cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
TRADE LIBERALIZATION BETWEEN MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES
Creators: name: Violante Morlock, Alejandro Antonio
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 38
subject: Economics

description: In recent years, there has been growing interest in the concept of linking the United States, Mexico, and Canada together in a North American Common Market. Due to the dismissal of proposals for broad arrangements such as a common market or a customs union, attention has turned to less ambitious forms of trade liberalization, namely, a free trade area or sectoral free trade agreements. The potential of these trade agreements deserves closer attention in both countries. This dissertation examines the effects of a hypothetical U.S.-Mexican Free Trade Area (FTA) in manufactured goods and discusses its possible trade creation and trade diversion effects. The hypothesis under study is that trade creation would outweigh trade diversion if all trade barriers were eliminated between both countries. This study provides policy makers with information about prospective effects of trade negotiations and highlights those industries which are likely to be most sensitive to tariff cuts. A partial equilibrium trade liberalization model is used to compute the short-run impact of the FTA. Estimates of trade diversion are based on the assumption that, in the absence of the FTA, the shares of Third Country suppliers would have remained constant. If these shares decrease, trade diversion has taken place. Trade creation is estimated by considering the expansion in consumption, or the reductions in the shares of domestic suppliers. The results show that trade creation is far greater than the trade diversion; however, they also show an uneven benefit. Mexico will increase its exports only be 15.3 percent, while the United States will increase them by 53.8 percent. Even on items where Mexico apparently had a comparative advantage, the United States will benefit greatly. It was seen that, on items where Mexico had a surplus, this turned into a deficit and, in the best of the cases, the surplus diminished dramatically. Among countries which are economic equals, economic integration comes naturally. Economic integration between unequals does not. In the case of Mexico, the political resistance to formal economic integration with the United States is reinforced by economic inequalities.
Dynamic Role-Based Access Control for Decentralized Applications
Creators: name: Chatterjee, Arnab
name: Pitroda, Yash
name: Parmar, Manojkumar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Access control management is an integral part of maintaining the security of an application. Although there has been significant work in the field of cloud access control mechanisms, however, with the advent of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), on-chain access control management frameworks hardly exist. Existing access control management mechanisms are tightly coupled with the business logic, resulting in governance issues, non-coherent with existing Identity Management Solutions, low security, and compromised usability. We propose a novel framework to implement dynamic role-based access control for decentralized applications (dApps). The framework allows for managing access control on a dApp, which is completely decoupled from the business application and integrates seamlessly with any dApps. The smart contract architecture allows for the independent management of business logic and execution of access control policies. It also facilitates secure, low cost, and a high degree of flexibility of access control management. The proposed framework promotes decentralized governance of access control policies and efficient smart contract upgrades. We also provide quantitative and qualitative metrics for the efficacy and efficiency of the framework. Any Turing complete smart contract programming language is an excellent fit to implement the framework. We expect this framework to benefit enterprise and non-enterprise dApps and provide greater access control flexibility and effective integration with traditional and state of the art identity management solutions.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures, 1 table
Gravitational Waves from Chaotic Dynamical System
Creators: name: Kiuchi, Kenta
name: Maeda, Kei-ichi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: To investigate how chaos affects gravitational waves, we study the gravitational waves from a spinning test particle moving around a Kerr black hole, which is a typical chaotic system. To compare the result with those in non-chaotic dynamical system, we also analyze a spinless test particle, which orbit can be complicated in the Kerr back ground although the system is integrable. We estimate the emitted gravitational waves by the multipole expansion of a gravitational field. We find a striking difference in the energy spectra of the gravitational waves. The spectrum for a chaotic orbit of a spinning particle, contains various frequencies, while some characteristic frequencies appear in the case of a spinless particle.
description: 8 pages, 13 figures. submitted to PRD
2019nen Hokkaido shichosongikai senkyo nimiru joseino seijisanka: Kouhosha detano bunseki [Women’s Political Participation at the 2019 Local Council Elections in Hokkaido : Analysis of the Candidate Data]
Creators: name: Levy, Hiroko
name: Baba, Kaori
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024

description: No description supplied
Additional file 2 of Investigating musculoskeletal health and wellbeing; a cohort study protocol
Creators: name: Millar, Bonnie
name: McWilliams, Daniel F.
name: Abhishek Abhishek
name: Kehinde Akin-Akinyosoye
name: Auer, Dorothee P.
name: Chapman, Victoria
name: Doherty, Michael
name: Ferguson, Eamonn
name: Gladman, John R. F.
name: Greenhaff, Paul
name: Stocks, Joanne
name: Valdes, Ana M.
name: Walsh, David A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 2.
