cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Spatio-temporal variability and trends of drought indices over Lombardy plain (northern Italy) from meteorological station records (1951–2017)
Creators: name: Crespi, Alice
name: Borghi, Anna
name: Facchi, Arianna
name: Gandolfi, Claudio
name: Maugeri, Maurizio
Publisher: name: Italian Journal of Agrometeorology
Year: 2021

description: A 30-arc second resolution gridded dataset of 1951–2017 monthly series of Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) for a portion of Po Plain in Lombardy region (northern Italy) is presented. The series were derived from an archive of homogenized and quality-checked meteorological station observations covering the study area and its surroundings, which were interpolated onto regular grid by means of an anomaly-based procedure. A significant negative trend in mean regional SPI series was depicted for summer (-0.14 decade-1) while stronger decreases were found for SPEI in spring, summer and year (-0.14, -0.22 and -0.17 decade-1, respectively). The greatest drying tendencies occur in the southern and western parts of domain where summer index trends reached -0.23 and -0.30 decade-1, respectively. The more negative trends of SPEI than SPI can be probably explained by the increasing role of evapotranspiration over recent decades triggered by arising temperature. The assessment of spatio-temporal variability of drought features (frequency, duration and severity) pointed out increasing tendencies in all cases, especially in the western portion of the region.
description: Italian Journal of Agrometeorology, No. 2 (2020)
de Sitter thermodynamics in the canonical ensemble
Creators: name: Saida, Hiromi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The existing thermodynamics of the cosmological horizon in de-Sitter spacetime is established in the micro-canonical ensemble, while thermodynamics of black hole horizons are established in the canonical ensemble. Generally in the ordinary thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, both of the micro-canonical and canonical ensembles yield the same equation of state for any thermodynamic system. This implies the existence of a formulation of de-Sitter thermodynamics based on the canonical ensemble. This paper reproduces the de-Sitter thermodynamics in the canonical ensemble. The procedure is as follows: We put a spherical wall at the center of de-Sitter spacetime, whose mass is negligible and perfectly reflects the Hawking radiation coming from the cosmological horizon. Then the region enclosed by the wall and horizon settles down to a thermal equilibrium state, for which the Euclidean action is evaluated and the partition function is obtained. The integration constant (subtraction term) of Euclidean action is determined to reproduce the equation of state (e.g. entropy-area law) verified already in the micro-canonical ensemble. Our de-Sitter canonical ensemble is well-defined to preserve the "thermodynamic consistency", which means that the state variables satisfy not only the four laws of thermodynamics but also the appropriate differential relations with thermodynamic functions; e.g. partial derivatives of the free energy give the entropy, pressure, and so on. The special role of cosmological constant in de-Sitter thermodynamics is also revealed.
description: 28 pages, 2 figures, Accepted for publication in Prog.Theor.Phys, Typos are corrected
Absolute motion determined from Michelson-type experiments in optical media
Creators: name: Dmitriyev, Valery P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: General Physics (physics.gen-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The symmetry of vacuum is characterized by the Lorentz group with the parameter $c$. Physical space inside the homogeneous optical medium should be described by the Lorentz group with the parameter $c/n$, where $n$ is the refractive index of the medium. Violation of a one-parameter phenomenological symmetry in the discrete medium, such as gas, creates the opportunity for the experimental detecting the motion of the optical medium relative to luminiferous aether.
description: 3 pages, 1 figure
Estimating evaporation from reservoirs using energy budget and empirical methods: Alavian Dam reservoir, NW Iran
Creators: name: Hojjati, Elahe
name: Mahtabi, Ghorban
name: Taran, Farshid
name: Kisi, Ozgur
Publisher: name: Italian Journal of Agrometeorology
Year: 2021

description: Accurate measurement of evaporation from open water resources like lakes and dam reservoirs is necessary to proper water balance management, especially in arid and semi-arid regions. A detailed daily evaporation study was conducted on Alavian Dam reservoir, located in the northwest of Iran. A two-dimensional hydrodynamic model was used to obtain the distribution of daily water temperature of the reservoir. The water temperature model was calibrated and validated using a three-year observed data set (2013-2016). The Bowen ratio energy budget (BREB) is accepted as a standard approach in estimating evaporation from lakes. To select the best evaporation method (s) over the lake, evaporation rates were determined using 30 empirical methods. These methods were evaluated and ranked with respect to the BREB values. The estimated evaporation values by the BREB approach showed that the monthly mean and the annual evaporation from the Alavian Reservoir during the year 2015-2016 were equal to 4.08 mm.d-1 and 1508 mm.year-1, respectively. The Rohwer (Dalton) and the deBruin (combination) methods with the RMSEs of 0.71 and 0.79 mm.d-1, respectively, provided the highest accuracy. To summarize, the methods depended only on measurement of vapor pressure deficit and wind speed (e.g., Rohwer, deBruin and McMillan) were relatively found to be more cost-effective and more practical alternatives for determining evaporation at the studied area, owing to their high efficiency and simplicity.
description: Italian Journal of Agrometeorology, No. 2 (2020)
Receipt from Joshua Bennet to Nathaniel Case, June 11, 1831
Creators: name: Case, Nathaniel
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1831
Subjects: Edwards Family
Paying bills
Debt
Receipts (Acknowledgments)
Sag Harbor

