cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Optimal Forest Rotation: Decisions Under Conditions of Certainty and Uncertainty
Creators: name: Bhattacharyya, Rabindra Nath
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1985

description: The existing literature determining the optimal rotation period of a forest stand under conditions of certainty, as well as under uncertainty, lacks the genera 1 scope to be useful. A forest provides timber of commercial value, a flow of recreational services, and other valuable environmental services. Providing goods and services involves benefits as well as costs. Relevant management decisions depend on the net values that can be obtained. The present work developes a more general model for determining an optimal rotation period incorporating various fixed and variable costs associated with timber production and recreational services in an environment of certainty and uncertainty. It is shown that under certainty, the optimal rotation period is likely to be finite and depending on the values of benefits and costs the rotation period indicated by the solution of this model may be identical to, shorter, or longer than that indicated by a model ignoring net values. In addition, a generalized Faustmann rule under certainty (when only recreational value i s added to the model ) using optimal control (maximum principle) as the analytical tool has been developed and the impact of two sources of uncertainties on the optimal rotation decision in the context of the more generalized model is analyzed. They are (1) uncertainty related to future stumpage price, and (2) uncertainty related to the future stock of trees due to unpredictable natural catastrophes. Under price uncertainty the optimal rotation period will be longer than that under conditions of certainty if the forest operator is risk averse. In addition, the period wi ll be lengthened with increasing risk and shortened with increasing expected stumpage price under nonincreasing absolute risk aversion of the forest operator. The risk of catastrophic destruction of the biomass whether total or partial will lead to a rotation period dependent on the value of the average rate of occurrence of catastrophes.
title: External Borrowing and Economic Development: The Case of Jordan
Creators: name: Almomani, Riad
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1985