Which factors influence farmers’ intentions to adopt nutrient management planning?
Creators: name: Daxini, Amar
name: O'Donoghue, Cathal
name: Ryan, Mary
name: Barnes, Andrew
name: Buckley, Cathal
name: Daly, Karen
name: Daxini, Amar
name: O'Donoghue, Cathal
name: Ryan, Mary
name: Barnes, Andrew
name: Buckley, Cathal
name: Daly, Karen
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Farm Management
subject: Nutrient managment planning
subject: farmer decision making
subject: farmer behaviour
subject: adoption
subject: intentions
subject: theory of planned behaviour
subject: logistic regression
subject: principal component analysis

description: Nutrients not converted to agricultural products are at risk of being lost to the environment and can contribute to environmental degradation. The adoption of nutrient management planning (NMP) can lead to win-win outcomes in terms of both improving productivity and reducing the environmental impact of farming, yet adoption remains below expectations globally. Few studies specifically focus on the adoption of NMP and the majority overlook psychological factors in their analysis. This study examines the factors which influence Irish farmers’ intention to adopt NMP as defined by intention to apply fertiliser on the basis of soil test results. An expanded version of the theory of planned behaviour is used as a framework for analysis. The influence of policy is also accounted for by this study which requires certain farmers in Ireland to adopt soil testing on a mandatory basis. The results for the national sample (n=1009) show that attitudes, subjective norms (social pressure), perceived behavioural control (ease/difficulty) and perceived resources are significant and positively associated with farmers’ intentions. In terms of the voluntary sample (n=587), only attitude, perceived behavioural control and perceived resources are significantly and positively associated with farmers’ intentions. Whereas, for the mandatory sample (n=422), subjective norms, perceived behavioural control and perceived resources are significantly and correlated in a positive direction with intentions. A number of farm and farmer characteristics were also significantly associated with intentions. We argue that psychological issues must be addressed by initiatives designed to encourage further uptake of NMP. Furthermore, initiatives must account for the heterogeneity in the factors which influence farmers to adopt, which may be influenced by motivations for adopting soil testing, such as voluntary or mandatory purposes.
The Economics of Agri-Environment Scheme Design: An Irish Case Study
Creators: name: Cullen, Paula
name: Ryan, Mary
name: O'Donoghue, Cathal
name: Kilgariff, Paul
name: Cullen, Paula
name: Ryan, Mary
name: O'Donoghue, Cathal
name: Kilgariff, Paul
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: International Development
subject: agri-environment schemes
subject: public goods

description: Efficient agri-environment schemes (AESs), the European Union’s main policy tool to improve the environmental performance of farms, address environmental concerns in a way which maximises the social benefit while minimising the cost. To design such schemes, policymakers are faced with a wide range of options. These include using voluntary or mandatory measures, top-down versus participatory approaches, collaborative versus coordinated participation, and whether to target the schemes or apply them horizontally. The efficiency of each of these options is dependent on the context and appropriateness of the application. Using Ireland as a case study, this paper assesses the evolving structure of AES design in the context of changing environmental targets, by creating an institutional framework to analyse past and current AESs and other measures. This is then compared to participation in AESs and the location of environmental public goods in order to determine the relative efficiency of policy.
Examining perceived land tenure security and dispute resolution pathway preferences among landholders: Implications for land governance reforms in Nigeria
Creators: name: Onuorah Hyacinth, Edeh
name: Mavrotas, George
name: Onuorah Hyacinth, Edeh
name: Mavrotas, George
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: International Development
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Percieved land tenure security
subject: land dispute
subject: resolution pathway preferences
subject: land governance
subject: Nigeria

description: Tenure security and efficient dispute resolution mechanism are critical components of land reform initiatives in Nigeria. Yet, there is little understanding of these components, especially their drivers. This study uses ordered and multinomial logit models to examine perceived tenure security and dispute resolution pathway preferences among landholders, respectively. The results indicate variations in the level of perceived tenure security across the various indicators, and different option mix for dispute resolution preferences. Household socio-demographic and plot variables have a significant influence on both perceived tenure security and landholder preferences for dispute resolution pathway.
