cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
DIFFICULTES RENCONTREES DANS LA LÜTTE INTEGREE EN MARAICHAGE
Creators: name: Rychewaert, P.
name: Rychewaert, P.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1996
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy

description: La lutte intégrée connaît un développement réel ces dernières années, mais des problèmes persistent ou apparaissent sur certaines cultures maraîchères; mettant parfois en cuise son efficacité. Tout d'abord, il existe une complexié de l'cnlomofaune en maraîchage: interactions entre les nombreuses espèces d'insectes et acariens, difficultés d'observation et dc determination. Nous notons régulièrement l'apparition de nouveaux ravageurs ou virus nécessitant une remise à jou des programmes prés-établis. La lutte chimique raisonnée est limitée par l'absence de produits à la fois efficaces sus certains ravageurs et inoffenstfs pour les auxiliaires, tandis que d'autres ne sont pas homologués sur cultures maraîchères ou sont retirés du marché. Enfin nous notons l'apparition dc population résistâmes à certains insecticides. D'autre part, la définition et l'application des seuils d'intervention pour les traitement sont difficiles à mettre en pince, et sont fonction des seuils de degats économiques. La lutte biologique naturelle montre aussi des insnfîsances: populations d'auxiliaires trop faibles, absence d'ennemis naturels pour quelques ravegeurs, hiperparasitisme et pas de possibilités de lâcher inoudatifs. Enfin, des difficultés sont recontrées au niveau du développement formation des agriculteurs, motivations suivi des cultures par les techniciens, transfert de technologie entre recherche et producteurs.
Phthalates in commonly used pharmaceuticals
Creators: name: Sungur, Şana
name: Ciran, Mutasım
name: Köroğlu, Muaz
name: Turgut, F. Hilmi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Mental Health
subject: Virology

description: Phthalates are man-made, endocrine disrupting chemicals that are commonly used in plastics, medical applications, drugs, personal care products, cosmetics, perfumes, home furnishings, dyes, children’s toys, food packaging. Animal studies have revealed that phthalates have many adverse health effects. Since phthalates do not dissolve in acidic environments, they are only soluble in neutral or basic environments, they are frequently used in gastro-resistant film coatings of drugs that are not intended to dissolve in the stomach and that need to be dissolved directly in the intestine. Within the scope of this study, phthalates and their amounts in frequently used drugs in our country were determined by GC-MS and the potential health risks of patients using such drugs were evaluated. It was determined that the total phthalate concentrations in the examined drug samples ranged between 0.209 and 4.800 mg kg−1, and the amounts in a single tablet ranged between 2.7× 10−5 and 1.5× 10−3 mg/tablet. The highest concentrations of total phthalate were found in cholesterol (4.800 mg kg−1) and blood pressure lowering drugs (4.442 mg kg−1). The calculated hazard index values were found to be less than one. This showed that the phthalates detected in the drugs examined did not pose a risk to human health.
Políticas editoriais das revistas científicas portuguesas: questão de autoria
Creators: name: Souza, Lidia Costa de
name: Príncipe, Eloísa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: Apresentação realizada na sessão Pecha Kucha I da 13ª Conferência Lusófona de Ciência Aberta, formato híbrido, de 10 a 12 de outubro de 2022.
ACKEE POISONING AND THE EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY OF JAMAICA'S ACKEE MOTIF
Creators: name: Rashford, John
name: Rashford, John
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1996
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries

description: There is a Jamaican riddie that asks: "Me fader send me to pick out a wife; tell me to tek only those that smile, fe those that do not smile wi' kill me" (Beckwith 1969). The answer to this riddle is the ackee (Blighia sapida Konig) ~ the fruit of one of Jamaica's best loved food trees which is generally considered poisonous if improperly harvested, processed or prepared. According to Jamaican tradition, the fruit must open on the tree naturally ~ it must "smile" or "laugh" — before harvesting. This clear association between open ackecs, smiling and well being is the most important recurring ackee theme in Jamaican culture, and its expression in oral traditions (such as riddles and folk beliefs) reveal in an essential way what Jamaicans need to know in order to eat ackees safely, The purpose of this paper is to explain within the framework of evolutionary biology why Jamaica's ackee motif has developed, and to show from this perspective that the most important of the early accounts of ackee poisoning must be reconsidered,
From Transparent Conduction to Coulomb Blockade at Fixed Hole Number
Creators: name: Schmid, D. R.
name: Stiller, P. L.
name: Dirnaichner, A.
name: Hüttel, A. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a complex set of transport spectroscopy data on a clean single-wall carbon nanotube device in high magnetic fields. At zero axial field, the device displays in hole conduction with increasingly negative gate voltage a fast transition towards high contact transparency and eventually Fabry-Perot interference of conductance. When increasing the axial field component up to B=17T, the contact transparency and the overall conductance are reduced all the way to Coulomb blockade, clearly displaying the subsequent charging with the first 10 holes. The continuous transition between the transport regimes is dominated by a rich spectrum of Kondo-like resonances, with distinct features in the stability diagrams.
description: 7 pages, 7 figures
title: Technisches Projekt zur Instandsetzung (Rehabilitation) von der Straße III-1084 : "III-108-Starchevo - Karnalovo - Parvomaj" von km 0.000 bis km 4.000 nach dem Verfahren Kaltrecycling in situ
Creators: name: Rusinov, Ventsislav Tsvetanov
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Kaltrecycling
subject: Kaltrecycling

