cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Growth performance and chemical composition of Scenedesmus obliquus in various concentrations of fertilizer factory effluent media
Creators: name: Toyub, M. A.
name: Ahmed, S. R.
name: Miah, M. I.
name: Habib, M. A. B.
name: Toyub, M. A.
name: Ahmed, S. R.
name: Miah, M. I.
name: Habib, M. A. B.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Production Economics
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: Scenedesmus obliquus
subject: Chlorophyll a
subject: SGR
subject: Total biomass
subject: Physico-chemical parameters

description: The growth performance of Scenedesmus obliquus in fertilizer factory effluent media (FFEM) was Studied in the laboratory. Five different concentrations viz. 40, 45, 50, 55 and 60% FFEM and Bold basal medium (BBM) as control was used with three replications for a period of three months. Each trial was done for a period of 14 days in the laboratory. The initial cell density of S. obliquus was 2.2x105/m1 which attained a maximum density of 135.34 cells/nil in BBM followed by 119.10, 99.33, 93.49, 87.71 and 82.37 (x105) cells/m1 in 50, 60, 55, 45 and 40% FFEM, respectively on the 10th day of culture. The maximum chlorophyll a content for FFEM and BBM was 6.12 and 6.86 mg/I, respectively on the 10 th day of culture. The specific growth rate (SGR, pt/day) of cell and chlorophyll a of S. obliquus were found in the range of 0.36 to 0.41 and 0.38 to 0.41, respectively and was significantly (p< 0.05) higher in BBM. The maximum total biomass was found 458.95 mg/I in BBM, which was also significantly (p<0.05) higher than other treatments. Overall growth performance of the alga S. obliquus was significantly (p<0.05) higher in 50% FFEM than other concentrations of FFEM.
Teacher perception of the tension between conformity and individuality of students in a Catholic school
Creators: name: Abou-Moussa, Richard A.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This study presents the perceptions of teachers in a suburban Catholic school in relation to the conformity of students to the collective culture in the school and to students' expression of their individuality. Teachers' points of view are employed to explain how the socialization process in the school can be managed effectively. In addition, the study concludes by drawing essential factors that contribute to this effectiveness. The school that was studied is a small Catholic school. Although its population includes minorities with respect to race and socioeconomic status, all students seem to be well integrated within the school's community. This research draws on an array of theoretical and research backgrounds to elucidate the social dynamics in school, which explain schools' social and educative functions and emphasize the inevitability of the socialization function in schools. It also draws attention to the effectiveness of Catholic schools in that respect. The study uses a descriptive qualitative approach that includes extensive interviewing in addition to observation and document analysis, in order to acquire a perspective on the teachers' thoughts and social patterns in the school. This research concludes that the effectiveness of the socialization process in the studied school can be attributed to two main sources. First is the maintenance of a particular culture that not only focuses on valuing academics and moral standards, but also, through the close-knit community, emanates care and individual attention that nurture the individuality of students. This is made possible because of the small size, which facilitates the building of the collective without diminishing the individual. Secondly, the school community recognizes its function as a social agent and acknowledges the students' homes as the environment for personal development. Again, by virtue of the small size of the school, the two environments are brought together through significant and obvious parental involvement in the life of the school.
Diffusion coefficients for predicting barley re-wetting behavior
Creators: name: Basunia, M. A.
name: Abe, T.
name: Ali, M. Rostom
name: Basunia, M. A.
name: Abe, T.
name: Ali, M. Rostom
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Production Economics
subject: Diffusion coefficients
subject: Barley
subject: Drying
subject: Re-wetting