description: This study examines Jordan's development policy and analyzes the role of Jordan's external public borrowing in economic development during the period 1967-1983. Mainly, Jordan's rapidly increasing external indebtedness is related to its development strategy which is based on the concept of unbalanced growth. This strategy has emphasized' the concentration of development resources (including external loans) in certain areas (e.g. Amman and Zarka) and certain economic sectors (e.g. industry and service) which are assumed to be growth propelling. The agricultural sector has been seriously ignored in Jordan's development process.
Jordan's growth has been quite impressive, but the problems of poverty and inequality have remained intact. On an ave rage, the real growth rate of t he GNP was 7 percent per year during the period of study. However, the Jordanian economy suffers not only from inequality i n income distribution but also in opportunity (i.e . lack of access to goods and services).
In order to show the impact external borrowing has on Jordan's economic growth and on a set of macroeconomic variables, an econometric model based on the production function approach was developed and a set of regression equations was specified. The findings of the model and a series of regress ion analyses showed that external borrowing was negatively associated with GOP growth rate and domestic savings. However, it was positively associated with in vestment, imports and exports. The association with consumption was positive, but statistically insignificant. Overall, external debt retarded economic growth and didn't help to reduce Jordan 's deficits during the 1967-1983 period.
Increasing debt deteriorate the balance thereby affecting the service obligations recently may of payments in the near future, level of Jordan's international reserves and possibly threatening its development process. Hence, it is argued that Jordan should adopt vital policy measures to curb its external debt burden.
Analytic solution for matter density perturbations in a class of viable cosmological f(R) models
Creators: name: Motohashi, Hayato
name: Starobinsky, Alexei A.
name: Yokoyama, Jun'ichi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: For a class of viable cosmological models in $f(R)$ gravity which deviation from the Einstein gravity decreases as a inverse power law of the Ricci scalar $R$ for large $R$, an analytic solution for density perturbations in the matter component during the matter dominated stage is obtained in terms of hypergeometric functions. An analytical expression for the matter transfer function at scales much less than the present Hubble scale is also obtained.
description: 11 pages; More discussion and references added, results unchanged, matches the version to be published in IJMPD; A typo in eq. (25) is fixed
Additional file 2 of Lack of drug-induced post-retrieval amnesia for auditory fear memories in rats
Creators: name: Luyten, Laura
name: Schnell, Anna Elisabeth
name: Schroyens, Natalie
name: Beckers, Tom
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 2. Contains a supplementary discussion regarding indices of destabilization.
The nodular metropolitan concept : some social and spatial aspects. Part of a group thesis
Creators: name: Lindeman, Monica H.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: A basic problem exists in the use of the concept of social behavior as a spatial determinant in planning. It is a problem of identifying various social behavioral indicators, and their spatial implications. The aspect of variable social behavior has been selected as take off point in this study. Within this framework one element has been chosen for inquiry, that of orientation toward the future. The question is whether persons are "future" oriented, that is whether "change", and "doing new things" is part of their repertoire; and to what extent nominals such as city area, home, occupation, etc. represent a standard set of constraints or inventories of alternatives. Methods of investigation include a comparative analysis of the area under study with the larger metropolitan area as a whole, and empirical research of an exploratory study into social behavior. A location quotient was computed for a number of social and residential characteristics, and the results compared with social area analysis coefficients. The method of inquiry for the empirical research uses an interview questionnaire survey, formulated over a two year period as part of an ongoing urban research project. The method of statistical analysis used for the interim results was a multivariate contingency tabulation utilizing a computer programmed subroutine. The Mann-Whitney U Test was used to compare two independent sample groups. General conclusions are that the subarea under study differs in its social and residential characteristics from the metropolitan area as a whole. Preliminary results on selected nominals, responses, and activities show certain tendencies of social behavior, which, if born out by the final data, could provide some insight into the reference structure of a population. Where these referents are not readily transferable from non-local to local conditions in new development plans, such referents have to be analysed further to get at their elements. Then spaces could be planned so that they encompass these composite elements. Cross tabulated results indicate that social behavior of certain aggregates of persons is more fixed than that of others, and that the environment is more variable for some than for others. Yet, due to the severe limitation of the sample size, evidence on the future orientation and variability criterion is not con-elusive, and can only be considered as exploratory. But — with all the data in eventually, and a multiple regression analysis — this study would provide more conclusive evidence.
A high Froude number time domain strip theory applied to the seakeeping of semi-SWATHs
Creators: name: Holloway, DS
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: In recent years there has been a rapid growth in the fast passenger ferry industry. Initially speed was the main selling point for designers, builders and operators, but as competition and choice have increased passengers are demanding better seakeeping performance. In addition designers and builders are starting to see the benefits of better seakeeping not only in terms of passenger comfort but in terms of structural strength and loading, allowing reduced structural weight and its many associated advantages. Two aspects of the seakeeping of fast ships are addressed in this thesis: response computation and the behaviour of semi-SWATH designs. Motion and load prediction for the practising naval architect has traditionally been done using strip theories, usually one closely related to the well known theory of Salvesen, Tuck and Faltinsen. This is a low Froude number theory, and although it is still being used, often successfully, for fast ships there is no rational justification for its validity in these cases. As speeds are increasing it is becoming imperative that an equivalent analysis tool suitable for higher Froude numbers be developed. This thesis proposes such a theory, based on calculation of two dimensional hydrodynamic potentials in a fixed reference frame in place of the traditional moving one. This strip theory of necessity is a time domain theory, which also allows the possibility of introducing non-linearities, random sea input, and even slamming events (although only the first of these is discussed in any detail in the thesis). Validation has involved comparison with traditional theory and tank testing. Most notably pitch and coupling effects have shown improved predictions, but heave tends to be over predicted. The main candidates for explanation of this phenomenon are argued to be wake shedding, hull entry effects, steady-unsteady interactions and three-dimensionality. The majority of fast ferries being built at present have very conventional hull forms below the calm waterline. These have poorer seakeeping than their slower equivalents because their natural frequencies are encountered in longer waves, and traditionally designers have relied on lifting surfaces to counteract the increased motions. As these vessels get faster this approach will become less viable in terms of forces involved and appendage drag penalty. The type of hull form that will reduce motion accelerations without too much sacrifice of drag is not obvious, and a family of semi-SWATHs has been investigated as a possible alternative hull form. The investigation shows that as speed is increased the advantages of SWATH like forms become much greater if the criterion is to reduce accelerations.
title: Exchange Rate Stability and its Implications for Economic Development of the Less Developed Countries
Creators: name: Gowon, Chileshe Hilda Wabo
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1985

description: The question that Less Developed Countries have faced since the advent of floating exchange rates among the Industrial Countries is whether they should also adopt a floating exchange rate system. The Less Developed Countries have opted for a pegged exchange rate system, since their economic characteristics and institutional structure indicate that floating for the Less Developed Countries would result in volatile or unstable exchange rates. Since Less Developed Countries peg t heir exchange rates in the presence of flexible rates among industrial countries, the Less Developed Countries pegged exchange rates move in accordance to the exchange rates to which they are pegged. This study examines whether there are differences in the variability of the different effective exchange rate indices or currency baskets. Specifically the export, import and total trade weighted effective exchange rates for three African Less Developed Countries are examined. Currency baskets are varied by changing the number of currencies coefficent of variation included in was used the basket. The to compare the variability in the different effective exchange rates.
title: Monitoring Risks Before They Go Viral: Is it Time for the Board to Embrace Social Media?
Creators: name: Larcker, David F.
name: Larcker, Sarah M.
name: Tayan, Brian
Publisher: name: Corporate Governance Research Initiative
Year: 2012

