cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Two degrees versus two percent How central bankers and members of the European Parliament developed a common pro-climate narrative
Creators: name: Massoc, Elsa Clara
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plant Biology

description: The new ECB leadership made it its explicit priority to make ECB’s policies greener. Although doubt remains about the scale and effectiveness of the policies implemented since then, the idea that the ECB has a role to play in the fight against climate change has become widely accepted. The main narrative in support of this idea states that the ECB’s pro-climate engagement is part of its primary mandate – price stability. However, until not long ago, ECB’s primary mandate was rather used by those opposing the greening of central banking, while it was largely ignored by pro-climate advocates. How has this narrative emerged and gained traction? This paper argues that this narrative results from a process of coalition-building between pro-climate central bankers and pro-climate politicians in the European Parliament. Building on a multi-method text analysis of original datasets of accountability communications as well as in-depth interviews, this paper documents the mechanisms through which pro-climate central bankers and pro-climate MEPs co-constructed the pro-climate narrative, using accountability relationships as a coalition-building arena. The paper contributes to ongoing discussions on central banks’ accountability, politicisation and role in the green transition.
A novel homozygous mutation affecting the C-terminal domain of DNAJB6a causes myofibrillar myopathy: a combinative study of humans and mice
Creators: name: Fangyuan Qian
name: Guo, Yu-Dong
name: Zu, Juan
name: Pan, Zhao-Hui
name: Zhang, Jin-Hua
name: Zheng, Yi-Ming
name: Xie, Chun-Ming
name: Han-Chao Gao
name: Zhang, Zhi-Jun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 110904 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: The collection of figures including the muscle MRI imaging and representative chromatogram of forward sequencing reaction of the proband’s family members; assessment of motor function, body and muscle weight in HET and WT mice; characterization and muscle histopathology of 3-month-old KI mice; subcellular distribution of DNAJB6 and desmin in skeletal muscle tissue of 3-month old HOM and WT mice.
Additional file 1 of The impact of implementing an endocarditis team in comparison to the classic heart team in a tertiary referral centre
Creators: name: van den Heuvel, F. M. A.
name: Bos, M.
name: Geuzebroek, G. S. C.
name: Aarntzen, E. H. J. G.
name: Maat, I.
name: Dieker, H. J.
name: Verkroost, M.
name: Rodwell, L.
name: ten Oever, J.
name: van Crevel, R.
name: Habets, J.
name: Kouijzer, I. J. E.
name: Nijveldt, R.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: Space Science
Medicine
Cell Biology
Molecular Biology
Biotechnology
Cancer
Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. Subgroup analysis.
Testing theories of policy growth: public demands, interest group politics, electoral competition, and institutional fragmentation
Creators: name: Fernández-i-Marín, Xavier
name: Hinterleitner, Markus
name: Knill, Christoph
name: Steinebach, Yves
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Policy growth is a ubiquitous feature of modern democracies that has attracted increased attention in political science and beyond. However, the literature is characterised by considerable disagreement on why policy growth occurs. Existing explanations centre on the influence of (1) public demands, (2) interest group politics, (3) electoral competition, and (4) institutional fragmentation. While all four explanations are plausible, there are no studies that assess their relative explanatory power within a single empirical analysis. This article provides such an analysis by examining the drivers of policy growth in 21 OECD countries from 1976 to 2020 in the area of environmental policy. We identify strong ties between organised interests and the government as the primary driver of policy growth. Public demands and institutional fragmentation are relevant but comparatively less important factors, while the intensity of electoral competition has no influence on policy growth. These findings have important implications for our understanding of the functioning of democracy in the long run.
A PRODUÇÃO E COMERCIALIZAÇÃO DA CARNE DE AVESTRUZ PELA COOPERATIVA CPARS E A PERCEPÇÃO DO CONSUMIDOR
Creators: name: Ceolin, Alessandra Carla
name: Pereira, Paulo Rodrigo
name: Correa, Augusto Faria
name: Abicht, Alexandre Melo
name: Ceolin, Alessandra Carla
name: Pereira, Paulo Rodrigo
name: Correa, Augusto Faria
name: Abicht, Alexandre Melo
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Percepção do Consumidor
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Estrutiocultura
subject: Cooperativismo
subject: Consumer Perception
subject: Ostrich Breeders
subject: Co-operativism

