C.
name: Kliebenstein, James B.
name: Farthing, Douglas C.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1979
Subjects: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: Since the substantial increases in energy prices and the realization that the United States economy is heavily dependent on foreign oil, there has been much debate on needed oil policies. These debates have centered primarily around two alternatives--price and non-price rationing. Absorption of these policy impacts are not necessarily uniform among firms. This study summarizes the impacts on high and low risk crop producers as a result of governmental non-price fuel allocation levels versus fuel price increases to conserve fuel. For high risk crop producers fuel price increases had little or no impact on their fuel usage levels. Fuel prices and non-price allocation strategies were both effective in cutting fuel usage by low risk producers.
TAXATION AND AGRICULTURE: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SELECTED JOURNALS
Creators: name: Davis, Neal
name: Hanson, Gregory D.
name: Kinnucan, Henry
name: Davis, Neal
name: Hanson, Gregory D.
name: Kinnucan, Henry
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1986
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: Taxes
subject: income taxes
subject: finance
subject: leverage
subject: tax liabilities
subject: tax reform
subject: costs of production
subject: marketing
subject: depreciation
subject: subsidies

description: This bibliography references and briefly describes journal articles of tax issues that directly or indirectly apply to agriculture. While most of the literature reviewed is from agricultural economics journals, tax articles published in other journals that have relevance for agriculture are included as well. A number of annotations are finance oriented--dealing with issues such as the role of leverage in the growth processes of farm firms. These articles are included in the bibliography because of the prominent role played by taxes in the models discussed. This bibliography does not include property tax and real estate tax issues.
title: The Work Of Joseph Estlin Carpenter In The Field Of Comparative Religion
Creators: name: Marshall, Dennis Vernon
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2001

description: This thesis examines how Joseph Estlin Carpenter (1844-1927) used his skills in Comparative Religion to propagate a distinctive evolutionary scheme that elevated his own Unitarian Christianity. 1. The introductory chapter looks at Carpenter’s life and career and explores some of the written and human sources of inspiration for his Comparative Religion work. 2. Chapter 2 begins with an exploration of the trends and authorities in nineteenth century Unitarianism in both Britain and the USA. Carpenter’s Christianity is then examined in depth with a consideration of the different emphases at the different stages of his career. 3. The next chapter considers how Carpenter understood the theory of evolution. Different ways of how Carpenter applied the theory are examined. This is followed by an examination of the criteria he used to determine the evolutionary status of the religions. 4. In Chapter 4, a closer examination is made of Carpenter’s assessment of Buddhism and how it was presented in the light of his criteria for advanced evolutionary status. 5. Chapter 5 explores Carpenter’s work in relation to Hinduism and how he assessed the religion by application of his evolutionary assessment criteria. 6. The final chapter assesses the intelligibility of Carpenter’s evolutionary scheme, his contribution to the inter-faith movement, his contribution to Comparative Religion and his contribution to Unitarian thought.
Cognitive Computing to Optimize IT Services
Creators: name: Ali, Abbas Raza
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper, the challenges of maintaining a healthy IT operational environment have been addressed by proactively analyzing IT Service Desk tickets, customer satisfaction surveys, and social media data. A Cognitive solution goes beyond the traditional structured data analysis by deep analyses of both structured and unstructured text. The salient features of the proposed platform include language identification, translation, hierarchical extraction of the most frequently occurring topics, entities and their relationships, text summarization, sentiments, and knowledge extraction from the unstructured text using Natural Language Processing techniques. Moreover, the insights from unstructured text combined with structured data allow the development of various classification, segmentation, and time-series forecasting use-cases on the incident, problem, and change datasets. Further, the text and predictive insights together with raw data are used for visualization and exploration of actionable insights on a rich and interactive dashboard. However, it is hard not only to find these insights using traditional structured data analysis but it might also take a very long time to discover them, especially while dealing with a massive amount of unstructured data. By taking action on these insights, organizations can benefit from a significant reduction of ticket volume, reduced operational costs, and increased customer satisfaction. In various experiments, on average, upto 18-25% of yearly ticket volume has been reduced using the proposed approach.
description: 2018 IEEE 17th International Conference on Cognitive Informatics & Cognitive Computing (ICCI* CC)
THE NEW ECONOMIC MECHANISM IN BULGARIAN AGRICULTURE
Creators: name: Cochrane, Nancy
name: Cochrane, Nancy
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1986
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Bulgaria
subject: New Economic Mechanism
subject: reform
subject: agricultural management
subject: prices
subject: costs
subject: agricultural trade
subject: cost-accounting
subject: self-sufficiency