description: Die Wartung einer bestehenden Straße stellt eine geplante Strategie für eine vollständige Instandsetzung des Zustands eines bestimmten Straßenbelags laut der Dauer der vorgesehenen Betriebszeit. Es wird vorwiegend die Verbesserung der Verkehrs- und Betriebsqualität des Straßenbelags bezweckt, wie z.B. Rauheit und Ebenheit, Tragfähigkeit der Straßenkonstruktion sowie Behebung aller Beschädigungen. Unter Grundrenovierung versteht man regelmäßige Renovierungsarbeiten, die einmal innerhalb von ein paar Jahren auszuführen sind. Bei dieser Renovierungsart wird die Tragfähigkeit des Straßenbelags wiederhergestellt (deswegen wird sie vorwiegend als Renovierung des Straßenbelags angenommen), wobei einzelne Schichten ausgetauscht werden. Die Grundrenovierung wird ausgeführt, wenn die tatsächliche Festigkeit des Straßenbelags ungenügend ist und sein äquivalentes Verformungsmodul kleiner als das erforderliche für die bestimmte Straßenklasse und Verkehrsintensität ist. Nach dem Abschluss der Grundrenovierung soll die Festigkeit des Straßenbelags der voraussichtlichen Verkehrsinensität entsprechen, die der nachfolgenden Reparatur entspricht, d.h. in TGrundrenovierung Jahren. Die Grundrenovierung der Straße III-1084 "III-108-Starchevo - Karnalovo - Parvomaj" ist wegen des schlechten Zustands des Straßenbelags, der Straßenschultern, der Straßengraben und Anlagen der ganzen Länge nach, die 13.157 km beträgt, erforderlich. Straße III - 1084 wurde im Zeitraum 1976 - 1979 aufgebaut. Von km 0.000 bis km 5.015 wurde keine Deckschicht eingelegt. Die Teilstrecke verfügt nur über eine Binderschicht. Innerhalb der Teilstrecke von km 5.015 bis km 13.157 fehlt in vielen Stellen die Deckschickt, es sind Löcher entstanden, in einzelnen Teilstrecken ist auch der Makadamunterbau ausgetragen. Die Instansetzung sind durch den Bedarf einer zweiten Straße während der Wiederherstellung der Straße III - 198 "Gotse Delchev - Petrich - Zlatarevo" in der Teilstrecke von km 60.200 bis km 78.500 bedingt. Das Ziel der Diplomarbeit ist die Wiederherstellung und Verbesserung der Verkehrs- und Betriebsqualität sowie der Tragfähigkeit des Straßenbelags mit Rücksicht auf die Sicherstellung der Verkehrssicherheit, Bequemlichkeit der Reisenden und der guten Straßenentwässerung. Das Projekt wurde mit technischen Elementen erstellt, die der Entwurfsgeschwindigkeit der Straßenstrecke laut der Anforderungen von NPP (Anordnung nach den Straßenentwurfsnormen)
AGROECOSYSTEMS SUSTAIN ABILITY IN THE CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDS FINDINGS AND IMPLICATIONS OF A CBAG/PBAG WORKSHOP
Creators: name: Beinroth, Friedrich H.
name: Beinroth, Friedrich H.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1996
Subjects: Environmental Economics and Policy
Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession

description: The workshop addressed the sustainabilily of island agroecosystems in general and explored how information science and technology can enhancc the biophysical, economic, and societal integrity of small island slates. There was unanimous agreement tiiat the ecosystems of many islands are in jeopardy and that litis dilemma can be traccd to three underlying causes: misguided value systems, flawed modes of thought, and dysfunctional institutions. New paradigms, strategies, and tactics need to be developed. The workshop participants therefore recouuncndcd, inter alia, the establishment of information exchange networks; tlie generation and harmonization of an improved data and knowledge base for applying systems technology, participatory approaches; human resource development and people empowerment; and new institutional and policy frameworks. A task force was constituted and charged with implementing the recommendations and donor agencies arc currently being approached for funding of a workshop to drall a comprehensive project proposal. Detailed information is provided in the published workshop proceedings.
Sviluppo della produttività e "legge di Verdoorn" nell'economia italiana.
Creators: name: VACIAGO, G.
Publisher: name: Moneta e Credito
Year: 2014

