cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Compost and Cover Crop Effects in Dryland Organic Wheat
Creators: name: Deakin, Michael D.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2021

description: Producers of dryland organic wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in the western USA struggle to maintain adequate soil fertility due to the high cost of organic fertilizers and concerns over moisture use of cover crops. Low soil fertility results in decreased wheat yield and quality, and increased year-to-year variability in yield and quality based on weather. This study was conducted to measure the effects of, and interactions between, cover crop mixes and a one-time compost application on soil health and winter wheat yield and quality. The study was located on three adjacent certified organic wheat farms near Snowville, UT, each with a calcareous silt loam soil under conventional tillage in a wheat-fallow system. Four composted steer manure treatments (0, 12.5, 25, and 50 Mg ha-1) and three cover crop treatments (oat [Avena sativa]- pea [Pisum sativum] mixture, vetch [Vicia villosa]- pea mixture, and a mechanically tilled fallow control) were evaluated from fall 2014 to 2017. Treatments were arranged in a randomized complete block split-split plot with three replications, with each farm hosting a single replicate. In 2015, the oat-pea cover crop treatment decreased grain yield, while compost amendment caused yields to more than double. However, neither compost nor cover crops affected yield in 2017. The 2015 crop year was much drier than 2017, suggesting that grain yield and quality benefits may be dependent on other factors such as the precipitation patterns of a particular year. The vetch-pea cover crop treatment increased total soil N in 2017 only, and compost amendment increased nitrogen fixation in the vetch-pea cover crop in that year. Compost treatments increased soil N, P, K, and organic C, both years without affecting soil EC or pH long-term. Nitrogen fixing cover crops may be a viable option for producers to increase soil N when sufficient soil moisture is present, however may be detrimental in a dry year. Compost amendment was shown to increase soil nutrition for multiple years, although that may only translate into increased grain yield when prerequisite weather conditions are present.
TRANSFORMING EDUCATION: ADVANCING LITERACY IN NIGERIA'S PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Creators: name: Adeola, Olufunmilayo Eze
name: Chinedu, Oluwaseun Akpan
Publisher: name: klover journals
Year: 2024
Subjects: Literacy
Digital literacy
Language proficiency
Technology
Social empowerment

description: Literacy, traditionally defined as the ability to read, write, listen, speak, and enumerate, has evolved in the modern era to encompass proficiency in using and communicating through a diverse array of technologies. Beyond basic linguistic skills, contemporary literacy entails navigating digital platforms and technological interfaces. At its core, literacy signifies the capacity to effectively engage with various forms of communication and information dissemination within a society. This multifaceted concept plays a pivotal role in facilitating access to power and participation in social, economic, and political domains.

Essien (2005) underscores the essence of literacy as proficiency in reading and writing within a language or languages. A literate individual possesses the skills necessary to comprehend written texts and express ideas through written communication. However, in today's digital age, literacy extends beyond conventional written forms to encompass digital literacy, which encompasses the ability to navigate and utilize digital tools and platforms for communication, information retrieval, and knowledge creation.This paper explores the dynamic nature of literacy in contemporary society, considering both its traditional linguistic dimensions and its modern technological manifestations. By examining the evolving definition and significance of literacy, the paper elucidates its role as a determinant of societal participation and access to opportunities. Through an interdisciplinary lens drawing from education, linguistics, and technology studies, the paper delves into the complexities of literacy acquisition and its implications for individual empowerment and social inclusion.
An Eulerian Perspective on Spring Migration in Mule Deer
Creators: name: Del Bosco, Tatum
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2021

description: Many herbivores travel between low-elevation winter ranges and high-elevation summer sites. These seasonal movements allow them to avoid deep snow cover, ensure access to favorable habitat, and maximize food intake throughout the year. During the spring season, plants at lower elevations green up earlier at lower elevations than at higher elevations. It has been shown that individual animals will track this vegetation growth during their spring migration, which allows them to maximize forage intake coming out of the nutrient scarce winter. This phenomena has previously been studied by monitoring individual movement trajectories, but it is unknown how this pattern scales up to the population level. I used trail cameras placed along migration paths to monitor a population of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) in Central Utah during the spring 2019 season. We quantified fine-scale changes in plant phenology through space and time using remotely-sensed indices of vegetation growth and availability. In my study system, mule deer density was positive correlated with vegetation green-up, providing the first demonstration of this phenomena at the population level.
RULE OF LAW AND CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA: TENSIONS IN GOVERNANCE
Creators: name: Adesuwa, Ehiagwina Osagie
Publisher: name: SS journals
Year: 2024
Subjects: good governance, corruption, development, rule of law, leadership, Nigeria