description: Este estudo foi realizado nas propriedades rurais de estrutiocultores da região metropolitana de Porto Alegre, na cooperativa CPARS e com os clientes de uma churrascaria da cidade, com o objetivo de verificar se a carne de avestruz seria bem aceita pelo consumidor e como esse percebe as semelhanças e diferenças dessa carne, além de fornecer subsídios para as estratégias de comercialização da cooperativa. Para execução deste artigo foi realizada uma visita de campo, entrevistas aos produtores rurais e a um gestor da cooperativa, a fim de entender como está sendo a comercialização e divulgação da carne de avestruz. Após, foram realizadas entrevistas, através de questionários a diversos clientes da churrascaria para verificar a percepção do consumidor quanto ao consumo da carne de avestruz. Observou-se uma deficiência na divulgação sobre os locais de venda e do próprio produto e, que, enquanto a estratégia da cooperativa está voltada para algumas ações de marketing, o consumidor, apesar de disposto a consumir o produto, não detém o conhecimento adequado sobre o mesmo, principalmente, pela falta de informação. Os demais resultados são apresentados no decorrer desse artigo.---------------------------------------------This study was carried out in the rural real states of ostrich breeders, metropolitan region of Porto Alegre, at CPARS cooperative and with customers of a steak house in the mentioned city, aiming to verify whether the ostrich meat would be well accepted by the consumer and how this consumer notices the similarities and differences of this meat, apart from supplying subsidies for the strategies commercialization of the cooperative. For the construction of this article, field visit took place, interviews with breeders and a cooperative’s manager carried out, in order to comprehend how the commercialization and advertising of the ostrich meat is being made. Then, interviews were carried out through questionnaires given out to several customers of the steak house in order to check the consumers’ perception concerning the ostrich meat. One has noticed a deficiency in the sales points advertising of its own product and, that, while the strategy of the cooperative is focused on some marketing measures, the consumer although eager to consume the product do not possess the proper knowledge about it, mainly for the lack of information. The other results are presented in the course of this article.
198-Article Text-350-1-10-20200320.pdf
Creators: name: VIVEK MISHRA
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 150503 Marketing Management (incl. Strategy and Customer Relations)
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: The rising amount of obesity has intrigued researchers and public-policy alike who have been seeking solutions to address the same. A novel approach of “nudging” seems to be having potential implications in tacking the obesity menace. The study focuses on the concept of nudging vis-à-vis online food choices and discusses the possible stimulating role of web-store atmospherics in altering the buyer's food choices. By adopting a systematic review of literature and suggested healthy eating nudge interventions we develop a conceptual framework to explain the role of web-store atmospherics in nudging consumers towards healthier food choices. Through the PICOS approach, we provoke research questions, which is pivotal for health experts and public personage looking to address issues concerning obesity. Besides its role in achieving societal well- being, this study allows food e-tailers to display concern for the public.
A Inserção Feminina no Mercado de Trabalho do Agronegócio: Uma Estudo Comparativo da Sadia e da Perdigão
Creators: name: Pereira, Antonio Nunes
name: Machado, Vandresa Lucia
name: Cipola, Fabricio Carvalho
name: Pinheiro, Claudio Jose
name: Boas, Ana Alice Vilas
name: Pereira, Antonio Nunes
name: Machado, Vandresa Lucia
name: Cipola, Fabricio Carvalho
name: Pinheiro, Claudio Jose
name: Boas, Ana Alice Vilas
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: Inserção Feminina
subject: Agronegócio
subject: Balanço Social
subject: Women Jobs
subject: Agribusiness
subject: Social Balance

description: Resumo O estudo apresenta uma visão comparativa das práticas de evidenciação, no Balanço Social, dos indicadores sociais relacionados à inserção da mulher nas Empresas Sadia e Perdigão. A análise dos indicadores laborais pode oferecer informações relevantes para investidores e para a sociedade em geral quanto à proteção e ao estímulo do trabalho feminino. O estudo utiliza o banco de dados do Instituto Brasileiro de Análises Sociais e Econômicas, literatura nacional, informações constantes do Balanço Social das Empresas e dados da Pesquisa Mensal de Emprego do Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, no período de 2002 a 2006. Em uma era na qual o “capital humano” se tornou o principal ativo das empresas, estudar os indicadores laborais das mulheres pode ser uma ação relevante para o entendimento das práticas de diversidade da Sadia e da Perdigão que, dado o porte e a contribuição sócio-econômica, são candidatas naturais à empresas-modelo do agronegócio. Não obstante o crescimento da participação feminina, ainda não se obteve um equilíbrio entre os gêneros, principalmente nos cargos de gerência. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Abstract The study presents a comparative vision of the practical of disclosure, in Social Balance, of the social indicators related to the participation of the women workforce in the agribusiness companies Sadia and Perdigão. The analysis of the labor indicators can show relevant information for the investors and the society in respect of the protection and the stimulation of the women workforce. The study uses the database of the Brazilian Institute of Social and Economic Analysis, national literature, the companies’ information of Social Balance and data of the Monthly Research of Labor of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics since 2002 until 2006. In the human capital age, studying the labor indicators can be a relevant step to understand the diversity practices of Sadia and Perdigão that are natural candidates to benchmark agribusiness sector because the social and economic contributions and the size. Despite the growth of the female participation, still did not get equality between men and women workforce, mainly in the management positions.
Anderson transition in the three dimensional symplectic universality class
Creators: name: Asada, Yoichi
name: Slevin, Keith
name: Ohtsuki, Tomi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the Anderson transition in the SU(2) model and the Ando model. We report a new precise estimate of the critical exponent for the symplectic universality class of the Anderson transition. We also report numerical estimation of the $β$ function.
description: 4 pages, 5 figures
title: The Brotopian cycle : gender inequality in tech startups
Creators: name: Chang, Won Jung
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Startups
subject: Technology
subject: Entrepreneurship
subject: Gender
subject: Women
subject: Diversity
subject: Startups
subject: Technology
subject: Entrepreneurship
subject: Gender
subject: Women
subject: Diversity

