cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Hardware Implementation of Deep Network Accelerators Towards Healthcare and Biomedical Applications
Creators: name: Azghadi, Mostafa Rahimi
name: Lammie, Corey
name: Eshraghian, Jason K.
name: Payvand, Melika
name: Donati, Elisa
name: Linares-Barranco, Bernabe
name: Indiveri, Giacomo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Hardware Architecture (cs.AR)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: The advent of dedicated Deep Learning (DL) accelerators and neuromorphic processors has brought on new opportunities for applying both Deep and Spiking Neural Network (SNN) algorithms to healthcare and biomedical applications at the edge. This can facilitate the advancement of medical Internet of Things (IoT) systems and Point of Care (PoC) devices. In this paper, we provide a tutorial describing how various technologies including emerging memristive devices, Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), and Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) can be used to develop efficient DL accelerators to solve a wide variety of diagnostic, pattern recognition, and signal processing problems in healthcare. Furthermore, we explore how spiking neuromorphic processors can complement their DL counterparts for processing biomedical signals. The tutorial is augmented with case studies of the vast literature on neural network and neuromorphic hardware as applied to the healthcare domain. We benchmark various hardware platforms by performing a sensor fusion signal processing task combining electromyography (EMG) signals with computer vision. Comparisons are made between dedicated neuromorphic processors and embedded AI accelerators in terms of inference latency and energy. Finally, we provide our analysis of the field and share a perspective on the advantages, disadvantages, challenges, and opportunities that various accelerators and neuromorphic processors introduce to healthcare and biomedical domains.
description: Accepted by IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems (21 pages, 10 figures, 5 tables)
GM food technology abroad and its implications for Australia and New Zealand
Creators: name: Anderson, Kym
name: Jackson, Lee Ann
name: Anderson, Kym
name: Jackson, Lee Ann
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: Biotechnology
subject: GMOs
subject: regulation
subject: trade policy
subject: computable general equilibrium

description: The potential economic benefits from agricultural biotechnology adoption by ANZ need to be weighed against any likely loss of market access abroad for crops that may contain genetically modified (GM) organisms. This paper uses the global GTAP model to estimate effects of other countries' GM policies without and with ANZ farmers adopting GM varieties of various grains and oilseeds. The benefits to ANZ from adopting GM crops under a variety of scenarios are positive even in the presence of the ban on imports from GM-adopting countries by the EU (but not if East Asia also applied such a ban).
Commodity Price Volatility in the Biofuel Era: An Examination of the Linkage between Energy and Agricultural Markets
Creators: name: Hertel, Thomas W.
name: Beckman, Jayson F.
name: Hertel, Thomas W.
name: Beckman, Jayson F.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: Agricultural and energy commodity prices have traditionally exhibited relatively low – even negative correlation. However, the recent increases in biofuel production have altered the agriculture-energy relationship in a fundamental way. The amount of corn utilized for ethanol production in the US has increased from 5% in 2001 to over one-third by the end of the decade. This increase has drawn corn previously sold to other uses (exports, food, feed), as well as acreage devoted to other crops (e.g., oilseeds and other grains). In addition, there has been an increase in the demand for production inputs, especially fertilizers, which are heavily energy-intensive. In short, the previous “biofuel decade” has led to significant changes in the US, and indeed the global economy. In the next five years, the U.S. Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) envisions a further boost of ethanol production to 15 billion gallons per year. This might be expected to further strengthen the linkage between energy prices and agricultural commodity markets. However, unless oil prices rise sharply, it is likely that the RFS will be binding in 2015 – that is, the amount of ethanol consumed will be determined by government mandates rather than by the relative price of oil vs. corn-based ethanol. Under such a scenario, with an even larger share of corn production going to ethanol, and with that source of demand potentially becoming unresponsive to price, there is potential for significant increases in commodity market volatility. Indeed, we estimate that, in the presence of a binding RFS, the inherent volatility in the US coarse grains market will rise by about one-quarter. And the volatility of the US coarse grains price to supply side shocks in that market will rise by nearly one-half. Under a high oil price scenario, we expect that, rather than the RFS binding, the binding constraint is likely to be the “blend wall”, i.e. the legal % content of ethanol in gasoline used by regular automobiles. (This is currently set at 10%.) With a binding blend wall, we see similar, although somewhat smaller, increases in market volatility. If both the RFS and the blend wall are simultaneously binding, then US coarse grains price volatility in response to corn supply shocks is 57% higher than in the non-binding case, and world price volatility is boosted by 25%. In short, we envision a future in which agricultural price volatility – particularly for biofuel feedstocks – will depend critically on renewable energy policies. Indeed, these may dominate the traditional importance of agricultural commodity policies in many markets.
Estimating the Implicit Value of Crop Stubble as a Barrier to Technology Adoption in Morocco
Creators: name: Magnan, Nicholas
name: Larson, Douglas M.
name: Magnan, Nicholas
name: Larson, Douglas M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: International Development
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Mixed cereal-livestock systems
subject: Non-market valuation
subject: Land use
subject: Technology adoption
subject: No-till