description: Receipt from Sag Harbor for $250 from Joshua Bennet to Nathaniel Case for payment, dated June 11, 1831. This item is part of the Isaac Edwards Deed Collection, donated by Bess Rattray in December 2020.
Endogenous Institutional Change on First Nations Reserves: Selecting into the First Nations Land Management Act
Creators: name: Kelly, Liam D.
name: Deaton, B. James
name: Kelly, Liam D.
name: Deaton, B. James
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2020
Subjects: Resource/Energy Economics and Policy
Institutional and Behavioral Economics
Community/Rural/Urban Development

description: Presentation18156
Drought stress response of hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis L.) as influenced via the antitranspirants and osmolytes materials
Creators: name: Khajeh Hosseini, Sarah
name: Fanoodi, Farzad
name: Tabatabaei, Seyed Ali
name: Yazdani Biouki, Rostam
name: Masoud Sinaki, Jafar
Publisher: name: Italian Journal of Agrometeorology
Year: 2021

description: Drought or insufficient water is considered as one of the most common limiting factors in global agricultural production. This study evaluated the effects of drought stress and foliar application of kaolin, chitosan, and glycine amino acid at different application times in Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis L.) for two-year. The results demonstrated that extreme drought affects the growth and yield parameters of hyssop, such as decrease morphological traits as well as yield components, protein content and increase enzymatic antioxidants. The foliar application, especially with kaolin at flowering, caused the greatest changes in general, greatly enhanced the number of lateral branches, shoot dry weight, protein content by (13.62%), (6.15%), (7%) in the first year, respectively. In addition, chitosan had a beneficial effect on shoot dry weight too. Also, kaolin reduced the effects of oxidative stress in the plant by increasing its antioxidant capacity to. So that the enzymatic antioxidants CAT and POX enhanced by (32.48%), (43.35%) in the first year and by (5.95%), (13.18%) in the next year, respectively.
description: Italian Journal of Agrometeorology, No. 2 (2020)
Optimal groundwater augmentation through managed aquifer recharge and on-farm reservoir under uncertainty and risk
Creators: name: Tran, Dat Q.
name: Kovacs, Kent
name: Wallander, Steven
name: Tran, Dat Q.
name: Kovacs, Kent
name: Wallander, Steven
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2020
Subjects: Resource/Energy Economics and Policy
Risk and Uncertainty
Research Methods/Statistical Methods

