cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Government Intervention in Pakistan's Cotton Sector
Creators: name: Ender, Gary
name: Ender, Gary
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1990
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Pakistan
subject: cotton
subject: policies
subject: subsidies
subject: PSE
subject: CSE
subject: production
subject: consumption
subject: fertilizer
subject: irrigation
subject: exports

description: Pakistan is a major producer and exporter of cotton--the world's second largest exporter in 1985/86. Since 1984/85 cotton production has increased dramatically because of the rapid spread of a new high-yielding variety and improved plant protection practices. Pakistan can generally export cotton competitively at world prices, although subsidies were necessary to sustain exports when world prices declined sharply during 1986 and 1987. Estimated producer subsidy equivalents (PSE's) indicate that producers have been implicitly taxed by the Government's trade and output price policies, an effect that is only partially offset by input subsidies. Maintenance of low domestic cotton prices favors increased production and exports by the textile industry.
Evaluating multiloop Feynman integrals by Mellin-Barnes representation
Creators: name: Smirnov, V. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The status of analytical evaluation of double and triple box diagrams is characterized. The method of Mellin-Barnes representation as a tool to evaluate master integrals in these problems is advocated. New MB representations for massive on-shell double boxes with general powers of propagators are presented.
description: 5 pages, Talk given at the 7th DESY workshop on Elementary Particle Theory, "Loops and Legs in Quantum Field Theory", April 25-30, 2004, Zinnowitz, Germany, to appear in the proceedings
Heterogeneity in evolutionary games: an analysis of the risk perception
Creators: name: Amaral, Marco A.
name: Javarone, Marco A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: In this work, we analyse the relationship between heterogeneity and cooperation. Previous investigations suggest that this relation is nontrivial, as some authors found that heterogeneity sustains cooperation, while others obtained different results. Among the possible forms of heterogeneity, we focus on the individual perception of risks and rewards related to a generic event, that can show up in a number of social and biological systems. The modelling approach is based on the framework of Evolutionary Game Theory. To represent this kind of heterogeneity, we implement small and local perturbations on the payoff matrix of simple 2-strategy games, as the Prisoner's Dilemma. So, while usually the payoff is considered as a global and time-invariant structure, i.e. it is the same for all individuals of a population at any time, in our model its value is continuously affected by small variations, both in time and space (i.e. position on a lattice). We found that such perturbations can be beneficial or detrimental to cooperation, depending on their setting. Notably, cooperation is strongly supported when perturbations act on the main diagonal of the payoff matrix, whereas when they act on the off-diagonal the resulting effect is more difficult to quantify. To conclude, the proposed model shows a rich spectrum of possible equilibria, whose interpretation might offer insights and enrich the description of several systems.
description: 7 pages, 5 figures
Evaluative concerns perfectionism: Perfectionism cognitions and neuroticism
Creators: name: Klein, Stephanie M.
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
classificationCode: 5203
subject: Clinical and health psychology
classificationCode: 5204
subject: Cognitive and computational psychology

description: The current study addressed two major questions. First, the relationship between evaluative concerns perfectionism and coping strategies and positive and negative affect was explored; whether perfectionism cognitions mediate these relationships was also addressed. The second question assessed whether evaluative concerns perfectionism added to the prediction of emotional reactivity and negative affect when controlling for neuroticism. It was expected that perfectionism cognitions (a type of automatic thought process) would mediate the relationship between evaluative concerns perfectionism and coping strategies (in particular, distraction and emotion expression) and negative affect. It was also expected that evaluative concerns perfectionism would significantly predict perfectionism cognitions when controlling for neuroticism. One hundred twenty-one male and female participants were drawn from a mid-sized private university, and completed initial measures of perfectionism and neuroticism. Using a web-based survey, participants then completed twice daily assessments of perfectionism cognitions, coping, and positive and negative affect. Evaluative concerns perfectionism was found to be related to seeking reassurance, emotion expression, distraction, and negative affect. Further, perfectionism cognitions were found to mediate the relationship between evaluative concerns perfectionism and seeking reassurance, and evaluative concerns perfectionism and emotion expression. Perfectionism cognitions also partially mediated the relationship between evaluative concerns perfectionism and negative affect. However, evaluative concerns perfectionism, but not perfectionism cognitions, had a direct effect on the use of distraction. Evaluative concerns perfectionism and neuroticism were not significantly related to emotional reactivity; however, evaluative concerns perfectionism continued to have a direct impact on negative affect when controlling for neuroticism. The present study provides support for the incremental predictive validity of evaluative concerns perfectionism above neuroticism, and provides evidence for perfectionism cognitions as a mediator of daily stress and coping.
