cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Monetary policy and wage bargaining in the EMU: restrictive ECB policies, high unemployment, nominal wage restraint and inflation above the target
Creators: name: Hein, Eckhard
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Bargaining, EMU, European Monetary Union, Inflation, Monetary Policy, Monetary Union, Monetary, Money, Policy, Union, Wage Bargaining, Wage
subject: E52, J52, F36, J31

description: Assessing the effects of monetary policy and wage bargaining on employment andinflation in the European Monetary Union (EMU), the first step sees development of a Post-Keynesian competitive claims model of inflation with endogenous money. In this model the NAIRU is considered to be a short-run limit to employment enforced by independent and conservative central banks. In the long run, however, the NAIRU will follow actual unemployment and is therefore also dependent on the forces determining aggregate demand, including monetary policies. But the NAIRU may also be reduced through effectively co-ordinated wage bargaining, as has been shown by institutional political economists. Applying these considerations to the economic performance of the EMU, different scenarios determined by wage bargainingcoordination and the European Central Bank's (ECB) monetary policies are developed. It is shown that the first phase of the EMU was dominated by uncoordinated wage bargaining across the EMU and an "anti-growth-bias" of theECB. Thus the euro area was plagued with nominal wage restraint, highunemployment and inflation above the ECB target. Economic performance will improve if the ECB abandons its asymmetric monetary strategy. This may be facilitated by a higher degree of effective wage bargaining co-ordination across the EMU. JEL Codes: E52, J52, F36, J31
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 55, N. 222 (2002)
Machine Learning for Healthcare-IoT Security: A Review and Risk Mitigation
Creators: name: Khatun, Mirza Akhi
name: Memon, Sanober Farheen
name: Eising, Ciarán
name: Dhirani, Lubna Luxmi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The Healthcare Internet-of-Things (H-IoT), commonly known as Digital Healthcare, is a data-driven infrastructure that highly relies on smart sensing devices (i.e., blood pressure monitors, temperature sensors, etc.) for faster response time, treatments, and diagnosis. However, with the evolving cyber threat landscape, IoT devices have become more vulnerable to the broader risk surface (e.g., risks associated with generative AI, 5G-IoT, etc.), which, if exploited, may lead to data breaches, unauthorized access, and lack of command and control and potential harm. This paper reviews the fundamentals of healthcare IoT, its privacy, and data security challenges associated with machine learning and H-IoT devices. The paper further emphasizes the importance of monitoring healthcare IoT layers such as perception, network, cloud, and application. Detecting and responding to anomalies involves various cyber-attacks and protocols such as Wi-Fi 6, Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT), Bluetooth, ZigBee, LoRa, and 5G New Radio (5G NR). A robust authentication mechanism based on machine learning and deep learning techniques is required to protect and mitigate H-IoT devices from increasing cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Hence, in this review paper, security and privacy challenges and risk mitigation strategies for building resilience in H-IoT are explored and reported.
description: 28 pages, 17 figures, 2 tables
Stocks and shocks
Creators: name: Scholtens, Bert
name: Steensma, Marélie
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Stock Market, Stocks
subject: G12, G14, G15

description: How do stock markets respond to extreme events? This paper analyzes the reaction of stock markets in four industrialized economies (Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, the US) to ten major international crises. We employ an event study to investigate whether the stock exchanges react differently with respect to extreme events such as the Chernobyl nuclear power plant meltdown, the Gulf War, the peso crisis, the Kosovo War or the 11/9 attack on the US. There is no substantial evidence that markets react differently to extreme events than to more ordinary news. We have significant evidence that there is no standard reaction of stock markets to extreme events. JEL Codes: G12, G14, G15
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 55, N. 223 (2002)
Sloan Digital Sky Survey Imaging of Low Galactic Latitude Fields: Technical Summary and Data Release
Creators: name: Finkbeiner, Douglas P.
name: Padmanabhan, Nikhil
name: Schlegel, David J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) mosaic camera and telescope have obtained five-band optical-wavelength imaging near the Galactic plane outside of the nominal survey boundaries. These additional data were obtained during commissioning and subsequent testing of the SDSS observing system, and they provide unique wide-area imaging data in regions of high obscuration and star formation, including numerous young stellar objects, Herbig-Haro objects and young star clusters. Because these data are outside the Survey regions in the Galactic caps, they are not part of the standard SDSS data releases. This paper presents imaging data for 832 square degrees of sky (including repeats), in the star-forming regions of Orion, Taurus, and Cygnus. About 470 square degrees are now released to the public, with the remainder to follow at the time of SDSS Data Release 4. The public data in Orion include the star-forming region NGC 2068/NGC 2071/HH24 and a large part of Barnard's loop.
description: 31 pages, 9 figures (3 missing to save space), accepted by AJ, in press, see http://photo.astro.princeton.edu/oriondatarelease for data and paper with all figures
title: A palynological investigation of Upper Jurassic basal Cretaceous sediments from England, France and Iberia
Creators: name: Riley, Leslie Arthur
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 1975

