cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Phalaris amethystina Trin.
Creators: name: Voshell, Stephanie M.
name: Baldini, Riccardo M.
name: Kumar, Rohit
name: Tatalovich, Nicholas
name: Hilu, Khidir W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Poales
Poaceae
Phalaris
Phalaris amethystina

description: Phalaris amethystina Trin., 2 n = 14: 1, Chile, Bio-Bio, V. Finot & R. Solis 2247 (CONC-CH), JF951053, JF951091; 2, South America, s.coll. 108407 (SGO), JF951060, JF951092.
description: Published as part of Voshell, Stephanie M., Baldini, Riccardo M., Kumar, Rohit, Tatalovich, Nicholas & Hilu, Khidir W., 2011, Canary grasses (Phalaris, Poaceae): Molecular phylogenetics, polyploidy and floret evolution, pp. 1306-1316 in Taxon 60 (5) on page 1316, DOI: 10.1002/tax.605007, http://zenodo.org/record/5678778
Overcoming imposter syndrome
Creators: name: Ruple, Audrey
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2020

description: Feeling like an imposter is commonly reported by veterinary students and new graduates. In fact, this phenomenon is frequently reported by high-achievers in many professions. Several characteristics have been attributed to this complex syndrome, including self-criticism, feelings of insecurity, and the overwhelming surety that one does not really belong in this profession. The imposter syndrome is also a predictor of psychological distress and can negatively impact career advancement. Understanding how this syndrome arises can help to develop strategies that can be useful in overcoming it. This paper introduces some of the causes of imposter syndrome as well as some approaches that can be utilized by veterinarians to increase their resilience and coping skills in order to overcome imposter syndrome.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2020 Recent Graduate Proceedings
Confidence comes with time and the time is now!
Creators: name: Hilton, W. Mark
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2020

description: A lack of confidence is a common concern among recent veterinary graduates. We as professionals can build our confidence through practice, asking questions, discovering more about the client’s business, and asking their goals. All of these things add to the building of trust between doctor and client. As trust grows, our confidence grows.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2020 Recent Graduate Proceedings
Collecting pedigree information in an epidemiological context
Creators: name: Sandrige, A. L.
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: A method has been developed which documents consanguineous relationships in any population. Results from data collected from patients registered in the Congenital Heart Disease Registry at KFSH&RC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia show an expected number of parents who described a pattern of relationship consistent with a first cousin relationship but fewer numbers of  'other related' than previously reported in the literature. Further studies are in preparation.
description: Statistica; Vol 60, No 4 (2000)
Extending 3GPP Positioning Protocols for Integrated Sensing and Communication in 6G Networks
Creators: name: Blue, Henry
name: Wänstedt, Stefan
name: Chen, Tao
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC)
6G Networks
Sensing Protocols

description: We propose a structured procedure and protocol framework to unify sensing and communication within Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) systems. Our approach details a clear, step-by-step sensing process-including capability polling, resource allocation, measurement collection, and data fusion-managed centrally by a Sensing Management Function. Leveraging existing 3GPP positioning protocols (NRPPa and LPP), we identify necessary extensions to fully enable sensing functionalities. By clarifying how current standards can be effectively adapted and pinpointing where additional capabilities are required, we provide a path toward ISAC implementation, streamlining standardization, minimizing complexity, and promoting secure, privacy-conscious sensing for 6G networks.
Protecting our social license to operate
Creators: name: Hake, Marissa A.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2020

description: As members of the food animal community, we are given a “social license to operate” from our consumers, a license that can easily be taken away if they feel we have not lived up to our obligations. Agriculture’s social license is rooted in the beliefs, perceptions, and opinions held by consumers. Our consumers are the ones granting our social license, which is often intangible, and our status can change quickly as new information is learned. In a world that wants to know how its food is being produced, we must embrace transparency and understand how to communicate effectively with our consumers. Veterinarians are a valuable resource to help farms establish care-focused cultures and proactive, auditable protocols in order to keep our “social licenses to operate”.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2020 Recent Graduate Proceedings
In war against grade inflation, Dartmouth scores a hit
Creators: name: Toby, Jackson
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1994
Subjects: Grading and marking (Students)
Dartmouth College

description: The anonymous note left under my office door in May 1991 was like a slap in the face: "How can you justify giving 13 A's in a class with over 200 people. You are just an old [expletive deleted]. I could have had a 4.0 for three straight semesters. You know you have a blow-off class. Burn in hell."
The best way to support writers is to feed them new ideas
Creators: name: Novitz, Julian
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Books and writing seem to be as popular as ever, but writers are having a hard time making a living from their work. While writers may have always struggled, a number of recent ideas have been put forward suggesting ways to help them out. Writing in Meanjin, Frank Moorhouse proposed, among other measures, renewable ten-year "national contracts" for mid-to-late career writers. And in the Sydney Review of Books, Ben Eltham describes an initiative that he is working on that would aim to provide literary fellowships for fixed periods of three to four years. Both writers make the valid point that, as fewer successful writers are able to sustain themselves via book sales and royalties, the role of public support becomes more important. They both argue for the need to radically expand the range of fellowships available to writers. While more secure fellowships are certainly welcome ideas, there are other ways to support writing that address the current economics. So in the spirit of keeping the conversation going, here are a few thoughts.
Phalaris angusta Trin.
Creators: name: Voshell, Stephanie M.
name: Baldini, Riccardo M.
name: Kumar, Rohit
name: Tatalovich, Nicholas
name: Hilu, Khidir W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Poales
Poaceae
Phalaris
Phalaris angusta