description: The diffusion coefficients are very important for explaining the heat and mass transfer phenomena in agricultural products and can be used in thin-layer equations for computer simulations of designing new and improving existing commercial drying and re-wetting process. Thin-layer moisture adsorption data were measured for barley in the temperature range of 5.7 to 47.3°C and for relative humidities between 48.2 and 88.6% to determine the diffusion coefficient. The initial moisture contents were in the range of 10.15 to 11.55% dry-basis. New equations, exponential and arrhenius-type, for temperature dependent liquid diffusion coefficients in re-wetting barley are presented. The diffusion coefficient in rewetting barely was lower than that in drying. The results presented here, over five day re-wetting, will be useful in studying the long term moisture transf3r process occurring during cooling and ventilated stored barley.
Taking charge in a short-term limited tenure position
Creators: name: Downs, Lynn T.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: The transition that occurs at the top of the organization is pivotal for both the executive taking on the position, as well as the organization enduring the evolution. A combination of background, education, skills, and personality all lead to the individual style of the executive and his or her actions when taking charge. This dissertation explores whether the original theory of taking charge as laid out by Gabarro (1987) applies when an executive is given a short-term limited-tenure. Earlier research has shown that as executives take charge of their respective organizations, they pass through phases of action and learning. This research will explore if these short-term limited-tenure executives pass through similar stages found in earlier research, if they implement their changes earlier or later in their tenure, and if they indeed do have enough time to take charge. Five case studies were conducted involving Commanding Officers of Naval Medical Centers located along the East Coast of the United States. A two-and-a-half day site visit was conducted at each hospital. In-depth interviews with each Commanding Officer, candid interviews with five members from each Executive Steering Committee (ESC), minutes from the ESC weekly meetings and summaries of Navy Medical Inspector General reports serve as the primary data sources. All five Commanding Officers reported that they were not able to take charge given a short-term limited-tenure. Taking charge of an organization takes time and the early stages of learning and action are essential tools for a new executive to use when taking over an organization. An exploratory model is proposed to help explain ways in which these executives are different and why they are unable, or perhaps unwilling, to engage in longer-term strategic activities. This research concludes that a twenty-four month tenure may not be optimal for an executive to fully take charge of the organization.
Eleodes (Metablapylis) delicatus Blaisdell 1929
Creators: name: Johnston, M. Andrew
name: Fleming, David
name: Franz, Nico M.
name: Smith, Aaron D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Tenebrionidae
Eleodes
Eleodes delicatus

description: Eleodes (Metablapylis) delicatus Blaisdell, 1929
(Fig. 11C)
 Diagnosis. Body slender, elongate, glabrous, and shiny. Pronotum narrowed in posterior half, anterior margin nearly straight, feebly arcuate, anterior angles not produced forward, rectangular. Elytra elongate and more or less parallel-sided, punctures small, arranged in striae, intervals 6–10 times as wide as punctures. Apical antenomere elongate, trapezoidal, distinctly longer than wide. Female genitalia with inner lobe of coxite elongate, length from tip of gonostyle to posterior end at least twice as long as length of gonostyle.
 Distribution. Coconino, Maricopa, and Cochise Counties, Arizona. Southern Utah.
 Remarks. This slender species can be quite difficult to separate from E. dissimilis, which has larger elytral punctures and rounded and projected anterior pronotal angles. It has been found in conjunction with rocky talus slopes. Most specimens we have seen of this species are mixed in series determined as Eleodes nevadensis Blaisdell. The latter taxon is ambiguous and here treated as unrecognized. See the discussion on that species.
description: Published as part of Johnston, M. Andrew, Fleming, David, Franz, Nico M. & Smith, Aaron D., 2015, Amphidorini Leconte (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of Arizona: Keys and Species Accounts, pp. 27-54 in The Coleopterists Bulletin (mo 14) (mo 14) 69 on page 46, DOI: 0.1649/0010-065X-69.mo4.27, http://zenodo.org/record/10086147
Simulation of solar radiation from temperature at Mymensingh, Bangladesh
Creators: name: Ali, M. H.
name: Adham, A. K. M.
name: Bhuiya, S. H.
name: Ali, M. H.
name: Adham, A. K. M.
name: Bhuiya, S. H.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Global radiation
subject: Temperature
subject: Photosynthesis
subject: Bangladesh
subject: Richardson model

description: Solar radiation has a direct effect on plant growth and, thus, is required for many simulation models of crop growth and productivity, and evapotranspiration. For locations where measured values are not available along temporal and/or spatial scales, it can be estimated using empirical models. This study was conducted to simulate the solar irradiance from temperature using Richardson model. The effect of seasonality was investigated by subdividing the yearly data into two subsets, wet and dry period. The calibration coefficients are comparable with the values developed elsewhere. The calibrated models were then tested against independent data sets. For the yearly data, the root mean square error (RMSE) was 1.38 MJ/m2/d compared with 1.82 MJ/m2/d for wet period and 1.33 MJ/m2/d for dry period. The percentage error for yearly data was 17 , compared with 26.6 for wet period and 14.5 for dry period. Results showed that the simulation models provide reasonably accurate estimates of irradiance and hence, can be used for non-instrumented periods and at sites away from calibrated site. Seasonal subdivision of the data adds accuracy of estimates.
Positivity and nonadditivity of quantum capacities using generalized erasure channels
Creators: name: Siddhu, Vikesh
name: Griffiths, Robert B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider various forms of a process, which we call {\em gluing}, for combining two or more complementary quantum channel pairs $(\mathcal{B},\mathcal{C})$ to form a composite. One type of gluing combines a perfect channel with a second channel to produce a \emph{generalized erasure channel} pair $(\mathcal{B}_g,\mathcal{C}_g)$. We consider two cases in which the second channel is (i) an amplitude-damping, or (ii) a phase-damping qubit channel; (ii) is the \emph{dephrasure channel} of Leditzky et al. For both (i) and (ii), $(\mathcal{B}_g,\mathcal{C}_g)$ depends on the damping parameter $0\leq p\leq 1$ and a parameter $0 \leq λ\leq 1$ that characterizes the gluing process. In both cases we study $Q^{(1)}(\mathcal{B}_g)$ and $Q^{(1)}(\mathcal{C}_g)$, where $Q^{(1)}$ is the channel coherent information, and determine the regions in the $(p,λ)$ plane where each is zero or positive, confirming previous results for (ii). A somewhat surprising result for which we lack any intuitive explanation is that $Q^{(1)}(\mathcal{C}_g)$ is zero for $λ\leq 1/2$ when $p=0$, but is strictly positive (though perhaps extremely small) for all values of $λ> 0$ when $p$ is positive by even the smallest amount. In addition we study the nonadditivity of $Q^{(1)}(\mathcal{B}_g)$ for two identical channels in parallel. It occurs in a well-defined region of the $(p,λ)$ plane in case (i). In case (ii) we have extended previous results for the dephrasure channel without, however, identifying the full range of $(p,λ)$ values where nonadditivity occurs. Again, an intuitive explanation is lacking.
description: 13 pages (two-column), 6 figures, v2 matches published version
Warm Glow, Good Feelings, and Contingent Valuation
Creators: name: Bishop, Richard C.
name: Bishop, Richard C.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Consequentiality
subject: embedding
subject: nonmarket valuation
subject: scope test