description: For mixed cereal-livestock farmers, cereal production provides a bundle of goods. Grain is consumed by the household or sold at market, and crop residues are used as livestock feed. The straw component of crop residue can be bought and sold at market and therefore has a well-established local market price. Crop stubble, the portion of the crop residue left on the ground, is generally not traded and therefore has no market price. Some agricultural technologies require farmers to forgo using crop stubble as feed, and cultivation of high value crops entails sacrificing residue production altogether. In this paper we apply a structural econometric model to household data from Morocco to estimate the implicit value of crop stubble. We use a sample splitting technique to investigate differences in the value of this resource and find that it is significantly higher for smaller farmers, who therefore face an even larger barrier to technology adoption.
Using Linked Household-level Datasets to Explain Consumer Response to BSE in Canada
Creators: name: Wang, Xin
name: Maynard, Leigh J.
name: Butler, J.S.
name: Wang, Xin
name: Maynard, Leigh J.
name: Butler, J.S.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: BSE
subject: mad cow disease
subject: food safety
subject: consumer behavior
subject: Canada

description: Household-level Canadian meat purchases from 2002-2008, household-level egg purchases from 2002-2005 and Food Opinion Survey in 2008 were used to understand how consumers who have different concerns about nutrition react to BSE events and how beef consumption after BSE discoveries were shaped by consumers concerns of food safety and their trust of government and the industry decision makers. Three measures of beef purchased were used to explore consumers’ reaction. A random effects logit model was applied to test whether any beef purchased during a given month. Consumption in terms of unit purchases was measured with a random effects Negative Binomial model and consumption in terms of beef expenditure was measured with a standard random effects model. Consumer behaviors in Alberta differed from Ontario. Consumer reactions to BSE in Alberta were stronger than Ontario. Overall, the more risk consumers attached to BSE, the less beef they purchased in both provinces. Random effects in the three models controlled for unobserved but persistent aspects of households and changed the sign of estimated effects of demographic variables.
Women's Agrotourist Cooperatives in Greece: Key Elements for Their Successful Operation
Creators: name: Iakovidou, Olga
name: Iakovidou, Olga
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Rural tourism
subject: agrotourism
subject: women in rural areas
subject: women's agrotourist cooperatives
subject: bottom-up approach
subject: Zagora
subject: Greece

description: Women's' agrotourist cooperatives constitute the most original type of rural tourism in Greece because of its planning, organization and management. This article aims to analyze the women's agrotourist cooperatives, to point out the bottom-up approach that is determinant for their successful operation, identify the factors that motivate Greek farm-women to join such cooperatives and the effects of such a decision on their life. The results indicate that the most successful cooperatives are those that meet one or more of the following conditions : I) the cooperatives are made up of a core of women with leadership skills; 2) there is an authority that encourages and supports women's venture; and 3) their establishment is based on a bottom-up approach. The women's cooperatives managed to professionalize their part-time work. They created a source of income for rural women and gave them independence, power of control and self-esteem. Furthermore, the cooperatives resulted in placing the localities, in which they were established, on the Greek map of "alternative tourism".
Agricultural Cooperatives and Dilemmas of Survival
Creators: name: Gray, Thomas W.
name: Heffernan, William D.
name: Hendrickson, Mary K.
name: Gray, Thomas W.
name: Heffernan, William D.
name: Hendrickson, Mary K.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2001
Subjects: Agribusiness

description: The context of agricultural cooperatives is undergoing major change with the development of various food and information monitoring technologies. Large multi-nationals have moved to take advantage of these developments with the construction of agri-food chains. These chains are being facilitated via various mergers, acquisitions, and alliances, with the power, and deepening power of such deep-pocket organizations as Cargill, ADM, and ConAgra. Cooperatives have been integrated into these chains for their core competencies, generally for their supply functions, and capacity to handle primary commodities. These direct links to the farmers serve as markets for biotechnology innovations, and as a source of raw material for later processing. Agricultural cooperatives in general are not well suited to compete with these giants, given they are highly specialized at the first handler level. However some cooperatives are able to enter the competition along the lines of multi-nationals competition, i.e. non-price competition in product differentiation, branding, advertising, research and capacity expansion. Farmland, Gold Kist, AGP, Land O'Lakes and Growmark are examples. The cost of these positionings is to shift these organizations toward positions that are characteristically less cooperative, and more bureaucratic, and more top down, though likely more efficient, and with greater market penetration.
Springvalia isolata
Creators: name: Zhang, - H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Tateidae
Springvalia
Springvalia isolata