description: In the wake of the #MeToo era, gender equality has successfully gained a bigger space within the public discourse around the world. However, tech startups, supposedly one of the most innovative industries to lead our future, are still heavily male-dominated, with a study in 2017 revealing a meager 17% female ratio in Silicon Valley startups that have less than 100 employees (Bradshaw & Kwong 2017). This research aims to understand the underlying reasons for the gross underrepresentation of women in the tech startup industry and find practical solutions to improve the status quo. In the first part of the study, based on literature review, the ‘Brotopian Cycle is proposed as a framework to understand the vicious cycle. From the macro societal level (Media and Education) to the individual startup level (Recruitment and Retention), the vicious cycle continuously reinforces and recreates gender stereotypes that involuntarily but systematically filter qualified women out of the industry. The second part of the study focuses on practical methods to improve gender inequality in tech startups during Recruitment and Retention phases. Findings from a combination of theoretical and practical research through literature review and qualitative interviews suggest that factors such as the lack of management and leadership experience common in young tech startups create, reinforce, and/or neglect gender issues in the startup workplace. The research provides actionable recommendations for startups to follow in order to actively break the vicious cycle and point to possible areas for further research.
Competing theoretical frameworks to explain state behavior vis-à-vis the NPT : exploring the minimal role of the NPT in nuclear decision making
Creators: name: Smith, Greta Marie
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: The impact of the NPT on nuclear decision-making appears to be minimal at best. Competing dominant strands of international relations theory cannot explain the lack of influence the NPT has on the decision to remain nuclear or choosing a path of nuclear forbearance. Dominant strands of international theory including realism, constructivism, and regime theory when considered alone give only shallow explanations for nuclear decision-making. Further, these theories cannot account for the existence of the nuclear taboo and the role it plays in nuclear decision-making. By examining the nuclear choices of the United States, Israel, Iraq, Iran North Korea, India, Pakistan, Libya, South Africa, Argentina, Brazil and Ukraine through multiple strands of political theory it becomes clear that no single theory can account for all the divergent nuclear paths that countries choose.
Camacho et al. ESM 3 from Experimental evidence that matching habitat choice drives local adaptation in a wild population
Creators: name: Camacho, Carlos
name: Sanabria-Fernández, Alberto
name: Baños-Villalba, Adrián
name: Edelaar, Pim
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 60801 Animal Behaviour

description: Correlation between the observer's assignment and the real colour of grasshoppers
Towards Automatic Face-to-Face Translation
Creators: name: R, Prajwal K
name: Mukhopadhyay, Rudrabha
name: Philip, Jerin
name: Jha, Abhishek
name: Namboodiri, Vinay
name: Jawahar, C. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Multimedia (cs.MM)
subject: Sound (cs.SD)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In light of the recent breakthroughs in automatic machine translation systems, we propose a novel approach that we term as "Face-to-Face Translation". As today's digital communication becomes increasingly visual, we argue that there is a need for systems that can automatically translate a video of a person speaking in language A into a target language B with realistic lip synchronization. In this work, we create an automatic pipeline for this problem and demonstrate its impact on multiple real-world applications. First, we build a working speech-to-speech translation system by bringing together multiple existing modules from speech and language. We then move towards "Face-to-Face Translation" by incorporating a novel visual module, LipGAN for generating realistic talking faces from the translated audio. Quantitative evaluation of LipGAN on the standard LRW test set shows that it significantly outperforms existing approaches across all standard metrics. We also subject our Face-to-Face Translation pipeline, to multiple human evaluations and show that it can significantly improve the overall user experience for consuming and interacting with multimodal content across languages. Code, models and demo video are made publicly available. Demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHG6Oei8jF0 Code and models: https://github.com/Rudrabha/LipGAN
description: 9 pages (including references), 5 figures, Published in ACM Multimedia, 2019
Estrategias competitivas na cadeia produtiva do peixe da regiao de Dourado-MS
Creators: name: De Souza, Paulo Augusto Ramalho
name: Sproesser, Renato Luiz
name: Campeao, Patricia
name: Vilpoux, Olivier Francois
name: Ramos, Gessica Genevieve Lopes
name: De Souza, Paulo Augusto Ramalho
name: Sproesser, Renato Luiz
name: Campeao, Patricia
name: Vilpoux, Olivier Francois
name: Ramos, Gessica Genevieve Lopes
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Estratégias Competitivas
subject: Complexo Piscicultura
subject: Arranjo Produtivo
subject: Competitive strategy
subject: pisciculture complex
subject: productive arrangement

