cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Anomaly Cancellation in Seven-Dimensional Supergravity with a Boundary
Creators: name: Gherghetta, Tony
name: Kehagias, Alex
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We construct a seven-dimensional brane world in a slice of AdS_7, where the boundary matter content is fixed by the cancellation of anomalies. The seven-dimensional minimal N=2 gauged supergravity is compactified on the orbifold S^1/Z_2, and the supersymmetric bulk-boundary Lagrangian is consistently derived for boundary vector and hypermultipets up to fermionic bilinear terms. Anomaly cancellation then fixes the boundary gauge coupling in terms of the seven-dimensional Planck mass, and a topological mass parameter of the Chern-Simons term. In addition for gauge groups containing the standard model, anomaly cancellation restricts the gauge groups on the six-dimensional boundaries to be only one of the exceptional groups. There are also special values of the separation of the two boundaries, where the boundary couplings become singular, and lead to a possible phase transition in the boundary theory. Furthermore, by the AdS/CFT correspondence our brane world is dual to a six-dimensional conformal field theory, suggesting that our bulk theory describes the strong coupling dynamics of six-dimensional theories.
description: 38 pages, LaTeX; v2: new Appendix and references added
Finite Energy Superluminal Solutions of Maxwell Equations
Creators: name: de Oliveira, E. Capelas
name: Rodrigues, W. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 35L05, 35Q60,83Cxx

description: We exhibit exact finite energy superluminal solutions of Maxwell equations in vacuum.
description: Six pages, no figure; (i) some new issues discussed and (ii) Accepted for publication in Phys. Lett. A
The spatial determinants of the prevalence of anti-elite rhetoric across parties
Creators: name: Curini, Luigi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Hematology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: The article investigates whether there are specific spatial conditions that make a party more likely to pay closer attention to anti-elite rhetoric than to alternative issues in its political confrontation with other parties. The article first treats anti-elitism as a non-policy vote-winning strategy that could be valued positively by a broad class of voters across ideological lines (its ‘quasi-valence’ attribute). It is then shown that the incentive of a party to embrace such a strategy grows as the ideological space separating that party from the other(s) shrinks. This hypothesis receives empirical support from the 2014 Chapel Hill Expert Survey Data.
Analog black holes in flowing dielectrics
Creators: name: Novello, M.
name: Bergliaffa, S. Perez
name: Salim, J.
name: De Lorenci, V.
name: Klippert, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that a flowing dielectric medium with a linear response to an external electric field can be used to generate an analog geometry that has many of the formal properties of a Schwarzschild black hole for light rays, in spite of birefringence. We also discuss the possibility of generating these analog black holes in the laboratory.
description: Revtex4 file, 7 pages, 4 eps figures, a few changes in presentation, some references added, conclusions unchanged
Rupestrella occulta subsp. gibilfunnensis
Creators: name: Kokshoorn, Bas
name: Gittenberger, Edmund
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Stylommatophora
Chondrinidae
Rupestrella
Rupestrella occulta
R. occulta gibilfunnensis (de gregorio, 1895)

description: R. occulta gibilfunnensis (De Gregorio, 1895)
Type locality: Italy, Sicily, Gibilforni mtn near Palermo.
description: Published as part of Kokshoorn, Bas & Gittenberger, Edmund, 2010, Chondrinidae taxonomy revisited: New synonymies, new taxa, and a checklist of species and subspecies (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) 2539, pp. 1-62 in Zootaxa 2539 (1) on page 42, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2539.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10094211
CULTURA Y FISIOLOGIA : EL PAPEL DE LA CRIANZA INFANTIL EN LA ACTIVIDAD PSICOFISIOLOGICA UN ESTUDIO MULTIDISCIPLINAR
Creators: name: Gandarillas, Miguel Ángel
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: Personality, Social and Criminal Psychology