description: The pursuit of good governance is a central concern in evaluating the performance of modern governments. The absence of proper governance standards often results in a characterization of poor governance. In Nigeria, despite the return of constitutional democracy in 1999, the prevailing consensus suggests that there are ongoing issues associated with poor governance. The complex interplay between governance, corruption, development, and the rule of law has remained a focal point in the Nigerian context. This has led to a substantial body of literature discussing these issues, with governance problems invariably giving rise to questions of leadership. The leadership question has become a recurring and contentious topic in Nigeria, as it is intrinsically linked to governance. The political elite has been subject to criticism, condemnation, and disapproval due to the enduring socio-economic and political challenges
Notiophilus interstitialis REITTER 1889
Creators: name: Guéorguiev, B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Brachyceridae
Notiophilus
Notiophilus interstitialis

description: Notiophilus interstitialis REITTER 1889
 B o s n i a H e r z e g o v i n a "Nevesinie K. Kyselý" " interstitialis det. Formárek", 1 s. (NMW).
First record for Bosnia Herzegovina.
description: Published as part of Guéorguiev, B., 2011, New and interesting records of Carabid Beetles from South-East Europe, South-West and Central Asia, with taxonomic notes on Pterostichini and Zabrini (Coleoptera, Carabidae), pp. 501-547 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 43 (1) on page 509, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5324736
Evaluating Application I/O Optimization by I/O Forwarding Layers
Creators: name: Meyer, Jan Christian
name: Amundsen, Jørn
name: Saez, Xavier
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: White Paper
I/O
Tflop/s

description: Rewriting application I/O for performance and scalability on petaflops machines easily becomes a formidable task in terms of man-hour effort. Furthermore, on HPC systems the gap of compute to I/O capability in Tflop/s vs GByte/s has increased by a factor of 10 in recent years. It makes the insertion of I/O forwarding software layers between the application and file system layer increasingly feasible from a performance point of view. This whitepaper describes the work on evaluating the IOFSL I/O Forwarding and Scalability Layer on PRACE applications. The results show that the approach is relevant, but is presently made infeasible by the associated overhead and issues with the software stack.
The Fermion Determinant, its Modulus and Phase
Creators: name: Kikuchi, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider path integration of a fermionic oscillator with a one-parameter family of boundary conditions with respect to the time coordinate. The dependence of the fermion determinant on these boundary conditions is derived in a closed form with the help of the self-adjoint extension of differential operators. The result reveals its crucial dependence on them, contrary to the conventional understanding that this dependence becomes negligible over sufficiently long time evolution. An example in which such dependence plays a significant role is discussed in a model of supersymmetric quantum mechanics.
description: 15 pagers, 1 figure
Variability in Long Bone Processing: The Result of Bone Resiliency or Marrow Utility?
Creators: name: Keith, Jonathan P.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2021

