cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: MINTfluencerinnen auf Instagram
title: Sozialmediale Sichtbarkeit junger Frauen in MINT-Berufen
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Pätz, Ricarda
Publisher: name: Göttingen
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: MINT
subject: Soziale Medien
subject: Medien
subject: Technik
subject: 070 Publizistische Medien, Journalismus, Verlagswesen
subject: Frauen in MINT
subject: Instagram
subject: qualitative Inhaltsanalyse
subject: Gender Science Studies
subject: Wissenschaftskommunikation
subject: Gender Media Studies

description: Der Neologismus ‚MINTfluencer:in‘ beschreibt reichweitenstarke Profile in sozialen Netzwerken von Frauen in technischen und naturwissenschaftlichen Berufen. Die qualitative Inhaltsanalyse untersucht die unterrepräsentierten Gruppen ‚Scientist Mom‘ und ‚Trans* Scientist‘ auf Instagram aus gendermedialer Perspektive. Es werden Erkenntnisse über das Verhältnis von Wissenschaftskommunikation, Berufsrepräsentation sowie Geschlecht generiert und mit dekonstruktivistischen, intersektionalen Theorien und Heteronormativitätskritik verknüpft. Die Betrachtung der Selbstinszenierung berufstätiger Mütter und transsexueller Wissenschaftler:innen als MINTfluencer:innen erforscht, inwiefern ihr Auftreten als feministische Transformation im Kontext weiblicher Berufsausübung und Sichtbarkeit in männlich dominierten Berufen gesehen werden kann.
SOME OLD TRUTHS REVISITED
Creators: name: Piggott, Roley R.
name: Piggott, Roley R.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1992
Subjects: Demand and Price Analysis
Research Methods/ Statistical Methods

