cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Production of cross koi through crossing between local and Thai koi (Anabas testudineus, Bloch)
Creators: name: Ahammad, A. K. S.
name: Khan, M. M. R.
name: Hossain, M. A.
name: Islam, M. E.
name: Ahammad, A. K. S.
name: Khan, M. M. R.
name: Hossain, M. A.
name: Islam, M. E.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: Cross koi
subject: Local and Thai koi
subject: Anabas testudineus

description: The present study was undertaken for production of cross koi through crossing between local and Thai koi (A. testudineus). Four crossing groups viz. parent Thai (P-T), parent local (P-L), Thai female and local male (F1-A), and local female and Thai male (F1-B) were designed to produce the cross koi. The ovulation rate was found to be the highest (100%) in (P-T) crossing group followed by (P-L), (F1-B) and (F1-A) crossing groups (80, 80 and 60% respectively). On the other hand, the fertilization rate was significantly (P<0.05) higher in (P-L) than (P-T), (F1-A) and (F1-B) cross groups. The highest hatching rate was also observed in (P-T) cross group which was significantly (P<0.05) different from that of the other groups. However, the highest survival rate was found in (Fi-A) followed by (P-T), (P-L) and (F1-B) crossing groups. The highest growth (length and weight) was found in (P-T) cross group followed by (F1- A), (F1-B) and (P-L) cross groups after 28 days of rearing. Results indicate that cross koi might have important implication for our aquaculture production.
Monitoring and Evaluation of Public Agricultural Research Organization: Impact oriented monitoring approach
Creators: name: Guesmi, B.
name: Gil, J.M.
name: Guesmi, B.
name: Gil, J.M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Research and Development/ Tech Change/Emerging Technologies

description: This study uses impact oriented monitoring (IOM) methodology recently proposed by Guinea et al. (2015) to identify and assess the socio-economic impact of public research organizations through case studies. IOM techniques overcome the most relevant limitations associated to mainstream research impact assessment (RIA). The IOM approach has been extended to a consideration of the multidimensional impact produced by the agricultural research and development. In contrast to previous studies, multi-criteria decision techniques based on ELECTRE III method are applied to derive global picture of impact. The methodology is expected to provide the Institute of Agro-food Research and Technology (IRTA) with useful information on how the research projects in the area of agro-food sector are generating impacts. Such analysis would support monitoring the impacts of agricultural research and assist in better targeting adequate research policy planning and project management strategies. The relevance of using new RIA approach can be evidenced by its applicability to other case studies and also its potential to be implemented in other agricultural research institutions in different countries. The use of refined methods has thus important implications. Acknowledgement : The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the Institute for Food and Agricultural Research and Technology (IRTA).
Eleodes veterator Horn 1874
Creators: name: Triplehorn, Charles A.
name: Thomas, Donald B.
name: Rile, Edward G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Tenebrionidae
Eleodes
Eleodes veterator

description: Eleodes veterator Horn, 1874
(Figs. 21–22, Map 6)
 Diagnosis. This is a small, oval species with the pronotal base truncate, closely apposing the elytral base which is also truncate. The dorsal surface is sparsely setose. The profemora are unarmed in both sexes. Length: 10–11 mm.
 Distribution. Occurs in counties of the coastal bend. It has also been collected in Cameron County, Louisiana. Horn’s type came from ‘‘ Texas.’’
description: Published as part of Triplehorn, Charles A., Thomas, Donald B. & Rile, Edward G., 2009, The Genus Eleodes Eschscholtz (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) In Texas, pp. 413-437 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 63 (4) on page 428, DOI: 10.1649/1177.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4924379
Framework for finite alternative theories to a quantum field theory. II-Unitarity
Creators: name: Ribaric, Marijan
name: Sustersic, Luka
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We generalized the 't Hooft-Veltman method of unitary regulators to put forward a path-integral framework for finite, alternative theories to a given quantum field theory. And we demonstrated that the proposed framework is feasible by providing a finite alternative to the quantum field theory of a single, self-interacting real scalar field. Here we give two properties of self-energy that make the corresponding scattering matrix unitary. We show that the perturbative self-energy has these two properties at least up to the second order in the coupling constant.
Additional file 1 of Murine hepatoblast-derived liver tumors resembling human combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma with stem cell features
Creators: name: Cai, Xiong
name: Li, Heli
name: Kaplan, David E.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 1: Supporting Tables. List of antibodies and primers.
Supplemental information from A sensory bias overrides learned preferences of bumblebees for honest signals in Mimulus guttatus
Creators: name: Haber, Ariela I.
name: Sims, James W.
name: Mescher, Mark C.
name: De Moraes, Consuelo M.
name: Carr, David E.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 60801 Animal Behaviour

