cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Atherinidae Risso 1827
Creators: name: Morgan, David L.
name: Allen, Gerald R.
name: Pusey, Bradley J.
name: Burrows, Damien W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Atheriniformes
Atherinidae

description: Family: Atherinidae   There are three freshwater atherinids found within the Kimberley, including two species that are endemic to the region (Allen et al. 2002). The endemic species include Craterocephalus helenae and C. lentiginosus, while the remaining species, C. stramineus, is endemic to northern Australia from the Ord River east to the Gulf of Carpentaria (Allen et al. 2002).
description: Published as part of Morgan, David L., Allen, Gerald R., Pusey, Bradley J. & Burrows, Damien W., 2011, 2816, pp. 1-64 in Zootaxa 2816 on page 12
The Low Velocity Wind from the Circumstellar Matter Around the B9V Star sigma Herculis
Creators: name: Chen, C. H.
name: Jura, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have obtained FUSE spectra of sigma Her, a nearby binary system, with a main sequence primary, that has a Vega-like infrared excess. We observe absorption in the excited fine structure lines C II* at 1037 A, N II* at 1085 A, and N II** at 1086 A that are blueshifted by as much as ~30 km/sec with respect to the star. Since these features are considerably narrower than the stellar lines and broader than interstellar features, the C II and N II are circumstellar. We suggest that there is a radiatively driven wind, arising from the circumstellar matter, rather than accretion as occurs around beta Pic, because of sigma Her's high luminosity. Assuming that the gas is liberated by collisions between parent bodies at 20 AU, the approximate distance at which blackbody grains are in radiative equilibrium with the star and at which 3-body orbits become unstable, we infer dM/dt ~ 6 * 10^-12 M_{sun}/yr. This wind depletes the minimum mass of parent bodies in less than the estimated age of the system.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures, ApJ in press
Craterocephalus helenae Ivantsoff, Crowley and Allen
Creators: name: Morgan, David L.
name: Allen, Gerald R.
name: Pusey, Bradley J.
name: Burrows, Damien W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Atheriniformes
Atherinidae
Craterocephalus
Craterocephalus helenae

description: Craterocephalus helenae Ivantsoff, Crowley and Allen
Drysdale Hardyhead
 Craterocephalus helenae is endemic to the Drysdale River system in the Kimberley (Fig. 15). The species is widespread throughout this system and is apparently abundant in both the upper and lower sections of the main channel (Fig. 15) (Allen et al. 2002).
description: Published as part of Morgan, David L., Allen, Gerald R., Pusey, Bradley J. & Burrows, Damien W., 2011, 2816, pp. 1-64 in Zootaxa 2816 on page 13
A Low-Complexity LoRa Synchronization Algorithm Robust to Sampling Time Offsets
Creators: name: Xhonneux, Mathieu
name: Afisiadis, Orion
name: Bol, David
name: Louveaux, Jérôme
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: LoRaWAN is nowadays one of the most popular protocols for low-power Internet-of-Things communications. Although its physical layer, namely LoRa, has been thoroughly studied in the literature, aspects related to the synchronization of LoRa receivers have received little attention so far. The estimation and correction of carrier frequency and sampling time offsets is however crucial to attain the low sensitivity levels offered by the LoRa spread-spectrum modulation. The goal of this paper is to build a low-complexity, yet efficient synchronization algorithm capable of correcting both offsets. To this end, a complete analytical model of a LoRa signal corrupted by these offsets is first derived. Using this model, we propose a new estimator for the sampling time offset. We also show that the estimations of the carrier frequency and the sampling time offsets cannot be performed independently. Therefore, to avoid a complex joint estimation of both offsets, an iterative low-complexity synchronization algorithm is proposed. To reach a packet error rate of 10^-3, performance evaluations show that the proposed receiver requires only 1 or 2 dB higher SNR than a theoretical perfectly synchronized receiver, while incurring a very low computational overhead.
description: IEEE Internet of Things Journal
Additional file 8: of Sheep (Ovis aries) T cell receptor alpha (TRA) and delta (TRD) genes and genomic organization of the TRA/TRD locus
Creators: name: Piccinni, Barbara
name: Massari, Serafina
name: Jambrenghi, Anna Caputi
name: Giannico, Francesco
name: Marie-Paule Lefranc
name: Ciccarese, Salvatrice
name: Antonacci, Rachele
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Corrispondence between ovine and bovine germline TRAV repertoires. The bovine TRAV gene sequences were retrieved by Connelley et al. [16]. Correspondence was established as reported in Methods. (DOC 59 kb)
Maximal double Roman domination in graphs
Creators: name: Ahangar, H. Abdollahzadeh
name: Chellali, M.
name: Sheikholeslami, S. M.
name: Valenzuela-Tripodoro, J. C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: A maximal double Roman dominating function (MDRDF) on a graph $G=(V,E)$ is a function $f:V(G)\rightarrow \{0,1,2,3\}$ such that \textrm{(i) }every vertex $v$ with $f(v)=0$ is adjacent to least two vertices { assigned $2$ or to at least one vertex assigned $3,$} \textrm{(ii) }every vertex $v$ with $f(v)=1$ is adjacent to at least one { vertex assigned $2$ or $3$} and \textrm{(iii) }the set $\{w\in V|~f(w)=0\}$ is not a dominating set of $G $. The weight of a MDRDF is the sum of its function values over all vertices, and the maximal double Roman domination number $γ_{dR}^{m}(G) $ is the minimum weight of an MDRDF on $G$. {In this paper, we initiate the study of maximal double Roman domination. We first show that the problem of determining }$γ_{dR}^{m}(G)$ {is NP-complete for bipartite, chordal and planar graphs. But it is solvable in linear time for bounded clique-width graphs including trees, cographs and distance-hereditary graphs. Moreover, we establish various relationships relating }$γ_{dR}^{m}(G)$ to some domination parameters. {For the class of trees, we show that for every tree }$T$ {of order }$n\geq 4,$ $γ_{dR}^{m}(T)\leq \frac{5}{4}n$ {and we characterize all trees attaining the bound. Finally, the exact values of }$γ_{dR}^{m}(G) $ {are given for paths and cycles.
Accommodating covariates in receiver operating characteristic analysis
Creators: name: Janes, Holly
name: Longton, Gary M.
name: Pepe, Margaret S.
name: Janes, Holly
name: Longton, Gary M.
name: Pepe, Margaret S.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: roccurve
subject: comproc
subject: rocreg
subject: receiver operating characteristic analysis
subject: ROC
subject: covariates
subject: sensitivity
subject: specificity