description: Presentation18160
Some factors affecting the extraction of sulphate from selected Lower Fraser Valley and Vancouver Island soils
Creators: name: Bart, Aldwyn Louis
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: A study was undertaken to determine some of the factors which affected the extraction of sulphur from seven selected soils of the Lower Fraser Valley and Vancouver Island; with particular reference to the effect of pH concentration and cation of phosphate buffers. In all cases the presence of phosphate resulted in more sulphur being extracted, than extraction with water only. In every instance increasing the concentration of neutral sodium phosphate buffers from 0.005M to 0.5M resulted in increasing sulphur extraction. Using a 0.5M sodium phosphate buffer and increasing the pH from 4 to 8 generally resulted in maximum extraction at pH 7, except notably in the Langford soil in which the amount of sulphur extracted increased as the pH was changed from 4 to 8. The behaviour of four surface soils when extracted with 0.5M sodium phosphate at varying pH levels was quite similar, the mineralogy of the <2μ fraction was also similar. Gel filtration studies of the 0.5M phosphate extracts of the Langford showed that at pH 4 little inorganic sulphate was extracted, while from pH 6 to 8, the amount extracted remained almost constant, though more than three times that extracted at pH 4. The extracted organic fraction increased as the pH varied from 4 to 8. In soils with a low carbon content and a high content of free iron and aluminum oxides, the water extractable sulphur was very low, as was the amount of phosphate extractable organic sulphate. The amount of sulphate extracted from the original air dry samples by 0.5M phosphate was very much less than the sulphate adsorbed from a 50 ppm sulphur solution. It was found that a neutral 0.5M sodium phosphate solution extracted more sulphur in nearly all cases, than other extractants, and in the soils studied cold water did not seem suitable. The neutral 0.5M phosphate solution extracted inorganic and a portion of the organic sulphate and may be expected to be a suitable chemical extractant which will be able to indicate the sulphur status of soils of the Lower Fraser Valley.
Symplectic Three-Algebra and N=6, Sp(2N) X U(1) Superconformal Chern-Simons-Matter Theory
Creators: name: Chen, Fa-Min
name: Wu, Yong-Shi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We introduce an anti-symmetric metric into a 3-algebra and call it a symplectic 3-algebra. The N=6, Sp(2N) X U(1) superconformal Chern-Simons-matter theory with SU(4) R-symmetry in three dimensions is constructed by specifying the 3-brackets in a symplectic 3-algebra. We also demonstrate that the N=6, U(M) X U(N) theory can be recast into this symplectic 3-algebraic framework.
description: 17 pages, version accepted for publication in EPJC. Section 4 added, showing that the N=6, U(M) X U(N) theory can be recast into the symplectic 3-algebraic framework. Previous Appendix A deleted
Survey of general practitioners’ awareness, practice and perception of social prescribing across Europe
Creators: name: Evers, Sinah
name: Kenkre, Joyce
name: Kloppe, Thomas
name: Kurpas, Donata
name: Mendive, Juan M.
name: Petrazzuoli, Ferdinando
name: Vidal-Alaball, Josep
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Social prescribing (SP) is a patient pathway by which healthcare professionals connect patients with other sources of support, groups, or activities within their community. The awareness, practice, and perception of SP among GPs across Europe remains unclear. To explore the awareness, practice, and perception of GPs on SP in the WONCA Europe region. An anonymous, cross-sectional online survey was distributed through a snowballing system, mailing lists, and at three international conferences in 2022/2023 to explore GPs’ awareness, practice, and perception of SP. The questionnaire in English contained 21 open and closed questions. Of the 208 participating GPs from 33 countries, 116 (56%) previously heard of ‘social prescribing’ and 66 (32%) regularly referred patients to community activities through a formal system. These 66 GPs reported different funding sources and varied activities, with an average of four activities and physical exercise being the most prevalent. Among them, 25 (38%) knew about national or local SP awareness campaigns. Of these 25, 17 (68%) agreed that SP increases their job satisfaction and 21 (84%) agreed that it has a positive impact on their patients. Variations in SP awareness and referral practice were evident across and within countries. Despite disparities in awareness and referral practice as well as a diversity of activities and funding sources, most GPs who actively referred patients and were informed about SP campaigns agreed that SP positively impacts them and their patients. Knowledge of social prescribing differs among and within countries. A third of general practitioners reported they regularly refer their patients through a formal system to access activities and groups in the community. General practitioners agree that social prescribing increases job satisfaction and positively impacts patients’ health and well-being.
A Causal Analysis of the Effect of Conservation Tillage on U.S. Corn and Soybean Yield and Profitability
Creators: name: Chen, Bowen
name: Gramig, Ben
name: Yun, Seong Do
name: Chen, Bowen
name: Gramig, Ben
name: Yun, Seong Do
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2020
Subjects: Resource/Energy Economics and Policy
Production Economics
Risk and Uncertainty

description: Presentation18162
Ultra-low Q values for neutrino mass measurements
Creators: name: Kopp, Joachim
name: Merle, Alexander
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate weak nuclear decays with extremely small kinetic energy release (Q value) and thus extremely good sensitivity to the absolute neutrino mass scale. In particular, we consider decays into excited daughter states, and we show that partial ionization of the parent atom can help to tune Q values to << 1 keV. We discuss several candidate isotopes undergoing beta+, beta-, bound state beta, or electron capture decay, and come to the conclusion that a neutrino mass measurement using low-Q decays might only be feasible if no ionization is required, and if future improvements in isotope production technology, nuclear mass spectroscopy, and atomic structure calculations are possible. Experiments using ions, however, are extremely challenging due to the large number of ions that must be stored. New precision data on nuclear excitation levels could help to identify further isotopes with low-Q decay modes and possibly less challenging requirements.
description: 7 pages, 2 figures; v2: Typos corrected, references added
Additional file 1 of Microbiota and functional analyses of nitrogen-fixing bacteria in root-knot nematode parasitism of plants
Creators: name: Li, Ye
name: Lei, Shaonan
name: Cheng, Zhiqiang
name: Jin, Lingyue
name: Zhang, Ting
name: Liang, Lian-Ming
name: Cheng, Linjie
name: Zhang, Qinyi
name: Xu, Xiaohong
name: Lan, Canhua
name: Lu, Chaojun
name: Mo, Minghe
name: Zhang, Ke-Qin
name: Xu, Jianping
name: Tian, Baoyu
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Experimental design and basic sequencing statistics for samples collected from five plant species. Table S3. Experimental design and basic sequencing statistics for samples collected from tomato plants at different growth stages. Table S9. Experimental design and basic traits for samples collected from tomato plants amended with different nitrogen sources. Table S11. Experimental design and basic sequencing statistics from metaproteomic analyses. Figure S1. Order-level community comparison and OTU-based hierarchical clustering analysis of healthy and nematode parasitized samples in five plant species. Figure S2. Unconstrained PCoA (for principal coordinates PCo1 and PCo2) with Bray–Curtis distance showing the root-associated bacteria of healthy and parasitized samples, for each plant species. Figure S3. The composition and relative abundance of major bacterial orders of the tomato root-associated microbiota at different developmental stages. Figure S4. Pairwise analysis for the variation of root-associated microbiota over time at different growth and RKN parasitism stages in tomato. Figure S5. The shared OTUs number and taxonomic composition of the depleted and enriched OUTs in the parasitized root samples (IRH and IRK) comparing with healthy roots (HRC).
Newspaper Clipping, For Whooping Cough by Dr. Foot's Health Monthly
Creators: name: (:Unas)
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 0
Subjects: Edwards Family
Coughing
Turpentine industry
Health