description: A broad palynological study has been made of field samples of Kimmeridgian to Berriasian age from a number of localities in Western Europe:- 1) Southern England - Dorset; Kimmeridgian - Berriasian. 2) Eastern England - Norfolk; Portlandian - Berriasian. 3) Northern England - Yorkshire; Kimmeridgian. 4) Northwest France - the Boulonnais; Kimmeridgian - Portlandian. 5) North Spain - Ribadesella; Kimmeridgian 6) Portugal - Cabo Espichel; Kimmeridgian. An account of the origins, distribution and occurrence of various sedimentary organic materials (kerogens) is presented and the results obtained are discussed in the light of earlier accounts of the sedimentology, mineralogy, biostratigraphy and palaeogeography. Two applications of this data are demonstrated:- 1) Palynofacies types can be recognized which can be related to to environmental parameters such as distance from shore-line, water depth and turbulence. 2) The kerogen types present and their degree of maturation allow some comment to be made on the potential of the sediments for sourcing hydrocarbons. In particular it is demostrated that the highly bituminous Kimmeridgian sediments from Dorset and Yorkshire ha ve considerable potential for sourcing oil. Microplankton assemblages (dinoflagellate cysts and acritarchs are recorded and described from the English and French sections which are well dated upon independent palaeontological evidence. The various taxa constituting the microplankton assemblages are - described and in part illustrated in a systematic section. 195 taxa and taxonomiC groupings are recorded; 10 new genera, 19 new species and 1 new subspecies are proposed; in addition the diagnosis of 4 genera and 5 species are emended, 5 genera and 8 species are treated as junior synonyms and rejected, and 20 new taxonomic combinations are proposed. The recorded taxa have been tabulated qualitatively for each of the sections and a series of informal microplankton zones and associations of local stratigraphic value have been established. The data from these charts has been used to compile a range chart which incorporates 52 selected "key-species" for the Upper Oxfordian - Berriasian interval. Earlier studies concerning Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous microplankton are reviewed in light of the present study. Although the above biostratigraphic units are mainly of local stratigraphic value only, the observations and results presented here have been substantiated and enlarged upon by work currently being undertaken by the writer. It is concluded that the use of palynological assemblages will provide a useful tool for correlation purposes and the elucidation of the depositional histories of marine basins. Furthermore it is considered that the use of micro plankton will provide a reliable time - strati graphical control in marine sediments of Late Jurassic - Early Cretaceous age.
title: Preconception parental predator stress induces brain and behavioral changes in offspring
Creators: name: Bhattacharya, Sriya
Publisher: name: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Year: 2021

description: Brain and behaviour are shaped by experience. Recent data suggest that experiences of the parents can be ‘passed-on’ to alter brain and behavior of future generations. Stress during the preconception period is a new topic of interest, as it involves both prospective parents. The current study examined how parental preconception predator stress impacts the development of offspring brain and behaviour throughout its lifespan. Male and female mice (F0) were exposed to a live rat (rat exposure test) or control condition (no live rat exposure) for five minutes. Two days later, all mice underwent the elevated plus maze to assess anxiety-like behavior. Eight days later (a total of 10 days post predator exposure), stressed males were mated to stressed females and control males were mated to control females. Behavior of the offspring (F1) was assessed during adolescence and again in adulthood (following a mild stressor). F0 and F1 brains were examined for stress-induced changes in glucocorticoid receptors (GR), FK506 binding protein 5 (FKBP5), doublecortin, and c-FOS. Following a mild stressor, preconception stressed offspring show increased anxiety-like behavior, hyperarousal, and deficits in spatial memory. These mice also show elevated plasma corticosterone and altered GR, FKBP5 and c-FOS expression in the hippocampus. Furthermore, following a mild stressor, offspring (F2 generation) with at least one set of grandparents who were predator stressed showed increased anxiety-like behavior, enhanced hyperarousal, and deficits in spatial memory compared to offspring whose both sets of grandparents were controls. Despite the high incidence and potentially tragic outcome, there is little research on neural mechanisms underlying stress-induced disorders such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). These results may contribute to identifying at-risk individuals, as well as point to potential novel therapies for these devastating disorders.
Effects of creation and distribution of the agricultural property stock of the state treasury on the structure of agricultural holdings
Creators: name: Dzun, Włodzimierz
name: Dzun, Włodzimierz
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: International Development
subject: Agricultural Property Stock of the State Treasury
subject: area structure
subject: ownership structure
subject: state-owned farms
subject: large-area farms
subject: family farms
subject: Polish agriculture
subject: distribution
subject: cooperative