description: P. angusta Nees ex Trin., 2 n =14: 1, U.S.A., Louisiana, R.D. Thomas 87875 (VPI), JF951112, –; 2, Brazil, USDA 310292, JF951054, JF951093; 3, Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, W. Barreto 14 (US), JF951055, –.
description: Published as part of Voshell, Stephanie M., Baldini, Riccardo M., Kumar, Rohit, Tatalovich, Nicholas & Hilu, Khidir W., 2011, Canary grasses (Phalaris, Poaceae): Molecular phylogenetics, polyploidy and floret evolution, pp. 1306-1316 in Taxon 60 (5) on page 1316, DOI: 10.1002/tax.605007, http://zenodo.org/record/5678778
MetaMorphs: deformable shape and texture models
Creators: name: Huang, Xiaolei
name: Metaxas, Dimitris
name: Chen, Ting
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2004

description: We present a new class of deformable models, MetaMorphs, that consist of both shape and interior texture. The model deformations are derived from both boundary and region information in a common variational framework. This framework represents a generalization of previous model-based segmentation approaches. The shapes of the new models are implicitly represented as an “image”, which is the higher dimensional embedding space of distance transforms. The interior textures are captured using a nonparametric kernelbased approximation of the intensity distribution inside the models. The models shapes can undergo both global and local deformations. The local deformations are efficiently parameterized using the cubic B-spline based Free Form Deformations (FFD). When using the models for boundary finding in images, we derive the model dynamics from an energy functional consisting of both edge energy terms and intensity/texture energy terms. This way, the models deform under the influence of forces derived from both boundary and regional information. The proposed MetaMorph deformable models are efficient in convergence, have large attraction range, and are robust to image noise and inhomogeities. Various examples on noisy medical images with complex textures demonstrate the potential of the proposed technique
Distribution-free estimation of the Gini inequality index: the kernel method approach
Creators: name: Conti, P. L.
name: Giorgi, M. G.
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: In this paper a non-parametric approach to the estimation of the Gini inequality index is introduced. The basic idea consists in taking first a preliminary estimation of the population density function, and then in computing the corresponding inequality index. Statistical properties of the estimator introduced are studied, with particular reference to the case of large samples (usually available from statistical agencies). As a by-product, approximated confidence intervals are obtained.
description: Statistica; Vol 61, No 1 (2001)
Shabo Talay, Die neuaramäischen Dialekte der Khabur-Assyrer in Nordostsyrien. Einführung, Phonologie und Morphologie (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2008), in Orientalistische Literaturzeitung 105.4–5: 517 (Berlin)
Creators: name: Haberl, Charles
Publisher: name: Oldenbourg
Year: 2010
Subjects: Neo-Aramaic
Aramaic language
Assyrian language
Akkadian language
Language documentation
Endangered languages
Syria
Iraq
Turkey

description: Review of Talay, Shabo. Die neuaramäischen Dialekte der Khabur-Assyrer in Nordostsyrien (2008).
Hybrid of calibration and imputation: estimation of mean in survey sampling
Creators: name: Singh, S.
name: Horn, S.
name: Tracy, D. S.
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: In the present investigation, a hybrid of calibration and imputation has been considered in the presence of a random non-response in survey sampling. Estimators of population mean associated with the proposed hybrid remain unbiased under design based approach. A simulation study is carried out to show the performance of the proposed methods compared to the ratio method of imputation.
description: Statistica; Vol 61, No 1 (2001)
Phalaris appendiculata Schult.
Creators: name: Voshell, Stephanie M.
name: Baldini, Riccardo M.
name: Kumar, Rohit
name: Tatalovich, Nicholas
name: Hilu, Khidir W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Poales
Poaceae
Phalaris
Phalaris appendiculata

description: P. appendiculata Schult., 2 n = 14: 1, Ethiopia, USDA 331404, JF951071, JF951107.
description: Published as part of Voshell, Stephanie M., Baldini, Riccardo M., Kumar, Rohit, Tatalovich, Nicholas & Hilu, Khidir W., 2011, Canary grasses (Phalaris, Poaceae): Molecular phylogenetics, polyploidy and floret evolution, pp. 1306-1316 in Taxon 60 (5) on page 1316, DOI: 10.1002/tax.605007, http://zenodo.org/record/5678778
The Professionalization of a Calling: Mission and Method at the New York Library Club, 1885-1901
Creators: name: Glynn, Tom
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2006
Subjects: Public libraries
Professionalization
Librarianship

