cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Remote monitoring of stored grain insect pests
Creators: name: Wang, Dianxuan
name: Bai, Chunqi
name: Li, Hui
name: Lu, Yujie
name: Guo, Xu
Publisher: name: Julius Kühn-Institut
Year: 2018

description: A number of remote sensing methods were developed and tested in commercial grain warehouses; probe pitfall traps attached to vacuum lines, surface pit fall traps equipped with video cameras and white boards on grain surface monitored with video cameras. These methods were compared with detecting insects using grain samples. Warehouse trials by trapped methods were carried out in bins with 8520 t of wheat from 23 May until 8 August 2016.Grain temperatures were from 22.7 to 31.6?. Psocids,Liposcelis bostrychophila Badonnel,were detected by grain samples, but there were higher number of pscoids trapped with the probe pitfall traps and pitfall traps than found in grain samples. Plodia interpunctella (Hübener), Sitophlius zeamais Motchulsky and Cryptolestes ferrugineus (Stephens) were detected by probe pitfall trap, but not in the grain samples. S. zeamais was detected by the pit fall traps. Using the remote controlled video camera in the warehouse head space, we were able to distinguish and count S. zeamais, C. ferrugineus and psocids on white boards. The video from pitfall traps can be sent to mobile phones. With all these methods, data can be collected remotely, and could be analyzed by imagine analysis allowing for rapid real time monitoring of insect pests.
description: Julius-Kühn-Archiv, Nr. 463, Vol.1 (2018): Proceedings of the 12th International Working Conference on Stored Product Protection (IWCSPP) in Berlin, Germany, October 7-11, 2018
Gafchromic EBT2 film dosimetry in reflection mode with a novel plan-based calibration method
Creators: name: Mendez, I.
name: Hartman, V.
name: Hudej, R.
name: Strojnik, A.
name: Casar, B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Medical Physics (physics.med-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Purpose: A dosimetric system formed by Gafchromic EBT2 radiochromic film and Epson Expression 10000XL flatbed scanner was commissioned for dosimetry. In this paper, several open questions concerning the commissioning of radiochromic films for dosimetry were addressed: a) is it possible to employ this dosimetric system in reflection mode; b) if so, can the methods used in transmission mode also be used in reflection mode; c) is it possible to obtain accurate absolute dose measurements with Gafchromic EBT2 films; d) which calibration method should be followed; e) which calibration models should be used; f) does three-color channel dosimetry offer a significant improvement over single channel dosimetry. The purpose of this paper is to help clarify these questions. Conclusions: Reflection mode with Gafchromic EBT2 radiochromic film was found to be a viable alternative to transmission mode. The same methods that are used in transmission mode can be followed in reflection mode. A novel plan-based method was developed for calibration and multichannel dosimetry. This novel method offers increased robustness against film response inhomogeneities and reduces considerably the time required for calibration.
Incomplete Tribonacci-Lucas numbers and polynomials
Creators: name: Yilmaz, N.
name: Taskara, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper, we define Tribonacci-Lucas polynomials and present Tribonacci-Lucas numbers and polynomials as a binomial sum. Then, we introduce incomplete Tribonacci-Lucas numbers and polynomials. In addition we derive recurrence relations, some properties and generating functions of these numbers and polynomials. Also, we find the generating function of incomplete Tribonacci polynomials which is given as the open problem in [12].
Superconducting platinum silicide for electron cooling in silicon
Creators: name: Prest, M J
name: Richardson-Bullock, J S
name: Zhao, Q T
name: Muhonen, J T
name: Gunnarsson, D
name: Prunnila, M
name: Shah, V A
name: Whall, T E
name: Parker, E H C
name: Leadley, D R
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate electron cooling in silicon using platinum silicide as a superconductor contact to selectively remove the highest energy electrons. The superconducting critical temperature of bulk PtSi is reduced from around 1 K to 0.79 K using a thin film (10 nm) of PtSi, which enhances cooling performance at lower temperatures and enables electron cooling to be demonstrated from 100 mK to 50 mK.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures
Transition from School to Work – Explaining Persistence Intention in Vocational Education and Training in Switzerland
Creators: name: Neuenschwander, Markus
name: Jüttler, Andreas
name: Findeisen, Stefanie
name: Schumann, Stephan
Publisher: name: Springer
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Vocational education
subject: Persistence intention
subject: 370 - Erziehung, Schul- und Bildungswesen