description: This supplement includes further details on the methods used for behavioral assays, a table showing emission of individual compounds in the RILs used for behavioral assays, and a table showing results for a subset of trials in which alpha-bergamotene was absent from the background.
Associations of physical activity fitness, strength and sedentary behaviours with breast cancer risk: Findings from the UK Biobank prospective cohort study
Creators: name: Parra-Soto, Solange
name: Tumblety, Craig
name: Ho, Frederick
name: Pell, Jill
name: Celis-Morales, Carlos
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Although low physical activity level is associated with breast cancer, evidence of associations with sedentary behaviours and physical fitness/capability is limited. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate of the association of breast cancer with various measures of physical activity, fitness, strength and sedentary behaviours. Methods: Data from 243,004 (60,897 premenopausal and 144,858 postmenopausal) women in the UK Biobank cohort were analysed. Physical activity was assessed using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) and wrist accelerometers. Handgrip strength was assessed using a hand dynamometer and fitness through a submaximal cycle ergometer test. Hazard ratios (HR) were calculated for all exposure variables, using multivariable-adjusted Cox proportional models. Results: 8,179 incident breast cancers (1,735 premenopausal and 5,163 postmenopausal) were diagnosed during follow-up (mean 8.8 years in the 2-year landmark analysis). Compared with those in the lowest tertiles, women in the highest tertiles of physical activity (HR: 0.95, [95% CI: 0.92; 0.98], ptrend: 0.002), relative grip strength (HR: 0.96 [95%CI: 0.92; 0.99], ptrend: 0.046) self-reported walking (HR: 0.96, 95% CI: 0.93; 0.99, ptrend: 0.009), and moderate PA (HR: 0.96, 95% CI: 0.93; 1.00, ptrend: 0.030) had lower risk of incident breast cancer. Risk of breast cancer was associated with total and moderate PA among premenopausal women and walking pace, total PA, walking, fitness, relative grip strength and sedentary time in postmenopausal women. Conclusion: Physical activity, fitness/capability, strength, and sedentary behaviours are consistently associated with reduced risk of breast cancer in women pre- and post-menopause. Funding: SPS receives financial support from the Chilean Government for doing her PhD (ANID-Becas Chile 2019).
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Host galaxies of 2MASS-selected QSOs to redshift 0.3
Creators: name: Hutchings, J. B.
name: Maddox, N.
name: Cutri, R. M.
name: Nelson, B. O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present and discuss optical imaging of 76 AGN which represent the 2MASS-selected sample for z<0.3, from a full list of 243. They are found to have dust-obscured nuclei, residing in host galaxies that show a high fraction (>70%) of tidal interactions. The derived luminosities of the AGN and host galaxies are similar to traditionally-selected AGN, and they may comprise some 40% of the total AGN population at low redshift. We have measured a number of host galaxy properties, and discuss their distributions and interrelations. We compare the 2MASS AGN with optically selected samples and the IRAS-selected galaxy samples, and discuss the differences in terms of merger processes and initial conditions.
description: 22 pages including 1 table, 9 figures, to appear in AJ
Associations Between Accelerometer-Measured Physical Activity and Incident Type 2 Diabetes: Findings from the UK Biobank Prospective Cohort Study
Creators: name: Boonpor, Jirapitcha
name: Petermann-Rocha, Fanny
name: Parra-Soto, Solange
name: Ho, Frederick
name: Celis-Morales, Carlos
name: Gray, Stuart
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Very few studies investigating risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) have directly measured physical activity (PA) via accelerometers. Purpose: To investigate the association of PA, measured by an accelerometer, with T2D incidence. Methods: 40,823 participants from UK Biobank were included in this prospective cohort study. Wrist-worn accelerometers were used to measure total, moderate-to-vigorous (MVPA), moderate (MPA), and vigorous (VPA) PA. All PA domains were categorised into quartiles (Q1 to Q4). Q1 (Lowest quartile) was the reference group. Associations between PA and T2D incidence were analysed using Cox proportional hazard models excluding events in the first two years of follow-up. Results: After excluding the first two years of follow-up, the median follow-up period was 1.8 years (IQR: 1.2; 2.4), with 492 (1.2%) participants developing T2D. Compared to the lowest quartile, the highest quartile was associated with lower risk of T2D (HRtotal PA: 0.29 [95% CI: 0.18 to 0.46], HRMPA: 0.28 [0.17 to 0.44], HRVPA: 0.34 [95% CI: 0.21 to 0.55], HRMVPA: 0.28 [95% CI: 0.17 to 0.45]) after adjusting for socio-demographic and lifestyle factors for women. Conclusions: Accelerometer measured PA is associated with a lower risk of developing T2D. Public health policy should increase focus on increasing PA levels at a population level. Funding: No funding.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Some Recent Peculiarities of the Early Afterglow
Creators: name: Piran, Tsvi
name: Nakar, Ehud
name: Granot, Jonathan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider some recent developments in GRB/afterglow observations: (i) the appearance of a very hard prompt component in GRB 941017, and (ii) variability in the early afterglow light curves of GRB 021004 and GRB 030329. We show that these observations fit nicely within the internal-external shocks model. The observed variability indicates that the activity of the inner engine is more complicated than was thought earlier and that it involves patchy shells and refreshed shocks. We refute the claims of Berger et al. and of Sheth et al. that the radio and mm observations of GRB 030329 are inconsistent with refreshed shocks.
description: 6 pages; Talk given by Tsvi Piran at the Gamma-Ray Burst Symposium, Santa Fe, NM 8-12 Spet 2003
Performance of livestock production in north eastern cape communal areas: a stochastic frontier analysis.
Creators: name: Gusha, B.
name: Palmer, A.R.
name: Villano, R.A.
name: Gusha, B.
name: Palmer, A.R.
name: Villano, R.A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Livestock Production/Industries

