cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Combined Robust and Stochastic Model Predictive Control for Models of Different Granularity
Creators: name: Brüdigam, Tim
name: Teutsch, Johannes
name: Wollherr, Dirk
name: Leibold, Marion
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Long prediction horizons in Model Predictive Control (MPC) often prove to be efficient, however, this comes with increased computational cost. Recently, a Robust Model Predictive Control (RMPC) method has been proposed which exploits models of different granularity. The prediction over the control horizon is split into short-term predictions with a detailed model using MPC and long-term predictions with a coarse model using RMPC. In many applications robustness is required for the short-term future, but in the long-term future, subject to major uncertainty and potential modeling difficulties, robust planning can lead to highly conservative solutions. We therefore propose combining RMPC on a detailed model for short-term predictions and Stochastic MPC (SMPC), with chance constraints, on a simplified model for long-term predictions. This yields decreased computational effort due to a simple model for long-term predictions, and less conservative solutions, as robustness is only required for short-term predictions. The effectiveness of the method is shown in a mobile robot collision avoidance simulation.
description: Accepted to the 2020 IFAC World Congress. The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2020.12.515
Care ethics and human rights: Frameworks for negotiating identity, migration and conflict
Creators: name: West, Heidi Sierra
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This research project explores the relationships between, identity, migration, and conflict through the lenses of two different frameworks; human rights and feminist care ethics. The analysis of these relationships and of individual agency in the recreation of identity is guided by questions such as: How have individuals impacted by conflict-induced migration recreated identity and what effect does this have on the reconciliation process? Is the human rights model or the feminist care ethics model better poised to analyze the impact of conflict-induced migration on individual and community identity for Chechens? Through an exploration of how migration affects individual identity and potentially reconciliation, we may be able to reveal some indicators for positive social change in the Caucasus region and elsewhere.
A Large Population of Obscured AGN in Disguise as Low Luminosity AGN in Chandra Deep Field South
Creators: name: Lambrides, Erini
name: Chiaberge, Marco
name: Heckman, Timothy
name: Gilli, Roberto
name: Vito, Fabio
name: Norman, Colin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Population synthesis models of actively accreting super-massive black holes (or active galactic nuclei -- AGN) predict a large fraction that must grow behind dense, obscuring screens of gas and dust. Deep X-ray surveys are thought to have provided the most complete and unbiased samples of AGN, but there is strong observational evidence that a portion of the population of obscured AGN is being missed. In this paper we use a sample of AGN derived from the deepest X-ray survey to date, the Chandra 7Ms GOODS-South Survey, to investigate the nature of low flux X-ray sources. We make full use of the extensive multi-wavelength coverage of the GOODS-South field, and cross-match our objects with wavelengths from the Radio to the IR. We find the low X-ray flux AGN in our sample have X-ray luminosities that indicate low-luminosity AGN classification, while their radio, infrared and optical counterparts indicate moderate to powerful AGN classification. We find the predicted column densities is on average an order of magnitude higher than the calculated column densities via X-ray detections for X-ray faint sources. We interpret our results as evidence of obscured AGN disguising as low-luminosity AGN via their X-ray luminosities. When we compare the estimation of the obscured AGN space density with and without these objects, we find a difference of 40% in the lowest X-ray luminosity regime probed by our sample.
description: 23 pages, 16 figures, Accepted to the Astrophysical Journal
Exact transmission moments in one-dimensional weak localization and single-parameter scaling
Creators: name: Heinrichs, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We obtain for the first time the expressions for the mean and the variance of the transmission coefficient for an Anderson chain in the weak localization regime, using exact expansions of the complex transmission- and reflection coefficients to fourth order in the weakly disordered site energies. These results confirm the validity of single-parameter scaling theory in a domain where the higher transmission cumulants may be neglected. We compare our results with earlier results for transmission cumulants in the weak localization domain based on the phase randomization hypothesis.
Special Standard Static Space-Times
Creators: name: Dobarro, Fernando
name: Unal, Bulent
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 53C25, 53C50, 53C80

description: Essentially, some conditions for the Riemannian factor and the warping function of a standard static space-time are obtained in order to guarantee that no nontrivial warping function on the Riemannian factor can make the standard static space-time Einstein.
description: 16 pages, submitted to Nonlinear Analysis TMA
Performance of Indian spinach in association with Eucalyptus for agroforestry system
Creators: name: Hossain, K. L.
name: Wadud, M. A.
name: Hossain, K. S.
name: Abdullah, M. R.
name: Hossain, K. L.
name: Wadud, M. A.
name: Hossain, K. S.
name: Abdullah, M. R.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: Indian spinach
subject: Eucalyptus
subject: Agroforestry system