description: Melvil Dewey founded the New York Library Club in 1885. It became an influential forum for exchanging ideas and debating methods and principles among practitioners of an emerging profession. Members were inspired by the mission of the public library, by an evangelical zeal to uplift the masses by bringing fine literature into their homes. At the same time, they were forced to develop methods of gaining intellectual control over the increasing number of titles issued by American publishers each year, as well as methods of attracting readers of cheap fiction to more uplifting works. This article explores tensions between mission and methods during this formative period.
title: Reconciling the Irreconcilable? – The Extraterritorial Application of the ECHR and its Interaction With IHL
Creators: name: Meier, Severin
Publisher: name: Institut für Völker- und Europarecht, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Year: 2019

description: This article examines the extraterritorial application of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) during international armed conflict. After a brief discussion of the different historic origins of international human rights law and international humanitarian law (IHL), the article examines the test for establishing jurisdiction under Article 1 of the ECHR. A critical analysis of some contentious legal issues regarding derogations completes the picture of when jurisdiction is established. Subsequently, the article considers the interaction between the ECHR and IHL in international armed conflicts and concludes by arguing that a balance must be found between protecting human rights in international armed conflicts while not interfering unduly with IHL.
description: Goettingen Journal of International Law ; Vol. 9, no. 3, page 395-424
Employee Management and Animal Care: A Comparative Ethnography of Two Large-Scale Dairy Farms in China
Creators: name: Chen, Maria
name: Von Keyserlingk, Marina A. G.
name: Magliocco, Sabina
name: Weary, Daniel M.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2021

description: Farm management can directly and indirectly affect animal care. We explored how farm management affected animal care on two large dairy farms in China (anonymized as Farm A and Farm B). We used a mini-ethnographic case study design whereby the first author lived for 38 days on Farm A and 23 days on Farm B. She conducted participant observation and ethnographic interviews with farm staff positions within five departments in Farm A and six departments in Farm B. In addition, she conducted 13 semi-structured interviews (seven on Farm A; six on Farm B). We used template analysis to generate key themes. On both farms, workers believed that animal care practices had improved over time, due to three key employee management factors: 1) organizational culture, 2) competency of worker and management, and 3) an effective incentive system. Our results suggest that animal care may be improved in this context by: 1) promoting a culture in which workers have ‘grit’ and are eager to learn, 2) ensuring basic worker wellbeing, and 3) using animal care outcomes as performance indicators linked to pay.
Can Adverbs Call Attention to Manner of Motion for 2-year-olds Learning Verbs?
Creators: name: Arunachalam, Sudha
name: Syrett, Kristen
name: Waxman, Sandra R.
Publisher: name: Cascadilla Press";"Cascadilla Press
Year: 2011
Subjects: Grammar, Comparative and general--Adverb
Verb learning
Language Acquisition

description: In the current experiment, we propose that adverbs may likewise confer an advantage in verb learning. To our knowledge, no studies have examined the role of adverbs in verb learning in toddlers, although Wittek (2002) demonstrated that the adverb again can support verb learning in certain contexts with 5-year-olds. To test our hypothesis, we adapted A&W’s paradigm, identifying their Sparse Content condition (in which toddlers performed at chance, showing no evidence of verb learning) as an excellent testing ground for our hypothesis. We reasoned that a manner-of-motion adverb would highlight aspects of the event, and therefore aspects of the verb’s meaning.
description: 36th
Stima e previsione della curva dei rendimenti italiana con i GARCH multivariati
Creators: name: Maggi, L.
name: Rossi, E.
name: Giannini, C.
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: In this paper we propose an econometric model to predict the daily returns of the italian government bonds with 3, 5 and 10 years maturity. The movement of daily returns is described by a vector autoregression model with predetermined variables (VARX model). The distinctive characteristics of this approach is that the conditional second moments of the daily returns are modeled as multivariate GARCH processes. The dynamic specification of the conditional second moments allows to calculate confidence bounds for point forecasts and to forecast the future returns volatility.
description: Statistica; Vol 61, No 1 (2001)
Notes on the second HPCD Workshop
Creators: name: Keane, John
name: Schwabacher, Mark
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1995

description: The second HPCD Workshop was held at Rutgers University on July 20 and 21, 1995, which was approximately the midpoint of the second of four years of the project. The goals of the workshop were to review the project goals, to bring together the people related to the project, and to get a good "big-picture" overview of project progress. During the technical sessions of the workshop, investigators from each of the project's areas summarized the research that had been done in the previous year. This memo summarizes these talks.
Fourier Methods in Computational Fluid and Field Dynamics
Creators: name: Vichnevetsky, Robert
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1983