description: Given the pervasiveness of social media, should the board of directors pay closer attention to the information exchanged on these sites? Can this information be used to improve oversight and risk management?
title: Ten Myths of “Say on Pay”
Creators: name: Larcker, David F.
name: McCall, Allan
name: Ormazabal, Gaizka
name: Tayan, Brian
Publisher: name: Corporate Governance Research Initiative
Year: 2012

description: The public believes that “say on pay” reduces executive compensation and leads to improved compensation practices. The research evidence, however, shows this is not the case. Is it time to rethink say on pay? The Closer Look series is a collection of short case studies through which we explore topics, issues, and controversies in corporate governance. In each study, we take a targeted look at a specific issue that is relevant to the current debate on governance and explain why it is so important.
title: The preauricular sulcus in relation to sexual dimorphism, pregnancy and parturition in humans
Creators: name: Canty, S
Publisher: name: Liverpool John Moores University
Year: 2022

description: The present thesis proposes a new grading system for the examination of the preauricular sulcus (PAS) in humans. Previous studies concerning the variables affecting the development of the preauricular sulcus often provided conflicting results. The new grading system was developed to better describe the wide range of morphology exhibited in the trait, rather than just present or absent. It is hoped that this will lead to a better understanding of this trait. The new method ranges from grade 0 for the absence of a PAS, through to grade 4 for sulci that are deeply pitted. The main aim of the thesis was to examine the relationship between the trait and sexual dimorphism, pregnancy and parturition. This examination was carried out by the study of 894 specimens from the seven samples. The analysis indicated that sexual dimorphism has a significant effect on both the occurrence and morphology of the PAS. Females in all samples exhibited more frequent and severe expressions of the trait. The research further showed that parity status did not appear to have an effect and that there was no significant difference in either occurrence or morphology between parous and nulliparous females. Two pilot studies were also carried out as part of the thesis. A further examination of the CT Scans was performed with additional biographical information (e.g. diet, activity level, smoking history etc.) to see their relationship with the PAS. However, the majority of variables were found to have no effect. The second pilot study performed was an examination of how a selection of effect of pelvic dimensions. Four of these measurements (Maximum Sacral Width, Sacral Width Inferior, Transverse Diameter and Bispinous Diameter) were found to be the best predictors. All these measurements are wider in females, and there was a positive correlation between their width and both the frequency of the PAS and higher grades. The results of this thesis suggest that the development of a sulcus occurs more in females than males as a result of wider pelvic dimensions in response to evolutionary selection pressures for pregnancy and parturition. The method proposed has been tested and validated on both skeletal remains (Poulton, St Owens, Spitalfields, St Brides, Pretoria Bone Collection and Raymond A. Dart Collection) and CT Scans (from living subjects).
title: Color Vision in the Bovine
Creators: name: Gilbert, B. John
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1985

description: Eight heifers were trained using operant conditioning to press a plate to receive a feed reward. Different wavelengths of light were presented as correct and incorrect stimuli. Positive and negative responses to the stimuli were registered electronically. Daily sessions of 17 minutes were conducted in a chamber with external light being excluded.
The duration of the stimulus was fixed at 17 seconds after which stimuli were randomly presented. Only presses on the plate when the correct stimulus was presented were reinforced with feed. A 75% correct choice was the criterion used as acceptable discrimination.
Ratios of correct to incorrect responses were computed. A stability of response was judged to occur when the median of these ratios over 5 days did not differ by more than .05 from the median of the ratios from the previous 5 sessions. Three colors i.e. green {535nm), red {610nm), and blue {450nm) were compared pairwise during 8 trials. Trial 7 was a repeat trial of green vs red and trial 8 was a comparison of green vs green.
Heifers gave random response to green vs green. Red was distinguished from blue by five of the heifers: 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 at 76%, 91%, 78%, 88%, and 81% correct choice respectively. Blue was distinguished from green by three of the heifers: 1, 2, and 5 at 89%, 88%, and 85% correct choice respectively. Green was distinguished from red by three of the heifers: 1, 5, and 7 at 90%, 84%, and 85% correct choice respectively. These last discriminations we r e made in the repeat trial of green vs red after heifers failed to do so in the first trial of green vs red. Color discrimination and discrimination learning have been demonstrated by these results.
title: The Welfare Impacts of Environmental Regulation in an Open Economy
Creators: name: Glineur, Nicole
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1985

