cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
An Economic Analysis of Cling Peach Production with Emphasis on Harvest Mechanization
Creators: name: Grise, Verner N.
name: Johnson, Stanley S.
name: Grise, Verner N.
name: Johnson, Stanley S.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1973
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: Production Economics
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Cling peaches
subject: Mechanization
subject: Equal-Cost acreage
subject: Machine investment-labor substitution

description: In 1970, some 10 percent of California's cling peaches were mechanically harvested. Mechanization results in substituting machine investment for labor. For example, an estimated $25,000 invested in a mechanical harvester substitutes for 3,962 hours of labor a year on an 80-acre peach farm. The economical point for purchasing a mechanical harvester is an estimated 37 acres of mature peaches yielding 14 tons an acre. This equal-cost peach acreage is the point where hand and machine harvest costs break even. A relative 25-percent gain in labor costs from 1970 wage rates would lower the equal-cost point to 29 acres. Rate of adopting mechanical harvesters depends on the economic feasibility of such acquisition, processors' attitudes toward handling machine-harvested fruit, and their capabilities for such handling. Mechanization of cling harvest would call for a series of adjustments by growers and workers. Growers would have to increase investments in machinery and change some cultural practices. Some workers would have to acquire higher skills, while others would lose their jobs and need retraining for new ones.
Factor Complexity of S-adic sequences generated by the Arnoux-Rauzy-Poincaré Algorithm
Creators: name: Berthé, Valérie
name: Labbé, Sébastien
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Discrete Mathematics (cs.DM)
subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 37B10 (Primary) 68R15 (Secondary)

description: The Arnoux-Rauzy-Poincaré multidimensional continued fraction algorithm is obtained by combining the Arnoux-Rauzy and Poincaré algorithms. It is a generalized Euclidean algorithm. Its three-dimensional linear version consists in subtracting the sum of the two smallest entries to the largest if possible (Arnoux-Rauzy step), and otherwise, in subtracting the smallest entry to the median and the median to the largest (the Poincaré step), and by performing when possible Arnoux-Rauzy steps in priority. After renormalization it provides a piecewise fractional map of the standard $2$-simplex. We study here the factor complexity of its associated symbolic dynamical system, defined as an $S$-adic system. It is made of infinite words generated by the composition of sequences of finitely many substitutions, together with some restrictions concerning the allowed sequences of substitutions expressed in terms of a regular language. Here, the substitutions are provided by the matrices of the linear version of the algorithm. We give an upper bound for the linear growth of the factor complexity. We then deduce the convergence of the associated algorithm by unique ergodicity.
description: 36 pages, 16 figures
Low rank approximations for the DEPOSIT computer code
Creators: name: Litsarev, Mikhail
name: Oseledets, Ivan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We present an efficient technique based on low-rank separated approximations for the computation of three-dimensional integrals in the computer code DEPOSIT that describes ion-atomic collision processes. Implementation of this technique decreases the total computational time by a factor of 1000. The general concept can be applied to more complicated models.
description: 5 pages, 2 tables
ASSESSMENT ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRACTICE: THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF ETHIOPIA
Creators: name: Tadesse, Abel Atlabachew
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017

description: This study was conducted to evaluate the corporate governance practices of the commercial bank of Ethiopia with the requirements set by the government, the supervisory authority (NBE) and recommendations forwarded by internationally accepted organizations (OECD, the Basel committee, and other major multinational organizations). The practice of corporate governance was the critical focus of the study. Major components like the Role of the Owner/PFEA/ to Sound Corporate Governance, Responsibilities of the BoD of the Bank, The Board’s size, nomination, composition and Qualification, Stakeholders, Disclosure and Transparency, Internal Control, Risk and Compliance and The Role of Senior Management of the Bank were taken as major determinant variables. A descriptive research approach was employed to achieve the goal of this research. The total population and target population were all managers of the bank and managers working in Addis Ababa. A sample of responding staff was drawn of 388 managers, 260 were working at branches and districts in Addis Ababa, whilst the remaining 128 were assigned in different organs of the Head Office, were involved in the study. In order to get relevant data from the target population questionnaire and interviews were used.
Representing transients, trends and 'dependables' for inanimate objects, and sentient and conscious organisms, and their collectives.
Creators: name: Galwas, P.A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: This note collates three abstracts of papers on formal representations for the concepts of ‘transients’, ‘trends’ and ‘dependables’, based on set theory, category theory, advanced 4-dimensional information modelling techniques, and complex system theory. We apply this approach to inanimate objects, as well as to sentient and conscious organisms and their collectives. We build on the concepts of containment, perceptions to categorise formal entity types for transients, trends, dependables, based on High Quality Data Model (HQDM) foundation classes. Unlike inanimate and unconscious behaviour, in the case of conscious individuals, conscious perception, within a given perspective, conflates with containment.
 Moreover, in the case of interacting organisms, one must take into account differences between their context and interpretations, which goes beyond language, syntax and semantics. To characterise an organism’s behaviour based on such perceptions, one must go beyond set theory and HQDM. We consider equivalence (rather than equality), and use Category Theory (CT). Beyond such relatively simple systems, such as individual organisms, complex systems manifest self-organising behaviourWe consider a set of concrete examples of PE for inanimate objects, as well as for sentient and conscious organisms.
Supplementary document for Second-Order Coherence Across the Brillouin Lasing Threshold - 6644729.pdf
Creators: name: Cryer-Jenkins, Evan
name: Enzian, Georg
name: Freisem, Lars
name: Moroney, Niall
name: Price, John
name: Svela, Andreas
name: Major, Kyle
name: Vanner, Michael
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2023
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document
The Dynamics of Emotional Chats with Bots: Experiment and Agent-Based Simulations
Creators: name: Tadic, Bosiljka
name: Gligorijevic, Vladimir
name: Skowron, Marcin
name: Suvakov, Milovan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantitative research of emotions in psychology and machine-learning methods for extracting emotion components from text messages open an avenue for physical science to explore the nature of stochastic processes in which emotions play a role, e.g., in human dynamics online. Here, we investigate the occurrence of collective behavior of users that is induced by chats with emotional Bots. The Bots, designed in an experimental environment, are considered. Furthermore, using the agent-based modeling approach, the activity of these experimental Bots is simulated within a social network of interacting emotional agents. Quantitative analysis of time series carrying emotional messages by agents suggests temporal correlations and persistent fluctuations with clustering according to emotion similarity. {All data used in this study are fully anonymized.}
description: 16 pages, 11 figures
(draft of) Generalized Geohash: a methodology for implementing hash functions that generate hierarchical base32 geocodes
Creators: name: Krauss, Peter
name: Everton Bortolini
name: Jean, Thierry
name: Julião, Rui Pedro
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: geoprocessing
geocode
spatial index

description: (ZENODO.ORG WITH BUG, PLEASE SEE NEW VERSION OF THIS FILE AT NEW DOI)
How Calorimetry can help in Battery Research
Creators: name: Ziebert, Carlos
name: Uhlmann, Nils
name: Löffelholz, Nils
name: Finster, Philipp
name: Yasseri, Mohammad
name: Mohsin, Ijaz Ul
name: Rohde, Magnus
name: Seifert, Hans Jürgen
Publisher: name: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Year: 2022

description: With increasing energy density the safety and the thermal management of Li-ion batteries is becoming more and more important, because the thermal runaway can cause an ignition or even explosion of the battery with simultaneous release of toxic gases. In the last ten years, we have established battery calorimetry as a versatile characterization technique, which allows advancements for the thermal management and the safety of batteries. With six adiabatic Accelerating Rate Calorimeters of different sizes and two sensitive Tian-Calvet calorimeters combined with cyclers we operate Europe’s largest battery calorimeter center, which enables the evaluation of thermodynamic, thermal and safety data on material, cell and pack level under quasiadiabatic and isoperibolic environments for both normal and abuse conditions (thermal, electrical, mechanical). Calorimetry allows the collection of quantitative data required for optimum battery performance and safety. This information is applied to define the requirements for thermal management. It will be explained how calorimeters can be used for studies on heat generation and dissipation of Li-ion cells. It will be shown that by measuring the specific heat capacity and the heat transfer coefficient the measured temperature data during cycling can be converted into generated and dissipated heat data, which are needed for the adjustment of the thermal management systems. It will be presented how battery calorimeters provide thermodynamic and thermal stability data on materials level, e.g. of anodes, cathodes or electrolytes or there combinations and allow to perform safety tests on cell and pack level by applying thermal, mechanical or electrical abuse conditions. The studies on materials level are especially important for Post-Li cells, which make use of more abundant materials, such as sodium or magnesium instead of Li, nickel and cobalt, because these data help to develop safe cells from the beginning all along the value chain. For the advanced Li-ion technology, a holistic safety assessment is in the focus, because the thermal runaway can have multiple interacting causes and effects. A test in the calorimeter reveals the entire process of the thermal runaway with the different stages of exothermic reactions. As a result of the different tests quantitative and system relevant data for temperature, heat and pressure development of materials and cells are provided. In addition it will be explained how calorimeters allow studying the thermal runaway propagation in order to develop and qualify suitable countermeasures, such as heat protection barriers, which is currently becoming a very hot topic.
Electronic modulation of infrared emissivity in graphene plasmonic resonators
Creators: name: Brar, Victor W.
name: Sherrott, Michelle C.
name: Sweatlock, Luke A.
name: Jang, Min Seok
name: Kim, Laura
name: Choi, Mansoo
name: Atwater, Harry A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Electronic control of blackbody emission from graphene plasmonic resonators on a silicon nitride substrate is demonstrated at temperatures up to 250 C. It is shown that the graphene resonators produce antenna-coupled blackbody radiation, manifest as narrow spectral emission peaks in the mid-IR. By continuously varying the nanoresonators carrier density, the frequency and intensity of these spectral features can be modulated via an electrostatic gate. We describe these phenomena as plasmonically enhanced radiative emission originating both from loss channels associated with plasmon decay in the graphene sheet and from vibrational modes in the SiNx.
description: 17 pages, 6 figures
Magnetic field structure and halo in NGC 4631
Creators: name: Mora, Silvia Carolina
name: Krause, Marita
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In order to clarify whether NGC 4631 has a unique magnetic field configuration in the central region along its disk, we present high-resolution Faraday-corrected polarization data. Radio continuum observations of NGC 4631 at 4.85 GHz were performed with the VLA. In addition, observations were made with the Effelsberg telescope at 4.85 GHz and at 8.35 GHz. These were analyzed together with archival VLA-data at 8.35 GHz. The vertical scale heights in NGC 4631 vary significantly in different regions within the galaxy and their mean values at 4.85 GHz are with 2.3 kpc (370 pc) for the thick (thin) disk higher than the mean values found so far in six other edge-on spiral galaxies. This may originate in the tidal interaction of NGC 4631 with its neighbouring galaxies. The total field strengths in the halo are of the order of the total magnetic field strength in the disk, whereas the ordered field strengths in the halo seem to be higher than the value in the disk. The derived distribution of rotation measures implies that NGC 4631 has a large-scale regular magnetic field configuration. Despite the strong Faraday depolarization along the galactic plane and the strong beam depolarization in the transition zone between the disk and halo, our research strongly indicates that the magnetic field orientation along the central 5-7 kpc of the disk is also plane-parallel. Therefore, we claim that NGC 4631 also has a magnetic field structure plane-parallel along its entire disk.
description: keywords: Galaxies: individual: NGC 4631 - Galaxies: halos - Galaxies: magnetic fields - Galaxies: interactions - Galaxies: spiral - Radio continuum: galaxies
Poster: Quantum Computing The Grover's Algorithm
Creators: name: Nagata Tejada, Shigueru Emilio Antonio
name: Atoccsa Aguilar, Brayan
name: Felipe Gaspar, Walter
name: Puga Correa, Ruben
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Quantum Computing
Grover's Algorithm
Quantum Experienece IBM
Quantum Mechanics

description: Poster presentado en el XVI Meeting of Physics. Realizado del 02 al 04 de Agosto de 2017 en la Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería. Se presentan resultados obtenidos en el proyecto: Computación Cuántica: El Algoritmo de Grover. Realizado como proyecto del curso de mecánica cuántica del postgrado en física de la Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería.
title: In search of a new attractant for monitoring Stegobium paniceum L. (Coleoptera: Anobiidae)
Creators: name: Guarino, Salvatore
name: Colazza, Stefano
name: Peri, Ezio
name: Sajeva, Maurizio
name: Bragherie, Giuseppe
name: Zini, Nadia
name: Caimi, Marco
name: Zito, Pietro
Publisher: name: Julius Kühn-Institut
Year: 2018

description: Stegobium paniceum (L.) is a major pest for several stored products worldwide. Monitoring methods for this species, based on pheromone traps, are affected by the complexity and expensiveness of the chemical synthesis of the pheromone isomer [(2S,3R,1’R)-Stegobinone] and/or by its lost of efficacy after two weeks at room temperature. So other semiochemicals that can be exploited for monitoring this species are highly desirable. In this study was tested the behavioral response in two-choice olfactometer of S. paniceum adults to Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) collected from colonized substrate. The elution of the headspace collection from S. paniceum colony elicited attraction of both sexes. The GC-MS chemical analysis of the extract indicated the presence of several alkanes, alcohols, aldehydes and fatty acids, some of them already reported to attract other stored product coleopteran pests and promising candidates for further studies to test their attractiveness on S. paniceum.
description: Julius-Kühn-Archiv, Nr. 463, Vol.1 (2018): Proceedings of the 12th International Working Conference on Stored Product Protection (IWCSPP) in Berlin, Germany, October 7-11, 2018
Derivation of Electron Spin Relaxation Rate by Electron-Phonon Interaction Using a New Diagram Method
Creators: name: Kang, Nam Lyong
name: Choi, Sang Don
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A formula for the electron spin relaxation rate of an electron-phonon system is derived using a new spring-loop diagram method. The result contains the distribution functions for the electrons and phonons properly. Therefore, all the spin flip and conserving processes are explained from a microscopic point of view, and a physical insight of the quantum dynamics of electron spin in a solid is obtained from the diagram. Photons and phonons are classified according to the spin flip and conserving processes. The formula is used to calculate the electron spin relaxation rate in GaAs. The temperature dependence of the relaxation rate is obtained by a comparison with the experimental result.
IMPACT OF CASH MANAGEMENT ON THE FINANCIAL OUTCOMES OF NIGERIA'S SERVICE SECTOR FIRMS
Creators: name: Oluwaseun, A. Adeyemi
Publisher: name: AYDEN JOURNAL
Year: 2024
Subjects: Cash turnover, Cash ratio, Profit margin and Corporate performance

description: This study ascertained the effect of cash management on corporate performance of service firms in Nigeria, using cash turnover and cash ratio to proxied cash management while profit margin represents corporate performance. Ex-Post Facto research design was used by the study. A sample of five service firms was selected by the study. Data were extracted from the firms audited annual reports and accounts from 2014 to 2023. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics and regression analysis was used to test the two hypotheses. The study showed that cash turnover has a negative insignificant effect on profit margin of service firms in Nigeria, while cash ratio has a positive and significant effect on profit margin of service firms in Nigeria. The study advocated that managers of the corporations in Nigeria can create superb price for the wealth of shareholders via lowering the cash communication cycle ratio to a minimal stage. this will be done by using enhancing the inventory manage technique and account receivable have to be collected in line with the employer debt policy
Solvability of the boundary value problem for some differential--difference equations
Creators: name: Gurevich, Pavel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 34K10, 34K10

description: Solvability and smoothness of generalized solutions to boundary value problems for not self-adjoint differential-difference equations are studied. Necessary and sufficient conditions of Fredholmian solvability (with index zero) are established. Smoothness of generalized solutions is considered in terms of index of the corresponding differential--difference operator.
description: 12 pages
Reactor Antineutrinos Signal all over the world
Creators: name: Ricci, B.
name: Mantovani, F.
name: Baldoncini, M.
name: Esposito, J.
name: Ludhova, L.
name: Zavatarelli, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an updated estimate of reactor antineutrino signal all over the world, with particular attention to the sites proposed for existing and future geo-neutrino experiment. In our calculation we take into account the most updated data on Thermal Power for each nuclear plant, on reactor antineutrino spectra and on three neutrino oscillation mechanism.
description: 4 pages including 1 figure
Virtual Reality in Psychology: Development and Validation of an Exposure Therapy System
Creators: name: ALISON JEANETTE CULLEN
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 80111 Virtual Reality and Related Simulation
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 170101 Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology)
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Clinical Psychology

description: Virtual Reality (VR) is positioned to transform the treatment of psychological conditions, by overcoming the disconnect between clients’ lived experiences and clinical or research settings. In aide of this, a novel VR exposure therapy system was developed and validated in people with moderate-severe Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Promisingly, when participant responses were compared to the existing best-practice in psychotherapy, equivalent heart and respiration rates, and self-reported anxiety, were produced. VR helps patients engage better with their treatment and maintains the therapeutic relationship. These findings can improve treatment for the 3 percent of people worldwide living with severe functional impacts of OCD.
Learning Material for the Course "Reflective Practice in Education"
Creators: name: Digis Weldu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: The advent of data-intensive services needs quality Internet services. This in turn, makes Quality of Experience (QoE) gain prominent recognition in the telecommunications industry. Ethio telecom uses network Quality of Service (QoS) monitoring data obtained from Network Management Systems (NMS) tools to comprehend its network performances. However, as QoS measurement refers to network performances, this method does not generally give QoE data as perceived by the user. Therefore, QoE estimation models are proposed as solutions in the literature, recently. This study focuses on developing QoE estimation models using QoS features of round-trip time (RTT), jitter, loss rate (LR) and throughput, and QoE scores collected using Application for prediCting QUality of experience at Interne Access (ACQUA)-based crowdsourcing in Universal Mobile Telecommunication Systems (UMTS) networks in a real-time basis. Data preparations techniques such as data cleaning and dataset imbalance corrections have been applied to the collected datasets. Machine Learning (ML) algorithms of Articial Neural Network (ANN), KNearest Neighbor (KNN) and Random Forest (RF) are selected based on their suitability for multilabel problems. After training these models developed, they are evaluated using commonly used performance metrics such as accuracy, Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) and Receiver Operating Characteristics (ROC).
title: Optimizing Production and Outbound Distribution Decisions with Fixed Departure Times: Static and Dynamic Scheduling Approaches
Creators: name: Bachtenkirch, David
Publisher: name: Bergische Universität Wuppertal
Year: 2022

description: This dissertation considers the joint optimization of production and outbound distribution decisions on a detailed scheduling level for manufacturers that rely on third party logistic providers. To accommodate customer preferences many manufacturers, offer a high degree of product variability that is produced in a make-to-order or build-to-order fashion to minimize long-term inventory carry. In practice such pull type systems foremost rely on using third-party logistics to timely distribute produced products to widely separated customer locations. This context is modeled by integrated production and outbound distribution scheduling problems with fixed delivery departure dates which is an emerging research field that still offers many research opportunities. Particularly, the presented study analyses the so far neglected aspect of minimizing inventory cost and batch transportation cost of finished products in an environment with hard production and delivery time-windows in static and dynamic optimization settings. This work provides mathematical formulations for the considered problems and proposes operations research methods to generate high-quality schedules for practical applications. It proposes an exact branch and bound procedure and a heuristic greedy randomized adaptive search procedure for the static problem formulation. The dynamic problem with dynamic order arrivals is tackled by a specifically designed real-time control approach that schedules tasks in real-time. All developed methods were implemented and computationally tested on specifically designed problem instances. The proposed branch and bound algorithm dominates a standard solver approach without specific problem knowledge in terms of solution quality and computing times. The heuristic is shown to quickly provide a large sample size of high-quality solutions which makes the heuristic especially suitable for the dynamic application. The real-time control approach performed well in terms of dynamic order acceptance rate and scheduling costs by utilizing a specifically designed pro-active component. Overall, this work provides insights into the application of implementable methods for the considered problem and forms a starting point for research concerning related or more complex applications.
Η σημασία της εικόνας στη θεματική του ρατσισμού στο σχολικό εγχειρίδιο της Νεοελληνικής Γλώσσας Γ’ Γυμνασίου: Μια σημειωτική προσέγγιση
Creators: name: Bardakis, Thomas
name: Paraskeva, Efstathia
Publisher: name: iNTERCULTURAL tRANSLATION iNTERSEMIOTIC
Year: 2022
Subjects: Σημειωτική; σχολικό; εγχειρίδιο; γλώσσα; εικόνα; Semiotics; school; textbook; text; image

description: Τα σχολικά εγχειρίδια της Νεοελληνικής Γλώσσας αποτελούν την βάση για την διδασκαλία του μαθήματος και στις τρεις τάξεις του Γυμνασίου. Σε αυτά εμπεριέχεται πλούσια θεματολογία που καλύπτει σχεδόν όλες τις πτυχές της ελληνικής, κατά κύριο λόγο, ζωής και κουλτούρας. Η εργασία αυτή πραγματεύεται τον τρόπο με τον οποίο παρουσιάζεται το θέμα του ρατσισμού μέσα από την ενότητα 3 του εγχειριδίου της Νεοελληνικής Γλώσσας Γ’ Γυμνασίου μέσω των εικόνων που συνοδεύουν τα γλωσσικά κείμενα. Στις επιμέρους ενότητες παρουσιάζονται το θεωρητικό πλαίσιο, η επιλογή και η ανάλυση του υλικού μέσα από ενδεικτικά παραδείγματα και τα ερευνητικά συμπεράσματα. The textbooks of Modern Greek Language are the teaching basis for the course in all the classes of the High school. They include a variety of topics which cover almost all aspects of greek life and culture. This paper deals with the way racism is presented through unit 3 of the school textbook of Modern Greek Language in the third grade of lower secondary education (C’ Gymnasiou) through the images relating to the main verbal texts. The individual parts of the present paper are the theoretical framework, the methodology, the main analysis through suggesting examples and the researching conclusions.
description: iNTERCULTURAL tRANSLATION iNTERSEMIOTIC, Vol 11, No 2 (2022)
Polarimetric Tomography of Blazar Jets
Creators: name: de Almeida, Ulisses Barres
name: Tavecchio, Fabrizio
name: Mankuzhiyil, Nijil
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we propose a way to use optical polarisation observations to provide independent constraints and guide to the modelling of the spectral energy distribution (SED) of blazars, which is particularly useful when two-zone models are required to fit the observed SED. As an example, we apply the method to the 2008 multiwavelength campaign of PKS 2155-304, for which the required polarisation information was already available. We find this approach succesful in being able to simultaneously describe the SED and variability of the source, otherwise difficult to interpret. More generally, by using polarisation data to disentangle different active regions within the source, the method reveals otherwise unseen correlations in the multiwavelength behaviour which are key for the SED modelling.
description: 7 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication at MNRAS
Μεταφράζοντας την παραβολή του ασώτου υιού με την αφηγηματολογική μέθοδο του Α. J. Greimas: Η αφηγηματική σύνταξη του κειμένου
Creators: name: Sarakatsianou, Dimitra
Publisher: name: iNTERCULTURAL tRANSLATION iNTERSEMIOTIC
Year: 2022

description: Το αντικείμενο της παρούσας μελέτης αφορά την ανάλυση της αφηγηματικής σύνταξης της παραβολής του ασώτου υιού, η οποία αποτελεί ένα αφήγημα της Αγίας Γραφής, με διδακτική και θεολογική διάσταση. Στο πλαίσιο αυτής της έρευνας εστιάζουμε στην διδακτική διάσταση του κειμένου και ειδικότερα ασχολούμαστε με την εύρεση των αφηγηματικών δομών του κειμένου, οι οποίες αποτελούν προϊόν του κυριολεκτικού νοήματος της παραβολής. Το μεθοδολογικό εργαλείο που επιλέχθηκε για την ανάλυση είναι η αφηγηματική συνιστώσα του μοντέλου της γενετικής διαδρομής. Το συγκεκριμένο μοντέλο αποτελεί συστατικό της αφηγηματολογικής μεθόδου του Α. J. Greimas. Από την ανάλυση προκύπτει ότι ο βασικός σκοπός της διδακτικής αφήγησης είναι η περιγραφή της προσπάθειας του νεότερου υιού για την απόκτηση της ελευθερίας του, δηλαδή με άλλους όρους πρόκειται για μία ιστορία ενηλικίωσης. Στο πλαίσιο αυτό, το θεμελιώδες διαχρονικό θετικό κοινωνικό πρότυπο, το οποίο προβάλλεται είναι η οικογένεια. Επίσης, ο παραβολικός λόγος αναδεικνύει τον άσωτο υιός ως «πρότυπο μετανοίας». Μιας και η μετάνοια στο κείμενο γίνεται το μέσο επικύρωσης της υιοθεσίας, αλλά και της διαγραφής των πρότερων αμαρτιών. Συνεπώς, ο παραβολικός λόγος μεταμορφώνεται σε ανατρεπτικό λόγο. The subject of this study concerns the analysis of the narrative syntax of the parable of the prodigal son, which is a biblical narrative, with an instructional and theological dimension. In the context of this study, we focus on the instructional dimension of the text, and in particular, we deal with finding the narrative structures of the text, which are the product of the literal meaning of the parable. The methodological tool chosen for the analysis is the narrative component of the model of the generative trajectory. This model is a component of the narrative method of A. J. Greimas. The analysis shows that the main purpose of the instructional narrative is to describe the young son's effort to gain his freedom, that is, in other terms, it is a story of adulthood. In this context, the fundamental diachronic positive social prototype, that is projected is the family. The parabolic speech also highlights the prodigal son as a prototype of metanoia (repentance). Since repentance in the text becomes the means of validation of adoption, but also the erasure of previous sins. Therefore, parabolic speech is transformed into subversive speech.
description: iNTERCULTURAL tRANSLATION iNTERSEMIOTIC, Vol 11, No 2 (2022)
Research on the Griko minority language. Attitudes towards the language and suggestions for its revitalization.
Creators: name: Nanasi, Thomai
Publisher: name: iNTERCULTURAL tRANSLATION iNTERSEMIOTIC
Year: 2022
Subjects: Minority language; Griko; translation; language in danger (language death)

description: During this research, a questionnaire was distributed to the Griko-speaking villages of Apulia, in the Salento region of southern Italy. It presents the current situation regarding the use of the minority language Griko and the inhabitants' preferences. The article draws ideas and examples from the successful language policy of the Cornish minority language, a Celtic dialect of Cornwall that disappeared in the late 18th century but was recently revived and continues to rise steadily. Cornish is considered one of the most successful cases of reviving a forgotten language. Through the Cornish example, ideas can be drawn to support minority languages of similar demographic spread. The efforts to preserve a minority language are influenced by many factors and do not always lead to a successful outcome. The article's main purpose is to suggest ideas, for enhancing the use of the Griko minority language, that are applicable in the long term. Additionally, special research on translation activity and direct writing in Griko concluded that they are both limited, and this also contributes to the inadequate support of this minority language.
description: iNTERCULTURAL tRANSLATION iNTERSEMIOTIC, Vol 11, No 2 (2022)
Sustainability evaluation methods for public transport with a focus on Latin American cities: A literature review
Creators: name: Arevalo, Alexandra Velasco
name: Gerike, Regine
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Stakeholders worldwide commit to the goal of sustainable development and transport, and to the promotion of public transport (PT) as one backbone of sustainable transport. Evaluation frameworks have been developed to aid municipalities and operators in purposefully shaping their PT systems. These frameworks differ greatly in their scope and consideration of the different sustainability dimensions, and in addition, they focus on industrialized countries. The goal of this study is to provide a systematic overview of existing frameworks for evaluating the sustainability of PT systems with a particular focus on Latin America for the first time, to identify possible gaps that result from the specific characteristics of Latin American PT systems and finally to derive research needs and recommendations for this region. The analysis includes three types of articles: scientific papers, international guidelines published by NGOs, and local as well as national Latin American guidelines for PT evaluation. The 69 identified relevant references reveal that Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM), followed by Assessment Indicator Models (AIM) are the preferred evaluation frameworks. Among the MCDM methods, the Analytical Hierarchy Process was the most frequently approach. We found a high prevalence of studies taking society and municipalities’ perspective (both 46%), followed by combinations (users, operators, municipalities − 37%), and the users’ perspective (14%). The review further shows that the Latin American context is not sufficiently considered in the existing frameworks and that further research is needed to develop frameworks that comprehensively and systematically consider all sustainability dimensions for this specific spatial context.
Coulomb displacement energies as a probe for nucleon pairing in the $f_{7/2}$ shell
Creators: name: Kankainen, A.
name: Eronen, T.
name: Gorelov, D.
name: Hakala, J.
name: Jokinen, A.
name: Kolhinen, V. S.
name: Reponen, M.
name: Rissanen, J.
name: Saastamoinen, A.
name: Sonnenschein, V.
name: Äystö, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Coulomb displacement energies of $T=1/2$ mirror nuclei have been studied via a series of high-precision $Q_\mathrm{EC}$-value measurements with the double Penning trap mass spectrometer JYFLTRAP. Most recently, the $Q_\mathrm{EC}$ values of the $f_{7/2}$-shell mirror nuclei $^{45}$V ($Q_\mathrm{EC}=7123.82(22)$ keV) and $^{49}$Mn ($Q_\mathrm{EC}=7712.42(24)$ keV) have been measured with an unprecedented precision. The data reveal a 16-keV ($1.6σ$) offset in the adopted Atomic Mass Evaluation 2012 value of $^{49}$Mn suggesting the need for further measurements to verify the breakdown of the quadratic form of the isobaric multiplet mass equation. Precisely measured $Q_\mathrm{EC}$ values confirm that the pairing effect in the Coulomb energies is quenched when entering the $f_{7/2}$ shell and reaches a minimum in the midshell.
description: 5 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. C
Verifying Causatives: A Corpus-based Study of the Middle English Derivational Suffix -fien
Creators: name: Lang, Susanne
Publisher: name: Mannheim papers in multilingualism, acquisition and change
Year: 2022