description: Springvalia isolata (Ponder & Clark, 1990)
Jardinella isolata Ponder & Clark, 1990: 339, figs. 16A, 31C–F, 32C, D, 33A, B, 34D–F; Perez et al. 2005: 547 (C.305895).
Material examined. Holotype (C.156772), paratypes (C.156773; C.156774; C.156775) and topotypes, Queensland, Elizabeth Springs, SE of Boulia, 23° 20' 30" S, 140° 34' 40" E (C.305895; C.438554; C.481123); Queensland, N of Springvale, S of Boulia, Warra Station, Bulla Bulla Spring, 22° 55' 12" S, 140° 27' 17" E, mud and water column in spring, W.F. Ponder, J.B. Studdert, C. Slatyer & J.M. Ponder, 16 Aug 2004, C.479957, 1, C.438556, 9; Reedy Spring, permanent spring in Hamilton River channels, 22° 55' 10" S, 140° 27' 08" E, R. J. Fensham, 28 Oct 2003, C.430903, 20+; base of spring base in creek gully, 22° 55' 07" S, 140° 27' 17" E, W.F. Ponder, J.B. Studdert, C. Slatyer & J.M. Ponder, 16 Aug 2004, C.447677, 20+.
Remarks. This species is common at Elizabeth Springs, a spring group about 26 km NNW of Springvale and about 95 km SE of Boulia, Western Queensland (Fig. 1). The group contains a number of small swampy springs. The locality was listed on the National Heritage List in August 2009. It contains an endemic goby (Chlamydogobius micropterus) and several rare plant species including the endangered Eriocaulon carsonii. The specimens described and figured here are from a few small springs on Warra Station, approximately 49 km north of Elizabeth Springs (Fig. 1). Both spring groups are associated with tributaries of the Burke River in the Channel Country. The Warra Station specimens are very similar to typical S. isolata in shell size and shape (Fig. 10 A–C) but differ in a few minor anatomical details. However, the molecular results indicate that these two populations can be considered conspecific. The anatomical differences noted in the Warra specimens include a more swollen vestibular area in the female (Fig. 12C), the male has a penis that lacks the distinct papilla (Fig. 12A) seen in typical S. isolata (see Ponder & Clark 1990, fig. 34A) and the rectum is arched in the Warra specimens while the examined Elizabeth Springs material has a simple rectum. These characters may well be variable within S. isolata if a larger sample was examined anatomically.
Illustrations (Figs. 9–12) and dimensions (Table 7) of the material from Warra Station are provided for comparison with typical S. isolata (see Ponder and Clark 1990, fig. 31C, F).
description: Published as part of Zhang, - H., 2019, New taxa of Tateidae (Caenogastropoda, Truncatelloidea) from springs associated with the Great Artesian Basin and Einasleigh Uplands, Queensland, with the description of two related taxa from eastern coastal drainages, pp. 1-67 in Zootaxa 4583 (1) on page 23, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4583.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2637603
Spin 3/2 Pentaquarks
Creators: name: Wei, W.
name: Huang, P. -Z.
name: Chen, H. -X.
name: Zhu, Shi-Lin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the possible existence of the spin 3/2 pentaquark states using interpolating currents with K-N color-octet structure in the framework of QCD finite energy sum rule (FESR). We pay special attention to the convergence of the operator product expansion.
Private Standards, Handling and Hygiene in Fruit Export Supply Chains: A Preliminary Evaluation of the Economic Impact of Parallel Standards
Creators: name: Vermeulen, Hester
name: Jordaan, Daniel Du Plessis Scheepers
name: Korsten, Luuk
name: Kirsten, Johann F.
name: Vermeulen, Hester
name: Jordaan, Daniel Du Plessis Scheepers
name: Korsten, Luuk
name: Kirsten, Johann F.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: International Relations/Trade