description: The major theoretical and practical economic issues on pollution have apparently been sorted out. However, the bulk of the literature in environmental economics shares a shortcoming: the disregard of the welfare implications and consequences of pollution control.
Traditionally, pollution is viewed as a joint product. In this study, the issue of trade and environmental regulations is cast as a problem of input regulation, and the subsequent welfare implications of input regulation are then derived. The purpose of the present r esearch is to emphasize the welfare consequences of pollution control in the context of international or interregional trade. The Batra and Casas, Yohe, and McGuire models lay out the theory of the use of the environment in an open economy, deriving the effects of pollution on factor rewards. Using some generalizations of the models, the welfare impacts of changing regulations which govern the use of the environment are derived.
It is seen that for both a small and large country (region) with identical individuals, there is an optimal level of pollution. In the case where the economy is made up of two different groups of individuals, workers and capitalists (capital owners) in a small country (region), the workers lose while capitalists can either gain or lose. In the large country (region), it cannot be unambiguously determined whether workers and capitalists will be better or worse off than before the regulation changes.
title: Effect of Overall Indispensible Amino Acid Levels on Performance of Broiler Chicks
Creators: name: Kelly, Jack D.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1985

description: An attempt was made to determine the effect of overall indispensible amino acids (IAAs} level on growth rate and efficiency of broiler chicks. There were two overall levels: the low (8.33% IAA, 17.6% CP containing all IAAs at the minimum requirement found in preliminary studies), and the high (10.77% IAA, 21.5% CP with IAAs increased by 28%). Both diets contained 13.7 Mega joules ME (3277 Kcal) per kilogram.
These two diets along with other variations of the two diets were fed to Hubbard chicks. Growth rate , with the low IAA diet was as good as with the high, but feed efficiency was significantly better for the high. When one of the IAAs was reduced from the higher to the minimum estimate, feed efficiency was better than the low overall diet.
Two additional diets with the low levels of IAAs and dispensible amino acids increased were fed to male Hubbards. Protein level was increased by the addition of DAAs but did not improve either growth rate or feed efficiency. Therefore, it was concluded that feed efficiency was not improved by increasing DAAs alone.
Additional file 1 of Lack of drug-induced post-retrieval amnesia for auditory fear memories in rats
Creators: name: Luyten, Laura
name: Schnell, Anna Elisabeth
name: Schroyens, Natalie
name: Beckers, Tom
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. Contains details about any adverse reactions to the applied drugs.
On abelian birational sections
Creators: name: Esnault, Hélène
name: Wittenberg, Olivier
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 14G32 (Primary) 14C25, 14G25, 14G20 (Secondary)

