cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
HOG PRODUCER INVESTMENT IN VALUE-ADDED AGRIBUSINESS: RISK AND RETURN IMPLICATIONS
Creators: name: Jones, Brian R.
name: Fulton, Joan R.
name: Dooley, Frank J.
name: Jones, Brian R.
name: Fulton, Joan R.
name: Dooley, Frank J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Financial Economics
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Value-Added
subject: Producer Investment

description: Although producers have been enticed into investment in value-added agribusiness the risk and return impacts have not been quantified. A spreadsheet simulation model is used to evaluate how investments by hog farmers in slaughter plants and other alternatives affect returns and risk. Results suggest that hog producer investment in value-added agribusiness is efficient.
Neuronale Differenz und soziale Exklusion
Creators: name: Bertrand-Pfaff, Dominik
Publisher: name: DWI-Jahrbuch – Diakoniewissenschaft in Forschung und Lehre
Year: 2023

description: DWI-Jahrbuch – Diakoniewissenschaft in Forschung und Lehre, Bd. 48: (2022/2023): Diakoniewissenschaft in Forschung und Lehre
GRAIN PRICE STABILITY AND FARMER DECISION MAKING IN CHINA
Creators: name: Chen, Jing
name: Rozelle, Scott
name: Carter, Colin A.
name: Chen, Jing
name: Rozelle, Scott
name: Carter, Colin A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1999
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries
Demand and Price Analysis

description: In this paper we find that real grain prices in China have displayed increased volatility in the past decade. This is true for rice, wheat, corn, and for most of provinces. Farmers in China are found to be risk averse because when they make acreage allocation decisions. Given the widespread access to land in China, farmers mostly respond negatively in their sown area decisions towards price risk. The large price variations from 1984-1995 may have contributed to the slowdown in agricultural output growth from 1984-1995.
A window view quality assessment framework
Creators: name: Ko, Won Hee
name: Kent, Michael G.
name: Schiavon, Stefano
name: Levitt, Brendon
name: Betti, Giovanni
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The views that windows provide from inside a building affect human health and well-being. Although window view is an important element of architecture, there is no established framework to guide its design. The literature is widely dispersed across different disciplinary fields, and there is a need to coalesce this information into a framework that can be applied into the building design. Based on the literature, we present a framework for what constitutes 'view quality.' At the basis of our framework, we propose three primary variables: View Content (the assessment of visual features seen in the window view), View Access (the measure of how much of the view can be seen through the window from the occupant's position), and View Clarity (the assessment of how clear the view content appears in the window view when seen by an occupant). Each variable was thematically derived from different sources including daylighting standards, green certification systems, and scientific research studies. We describe the most important characteristics of each variable, and from our review of the literature, we propose a conceptual index that can evaluate the quality of a window view. While discussing the index, we summarize design recommendations for integrating these three variables into the building process and identify knowledge gaps for future research.
description: This manuscript is accepted by LEUKOS (Taylor & Francis) on 4th August 2021
DISCOVERING NICHE MARKETS: A COMPARISON OF CONSUMER WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR LOCAL (COLORADO GROWN), ORGANIC, AND GMO-FREE PRODUCTS
Creators: name: Loureiro, Maria L.
name: Hine, Susan E.
name: Loureiro, Maria L.
name: Hine, Susan E.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Colorado grown
subject: GMO-free
subject: local product
subject: niche market
subject: organics
subject: payment card
subject: willingness to pay