description: The present study searches for the socio-cultural correlates o£ psycho-physiological activity. After a comprehensive theoretical and empirical review, an integrative model is described. In it, socio-demographic variables are undestood as affecting psycho- physiological activity mainly through child-rearing practices. Three most important child-rearing dimensions are selected, based on their impact on child psychological and emotional development: Care, Control, and Involvement. It is hypothesized that Care especially affects the Parasympathetic Nervous System activity in its response to reinforcement, whereas Control especially affects the Sympathetic Nervous System in its response to punishment. In order to test these hypotheses, a series of questionnaires was administered to two samples of freshmen, one from Spain and another from Holand, allowing cross-cultural comparisons. These questionnaries included, among others, the Semantic Differential of emotional concepts, the EMBU (a child rearing questionnaire retrospectively measured), and a series o£ sociodemographic variables. A computer task especifically designed for this study was developed, in which the different types of operant conditioning could be manipulated, and the physiological responses measured. Results are contrasted to preliminar studies carried out at the cross-cultural and individual levels of analysis. Results suggest that the main function of the ANS of maximazing the benefit/cost ratio in the organism on its reaccion towards the ecológica1 environment are mediated by the culture through child rearing práctices. Furthermore, a greater stress on Care, especially by the mother, and/or environments with higher economic resources,'would stimulate the value of the benefits on the reactions of the ANS, driving it away from its survival functions (more focussed on the costs of a behavior). Involvement seems to promote belonging to the group. Individuals under higher Involvement will switch the focus of the ANS activation from costs to benefits according to whether the situacion is less extrange or unpredictable (i.e., more familiar or predictable). The multidisciplinary effort of conceptual and empirical integration of this study shows the advantages for future research of avoiding exclusivistic and reducionistic tendencies, as it allows explaining phenomena which otherwise would lead to contradictory and even misleading conclussions
Understanding highly excited states via parametric variations
Creators: name: Semparithi, A.
name: Charulatha, V.
name: Keshavamurthy, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Highly excited vibrational states of an isolated molecule encode the vibrational energy flow pathways in the molecule. Recent studies have had spectacular success in understanding the nature of the excited states mainly due to the extensive studies of the classical phase space structures and their bifurcations. Such detailed classical-quantum correspondence studies are presently limited to two or quasi two dimensional systems. One of the main reasons for such a constraint has to do with the problem of visualization of relevant objects like surface of sections and Wigner or Husimi distributions associated with an eigenstate. This neccesiates various alternative techniques which are more algebraic than geometric in nature. In this work we introduce one such method based on parametric variation of the eigenvalues of a Hamiltonian. It is shown that the level velocities are correlated with the phase space nature of the corresponding eigenstates. A semiclassical expression for the level velocities of a single resonance Hamiltonian is derived which provides theoretical support for the correlation. We use the level velocities to dynamically assign the highly excited states of a model spectroscopic Hamiltonian in the mixed phase space regime. The effect of bifurcations on the level velocities is briefly discussed using a recently proposed spectroscopic Hamiltonian for the HCP molecule.
description: 12 pages, 9 figures, submitted to J. Chem. Phys
Nonclassical paths in the recurrence spectrum of diamagnetic atoms
Creators: name: Granger, Brian E.
name: Greene, Chris H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using time-independent scattering matrices, we study how the effects of nonclassical paths on the recurrence spectra of diamagnetic atoms can be extracted from purely quantal calculations. This study reveals an intimate relationship between two types of nonclassical paths: exotic ghost orbits and diffractive orbits. This relationship proves to be a previously unrecognized reason for the success of semiclassical theories, like closed-orbit theory, and permits a comprehensive reformulation of the semiclassical theory that elucidates its convergence properties.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures
On the Nature of Intrinsic Absorption in Reddened Seyfert 1 Galaxies
Creators: name: Crenshaw, D. M.
name: Kraemer, S. B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the origin of the ``dusty lukewarm absorber'', which we previously identified in the reddened Seyfert 1 galaxies NGC 3227 and Akn 564. This absorber is characterized by saturated UV absorption lines (C IV, N V) near the systemic velocity of the host galaxy, and is likely responsible for reddening both the continuum and the emission lines (including those from the narrow-line region) from these Seyferts. From a large sample of Seyfert 1 galaxies, we find that continuum reddening (as measured by UV color) tends to increase with inclination of the host galaxy. Furthermore, reddened, inclined Seyfert galaxies observed at moderate to high spectral resolution all show evidence for dusty lukewarm absorbers. We suggest that these absorbers lie in the plane of the host galaxy at distances > 100 pc from the nucleus, and are physically distinct from the majority of intrinsic absorbers that are outflowing from the nucleus.
description: 14 pages, including 2 figures, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal (Letters)
String corrections to gauge couplings from a field theory approach
Creators: name: Ghilencea, D. M.
name: Nibbelink, S. Groot
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An effective field theory approach is introduced to compute one-loop radiative corrections to the gauge couplings due to Kaluza-Klein states associated with a two-torus compactification. The results are compared with those of the string in the field theory ``limit'' alpha'-> 0. The whole U and the leading T moduli dependence of the gauge dependent part of the string corrections to gauge couplings can be recovered using the effective field theory approach.
description: 8 pages, Latex
Metal-to-insulator transition in Pt-doped TiSe$_2$ driven by emergent network of narrow transport channels
Creators: name: Lee, Kyungmin
name: Choe, Jesse
name: Iaia, Davide
name: Li, Juqiang
name: Zhao, Junjing
name: Shi, Ming
name: Ma, Junzhang
name: Yao, Mengyu
name: Wang, Zhenyu
name: Huang, Chien-Lung
name: Ochi, Masayuki
name: Arita, Ryotaro
name: Chatterjee, Utpal
name: Morosan, Emilia
name: Madhavan, Vidya
name: Trivedi, Nandini
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Metal-to-insulator transitions (MIT) can be driven by a number of different mechanisms, each resulting in a different type of insulator -- Change in chemical potential can induce a transition from a metal to a band insulator; strong correlations can drive a metal into a Mott insulator with an energy gap; an Anderson transition, on the other hand, due to disorder leads to a localized insulator without a gap in the spectrum. Here we report the discovery of an alternative route for MIT driven by the creation of a network of narrow channels. Transport data on Pt substituted for Ti in TiSe$_2$ shows a dramatic increase of resistivity by five orders of magnitude for few % of Pt substitution, with a power-law dependence of the temperature-dependent resistivity $ρ(T)$. Our scanning tunneling microscopy data show that Pt induces an irregular network of nanometer-thick domain walls (DWs) of charge density wave (CDW) order, which pull charge carriers out of the bulk and into the DWs. While the CDW domains are gapped, the charges confined to the narrow DWs interact strongly, with pseudogap-like suppression in the local density of states, even when they were weakly interacting in the bulk, and scatter at the DW network interconnects thereby generating the highly resistive state. Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy spectra exhibit pseudogap behavior corroborating the spatial coexistence of gapped domains and narrow domain walls with excess charge carriers.
Neumann Domains on Quantum Graphs
Creators: name: Alon, Lior
name: Band, Ram
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 35Pxx, 34B45, 81Q35