description: Vocational education and training (VET) programs are typically regarded as the means to enable successful school-to-work transitions. However, high rates of premature contract terminations in VET programs suggest that adolescents face difficulties during this transition. This paper aims to examine the determinants of persistence intention, claiming that persistence intention is a crucial indicator of imminent dropout decisions. The analysis is based on a longitudinal data set of trainees in dual VET programs in Switzerland (n = 1,163) containing two measurement points (before and after the transition from school to VET). Drawing on Social Cognitive Career Theory (Lent & Brown, 2008, 2013), we are interested in the effects of work adjustment indicators, selected characteristics of the vocational choice process, and environmental support before and after the transition on trainees’ persistence intention. We use structural equation modeling to analyze both direct and indirect effects of different predictor variables on persistence intention. The results show significantly positive effects of both occupational self-efficacy and perceived person-vocation fit during the training program on trainees’ persistence intention. Moreover, there are only indirect effects of anticipated person-vocation fit and occupational self-efficacy at the end of compulsory education. Trainees’ relationship with the trainer also has an indirect effect on persistence intention. Social integration in the workplace is both directly and indirectly linked to persistence intention. Overall, the model explains 48% of the variance in persistence intention. Implications for VET programs and future research are discussed.
The impact of AGN on their host galaxies
Creators: name: Harrison, C. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In these proceedings I briefly: (1) review the impact (or "feedback") that active galactic nuclei (AGN) are predicted to have on their host galaxies and larger scale environment, (2) review the observational evidence for or against these predictions and (3) present new results on ionised outflows in AGN. The observational support for the "maintenance mode" of feedback is strong (caveat the details); AGN at the centre of massive halos appear to be regulating the cooling of hot gas, which could in turn control the levels of future star formation (SF) and black hole growth. In contrast, direct observational support for more rapid forms of feedback, which dramatically impact on SF (i.e., the "quasar mode"), remains elusive. From a systematic study of the spectra of approx. 24000 z<0.4 AGN we find that extreme ionised gas kinematics are common, and are most prevalent in radio bright AGN (L[1.4GHz] >10^23 W/Hz). Follow-up IFU observations have shown that these extreme gas kinematics are extended over kilo-parsec scales. However, the co-existence of high-levels of SF, luminous AGN activity and radio jets raises interesting questions on the primary drivers and impact of these outflows. Galaxy-wide, high-mass outflows are being observed in an increasing number of AGN and are a plausible mechanism for the depletion of gas; however, there is still much work to be done to determine the physical processes that drive these outflows and to measure the level of impact that they have on their host galaxies.
description: Invited contribution to appear in: Proceedings of the IAU Symposium No. 304, "Multiwavelength AGN Surveys and Studies". 7 pages, 2 figures
A graph/particle-based method for experiment design in nonlinear systems
Creators: name: Valenzuela, Patricio E.
name: Dahlin, Johan
name: Rojas, Cristian R.
name: Schön, Thomas B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 62K05