description: Family farm sector in Polish agriculture is characterised by a very negative area structure. Acceleration of ownership changes in agriculture, especially via transfer of agricultural holdings to this sector from the Agricultural Property Stock of the State Treasury, which was set up mainly on the basis of property from liquidated state-owned farms (PGR), was to contribute to strengthening the sector and improvement in its structure. This paper aims to evaluate the implementation of the goal. The research covers the 1990- -1996 period, i.e. up to finalisation of the primary distribution of the Property Stock. The analysis covered the main assumptions on how to distribute the Property Stock and effects of realisation of these assumptions. Later, changes in ownership, legal and organisational, and area structure were analysed, especially changes in the individual farm groups, which were at that time described as family farms. Conducted analysis demonstrated that the planned effects were reached only to a small degree. Family farm sector has decreased. There has been a clear polarisation in the area structure of this sector. Average area of a farm in the sector increased only slightly. However, the sector of large-area farms owned by private or legal persons has increased significantly (beside cooperative farms, which existed prior to system transformation period).
Cross-sector diversification in financial conglomerates: simulations with a fair-value assets and liabilities model
Creators: name: Bikker, Jacob A.
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Merger
subject: G34, G38, G12, G21, G22, G28, M41

description: Risk diversification is one of the many reasons for cross-sector mergers of financial institutes. This paper presents a fair-value type asset and liability model in order to identify diversification effects for financial conglomerates (PCs) under various shocks. My analysis for the Netherlands reveals that diversification effects on PCs of especially interest rate shocks are very strong. In principle, substantial diversification effects argue for lower capital requirements for PCs. However, there are other non-negligible risks run by PCs to consider, namely contagion risk, regulatory arbitrage and cross-sector and TBTF moral hazard risks, which have not yet been quantified. JEL Codes: G34, G38, G12, G21, G22, G28, M41
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 55, N. 223 (2002)
Structural health monitoring and its application to a bridge with sprayed fibre reinforced polymer repair
Creators: name: Lin, Tzu-Yin Tiffany
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is an emerging field in Civil Engineering, which implements the advances in various "high technologies" into developing a diagnostic system for monitoring the integrity of civil structures. With the increasing concern with infrastructure crisis, the demand for SHM has grown significantly over the past decade in response to the urgent needs for better damage detection and monitoring tools. SHM makes remote control, real-time, and continuous monitoring on civil structures possible, which is extremely beneficial, especially in the study for innovative materials/designs and on the prevention for catastrophic failure events. SHM on important civil structures is foreseen to become common practice in the near future, and therefore this thesis is devoted to the study of SHM process, and focusing its application on concrete bridges. The study of the SHM process is done through twofold: extensive literature research and an actual application to a fully instrumented short-span concrete bridge. The literature research includes three main themes: 1.) an introduction on SHM, focusing on the current state of our bridge inventory and the needs; 2.) a study on the global condition assessment methods for bridges, discussed through the four subsystems of SHM: Static Field Testing, Dynamic Field Testing, Periodic Monitoring, and Continuous Monitoring, as well as common practice for bridge inspection/evaluation currently and their problems; 3.) an exploration on the components of SHM process, presented according to Operational Evaluation, Data Acquisition, Data Communication, Data Management, and Diagnostics. The actual application of SHM involved with a shear deficient bridge, called Safe Bridge, being repaired by an innovative technique, the sprayed FRP, invented by Dr. N. Banthia of UBC. Safe Bridge project is the testing bed for both the long-term performance study of the sprayed FRP reinforcement and the SHM process. Two field tests on Safe Bridge performed in 2003 and 2005 are covered in this thesis. Static load and rolling load were applied under certain loading positions and data were gathered from both strain gauges and long-gauge fibre optic sensors. An IP-built-in data acquisition system was also tested for the possibility of remote control on Safe Bridge in the future. Data analysis steps are presented and data comparisons were made to evaluate the condition and field performance of the sprayed FRP. Results showed that the sprayed layer was in similar condition as when they were just applied in 2002, and occurrence of delaminations is unlikely.
Growth and Yield of Hot Pepper in Hedgerow Intercropping with Morinda Citrifolia L. During Early Establishment
Creators: name: Palada, Manuel C.
name: Mitchell, Jean M.
name: Becker, Brian N.
name: Palada, Manuel C.
name: Mitchell, Jean M.
name: Becker, Brian N.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2004
Subjects: Agribusiness
Crop Production/Industries

description: Intercropping high-value horticultural crops with tree crops is an economically attractive, but little studied, agroforestry option in the U.S. Virgin Islands. A study was conducted to evaluate growth and yield performance of hot pepper (Capsicum chinense L.) under hedgerow intercropping with Morinda (Morinda citrifolia L.), a popular medicinal tree in the Virgin Islands. Morinda hedgerows were established at 5-m spacing forming 5-m wide alleys between hedgerows. One year after hedgerow establishment, seedlings of hot pepper cultivar 'West Indies Red' were transplanted in alleys at 1 m row spacing and 0.60 m plant spacing within rows. Similar spacing was used for plots planted with monoculture hot pepper (no hedgerows). The experiment was designed using a randomized block with four replications. The Morinda hedgerows were not pruned during the cropping year. Data were collected on hot pepper height, number and weight of marketable fruits. Hedgerow plant height and canopy width were also determined at 3-month interval. Treatment effect of hedgerow on growth and yield of n p n n p r TTifip ΟΛ^ΜΜΟΙ-ΛΛΙ ΐΥ!Λη/\Λΐι1+ιιι.ΰ wl pCppCI Λ ab wxiipcnuia vvïlju uIwjljlvjwujLlua^ uiwp. Λ/\ iηic niiUy/ofJiiLrib ΛU-ΓJ zL^ nutoa iiaM U/liiurtincafuûC^ vi-aV inu-fi a/LΙ ιιuνuιiηi Anrl gfU, ûu nΛv^Ο ΪoΊcΊΓu iy establishment of hedgerows, plant height and marketable yield were not significantly (P>0.05) reduced in hedgerow intercropping. Differences in height and yield by rows relative to distance from hedgerows were not significant (P>0.05). However, average yield under hedgerow intercropping was slightly lower than monoculture (no hedgerow) crop. This study would indicate that during the early stage of hedgerow establishment, tree-crop competition is not critical in reducing growth and yield of hot pepper. Long term effects of hedgerows on productivity of intercrops will be further investigated.
title: Eva Anna Therese Puschke. The last of a dynasty of teachers
Creators: name: Lachauer, Ulla
name: Kern, Agata
Publisher: name: Herder-Institut
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 943 Geschichte Mitteleuropas; Deutschlands

description: As far back as the 19th century, the Puschke family worked as teachers in Steinort and in the neighboring church village of Rosengarten. They played an important role in village life and had close ties to the noble Lehndorff family. The last teacher of the dynasty was Eva Puschke, a "lay teacher" in Rosengarten from 1940 to 1944. After the Germans were expelled, she lived in Hamburg. She left behind a suitcase full of family documents.
THE T-STAR SUPPORTED CARIBBEAN BASIN/FLORIDA INVASIVE SPECIES COORDINATING AND FACILITATING INITIATIVE
Creators: name: Davis, Carlton G.
name: Klassen, Waldemar
name: Davis, Carlton G.
name: Klassen, Waldemar
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Financial Economics
subject: T-STAR
subject: Reginonal safeguarding strategy
subject: alien invasive species
subject: facilitation
subject: funding support leveraging

description: Alien invasive species (AIS), highly damaging in agriculture, urban areas, and natural terrestrial and marine ecosystems, are establishing at a rate greater than one per month in Florida, as well as elsewhere in the Greater Caribbean Region. These exotics strongly impede trade and development. The overarching purpose of the project is to greatly improve the effectiveness of safeguarding against AIS in the Greater Caribbean Basin that pose major threats to Florida. A long-term goal in the establishment of a regional safeguarding mechanism in which the U.S., together with other countries, would play an important role and which would give maximum protection to Florida. Specific objectives are to enable us (C. G. Davis, Project Director and W. Klassen, Co-Project Director) to: 1.) Assume a formal leadership role in coordinating Florida Agricultural Experiment Station - wider Caribbean Basin alien invasive species initiatives. 2.) Work proactively to arrive at consensus or near-consensus on priority alien invasive species research and outreach activities by networking with U.S. and wider Caribbean Basin institutions and agencies. This will require organization of collaborative Workshops, Seminars, and consultations, among other things. 3.) Provide leadership in efforts to leverage T-STAR funded alien invasive species projects to garner additional resources in support of these efforts. 4.) Monitor, evaluate, and report on progress and accomplishments with respect to Florida Agricultural Experiment Station - wider Caribbean Basin alien invasive species activities, and on progress towards the formation of a regional safeguarding mechanism. A Caribbean Basin/Florida alien invasive species Advisory Committee will be formed to assist in organizing workshops and symposia needed to further develop and implement a regional safeguarding strategy. Funds for these events will be leveraged from various sources.
Ground-State Degeneracy of Correlated Insulators with Edges
Creators: name: Refael, Gil
name: Lin, Hsiu-Hau
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using the topological flux insertion procedure, the ground-state degeneracy of an insulator on a periodic lattice with filling factor $ν=p/q$ was found to be at least $q$-fold. Applying the same argument in a lattice with edges, we show that the degeneracy is modified by the additional edge density $ν_{\mysw{E}}$ associated with the open boundaries. In particular, we demonstrate that these edge corrections may even make an insulator with integer bulk filling degenerate.
description: 4 pages, REVTeX 4
The spin of accreting stars: dependence on magnetic coupling to the disc
Creators: name: Matt, Sean
name: Pudritz, Ralph E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We formulate a general, steady-state model for the torque on a magnetized star from a surrounding accretion disc. For the first time, we include the opening of dipolar magnetic field lines due to the differential rotation between the star and disc, so the magnetic topology then depends on the strength of the magnetic coupling to the disc. This coupling is determined by the effective slip rate of magnetic field lines that penetrate the diffusive disc. Stronger coupling (i.e., lower slip rate) leads to a more open topology and thus to a weaker magnetic torque on the star from the disc. In the expected strong coupling regime, we find that the spin-down torque on the star is more than an order of magnitude smaller than calculated by previous models. We also use our general approach to examine the equilibrium (`disc-locked') state, in which the net torque on the star is zero. In this state, we show that the stellar spin rate is roughly an order of magnitude faster than predicted by previous models. This challenges the idea that slowly-rotating, accreting protostars are disc locked. Furthermore, when the field is sufficiently open (e.g., for mass accretion rates > 5 x 10^{-9} M_sun / yr, for typical accreting protostars), the star will receive no magnetic spin-down torque from the disc at all. We therefore conclude that protostars must experience a spin-down torque from a source that has not yet been considered in the star-disc torque models--possibly from a stellar wind along the open field lines.
description: Accepted by MNRAS
RAQAMLI  KRIMINALISTIKADA SHAXSIY  MA'LUMOTLARGA OID JIHATLAR
Creators: name: Ergasheva Ozoda Erkin qizi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Raqamli kriminalistika dalillarini multimodal tasvirlash (MULTIFORESEE) COST Action tomonidan moliyalashtiriladi “CA16101” bo‘yicha. Uning asosiy maqsadi innovatsion, ko‘p ma’lumotli, operatsion tarzda targ‘ib qilishdir.