description: Classification accuracy is the ability of a marker or diagnostic test to discriminate between two groups of individuals, cases and controls, and is commonly summarized by using the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. In studies of classification accuracy, there are often covariates that should be incorporated into the ROC analysis. We describe three ways of using covariate information. For factors that affect marker observations among controls, we present a method for covariate adjustment. For factors that affect discrimination (i.e., the ROC curve), we describe methods for modeling the ROC curve as a function of covariates. Finally, for factors that contribute to discrimination, we propose combining the marker and covariate information, and we ask how much discriminatory accuracy improves (in incremental value) with the addition of the marker to the covariates. These methods follow naturally when representing the ROC curve as a summary of the distribution of case marker observations, standardized with respect to the control distribution.
Craterocephalus lentiginosus Ivantsoff, Crowley and Allen
Creators: name: Morgan, David L.
name: Allen, Gerald R.
name: Pusey, Bradley J.
name: Burrows, Damien W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Atheriniformes
Atherinidae
Craterocephalus
Craterocephalus lentiginosus

description: Craterocephalus lentiginosus Ivantsoff, Crowley and Allen
Prince Regent Hardyhead or Freckled Hardyhead
 Endemic to the Kimberley region, Craterocephalus lentiginosus was previously believed to be restricted to the upper Roe River (Allen 1975, Ivantsoff et al. 1987), however, there is a specimen record from the Trent River near Kimbolton in 1975 (WAM P. 28010-002). More recently, the species has been collected from numerous sites in the Fitzroy and Carson Rivers (Fig. 16) (Allen & Leggett 1990, Allen & Allen 1998, Morgan et al. 2002, 2004a, 2006, Morgan in press). Interestingly, the common name, the Prince Regent Hardyhead, implies that the species is found in the Prince Regent River; however, the name presumably came from the fact that it was described from the Roe River, which lies within the Prince Regent Nature Reserve (Ivantsoff et al. 1987). Perhaps the alternative but seldom used name, Freckled Hardyhead (see Ivantsoff et al. 1987, Allen et al. 2002) should be applied; otherwise Kimberley Hardyhead may be a more appropriate common name.
description: Published as part of Morgan, David L., Allen, Gerald R., Pusey, Bradley J. & Burrows, Damien W., 2011, 2816, pp. 1-64 in Zootaxa 2816 on page 13
40 Years of China’s Reforms and Opening up A Paragon for India and other Developing Countries.
Creators: name: Sumedh Lokhande
name: Yen-Chiang Chang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 140202 Economic Development and Growth
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This article tries to put forward a new visionary understanding of the “40 years of Reform and Opening up”, its impact on China and the world as well as factual understanding of its essential synthesis which would be beneficial for India and other developing countries.
Weak-to-strong transition of quantum measurement in a trapped-ion system
Creators: name: Pan, Yiming
name: Zhang, Jie
name: Cohen, Eliahu
name: Wu, Chun-wang
name: Chen, Ping-Xing
name: Davidson, Nir
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: Atomic and Molecular Clusters (physics.atm-clus)
subject: History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum measurement remains a puzzle through its stormy history from the birth of quantum mechanics to state-of-the-art quantum technologies. Two complementary measurement schemes have been widely investigated in a variety of quantum systems: von Neumann's projective 'strong' measurement and Aharonov's weak measurement. Here, we report the observation of a weak-to-strong measurement transition in a single trapped $40Ca^+$ ion system. The transition is realized by tuning the interaction strength between the ion's internal electronic state and its vibrational motion, which play the roles of the measured system and the measuring pointer, respectively. By pre- and post-selecting the internal state, a pointer state composed of two of the ion's motional wavepackets is obtained, and its central-position shift, which corresponds to the measurement outcome, demonstrates the transition from the weak-value asymptotes to the expected-value asymptotes. Quantitatively, the weak-to-strong measurement transition is characterized by a universal transition factor $e^{-Γ^2}$, where $Γ$ is a dimensionless parameter related to the system-apparatus coupling. This transition, which continuously connects weak measurements and strong measurements, may open new experimental possibilities to test quantum foundations and prompt us to re-examine and improve the measurement schemes of related quantum technologies.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures, accepted by Nature Physics
ANALYSIS OF GENERI
Creators: name: Kaiser, Harry M.
name: Forker, Olan D.
name: Kaiser, Harry M.
name: Forker, Olan D.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: An econometric model of the United States dairy industry is used to simulate the economic impact of alternative strategies in the generic advertising of dairy products. Advertising programs for fluid milk, cheese, and butter are considered. The historic quarterly advertising expenditure levels experienced during the period October 1984 through December 1990 are used as a basis of comparison. A national model enables the analyst to simultaneously estimate the impact of changes in advertising expenditures on price and volume of sales at retail, wholesale, and farm levels of trade. The impact on government purchases can also be estimated. The simulations indicate that the largest impact of decreases or increases in advertising expenditures is on price. A 50 percent decrease in advertising expenditures (using the same allocation proportions among product categories constant) will result in a 6 percent decline in retail fluid milk price, a 2.4 percent decrease in retail cheese prices and a 1 percent decrease in retail butter price. On the other hand, a doubling of expenditures will result in retail price increases of 7.7 percent for fluid milk, 3.6 percent for cheese, and 1.3 percent for butter. At the farm level, overall increases in advertising expenditures will result in increases in the all farm milk price and increases in total production, cow numbers, and production per cow. As expenditure levels increase, the increased demand more than offsets the negative impact of increases in production volume so that producer returns overall continue to increase, but at a decreasing rate. Accounting for all impacts, the rate of return is 4.6 percent at historic levels of advertising, 9.8 percent at 50 percent of historic levels, and 3.5 percent at advertising expenditure levels of 200 percent of historic levels. The simulations indicate that a reallocation of advertising dollars toward fluid milk and away from cheese or butter will result in increases in producer returns, while a reallocation toward cheese or butter will result in decreases. This simulation process using the industry model can be used to estimate the economic impact of a large number of different expenditure strategies.
Superconducting trapped-field magnets: Temperature and field distributions during pulsed field activation
Creators: name: Braeck, S.
name: Shantsev, D. V.
name: Johansen, T. H.
name: Galperin, Y. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate the temperature and magnetic field distributions in a bulk superconductor during the process of pulsed-field magnetic activation. The calculations are based on the heat diffusion equation with account of the heat produced by flux motion, and the critical state model with temperature dependent critical current density. For a given activation time the total amount of trapped flux is maximum for an optimal value B_opt of the maximal applied field. We analyze how B_opt and the trapped flux depend on the material parameters and the field ramp rate.
description: 6 pages, 6 figures, submitted to J.Appl.Phys., will be presented at ASC-2002
Craterocephalus stramineus
Creators: name: Morgan, David L.
name: Allen, Gerald R.
name: Pusey, Bradley J.
name: Burrows, Damien W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Atheriniformes
Atherinidae
Craterocephalus
Craterocephalus stramineus

description: Craterocephalus stramineus (Whitley)
Strawman, Blackmast
 The distribution of Craterocephalus stramineus is confined to the Gregory River of Queensland, the Katherine, Finniss, Daly, and Victoria Rivers of the Northern Territory, and the Ord River in the Kimberley region (Fig. 17) (Allen et al. 2002). However, the outlying record of the species from the upper Fitzroy River in Allen and Leggett (1990) is actually from the Ord catchment; an incorrect co-ordinate is given in the paper that did not correspond to site location. This also applies for other species captured at the site including N. erebi, M. australis, A. percoides, L. unicolor and G. giuris (see Figs. 4, 18, 27, 32 and 40). Therefore, we consider the Kimberley distribution as being confined to the Ord River, where it is widespread and abundant.
description: Published as part of Morgan, David L., Allen, Gerald R., Pusey, Bradley J. & Burrows, Damien W., 2011, 2816, pp. 1-64 in Zootaxa 2816 on page 13
Price Transmission Processes: A Study of Price Lags and Asymmetric Price Response Behavior for New York Red Delicious and McIntosh Apples
Creators: name: Hansmire, Michelle R.
name: Willett, Lois Schertz
name: Hansmire, Michelle R.
name: Willett, Lois Schertz
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1993
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries
Demand and Price Analysis