description: Performance of Indian spinach (Base/la alba) grown under Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) in different orientations were evaluated from May to August, 2003 in the Bangladesh Agricultural University campus, Mymensingh. The treatments involve different orientations north, south, east and west for each of the tree. The experiment was conducted in RCBD design with three replications. The numbers of branches per plant, number of leaves per branch, leaf size, stem girth, weight of leaves per plant, weight of stem per plant, fresh and dry yield of spinach grown under Eucalyptus tree showed significant reduction than those grown in open field. Among different orientations both fresh and dry yield of Indian spinach showed better performance in south orientation followed by west, east and north. The fresh yield produced in south, west, east and north orientation were 50.79, 54.20, 56.14 and 56.37% less than the open field and that of for dry yields were 52.74, 56.41, 58.14 and 59.80% less respectively. The ranked order of different orientation for better performance was: South>West>East> North.
Calliopsis (Hypomacrotera) subalpina Cockerell 1894
Creators: name: Pedro, Diego De
name: Ceccarelli, Fadia Sara
name: Sagot, Philippe
name: López-Reyes, Eulogio
name: Mullins, Jessica L.
name: Mérida-Rivas, Jorge A.
name: Falcon-Brindis, Armando
name: Griswold, Terry
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Gardner, Joel
name: Ayala, Ricardo
name: Vides-Borrell, Eric
name: Vandame, Rémy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Andrenidae
Calliopsis
Calliopsis subalpina

description: Calliopsis (Hypomacrotera) subalpina Cockerell, 1894
[Holotype: ANSP; ♂ Las Cruces, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, 1893]
This species occurs in the southwestern USA and northern Mexico. The AMNH reports one female collected in the Lower Colorado Desert San Felipe, BC in March 1967 (GBIF 2023). We corroborate 24 specimens (15 ♂, 9 ♀) from the Lower Colorado Desert 15 mi. S Palacio, Mexicali, BC (CASC). See fig. 27.
description: Published as part of Pedro, Diego De, Ceccarelli, Fadia Sara, Sagot, Philippe, López-Reyes, Eulogio, Mullins, Jessica L., Mérida-Rivas, Jorge A., Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Griswold, Terry, Ascher, John S., Gardner, Joel, Ayala, Ricardo, Vides-Borrell, Eric & Vandame, Rémy, 2024, Revealing the Baja California Peninsula's Hidden Treasures: An Annotated checklist of the native bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), pp. 1-391 in Zootaxa 5522 (1) on page 75, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5522.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13920532
Trends in funding for international artist exchange between the United States and the Middle East
Creators: name: Shin, Hyesun
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This thesis attempts to identify U.S. international funding trends of artist exchanges between the United States and the Middle East in the aftermath of September 11, 2001. By analyzing the Foundation Center's series of U.S. international grantmaking research publications and the U.S. Department of State's budgets for the relevant field, several notable trends have been observed. After the end of the Cold War, both government and private sector funding for exchange programs was sharply curtailed. In turn, in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, government's interest has redirected to cultural diplomacy. In regard this, although figures appear to be at a modest level in dollar terms, the State Department have allocated increased budgets to cultural exchange programs, particularly those engaging with the Middle East. In contrast, foundations have remained reluctant to sponsor international arts and cultural exchange programs with the Middle Eastern countries. Based on research and case studies, this foundations' hesitation to support exchange programs can be explained by the current economic downturn and new regulations, which were established immediately after the terrorist's attacks.
Curvature of magnetic field lines in compressible magnetized turbulence: Statistics, magnetization predictions, gradient curvature, modes and self-gravitating media
Creators: name: Yuen, Ka Ho
name: Lazarian, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Magnetic field lines in interstellar media have a rich morphology, which could be characterized by geometrical parameters such as curvature and torsion. In this paper, we explore the statistical properties of magnetic field line curvature $κ$ in compressible magnetized turbulence. We see that both the mean and standard deviation of magnetic field line curvature obey power-law relations to the magnetization. Moreover, the power-law tail of the curvature probability distribution function is also proportional to the Alfvenic Mach number. We also explore whether the curvature method could be used in the field-tracing Velocity Gradient Technique. In particular, we observe that there is a relation between the mean and standard deviation of the curvature probed by velocity gradients to $M_A$. Finally we discuss how curvature is contributed by different MHD modes in interstellar turbulence, and suggests that the eigenvectors of MHD modes could be possibly represented by the natural Fernet-Serrat frame of the magnetic field lines. We discuss possible theoretical and observational applications of the curvature technique, including the extended understanding on a special length scale that characterize the importance of magnetic field curvature in driving MHD turbulence, and how it could be potentially used to study self-gravitating system.
description: 18 pages, 7 figures, 1 extra figure in the appendix, accepted by ApJ for publication
Trends in funding for international artist exchange between the United States and the Middle East
Creators: name: Shin, Hyesun
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 36
subject: Creative arts and writing