description: In the contingent valuation (CV) literature, confusion exists about warm glow and embedding effects. I show that i) some writers follow Andreoni’s (1989) definition of warm glow, but others think that subjects answering CV questions load up, free of charge, on “good feelings” from supporting the environment; ii) Andreoni’s warm glow would lead to embedding effects only in extreme circumstances; iii) Andreoni’s warm glow should be counted in valuation studies; and iv) there is scant evidence for good feelings being the source of embedding effects. In fact, embedding effects may not be limited to CV studies.
Eleodes (Metablapylis) dissimilis Blaisdell 1909
Creators: name: Johnston, M. Andrew
name: Fleming, David
name: Franz, Nico M.
name: Smith, Aaron D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Tenebrionidae
Eleodes
Eleodes dissimilis

description: Eleodes (Metablapylis) dissimilis Blaisdell, 1909
(Fig. 12A)
 Diagnosis. Body ovate to elongate. Pronotum narrowing in posterior half, anterior angles rounded and more or less produced forward. Elytra punctatestriate, with moderately large punctures, with intervals 2–5 times the width of the punctures. Terminal antennomere wider than long to as long as wide. Female genitalia with inner lobe of coxite moderately long, gonostyle fairly large, length of coxite from tip of gonostyle to posterior margin about the same length as gonostyle.
 Distribution. Coconino, Yavapai, Gila, Maricopa, Pima, Santa Cruz, and Cochise Counties, Arizona. New Mexico, southern Utah; Sonora, Mexico.
 Remarks. This somewhat variable species is most similar to E. wheeleri and may be separated by the shorter antennae and distribution. It is also quite similar to E. delicatus and may be separated by the pronotal shape, elytral punctures, and generally more robust size. The taxon E. nevadensis, originally described as a subspecies of E. dissimilis from Arizona, is here unrecognized between E. dissimilis and E. delicatus. See the discussion on that species.
description: Published as part of Johnston, M. Andrew, Fleming, David, Franz, Nico M. & Smith, Aaron D., 2015, Amphidorini Leconte (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of Arizona: Keys and Species Accounts, pp. 27-54 in The Coleopterists Bulletin (mo 14) (mo 14) 69 on page 46, DOI: 0.1649/0010-065X-69.mo4.27, http://zenodo.org/record/10086147
Tobacco Education Program Spending and Tobacco Use among Adolescents
Creators: name: Galinato, Gregmar
name: Hong, Yeon A.
name: Galinato, Gregmar
name: Hong, Yeon A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Political Economy
subject: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
subject: corruption
subject: gender
subject: lobbying