description: The Neumann points of an eigenfunction $f$ on a quantum (metric) graph are the interior zeros of $f'$. The Neumann domains of $f$ are the sub-graphs bounded by the Neumann points. Neumann points and Neumann domains are the counterparts of the well-studied nodal points and nodal domains. We prove some foundational results in this field: bounds on the number of Neumann points and properties of the probability distribution of this number. Two basic properties of Neumann domains are presented: the wavelength capacity and the spectral position. We state and prove bounds on those as well as key features of their probability distributions. To rigorously investigate those probabilities, we establish the notion of random variables for quantum graphs. In particular, we provide conditions for considering spectral functions of quantum graphs as random variables with respect to the natural density on $\mathbb{N}$.
Dynamics of a matter-wave bright soliton in an expulsive potential
Creators: name: Carr, L. D.
name: Castin, Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Condensed Matter (cond-mat)
subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The stability regimes and nonlinear dynamics of bright solitons created in a harmonic potential which is transversely attractive and longitudinally expulsive are presented. This choice of potential is motivated by the recent creation of a matter-wave bright soliton from an attractive Bose-Einstein condensate (L. Khaykovich {\it et al.}, Science 296, 1290 (2002)). The critical branches for collapse due to the three-dimensional character of the gas and explosion caused by the expulsive potential are derived based on variational studies. Particle loss from the soliton due to sudden changes in the trapping potential and scattering length are quantified. It is shown that higher order solitons can also be created in present experiments by an abrupt change of a factor of four in the scattering length. It is demonstrated that quantum evaporation occurs by nonlinear tunneling of particles out of the soliton, leading eventually to its explosion.
description: 11 pages, 6 figures
Rupestrella jaeckeli Beckmann 2002
Creators: name: Kokshoorn, Bas
name: Gittenberger, Edmund
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Stylommatophora
Chondrinidae
Rupestrella
Rupestrella jaeckeli

description: Rupestrella jaeckeli Beckmann, 2002
Type locality: Italy, Sicily, limestone rock on Biaggio mtn, SE of Agrigent.
description: Published as part of Kokshoorn, Bas & Gittenberger, Edmund, 2010, Chondrinidae taxonomy revisited: New synonymies, new taxa, and a checklist of species and subspecies (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) 2539, pp. 1-62 in Zootaxa 2539 (1) on page 42, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2539.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10094211
Economic evaluations of oral medications for breast cancer treatment in the U.S.: a systematic review with a focus on cost-effectiveness threshold
Creators: name: Sun-Kyeong Park
name: Chun, Hyun Kyung
name: Chanhyun Park
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Introduction: With the advent of targeted therapy, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has recently approved several oral anticancer medications (OAMs) for breast cancer (BC). Despite the improved effectiveness of those OAMs, the high financial burden is an issue. Evidence from cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) can provide valuable information for decision-makers when deciding whether to use these high-priced medications. Many CEAs on OAMs have been conducted using various analytical approaches and cost-effectiveness thresholds (CETs). However, there is no comprehensive systematic review of CEAs across all OAMs. Area covered: PubMed and Cochrane library were used to select for CEAs of OAM for BC in the U.S. published by May 2019. Among the 25 included studies, studies published between 1993 and 2011 analyzed either early BC (n = 11) or advanced/metastatic BC (n = 5), those between 2012–2019 analyzed advanced/metastatic BC (n = 9). Studies including targeted therapies were published after 2009. The CETs tended to increase over time and were higher in the studies for advanced/metastatic BC (median = $125,000) than those for early BC (median = $50,000). Expert commentary: The target population and medications of interest have changed and the methods of articles have evolved. The range of CETs tends to differ by study setting with an increase over time.
New conformally flat initial data for spinning black holes
Creators: name: Dain, S.
name: Lousto, C. O.
name: Takahashi, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We obtain an explicit solution of the momentum constraint for conformally flat, maximal slicing, initial data which gives an alternative to the purely longitudinal extrinsic curvature of Bowen and York. The new solution is related, in a precise form, with the extrinsic curvature of a Kerr slice. We study these new initial data representing spinning black holes by numerically solving the Hamiltonian constraint. They have the following features: i) Contain less radiation, for all allowed values of the rotation parameter, than the corresponding single spinning Bowen-York black hole. ii) The maximum rotation parameter $J/m^2$ reached by this solution is higher than that of the purely longitudinal solution allowing thus to describe holes closer to a maximally rotating Kerr one. We discuss the physical interpretation of these properties and their relation with the weak cosmic censorship conjecture. Finally, we generalize the data for multiple black holes using the ``puncture'' and isometric formulations.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures, RevTeX 4
The Cooperative Research Centre for Beef Genetic Technologies and the “Accelerated Adoption through Sustainable Beef Profit Partnerships” Project
Creators: name: Griffith, Garry R.
name: Parnell, Peter F.
name: Clark, Richard A.
name: Timms, Janice
name: Hyland, Paul W.
name: Mulholland, Cynthia
name: Alford, Andrew R.
name: Griffith, Garry R.
name: Parnell, Peter F.
name: Clark, Richard A.
name: Timms, Janice
name: Hyland, Paul W.
name: Mulholland, Cynthia
name: Alford, Andrew R.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Farm Management
subject: Accelerated adoption
subject: continuous improvement and innovation
subject: rapid improvement and innovation
subject: beef industry
subject: profit
subject: productivity
subject: capacity
subject: partnership
subject: efficiency
subject: effectiveness