description: Newspaper Clipping describing turpentine as a remedy for whooping cough from Dr. Foot's Health Monthly. This item is part of the Isaac Edwards Deed Collection, donated by Bess Rattray in December 2020.
CO2 and H2O fluxes due to green manuring under Mediterranean conditions
Creators: name: Ferrara, Rossana Monica
name: Martinelli, Nicola
name: Rana, Gianfranco
Publisher: name: Italian Journal of Agrometeorology
Year: 2021

description: Green manure (GM) is supported by agronomical protocols for improving soil fertility and sustainability of agriculture. The environmental and agronomical efficiency of GM can be evaluated in terms of carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O) fluxes. These fluxes were monitored by eddy covariance method, together with meteorological data, before and after faba bean (Vicia faba spp. minor L.) GM performed in a semi-arid Mediterranean region. The addition of fresh biomass into the soil increases the microbial activity with a positive priming effect: the addition of ready decomposable carbon to the soil increased CO2 respiration and surface evaporation. The measured C emitted under CO2 form during the whole experimental period corresponded to 78% of the C incorporated, while evaporated H2O in the same period represented 72% of water supplied by encapsulated biomass and precipitations. The cumulated loss of C after GM until the soil preparation of the successive crop was 2957 kgC ha-1, in the same period 200 mmH2O were lost by soil evaporation.
description: Italian Journal of Agrometeorology, No. 2 (2020)
Quantifying the U.S. Market Response to the African Swine Fever Outbreak in China
Creators: name: Pudenz, Christopher C.
name: Schulz, Lee
name: Pudenz, Christopher C.
name: Schulz, Lee
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Risk and Uncertainty
subject: Agribusiness

description: Presentation18165
Abelian quotients of monoids of homology cylinders
Creators: name: Goda, Hiroshi
name: Sakasai, Takuya
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: Algebraic Topology (math.AT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 57M27

description: A homology cylinder over a surface consists of a homology cobordism between two copies of the surface and markings of its boundary. The set of isomorphism classes of homology cylinders over a fixed surface has a natural monoid structure and it is known that this monoid can be seen as an enlargement of the mapping class group of the surface. We now focus on abelian quotients of this monoid. We show that both the monoid of all homology cylinders and that of irreducible homology cylinders are not finitely generated and moreover they have big abelian quotients. These properties contrast with the fact that the mapping class group is perfect in general. The proof is given by applying sutured Floer homology theory to homologically fibered knots studied in a previous paper.
description: 10 pages, 1 figure, to appear in Geometriae Dedicata
Alternative Management Strategies in Response to Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Large Feedlots
Creators: name: Britton, Logan L.
name: Hagerman, Amy D.
name: Holmstrom, Lindsey
name: Johnson, Kamina K.
name: Britton, Logan L.
name: Hagerman, Amy D.
name: Holmstrom, Lindsey
name: Johnson, Kamina K.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2020
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Demand and Price Analysis
Agribusiness

description: Presentation18167
Spurgeon's men : the resurgence of Baptist belief and practice in Tasmania 1869-1884
Creators: name: Rowston, LF
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023
Subjects: Australian history

description: Introduction -- Ch. 1. The demise of the Particular Baptists in Tasmania -- ch. 2 The Baptist benefactors -- ch. 3. The influence of C H Spurgeon and his college -- ch. 4. The first of Spurgeon's students in Tasmania -- ch. 5. Spurgeon's men and tuberculosis -- ch. 6. -- Disputes about Baptism -- ch. 7. Tasmanian Baptists and higher criticism -- ch. 8. The formation of an association -- Conclusion -- Appendices.
Using Neuro-fuzzy and linear models to estimate reference Evapotranspiration in South region of Algeria (A comparative study)
Creators: name: Laaboudi, Abdelkader
name: Slama, Abdeldjalil
Publisher: name: Italian Journal of Agrometeorology
Year: 2021