description: With the emergence of private food safety and quality standards in developed countries fruit exporting countries in the developing world face increasing constraints to access markets in the rich industrialised countries in the North. Producers in the South have no alternative as to make the necessary investments on farms and in pack houses to comply with the requirements of these food quality and safety standards. The export of fresh fruit is an important component of South African agricultural exports, with citrus fruit exported to markets such as Europe being of particular importance. This paper reports selected results from a large research project into the impact of private standard compliance on the quality of the fruit and the returns to farmers. The research process involved a multi-disciplinary analysis of Agricultural Economics and Microbiology / Plant pathology as we analysed the dynamics of the citrus export supply chain from the farms in South Africa to the end consumer in Europe. Sampled fruit containers were followed through the whole supply chain which allowed us to provide an exposé of the behaviour of the different actors in the citrus supply chain and obtain some evidence of poor handling and hygiene standards by means of a comparison of the experimental observations with various relevant components of the EurepGAP control points and compliance criteria for fruit and vegetables. Observations suggest that these standards are adequately applied to the production and handling of fruit at the farm and pack house levels while on the other hand the subsequent stages (mainly after the importing harbour in Europe) of the fruit supply chain are seemingly not subjected to the same strict requirements laid out for producers, leading to fruit quality deterioration and financial losses for producers. This constitutes clear parallel standards in terms of fruit safety and quality standards between upstream and downstream sections of the supply chain and questions thus the purpose of the standards and the financial return for producers making large investments to comply with these privately introduced standards.
Reaction-Drift Model for Switching Transients in Pr$_{0.7}$Ca$_{0.3}$MnO$_3$-Based Resistive RAM
Creators: name: Saraswat, Vivek
name: Prasad, Shankar
name: Khanna, Abhishek
name: Wagh, Ashwin
name: Bhat, Ashwin
name: Panwar, Neeraj
name: Lashkare, Sandip
name: Ganguly, Udayan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Pr$_{0.7}$Ca$_{0.3}$MnO$_3$ (PCMO) based RRAM shows promising memory properties like non-volatility, low variability, multiple resistance states and scalability. From a modeling perspective, the charge carrier DC current modeling of PCMO RRAM by drift diffusion (DD) in the presence of fixed oxygen ion vacancy traps and self-heating (SH) in Technology Computer Aided Design (TCAD) (but without oxygen ionic transport) was able to explain the experimentally observed space charge limited conduction (SCLC) characteristics, prior to resistive switching. Further, transient analysis using DD+SH model was able to reproduce the experimentally observed fast current increase at ~100 ns timescale, prior to resistive switching. However, a complete quantitative transient current transport plus resistive switching model requires the inclusion of ionic transport. We propose a Reaction-Drift (RD) model for oxygen ion vacancy related trap density variation, which is combined with the DD+SH model. Earlier we have shown that the Set transient consists of 3 stages and Reset transient consists of 4 stages experimentally. In this work, the DD+SH+RD model is able to reproduce the entire transient behavior over 10 ns - 1 s range in timescale for both the Set and Reset operations for different applied biases and ambient temperatures. Remarkably, a universal Reset experimental behavior, log(I) is proportional to (m X log(t)) where m~-1/10 is reproduced in simulations. This model is the first model for PCMO RRAMs to significantly reproduce transient Set/Reset behavior. This model establishes the presence of self-heating and ionic-drift limited resistive switching as primary physical phenomena in these RRAMs.
Gender Differences in Negative Mood, Emotional Intelligence and Tobacco Use among Young Adults
Creators: name: Torres, Oscar V.
name: Estep, Justin C.
name: Gwin, Mary
name: Villalta, Ian
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Background: Tobacco use is recognized as a form of addiction and remains a significant health concern. Despite this well accepted problem, the various components associated with tobacco use across gender remain relatively unknown. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between tobacco use and negative moods (anxiety, depression, stress) between men and women. The relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and attitudes about smoking was also investigated. Methods: A questionnaire was used to determine sociodemographic characteristics, negative moods, EI, smoking behavior, and tobacco-related attitudes (N = 350). Results: Amongst individuals who used tobacco products, women reported greater disturbances in stress and anxiety compared to men. In addition, both men and women who used tobacco products reported higher depression scores compared to nonsmokers, however, no gender differences were observed. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that higher EI scores explained negative attitudes about smoking in relation to health concerns. Lastly, women reported stronger attitudes for the restriction of cigarette sales and marketing of tobacco products. Conclusion: These findings support the literature by showing that mood dysregulation is an important factor associated with tobacco use among women. Additionally, we report that specific aspects of EI are psychological constructs closely linked with attitudes about smoking. Future studies elucidating the various components of tobacco use across gender might lead to more effective treatments for smoking.
Acceptance for a COVID-19 vaccine: A cross-sectional study in Indonesia
Creators: name: Harapan Harapan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111706 Epidemiology
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Underlying data for a study "Acceptance for a COVID-19 vaccine: A cross-sectional study in Indonesia" submitted to Frontiers in Public Health.
The Self-Dual String and Anomalies in the M5-brane
Creators: name: Berman, David S.
name: Harvey, Jeffrey A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the anomalies of a charge $Q_2$ self-dual string solution in the Coulomb branch of $Q_5$ M5-branes. Cancellation of these anomalies allows us to determine the anomaly of the zero-modes on the self-dual string and their scaling with $Q_2$ and $Q_5$. The dimensional reduction of the five-brane anomalous couplings then lead to certain anomalous couplings for D-branes.
description: 13 pages, Harvmac, refs added
TO NEGOTIATE OR TO GAME THEORIZE: Negotiation vs. Game Theory Outcomes for Water Allocation Problems in the Kat Basin, South Africa
Creators: name: Dinar, Ariel
name: Farolfi, Stefano
name: Patrone, Fioravante
name: Rowntree, Kate
name: Dinar, Ariel
name: Farolfi, Stefano
name: Patrone, Fioravante
name: Rowntree, Kate
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
subject: Negotiation
subject: Role-playing game
subject: Core
subject: Nucleolus
subject: Shapley value
subject: Water allocation
subject: Economic efficiency
subject: Planning models