description: This paper is a review, with examples, of those areas where the theory of Fourier transforms has played a role in the development of computational methods in fluid and field dynamics. These may be separated into Ul the development of computing algorithms using Fourier transforms and the analysis of standard finite difference and finite element algorithms by Fourier methods. Recent results in the analysis of spurious reflection phenomena at computational boundaries of fluid flow simulation, which invoke the theory of wave propagation and the concept of group velocity, are given.
(De)liberalizing judicial independence in Egypt
Creators: name: Aziz, Sahar F.
Publisher: name: OneWorld Press
Year: 2017
Subjects: Judicial independence -- Egypt -- 21st century

description: The January 25th Egyptian revolution was initiated in the public square and defeated in the courts. In the months following the forced resignation of longtime president Hosni Mubarak, a protracted power struggle ensued between a people demanding self-governance and a chronically authoritarian regime. As the various stakeholders within the “deep state” realized their political disadvantage in mass street mobilizations by youth activists and opposition groups, they strategically transferred the conflict to the courts. Cognizant of Mubarak’s success in co-opting significant portions of the judiciary, the military-led interim government trusted the judges to deploy thin notions of rule of law to quash Egyptians’ demands for substantive justice and populist democracy. Thus, assessing the implications of Egypt’s so-called January 25th Revolution warrants an inquiry into the role that courts played in the retrenchment of a centralized, authoritarian state and what ultimately became a stillborn revolution.
Migration knowledge transfer and the emergence of Australian post-war skiing: the story of Charles William Anton
Creators: name: Strobl, Philipp
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Skiing underwent substantial changes during the post-war years when the sport turned into a multi-billion dollar industry and a leisure activity for the masses. Despite its global nature and popularity, skiing in academic writing has not gained much recognition. This paper explores the role of knowledge transfer during the pioneering phase of post-war skiing in Australia. It describes the life of Charles William Anton, an Austrian refugee from the Anschluss who migrated to Sydney and subsequently became one of the founding fathers of Australian post-war skiing. The following pages show the multi-layered nature of skiing as a global sport by exemplifying how ideas spread from pre-war Europe to post-war Australia. The paper will also provide a case study about refugee knowledge transfer and the ‘productive process of absorption, adoption or rejection of knowledge’ that takes place once an idea has been introduced into a new environment.
Misure massimizzanti l'informazione di Fisher nei sistemi quantistici
Creators: name: Luati, A.
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: Braunstein and Caves (1994) showed that Helstrom's quantum information maximises expected Fisher information over all possible measurements on a given quantum system. For one-dimensional parameter pure state system, we derived necessary and/or sufficient conditions for measurement in order to be a maximising one, according to some assumptions either on the dimension of the physical space of the system or on the kind of measurement to be applied.
description: Statistica; Vol 61, No 1 (2001)
Two-way standardization and preprocessing of a three-way data set
Creators: name: Vicari, D.
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: In this paper a transformation of a three-way array is considered, which minimizes a measure of three-way variability. The proposed transformation makes matrices be more comparable with respect to multivariate measures of variability (Rizzi and Vichi, 1995), but it is more general, since both variables and occasions are not constrained to a constant measure of total variability. Furthermore, it reduces the three-way variability of the weighted array, which can influence the application of three-way methods. Hence, a preprocessing of the data set can be carried out, in order to standardize and possibly the data, before performing further analyses.
description: Statistica; Vol 61, No 1 (2001)
Phalaris aquatica L.
Creators: name: Voshell, Stephanie M.
name: Baldini, Riccardo M.
name: Kumar, Rohit
name: Tatalovich, Nicholas
name: Hilu, Khidir W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Poales
Poaceae
Phalaris
Phalaris aquatica

description: P. aquatica L., 2 n =28: 1, U.S.A., California, S. Boyd 11476 (RSA), JF951076, JF951113; 2, Netherlands, USDA 284200, JF951056, JF951094.
description: Published as part of Voshell, Stephanie M., Baldini, Riccardo M., Kumar, Rohit, Tatalovich, Nicholas & Hilu, Khidir W., 2011, Canary grasses (Phalaris, Poaceae): Molecular phylogenetics, polyploidy and floret evolution, pp. 1306-1316 in Taxon 60 (5) on page 1316, DOI: 10.1002/tax.605007, http://zenodo.org/record/5678778
Performability Modeling And Analysis Of Fault Tolerance Support In Communication Protocols
Creators: name: Kaur, Samian
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2000