description: This thesis attempts to identify U.S. international funding trends of artist exchanges between the United States and the Middle East in the aftermath of September 11, 2001. By analyzing the Foundation Center's series of U.S. international grantmaking research publications and the U.S. Department of State's budgets for the relevant field, several notable trends have been observed. After the end of the Cold War, both government and private sector funding for exchange programs was sharply curtailed. In turn, in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, government's interest has redirected to cultural diplomacy. In regard this, although figures appear to be at a modest level in dollar terms, the State Department have allocated increased budgets to cultural exchange programs, particularly those engaging with the Middle East. In contrast, foundations have remained reluctant to sponsor international arts and cultural exchange programs with the Middle Eastern countries. Based on research and case studies, this foundations' hesitation to support exchange programs can be explained by the current economic downturn and new regulations, which were established immediately after the terrorist's attacks.
Decomposition pattern of two green manures in BAU farm soil
Creators: name: Parvin, N.
name: Chowdhurry, M. A. H.
name: Ferdous, H. S. J.
name: Parvin, N.
name: Chowdhurry, M. A. H.
name: Ferdous, H. S. J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Decomposition
subject: Water hyacinth
subject: Mimosa

description: Decomposition pattern of two contrasting green manures viz, water hyacinth (Eichhomia crassipes) and mimosa (Mimosa invisa) was studied in an incubation experiment at the department of Agricultural Chemistry, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, during the period from May to July, 2003. The soil was amended with the manures @ 1 g 50 g-1 soil. A basal dose of 250 pg N, 200 pg P and 250 pg K g-1 soil was also applied to each experimental unit. Microbial respiration as a measure of decomposition was monitored over 50 days at room temperature and different intervals of time. Of the amendments, mimosa decomposed more rapidly (14.3% vs. 3.8% by day 2) than water hyacinth. The highest decomposition rate was observed in mimosa at day 2 and water hyacinth at day 10. The decomposition of mimosa was approximately two times higher than water hyacinth. After 50 days of incubation, a total of 32 and 49% of the added C were respired from water hyacinth and mimosa, respectively. Both the rate and total decomposition of the green manures were also found to be related to their nutrient status (C : N : P : S ratios).
Challenging theoretical notions of regional integration: The Arab Maghreb Union, the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and Arab regionalism
Creators: name: Jones, Jonathan Taylor
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4408
subject: Political science
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Alliances between states have traditionally been governed by the assumption that such measures were made for security purposes. In the post-Cold War era, however, the rise of non-state actors and small states as powerful forces in international politics, economics and humanitarian matters have called such suppositions into question. In particular, the commonly asserted international relations theories of realism, liberalism and their tepid offshoots fail to account for these dynamic changes to the global system of order. The Arab Maghreb Union provides an example of the important role that small states can play when they choose to ally together and, in cooperation with the European Union and its constituent regional associations such as the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, demonstrates the need for a more holistic theoretical apparatus with which to explain the motivations and actions of sub-hegemonic states and non-state entities in the contemporary period.
Local Policies and Educational Exclusion. The Experience of a City Council´s Socio-Occupational Centres Network in Spain
Creators: name: García-Goncet, Daniel
name: Vigo-Arrazola, Begoña
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: education and training opportunity
local government
school leavers
educational policy
social justice