description: Technology adoption in the Australian beef industry has been low and slow compared to that in the intensive livestock and cropping industries. Adoption needs to be higher and faster to fully capture the benefits from new beef genetic and other technologies. The principles of rapid improvement and innovation, and accelerated adoption, provide an innovative solution to this problem. In the Beef CRC, Sustainable Beef Profit Partnership (BPP) teams meet regularly to assess their current performance, set targets for future productivity increases, and use a profitability framework to assess the potential impact of new technology in their beef businesses. Their thinking, decisions and actions are based on the principles and process of Continuous Improvement and Innovation (CI&I). Capacity building and partnership outcomes are also assessed for improvements and innovations. The BPP teams are supported with appropriate tools, technologies, resources and expertise. The information generated will be used to underpin the achievement of Beef CRC commercialisation outputs and profitability outcomes.
Solitons of the Self-dual Chern-Simons Theory on a Cylinder
Creators: name: Kim, Seongtag
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the self-dual Chern-Simons Higgs theory on an asymptotically flat cylinder. A topological multivortex solution is constructed and the fast decaying property of solutions is proved
description: 11 pages, no figures. 58e50, 35 J60 (Pacs 11.10 Lm, 02.40 Vh)
The Underpinning Science of Sustainable Industry Improvement and Innovation
Creators: name: Timms, Janice
name: Clark, Richard A.
name: Timms, Janice
name: Clark, Richard A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Farm Management
subject: Accelerated adoption
subject: sustainable improvement and innovation
subject: outcome focus
subject: capacity
subject: technology integration
subject: partnership
subject: network
subject: institutionalisation

description: In this paper the science underpinning the Beef Profit Partnerships project methodology is explained. The science is organised around headings associated with the six key elements of the project system model which was outlined in Paper 1 and is described in more detail in Paper 4. The headings are: (1) Focus, targets, outcomes and key measures; (2)Partnerships, networks, social infrastructure and social capital; (3) Technology and information – development, integration, valuation and diffusion; (4) Continuous improvement and innovation process and tools; (5) Capacity, tools and expertise; and (6) Momentum, culture development and institutionalisation.
Typhlodromips bunyorei El-Banhawy & Knapp 2011, n. sp.
Creators: name: El-Banhawy, E. M.
name: Knapp, M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Phytoseiidae
Typhlodromips
Typhlodromips bunyorei

description: Typhlodromips bunyorei El-Banhawy & Knapp n. sp.
(Fig. 19)
 Material examined. Holotype female, Kenya, Ruma National Park, Nyanza Province, altitude 1340 m, December 9, 2006 (El-Banhawy).
 Female: Dorsal shield slightly reticulated, 280 long, 170 wide (L/W ratio 1.6: 1), with eight pairs of pores. Measurements of dorsal setae: j1 12, j3 16, j4 8, j5, j6 9, J2 12, J5 7, z2, z4 12, z5 8, Z1 10, Z4 22, Z5 68, s4 14, S2 10, S4, S5 8, r3, R1 10, JV5 22. Setae Z 4 and Z5 prominent and serrated. Peritrematal shield fused anteriorly with dorsal shield, reaching level of j1. Sternal shield smooth, distances between St I-ST III 46, St II-St II 58, St IV on platelets. Genital shield 80 wide. Ventri-anal shield pentagonal, smooth, 100 long, 74 wide (L/W ratio 1.4: 1), with a pair of large elliptical pre-anal pores and three pairs of pre-anal setae (JV1, JV2, ZV2). Two pairs of metapodal platelets, a thin longitudinal sigillar sclerite and four pairs of setae surrounding ventri-anal shield. Fixed digit of chelicera with seven teeth, movable digit with three teeth. Spermatheca calyx tubular, 14 long, slightly flared posteriorly. Macrosetae, Sge I 28, Sge II 28, Sge III 25, Sge IV 35, Sti IV 28, St IV 46. Chaetotaxy: genu II 2, 2 / 0, 2/0, 1, genu III 1, 2 /1, 2/0, 1.
 Remarks. This species is similar to T. (= Amblyseius) lugubris Chant & Baker in the shape of spermatheca. However, Z4, Z5 and the majority of dorsal setae in this species are shorter than in T. lugobris. The male is unknown.
description: Published as part of El-Banhawy, E. M. & Knapp, M., 2011, Mites of the family Phytoseiidae Berlese from Kenya (Acari: Mesostigmata) 2945, pp. 1-176 in Zootaxa 2945 (1) on page 19, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2945.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5282557
The Continuous Improvement and Innovation Process
Creators: name: Clark, Richard A.
name: Timms, Janice
name: Griffith, Garry R.
name: Clark, Richard A.
name: Timms, Janice
name: Griffith, Garry R.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Farm Management
subject: Accelerated adoption
subject: continuous improvement and innovation
subject: rapid improvement and innovation
subject: process
subject: strategy