Muonium-Antimuonium oscillations and massive Majorana neutrinos
Creators: name: Clark, T. E.
name: Love, S. T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The electron and muon number violating muonium-antimuonium oscillation process can proceed provided neutrinos have non-zero masses and mix among the various generations. Modifying the Standard Model only by the inclusion of singlet right handed neutrino fields and allowing for general neutrino masses and mixings, the leading order matrix element contributing to this process is computed. For the particularly interesting case where the neutrino masses are generated by a see-saw mechanism with a very large Majorana mass $M_R>>M_W$, it is found that both the very light and very heavy Majorana neutrinos each give comparable contributions to the oscillation time scale proportional to $M_R^2$. Present experimental limits set by the non-observation of the oscillation process sets a lower limit on $M_R$ of roughly of order $10^4$ GeV.
description: 12 pages, LaTeX, 1 figure
The Cooling Box Problem: Convection with a quadratic equation of state
Creators: name: Olsthoorn, Jason
name: Tedford, Edmund W.
name: Lawrence, Gregory A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the convective cooling of a fluid with a quadratic equation of state by performing three-dimensional direct numerical simulations of a flow with a fixed top-boundary temperature, which is lower than the initial fluid temperature. We consider fluid temperatures near the density maximum, where the nonlinearity is expected to be important. When the equation of state is nonlinear, the resultant vertical transport of heat is fundamentally different and significantly lower than the predictions derived for a linear equation of state. Further, three dimensionless groups parameterize the convective system: the Rayleigh number ($\hbox{Ra}_0$), the Prandtl number (Pr), and the dimensionless bottom water temperature $(T_B)$. We further define an effective Rayleigh number ($\hbox{Ra}_{eff} = Ra_0 \ T_B^2$), which is equivalent to the traditional Rayleigh number used with a linear equation of state. We present a predictive model for the vertical heat flux, the top boundary-layer thickness, and the turbulent kinetic energy of the system. We show that this model agrees well with the direct numerical simulations. This model could be used to understand how quickly freshwater lakes cool in high latitude environments.
description: 19 pages, 10 figures
Investigating Gun Violence and Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs in the Youth Population at Lurie Children's Hospital
Creators: name: Rader, Gabriella
Publisher: name: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: gun violence
subject: Hospital Based Violence Intervention Program
subject: adolescents
subject: children
subject: Gun Violence
subject: Adolescent
subject: Child
subject: Ethnic and Racial Minorities
subject: Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
subject: Illinois--Chicago

description: Gun violence is a public health problem that primarily impacts adolescents and People of Color. Hospital Based Violence Intervention Programs (HVIPs) are formalized interventions with patients who have experienced violence with the goal to prevent future violence. For this project, I will focus on patients affected by firearm violence. There is currently no HVIP in place at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago (Lurie Childrens). The purpose of this project is to summarize current literature recommendations for youth HVIP structure and initiation, summarize current Lurie Childrens firearm trauma patient demographics and current practices at Lurie Childrens in treatment of these patients, and to provide recommendations for Lurie Childrens to begin implementing a HVIP. This was accomplished through a literature search, chart review of Lurie Childrens firearm trauma patients via the electronic medical record, and through interviews with Lurie Childrens emergency department (ED) staff members.  From 2013 to 2018, a total of 34 patients were seen in the Lurie Childrens ED for an initial encounter due to injury from a firearm, and the majority was hospitalized (average hospital length of stay was 4.3 days); half of the incidents were intentional in nature. Firearm-injured patients ages ranged from less than 1 year of age to 16 years old. The mean age was 12.5 years with a standard deviation of 3.7 years. 64.7% of patients were non-Hispanic Black, and 29.4% of patients were Hispanic/Latino. Only one patient was white. The majority (82.4%) of firearm-injured patients were male. 100% of firearm-injured patients were seen by a social worker either in the ED or during their hospitalization. Other services provided included case management, spiritual care, child life services, and other mental health care.  From staff interviews, I learned that social workers perform risk assessments of firearm-injured patients and provide resources to these patients, and that social workers felt overworked. Additionally, staff members were open to the possibility implementing a HVIP. As such, my initial recommendations to Lurie Childrens for HVIP preparation include identifying a high-risk target population, investing in additional social work and case management resources, and forming partnerships with community organizations. These findings will be presented to the relevant stakeholders (Lurie Childrens staff or administration) via email.
The effects of variation in management objectives on responses to invading diseases under uncertainty: Forest Pathogens
Creators: name: Dangerfield, C.E.
name: Whalley, A.E.
name: Hanley, N.
name: Healey, J.R.
name: Gilligan, C.A.
name: Dangerfield, C.E.
name: Whalley, A.E.
name: Hanley, N.
name: Healey, J.R.