description: This paper assesses the performance of households engaged in livestock production in the north-Eastern Cape communal areas of South Africa. Using a survey data from 120 households from Mgwalana and Mahlungulu village collected in 2015 and 2016, a stochastic frontier model is used to estimate technical efficiency scores and evaluate its determinants among households in a communal production environment where rangelands are the cheapest source of fodder for livestock. The findings of the study revealed that householdsHousehold is referred to people living as a family under one dwelling/house and are regarded as a unit Acknowledgement : Funding for this research was provided by the Water Research Commision and Agricultural Research Council.
Additional file 1 of Comparison of relationships among French adult siblings with or without schizophrenia using the ASRQ-S: mediating effect on emotional distress
Creators: name: Plessis, Léa
name: Wilquin, Hélène
name: Jean-Baptiste Pavani
name: Bouteyre, Evelyne
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. Instructions and Basic Information.
Ecosystem Management Approach for Agricultural Growth in Mountains: Farmers Perception of Ecosystem Services and Dis-Services in Kashmir-India
Creators: name: Baba, S.H.
name: Wani, S.A.
name: Baba, S.H.
name: Wani, S.A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Environmental Economics and Policy

description: Besides supplier of provisional services, agricultures role as source of ecosystem services to the ecology is being increasingly recognized. The two way relationship between agricultural production and ecosystem services made it imperative to examine farmers perception of importance of and their ability to manage various ecosystem services from and to the agriculture. This study, motivated by limited availability of literature, is an attempt to fill this research gap through focusing on farmers' perceptions of four different attributes towards 17 ecosystem services and 15 dis-services in Kashmir, a mountainous region in India. Results revealed that farmers attributed high rating to the importance of all ecosystem services, professed severity of dis-services to and from agriculture and perceived their inability to fully manage them. The farmers revealed concerns about vulnerability of agriculture to any threat causing deterioration in ecosystem services though their concerns vary across services. The farmers WTP for enriching services and reducing vulnerability of agriculture to ecosystem service deterioration coupled with their views passed a message to policy makers for implementation of some market-based instruments to overcome any potential loss to services. Study highlighted a need of an environmental policy to encourage socially acceptable and ecosystem-oriented approaches towards land-use management. Acknowledgement : Authors gratefully acknowledge the financial assistance granted by the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India for generating data for this piece of research.
Settings privileged for practice of physical activity: differences in body composition, nature visits and environmental concern
Creators: name: Teixeira, Andreia
name: Gabriel, Ronaldo
name: Martinho, José
name: Santos, Mário
name: Quaresma, Luís
name: Moreira, Helena
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Natural environments may influence individual physical activity (PA) and subsequently body composition, reducing obesity and improving community health. Purpose: Examine, in both genders, the differences in body composition, PA, nature visits and pro-environmental behaviors (PEB’s) according to the settings privileged for the PA practice. Methods: We studied 216 individuals (77 men and 139 women). Participants wore the Actigraph GT3X accelerometer to collect information concerning to total PA, moderate-vigorous PA and steps/day. Body composition variables were assessed by octopolar bioimpedance (InBody 720). The contexts for PA, nature visits and PEB’s were self-reported. The data were analyzed using the Student’s T test or the Mann-Whitney U test. Statistical significance was set at p≤0.05. Results: More than half of the male and female sample (59.7% and 52.1% respectively) privileged outdoor spaces for the PA practice, preference reported particularly by older individuals. Only in men, the preference for outdoor settings contributed to the increase in visitation to nature. Women with higher levels of central adiposity have a preference for these outdoor spaces for PA practice ( p=0.01). Non-significant differences were observed in the remaining variables. Conclusions: The parks/outdoor spaces are the privileged contexts for PA practice by older people, regardless of gender. The same applies to women whit high central adiposity. In both genders, the preference for natural outdoor environments does not seem to translate into higher levels of PA. Funding: This work is supported by National Funds by FCT-Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, under the projects UIDB/04033/2020, UID04045/2020 and UIDB/00073/2020. The investigation was also supported by European funding program Interreg Atlantic Area, under the project (EAPA_772/2018-Triple-C).
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Basic Education in India
Creators: name: Khanna, Sunandan