description: We propose an extended method for experiment design in nonlinear state space models. The proposed input design technique optimizes a scalar cost function of the information matrix, by computing the optimal stationary probability mass function (pmf) from which an input sequence is sampled. The feasible set of the stationary pmf is a polytope, allowing it to be expressed as a convex combination of its extreme points. The extreme points in the feasible set of pmf's can be computed using graph theory. Therefore, the final information matrix can be approximated as a convex combination of the information matrices associated with each extreme point. For nonlinear systems, the information matrices for each extreme point can be computed by using particle methods. Numerical examples show that the proposed technique can be successfully employed for experiment design in nonlinear systems.
description: Accepted for publication in the 19th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control, Cape Town, South Africa. Six pages, three figures
Protecting a Spin Ensemble against Decoherence in the Strong-Coupling Regime of Cavity QED
Creators: name: Putz, Stefan
name: Krimer, Dmitry O.
name: Amsüss, Robert.
name: Valookaran, Abhilash
name: Nöbauer, Tobias
name: Schmiedmayer, Jörg
name: Rotter, Stefan
name: Majer, Johannes
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Hybrid quantum systems based on spin ensembles coupled to superconducting microwave cavities are promising candidates for robust experiments in cavity quantum electrodynamics (QED) and for future technologies employing quantum mechanical effects. Currently the main source of decoherence in these systems is inho- mogeneous spin broadening, which limits their performance for the coherent transfer and storage of quantum information. Here we study the dynamics of a superconducting cavity strongly coupled to an ensemble of nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond. We experimentally observe for the first time, how decoherence induced by a non-Lorentzian spin distribution can be suppressed in the strong-coupling regime - a phenomenon known as "cavity protection". To demonstrate the potential of this effect for coherent control schemes, we show how appropriately chosen microwave pulses can increase the amplitude of coherent oscillations between cavity and spin ensemble by two orders of magnitude.
description: 16 pages, 4 figures
Complete QED NLO contributions to the reaction $e^+e^- \to μ^+μ^-γ$ and their implementation in the event generator PHOKHARA
Creators: name: Campanario, F.
name: Czyż, H.
name: Gluza, J.
name: Gunia, M.
name: Riemann, T.
name: Rodrigo, G.
name: Yundin, V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: KLOE and Babar have an observed discrepancy of 2% to 5% in the invariant pion pair production cross section. These measurements are based on approximate NLO $ μ^+ μ^- γ$ cross section predictions of the Monte Carlo event generator PHOKHARA7.0. In this article, the complete NLO radiative corrections to $ μ^+ μ^- γ$ production are calculated and implemented in the Monte Carlo event generator PHOKHARA9.0. Numerical reliability is guaranteed by two independent approaches to the real and the virtual corrections. The novel features include the contribution of pentagon diagrams in the virtual corrections, which form a gauge-invariant set when combined with their box diagram partners. They may contribute to certain distributions at the percent level. Also the real emission was complemented with two-photon final state emission contributions not included in the generator PHOKHARA7.0. We demonstrate that the numerical influence reaches, for realistic charge-averaged experimental setups, not more than 0.1% at KLOE and 0.3% at BaBar energies. As a result, we exclude the approximations in earlier versions of PHOKHARA as origin of the observed experimental discrepancy.
description: 28 pages, 8 figures
Goal-oriented Data Visualization with Software Project Control Centers
Creators: name: Heidrich, Jens
name: Münch, Jürgen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Many software development organizations still lack support for obtaining intellectual control over their software development processes and for determining the performance of their processes and the quality of the produced products. Systematic support for detecting and reacting to critical project states in order to achieve planned goals is usually missing. One means to institutionalize measurement on the basis of explicit models is the development and establishment of a so-called Software Project Control Center (SPCC) for systematic quality assurance and management support. An SPCC is comparable to a control room, which is a well known term in the mechanical production domain. Its tasks include collecting, in- terpreting, and visualizing measurement data in order to provide context-, purpose-, and role-oriented information for all stakeholders (e.g., project managers, quality assurance manager, developers) during the execution of a software development project. The article will present an overview of SPCC concepts, a concrete instantiation that supports goal-oriented data visualization (G-SPCC approach), and experiences from practical applications.
description: 11 pages. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1401.1906
The evaluation of the likelihood of defaults of corporations with hidden factors
Creators: name: Nguyen, Ha Thi Thu
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 399999
subject: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: This thesis aims to evaluate the likelihood of corporations' defaults based on a dataset of U.S. public non-financial firms over the period January 1980-June 2019 by incorporating both observable firm-specific/macroeconomic factors and latent factors using the Bayesian approach coupled with Particle filters. We consider a reduced-form model and adopt a Particle Markov Chain Monte Carlo method combined with the Expectation- Maximization algorithm to scrutinize this relationship. To draw samples for the hidden factors, we adopt a Particle Independent Metropolis-Hastings algorithm. The key to our result is the realization that the Particle Markov Chain Monte Carlo method can work well in models with latent factors. It is feasible to draw samples through the Particle Independent Metropolis-Hastings algorithm in a nonlinear non-Gaussian state space model. Our empirical results provide strong evidence that the variation of the default rates of U.S. industrial firms can be significantly explained by both observable and hidden factors.
Search for Neutrino Oscillations in Appearance Mode with the OPERA Experiment
Creators: name: Dzhatdoev, T. A.
name: Troshina, V. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The present paper highlights the data analysis status of the OPERA experiment. The experiment was designed to perform the neutrino interactions analysis on event-by-event basis, and optimized to search for $ν_μ \rightarrow ν_τ$ oscillation in appearance mode, also allowing to perform a $ν_{e}$ appearance search. We review the data simulation and the analysis chains implemented to search for $ν_τ$ interactions. The main kinematical parameters sensitive to the neutrino flavor are discussed, the uncertainties of the event parameter estimation are reviewed, and the main sources of background for the $ν_μ \rightarrow ν_τ$ oscillation search are examined. The topologies of the two first $ν_τ$ candidate events are presented. Finally, we review the status of the $ν_{e}$ appearance search and present the constraints set by the OPERA experiment on the mixing angle $θ_{13}$ and on the LSND/MiniBooNE anomaly.
description: Mini-review of the OPERA experiment analysis status (October 2013), 9 pages, 5 figures, to appear in Proc. HEPFT-2013
ASSESSMENT OF PROJECT MANAGERS COMPETENCY at Bole Arabsa Condominium housing Project
Creators: name: Yared, Ruth
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018