name: Gilligan, C.A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy

description: The real options approach provides a powerful tool for determining the optimal time at which to adopt disease control measures given uncertainty about the future spread of an invading pest/pathogen. We consider the management of disease invasions in the natural environment typified by woodlands. Previous studies considered the timing of control from the point of view of a central planner, for example a governmental decision making body. However, decisions regarding the deployment of control measures in the landscape are typically taken by individual land managers. Woodlands provide both marketable benefits, such as timber, and non-marketable benefits, for example biodiversity. The relative importance placed on these types of benefit depends on the land purpose, which is determined by a managers’ objectives. We investigate how management objectives influence the optimal timing of control adoption. Our results show that differences in objectives lead managers to exercise the option to control at different times, and potentially never adopt disease control. Since infection can spread from one region to another, managers who do not adopt control therefore transfer the risk of infection to other managers within the landscape. For landscapes composed of managers with divergent objectives, this creates conflict due to the transferable externality (the disease). We show targeted subsidies can reduce differences in the timing of control adoption between managers with divergent objectives. Both lump-sum subsidies and annual subsidies bring forward the adoption of control strategies, causing them to be implemented over a wider range of infection proportions in an individual woodland. However, the two types of subsidy have opposite effects on the decision to suspend control. Annual subsidies delay suspension and extend the region over which control continues to be implemented. In contrast, lump-sum subsidies slightly reduce the region over which control continues to be implemented. For high proportions of infection, this implies that a lump-sum subsidy can induce a value-maximising manager to suspend control earlier: the opposite effect to that presumably intended. Our results have important implications for national decision making bodies and suggest that incentives may need to be targeted at specific groups to ensure a coherent response to disease control.
The future of vending : final report
Creators: name: Centofanti, Jonathon
name: Mack, Katherine (Katie)
name: Swangjit, Nataporn (Plum)
name: Wang, Yolanda
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: Vending across university campuses has traditionally been seen as a method for dispensing beverages and convenience snack items when it is not feasible or inconvenient to go to a market or café. This Social Ecological Economic Development Studies (SEEDS) project investigates what students at the University of British Columbia (UBC) are using in vending machines on campus and what they would like to see vended in such machines under the dorm-life paradigm as well as the commuter student lens. One area this project investigated was the possibility for replacing a mini-mart in the Vantage College Orchard Commons with a vending option, while the other area focused on the campus in its entirety. These objectives were researched by creating a survey for students to fill out online or in person that investigated students desires to see different types of food and beverage options in vending and also to see what types of essential items they might be interested in purchasing from vending. A pre-test was included in the methodology for creating the survey to ensure adequate depth to the questions and that surveys would take approximately five minutes to fill out. Forty-four surveys were collected for analysis and results showed students at UBC were interested in vending items outside of the standard beverages and convenience food items. Students that considered the residence experience were more interested in seeing non-food items including cold/flu medicines, shampoo and various other non-food items. Some students wanted to see healthier, fresh options, but the opinions were split between wanting to see the fresh options and not being able to trust the safety of such items. It is the recommendation of this report to further investigate systems such as Shop24 and implement one of those vending options that includes non-food options and more fresh options.
Activities of the Operating Room, August 1944
Creators: name: Bradburn, George Burmell, 1908-1968
Publisher: name: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center
Year: 1944
Subjects: subject: World War II
subject: 12th General Hospital
subject: Surgery
subject: Surgical Procedures, Operative
subject: Surgical Equipment
subject: Equipment and Supplies, Hospital
subject: Hospitals, Military
subject: Anesthesia
subject: Wounds and Injuries
subject: Rome (Italy)
subject: Wounds and Injuries/therapy

description: These monthly reports consist of statistical tables that note the number of specific types of surgeries the 12th General Hospital Unit performed as well as information about surgical supplies.
TRADE LIBERALIZATION BETWEEN MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES
Creators: name: Violante Morlock, Alejandro Antonio
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: In recent years, there has been growing interest in the concept of linking the United States, Mexico, and Canada together in a North American Common Market. Due to the dismissal of proposals for broad arrangements such as a common market or a customs union, attention has turned to less ambitious forms of trade liberalization, namely, a free trade area or sectoral free trade agreements. The potential of these trade agreements deserves closer attention in both countries. This dissertation examines the effects of a hypothetical U.S.-Mexican Free Trade Area (FTA) in manufactured goods and discusses its possible trade creation and trade diversion effects. The hypothesis under study is that trade creation would outweigh trade diversion if all trade barriers were eliminated between both countries. This study provides policy makers with information about prospective effects of trade negotiations and highlights those industries which are likely to be most sensitive to tariff cuts. A partial equilibrium trade liberalization model is used to compute the short-run impact of the FTA. Estimates of trade diversion are based on the assumption that, in the absence of the FTA, the shares of Third Country suppliers would have remained constant. If these shares decrease, trade diversion has taken place. Trade creation is estimated by considering the expansion in consumption, or the reductions in the shares of domestic suppliers. The results show that trade creation is far greater than the trade diversion; however, they also show an uneven benefit. Mexico will increase its exports only be 15.3 percent, while the United States will increase them by 53.8 percent. Even on items where Mexico apparently had a comparative advantage, the United States will benefit greatly. It was seen that, on items where Mexico had a surplus, this turned into a deficit and, in the best of the cases, the surplus diminished dramatically. Among countries which are economic equals, economic integration comes naturally. Economic integration between unequals does not. In the case of Mexico, the political resistance to formal economic integration with the United States is reinforced by economic inequalities.