description: For a smooth and geometrically irreducible variety X over a field k, the quotient of the absolute Galois group G_{k(X)} by the commutator subgroup of G_{\bar k(X)} projects onto G_k. We investigate the sections of this projection. We show that such sections correspond to "infinite divisions" of the elementary obstruction of Colliot-Thélène and Sansuc. If k is a number field and the Tate-Shafarevich group of the Picard variety of X is finite, then such sections exist if and only if the elementary obstruction vanishes. For curves this condition also amounts to the existence of divisors of degree 1. Finally we show that the vanishing of the elementary obstruction is not preserved by extensions of scalars.
description: 12 pages; added Remark 3.6; final version
Administration and its personnel under the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell, 1653-1658.
Creators: name: Spring, Bernard
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The administrative history of the Civil Wars and Interregnum has been largely ignored and dismissed as an aberration in the main stream of development. Yet the administrative history of the period is of great interest and significance both in itself, as an integral part of one of the most vibrant periods of English history, and as a part of the general development of the nation's administrative history. However, the period of the Civil Wars and Interregnum is too large a subject to be dealt with in its entirety. Consequently, the study limits itself to a consideration of only one part--the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell. The administration of the years 1653 to 1658 will be dealt with in three inter-related parts. The first section sets out to establish what administrative machinery existed in these years. The preceding period of the Long Parliament, 1642-1653, discontinued the use of and even abolished some of the traditional machinery and created other new departments. This part of the paper establishes what existed under the Protectorate, when it was created, what' its purposes were and what officials were concerned with it. The dual nature of the administration of these years is established--the old traditional machinery, in various stages of use, and the new machinery organized on a Committee and Commission basis. The second part of the paper deals with the terms of employment of the office-holders under the Protectorate. Changes from conditions of entry and service prevalent under the monarchy are noted. It is found that in general there is a marked alteration in means of payment, the exaction of fees and the nature of tenure under the Protectorate. In fact, the administration under the Protectorate can he called far more tightly controlled or centralized, and somewhat more honest and efficient. The third and last part of the paper concerns itself with the personnel of the administration. A group of fifty-eight office-holders were found to have been particularly significant under Cromwell's administration. This Key group, selected from the ranks of the extremely important but secondary level of officials, is then analyzed to see if the nature of the group can add to an understanding of Cromwell's rule. The Key officials were found to be essentially a group of Cromwellian placemen. Analysis of geographical distribution, social origins and other factors determines that a large number of them represent a "lesser" and minor social class of men, originating from the backwaters of the English countryside. The Cromwellian administration is found to be a transitional phase between the Republicanism of the Rump and the Restoration of the Monarchy. It was tightly controlled from the centre, by Cromwell and the Council of State, and was fundamentally efficient and free from corruption.
A Case Study of Policy and Practice in Occupational Health \ and Safety in South Australia
Creators: name: Dewar, G
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Work-place focused responsibility for both Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) management and the development of employee skills arising from new legislative and regulatory frameworks have imposed new responsibilities on managers and OHS practitioners in the work-place. The purpose of this research study was to identify and describe designated OHS practitioners' and work-place managers' perceptions of the implementation of OHS policy in the work-place within agencies of the public sector of South Australia and whether these perceptions are congruent with policy and workplace practice. A case study method was selected as the research design and the data gathering instruments were a questionnaire of OHS practitioners, semi-structured\ interviews of work-place managers and a document analysis.\ \ This study revealed that respondent OHS practitioners perceived that they received support from Chief Executives and management for the implementation of OHS. Results also indicated that work-place managers and OHS practitioners held differing perceptions of their respective roles in the area of OHS policy implementation. Policy documentation, intended to support work-place managers, was found to be\ comprehensive but was perceived by managers as overwhelming and may need to be designed to meet their needs. OHS practitioners' perception of organisational achievement of best-practice in OHS appeared to be linked to policy development and audit activity.
Photon, Neutrino and Charged Particle Spectra from R-violating Gravitino Decays
Creators: name: Bomark, N. -E.
name: Lola, S.
name: Osland, P.
name: Raklev, A. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study photonic, neutrino and charged particle signatures from slow decays of gravitino dark matter in supersymmetric theories where R-parity is explicitly broken by trilinear operators. Photons and (anti-)fermions from loop and tree-level processes give rise to spectra with distinct features, which, if observed, can give crucial input on the possible mass of the gravitino and the magnitude and flavour structure of R-violating operators. Within this framework, we make detailed comparisons of the theoretical predictions to the recent experimental data from PAMELA, ATIC and Fermi LAT.
description: Version published in Phys. Lett. B
title: Shareholder Lawsuits: Where Is the Line Between Legitimate and Frivolous?
Creators: name: Larcker, David F.
name: Tayan, Brian
Publisher: name: Corporate Governance Research Initiative
Year: 2012

description: Recently, shareholder groups have sued companies for inadequate disclosure in the annual proxy. They allege that companies provide insufficient disclosure to determine how to vote on “say on pay.” If a company follows SEC guidelines, why is this not sufficient?
title: An Economic Analysis of Foreign Assets, Money Supply, and Inflation in Saudi Arabia, 1963-83
Creators: name: Khalofa, Said Ahmed M.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1985

description: Until the discovery of oil in Saudi Arabia, the West knew very little about the economic aspects of the country. Since then, foreign assets have grown , and the balance of payment of Saudi Arabia have reflected an accumulation of continuously rising surpluses, particularly after 1973. Real income increased and consequentIy, supply and demand for money increased.
During the period 1974-77, the Saudi economy experienced a high rate of inflation, but during the subsequent years (the late 1970s and the early 1980s) the Saudi inflation rate began declining.
The main objective of the present study is to conduct an empirical investigation analyzing the interrelationships among foreign assets, money supply, and the domestic inflation in Saudi Arabia utilizing a modeI incorporating traded and non-traded goods.
The theoretical model produces the final two equations where inflation generated in the non-traded goods sector and the overall domestic inflation represent the dependent variables, while the rate of change in the excess supply of money, world inflation, and the rate of change in last years inflation represent the explanatory variables for both dependent variabIes.
The empirical analysis reveals no significant relationship between the behavior of the excess supply of money and the behavior of inflation in Saudi Arabian economy during the entire period of study (1963-83). It indicates that neither money supply nor foreign assets has played an active role in determining the behavior of domestic inflation in the Saudi Arabian economy.
A strong relationship has been found between the inflationary expectations of the pubIic and the inflation generated in the non-traded goods sector. During the period (1963-72) imported inflation explained significantly the overall domestic inflation. But this is not so for the second period (1973-83) of study, even though inflation peaked during 1974-77. Furthermore, no structural shift in the economy occurred between these two sub-periods.
The causality test conducted confirms the empirical results where no unidirectional causality existed between the overall domestic inflation rate and the excess supply of money. However, a positive causality has been found between the world inflation rate and the Saudi overalI domestic inflation rate.
Another unidirectional causality from inflation generated in the nontradable sector to the overalI domestic inflation rate has been found. Finally, the implications of the results are discussed .
title: Factors Affecting Quality and Location Values for Resident Deer Hunting in Utah
Creators: name: Wrigley, Jim C.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1972