description: The purpose of this research is to assess the management competency of project managers in the case of condominium housing project. The research purposefully takes the population which only found in projects in Bole Arabsa project Addis Ababa. Both primary and secondary data were collected to achieve the intended research questions and objectives. Data collected using both quantitative and qualitative methods. Specifically, questionnaires and semi-structured interviews to key informants were employed as instruments of data collection. The respondents were all project managers and site engineers who are involved managing the project. 20 Questionnaires were distributed to project site engineers. The interviews were conducted with 5 project managers of the different sub project groups in the same site. The findings of this study revealed that: project managers of the site are more in to the technical skills competency rather than the behavioral. The combination of both soft and hard skills was lacking in the project. The project managers have good knowledge and understanding about what is the overall management competency and goal of the housing project but couldn’t apply their knowledge due to different reasons. The research findings show that there is no time centered training for its employees and no induction training for new employees. If any, company mostly focuses on technical skill trainings
Relativistic R matrix and continuum shell model
Creators: name: Grineviciute, J.
name: Halderson, Dean
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Background: The $R$ matrix formalism of Lane and Thomas has proven to be a convenient reaction theory for solving many-coupled channel systems. The theory provides solutions to bound states, scattering states, and resonances for microscopic models in one formalism. Purpose: The first purpose is to extend this formalism to the relativistic case so that the many-coupled channels problem may be solved for systems in which binary breakup channels satisfy a relative Dirac equation. The second purpose is to employ this formalism in a relativistic continuum shell model. Methods: Expressions for the collision matrix and the scattering amplitude, from which observables may be calculated, are derived. The formalism is applied to the 1p-1h relativistic continuum shell model with an interaction extracted from relativistic mean-field theory. Results: The simplest of the $σ+ω+ρ$ exchange interactions produces a good description of the single-particle energies in $^{16}$O and $^{90}$Zr and a reasonable description of proton scattering from $^{15}$N. Conclusions: The development of a calculable, relativistic $R$ matrix and its implementation in a $1p-1h$ relativistic continuum shell model provide a simple relatively self-consist, physically justifiable model for use in knockout reactions.
Superconducting performance of ex-situ SiC-doped MgB2 mono-filamentary tapes
Creators: name: Romano, Gennaro
name: Vajpayee, Arpita
name: Vignolo, Maurizio
name: Awana, V. P. S.
name: Frederghini, Carlo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on the superconducting performance of the ex-situ SiC doped MgB2 monofilamentary tapes. Polycrystalline powders of MgB2 doped with 5 and 10 wt% SiC were synthesized by conventional solid-state reaction route and characterized for their superconducting performance. It is found that superconducting parameters i.e. upper critical field (Hc2), irreversibility field (Hirr) and critical current density (Jc) are all improved significantly with SiC addition. Also it was found that relatively lower synthesis temperature (700 C) resulted in further improved superconducting parameters. As synthesized powders are used for ex-situ powder-in-tube (PIT) monofilamentary tapes and superconducting parameters are determined. Albeit the superconducting transition temperature (Tc) is decreased slightly (2K) for SiC doped tapes, the superconducting performance in terms of critical current density (Jc), being determined from both magnetization and transport measurements, is improved significantly. In particular the SiC doped and 700 °C synthesized MgB2 tapes exhibited the transport Jc of nearly 10^4 A/cm2 under applied fields of as high as 7 Tesla. Further it is found that the Jc anisotropy decreases significantly for SiC doped tapes. Disorder due to substitution of C at B site being created from broken SiC and the presence of nano SiC respectively in SiC added ex-situ MgB2 tapes are responsible for decreased anisotropy and improved Jc(H) performance.
description: 15 pages, 7 figures
The PEEI's Application to the Laminar Taylor-Couette Flow
Creators: name: Lorenzoni, Giacomo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: systems of partial differential equations
numerical solution

description: The Laminar_Taylor-Couette_flow.pdf file contained in the case_12.zip file, shows the application of the PEEI program for the numerical solution of the system of partial differential equations that models the Laminar Taylor-Couette Flow.
title: Can the DI-SPME gas chromatography mass spectrometer be a tool for identification of stored grain insects - fatty acids and sterols profiling
Creators: name: Du, Xin
name: Lu, Yujie
name: Hardy, Giles
name: Emery, Robert N.
name: Zhang, Wenjuan
name: Ren, Yonglin
Publisher: name: Julius Kühn-Institut
Year: 2018

description: Julius-Kühn-Archiv, Nr. 463, Vol.1 (2018): Proceedings of the 12th International Working Conference on Stored Product Protection (IWCSPP) in Berlin, Germany, October 7-11, 2018
Component masses of young, wide, non-magnetic white dwarf binaries in the SDSS DR7
Creators: name: Baxter, R. B.
name: Dobbie, P. D.
name: Parker, Q. A.
name: Casewell, S. L.
name: Lodieu, N.
name: Burleigh, M. R.
name: Lawrie, K. A.
name: Kulebi, B.
name: Koester, D.
name: Holland, B. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a spectroscopic component analysis of 18 candidate young, wide, non-magnetic, double-degenerate binaries identified from a search of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7 (DR7). All but two pairings are likely to be physical systems. We show SDSS J084952.47+471247.7 + SDSS J084952.87+471249.4 to be a wide DA+DB binary, only the second identified to date. Combining our measurements for the components of 16 new binaries with results for three similar, previously known systems within the DR7, we have constructed a mass distribution for the largest sample to date (38) of white dwarfs in young, wide, non-magnetic, double-degenerate pairings. This is broadly similar in form to that of the isolated field population with a substantial peak around M~0.6 Msun. We identify an excess of ultra-massive white dwarfs and attribute this to the primordial separation distribution of their progenitor systems peaking at relatively larger values and the greater expansion of their binary orbits during the final stages of stellar evolution. We exploit this mass distribution to probe the origins of unusual types of degenerates, confirming a mild preference for the progenitor systems of high-field-magnetic white dwarfs, at least within these binaries, to be associated with early-type stars. Additionally, we consider the 19 systems in the context of the stellar initial mass-final mass relation. None appear to be strongly discordant with current understanding of this relationship.
description: 20 pages, 5 Tables, 7 figures. accepted for publication in MNRAS
EXAMINING HOW BANK CREDIT INFLUENCES FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA'S MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
Creators: name: Chinonso, A. Nwogu
name: Ngozi, E. Okeke
Publisher: name: ayd
Year: 2024
Subjects: Bank credit, financial performance, manufacturing firms, financial institutions economic growth