description: In archaeology, the study of animal remains helps researchers understand what animals past hunters sought to prey upon and what decisions they made related to field butchery. Archaeological excavations in sites of the Northern Great Plains and the Snake River Plain have shown that a disproportional amount of bison limb bones occur relative to other bones in the body. Limb bones contain marrow, and to break these open ancient butchers would use hammer stones and rock anvils. Such processing behaviors often leave impact scars, and these often vary in frequency from one part of the skeleton to the next.
My research explores whether impact frequencies are more closely tied to marrow utility or bone resiliency, both of which vary across the bison skeleton. Marrow contains a high amount of fat and in periods of food scarcity, fat-rich foods become highly valuable. At the same time, resiliency to fragmentation varies across the bison skeleton as well. Subsequently, these relationships give rise to an interesting and important question. Specifically, are impact scar frequencies better explained as a response to bone resiliency or marrow nutritional utility.
My thesis addresses this question through an experiment in which 266 fresh bison bones were broken using a four-pound steel ball bearing released by an electromagnet drop machine. Each specimen in my sample was subjected to repeated drops until they split open, allowing access to their marrow cavities. I kept count of how many strikes were needed to break open each bone. The results show that the limb bones with the highest amount of marrow were also the easiest to break open, which mirrors the frequency of bones with impact scars in the archaeological record. In contrast the bones most difficult to open also produced the least marrow. Therefore, impact scars seem to best reflect the processing effort past hunters expended to obtain their fatty nutrients.
Transverse instability and disintegration of domain wall of relative phase in coherently coupled two-component Bose-Einstein condensates
Creators: name: Ihara, Kousuke
name: Kasamatsu, Kenichi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study transverse instability and disintegration dynamics of a domain wall of a relative phase in two-component Bose-Einstein condensates with a coherent Rabi coupling. We obtain analytically the stability phase diagram of the stationary solution of the domain wall for the one-dimensional coupled Gross-Pitaevskii equations in the plane of the Rabi frequency and the intercomponent coupling constant. Outside the stable region, the domain wall is dynamically unstable for the transverse modulation along the direction perpendicular to the phase kink. The nonlinear evolution associated with the instability is demonstrated through numerical simulations for both the domain wall without edges and that with edges formed by the quantized vortices.
description: 9 pages, 6 figures
Critical and tricritical exponents of the Gross-Neveu model in the large-$N_f$ limit
Creators: name: Sugiyama, Hiroaki
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The critical and the tricritical exponents of the Gross-Neveu model are calculated in the large-$N_f$ limit. Our results indicate that these exponents are given by the mean-field values.
description: 8 pages, 8 figures
Computing Long Timescale Biomolecular Dynamics using Quasi-Stationary Distribution Kinetic Monte Carlo (QSD-KMC)
Creators: name: Agarwal, Animesh
name: Hengartner, Nicolas W.
name: Gnanakaran, S.
name: Voter, Arthur F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is a challenge to obtain an accurate model of the state-to-state dynamics of a complex biological system from molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. In recent years, Markov State Models have gained immense popularity for computing state-to-state dynamics from a pool of short MD simulations. However, the assumption that the underlying dynamics on the reduced space is Markovian induces a systematic bias in the model, especially in biomolecular systems with complicated energy landscapes. To address this problem, we have devised a new approach we call quasi-stationary distribution kinetic Monte Carlo (QSD-KMC) that gives accurate long time state-to-state evolution while retaining the entire time resolution even when the dynamics is highly non-Markovian. The proposed method is a kinetic Monte Carlo approach that takes advantage of two concepts: (i) the quasi-stationary distribution and (ii) dynamical corrections theory. Implementation of QSD-KMC imposes stricter requirements on the lengths of the trajectories than in a Markov State Model approach, as the trajectories must be long enough to dephase. However, the QSD-KMC model produces state-to-state trajectories that are statistically indistinguishable from an MD trajectory mapped onto the discrete set of states, for an arbitrary choice of state decomposition. Furthermore, the aforementioned concepts can be used to construct a Monte Carlo approach to optimize the state boundaries regardless of the initial choice of states. We demonstrate the QSD-KMC method on two one-dimensional model systems, one of which is a driven nonequilibrium system, and on two well-characterized biomolecular systems.
Notiophilus rufipes CURTIS 1829
Creators: name: Guéorguiev, B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Brachyceridae
Notiophilus
Notiophilus rufipes

description: Notiophilus rufipes CURTIS 1829
M o n t e n e g r o: "Zabljak, Mont. 4VII.1958 " / "Podgora 1400 m " / "leg. Kaszab & Szekessy", 1 s. (HNHM).
First record for Montenegro.
description: Published as part of Guéorguiev, B., 2011, New and interesting records of Carabid Beetles from South-East Europe, South-West and Central Asia, with taxonomic notes on Pterostichini and Zabrini (Coleoptera, Carabidae), pp. 501-547 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 43 (1) on page 509, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5324736
Dryopteris Adans.
Creators: name: Roux, Jacobus P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Dryopteridaceae
Dryopteris

description: Dryopteris Adans. subgen. Nephrocystis (H.Itô) Fraser-Jenk.
Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Botany 14 (3): 197 (30 Jan. 1986). — Dryopteris Adans. sect. Nephrocystis H.Itô, The Botanical Magazine (Tokyo) 49: 437 (Jul. 1935). — Type: Dryopteris hayatae Tagawa (now D. subexaltata (H.Christ) C.Chr.; Aspidium subexaltatum H.Christ).
description: Published as part of Roux, Jacobus P., 2011, The fern genera Dryopteris and Nothoperanema (Dryopteridaceae) in Madagascar and neighbouring Indian Ocean islands, including Saint Paul, pp. 7-67 in Adansonia (3) (3) 33 (1) on page 50, DOI: 10.5252/a2011n1a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5197315
A Geoarchaeological Site Formation Model at Alm Shelter, Wyoming
Creators: name: Kennedy, Cayla
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2021