description: A set of economic reforms called the New Economic Mechanism (NEM) was introduced in Bulgaria in 1979 in an attempt to reverse a decade of slowing production growth and escalating costs. The NEM was intended to spur productivity increases by decentralizing management, giving individual production units more control over production and input decisions, and tying enterprise income and workers' wages more closely to production results. However, in the 4 years since its implementation the NEM has not yet been fully implemented. Decisionmaking is still highly centralized, and unprofitable firms continue to be subsidized. While production growth has been respectable, it has been achieved at great cost to the Bulgarian economy as input costs have continued to rise. Agricultural exports have not risen as fast as was hoped, and imports have increased. Imports from the United States have declined, on the other hand, and are not expected to rise much during the rest of the eighties.
Additional file 1 of A novel and more efficient biosynthesis approach for human insulin production in Escherichia coli (E. coli)
Creators: name: Govender, Kamini
name: Naicker, Tricia
name: Lin, Johnson
name: Baijnath, Sooraj
name: Chuturgoon, Anil Amichund
name: Abdul, Naeem Sheik
name: Taskeen Docrat
name: Kruger, Hendrik Gerhardus
name: Govender, Thavendran
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 1. Figure S1a. An image depicting a purified PCR product of human proinsulin gene. Lane 1 contains the one kb molecular weight marker, and lane 2 contains the purified BamHI, and an XhoI ended PCR product of human proinsulin gene (345 bp). b. An image displaying colony PCR products of positive transformants obtained from clones that contain the pET21b-hPin vector. Lane 1 contains the one kb molecular weight marker, and lanes 2-5 contain colony PCR amplicons (345 bp). Figure S2. An image depicting a MALDI-TOF spectrum of standard human insulin as a positive control. Figure S3. A LC–MS chromatogram illustrating 1 mM IPTG induced biosynthesised human insulin sample. Figure S4. A MALDI-TOF standard curve of the human insulin standard at 0 ng, 10 ng, 50 ng, 100 ng, and 1000 ng. Figure S5. A peptide spectrum illustrating the protein sequence of standard human insulin, which was 90% similar to the human insulin sequence derived from Scaffold 1.4.4 software. Table S1. Peptide fragmentation table of crude biosynthesised human insulin, which yielded a 100% match to human insulin in the protein database.
The Nucleon-Mass Difference in Chiral Perturbation Theory and Nuclear Forces
Creators: name: Friar, J. L.
name: van Kolck, U.
name: Rentmeester, M. C. M.
name: Timmermans, R. G. E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A new method is developed for treating the effect of the neutron-proton mass difference in isospin-violating nuclear forces. Previous treatments utilized an awkward subtraction scheme to generate these forces. A field redefinition is used to remove that mass difference from the Lagrangian (and hence from asymptotic nucleon states) and replace its effect by effective interactions. Previous calculations of static Class II charge-independence-breaking and Class III charge-symmetry-breaking potentials are verified using the new scheme, which is also used to calculate Class IV nuclear forces. Two-body forces of the latter type are found to be identical to previously obtained results. A novel three-body force is also found. Problems involving Galilean invariance with Class IV one-pion-exchange forces are identified and resolved.
description: 20 pages, 2 figures, latex - submitted to Physical Review C
Trapping Single Ions and Coulomb Crystals with Light Fields
Creators: name: Karpa, Leon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The scope of this book is on providing insight into the recently emerged field of optical trapping of ions. Since the ground-breaking introduction of light fields as tools for exerting trapping forces on matter in 1970 by Ashkin, optical dipole traps have enabled an unprecedented level of control over neutral atoms and molecules both at the level of quantum ensembles as well as individual particles. It was found recently that in some situations it is highly advantageous to confine atomic and molecular ions without employing any radiofrequency-based Paul traps or strong external magnetic fields as used in Penning traps, e.g. when investigating the interaction of neutral atoms and ions in the regime of ultralow interaction energies. Adapting optical traps for ions is a promising way to approach such scenarios and the focus of this work is to present a comprehensive overview of the background and concepts behind this technique as well as to discuss the currently achievable level of control, encountered limitations and perspectives for future applications.
description: In press as part of the "SpringerBriefs in Physics" book series. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27716-1
Spherical Domain Wall formed by Field Dynamics of Hawking Radiation and Spontaneous Charging-up of Black Hole
Creators: name: Nagatani, Yukinori
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the Hawking radiation in the gauge-Higgs-Yukawa theory. The ballistic model is proposed as an effective description of the system. We find that a spherical domain wall around the black hole is formed by field dynamics rather than thermal phase-transition. The formation is a general property of the black hole whose Hawking temperature is equal to or greater than the energy scale of the theory. The formation of the electroweak wall and that of the GUT wall are shown. We also find a phenomenon of the spontaneous charging-up of the black hole by the wall. The Hawking radiation drives a mechanism of the charge-transportation into the black hole when C- and CP-violation are assumed. The mechanism can strongly transport the hyper-charge into a black hole of the electroweak scale.
description: 24 pages, 6 figures, LaTeX2e with elsart-style and graphicx-macro
Non-dispersive analytical solutions to the Dirac equation
Creators: name: Campos, Andre G.
name: Cabrera, Renan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper presents new analytic solutions to the Dirac equation employing a recently introduced method that is based on the formulation of spinorial fields and their driving electromagnetic fields in terms of geometric algebras. A first family of solutions describe the shape-preserving translation of a wavepacket along any desired trajectory in the x-y plane. In particular, we show that the dispersionless motion of a Gaussian wavepacket along both elliptical and circular paths can be achieved with rather simple electromagnetic field configurations. A second family of solutions involves a plane electromagnetic wave and a combination of generally inhomogeneous electric and magnetic fields. The novel analytical solutions of the Dirac equation given here provide important insights into the connection between the quantum relativistic dynamics of electrons and the underlying geometry of the Lorentz group.
description: 12 pages, 2 figures
ASSESSMENT OF THE SOVIET FOOD PROGRAM
Creators: name: Koopman, Robert B.
name: Koopman, Robert B.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1986
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: International Development
subject: USSR food program
subject: USSR agricultural production
subject: USSR agriculture policies