description: Common property resource disputes are increasing, due to increase in competition and deterioration of quality. Cooperative arrangements have long been in the center of public interest regarding the mechanisms used by communities that share them. Two main approaches have been applied separately, namely negotiation approaches and cooperative game theory. Although the two approaches depart from different directions and are based on different assumptions, they complement each other as they are based on similar principles of fairness and efficiency and can both be seen as leading to cooperative outcomes. In this paper we apply the Role-Playing Game that is a component of the Companion Modeling approach--a negotiation procedure, and Cooperative Game Theory (Shapley value and the nucleolus) to a water allocation problem in the Kat watershed in South Africa. We use simplifying assumptions to allow a comparable solution. The negotiation and the cooperative game theory provide similar trends vis a vis the various players and their outcomes. Our conclusion is that Cooperative Game Theory and Negotiation approaches may be complementary to each other.
description: The 6th MEETING ON GAME THEORY AND PRACTICE Zaragoza, Spain 10-12 July 2006
Implementation analysis of a cooperative security agenda raised from the Union of South American Nations´ Defense Council against drug trafficking and organized crime
Creators: name: Cisneros-Corrales, Edison
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 160699 Political Science not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Historically South America has had war conflicts as a traditional threat to peace and security. However, with the appearance of phenomena such as globalization, the rise of new threats or non-traditional threats is evident. Drug trafficking and organized crime are two of the main threats to the region. To face these predicaments, countries have developed security agendas based on their conceptions of security, defense, risk, and threats. However, the programs and objectives proposed have been ineffective. A cooperative security agenda from the Union of South American Nations (USAN) has been proposed as a solution in order for all countries to work towards the definitive eradication of these threats; nevertheless, there are several factors that must be analyzed if this objective is to be achieved. The present investigation shows that the creation of a cooperative security agenda proposed by the Council of South American Defense of USAN is unlikely to happen due to the diversity of security and defense concepts reflected in the security agendas of the countries of the region. The research uses analysis of statistics and data as qualitative methodology and empirical phenomenology through a documentary analysis of security documents as a qualitative methodology. The qualitative method weighs over the quantitative one. Additionally, it proposes Barry Buzan's theory of security complexes as a theoretical framework
Simultaneous excitation of two noninteracting atoms with time-frequency correlated photon pairs in a superconducting circuit
Creators: name: Ren, Wenhui
name: Liu, Wuxin
name: Song, Chao
name: Li, Hekang
name: Guo, Qiujiang
name: Wang, Zhen
name: Zheng, Dongning
name: Agarwal, Girish S.
name: Scully, Marlan O.
name: Zhu, Shi-Yao
name: Wang, H.
name: Wang, Da-Wei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Here we report the first observation of simultaneous excitation of two noninteracting atoms by a pair of time-frequency correlated photons in a superconducting circuit. The strong coupling regime of this process enables the synthesis of a three-body interaction Hamiltonian, which allows the generation of the tripartite Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger state in a single step with a fidelity as high as 0.95. We further demonstrate the quantum Zeno effect of inhibiting the simultaneous two-atom excitation by continuously measuring whether the first photon is emitted. This work provides a new route in synthesizing many-body interaction Hamiltonian and coherent control of entanglement.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures
Ethanol Trade between Brazil and the United States
Creators: name: Devadoss, Stephen
name: Kuffel, Martin
name: Devadoss, Stephen
name: Kuffel, Martin
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: ethanol imports
subject: mandate
subject: subsidy
subject: tariff
subject: tax credit

description: The United States has used tax credit and mandate to promote ethanol production. To offset the tax credit availed by the imported ethanol, the United States instituted an import tariff. This study ascertains the appropriate U.S. ethanol import tariff corresponding to the U.S. domestic policies by setting the policy-induced ethanol price equal to the free market price. The theoretical results from a horizontally-related ethanol-gasoline partial equilibrium model of three countries (the United States, Brazil, and the Rest of the World) show that the United States should provide an import subsidy rather than impose a tariff. The empirical results quantify that this import subsidy is $0.10, instead of a $0.57 import tariff, per gallon of ethanol.
Consumer Willingness-to-Pay for Fresh Pork Attributes
Creators: name: Sanders, Dwight R.
name: Moon, Wanki
name: Kuethe, Todd H.
name: Sanders, Dwight R.
name: Moon, Wanki
name: Kuethe, Todd H.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: pork attributes
subject: pork markets
subject: willingness to pay