description: An economic model was developed to gain an understanding of price flows in the markets for New York Red Delicious and New York McIntosh apples. Price transmission processes of two apple products, fresh apples and apple juice, are analyzed and compared. Specific emphasis is placed on evaluating price lags and price asymmetry, two factors which complicate the flow of prices between market levels. Results indicate that retail prices of fresh New York Red Delicious apples and fresh New York McIntosh apples respond more fully to wholesale price increases than wholesale price decreases. Results suggest that wholesale prices of fresh New York Red Delicious and fresh New York McIntosh apples are not determined by shipping point price increases and decreases. Grower price increases and decreases do impact shipping point prices for fresh New York Red Delicious apples. However results are inconclusive for fresh New York McIntosh apples. The results for the apple juice model suggest that forces outside United States apple production, namely increasing imports and increasing efficiency in processing and marketing apple juice, are significant in determining shipping point prices of apple juice.
Valuation of Plant Variety Protection Certificates
Creators: name: Lesser, William H.
name: Lesser, William H.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1993
Subjects: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: Hedonic pricing is used to value certificates of plant variety protection for soybean seed in New York. The estimated price premium of 2.3 percent (.7 ¢/lb.) is low, and another indicator that US Plant Breeders' Rights protection likely provides inadequate incentives for breeding investment. Soon the Congress will decide on amending the Plant Variety Protection Act to strengthen protection. The current results suggest strengthening is needed, but additional study is required to determine if the proposed amendments are optimal.
Long-time behavior of a reaction-diffusion model with strong Allee effect and free boundary: effect of a protection zone
Creators: name: Sun, Ningkui
name: Lei, Chengxia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: This paper concerns the effect of the (separated/connected) protection zone for the evolution of an endangered species on the reaction-diffusion equation with strong Allee effect and free boundary. We give a description of the long-time dynamical behavior of the problem of two types protection zones with the same length. Furthermore, the asymptotic profiles of solutions and the asymptotic spreading speed are estimated when spreading happens. Our results, together with those in previous papers [8, 12] on two other closely related models, show that the protection zone and the free boundary play an important role in the evolution of the endangered species.
description: 31 pages. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1811.12574
Non-trivial Solutions of the Bach Equation Exist
Creators: name: Schmidt, H. -J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that solutions of the Bach equation exist which are not conformal Einstein spaces.
description: 3 pages, LaTeX, no figure
EVALUATING U.S. GENERIC MILK ADVERTISING EFFECTIVENESS USING AN IMPERFECT COMPETITION MODEL
Creators: name: Suzuki, Nobuhiro
name: Kaiser, Harry M.
name: Lenz, John E.
name: Forker, Olan D.
name: Suzuki, Nobuhiro
name: Kaiser, Harry M.
name: Lenz, John E.
name: Forker, Olan D.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: generic milk advertising
subject: imperfect competition
subject: fluid differential