description: In questo studio l’autore intende esaminare criticamente la portata della “legge di Verdoorn”, considerandone in particolare la validità per l’economia italiana. L’importanza di questa legge a livello teorico e le notevoli implicazioni he ne sono state dedotte sul paino della politica economica giustificando una valutazione accurata delle sue basi empiriche. In secondo luogo sarà studiata la possibilità di utilizzare una relazione tipo quella individuata da Verdoorn per spiegare l’andamento della produttività industriale nella recente esperienza italiana.
description: Moneta e Credito, V. 21, N. 83 (1968)
Il processo cumulativo di Wicksell nella teoria e nella pratica. (Wicksell’s cumulative process in theory and practice)
Creators: name: PATINKIN, D.
Publisher: name: Moneta e Credito
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Knut Wicksell, monetary theory, quantity theory of money, fractional reserve banking system, Cagan
subject: B31, B13, E40

description: Text of a lecture delivered at the university of UPSALA. The author discusses Knut Wicksell’s legacy, with specific reference to monetary theory. The author places Wicksell among the adherents of the quantity theory of money, although recognising that a fractional reserve banking system abides by different rules. The author rejects Cagan’s criticism of Wicksell and he considers empirical evidence in support of Wicksellian results. JEL: B31, B13, E40
description: Moneta e Credito, V. 21, N. 84 (1968)
Hierarchy of piecewise non-linear maps with non-ergodicity behavior
Creators: name: Jafarizadeh, M. A.
name: Foroutan, M.
name: Behnia, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the dynamics of hierarchy of piecewise maps generated by one-parameter families of trigonometric chaotic maps and one-parameter families of elliptic chaotic maps of $\mathbf{cn}$ and $\mathbf{sn}$ types, in detail. We calculate the Lyapunov exponent and Kolmogorov-Sinai entropy of the these maps with respect to control parameter. Non-ergodicity of these piecewise maps is proven analytically and investigated numerically . The invariant measure of these maps which are not equal to one or zero, appears to be characteristic of non-ergodicity behavior. A quantity of interest is the Kolmogorov-Sinai entropy, where for these maps are smaller than the sum of positive Lyapunov exponents and it confirms the non-ergodicity of the maps.
description: 18 pages, 8 figures
title: Engaging with change in a post-Bologna teaching university in the Netherlands
Creators: name: Renou-Kirby, Nichola Helen
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2011

description: Change is endemic in modern society, and the educational systems that operate in it. In Higher Education societal trends such as globalization and economic rationalism are impacting on teachers. Changes in the student population, new educational methods derived from shifting perspectives on the role of knowledge and re-structuring of the organizations within which teachers work have also led to transformation of the professional context. At European level policy initiatives such as the Bologna Declaration (1999) have necessitated an overhaul of educational provision. This research project attempts to focus on these wide ranging changes through the lens of teacher autonomy in order to establish what is changing in the working lives of teachers in a Dutch university, how they are responding to these changes and how they can be helped to respond to change effectively and discriminatingly. This is an insider research project, using case study and semi-structured interviewing to yield data that is subjected to thematic linguistic analysis. It was piloted in 2006, and interviewing was resumed in February 2007. Findings indicate the contested nature of teacher autonomy, and suggest that professional autonomy can impede as well as facilitate teachers in processes of engaging with change. The team - operating as a community of practice - is identified as the location where change agency can operate most effectively. Distributed leadership - specifically perceived in the activities of team leaders and teacher change agents - is seen as crucial to processes of embedding change in educational practice.
Toxic uranium contamination in groundwater of Thoothukudi district, India: Evaluation of health risks using the geochemical and statistical approach
Creators: name: Raja, Velayutham
name: Neelakantan, Mallanpillai Ananthakrishnan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Virology