description: The primary objective in this paper is to 'promote' the use of equilibrium displacement modeling, or comparative static analysis of general function models, as a research tool in agricultural price and policy analyses. This is by no means a new tool, but it does seem to be used much less in Australia than it is in the US where it has been the basis of several important journal papers in recent times, The paper includes applications to: (a) reproduce important results obtained by Euse (1958) regarding total elasticities; and (b) examine the price premium argument that has been advanced in favour of single-desk selling arrangements. The latter is the secondary objective in the paper. Whilst equilibrium displacement modelling has its shortcomings, it is a research tool that can provide useful results with few assumptions. It can be a substitute for econometric modelling when resource and time constraints are binding. The application to the price-premium argument re-confirms the doubts that many analysts have expressed about single-desk selling.
Additional file 12 of A seventeenth-century Mycobacterium tuberculosis genome supports a Neolithic emergence of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
Creators: name: Sabin, Susanna
name: Herbig, Alexander
name: Vågene, Åshild J.
name: Ahlström, Torbjörn
name: Gracijela Bozovic
name: Arcini, Caroline
name: Kühnert, Denise
name: Bos, Kirsten I.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 12. Review history.
Acceleration disturbances due to local gravity gradients in ASTROD I
Creators: name: Shiomi, Sachie
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Astrodynamical Space Test of Relativity using Optical Devices (ASTROD) mission consists of three spacecraft in separate solar orbits and carries out laser interferometric ranging. ASTROD aims at testing relativistic gravity, measuring the solar system and detecting gravitational waves. Because of the larger arm length, the sensitivity of ASTROD to gravitational waves is estimated to be about 30 times better than Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) in the frequency range lower than about 0.1 mHz. ASTROD I is a simple version of ASTROD, employing one spacecraft in a solar orbit. It is the first step for ASTROD and serves as a technology demonstration mission for ASTROD. In addition, several scientific results are expected in the ASTROD I experiment. The required acceleration noise level of ASTROD I is 10^-13 m s^-2 Hz^{-1/2} at the frequency of 0.1 mHz. In this paper, we focus on local gravity gradient noise that could be one of the largest acceleration disturbances in the ASTROD I experiment. We have carried out gravitational modelling for the current test-mass design and simplified configurations of ASTROD I by using an analytical method and the Monte Carlo method. Our analyses can be applied to figure out the optimal designs of the test mass and the constructing materials of the spacecraft, and the configuration of compensation mass to reduce local gravity gradients.
description: 6 pages, presented at the 6th Edoardo Amaldi Conference (Okinawa Japan, June 2005); to be published in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, SUSTAINABILITY AND PROPERTY RIGHTS IN NEW ZEALAND
Creators: name: Johnson, R.W.M.
name: Johnson, R.W.M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1992
Subjects: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: Sustainable land management objectives in New Zealand have recently been redefined in the Resource Management Act 1991. The new legislative framework can be viewed in part as an adjustment in existing property rights to meet resource use externalities. An understanding of the structure and characteristics of property rights in land clarifies a number of issues in the area of economic efficiency and administrative practicality, and focusses on areas where appropriate solutions to externalities may be difficult to achieve.
Precise predictions for chargino and neutralino pair production in $e^+e^-$ annihilation
Creators: name: Öller, W.
name: Eberl, H.
name: Majerotto, W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a high precision calculation of chargino and neutralino pair production at $e^+e^-$ colliders. Within the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model, the full one-loop and higher order QED corrections are included. Special care has been taken in the definition of the Lagrangian input parameters. Furthermore, the proper inclusion of QED corrections and the separation of weak and QED corrections are discussed. We show numerical results for total cross sections, as well as forward-backward and left-right asymmetries for the SPS1a' scenario as proposed in the SPA project. The complete corrections are about 10% and in some cases even larger, in particular for $\neu_i \neu_j$ production with sizeable higgsino components. These corrections have to be taken into account in a high precision analysis.
description: 21 pages, 13 figures
Pinning of Helimagnetic Phase Transitions in Zn-Substituted Skyrmion Host Cu$_2$OSeO$_3$
Creators: name: Birch, M. T.
name: Moody, S. H.
name: Wilson, M. N.
name: Crisanti, M.
name: Bewley, O.
name: Štefančič, A.
name: Balakrishnan, G.
name: Fan, R.
name: Steadman, P.
name: Venero, D. Alba
name: Cubitt, R.
name: Hatton, P. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Magnetic skyrmions are nano-sized topological spin textures stabilized by a delicate balance of magnetic energy terms. The chemical substitution of the underlying crystal structure of skyrmion-hosting materials offers a route to manipulate these energy contributions, but also introduces additional effects such as disorder and pinning. While the effects of doping and disorder have been well studied in B20 metallic materials such as Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_x$Si and Mn$_{1-x}$Fe$_x$Si, the consequences of chemical substitution in the magnetoelectric insulator Cu$_2$OSeO$_3$ have not been fully explored. In this work, we utilize a combination of AC magnetometry and small angle neutron scattering to investigate the magnetic phase transition dynamics in pristine and Zn-substituted Cu$_2$OSeO$_3$. The results demonstrate that the first order helical-conical phase transition exhibits two thermally separated behavioural regimes: at high temperatures, the helimagnetic domains transform by large-scale, continuous rotations, while at low temperatures, the two phases coexist. Remarkably, the effects of pinning in the substituted sample are less prevalent at low temperatures, compared to high temperatures, despite the reduction of available thermal activation energy. We attribute this behaviour to the large, temperature-dependent, cubic anisotropy unique to Cu$_2$OSeO$_3$, which becomes strong enough to overcome the pinning energy at low temperatures. Consideration and further exploration of these effects will be crucial when engineering skyrmion materials towards future applications.
Interhospital and interindividual variability in secondary prevention: a comparison of outpatients with a history of chronic coronary syndrome versus outpatients with a history of acute coronary syndrome (the iASPIRE Study)
Creators: name: MG Curneen, James
name: Judge, Conor
name: Traynor, Bryan
name: Buckley, Anthony
name: Saiva, Lavanya
name: Murphy, Laura
name: Murray, Donal
name: Fleming, Sean
name: Kearney, Peter
name: Murphy, Ross T
name: Aleong, Godfrey
name: Kiernan, Thomas J.
name: O'Neill, James
name: Moore, David
name: Nicaodhabhui, Bridog
name: Birrane, John
name: Hall, Patricia
name: Crowley, James
name: Gibson, Irene
name: S Jennings, Catriona
name: Wood, David
name: Kotseva, Kornelia
name: William McEvoy, John
Publisher: name: University of Limerick
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Background Studying variability in the care provided to secondary prevention coronary heart disease (CHD) outpatients can identify interventions to improve their outcomes.
Methods We studied outpatients who had an index CHD event in the preceding 6–24 months. Eligible CHD events included acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and coronary revascularisation for stable chronic coronary syndrome (CCS). Site training was provided by a core team and data were collected using standardised methods. Results Between 2017 and 2019, we enrolled 721 outpatients at nine Irish study sites; 81% were men and mean age was 63.9 (SD ±8.9) years. The study examination occurred a median of 1.16 years after the index CHD event, which was ACS in 399 participants (55%) and stable-CCS in 322. On examination, 42.5% had blood pressure (BP) >140/90mm Hg, 63.7% had low?density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) >1.8mmol/L and 44.1% of known diabetics had an HbA1c >7%. There was marked variability in risk factor control, both by study site and, in particular, by index presentation type. For example, 82% of outpatients with prior-ACS had attended cardiac rehabilitation versus 59% outpatients with prior-CCS (p<0.001) and there were also large differences in control of traditional risk factors like LDL-C (p=0.002) and systolic BP (p<0.001) among outpatients with prior-ACS versus prior-CCS as the index presentation.
Conclusions Despite international secondary prevention guidelines broadly recommending the same risk factor targets for all adults with CHD, we found marked differences in outpatient risk factor control and management on the basis of hospital location and index CHD presentation type (acute vs chronic). These findings highlight the need to reduce hospital-level and patient-level variability in preventive care to improve outcomes; a lesson that should inform CHD prevention programmes in Ireland and around the world.
EVALUATING THE LEVEL AND DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS FROM DAIRY INDUSTRY RESEARCH
Creators: name: Freebairn, John W.
name: Freebairn, John W.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1992
Subjects: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods

description: A model and associated formulae are developed to estimate the size and distribution of benefits generated by different types of research for the Australian dairy industry. Particular attention is given to the influence of policy interventions on the estimates. The estimates of aggregate research benefits differ for free market assumptions versus current policy assumptions, but quantitatively the differences are small. By contrast, estimates of the distribution of benefits between different groups of consumers and farmers are significantly altered by the policy interventions.
Additional file 14 of Functional insights from the GC-poor genomes of two aphid parasitoids, Aphidius ervi and Lysiphlebus fabarum
Creators: name: Dennis, Alice B.
name: Ballesteros, Gabriel I.
name: Robin, Stéphanie
name: Schrader, Lukas
name: Bast, Jens
name: Berghöfer, Jan
name: Beukeboom, Leo W.
name: Belghazi, Maya
name: Bretaudeau, Anthony
name: Buellesbach, Jan
name: Cash, Elizabeth
name: Colinet, Dominique
name: Dumas, Zoé
name: Errbii, Mohammed
name: Falabella, Patrizia
name: Gatti, Jean-Luc
name: Elzemiek Geuverink
name: Gibson, Joshua D.
name: Hertaeg, Corinne
name: Hartmann, Stefanie
name: Jacquin-Joly, Emmanuelle
name: Lammers, Mark
name: Lavandero, Blas I.
name: Lindenbaum, Ina
name: Massardier-Galata, Lauriane
name: Meslin, Camille
name: Montagné, Nicolas
name: Pak, Nina
name: Poirié, Marylène
name: Salvia, Rosanna
name: Smith, Chris R.
name: Tagu, Denis
name: Tares, Sophie
name: Vogel, Heiko
name: Schwander, Tanja
name: Jean-Christophe Simon
name: Figueroa, Christian C.
name: Vorburger, Christoph
name: Legeai, Fabrice
name: Gadau, Jürgen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 14. Supplementary Materials.
Quantum Information Processing in Disordered and Complex Quantum Systems
Creators: name: De, Aditi Sen
name: Sen, Ujjwal
name: Ahufinger, Veronica
name: Briegel, Hans J.
name: Sanpera, Anna
name: Lewenstein, Maciej
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate quantum information processing and manipulations in disordered systems of ultracold atoms and trapped ions. First, we demonstrate generation of entanglement and local realization of quantum gates in a quantum spin glass system. Entanglement in such systems attains significantly high values, after quenched averaging, and has a stable positive value for arbitrary times. Complex systems with long range interactions, such as ion chains or dipolar atomic gases, can be modeled by neural network Hamiltonians. In such systems, we find the characteristic time of persistence of quenched averaged entanglement, and also find the time of its revival.
description: 4 pages, RevTeX4, 2 figures
Numerical Investigation of Light Emission from Quantum Dots Embedded into On-Chip, Low Index Contrast Optical Waveguides
Creators: name: Hoehne, Theresa
name: Schnauber, Peter
name: Rodt, Sven
name: Reitzenstein, Stephan
name: Burger, Sven
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Single-photon emitters integrated into quantum optical circuits will enable new, miniaturized quantum optical devices. Here, we numerically investigate semiconductor quantum dots embedded to low refractive index contrast waveguides. We discuss a model to compute the coupling efficiency of the emitted light field to the fundamental propagation mode of the waveguide, and we optimize the waveguide dimensional parameters for maximum coupling efficiency. Further, we show that for a laterally cropped waveguide the interplay of Purcell-enhancement and optimized field profile can enhance the coupling efficiency by a factor of about two.
Contributions to Uniform Diophantine Approximation
Creators: name: Bos, Philip
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 10101 Algebra and Number Theory
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: A thesis submitted in total fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, College of Science, Health and Engineering, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia.
CHALLENGES IN AGRICULTURAL TRADE UNDER CUSTA: HIGHLIGHTS
Creators: name: Koo, Won W.
name: Mattson, Jeremy W.
name: Koo, Won W.
name: Mattson, Jeremy W.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: agricultural trade
subject: free trade agreement
subject: wheat
subject: barley
subject: cattle
subject: beef
subject: trade disputes
subject: trade negotiations