description: The Soviet food program, officially introduced in 1982, has had no significant impact on Soviet agriculture. Rising production costs and slow growth in per capita production of many agricultural products remain the rule today. Poor coordination and cooperation between agriculture and its related sectors continue. Prospects for improvement in production depend upon short-term, nonsystemic factors rather than dramatic changes in the basic Soviet system under which agriculture operates.
The Laplace transform of the fourth moment of the zeta-function
Creators: name: Ivić, Aleksandar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11M06; 11F72; 11F66

description: The Laplace transform of $|ζ(1/2+it)|$ is investigated, for which a precise expression is obtained, valid in a certain region in the complex plane. The method of proof is based on complex integration and spectral theory of the non-Euclidean Laplacian.
description: 8 pages
FARM-LEVEL EFFECTS OF SOIL CONSERVATION AND COMMODITY POLICY ALTERNATIVES: MODEL AND DATA DOCUMENTATION
Creators: name: Sutton, John D.
name: Sutton, John D.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1986
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Soil conservation policies
subject: commodity policies
subject: erosion
subject: linear programming

description: This report documents a profit-maximizing linear programming (LP) model of a farm typical of a major corn-soybean producing area in the Southern Michigan-Northern Indiana Drift Plain. The model is structured to help analyze after-tax income and erosion effects of soil conservation and commodity program options on cash-grain farms having various land, labor, and financial resources.
Priocera strigilla Opitz 2021, nov.sp.
Creators: name: Opitz, Weston
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Priocera
Priocera strigilla