description: Demand for value-added products is highly segmented among different types of consumers. In this article, we assess consumer preferences for local, organic, and GMO-free potatoes in order to discover their potential niche markets. We identify sociodemographic characteristics that affect consumer preferences and compare the effects of different attributes on consumers' willingness to pay. Results suggest that the attribute "Colorado grown" carries a higher willingness to pay than organic and GMO-free attributes.
Structural correlates of COMT Val158Met polymorphism in childhood ADHD: a voxel-based morphometry study
Creators: name: Villemonteix, Thomas
name: Brito, Stéphane A. De
name: Slama, Hichem
name: Kavec, Martin
name: Balériaux, Danielle
name: Metens, Thierry
name: Baijot, Simon
name: Mary, Alison
name: Ramoz, Nicolas
name: Septier, Mathilde
name: Gorwood, Philip
name: Peigneux, Philippe
name: Massat, Isabelle
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Objectives. The Val158-allele of the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) Val158Met (rs4680) functional polymorphism has been identified as a risk factor for antisocial behaviour in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Here, we used voxel-based morphometry to investigate the effects of Val158Met polymorphism on grey matter (GM) volumes in a sample of 7–13-year-old children. Methods. MRI and genotype data were obtained for 38 children with combined-type ADHD and 24 typically developing (TD) children. Four regions of interest were identified: striatum, cerebellum, temporal lobe and inferior frontal gyrus (IFG). Results. When compared to TD children, those with ADHD had a significant decrease of GM volume in the IFG. Volume in this region was negatively correlated with ratings of hyperactivity/impulsivity symptoms. Furthermore, the smaller GM volume in the IFG was attributed to the presence of the Met158-allele, as only children with ADHD carrying a Met158-allele exhibited such decrease in the IFG. Children with ADHD homozygotes for the Val158-allele presented increased GM volume in the caudate nucleus when compared with TD children. Conclusions. This study provides the first evidence of a modulation of ADHD-related GM volume alterations by Val158Met in two key regions, possibly mediating the relationship between Val158Met polymorphism and antisocial behaviour in children with ADHD.
Experimental evidence of symmetry breaking of transition-path times
Creators: name: Gladrow, Jannes
name: Ribezzi-Crivellari, Marco
name: Ritort, Felix
name: Keyser, Ulrich F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: While Kramers' rates have been studied for almost a century, the transition path time between states has only recently received attention. Transition paths between different energy levels are expected to be indistinguishable in shape and have equal uphill and downhill lengths. This fundamental symmetry often prevents directional sensing in experiments. Here, we report experimental evidence for transition path time symmetry and its breakdown on the single-molecule and mesoscale. In automated Brownian dynamics experiments, we establish first-passage time symmetries of colloids driven by femtoNewton-range forces in holographically-created optical landscapes confined in microchannels. Conversely, we show that transitions which couple in a path-dependent manner to fluctuating forces exhibit asymmetry. We reproduce this asymmetry in folding transitions of DNA-hairpins driven out of equilibrium and suggest a topological mechanism for the symmetry breakdown. Our results can reveal directionality in molecular transitions or translocations through membrane channels and nanopores.
description: 19 pages, 5 figures
CHARACTERIZING UNCERTAIN OUTCOMES WITH THE RESTRICTED HT TRANSFORMATION
Creators: name: Moffitt, L. Joe
name: Moffitt, L. Joe
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Farm Management
subject: farm management
subject: hyperbolic trigonometric transformation
subject: uncertainty

description: Restrictions on the hyperbolic trigonometric (HT) transformation are imposed to guarantee that a probability density function is obtained from the maximum likelihood estimation. Performance of the restricted HT transformation using data generated from normal, beta, gamma, logistic, log-normal, Pareto, Weibull, order statistic, and bimodal populations is investigated via sampling experiments. Results suggest that the restricted HT transformaltion is sufficiently flexible to compete with the actual population distributions in most cases. Application of the restricted HT transformation is illustrated by characterizing uncertain net income per acre for community-supported agriculture farms in the northeastern United States.
A decision making model of child abuse reporting
Creators: name: Beck, Kirk A.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: This study applied Ethnographic Decision Tree Modeling (Gladwin, 1989) to the field of child abuse reporting to investigate the factors that influence decisions to report possible child abuse. Participants were licensed psychologists in the lower mainland of British Columbia. Using ethnographic interviews, participants were asked to discuss a recent case in which they reported possible child abuse and the factors that were influential in their decision making. Based on the data from 34 cases, six factors were identified: (1) Were there any signs of or risk factors for child abuse or neglect? (2) Did the signs or risk factors meet your threshold to report as you understand the law? (3) Was there some other value to report other than a legal one? (4) Were you concerned that reporting would cause harm? (5) Were you able to minimize the harm that would result from reporting? and (6) Did the reasons to report outweigh the reasons to not report? These six factors were presented in a decision tree to illustrate the relationship between factors and decision outcome. This preliminary group model was then tested using the case experiences of a separate yet similar group of registered psychologists in British Columbia. Results found that the preliminary model accurately predicted the reporting outcome of 93% (33 of 36) of the cases in the new sample. Errors in the model were identified, and suggestions were made to improve its predictive ability. The results are evaluated in light of the decision tree produced. Implications for theory building, naturalistic inquiry, clinical practice, policy, and future research are discussed.
Analysis of Genetic Diversity among the Different Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Genotypes
Creators: name: Kandel, Manoj
name: Bastola, Arjun
name: Sapkota, Pradeep
name: Omprakash Chaudhary
name: Pratiksha Dhakal
name: Chalise, Pushpa
name: Shrestha, Jiban
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 70302 Agronomy
subject: FOS: Agriculture, forestry and fisheries
subject: 70305 Crop and Pasture Improvement (Selection and Breeding)

description: Forty one wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)genotypes were studied for days to booting, days to heading, plant height at vegetative, plant height at maturity, days to 50% anthesis, days to 100% anthesis, flag leaf senescence, days to physiological maturity, peduncle length, effective tillers, spikelet’s length, grain per spike, biomass, harvest index, sterility percentage, thousand grain weight and grain yield in Augmented design in terai, Nepal with the objective to identify superior genotypes after clustering them based on their genetic diversity in performance. Result of multivariable analysis revealed that 41 wheat genotypes formed four clusters. Cluster 4 and 2 had highest value of effective tiller, spike length, grain per spike, thousand grain weight, biomass, harvest index, grain yield and lowest value days to heading, days to booting, days to anthesis and sterility percentage. Cluster 3 had high days to booting, days to heading, days to 50% and 100% anthesis, days to flag leaf senescence and low in plant height at maturity, thousand grain weight, harvest index and grain yield. Considering of multivariable analysis and other agronomic performance wheat genotypes HD 1982 and Pitic 62 may be utilized as high yielding genotypes in Terai condition of Nepal.
„Die St. Nicolaus-Kirche der Evangelischen Stiftung Alsterdorf als Ort und Raum“
Creators: name: Winkler, Ulrike
Publisher: name: DWI-Jahrbuch – Diakoniewissenschaft in Forschung und Lehre
Year: 2023