description: The report summarizes highlights of papers presented in the conference entitled "Challenges in Agricultural Trade under CUSTA" held in Fargo, North Dakota on October 26-27, 2000. The main objective of the conference was to analyze emerging issues in agricultural trade between the United States and Canada under the U.S./Canada Free Trade Agreement (CUSTA). Specific themes include: (1) changes in trade patterns under CUSTA, (2) CUSTA's impact on bilateral agricultural trade, (3) recent evolution of the U.S. and Canadian marketing systems, (4) major issues for future commercial integration, and (5) trade disputes and negotiations.
Anisotropy fluctuation and correlation in central $α$-clustered $^{12}$C+$^{197}$Au collisions
Creators: name: Ma, L. Ma. Y. G.
name: Zhang, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the framework of a multi-phase transport model, fluctuation and correlation of the azimuthal anisotropies in $^{12}$C+$^{197}$Au collisions at $\sqrt{S_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV are explored. Properties of the initial eccentricity and final harmonic flow fluctuation resulted from $^{12}$C+$^{197}$Au collisions with Woods-Saxon configuration and triangular $α$-clustering configurations of $^{12}$C are investigated via scaled variance, skewness and kurtosis. Comparisons are made between results from $α$-clustered configurations and Woods-Saxon configuration. The triangular flow fluctuation is found to have particular sensitivity in distinguishing triangular $α$-clustering structure of $^{12}$C. Furthermore, correlations between initial eccentricities and final flow harmonics are studied with strong multiplicity dependence observed for the correlation functions.
description: 9 figures, 10 pages
Additional file 1 of Gaps in the care cascade for screening and treatment of refugees with tuberculosis infection in Middle Tennessee: a retrospective cohort study
Creators: name: Adoma Manful
name: Waller, Leslie
name: Katz, Ben
name: Cummins, Jason
name: Warkentin, Jon
name: Reagon, Billy
name: Shaw-Kaikai, Joanna
name: Yuwei Zhu
name: Heijden, Yuri F. Van Der
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1 Supplementary Table 1A. Matching Rules and Algorithms for Identifying Participants across Study Datasets. Supplementary Table 1B. Breakdown of Participants by Matching Conditions. Supplementary Table 2. Distribution of Elixhauser Comorbidity Groups within Study Population (n = 1208). Individuals could have multiple comorbidities. Supplementary Fig. 1. TB infection screening workflow in Middle Tennessee. Supplementary Fig. 2. Association between days from US arrival to initial screening appointment and TBI treatment completion. Days to screening appointment is modeled as a continuous variable using restricted cubic splines with 3 knots. In the final logistic model, covariates are adjusted using the following levels: sex (female), Elixhauser comorbidity index (score
Body Travel Performance Improvement of Space Vehicle Electromagnetic Suspension System using LQG and LQI Control Methods
Creators: name: Jibril, Mustefa
name: Tadese, Messay
name: Tadese, Eliyas Alemayehu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Electromagnetic suspension system (EMS) is mostly used in the field of high-speed vehicle. In this paper, a space exploring vehicle quarter electromagnetic suspension system is modelled, designed and simulated using linear quadratic optimal control problem. Linear quadratic Gaussian and linear quadratic integral controllers are designed to improve the body travel of the vehicle using bump road profile. Comparison between the proposed controllers is done and a promising simulation result have been analyzed.
Zum Einsetzungsbericht bei ostsyrischen Liturgiekommentatoren
Creators: name: Lang, Uwe Michael
Publisher: name: Oriens christianus : Hefte für die Kunde des christlichen Orients
Year: 2024

description: Oriens christianus : Hefte für die Kunde des christlichen Orients, Bd. 89 (2005): Oriens christianus, Band 89
THE TRADE IMBALANCE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA: THE ROLE OF EXCHANGE RATE AND TRADE LIBERALIZATION
Creators: name: Cho, Guedae
name: Koo, Won W.
name: Cho, Guedae
name: Koo, Won W.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2004
Subjects: International Relations/Trade

description: The pattern of trade between the United States and China has dramatically changed during the past 15 years. Until 1992, the commodity trade volume between the two countries was around $10 billion per year, but it grew to $60 billion in 1999. Because China has kept its currency (yuan or renminbi) pegged to the U.S. dollar since 1994, its current large trade surplus with the United States has led some critics to claim that the yuan is undervalued. The aim of this paper is to examine the effect of the U.S.-China bilateral exchange rate on the pattern of trade between the two countries after controlling for alternative factors influencing U.S.-Chinese bilateral trade flows. The results suggested that the U.S-China bilateral exchange rate does not have an important role in explaining bilateral trade between the two countries, while the relative exchange rate between the United States and the South-East Asian countries are more important in explaining the trade imbalance between the United States and China.
Topological and conformal field theory as Frobenius algebras
Creators: name: Runkel, Ingo
name: Fjelstad, Jens
name: Fuchs, Jurgen
name: Schweigert, Christoph
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Category Theory (math.CT)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 81T40; 18D10; 18D35; 81T45