description: Context: VET has been specially considered suitable for youngsters who have lived some kind of educational exclusion process and part of the modern VET systems were developed in response to social needs by political or citizenship movements. Spanish education System had got an early school leaving rates higher than European average so it´s a critical issue in terms of educational policy in which a different set of educational, social and political actors are involved. Approach: Based on case study, we focus on quantitative description of the City Council´s Socio-occupational Centres Network (CSL Network) as part of those local programs address to achieve educational and social inclusion, which emerged in response to social needs by synergetic interaction between Local Administration and the commitment of organized citizens. Findings: CSL Network focused on young people who dropped out from schools and set up training alternatives for them, increasing -over time- the pre-existing official training system. On average, every year, 500 students follow different courses offered by CSL Network. Those students belonging to the most socially disadvantaged sectors are overrepresented. Conclusions: Situated in the border between the education system and the non-regulated training system, CSL Network offers a significant way to increase the reception capacity of the Spanish education system and students increase their possibilities to access to job.
Combining Full-Shape and BAO Analyses of Galaxy Power Spectra: A 1.6% CMB-independent constraint on H0
Creators: name: Philcox, Oliver H. E.
name: Ivanov, Mikhail M.
name: Simonović, Marko
name: Zaldarriaga, Matias
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present cosmological constraints from a joint analysis of the pre- and post-reconstruction galaxy power spectrum multipoles from the final data release of the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS). Geometric constraints are obtained from the positions of BAO peaks in reconstructed spectra, analyzed in combination with the unreconstructed spectra in a full-shape (FS) likelihood using a joint covariance matrix, giving stronger parameter constraints than FS-only or BAO-only analyses. We introduce a new method for obtaining constraints from reconstructed spectra based on a correlated theoretical error, which is shown to be simple, robust, and applicable to any flavor of density-field reconstruction. Assuming $Λ$CDM with massive neutrinos, we analyze data from two redshift bins $z_\mathrm{eff}=0.38,0.61$ and obtain $1.6\%$ constraints on the Hubble constant $H_0$, using only a single prior on the current baryon density $ω_b$ from Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) and no knowledge of the power spectrum slope $n_s$. This gives $H_0 = 68.6\pm1.1\,\mathrm{km\,s}^{-1}\mathrm{Mpc}^{-1}$, with the inclusion of BAO data sharpening the measurement by $40\%$, representing one of the strongest current constraints on $H_0$ independent of cosmic microwave background data. Restricting to the best-fit slope $n_s$ from Planck (but without additional priors on the spectral shape), we obtain a $1\%$ $H_0$ measurement of $67.8\pm 0.7\,\mathrm{km\,s}^{-1}\mathrm{Mpc}^{-1}$. We find strong constraints on the cosmological parameters from a joint analysis of the FS, BAO, and Planck data. This sets new bounds on the sum of neutrino masses $\sum m_ν< 0.14\,\mathrm{eV}$ (at $95\%$ confidence) and the effective number of relativistic degrees of freedom $N_\mathrm{eff} = 2.90^{+0.15}_{-0.16}$, though contours are not appreciably narrowed by the inclusion of BAO data.
description: 42 pages, 12 figures, accepted by JCAP, likelihoods available at https://github.com/Michalychforever/lss_montepython (minor typo corrected)
Dynamo -- Handling Scientific Data Across Sites and Storage Media
Creators: name: Iiyama, Yutaro
name: Maier, Benedikt
name: Abercrombie, Daniel
name: Goncharov, Maxim
name: Paus, Christoph
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Dynamo is a full-stack software solution for scientific data management. Dynamo's architecture is modular, extensible, and customizable, making the software suitable for managing data in a wide range of installation scales, from a few terabytes stored at a single location to hundreds of petabytes distributed across a worldwide computing grid. This article documents the core system design of Dynamo and describes the applications that implement various data management tasks. A brief report is also given on the operational experiences of the system at the CMS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider and at a small scale analysis facility.
description: 18 pages, 9 figures
Calliopsis (Nomadopsis) callosa
Creators: name: Pedro, Diego De
name: Ceccarelli, Fadia Sara
name: Sagot, Philippe
name: López-Reyes, Eulogio
name: Mullins, Jessica L.
name: Mérida-Rivas, Jorge A.
name: Falcon-Brindis, Armando
name: Griswold, Terry
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Gardner, Joel
name: Ayala, Ricardo
name: Vides-Borrell, Eric
name: Vandame, Rémy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Andrenidae
Calliopsis
Calliopsis callosa

description: Calliopsis (Nomadopsis) callosa (Timberlake, 1952)
[Holotype: CUIC; ♂ Ysleta, El Paso Co., Texas, US; September 4, 1927]
Calliopsis callosa specializes on pollen from Tidestromia Standl. in the family Amaranthaceae (Fowler 2020). This species was collected in the Gulf Coast region in BCS in October 1941 (Rozen 1958) and the associated specimens (3 ♂, 2 ♀) are vouchered at CASC. See fig. 28.
description: Published as part of Pedro, Diego De, Ceccarelli, Fadia Sara, Sagot, Philippe, López-Reyes, Eulogio, Mullins, Jessica L., Mérida-Rivas, Jorge A., Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Griswold, Terry, Ascher, John S., Gardner, Joel, Ayala, Ricardo, Vides-Borrell, Eric & Vandame, Rémy, 2024, Revealing the Baja California Peninsula's Hidden Treasures: An Annotated checklist of the native bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), pp. 1-391 in Zootaxa 5522 (1) on page 75, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5522.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13920532
Dynamics of Quantum Coherence and Quantum Fisher Information After Sudden Quench
Creators: name: Jafari, R.
name: Akbari, Alireza
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The dynamics of relative entropy and $l_{1}$-norm of coherence, as well as, the Wigner-Yanase-skew and quantum Fisher information are studied for a time-dependent coupled XY spin chain in presence of a time-dependent transverse magnetic field. Independent of the initial state of the system and while the relative entropy of coherence, $l_{1}$-norm of coherence, and quantum Fisher information are incapable, surprisingly, the dynamic Wigner-Yanase-skew information can truly spotlight the equilibrium critical point. We also observe that when the system is quenched to the critical point, these quantities show suppressions and revivals. Moreover, the first suppression (revival) time scales linearly with the system size and its scaling ratio is unique for all quenches independent to the initial phase. This is the promised universality of the first suppression (revival) time.
description: 8 pages, 8 figures; to appear in Phys. Rev. A
title: Differentiating between networks associated with linguistic processing: A magnetoencephalographic investigation
Creators: name: McNab, Fiona
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2004

description: Many models of reading differentiate between linguistic processing pathways. The studies reported within this thesis demonstrate how magnetoencephalography (MEG), together with the analysis technique Synthetic Aperture Magnetometry (SAM) can be used to investigate spectral power changes associated with different processing routes, with millisecond resolution.