description: DWI-Jahrbuch – Diakoniewissenschaft in Forschung und Lehre, Bd. 48: (2022/2023): Diakoniewissenschaft in Forschung und Lehre
Effect of La Doping on Microstructure and Critical Current Density of MgB2
Creators: name: Shekhar, Chandra
name: Giri, Rajiv
name: Tiwari, R S
name: Rana, D S
name: Malik, S K
name: Srivastava, O N
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the present study, La-doped MgB_2 superconductors with different doping level (Mg1-xLaxB2; x=0.00, 0.01, 0.03 & 0.05) have been synthesized by solid-state reaction route at ambient pressure. Effect of La doping have been investigated in relation to microstructural characteristics and superconducting properties, particularly intragrain critical current density (Jc). The microstructural characteristics of the as synthesized Mg(La)B2 compounds were studied employing transmission electron microscopic (TEM) technique. The TEM investigations reveal inclusion of LaB6 nanoparticles within the MgB2 grains which provide effective flux pinning centres. The evaluation of intragrain Jc through magnetic measurements on the fine powdered version of the as synthesized samples reveal that Jc of the samples change significantly with the doping level. The optimum result on Jc is obtained for Mg0.97La0.03B2 at 5K, the Jc reaches ~1.4x107A/cm2 in self field, ~2.1 x 106A/cm2 at 1T, ~2.5 x 105A/cm2 at 2.5T and ~1.8 x 104 A/cm2 at 4.5T. The highest value of intragrain Jc in Mg0.97La0.03B2 superconductor has been attributed to the inclusion of LaB6 nanoparticles which are capable of providing effective flux pinning centres.
STUDENT NUMBERS AND SUSTAINING COURSES AND FIELDS IN PH.D. PROGRAMS
Creators: name: Davis, George C.
name: Perusquia, Ernesto
name: Davis, George C.
name: Perusquia, Ernesto
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
subject: Ph.D. programs
subject: student numbers

description: Many agricultural economics departments are concerned about the vitality of their Ph.D. programs. A particular problem is insufficient student numbers to justify teaching certain courses or fields. As a consequence, much faculty time can be spent debating alternative program structures without any real idea of the likelihood that a proposed program structure will succeed. This article presents a framework for deriving some analytical and empirical results for alternative Ph.D. program structures. A downloadable program is used to generate some representative results that will hopefully help others minimize speculations and time spent in committee or departmental meetings.
Kurt Rother
Creators: name: Lallathin, Richard
Publisher: name: DWI-Jahrbuch – Diakoniewissenschaft in Forschung und Lehre
Year: 2023

description: DWI-Jahrbuch – Diakoniewissenschaft in Forschung und Lehre, Bd. 48: (2022/2023): Diakoniewissenschaft in Forschung und Lehre
MARKET INVERSION IN COMMODITY FUTURES PRICES
Creators: name: Yoon, Byung-Sam
name: Brorsen, B. Wade
name: Yoon, Byung-Sam
name: Brorsen, B. Wade
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: convenience yield
subject: cost of carry
subject: market inversion

description: In an inverted market, current prices are higher than future prices and thus the price of storage is negative. Market inversions as measured with futures spreads rarely occur during early months of the crop year. However, market inversions frequently occur across crop years and near the end of the crop year. In the last half of the crop year, market inversions clearly reflect a signal to sell stocks. Too few inversions occur early in the crop year to reach a definitive conclusion for that period. Behavioral finance offers possible explanations of why producers would hold stocks in an inverted market.
Improving Bayesian posterior correlation analysis on Type Ia supernova luminosity evolution
Creators: name: Zhang, Keto D.
name: Murakami, Yukei S.
name: Stahl, Benjamin E.
name: Patra, Kishore C.
name: Filippenko, Alexei V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Much of the cosmological utility thus far extracted from Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) relies on the assumption that SN~Ia peak luminosities do not evolve significantly with the age (local or global) of their stellar environments. Two recent studies have provided conflicting results in evaluating the validity of this assumption, with one finding no correlation between Hubble residuals (HR) and stellar environment age, while the other claims a significant correlation. In this Letter we perform an independent reanalysis that rectifies issues with the statistical methods employed by both of the aforementioned studies. Our analysis follows a principled approach that properly accounts for regression dilution and critically (and unlike both prior studies) utilises the Bayesian-model-produced SN environment age estimates (posterior samples) instead of point estimates. Moreover, the posterior is used as an informative prior in the regression. We find the Pearson correlation between the HR and local (global) age to be in excess of $4σ$ ($3σ$). Assuming there exists a linear relationship between HR and local (global) age, we find a corresponding slope of $-0.035 \pm 0.007\,\mathrm{mag\,Gyr}^{-1}$ ($-0.036 \pm 0.007\,\mathrm{mag\,Gyr}^{-1}$). We encourage further usage of our approach to examine possible cosmological implications of the HR and age correlation.
Stabilisierung des karitativen Diakonie-Begriffs
Creators: name: Ryökäs, Esko
Publisher: name: DWI-Jahrbuch – Diakoniewissenschaft in Forschung und Lehre
Year: 2023