description: O presente estudo analisa o comportamento estratégico predominante das empresas que constituem a cadeia produtiva do peixe em Dourados no Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul. A pesquisa também avalia a competitividade sistêmica da cadeia produtiva do peixe a partir do comportamento estratégico de suas empresas constituintes. A metodologia de pesquisa adotada foi o método indutivo por meio de pesquisa exploratória realizada na mesma região, acrescida de revisão bibliográfica, pesquisa em base de dados da SEAP e do IBAMA. A revisão teórica identifica os padrões de comportamento estratégico possível adotado pelos agentes da cadeia. Os resultados encontrados apontam para uma cadeia produtiva ainda em fase de inicial de organização e um comportamento estratégico voltado para dominação pelos custos, especialmente na fase de engorda. Esta estratégia está sendo potencializada pelo aumento gradativo da escala de produção e pelo efeito de aprendizagem. A prática da estratégia de diferenciação é ainda incipiente e começa a ser verificada nas fases de alevinagem e de filetagem. ------------------------------------------ The present study analyses the main strategic behavior of the companies which belong to Dourados’ fish productive chain in Mato Grosso do Sul. The survey also evaluates the chain’s competitiveness toward the strategic behavior of those companies. The adopted survey methodology was the inductive method throughout exploratory survey accomplished in that region, added to scientific literature, survey based on SEAP and IBAMA data. The scientific literature identifies the pattern of possible strategic behavior adopted by chain’s agents. The results that were found point to a productive chain in initial stage of organization and a strategic behavior based on costs domination. This strategy is being potentialized by the gradual growth of production scale and by the learning effect. The differentiation strategy practice is still budding and begins to be verified in phases of alevinagem e filetagem.
Razao de hedge otima de minimo MPI (momento parcial inferior) no mercado futuro de boi gordo na BM&F
Creators: name: Marques, Pedro Valentim
name: Martines-Filho, Joao Gomes
name: Cruz Junior, Jose Cesar
name: Marques, Pedro Valentim
name: Martines-Filho, Joao Gomes
name: Cruz Junior, Jose Cesar
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Risk and Uncertainty
subject: mercados futuros
subject: razao de hedge otima
subject: momentos parciais inferiores
subject: boi gordo
subject: futures markets
subject: optimal hedge ratio
subject: lower partial moments
subject: live cattle

description: Uma vez que o pecuarista decide-se por utilizar o mercado futuro de boi gordo da BM&F como ferramenta de redução de risco de sua produção, uma das primeiras perguntas a serem respondidas é: quanto se fazer de hedge? Esta pergunta tem sido frequentemente respondida através da utilização do modelo de razão de hedge de mínima variância. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo apresentar um modelo alternativo à abordagem tradicional - denominado razão de hedge de mínimo momento parcial inferior (MPI) - para se calcular a razão de hedge ótima. O modelo alternativo utiliza o momento parcial inferior como medida de risco. Ambas as razões de hedge foram calculadas e suas performances foram verificadas através da avaliação dos resultados obtidos com suas aplicações em carteiras de investimentos compostas pelas posições comprada no mercado físico e vendida no mercado futuro, na razão ótima de hedge. O modelo alternativo proposto é aquele que determina a razão de hedge ótima através da minimização do momento parcial inferior de ordem 2, com referência no retorno alvo igual a zero. A utilização deste modelo parece ser mais adequada ao perfil do investidor por possibilitar a representação do risco apenas utilizando-se o lado inferior da distribuição dos retornos. O trabalho analisou 14 localidades no período de janeiro de 2000 a dezembro de 2007. As análises realizadas apontam para maior efetividade do modelo alternativo em relação ao modelo tradicional. O modelo de razão de hedge de mínimo MPI produziu melhores combinações de risco e retorno (medidas pela razão de retorno sobre a medida de risco) na maioria das localidades analisadas.
Additional file 1 of Clinical characterization of familial hypercholesterolemia due to an amish founder mutation in Apolipoprotein B
Creators: name: Williams, Katie B.
name: Horst, Michael
name: Young, Millie
name: Pascua, Christine
name: Puffenberger, Erik G.
name: Brigatti, Karlla W.
name: Gonzaga-Jauregui, Claudia
name: Shuldiner, Alan R.
name: Gidding, Samuel
name: Strauss, Kevin A.
name: Chowdhury, Devyani
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1. Supplemental Table 1: Plant sterols and fatty acids. Fasting plant sterol and fatty acid levels for ApoBR3500Q heterozygotes, homozygotes and age-matched sibling controls. Median (min-max) compared by the exact Wilcoxon rank-sum test.
El uso de categorías étnico/raciales en censos y encuestas en el Perú: balance y aportes para una discusión
Creators: name: Valdivia, Nestor
name: Valdivia, Nestor
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: Grupos étnicos
subject: Raza
subject: Negros
subject: Afroperuanos
subject: Población indígena
subject: Censos
subject: Encuesta de hogares
subject: Perú
subject: Ethnic groups
subject: Race
subject: Blacks
subject: Indigenous population
subject: Censuses
subject: Householdd surveys
subject: Peru