description: There has been much research in assessing the performance of different messaging systems, but often messaging systems cannot be completely expressed by performance metrics alone. For an emerging class of large-scale distributed servers, robustness is at least as as important as performance. Three factors make protocol robustness critical: (i) these servers have very high availability requirements (e.g., minutes of down-time per year), implying that even occasional message loss cannot be catastrophic; (ii) intra-server communication depends on external client service demands, making it extremely difficult to exert enough control over the system "by design'' to avoid message loss; and (iii) many commodity LANs do not implement sufficient hardware flow control to always prevent loss inside the network under arbitrarily adverse communication patterns. Most of the current paradigms of reliable communication either provide strong consistency semantics with high overhead (e.g. transactional RPC) or reliability with indeterminate failure states using retransmissions(e.g.,TCP/IP). This work aims at building a new messaging layer that provides additional recovery states for applications to allow designers to reason about the cause of the error and to build customized recovery mechanisms. We present the design and implementation of a high performance Active Message (AM) layer over the Virtual Interface Architecture (VIA) library as such a messaging infrastructure. Its performance is evaluated to ensure that the additional recovery states are achieved at a reasonable overhead. We then present a queuing model to allow in the analysis and evaluation of robustness of this messaging protocol by computing its performance as a function of dependability in the presence of component and overall failures.
Knowledge Representation in Mathematics a Case Study in Graph Theory
Creators: name: Epstein, Susan Lynn
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1983

description: In this dissertation we present our work on representational languages for graph theory. We have shown that a knowledge representation can be structured to provide both expressive and procedural power. Our major research contributions are three. First we have defined representations of infinite sets and recommended that mathematical concepts be considered as sets of objects with relations among them. Second, we have demonstrated how a carefully controlled hierarchy of representations is available through formal languages Third, we have employed a recursive formulation of concepts which enables their application to many of the behaviors of a research mathematician. Two major families of representations are described: edge-set languages and recursive languages. The edge-set languages have finite expressive power and an interesting potential for hashing digraphs, characterizing classes of graphs and detecting differences among them. The recursive languages have extensible expressive power and impressive procedural power. Recursive languages appear to be an excellent implementation technique for artificial intelligence programs in mathematical research. Our results enable us to compare the complexity of mathematical concepts (via floors). Concepts represented in our languages can be inverted (to test for the presence of a property) and merged (to combine properties). Conjectures are available through simple search, and most theorems easily proved under the representation.
Bioarchaeological research in northwestern Argentina: analyses by classification and regression trees
Creators: name: Wiese, B.
name: Colaneri, M. G.
name: Bru De Labanda, E.
name: Raya, R.
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: This bioarchaeological study investigates biological characteristic of human groups localised in archaeological sites in the department Belén in Northwestern Argentina. They cover a period from the Formative period till the Incas and the Spanish Conquest. To understand the variability over the time as well as the systems of interchange and the social differentiation data from 35 human skulls were analysed. The 49 discrete variables per skull represent facial features and morphological attributes. The aim was to establish relationships between individuals from the different sites or to find attributes which can discriminate  between the archaeological sites. One specific problem in analysing these data was the significant percentage of missing values since some of the skulls were not complete. The method used for this analysis was CART (Classification and Regression Trees). CART can handle cases with incomplete data by identifying surrogate predictor variables. The result show a classification tree of five terminal nodes with the discriminating factors "hueso epiptérico", "foramen oval incomplete", "sutura infraorbitaria complete" and "hueso astérionico". These characteristics are  known as heritabilities and do not show an ecological influence. This allow us to propose that there has been a considerable social and spatial mobility over the time in the observer area, with a longer preservation of the genotype in the communities of earlier origin and an increasing heterogeneity towards the later periods.
description: Statistica; Vol 61, No 1 (2001)
Oldest record of Cenozoic terrestrial vertebrates (Chiroptera) from Madagascar
Creators: name: Samonds, Karen E.
name: Simmons, Nancy B.
name: Goodman, Steven M.
name: Alumbaugh, Jamie L.
name: Hand, Suzanne J.
name: Irwin, Mitchell T.
name: Rasolofomanana, Nadia
name: Gunnell, Gregg F.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Madagascar’s world-renowned endemic biota has been shaped by the island’s complex geological history and isolation from other land masses in deep geological time (∼88 Ma). Molecular data suggest that ancestors of most living native species successfully colonized asynchronously throughout the Cenozoic, well after the island was isolated, requiring crossing of considerable oceanic barriers. However, the paucity of the Cenozoic fossil record of Madagascar has inhibited direct testing of biogeographic hypotheses, as until now the oldest non-marine Cenozoic Malagasy vertebrate fossils date to only 80,000 years ago. Here we report a collection of bat fossils from a nearshore island in northwestern Madagascar, which extends the non-marine Cenozoic fossil vertebrate record of Madagascar back to the Miocene (early Tortonian, ∼10 Ma). Fossils recovered comprise the families Hipposideridae and Miniopteridae, including a new genus and species, Madanycteris razana. This new material represents the earliest fossil record of land mammals on Madagascar, and indicates that bat lineages have at least a 10 Ma history on the island. This discovery provides the oldest glimpse of the non-marine record within the island’s 80 Ma fossil gap and elucidates the first colonization and diversification history of groups represented in the island’s modern fauna.
A discrete model in population genetics: the fragile-X syndrome
Creators: name: Pellerey, F.
name: Rocchi, M. B. L.
name: Solimano, F.
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: A nonlinear discrete system, that describes how the fragile-X syndrome is transmitted through generations, is constructed. The problem of the existence of system's equilibria, depending on parameters, is considered, and some computer simulations are presented to study stability of these equilibria. Also, the results are compared with those already proposed in literature to describe the behaviour of the fragile-X syndrome.
description: Statistica; Vol 61, No 1 (2001)
Correction to: Adapting inpatient addiction medicine consult services during the COVID‑19 pandemic
Creators: name: Harris, Miriam T. H.
name: Peterkin, Alyssa
name: Bach, Paxton
name: Englander, Honora
name: Lapidus, Emily
name: Rolley, Theresa
name: Weimer, Melissa B.
name: Weinstein, Zoe M.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2021