description: Alm Shelter, located in north-central Wyoming, is an archaeological site with a long history of human occupation. This study addresses new contextual information in the form of dated sediment deposits, analysis of sediment types, and a computer model to assist with identifying climate conditions that may have led to periods of significant change. Using the model, it is possible to estimate the timing of environmental shift as well as other events that may not be directly dateable. This information is then compared to other sites containing climate records to determine if conditions at Alm Shelter are connected with other locations in a larger pattern. The results indicate that this model is not ideal for precise connections with other sites but does demonstrate two clusters of possible dry conditions that are loosely connected with other locations, including other archaeological sites in the Bighorn Basin and geological and climate studies at sites in Wyoming, the eastern Great Basin, and the northern Great Plains. This information is important for understanding patterns of human movement and decision-making when conditions become very dry.
Tadorna tadorna tadorna (Linnaeus 1758
Creators: name: Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile
name: Geraads, Denis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Anseriformes
Anatidae
Tadorna
Tadorna tadorna

description: Tadorna tadorna (Linnaeus, 1758)
 Material. Right humeri, shaft and distal part, AaO-748, distal part, AaO-751; left carpometacarpus, almost complete, AaO-2658 (the alular metacarpal is missing).
 Measurements. See Table 5.
 The measurements of the distal humeri have been compared with those of the other species of the genus Tadorna from the USNM collection. They are smaller than those of T. ferruginea, T. variegata, T. tadornoides, T. cana, and larger than those of T. radjah. They are included in the variation range of the Recent T. tadorna, the Common Shelduck.
 At the present time, the Common Shelduck breeds in Central Asia and on the European coasts, and winters in Southern China, Pakistan, India, Iran, Afghanistan, on the European Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts, and in North Africa. It still winters in Morocco (del Hoyo et al., 1992).
The Common Shelduck has been recorded from the Early Pleistocene, at Ubeidiya’, in Israel (1.4 Ma), and Betfia, in Romania (1 Ma) (Tyrberg, 1998).
description: Published as part of Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile & Geraads, Denis, 2010, The Upper Pliocene Avifauna of Ahl al Oughlam, Morocco. Systematics and Biogeography, pp. 157-184 in Records of the Australian Museum 62 (1) on page 167, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.62.2010.1538, http://zenodo.org/record/5412583
Purpurascentes (sect. Purpurascentes) purpurascentes Fraser-Jenk.
Creators: name: Roux, Jacobus P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Dryopteridaceae
Purpurascentes

description: Section Purpurascentes Fraser-Jenk.
Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Botany 14 (3): 197 (30 Jan. 1986). — Type: Dryopteris purpurascentes (Blume) H.Christ; Aspidium purpurascens Blume.
A group of about 13 species in south-east Asia, the Australasian and Pacific Ocean islands, extending to Hawaii, Africa and the Madagascan region. A single species belonging to this section occurs in the defined region.
Plants with a short, but stout erect rhizome. The frond axes are generally sparsely scaled, the lamina to 4-pinnate-pinnatifid bearing broadly ovate (often bullate) scales abaxially along the costae of the segments. The scales are entire, or they bear a few scattered glands along the margins. The scale apex is filiform and terminates in an oblong or spheroidal cell.
description: Published as part of Roux, Jacobus P., 2011, The fern genera Dryopteris and Nothoperanema (Dryopteridaceae) in Madagascar and neighbouring Indian Ocean islands, including Saint Paul, pp. 7-67 in Adansonia (3) (3) 33 (1) on page 50, DOI: 10.5252/a2011n1a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5197315
GENDER EQUALITY IN LABOR: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS PROVISIONS IN BAHRAIN
Creators: name: Zahra, Ahmed Al-Sabah
name: Fatima Abdullah, Al-Khalifa
Publisher: name: SS journals
Year: 2024
Subjects: Women in the labor market, labor legislation, gender equality, workforce participation, Bahraini labor law

description: The increasing participation of women in the labor market is influenced by various factors, including higher educational attainment, evolving labor laws, financial responsibilities, and the shift from traditional to modern means of production. This paper examines these influences and highlights the importance of aligning labor legislation with the reality of women's roles in the workforce, in line with international principles and conventions
Notiophilus substriatus C. R. WATERHOUSE 1833
Creators: name: Guéorguiev, B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Brachyceridae
Notiophilus
Notiophilus substriatus