description: En América Latina existe consenso en la necesidad de avanzar hacia la “visibilización” de los grupos indígenas y afrodescendientes para identificar sus problemas y necesidades, brindarles el reconocimiento debido y otorgarles un papel protagónico en las decisiones relacionadas a su propio desarrollo. En este contexto, en los países de la región se ha avanzado en la incorporación de variables étnicas en los censos nacionales y los registros administrativos del Estado. El presente trabajo analiza el caso del Perú y establece un balance de las iniciativas implementadas desde el Estado y el mundo académico para incorporar la dimensión étnica en los instrumentos cuantitativos usados para el análisis de la realidad social peruana. El objetivo de este balance tiene tres propósitos. Por un lado, conocer cómo en el Perú se ha tomado en cuenta la variable étnica en los registros estadísticos del Estado, dando cuenta de los vacíos y problemas detectados en los censos y las encuestas para captar esa realidad. En segundo término, analizar los avances realizados desde la investigación académica en la generación y el uso de data cuantitativa basada en la identificación étnico/racial de la población –destacando los aportes conceptuales y metodológicos logrados en los últimos años-. Y, finalmente, destacar una serie de temas que podrían servir para elaborar una agenda de discusión orientada hacia el desarrollo de criterios y de políticas del Estado en el campo de la identidad étnica de la población.
Cohesion Policy for rural areas after 2013: A rationale derived from the EDORA project (European Development Opportunities in Rural Areas) - ESPON 2013 Project 2013/1/2
Creators: name: Copus, Andrew K.
name: Shucksmith, Mark
name: Dax, Thomas
name: Meredith, David
name: Copus, Andrew K.
name: Shucksmith, Mark
name: Dax, Thomas
name: Meredith, David
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Rural areas
subject: European Union
subject: cohesion policy
subject: neo-endogenous place-based approaches

description: The starting point of the EDORA project was the recognition that, rather than becoming more uniform in character, rural Europe is, in many ways, becoming increasingly diverse, implying new challenges and opportunities. The project’s overarching aim was to examine the process of differentiation, in order to better understand how EU policy can enable rural areas to build upon their specific potentials to achieve ‘smart, sustainable and inclusive growth’. The first phase of the project consisted of a literature review in order to establish a conceptual framework for subsequent empirical analysis. This identified a very wide range of aspects of contemporary rural change. In order to manage this complexity, and so that it could be communicated simply and clearly, three ‘meta-narratives’ of rural change were devised. In the second phase the evidence base for rural change was explored, both in terms of large scale patterns, based upon regional data, and local processes. The macro-scale patterns were addressed by three typologies. These were complemented at a micro-level by in-depth studies of 12 exemplar regions, reflecting a wide range of types and contexts. The third phase explored policy implications. Clearly these propositions point towards neo-endogenous approaches, in which a ‘bottom up’ process of regional programme design is fully supported and guided by available information, expert advice, and the kind of strategic perspective which is best assembled at a central level. The EDORA findings are thus generally supportive of the ‘place based’ approaches advocated by the Barca Report.
Camacho et al. ESM 5 from Experimental evidence that matching habitat choice drives local adaptation in a wild population
Creators: name: Camacho, Carlos
name: Sanabria-Fernández, Alberto
name: Baños-Villalba, Adrián
name: Edelaar, Pim
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 60801 Animal Behaviour

description: Model details
Camacho et al. ESM 1 from Experimental evidence that matching habitat choice drives local adaptation in a wild population
Creators: name: Camacho, Carlos
name: Sanabria-Fernández, Alberto
name: Baños-Villalba, Adrián
name: Edelaar, Pim
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 60801 Animal Behaviour