description: Two-dimensional conformal field theory (CFT) can be defined through its correlation functions. These must satisfy certain consistency conditions which arise from the cutting of world sheets along circles or intervals. The construction of a (rational) CFT can be divided into two steps, of which one is complex-analytic and one purely algebraic. We realise the algebraic part of the construction with the help of three-dimensional topological field theory and show that any symmetric special Frobenius algebra in the appropriate braided monoidal category gives rise to a solution. A special class of examples is provided by two-dimensional topological field theories, for which the relevant monoidal category is the category of vector spaces.
description: 23 pages, several figures, proceedings to the Streetfest (Canberra 07/2005); v2: section 2.4 expanded, version accepted for publication in Contemp. Math
Running coupling constant from lattice data and bulk viscosity of strange quark matter
Creators: name: Xiaoping, Zheng
name: Miao, Kang
name: Xuewen, Liu
name: Shuhua, Yang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the bulk viscosity of strange quark matter (SQM) in a quasiparticle model at finite chemical potential by extrapolating the previous quasiparticle model of finite temperature lattice QCD. The more proper bulk viscosity coefficient can be given in this model where chemical potential $μ$ and coupling constant $\emph{g}$ are interdependent. We also apply our result to determine the critical rotation of strange stars by r-mode instability window. Our model is compatible to the millisecond pulsar data for a wide range of mass and radius of the stars.
description: 11pages,7figures
Field-testing and demonstration of sanitation technologies: Guidelines for the South African sanitation technology enterprise Programme (SASTEP)
Creators: name: Sindall, Rebecca
name: Cottingham, Ruth
name: Sutherland, Catherine
name: Mercer, Susan
name: Pocock, Jon
name: Preyan  Arumugam-Nanoolal
name: Sifiso  Dhlamini
name: Fanele  Magwaza
name: Shozi, Mendy
name: Odili, Anthony
name: Merlien  Reddy
Publisher: name: Gates Open Research
Year: 2021

description: These guidelines have been developed under a South African Water Research Commission (WRC) funded project to develop guidance on how to demonstrate and test innovative sanitation systems in real world environments prior to manufacture and commercialisation. The guidelines have been written for local technology and commercialisation partners (LTCPs) in the sanitation field and are based on the experiences of the Engineering Field Testing Platform (EFTP) established under a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant in 2017 in eThekwini, South Africa.
 The EFTP team is a partnership between the Pollution Research Group (PRG) and the School of Built Environment and Development Studies (BEDS) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), eThekwini Municipality’s water and sanitation unit (EWS), and Khanyisa Projects, an independent engineering consulting firm.

 The aim of these guidelines is to: Provide standardised sanitation field-testing and demonstration guidelines for LTCPs Provide standardised assessment and evaluation criteria for all sanitation field-testing and demonstration activities in South Africa Contextualise sanitation field-testing and demonstration requirements for LTCPs The guidelines aim to assist LTCPs, regulators and laboratories to understand the various stages required for the field-testing and demonstration of sanitation systems. Case studies and examples are incorporated to show how other innovative sanitation technologies have been tested in ‘real world’ environments, and the challenges and benefits of this approach. Milestones during the field-testing and demonstration programme are highlighted, and where applicable, templates for surveys and key documentation are included. Recommended further reading is also provided.