description: Manufacturing enterprises in Nigeria face significant challenges due to limited funding, resulting in a low contribution to economic growth. To address this issue, we conducted an ex-post facto research study aimed at assessing the impact of bank lending on the performance of Nigeria's industrial sector. In this study, we developed an econometric model with manufacturing output as the dependent variable and bank credit, interest rates, and exchange rates as explanatory factors. We collected annual time series data from the Central Bank of Nigeria Statistical Bulletin spanning from 1981 to 2017 and conducted our analysis using the dynamic ordinary least squares (DOLS) technique. According to our findings, both bank lending and interest rates have a notable positive impact on the performance of Nigeria's manufacturing sector. In contrast, the exchange rate has a significant negative influence on its performance. These results underscore the crucial role played by bank lending in enhancing the performance of Nigeria's manufacturing sector. Consequently, we recommend that monetary authorities implement policies aimed at reducing lending rates to stimulate borrowing and make deposit rates more attractive to encourage savings
Geological Analysis and Assessment of Geothermal Energy Resources in the Polish Lowlands
Creators: name: Hajto, Marek
name: Górecki, Wojciech
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 40404 Geothermics and Radiometrics
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 40603 Hydrogeology
subject: 50209 Natural Resource Management
subject: Environmental Science

description: This paper presents the results of geothermal energy
resources calculation of the main geothermal aquifers and possibilities of utilization of geothermal waters in the Polish Lowlands. Research studies undertaken in 2004-2006 at the AGH- University of Science and Technology - Department of Fossil Fuels enabled the recognition of geothermal potential accumulated in Mesozoic and Palaeozoic groundwater horizons (from the Cambrian to the Lower Cretaceous).
The main purpose of the study was to estimate geothermal water and energy resources in respective categories and to indicate areas which are characterized, in a regional scale, by favourable geothermal conditions that would evidence their industrial usability. The results of calculation were published in December 2006 in the form of “Atlases of geothermal resources in the Polish Lowlands” (Górecki [Eds.], 2006a; Górecki [Eds.] 2006b). Research project covers majority of the area of Poland (87 percent) and focus mainly on the regional scale assessment.
Investigating the Efficacy of the Indigenous Water Purification Method Using African Spear Plant Case: Konso Community
Creators: name: Sokate Aylate Gudeno
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018

description: Water supply and environmental engineering primary concern should be making potable water available to the community at large. Among the many topics addressed in the discipline, water purification method is of paramount issue to be addressed. Water purification can be undertaken in more sophisticated method and traditional way. An indigenous method used by Konso community to purify water using African spear plant was investigated in this research. Lab scale study was conducted to assess the efficacy of African spear plant to purify water in terms of water quality parameters such as PH, Turbidity and Bacteria presence.
Scaling behavior of density fluctuations in an expanding quasi-2D degenerate Bose gas
Creators: name: Seo, Sang Won
name: Choi, Jae-yoon
name: Shin, Yong-il
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We measure the power spectrum of density fluctuations emerged in a freely expanding quasi-two-dimensional (2D) degenerate Bose gas and investigate the scaling behavior of the spectrum for the expansion time. The power spectrum shows an oscillatory shape for long expansion times, where the spectral peak positions are observed to be shifted to lower spatial frequencies than the theoretical prediction for a non-interacting expansion case. We find the spectral peak positions in good agreement with the recent numerical simulation presented by Mazets [Phys. Rev. A 86, 055603 (2012)], where the atom-atom interactions are taken into account. We present a mean-field description of the interaction effect in the expansion dynamics and quantitatively account for the observed spectral peak shifts. The spectral shift is intrinsic to the free expansion of a quasi-2D Bose gas due to finite axial confinement. Finally, we investigate the defocussing effect in the power spectrum measurement.
description: 7 pages, 7 figures
Doctoral thesis recital (clarinet)
Creators: name: Landrum, Hank
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 2023
Subjects: Clarinet and piano music
Sonatas (Clarinet and piano)
Romances (Music)