description: Male-female interactions and assortative mating
Camacho et al. ESM 4 from Experimental evidence that matching habitat choice drives local adaptation in a wild population
Creators: name: Camacho, Carlos
name: Sanabria-Fernández, Alberto
name: Baños-Villalba, Adrián
name: Edelaar, Pim
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 60801 Animal Behaviour

description: Effect of time of day and thermal conditions on microhabitat use by grasshoppers
Additional file 1 of Is there evidence of sustained human-mosquito-human transmission of the zoonotic malaria Plasmodium knowlesi? A systematic literature review
Creators: name: Ruiz Cuenca, Pablo
name: Key, Stephanie
name: Lindblade, Kim A.
name: Vythilingam, Indra
name: Drakeley, Chris
name: Fornace, Kimberly
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1. Systematic review protocol.
Conceptualising ‘macro-regions’: Viewpoints and tools beyond NUTS classification
Creators: name: Ladias, Christos
name: Hasanagas, Nikolaos
name: Papadopoulou, Eleni
name: Ladias, Christos
name: Hasanagas, Nikolaos
name: Papadopoulou, Eleni
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: Community/Rural/Urban Development
Labor and Human Capital

description: Definitions are imposed but properties not. The basic question addressed by this paper is how to ‘detect’ objective socio-economic spatial structures instead of ‘defining’ them arbitrarily. The NUTS classification model is rather arbitrary. Not only have the administrative units been structured through ‘accidental’ historical conditions but the reliability of the measurement of the population in an area is disputable as long as the mobility is strengthened and the ‘usual residence’ becomes more and more vague. Concerning the auxiliary criteria, they are also heterogeneous and are rather perceptions imposed by decision makers than physical entities. The quantitative network analysis (QNA) approach is suggested as a tool to detect macro-structures regarded as socio-economic and natural infrastructure of a ‘macro-region’. This is based on algebraic analysis of a number of variables such as flows of people migration, financial means, information, commodities, bio-diversity elements and parameters of the new relationship between urban and rural areas. In this paper, by using algorithms of QNA, such as Density of flows or Betweenness centrality of places, ‘denser” or more “central’ places can be differentiated from others, and thus can be used for a more substantial demarcation of ‘macro-regions’.
280-km experimental demonstration of quantum digital signature with one decoy state
Creators: name: Ding, Hua-Jian
name: Chen, Jing-Jing
name: Ji, Liang
name: Zhou, Xing-Yu
name: Zhang, Chun-Hui
name: Zhang, Chun-Mei
name: Wang, Qin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum digital signature (QDS) guarantee the unforgeability, nonrepudiation and transferability of signature messages with information-theoretical security, and hence has attracted much attention recently. However, most previous implementations of QDS showed relatively low signature rates or/and short transmission distance. In this paper, we report a proof-of-principle phase-encoding QDS demonstration using only one decoy state. Firstly, such method avoids the modulation of vacuum state, thus reducing experimental complexity and random number consumption. Moreover, incorporating with low-loss asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometers and real-time polarization calibration technique, we have successfully achieved higher signature rate, e.g., 0.98 bit/s at 103 km, and to date a record-breaking transmission distance over 280-km installed fibers. Our work represents a significant step towards real-world applications of QDS.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures
title: CPFD simulation in Barracuda VR of a novel dual fluidized bed cold flow model
Creators: name: Lunzer, Andreas
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Fluidized Bed
subject: Cold Flow Model
subject: Simulation
subject: Barracuda

description: The target of this master's thesis is to simulate a cold flow model of a novel biomass gasification plant. The fluid dynamical behavior depends heavily on the fluid's and particle's properties and in real reactors a particle size distribution (PSD) is present. An Eulerian-Eulerian approach is only capable to simulate large applications at the expense of high computational costs if the actual PSD is considered. An Eulerian-Lagrangian approach is capable of simulating a PSD and in particular the multi-phase particle in cell (MP-PIC) method is designed for simulations with a high number of particles. Therefore, Barracuda VR, a software-tool with an implemented MP-PIC method specifically designed for CPFD (computational particle fluid dynamics) simulations, was the software of choice. The discussed cold flow model in this thesis is located at TU Wien and several experiments have already been conducted. Those experiments were used to verify the simulation results. The solid used is composed of bronze particles with a Sauter diameter of 81.7m and a given PSD. The simulations and adjustments were rated on the one hand qualitatively by visual observation of the particle volume fraction and distribution of the particles in the reactor and on the other hand quantified by comparing the measured and simulated data of the particle circulation rate and the pressure at designated locations. The simulations were conducted using different drag laws since they have a great influence on the simulation results. An energy-minimization multi-scale (EMMS) approach, a blended Wen-Yu and Ergun (WYE) drag law, and a drag law of Ganser were used. Furthermore, a focus was set onto the normal particle stress, which plays a significant role in close-packed regions. The constant PS to calculate the particle stress was modified, leading to a higher normal stress near close-pack and subsequently reducing the particle volume fraction. Another aspect was raising the fluidization rate in the loop seals to increase the particle circulation rate, since it was underestimated depending on the settings (e.g. PS constant). By optimizing the settings, the simulation became stable and flooding behavior, experienced at the start, did not occur anymore. The Ganser drag law was found to be the best suited drag law for the simulation. The WYE drag law overpredicted the mass flow leading to an unstable system and the EMMS's predicted particle flow rate was unrealistically small while calculating partly good fits for the pressure profile in the fuel reactor's column. The Ganser drag law combined with an adjusted PS value with (PS = 30Pa) or without (PS=50Pa) increased loop seal fluidization rates was providing the best performance.
On energy stable, maximum-principle preserving, second order BDF scheme with variable steps for the Allen-Cahn equation
Creators: name: Liao, Hong-lin
name: Tang, Tao
name: Zhou, Tao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 35Q99, 65M06, 65M12