description: A survey was used to gauge consumer preferences toward four fresh pork attributes : juiciness, tenderness, marbling, and leanness. The survey elicited consumer willingness-to-pay a premium for an improvement in these attributes. Approximately one-half of the respondents were willing to pay some premium for the attributes of juiciness, leanness, and tenderness. The average premium size ranged from $0.20/lb. for marbling to $0.37/lb. for tenderness. Neither the choice of a certifying agency nor the use of a cheap talk script influenced premium levels.
Additional file 8 of Revealing the key point of the temperature stress response of Arthrospira platensis C1 at the interconnection of C- and N- metabolism by proteome analyses and PPI networking
Creators: name: Pavinee Kurdrid
name: Phutnichar Phuengcharoen
name: Jittisak Senachak
name: Sirilak Saree
name: Hongsthong, Apiradee
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 8. PPI subnetwork of the bi-level regulated proteins. The subnetwork was constructed by using STRING. The A. platensis C1 proteins were inferred to that of the A. platensis NIES39 via orthologous group.
Transverse optical binding for a dual dipolar dielectric nanoparticle dimer
Creators: name: Duan, Xiao-Yong
name: Bruce, Graham D.
name: Dholakia, Kishan
name: Wang, Zhi-Guo
name: Li, Feng
name: Yang, Ya-Ping
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The physical origins of the transverse optical binding force and torque beyond the Rayleigh approximation have not been clearly expressed to date. Here, we present analytical expressions of the force and torque for a dual dipolar dielectric dimer illuminated by a plane wave propagating perpendicularly to the dimer axis. Using this analytical model, we explore the roles of the hybridized electric dipolar, magnetic dipolar, and electric-magnetic dipolar coupling interactions in the total force and torque on the particles. We find significant departures from the predictions of the Rayleigh approximation, particularly for high-refractive-index particles, where the force is dominated by the magnetic interaction. This results in an enhancement of the dimer stability by one to four orders of magnitude compared to the predictions of the Rayleigh approximation. For the case of torque, this is dominated by the coupling interaction and increases by an order of magnitude. Our results will help to guide future experimental work in optical binding of high-refractive-index dielectric particles.
description: 14 pages, 10 figures
Edgbastonia (Edgbastonia) Ponder 2008
Creators: name: Zhang, - H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Tateidae
Edgbastonia

description: Edgbastonia (Edgbastonia) Ponder, 2008
Description. Shell small, ovate-conic, whorls convex, aperture subpyriform, peristome moderately thickened, inner lip narrowly separated from parietal wall, narrowly umbilicate. Columella bears distinct fold covered in minute denticles. Sculpture of growth lines and weak axial ribs. Protoconch of about 1.1 whorls, minutely granulate. Operculum reddish, subpyriform, paucispiral, inner surface without white smear, without protuberance(s). Radula with median cusp of central teeth longer and much wider than adjacent cusps; lateral margins narrow; innermost of two pairs of basal cusps very small. Male with prostate gland bean-shaped, about half of length in pallial wall. Pallial vas deferens strongly folded. Penis with long, tapering distal part, wider middle section and wide base; penial duct coiled in base. Female with coiled oviduct rather short, forming simple arch or loop. Bursa copulatrix lies beneath albumen gland and at front edge of globular bursa copulatrix. Anterior half capsule gland blind pocket. Vestibule expanded anteriorly as muscular protuberance extending forwards and nearly as long as capsule gland, with genital opening at anterior end and no associated cowl or gutter present.
Distribution. Only known from some springs on Edgbaston and Myross Stations, Barcaldine Supergroup.
Contained species. Edgbastonia alanwillsi Ponder, 2008
Remarks. The type species of Edgbastonia is readily distinguished from the remaining species included here in Edgbastonia by the presence of a columellar fold, the reddish operculum and the anatomy of the female genital system, in particular the long anterior extension of the vestibular part of the ventral channel and the remainder of the ventral channel being separated from the capsule gland.
description: Published as part of Zhang, - H., 2019, New taxa of Tateidae (Caenogastropoda, Truncatelloidea) from springs associated with the Great Artesian Basin and Einasleigh Uplands, Queensland, with the description of two related taxa from eastern coastal drainages, pp. 1-67 in Zootaxa 4583 (1) on page 26, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4583.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2637603
Optimized interpolations and nonlinearity in numerical studies of woodwind instruments
Creators: name: Skouroupathis, A.
name: Panagopoulos, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: General Physics (physics.gen-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the impedance spectra of woodwind instruments with arbitrary axisymmetric geometry. We perform piecewise interpolations of the instruments' profile, using interpolating functions amenable to analytic solutions of the Webster equation. Our algorithm optimizes on the choice of such functions, while ensuring compatibility of wavefronts at the joining points. Employing a standard mathematical model of a single-reed mouthpiece as well as the time-domain reflection function, which we derive from our impedance results, we solve the Schumacher equation for the pressure evolution in time. We make analytic checks that, despite the nonlinearity in the reed model and in the evolution equation, solutions are unique and singularity-free.
description: 6 pages, 11 figures, presented at Forum Acusticum 2005(nonlinear acoustics), Budapest, 28/8-2/9/2005
Hedonic Price Analysis of Thoroughbred Broodmares in Foal
Creators: name: Maynard, Leigh J.
name: Stoeppel, Kelly M.
name: Maynard, Leigh J.
name: Stoeppel, Kelly M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: broodmare
subject: forecasting
subject: hedonic price analysis
subject: Thoroughbred