description: This article measures the effect of tobacco education program spending on adolescent tobacco use. We model how corruption influences the policy maker’s decision on subsidies that benefit firms to the detriment of education spending and its differential effect by gender. We estimate the effect of tobacco education program spending, instrumented by our corruption proxy, on adolescent tobacco use. More tobacco education program spending significantly increases the probability of never smoking among all adolescents but reduces the frequency of smoking only among adolescent females. One plausible explanation is that females have a more inelastic marginal utility of health than males.
Mimetic Black Strings
Creators: name: Sheykhi, Ahmad
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present two new classes of black string solutions in the context of mimetic gravity. The horizon topology of these solutions can be either a flat $T^2$ torus with topology $S^1 \times S^1$, or a standard cylindrical model with topology $R\times S^1$. The first class describes uncharged rotating black string which its asymptotic behavior is a quotient of anti-de Sitter (AdS) space, while the second class represents asymptotically AdS charged rotating black string. We study the casual structure and physical properties of these spacetimes and calculate, the entropy, electric charge, mass and angular momentum per unit length of rotating black strings.
description: 21 pages, Accepted by JHEP
Shear-banding in a lyotropic lamellar phase, Part 2: Temporal fluctuations
Creators: name: Salmon, J-. B.
name: Manneville, S.
name: Colin, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze the temporal fluctuations of the flow field associated to a shear-induced transition in a lyotropic lamellar phase: the layering transition of the onion texture. In the first part of this work [Salmon et al., submitted to Phys. Rev. E], we have evidenced banded flows at the onset of this shear-induced transition which are well accounted for by the classical picture of shear-banding. In the present paper, we focus on the temporal fluctuations of the flow field recorded in the coexistence domain. These striking dynamics are very slow (100--1000s) and cannot be due to external mechanical noise. Using velocimetry coupled to structural measurements, we show that these fluctuations are due to a motion of the interface separating the two differently sheared bands. Such a motion seems to be governed by the fluctuations of $σ^\star$, the local stress at the interface between the two bands. Our results thus provide more evidence for the relevance of the classical mechanical approach of shear-banding even if the mechanism leading to the fluctuations of $σ^\star$ remains unclear.
Taking charge in a short-term limited tenure position
Creators: name: Downs, Lynn T.
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4407
subject: Policy and administration

description: The transition that occurs at the top of the organization is pivotal for both the executive taking on the position, as well as the organization enduring the evolution. A combination of background, education, skills, and personality all lead to the individual style of the executive and his or her actions when taking charge. This dissertation explores whether the original theory of taking charge as laid out by Gabarro (1987) applies when an executive is given a short-term limited-tenure. Earlier research has shown that as executives take charge of their respective organizations, they pass through phases of action and learning. This research will explore if these short-term limited-tenure executives pass through similar stages found in earlier research, if they implement their changes earlier or later in their tenure, and if they indeed do have enough time to take charge. Five case studies were conducted involving Commanding Officers of Naval Medical Centers located along the East Coast of the United States. A two-and-a-half day site visit was conducted at each hospital. In-depth interviews with each Commanding Officer, candid interviews with five members from each Executive Steering Committee (ESC), minutes from the ESC weekly meetings and summaries of Navy Medical Inspector General reports serve as the primary data sources. All five Commanding Officers reported that they were not able to take charge given a short-term limited-tenure. Taking charge of an organization takes time and the early stages of learning and action are essential tools for a new executive to use when taking over an organization. An exploratory model is proposed to help explain ways in which these executives are different and why they are unable, or perhaps unwilling, to engage in longer-term strategic activities. This research concludes that a twenty-four month tenure may not be optimal for an executive to fully take charge of the organization.
Eleodes (Eleodes) gracilis LeConte 1858
Creators: name: Johnston, M. Andrew
name: Fleming, David
name: Franz, Nico M.
name: Smith, Aaron D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Tenebrionidae
Eleodes
Eleodes gracilis

description: Eleodes (Eleodes) gracilis LeConte, 1858
(Fig. 8C)
 Diagnosis. Body elongate-oval. Pronotum widest anterior of middle, arcuate laterally, narrowing slightly posteriorly, anterior angles produced, acute, projecting anterolaterally. Elytra weakly convex, narrow, attenuate posteriorly, punctate–striate, striae not impressed or tuberculate. Profemora spined in both sexes. Tarsi never with tomentose pads beneath.
 Distribution. Apache, Pima, Santa Cruz, and Cochise Counties, Arizona. Texas west to southern California. Sonora, Mexico.
 Remarks. The nominate subspecies is the only one known from Arizona and can be found in grasslands throughout the eastern half of the state. This species is very similar in habitus to E. hispilabris and E. sponsus, but can be separated from the latter by the elytra not being sulcate or rugosely muricate.
description: Published as part of Johnston, M. Andrew, Fleming, David, Franz, Nico M. & Smith, Aaron D., 2015, Amphidorini Leconte (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of Arizona: Keys and Species Accounts, pp. 27-54 in The Coleopterists Bulletin (mo 14) (mo 14) 69 on page 47, DOI: 0.1649/0010-065X-69.mo4.27, http://zenodo.org/record/10086147
Relinquishing control: The married women's property acts in mid-nineteenth-century America
Creators: name: Gignesi, Amy Lydia
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 38
subject: Economics