description: The present investigation aims to determine the health risks of toxic uranium contamination in the drinking water of the Thoothukudi district. Two hundred and eighty-six samples were examined during the pre- and post-monsoon seasons and found the uranium concentration ranges from <0.2 to 167 ppb (mean 12, Standard deviation 21) (pre-monsoon) and <02 to 190 ppb (mean 13, Standard deviation 24) (post-monsoon). Geochemical modeling studies and the reducing nature of samples reveal that the uraninite mineral is under saturated conditions, and the least soluble U4O9 mineral species is predominantly distributed during both seasons. Statistical analysis provides that applying nitrogen and phosphate fertilizers may induce the dissolution of uranium minerals, which is responsible for elevated uranium in the collected samples. The calculated noncarcinogenic risk of uranium range from 0.005 to 8.09 (pre-monsoon) and 0.005 to 9.18 (post-monsoon). 15% (pre-monsoon) and 17% (post-monsoon) of the samples show a higher noncarcinogenic risk. The calculated cancer mortality and morbidity are within the permissible limit of 10−3, and the present health risk assessment of uranium is evident that the people from this district have the chemical toxicity of uranium than the carcinogenic risk due to drinking water.
Rhetorical identities : contexts and consequences of self-disclosure for 'bordered' empowerment practitioners
Creators: name: Zingaro, Linde
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: This study examines the intentional self-disclosure of a diverse group of activists and helping professionals who identify themselves as 'bordered,' in that they share some markers of marginalization with their client populations. Working from the position that rhetorical 'speaking out' is a political act of social justice advocacy and a meaningful historical practice, the data for this social science 'portrait' is drawn from interviews conducted in two stages. For the first stage, 13 practitioners were presented with a series of vignettes describing situations where a helper might speak about her own experience. The resulting discussions of the epistemology, ethics and intentions of 'bordered' workers provided both theoretical and practical responses to problems often encountered in several different 'helping' contexts. At the second stage, 6 of the original group discussed their own experience of disclosure. The study assumed that the ideology of 'empowerment' was likely to be the epistemological ground for this practice. The study was structured, at both data-gathering and representation stages, as a specific response to a practice-based hypothesis: that 'speaking out' from marginalized experience can result in negative "Disclosure Consequences," both for the speaker and for some listeners. The methodology created to avoid this outcome for respondents allowed for in-depth conversations that revealed their practical knowledge of this dynamic. The resulting data offered many suggestions for those wishing to use personal story-telling in this way, including descriptions of possible 'conditions for safe disclosure.' The preoccupations and strategies identified by practitioners contributed to a theoretical description of the bordered speaker as positioned between contradictory rhetorical possibilities: the 'Knower,' or Performer of Dangerous Knowledge; or the 'Abject' who, like Spivak's Subaltern, can not be heard. This study suggests that the development of 'tellable stories' of marginalized experience contributes to the social construction of ethical subjectivity, but that required conditions for this 'empowerment' must include not only access to language or 'voice,' but also the presence of a witnessing relationship. This 'portrait of a practice' poses theoretical questions on the uses of plural voice as a rhetorical strategy for bordered speakers, and on the use of such speech as 'social drama.'
Search for a light charged Higgs boson in the H$^\pm$ $\to $ cs channel in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} =$ 13 TeV
Creators: name: CMS Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A search is conducted for a low-mass charged Higgs boson produced in a top quark decay and subsequently decaying into a charm and a strange quark. The data sample was recorded in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} =$ 13 TeV by the CMS experiment at the LHC and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb$^{-1}$. The search is performed in the process of top quark pair production, where one top quark decays to a bottom quark and a charged Higgs boson, and the other to a bottom quark and a W boson. With the W boson decaying to a charged lepton (electron or muon) and a neutrino, the final state comprises an isolated lepton, missing transverse momentum, and at least four jets, of which two are tagged as b jets. To enhance the search sensitivity, one of the jets originating from the charged Higgs boson is required to satisfy a charm tagging selection. No significant excess beyond standard model predictions is found in the dijet invariant mass distribution. An upper limit in the range 1.68-0.25% is set on the branching fraction of the top quark decay to the charged Higgs boson and bottom quark for a charged Higgs boson mass between 80 and 160 GeV.
description: Replaced with the published version. Added the journal reference and the DOI. All the figures and tables can be found at http://cms-results.web.cern.ch/cms-results/public-results/publications/HIG-18-021 (CMS Public Pages)
Clustering coefficient without degree correlations biases
Creators: name: Soffer, Sara Nadiv
name: Vazquez, Alexei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The clustering coefficient quantifies how well connected are the neighbors of a vertex in a graph. In real networks it decreases with the vertex degree, which has been taken as a signature of the network hierarchical structure. Here we show that this signature of hierarchical structure is a consequence of degree correlation biases in the clustering coefficient definition. We introduce a new definition in which the degree correlation biases are filtered out, and provide evidence that in real networks the clustering coefficient is constant or decays logarithmically with vertex degree.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures
Periodic Anderson model for magnetism and superconductivity in UTe2
Creators: name: Ishizuka, Jun
name: Yanase, Youichi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We provide and analyze a periodic Anderson model for studying magnetism and superconductivity in UTe$_2$, a recently-discovered candidate for a topological spin-triplet superconductor. The 24-band tight-binding model reproduces the band structure obtained from a DFT$+U$ calculation consistent with an angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. The Coulomb interaction of $f$-electrons enhances Ising ferromagnetic fluctuation along the $a$-axis and stabilizes spin-triplet superconductivity of either $B_{3u}$ or $A_{u}$ symmetry. When effects of pressure are taken into account in hopping integrals, the magnetic fluctuation changes to antiferromagnetic one, and accordingly spin-singlet superconductivity of $A_{g}$ symmetry is stabilized. Based on the results, we propose pressure-temperature and magnetic field-temperature phase diagrams revealing multiple superconducting phases as well as an antiferromagnetic phase. In particular, a mixed-parity superconducting state with spontaneous inversion symmetry breaking is predicted.
description: 9 pages, 9 figures
Phase-space correlations of chaotic eigenstates
Creators: name: Schanz, Holger
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is shown that the Husimi representations of chaotic eigenstates are strongly correlated along classical trajectories. These correlations extend across the whole system size and, unlike the corresponding eigenfunction correlations in configuration space, they persist in the semiclassical limit. A quantitative theory is developed on the basis of Gaussian wavepacket dynamics and random-matrix arguments. The role of symmetries is discussed for the example of time-reversal invariance.
description: Published version with minor corrections to version 1
Metadata description for data set 'uc1b_nitrate_indicator_tier1_T31TCJ_20180602_20190602_NDVI_STACK_0.3_0.6.tif'
Creators: name: Laurent, Dominique; Tarko, Agnieszka
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: This file provides metadata for the data set referenced in the title.
Multiplicativity properties of entrywise positive maps
Creators: name: King, Christopher
name: Nathanson, Michael
name: Ruskai, Mary Beth
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Operator Algebras (math.OA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Multiplicativity of certain maximal p -> q norms of a tensor product of linear maps on matrix algebras is proved in situations in which the condition of complete positivity (CP) is either augmented by, or replaced by, the requirement that the entries of a matrix representative of the map are non-negative (EP). In particular, for integer t, multiplicativity holds for the maximal 2 -> 2t norm of a product of two maps, whenever one of the pair is EP; for the maximal 1 -> t norm for pairs of CP maps when one of them is also EP; and for the maximal 1 -> 2t norm for the product of an EP and a 2-positive map. Similar results are shown in the infinite-dimensional setting of convolution operators on L^2(R), with the pointwise positivity of an integral kernel replacing entrywise positivity of a matrix. These results apply in particular to Gaussian bosonic channels.
description: results extended to some infinite dimensional cases, including the Gaussian bosonic channel
title: A case study exploring tutor perceptions on the effects of the study diamond in developing critical thinking on an Open University level 1 arts course
Creators: name: Clifton, Gillian Ann
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2011