description: DWI-Jahrbuch – Diakoniewissenschaft in Forschung und Lehre, Bd. 48: (2022/2023): Diakoniewissenschaft in Forschung und Lehre
Digital vermittelte „Glücksgefühle“
Creators: name: Holler, Martin
Publisher: name: DWI-Jahrbuch – Diakoniewissenschaft in Forschung und Lehre
Year: 2023

description: DWI-Jahrbuch – Diakoniewissenschaft in Forschung und Lehre, Bd. 48: (2022/2023): Diakoniewissenschaft in Forschung und Lehre
Coulomb scattering in nitride based self-assembled quantum-dot systems
Creators: name: Nielsen, Torben R.
name: Gartner, Paul
name: Lorke, Michael
name: Seebeck, Jan
name: Jahnke, Frank
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the carrier capture and relaxation due to Coulomb scattering in nitride-based quantum dots on the basis of population kinetics. For the states involved in the scattering processes the combined influence of the quantum-confined Stark effect and many-body renormalizations is taken into account. The charge separation induced by the built-in field has important consequences on the capture and relaxation rates. It is shown that its main effect comes through the renormalization of the energies of the states involved in the collisions, and leads to an increase in the scattering efficency.
description: 11 pages, 7 figures
Consortium member list and publication co-contributor statement from Stress and worry in the 2020 coronavirus pandemic: relationships to trust and compliance with preventive measures across 48 countries in the COVIDiSTRESS global survey
Creators: name: Lieberoth, Andreas
name: Shiang-Yi Lin
name: Stöckli, Sabrina
name: Han, Hyemin
name: Kowal, Marta
name: Gelpi, Rebekah
name: Chrona, Stavroula
name: Tran, Thao Phuong
name: Jeftić, Alma
name: Rasmussen, Jesper
name: Cakal, Huseyin
name: Taciano L. Milfont
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Health Care
subject: Diseases
subject: 111706 Epidemiology
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: The COVIDiSTRESS global survey collects data on early human responses to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic from 173 429 respondents in 48 countries. The open science study was co-designed by an international consortium of researchers to investigate how psychological responses differ across countries and cultures, and how this has impacted behaviour, coping and trust in government efforts to slow the spread of the virus. Starting in March 2020, COVIDiSTRESS leveraged the convenience of unpaid online recruitment to generate public data. The objective of the present analysis is to understand relationships between psychological responses in the early months of global coronavirus restrictions and help understand how different government measures succeed or fail in changing public behaviour. There were variations between and within countries. Although Western Europeans registered as more concerned over COVID-19, more stressed, and having slightly more trust in the governments' efforts, there was no clear geographical pattern in compliance with behavioural measures. Detailed plots illustrating between-countries differences are provided. Using both traditional and Bayesian analyses, we found that individuals who worried about getting sick worked harder to protect themselves and others. However, concern about the coronavirus itself did not account for all of the variances in experienced stress during the early months of COVID-19 restrictions. More alarmingly, such stress was associated with less compliance. Further, those most concerned over the coronavirus trusted in government measures primarily where policies were strict. While concern over a disease is a source of mental distress, other factors including strictness of protective measures, social support and personal lockdown conditions must also be taken into consideration to fully appreciate the psychological impact of COVID-19 and to understand why some people fail to follow behavioural guidelines intended to protect themselves and others from infection. ‘The Stage 1 manuscript associated with this submission received in-principle acceptance (IPA) on 18 May 2020. Following IPA, the accepted Stage 1 version of the manuscript was preregistered on the Open Science Framework at https://osf.io/g2t3b. This preregistration was performed prior to data analysis.'
ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF BANNING SUBTHERAPEUTIC USE OF ANTIBIOTICS IN SWINE PRODUCTION
Creators: name: Brorsen, B. Wade
name: Lehenbauer, Terry
name: Ji, Dasheng
name: Connor, Joseph
name: Brorsen, B. Wade
name: Lehenbauer, Terry
name: Ji, Dasheng
name: Connor, Joseph
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: banning subtherapeutic use
subject: feed efficiency
subject: mortality rate
subject: sort loss