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This thesis has been written to give an idea of 'Basic Education in India'. This system of education was proposed by Gandhi, the 'father of the nation' in the year 1937 in a conference, held under his presidency at Wardha, in the Central Provinces of India. This conference was attended by the well known educationists of the country, representatives from the various provinces, many learned individuals, public workers and many more people from different parts of the country also participated in its proceedings actively.
Effect of Transport Mechanism on the Coarsening of Bicontinuous Structures: A Comparison between Bulk and Surface Diffusion
Creators: name: Andrews, W. Beck
name: Elder, Kate L. M.
name: Voorhees, Peter W.
name: Thornton, Katsuyo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Coarsening of bicontinuous microstructures is observed in a variety of systems, such as nanoporous metals and mixtures that have undergone spinodal decomposition. To better understand the morphological evolution of these structures during coarsening, we compare the morphologies resulting from two different coarsening mechanisms, surface and bulk diffusion. We perform phase-field simulations of coarsening via each mechanism in a two-phase mixture at nominal volume fractions of 50%-50% and 36%-64%, and the simulated structures are characterized in terms of topology (genus density), the interfacial shape distribution, structure factor, and autocorrelations of phase and mean curvature. We observe self-similar evolution of morphology and topology and agreement with the expected power laws for dynamic scaling, in which the characteristic length scale increases over time proportionally to $t^{1/4}$ for surface diffusion and $t^{1/3}$ for bulk diffusion. While we observe the expected difference in the coarsening kinetics, we find that differences in self-similar morphology due to coarsening mechanism are relatively small, although typically they are larger at 36% volume fraction than at 50% volume fraction. In particular, we find that bicontinuous structures coarsened via surface diffusion have lower scaled genus densities than structures coarsened via bulk diffusion. We also compare the self-similar morphologies to those in literature and to two model bicontinuous structures, namely, constant-mean-curvature surfaces based on the Schoen G minimal surface and random leveled-wave structures. The average scaled mean curvatures of these model structures agree reasonably with those of the coarsened structures at both 36% and 50%, but we find substantial disagreements in the scaled genus densities and the standard deviations of mean curvature.
description: Main text: 20 pages, 7 figures. Supplemental Material: 9 pages, 6 figures
Eleodes acutus
Creators: name: Triplehorn, Charles A.
name: Thomas, Donald B.
name: Rile, Edward G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Tenebrionidae
Eleodes
Eleodes acutus

description: Eleodes acutus (Say, 1823)
(Fig. 24, Map 8)
 Diagnosis. Very large, elongate-oblong, somewhat flattened dorsally; lateral margins of elytra acute only at humeri. Elytra often reddish along the suture. Profemora are dentate in both sexes. The pronotum is convex and smooth, widest at the middle, with the lateral margins not reflexed. Length: 21–35 mm.
 Distribution. Generally distributed in Texas. Also found in the Great Plains states from South Dakota to New Mexico and Arizona. There are no records for Mexico or Canada.
description: Published as part of Triplehorn, Charles A., Thomas, Donald B. & Rile, Edward G., 2009, The Genus Eleodes Eschscholtz (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) In Texas, pp. 413-437 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 63 (4) on page 428, DOI: 10.1649/1177.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4924379
On the properties of young multiple stars
Creators: name: Delgado-Donate, E. J.
name: Clarke, C. J.
name: Bate, M. R.
name: Hodgkin, S. T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Abridged/ We present numerical results on the properties of young binary and multiple stellar systems. Our analysis is based on a series of SPH + Nbody simulations of the fragmentation of small molecular clouds, that fully resolve the opacity limit for fragmentation. We have produced a statistically significant number of stable multiple systems, with components separations in the range 1-1000 AU. At the end of the hydrodynamical evolution (0.5 Myr) we find that ~60% of stars and brown dwarfs are members of multiples systems, with about a third of these being low mass, weakly bound outliers in wide eccentric orbits. Our results imply that in the stellar regime most stars are in multiples (~80%) and that this fraction is an increasing function of primary mass. After Nbody integration to 10.5 Myr, the percentage of bound objects has dropped to ~40%, as most very low mass stars and brown dwarfs have been released to the field. Brown dwarfs are never found to be very close companions to stars (brown dwarf desert at very small separations), but one case exists of a brown dwarf companion at intermediate separations (10 AU). Our simulations can accommodate the existence of brown dwarf companions at large separations, but only if the primaries of these systems are themselves multiples. We have compared the outcome of our simulations with the properties of real stellar systems as deduced from the IR CM diagram of the Praesepe cluster and from spectroscopic and high-resolution imaging surveys of young clusters and the field.
description: 14 pages, 4 figures, 1 table, accepted by MNRAS
How Have China s Agricultural Price Support Policies Affected Market Prices?: A Quantile Regression Evaluation
Creators: name: Li, J.
name: Chavas, J.-P.
name: Li, J.
name: Chavas, J.-P.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Demand and Price Analysis