 To isolate different linguistic processes, two approaches have been taken. In the first study task manipulations were used to focus attention on either the semantic or phonological nature of a stimulus. Results suggest a task-specific dissociation between the spatial-temporal dynamics of frontal (inferior frontal and BAIO) and temporal (BA20) / parietal (BA39/40) effects, which has implications for theories regarding the interaction between frontal “executive” systems and semantic / phonological “stores”.

 This approach was extended by investigating task-specific effects associated with the priming of the two tasks, prior to stimulus processing demands. Similiarities were observed between these effects and those observed during stimulus processing in terms of location, latency and frequency band, suggesting that task priming may allow investigation into the neural correlates of semantic and phonological processes in the absence of confounds associated with task demands and the choice of stimuli.

 The second approach involved the use of stimulus manipulations, within the context of a lexical decision task. Different types of word and nonword vary in terms of their semantic and phonological nature, and therefore in the extent to which they engage semantic and phonological processes. Differential effects were observed between the stimulus conditions, and interpreted in terms of differing degrees of semantic and phonological processing. As each of these approaches have methodological advantages and disadvantages, the results of the stimulus manipulation study are compared to those of the task manipulation study.

 Therefore, using three different approaches (task manipulations, stimulus manipulations, and task priming), MEG has been used to differentiate between networks associated with linguistic processing, within the domains of space, time and frequency.
On the Relationship of Politics and Research of Vocational Education and Training in Germany
Creators: name: Eckelt, Marcus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: VET politics
VET research
Germany
depoliticisation

description: Empirical research on Vocational Education and Training (VET) emerged in the 1960s parallel to the dual VET system, as we know it today. Since then, relatively little research has been done on VET politics. Contributions to this field of research come mainly from educational researchers and political scientists, but also from sociologists and economists. The extent to which research itself is related to politics in VET has not yet been systematically investigated. This paper explores this connection proposing the concept of depoliticisation as an explanatory link by comparing the relation of VET politics and research today and in the 1960/70s. The paper argues (1) that VET politics is carried out in depoliticised way today, (2) that depoliticisation can be understood as a mode of doing politics, (3) that VET politics was highly politicised in the 1960/70s, (4) that the concept of depoliticisation can be applied to research on VET as well and (5) finally that politicisation and depoliticisation of research corresponds to the current predominant mode of VET politics.
Forbidden Transitions in a Magneto-Optical Trap
Creators: name: Bhattacharya, M.
name: Haimberger, C.
name: Bigelow, N. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the first observation of a non-dipole transition in an ultra-cold atomic vapor. We excite the 3P-4P electric quadrupole (E2) transition in $^{23}$Na confined in a Magneto-Optical Trap(MOT), and demonstrate its application to high-resolution spectroscopy by making the first measurement of the hyperfine structure of the 4P$_{1/2}$ level and extracting the magnetic dipole constant A $=$ 30.6 $\pm$ 0.1 MHz. We use cw OODR (Optical-Optical Double Resonance) accompanied by photoinization to probe the transition.
Evaluation of six plant extracts for their possible repellent effects against lesser mealworm, Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer)
Creators: name: Kamruzzaman, M.
name: Shahjahan, M.
name: Mollah, M. L. R.
name: Kamruzzaman, M.
name: Shahjahan, M.
name: Mollah, M. L. R.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: Plant extracts
subject: Solvent
subject: Lesser mealworm
subject: A. diaperinus
subject: Repellent

description: Experiment was carried out to investigate the repellent effect of leaf and seed extracts of six indigenous plants namely dholkalmi, Ipomoea fistulosa; dutura, Datura fastuosa; eucalyptus, Eucalyptus citriodora; hatisur, Helitropium indicum; khetpapri, Hedyotis corymbosa and urmoi, Sapium indicum against lesser mealworm, Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer). Leaf and seed extracts of the test plants had moderate repellent effect. Among the extracts, the highest repellency was observed in dholkalmi leaf extract (repellency 47.91%) and hatisur seed extract (repellency 47.47%). The ethanol extracts of leaf and water extracts of seed were more effective in repelling the pest than those of the other two solvent extracts. In most of the cases, repellency rate decreased with the progress of time and increased proportionally with doses. The results indicated the possibility of using dholkalmi leaf extract and hatisur seed extract as an alternative control measures for lesser mealworm as they were found to possess high repellency effect against the pest
Calliopsis (Nomadopsis) fracta
Creators: name: Pedro, Diego De
name: Ceccarelli, Fadia Sara
name: Sagot, Philippe
name: López-Reyes, Eulogio
name: Mullins, Jessica L.
name: Mérida-Rivas, Jorge A.
name: Falcon-Brindis, Armando
name: Griswold, Terry
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Gardner, Joel
name: Ayala, Ricardo
name: Vides-Borrell, Eric
name: Vandame, Rémy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Andrenidae
Calliopsis
Calliopsis fracta