description: Application was made of the economic rent method of resource valuation for the resident deer hunt in Utah. Total economic, location and quality rent values were estimated for all hunting units. These values incorporate the relationship existing between the variable use cost and the units of activity associated with the site.
Data were collected by mail survey from hunters following the 1970 season. Approximately 2033 questionnaires were used in the analysis. Additional data were collected from the Utah Division of Natural Resources.
The total rent value estimated from the model was approximately $3,326,238.00. Eighty-five percent of the total was attributed to quality and 15 percent to location. Total rent values were highest for Unit 2 (Cache, Unit l (Box Elder) and Unit 6 (Lost Creek).
It was hypothesized that variations in quality value could be explained by variations in site specific factors. The factors were made subject to multiple regression analysis and the number of bucks, two and one-half years of age and greater taken by resident hunters, was found to be the most significant. Variation in this variable and the others in the model explained 71.3 percent of the variation in the site quality value.
To test the sensitivity of capacity in the model, an additional set of capacity constraints were estimated and used in the least-cost program. This gave a higher least cost allocation as the hunters were forced to incur a higher transfer cost. In this allocation the location value increased as the quality value decreased. Multiple regression analysis indicated that 83.3 percent of the variation in site quality was due to variations in site specific factors.
Additional file 1 of Community-based intervention for cervical cancer screening uptake in a semi-urban area of Pokhara Metropolitan, Nepal (COBIN-C): study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Shrestha, Aamod Dhoj
name: Neupane, Dinesh
name: Ghimire, Sarita
name: Campbell, Christine
name: Kallestrup, Per
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1. SPIRIT 2013 Checklist: COBIN-C.
Counting Orbifolds
Creators: name: Davey, John
name: Hanany, Amihay
name: Seong, Rak-Kyeong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present several methods of counting the orbifolds C^D/Gamma. A correspondence between counting orbifold actions on C^D, brane tilings, and toric diagrams in D-1 dimensions is drawn. Barycentric coordinates and scaling mechanisms are introduced to characterize lattice simplices as toric diagrams. We count orbifolds of C^3, C^4, C^5, C^6 and C^7. Some remarks are made on closed form formulas for the partition function that counts distinct orbifold actions.
description: 69 pages, 9 figures, 24 tables; minor corrections
title: Union Activism: Do Union Pension Funds Act Solely in the Interest of Beneficiaries?
Creators: name: Larcker, David F.
name: Tayan, Brian
Publisher: name: Corporate Governance Research Initiative
Year: 2012

description: Union pension funds are active in the proxy process, sponsoring approximately one-third of shareholder proposals each year. How do union pension funds determine which positions to advocate and which companies to target? Are their proposals made solely in the interest of pension beneficiaries?
title: And Then a Miracle Happens!: How Do Proxy Advisory Firms Develop Their Voting Recommendations?
Creators: name: Larcker, David F.
name: McCall, Allan
name: Tayan, Brian
Publisher: name: Corporate Governance Research Initiative
Year: 2013