description: This paper evaluates the effects of pricing policy on the distribution of agricultural prices, with an application to China. It investigates the effects of China s price support programs on price enhancement and price stabilization in two key Chinese markets: rice and corn. The analysis relies on Quantile autoregression (QAR) which provides a refined and flexible way to capture the effects of pricing policy on price distributions (including mean, variance, skewness and kurtosis). Based on monthly data over the period 2000-2014, the econometric analysis documents the price effects of policy interventions and shows how such effects can vary across markets. The paper finds slow adjustments in the price distribution and important differences between short run and long run effects. The empirical evidence shows that the Chinese price support program increased the price of corn and shifted its price distribution to the right. The analysis also finds that China s price support for rice contributed to stabilizing the domestic rice market without much price enhancement for rice. Acknowledgement :
Basic Education in India
Creators: name: Khanna, Sunandan
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 39
subject: Education
classificationCode: 3904
subject: Specialist studies in education

description: This thesis has been written to give an idea of 'Basic Education in India'. This system of education was proposed by Gandhi, the 'father of the nation' in the year 1937 in a conference, held under his presidency at Wardha, in the Central Provinces of India. This conference was attended by the well known educationists of the country, representatives from the various provinces, many learned individuals, public workers and many more people from different parts of the country also participated in its proceedings actively.
Prediction with Corrupted Expert Advice
Creators: name: Amir, Idan
name: Attias, Idan
name: Koren, Tomer
name: Livni, Roi
name: Mansour, Yishay
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We revisit the fundamental problem of prediction with expert advice, in a setting where the environment is benign and generates losses stochastically, but the feedback observed by the learner is subject to a moderate adversarial corruption. We prove that a variant of the classical Multiplicative Weights algorithm with decreasing step sizes achieves constant regret in this setting and performs optimally in a wide range of environments, regardless of the magnitude of the injected corruption. Our results reveal a surprising disparity between the often comparable Follow the Regularized Leader (FTRL) and Online Mirror Descent (OMD) frameworks: we show that for experts in the corrupted stochastic regime, the regret performance of OMD is in fact strictly inferior to that of FTRL.
description: NeurIPS 2020 Camera Ready
Burger Thy Neighbour
Creators: name: Torshizi, M.
name: Torshizi, M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Livestock Production/Industries

description: Labels such as hormone-free and antibiotics-free are being advertised more often than ever. One cannot help but wonder about the underlying negative perception that such labels might create about products that may contain hormones and antibiotics in the consumers mind. This paper develops a theoretical model that helps provide a better understanding of the effect of such hostile marketing and advertisement strategies on competition. We show that marketing campaigns that negatively impact consumers perception of their rivals products can change the nature of competition by impacting the distribution of consumers preferences and subsequently elasticity of demand for own and rival products. We show that negatively influencing consumers perception of rivals products may be a more effective marketing tool than the beggar-thy-neighbor advertising where one firm steals some market share from its rivals by means of positive promotion of its own product. This may explain the increasing popularity of such strategies in the food industry in the last few years. Acknowledgement :
Educational Television Operations at WQED, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Creators: name: Gordon, Roger Lawrence
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: In the shadows of the "Tower of Learning," in the heart of industrial Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, lies a dream of all mankind. Since the time when man first interpreted the art of drawing pictures, his mind has groped for the ultimate means by which education could be brought to the masses. WQED is attempting to fulfill this dream.A long time ago Archimedes of ancient Syracuse said, "Give me a lever long enough, and a fulcrum strong enough, and single handed I can can move the world."The advent of television as a means of mass communication is both exciting and frightening -- exciting in its possibilities for mass education, frightening in the power and responsibility placed in the hands of those who use it.
Eleodes gracilis LeConte 1858
Creators: name: Triplehorn, Charles A.
name: Thomas, Donald B.
name: Rile, Edward G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Tenebrionidae
Eleodes
Eleodes gracilis