 The primary target audience of these guidelines are the LTCPs interested in testing and demonstrating sanitation systems in ‘real world’ environments. Secondary audiences are the regulators and the laboratories who have an interest in supporting this work. Regulators play a key role in the testing and demonstration of such systems, as they assist in identifying potential demonstration sites in communities, and are responsible for communicating with political and community leadership. In addition, the outcomes of the demonstration will inform them of the opportunities for implementing innovative sanitation systems to support service delivery. Testing of innovative sanitation systems involves sampling and analysis of various input and output streams, and every demonstration will require access to an analytical laboratory capable of undertaking the necessary analyses.
Additional file 1 of Early response assessment and prediction of overall survival after peptide receptor radionuclide therapy
Creators: name: Huizing, Daphne M. V.
name: Aalbersberg, Else A.
name: Versleijen, Michelle W. J.
name: Tesselaar, Margot E. T.
name: Walraven, Iris
name: Lahaye, Max J.
name: Veen, Berlinda J. De Wit–Van Der
name: Stokkel, Marcel P. M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1 Table S1. Continuous variables and association with overall survival. Table S2. Categorized variables and association with overall survival. Table S3. Difference in CgA and uptake on [68Ga]Ga-DOTA-TATE PET/CT between response groups according to RECIST and Choi. Table S4. Detection of new lesions and association with overall survival.
Quantum persistent tennis racket dynamics of nanorotors
Creators: name: Ma, Yue
name: Khosla, Kiran E.
name: Stickler, Benjamin A.
name: Kim1, M. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Classical rotations of asymmetric rigid bodies are unstable around the axis of intermediate momentof inertia, causing a flipping of rotor orientation. This effect, known as the tennis racket effect,quickly averages to zero in classical ensembles since the flipping period varies significantly uponapproaching the separatrix. Here, we explore the quantum rotations of rapidly spinning thermalasymmetric nanorotors and show that classically forbidden tunnelling gives rise to persistent tennisracket dynamics, in stark contrast to the classical expectation. We characterise this effect, demon-strating that quantum coherent flipping dynamics can persist even in the regime where millions ofangular momentum states are occupied. This persistent flipping offers a promising route for observ-ing and exploiting quantum effects in rotational degrees of freedom for molecules and nanoparticles.
description: 12 pages, 8 figures
What do lattice baryonic susceptibilities tell us about quarks, diquarks and baryons at $T>Tc$?
Creators: name: Liao, Jinfeng
name: Shuryak, Edward V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Lattice data on QCD thermodynamics, especially recent study of high order susceptibilities by UK-Bielefeld collaboration, have provided valuable information about matter properties around and above the critical temperature $T_c$. In this work we tried to understand what physical picture would explain these numerical data. We found two scenarios which will do it: (i) a quark quasiparticle gas, with the effective mass which is strongly $decreasing$ near the phase boundary into the QGP phase; or (ii) a picture including baryons at $T>T_c$, with the mass rapidly $increasing$ across the phase boundary toward QGP. We further provide several arguments in favor of the latter scenario, one of which is a natural continuity with the baryon gas picture at $T
description: 11 pages, 7 figures. One reference as well as few comments were added
Molecular remnant of Nova 1670 (CK Vulpeculae): I. Properties and enigmatic origin of the gas
Creators: name: Kaminski, T.
name: Menten, K. M.
name: Tylenda, R.
name: Wong, K. T.
name: Belloche, A.
name: Mehner, A.
name: Schmidt, M. R.
name: Patel, N. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: CK Vul erupted in 1670 and is considered a stellar-merger candidate. Its remnant contains a molecular component of surprisingly rich composition. We present interferometric line surveys with subarcsec resolution with ALMA and SMA. The observations provide interferometric maps of molecular line emission at frequencies between 88 and 243 GHz that allow imaging spectroscopy of more than 180 transitions of 26 species. We present, classify, and analyze the different morphologies of the emission regions displayed by the molecules. We also perform a non-LTE radiative-transfer analysis of emission of most of the observed species, deriving temperatures and column densities in five parts of the nebula. Non-LTE effects are clearly seen in complex species including methanol absorption against the CMB. The temperatures are 17 K in the inner remnant and 14 K in the extended lobes. We find total (hydrogen plus helium) densities in the range of $10^4-10^6$ cm$^{-3}$. The column densities provide relative abundance patterns in the remnant which currently are not understood. Attempts to derive elemental abundances within the assumption of a chemical equilibrium give only loose constraints on the CNO elements. That the formation of many of the observed molecules requires a major involvement of circumstellar shocks remains the preferred possibility. The molecular gas could have formed 350 yr ago or more recently. The molecules are well shielded from the interstellar radiation field by the circumstellar dust. Their presence alone indicates that the unobservable central star cannot be a hot object such as a white dwarf. This excludes some of the proposed scenarios on the nature of CK Vul. The general characteristics of the molecular environment of CK Vul derived in this study resemble quite well those of some pre-planetary nebulae and AGB stars, most notably that of OH231.8.
description: submitted to A&A; comments welcome
WELFARE IMPLICATIONS OF INTRODUCING BIOTECH TRAITS IN A MARKET WITH SEGMENTS AND SEGREGATION COSTS: THE CASE OF ROUNDUP READY® WHEAT
Creators: name: Wilson, William W.
name: DeVuyst, Eric A.
name: Koo, Won W.
name: Taylor, Richard D.
name: Dahl, Bruce L.
name: Wilson, William W.
name: DeVuyst, Eric A.
name: Koo, Won W.
name: Taylor, Richard D.
name: Dahl, Bruce L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: genetically modified grains
subject: welfare analysis
subject: wheat