ION EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY FOR THE TRACE ANALYSIS OF SODIUM, POTASSIUM, MAGNESIUM AND CALCIUM IONS IN WATER CONTAINING INTERFERING CONCENTRATIONS OF AMMONIUM IONS (CATION EXCHANGE, PARTITION CHROMATOGRAPHY)
Creators: name: Zarifa, Mona R.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Ion Exclusion Chromatography has been investigated as a technique for separating trace quantities of sodium, potassium, magnesium and calcium ions in water containing interfering quantities of ammonia. Using water as eluent and a hydroxide-form strong-base anion exchange resin, the interfering ammonia was successfully separated from the metal ions. To effect a separation of calcium and magnesium ions, either individually or together, from sodium and potassium ions, the use of a complexing agent as eluent was required. It was not possible to separate sodium ions from potassium ions. To determine the optimum conditions for separation, various factors were investigated including: choice of resin, inclusion of methanol in the eluent, pH, choice of complexing anion, and concentration of eluent and sample ions.
Could Energy Decoherence due to Quantum Gravity be observed?
Creators: name: Simon, Christoph
name: Jaksch, Dieter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It has recently been proposed that quantum gravity might lead to the decoherence of superpositions in energy, corresponding to a discretization of time at the Planck scale. At first sight the proposal seems amenable to experimental verification with methods from quantum optics and atomic physics. However, we argue that the predicted decoherence is unobservable in such experiments if it acts globally on the whole experimental setup. This is related to the unobservability of the global phase in interference. We also show how local energy decoherence, which acts separately on system and phase reference, could be detected with remarkable sensitivity and over a wide range of length scales by long-distance Ramsey interferometry with metastable atomic states. The sensitivity of the experiments can be further enhanced using multi-atom entanglement.
description: 7 pages, no figures
Canonical Analysis of Brans-Dicke Theory Addresses Hamiltonian Inequivalence between Jordan and Einstein Frames
Creators: name: Gionti, Gabriele
name: J, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Jordan and Einstein frame are studied under the light of Hamiltonian formalism. Dirac's constraint theory for Hamiltonian systems is applied to Brans-Dicke theory in the Jordan Frame. In both Jordan and Einstein frame, Brans-Dicke theory has four secondary first class constraints and their constraint algebra is closed. We show, contrary to what is generally believed, the Weyl (conformal) transformation, between the two frames, is not a canonical transformation, in the sense of Hamiltonian formalism. This addresses quantum mechanical inequivalence as well. A canonical transformation is shown.
description: Revised version PRD accepted. 8 pages, Article, latex. Detailed calculations added. Typo corrected
Additional file 1 of Investigating musculoskeletal health and wellbeing; a cohort study protocol
Creators: name: Millar, Bonnie
name: McWilliams, Daniel F.
name: Abhishek Abhishek
name: Kehinde Akin-Akinyosoye
name: Auer, Dorothee P.
name: Chapman, Victoria
name: Doherty, Michael
name: Ferguson, Eamonn
name: Gladman, John R. F.
name: Greenhaff, Paul
name: Stocks, Joanne
name: Valdes, Ana M.
name: Walsh, David A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1.
ION EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY FOR THE TRACE ANALYSIS OF SODIUM, POTASSIUM, MAGNESIUM AND CALCIUM IONS IN WATER CONTAINING INTERFERING CONCENTRATIONS OF AMMONIUM IONS (CATION EXCHANGE, PARTITION CHROMATOGRAPHY)
Creators: name: Zarifa, Mona R.
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 34
subject: Chemical sciences
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
classificationCode: 3401
subject: Analytical chemistry

description: Ion Exclusion Chromatography has been investigated as a technique for separating trace quantities of sodium, potassium, magnesium and calcium ions in water containing interfering quantities of ammonia. Using water as eluent and a hydroxide-form strong-base anion exchange resin, the interfering ammonia was successfully separated from the metal ions. To effect a separation of calcium and magnesium ions, either individually or together, from sodium and potassium ions, the use of a complexing agent as eluent was required. It was not possible to separate sodium ions from potassium ions. To determine the optimum conditions for separation, various factors were investigated including: choice of resin, inclusion of methanol in the eluent, pH, choice of complexing anion, and concentration of eluent and sample ions.