description: Eleodes gracilis LeConte, 1858
(Fig. 29, Map 13)
 Diagnosis. This is an elongate, subfusiform species with smooth, shiny black integument. The pronotum is subquadrate, slightly wider at the middle. The elytra are punctate-striate, feebly sulcate, with simple punctures and very few fine punctures on the intervals which are slightly convex. The profemora are dentate in both sexes. Length: 20–28 mm.
 Distribution. Occurs from southern California through Arizona and New Mexico into extreme west Texas. It is also found in the Mexican state of Sonora. Smith and Whitford (1976) found it to be summer active with a high thermal tolerance. Kramm and Kramm (1972) found it hiding in ground squirrel holes.
description: Published as part of Triplehorn, Charles A., Thomas, Donald B. & Rile, Edward G., 2009, The Genus Eleodes Eschscholtz (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) In Texas, pp. 413-437 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 63 (4) on pages 429-430, DOI: 10.1649/1177.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4924379
Measurement and classification of disability in large-scale physical activity related studies: a scoping review
Creators: name: Carr, Shelby
name: Atkin, Andrew
name: Jones, Andy
name: Milton, Karen
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Evidence on the prevalence and determinants of physical activity in disabled people is limited; this may partly stem from limitations in how disability is assessed in research studies. One challenge is that the traditional medical perspective towards disability focuses solely on a person’s diagnosed condition and fails to acknowledge the heterogeneity in the level and type of impairment experienced by people with the same condition. Purpose: This scoping review explores how disability and impairment have been measured in research studies that include a device-based measure of physical activity. Methods: Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) framework, the search strategy and article screening aimed to identify observational and cross-sectional studies with a sample size ≥ 500 that included a device-based measure of physical activity. Survey instruments used in these studies were explored to identify what was asked about disability, chronic conditions and impairment. Results: 64 studies were included in this review. The review identified discrepancies in the style and quality of questions used to assess chronic conditions, disability and impairments, especially the number of impairments asked about, and specific reference to disability being ‘long-term’. Conclusions: This research highlights the need for a more consistent measure of disability to be used internationally, and ideally a measure that captures detail about a person’s impairment as well as condition. Funding: This research is funded by a University of East Anglia Faculty of Medicine and Health Studentship.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Associations between maternal physical activity and sedentary behavior and mRNA expression of oxidative stress and vascularization markers in term placenta of obese pregnant women: Findings of the DALI study
Creators: name: Zafaranieh, Saghi
name: Dieberger, Anne
name: Desoye, Gernot
name: Simmons, David
name: Van Poppel, Mireille
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Maternal obesity can affect placental development, often reflected in changes in oxidative stress and vascularization. Sufficient physical activity and reduced sedentary time might mitigate these effects. Purpose: To test if vascularization and oxidative stress in the placenta of obese pregnant mothers are associated with maternal moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and sedentary time (ST). Methods: This is a contribution to the DALI study including women with a pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) ≥29 kg/m2. Time spent in MVPA, and ST were measured with accelerometers at <20 ,24–28 and 35–37 weeks of gestation. Placental tissue was dissected from four quadrants, mRNA isolated and pooled per placenta. Expression of markers of vascularization (VEGF, PEDF, CD34) and oxidative stress (Lp_PLA2, GADD45α, GADD45β, Nrf2, HSP70, HO-1, MT2A) was quantified by NanoString nCounter Technology. In a two-step analysis, changes in MVPA and ST during pregnancy for each woman and average MVPA and ST were entered into multilevel regression models to estimate associations with mRNA expressions. Results: Outcomes were available from 96 women. Higher average maternal ST was only associated with higher expression of the anti-oxidative lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp_PLA2; 0.5; 95% CI 0.1, 0.9). Changes in MVPA or ST over time were not associated with mRNA expression. Conclusions: While no significant association was observed between maternal lifestyle and mRNA expression of the vascularization markers, ST might associate with oxidative stress levels in placenta. To better understand this, serum oxidative stress markers and total antioxidant capacity will be measured in maternal and cord blood. Funding: The DALI project has received funding from the European Community’s 7th Framework Program (FP7/2007–2013) under grant agreement no 242187.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Additional file 1 of Three-dimensional assessment of coronary high-intensity plaques with T1-weighted cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging to predict periprocedural myocardial injury after elective percutaneous coronary intervention
Creators: name: Hosoda, Hayato
name: Asaumi, Yasuhide
name: Noguchi, Teruo
name: Morita, Yoshiaki
name: Kataoka, Yu
name: Fumiyuki Otsuka
name: Nakao, Kazuhiro
name: Fujino, Masashi
name: Nagai, Toshiyuki
name: Michikazu Nakai
name: Nishimura, Kunihiro
name: Kono, Atsushi
name: Komori, Yoshiaki
name: Hoshi, Tomoya
name: Sato, Akira
name: Kawasaki, Tomohiro
name: Izumi, Chisato
name: Kusano, Kengo
name: Fukuda, Tetsuya
name: Yasuda, Satoshi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: Supplemental Methods, Tables, and Figures. Table S1. Lesion Characteristics on Coronary CTA. Table S2. Receiver Operating Characteristic Analysis Demonstrating the Prediction of pMI using 3Di-PMR and Coronary CTA Variables. Table S3. Lesion Characteristics Categorized by 2D-PMR and 3Di-PMR Cutoffs. Figure S1. Step 1 algorithm for 3-dimensional assessment of coronary plaque (3D Region-growing technique). Figure S2-a. Step 2 algorithm. b. vessel diameter and plaque segmentation. Figure S3. Step 3 algorithm. Figure S4. Troponin T levels before and after PCI in (A) patients without pMI and (B) those with pMI. (C) Relationship between 2D-PMR and 3Di-PMR on T1w imaging. (D, E) Incidence of pMI (A) and slow flow by 3Di-PMR cutoff value.
New goods with new attributes: combining revealed and stated preferences to assess the effect of a novel quality label in the food industry
Creators: name: Gonzalez, J.
name: Lacaze, V.
name: Gonzalez, J.
name: Lacaze, V.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Agribusiness