description: Continuous Improvement and Innovation (CI&I) is both a management process and a management strategy. In this paper we aim to provide some background on the development of CI&I as a management concept and to describe the steps involved in implementing the CI&I process in the Beef CRC project. There are six key steps in the CI&I process: Situation Analysis; Impact Analysis; Action Design; Action Implementation; Results Assessment; and Creation and Synthesis. Focus and Refocus steps are added at the front and back respectively. We also describe how to use CI&I as rapid improvement and innovation.
Implied volatility surface predictability: the case of commodity markets
Creators: name: Kearney, Fearghal
name: Shang, Han Lin
name: Sheenan, Lisa
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Statistical Finance (q-fin.ST)
subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 97K80, 91G70

description: Recent literature seek to forecast implied volatility derived from equity, index, foreign exchange, and interest rate options using latent factor and parametric frameworks. Motivated by increased public attention borne out of the financialization of futures markets in the early 2000s, we investigate if these extant models can uncover predictable patterns in the implied volatility surfaces of the most actively traded commodity options between 2006 and 2016. Adopting a rolling out-of-sample forecasting framework that addresses the common multiple comparisons problem, we establish that, for energy and precious metals options, explicitly modeling the term structure of implied volatility using the Nelson-Siegel factors produces the most accurate forecasts.
description: 35 pages, 6 figures, 9 tables, to appear in Journal of Banking and Finance
Typhlodromus gameilus El-Banhawy & Knapp 2011, n. sp.
Creators: name: El-Banhawy, E. M.
name: Knapp, M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Phytoseiidae
Typhlodromus
Typhlodromus gameilus

description: Typhlodromus gameilus El-Banhawy & Knapp n. sp.
(Fig. 88)
 Material examined. Holotype female, Kenya, Lamu Island, Coast Province, July 19, 2005 (El-Banhawy). Paratypes, 1 female, Pate Island, July 20, 2005; 1 female; Manda Island, Coast Province, July 21, 2005, (El-Banhawy).
 Female: Dorsal shield reticulated, 288 long, 135 wide. Measurements of dorsal setae: j1, j3 12, j4, j5 16, j6 21, J2 23, J5 8, z2 12, z3, z4, z5 18, Z4 28, Z5 37, s4 18, s6, S2 24, S4 30, S5 23, r3 16, R1 18, JV5 40. Dorsal setae serrated, lanceolate, and arising from tubercles, J5 smooth. Peritrematal shield fused anteriorly with dorsal shield, reaching level of j1. Sternal shield faintly scleortised, distances between St I-St III 70, St II-St II 60, St IV on platelets. Genital shield 65 wide. Ventri-anal shield triangular, 104 long, 80 wide with a pair of tiny pre-anal pores close to each other and four pairs of pre-anal setae (JV1, JV2, JV3, ZV2). Two pairs of metapodal platelets, two pairs of sigillar sclerites and four pairs of setae surrounding ventri-anal shield. Fixed digit of chelicera with four teeth, movable digit with two teeth. Spermatheca calyx 12 long, saccular, slightly constricted before flared distally. Macrosetae short, stout, Sge II 16; 16; 16, Sti II 14; 14, Sge III 16; 16; 16, Sti III 12; 12, Sge IV 14; 14; 16; 16, Sti IV 16; 16; 18; 18, St IV 22; 25. Chaetotaxy: genu II 2, 2 / 0, 2/0, 1, genu III 1, 2 /1, 2/0, 1.
 Remarks. This species is similar to T. grewiae Zannou, Moraes & Oliveira. The presence of JV3 (absent in T. grewiae), the very small pre-anal pores, short and stout macrosetae differentiate these species. The male is unknown.
description: Published as part of El-Banhawy, E. M. & Knapp, M., 2011, Mites of the family Phytoseiidae Berlese from Kenya (Acari: Mesostigmata) 2945, pp. 1-176 in Zootaxa 2945 (1) on page 55, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2945.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5282557
The Sustainable Improvement and Innovation Model
Creators: name: Clark, Richard A.
name: Timms, Janice
name: Parnell, Peter F.
name: Griffith, Garry R.
name: Clark, Richard A.
name: Timms, Janice
name: Parnell, Peter F.
name: Griffith, Garry R.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Farm Management
subject: Sustainable improvement and innovation
subject: model
subject: system
subject: strategies