A Code for Unscented Kalman Filtering on Manifolds (UKF-M)
Creators: name: Brossard, Martin
name: Barrau, Axel
name: Bonnabel, Silvere
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The present paper introduces a novel methodology for Unscented Kalman Filtering (UKF) on manifolds that extends previous work by the authors on UKF on Lie groups. Beyond filtering performance, the main interests of the approach are its versatility, as the method applies to numerous state estimation problems, and its simplicity of implementation for practitioners not being necessarily familiar with manifolds and Lie groups. We have developed the method on two independent open-source Python and Matlab frameworks we call UKF-M, for quickly implementing and testing the approach. The online repositories contain tutorials, documentation, and various relevant robotics examples that the user can readily reproduce and then adapt, for fast prototyping and benchmarking. The code is available at https://github.com/CAOR-MINES-ParisTech/ukfm.
Agricultural Economics Society Symposium on Brexit studies and their findings at farm level
Creators: name: Hill, Berkeley
name: Hill, Berkeley
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
International Development

description: More than twenty studies have been identified that are directly relevant to assessing the impact of Brexit on UK agriculture, almost all of which have appeared in the last two years. They differ in many respects, including: how many of the four major change elements (domestic policy, UK/EU trade arrangements, restrictions on migrant labour, and the regulatory burden) are considered and how they are specified; the data sources drawn upon and periods to which they relate; which UK countries are covered; the sophistication of the models used to assess changes in commodity prices; how the impacts at farm level are estimated (though some do not involve this stage and stop at aggregate level); the time horizon used, and so on. However, the three chosen for detailed presentation in this symposium share the following characteristics: • they use closely-specified scenarios to explore the possible post-Brexit UK situations • they produce independent and original results, and • they assess the impacts at farm level, with a breakdown at least by farming types Presenters will focus on the scenarios employed and the results generated. There will be opportunity in discussions to compare and contrast the approaches and their results.
ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF AESTHETICS
Creators: name: Carle, Harold Ward
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 50
subject: Philosophy and religious studies
classificationCode: 5003
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion

description: The artistic gesture is a unique demonstration of individual freedom. Rather than manifestation of truth or beauty, aesthetics represents personal morality in that the individual determines what ought to be. This determination is entirely free and unforced, as opposed to the individual's moral responses to his natural and social environments. Uncoerced and dependent only on the individual's personal initiative, it represents a particularly significant moral consideration. Such an interpretation of morality and aesthetics is the focus of the first chapter. The second chapter is a consideration of Schellings Abhandlung (')Uber das Wesen der menschlichen Freiheit by Martin Heidegger. To date this work has not appeared in English translation. The treatment in this case represents not a literal translation, but rather an extensive commentary, as the Heidegger work is explored for its unique consideration of human freedom. Both Schelling and Heidegger recognized aesthetics as an integral part of their philosophical orientation, one that contributed to the subsequent existential development in philosophy. This existential aspect is the focus of Chapter 3, which emphasizes the literary character of the writings of Soren Kierkegaard and Jean-Paul Sartre. The premise is that these two existentialists used artistic means to demonstrate explicitly the importance of personal freedom that is implicit in their philosophies. Kierkegaard, as a Christian existentialist "poet-philosopher," and Sartre, as an atheistic existentialist "novelist-philosopher," incorporate in practice what Schelling and Heidegger deliberated in theory: the significance of aesthetics and freedom as personal morality. The final chapter is an argument for aesthetics as ethics, positing aesthetics as a significant demonstration of ethical theory. Artistic gestures are demonstrations of what man does when he need not do anything but set up a situation within which he can create what ought to be. Freedom in this case is literally the choice to make choices in an environment of one's own choosing. This conclusion offers implications for both aesthetics and ethics that can contribute to the increased understanding and profitable assimilation of human experience.
ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF AESTHETICS
Creators: name: Carle, Harold Ward
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: The artistic gesture is a unique demonstration of individual freedom. Rather than manifestation of truth or beauty, aesthetics represents personal morality in that the individual determines what ought to be. This determination is entirely free and unforced, as opposed to the individual's moral responses to his natural and social environments. Uncoerced and dependent only on the individual's personal initiative, it represents a particularly significant moral consideration. Such an interpretation of morality and aesthetics is the focus of the first chapter. The second chapter is a consideration of Schellings Abhandlung (')Uber das Wesen der menschlichen Freiheit by Martin Heidegger. To date this work has not appeared in English translation. The treatment in this case represents not a literal translation, but rather an extensive commentary, as the Heidegger work is explored for its unique consideration of human freedom. Both Schelling and Heidegger recognized aesthetics as an integral part of their philosophical orientation, one that contributed to the subsequent existential development in philosophy. This existential aspect is the focus of Chapter 3, which emphasizes the literary character of the writings of Soren Kierkegaard and Jean-Paul Sartre. The premise is that these two existentialists used artistic means to demonstrate explicitly the importance of personal freedom that is implicit in their philosophies. Kierkegaard, as a Christian existentialist "poet-philosopher," and Sartre, as an atheistic existentialist "novelist-philosopher," incorporate in practice what Schelling and Heidegger deliberated in theory: the significance of aesthetics and freedom as personal morality. The final chapter is an argument for aesthetics as ethics, positing aesthetics as a significant demonstration of ethical theory. Artistic gestures are demonstrations of what man does when he need not do anything but set up a situation within which he can create what ought to be. Freedom in this case is literally the choice to make choices in an environment of one's own choosing. This conclusion offers implications for both aesthetics and ethics that can contribute to the increased understanding and profitable assimilation of human experience.
Additional file 2 of Prognostic factors for the improvement of pain and disability following multidisciplinary rehabilitation in patients with chronic neck pain
Creators: name: Weigl, Martin
name: Letzel, Josefine
name: Angst, Felix
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Cancer
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 2: Table. Multivariable regression of the changes in NASS pain between baseline and programme discharge (n = 112)
Stochastic effects on the dynamics of an epidemic due to population subdivision
Creators: name: Bittihn, Philip
name: Golestanian, Ramin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using a stochastic Susceptible-Infected-Removed (SIR) meta-population model of disease transmission, we present analytical calculations and numerical simulations dissecting the interplay between stochasticity and the division of a population into mutually independent sub-populations. We show that subdivision activates two stochastic effects---extinction and desynchronization---diminishing the overall impact of the outbreak, even when the total population has already left the stochastic regime and the basic reproduction number is not altered by the subdivision. Both effects are quantitatively captured by our theoretical estimates, allowing us to determine their individual contributions to the observed reduction of the peak of the epidemic.
description: A proposal for a containment/exit strategy in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Note the change in title from the original (2020/3/19) version "Containment strategy for an epidemic based on fluctuations in the SIR model"
Appointment Letter to the Attending Staff of Wesley Memorial Hospital
Creators: name: Holmes, John
Publisher: name: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center
Year: 1946
Subjects: subject: Pediatrics
subject: Northwestern University
subject: Wesley Memorial Hospital
subject: Physicians
subject: Employee selection
subject: Conner, James A. (James Augustus), 1903-2001
subject: Wesley Memorial Hospital
subject: Chicago (Ill.)

description: Appointment letter of James A. Conner to the Attending Staff of Wesley Memorial Hospital, from John Homes, President, Board of Trustees, on Hospital letterhead.
Rationalizing Irrational Beliefs
Creators: name: Dunbar, Geoffrey
name: Tu, Juan
name: Wang, Ruqu
name: Dunbar, Geoffrey
name: Tu, Juan
name: Wang, Ruqu
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Financial Economics
subject: centipede game
subject: game theory
subject: experimental economics
subject: behavioral economics

description: In this paper, we re-examine various previous experimental studies of the Centipede Game in the literature. These experiments found that players rarely follow the subgame-perfect equilibrium strategies of the game, and various modifications to the game were proposed to explain the outcomes of the experiments. We here offer yet another modification. Players have a choice of whether or not to believe that their opponents use subgame-perfect equilibrium strategies. We define a ‘behavioral equilibrium’ for this game. This equilibrium concept can reproduce the outcomes of those experiments.
Quantum diffusion on a cyclic one dimensional lattice
Creators: name: de la Torre, A. C.
name: Martin, H. O.
name: Goyeneche, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The quantum diffusion of a particle in an initially localized state on a cyclic lattice with N sites is studied. Diffusion and reconstruction time are calculated. Strong differences are found for even or odd number of sites and the limit N->infinit is studied. The predictions of the model could be tested with micro - and nanotechnology devices.