description: In order to estimate daily reference evapotranspiration (ETo) in arid region of Algeria, Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) and regression methods as Robust Regression (RR), Bayesian Regression (BR) and Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) techniques were used to develop models based on four explanatory climatic factors: temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and sunshine duration. These factors have been used as inputs, and ETo values computed by the Penman-Monteith formula have been used as outputs. Determination coefficient (R²), root mean square error (RMSE), Mean absolute error (MAE), mean absolute relative error (MARE) and Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency coefficient (NSE) were used to evaluate the performance of models developed with different input configurations. We concluded that RR, BR and MLR models were able to successfully estimate ETo, but ANFIS technique seems to be more powerful. Thus, the obtained results by the best ANFIS model, during the test phase are: 0.98, 0.27 (mm/day)², 0.36 (mm/day) and 5.52 % respectively for R, MAE, RMSE and MARE.
description: Italian Journal of Agrometeorology, No. 2 (2020)
The Role of Gender in Conservation Implementation on Leased Farmland- Theoretical Analysis
Creators: name: Ganguly, Diya
name: Banerjee, Simanti
name: Gustafson, Christopher R.
name: Ganguly, Diya
name: Banerjee, Simanti
name: Gustafson, Christopher R.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2020
Subjects: Research Methods/Statistical Methods
Resource/Energy Economics and Policy
Institutional and Behavioral Economics

description: Presentation18170
Indenture, Sammy Beach at Three Mile Harbor, Between Alfred Ranger and Isaac Edwards, August 17, 1839
Creators: name: Baker, David
name: Ranger, Alfred
name: Edwards, Isaac
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1839
Subjects: Edwards Family
Deeds
Three Mile Harbor
Contracts

description: Indenture, Sammy Beach at Three Mile Harbor, between Alfred Ranger and Isaac Edwards, dated for August 17, 1839. This item is part of the Isaac Edwards Deed Collection, donated by Bess Rattray in December 2020.
Effectiveness of the Assessment of Burden of Chronic Conditions (ABCC)-tool in patients with asthma, COPD, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and heart failure: A pragmatic clustered quasi-experimental study in the Netherlands
Creators: name: Boudewijns, Esther A.
name: Claessens, Danny
name: van Schayck, Onno C.P
name: Twellaar, Mascha
name: Winkens, Bjorn
name: Joore, Manuela A.
name: Keijsers, Lotte C. E. M
name: Krol, Stijn
name: Urlings, Mathijs
name: Gidding-Slok, Annerika H. M
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: The Assessment of Burden of Chronic Conditions (ABCC)-tool was developed to optimise chronic care. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of the ABCC-tool in patients with COPD, asthma, type 2 diabetes, and/or heart failure in primary care in the Netherlands. The study had a pragmatic, clustered, two-armed, quasi-experimental design. The intervention group (41 general practices; 176 patients) used the ABCC-tool during routine consultations and the control group (14 general practices; 61 patients) received usual care. The primary outcome was a change in perceived quality of care (PACIC; Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care) after 18 months. Secondary outcomes included change in the PACIC after 6 and 12 months, and in quality of life (EQ-5D-5L; EuroQol-5D-5L), capability well-being (ICECAP-A; ICEpop CAPability measure for Adults), and patients’ activation (PAM; Patient Activation Measure) after 6, 12, and 18 months for the total group and conditions separately. We observed a significant difference in the PACIC after 6, 12, and 18 months (18 months: 0.388 points; 95%CI: 0.089–0.687; p = 0.011) for the total group and after 6 and 12 months for type 2 diabetes. After 18 months, we observed a significant difference in the PAM for the total group but not at 6 and 12 months, and not for type 2 diabetes. All significant effects were in favour of the intervention group. No significant differences were found for the EQ-5D-5L and the ICECAP-A. Use of the ABCC-tool has a positive effect on perceived quality of care and patients’ activation, which makes the tool ready for use in clinical practice. Healthcare providers (e.g. general practitioners and practice nurses) can use the tool to provide person-centred care. Trial registration number: ClinicalTrials.gov Registry (NCT04127383). The Assessment of Burden of Chronic Conditions (ABCC)-tool aims to support disease management for one or multiple chronic condition(s), currently COPD, asthma, type 2 diabetes, and heart failure. Statistically significant differences in patients’ perceived quality of care and patient activation were found between the group that used the ABCC-tool and the care-as-usual group. No effect was found on generic quality of life or capability well-being. Healthcare providers can use the ABCC-tool in primary care.
Effect of bath temperature on the quantum decoherence
Creators: name: Huang, Peihao
name: Zheng, Hang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The dynamics of a qubit in two different environments are investigated theoretically. The first environment is a two level system coupled to a bosonic bath. And the second one is a damped harmonic oscillator. Based on a unitary transformation, we find that the decoherence of the qubit can be reduced with increasing temperature $T$ in the first case, which agree with the results in [Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 120401], whereas, it can not be reduced with $T$ in the second case. In both cases, the qubit dynamics are changed substantially as the coupling increases or finite detuning appears.
description: 10 pages, 5 figures
Adopting African Indigenous Vegetables: A Dynamic Panel Analysis of Smallholder Farmers in Kenya
Creators: name: Vivas, Jonathan
name: Takagi, Chifumi
name: Kirimi, Lilian
name: Kim, Man-Keun
name: Vivas, Jonathan
name: Takagi, Chifumi
name: Kirimi, Lilian
name: Kim, Man-Keun
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2020
Subjects: Productivity Analysis
Agricultural and Food Policy
Agricultural Finance