description: This case study explores the concept of teaching critical thinking through a process known as the Study Diamond. The Study Diamond is a study tool embedded in an Open University (OU) Level 1 Introductory Arts course. Entitled 'Making Sense of the Arts' and identified by the code Y160, the course introduces students to higher education, distance learning and to three distinctive arts disciplines. Using qualitative data collection methods that include an informal non-directive group interview with Y1 60 Course Authors, an e-survey of Y1 60 Tutors, and one-to-one semi-structured telephone interviews with targeted Y160 Tutors, this enquiry considers how the Study Diamond process augments tutors' pedagogy. Specifically, through the experiences of Y160 Tutors who use a blended delivery method which includes telephone tuition, it looks at the challenges tutors face teaching the concept of critical thinking on a multi-disciplinary arts course and how they facilitate and measure understanding. The study applies an interpretivist framework whereby qualitative data, together with the researcher's own experience of tutoring on the course, are aligned with an established body of literature specific to adult learning, distance tutoring and critical thinking. In particular the theoretical ideas of social constructivism and transformation learning are considered within a teaching context that is essentially directed at students from a widening participation (WP) orientation. Findings suggest the Study Diamond has transferable characteristics that are beneficial to Tutors in their teaching of critical thinking. A model for its practical application in inter-disciplinary arts courses is proposed that aims to support Tutors in guiding students, particularly those new to higher education, through the challenges of academic writing and argumentation.
Interleukin (IL)-6 blocking agents for the treatment of COVID-19 A living systematic review
Creators: name: Boutron, Isabelle
name: Chaimani, Anna
name: Ghosn, Lina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: IL6 blocking agents, Interleukin inhibitors, IL6, IL6 Receptors, IL-6 blockade,monoclonal antibodies,sarilumab,Clazakizumab,Olokizumab,Levilimab,tocilizumab, siltuximab, Interleukin-6 Receptor Blockade, ,COVID 19, COVID, coronavirus

description: Interleukin (IL)-6 is a pleiotropic, pro-inflammatory cytokine produced by a variety of cell types, including lymphocytes, monocytes, and fibroblasts. IL-6 blocking agents are a class of therapeutics whose compounds are directed against either the IL-6 peptide or the IL-6 receptor. All currently available IL-6 blocking agents are monoclonal antibodies classified as anti-IL-6 receptor monoclonal antibodies (e.g., sarilumab, tocilizumab) and anti-IL-6 monoclonal antibodies (siltuximab). These include Tocilizumab, Sarilumab, Siltuximab, Levilimab, Olokizumab, and Clazakizumab. Other compounds might become available in the future. In this review we aim to assess the effectiveness of IL-6 blocking agents compared to placebo, standard of care or no treatment on outcomes in patients with COVID-19. This review is part of a larger project: the COVID-NMA project (Boutron 2020a). The COVID-NMA project aims to provide decision-makers with a complete, high-quality and up-to-date synthesis of evidence on interventions for the prevention and treatment of COVID 19. For this purpose, we perform a living mapping of all registered randomized controlled trials and a living evidence synthesis of data from RCTs. We developed a master protocol on the effect of all interventions for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 (first published on April 8, 2020; an update on May 11, 2020, June 17, 2020, and September 8, 2020) (Boutron 2020b). We set-up a platform (https://covid-nma.com) where all our results are made available and updated weekly.
Effect of bacterial toxin identified from the Bacillus subtilis against the Cnaphalocrocis medinalis Guenée (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
Creators: name: Ramasubramanian, Ramakrishnan
name: Karthi, Sengodan
name: Senthil-Nathan, Sengottayan
name: Sivanesh, Haridoss
name: Sundar, Narayanan Shyam
name: Stanley-Raja, Vethamonickam
name: Ramkumar, Govindaraju
name: Chanthini, Kanagaraj Muthu-Pandian
name: Vasantha-Srinivasan, Prabhakaran
name: Alarjani, Khaloud Mohammed
name: Elshikh, Mohamed S
name: Abdel-Megeed, Ahmed
name: Krutmuang, Patcharin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology

description: In recent times, controlling agricultural diseases and pests using chemical pesticides is broadly applied and is considered effective but it is not considered as eco-friendly. For pest control, biological ways have been considered sustainable and safe. As bio-control agents, the Bacillus species exhibit a large spectrum of biological activity. The application of Bacillus subtilis as a potential bio-control agent against the lepidopteran pest, the rice leaffolder, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis is the focus of our study. The strain B. subtilis-MW365355 was identified by morphological, biochemical, and genetic analyses. Under laboratory conditions, cell suspensions of B. subtilis (Bs) were added to an artificial diet, fed to C. medinalis and the effects of the bacterial ingestion were evaluated by measuring the feeding, growth, food utilization and behavioral response of C. medinalis. An effect of B. subtilis in the artificial diet was evaluated with the different spore concentrations of 3.2 × 105, 6.3 × 105, 1.5 × 107 and 4.1 × 107 CFU/ml. The larvae fed with the B. subtilis amended diet had a significantly reduced growth efficiency compared to the control group fed with a bacteria-free diet. In conclusion of our study, B. subtilis (Bs) will significantly contribute to the management of leaffolder disease in the future.
Spectral dimensions and dimension spectra of quantum spacetimes
Creators: name: Eckstein, Michał
name: Trześniewski, Tomasz
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Different approaches to quantum gravity generally predict that the dimension of spacetime at the fundamental level is not 4. The principal tool to measure how the dimension changes between the IR and UV scales of the theory is the spectral dimension. On the other hand, the noncommutative-geometric perspective suggests that quantum spacetimes ought to be characterised by a discrete complex set -- the dimension spectrum. Here we show that these two notions complement each other and the dimension spectrum is very useful in unravelling the UV behaviour of the spectral dimension. We perform an extended analysis highlighting the trouble spots and illustrate the general results with two concrete examples: the quantum sphere and the $κ$-Minkowski spacetime, for a few different Laplacians. In particular, we find out that the spectral dimensions of the former exhibit log-periodic oscillations, the amplitude of which decays rapidly as the deformation parameter tends to the classical value. In contrast, no such oscillations occur for either of the three considered Laplacians on the $κ$-Minkowski spacetime.
description: 35 pages, 7 figures, v2 some comments and references added, summary extended, title changed
On the role of MMSE estimation in approaching the information-theoretic limits of linear Gaussian channels: Shannon meets Wiener
Creators: name: Forney, G. David
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: E.4

description: We discuss why MMSE estimation arises in lattice-based schemes for approaching the capacity of linear Gaussian channels, and comment on its properties.
description: 10 pages, 2 figures
On the High Accuracy Limitation of Adaptive Property Estimation
Creators: name: Han, Yanjun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: Data Structures and Algorithms (cs.DS)
subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Recent years have witnessed the success of adaptive (or unified) approaches in estimating symmetric properties of discrete distributions, where one first obtains a distribution estimator independent of the target property, and then plugs the estimator into the target property as the final estimator. Several such approaches have been proposed and proved to be adaptively optimal, i.e. they achieve the optimal sample complexity for a large class of properties within a low accuracy, especially for a large estimation error $\varepsilon\gg n^{-1/3}$ where $n$ is the sample size. In this paper, we characterize the high accuracy limitation, or the penalty for adaptation, for all such approaches. Specifically, we show that under a mild assumption that the distribution estimator is close to the true sorted distribution in expectation, any adaptive approach cannot achieve the optimal sample complexity for every $1$-Lipschitz property within accuracy $\varepsilon \ll n^{-1/3}$. In particular, this result disproves a conjecture in [Acharya et al. 2017] that the profile maximum likelihood (PML) plug-in approach is optimal in property estimation for all ranges of $\varepsilon$, and confirms a conjecture in [Han and Shiragur, 2021] that their competitive analysis of the PML is tight.
Geometric origin of excess low-frequency vibrational modes in amorphous solids
Creators: name: Wyart, Matthieu
name: Nagel, Sidney R.
name: Witten, T. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Glasses have a large excess of low-frequency vibrational modes in comparison with crystalline solids. We show that such a feature is a necessary consequence of the geometry generic to weakly connected solids. In particular, we analyze the density of states of a recently simulated system, comprised of weakly compressed spheres at zero temperature. We account for the observed a) constancy of the density of modes with frequency, b) appearance of a low-frequency cutoff, and c) power-law increase of this cutoff with compression. We predict a length scale below which vibrations are very different from those of a continuous elastic body.
description: 4 pages, 2 figures. Argument rewritten, identical results
Il meccanismo di risconto negli Stati Uniti.
Creators: name: GARVY, G.
Publisher: name: Moneta e Credito
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: US, FED, discount mechanism, central bank credit, bank liquidity, monetary policy
subject: E51, E52, E58