description: In the middle part of the nineteenth century, male state legislators passed a series of laws that endowed married women with the rights to own and control property, rights formerly held solely by their husbands. While these laws seem contrary to the collective economic interests of men, they passed in state after state around the country. The laws are an unusual example of institutional change in which a group with a monopoly on the political sphere divested itself of a valuable set of property rights. They raise the question: why?; I use a new institutional model to argue that these laws were passed at this particular point in American history because the existing legal definitions of intra-family property rights increased transaction costs within the growing market economy. Historians have written anecdotally of the inconveniences and litigation costs caused by the ambiguities of the earlier system, and I use these historical examples in a narrative argument presented as a case study of institutional change. The results of an econometric test I develop using census data support the initial hypothesis that married women's property acts were closely correlated with various aspects of market development.
Anthophorula (Anthophorula) albicans
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

description: Anthophorula (Anthophorula) albicans (Provancher, 1896)
[Lectotype: ULQC; ♂ Los Angeles]
This species was reported in the Central Desert 3 mi. N of Mezquital, BC, by Timberlake (1980b). Furthermore, Ayala et al. (1996) reported this species in both BC and BCS states. We examined five specimens (4 ♀, 1 ♂) collected in the Coastal Sage Matorral in July 1963 (EMEC), and one specimen collected in the Coastal Sage Matorral in Ensenada in May 1938 (CASC). See fig. 121.
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 189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5522.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13920532
On angular momentum of gravitational radiation
Creators: name: Nesterov, Alexander I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The quasigroup approach to the conservation laws (Phys. Rev. D56, R7498 (1997)) is completed by imposing new gauge conditions for asymptotic symmetries. Noether charge associated with an arbitrary element of the Poincaré quasialgebra is free from the supertranslational ambiquity and identically vanishes in a flat spacetime
description: Revtex4 style
Estimative of Inelasticity Coefficient from Emulsion Chamber Data
Creators: name: Portella, Helio Manoel
name: de Oliveira, Luiz Carlos Santos
name: Lima, Carlos Eduardo Campos
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Atmospheric diffusion of high energy cosmic rays is studied analytically and the obtained integral electromagnetic fluxes are compared with the data measured by emulsion chamber detectors at mountain altitudes. We find a good consistency between them when the average nucleon inelasticity coefficient is varying between 0.50 and 0.65.
description: 8 pages in Latex, 3 .ps figures
Optimal self-induced stochastic resonance in multiplex neural networks: electrical versus chemical synapses
Creators: name: Yamakou, Marius E.
name: Hjorth, Poul G.
name: Martens, Erik A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC)
subject: Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Electrical and chemical synapses shape the dynamics of neural networks and their functional roles in information processing have been a longstanding question in neurobiology. In this paper, we investigate the role of synapses on the optimization of the phenomenon of self-induced stochastic resonance in a delayed multiplex neural network by using analytical and numerical methods. We consider a two-layer multiplex network, in which at the intra-layer level neurons are coupled either by electrical synapses or by inhibitory chemical synapses. For each isolated layer, computations indicate that weaker electrical and chemical synaptic couplings are better optimizers of self-induced stochastic resonance. In addition, regardless of the synaptic strengths, shorter electrical synaptic delays are found to be better optimizers of the phenomenon than shorter chemical synaptic delays, while longer chemical synaptic delays are better optimizers than longer electrical synaptic delays -- in both cases, the poorer optimizers are in fact worst. It is found that electrical, inhibitory, or excitatory chemical multiplexing of the two layers having only electrical synapses at the intra-layer levels can each optimize the phenomenon. And only excitatory chemical multiplexing of the two layers having only inhibitory chemical synapses at the intra-layer levels can optimize the phenomenon. These results may guide experiments aimed at establishing or confirming the mechanism of self-induced stochastic resonance in networks of artificial neural circuits, as well as in real biological neural networks.
description: 24 pages, 7 figures
Do Regulations to Protect Endangered Species on Private Lands Affect Local Employment? Evidence from the Listing of the Lesser Prairie Chicken
Creators: name: Melstrom, Richard T.
name: Lee, Kangil
name: Byl, Jacob P.
name: Melstrom, Richard T.
name: Lee, Kangil
name: Byl, Jacob P.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Political Economy
subject: conservation
subject: Endangered Species Act
subject: growth
subject: habitat

description: The U.S. Endangered Species Act is often criticized as “pitting people against wildlife" by conserving habitat at the cost of jobs, but relatively little is known about the labor market effects of listing a species under the Endangered Species Act. We examine changes in employment associated with the lesser prairie chicken, which was listed as threatened in May 2014. Using county-level employment data and variation in suitable prairie chicken habitat, we apply a difference-in-differences strategy to measure the employment effects of the listing decision. We find evidence that employment declined about 1.5% in affected counties. The effect is proportional to habitat, which means counties with relatively more habitat experienced a larger share of employment losses.
Anthophorula (Anthophorula) cerei
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