The development of homeland security partnerships: A comparative analysis from the financial security arena
Creators: name: Kumar, Amit
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4407
subject: Policy and administration

description: The development of three partnerships in the Banking and Finance Critical Infrastructure Sector of homeland security is examined, analyzed, and compared, and implications for theory drawn from such analysis. The public-public partnership comprises the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The public-private partnership consists of two partnerships, one between the Financial and Banking Infrastructure Information Committee (FBIIC) and the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council (FSSCC), and the other between the Department of Homeland Security and the Financial and Banking Sector. The private-private partnership is a partnership amongst twelve global private sector Wolfsberg banks. A multiple case study exploratory research design is used. Data is obtained from in-depth interviews and archival sources. Existing knowledge on networks is used to examine (a) the development of three homeland security partnerships; (b) the role of the government in homeland security partnership development, information sharing processes across partnerships, and accountability mechanisms across partnerships and (c) implications of the findings for public administration practice. Government plays a key role in network development---as network builder in the public-public partnership; as network manager, network participant, network coordinator, and regulator in the public-private partnership; and as regulator in the private-private partnership. Political, managerial, and technical barriers to information sharing in public-public and the DHS-private sector partnership hampered partnership development; absence of such barriers in the FBIIC-FSSCC partnership and the Wolfsberg partnership contributed to partnership development. Political accountability promoted partnership development in the public-public and public-private partnerships; hierarchical accountability hampered partnership development in the public-public and public-private partnerships; professional accountability hampered partnership development in the public-public partnership and promoted partnership development in the public-private and private-private partnerships; legal accountability promoted partnership development in the public-private and private-private partnerships. An imposition of a network structure on an existing bureaucracy helped explain several aspects of partnership development in the public-public partnership.
Models for Type I X-Ray Bursts with Improved Nuclear Physics
Creators: name: Woosley, S. E.
name: Heger, A.
name: Cumming, A.
name: Hoffman, R. D.
name: Pruet, J.
name: Rauscher, T.
name: Schatz, H.
name: Brown, B. A.
name: Wiescher, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Multi-zone models of Type I X-ray bursts are presented that use an adaptive nuclear reaction network of unprecedented size, up to 1300 isotopes. Sequences of up to 15 bursts are followed for two choices of accretion rate and metallicity. At 0.1 Eddington (and 0.02 Eddington for low metallicity), combined hydrogen-helium flashes occur. The rise times, shapes, and tails of these light curves are sensitive to the efficiency of nuclear burning at various waiting points along the rp-process path and these sensitivities are explored. The bursts show "compositional inertia", in that their properties depend on the fact that accretion occurs onto the ashes of previous bursts which contain left-over hydrogen, helium and CNO nuclei. This acts to reduce the sensitivity of burst properties to metallicity. For the accretion rates studied, only the first anomalous burst in one model produces nuclei as heavy as A=100, other bursts make chiefly nuclei with A~64. The amount of carbon remaining after hydrogen-helium bursts is typically <1% by mass, and decreases further as the ashes are periodically heated by subsequent bursts. At the lower accretion rate of 0.02 Eddington and solar metallicity, the bursts ignite in a hydrogen-free helium layer. At the base of this layer, up to 90% of the helium has already burned to carbon prior to the unstable ignition. These helium-ignited bursts have briefer, brighter light curves with shorter tails, very rapid rise times (<0.1 s), and ashes lighter than the iron group.