description: Notiophilus substriatus C.R. WATERHOUSE 1833
E u r o p e a n T u r k e y: " Stambul Turcia Biró, 1925, V.10. ", 2 s. (HNHM).
 Species noted for European Turkey (APFELBECK 1904: 63), but then omitted for the region (CATPAL 1: BOUSQUET & BARŠEVSKIS 2003: 97). N. substriatus is confirmed in European Turkey.
description: Published as part of Guéorguiev, B., 2011, New and interesting records of Carabid Beetles from South-East Europe, South-West and Central Asia, with taxonomic notes on Pterostichini and Zabrini (Coleoptera, Carabidae), pp. 501-547 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 43 (1) on page 509, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5324736
A new cytotoxic polycyclic polyprenylated acylphloroglucinol from Garcinia nujiangensis screened by the LC-PDA and LC-MS
Creators: name: Tang, Zhongyan
name: Lu, Lihua
name: Zhou, Xiaoyong
name: Shen, Jie
name: Song, Weiping
name: Tang, Yuedong
name: Xia, Zhengxiang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: A new polycyclic polyprenylated acylphloroglucinol (1), nujiangefolin D, together with five known analogues (2–6), were isolated from the fruits of Garcinia nujiangensis. Compound 1 was screened by the LC-MS and LC-PDA. The structure of 1 was elucidated on the basis of extensive spectroscopic techniques including 1 D and 2 D NMR and MS analyses. The compounds isolated were evaluated for their cytotoxic activities against three cancer cell lines, 1 showed moderate cytotoxic activity against Hela, PANC-1, and MDA-MB-231 cell lines with IC50 values of 5.6 ± 0.1, 9.1 ± 0.2, and 8.3 ± 0.2 μM, respectively. The antitumor mechanism was explained via virtual docking of 1 to the main sites in the human serine/threonine-protein kinase mTOR (mTOR) crystal structure (PDB code: 4DRI). Furthermore, 1 may inhibit Hela cell proliferation through mTOR by the western blotting analysis. Taken together, 1 may be a potential mTOR inhibitor used for the treatment of cervical cancer.
On the Space-Time Symmetries of Non-Commutative Gauge Theories
Creators: name: Iorio, A.
name: Sykora, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the space-time symmetries and transformation properties of the non-commutative U(1) gauge theory, by using Noether charges. We carry out our analysis by keeping an open view on the possible ways $θ^{μν}$ could transform. We conclude that $θ^{μν}$ cannot transform under any space-time transformation since the theory is not invariant under the conformal transformations, with the only exception of space-time translations. The same analysis applies to other gauge groups.
description: 6 pages, RevTex
Investigating Routes and Effects of Pesticide Exposure on the Blue Orchard Bee (Osmia lignaria)
Creators: name: Kopit, Andi M.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2021

description: With native pollinator species on the decline and the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) industry suffering, it is imperative that we understand the impacts of agricultural practices on pollinators. The blue orchard bee, Osmia lignaria (Megachilidae), is an important alternative pollinator of commercial orchards. Osmia lignaria are solitary, cavity nesting bees with a wide distribution across North America. This species and other solitary, cavity nesting bees experience different routes of pesticide exposure than social pollinators, such as colony-dwelling bumble bees and honey bees. Chapter I focuses on routes of pesticide exposure experienced by cavity-nesting bees, incorporating the relative importance of environmental contamination due to pesticide chemical properties. Exposure routes described are larval ingestion, adult ingestion, contact, and transovarial transmission. In Chapter II, to investigate the effect of pesticides on solitary, cavity nesting bee larvae and develop a methodology for larval pesticide testing, a laboratory bioassay was conducted using O. lignaria. Two pollen types (apple and almond), two provision compositions (homogenized and intact natal), and four agrochemicals (acetamiprid, boscalid/pyraclostrobin, organosilicone, and dimethoate) were delivered at different does and examined for effects on larval development times and mortality before larvae began to spin cocoons. Mortality varied by provision type and treatment. All larvae survived to cocoon initiation when only water (control) was added to provisions of all types. When the intact natal provision was used, there was no or low mortality across agrochemical treatments. Mortality in the homogenized provision was highest when acetamiprid was the treatment, especially for provisions made from almond pollen. In the third chapter, the impacts of pesticide sprays on adult O. lignaria foraging behavior was investigated with a field cage study conducted in Poplarville, MS. The fungicide caused hyperactive behavior with low mortality, whereas individuals exposed to the insecticide showed signs of stress and experienced high mortality rates.
MOESM2 of Bacterial profile and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns in chronic suppurative otitis media at the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
Creators: name: Molla, Rahel
name: Moges Tiruneh
name: Wondwossen Abebe
name: Feleke Moges
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 2: Table S2. Multidrug resistance patterns of the bacterial isolated in CSOM patients at the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, January to May 2017.
Associations Between Adolescent and Parent Media Connection and Perceptions of Emotional Climate in the Home
Creators: name: Woodland, Laura A.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2021