description: An analytical model to evaluate the effectiveness of u.s. generic milk advertising which incorporates the degree of market competition is presented. Unlike traditional perfect competition models, the imperfect competition model allows for simultaneous movement of both price and quantity with an endogenous fluid (Class I) price differential. The simulation results of the imperfect competition model are compared with the conventional exogenous fluid price differential model. It is shown that the conventional fixed fluid price differential model may under-state the effectiveness of U.s. generic milk advertising in terms of returns to producers.
Risk assessment and observation of driver with pedestrian using instantaneous heart rate and HRV
Creators: name: Kikuta, Riku
name: Carruth, Daniel
name: Ball, John
name: Burch, Reuben
name: Kageyama, Ichiro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Currently, human drivers outperform self-driving vehicles in many conditions such as collision avoidance. Therefore, understanding human driver behaviour in these conditions will provide insight for future autonomous vehicles. For understanding driver behaviour, risk assessment is applied so far as one of the approaches by using both subjective and objective measurement. Subjective measurement methods such as questionnaires may provide insight into driver risk assessment but there is often significant variability between drivers.Physiological measurements such as heart rate (HR), electroencephalogram (EEG), and electromyogram (EMG) provide more objective measurements of driver risk assessment. HR is often used for measuring driver risk assessment based on observed correlations between HR and risk perception. Previous work has used HR to measure driver risk assessment in self-driving systems, but pedestrian dynamics is not considered for the research. In this study, we observed driver behaviour in certain scenarios which have pedestrian on driving simulator. The scenarios have safe/unsafe situations (i.e., pedestrian crosses road and vehicle may hit pedestrian in one scenario), HR analysis in time/frequency domain is processed for risk assessment. As a result, HR analysis in frequency domain shows certain reasonability for driver risk assessment when driver has pedestrian in its traffic.
The Power of LOCCq State Transformations
Creators: name: Thapliyal, Ashish V.
name: Smolin, John A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Reversible state transformations under entanglement non-increasing operations give rise to entanglement measures. It is well known that asymptotic local operations and classical communication (LOCC) are required to get a simple operational measure of bipartite pure state entanglement. For bipartite mixed states and multipartite pure states it is likely that a more powerful class of operations will be needed. To this end \cite{BPRST01} have defined more powerful versions of state transformations (or reducibilities), namely LOCCq (asymptotic LOCC with a sublinear amount of quantum communication) and CLOCC (asymptotic LOCC with catalysis). In this paper we show that {\em LOCCq state transformations are only as powerful as asymptotic LOCC state transformations} for multipartite pure states. We first generalize the concept of entanglement gambling from two parties to multiple parties: any pure multipartite entangled state can be transformed to an EPR pair shared by some pair of parties and that any irreducible $m$ $(m\ge 2)$ party pure state can be used to create any other state (pure or mixed), using only local operations and classical communication (LOCC). We then use this tool to prove the result. We mention some applications of multipartite entanglement gambling to multipartite distillability and to characterizations of multipartite minimal entanglement generating sets. Finally we discuss generalizations of this result to mixed states by defining the class of {\em cat distillable states}.
Speech Rhythm-Based Speaker Embeddings Extraction from Phonemes and Phoneme Duration for Multi-Speaker Speech Synthesis
Creators: name: Fujita, Kenichi
name: Ando, Atsushi
name: Ijima, Yusuke
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Sound (cs.SD)
subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Audio and Speech Processing (eess.AS)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: This paper proposes a speech rhythm-based method for speaker embeddings to model phoneme duration using a few utterances by the target speaker. Speech rhythm is one of the essential factors among speaker characteristics, along with acoustic features such as F0, for reproducing individual utterances in speech synthesis. A novel feature of the proposed method is the rhythm-based embeddings extracted from phonemes and their durations, which are known to be related to speaking rhythm. They are extracted with a speaker identification model similar to the conventional spectral feature-based one. We conducted three experiments, speaker embeddings generation, speech synthesis with generated embeddings, and embedding space analysis, to evaluate the performance. The proposed method demonstrated a moderate speaker identification performance (15.2% EER), even with only phonemes and their duration information. The objective and subjective evaluation results demonstrated that the proposed method can synthesize speech with speech rhythm closer to the target speaker than the conventional method. We also visualized the embeddings to evaluate the relationship between the distance of the embeddings and the perceptual similarity. The visualization of the embedding space and the relation analysis between the closeness indicated that the distribution of embeddings reflects the subjective and objective similarity.
description: 11 pages,9 figures, Accepted to IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information and Systems
Cohomology of groups of diffeomorphims related to the modules of differential operators on a smooth manifold
Creators: name: Bouarroudj, Sofiane
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Let $M$ be a manifold and $T^*M$ be the cotangent bundle. We introduce a 1-cocycle on the group of diffeomorphisms of $M$ with values in the space of linear differential operators acting on $C^{\infty} (T^*M).$ When $M$ is the $n$-dimensional sphere, $S^n$, we use this 1-cocycle to compute the first-cohomology group of the group of diffeomorphisms of $S^n$, with coefficients in the space of linear differential operators acting on contravariant tensor fields.
description: arxiv version is already official
An Analysis of Alternatives to the Dairy Price Support Program
Creators: name: Kaiser, Harry M.
name: Kaiser, Harry M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1993
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Livestock Production/Industries

description: The U.S. dairy industry has operated under a price support program since 1949. Between 1949 and 1980, the dairy price support program generally operated without incurring large government costs and was an effective price stabilizer. However, since 1980, the dairy industry has experienced chronic excess production relative to consumption and consequently government purchases under the price support program have been excessively large (particularly in the mid-1980s). The tremendous increase in government costs of the dairy price support program and a growing dissatisfaction with the program by farmers has prompted proposals to modify or replace this program. This paper examines the potential market impacts of five different dairy policy scenarios. The five policies are: (1) a baseline price support program scenario, (2) an immediate deregulation scenario where the price support program is eliminated, (3) a gradual deregulation scenario where the support prices for dairy products are decreased by 10% per year, (4) a target price-deficiency payment program scenario, and (5) a mandatory supply control program scenario. A model of the national dairy industry is used to simulate quarterly equilibrium price and quantity values at the farm and wholesale levels for each policy over the period 1980-90. The results indicate that there are gainers and losers for each policy option. Consumers are better off under the deficiency payment program and both deregulation scenarios because prices are lower, which enables them to consume more dairy products. On the other hand, consumer are worse off under supply control where, with the exception of butter, wholesale prices are at their highest. Farmers, as a group, are better off under the control and deficiency programs. Farm milk prices and producer surplus are highest under these two policies. Producers suffer the most in the immediate deregulation scenario where both the farm price and producer surplus are at their lowest levels. Tax payers are best off under immediate deregulation and supply control, while substantially worse off under the deficiency payment program. These results suggest that the relative political weight that politicians give to consumers, farmers, and tax payers will be quite important in shaping future dairy policy legislation.
Melanotaeniidae T.N.Gill 1894
Creators: name: Morgan, David L.
name: Allen, Gerald R.
name: Pusey, Bradley J.
name: Burrows, Damien W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Atheriniformes
Melanotaeniidae