description: Public health officials and physicians are concerned about possible development of bacterial resistance and potential effects on human health that may be related to the use of antimicrobial agents in livestock feed. The focus of this research is aimed at determining the economic effects that subtherapeutic bans of antimicrobials would have on both swine producers and consumers. The results show that a ban on growth promotants for swine would be costly, totaling $242.5 million annually, with swine producers sharing the larger portion in the short run and consumers sharing the larger portion in the long run.
Suggestion of Explicit Field Transformations underlying Misaligned Supersymmetry
Creators: name: Frampton, Paul H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In order that nonsupersymmetric quiver gauge theories can satisfy naturalness requirements to all orders of perturbation theory, one expects a global symmetry similar to, but different from, supersymmetry. Consistent with the generalized no-go theorem published by Haag {\it et al} in 1975, we suggest a generalization of supersymmetry to a misaligned supersymmetry where fermionic generators do not commute with gauge transformations. An explicit form for the corresponding field transformations is suggested.
description: 7 pages Latex. Text clarified
A preliminary study on methylphenidate-regulated gene expression in lymphoblastoid cells of ADHD patients
Creators: name: Schwarz, Ricarda
name: Reif, Andreas
name: Claus-Jürgen Scholz
name: Weissflog, Lena
name: Schmidt, Brigitte
name: Klaus-Peter Lesch
name: Jacob, Christian
name: Reichert, Susanne
name: Heupel, Julia
name: Volkert, Julia
name: Kopf, Juliane
name: Hilscher, Max
name: Weber, Heike
name: Kittel-Schneider, Sarah
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: Objectives. Methylphenidate (MPH) is a commonly used stimulant medication for treating attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Besides inhibiting monoamine reuptake there is evidence that MPH also influences gene expression directly. Methods. We investigated the impact of MPH treatment on gene expression levels of lymphoblastoid cells derived from adult ADHD patients and healthy controls by hypothesis-free, genome-wide microarray analysis. Significant findings were subsequently confirmed by quantitative Real-Time PCR (qRT PCR) analysis. Results. The microarray analysis from pooled samples after correction for multiple testing revealed 138 genes to be marginally significantly regulated due to MPH treatment, and one gene due to diagnosis. By qRT PCR we could confirm that GUCY1B3 expression was differential due to diagnosis. We verified chronic MPH treatment effects on the expression of ATXN1, HEY1, MAP3K8 and GLUT3 in controls as well as acute treatment effects on the expression of NAV2 and ATXN1 specifically in ADHD patients. Conclusions. Our preliminary results demonstrate MPH treatment differences in ADHD patients and healthy controls in a peripheral primary cell model. Our results need to be replicated in larger samples and also using patient-derived neuronal cell models to validate the contribution of those genes to the pathophysiology of ADHD and mode of action of MPH.
Vorwort der Herausgebenden
Creators: name: Eurich, Johannes
name: Teuchert, Lisanne
Publisher: name: DWI-Jahrbuch – Diakoniewissenschaft in Forschung und Lehre
Year: 2023

description: DWI-Jahrbuch – Diakoniewissenschaft in Forschung und Lehre, Bd. 48: (2022/2023): Diakoniewissenschaft in Forschung und Lehre
Country data and descriptive statistics from Stress and worry in the 2020 coronavirus pandemic: relationships to trust and compliance with preventive measures across 48 countries in the COVIDiSTRESS global survey
Creators: name: Lieberoth, Andreas
name: Shiang-Yi Lin
name: Stöckli, Sabrina
name: Han, Hyemin
name: Kowal, Marta
name: Gelpi, Rebekah
name: Chrona, Stavroula
name: Tran, Thao Phuong
name: Jeftić, Alma
name: Rasmussen, Jesper
name: Cakal, Huseyin
name: Taciano L. Milfont
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Health Care
subject: Diseases
subject: 111706 Epidemiology
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: The COVIDiSTRESS global survey collects data on early human responses to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic from 173 429 respondents in 48 countries. The open science study was co-designed by an international consortium of researchers to investigate how psychological responses differ across countries and cultures, and how this has impacted behaviour, coping and trust in government efforts to slow the spread of the virus. Starting in March 2020, COVIDiSTRESS leveraged the convenience of unpaid online recruitment to generate public data. The objective of the present analysis is to understand relationships between psychological responses in the early months of global coronavirus restrictions and help understand how different government measures succeed or fail in changing public behaviour. There were variations between and within countries. Although Western Europeans registered as more concerned over COVID-19, more stressed, and having slightly more trust in the governments' efforts, there was no clear geographical pattern in compliance with behavioural measures. Detailed plots illustrating between-countries differences are provided. Using both traditional and Bayesian analyses, we found that individuals who worried about getting sick worked harder to protect themselves and others. However, concern about the coronavirus itself did not account for all of the variances in experienced stress during the early months of COVID-19 restrictions. More alarmingly, such stress was associated with less compliance. Further, those most concerned over the coronavirus trusted in government measures primarily where policies were strict. While concern over a disease is a source of mental distress, other factors including strictness of protective measures, social support and personal lockdown conditions must also be taken into consideration to fully appreciate the psychological impact of COVID-19 and to understand why some people fail to follow behavioural guidelines intended to protect themselves and others from infection. ‘The Stage 1 manuscript associated with this submission received in-principle acceptance (IPA) on 18 May 2020. Following IPA, the accepted Stage 1 version of the manuscript was preregistered on the Open Science Framework at https://osf.io/g2t3b. This preregistration was performed prior to data analysis.'
IMF isotopic properties in semi-peripheral collisions at Fermi energies
Creators: name: Lionti, R.
name: Baran, V.
name: Colonna, M.
name: Di Toro, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the neutron and proton dynamical behavior along the fragmentation path in semi-peripheral collisions: 58Fe+58Fe (charge asymmetric, N/Z = 1.23) and 58Ni+58Ni (charge symmetric, N/Z = 1.07), at 47 AMeV. We observe that isospin dynamics processes take place also in the charge-symmetric system 58Ni+58Ni, that may produce more asymmetric fragments. A neutron enrichment of the neck fragments is observed, resulting from the interplay between pre-equilibrium emission and the phenomenon of "isospin-migration". Both effects depend on the EoS (Equation of State) symmetry term. This point is illustrated by comparing the results obtained with two different choices of the symmetry energy density dependence. New correlation observables are suggested, to study the reaction mechanism and the isospin dynamics.
description: 5 pages, 8 figures, Revtex4 Latex Style
AN ANALYSIS OF ONLINE EXAMINATIONS IN COLLEGE COURSES
Creators: name: Barkley, Andrew P.
name: Barkley, Andrew P.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
subject: online examinations
subject: student learning
subject: teaching technology
subject: undergraduate teaching

description: This research evaluates the use of online examinations in college courses from both instructor and student perspectives. Instructional software was developed at Kansas State University to administer online homework assignments and examinations. Survey data were collected from two classes to measure and evaluate the level of student preferences for online examinations. The statistical determinants of student preferences for online testing were identfied and quantified using logistic regression analysis. Strategies for the effective use of online examinations are summarized for potential adopters of online examinations.
An evaluation of initial rates of digestion in a strain of Alfalfa selected to prevent bloat in grazing ruminants
Creators: name: Berg, Bjorn Peter
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: The practice of grazing alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is limited by frothy bloat. Experiments were conducted to verify that AC Grazeland Br (ACG), an alfalfa selected for a low initial rate of digestion (LIRD), has an effect on digestion and bloat that does not differ from a parental standard, Beaver (BVR). The rate of maturity of ACG, measured morphologically (mean stage by stem count, MSC), was greater (P< .05) than BVR in the field and in a controlled environment. ACG stems matured at a rate of 0.09 MSC d"1 compared to 0.06 MSC D ⁻¹ for BVR. Kinetic models of in vivo dry matter disappearance (DMD) on fresh stem tips in the rumens of steers showed that DMD rates declined with advancing maturity. The average hourly rate of DMD did not differ (P>.05) between cultivars. The postulated requirement to prevent bloat was a 25% reduction in DMD from that of a conventional standard alfalfa. Immature ACG had a DMD 4.9% lower than immature BVR. Mature ACG had a DMD 22.2% less than the same standard. Gas production (GP) from in vitro incubations of ACG leaves in rumen fluid, decreased with advancing maturity (P<.05). BVR leaf GP remained the same (P>.05) with advancing maturity. Maximum rates of GP from fresh leaves did not differ between cultivars. Late bud ACG stems produced less gas (P^.05) than any other stem class including those of BVR. A predecessor of ACG, LIRD-3, was fed to wethers. Its neutral detergent fibre (NDF) was less than BVR (?<, .05, 39.4% and 43.6%, respectively) when LIRD-3 was less mature, and similar to BVR (P>.05, 42.8 and 44.1%, respectively) when the maturities were equivalent. Digestibility of the LIRD-3 cell wall was similar (P>.05) to BVR. When immature ACG and BVR were fed, bloat frequencies were similar (P>.05). Bloat incidence in grazing steers was reduced (P≤.05) in only one autumn trial of six trials conducted over two years. Bloat distensions in that trial occurred 29.6% less often (P≤.05) and incidents of severe froth and pressure were 55.2% lower (P≤.05) in cattle grazing ACG. Selection for LIRD produced ACG, an early maturing cultivar, with a digestion profile otherwise similar to a standard, BVR. Maturity is more crucial than the cultivar for preventing bloat.
Trail Making Test: Normative Data for Patients with Severe Alcohol Use Disorder
Creators: name: Moggi, Franz
name: Ossola, Natalie
name: Graser, Yolanda
name: Soravia, Leila M.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Cancer
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Hematology