description: Submitted to the Astrophysical Journal (42 pages; 27 figures)
Additional file 1 of Investigating the potential effects of selective histone deacetylase 6 inhibitor ACY1215 on infarct size in rats with cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury
Creators: name: Lin, Chao-Feng
name: Hsu, Kai-Cheng
name: HuangFu, Wei-Chun
name: Lin, Tony Eight
name: Han-Li Huang
name: Shiow-Lin Pan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary Figure 1. Protocol of MPT0E028 administration in ISO-treated rats. BID = twice per day; CTL = control; DMSO = dimethyl sulfoxide; IP = intraperitoneal; ISO = isoproterenol; PO = per os (by mouth); QD = once per day. Supplementary Figure 2. The serum levels of NT-proBNP and collagen area in myocardium of ISO-treated rats. MPT0E028 administration significantly reduced the serum NT-proBNP levels and collagen area in myocardium in ISO-treated rats. BID = twice per day; CTL = control; ISO = isoproterenol; NT-proBNP=N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide; QD = once per day. *p
PMC$_\infty$: Infinite-Order Scale-Setting using the Principle of Maximum Conformality, A Remarkably Efficient Method for Eliminating Renormalization Scale Ambiguities for Perturbative QCD
Creators: name: Di Giustino, Leonardo
name: Brodsky, Stanley J.
name: Wang, Sheng-Quan
name: Wu, Xing-Gang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We identify a property of renormalizable SU(N)/U(1) gauge theories, the intrinsic Conformality ($iCF$), which underlies the scale invariance of physical observables and leads to a remarkably efficient method to solve the conventional renormalization scale ambiguity at every order in pQCD: the PMC$_\infty$. This new method reflects the underlying conformal properties displayed by pQCD at NNLO, eliminates the scheme dependence of pQCD predictions and is consistent with the general properties of the PMC (Principle of Maximum Conformality). We introduce a new method to identify conformal and $β$-terms which can be applied either to numerical or to theoretical calculations. We illustrate the PMC$_\infty$ for the thrust and C-parameter distributions in $e^+ e^-$ annihilation and then we show how to apply this new method to general observables in QCD. We point out how the implementation of the PMC$_\infty$ can significantly improve the precision of pQCD predictions; its implementation in multi-loop analysis also simplifies the calculation of higher orders corrections in a general renormalizable gauge theory.
description: 10 pages, 6 figures
Agricultural Trade Liberalization and Developing Countries
Creators: name: Krissoff, Barry
name: Sullivan, John
name: Wainio, John
name: Johnston, Brian
name: Krissoff, Barry
name: Sullivan, John
name: Wainio, John
name: Johnston, Brian
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1990
Subjects: subject: International Development
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Agricultural trade liberalization
subject: developing countries
subject: aggregate support measures
subject: SWOPSIM

description: We examine the effects on developing countries of liberalizing agricultural domestic and trade policies in both the industrial and developing market economies. In order to undertake the analysis, we utilize the SWOPSIM framework to create a static global agricultural net trade model that contains 36 countries or regions and 22 commodities. We find that if the industrial and developing economies liberalize access to their' agricultural markets, world prices of most agricultural goods will increase. Developing countries' producers benefit with increases in income, but consumers lose with a higher food bill. Agricultural trade balances improve, particularly when the developing countries participate in the liberalization process. The gains (or losses) attributed to developing countries, though, are highly skewed. With higher food costs there are potential problems for some low-income countries and low-income consumers.
Additional file 1 of First line in psychiatric emergency: pre-hospital emergency protocol for mental disorders in Iran
Creators: name: Shirzad, Fatemeh
name: Hadi, Fatemeh
name: Seyede Salehe Mortazavi
name: Biglari, Maryam
name: Sari, Hassan Noori
name: Mohammadi, Zeinab
name: Atoofi, Mehrdad Kazemzade
name: Shariat, Seyed Vahid
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. Pre-hospital emergency protocol for mental disorders.