description: Roundup Ready® Wheat (RRW) was one of the first genetically modified (GM) traits for the wheat sector and was under review by regulatory agencies in the United States and Canada when Monsanto withdrew it from further consideration. There are a multitude of issues associated with the ex ante evaluation of this decision. These include market acceptance and segregation, as well as the varying sources of cost savings and productivity gains. In this article, we develop a spatial partial equilibrium model of the higher-protein hard wheat market and assess the changes in the distribution of welfare associated with release and adoption of RRW. It incorporates segments for GM aversion in each market and segregation costs for each segment. Major conclusions indicate that in the most likely scenario, producer welfare increases by $301 million and consumer welfare increases by $252 million. Producers of hard red spring (HRS) wheat in the United States and Canada win, while hard red winter (HRW) wheat growers lose.
EEG Signal Processing Pipeline for Enhanced Model Performance
Creators: name: Rasmy, Mohamed
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This study investigates the impact of different preprocessing techniques on EEG signal classificationusing a CNN-BiLSTM model. Using the inherently noisy BCI Competition 2008–Graz dataset A,we applied Independent Component Analysis (ICA) to all files for artifact removal. Additionally,Artifact Subspace Reconstruction (ASR) was applied selectively: once across all files and anothertime only for the noisiest subjects. The effect of epoching before applying ICA and ASR wasalso analyzed. While ASR showed limited impact when applied only to the noisiest subjects,its application across the entire dataset slightly improved performance. A refined CNN-BiLSTMarchitecture was developed to handle non-stationary signals more effectively. We also explored therole of bias initialization in BiLSTM units, though it was not the primary focus of this study. Ourresults highlight the importance of optimal preprocessing, careful epoching, and model design inimproving EEG classification performance for brain-computer interface (BCI) tasks.
Quantum Heisenberg antiferromagnets: a survey of the activity in Firenze
Creators: name: Balucani, Umberto
name: Capriotti, Luca
name: Cuccoli, Alessandro
name: Fubini, Andrea
name: Roscilde, Tommaso
name: Tognetti, Valerio
name: Vaia, Ruggero
name: Verrucchi, Paola
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Over the years the research group in Firenze has produced a number of theoretical results concerning the statistical mechanics of quantum antiferromagnetic models, which range from the theory of two-magnon Raman scattering to the characterization of the phase transitions in quantum low-dimensional antiferromagnetic models. Our research activity was steadily aimed to the understanding of experimental observations.
description: 20 pages, 21 figures, submitted to Low Temp. Phys
PREFERENTIAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS: IMPACTS ON AGRICULTURAL TRADE AND INCOME
Creators: name: Skripnitchenko, Anatoliy
name: Beladi, Hamid
name: Koo, Won W.
name: Skripnitchenko, Anatoliy
name: Beladi, Hamid
name: Koo, Won W.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: agricultural trade
subject: agricultural income
subject: gravity model
subject: preferential trade agreement

description: In this article, we focus on the effects of preferential trade arrangements on agricultural trade and agricultural income. Given the large number of preferential trade arrangements and complex interactions among them, we attempt to discover whether preferential trade arrangements are beneficial to agricultural trade and income, and are an effective tool to liberalize agricultural trade. The findings suggest that preferential trade arrangements with some exceptions tend to expand agricultural trade and improve agricultural income.
Charith, K., & Davydenko, A. (2020, July 29-30). Is Cash Dividend an Everlasting Stimulus? Impact of Cash Dividend on Share Price of Manufacturing Companies in Sri Lanka [Conference presentation abstract]
Creators: name: Charith, Krishnamoorthy
name: Davydenko, Andrey
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 140302 Econometric and Statistical Methods
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 140304 Panel Data Analysis
subject: 140207 Financial Economics

description: The shareholder wealth consists of dividend and capital gain. The risk return trade-off in these two returns drives the investor preference. The former is considered to be risk averse whereas the latter is perceived to be risky. From one extreme dividend is a return for common stock to another a source of funding for Public Limited companies. The objective of a for-profit organization is to maximize Shareholder wealth but disbursing dividends may not always be in the best interest of shareholders. Theoretically retaining dividend may also increase share prices. The objective of the study is to measure the stimulus of cash dividends on share prices of 22 companies from 2011 to 2019, for 198 observations, listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange under the manufacturing sector. The novelty of this study is the use of advanced modeling and visualization techniques, which eventually helped choose statistical methods with most adequate assumptions. The Arellano Bond estimator is specifically selected given the nature of data properties and lagged variables. Market Price per Share (MPS) termed as the dependent variable whereas Dividend per share (DPS), Dividend payout ratio, lagged MPS termed independent variables. The Log of sales selected as a control variable through forward selection criterion. The stationary tests performed, subject to log transformations and first differences, revealed none of variables are I(2). The results validated theoretical literature such as signaling effect and bird in hand theory but questioned previous empirical hypothesis. The study further validated cash dividends as stimulus to investors given the strong positive relationship between DPS and MPS. The Granger Causality test reflected a short-term bidirectional relationship between MPS and DPS. This study sets a guideline to investors making right investment choices and companies to keep a right balance between dividend policy and reinvestment strategies given the stimulus contained in dividends.
Josephson effect with superfluid fermions in the two-dimensional BCS-BEC crossover
Creators: name: Pascucci, Filippo
name: Salasnich, Luca
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the macroscopic quantum tunneling of fermionic superfluids in the two-dimensional BCS-BEC crossover by using an effective tunneling energy which explicitly depends on the condensate fraction and the chemical potential of the system. We compare the mean-field effective tunneling energy with the beyond-mean-field one finding that the mean-field tunneling energy is not reliable in the BEC regime of the crossover. Then we solve the Josephson equations of the population imbalance and the relative phase calculating the frequency of tunneling oscillation both in the linear regime and in the nonlinear one. Our results show that the Josephson frequency is larger in the intermediate regime of the BCS-BEC crossover due to the peculiar behavior of the effective tunneling energy in the crossover.
description: 7 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in Physical Review A
VALUE-AT-RISK AND FOOD SAFETY LOSSES IN TURKEY PROCESSING
Creators: name: Siaplay, Mounir
name: Nganje, William E.
name: Kaitibie, Simeon
name: Siaplay, Mounir
name: Nganje, William E.
name: Kaitibie, Simeon
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: PR/HACCP
subject: Value-at-Risk
subject: Salmonella
subject: Turkey Processing