description: Family: Melanotaeniidae  Of Australia’s 15 species of rainbowfish, five are found in the Kimberley region.
description: Published as part of Morgan, David L., Allen, Gerald R., Pusey, Bradley J. & Burrows, Damien W., 2011, 2816, pp. 1-64 in Zootaxa 2816 on page 13
Time-Optimal Coordination for Connected and Automated Vehicles at Adjacent Intersections
Creators: name: Chalaki, Behdad
name: Malikopoulos, Andreas A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: Multiagent Systems (cs.MA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper, we provide a hierarchical coordination framework for connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) at two adjacent intersections. This framework consists of an upper-level scheduling problem and a low-level optimal control problem. By partitioning the area around two adjacent intersections into different zones, we formulate a scheduling problem for each individual CAV aimed at minimizing its total travel time. For each CAV, the solution of the upper-level problem designates the arrival times at each zones on its path which becomes the inputs of the low-level problem. The solution of the low-level problem yields the optimal control input (acceleration/deceleration) of each CAV to exit the intersections at the time specified in the upper-level scheduling problem. We validate the performance of our proposed hierarchical framework through extensive numerical simulations and comparison with signalized intersections, centralized scheduling, and FIFO queuing policy.
description: 17 pages, 7 figures, 3 tables
ROYALTY COLLECTION FOR PATENTED LIVESTOCK
Creators: name: Lesser, William H.
name: Lesser, William H.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1993
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Livestock Production/Industries

description: Allowing animal patents provides potential benefits and costs for livestock producers. Costs, considered here, are royalty payments and collection mechanisms, made more complex by the unknown future distribution of multiple patented traits in the herd. This article evaluates three proposed collection systems, Qualified Sales, registration and pooled royalties. The first two are imposed only on breeding stock and at first sale, creating a cash flow and risk factor for producers. The third collects payments from all animals at point of slaughter, based on traits in a sample. It favors producers at the cost of delayed payments to the patent holders. The eventual system used will depend on the cost and speed of testing for patented traits.
BUSINESS SUMMARY NEW YORK STATE 1992
Creators: name: Smith, Stuart F.
name: Knoblauch, Wayne A.
name: Putnam, Linda D.
name: Smith, Stuart F.
name: Knoblauch, Wayne A.
name: Putnam, Linda D.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1993
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Livestock Production/Industries

description: This summary and analysis of 357 New York dairy farm businesses demonstrates the use of cash accounting and accrual adjustments to measure farm profitability, cash flow, financial performance, and costs of producing milk. Traditional methods of analyzing dairy farm businesses are combined with improved evaluation techniques to show the relationship between good management performance and financial success. These farms averaged 123 cows per farm and 18,789 pounds of milk sold per cow in 1992, which are above the average size and management level of all New York dairy farms. Net farm income excluding appreciation, which is the return to the operator's labor, management, capital, and other unpaid family labor, averaged $45,274 per farm. The rate of return including appreciation to all capital invested in the farm business averaged 5.7 percent in 1992.
On the existence of the global conformal gauge in string theory
Creators: name: Katanaev, M. O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: General Physics (physics.gen-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The global conformal gauge is playing the crucial role in string theory providing the basis for quantization. Its existence for two-dimensional Lorentzian metric is known locally for a long time. We prove that if a Lorentzian metric is given on a plain then the conformal gauge exists globally on the whole ${\mathbb R}^2$. Moreover, we prove the existence of the conformal gauge globally on the whole worldsheets represented by infinite strips with straight boundaries for open and closed bosonic strings. The global existence of the conformal gauge on the whole plane is also proved for the positive definite Riemannian metric.
description: 17 pages, 1 figure, the Riemannian case is added
Melanotaenia exquisita Allen
Creators: name: Morgan, David L.
name: Allen, Gerald R.
name: Pusey, Bradley J.
name: Burrows, Damien W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Atheriniformes
Melanotaeniidae
Melanotaenia
Melanotaenia exquisita