MPEC 2025-G116 : 2025 GL1
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2025 GL1

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Weak Lensing from Space III: Cosmological Parameters
Creators: name: Refregier, Alexandre
name: Massey, Richard
name: Rhodes, Jason
name: Ellis, Richard
name: Albert, Justin
name: Bacon, David
name: Bernstein, Gary
name: McKay, Tim
name: Perlmutter, Saul
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Weak gravitational lensing provides a unique method to directly map the dark matter in the universe and measure cosmological parameters. Current weak lensing surveys are limited by the atmospheric seeing from the ground and by the small field of view of existing space telescopes. We study how a future wide-field space telescope can measure the lensing power spectrum and skewness, and set constraints on cosmological parameters. The lensing sensitivity was calculated using detailed image simulations and instrumental specifications studied in earlier papers in this series. For instance, the planned SuperNova/Acceleration Probe (SNAP) mission will be able to measure the matter density parameter Omega_m and the dark energy equation of state parameter w with precisions comparable and nearly orthogonal to those derived with SNAP from supernovae. The constraints degrade by a factor of about 2 if redshift tomography is not used, but are little affected if the skewness only is dropped. We also study how the constraints on these parameters depend upon the survey geometry and define an optimal observing strategy.
description: 12 pages, 11 figures. Accepted version
The Violation of Equivalence Principle and Four Neutrino Oscillations for Long Baseline Neutrinos
Creators: name: Pandey, Madhurima
name: Majumdar, Debasish
name: Banik, Amit Dutta
name: Halder, Ashadul
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Violation of equivalence principle predicts that neutrinos of different flavor couple differently with gravity. Such a scenario can give rise to gravity induced flavor oscillations in addition to the usual mass flavor neutrino oscillations during the neutrino propagation. Even if the equivalence principle is indeed violated, their measure will be extremely small. We explore the possibility to probe the violation of equivalence principle (VEP) for the case of long baseline (LBL) neutrinos in a 4-flavor neutrino framework (3 active + 1 sterile) where both mass and gravity induced oscillations are considered. To this end, we have explicitly calculated the oscillation probability in 4-flavor framework that includes in addition to the mass-flavor mixing in matter, the gravity-flavor mixing also. The energy eigenvalues are then obtained by diagonalizing such a 4-flavor mixing matrix. The formalism is then employed to estimate the wrong and right sign muon yields at a far detector for neutrinos produced in a neutrino factory and travel through the Earth matter. These results are compared with the similar estimations when the usual three active neutrinos are considered.
description: 27 pages LaTeX, 6 figures
EC 1992: Perspectives on Agriculture
Creators: name: Gardiner, Walter H.
name: Kelch, David R.
name: Gardiner, Walter H.
name: Kelch, David R.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1990
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: European Community
subject: Common Agricultural Policy
subject: 1992 Program
subject: trade barriers
subject: directives
subject: GATT
subject: world trade
subject: investment
subject: United States

description: This report contains five papers presented at a symposium during the 1989 annual meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The papers focus primarily on the EC's 1992 program and its effects on agriculture. Other topics include the role and reform of the EC's Common Agricultural Policy, developments in the Uruguay Round of GATT negotiations, and U.S. trade and investment links to the EC.
Colletes mulegensis Cockerell 1924
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: Colletes mulegensis Cockerell, 1924
Endemic
[Holotype: CASC; ♂ Mulegé, Baja California Sur; 14 May 14, 1921]
Cockerell (1924) described this species based on a male collected in Mulegé in May 1921. No additional records have been found in this study. See fig. 156.
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 234, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5522.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13920532
Conceptions of power and empowerment: A case study of women's associations in Segou, Mali
Creators: name: Lockridge, Sarah
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This study explores the similar, but often contradictory, conceptions of power and empowerment held by mainstream development planners versus women participating in arts and crafts associations in Segou, Mali. Development literature has devoted insufficient attention to the relationship between gender and other forms of structural inequality such as class, race, and age, and current empowerment approaches still tend to view women as a monolithic group. Mainstream development planners often perceive social stratification as a source of oppression for low status members and believe democratic organizations based on equal access and equal opportunity are the most effective way to empower women of all social backgrounds. In contrast, some Malian women's associations choose to organize undemocratically and do not always perceive social inequality as an obstacle to empowerment. Because Mali is a gerontocratic society, senior women often have greater power than younger females. Hence, the most predominant social hierarchy that influences Malian women's groups is the age order. In the study, this is referred to as the mother-daughter model. Among other structural inequalities, such as levels of education and wealth, I focus on how the mother-daughter model influences decision making, labor practices, and ultimately, access to income, technical skills, gift-giving networks, and consciousness-raising tactics to eradicate skin-lightening. Anthropological research methods such as semi-structured interviews, life stories, and participant observation were used to collect data. The methodology included interviews with 22 female members from two different arts and crafts associations as well as collaborating NGOs and government organizations. The contradictory views of power and empowerment reveal how people work within their own cultural systems. The findings illustrate how the mother-daughter model can have both negative and positive impacts on empowerment processes. Development planners should consider women's contextual realities and encourage aspects of social stratification that facilitate the empowerment of low status members while discouraging those that do not.