description: Anthophorula (Anthophorula) cerei (Timberlake, 1947)
[Holotype: CASC; ♀ Andreas Canyon, near Palm Springs, California, USA; April 10, 1932]
This species occurs in southwestern USA and BC, Mexico. In BC, it was reported in the Coastal Sage Matorral with a female collected in May 1949 5 miles south of Rosarito written as Rosarita (Timberlake 1980b). See fig. 122.
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 190, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5522.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13920532
Long-Lived Triaxiality in the Dynamically Old Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4365: A Limit on Chaos and Black Hole Mass
Creators: name: Statler, Thomas S.
name: Emsellem, Eric
name: Peletier, Reynier F.
name: Bacon, Roland
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Supermassive black holes in the centres of giant elliptical galaxies are thought to induce chaos and eliminate triaxiality in their hosts. We address whether this process operates in real systems, by modeling the stellar kinematics of the old elliptical NGC 4365. This galaxy has a mean stellar population age > 12 Gyr and is known for its kinematically decoupled core and skew rotation at larger radii. We fit the two-dimensional mean velocity field obtained by the SAURON integral-field spectrograph, and the isophotal ellipticity and position-angle profiles, using the velocity field fitting approach. We find NGC 4365 to be strongly triaxial (triaxiality parameter T approximately 0.45) and somewhat flatter than it appears. Axisymmetry or near axisymmetry (T < 0.1) is ruled out at > 95% confidence. In the most probable orientation the long axis points roughly toward the observer, extending to the southwest in projection. Strong triaxiality has persisted for hundreds of dynamical times, ruling out black holes above 3 x 10^9 solar masses. The M-sigma relation predicts 4 x 10^8 solar masses, which would not preclude long-lived triaxiality and is consistent with the observations. NGC 4365 lends support to a picture in which supermassive black holes, while omnipresent in luminous giant elliptical galaxies, are not massive enough to alter their global structure through chaos.
description: 15 pages, 9 figures. MNRAS, in press. PDF version with full-resolution figures available at http://www.phy.ohioiu.edu/~tss/publist.html
Eleodes (Melaneleodes) halli Blaisdell 1941
Creators: name: Johnston, M. Andrew
name: Fleming, David
name: Franz, Nico M.
name: Smith, Aaron D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Tenebrionidae
Eleodes
Eleodes halli

description: Eleodes (Melaneleodes) halli Blaisdell, 1941
(Fig. 4D)
 Eleodes fuscipilosus Blaisdell, 1925 (nec Casey, 1890)
 Diagnosis. Body elongate-ovate, roughly sculptured. Pronotum more or less quadrate, anterior angles slightly projected, disc densely and fairly heavily punctate, punctures with small, more or less inconspicuous setae. Elytra evenly and densely tuberculate, tubercles with conspicuous, erect setae. Profemur unarmed in both sexes. Prosternum slightly inflated beyond procoxae, without distinct process.
 Distribution. Coconino and Apache Counties, Arizona. Southern Utah.
 Remarks. This species is exceedingly rare in collections, known from about 10 specimens. It somewhat resembles heavily sculptured specimens of E. rileyi specimens, but the erect setae of the elytra will readily separate E. halli.
description: Published as part of Johnston, M. Andrew, Fleming, David, Franz, Nico M. & Smith, Aaron D., 2015, Amphidorini Leconte (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of Arizona: Keys and Species Accounts, pp. 27-54 in The Coleopterists Bulletin (mo 14) (mo 14) 69 on page 47, DOI: 0.1649/0010-065X-69.mo4.27, http://zenodo.org/record/10086147
Relinquishing control: The married women's property acts in mid-nineteenth-century America
Creators: name: Gignesi, Amy Lydia
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: In the middle part of the nineteenth century, male state legislators passed a series of laws that endowed married women with the rights to own and control property, rights formerly held solely by their husbands. While these laws seem contrary to the collective economic interests of men, they passed in state after state around the country. The laws are an unusual example of institutional change in which a group with a monopoly on the political sphere divested itself of a valuable set of property rights. They raise the question: why?; I use a new institutional model to argue that these laws were passed at this particular point in American history because the existing legal definitions of intra-family property rights increased transaction costs within the growing market economy. Historians have written anecdotally of the inconveniences and litigation costs caused by the ambiguities of the earlier system, and I use these historical examples in a narrative argument presented as a case study of institutional change. The results of an econometric test I develop using census data support the initial hypothesis that married women's property acts were closely correlated with various aspects of market development.
Topological Hall effect and Berry phase in magnetic nanostructures
Creators: name: Bruno, P.
name: Dugaev, V. K.
name: Taillefumier, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the anomalous Hall effect in a two-dimensional electron gas subject to a spatially varying magnetization. This topological Hall effect (THE) does not require any spin-orbit coupling, and arises solely from Berry phase acquired by an electron moving in a smoothly varying magnetization. We propose an experiment with a structure containing 2D electrons or holes of diluted magnetic semiconductor subject to the stray field of a lattice of magnetic nanocylinders. The striking behavior predicted for such a system (of which all relevant parameters are well known) allows to observe unambiguously the THE and to distinguish it from other mechanisms.
description: 5 pages with 4 figures
The effects of cross -fostering on morphine-induced conditioned taste aversion in Fischer and Lewis rats
Creators: name: Gomez-Serrano, Maria A.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Inbred Fischer (F344) and Lewis (LEW) rats differ on a number of physiological and behavioral indices, some of which have been reported to be affected by maternal experience. To assess whether epigenetic factors contribute to the differential behavioral responses to drugs in these strains, the effect of cross-fostering on morphine-induced conditioned taste aversion in males and females was examined in the present experiment. Specifically, at birth 67 LEW pups were cross-fostered to F344 dams while 60 LEW pups were raised by LEW dams (in-fostered). Similarly, 60 F344 pups were cross-fostered to LEW dams while 50 F344 pups were raised by F344 dams (in-fostered). None of the pups was raised by their own dam. On the first day of testing (Post natal Day 60), saccharin was paired with one of two doses of morphine (10 and 32 mg/kg) or saline (control group). This procedure was repeated three more times (Trial 1--4) followed by a Final Aversion Test. In-fostered F344 rats, both males and females, acquired stronger aversions than in-fostered LEW at all doses of morphine. The cross-fostering manipulation affected the LEW strain more than the F344 for both males and females. Specifically, cross-fostering attenuated these strain differences for females at both doses. Cross-fostered F344 and LEW males showed similar effects but only at 10 mg/kg. From these results, it is clear that epigenetic factors such as maternal rearing can affect the acquisition of conditioned taste aversions in F344 and LEW strains. It remains unknown to what extent (if any) other differences between F344 and LEW rats are mediated by early life experiences. The fact that epigenetic factors are important for the acquisition of taste aversions and that drug use is a function of both the rewarding and aversive effects of drugs, these findings may have implications for the use of these strains in assessing the genetic mediation of drug acceptability.
Anthophorula (Anthophorula) compactula BCP (CARCIB
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