description: The Beef CRC's 'Sustainable Beef Profit Partnerships' (BPP) project is built around the Sustainable Improvement and Innovation (SI&I) Model – a model for the design, leadership and management of projects to achieve rapid and sustained improvement and innovation, and accelerated adoption. The model is implemented through a systemic approach to project design, and the development of a number of integrated strategies to guide the targeting of priority outcomes and work plans. The emphasis is on a sustainable project methodology such that the intended outcomes can continue to be delivered long after the Beef CRC funding is terminated. Further, there is an emphasis on rapid implementation of the process in the short-term such that outcomes can be generated quickly and evidence can be provided about the efficiency and effectiveness of the project.
Typhlodromips isulus El-Banhawy & Knapp 2011, n. sp.
Creators: name: El-Banhawy, E. M.
name: Knapp, M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Phytoseiidae
Typhlodromips
Typhlodromips isulus

description: Typhlodromips isulus El-Banhawy & Knapp n. sp.
(Fig. 21)
 Material examined. Holotype female, Kakamega rain forest, altitude 1600 m, Kenya, July 5, 2006 (El-Banhawy); 1 paratype female, Mt. Elgon, altitude 2425 m, February 15, 2005 (El-Banhawy).
 Female: Dorsal shield with lateral striations, 265 long, 170 wide (L/W ratio 1.6: 1). Measurements of dorsal setae: j1 16, j3 25, j4, j5 7, j6, J2 9, J5 5, z2 14, z4 23, z5 7, Z112, Z4 46, Z5 60, s4 32, S2 10, S4, S5 7, r3 20, R1 7, JV5 37. Setae Z 4 and Z5 stout and serrated, remaining setae smooth. Peritrematal shield fused anteriorly with dorsal shield, reaching level of j1. Sternal shield smooth, distances between St I-St III 58, St II-St II 55, St IV on small platelets. Genital shield 70 wide. Ventri-anal shield smooth, triangular, 101 long, 73 wide across level of ZV2, 65 across level of anus, with a pair of large elliptical pre-anal pores close to each other and three pairs of pre-anal setae (JV1, JV2, ZV2). Two pairs of metapodal platelets, two pairs of sigillar sclerites and four pairs of setae surrounding ventri-anal shield. Fixed digit of chelicera with seven teeth, movable digit with three teeth. Spermatheca calyx dish shaped, atrium small and not differentiated, major duct broad. Macrosetae Sge II 23, Sge III 23, Sge IV 37, Sti IV 38, St IV 64. Chaetotaxy: genu II 2, 2 / 0, 2/0, 1, genu III 1, 2 /1, 2/0, 1.
 Remarks. This species is similar to T. culmulus except z2, z4 almost as long as distance between their bases and the setae next behind, Z4 much longer, ventri-anal shield triangular, and pre-anal pores are closely associated. The male is unknown
description: Published as part of El-Banhawy, E. M. & Knapp, M., 2011, Mites of the family Phytoseiidae Berlese from Kenya (Acari: Mesostigmata) 2945, pp. 1-176 in Zootaxa 2945 (1) on page 20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2945.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5282557
Does the Sustainability of Food Products Influence Consumer Choices? The Case of Italy.
Creators: name: Banterle, Alessandro
name: Ricci, Elena Claire
name: Banterle, Alessandro
name: Ricci, Elena Claire
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: Consumer choices
subject: environmental sustainability
subject: food labelling

description: In this paper we analyse if there is a diffused interest among consumers about the environmental impacts of their food choices, and try to capture the different types of attitudes of Italian consumers with respect to environmental sustainability of food products. The analysis builds on a survey based on vis-a-vis interviews with 240 consumers in Milan, and on a cluster analysis. The results highlight a high level of stated concern about environmental issues and about possible impacts of personal food consumption choices on the environment. Nevertheless, when investigating their actions during everyday shopping we have identified four groups of consumers: (1) those who take into consideration the environmental information on labels and do not require additional information; (2) those for which environmental information on labels does not have a great effect on purchase, but would like to receive more information; (3) those for which the presence of environmental information directs product selection and would also like to receive more; (4) those that do not take into account environmental issues when purchasing and are not interested in receiving more information about the impacts of the products.
EFICIÊNCIA, ACESSIBILIDADE E SEGURANÇA: UMA ANÁLISE SOBRE A FUNCIONALIDADE DO PIX
Creators: name: José Daniel Vieira Araújo
name: Maria Juliana Tavares Barbosa
name: Taynnã Valentim Rodrigues
name: Avaetê de Lunetta e Rodrigues Guerra
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: O presente texto é fruto do trabalho de conclusão do curso técnico em vendas ofertado na Escola Cidadã Integral Técnica Francisco Ernesto do Rêgo, situada no município de Queimadas- PB. O mesmo pretendeu apresentar uma breve análise sobre a funcionalidade do PIX, buscando perceber aspectos como sua eficiência, acessibilidade e segurança. Nossa base teórica partiu da leitura de trabalhos acadêmicos produzidos sobre a temática em questão, sendo possível citar as discussões promovidas por Rocha (2023) e Holanda (2021). Dialogamos, ainda, com a Lei n° 12.865, de 09 de dezembro de 2013, referente ao que se dispõem sobre os arranjos financeiros e as instituições de pagamento que integram o Sistema de Pagamentos no Brasil (SPB). Metodologicamente este artigo se mostrou articulado à aplicação e análise quantitativa e qualitativa de uma pesquisa de campo realizada por meio do Google Forms, com perguntas que objetivam perceber pontos relacionados à funcionalidade do PIX.
Rupestrella dupotetii
Creators: name: Kokshoorn, Bas
name: Gittenberger, Edmund
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Stylommatophora
Chondrinidae
Rupestrella
Rupestrella dupotetii