Conceptions of power and empowerment: A case study of women's associations in Segou, Mali
Creators: name: Lockridge, Sarah
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4401
subject: Anthropology
subject: FOS: Sociology
classificationCode: 4405
subject: Gender studies

description: This study explores the similar, but often contradictory, conceptions of power and empowerment held by mainstream development planners versus women participating in arts and crafts associations in Segou, Mali. Development literature has devoted insufficient attention to the relationship between gender and other forms of structural inequality such as class, race, and age, and current empowerment approaches still tend to view women as a monolithic group. Mainstream development planners often perceive social stratification as a source of oppression for low status members and believe democratic organizations based on equal access and equal opportunity are the most effective way to empower women of all social backgrounds. In contrast, some Malian women's associations choose to organize undemocratically and do not always perceive social inequality as an obstacle to empowerment. Because Mali is a gerontocratic society, senior women often have greater power than younger females. Hence, the most predominant social hierarchy that influences Malian women's groups is the age order. In the study, this is referred to as the mother-daughter model. Among other structural inequalities, such as levels of education and wealth, I focus on how the mother-daughter model influences decision making, labor practices, and ultimately, access to income, technical skills, gift-giving networks, and consciousness-raising tactics to eradicate skin-lightening. Anthropological research methods such as semi-structured interviews, life stories, and participant observation were used to collect data. The methodology included interviews with 22 female members from two different arts and crafts associations as well as collaborating NGOs and government organizations. The contradictory views of power and empowerment reveal how people work within their own cultural systems. The findings illustrate how the mother-daughter model can have both negative and positive impacts on empowerment processes. Development planners should consider women's contextual realities and encourage aspects of social stratification that facilitate the empowerment of low status members while discouraging those that do not.
Pre -service African American males' self -reported perceptions of motivation in teaching
Creators: name: Pickens, David B.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: In the American public school systems, data show that African-Americans in general and African American males in particular are among the lowest academic achievement group in our nation. Even though the minority teacher shortage research data indicate that African American males' achievement increases with African American male teachers, it also point out that there is a serious teacher shortage in general, an alarming shortage of males, and of African American males in particular. Traditionally, our schoolteachers have been mostly Caucasian and female and ethnic minorities have always been under-represented in our public teaching force. This growing ethnic and gender contrast between the public school student populations and their teachers is considered to be a vital concern in educational circles. Various data indicate that this imbalance of men and minorities in the teaching profession is the fuel perpetuating the student achievement gap in our nation's school systems. This research study attempts to explore the issues of motivation of pre-service minority teachers in general and African American males in particular. The approach of this research study is quantitative, non-experimental and the research design is descriptive. The triangulation research technique (survey, questionnaire, interview and document review) is used to gather information and control for biases. The overall finding of this research is that African American males, like most individuals, are inclined to be intrinsically motivated to enter the teaching profession. This finding substantiates Moran, O'Neil and other researchers' investigations on the motivation of people entering the field of teaching.
First-principles thermodynamics of transition metals and alloys: W, NiAl, PdTi
Creators: name: Ackland, Graeme J.
name: Huang, Xiangyang
name: Rabe, Karin M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We apply the pseudopotential density functional perturbation theory approach along with the quasiharmonic approximation to calculate the thermal expansion of tungsten and two important metallic alloys, NiAl and PdTi. We derive the theory for anisotropic crystal structures and test the approximation that the anisotropic effects of thermal expansion are equivalent to negative pressure - this simplifies the calculation enormously for complex structures. Throughout, we find excellent agreement with experimental results.
description: 11 pages 9 figs
Colletes ochraceus Swenk 1906
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: Colletes ochraceus Swenk, 1906
[Holotype: UNSM; ♀ Southern California]
This species occurs in California, USA and BC, Mexico. We reviewed a female collected in the Coastal Sage Matorral, 32 mi. S. Tijuana in July 1934 (BBSL) and one female collected in the Succulent Coastal Matorral in San Quintin in August 1938 (CASC). See fig. 156. Based on records from our collections, iNaturalist, and Discover Life, it appears that this species is a pollen specialist on fall-blooming Asteraceae such as Isocoma Nutt.