description: Drei Romanzen / Robert Schumann -- Romance / Amy Beach -- Sonatine for clarinet and piano / Valerie Coleman -- Romanza / Nunzio Ortolano -- Drei Romanzen / Clara Schumann.
Identification of the regional context to increase the use of species mixtures
Creators: name: Barnes, A.P
name: Ferreira, J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Intercropping; Farmer Intentions

description: Construction of solutions for maintaining the economic and environmental sustainability of the arable sector relies on demonstration and understanding of local practical knowledge. This report presents the results of a survey of growers to identify local practical knowledge of current species mixtures, the reasons for these current mixtures as well as barriers and enablers towards more intercropping approaches.
 The key characteristics of those conducting food intercropping are contrasted against those who grow for forage and those who do not undertake these particular types of intercropping. A novel network approach is used to link the main types of intercropping and this indicates the diversity of intercropping strategies occurring across Europe. Moreover, farmers currently conducting food intercropping emerge as curiosity driven, generally younger and more focused on promotion of individual values around the environment. This seems to agree with the literature on both organic and agro-ecological farming practices. However, farmers have a core of belief around the economic sustainability of the business. The survey provides valuable data for the multi-actor partnerships currently evolving within the ReMIX project to understand the main barriers to uptake.
Towards an Open (Data) Science Analytics-Hub for Reproducible Multi-Model Climate Analysis at Scale
Creators: name: Fiore, Sandro
name: Elia, Donatello
name: Palazzo, Cosimo
name: D'Anca, Alessandro
name: Antonio, Fabrizio
name: Williams, Dean N.
name: Foster, Ian
name: Aloisio, Giovanni
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Open Science
Provenance
Analytics-hub
Reproducibility
Data analytics

description: Presentation of the paper "Towards an Open (Data) Science Analytics-Hub for Reproducible Multi-Model Climate Analysis at Scale" at the IEEE BigData2018 Conference (Seattle, WA, USA)
Code Documentation from Neutral processes underlying the macro eco-evolutionary dynamics of mixed-ploidy systems
Creators: name: Kauai, Felipe
name: Mortier, Frederik
name: Milosavljevic, Silvija
name: Van de Peer, Yves
name: Bonte, Dries
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 60102 Bioinformatics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 10202 Biological Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Full documentation of the Java code implementing the model developed.
Note on invariant properties of a quantum system placed into thermodynamic environment
Creators: name: Klimenko, A. Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The analysis conducted in this work indicates that interactions of a CP-violating (and CPT-preserving) quantum system with a thermodynamic environment can produce the impression of a CPT violation in the system. This conclusion is reasonably consistent with the results reported for decays of neutral K-mesons.
description: 18 pages 2 figures
Sensing the Earth's low ionosphere during solar flares using VLF signals and GOES X-ray data
Creators: name: Kolarski, Aleksandra
name: Grubor, Davorka
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An analysis of D-region electron density height profile variations, induced by four isolated solar X-ray flares during period from September 2005 to December 2006, based on the amplitude and the phase delay perturbation of 22.1 kHz signal trace from Skelton (54.72 N, 2.88 W) to Belgrade (44.85 N, 20.38 E), coded GQD, was carried out. Solar flare data were taken from NOAA GOES12 satellite one-minute listings. For VLF data acquisition and recordings at the Institute of Physics, Belgrade, Serbia, the AbsPAL system was used. Starting from LWPCv21 code (Ferguson, 1998), the variations of the Earth-ionosphere waveguide characteristic parameters, sharpness and reflection height, were estimated during the flare conditions. It was found that solar flare events affected the VLF wave propagation in the Earth-ionosphere waveguide by changing the lower ionosphere electron density height profile, in a different way, for different solar flare events.
description: 23 pages, 9 figures, 3 tables
FLAME Deliverable 6 - Critical Fire Weather Patterns Handbook (D2.1)
Creators: name: Giannaros, Theodore
name: Papavasileiou, Georgios
Publisher: name: National Observatory of Athens
Year: 2022