description: An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
Fachwissenschaftliche Unterstützung des Nationalen Programms für nachhaltigen Konsum: Relevanz und Wirkung von Verbraucherinformationen stärken
Creators: name: Demrovski, Boris
name: Kossak, Sebastian Von
name: Menge, Franziska
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2019
Subjects: Verbraucherinformation
Umweltbewusstsein
Metainformationssystem
Ressourceneffizienzprogramm
Ressource

description: Mit dem Nationalen Programm für nachhaltigen Konsum (NPNK) beschreibt die Bundesregierung, wie der notwendige Wandel in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft in Richtung Nachhaltigkeit vorangetrieben werden soll. Das Programm weist Verbraucherinformationen zum nachhaltigen Konsum eine eigenständige Bedeutung zu - insbesondere der Ausbau des UBA-Verbraucherportals "Umwelttipps für den Alltag" wird als eine zentrale Maßnahme benannt. In diesem Vorhaben wurden entsprechende Maßnahmen erprobt, Konzepte entwickelt und umfangreiche Rechercheaufgaben zu Verbraucherangeboten im Internet durchgeführt, damit das UBA-Verbraucherportal seine im Nationalen Programm für nachhaltigen Konsum sowie in ProgRess II festgelegte Funktion als Meta-Informationssystem effektiv erfüllen kann. Dabei wurde die Themenvielfalt über Ressortgrenzen hinweg für die im Nationalen Programm genannten Bedürfnisfelder erweitert und systematische Kooperationen mit staatlich geförderten Informationsanbietern und externen Akteuren überprüft. Die Fragen von Nutzerinnen und Nutzern des Online-Angebotes des Umweltbundesamtes wurden zur Qualitätssicherung ausgewertet und zur Optimierung des Angebots "Umwelttipps für den Alltag" verwendet. Zur Erhöhung der Reichweite wurden visuelle Informationselemente erprobt und implementiert sowie Vorschläge für die Kommunikation über soziale Netzwerke ausformuliert. Quelle: Forschungsbericht
description: With the national programme for sustainable consumption (NPNK), the federal government describes how the necessary change in economy and society towards sustainability is to be promoted. The programme ascribes particular importance to consumer information on sustainable consumption - within this context, expanding the UBA-consumers portal "Environmental Tips for Every-Day Life" is viewed as an essential measure. In this project, respective measures were tested, concepts were developed and significant research tasks on offers for consumers on the internet were conducted, so that the UBA-consumers portal can effectively fulfil its role as a meta-information-system as determined in the national programme for sustainable consumption as well as in ProgRess II. In so doing, the variety of topics was broadened beyond resort borders in order to fulfill the areas of need as defined in the national programme. Moreover, systematic cooperation with government-funded information providers and external players was reviewed. User questions from the online offer of the Environmental Office were analysed for a quality management and used in order to optimise the offer "Environmental Tips for Every-Day Life". In order to increase reach, visual elements of information were tested and implemented, and suggestions for a communication via social media were made. Quelle: Forschungsbericht
Phalaris arundinacea L.
Creators: name: Voshell, Stephanie M.
name: Baldini, Riccardo M.
name: Kumar, Rohit
name: Tatalovich, Nicholas
name: Hilu, Khidir W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Poales
Poaceae
Phalaris
Phalaris arundinacea

description: P. arundinacea L., 2 n =28: 1, U.S.A., Virginia, D.W. Ogle 97462 (VPI), JF951077, –; 2, Canada, USDA 387928, JF951075, JF951095; 3, Kazakhstan, USDA 435303, –, JF951096.
description: Published as part of Voshell, Stephanie M., Baldini, Riccardo M., Kumar, Rohit, Tatalovich, Nicholas & Hilu, Khidir W., 2011, Canary grasses (Phalaris, Poaceae): Molecular phylogenetics, polyploidy and floret evolution, pp. 1306-1316 in Taxon 60 (5) on page 1316, DOI: 10.1002/tax.605007, http://zenodo.org/record/5678778
Reduction of Angle Splitting and Computational Time for the Finite Volume Method in Radiative Transfer Analysis via Phase Function Normalization
Creators: name: Hunter, Brian
name: Guo, Zhixiong
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2012
Subjects: Radiation
Heat Transfer
Finite Volume Method
Computation
Normalization of phase function
Henyey–Greenstein phase function
Legendre polynomial phase function
Radiative heat transfer