description: Calliopsis (Nomadopsis) fracta (Rozen, 1952) **
[Holotype: SEMC; ♂ Andreas Canyon, Palm Springs, Riverside Co., California, US; April 6, 1939]
Calliopsis fracta specializes on pollen from spring-blooming plants in the family Boraginaceae (Fowler 2020). This species is a new record for Mexico as a result of the BBPT field surveys. The BBPT collected this species in northern BC in the Coastal Sage Matorral in May and June 2020, April 2021, and May 2022; and in Chaparral and the Baja California Mountains in May 2022 (10 ♀, 3 ♂ MABC; 4 ♀, 2 ♂ ECOAB). See fig. 28.
description: Published as part of Pedro, Diego De, Ceccarelli, Fadia Sara, Sagot, Philippe, López-Reyes, Eulogio, Mullins, Jessica L., Mérida-Rivas, Jorge A., Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Griswold, Terry, Ascher, John S., Gardner, Joel, Ayala, Ricardo, Vides-Borrell, Eric & Vandame, Rémy, 2024, Revealing the Baja California Peninsula's Hidden Treasures: An Annotated checklist of the native bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), pp. 1-391 in Zootaxa 5522 (1) on page 75, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5522.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13920532
Limits on the Stochastic Gravitational Wave Background and Prospects for Single Source Detection with GRACE Follow-On
Creators: name: Ross, M. P.
name: Hagedorn, C. A.
name: Shaw, E. A.
name: Lockwood, A. L.
name: Iritani, B. M.
name: Lee, J. G.
name: Venkateswara, K.
name: Gundlach, J. H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: With a reinterpretation of recent results, the GRACE Follow-On mission can be applied to gravitational wave astronomy. Existing GRACE Follow-On data constrain the stochastic gravitational wave background to $Ω_{GW}<3.3\times10^{7}$ at 100 mHz. With a dedicated analysis, GRACE Follow-On may be able to detect the inspiral of local neutron star binaries, inspiral of subgalactic stellar-mass black hole binaries, or mergers of intermediate-mass black hole binaries within the Milky Way.
How Roche Leverages the Momentum of Apprenticeship Training as a Major Opportunity to Develop a Flexible Workforce With an Agile Mindset, Future-Oriented Critical Skills and a Natural Understanding of the Importance of Lifelong Learning and Reskilling
Creators: name: Corpataux, Serge
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: academization
skills revolution
employer branding
prospects
role models

description: Despite a recognized need for young talent, it is becoming increasingly difficult for the Vocational Training Department at Roche in Basel/Kaiseraugst to find young, talented and qualified new recruits. One of the reasons for this difficulty is the increasing trend towards an academic education. New data support the hypothesis that vocational training at the upper secondary level is equivalent to university education. Together with the increasing awareness among authorities of the need for a skills revolution, it is an opportunity for vocational education to respond to this need in order to strengthen companies’ comprehensive talent strategy. Roche is taking a multi-faceted approach to achieve this goal: Raising Roche's profile as an attractive training company through professional employer branding and highlighting the excellent opportunities and career prospects for young, motivated people at Roche. The congruence of dual and academic training paths is demonstrated and lived through former apprentices as role models who participate in special "Study with Roche" programs. The offer of "Global Internship Programs" and the "Qualification Year" make the quality and standard of the training visible to managers and helps to strengthen the acceptance and appreciation of the people trained in the apprenticeship system.
Effect of brassinosteroid (TNZ-303), chloro indole acetic acid (CL-IAA) and GABA on vegetative growth of lentil
Creators: name: Islam, M. O.
name: Dakua, M. F.
name: Kamuro, Y.
name: Islam, M. O.
name: Dakua, M. F.
name: Kamuro, Y.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: CI-IAA
subject: TNZ-303
subject: GABA
subject: Vegetative growth
subject: Lentil