description: Anthophorula (Anthophorula) compactula (Cockerell, 1897) *
[Holotype: USNM; ♀ Las Cruces, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA; August 23]
Anthophorula compactula is distributed throughout northern Mexico and the southwestern USA. This species represents a new record within the BCP. CARCIB team collected three females and one male in the transition zone between the Sarcocaulescent Shrubland and the Tropical Dry Forest in November 2016, and 2017. See fig. 122.
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 191, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5522.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13920532
The effects of cross -fostering on morphine-induced conditioned taste aversion in Fischer and Lewis rats
Creators: name: Gomez-Serrano, Maria A.
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Inbred Fischer (F344) and Lewis (LEW) rats differ on a number of physiological and behavioral indices, some of which have been reported to be affected by maternal experience. To assess whether epigenetic factors contribute to the differential behavioral responses to drugs in these strains, the effect of cross-fostering on morphine-induced conditioned taste aversion in males and females was examined in the present experiment. Specifically, at birth 67 LEW pups were cross-fostered to F344 dams while 60 LEW pups were raised by LEW dams (in-fostered). Similarly, 60 F344 pups were cross-fostered to LEW dams while 50 F344 pups were raised by F344 dams (in-fostered). None of the pups was raised by their own dam. On the first day of testing (Post natal Day 60), saccharin was paired with one of two doses of morphine (10 and 32 mg/kg) or saline (control group). This procedure was repeated three more times (Trial 1--4) followed by a Final Aversion Test. In-fostered F344 rats, both males and females, acquired stronger aversions than in-fostered LEW at all doses of morphine. The cross-fostering manipulation affected the LEW strain more than the F344 for both males and females. Specifically, cross-fostering attenuated these strain differences for females at both doses. Cross-fostered F344 and LEW males showed similar effects but only at 10 mg/kg. From these results, it is clear that epigenetic factors such as maternal rearing can affect the acquisition of conditioned taste aversions in F344 and LEW strains. It remains unknown to what extent (if any) other differences between F344 and LEW rats are mediated by early life experiences. The fact that epigenetic factors are important for the acquisition of taste aversions and that drug use is a function of both the rewarding and aversive effects of drugs, these findings may have implications for the use of these strains in assessing the genetic mediation of drug acceptability.
Eleodes (Caverneleodes) leptoscelis Triplehorn 1975
Creators: name: Johnston, M. Andrew
name: Fleming, David
name: Franz, Nico M.
name: Smith, Aaron D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Tenebrionidae
Eleodes
Eleodes leptoscelis