description: This paper evaluates the effect on market shares and consumer surplus of the introduction of a Good Agricultural Practices (GAP)-labeled product in the frozen fried potatoes (FFP) industry. We first estimate a model of household demand in Mar del Plata, Argentina, using scanner data and demographic information. We find that higher income individuals are more concerned about health and nutrition, and that younger and lower-income consumers are more price-sensitive. Then we postulate that a properly GAP-labeled FFP is available in the market, and we assess its effect by using the estimated utility function and prior information about consumers declared willingness to pay (WTP) for sustainably produced potatoes. We find that the older the individual, the greater the influence of the hypothetical introduction of the GAP-labeled product; the relationship is less conclusive in the case of income. Finally, we predict the results of a greater consumer surplus extraction by fixing a higher price for the new product, and we calculate the maximum increase in the marginal cost that the firm would be able to afford if farmers charge higher prices for GAP fresh potatoes Acknowledgement :
Educational Television Operations at WQED, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Creators: name: Gordon, Roger Lawrence
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 39
subject: Education
classificationCode: 3904
subject: Specialist studies in education

description: In the shadows of the "Tower of Learning," in the heart of industrial Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, lies a dream of all mankind. Since the time when man first interpreted the art of drawing pictures, his mind has groped for the ultimate means by which education could be brought to the masses. WQED is attempting to fulfill this dream.A long time ago Archimedes of ancient Syracuse said, "Give me a lever long enough, and a fulcrum strong enough, and single handed I can can move the world."The advent of television as a means of mass communication is both exciting and frightening -- exciting in its possibilities for mass education, frightening in the power and responsibility placed in the hands of those who use it.
Eleodes hispilabris
Creators: name: Triplehorn, Charles A.
name: Thomas, Donald B.
name: Rile, Edward G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Tenebrionidae
Eleodes
Eleodes hispilabris

description: Eleodes hispilabris (Say, 1824)
(Fig. 28, Map 11)
 Diagnosis. Elongate-oval, convex, shining, elytra sulcate, pronotum with apical angles dentiform; profemora dentate in male, sinuate in female. Three subspecies occur in Texas: E. h. hispilabris (Say), elytra usually somewhat depressed or flattened, sulci moderate in depth, frequently reddish along suture; E. h. convexus LeConte, integument black, strongly shining, sulci deep, intervals moderately to strongly convex; E. h. nuptus LeConte, robust, strongly convex or even ventricose, elytra shining, pronotum dull, sulci moderate to deep, intervals convex or flat. Length: 19–29 mm.
 Distribution. Eleodes h. hispilabris occurs in the panhandle of Texas; E. h. convexus is found in extreme west Texas (El Paso area); E. h. nuptus occurs in west, central and south Texas. The species ranges from Alberta and British Columbia, Canada to Sonora, Chihuahua, and Coahuila, Mexico. According to Sheldon and Rogers (1984), it is an ecological generalist found in varying habitats and without a distinct seasonality.
description: Published as part of Triplehorn, Charles A., Thomas, Donald B. & Rile, Edward G., 2009, The Genus Eleodes Eschscholtz (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) In Texas, pp. 413-437 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 63 (4) on page 430, DOI: 10.1649/1177.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4924379
Groundnuts Export Tax in Senegal: Winners and Losers
Creators: name: Camara, A.
name: Goundan, A.
name: Fofana, I.
name: Badiane, O.
name: Camara, A.
name: Goundan, A.
name: Fofana, I.
name: Badiane, O.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: International Relations/Trade