description: Priocera strigilla OPITZ nov.sp. (Figs 75, 95, 167)
 HOLOTYPE: ♂. Type locality: MEXICO: Michuocán, Jct. Hwy 4 & Huetamo, rd., e Morela, vii.8.1947, 83, T. H. Hubbell, 2100 m (WFBM). PARATYPES: México: Estado de Colima, Lago La Maria, 22-VII-1995, 1,250 m, beating, J. Rifkind, A. Reischneider (JNRC); Estado de Hidalgo, El Chico, 10-VII-1947, C. Bolivar (WOPC).
D i a g n o s i s: Color: Castaneous, except antennae, distal area of tibiae, tarsi, and apical region of elytra testaceous; each elytron, with 3 yellow spots, one circular at elytral base near mesoscutellum, one angular in front of middle near epipleural margin, one shorttransverse behind middle near sutural margin.
 D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 10.0 mm; width 3.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 167. Head: Cranium coarsely sculptured, carinose, eyes wider than frons, latter wider than length of antennal pedicel (EW /FW 40/35). Thorax: Pronotum coarsely punctate, carinose, with 2 tumescenses (PW /PL 110/155); elytral disc sculptured with striate, asetiferous punctures that extend to elytral distal 4/5 th, elytral apex rounded (EL /EW 440/90); metathoracic femur gradually broadened to femoral apex. Abdomen: Aedeagus as in Fig. 75.
N a t u r a l h i s t o r y: The available specimens were collected during July and August, at altitudes that range from 1,500 to 2,100 m.
D i s t r i b u t i o n (Fig. 95): This species is known from México.
 E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet, strigilla, is a Latin name that stems from striga (= a furrow); with reference to the macrosculpture on the cranium.
description: Published as part of Opitz, Weston, 2021, Taxonomic revision of the Western Hemisphere checkered beetle genus Priocera KIRBY (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae), pp. 1145-1255 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 52 (2) on page 1201, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5038854
title: Σύγκριση των στρατηγικών ελέγχου κυκλοφορίας TUC και Max Pressure κάνοντας χρήση προσομοίωσης στο οδικό δίκτυο των Χανίων
title: Comparison of two control strategies TUC and Max Pressure by using the simulated urban network of Chania city
Creators: name: Ιωακειμιδου Κωνσταντινα
Publisher: name: Technical University of Crete
Year: 2020

description: Σε μια εποχή όπου η κυκλοφοριακή συμφόρηση στα αστικά κέντρα ολοένα και μεγαλώνει, η αξιοποίηση του οδικού δικτύου μέσω της εφαρμογής σύγχρονων στρατηγικών κυκλοφοριακού ελέγχου είναι κάτι παραπάνω από επιβεβλημένη. Επομένως ένα σημαντικό πρόβλημα που απαιτεί τη βέλτιστη δυνατή λύση είναι αυτό της επιλογής της καταλληλότερης στρατηγικής κυκλοφοριακού ελέγχου.
Η παρούσα διπλωματική εργασία επικεντρώνεται στην στρατηγική τοπικού ελέγχου Max-Pressure (και στις παραλλαγές της). Σκοπός της εργασίας είναι η σύγκριση της στρατηγικής Max-Pressure με μια στρατηγική κεντρικού ελέγχου καθώς και μια στρατηγική σταθερού χρόνου σε τρία διαφορετικά σενάρια ζήτησης (ελαφρύ, βαρύ, συμφόρηση). Για την πραγματοποίηση των συγκρίσεων αυτών λαμβάνεται ως σημείο αναφοράς ο έλεγχος σταθερού χρόνου και η μελέτη αφορά το οδικό κυκλοφοριακό δίκτυο των Χανίων.
Τα αποτελέσματα που προέκυψαν με τη βοήθεια του μικροσκοπικού προσομοιωτή AIMSUN, φανερώνουν την καταλληλότητα των στρατηγικών που εξετάστηκαν ανάλογα με τις συνθήκες κορεσμού που επικρατούν κάθε φορά στο δίκτυο.
Η έρευνα κατέληξε στο συμπέρασμα ότι τα δυναμικά σενάρια αποδίδουν καλύτερα. Πιο συγκεκριμένα, η στρατηγική Max-Pressure με χρήση πληροφορίας από τους κατάντη γειτονικούς κόμβους φαίνεται να είναι η πιο κατάλληλη για τα σενάρια αυξημένης ζήτησης καθώς κατά την εφαρμογή της παρουσιάζεται ο μικρότερος χρόνος καθυστέρησης των οχημάτων στο δίκτυο.
Θα πρέπει να σημειωθεί ότι για την στρατηγική κεντρικού ελέγχου TUC δεν χρησιμοποιήθηκαν οι δυνατότητες ρύθμισης του offset και του κύκλου του δικτύου, έτσι ώστε να είναι πιο αντικειμενική η σύγκριση με την στρατηγική τοπικού ελέγχου Max-Pressure που λόγω της φύσης της δεν παρέχει τέτοιες δυνατότητες. Αν χρησιμοποιούσαμε τεχνικές ρύθμισης του offset  και του κύκλου η TUC θα παρουσιαζόταν πάντα ως η καλύτερη επιλογή.
Quantum gravity at a large number of dimensions
Creators: name: Bjerrum-Bohr, N. E. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the large-$D$ limit of Einstein gravity. It is observed that a consistent leading large-$D$ graph limit exists, and that it is built up by a subclass of planar diagrams. The graphs in the effective field theory extension of Einstein gravity are investigated in the same context, and it is seen that an effective field theory extension of the basic Einstein-Hilbert theory will not upset the latter leading large-$D$ graph limit, {\it i.e.}, the same subclass of planar diagrams will dominate at large-$D$ in the effective field theory. The effective field theory description of large-$D$ quantum gravity limit will be renormalizable, and the resulting theory will thus be completely well defined up to the Planck scale at $\sim 10^{19}$ GeV. The $(\frac1D)$ expansion in gravity is compared to the successful $(\frac1N)$ expansion in gauge theory (the planar diagram limit), and dissimilarities and parallels of the two expansions are discussed. We consider the expansion of the effective field theory terms and we make some remarks on explicit calculations of $n$-point functions.
description: 18 pages, 23 figures (75 files), format RevTex4, typos corrected, references added
SLE(κ,ρ) martingales and duality
Creators: name: Dubedat, Julien
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 60G17, 60G52, 60K35. (Primary)