description: Background: Patients with alcohol use disorders (AUD) often show cognitive impairment, particularly in executive functions that has been linked to poor treatment outcomes. The Trail Making Test (TMT) is the most widely used neuropsychological test to investigate executive functions with available normative data. However, no such norms exist for patients with AUD, although there is extensive evidence that TMT performance is altered in AUD patients. Purpose: To provide normative data for patients with AUD and compare the performance of AUD patients with already existing normative data from healthy subjects. Methods: Data of 494 recently detoxified patients with AUD who entered an abstinence-oriented residential treatment program were analyzed. Patients completed a standardized diagnostic procedure and the TMT Parts A and B at treatment admission. Results: AUD patients’ performance on the TMT was impaired compared to the normative data of healthy individuals and decreased with increasing age and lower levels of education, with stronger effects in Part B assessing more complex executive functioning. Alcohol-related variables showed no direct associations with TMT performance. Conclusions: The results replicate the association of age and education with TMT performance, suggesting that AUD may be associated with impaired cognitive functioning earlier in life in abstinent patients shortly after withdrawal from alcohol compared to healthy individuals. The presented normative data for patients with AUD particularly improve the examination of executive deficits, and may enable clinicians to evaluate patients’ cognitive functioning in treatment more precisely.
IMPORT DEMAND FOR DISAGGREGATED FRESH FRUITS IN JAPAN
Creators: name: Schmitz, Troy G.
name: Seale, James L.
name: Schmitz, Troy G.
name: Seale, James L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Almost Ideal Demand System
subject: consumer demand
subject: fruit
subject: import demand
subject: Japan
subject: Rotterdam

description: Using annual Japanese fresh fruit import data from 1971 to 1997, this study analyzes the import patterns of Japan's seven most popular fresh fruits by implementing and testing a general differential dmand system that nests four alternative import demand specifications. When tested against the general system using the five-good case (bananas, grapefutis, oranges, and lemons and aggregating pineapples, berries, and grapes), the analysis rejects the Almost Ideal Demand System and National Bureau of Research specifications but does not reject Rotterdam and Central Bureau of Statistics models. When estimated using the six-good case (bananas, grapefuits, oranges, lemons, and pineapples and aggregating berries and grapes), the analysis rejects all specifications except the Rotterdam model.
Country data and descriptive statistics from Stress and worry in the 2020 coronavirus pandemic: relationships to trust and compliance with preventive measures across 48 countries in the COVIDiSTRESS global survey
Creators: name: Lieberoth, Andreas
name: Shiang-Yi Lin
name: Stöckli, Sabrina
name: Hyemin Han
name: Kowal, Marta
name: Gelpi, Rebekah
name: Chrona, Stavroula
name: Tran, Thao Phuong
name: Jeftić, Alma
name: Rasmussen, Jesper
name: Cacal, Hussein
name: Taciano L Milfont
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Health Care
subject: Diseases
subject: 111706 Epidemiology
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: The COVIDiSTRESS global survey collects data on early human responses to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic from 173,429 respondents in 48 countries. The open science study was co-designed by an international consortium of researchers to investigate how psychological responses differ across countries and cultures, and how this has impacted behaviour, coping and trust in government efforts to slow the spread of the virus. Starting in March 2020, COVIDiSTRESS leveraged the convenience of unpaid online recruitment to generate public data. The objective of the present analysis is to understand relationships between psychological responses in the early months of global coronavirus restrictions and help understand how different government measures succeed or fail in changing public behaviour. There were variations between and within countries. Although Western Europeans registered as more concerned over COVID-19, more stressed, and having slightly more trust in the governments' efforts, there was no clear geographical pattern in compliance with behavioural measures. Detailed plots illustrating between-countries differences are provided. Using both traditional and Bayesian analyses, we found that individuals who worried about getting sick worked harder to protect themselves and others. However, concern about the coronavirus itself did not account for all of the variances in experienced stress during the early months of coronavirus restrictions. More alarmingly, such stress was associated with less compliance. Further, those most concerned over the coronavirus trusted in government measures primarily where policies were strict. While concern over a disease is a source of mental distress, other factors including strictness of protective measures, social support and personal lockdown conditions must also be taken into consideration to fully appreciate the psychological impact of COVID-19 and to understand why some people fail to follow behavioural guidelines intended to protect themselves and others from infection. ‘The Stage 1 manuscript associated with this submission received in-principle acceptance (IPA) on 18 May 2020. Following IPA, the accepted Stage 1 version of the manuscript was preregistered on the Open Science Framework at https://osf.io/g2t3b. This preregistration was performed prior to data analysis.'
EFFECTS OF QUALITY CONSIDERATIONS AND CLIMATE/WEATHER INFORMATION ON THE MANAGEMENT AND PROFITABILITY OF COTTON PRODUCTION IN THE TEXAS HIGH PLAINS
Creators: name: Britt, Megan L.
name: Ramirez, Octavio A.
name: Carpio, Carlos E.
name: Britt, Megan L.
name: Ramirez, Octavio A.
name: Carpio, Carlos E.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: climatic/weather information
subject: cotton quality
subject: ground water resource use
subject: risk and uncertainty
subject: Texas High Plains