description: In this work, we investigate the two-step backward differentiation formula (BDF2) with nonuniform grids for the Allen-Cahn equation. We show that the nonuniform BDF2 scheme is energy stable under the time-step ratio restriction $r_k:=τ_k/τ_{k-1}
description: 24 pages, 1 table and 25 figures
Rural Europe 2+2+: A conceptual framework for a rural employment policy
Creators: name: Fieldsend, Andrew F.
name: Fieldsend, Andrew F.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: rural employment
subject: European Union
subject: natural capital
subject: place-based development
subject: strategic orientations

description: The four main ways in which rural employment creation can be grounded on the exploitation of natural capital can be structured by two complementary analytical directions. These are firstly, ‘production’ based on (a) renewable resources (agriculture, energy) and (b) depletive resources (energy, construction materials) and, secondly, ‘consumption’ by (a) non-residents (tourism and leisure) and (b) residents (incomers including the wealthy retired). This analysis forms the basis of a conceptual framework (Rural Europe 2+2+) which recognises that there is no simple definition of rural employment but that a sustainable approach to exploiting natural capital, together with the development of the other capitals of the territory via a place-based (i.e. territorial policy) approach, can create jobs and encourage working age people either to stay in, or relocate to, rural areas. Thus five Strategic Orientations which target the major driving forces for rural employment, namely natural, financial, human, physical and social capital, and the interactions between them, could be the focus for future rural employment strategies. They are as follows: SO1. Encourage the development of key growth sectors; SO2. Reinforce the local rural economy; SO3. Improve skills and labour market participation in rural areas; SO4. Develop infrastructure and services; and SO5. Ensure proper implementation of the strategy through support actions.
Stable carbon isotope analysis and maize-stalk beer diet in rats : implications for the origins of maize
Creators: name: Canal, Maria Cecilia
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: Maize is one of the world’s most important staple crops but theories explaining the ancestry of maize are focused mostly on domestication as it relates to food for human consumption. Much research was conducted on the wild ancestor of maize; current trends support teosinte as the ancestor of maize; but the question that remains unexplained is why people initially cultivated teosinte considering the plant has so little yield? Smalley and Blake (2003), elaborating on a concept proposed by Iltis (2000)’ explored this question. Iltis argued that the ancestor of maize was first domesticated for its sugar content. Building on this idea, Smalley and Blake suggested also the possibility of making alcoholic beverages. This suggestion that the ancestor of maize was selected for its sugar content changes the focus of early maize research. Maize is found in the archaeological record at 5400 B.P. but was not yet a staple food crop. Researchers must consider alternate uses early Mesoamerican people had for this plant. The production of alcohol from the sugary maize stalk is an example of an alternate use for maize. In an attempt to understand what occurred between the initial appearance of maize as a crop and its use as a staple food source, researchers have been studying the plant’s C₄, photosynthetic pathway and its impact on bone chemistry. The carbon isotope signature in human bone resulting from the consumption of maize is quite different depending on whether the maize is eaten directly as food or first converted to alcohol before being consumed. This study tests the hypothesis that C₄, carbon from maize-stalk beer leaves a signature in bone collagen. Rats were used in a feeding experiment to determine if a diet with a significant component of maize-stalk beer would elevate the stable carbon isotope ratios in the consumers. Results of this experiment showed that maize-stalk sugar converted to alcohol and not raise the stable carbon isotope ratio measured in the rats. This suggests that archaeologists must look for raised stable carbon isotope values in apatite, rather that collagen, if they are to detect maize alcohol use in ancient populations.
Camacho et al. ESM 2 from Experimental evidence that matching habitat choice drives local adaptation in a wild population
Creators: name: Camacho, Carlos
name: Sanabria-Fernández, Alberto
name: Baños-Villalba, Adrián
name: Edelaar, Pim
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 60801 Animal Behaviour