description: Groundnut is the most common cash crop and the main source of income for farmers in Senegal. Groundnut exports, so far marginal, have increased significantly in recent years. This new dynamic motivated Senegalese Government to introduce an exit tax on groundnut exports in the 2017 Finance Act. Empirical analyses produced so far paid little attention to countries like Senegal which have a weak market power on the global groundnut market. This study uses the multi-sectoral general equilibrium model to contribute to apprehend ex-ante global and distributive effects of the tax on groundnut exports in Senegal. Findings indicate that economic activity will slow down and the well-being of the population will deteriorate with the enforcement of the groundnut export tax. Producers and processors suffer the most adverse effects of the export tax. Economic activities and rural area populations also pay the high price. These negative effects are cancelled when tax revenue is used primarily to compensate the losers. However, economic activities that are subject to increased competition from abroad benefit from the export tax by improving their price competitiveness. Acknowledgement :
Comparing the productive effects of cash and food transfers in a crisis setting: Evidence from a randomized experiment in Yemen.
Creators: name: Schwab, B.
name: Schwab, B.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Food Security and Poverty

description: The productive impacts of transfer programs have received increased attention. However, little is known about such effects in emergency and crisis settings. Even less is known about whether transfer type a food basket or cash grant influences the productive potential of such transfers. Theory suggests that while cash transfers can relieve liquidity constraints associated with investments, subsidized food provision may prevent households from retreating to conservative income generating strategies by acting as a type of insurance during volatile periods. Using a randomized field experiment in Yemen, we contrast the effects of transfer modality. The results demonstrate a modest productive impact of both modalities, and suggest a role for both liquidity and price risk channels. Cash transfer recipients invested relatively more in activities with higher liquidity requirements (livestock), while food recipients incorporated higher return crops into their agricultural portfolio. Acknowledgement :
A Paper Electrophoretic Study of Rabbit Serum Proteins as Affected by Single and Periodic Ionizing Radiation
Creators: name: Nury, Fredoon Shahin
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Gamma radiation has been shown to have demonstrable effects on some proteins of animal serum. A detailed knowledge of these alterations may contributed to an understanding of post radiation syndrome.The effect of single as well as periodic whole body irradiation on serum proteins as determined by a reliable and reproducible electrophoretic technique have apparently never been investigated. In fact, the effect of ionizing radiation on serum proteins has been little studied.
Eleodes mirabilis Triplehorn 2007
Creators: name: Triplehorn, Charles A.
name: Thomas, Donald B.
name: Rile, Edward G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Tenebrionidae
Eleodes
Eleodes mirabilis

description: Eleodes mirabilis Triplehorn, 2007
(Figs. 26–27, Map 9)
 Diagnosis. This is an easily recognized, large species. The sculpture of the elytra consists of five discal costae with the intervals between them flat and clothed with short, black setae, which are usually coated with clay-like material, causing the shiny costae to stand out in bold relief. Both males and females are caudate, the cauda longer in the male. Length: 30–32 mm.
 Distribution. This species is rare in collections. It is known from the Mexican states of Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, and Tamaulipas. The only Texas record is one specimen collected at Comstock in Val Verde County.
description: Published as part of Triplehorn, Charles A., Thomas, Donald B. & Rile, Edward G., 2009, The Genus Eleodes Eschscholtz (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) In Texas, pp. 413-437 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 63 (4) on page 430, DOI: 10.1649/1177.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4924379
Physical activity at work may not be health enhancing for cardiovascular health
Creators: name: Cillekens, Bart
name: Huysmans, Maaike
name: Holtermann, Andreas
name: Van Mechelen, Willem
name: Straker, Leon
name: Krause, Niklas
name: Van Der Beek, Allard
name: Coenen, Pieter
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Emerging evidence suggests contrasting health effects for different physical activity domains, in particular when comparing leisure-time to occupational physical activity (OPA). Purpose: Our purpose was to systematically review the association between OPA and cardiovascular mortality disease (CVD) mortality. Methods: We searched the literature for prospective observation studies assessing the relationship between OPA and CVD mortality. Articles were included if they controlled for age and gender and at least one other relevant variable. We performed random-effects meta-analyses on the association between OPA and CVD mortality. Results: Twenty-three studies were included. In our meta-analyses, OPA showed no significant association with CVD mortality for both males (HR=1.00, 95% CI: 0.87-1.15) and females (HR=0.95, 95% CI: 0.82-1.09). Higher levels of OPA were non-significantly associated with a 15% increase in ischemic heart disease mortality. Subgroup analyses for gender, adjustment for different variables and study design features; such as country, historical time and duration of follow-up period, had no substantial effect on the effect estimate. Conclusions: While the beneficial association between leisure time physical activity and CVD mortality has been widely documented, OPA was not found to have a beneficial association with CVD mortality. This observation may have implications for our appreciation of the association between physical activity and health for workers in physically demanding jobs, as OPA may not be health enhancing. Funding: We did not receive any particular funding for this research
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress