cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Evaluating the Production and Price Impacts of Biotechnology Application in Crop Markets
Creators: name: Brookes, Graham
name: Yu, Tun-Hsiang (Edward)
name: Tokgoz, Simla
name: Elobeid, Amani E.
name: Brookes, Graham
name: Yu, Tun-Hsiang (Edward)
name: Tokgoz, Simla
name: Elobeid, Amani E.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: biotech crops
subject: prices
subject: yield
subject: soybeans
subject: corn
subject: canola
subject: partial-equilibrium model
subject: price effects

description: Biotechnology crop traits have been applied on a widespread commercial global basis since 1996, making it the most rapidly adopted crop technology in agriculture. The primary biotechnologies used have included technology delivering herbicide tolerance and insect resistance for crops, such as corn, soybeans, cotton, and canola. This technology has provided farmers with productivity improvements through a combination of yield improvements and cost reductions. Thus, this technology has had an impact on prices of cereals and oilseeds (and their derivatives) both in countries where biotech traits were applied and in the global market. Realizing the surging significance of biotechnology application in global crop markets, this study first summarizes the productivity impacts of biotech crops on production; secondly, aims to quantify the impact of the use of biotech traits on production, utilization and prices of corn, soybeans, and canola as well as other crops where the biotechnology is not utilized.
Automated Configuration of Genetic Algorithms by Tuning for Anytime Performance
Creators: name: Ye, Furong
name: Doerr, Carola
name: Wang, Hao
name: Bäck, Thomas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Finding the best configuration of algorithms' hyperparameters for a given optimization problem is an important task in evolutionary computation. We compare in this work the results of four different hyperparameter tuning approaches for a family of genetic algorithms on 25 diverse pseudo-Boolean optimization problems. More precisely, we compare previously obtained results from a grid search with those obtained from three automated configuration techniques: iterated racing, mixed-integer parallel efficient global optimization, and mixed-integer evolutionary strategies. Using two different cost metrics, expected running time and the area under the empirical cumulative distribution function curve, we find that in several cases the best configurations with respect to expected running time are obtained when using the area under the empirical cumulative distribution function curve as the cost metric during the configuration process. Our results suggest that even when interested in expected running time performance, it might be preferable to use anytime performance measures for the configuration task. We also observe that tuning for expected running time is much more sensitive with respect to the budget that is allocated to the target algorithms.
No Evidence for Circulating Retina Specific Autoreactive T-cells in Latent Tuberculosis-associated Uveitis and Sarcoid Uveitis
Creators: name: Schrijver, Benjamin
name: Hardjosantoso, Hannah
name: Berge, Josianne C. E. M Ten
name: Schreurs, Marco W. J.
name: Van Hagen, P. Martin
name: Brooimans, Rik A.
name: Rothova, Aniki
name: Dik, Willem A.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Purpose: To detect circulating retina-specific autoreactive CD4+ T-cells and antiretinal antibodies (ARA) in latent tuberculosis (TB)-associated uveitis or sarcoid uveitis patients. Methods: The presence of crude retinal extract (RE) autoreactive CD4+ T-cells was determined by a highly sensitive flowcytometric-based technique examining co-expression of CD25 and CD134 (OX40) on RE stimulated PBMC. The presence of ARA in available matched serum samples was assessed by indirect immunofluorescence. Results: No autoreactive CD4+ T-cells against RE could be detected in either latent TB-associated uveitis or sarcoid uveitis patients, while ARA were detected in the serum of the majority (5/6) of latent TB-associated uveitis and all (3/3) sarcoid uveitis patients. Conclusion: Even with the use of this highly sensitive flowcytometric technique circulating retina-specific autoreactive CD4+ T-cells could not be detected. In contrast, ARA were detected in the majority of patients indicating an adaptive humoral immune response toward retinal antigens had occurred.
A Redshift Survey of the Submillimeter Galaxy Population
Creators: name: Chapman, S. C.
name: Blain, A. W.
name: Smail, Ian
name: Ivison, R. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have obtained spectroscopic redshifts using the Keck-I telescope for a sample of 73 submillimeter (submm) galaxies for which precise positions are available. The galaxies lie at redshifts out to z=3.6, with a median redshift of 2.2. The dust-corrected ultraviolet (UV) luminosities of the galaxies rarely hint at their huge bolometric luminosities indicated by their radio/submm emission, underestimating the true luminosity by a median factor of ~100 for SMGs with pure starburst spectra. The 850mu, radio, and redshift data is used to estimate the dust temperatures (=36+-7 K), and characterize photometric redshifts. We calculate total infrared and bolometric luminosities, construct a luminosity function, and quantify the strong evolution of the submm population across z=0.5-3.5, relative to local IRAS galaxies. We conclude that bright submm galaxies contribute a comparable star formation density to Lyman-break galaxies at z=2-3 and including galaxies below our submm flux limit this population may be the dominant site of massive star formation at this epoch. The rapid evolution of submm galaxies and QSO populations contrasts with that seen in bolometrically lower luminosity galaxy samples selected in the restframe UV, and suggests a close link between submm galaxies and the formation and evolution of the galactic halos which host QSOs. [Abridged].
description: 30 pages, 13 figures, accepted for April1 issue of ApJ (small typos and formatting fixed.)
Additional file 1 of Health-related quality of life (FACT-GP) in Sweden
Creators: name: Bagge, Ann-Sophie Lindqvist
name: Carlander, Anders
name: Fahlke, Claudia
name: Bagge, Roger Olofsson
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
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: Supplementary Table A1. Normative data of a Swedish general population sample based on pro-rated mean scores of the 21 items
Acceleration of Plasma Flows Due to Reverse Dynamo Mechanism
Creators: name: Mahajan, Swadesh M.
name: Shatashvili, Nana L.
name: Mikeladze, Solomon V.
name: Sigua, Ketevan I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The "reverse-dynamo" mechanism - the amplification/generation of fast plasma flows by micro scale (turbulent) magnetic fields via magneto-fluid coupling is recognized and explored. It is shown that macro-scale magnetic fields and flows are generated simultaneously and proportionately from micro scale fields and flows. The stronger the micro-scale driver, the stronger are the macro-scale products. Stellar and astrophysical applications are suggested.
description: 16 pages including 3 figures. The Astrophys. J. (accepted); additional material is given for clarification; terminology is changed
Consumers’ Purchasing Intentions for Vegetable Oil in the Presence of Generic or Specific Information on Genetic Modification
Creators: name: Hu, Wuyang
name: Chen, Kevin Z.
name: Hu, Wuyang
name: Chen, Kevin Z.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: China
subject: genetically modified (GM) food
subject: labeling information
subject: probit model
subject: vegetable oil

description: In combination with the emergence of genetically modified (GM) food, there has been an urgent call for GM labeling to provide relevant information disclosure. Using data collected in Beijing, China, this study attempts to address the issue of whether different types of information may have distinct impacts on consumers’ stated purchasing decisions. Three types of information are used in this study: one is generic and the other two are linked with two important implications of GM technology—human health and the environment. Results verify that consumers’ purchasing decisions are affected by different types of information through their attitudes and personal characteristics. This finding has potential implications for establishing various GM marketing strategies and information campaigns.
Phrynocaria perfida Poorani
Creators: name: POORANI, J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Coccinellidae
Phrynocaria
Phrynocaria perfida

description: Phrynocaria perfida Poorani
(Figs 167, 168)
Phrynocaria perfida Poorani, in Poorani et al. 2021: 121 (Holotype male, BMNH; Type locality: Kerala).
Coelophora circumusta sensu Gorham 1903: 344 (not Artemis circumusta Mulsant, 1850; misidentification).
Coelophora circumusta var. rufula: Gorham 1903: 344 (not Artemis rufula Mulsant, 1850; misidentification).
Diagnosis. Length: 3.63–4.00 mm; width: 3.26–3.40 mm. Form broadly rounded to almost circular, dorsum strongly convex and glabrous. Ground colour yellowish orange to reddish; scutellar shield black; pronotum with or without a small oval black spot on posterior margin above scutellar shield; elytral pattern variable as follows: (i) immaculate reddish to orange or yellow (Fig. 167a); (ii) with a narrow black lateral margin, anteriorly joining an elongate spot on humeral callus and posteriorly joining a larger apical black patch across elytra (Fig. 167e, f); (iii) each elytron with five black spots arranged in a 2-2-1/2 pattern (Fig. 167c, g), occasionally all spots coalescing to form larger fasciae (Fig. 167d) or reduced in size; and (iv) elytra dark brown to black with a pair of transverse yellow fascia across middle (Fig. 167h). Ventral side yellowish brown except outer one-third of epipleura black. Male genitalia (Fig. 168g –k) and spermatheca (Fig. 168e, f) as illustrated.
Distribution. India (Karnataka; Kerala; Tamil Nadu).
Notes. It is externally similar to P. circumusta, which is also distributed in South India, and these two species are best separated by their genitalia (Poorani et al. 2021). See Poorani et al. (2021) for detailed description.
description: Published as part of POORANI, J., 2023, An illustrated guide to lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part 1. Tribe Coccinellini, pp. 1-307 in Zootaxa 5332 (1) on pages 234-235, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5332.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8261502
On aging star clusters using red supergiants independent of the fraction of interacting binary stars
Creators: name: Eldridge, J. J.
name: Beasor, Emma R.
name: Britavskiy, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use the Binary Population and Spectral Synthesis (BPASS) models to test the recent suggestion that red supergiants can provide an accurate age estimate of a co-eval stellar population that is unaffected by interacting binary stars. Ages are estimated by using both the minimum luminosity red supergiant and the mean luminosity of red supergiants in a cluster. We test these methods on a number of observed star clusters and find our results in agreement with previous estimates. Importantly we find the difference between the ages derived from stellar population models with and without a realistic population of interacting binary stars is only a few 100,000 years at most. We find that the mean luminosity of red supergiants in a cluster is the best method to determine the age of a cluster because it is based o the entire red supergiant population rather than using only the least luminous red supergiant.
description: Accepted for publication in MNRAS, 7 pages, 3 pages, 2 tables
WWF Risk Filter Suite and ESRS Technical Guidance
Creators: name: World Wide Fund for Nature
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This technical guidance on ESRS aims to outline how the different modules of the WWF Risk Filter Suite tools can help companies and financial institutions to support disclosures under ESRS E3 ‘Water and Marine Resources’ and ESRS E4 ‘Biodiversity and Ecosystems’. Any use of WWF Risk Filter Suite tools for disclosure under ESRS will be covered under the WWF Risk Filter Suite Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Reproducibility of Full-field Electroretinogram Measurements in Birdshot Chorioretinopathy Patients: An Intra- and Inter-visit Analysis
Creators: name: Knickelbein, Jared E.
name: Jeffrey, Brett G.
name: Wei, Maggie M.
name: Cheng, Shuk Kei
name: Kesav, Natasha
name: Vitale, Susan
name: Sen, H. Nida
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Purpose: Aims to determine the variability of ffERG measurements in patients with clinically stable birdshot chorioretinopathy (BCR). Methods: Repeatability coefficients (RC) of ffERG amplitudes and implicit times were calculated from 11 BCR patients. Jackknife resampling estimated 95% confidence intervals of each ERG parameter’s RC and the percentage change explained by variability alone was calculated. Results: Intra-visit variability in ffERG parameters was lower than inter-visit. Intravisit RCs demonstrated that for intravisit ERG testing, there was less than 30% variation in ERG amplitude for most parameters. For inter-visit ERG testing, a greater than 40% reduction in ERG amplitude may be clinically meaningful for 6 of 8 ERG parameters. Photopic single flash responses have <2 msec of test–retest variability both within and across visits. Conclusions: A 40% reduction in ERG amplitude and/or a delay of >2 msec in the photopic single flash response may be suitable criteria for meaningful change in BCR patients.
Additional file 2 of The impact of community-wide, mass drug administration on aggregation of soil-transmitted helminth infection in human host populations
Creators: name: Werkman, Marleen
name: Wright, James E.
name: Truscott, James E.
name: Oswald, William E.
name: Halliday, Katherine E.
name: Papaiakovou, Marina
name: Farrell, Sam H.
name: Pullan, Rachel L.
name: Anderson, Roy M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 2: Text S1. A simple analysis of the impact of treatment and heterogeneity on worm aggregation among hosts.
Local Marketing of Organic Food by Certified Organic Processors, Manufacturers, and Distributors
Creators: name: Dimitri, Carolyn
name: Jaenicke, Edward C.
name: Oberholtzer, Lydia
name: Dimitri, Carolyn
name: Jaenicke, Edward C.
name: Oberholtzer, Lydia
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: local food
subject: local organic food
subject: organic handlers
subject: organic intermediaries
subject: organic marketing

description: Local organic food is garnering new interest. Using new data from a national survey of certified organic intermediaries, we examine local markets for organic food and assess which firms are likely to market locally. Approximately 25% of survey respondents primarily market their products locally, and 15% of the value of organic food (at the intermediate level) is sold locally. Larger firms are less likely to market locally, firms that handle a greater share of organic products are more likely to market locally, and the likelihood of marketing locally is lower the longer a firm has been certified organic.
Hadronic decays
Creators: name: Michael, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Hadronic decays and transitions are a key ingredient of hadronic physics. I discuss how hadronic decays can be explored in lattice gauge theory and review studies undertaken. I also discuss the impact of decays on masses and how lattice studies can explore the nature of a hadronic state: namely whether it is a molecular or quark-antiquark state. A brief discussion of lattice exploration of pentaquark states is presented.
description: 14 pages, plenary talk at Lattice 2005, Dublin, July 25-30
The HERMES Polarized Hydrogen and Deuterium Gas Target in the HERA Electron Storage Ring
Creators: name: The HERMES Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The HERMES hydrogen and deuterium nuclear-polarized gas targets have been in use since 1996 with the polarized electron beam of HERA at DESY to study the spin structure of the nucleon. Polarized atoms from a Stern-Gerlach Atomic Beam Source are injected into a storage cell internal to the HERA electron ring. Atoms diffusing from the center of the storage cell into a side tube are analyzed to determine the atomic fraction and the atomic polarizations. The atoms have a nuclear polarization, the axis of which is defined by an external magnetic holding field. The holding field was longitudinal during 1996-2000, and was changed to transverse in 2001. The design of the target is described, the method for analyzing the target polarization is outlined, and the performance of the target in the various running periods is presented.
What Did They Do with the Money? An Analysis of Tobacco Buyout Recipients’ Expenditure Choices
Creators: name: Marshall, Maria I.
name: Pushkarskaya, Helen N.
name: Marshall, Maria I.
name: Pushkarskaya, Helen N.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Financial Economics
subject: defensive avoidance
subject: expenditure choices
subject: mental accounting
subject: multinomial probit
subject: tobacco buyout

description: There are many expenditure options available to farmers who received a tobacco buyout check. A multinomial probit model is used to analyze how farmer, business, and household characteristics influence the choice of expenditure option. Results of the study show that farmers tend to use the tobacco buyout payments as a special income account which they spend in a focused manner, and their expenditure choices vary by gender and by age groups. Findings also reveal that farmers who plan to stay in tobacco production are more likely to invest in new or existing on-farm activities.
Double copy for Lagrangians at trilinear order
Creators: name: Beneke, M.
name: Hager, P.
name: Sanfilippo, A. F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a novel double-copy prescription for gauge fields at the Lagrangian level and apply it to the original double copy, couplings to matter and the soft theorem. The Yang-Mills Lagrangian in light-cone gauge is mapped directly to the $\mathcal{N}=0$ supergravity Lagrangian in light-cone gauge to trilinear order, and we show that the obtained result is manifestly equivalent to Einstein gravity at tree level up to this order. The application of the double-copy prescription to couplings to matter is exemplified by scalar and fermionic QCD and finally the soft-collinear effective QCD Lagrangian. The mapping of the latter yields an effective description of an energetic Dirac fermion coupled to the graviton, Kalb-Ramond, and dilaton fields, from which the fermionic gravitational soft and next-to-soft theorems follow.
description: v2: 31 pages, LaTeX, added Sec. 5 discussing scalar and fermion couplings, extended outlook and appendix. Matches published version
Anomalous spin-charge separation in a driven Hubbard system
Creators: name: Gao, Hongmin
name: Coulthard, Jonathan R.
name: Jaksch, Dieter
name: Mur-Petit, Jordi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Spin-charge separation (SCS) is a striking manifestation of strong correlations in low-dimensional quantum systems, whereby a fermion splits into separate spin and charge excitations that travel at different speeds. Here, we demonstrate that periodic driving enables control over SCS in a Hubbard system near half-filling. In one dimension, we predict analytically an exotic regime where charge travels slower than spin and can even become 'frozen', in agreement with numerical calculations. In two dimensions, the driving slows both charge and spin, and leads to complex interferences between single-particle and pair-hopping processes.
description: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2002.02312
Feasibility of a Co-operative Winery
Creators: name: Kenkel, Philip L.
name: Holcomb, Rodney B.
name: Hill, Amanda
name: Kenkel, Philip L.
name: Holcomb, Rodney B.
name: Hill, Amanda
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Financial Economics
subject: co-operative
subject: feasibility template
subject: qualified and nonqualified stock
subject: revolving equity
subject: winery

description: The number of operating wineries in the United States has doubled during the past decade. Most of this growth has been due to a large number of entrepreneurial landowners developing their own small acreage vineyards and trying to branch into winemaking. However, wineries are capital-intensive enterprises which require high initial investment and experience lagged cash flow associated with the time between the purchase of grapes and initial wine sales. Additionally, the availability of local grape production often limits the production capabilities of an entrepreneur’s small winery. As a result, some vineyard owners consider establishing co-operative wineries. This paper describes a feasibility assessment tool developed to assist vineyard owners in examining the potential for a co-operative winery and provides an example of how this tool can be used to examine a number of co-operative operating scenarios.
Additional file 1 of The impact of community-wide, mass drug administration on aggregation of soil-transmitted helminth infection in human host populations
Creators: name: Werkman, Marleen
name: Wright, James E.
name: Truscott, James E.
name: Oswald, William E.
name: Halliday, Katherine E.
name: Papaiakovou, Marina
name: Farrell, Sam H.
name: Pullan, Rachel L.
name: Anderson, Roy M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1.A. lumbricoides prevalence over time (a–c) and aggregation (parameter k) over time (d–f), in this plot we show 500 out of 1000 simulated villages. a and d: Random non-compliance; b and e: Semi-systematic non-compliance; c and f: Fully systematic non-compliance. Figure S2. Age-prevalence over time for a selected village in which elimination of A. lumbricoides infection was not achieved before mass drug administration was implemented (a) and post-MDA and one in which elimination was not achieved (b). Age groups (years): 1, 0–5; 2, 6–10; 3, 11–15; 4, 16–30; 5, 31–50; 6, 51+. Figure S3. The proportion of individuals who still harbour worms, either hookworm (a) or A. lumbricoides (b) after each round of mass drug administration (T1–5) for random compliance, semi-systematic compliance and systematic compliance. Figure S4. The proportion of individuals who harbour both male and female worms (A. lumbricoides) and produce fertile eggs (grey shaded color) and the proportion of individuals who harbour either only male or only females worms and produce no fertile eggs (orange shaded color) for random compliance (a), semi-systematic compliance (b) and systematic compliance (c). Figure S5. Results from analytical approach for predicting change in aggregation after treatment under semi-systematic non-compliance. a Comparison of mean worm burden observed from the stochastic model immediately post-treatment and that expected from the simple probability model. b Comparison of k observed from the stochastic model and that expected from the simple probability model immediately post-treatment. Note: For a, the gray line represents the equation x = y (perfect agreement).
The Rest-Frame Optical Properties of SCUBA Galaxies
Creators: name: Smail, Ian
name: Chapman, S. C.
name: Blain, A. W.
name: Ivison, R. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present optical and near-IR photometry of 96 dusty, far-IR luminous galaxies. We have precise spectroscopic redshifts for all these galaxies yielding a median redshift of z=2.2. The majority, 78, are submm-detected galaxies lying at z=0.2-3.6, while the remaining 18 are optically-faint uJy radio galaxies at z=0.9-3.4 which are proposed to be similarly luminous, dusty galaxies whose dust emission is too hot to be detected in the submm. We compare the photometric and morphological properties of these distant, ultraluminous galaxies to local samples. We confirm that spectroscopically-identified far-IR luminous galaxies at z>1 display a wide variety in their optical-near-IR and near-IR colors, with only a modest proportion red enough to classify as unusually red. We show that on average luminous, high-z dusty galaxies are both brighter and redder in restframe optical passbands than UV-selected star-forming galaxies at similar z. HST ACS imaging of 20 sources demonstrates both indications of mergers and interactions, which may have triggered their activity, and structured dust within these galaxies. We derive a near-IR Hubble diagram for far-IR luminous galaxies, showing that they are typically fainter than high luminosity radio galaxies at similar z and exhibit more scatter in their K-band magnitudes. The typical extinction-corrected optical luminosity of the high-z population, assuming passive evolution, provides a good fit to the bright end of the luminosity function of luminous spheroidal galaxies seen in rich clusters at z<1. This adds to the growing evidence that these high z, far-infrared luminous sources identify star-formation and AGN fueling events in the early life of massive galaxies. [Abridged]
description: published in ApJ, 15 pages
Phrynocaria perrotteti
Creators: name: POORANI, J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Coccinellidae
Phrynocaria
Phrynocaria perrotteti

description: Phrynocaria perrotteti (Mulsant)
(Figs 169, 170)
Coelophora perrotteti Mulsant, 1850: 409 (Lectotype, UCCC; Type locality: Pondicherry, India).
Coelophora perrotteti: Crotch 1874: 154; Korschefsky 1932: 296.
Anegleis (Pseudanegleis) perrotteti: Iablokoff-Khnzorian 1982: 296.
Phrynocaria perrotteti: Poorani, 2002a: 339; Poorani et al. 2021: 124.
Diagnosis. Length: 4.00– 4.70 mm; width: 3.60–4.20 mm. Form round, strongly convex. Nominate form (Fig. 169a–c) very similar to Anegleis cardoni in general appearance, pale creamy yellow to brighter yellow, with black maculae on pronotum and elytra; elytral pattern highly variable as shown (Fig. 169d–i). Abdominal postcoxal line (Fig. 170d) incomplete. Male genitalia (Fig. 170f–i) and spermatheca (Fig. 170e) as illustrated.
Immature stages. Larva (Fig. 169j, k) black with white or yellow spots, closely resembling the larva of Anegleis cardoni.
Distribution. India (Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Odisha, Pondicherry, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand); Pakistan.
Prey/associated habitat. Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae: Though aphidophagy is the common rule among members of the tribe Coccinellini, this species is very frequently associated with whiteflies. It has been reported to breed actively on whitefly species such as Aleurolobus barodensis (Maskell) (Kapur 1940) and Aleurodicus dispersus (Ramani et al., 2002). Frequently occurs together with Anegleis cardoni on spiralling whitefly infestations on Cassia sp. Also feeds on aphids. Collected on Cassia siamea, cotton, jamun, and sandal.
Seasonal occurrence. Common during June–August in and around Bangalore. Collected in March, and December (label data).
Natural enemies. Nothoserphus mirabilis Brues; Phalacrotophora sp.
Note. Korschefsky (1933) provided brief notes on its hosts and illustrated the colour variations.
description: Published as part of POORANI, J., 2023, An illustrated guide to lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part 1. Tribe Coccinellini, pp. 1-307 in Zootaxa 5332 (1) on page 238, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5332.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8261502
Additional file 2 of Multiple cross displacement amplification-a more applicable technique in detecting Pseudomonas aeruginosa of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)
Creators: name: Juxiang Wang
name: Huimin Chen
name: Xiaomin Lin
name: Chengyi Ji
name: Chen, Bin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 2. Bacterial strains list of BALF by standard culture.
Implant surface topography affects connective tissue attachment to subcutaneous implants
Creators: name: Kim, Hugh
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: A major concern with the implant-soft tissue interface is the aggressive proliferation of epithelium, which can be prevented in part by a firm attachment between the underlying connective tissue and the implant. Another problematic aspect is fibrous encapsulation of the implant, which denotes a failure of implant integration. The role of substrate texturing in maximizing fibroblast attachment and minimizing fibrous encapsulation has been documented previously. The aim of the present in vivo study is to evaluate the connective tissue attachment to titanium surfaces with varying degrees of roughness, including those found on commercially available dental implants. The roughness of the implant surfaces was previously quantified by numerical roughness (R[sub a]) values. Titanium-coated epoxy replicas were implanted subcutaneously in rats for periods ranging from 1-11 weeks. The implants were then processed for histomorphometric evaluation of connective tissue attachment, capsule thickness, and where applicable, the degree of separation between the tissue and implant. Statistical analysis revealed that the textured and rough substrata, namely the grooved (GR: V-shaped grooves, 30-um deep), titanium plasma-sprayed (TPS: R[sub a] =5.85 um), acid etched (AE: R[sub a] =0.59 um), coarsely blasted (CB: R[sub a] =5.09 um) and blasted and etched (SLA: R[sub a] =4.39 um) surfaces exhibited significantly (p<0.05) greater connective tissue attachment and thinner fibrous encapsulation when compared to the smooth, polished control surface (PO: R[sub a] =0.06 jam). In cases where separation occurred at the tissue-implant interface, this was of significantly (p<0.05) lower magnitude with the rough surfaces than the polished surface. The results indicate that rough implant surfaces are the most amenable to stable connective tissue attachment, which has implications for their use in percutaneous and permucosal applications, such as dental implant abutments.
A Guideline on Pseudorandom Number Generation (PRNG) in the IoT
Creators: name: Kietzmann, Peter
name: Schmidt, Thomas C.
name: Wählisch, Matthias
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Random numbers are an essential input to many functions on the Internet of Things (IoT). Common use cases of randomness range from low-level packet transmission to advanced algorithms of artificial intelligence as well as security and trust, which heavily rely on unpredictable random sources. In the constrained IoT, though, unpredictable random sources are a challenging desire due to limited resources, deterministic real-time operations, and frequent lack of a user interface. In this paper, we revisit the generation of randomness from the perspective of an IoT operating system (OS) that needs to support general purpose or crypto-secure random numbers. We analyse the potential attack surface, derive common requirements, and discuss the potentials and shortcomings of current IoT OSs. A systematic evaluation of current IoT hardware components and popular software generators based on well-established test suits and on experiments for measuring performance give rise to a set of clear recommendations on how to build such a random subsystem and which generators to use.
description: 43 pages, 11 figures, 11 tables
Chemically peculiar stars investigated by the BRITE mission
Creators: name: Paunzen, Ernst
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: BRITE
variable-stars
magnetic-cycles

description: Since the discovery of the spectral peculiarities of their prototype alpha 2 Canum Venaticorum in 1897, the so-called ACV variables, which are comprised of several groups of chemically peculiar (CP) stars of the upper main sequence, have been the target of numerous photometric and spectroscopic studies. Especially for the brighter ACV variables, continuous observations over about a century are available, which are essential to study long-term effects such as period changes or magnetic cycles in these objects. The BRITE space mission observed 99 bona-fide CP stars. We present a comprehensive analysis of all these data, putting the results in a global picture using previously published data from the Solar Mass Ejection Imager (SMEI) and TESS satellite missions. We also discuss the apparently constant stars and the corresponding level of non-variability.
Sparse invariant domain preserving discontinuous Galerkin methods with subcell convex limiting
Creators: name: Pazner, Will
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper, we develop high-order nodal discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods for hyperbolic conservation laws that satisfy invariant domain preserving properties using a subcell flux corrections and convex limiting. These methods are based on a subcell flux corrected transport (FCT) methodology that involves blending a high-order target scheme with a robust, low-order invariant domain preserving method that is obtained using a graph viscosity technique. The new low-order discretizations are based on sparse stencils which do not increase with the polynomial degree of the high-order DG method. As a result, the accuracy of the low-order method does not degrade when used with high-order target methods. The method is applied to both scalar conservation laws, for which the discrete maximum principle is naturally enforced, and to systems of conservation laws such as the Euler equations, for which positivity of density and a minimum principle for specific entropy are enforced. Numerical results are presented on a number of benchmark test cases.
description: 27 pages, 13 figures
Cascaded deep monocular 3D human pose estimation with evolutionary training data
Creators: name: Li, Shichao
name: Ke, Lei
name: Pratama, Kevin
name: Tai, Yu-Wing
name: Tang, Chi-Keung
name: Cheng, Kwang-Ting
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: End-to-end deep representation learning has achieved remarkable accuracy for monocular 3D human pose estimation, yet these models may fail for unseen poses with limited and fixed training data. This paper proposes a novel data augmentation method that: (1) is scalable for synthesizing massive amount of training data (over 8 million valid 3D human poses with corresponding 2D projections) for training 2D-to-3D networks, (2) can effectively reduce dataset bias. Our method evolves a limited dataset to synthesize unseen 3D human skeletons based on a hierarchical human representation and heuristics inspired by prior knowledge. Extensive experiments show that our approach not only achieves state-of-the-art accuracy on the largest public benchmark, but also generalizes significantly better to unseen and rare poses. Code, pre-trained models and tools are available at this HTTPS URL.
description: Accepted to CVPR 2020 as Oral Presentation
Absolute kinematics of radio source components in the complete S5 polar cap sample
Creators: name: Perez-Torres, M. A.
name: Marcaide, J. M.
name: Guirado, J. C.
name: Ros, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We observed the thirteen extragalactic radio sources of the complete S5 polar cap sample at 15.4 GHz with the Very Long Baseline Array, on 27 July 1999 (1999.57) and 15 June 2000 (2000.46). We present the maps from those two epochs, along with maps obtained from observations of the 2 cm VLBA survey for some of the sources of the sample, making a total of 40 maps. We discuss the apparent morphological changes displayed by the radio sources between the observing epochs. Our VLBA observations correspond to the first two epochs at 15.4 GHz of a program to study the absolute kinematics of the radio source components of the members of the sample, by means of phase delay astrometry at 8.4 GHz, 15.4 GHz, and 43 GHz. Our 15.4 GHz VLBA imaging allowed us to disentangle the inner milliarcsecond structure of some of the sources, thus resolving components that appeared blended at 8.4 GHz. For most of the sources, we identified the brightest feature in each radio source with the core. These identifications are supported by the spectral index estimates for those brightest features, which are in general flat, or even inverted. Most of the sources display core-dominance in the overall emission. We find that three of the sources have their most inverted spectrum component shifted with respect to the origin in the map, which approximately coincides with the peak-of-brightness at both 15.4 GHz and 8.4 GHz.
description: Accepted by A&A (in press). 23 pages, 14 figures
A Reexamination of the U.S. Export Demand for Soybeans and Soybean Products
Creators: name: Uri, Noel D.
name: Hyberg, Bengt
name: Uri, Noel D.
name: Hyberg, Bengt
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Export demand
subject: Export price elasticities
subject: Soybeans
subject: Soybean meal
subject: Soybean oil

description: This paper addresses the question of whether the export demand for soybeans and soybean products changed structurally over the 1950 to 1992 period as the U.S. agricultural sector became more integrated with the rest of the world economy. The results suggest that export demands were stable for soybeans, soybean meal and soybean oil over the sample period. Moreover, it is possible to infer conclusively that the long-run soybean and soybean product export price elasticities were in the elastic range. The implications include that for each one percent reduction in the price of soybeans, soybean meal and/or soybean oil brought about through a government program, exports increased by more than one percent, leading to a reduction in the variability of soybean and soybean product priced and sales and an increase in the net farm income of soybean producers.
Study of the systematic errors in the calculation of renormalization constants of the topological susceptibility on the lattice
Creators: name: Alles, B.
name: D'Elia, M.
name: Di Giacomo, A.
name: Pica, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a study of the systematic effects in the nonperturbative evaluation of the renormalization constants which appear in the field-theoretical determination of the topological susceptibility in pure Yang-Mills theory. The study is performed by computing the renormalization constants on configurations that have been calibrated by use of the Ginsparg-Wilson formalism and by cooling.
description: 6 pages; Talk presented at Lattice 2005 (Topology), Dublin, July 25-30, 2005
Forecasting Hog Prices with a Neural Network
Creators: name: Hamm, Lonnie
name: Brorsen, B. Wade
name: Hamm, Lonnie
name: Brorsen, B. Wade
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Forecasting
subject: Hog prices
subject: Neural networks
subject: ARIMA
subject: Econometric

description: Neural network models were compared to traditional forecasting methods in forecasting the quarterly and monthly farm price of hogs. A quarterly neural network model forecasted poorly in comparison to a quarterly econometric model. A monthly neural network model outperformed a monthly ARIMA model with respect to the mean square error criterion and performed similarly to the ARIMA model with respect to turning point accuracy. The more positive results of the monthly neural network model in comparison to the quarterly neural network model may be due to nonlinearities in the monthly data which are not in the quarterly data.
Calculation of force and torque between two arbitrarily oriented circular filaments using Kalantarov-Zeitlin's method
Creators: name: Poletkin, Kirill
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this article, formulas for the calculation of force and torque between two circular filaments arbitrarily oriented in space were derived by using Kalantarov-Zeitlin's method. Formulas are presented in an analytical form through integral expressions, whose kernel function is expressed in terms of the elliptic integrals of the first and second kinds, and provide an alternative formulation to Babic's expressions. The derived new formulas were validated via comparison with a series of reference examples. Also, we obtained additional expressions for the calculation of force and torque between two circular filaments by means of differentiation of Grover's formula for the mutual inductance between two circular filaments with respect to appropriate coordinates. These additional expressions allow to verifying comprehensively and independently derived new formulas.
description: 39 pages, 7 figures. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 2022. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1903.10207
Agricultural Business Management Curricula
Creators: name: Larson, Ronald B.
name: Larson, Ronald B.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
subject: Agricultural business management curricula
subject: Degree requirements
subject: Communication skills

description: The required courses for agribusiness degrees at forty-three school were divided into six categories. Large ranges in the percentage of required credits by category were found. Comparisons with other curricula surveys showed that some changes occurred during the last ten to twelve years. Emphasis on business skills has increased while course work in technical agriculture has decreased. By considering customer needs and competitor innovations, departments can attempt to add more value to their educational products.
Color-color diagrams as tools for assessment of the variable absorption in high mass X-ray binaries
Creators: name: Grinberg, V.
name: Nowak, M. A.
name: Hell, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: High mass X-ray binaries hold the promise of giving us understanding of the structure of the winds of their supermassive companion stars by using the emission from the compact object as a backlight to evaluate the variable absorption in the structured stellar wind. The wind along the line of sight can change on timescales as short as minutes and below. However, such short timescales are not available to direct measurement of absorption through X-ray spectroscopy with the current generation of X-ray telescopes. In this paper, we demonstrate the usability of color-color diagrams for assessing the variable absorption in wind accreting high mass X-ray binary systems. We employ partial covering models to describe the spectral shape of high mass X-ray binaries and assess the implication of different absorbers and their variability on the shape of color-color tracks. We show that taking into account the ionization of the absorber, and in particular accounting for the variation of ionization with absorption depth, is crucial to describe the observed behavior well.
description: 8 pages, 8 figures, submitted to A&A, comments welcome
Dwarf Seyfert 1 Nuclei and the Low-Mass End of the M-sigma Relation
Creators: name: Barth, A. J.
name: Greene, J. E.
name: Ho, L. C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: To examine the relationship between black hole mass and host galaxy velocity dispersion for low black hole masses, we have measured the velocity dispersions of 15 Seyfert 1 galaxies from the catalog of Greene & Ho (2004). These Seyferts were selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey to have estimated black hole masses below 10^6 solar masses. The data are consistent with a straightforward downward extrapolation of the local M-sigma relation, indicating that this correlation extends over a range of more than four orders of magnitude in black hole mass. The rms scatter of the sample about the extrapolated M-sigma relation is 0.57 dex, consistent with the expected scatter of single-epoch mass estimates for Seyfert 1 galaxies.
description: To appear in ApJ Letters. 4 pages