description: Background colour matching reduces predation risk of grasshoppers
List Decoding of Arikan's PAC Codes
Creators: name: Yao, Hanwen
name: Fazeli, Arman
name: Vardy, Alexander
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Polar coding gives rise to the first explicit family of codes that provably achieve capacity with efficient encoding and decoding for a wide range of channels. However, its performance at short block lengths is far from optimal. Arikan has recently presented a new polar coding scheme, which he called polarization-adjusted convolutional (PAC) codes. Such PAC codes provide dramatic improvement in performance as compared to both standard successive-cancellation decoding as well as CRC-aided list decoding. Arikan's PAC codes are based primarily upon the following ideas: replacing CRC precoding with convolutional precoding (under appropriate rate profiling) and replacing list decoding by sequential decoding. His simulations show that PAC codes, resulting from the combination of these ideas, are close to finite-length bounds on the performance of any code under ML decoding. One of our main goals in this paper is to answer the following question: is sequential decoding essential for the superior performance of PAC codes? We show that similar performance can be achieved using list decoding when the list size $L$ is moderately large (say, $L \ge 128$). List decoding has distinct advantages over sequential decoding is certain scenarios, such as low-SNR regimes or situations where the worst-case complexity/latency is the primary constraint. Another objective is to provide some insights into the remarkable performance of PAC codes. We first observe that both sequential decoding and list decoding of PAC codes closely match ML decoding thereof. We then estimate the number of low weight codewords in PAC codes, using these estimates to approximate the union bound on their performance under ML decoding. These results indicate that PAC codes are superior to both polar codes and Reed-Muller codes, and suggest that the goal of rate-profiling may be to optimize the weight distribution at low weights.
description: 9 pages, 10 figures, abridged version of this paper will be presented at the International Symposium on Information Theory, June 2020
RURAL DWELLERS PERCEPTION ON EFFECT OF INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES ON LIVELIHOOD ACTIVITIES IN AKINYELE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF OYO STATE, NIGERIA
Creators: name: Oyesola, O.B.
name: Oyesola, O.B.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Rural dwellers
subject: Perception
subject: Infrastructural facilities
subject: Livelihood activities

description: Lack of basic infrastructural facilities has been one of the problems of rural poverty in Nigeria. Various programmes had been introduced by past and present administrations in Nigeria to provide these facilities in rural area. This study investigated rural dwellers perception on effect of infrastructural facilities on Livelihood Activities in Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to selecting one hundred and twenty respondents from four major rural communities in the study area where infrastructural facilities had been provided. Data were analysed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Rural dwellers major economic and social livelihood activities include farming, trading, food processing and membership of cooperative societies/town development associations. Infrastructural facilities available in the study area were road, market, primary school, secondary school, dispensary, maternity, electricity and water supply, of which their present conditions are poor. Majority of the respondents had an unfavourable perception on effect of infrastructural facilities on livelihood activities. Result shows a significant relationship between years of residency (r = 0.252, p. 0.005), present condition of facilities (r = 0.260, p = 0.004) and rural dwellers perception. The study there-fore conclude that provision of infrastructural facilities in the study area had no positive effect on the livelihood of inhabitants and recommend that infrastructural facilities in rural areas should be rehabilitated and beneficiary communities to participate in the rehabilitation process for sustainability of the infrastructures.
Weak identities in the algebra of symmetric matrices of order two
Creators: name: Drensky, Vesselin S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Rings and Algebras (math.RA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 16R10 17C05 17C50 16S50 16S10

description: We describe the weak polynomial identities of the Jordan algebra of symmetric $2\times 2$ matrices over a field of characteristic zero. The corresponding weak verbal ideal is generated by the standard identity of degree four and the metabelian identity.
description: This is an English translation of the paper originally published in Russian. The Russian original can be freely downloaded from http://www.math.bas.bg/pliska/Pliska-08/Pliska-08-1986-077-084.pdf
Experimental Data for Multi-Task Deep RL Framework in Quadruped Robots
Creators: name: chen, liang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 400799
subject: Control engineering, mechatronics and robotics not elsewhere classified

description: This dataset contains the experimental results and data related to the paper titled "A Multi-Task Deep Reinforcement Learning Framework Based on Curriculum Learning and Policy Distillation for Quadruped Robot Motor Skill Training." The study proposes a multi-task deep reinforcement learning framework based on curriculum learning and policy distillation, which aims to enhance the motor performance of quadruped robots across multiple continuous control tasks by leveraging knowledge from expert skill teachers