description: Food safety risks and microbial outbreaks have significant health impacts on society as a whole, as well as economic loss to food processing firms. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), an estimated 76 million foodborne illnesses occur each year in the United States. Of these cases, 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths occur each year (Mead et al., 1999). The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Services (USDA-FSIS) (1996) estimated that approximately 4,000 deaths each year are attributed to contamination in meat and poultry products. For food processing firms, microbial outbreaks often result in significant economic losses: food recalls, lost market share, and decreased consumer confidence. The intangible nature of aggregate economic losses makes it difficult for firm managers to predict firm-level economic impacts of food safety losses and adopt effective risk mitigation strategies. Developments in Value-at-Risk (VaR) methods provide an analytical framework to resolve this problem. This report develops VaR models to predict food safety risks in turkey processing, under alternative risk mitigation strategies. The FSIS records of food recalls from 1994 to 2003 indicated that as much as $1.35 billion in losses were realized in the turkey industry. The objective of this report is to determine the firm-level risk reduction capabilities and performances of Pathogen Reduction/Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (PR/HACCP) systems using VaR and out-of-sample testing for robustness of findings. The VaR results suggest that characteristic turkey processing plants, on average, were losing $0.06905 per lb not more than 5% of the time in any given month in the period prior to PR/HACCP implementation. However, after PR/HACCP implementation, turkey processing plants were losing $0.04936 per lb. In the period after PR/HACCP implementation, losses incurred under generic and augmented PR/HACCP for the small turkey processing plant were not significantly different. The out-of-sample tests indicated that VaR was adequate in predicting firm-level food safety economic losses. The results of this report provide private and public policymakers with alternatives to improve PR/HACCP implementation.
Long-range focusing of magnetic bound states in superconducting lanthanum
Creators: name: Kim, Howon
name: Rózsa, Levente
name: Schreyer, Dominik
name: Simon, Eszter
name: Wiesendanger, Roland
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum mechanical systems with long-range interactions between quasiparticles provide a promising platform for coherent quantum information technology. Superconductors are a natural choice for solid-state based quantum devices, while magnetic impurities inside superconductors give rise to quasiparticle excitations of broken Cooper pairs that provide characteristic information about the host superconductor. Here, we reveal that magnetic impurities embedded below a superconducting La(0001) surface interact via quasiparticles extending to very large distances, up to several tens of nanometers. Using low-temperature scanning probe techniques, we observe the corresponding anisotropic and giant oscillations in the local density of states. Theoretical calculations indicate that the quasi-two-dimensional surface states with their strongly anisotropic Fermi surface play a crucial role for the focusing and long-range extension of the magnetic bound states. The quasiparticle focusing mechanism should facilitate the design of versatile magnetic structures with tunable and directed magnetic interactions over large distances, thereby paving the way toward the design of low-dimensional magnet-superconductor hybrid systems exhibiting topologically non-trivial quantum states as possible elements of quantum computation schemes based on Majorana quasiparticles.
description: 20 pages, 4 figures
MARKETING MECHANISMS TO FACILITATE CO-EXISTENCE OF GM AND NON-GM CROPS
Creators: name: Henry, Benjamin
name: Wilson, William W.
name: Dahl, Bruce L.
name: Henry, Benjamin
name: Wilson, William W.
name: Dahl, Bruce L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Genetically modified crops
subject: identity preservation
subject: segregation

description: Development of genetically modified (GM) and specialty crops has had a great impact on the grain handling industry during recent years. Added costs associated with handling these crops have become an important issue for grain handlers. For this study, data were collected from a survey of elevators in the Upper Midwest. The information focused on segregation practices, time requirements, and costs. This study shows the different costs (grading and handling) associated with segregation practices at the grain-handler level. The results revealed that the cost of modifying systems to handle GM is of major importance. A stochastic simulation model of an engineering cost function is developed to analyze costs for segregation and testing using results from the survey. Assuming no modification is required, the total cost of segregation is about 10 cents per bushel. The volume of grain tested also impacts the total segregation cost per bushel. Finally, the gross elevator margin and the premium for quality seem to be large enough to offset the increase in handling costs due to these new segregation practices.