description: Presentation18177
Prediction of commonly used drought indices using support vector regression powered by chaotic approach
Creators: name: Baydaroglu Yesilkoy, Ozlem
name: Koçak, Kasım
name: Şaylan, Levent
Publisher: name: Italian Journal of Agrometeorology
Year: 2021

description: An effective water resources management requires accurate predictions of possible risks. Drought is one of the most devastating phenomena that has a certain risk of occurrence. Understanding the variability of the drought indices is of great importance in determining the spatiotemporal behavior of the drought phenomenon. Moreover, determination of the variability and short-term prediction of the drought indices enables us to take necessary steps in hydrological and agricultural issues. In this study, drought indices have been predicted via Support Vector Regression, SVR. This method originated from a linear regression method in a high dimensional feature space. SVR necessitates a special input matrix. In this study, this matrix has been constructed on the basis of Chaotic Approach, CA. Commonly used drought indices are used in the prediction stage. These indices consist of monthly Palmer Drought Severity Index, PDSI, Palmer Hydrological Drought Index, PHDI, Palmer Z-Index, ZNDX, Modified Palmer Drought Severity Index, PMDI, and Standard Precipitation Index, SPI. One-step ahead prediction has been realized for a 36-month period. Most results show that predictions of the drought indices using SVR are quite promising.
description: Italian Journal of Agrometeorology, No. 2 (2020)
Quinoa response to different transplanting dates and nitrogen fertilization levels in an arid environment
Creators: name: Mubarak, Ibrahim
name: Janat, Mussaddak
Publisher: name: Italian Journal of Agrometeorology
Year: 2021

description: Quinoa is recognized as a water-stress tolerant crop. Nevertheless, few findings are presently available on fully-irrigated quinoa growth and productivity grown in arid Mediterranean area. Field experiments conducted in Syria for two growing seasons (2017/18 and 2018/19) determined the response of quinoa crop (ICBA-Q5 cultivar) to five different transplanting dates (TD) (December, January, February, March, and April) and four nitrogen fertilizer levels (0, 90, 180 and 270 kg N ha-1). Main findings showed that quinoa had a good adaptation (up to 5.30 and 15.9 t ha-1 of seed and dry matter yields, respectively) to very low N-inputs, with a high capacity to evapotranspirate (ETc), resulting in high crop coefficient (kc). ETc and kc varied in the range of 590-1136 mm and 0.37-2.05 among the TDs, respectively. Moreover, quinoa growth and productivity were highly affected by TDs, and varied from year to year, influenced mainly by temperature. Emphasis in future experiments should probably be given to TD in December, which exhibited a high degree of consistency over years with high crop performance, and to TDs in January and February, which performed extremely well in the first year.
description: Italian Journal of Agrometeorology, No. 2 (2020)
Evaluation of the psychometric performance of the Spanish and Catalan versions of the patient reported experiences and Outcomes of Safety in Primary Care (PREOS-PC)-Compact questionnaire
Creators: name: Fiol-deRoque, Maria A.
name: Valderas, José M.
name: de la Torre, Jorge Arias
name: Serrano-Ripoll, Maria J.
name: Gens-Barberà, Montserrat
name: Sánchez-Freire, Encarna
name: Martín-Luján, Francisco M.
name: de Labry, Antonio Olry
name: Ricci-Cabello, Ignacio
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Patients provide a unique, irreplaceable, and essential perspective in evaluating patient safety. The suite of Patient Reported Experiences and Outcomes of Safety in Primary Care (PREOS-PC) tools are a notable exception to the scarcity of patient-reported patient safety measures. Full evaluation of their performance has only been attempted for the English version, thereby limiting its international applicability. To assess the psychometric performance of the Spanish and Catalan versions of the PREOS-PC-Compact. Cross-sectional validation study. We used Classical Test Theory methods to examine scale score distribution, internal consistency, and construct validity; and Item Response Theory (IRT) methods to further explore construct validity. 3287 patients completed the Spanish version, and 1007 the Catalan version. Similar results were obtained for both versions. Confirmatory Factor Analysis supported a single construct for each scale. The correlations between PREOS-PC-Compact scales and known group analysis suggested adequate construct validity (inconclusive for known groups at the provider level). All four multi-item scales demonstrated adequate internal consistency reliability (α > 0.7), which was only confirmed for test-retest reliability for ‘Practice activation.’ A sample between 60–90 patients per practice was estimated sufficient to produce scores with reliability > 0.7 for all scales except for harm scales. IRT models showed disordered thresholds for ‘Practice activation’ and ‘Harm burden’ but showed excellent fit after reducing the response categories. The Spanish and Catalan versions of the PREOS-PC-Compact are broadly valid and reliable tools to measure patient safety in Spanish primary care centres; confirmation of lower-than-expected test-rest reliability merits further examination.
Introduction to Collider Physics
Creators: name: Perelstein, Maxim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This is a set of four lectures presented at the Theoretical Advanced Study Institute (TASI-09) in June 2009. The goal of the lectures is to introduce students to some of the basic ideas and tools required for theoretical analysis of collider data. Several examples of Standard Model processes at electron-positron and hadron colliders are considered to illustrate these ideas. In addition, a general strategy for formulating searches for physics beyond the Standard Model is outlined. The lectures conclude with a brief survey of recent, ongoing and future searches for the Higgs boson and supersymmetric particles.
description: 47 pages, 34 figures, contributed to TASI-09 proceedings. One reference added in v2
Trend analysis of precipitation data in Turkey and relations to atmospheric circulation: (1955-2013)
Creators: name: Topuz, Muhammet
name: Feidas, Haralambos
name: Karabulut, Murat
Publisher: name: Italian Journal of Agrometeorology
Year: 2021