description: Various features of the two-parameter family of Schramm-Loewner evolutions SLE(κ,ρ) are studied. In particular, we derive certain restriction properties that lead to a ``strong duality'' conjecture, which is an identity in law between the outer boundary of a variant of the SLE(κ) process for κ\ge 4 and a variant of the SLE(16/κ) process.
description: Published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/009117904000000793 in the Annals of Probability (http://www.imstat.org/aop/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)
Analysis of an algebraic model for the chromophore vibrations of CF$_3$CHFI
Creators: name: Jung, C.
name: Mejia-Monasterio, C.
name: Taylor, H. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We extract the dynamics implicit in an algebraic fitted model Hamiltonian for the hydrogen chromophore's vibrational motion in the molecule $CF_3CHFI$. The original model has 4 degrees of freedom, three positions and one representing interbond couplings. A conserved polyad allows the reduction to 3 degrees of freedom. For most quantum states we can identify the underlying motion that when quantized gives the said state. Most of the classifications, identifications and assignments are done by visual inspection of the already available wave function semiclassically transformed from the number representation to a representation on the reduced dimension toroidal configuration space corresponding to the classical action and angle variables. The concentration of the wave function density to lower dimensional subsets centered on idealized simple lower dimensional organizing structures and the behavior of the phase along such organizing centers already reveals the atomic motion. Extremely little computational work is needed.
description: 27 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Priocera uncinata Opitz 2021, nov.sp.
Creators: name: Opitz, Weston
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Priocera
Priocera uncinata

description: Priocera uncinata OPITZ nov.sp. (Figs 78, 99, 171)
HOLOTYPE: ♂. Type locality: Amazon, Bates (Brazil) (BMNH).
D i a g n o s i s: Dark castaneous, except elytra bicolored, mostly dark castaneous, with 3 aggregates of yellow markings, one spot near basal margin, one angular aggregate at mid-elytron, one spot anterior to elytral apex.
D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 8.2 mm; width 2.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 171. Head: Frons narrower than length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 45/7. Thorax: Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescenses and small central fissure (PW /PL 90/133); elytral disc slightly depressed at middle, sculptured with striate, asetiferous punctures in basal 1/2, elytral apex rounded (EL /EW 210/45); metathoracic femur gradually increasing in diameter to femoral apex. Abdomen: Aedeagus as in Fig. 78.
D i s t r i b u t i o n (Fig. 99): This species is known from the Amazon.
 E t y m o l o g y: Thetrivialname, uncinata, is a Latin noun that stems from uncus (= hook), with reference to the spurs on the phallobasic lobes.
description: Published as part of Opitz, Weston, 2021, Taxonomic revision of the Western Hemisphere checkered beetle genus Priocera KIRBY (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae), pp. 1145-1255 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 52 (2) on page 1203, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5038854
Magnetic-field induced spin-Peierls instability in strongly frustrated quantum spin lattices
Creators: name: Richter, Johannes
name: Derzhko, Oleg
name: Schulenburg, Jörg
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: For a class of frustrated antiferromagnetic spin lattices (in particular, the square-kagomé and kagomé lattices) we discuss the impact of recently discovered exact eigenstates on the stability of the lattice against distortions. These eigenstates consist of independent localized magnons embedded in a ferromagnetic environment and become ground states in high magnetic fields. For appropriate lattice distortions fitting to the structure of the localized magnons the lowering of magnetic energy can be calculated exactly and is proportional to the displacement of atoms leading to a spin-Peierls lattice instability. Since these localized states are present only for high magnetic fields, this instability might be driven by magnetic field. The hysteresis of the spin-Peierls transition is also discussed.
description: 5 pages, 1 figure, new version corresponds to that published in PRL
An Economic Analysis of Agricultural Practices Related to Water Quality: The Ontario (Oregon) Hydrologic Unit Area
Creators: name: Kim, C. S.
name: Fleming, Ronald
name: Adams, Richard M.
name: English, Marshall
name: Sandretto, C.
name: Kim, C. S.
name: Fleming, Ronald
name: Adams, Richard M.
name: English, Marshall
name: Sandretto, C.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
subject: groundwater quality
subject: BMPs
subject: hydrology
subject: Ontario HUA