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 234, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5522.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13920532
Pre -service African American males' self -reported perceptions of motivation in teaching
Creators: name: Pickens, David B.
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 39
subject: Education
classificationCode: 3904
subject: Specialist studies in education

description: In the American public school systems, data show that African-Americans in general and African American males in particular are among the lowest academic achievement group in our nation. Even though the minority teacher shortage research data indicate that African American males' achievement increases with African American male teachers, it also point out that there is a serious teacher shortage in general, an alarming shortage of males, and of African American males in particular. Traditionally, our schoolteachers have been mostly Caucasian and female and ethnic minorities have always been under-represented in our public teaching force. This growing ethnic and gender contrast between the public school student populations and their teachers is considered to be a vital concern in educational circles. Various data indicate that this imbalance of men and minorities in the teaching profession is the fuel perpetuating the student achievement gap in our nation's school systems. This research study attempts to explore the issues of motivation of pre-service minority teachers in general and African American males in particular. The approach of this research study is quantitative, non-experimental and the research design is descriptive. The triangulation research technique (survey, questionnaire, interview and document review) is used to gather information and control for biases. The overall finding of this research is that African American males, like most individuals, are inclined to be intrinsically motivated to enter the teaching profession. This finding substantiates Moran, O'Neil and other researchers' investigations on the motivation of people entering the field of teaching.
Gettin’ Trashy : Comparing engagement strategies on waste sorting behaviour
Creators: name: Morgan, Erin
name: Blessing, Florence
name: Nariya, Keiko
name: Burke, Matt
name: Herrera, Patricia
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2017

description: Exposing individuals to engagement strategies have gained popularity as a creative solution to increase recycling rates (Peter, Graham, & Stoker, 2009). We aimed to assess how waste sorting behaviour is influenced when participants play an online sorting game in comparison to participants who play the online game and are exposed to visual cues. To test our hypothesis, different degrees of exposure to two types of student engagement strategies were implemented within Marine Drive towers 1 and 5 to compare the effects on waste sorting behaviour. We predicted participants exposed to both the 3D displays and interactive online waste sorting game will have higher participation and accuracy in waste sorting behaviours than those who were not exposed to both interventions. Our results showed that students exposed to the online sorting game sorted organic products at a higher rate than those in our control group. Our intervention informed students on proper waste sorting behaviours, which through the ripple effect, will extend to the surrounding communities and contribute to the lowering of lifetime greenhouse gas emissions on campus and beyond (Barsade, 2002). Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”
The impact of regional economic integration under the GATT /WTO regime toward the peace process: The case of conflict resolution between Taiwan and Mainland China
Creators: name: Wang, Chen-Yu
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 48
subject: Law and legal studies
classificationCode: 4803
subject: International and comparative law

description: The main idea of this dissertation is to analyze the possible range of expected a bilateral trade agreement toward economic integration between Taiwan and Mainland China as the first step of peace process. By doing this, this dissertation is devoted to the examination of the "regional economic integration under the GATT/WTO regime" and its impacts on the "peace process," especially in the circumstance of Taiwan Strait. Although the mutual economic and trade transactions are closer than ever before, the political conflicts between Taiwan and Mainland China are too serious to nearly reach war. Taking into consideration the successful accession into the WTO of both parties, the Cross-Strait Relationship is better be conducted under a broader legal framework in the future. Although there is no official trade agreement between the two parties, actual trade and business transaction are increasing year by year. Here comes a critical question: "Is economic integration between the two parties really pushing toward the peace process?" Taiwan and Mainland China have the same interest of "economic interdependence" in one hand, but also have opposite "sovereignty identity" in the other hand. Thus, the positive trade expectation from both governments can reduce the tension and hostage and contribute to the prosperity and stability of the regional economy. In order to analyze the complex political and economic paradox, this dissertation used interdisciplinary researches on international law, international economics, and international relations theory. In fact, Taiwan and Mainland China are both WTO members now, and the deeper economic integration under the GATT/WTO regime is the positive approach for both governments to promote closer economic relationship. This dissertation assumed that economic integration between Taiwan and Mainland China could be the first step of the peace process. To negotiate a possible legal framework of "free trade arrangement" or "common market agreement" examined under the GATT/WTO regime is the best way to avoid the sovereignty conflicts between the two sides. This dissertation would discuss the "substantial negotiation issues" in Cross-Strait economic integration process, and also addressed a new idea of "negotiation institutional system design" and "timetable of the procedure" in this legal framework. Finally, this dissertation would provide the recommendation for establishing the "Three Pillars" (Single Market, Justice & Democracy, and Common Foreign & Security) as the next step of the peace process in the future.