description: An experiment was carried out in the field and laboratory of the Department of Crop Botany, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh to find out the effect of CI-IAA, TNZ-303 and GABA on vegetative growth in lentil (Lens esculenta Moench.) var. BM-3 and BM-4. Plant growth regulators were applied on seeds by soaking in aqueous solution of different concentration for 12 hours prior to sowing. Vegetative growth of variety BM-3 was better than that of BM-4. Results revealed that all the plant growth regulators selectively enhanced vegetative growth of both the varieties. Among the PGRs, the GABA performed the best on vegetative growth over other two plant growth regulators as well as over the control. The plant height, number of branches, number of leaves and number of nodules per plant significantly enhanced by GABA and the best result was at 0.664 ml L-1. Among the other growth regulators TNZ-303 at 0.166 ml L-1 and CI-IAA at 0.332 ml L-1 was also good for better morphological growth of lentil. All plant growth regulators regulated morphological growth of both the varieties.
SDSS-IV MaNGA: The kinematic-morphology of galaxies on the mass vs star-formation relation in different environments
Creators: name: Wang, Bitao
name: Cappellari, Michele
name: Peng, Yingjie
name: Graham, Mark
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the link between the kinematic-morphology of galaxies, as inferred from integral-field stellar kinematics, and their relation between mass and star formation rate (SFR). Our sample consists of $\sim 3200$ galaxies with integral-field spectroscopic data from the MaNGA survey with available determinations of their effective stellar angular momentum within the half-light radius $λ_{R_e}$. We find that for star-forming galaxies, namely along the star formation main sequence (SFMS), the $λ_{R_e}$ values remain large and almost unchanged over about two orders of magnitude in stellar mass, with the exception of the lowest masses $\mathcal{M}_{\star}\lesssim2\times10^{9} \mathcal{M}_{\odot}$, where $λ_{R_e}$ slightly decreases. The SFMS is dominated by spiral galaxies with small bulges. Below the SFMS, but above the characteristic stellar mass $\mathcal{M}_{\rm crit}\approx2\times10^{11} \mathcal{M}_{\odot}$, there is a sharp decrease in $λ_{R_e}$ with decreasing star formation rate: massive galaxies well below the SFMS are mainly slow-rotator early-type galaxies, namely genuinely spheroidal galaxies without disks. Below the SFMS and below $\mathcal{M}_{\rm crit}$ the decrease of $λ_{R_e}$ with decreasing SFR becomes modest or nearly absent: low-mass galaxies well below the SFMS, are fast-rotator early-type galaxies, and contain fast-rotating stellar disks like their star-forming counterparts. We also find a small but clear environmental dependence for the massive galaxies: in the mass range $10^{10.9}-10^{11.5} \mathcal{M}_{\odot}$, galaxies in rich groups or denser regions or classified as central galaxies have lower values of $λ_{R_e}$. While no environmental dependence is found for galaxies of lower mass. We discuss how our results can be understood as due to the different star formation and mass assembly histories of galaxies with varying mass.
description: 22 pages, 12 figures, LaTeX. Accepted for publication on MNRAS
title: Accounting Goodwill And The Main Constituent Drivers Of Corporate Value : A Review And Empirical Study
Creators: name: Owen, Gareth Wyn
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2004

description: This thesis begins by exploring the nature and origin of goodwill as an accounting phenomenon, identifying and discussing contributions to this subject and the problems it has posed in accountancy over many years. It also examines how the standard setting bodies of accounting have handled the recognition and measurement of goodwill within financial reports, and then how the whole concept of goodwill fits into accepted economic theory. Having established from the economic perspective that goodwill is in effect a residual measure of value within the accounting arising out of the historical cost and realization principles, the thesis then describes and critically evaluates valuation models that genuinely try and bridge the “value gap” between the accounting and economic models, particularly value-based models such as Residual Income, Economic Value Added, EVA and Shareholder Value Added (SVA). The thesis then focuses on the free cash flow based SVA model of Alfred Rappaport and adapts this within a pure equity perspective, highlighting the seven key cash flow drivers of shareholder value. These drivers are then linked as far as possible to the main headings within UK and international cash flow statements. Finally the thesis goes on to adapt and develop a testable model using research previously carried out from the “value relevance” literature. This model relates changes in overall market capitalization to changes in the key constituent cash flow drivers found within the cash flow statement. A ‘backward elimination’ stepwise multiple linear regression technique is then adopted to assess for several samples of companies, whether any statistical relationship exists between changes in the independent X cash flow variables identified and the dependent Y variable (changes in market capitalization. ) The findings of these surveys suggest that there is a general statistical relationship existing between these variables, but concludes that no one X variable seems to have any more statistical relationship with or impact on Y than any other. The thesis concludes with a review of the structure and findings, overall conclusions, and a range of specific recommendations for the accounting standard setting bodies to consider as additional reforms to the financial reporting framework.
Challenging theoretical notions of regional integration: The Arab Maghreb Union, the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and Arab regionalism
Creators: name: Jones, Jonathan Taylor
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Alliances between states have traditionally been governed by the assumption that such measures were made for security purposes. In the post-Cold War era, however, the rise of non-state actors and small states as powerful forces in international politics, economics and humanitarian matters have called such suppositions into question. In particular, the commonly asserted international relations theories of realism, liberalism and their tepid offshoots fail to account for these dynamic changes to the global system of order. The Arab Maghreb Union provides an example of the important role that small states can play when they choose to ally together and, in cooperation with the European Union and its constituent regional associations such as the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, demonstrates the need for a more holistic theoretical apparatus with which to explain the motivations and actions of sub-hegemonic states and non-state entities in the contemporary period.
Personal Curriculum: Worklife Learning Pathways and VET
Creators: name: Billett, Stephen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: curriculum
pathways
lifelong learning
lifelong education
VET