Raqamli kriminalistika ekspertizasini tahlil qilish uchun qo‘llaniladigan va tijoratda foydalanish mumkin bo‘lgan tasvirga olish yechimlari va texnologiyalarini o’z ichiga oladi....
THE T-STAR SUPPORTED TRADE AND INVASIVE SPECIES INITIATIVE
Creators: name: Vansickle, John
name: Evans, Edward
name: Ranjan, Ram
name: Vansickle, John
name: Evans, Edward
name: Ranjan, Ram
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Risk and Uncertainty
subject: pest risk software
subject: risk management
subject: decision-making framework

description: This project addresses the problem of the absence of a comprehensive pest risk management system that combines economic and scientific analyses into a single decisionmaking framework As such the main objective of this project is to develop a comprehensive framework and modeling system, integrating the biological profile of a pest species with economic information, to evaluate potential damages from pest invasion and the impact of alternative management decisions. A key output of the project is the development of userfriendly pest risk software that will integrate the information required of pest risk assessment into a standardized tool that can be used by policy makers/operational managers. Among other things, the software offers guidance over choice of key management options, especially those that require significant private participation.
Hopping on the Bethe lattice: Exact results for densities of states and dynamical mean-field theory
Creators: name: Eckstein, Martin
name: Kollar, Marcus
name: Byczuk, Krzysztof
name: Vollhardt, Dieter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive an operator identity which relates tight-binding Hamiltonians with arbitrary hopping on the Bethe lattice to the Hamiltonian with nearest-neighbor hopping. This provides an exact expression for the density of states (DOS) of a non-interacting quantum-mechanical particle for any hopping. We present analytic results for the DOS corresponding to hopping between nearest and next-nearest neighbors, and also for exponentially decreasing hopping amplitudes. Conversely it is possible to construct a hopping Hamiltonian on the Bethe lattice for any given DOS. These methods are based only on the so-called distance regularity of the infinite Bethe lattice, and not on the absence of loops. Results are also obtained for the triangular Husimi cactus, a recursive lattice with loops. Furthermore we derive the exact self-consistency equations arising in the context of dynamical mean-field theory, which serve as a starting point for studies of Hubbard-type models with frustration.
description: 14 pages, 9 figures; introduction expanded, references added; published version
title: Heinrich Wölfflin's ideas and historiographical discourse
Creators: name: Bauer, Kaarina-Nancy
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2008

description: This thesis on Heinrich Wölfflin (1864-1945) is a problematisation and, essentially, a revision of the interpretation of his personal discourse: the theories, themes and implications of three of his texts. This re-evaluation is a historiographical analysis in connection with the unpublished material in the Wölfflin archives, which establishes Wölfflin's concern for the subject in terms of an anthropological Kulturgeschichte. The subjectdriven terminology of the texts indicates an aesthetics of perception and reception. Wölfflin's thinking is analysed with regards to his methodological practices (formal analysis and comparison of two images) and academic scholarship (focusing mostly on Renaissance and Baroque studies). His texts are an exemplification and evidence for the theoretical conception of the historical categories (in a philosophical and epistemological sense) of bodiliness (Karperlichkeit, Karperhaftigkeit) and visuality (Sichtbarkeit, Anschauung) within the cultural transition between the fields of historicism and modernity/modernism. Through the impact of photographic reproductions he demarcated an analytical typology of architectural form and spatial effects, and of modes of depiction (of artists, sculptors or arqhitects) and categories of beholding (of the viewer), with emphasis on the underlying and ontological connection between each of the two domains, that is, bodiliness in the Prolegomena and Renaissance and Baroque, and visuality in the Principles of Art History. The fundamental and problematic interweaving of issues of theory and history characterises Wölfflin's theories throughout his life and in this his discourse is symptomatic for the emergent discipline of art history. The construction of the Wolfflinian field is set up in relation to the conditions of the intellectual context of the discipline, as extrapolation of aesthetics, philosophy, psychology, epistemology, systemisation, Wissenschaftlichkeit and history-writing. The identification and unfolding of multiple intentions, ambiguities and problems are crucial aspects of this interpretation of Wölfflin's theory of art history in theoretical and practical terms.
Differences in Vegetable Crop Yield Response to Composted Waste as the Soil Amendment in Urban Gardening
Creators: name: Allen, James R.
name: Allen, James R.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2004
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Crop Production/Industries