description: Melanotaenia exquisita Allen
Exquisite Rainbowfish
 Only known from the King George River in the Kimberley (Fig. 19), Melanotaenia exquisita is also found in tributaries of a number of Northern Territory rivers, including the Katherine, Edith, Mary, South Alligator and Fergusson (Allen 1978, Allen et al. 2002).
description: Published as part of Morgan, David L., Allen, Gerald R., Pusey, Bradley J. & Burrows, Damien W., 2011, 2816, pp. 1-64 in Zootaxa 2816 on page 14
SUPERMARKETPRICES REDUX
Creators: name: Chi, R.
name: Lesser, William H.
name: Chi, R.
name: Lesser, William H.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1993
Subjects: Agribusiness
Demand and Price Analysis

description: This study attempts to reconcile divergent results between two previous studies of CRJprice affects for supermarkets. A more complete data set from Kaufman and Handy is used in an earlier model by Marion et al. to determine if the differences are attributable to (1) model specifications, (2) interim structural change or (3) role of leading firm compared to all firms. The first two comparisons were indeterminate but the third provides some support for the CRJprice hypothesis compared to the size economy/service explanations. While not conclusive, these results argue for caution in rejecting SMSA supermarket concentration as an influence over prices.
Quantum multiparameter estimation enhanced by a topological phase transition
Creators: name: Yang, Yu
name: Yuan, Haidong
name: Li, Fuli
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In quantum multiparameter estimation, multiple to-be-estimated parameters are encoded in a quantum dynamics system by a unitary evolution. As the parameters vary, the system may undergo a topological phase transition (TPT). In this paper, we investigate two SU(2) TPT models and propose the singular behavior of the quantum metric tensor around the TPT point as a tool for the simultaneous optimal estimation of multiple parameters. We find that the proposed TPT sensing protocol can achieve the same metrology performance as the quantum-control-enhanced one. Moreover, the probe state of the TPT sensing protocol is only the ground state of the Hamiltonian rather than the entangled state required in the control-enhanced one. In addition, an adaptive multiparameter estimation strategy is developed for updating the estimated values until the desired quantum Cramér-Rao bound is approached. Our work reinforces the connection between quantum multiparameter estimation and topology physics, with potential inspiration for quantum critical metrology.
description: 16 pages, 6 figures, 1 table
Additional file 5: of Sheep (Ovis aries) T cell receptor alpha (TRA) and delta (TRD) genes and genomic organization of the TRA/TRD locus
Creators: name: Piccinni, Barbara
name: Massari, Serafina
name: Jambrenghi, Anna Caputi
name: Giannico, Francesco
name: Marie-Paule Lefranc
name: Ciccarese, Salvatrice
name: Antonacci, Rachele
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Evolutionary relationship of the sheep TRDV genes. The TRDV nomenclature is according to IMGT-ONTOLOGY concepts of classification [28]. (PDF 7.56 kb)
Melanotaenia gracilis Allen
Creators: name: Morgan, David L.
name: Allen, Gerald R.
name: Pusey, Bradley J.
name: Burrows, Damien W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Atheriniformes
Melanotaeniidae
Melanotaenia
Melanotaenia gracilis

description: Melanotaenia gracilis Allen
Slender Rainbowfish
 While largely restricted to the Drysdale River system in the Kimberley, Melanotaenia gracilis has also been found at one locality in the upper King George River (Hutchins 1977) and within one tributary of the Carson River (Morgan et al. 2006, Morgan in press) (Fig. 20). It was particularly abundant at one site on the Carson River, with 265 individuals captured. It is unclear why it is not more widespread in the Carson River.
description: Published as part of Morgan, David L., Allen, Gerald R., Pusey, Bradley J. & Burrows, Damien W., 2011, 2816, pp. 1-64 in Zootaxa 2816 on page 14
The Structure of the Milk Hauling Industry in New York and Pennsylvania
Creators: name: Erba, Eric M.
name: Pratt, James E.
name: Wasserman, Walter
name: Erba, Eric M.
name: Pratt, James E.
name: Wasserman, Walter
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1993
Subjects: Agribusiness
Industrial Organization
Livestock Production/Industries