description: An overwhelming increase in technology and media use this past decade has been found to affect family relationships in various ways. Devices such as cell phones, tablets, and computers, have been found to both be the means of bringing family members closer together by communicating from a distance, while also disrupting and straining family connection, in particular the adolescent to parent relationship. Data from the Flourishing Families Project was used to analyze the varying perceptions of adolescent and parents regarding technology communication with one another and their personal perception of the emotional climate in the home. Results from this study showed no significant relationship between primary caregiver and adolescent child reports of the frequency of communication with each other through technology and their perception of their ability to express emotions in the home. Results also imply that high amounts or frequencies of adolescent and parent technology communication with one another does not predict a negative emotional climate in one’s home. Other contextual elements such as tone of voice, warmness of the parent-adolescent relationship, and other factors should be studied to understand the impact of different motives and types of communication in the home.
Becoming Bare: A Memoir
Creators: name: Romriell, Andrew James
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2021

description: This thesis is the first part of what I envision to be a full-length memoir. I focus throughout on multiple themes, primarily what it meant to grow up gay in a culture, state, religion, and society where others told me I was wrong to be such. I explore these themes linearly through extended metaphors such as clothing, outward appearances, nakedness, and literal hiding. I begin with an introduction before moving into the main content where I explore my life between the ages of eight and eighteen as I struggled to understand the impact of religious, educational, and familial cultures on my own internalized homophobia, gender identity, perfectionism, and spirituality. In illustrating the barriers of all these which I had built up from my earliest experiences, I hope to show the complexity of this experience and ultimately answer the question, “What does it mean to be naked and fully, authentically seen?”
Investigating students seriousness during selected conceptual inventory surveys
Creators: name: Waters, David P
name: Amarie, Dragos
name: Booth, Rebecca A
name: Conover, Christopher
name: Sayre, Eleanor C
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Physics Education (physics.ed-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Conceptual inventory surveys are routinely used in education research to identify student learning needs and assess instructional practices. Students might not fully engage with these instruments because of the low stakes attached to them. This paper explores tests that can be used to estimate the percentage of students in a population who might not have taken such surveys seriously. These three seriousness tests are the pattern recognition test, the easy questions test, and the uncommon answers test. These three tests are applied to sets of students who were assessed either by the Force Concept Inventory, the Conceptual Survey of Electricity and Magnetism, or the Brief Electricity and Magnetism Assessment. The results of our investigation are compared to computer simulated populations of random answers.
description: 8 pages; submitted to Phys Rev PER
Alternative Doppler Extraction for Indoor Communication Signals
Creators: name: Bradshaw, Thomas L.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2021

description: Radar is a common detection system for detecting the speed and velocity of moving objects. Radar is performed by transmitting a radio signal in the direction of a moving object and then processing the received reflected radio waves. The radar system processes the received signal to extract the Doppler frequency of the reflected waves, which reveals information about the velocity of the object. In traditional radar, the system uses one antenna for both the transmitter and the receiver.
In passive bistatic radar, the transmit antenna and receiver antenna are separated. In addition, the radar system has no control over the transmitter. The transmitted signal is instead a signal of opportunity. Signals of opportunity include FM and AM radio signals, satellite GPS signals, and WiFi signals. The receiver in the radar system receives a signal of opportunity and extracts the Doppler frequency from the signal. The Doppler frequency can then be used to get the velocity of the object, which can be used for tracking the object.
In previous research, the methods of traditional radar were applied to passive bistatic radar using a WiFi signal in order to track a moving object within a building. Traditional radar methods are to compare the Doppler-shifted signal to the original signal. In passive radar, the original signal needs to be measured without being affected by the Doppler-shifted signal, which requires a second antenna to be placed by the transmitter.
The research presented suggests a new method of retrieving the Doppler frequencies from a communication signal. This new method does not require a separate antenna to get the original signal but uses knowledge about the communication signal to successfully measure the Doppler frequency on the signal. The system was implemented using GNURadio, a software-defined radio library. Additional processing was done using MATLAB.
MPEC 2025-D30 : 2025 DQ
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2025 DQ