description: Proxy advisory firms are independent, for-profit consulting companies that provide voting recommendations to individual and institutional investors. Research shows that these firms have significant influence on voting outcomes. Given this influence, it is important that investors ensure that the policies of these firms are “accurate” — i.e., that they successfully and reliably differentiate between good and bad future outcomes.
Littera pro uerbis: Epistolarity, Ethnography and the Author's Persona in Ovid's Epistulae ex Ponto
Creators: name: Alexis, F
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: The aim of my thesis is to extend the current discussions of ethnography, epistolarity and the ancient persona, to the text of Ovid's Epistulae ex Ponto. It is a particularly appropriate text to extend the ideas of literary and cultural identity and epistolarity as the poems are written as letters by an urban Roman poet who is exiled to the end of the known world. His poems reveal, in the medium he knows best, the varied responses of a sophisticated city-dwelling poet to life in the wilderness on the frontiers of the Roman Empire. \ \ I argue that the poet describes his unfamiliar situation by using terms and traditions 'known' or familiar to his readers to illustrate his 'unknown' place of exile. In this thesis, I look at how the poet uses well known ethnographical stereotypes and the letter form, both to illustrate his unfamiliar location in exile in an understandable way, and to blur the distinction between the author as an historical person in a specific geographical location and one who is a literary persona constructed along with poetic geographical and anthropological detail.\ \ Although many scholars have written on the subject of Ovid's exile poetry, few have looked at the epistolarity or the letter form of these last poems from exile. I show in this thesis that the Epistulae ex Ponto is a text that repays scrutiny in this light because the poet draws comparisons and writes about his situation in exile using the recognisable literary form of letters. I also show how the poet's increased use of his name, Naso, affects our perception of the persona in the Epistulae ex Ponto. I argue that in these last poems from exile the persona is indistinct as the poet can now only identify himself using letters instead of the spoken word. I show how the poet blends the personal and private sphere of the epistolary genre with the public nature of published elegiac verse, using the names of well known Roman citizens in an attempt to strengthen his appeal for help and support from specific individuals. \ \ I conclude that the poems in the Epistulae ex Ponto should be read with the poet's exile firmly in mind. Exile necessitates the use of letters in place of spoken words, so an awareness of literary devices, such as ethnographic stereotypes, epistolarity and emphasis on the author and recipient of these letters rather than on constructed personae, enhances our pleasure and understanding of these poems sent from exile.
title: Where Experts Get It Wrong: Independence vs. Leadership in Corporate Governance
Creators: name: Larcker, David F.
name: Tayan, Brian
Publisher: name: Corporate Governance Research Initiative
Year: 2013

description: Over the last few decades, researchers have taken a thorough and critical look at corporate governance from various perspectives. For the most part, they have found that structural features of corporate governance have little or no relation to governance quality. For example, there is no evidence that having an independent chairman benefits companies. At the same time, there is evidence that CEOs with different personalities require different levels of oversight. We examine this issue in greater detail. We ask: Why isn’t more attention paid to contextual considerations in corporate governance? Why don’t governance experts base their recommendations on research rather than subjective opinion? How can corporate stakeholders take into account the quality of a company’s leadership to design more effective governance systems?
title: Fish Production and Movements in the Lower Logan River, Utah
Creators: name: Bergersen, Eric P.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1973

description: Following the abatement of domestic sewage pollution xii in the lower Logan River , the fish population was investigated in terms of abundance, growth, fecundity, production, mortality, age class structure, species diversity, distribution and movements during 1970 and 1971.
Three general groupings of fish were identified in the study area on the basis of species composition, abundance and distribution using a cluster analysis technique. These were located in 1) the tributary stream (7-Mile Creek) which previously transported sewage to the river and 2) above and 3) below 7-Mile Creek in the main stream of the Logan River. A "transition" population was present in the river near the confluence of 7-Mile Creek.
Species diversity was predictable on the basis of four physical variables including percent riffle, a measure of bank cover, stream sinuosity and gradient. Percent riffle appeared to be the most important variable in predicting the "Trophic Condition Index" of the fish population.
An information theory function was used to determine the extent of fish movement within the study area. Of the four dominant species in the river (carp, mountain whitefish, Utah suckers and brown trout) only the brown trout demonstrated an apparent response to the pollution abatement by reducing the extent of its movements at this time.
Seasonal growth patterns were strikingly similar among the species examined with maximum growth occurring during the spring months. Extensive weight losses, attributed to high population densities and a decline in the invertebrate forage base, occurred during the summer of both 1970 and 1971, particularly in the older age classes of mountain whitefish and brown trout.
Production of carp, mountain whitefish and brown trout and Utah suckers was assumed to approximate total fish production in the river. Whitefish production above and below 7-Mile Creek was estimated to be 3. 87 and 1.65 gm/m 2/yr respe ctive ly for the period June 1970 to May 1971. Carp production in these two areas was estimated to be 22.86 and 10.45 gm/m 2/yr for the same period. Brown trout production was estimated to be 5.94 gm/m 2/yr above 7-Mile Creek while production of Utah suckers in the study area was estimated to be 2-3 gm/m 2/yr. Weighted production for the entire study area was estimated to be 23.5 gm/m 2/yr. Evidence is presented which suggests that fish production has increased following the pollution abatement.
Bose Condensation and the BTZ Black Hole
Creators: name: Vaz, Cenalo
name: Wijewardhana, L. C. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Although all popular approaches to quantum gravity are able to recover the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy-area law in the thermodynamic limit, there are significant differences in their descriptions of the microstates and in the application of statistics. Therefore they can have significantly different phenomenological implications. For example, requiring indistinguishability of the elementary degrees of freedom should lead to changes in the black hole's radiative porperties away from the thermodynamic limit and at low temperatures. We demonstrate this for the Bañados-Teitelboim-Zanelli (BTZ) black hole. The energy eigenstates and statistical entropy in the thermodynamic limit of the BTZ black hole were obtained earlier by us via symmetry reduced canonical quantum gravity. In that model the BTZ black hole behaves as a system of Bosonic mass shells moving in a one dimensional harmonic trap. Bose condensation does not occur in the thermodynamic limit but this system possesses a finite critical temperature, $T_c$, and exhibits a large condensate fraction below $T_c$ when the number of shells is finite.
description: 5 pages, 5 figures. Published version
title: Risk Management Breakdown at AXA Rosenberg: The Curious Case of a Quant Manager Trusted Too Much
Creators: name: Larcker, David F.
name: Tayan, Brian
Publisher: name: Corporate Governance Research Initiative
Year: 2013