description: Eleodes (Caverneleodes) leptoscelis Triplehorn, 1975
(Fig. 9B)
 Diagnosis. Body elongate. Clypeus dark red, noticeably different in color from rest of head capsule, mentum quite transverse, raised to a keel mesally. Pronotum longer than wide, feebly arcuate laterally, anterior angles right-angled, not produced. Elytra punctate-striate, punctures moderately large. Profemora unarmed. All tarsi lined with strong, golden spicules, plantar surface never interrupted with setae. Prosternum with robust posteroventrally oriented spine-like process. Known only from caves in the Grand Canyon.
 Distribution. Cave of the Domes, Coconino County, Arizona.
 Remarks. While this species shares many key characters with E. longicollis, the only species it might be confused with belong to the subgenus Metablapylis Blaisdell. Eleodes leptoscelis can be readily separated by the shape of the pronotum, red clypeus, and restricted distribution.
description: Published as part of Johnston, M. Andrew, Fleming, David, Franz, Nico M. & Smith, Aaron D., 2015, Amphidorini Leconte (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of Arizona: Keys and Species Accounts, pp. 27-54 in The Coleopterists Bulletin (mo 14) (mo 14) 69 on page 48, DOI: 0.1649/0010-065X-69.mo4.27, http://zenodo.org/record/10086147
“Look at Me, I’m Buying Organic”: The Effects of Social Pressure on Organic Food Purchases
Creators: name: Kim, Seon-Woong
name: Lusk, Jayson L.
name: Brorsen, B. Wade
name: Kim, Seon-Woong
name: Lusk, Jayson L.
name: Brorsen, B. Wade
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Public Economics
subject: conspicuous consumption
subject: consumer
subject: social desirability
subject: social status
subject: vignette

description: We investigate whether consumers purchase organic foods to demonstrate social status to others. Subjects were asked to choose among organic and nonorganic milk and apples in a control group and treatments in which: i) an image of another person’s eyes was displayed, ii) responses appeared to not be anonymous, or iii) a vignette placed the choice in the presence of an acquaintance. The vignette treatment increased the willingness-to-pay (WTP) premium for organic by about 90%. The other treatments did not have significant overall effects. When exposed to another person’s eyes, more educated respondents increased their WTP for organic.
Canonical Form and Separability of PPT States in 2xMxN Composite Quantum Systems
Creators: name: Wang, X. H.
name: Fei, S. M.
name: Wang, Z. X.
name: Wu, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the canonical forms of positive partial transposition (PPT) density matrices in ${\cal C}^2 \otimes {\cal C}^M \otimes {\cal C}^N$ composite quantum systems with rank $N$. A general expression for these PPT states are explicitly obtained. From this canonical form a sufficient separability condition is presented.
description: 11 pages, Latex
Media influences and body image depictions among minority women, adolescents, and mature women
Creators: name: Siervo-Lubian, Cristina M.
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
classificationCode: 5205
subject: Social and personality psychology

description: The portrayal of the feminine thin ideal has been assessed using mainstream magazine images, but little attention has been focused on investigating trends in magazines specific to particular age groups and cultural groups. This study empirically examined whether the mainstream tendency towards a thin ideal can be seen on the covers of leading minority, adolescent, and mature women's magazines. Body size and waist-to-hip ratio measurements were obtained for models appearing on the magazine covers. The frequency with which these covers depicted full-body pictures of models was also examined. The results indicated significant trends for the mature and African-American women's magazines toward a more tubular shape. In addition, trends towards smaller body size were found for the adolescent and Hispanic-American women's magazines. The majority of the magazines showed an increase over time in the frequency with which entire bodies of models were depicted on the covers. These results were compared to previous mainstream study findings. The clinical implications of these findings are discussed.
Media influences and body image depictions among minority women, adolescents, and mature women
Creators: name: Siervo-Lubian, Cristina M.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: The portrayal of the feminine thin ideal has been assessed using mainstream magazine images, but little attention has been focused on investigating trends in magazines specific to particular age groups and cultural groups. This study empirically examined whether the mainstream tendency towards a thin ideal can be seen on the covers of leading minority, adolescent, and mature women's magazines. Body size and waist-to-hip ratio measurements were obtained for models appearing on the magazine covers. The frequency with which these covers depicted full-body pictures of models was also examined. The results indicated significant trends for the mature and African-American women's magazines toward a more tubular shape. In addition, trends towards smaller body size were found for the adolescent and Hispanic-American women's magazines. The majority of the magazines showed an increase over time in the frequency with which entire bodies of models were depicted on the covers. These results were compared to previous mainstream study findings. The clinical implications of these findings are discussed.