description: The commonly implemented splitting of solid angles to ensure scattered energy conservation in the finite volume method does not exactly conserve phase function asymmetry factor after directional discretiza- tion, leading to significant changes in scattering effect for radiative transfer analysis in highly anisotropic scattering media. In addition, use of a large number of split sub-angles results in drastic increases in com- putational CPU time and computer memory. The phase function normalization approach considered in this study is found to guarantee accurate conservation of both scattered energy and asymmetry factor simultaneously after directional discretization as well as depress solid angle splitting, vastly reducing the computational convergence time with improved accuracy. As a test, radial and axial radiative heat flux profiles in a scattering cylinder generated both with and without the phase function normalization are compared among different levels of angle discretization and splitting as well as with the discrete- ordinates method. The effects of changes in optical thickness, angular resolution, scattering albedo, and phase function approximation are examined.
Filtering of a discrete jump process: approximation error
Creators: name: Tardelli, P.
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: This Paper presents a discussion about some discrete models in which a finite state truncation is performed. In the models described the difference between the related filters is evaluated. The idea comes out by the examination of particular models, one discrete and the other finite.
description: Statistica; Vol 61, No 1 (2001)
Phalaris brachystachys Link
Creators: name: Voshell, Stephanie M.
name: Baldini, Riccardo M.
name: Kumar, Rohit
name: Tatalovich, Nicholas
name: Hilu, Khidir W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Poales
Poaceae
Phalaris
Phalaris brachystachys

description: P. brachystachys Link, 2 n =12: 1, U.S.A., California, Lowell Ahart 10286 (CSCH), –, JF951114; 2, Algeria, USDA 239820, JF951057, JF951097.
description: Published as part of Voshell, Stephanie M., Baldini, Riccardo M., Kumar, Rohit, Tatalovich, Nicholas & Hilu, Khidir W., 2011, Canary grasses (Phalaris, Poaceae): Molecular phylogenetics, polyploidy and floret evolution, pp. 1306-1316 in Taxon 60 (5) on page 1316, DOI: 10.1002/tax.605007, http://zenodo.org/record/5678778
Use of natural cubic splines for modeling pulmonary function in longitudinal epidemiological studies
Creators: name: Bottai, M.
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: We present an application of natural cubic regression splines for the clinical practice in respiratory medicine. We derive reference equations for one pulmonary function index - the forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) - as a function of age, height, and body mass index (i.e. weight/height - squared), separately by gender. The non linear dependence of FEV1 on age is modeled by means of natural cubic splines with two breakpoints. They represent  a simple and flexible parametric method that provides smooth curves that are continuous up to the second derivative over the whole age range, and are constrained to be linear in the extreme intervals. Data arise from the normal  and healthy participants of a large longitudinal study on respiratory chronic obstructive diseases. Owing to serial dependence of the repeated observations, inferences are performed by means of random effects models. we graphically compare the prediction curves derived by applying natural cubic splines with those previously obtained by means of stratified linear regression.
description: Statistica; Vol 61, No 1 (2001)
Experimental and Mathematical Analyses Relating Circadian Period and Phase of Entrainment in Neurospora crassa
Creators: name: Kumar, Prithvi Shiva
name: McQuade, Sean
name: Lee, Joshua Y.
name: Park, Sohyun
name: Lee, Kwangwon
name: An, Zheming
name: Piccoli, Benedetto
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Period
Phase of entrainment
Ecotypes
Mathematical model
Familial sleep phase syndrome
Thioredoxin reductase
ATP dependent RNA helicase

description: Circadian rhythms are observed in most organisms on earth and are known to play a major role in successful adaptation to the 24-h cycling environment. Circadian phenotypes are characterized by a free-running period that is observed in constant conditions and an entrained phase that is observed in cyclic conditions. Thus, the relationship between the free-running period and phase of entrainment is of interest. A popular simple rule has been that the entrained phase is the expression of the period in a cycling environment (i.e., that a short period causes an advanced phase and a long period causes a delayed phase). However, there are experimental data that are not explained by this simple relationship, and no systematic study has been done to explore all possible period-phase relationships. Here, we show the existence of stable period-phase relationships that are exceptions to this rule. First, we analyzed period-phase relationships using populations with different degrees of genome complexity. Second, we generated isogenic F1 populations by crossing 14 classical period mutants to the same female and analyzed 2 populations with a short period/delayed phase and a long period/advanced phase. Third, we generated a mathematical model to account for such variable relationships between period and phase. Our analyses support the view that the circadian period of an organism is not the only predictor of the entrained phase.
Phalaris caesia Nees 1841
Creators: name: Voshell, Stephanie M.
name: Baldini, Riccardo M.
name: Kumar, Rohit
name: Tatalovich, Nicholas
name: Hilu, Khidir W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Poales
Poaceae
Phalaris
Phalaris caesia