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
LogBERT: Log Anomaly Detection via BERT
Creators: name: Guo, Haixuan
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2021

description: When systems break down, administrators usually check the produced logs to diagnose the failures. Nowadays, systems grow larger and more complicated. It is labor-intensive to manually detect abnormal behaviors in logs. Therefore, it is necessary to develop an automated anomaly detection on system logs. Automated anomaly detection not only identifies malicious patterns promptly but also requires no prior domain knowledge. Many existing log anomaly detection approaches apply natural language models such as Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) to log analysis since both are based on sequential data. The proposed model, LogBERT, a BERT-based neural network, can capture the contextual information in log sequences.
LogBERT is trained on normal log data considering the scarcity of labeled abnormal data in reality. Intuitively, LogBERT learns normal patterns in training data and flags test data that are deviated from prediction as anomalies. We compare LogBERT with four traditional machine learning models and two deep learning models in terms of precision, recall, and F1 score on three public datasets, HDFS, BGL, and Thunderbird. Overall, LogBERT outperforms the state-of-art models for log anomaly detection.
Carabus (Procrustes) coriaceus subsp. excavatus CHARPENTIER 1825
Creators: name: Guéorguiev, B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Carabus
Carabus coriaceus
Carabus (procrustes) coriaceus ssp. excavatus charpentier 1825

description: Carabus (Procrustes) coriaceus ssp. excavatus CHARPENTIER 1825
B u l g a r i a: Belasitsa Mountain, 1800 m, VII.1991, 1, leg. M. Todorov (NMNHS).
 First record of C. c. ssp. exavatus from Bulgaria. This taxon (considered here as including C. c. ssp. florinensis LAPOUGE 1922 and C. c. ssp. joniensis BREUNING 1937) is distributed in Croatia, Albania, North Greece and South Macedonia.
description: Published as part of Guéorguiev, B., 2011, New and interesting records of Carabid Beetles from South-East Europe, South-West and Central Asia, with taxonomic notes on Pterostichini and Zabrini (Coleoptera, Carabidae), pp. 501-547 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 43 (1) on page 509, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5324736
MOESM1 of Bacterial profile and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns in chronic suppurative otitis media at the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
Creators: name: Molla, Rahel
name: Moges Tiruneh
name: Wondwossen Abebe
name: Feleke Moges
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Socio-demographic characteristics of CSOM patients at the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital from January to May 2017.
Lepton polarization asymmetry in radiative dileptonic B-meson decays in MSSM
Creators: name: Choudhury, S. Rai
name: Gaur, Naveen
name: Mahajan, Namit
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we study the polarization asymmetries of the final state lepton in the radiative dileptonic decay of B meson (\bsllg) in the framework of Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) and various other unified models within the framework of MSSM e.g. mSUGRA, SUGRA (where condition of universality of scalar masses is relaxed) etc. Lepton polarization, in addition of having a longitudinal component (\pl), can have two other components, \pt and \pn, lying in and perpendicular to the decay plane, which are proportional to \ml and hence are significant for final state being $μ^+ ~ μ^-$ or $τ^+ \~τ^-$. We analyse the dependence of these polarization asymmetries on the parameters of the various models.
description: typos corrected to match with published version
Fixed Pattern Noise Non-Uniformity Correction Through K-Means Clustering
Creators: name: Imperial, Andres
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2021

description: Imagery obtained with poorly calibrated sensors is often corrupted with fixed pattern noise. Fixed pattern noise presents itself through a non-uniform distribution and therefore is hard to target in noise removal. Traditional noise removal techniques assume that the noise is uniformly distributed and subsequently produces inadequate corrections. Noise correction methods that target fixed pattern noise rely on dynamically identifying present noise and adjust correction values appropriately using nearby information or general assumptions about the image’s composition. If noise identification is not accurate, the correction values will also suffer from low accuracy. Inaccurate correction values can affect the imagery’s quality, and in some cases, produce a corrected image worse off than an uncorrected image. The proposed algorithm utilizes local and global information to find more accurate correction values on a row-by-row basis. This paper will also introduce a standard dataset and evaluation metrics for comparison against other established non-uniformity correction methods.
Hagedorn transition, vortices and D0 branes: Lessons from 2+1 confining strings
Creators: name: Kogan, Ian. I
name: Kovner, Alex
name: Schvellinger, Martin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the behaviour of Polyakov confining string in the Georgi-Glashow model in three dimensions near confining-deconfining phase transition described in hep-th/0010201. In the string language, the transition mechanism is the decay of the confining string into D0 branes (charged W bosons of the Georgi-Glashow model). In the world-sheet picture the world-lines of heavy D0 branes at finite temperature are represented as world-sheet vortices of a certain type, and the transition corresponds to the condensation of these vortices. We also show that the ``would be'' Hagedorn transition in the confining string (which is not realized in our model) corresponds to the monopole binding transition in the field theoretical language. The fact that the decay into D0 branes occurs at lower than the Hagedorn temperature is understood as the consequence of the large thickness of the confining string and finite mass of the $D0$ branes.
description: 31 pages, Latex
Additional file 1 of Studying the urine microbiome in superficial bladder cancer: samples obtained by midstream voiding versus cystoscopy
Creators: name: Hourigan, Suchitra
name: Zhu, Wei
name: S.W.Wong, Wendy
name: Clemency, Nicole
name: Provenzano, Marina
name: Vilboux, Thierry
name: Niederhuber, John
name: Deeken, John
name: Chung, Simon
name: McDaniel-Wiley, Kim
name: Trump, Donald
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. Distances between and within urine samples using different beta diversity metrics.
Concrete Maturity Method Applied to Rapid-Setting Calcium-Sulfoaluminate (CSA) Concretes for Pavement Repair Under Different Ambient Temperatures
Creators: name: Langford, Ryan Nicholas
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2021