description: This paper evaluates the effects of adopting Best Management Practices (BMPs) on groundwater quality in the Ontario (Oregon) HUA by incorporating time lags associated with nitrate leaching and groundwater flow. Results indicate that the Federal drinking water standard of no more than 10 ppm may be accomplished in 12 years by adopting improved irrigation systems such as auto-cutback systems or solid-set sprinkler systems. However, the adoption of both improved irrigation systems and nutrient management systems, such as sidedressing and ceasing fall fertilization, would be necessary to meet the strict Oregon drinking water standard of 7 ppm.
Asymptotic behavior of solutions to elliptic and parabolic equations with unbounded coefficients of the second orderin unbounded domains
Creators: name: Kozono, Hideo
name: Terasawa, Yutaka
name: Wakasugi, Yuta
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We study an asymptotic behavior of solutions to elliptic equations of the second order in a two dimensional exterior domain. Under the assumption that the solution belongs to $L^q$ with $q \in [2,\infty)$, we prove a pointwise asymptotic estimate of the solution at the spatial infinity in terms of the behavior of the coefficients. As a corollary, we obtain the Liouville-type theorem in the case when the coefficients may grow at the spacial infinity. We also study a corresponding parabolic problem in the $n$-dimensional whole space and discuss the energy identity for solutions in $L^q$. As a corollary we show also the Liouville-type theorem for both forward and ancient solutions.
description: 11 pages
Additional file 6 of Metabolic and evolutionary responses of Clostridium thermocellum to genetic interventions aimed at improving ethanol production
Creators: name: Holwerda, Evert K.
name: Olson, Daniel G.
name: Ruppertsberger, Natalie M.
name: Stevenson, David M.
name: Murphy, Sean J. L.
name: Maloney, Marybeth I.
name: Lanahan, Anthony A.
name: Amador-Noguez, Daniel
name: Lynd, Lee R.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 6: Supplemental text S6. Discussion of convergent mutations not related to ethanol production.
Prospects for Strong Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics with Superconducting Circuits
Creators: name: Girvin, S. M.
name: Huang, Ren-Shou
name: Blais, Alexandre
name: Wallraff, Andreas
name: Schoelkopf, R. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a realizable architecture using one-dimensional transmission line resonators to reach the strong coupling limit of cavity quantum electrodynamics in superconducting electrical circuits. The vacuum Rabi frequency for the coupling of cavity photons to quantized excitations of an adjacent electrical circuit (qubit) can easily exceed the damping rates of both the cavity and the qubit. This architecture is attractive for quantum computing and control, since it provides strong inhibition of spontaneous emission, potentially leading to greatly enhanced qubit lifetimes, allows high-fidelity quantum non-demolition measurements of the state of multiple qubits, and has a natural mechanism for entanglement of qubits separated by centimeter distances. In addition it would allow production of microwave photon states of fundamental importance for quantum communication.
description: 18 pages (preprint style) incl. 2 figures and 2 tables
Priocera unimacula Opitz 2021, nov.sp.
Creators: name: Opitz, Weston
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Priocera
Priocera unimacula

description: Priocera unimacula OPITZ nov.sp. (Figs 89, 173)
 HOLOTYPE: ♀. Type locality: VENEZUELA, Aragua, Rancho Grande, 1200-1400m, Aug. 13, 1988, C&L. O’Brien & Wibmer (FSCA). PARATYPE: 1 specimen. Venezuela: Estado de Aragua, Rancho Grande, 13- VIII- 1988, 1,200 -1,400 m, C.& L. O’Brien & Wibner (WOPC).
 D i a g n o s i s: Cranium black; antennae testaceous; pterothorax castaneous; elytra bicolored, mostly castaneous, with with one, cross-like yellow marking at middle, apical 1/5 th yellow; legs mostly black, base of mesofemu and metafemu testaceous; abdomen yellow.
D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 7.0 mm; width 1.8 mm. Form: As in Fig. 173. Head: Epicranium with wrinkles; frons about as wide as length of antennal pedicel (EW /FW 40/8). Thorax: Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescenses and small central fissure (PW /PL 75/110); elytral disc slightly depressed at middle, sculptured with striate asetiferous punctures that extend posteriorly slightly beyond elytral 1/2 (EL /EW 310/55); metathoracic femur gradually increasing in diameter to femoral apex. Abdomen: Pygidium scutiform.
V a r i a t i o n: The 2 available specimens are quite homogeneous.
N a t u r a l h i s t o r y: The type was collected during August, at an altitude between 1,200 and 1,400 m.
D i s t r i b u t i o n (Fig. 89): This species is known from the Venezuela.
 E t y m o l o g y: The trivial name, unimacula, is a Latin compound name that stems from the prefix uni (= one) and macula (= spot), with reference to the single cross-like marking in the middle of the elytral disc.
description: Published as part of Opitz, Weston, 2021, Taxonomic revision of the Western Hemisphere checkered beetle genus Priocera KIRBY (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae), pp. 1145-1255 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 52 (2) on page 1204, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5038854
Andrena flavipes Panzer 1799
Creators: name: Gérard, Maxence
name: Fiordaliso, William
name: Ferrais, Louise
name: Fournier, Chloé
name: Hairault, Malo
name: Lheureux, Lise
name: Rosa, Paolo
name: Ghisbain, Guillaume
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Andrenidae
Andrena
Andrena flavipes

description: Andrena flavipes Panzer, 1799
Conservation status
LC
description: Published as part of Gérard, Maxence, Fiordaliso, William, Ferrais, Louise, Fournier, Chloé, Hairault, Malo, Lheureux, Lise, Rosa, Paolo & Ghisbain, Guillaume, 2025, Wild bee diversity of the National Park of the Semois Valley (Belgium), pp. e 144223 in Biodiversity Data Journal 13 on page e144223, DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.13.e144223
Scathophaga longiaculeata OZEROV 2009
Creators: name: V, Marco
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Lauxaniidae
Scathophaga
Scathophaga longiaculeata

description: Scathophaga longiaculeata OZEROV, 2009a
H o l o t y p e: male, Ethiopia, Shawa, Menageska forest, 3050 m a.s.l., 9°02′N 38°35E, 19.IV.2005, A. Friedburg leg. (TAUI).
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Ethiopia, Uganda (OZEROV 2009a).
description: Published as part of V, Marco, 2021, Annotated supplements to catalogues of the family Scathophagidae (Diptera) in the world, with new taxonomic data, notes on some species and new list of species, pp. 1267-1306 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 52 (2) on page 1269, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5038982
Long-Term World Agricultural Commodity Baseline Projections
Creators: name: Commodity Economics Division And Agriculture And Trade Analysis Division
name: Commodity Economics Division And Agriculture And Trade Analysis Division
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Food Security and Poverty
subject: baseline
subject: projections
subject: crops
subject: livestock
subject: world food security

description: This report provides longrun projections for the global agricultural sector, focusing on 1995 through 2005 prospects for foreign commodity markets. These "baseline" projections were made in December 1993 and represent one plausible longrun scenario for the projection period. The projections reflect a composite of model results and judgmental analysis. The projections are a conditional, current policy scenario with no shocks and are based on specific assumptions regarding the macroeconomy, the weather, and international developments. Baseline projections are provided for selected commodities and countries. Longrun baseline projections are used in the U.S. Department of Agriculture to support ongoing activities such as assessing the impact of foreign developments on U.S. agriculture, budget reviews, farm program administration and management, and assessing issues related to world food security. Additionally, they provide a point of departure for discussion of alternative policy scenarios.
Dromogaster incompta VOCKEROTH 1995
Creators: name: V, Marco
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Scathophagidae
Dromogaster
Dromogaster incompta