description: To understand, evaluate and enhance how vocational education and training (VET) contributes to individuals’ development ultimately requires appraising those contributions across their life courses. How VET assists and supports them through key transitions offers a means to appraise its contributions. Here, the concept of a personal curriculum is introduced and evoked to capture the worklife pathways individuals take and the contributions that VET can and should make. Drawing on a current project elaborating individuals’ worklife history it is found that three interdependent contributions arise: the person, educational provisions (widely defined) and those from ‘community’. The concept of personal curriculum and factors shaping are advanced here.
The impact of event group and gender on the relationship between sport anxiety and performance in track and field athletes
Creators: name: Powell, Kelly K.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This study investigated the impact of precompetition anxiety on athletic performance in track runners. It was found that the nature of the event (sprint, mid-distance, long distance) differentially predicted the relationship between precompetitive anxiety and performance. Results showed that the interpretation of anxiety intensity as either facilitative or debilitative, the 'directional' component of anxiety, is a more sensitive predictor of performance than anxiety intensity alone. Findings indicated that best predictor of performance for sprinters and distance runners were their somatic anxiety direction. The performance of the mid-distance runners was best predicted by self-confidence direction. The results are interpreted as lending support to the multidimensional model of anxiety.
A spatio-temporal study of rheo-oscillations in a sheared lamellar phase using ultrasound
Creators: name: Manneville, Sebastien
name: Salmon, Jean-Baptiste
name: Colin, Annie
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an experimental study of the flow dynamics of a lamellar phase sheared in the Couette geometry. High-frequency ultrasonic pulses at 36 MHz are used to measure time-resolved velocity profiles. Oscillations of the viscosity occur in the vicinity of a shear-induced transition between a high-viscosity disordered fluid and a low-viscosity ordered fluid. The phase coexistence shows up as shear bands on the velocity profiles. We show that the dynamics of the rheological data result from two different processes: (i) fluctuations of slip velocities at the two walls and (ii) flow dynamics in the bulk of the lamellar phase. The bulk dynamics are shown to be related to the displacement of the interface between the two differently sheared regions in the gap of the Couette cell. Two different dynamical regimes are investigated under applied shear stress: one of small amplitude oscillations of the viscosity ($δη/η\simeq 3$%) and one of large oscillations ($δη/η\simeq 25$%). A phenomenological model is proposed that may account for the observed spatio-temporal dynamics
description: 16 pages, 17 figures, submitted to Eur. Phys. J. E
Calliopsis (Nomadopsis) helianthi
Creators: name: Pedro, Diego De
name: Ceccarelli, Fadia Sara
name: Sagot, Philippe
name: López-Reyes, Eulogio
name: Mullins, Jessica L.
name: Mérida-Rivas, Jorge A.
name: Falcon-Brindis, Armando
name: Griswold, Terry
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Gardner, Joel
name: Ayala, Ricardo
name: Vides-Borrell, Eric
name: Vandame, Rémy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Andrenidae
Calliopsis
Calliopsis helianthi

description: Calliopsis (Nomadopsis) helianthi (Swenk & Cockerell, 1907)
[Holotype: UNSM; ♀ Warbonnet Canon, Sioux County, Nebraska, July 12, 1901]
Calliopsis helianthi specializes on pollen from plants in the family Euphorbiaceae (Fowler 2020). This species was documented in both BC and BCS by Ayala et al. (1996). Additionally, we examined six females collected in the Central Desert (BC) and Gulf Coast (BCS) in September and October 1941 (CASC), and one female collected in the Central Desert (BC) in March 2014 (CNIN). See fig. 28.
description: Published as part of Pedro, Diego De, Ceccarelli, Fadia Sara, Sagot, Philippe, López-Reyes, Eulogio, Mullins, Jessica L., Mérida-Rivas, Jorge A., Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Griswold, Terry, Ascher, John S., Gardner, Joel, Ayala, Ricardo, Vides-Borrell, Eric & Vandame, Rémy, 2024, Revealing the Baja California Peninsula's Hidden Treasures: An Annotated checklist of the native bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), pp. 1-391 in Zootaxa 5522 (1) on page 75, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5522.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13920532