Molecular Gas in NUclei of GAlaxies (NUGA): II. The Ringed LINER NGC7217
Creators: name: Combes, F.
name: Garcia-Burillo, S.
name: Boone, F.
name: Hunt, L. K.
name: Baker, A. J.
name: Eckart, A.
name: Englmaier, P.
name: Leon, S.
name: Neri, R.
name: Schinnerer, E.
name: Tacconi, L. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present CO(1-0) and CO(2-1) maps of the LINER galaxy NGC7217, obtained with the IRAM interferometer, at 2.4"x1.9" and 1.2"x0.8" resolution respectively. The nuclear ring (at r=12"=0.8kpc) dominates the CO maps, and has a remarkable sharp surface density gradient at its inner edge. The latter is the site of the stellar/Halpha ring, while the CO emission ring extends farther or is broader (500-600pc). This means that the star formation has been more intense toward the inner edge of the CO ring, in a thin layer, just at the location of the high gas density gradient. In the CO(2-1) map, a central concentration inside 3" coincides with a spiral dust lane, clearly seen in the HST V-I color image. N-body simulations including gas dissipation and star formation are performed to better understand the nature of the nuclear ring observed. In the best model, the gas content was higher in the recent past (having been consumed via star formation), and the oval/spiral formed were more self-gravitating (abridged).
description: 16 pages, 23 figures, accepted in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Colletes peninsularis Timberlake 1951
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: Colletes peninsularis Timberlake, 1951
[Holotype: CASC; ♀ Coyote Cove, Concepcion Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico; October 1, 1941]
This species was collected in 1941 in the Gulf Coast region of BCS by the CASC expedition to Lower California. To the best of our knowledge, no further records of this species have been documented. See fig. 157.
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 235, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5522.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13920532
Search for pairing-vibration states of even Ca isotopes in $^{40}$Ca+$^{208}$Pb transfer reactions
Creators: name: Szilner, S.
name: Corradi, L.
name: Behera, B. R.
name: Fioretto, E.
name: Gadea, A.
name: Latina, A.
name: Stefanini, A. M.
name: Trotta, M.
name: Vinodkumar, A. M.
name: Wu, Y. W.
name: Beghini, S.
name: Montagnoli, G.
name: Scarlassara, F.
name: Pollarolo, G.
name: Haas, F.
name: Caurier, E.