description: Production function models for cotton lint yields, seed yields, turnout, and lint quality characteristics are developed for the Texas High Plains. They are used to evaluate the impacts of quality considerations and of climate/weather information on the management decisions and on the profitability and risk of irrigated cotton production systems. It is concluded that both quality considerations and improved climatic/weather information could have substantial effects on expected profitability and risk. These effects mainly occur because of changes in optimal variety selection an irrigation water use levels. Quality considerations in particular result in significantly lower irrigation water use levels regardless of the climate/weather information assumption, which has important scarce-resource use implications for the Texas High Plains.
ИЧКИ ИШЛАР ОРГАНЛАРИНИНГ ТАЗЙИҚ ВА ЗЎРАВОНЛИКНИНГ УМУМИЙ ПРОФИЛАКТИКАСИНИ ТАШКИЛ ЭТИШ ФАОЛИЯТИ
Creators: name: Турсунова, Мархабо
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Ушбу мақолада профилактика инспекторлари ушбу йўналишдаги фаолиятни самарали ташкил қилиш бўйича маъмурий ҳудуддаги ҳар бир оилани ўрганиб чиқиши, оила-турмуш доирасида содир этиладиган тазйиқ ва зўравонликларни ўрганиш, ушбу зўравонликларнинг сабаб ва шароитларни аниқлаш орқали умумий профилактикани амалга ошириш масалалари ёритилган.
Einstein's "Zur Elektrodynamik..." (1905) Revisited, with Some Consequences
Creators: name: Agashe, S. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph)
subject: Physics Education (physics.ed-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Einstein, in his "Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Korper", gave a physical (operational) meaning to "time" of a remote event in describing "motion" by introducing the concept of "synchronous stationary clocks located at different places". But with regard to "place" in describing motion, he assumed without analysis the concept of a system of co-ordinates. In the present paper, we propose a way of giving physical (operational) meaning to the concepts of "place" and "co-ordinate system", and show how the observer can define both the place and time of a remote event. Following Einstein, we consider another system "in uniform motion of translation relatively to the former". Without assuming "the properties of homogeneity which we attribute to space and time", we show that the definitions of space and time in the two systems are linearly related. We deduce some novel consequences of our approach regarding faster-than-light observers and particles, "one-way" and "two-way" velocities of light, symmetry, the "group property" of inertial reference frames, length contraction and time dilatation, and the "twin paradox". Finally, we point out a flaw in Einstein's argument in the "Electrodynamical Part" of his paper and show that the Lorentz force formula and Einstein's formula for transformation of field quantities are mutually consistent. We show that for faster-than-light bodies, a simple modification of Planck's formula for mass suffices. (Except for the reference to Planck's formula, we restrict ourselves to Physics of 1905.)
description: 55 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in "Foundations of Physics"
How circular economy and industrial ecology concepts are intertwined? A bibliometric and text mining analysis
Creators: name: Saidani, Michael
name: Yannou, Bernard
name: Leroy, Yann
name: Cluzel, François
name: Kim, Harrison
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Information Retrieval (cs.IR)
subject: Digital Libraries (cs.DL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Combining new insights from both bibliometric and text mining analyses, with prior relevant research conversations on circular economy (CE) and industrial ecology (IE), this paper aims to clarify the recent development trends and relations between these concepts, including their representations and applications. On this basis, discussions are made and recommendations provided on how CE and IE approaches, tools, and indicators can complement each other to enable and catalyze a more circular and sustainable development, by supporting sustainable policy-making and monitoring sound CE strategies in industrial practices.
Formation of HD molecules in merging dark matter haloes
Creators: name: Shchekinov, Yu. A.
name: Vasiliev, E. O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: HD molecules can be an important cooling agent of the primordial gas behind the shock waves originated through mergings of the dark matter haloes at epochs when first luminous objects were to form. We study the necessary conditions for the HD cooling to switch on in the low temperature range $T<200$ K. We show that these conditions are fulfiled in merging haloes with the total (dark matter and baryon) mass in excess of $M_{\rm cr}\sim 10^7[(1+z)/20]^{-2}\msun$. Haloes with masses $M>M_{\rm cr}$ may be the sites of low-mass star formation.
description: 9 pages, 7 figures, corrected version, accepted in MNRAS
COMMODITY R&D AND PROMOTION
Creators: name: Richards, Timothy J.
name: Padilla, Luis
name: Richards, Timothy J.
name: Padilla, Luis
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: advertising
subject: commodity
subject: innovation
subject: optimal control
subject: Poisson model
subject: research and development

description: Considerable evidence exists of high returns to public and private investment in commodity research and development programs. This study investigates the potential returns to product research, development, and marketing in a dynamic commodity-market model. Theoretical hypotheses derived from the solution to this model are tested in an empirical example of Washington apples. Estimation results show that, despite significant spillovers to research and promotion expenditure in this industry, there is nonetheless considerable latitude to increase annual sales.