description: In July 1968 the Federal Reserve Board released a broad-gauged study of the discount mechanism containing significant proposals for changes in existing arrangements for access to central bank credit at the initiative of member banks. The proposals, rather than representing a radical departure from past practices, are designed to reestablish the discount window in its traditional role as a temporary source ob bank liquidity. The discount mechanism study represents one of the most ambitious efforts undertaken by the FED to explore ways for improving an important monetary tool at its disposal in light of past experience. The present article briefly reviews the important differences between the role of the discount mechanism in the United States and in the other leading countries, before discussing the scope and significance of the Discount Study and its recommendations. JEL: E51, E52, E58
description: Moneta e Credito, V. 22, N. 85 (1969)
Female infertility caused by organophosphates: an insight into the latest biochemical and histomorphological findings
Creators: name: Samare-Najaf, Mohammad
name: Samareh, Ali
name: Jahromi, Bahia Namavar
name: Jamali, Navid
name: Vakili, Sina
name: Mohsenizadeh, Majid
name: Clark, Cain C. T.
name: Abbasi, Ali
name: Khajehyar, Nastaran
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology

description: The etiology of female infertility includes a variety of causes, all of which could be induced by environmental pollutants. Organophosphates (OPs) are major constituents of pollutants that cause infertility in aquatic and terrestrial organisms. However, no study has comprehensively reviewed the female fertility-related consequences of exposure to OPs. In this study, the reviewed studies revealed that OPs exposure could elicit detrimental alterations in organ histomorphology, sex hormone levels, and related signaling pathways. Furthermore, preconceptional exposure was associated with poor pregnancy outcomes, where prenatal exposure negatively impacted newborn health. Therefore, it is necessary to restrict the current widespread application of OPs or to alter their chemical structure so not to negatively impact female fertility.
Integrativer Rechtschreibunterricht auf der Mittelstufe der Volksschule Analyse von drei ausgewählten Rechtschreibprogrammen
Creators: name: Suter, Marina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Sonderpädagogik
Rechtschreibung
Schule
Masterarbeit

description: Die Arbeit geht der Fragestellung nach, inwiefern sich ausgewählte Rechtschreibpogramme zur Förderung rechtschreibschwacher Schülerinnen und Schüler im integrativen Rechtschreibunterricht der Volksschule auf der Mittelstufe einsetzen lassen. Erst erfolgt eine vertiefte Auseinandersetzung mit Fachliteratur. Aus den Erkenntnissen wird ein Referenzraster erstellt, welches Kriterien, welchen ein solcher Unterricht genügen muss, definiert. Es dient als Grundlage für die qualitative Auswertung drei unterschiedlicher Rechtschreibprogramme. Die Ergebnisse verdeutlichen, dass die Programme unterschiedliche Stärken und Schwächen aufweisen und unterschiedliche Elemente daraus für den Einsatz im integrativen Rechtschreibunterricht hilfreich sind. Wichtige Erkenntnisse aus der Arbeit werden abschliessend als Leitgedanken formuliert und richten sich Schulische Heilpädagoginnen und Heilpädagogen.
Beware of commonly used approximations II: estimating systematic biases in the best-fit parameters
Creators: name: Bernal, José Luis
name: Bellomo, Nicola
name: Raccanelli, Alvise
name: Verde, Licia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Cosmological parameter estimation from forthcoming experiments promise to reach much greater precision than current constraints. As statistical errors shrink, the required control over systematic errors increases. Therefore, models or approximations that were sufficiently accurate so far, may introduce significant systematic biases in the parameter best-fit values and jeopardize the robustness of cosmological analyses. We present a general expression to estimate a priori the systematic error introduced in parameter inference due to the use of insufficiently good approximations in the computation of the observable of interest or the assumption of an incorrect underlying model. Although this methodology can be applied to measurements of any scientific field, we illustrate its power by studying the effect of modeling the angular galaxy power spectrum incorrectly. We also introduce Multi_CLASS, a new, public modification of the Boltzmann code CLASS, which includes the possibility to compute angular cross-power spectra for two different tracers. We find that significant biases in most of the cosmological parameters are introduced if one assumes the Limber approximation or neglects lensing magnification in modern galaxy survey analyses, and the effect is in general larger for the multi-tracer case, especially for the parameter controlling primordial non-Gaussianity of the local type, $f_{\rm NL}$.
description: 21 pages (+5 pages of appendices +6 pages of references), 8 figures, 1 table. Multi_CLASS can be found in https://github.com/nbellomo/Multi_CLASS
Training Needs of Indonesian Agricultural Extension Workers for the 21st Century: A Recommendation Based on a Field Study
Creators: name: Agunga, Robert
name: Putra, R. Ahmad Romadhoni Surya
name: Agunga, Robert
name: Putra, R. Ahmad Romadhoni Surya
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
subject: training needs
subject: extension worker
subject: communication for development