description: All companies face challenges designing a governance system that works best for their particular situation and structure. Even the owners of privately held companies sometimes struggle with issues of separation and control. The challenges can be particularly acute when a company founder has considerable influence over the organization and its culture, and third-party investors have been brought in to share ownership. We examine the interesting case of AXA Rosenberg, a joint venture investment management firm founded and run by legendary finance professor Barr Rosenberg. Although successful for a time, the firm eventually collapsed due to a failure in risk management. We examine the governance structure, unique personalities, and series of events that led to the breakdown of the firm and the SEC investigation that resulted in Barr Rosenberg’s lifetime ban from the securities industry. We ask: Is it possible for a board to monitor a renowned executive with extremely specialized knowledge? How can the board satisfy itself that risks are appropriately known and monitored? How does an executive’s personality affect a company’s risk management practices?
Coulomb Phase Gluon Scattering at Strong Coupling
Creators: name: Burrington, Benjamin A.
name: Zayas, Leopoldo A. Pando
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate corrections to gluon scattering amplitudes in a Coulomb phase using gauge/string duality. The Coulomb phase considered is a maximal rank breaking of $SU(n_1+n_2)\to SU(n_1)\times SU(n_2) \times U(1)$. This problem therefore has 3 scales involved: 1) the scale of the massive fields $M_W$ arising from the spontaneous breaking of the gauge group; 2) The scale of the scattering, characterized by the Mandelstam variables $s,t,u$; 3) The IR regulator $m_{IR}$. We find corrections in the hard scattering limit $ |s|,|t|,|u|\gg m_{IR}^2 \gg M_W^2$, and also find below threshold corrections with $M_W^2 \gg |s|,|t|,|u|$. We find that the corrections in the second case are finite, and so are IR regulator independent.
description: 17+17 pages, 3 figures
Mercy gramercy' : a study of Henry of Grosmont
Creators: name: Ball, PS
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: This thesis concerns Henry of Grosmont, first duke of Lancaster, focusing in particular on his 1354 Livre de Seyntz Medicines (Book of Holy Medicines), a protracted penitential allegory in which he characterizes his soul as a wounded, infected body. Grosmont deserves attention for several reasons. For a start, he was one of the fourteenth century's most prominent historical characters. An outlying member of the Plantagenet dynasty, he was born around 1310. At his death in 1361 he was England's wealthiest, highest-ranking aristocrat and, like his grandfather Edmund, an individual 'of European stature'. The king and Black Prince excepted, he was England's most important commander of the early Hundred Years War. He was active for thirty years as king's lieutenant, heading English armies or diplomatic missions and governing Aquitaine and Brittany. Most notably, he preserved Aquitaine from French seizure in the 1340s. In European terms, therefore, he was a significant figure.
Current Reversals and Synchronization in Coupled Ratchets
Creators: name: Vincent, U. E.
name: Kenfack, A.
name: Senthilkumar, D. V.
name: Mayer, D.
name: Kürths, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Current reversal is an intriguing phenomenon that has been central to recent experimental and theoretical investigations of transport based on ratchet mechanism. By considering a system of two interacting ratchets, we demonstrate how the coupling can be used to control the reversals. In particular, we find that current reversal that exists in a single driven ratchet system can ultimately be eliminated with the presence of a second ratchet. For specific coupling strengths a current-reversal free regime has been detected. Furthermore, in the fully synchronized state characterized by the coupling threshold $k_{th}$, a specific driving amplitude $a_{opt}$ is found for which the transport is optimum.
description: 6 pages, 8 figures. To appear in Physical Review E