description: A survey of the milk haulers in New York and Pennsylvania was conducted to assess the changes in the northeast milk hauling industry since 1981. Detailed information was collected on characteristics of the hauling businesses as well as the equipment operated. Some of the general topics discussed include the number of hauling businesses, the size of hauling businesses, and the cost of milk hauling equipment. To address the subject of hauling efficiency, a section describing common measures of efficiency is included. Where possible, comparisons have been made to statistics obtained from a similar study completed in 1981.
Additional file 6: of Sheep (Ovis aries) T cell receptor alpha (TRA) and delta (TRD) genes and genomic organization of the TRA/TRD locus
Creators: name: Piccinni, Barbara
name: Massari, Serafina
name: Jambrenghi, Anna Caputi
name: Giannico, Francesco
name: Marie-Paule Lefranc
name: Ciccarese, Salvatrice
name: Antonacci, Rachele
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: Plant Biology
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: TRA genes. In a, the IMGT Protein display of the sheep TRAV genes. Only functional genes ORF and in-frame pseudogenes are shown. The description of the strands and loops and of the FR-IMGT and CDR-IMGT is according to the IMGT unique numbering for V-REGION [27]. The CDR-IMGT AA lengths are indicated in square brackets. nd: not defined (indicates that the AA sequence of the TRAV45S1 gene is incomplete and its functionality cannot be defined). In b, nucleotide and deduced AA sequences of the sheep TRAJ genes. The numbering adopted for the gene classification is reported on the left of each gene. The functionality is also reported. The consensus sequences of the J-heptamer and J-nonamer [41] are provided at the top of the figure and underlined. The donor splice site for each TRAJ is also shown. The canonical F/W-G-X-G amino acid motifs are underlined. In c, IMGT Protein display of the TRAC gene. Description of the strands and loops is according to the IMGT unique numbering for C-DOMAIN [42]. (ZIP 325 kb)
Experimental quantification of coherence of a tunable quantum detector
Creators: name: Xu, Huichao
name: Xu, Feixiang
name: Theurer, Thomas
name: Egloff, Dario
name: Liu, Zi-Wen
name: Yu, Nengkun
name: Plenio, Martin B.
name: Zhang, Lijian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum coherence is a fundamental resource that quantum technologies exploit to achieve performance beyond that of classical devices. A necessary prerequisite to achieve this advantage is the ability of measurement devices to detect coherence from the measurement statistics. Based on a recently developed resource theory of quantum operations, here we quantify experimentally the ability of a typical quantum-optical detector, the weak-field homodyne detector, to detect coherence. We derive an improved algorithm for quantum detector tomography and apply it to reconstruct the positive-operator-valued measures (POVMs) of the detector in different configurations. The reconstructed POVMs are then employed to evaluate how well the detector can detect coherence using two computable measures. As the first experimental investigation of quantum measurements from a resource theoretical perspective, our work sheds new light on the rigorous evaluation of the performance of a quantum measurement apparatus.
Confirmation of SBS 1150+599A As An Extremely Metal-Poor Planetary Nebula
Creators: name: Jacoby, George
name: Feldmeier, John
name: Claver, Charles F.
name: Garnavich, Peter M.
name: Noriega-Crespo, Alberto
name: Bond, Howard E.
name: Quinn, Jason
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: SBS 1150+599A is a blue stellar object at high galactic latitude discovered in the Second Byurakan Survey. New high-resolution images of SBS 1150+599A are presented, demonstrating that it is very likely to be an old planetary nebula in the galactic halo, as suggested by Tovmassian et al (2001). An H-alpha image taken with the WIYN 3.5-m telescope and its "tip/tilt" module reveals the diameter of the nebula to be 9.2", comparable to that estimated from spectra by Tovmassian et al. Lower limits to the central star temperature were derived using the Zanstra hydrogen and helium methods to determine that the star's effective temperature must be > 68,000K and that the nebula is optically thin. New spectra from the MMT and FLWO telescopes are presented, revealing the presence of strong [Ne V] lambda 3425, indicating that the central star temperature must be > 100,000K. With the revised diameter, new central star temperature, and an improved central star luminosity, we can constrain photoionization models for the nebula significantly better than before. Because the emission-line data set is sparse, the models are still not conclusive. Nevertheless, we confirm that this nebula is an extremely metal-poor planetary nebula, having a value for O/H that is less than 1/100 solar, and possibly as low as 1/500 solar.
description: 19 pages, 6 figures. Accepted for publication in the Astronomical Journal
Nursing Students' Attitudes Toward Older Adults After Their First Intentional Encounter: A Cross-Sectional, Correlational Study.
Creators: name: Hovey, Susan
name: Shropshire, Michele
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: AIM: This study examined how intentional first encounters as a nursing student, as well as prior relationships with older adults, influenced baccalaureate prelicensure nursing students' attitudes toward this population. BACKGROUND: There is a growing demand for knowledgeable and skilled nurses to provide person-centered care to an aging population. An ongoing challenge is lack of interest in practicing within gerontological settings following graduation. METHOD: A cross-sectional, correlational, comparison research design was used. Ninety-nine nursing students in five groups were recruited from six baccalaureate prelicensure nursing schools. RESULTS: A one-way analysis of variance revealed a significant difference among groups, F(4, 94) = 4.873, p = .001. Students completing clinical in half-semester acute care and long-term care (M = 64.03, SD = 16.9) had better attitudes than students in other clinical experiences. CONCLUSION: Addressing the development of positive attitudes in nursing students remains imperative to promote person-centered care to the aging population.