description: This handbook comprises a prototype effort to identify and characterise the synoptic weather patterns affecting fire danger in Greece. Written in Greek, the handbook aims to increase awareness and preparedness of fire operatives for fire weather, thereby supporting more effective and safer fire management and suppression.
Additional analysis from Neutral processes underlying the macro eco-evolutionary dynamics of mixed-ploidy systems
Creators: name: Kauai, Felipe
name: Mortier, Frederik
name: Milosavljevic, Silvija
name: Van de Peer, Yves
name: Bonte, Dries
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 60102 Bioinformatics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 10202 Biological Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Further analysis on model characteristics. Here, we provide figures with additional results and supporting text to the Results section.
Gravitational-wave radiation from double compact objects with eLISA in the Galaxy
Creators: name: Liu, Jinzhong
name: Zhang, Yu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The phase of in-spiral of double compact objects (DCOs: NS+WD, NS+NS, BH+NS, and BH+BH binaries) in the disk field population of the Galaxy provides a potential source in the frequency range from $10^{-4}$ to 0.1 Hz, which can be detected by the European New Gravitational Observatory (NGO: eLISA is derived from the previous LISA proposal) project. In this frequency range, much stronger gravitational wave (GW) radiation can be obtained from DCO sources because they possess more mass than other compact binaries (e.g., close double white dwarfs). In this study, we aim to calculate the gravitational wave signals from the resolvable DCO sources in the Galaxy using a binary population synthesis approach, and to carry out physical properties of these binaries using Monte Carlo simulations. Combining the sensitivity curve of the eLISA detector and a confusion-limited noise floor of close double white dwarfs, we find that only a handful of DCO sources can be detected by the eLISA detector. The detectable number of DCO sources reaches 160, in the context of low-frequency eLISA observations we find that the number of NS+WD, NS+NS, BH+NS, and BH+BH are 132, 16, 3, and 6, respectively.
Fine structure of neutral acceptor states of isolated impurity in zinc-blende semiconductors
Creators: name: Nestoklon, M. O.
name: Krebs, O.
name: Benchamekh, R.
name: Voisin, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The properties of neutral acceptor states in zinc-blende semiconductors are re-examined in the frame of extended-basis $sp^3d^5s^*$ tight-binding model. The symmetry discrepancy between envelope function theory and atomistic calculations is explained in terms of over symmetric potential in current k$\cdot$p approaches. Spherical harmonics decomposition of microscopic Local Density Of States (LDOS) allows for the direct analysis of the tight-binding results in terms of envelope function. Lifting of degeneracy by strain and electric field and their effect on LDOS is examined. The fine structure of magnetic impurity caused by exchange interaction of hole with impurity $d$-shell and its dependence on strain is studied. It is shown that exchange interaction by mixing heavy and light hole makes the ground state more isotropic. The results are important in the context of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) images of subsurface impurities.
description: 11 pages, 9 figures
CONTINUOUS ANALYSIS OF CUSTOMER BEHAVIOR IN USING CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS IN YOGYAKARTA (STUDY ON QRIS PAYMENTS)
Creators: name: VERONIKA RESTYASTUTY NINGRUM
name: I MADE BAYU DIRGANTARA
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Perceived Ease of Use, Perceived Usefulness, Perceived Value, User Satisfaction.

description: Abstract

The use of QRIS is a fairly effective payment method during the pandemic, especially in the tourism and trade sectors. The increase in the use of QRIS is not only because of the convenience but also because of government support in the form of incentives for business actors who have used QRIS. This payment digitization encourages the people of Yogyakarta to make digital transactions. This study aims to identify and continuously analyze the usage of customer behavior in using contactless payments in Yogyakarta. The research method used is a quantitative approach method, the population in this study is the community of QRIS users as a means of transaction in making payments originating and domiciled in the Special Region of Yogyakarta (province), which consists of the people of Yogyakarta City, Sleman Regency, Kulon Progo Regency, Gunungkidul Regency, and Bantul Regency. The sample was selected for respondents aged 19-54 years as many as 100-300 respondents. The data collection technique uses a questionnaire, and the analysis technique uses the Partial Least Square (PLS) approach.  The results of the analysis show that the most significant factor in influencing continuous usage is perceived ease of use (PEU) through user satisfaction (US) mediation. The findings of this study make an important contribution to system developers and managers in an effort to improve user retention. The importance of user satisfaction (US) in continuous usage (CU) emphasizes the need to develop a system that is not only easy to use but also able to provide a satisfying experience.
Valley polarization in graphene-silicene-graphene heterojunction
Creators: name: Shen, Man
name: Zhang, Yan-Yang
name: An, Xing-Tao
name: Liu, Jian-Jun
name: Li, Shu-Shen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Considering the difference of energy bands in graphene and silicene, we put forward a new model of the graphene-silicene-graphene (GSG) heterojunction. In the GSG, we study the valley polarization properties in a zigzag nanoribbon in the presence of an external electric field. We find the energy range associated with the bulk gap of silicene has a valley polarization more than 95%. Under the protection of the topological edge states of the silicene, the valley polarization remains even the small non-magnetic disorder is introduced. These results have certain practical significance in applications for future valley valve.
Supplemental figure for paper A meta-analysis of the effects of probiotics on various parameters in critically ill ventilated individuals
Creators: name: Teng1, Yao
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: The supplemental figure for paper A meta-analysis of the effects of probiotics on various parameters in critically ill ventilated individuals Supplemental figures legends Supplemental Figure 1 ventilator-associated pneumonia Funnel plot (Egger test p-value=0.86) Supplemental Figure 2 mechanical ventilation duration Funnel plot (Egger test p-value=0.84) Supplemental Figure 3 intensive care unit length of stay Funnel plot (Egger test p-value=0.86) Supplemental Figure 4 length of hospital stay Funnel plot (Egger test p-value=0.85) Supplemental Figure 5 oro-pharyngeal colonization Funnel plot (Egger test p-value=0.91) Supplemental Figure 6 diarrhea Funnel plot (Egger test p-value=0.87) Supplemental Figure 7 in-hospital mortality Funnel plot (Egger test p-value=0.92)
Robust signatures of quantum radiation reaction in focused ultrashort laser pulses
Creators: name: Li, Jian-Xing
name: Hatsagortsyan, Karen Z.
name: Keitel, Christoph H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Radiation reaction effects in the interaction of an electron bunch with a superstrong focused ultrashort laser pulse are investigated in the quantum radiation dominated regime. The angle-resolved Compton scattering spectra are calculated in laser pulses of variable duration using a semi-classical description for the radiation dominated dynamics and a full quantum treatment for the emitted radiation. In dependence of the laser pulse duration we find signatures of quantum radiation reaction in the radiation spectra, which are characteristic for the focused laser beam and visible in the qualitative behaviour of both the angular spread and the spectral bandwidth of the radiation spectra. The signatures are robust with respect to the variation of the electron and laser beam parameters in a large range. They fully differ qualitatively from those in the classical radiation reaction regime and are measurable with presently available laser technology.
title: L'occupation thérapie avec le cheval dans une intervention d'ergothérapie en santé mentale
title: étude des raisonnements cliniques menés par l'ergothérapeute
titleType: Subtitle
title: L'occupation thérapie avec le cheval dans une intervention d'ergothérapie en santé mentale
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Raimondi, Marina
name: Rochat, Christine
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 0
Subjects: subject: Équithérapie
subject: Ergothérapie
subject: Hygiène mentale
subject: Psychologie clinique