description: Rupestrella dupotetii (Terver, 1839)
Type locality: Algeria, Béjaïa (Bougie).
 Notes.—Based on differences in shell shape and distributional range, Holyoak & Seddon (1986) recognized two subspecies in R. dupotetii, i.e. R. d. dupotetii in the eastern part of its African distribution and R. d. sebouensis in the west (fig. 9a). Additional material from southern Spain led Arrébola Burgos & Gittenberger (1993) to disagree with this distinction. Pending a revision of all north African taxa, we here follow the latter authors.
description: Published as part of Kokshoorn, Bas & Gittenberger, Edmund, 2010, Chondrinidae taxonomy revisited: New synonymies, new taxa, and a checklist of species and subspecies (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) 2539, pp. 1-62 in Zootaxa 2539 (1) on page 42, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2539.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10094211
Teleportation improvement by inconclusive photon subtraction
Creators: name: Olivares, Stefano
name: Paris, Matteo G. A.
name: Bonifacio, Rodolfo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Inconclusive photon subtraction (IPS) is a conditional measurement scheme to force nonlinear evolution of a given state. In IPS the input state is mixed with the vacuum in a beam splitter and then the reflected beam is revealed by ON/OFF photodetection. When the detector clicks we have the (inconclusive) photon subtracted state. We show that IPS on both channels of an entangled twin-beam of radiation improves the fidelity of coherent state teleportation if the energy of the incoming twin-beam is below a certain threshold, which depends on the beam splitter transmissivity and the quantum efficiency of photodetectors. We show that the energy threshold diverges when the transmissivity and the efficiency approach unit and compare our results with that of previous works on {\em conclusive} photon subtraction.
description: slightly revised version, to appear in PRA
Typhlodromus kiambuensis El-Banhawy & Knapp 2011, n. sp.
Creators: name: El-Banhawy, E. M.
name: Knapp, M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Phytoseiidae
Typhlodromus
Typhlodromus kiambuensis

description: Typhlodromus kiambuensis El-Banhawy & Knapp n. sp.
(Fig. 90)
 Material examined. Holotype female, Taita hills, Coast Province, altitude 1630m, July 2006 (El-Banhawy). Paratypes, 3 females, same data as holotype.
 Female: Dorsal shield imbricate, 275 long, 160 wide, with four pairs of pores. Measurements of dorsal setae: j1 16, j3 15, j4, j5 12, j6, J2, 14, J5 9, z2 15, z3, z4 16, z5 10, Z4 35, Z5 46, s4 17, s6, S2, S4 18, S5 12, r3 16, R1 12, JV5 20. Setae Z 4, Z5 stout and serrated, Z5 knobbed. Peritrematal shield fused anteriorly with dorsal shield, reaching level of j1. Sternal shield, distances between St I-St III 58, St II-St II 53, St IV on platelets. Genital shield 53 wide. Ventri-anal shield 97 long, 70 wide, with a pair of round pre-anal pores mesad to JV 2 and four pairs of pre-anal setae (JV1, JV2, JV3, ZV2). Two pairs of metapodal platelets, two pairs of sigillar sclerites and four pairs of setae surrounding ventri-anal shield. Fixed digit of chelicera with five teeth, movable digit with three teeth. Spermatheca calyx bell-shaped, 12 long, 5 wide, atrium nodular, 3 long, jointed to calyx with very short stalk. Macrosetae short and stout, Sge II 14; 12, Sge III 12; 9; 9, Sti III 12; 9, Sge IV 12; 12; 9; 9, Sti IV12; 9; 9, St IV 16; 12. Chaetotaxy: genu II 2, 2 / 0, 2/0, 1, genu III 1, 2 /1, 2/0, 1.
 Remarks. This species is similar to T. constrictus Zannou, Moraes & Oliveira in the general morphology of the ventri-anal shield, the sternal shield and number of macrosetae on the legs. However, the spermatheca is different, seta JV5 short, simple and not knobbed and macrosetae short and stout. The male is unknown.
description: Published as part of El-Banhawy, E. M. & Knapp, M., 2011, Mites of the family Phytoseiidae Berlese from Kenya (Acari: Mesostigmata) 2945, pp. 1-176 in Zootaxa 2945 (1) on pages 55-56, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2945.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5282557
THE FORMATION OF TEACHERS IN THE PROCESS OF TEACHING NATIONAL MUSICAL HERITAGE TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION
Creators: name: Babamuradov, Eshmamat
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description:  This article discusses the importance of the "mentor-apprentice" traditions as a fundamental method in teaching students the heritage of national music. It examines the process of acquiring the status of a "mentor" within this framework, highlighting both achievements and challenges encountered along the way.
On the equivalence between the Boltzmann equation and classical field theory at large occupation numbers
Creators: name: Mueller, A. H.
name: Son, D. T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider a system made up of exictations of a neutral scalar field, ϕ, having a λϕ^4 interaction term. Starting from an ensemble where the occupation number f is large, but λf is small, we develop a classical field theory description of the evolution of the system toward equilibrium. A Boltzmann equation naturally emerges in this description and we show by explicit calculation that the collision term is the same as that coming from elastic scattering. This shows the equivalence of a Boltzmann equation description and a classical field theory description of the same system.
description: 15 pages, 7 figures
Reverse Mission: African Christians in Cambridge London and Lagos
Creators: name: Klair, James Alexander
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2020
Subjects: Mission
Pentecostalism
Ethnography
Nigeria
London
Theology