description: Thoroughbred broodmares are the foundation of a successful racing operation. This study estimated the impact of breeding, racing, and market characteristics on broodmare auction prices. Data represent 604 in-foal broodmares sold in Keeneland’s 2005 sale. Prices were highly responsive to the sire’s stud fee, the broodmare’s age, and progeny performance in graded stakes races, with pronounced day-of-sale effects. The stud fee marginal value was substantially lower than one break-even estimate, suggesting possible disincentives for investment in stallion services. Out-of-sample forecasts were far superior to naïve forecasts but were not accurate enough to use in isolation from other decision aids.
Edgbastonia (Edgbastonia) alanwillsi Ponder 2008
Creators: name: Zhang, - H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Tateidae
Edgbastonia
Edgbastonia alanwillsi

description: Edgbastonia (Edgbastonia) alanwillsi Ponder, 2008
Jardinella sp. Ponder & Clark, 1990: 333, fig. 26.
Edgbastonia alanwillsi Ponder, in Ponder et al., 2008: 91 –97, figs. 2–9.
Additional material examined since the original description. Small springs on Myross Station, near Aramac, Queensland, all coll., R. Fensham & R. Fairfax, 1 July 2008; Myross 19, 22° 47’ 45.83”S, 145° 26’ 44.62”E, C.559465, 2; Myross 28, 22° 47’ 33.42”S, 145° 26’ 24.33”E, C.559466, 5; Myross 22, 22° 47’ 27.52”S, 145° 26’ 27.74”E, C.559467, 1; Myross 33, 22° 47’ 33.18” S, 145° 26’ 34.60”E, C.559468, 1; Myross 7, 22° 47’ 54.69”S, 145° 26’ 39.97”E, C.559469, 1; Myross 26, 22° 47’ 53.29”S, 145° 26’ 43.16”E, C.553399, 10.
Remarks. Specimens of this species from both Edgbaston and Myross Stations were included in our molecular analysis and showed some differences. Regrettably, the amount of material from Myross Station is insufficient to investigate the morphology of that form, so we tentatively treat it as a single species.
description: Published as part of Zhang, - H., 2019, New taxa of Tateidae (Caenogastropoda, Truncatelloidea) from springs associated with the Great Artesian Basin and Einasleigh Uplands, Queensland, with the description of two related taxa from eastern coastal drainages, pp. 1-67 in Zootaxa 4583 (1) on page 26, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4583.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2637603
Influence of Local Interactions in the Bak-Sneppen Model and Economic Applications
Creators: name: Bartolozzi, M.
name: Leinweber, D. B.
name: Thomas, A. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: In the present work we extend the Bak-Sneppen model for biological evolution by introducing local interactions between species. This ``environmental'' perturbation can modify the intrinsic fitness of each element of the ecology, leading to higher survival probability, even for the less fit. While the system still self-organizes toward a critical state, the distribution of fitness broadens, losing the classical step-function shape. A possible application in economics is discussed, where firms are represented like evolving species linked by mutual interests.
description: 16 pages, 6 figures, Physica A, in press
Food Labels: Implications for U.S. Agricultural Imports
Creators: name: Henneberry, Shida Rastegari
name: Mutondo, Joao E.
name: Henneberry, Shida Rastegari
name: Mutondo, Joao E.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: consumer willingness-to-pay
subject: food credence characteristics
subject: food labeling
subject: non-tariff trade barrier