description: Climate change is expected to significantly affect the precipitation regime of the Mediterranean basin where Turkey is located. This study investigates the trends of seasonal and annual precipitation time series of 29 rain gauge stations of the Turkish State Meteorological Service (TSMS) for the period 1955–2013, using two statistical tests based on a simple linear regression model and the well-known Mann-Kendall test. The non-parametric Sen’s slope estimator was used to estimate the slope of the trend. The results of the trend analysis at the national scale for the entire period 1955-2013 revealed a clear signiﬁcant upward trend of 5.5%/decade only for autumn precipitation. No significant trend was found in the annual and other seasonal time series. The investigation of abrupt precipitation changes in the series averaged over Turkey resulted in a distinct signiﬁcant upward trend in autumn precipitation starting in 1984 and a downward trend in winter precipitation initiating in 1971, which, however, seems to start reversing after 1996. The influence of atmospheric circulation on the precipitation variability in Turkey was assessed using five atmospheric circulation indices: North Atlantic Oscillation Index (NAOI), Mediterranean Oscillation Index (MOI), Mediterranean Circulation Index (MCI), Eastern Mediterranean Pattern Index (EMPI) and North-Sea Caspian Pattern Index (NCPI). The analysis of the circulation indices revealed an important link between precipitation variability in Turkey and some atmospheric teleconnection patterns, expressed mainly by the indices of NAOI and MCI.
description: Italian Journal of Agrometeorology, No. 2 (2020)
Gertrude Healy: The Australian Violinist
Creators: name: Lynch, P
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023
Subjects: Musicology and ethnomusicology

description: This thesis examines the life and work of Gertrude Healy (1894-1984). She was an outstanding Australian violinist who achieved recognition both nationally and internationally in the early part of the twentieth century. In 1948, she entered the Convent of Mercy, Ballarat East where, as Sister Catherine of Siena, she made a significant contribution to the musical education of the students at Sacred Heart College, Ballarat East as well as the wider Ballarat community.
Detection of source inhomogeneity through event-by-event two-pion Bose-Einstein correlations
Creators: name: Ren, Yan-Yu
name: Zhang, Wei-Ning
name: Liu, Jian-Li
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We develop a method for detecting the inhomogeneity of the pion-emitting sources produced in ultra-relativistic heavy ion collisions, through event-by-event two-pion Bose-Einstein correlations. The root-mean-square of the error-inverse-weighted fluctuations between the two-pion correlation functions of single and mixed events are useful observables for the detection. By investigating the root-mean-square of the weighted fluctuations for different impact parameter regions people may hopefully determine the inhomogeneity of the particle-emitting in the coming Large Hadron Collider (LHC) heavy ion experiments.
description: 10 pages, 6 figures
Series: Public engagement with research. Part 2: GPs and primary care researchers working inclusively with minoritised communities in health research to help address inequalities
Creators: name: Masood, Yumna
name: Nishio, Anica Alvarez
name: Starling, Bella
name: Dawson, Shoba
name: Salsberg, Jon
name: Blackburn, Steven
name: van Vliet, Esther
name: Pittens, Carina A.C.M
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: Public engagement in health research is vital for addressing health disparities and promoting inclusivity among minoritised communities who often face barriers to accessing healthcare. Minoritised communities are groups, which have been made minorities by a dominant culture, race, ethnic group and/or social class and may experience health inequalities as a result. By incorporating diverse perspectives and lived experiences of minoritised communities, this approach aims to achieve contextually relevant research outcomes that reduce health inequalities and improve overall well-being. However, underrepresentation and lack of inclusivity challenges persist, necessitating the establishment of inclusive partnerships and grassroots participatory methodologies. To foster inclusive public engagement, it is important to overcome structural and cultural barriers, address socioeconomic challenges, and build trust with minoritised communities. This can be achieved by promoting a cultural shift that values inclusivity, providing comprehensive training to researchers, and collecting rigorous data on engagement demographics for transparency and accountability. Involving minoritised communities in decision-making through participatory research approaches enhances trust and yields successful outcomes. Additionally, allocating sufficient resources, collaborating in co-production, and prioritising the diverse needs and perspectives of stakeholders contribute to fostering inclusive public engagement in research. Overall, inclusive engagement practices particularly in primary care research have the potential to reduce health inequalities and cater to the unique requirements of minoritised communities, thereby creating more impactful outcomes and promoting equitable healthcare access. There is an important need to engage with minoritised communities in primary care research Engaging diverse communities in research helps produce relevant research to address health inequalities. The exclusion of minoritised communities from research can be addressed by taking action towards more inclusive engagement.
Epidemiology and Aerobiology of Pseudoperonospora cubensis in northwest Iran
Creators: name: Pouzeshimiyab, Behnam
name: Fani, Seyed Reza
Publisher: name: Italian Journal of Agrometeorology
Year: 2021