description: With more and more people using roadways the need for fast and efficient repair work is becoming increasingly important. Lane closures impede traffic flow and result in congestion. To further limit the amount of time lane closures are needed for repair work, calcium sulfoaluminate (CSA) cement concrete has become an increasing popular construction material for its ability to reach adequate strength requirements within four hours. Because of this accelerated repair time, advanced testing methods are needed to verify that the replaced concrete does indeed meet or exceed the minimum compressive strength requirements.
The maturity method is one test used to determine if the replaced concrete has met the minimum compressive strength requirements. However, limited research has been done on the effectiveness of the maturity method on rapid-setting CSA concretes. The current work provides a description of an experiment conducted on three different CSA concrete mixtures at four different ambient temperatures. Maturity index curves are generated based on three different types of reference concrete cylinders. Estimated compressive strength of replica concrete pavement repair slabs are compared based on each curve generated by the reference cylinders.
The maturity curves generated for each mixture are then evaluated at each ambient temperature to identify limitations of the maturity method. It is concluded that later age (after seven days) maturity index values inaccurately predict the strength of the concrete mixture. It was also determined that special precautions should be in place if CSA concretes are placed at temperatures below 40 °F. Additionally, the total volume of the CSA concrete placed plays a large role in the maturity rate of the CSA.
It Isn't Easy Speaking Green: The Influence of Moral Factors on the (Non-) Adoption of Pro-Environmental Behaviors, Deferral, and Back Again
Creators: name: Lamm, Alexi Elizabeth
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2021

description: Climate change is one of the major issues humans face in the 21st century. This decade is critical in shaping the future of Earth and the way humans live on it (IPCC, 2018). Changes in human behavior are necessary to mitigate and adapt to climate change. This series of studies explored factors important in communicating and implementing environmental behavior. The first study tested the effects of an online, interactive carbon calculator with moral interventions on three self-reported measures and one objective measure of behavior over a period of weeks. The interventions resulted in small changes in self-reported behavior and no change in electricity usage. Given participants adopted relatively few additional behaviors, the next study investigated the predictors when people perform or do not perform specific pro-environmental behaviors more in-depth. Participants were also asked whether they, businesses, non-profits, or governments were responsible for spearheading efforts on a behavior when they, as individuals, could perform the behavior but did not. The results indicate that most participants attributed responsibility to themselves. However, belief in one’s own ability to perform the behavior is important to behavioral decisions, and predictors vary between behaviors.
ГЛОБАЛЛАШУВ ШАРОИТИДА ТАРИХИЙ-МАДАНИЙ МЕРОСНИ АСРАШ МАСАЛАЛАРИ
Creators: name: Наркулов, Дусмурат
name: Наркулов, Сухроб
name: Умарова, Фарида
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Мақолада глобаллашувнинг ўзига хос зиддиятли хусусиятлари ва уларнинг тарихий-маданий меросга, этномадниятга таъсири, глобаллашув жараёнларида тарихий-маданий меросни асраш масалалари ўрганилган.
Exact Standard Model Structures from Intersecting Branes
Creators: name: Kokorelis, Christos
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: I discuss two types of non-supersymmetric string model constructions that give at low energy exactly the Standard model (SM) with no additional matter/and or gauge group factors. The construction is based on D6 branes intersecting at angles in a compactification of type IIA theory on a decomposable orientifolded $T^6$ torus. The first type is based on five and six stack SM-like constructions at the string scale while, the other construction is based on a four stack GUT left-right symmetric structure centered around the Pati-Salam $SU(4)_C \times SU(2)_L \times SU(2)_R$ gauge group. All classes of models exbibit important phenomenological properties including a stable proton and sizes of neutrino masses in consistency with neutrino oscillation experiments. The models are non-SUSY, but amazingly, they allow the existence of supersymmetric particles!
description: Based on a talk given at the 1st International Conference on String Phenomenology, Oxford, 6-11 July 2002, references added