description: Labels have been used to make food attributes transparent and to satisfy the increasing consumer demand for information about food credence values. Several types of prevalent U.S. food labels, their contributions, and the regulatory agencies behind them are examined in this paper. Additionally, studies dealing with the willingness-to-pay (WTP) for labeled products and the use of food labels as nontariff trade barriers are discussed. While unilateral labeling requirements are identified as a major form of non-tariff trade barriers, positive media influence and trust in the government and science are important factors that affect consumer WTP for food credence characteristics.
Additional file 7 of Revealing the key point of the temperature stress response of Arthrospira platensis C1 at the interconnection of C- and N- metabolism by proteome analyses and PPI networking
Creators: name: Pavinee Kurdrid
name: Phutnichar Phuengcharoen
name: Jittisak Senachak
name: Sirilak Saree
name: Hongsthong, Apiradee
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 7. PPI subnetwork of Hik28 and enzymes involved in fatty acid desaturation. The subnetwork was constructed by using STRING. The A. platensis C1 proteins were inferred to that of the Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 via orthologous group.
The "missing link": a 4-day period transiting exoplanet around OGLE-TR-111
Creators: name: Pont, Frederic
name: Bouchy, Francois
name: Queloz, Didier
name: Santos, Nuno
name: Melo, Claudio
name: Mayor, Michel
name: Udry, Stephane
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the discovery of a transiting hot Jupiter around OGLE-TR-111, from our radial velocity follow-up of OGLE transiting candidates in Carina. The planet has a mass of 0.53 +- 0.11 M_J and a radius of 1.0 +0.13-0.06 R_J. Three transiting exoplanets have already been found among OGLE candidates, all with periods near 1.5 days. The planet presented here, with P=4.0 days, is the first exoplanet detected by transits with the characteristics of a "normal" hot Jupiter, as found in abundance by radial velocity surveys The radius of OGLE-TR-111b and the scarcity of hot Jupiters detected among OGLE transit candidates tend to indicate that the case of HD209458b, with a radius of 1.4 R_J, is exceptional, with most hot Jupiters being smaller.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures, to be published in A&A Letters
Generalized hydrodynamics in box-ball system
Creators: name: Kuniba, Atsuo
name: Misguich, Grégoire
name: Pasquier, Vincent
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 82B23, 82C05, 82D05

description: Box-ball system (BBS) is a prominent example of integrable cellular automata in one dimension connected to quantum groups, Bethe ansatz, ultradiscretization, tropical geometry and so forth. In this paper we study the generalized Gibbs ensemble of BBS soliton gas by thermodynamic Bethe ansatz and generalized hydrodynamics. The results include the solution to the speed equation for solitons, an intriguing connection of the effective speed with the period matrix of the tropical Riemann theta function, an explicit description of the density plateaux that emerge from domain wall initial conditions including their diffusive corrections.
description: 42 pages, 9 figures. v2: New equation (5.69) and minor changes
Modulational instability of two-component Bose-Einstein condensates in an optical lattice
Creators: name: Jin, Guang-Ri
name: Kim, Chul Koo
name: Nahm, Kyun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study modulational instability of two-component Bose-Einstein condensates in an optical lattice, which is modelled as a coupled discrete nonlinear Schr ödinger equation. The excitation spectrum and the modulational instability condition of the total system are presented analytically. In the long-wavelength limit, our results agree with the homogeneous two-component Bose-Einstein condensates case. The discreteness effects result in the appearance of the modulational instability for the condensates in miscible region. The numerical calculations confirm our analytical results and show that the interspecies coupling can transfer the instability from one component to another.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures (to be published in Phys. Rev. A)
Self-Supervised Learning for Monocular Depth Estimation from Aerial Imagery
Creators: name: Hermann, Max
name: Ruf, Boitumelo
name: Weinmann, Martin
name: Hinz, Stefan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Supervised learning based methods for monocular depth estimation usually require large amounts of extensively annotated training data. In the case of aerial imagery, this ground truth is particularly difficult to acquire. Therefore, in this paper, we present a method for self-supervised learning for monocular depth estimation from aerial imagery that does not require annotated training data. For this, we only use an image sequence from a single moving camera and learn to simultaneously estimate depth and pose information. By sharing the weights between pose and depth estimation, we achieve a relatively small model, which favors real-time application. We evaluate our approach on three diverse datasets and compare the results to conventional methods that estimate depth maps based on multi-view geometry. We achieve an accuracy δ1.25 of up to 93.5 %. In addition, we have paid particular attention to the generalization of a trained model to unknown data and the self-improving capabilities of our approach. We conclude that, even though the results of monocular depth estimation are inferior to those achieved by conventional methods, they are well suited to provide a good initialization for methods that rely on image matching or to provide estimates in regions where image matching fails, e.g. occluded or texture-less regions.