description: This thesis presents a new approach to reverse mission, providing a qualitative portrayal of church members and local church leaders in two Nigerian-origin Pentecostal denominations, the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) and Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM). The area of interest in reverse mission lies beyond engaging with the methodologically-flawed concept of a defeat of secularisation occasioned by non-white migrant Christians converting white non-migrant non-Christians. Instead, this study explores how mainly-Nigerian church members articulate and act upon their divinely-commissioned purpose in their country of residence, the UK. The observations emerge from ethnographic fieldwork conducted between the two churches (RCCG and MFM) in suburban London, in each of the churches’ prayer camps outside of Lagos and in Cambridge between March 2015 and November 2016. Having established this study’s approach, the thesis then situates both churches within their historical context, in both Nigeria and the UK. This demonstrates the heterogeneity of Nigerian Pentecostal denominations, and therefore shows Nigerian-origin Pentecostal denominations’ particular experiences must be carefully distinguished from one another. The main body of the thesis explores what I have dubbed the four pillars of reverse mission: evangelism, money, prayer and children. For these church members evangelism is a contextual, grounded practice, undertaken by volunteers to demonstrate their own piety. The use of money establishes the new ethical demands made upon Christians in the diaspora, as providers to both financially vulnerable local churches and transnational, spiritual kin. Prayers made by church members suggest Nigerian Pentecostals consider themselves to occupy a special role as guardians against perceived spiritual and material threats to the church and the country; they view themselves as Christian watchmen announcing the impending arrival of terror attacks in Britain or an Islamic subjugation of Europe. Children are vanguards of these churches, which eagerly desire to encourage their youth to be formed as model Christian Britons capable of achieving both academic and economic success in the UK. This study concludes by considering how these observations inform the scope and method of the field of reverse mission, urging further comparative, ethnographic work.
description: Arts and Humanities Research Council
Infant Feeding Survey, 1985
Infant Feeding Survey, 1985-
IFS
Creators: name: Censuses, Office Of Population
Publisher: name: UK Data Service
Year: 1993

description: The Infant Feeding Survey (IFS) has been carried out every five years since 1975, in order to establish information about infant feeding practices. Government policy in the United Kingdom has consistently supported breastfeeding as the best way of ensuring a healthy start for infants and of promoting women's health. Current guidance on infant feeding is as follows:
breastmilk is the best form of nutrition for infants;

exclusive breastfeeding is recommended for around the first six months (26 weeks) of an infant's life;

infant formula is the only recommended alternative to breastfeeding for babies who are under 12 months old;

around six months is the recommended age for the introduction of solid foods for infants, whether breastfed or fed on breastmilk substitutes;

breastfeeding (and/or breastmilk substitutes) should continue beyond the first six months, along with appropriate types and amounts of solid foods;

mothers who are unable to, or choose not to, follow these recommendations should be supported to optimise their infants' nutrition.
 Since the IFS began, the content of the survey has evolved to reflect the prevailing government policy agenda, while recognising the importance of maintaining consistency over time to allow comparison and trend analysis. The first IFS in 1975 took place in England and Wales only. From 1980 the survey covered Scotland, while from 1990 Northern Ireland was also included. The 2005 survey was the first to provide separate estimates for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, as well as for the UK as a whole, and to provide estimates of exclusive breast-feeding (where the baby is given only breast milk, no other liquids or solids).

Further information about the IFS series may be found on the Health and Social Care Information Centre website (search for 'Infant Feeding Survey').

The UK Data Archive holds IFS data from 1985 onwards. A separate survey, Infant Feeding in Asian Families, 1994-1996, covering England only, is held under SN 3759.

 The main aims of the 1985 survey were:
to establish how mothers feed their infants and what changes have occurred since 1980;

to investigate changes in infant feeding in the early weeks and the factors associated with these changes;

to establish the age at which solid food is introduced and to examine weaning practices up to age nine months.