description: This study was aimed at evaluating climatic variables and concentrations of airborne sporangia of Pseudoperonospora cubensis, the causal agent of cucumber downy mildew and its relation with the severity of the disease. Monitoring was conducted in a cucumber field located in Marand, Iran during 2014-2015. The aerial concentration of sporangia was evaluated by a whirling arm trap and the weather parameters were monitored using a local meteorological station. Statistical analysis indicated a significant correlation between disease severity and some climatic factors (P≤0.05). The results showed that evaluation of airborne sporangia and the use of forecasting models could reduce the risk of disease in the northwest of Iran. The factorial analysis of the climate variables resulted in the development of two factors, average humidity and rain, that could be used as predictor variables in linear regression models for the downy mildew.
description: Italian Journal of Agrometeorology, No. 2 (2020)
Preparation of thin insulating films by plasma anodization
Creators: name: Olive, Graham
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The plasma anodization of polycrystalline niobium samples has been undertaken using a d.c. glow discharge in oxygen. The apparatus used, which has facilities for in situ ellipsometry measurements and sample temperature control, is described. Anodizations were carried out at various constant current densities up to 1.5 mA cm⁻² , and Langmuir probes were used to estimate the volt drop across the oxide during growth. The ellipsometry measurements yield oxide thickness and refractive index, and indicate that the films have a two-layer structure. Ionic currents are calculated from growth rates using Faraday's Law. Ionic current and oxide field strength data are analyzed and compared with published solution anodization results on the basis of the classical model of ionic conduction at high field strengths. The permittivity and loss factor of the oxide films are deduced from bridge measurements on capacitor structures produced by depositing counterelectrodes on the oxide surface. The introduction of water into the discharge was investigated, and found to affect the oxide growth rate.
ЎЗИНИ ЎЗИ БОШҚАРИШ ОРГАНЛАРИНИНГ АҲОЛИНИ ИЖТИМОИЙ ҲИМОЯ ҚИЛИШДАГИ ЎРНИ ВА РОЛИ
Creators: name: Очилов, Фарҳод
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Мустақиллик йилларида Ўзбекистон Республикасида аҳолини ижтимоий ҳимоя қилишда маҳалланинг ролини ёритиб бериш ва бир қаторда ўз-ўзини бошқариш органларининг фаолияти ушбу мақолада ёритилган.
Predicting impacts of future climate change on the distribution and ecological dimension of Amygdalus scoparia Spach
Creators: name: Piri Sahragard, Hossein
name: Ajorlo, Majid
name: Karami, Peyman
Publisher: name: Italian Journal of Agrometeorology
Year: 2021

description: This study aimed to predict the potential distribution of Amygdalus scoparia and the changes in its ecological dimension under climate change scenarios using MaxEnt model in Iran. Species presence data, current climate data and different scenarios of CCM4 in 2050 and 2070 were used. Fars Province boundary and whole area of Iran were considered as the modeling boundary and projection boundary, respectively. The predictive power of the model was within acceptable levels (AUC = 0.88). The Bio3, Bio15 and Bio4 variables had the greatest impact on predicting the potential distribution of A. scoparia. The highest percentage of potential niche of A. scoparia will occur in 2070 under RCP4.5 scenario (24.62%) in Fars Province. In Iran, however, the highest (22.57%) and lowest (16.77%) potential niche of A. scoparia belong to current and RCP8.5 scenarios in 2050. Amygdalus scoparia lacks specialization in Fars Province, but the breadth of its ecological niche will be decreased in future and its distribution will be limited in main mountain ranges, i.e., the Alborz in northern and the Zagros in western Iran.
description: Italian Journal of Agrometeorology, No. 2 (2020)
Monotonic convergence of a general algorithm for computing optimal designs
Creators: name: Yu, Yaming
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Computation (stat.CO)
subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Monotonic convergence is established for a general class of multiplicative algorithms introduced by Silvey, Titterington and Torsney [Comm. Statist. Theory Methods 14 (1978) 1379--1389] for computing optimal designs. A conjecture of Titterington [Appl. Stat. 27 (1978) 227--234] is confirmed as a consequence. Optimal designs for logistic regression are used as an illustration.
description: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/09-AOS761 the Annals of Statistics (http://www.imstat.org/aos/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)