description: To determine the feasibility of using composted wastes as soil amendments for growing vegetables vs. the conventional use of commercial fertilizer in urban gardens, both cool and warm season vegetable crops were grown in plots amended with composted yard waste, cow manure or commercial fertilizer (10-10-10). Both composted materials were applied at a rate of 44,800 kg/ha and the fertilizer (control plots) at 336 kg/ha. Crops grown were the cool season varieties broccoli, cabbage, lettuce, and onions while warm season varieties were bell peppers, collard greens, snap beans, and tomatoes. Seedlings were grown in a greenhouse and then transplanted in field plots when they were six weeks old. Cool season crops were planted on April 25 and warm season on May 10. Throughout the growing season, low-input sustainable techniques were used for crop maintenance so that no chemical pesticides were applied. Results showed that most of the varieties grown produced yields equal to or greater in the compost amended than in the fertilizer treated plots. Yield of vegetables crops showed significant varietal differences in yield responses to the composted wastes as soil amendments. For example, in Experiment If it can be seen that the yield of onions was about 24% higher in the Leagfro amended plots while in Experiment 11 the yield of tomatoes was 44% more in the composted amended plots. Generally, the vegetable crop varieties grown in soil amended with composted yard waste and cow manure produced yield that were equal to and sometimes exceeded that produced by plots amended with the commercial fertilizer.
The generation and distribution of central bank seigniorage in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland
Creators: name: Hochreiter, Eduard
name: Rovelli, Riccardo
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Disinflation, Monetary
subject: E58, P24, E31, E52, P21, P34, P35

description: We measure the amount of central bank seigniorage generated in three economies in transition and inquire to what extent seigniorage ultimately accrues to the government. We relate our findings to the institutional environment of the three countries. We find that, in parallel to the process of disinflation, seigniorage has declined substantially in the 1990s in all three countries under consideration pointing to more monetary discipline and a strengthening of central bank independence. Only in Hungary seigniorage benefited the government to a significant amount. We interpret this as being the consequence of past policies, rather than an obstacle to further disinflation. JEL Codes: E58, P24, E31, E52, P21, P34, P35
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 55, N. 223 (2002)
UPDATE ON FRENCH CARIBBEAN SAFEGUARDING INVASIVE SPECIES CIRADINRA INITIATIVES
Creators: name: Vuillaume, Claude
name: Teycheney, Pierre-Yves
name: Dollet, Michel
name: Daugrois, Jena Heinrich
name: Pavis, Claudie
name: Palloix, Alain
name: Urbino, Cica
name: Lavigne, Christian
name: Goguey, Thierry
name: Martinez, Dominique
name: Lefrancois, Thierry
name: Molia, Sophie
name: Vuillaume, Claude
name: Teycheney, Pierre-Yves
name: Dollet, Michel
name: Daugrois, Jena Heinrich
name: Pavis, Claudie
name: Palloix, Alain
name: Urbino, Cica
name: Lavigne, Christian
name: Goguey, Thierry
name: Martinez, Dominique
name: Lefrancois, Thierry
name: Molia, Sophie
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: collaborative research networks, begomoviruses
subject: tomato
subject: coconut lethal yellowing
subject: citrus diseases
subject: sugarcane
subject: cercosporiosis
subject: banana streak virus
subject: BSV
subject: banana
subject: plantain

description: Currently five collaborative research networks are proposed, and each is to be built as a network around topics on the security, health and emerging diseases of crops in the Caribbean region. The five proposed networks are as follows: (i) begomoviruses on tomato, (ii) coconut lethal yellowing, (iii) emerging and invasive citrus diseases (tristeza, citrus canker, CVC and greening), (iv) established and emerging diseases and pests of sugarcane and (v) cercosporiosis diseases and BSV in bananas and plantains. The first contact missions to finalize the drafts of the networks projects with the various partners began in May 2005 within the framework of a global project financed by the French Government and Guadeloupe Regional Council. Phytosanitary Risk Analyses were made in 2003 and 2004 by CIRAD with the Cooperation Mission of the French Ministry of Agriculture Plant Health Board. A sixth network, CaribVET, has been functioning since 1999. CaribVET is an inspection network recognized at the Caribbean regional level. It includes the veterinary services, laboratories of diagnosis, universities, and national and international partners engaged in monitoring animal health. Within the framework of the activities of this network, missions of technical support and diagnosis in the member states of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) began in 2004 and will continue in 2005 mainly with funding support of the French Embassy and the Ministère des Affaires Etrangères.
A contemporary investigation of causality between the primary government budget deficit and the ex ante real long term interest rate in the US
Creators: name: Cebula, Richard J.
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Budget, Deficit, Interest Rates, Interest, Money Supply, Money, Supply, Tax
subject: E43, H62, E62

description: Using error-correction model (ECM) estimation, this study empirically examines, for theUS, the causality relationship between the federal government budget deficitand the ex ante real long term interest rate. The system includes personal federal income tax rates, the M2 money supply, the unemployment rate, an ex ante realshort term interest rate and net international capital inflows. To clarify the deficit/interest rate relationship, the budget deficit is measured by the primary deficit, which excludes net interest payments by the Treasury. The ECM estimates in this study provide results that suggest a bi-directional relationship between the primary budget deficit and the ex ante real long term interest rate yield. JEL Codes: E43, H62, E62
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 55, N. 223 (2002)
Basis States for Relativistic, Dynamically-Entangled Particles
Creators: name: Harshman, N. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In several recent papers on entanglement in relativistic quantum systems and relativistic Bell's inequalities, relativistic Bell-type two-particle states have been constructed in analogy to non-relativistic states. These constructions do not have the form suggested by relativistic invariance of the dynamics. Two relativistic formulations of Bell-type states are shown for massive particles, one using the standard Wigner spin basis and one using the helicity basis. The construction hinges on the use of Clebsch-Gordan coefficients of the Poincaré group to reduce the direct product of two unitary irreducible representations (UIRs) into a direct sum of UIRs.
description: 19 pages, three tables, revtex
The basle Committee's proposals for a new capital adequacy assessment framework: a critique
Creators: name: Hall, Maximilian J.B.
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Bank, Banking
subject: G21, G28, F23

description: In June 1999, the Basle Committee of Banking Supervisors issued a consultative paper proposing the introduction of a new framework for the capital adequacy assessment of internationally-active banks operating in the G10 area. The initiative reflected a desire to address some of the long-acknowledged deficiencies in the current regime, operating under the guise of the Basle Capital Accord since 1988, and to accommodate recent market developments (especially in risk management) and financial innovations. This article critically analyses the new proposals, as amended in January 2001, providing a "cost-benefit" analysis of the proposed framework and assessing the extent to which the flaws in the current assessment regime would be overcome. JEL Codes: G21, G28, F23
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 54, N. 217 (2001)
Alcohol Insoluble Solids and Relative Sweetness for Sweetpotato Varieties Recommended for Puerto Rico
Creators: name: Hernandez-Carrion, Tania
name: Ortiz, Carlos E.
name: Montalvo-Zapata, Rafael
name: Rivera, Luis E.
name: Hernandez-Carrion, Tania
name: Ortiz, Carlos E.
name: Montalvo-Zapata, Rafael
name: Rivera, Luis E.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2004
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Crop Production/Industries

description: In sweetpotato, alcohol insoluble solids is an indirect measurement for starch. Recent efforts toward improvement of the tropical-type adapted to the Caribbean Basin relate to the assessment of starch and sugar concentration. The objective was to assess the starch content of two types of varieties recommended for use in Puerto Rico and to compare results to that of the standard variety. The results confirm the higher sweetness of the tropical-type variety as compared to that of the substaple-type. The increase in sweetness was accompanied by a decrease in alcohol insoluble solids. Percentage of alcohol insoluble solids for the substaple variety was significantly higher than that of the tropical-type indicating more starch concentration in the former. Dominicana, the standard variety used in Puerto Rico was statistically similar in alcohol insoluble solids to the substaple-type. It is reasonable to suggest that the Puerto Rican market has accepted a variety with a relatively high starch content.
Coronal Bright Points as possible sources of density variations in the Solar Corona
Creators: name: Griton, Léa
name: Pinto, Rui F.
name: Poirier, Nicolas
name: Kouloumvakos, Athanasios
name: Lavarra, Michaël
name: Rouillard, Alexis P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent analysis of high-cadence white-light images taken by the Solar-Terrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO) near solar maximum has revealed that outflowing density structures are released in an ubiquitous manner in the solar wind. The present study investigates whether these density fluctuations could originate from the transient heating of the low corona observed during Coronal Bright Points (CBPs). We assume that part of the intense heating measured during CBPs occurs at the coronal base of open magnetic fields that channel the forming solar wind. We employ the solar wind model MULTI-VP to quantify the plasma compression induced by transient heating and investigate how the induced perturbation propagates to the upper corona. We show that for heating rates with statistics comparable to those observed during CBPs the compressive wave initially increases the local plasma density by a factor of up to 50$\%$ at 5 R$_\odot$. The wave expands rapidly beyond 30 solar radii and the local enhancement in density decreases beyond. Based on the occurrence rates of CBPs measured in previous studies, we impose transient heating events at the base of thousands of open magnetic field lines to study the response of the entire 3-D corona. The simulated density cubes are then converted into synthetic white-light imagery. We show that the resulting brightness variations occupy all position angles in the images on timescales of hours. We conclude that a significant part of the ubiquitous brightness variability of the solar corona could originate in the strong transient heating of flux tubes induced by CBPs.
description: 15 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal
title: A new science curriculum : a study of pupils and teachers' perceptions of gender and science education, from a feminist, reflective practitioner's perspective
Creators: name: Donaldson, Linda J.
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2009