description: Dromogaster incompta VOCKEROTH, 1995
H o l o t y p e: male, Canada: Billy, Alta. [= Alberta], 1.VI.1924, D. Bryant leg. (CAS).
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Canada: Alberta, Saskatschevan (VOCKEROTH 1995).
description: Published as part of V, Marco, 2021, Annotated supplements to catalogues of the family Scathophagidae (Diptera) in the world, with new taxonomic data, notes on some species and new list of species, pp. 1267-1306 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 52 (2) on page 1270, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5038982
Buying Into Comparative Pricing : Exploring Purchase Intention and Satisfaction
Creators: name: Bizon, Elisabelle
name: Didier, Max
name: Mamnuat, Nameera
name: Newman, Jax
name: Radziszewski, Maxime
name: Sharan, Meilee
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: In this study, we aimed to investigate how comparative pricing strategies influence purchase satisfaction and intent to purchase among UBC students. We conducted a between subjects design to explore how providing a reference price alongside the at-cost price of an item affects consumers’ purchase intent and satisfaction of purchase. We anticipated that consumer purchase intent and satisfaction would increase when consumers were provided with a reference price compared to when only the at-cost price is presented. Using a Qualtrics survey, participants (N=135) were randomly assigned to one of two conditions. In the control condition, they were presented with six food items with only the at-cost price, and in the experimental condition, participants were presented with the same items with both the at-cost price and reference price. In both conditions, we examined our data using a satisfaction Likert scale and a dichotomous Yes or No questionnaire on purchase intention. Our results indicated a statistically significant increase in purchase satisfaction and intent when consumers were presented with both the at-cost price and reference price of food items. The results supported our notion that using comparative pricing strategies can improve consumer purchase satisfaction and purchase intent in an at-cost context. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”
Additional file 4 of Metabolic and evolutionary responses of Clostridium thermocellum to genetic interventions aimed at improving ethanol production
Creators: name: Holwerda, Evert K.
name: Olson, Daniel G.
name: Ruppertsberger, Natalie M.
name: Stevenson, David M.
name: Murphy, Sean J. L.
name: Maloney, Marybeth I.
name: Lanahan, Anthony A.
name: Amador-Noguez, Daniel
name: Lynd, Lee R.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 4: Figure S4. Evidence for wild type arrangement of gapDH locus.
Evidence for a Structurally-driven Insulator-to-metal Transition in VO2: a View from the Ultrafast Timescale
Creators: name: Cavalleri, A.
name: Dekorsy, Th.
name: Chong, H. H.
name: Kieffer, J. C.
name: Schoenlein, R. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We apply ultrafast spectroscopy to establish a time-domain hierarchy between structural and electronic effects in a strongly-correlated electron system. We discuss the case of the model system VO2, a prototypical non-magnetic compound that exhibits cell doubling, charge localization and a metal-insulator transition below 340 K. We initiate the formation of the metallic phase by prompt hole photo-doping into the valence band of the low-T insulator. The I-M transition is however delayed with respect to hole injection, exhibiting a bottleneck timescale that corresponds to half period of the phonon connecting the two crystallographic phases. This experiment indicates that this controversial insulator may have important band-like character.
description: 17 pages, 5 figures
Andrena humilis Imhoff 1832
Creators: name: Gérard, Maxence
name: Fiordaliso, William
name: Ferrais, Louise
name: Fournier, Chloé
name: Hairault, Malo
name: Lheureux, Lise
name: Rosa, Paolo
name: Ghisbain, Guillaume
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Andrenidae
Andrena
Andrena humilis

description: Andrena humilis Imhoff, 1832
Conservation status
LC
description: Published as part of Gérard, Maxence, Fiordaliso, William, Ferrais, Louise, Fournier, Chloé, Hairault, Malo, Lheureux, Lise, Rosa, Paolo & Ghisbain, Guillaume, 2025, Wild bee diversity of the National Park of the Semois Valley (Belgium), pp. e 144223 in Biodiversity Data Journal 13 on page e144223, DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.13.e144223
Additional file 5 of Metabolic and evolutionary responses of Clostridium thermocellum to genetic interventions aimed at improving ethanol production
Creators: name: Holwerda, Evert K.
name: Olson, Daniel G.
name: Ruppertsberger, Natalie M.
name: Stevenson, David M.
name: Murphy, Sean J. L.
name: Maloney, Marybeth I.
name: Lanahan, Anthony A.
name: Amador-Noguez, Daniel
name: Lynd, Lee R.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 5: Figure S5. Total number of mutations in each strain, identified by either DNA or RNA sequencing.