description: Agricultural extension in Indonesia has undergone major policy changes, depending on the government in power. In particular, since 1998, the government passed Law No 16/2006, aimed at making the extension system more democratic and participatory, especially for smallholder farmers. Law No. 16/2006 is in line with the “pluralistic and demand-driven extension approach” adopted by many developing countries since 2000, which allowed public and private extension systems to exist side-byside. Success of the new extension approach rests on the degree to which extension workers are able to mobilize smallholder farmers for “demand-driven” development that bases extension on smallholder farmers’ needs. This survey of 78 public extension workers in Yogyakarta Province, Indonesia examined challenges in implementing the pluralistic and demand-driven extension approach, including training needed to help extension workers deal more effectively with these challenges. The study found that the challenges relate to agreeing on extension goals; eliciting collaboration with non-government agencies and other development partners; and using ICTs to narrow the farmers-to-agent ratio. In general, the study found that extension workers need training in communication and development, also known as communication for development (C4D) to effectively facilitate development and navigate the increasing complexity of development programming in the 21st century. Thus, we recommend C4D training for extension workers as a way of enhancing their effectiveness. Fortunately, the World Bank and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations are promoting this strategy. Therefore, we urge the government of Indonesia to explore C4D as a strategy for strengthening extension in the country.
Dynamics of a collection of active particles on a two-dimensional periodic undulated surface
Creators: name: Semwal, Vivek
name: Dikshit, Shambhavi
name: Mishra, Shradha
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the dynamics of circular active particles (AP) on a two dimensional periodic undulated surface. Each particle has an internal energy mechanism which is modeled by an active friction force and it is controlled by an activity parameter $v_0$. It acts as negative friction if the speed of the particle is smaller than $v_0$ and normal friction otherwise. Surface undulation is modeled by the periodic undulation of fixed amplitude and wavelength and is measured in terms of a dimensionless ratio of amplitude and wavelength, $\bar{h}$. The dynamics of the particle is studied for different activities, $v_0$ and surface undulations (SU), $\bar{h}$. Three types of particle dynamics are observed on varying activity and SU. For small $v_0 \lesssim 0.1$ and $\bar{h}$ $\gtrsim 0.8$, particles remain confined in a surface minimum, for moderate $v_0 \lesssim \bar{h}$, dynamics of particle shows an intermediate subdiffusion to late time diffusion and for large $v_0 \gtrsim \bar{h}$, it shows initial superdiffusion to late time diffusion. For all $v_0$'s and $\bar{h} \lesssim 0.2$, the dynamics of particle, satisfies the Green-Kubo relation between the effective diffusivity and velocity auto-correlation function. Systematic deviation is found on increasing $\bar{h}$. Hence, an effective equilibrium can be established for a range of system parameters in this nonequilibirum system.
description: 6 pages, 6 figures
Base monetaria e controllo del credito in Italia.
Creators: name: FAZIO, A.
Publisher: name: Moneta e Credito
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Monetary policy, credit control, monetary base, interest rates, Italy
subject: E43, E51, E52

description: The most important instrument at the disposal of monetary authorities for the control of credit and the achievement of economic policy objectives consists in the regulation of the quantity of the monetary base. The present paper attempts to define the concept of monetary base, in general and in the Italian system, and then, by way of some econometric analysis, tries to estimate the effects of variations in the amount of monetary base on the level of interest rates and on the amount of credit. The empirical analysis is meant to be a test of the ways through which monetary base affects the amount of credit and interest rates, rather than a complete analysis of the behaviour of the demand for monetary base by the public and of the factors which influence the demand and supply of credit. JEL: E43, E51, E52
description: Moneta e Credito, V. 22, N. 85 (1969)
Il "transfer gap" degli Stati Uniti.
Creators: name: MACHLUP, F.
Publisher: name: Moneta e Credito
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: US payments deficit, transfer problem, financial transfers, exports, payments imbalances
subject: F31, F32, F34

description: The present paper restates a previous hypothesis of the author’s regarding the payments deficit of the United States, according to which it could most appropriately be explained as a transfer problem. According to this view, the United States makes financial transfers to foreign countries - military expenditures, government loans, private loans, and direct investment - in amounts which for various reasons it is unable to match with real transfers, that is, with an excess of exports over imports of goods, and services. The author offers additional support for this hypothesis by means of statistical illustration, and points out why the official prescriptions for removing the payments imbalance is useless, or worse. JEL: F31, F32, F34
description: Moneta e Credito, V. 22, N. 86 (1969)