description: Modern English has more than 800 verbs that alternate between intransitive and causative use (McMillion, 2006). This characteristic of Modern English results from long-term diachronic changes and the transformation of the derivational system of English (Durkin, 2014; van Gelderen, 2018). The current study seeks to investigate the Middle English derivational suffix -fien, which is said to be a productive causativizing suffix in Modern English (Plag, 1999). However, its causativizing properties with regard to previous stages of English are almost unexplored (Dalton-Puffer, 1996). The suffix came into English as part of simplexes through the language contact with the Anglo-Normans (van Gelderen, 2018). A corpus-based analysis using the three Middle English corpora: The Penn-Helsinki Parsed Corpus of Middle English 2, The Parsed Corpus of Middle English Poetry, and The Parsed Linguistic Atlas of Early Middle English reveals that -fien derivatives can be categorized into three different classes regarding their semantic properties. In addition, it is shown that causativity is a matter of degree. Most investigated verbs have an underlying causative meaning but incorporate multiple senses that are either more prototypical causative or ‘abstract causative’. Lieber’s (2004) lexical-semantic framework is used to demonstrate that -fien is a causativizing suffix with a causative skeleton but without a lexical meaning. This study provides one piece to the puzzle of the unexplored ‘morphological history’ of English and the long-term effects of the language-contact situation with Anglo-Norman.
description: Mannheim papers in multilingualism, acquisition and change, Vol. 4 (2022): Student Edition
Chinese investment in Europe: An analysis of the Belt and Road Initiative
Creators: name: Li, Jiandan
Publisher: name: University of Westminster
Year: 2023

description: The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is an initiative launched by the Chinese government in 2013 that aims to enhance the global supply chain through large-scale infrastructure investments along a modern “silk road” that connects Asia, Africa, and Europe, where the BRI trade routes end. We observed divergent opinions from various parties regarding BRI’s investment in Europe. For instance, while commercial banks and financial institutions in Europe are taking a proactive stance by acting as founding members of BRI financing entities, and numerous European local businesses are embracing the economic opportunities offered by BRI infrastructure projects, it is evident that various European institutions have expressed concerns regarding BRI investment in the EU, which arguably led to the introduction of screening mechanisms for foreign direct investment at the EU level. Despite the mixed views, can Europe benefit from the BRI? This thesis examines the impact of Chinese investment under the BRI on China, Europe, and the rest of the world using mixed methods. We collected secondary data and employed a structural gravity model with general equilibrium analysis to examine the trade and welfare effects of BRI-resulted trade cost reductions on countries at aggregated and sectoral level. We subsequently conducted two simulation exercises using two scenarios under the assumption that all EU member states had signed up to the BRI and additional investments made in three specific EU countries, Spain, Italy, and Greece. Our findings suggest that, overall, the BRI has a positive impact on the EU. On a national level, our results show that a reduction in transport costs for each pair of countries would lead to both trade gains and welfare gains for China and the EU. On a sectoral level, we found that most industries would benefit from a reduction in trade costs. On a micro (or BRI project) level, we found evidence of growth in container traffic and local employment. That said, our study, which includes data collected through semi-structured interviews, also highlighted substantial differences in the workplace regimes on a BRI project level.
Governance in post-conflict scenarios: assessing models of community-based governance in the departments of Caquetá and Cesar (Colombia)
Creators: name: Eufemia, L.
name: Pérez, P.
name: Rodriguez, T.
name: Lozano, C.
name: Bonatti, M.
name: Morales, H.
name: Loehr, K.
name: Hachmann, S.
name: Kieselbach, F.
name: Rheinfels, L.
name: Del Rio, M.
name: Rendel, C.
name: Sieber, S.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy

description: Local and environmental governance is crucial for contending with the complex problems of land-use systems and socio-ecological conflicts that bedevil progress toward sustainable development. The community-based governance (CBG) framework is a practical instrument designed to identify collective problems, source the appropriate institutions and articulate joint solutions. It uses community perspectives to construct local and environmental governance models. Through a literature review, two expert workshops and 37 applied questionnaires, a bottom-up CBG model that could enhance environmental and local governance in a post-conflict era for two Colombian administrative departments is developed. Strengthening law enforcement, supporting sustainable land-use systems and promoting education are integral to a participatory-led approach to socio-ecological conflict prevention and resolution. The results are instructive for other communities and regions facing persistent conflict.
The incidence of stellar mergers and mass gainers among massive stars
Creators: name: de Mink, S. E.
name: Sana, H.
name: Langer, N.
name: Izzard, R. G.
name: Schneider, F. R. N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Because the majority of massive stars are born as members of close binary systems, populations of massive main-sequence stars contain stellar mergers and products of binary mass transfer. We simulate populations of massive stars accounting for all major binary evolution effects based on the most recent binary parameter statistics and extensively evaluate the effect of model uncertainties. Assuming constant star formation, we find that $8^{+9}_{-4}\,\%$ of a sample of early type stars to be the product of a merger resulting from a close binary system. In total we find that $30^{+10}_{-15}\,\%$ of massive main-sequence stars are the product of binary interaction. We show that the commonly adapted approach to minimize the effects of binaries on an observed sample by excluding systems detected as binaries through radial velocity campaigns can be counterproductive. Systems with significant radial velocity variations are mostly pre-interaction systems. Excluding them substantially enhances the relative incidence of mergers and binary products in the non radial velocity variable sample. This poses a challenge for testing single stellar evolutionary models. It also raises the question of whether certain peculiar classes of stars, such as magnetic O-stars, are the result of binary interaction and it emphasizes the need to further study the effect of binarity on the diagnostics that are used to derive the fundamental properties (star-formation history, initial mass function, mass to light ratio) of stellar populations nearby and at high redshift.
description: 8 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
Towards smart regional growth: institutional complexities and the regional governance of Southern Ontario’s Greenbelt
Creators: name: Macdonald, Sara
name: Monstadt, Jochen
name: Friendly, Abigail
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: The task of developing regional greenbelts poses multidimensional challenges to policymakers. Unlike their early 20th-century predecessors, these greenspaces incorporate multiple functions including growth management, farmland and environmental protection, and increasing economic competitiveness. This regional and multifunctional approach to greenbelt management involves considerable governance complexities, as an increasing number of policy fields such as economic growth, agriculture, housing, nature conservation, different policy levels and various territorial jurisdictions become involved in policy implementation. However, institutional dimensions of contemporary greenbelt governance are hardly reflected within the literature. This is also the case for the Greater Golden Horseshoe region in Southern Ontario, Canada, where a regional Greenbelt Plan was implemented in 2005. By engaging with institutional perspectives on regional governance, we analyse how the governance of regional greenbelts and smart growth have been influenced by vertical, horizontal and territorial coordination challenges and politics at the provincial and local levels. We conclude that despite provincial government intervention in regional planning, the impact of market pressures, growth coalitions and institutional coordination problems prevent growth management policies from delivering the significant changes promised by the Ontario government.
SOCIO-ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH STATUS IN ETHIOPIA
Creators: name: DESSALEGN FUFA
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2006

description: This study attempts to analyze the impact of per capita income, mother education, per capita

public health expenditure, access to health facilities, clean water and sanitation on prevalence of

child stunting in Ethiopia. For this purpose, regional state panel data is used to estimate a

reduced form of health production using fixed effect model estimation technique. The results

show per capita income, per capita public health expenditure, access to clean water and

mothers’ education significantly affect prevalence of child stunting. However, mother education

becomes insignificant when the impact of access to clean water source, sanitation facilities and

healthcare services are controlled. On the other hand, population per physician (proxy for access

to health care services) and access to sanitation facilities have insignificant impact. The results

suggest important role of income growth policies and promoting mother education to reduces

prevalence of child stunting.