description: Concerns about the low representation of women in science and technology have been voiced for many years by scientists and non-scientists alike and have been the subject of much debate and research in education by governments and individuals. Current concerns about the underachievement of boys have led to the specific issue in secondary education of girls and physics sliding down the political agenda but the continuing general decline in the numbers of pupils opting for science is a worrying trend which needs to be addressed.

Women's studies have involved looking for alternative approaches to the male dominated and orientated scientific establishment and feminist writers have discussed this area of discrimination and inequality from different standpoints. In this research, I used a feminist approach which emphasises: improving women's lives; criticising dominant systems of knowledge; being praxis-orientated and creative in order to change the way physics is taught in school.

I carried out the research through the use of semi-structured interviews with pupils and teachers to shed light on the research questions which asked why boys felt encouraged to study physics whilst girls opted for other subjects;how teachers perceived science and how a feminist perspective could be related to a new science curriculum.

The outcomes from interviews with pupils and teachers suggested ways in which physics could be more gender inclusive, by adopting interdisciplinary approaches, greater cross-curricular work and moving away from the emphasis on scientific facts towards greater debate and discussion.Further interviews with focus groups and case studies teachers pointed to possible changes and successful alternatives for physics classes through the adoption of different approaches: changing not only what was taught but how it was taught.

I then worked with curriculum development colleagues to create a new science curriculum and this was successfully implemented in classes,showing that a change in approach to teaching about physics at school level is essential and could lead to greater pupil engagement in physics classes.
Does central bank independence reflect monetary commitment properly? Methodical considerations
Creators: name: Freytag, Andreas
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Monetary Policy, Monetary, Policy
subject: E52, E58

description: Central bank independence (CBI) has attracted much attention in economics and politics in recent years. The concept is based on the political economy literature on monetary policy. In this paper, we argue that CBI is an incomplete approximation to legal monetary commitment. We first discuss the nature and criteria of commitment, then show the shortcomings of the most important indices of CBI before we introduce an alternative measure of legal monetary commitment. This measure is more comprehensive and includes more aspects of commitment than the indices of CBI. A first empirical comparison of this index and a leading CBI index strengthens the argument. JEL Codes: E52, E58
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 54, N. 217 (2001)
Exchange-rate policy in eastern Europe and EU integration
Creators: name: Van Brabant, Jozef M.
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Exchange Rates
subject: F31, P33, F33

description: The paper examines potential conflicts between rapid EU integration of economies in transition (EiTs) and their pursuing catch-up by focusing on exchange-rate policies. After justifying the proposed inquiry, official pronouncements on ER policies that EU candidates are expected to pursue in the run-up to and upon their accession are summarized, and the salient features of recent debates on ER regimes recalled. Inasmuch as EiTs must modernize and reconcile this obligation with EU membership, in spite of the EU's cohesion experience, the paper combines real and nominal convergence issues with institutional changes upon EU accession to draw a novel perspective on the desirable postaccession transition regime for EiTs with a fairly active ER policy and the EU's cohesion strategy. Core components of such a strategy are advocated. JEL Codes: F31, P33, F33
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 54, N. 218 (2001)
title: Agata, Dorota, Iwona, Jolanta. Der Kindergarten im Pałac – Erinnerungen an ein Paradies
Creators: name: Lachauer, Ulla
name: Kern, Agata
Publisher: name: Herder-Institut
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 943 Geschichte Mitteleuropas; Deutschlands

description: „Ein Glück, dass wir diesen Kindergarten hatten!“ Sagen alle vier. Anfang der 1970er Jahre war das. Agata und Jolanta leben heute in Deutschland, Dorota und Iwona sind in Masuren geblieben. Ort des Glücks war das Lehndorffsche Schloss, der „Pałac“. In den herrschaftlichen Räumen erlebten sie Geborgenheit, sie spielten zwischen den alten Eichen, badeten im See. Ein Mikrokosmos abseits der Erwachsenenwelt, ihrer Sorgen und Traumata.
The Scholarship of Learning and Teaching. A Victim of its Nomenclature?
Creators: name: Sheridan, Nathalie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 130103 Higher Education
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: A reflective piece about the labels used in the Scholarship of Learning and Teaching, from someone who has come from the German higher education system. I aim to providing a follow up piece from the German perspective.