name: Nowacki, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Multi-nucleon transfer reactions in $^{40}$Ca+$^{208}$Pb have been studied at several bombarding energies close to the Coulomb barrier. Light reaction products have been identified in mass and charge with a time-of-flight spectrometer. The energy spectra of the inclusive two neutron pick-up channel show a population in a narrow region of excitation energies which corresponds to the predicted energy of pairing vibration states in $^{42}$Ca.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures, accepted in EPJA
Castles in the sand? An integrative approach to peacebuilding and *development to repatriate Lebanon's internally displaced
Creators: name: Khoury, Amal I.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This dissertation uses a qualitative, constructivist stance to explore both the theoretical linkage between peacebuilding and development as an effective approach to state-building in post-conflict areas and the practical conditions in which development and peacebuilding activities facilitate post-settlement, inter-group accommodation and reconciliation in deeply divided societies. Taking Lebanon as a case study, it focuses on the complex issue of internally displaced persons (IDPs) as a major challenge confronting policy-makers and investigates how development and peacebuilding policies and programs can best promote sustainable return of displaced persons to their homes of origin. This evaluative case study critically examines various organizations' return policies, programs, and projects that target IDPs in Lebanon and assesses whether and how peacebuilding and development initiatives are implemented together within these various policies. Analyzing data collected through interviews, context, archival analysis, document analysis, fieldwork and observation, this dissertation derives lessons on ways in which post-war, ethnically divided societies can be healed and rebuilt. The research finds that, despite shifts in the focus of some programs, traditional approaches to development programs, focusing on political and economic elements, still occupy the center stage of local, national, and international responses to the IDP problem in Lebanon. Given the failure of such efforts, this study concludes that there is a profound need for more comprehensive and integrative approaches to both development and peacebuilding and for a greater emphasis on the social, cultural and human facets of the IDP return process in Lebanon. It provides some lessons and recommendations from which to draw useful ways of integrating peacebuilding and development not only for Lebanon but for other post-conflict areas as well. The importance of this study and its findings will remain of critical importance as policymakers and authorities face new waves of displacement, following the violence in Lebanon in the summer of 2006, and attempt to bring about a more lasting peace and sustainable development in Lebanon. In a more general way, it contributes to new thinking in the areas of international relations, conflict resolution, and development.
Coherent photoproduction of $ρ^{0}$ vector mesons in ultra-peripheral Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}} = 5.02$ TeV
Creators: name: ALICE Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Cross sections for the coherent photoproduction of $ρ^{0}$ vector mesons in ultra-peripheral Pb-Pb collisions at $ \sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}}= 5.02$ TeV are reported. The measurements, which rely on the $π^+π^-$ decay channel, are presented in three regions of rapidity covering the range $|y|<0.8$. For each rapidity interval, cross sections are shown for different nuclear-breakup classes defined according to the presence of neutrons measured in the zero-degree calorimeters. The results are compared with predictions based on different models of nuclear shadowing. Finally, the observation of a coherently produced resonance-like structure with a mass around 1.7 GeV/$c^2$ and a width of about 140 MeV/$c^2$ is reported and compared with similar observations from other experiments.
description: 24 pages, 5 captioned figures, 4 tables, authors from page 19, published version, figures at http://alice-publications.web.cern.ch/node/6147
Castles in the sand? An integrative approach to peacebuilding and *development to repatriate Lebanon's internally displaced
Creators: name: Khoury, Amal I.
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4408
subject: Political science
subject: FOS: Political science

description: This dissertation uses a qualitative, constructivist stance to explore both the theoretical linkage between peacebuilding and development as an effective approach to state-building in post-conflict areas and the practical conditions in which development and peacebuilding activities facilitate post-settlement, inter-group accommodation and reconciliation in deeply divided societies. Taking Lebanon as a case study, it focuses on the complex issue of internally displaced persons (IDPs) as a major challenge confronting policy-makers and investigates how development and peacebuilding policies and programs can best promote sustainable return of displaced persons to their homes of origin. This evaluative case study critically examines various organizations' return policies, programs, and projects that target IDPs in Lebanon and assesses whether and how peacebuilding and development initiatives are implemented together within these various policies. Analyzing data collected through interviews, context, archival analysis, document analysis, fieldwork and observation, this dissertation derives lessons on ways in which post-war, ethnically divided societies can be healed and rebuilt. The research finds that, despite shifts in the focus of some programs, traditional approaches to development programs, focusing on political and economic elements, still occupy the center stage of local, national, and international responses to the IDP problem in Lebanon. Given the failure of such efforts, this study concludes that there is a profound need for more comprehensive and integrative approaches to both development and peacebuilding and for a greater emphasis on the social, cultural and human facets of the IDP return process in Lebanon. It provides some lessons and recommendations from which to draw useful ways of integrating peacebuilding and development not only for Lebanon but for other post-conflict areas as well. The importance of this study and its findings will remain of critical importance as policymakers and authorities face new waves of displacement, following the violence in Lebanon in the summer of 2006, and attempt to bring about a more lasting peace and sustainable development in Lebanon. In a more general way, it contributes to new thinking in the areas of international relations, conflict resolution, and development.