description: Introduction. Les personnes rencontrant une problématique de santé mentale peuvent bénéficier d’une intervention assistée par le cheval. Différents professionnels de la santé recourent au cheval dans un cadre de thérapie. En Suisse romande, très peu d’ergothérapeutes proposent ce type d’intervention. Pourtant, ces thérapeutes semblent avoir des compétences qui les prédisposent à pouvoir inclure l’occupation thérapie avec le cheval à leur pratique. Buts. Cette étude cherche à mettre en évidence et à étudier les raisonnements mobilisés par l’ergothérapeute lorsqu’elle inclut l’occupation thérapie avec le cheval à ses interventions auprès de personnes atteintes dans leur santé mentale. La mise en évidence de ces raisonnements a pour but de mieux comprendre la façon dont l’occupation thérapie avec le cheval peut être intégrée aux interventions d’ergothérapie en santé mentale. Méthode. Il s’agit d’une étude qualitative descriptive réalisée par entretiens semi-dirigés auprès de deux ergothérapeutes qui travaillent dans le domaine de la santé mentale et incluent le cheval à leur pratique. Résultats. L’analyse des contenus abordés par les participantes durant les entretiens permet de rendre visible les raisonnements qu’elles mobilisent. Les six types de raisonnements présentés dans la recension des écrits ressortent dans le discours des participantes. Ces raisonnements sont rapidement alternés et fréquemment combinés entre eux. Les participantes proposent l’occupation thérapie avec le cheval à leurs clients parce qu’elles pensent que les caractéristiques de l’animal font de lui un moyen thérapeutique intéressant. Elles estiment que les compétences développées dans les séances avec le cheval peuvent ensuite être transférées dans la vie quotidienne. Dans leurs interventions, les participantes passent par toutes étapes de la démarche clinique, mais l’appliquent d’une façon relativement souple. Conclusion. Pour que les interventions assistées par des chevaux soient plus souvent du ressort des ergothérapeutes, il serait nécessaire qu’elles fassent l’objet de futures recherches. Des évidences scientifiques doivent encore être établies afin de soutenir et valider la pratique des ergothérapeutes qui travaillent avec des chevaux.
Quasi-deterministic properties of random Gaussian fields constrained by a large quadratic form
Creators: name: Mounaix, Philippe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 60G60, 60F99, 60G70

description: Completing the study initiated by Mounaix and Collet [J. Stat. Phys. {\bf 143}, 139-147 (2011)], we investigate the realizations of a Gaussian random field in the limit where a given (general) quadratic form of the field is large. Concentration in $L^2$ and in probability is proved under mild conditions and the resulting quasi-deterministic behavior of the field is given. Applications to a large {\it local} quadratic form are considered in two specific cases. In particular, the quasi-deterministic structure of a Gaussian random flow with a large local helicity at some given point is determined explicitly.
description: REVTeX file, 27 pages, submitted to J. Stat. Phys; acknowledgements specified