description: P. caesia Nees, 2 n =42: 1, France, Montpellier, M. Kerguelen 8983 (FI), JF951061, JF951115; 2, Ethiopia, E. DeWilde 6804 (BR), JF951062, –.
description: Published as part of Voshell, Stephanie M., Baldini, Riccardo M., Kumar, Rohit, Tatalovich, Nicholas & Hilu, Khidir W., 2011, Canary grasses (Phalaris, Poaceae): Molecular phylogenetics, polyploidy and floret evolution, pp. 1306-1316 in Taxon 60 (5) on page 1316, DOI: 10.1002/tax.605007, http://zenodo.org/record/5678778
Sulla definizione di analisi condizionata
Creators: name: Celant, G.
name: Pesarin, F.
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: In this paper, after a brief critical analysis emphasizing the necessity that in conditional inferences actual data should also play a role in the definition of the parameter estimator or the test, we propose two definitions for conditional analysis: one in the parametric and one in the nonparametric framework. The former is based on the notion of implicit function, the latter on that of invariance with respect to the permutation group.
description: Statistica; Vol 61, No 2 (2001)
Growing Businesses Organically on the Social Farm
Creators: name: Pathak, Vivek
name: Iftode, Liviu
name: Smaldone, Stephen
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2009

description: We propose to create and operate businesses on top of online social networks through our Social Farm model. The Social Farm leverages the connectivity and trust relationships available in online social networks to create and operate businesses using the programming interface provided by online social networks. Our proposal aims to automate the tasks of finding partners, implementing the business workflow, managing profits and customer reputation, and managing the day-to-day operations of the business. This paper presents the Social Farm model and architecture, as well as, a description of a Social Farm prototype we developed for Facebook.
Treatment of non-response in successive sampling
Creators: name: Okafor, F. C.
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: Estimators of the population mean have been presented for sampling on two successive occasions when there is non-response in the sample. These estimators have been derived using the Hansen and Hurwitz  (1946) procedure for treating non-response. The estimators were found to be more efficient than the Hansen-Hurwitz estimator.
description: Statistica; Vol 61, No 2 (2001)
A note on interest rate term structure estimation by monotonic smoothing splines
Creators: name: Barzanti, L.
name: Corradi, C.
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: A monotone B-spline smoothing method is proposed as an appropriate and flexible tool for estimation of the term structure of interest rates. Numerical experiments with italian bond data demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.
description: Statistica; Vol 61, No 2 (2001)
Robust control design for vehicle steer-by-wire systems
Creators: name: Sun, Zhe
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: As a part of the by-wire technologies in automobile industry, the Steer-by-Wire (SbW) technology has been playing an important role in the development of modern vehicles. The basic idea of SbW systems is to use a steering motor rather than the driver to generate the steering torque to steer front wheels, and a feedback motor to generate feedback torques for drivers to have ‘road feels’. The SbW technology possesses several remarkable merits, such as the enhancement of vehicle’s stability and manoeuvrability, less environmental concerns and the elimination of the injury to a driver when there is a front-end car collision. In this thesis, a dynamic model of a vehicle SbW system is identified, several advanced and effective control methods are proposed for the SbW system, and satisfactory control performances are obtained. The work described by this thesis will contribute to the development of modern vehicle steering technologies and the development of future transportation.
La statistica nella scuola secondaria superiore: un problema culturale e didattico
Creators: name: Ricci, R.
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: The introduction of the teaching of statistics and probability in all secondary school courses has not been matched by the development of a cultural awareness of the educational value of these subjects. This has frequently led to serious errors and to focusing the attention on the calculating side of the issue rather than on the interpretation of results.
description: Statistica; Vol 61, No 2 (2001)
Loss Compensation in Time-Dependent Elastic Metamaterials
Creators: name: Torrent, Daniel
name: Parnell, William J.
name: Norris, Andrew N.
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2018

description: Materials with properties that are modulated in time are known to display wave phenomena showing energy increasing with time, with the rate mediated by the modulation. Until now there has been no accounting for material dissipation, which clearly counteracts energy growth. This paper provides an exact expression for the amplitude of elastic or acoustic waves propagating in lossy materials with properties that are periodically modulated in time. It is found that these materials can support a special propagation regime in which waves travel at constant amplitude, with temporal modulation compensating for the normal energy dissipation. We derive a general condition under which amplification due to time-dependent properties offsets the material dissipation. This identity relates band-gap properties associated with the temporal modulation and the average of the viscosity coefficient, thereby providing a simple recipe for the design of loss-compensated mechanical metamaterials.