description: 17 pages, 5 figures
AN EVALUATION OF THE TOXICITY AND SUBLETHAL EFFECTS OF ATRAZINE ON THE PHYSIOLOGY AND GROWTH PHASES OF THE AQUATIC MACROPHYTE VALLISNERIA AMERICANA L. (HERBICIDE, ESTUARINE, PHOTOSYNTHESIS, COMPUTER, CHESAPEAKE)
Creators: name: Cohn, Sheree L.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Sublethal effects of an herbicide on the life cycle of a submersed aquatic macrophyte were investigated. A unique microcosm was designed to accommodate long-term culturing of submersed macrophytes in the laboratory and to provide a medium for testing of toxic substances. The Gilson Differential Respirometer was modified for short-term toxicity testing. A computer program was written for the reduction of data obtained from the Respirometer (appendix). Atrazine was utilized to assess the sublethal effects of a commonly used herbicide on a submersed aquatic plant, Vallisneria americana, one species which has experienced decline in distribution in the Chesapeake Bay. The results of this research indicate that all phenophases of V. americana can be duplicated in these microcosms. V. americana exhibited a significant attrition in the life-cycle completion when exposed to sublethal concentrations of Atrazine. Every stage in the life cycle of V. americana was affected. Leaf growth and whole plant biomass were significantly affected at all times during the growing season at concentrations above 8 ppb. Sexual reproduction was affected by either a lack of flower production (female) of deterioration of the flower (male) above 16 ppb. The ability of V. americana to over-winter as underground tubers was also significantly reduced to 4 ppb and above. Tuber number was reduced by 60% and tuber biomass (stored food) was reduced by 27% at 16 ppb. Other research has documented ephemeral pulses of these sublethal concentrations of Atrazine in the headwaters of tributaries to the Chesapeake Bay, where V. americana commonly occurs. The occurrence of this herbicide in these tributaries in the author's estimation is largely due to misuse of this herbicide and farming practices which lend themselves to soil erosion into nearby bodies of water. The results of this research indicate that Atrazine is as important as any other factor in contributing to the decline of V. americana.
Enumeration of self-avoiding walks on the square lattice
Creators: name: Jensen, Iwan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We describe a new algorithm for the enumeration of self-avoiding walks on the square lattice. Using up to 128 processors on a HP Alpha server cluster we have enumerated the number of self-avoiding walks on the square lattice to length 71. Series for the metric properties of mean-square end-to-end distance, mean-square radius of gyration and mean-square distance of monomers from the end points have been derived to length 59. Analysis of the resulting series yields accurate estimates of the critical exponents $γ$ and $ν$ confirming predictions of their exact values. Likewise we obtain accurate amplitude estimates yielding precise values for certain universal amplitude combinations. Finally we report on an analysis giving compelling evidence that the leading non-analytic correction-to-scaling exponent $Δ_1=3/2$.
description: 24 pages, 6 figures
AN EVALUATION OF THE TOXICITY AND SUBLETHAL EFFECTS OF ATRAZINE ON THE PHYSIOLOGY AND GROWTH PHASES OF THE AQUATIC MACROPHYTE VALLISNERIA AMERICANA L. (HERBICIDE, ESTUARINE, PHOTOSYNTHESIS, COMPUTER, CHESAPEAKE)
Creators: name: Cohn, Sheree L.
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 31
subject: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 3103
subject: Ecology

description: Sublethal effects of an herbicide on the life cycle of a submersed aquatic macrophyte were investigated. A unique microcosm was designed to accommodate long-term culturing of submersed macrophytes in the laboratory and to provide a medium for testing of toxic substances. The Gilson Differential Respirometer was modified for short-term toxicity testing. A computer program was written for the reduction of data obtained from the Respirometer (appendix). Atrazine was utilized to assess the sublethal effects of a commonly used herbicide on a submersed aquatic plant, Vallisneria americana, one species which has experienced decline in distribution in the Chesapeake Bay. The results of this research indicate that all phenophases of V. americana can be duplicated in these microcosms. V. americana exhibited a significant attrition in the life-cycle completion when exposed to sublethal concentrations of Atrazine. Every stage in the life cycle of V. americana was affected. Leaf growth and whole plant biomass were significantly affected at all times during the growing season at concentrations above 8 ppb. Sexual reproduction was affected by either a lack of flower production (female) of deterioration of the flower (male) above 16 ppb. The ability of V. americana to over-winter as underground tubers was also significantly reduced to 4 ppb and above. Tuber number was reduced by 60% and tuber biomass (stored food) was reduced by 27% at 16 ppb. Other research has documented ephemeral pulses of these sublethal concentrations of Atrazine in the headwaters of tributaries to the Chesapeake Bay, where V. americana commonly occurs. The occurrence of this herbicide in these tributaries in the author's estimation is largely due to misuse of this herbicide and farming practices which lend themselves to soil erosion into nearby bodies of water. The results of this research indicate that Atrazine is as important as any other factor in contributing to the decline of V. americana.