cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Teacher and student cognitive response levels in secondary poetry teaching
Creators: name: Onsman, Andries Johannes
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Fifty-six teachers of English at grade 10 level from 14 secondary schools in the greater Hobart metropolitan area were asked to give written responses to a series of questions relating to their opinions and methods of teaching poetry. Twenty of the above mentioned, and their 260 grade 10 students, were then read a poem and asked to give a written response to it on the question, \What does this poem mean to you?\" Each response was analysed by the Structure of the Observed Learning Outcome taxonomy developed by Collis and Biggs (1981). The responses were allocated into 5 categories: prestructural uni- structural multistructural relational and extended abstract and 4 transitional categories. Though there were some differences the general trend was a high correlation between teachers' responses and the responses given by the students they taught. From the responses given to the preliminary series of questions it was found that teachers reporting higher levels of personal commitment to poetry teaching also tended to exhibit higher SOLO levels of response. However in predicting student response levels none of these teacher question variables contributed over and above the contribution of the teacher's SOLO level."
NPR - Dairy Green: Alternate Dairy Effluent Application Methods (a MAF Sustainable Farming Fund Project). (p124-128)
Creators: name: Scandrett, John
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Dairy shed effluent
subject: low rate application
subject: traveling irrigator

description: A large increase in dairy farms and dairy cow numbers in Southland over the last 25 years has had a significant impact on the local environment. Traditional methods of dealing with dairy shed effluent needed to be updated to prevent pollution of surface and ground water. The use of rotating boom travelling irrigators in the mid 1990s up to present have contributed to environmental damage in the region. Effluent runoff, ponding and contamination of water ways by effluent that entered tile and mole drains has been observed. This occurs mainly because of the application rate and soil conditions at the time of application. A project funded from MAFâ€™s Sustainable Farming Fund allowed studies to be carried out on dairy effluent irrigation. One key finding was travelling irrigators were often not the correct tool for the job when considering soil conditions, application rate, distribution pattern and nutrient loading. The milking season in Southland runs from August to May. Soil moisture conditions can be at field capacity during August and September and April and May and for periods up to three weeks at any other time. Grazing animals during these periods damages soil structure and as a result reduces effluent infiltration rate. Monitoring of soil infiltration rates showed low values especially in spring, some as low as 0mm after 20 minutes. The rate of application with a travelling irrigator can be very high, up to 40mm depth in 30 minutes which causes ponding, runoff and preferential flow to subsurface drains. Nutrient loading was also a potential issue with nitrogen applications ranging from 24 kg/ha up to 90 kg/ha, assuming 15 mm depth was applied. The studies highlighted some key points. Effluent needs to be applied at a rate that matches infiltration rate. Application should only be when a suitable soil moisture deficit exists and effluent nutrient analysis is important for nutrient budgets. K-line was trialled as a low rate application method; 4.0mm nozzles gave the best result. The significance of effluent application via K-line to moist or very dry soils was highlighted. K-line has proven benefits for the farmer and environment with reduced nutrient loss and water contamination, more palatable pasture, electricity savings and ease of use. Regional councils evaluated and accepted low rate application using K-line. This was important as the councils set the conditions in regards to effluent discharge and storage.
description: Eighteenth International Farm Management Congress, Methven, New Zealand, 2011
How complete is the open cluster census?
Creators: name: Castro-Ginard, Alfred
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: open clusters
astrometry
machine learning

description: In the time of massive surveys such as Gaia; machine learning (ML) has shown to be a powerful tool to explore the catalogue searching for hitherto unknown stellar structures. In particular; the combination of both unsupervised and supervised learning algorithms allows to significantly improve the detection of open clusters (OCs). We use a combination of ML techniques to systematically mine the Gaia archive; looking for overdensities in the five dimensional astrometric space (positions; parallax and proper motions).

On the one hand; the DBSCAN algorithm identifies overdensities in this space that can correspond to physical clusters. On the other hand; the clusters found are then separated in physical clusters (OCs) and random statistical clusters using an artificial neural network (ANN) to recognise the isochrone pattern of the true OCs in the color magnitude diagram (CMD) of the member stars. With this methodology we were able to detect 23 previously unknown OCs in the TGAS dataset; and later confirm them using Gaia DR2 data.

Using Gaia DR2; we explore a region near the galactic anticentre (120 <= l <= 205 and -10 <= b <= 10); with the goal of fine tuning the method to adapt to different density regions; where we detect a significant amount of new OCs compared to the previously catalogued in this region. The planned application of the method to an all sky search will substantially increase the existing; and continuously growing; OCs catalogues.
NPR - Rewarding Innovation and Leadership Of Young Farmers In South Africa: A Case Study Of The 2010 Agri-sa National Young Farmer Of The Year Winner, Jan Scheepers (p333-335)
Creators: name: Scheepers, Jan
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: Farm Management

description: Mr Scheepers was recently nominated by the Young Farmerâ€™s Association to enter the 2010 Santam Agriculture / Free State Agriculture Young Farmer of the Year Competition. The Young Farmerâ€™s Association is a component of Free State Agriculture, a memberâ€™s organisation of farmers in the Province affiliating to Agri SA and originators of the Young Farmer of the Year Award, starting in 2004.
description: Eighteenth International Farm Management Congress, Methven, New Zealand, 2011
КОРЕННЫЕ СТАРОВОЗРАСТНЫЕ СЕВЕРОТАЕЖНЫЕ ЕЛЬНИКИ (КРАТКОЕ ГЕОБОТАНИЧЕСКОЕ ОПИСАНИЕ И ГЕНЕТИЧЕСКИЙ ПОЛИМОРФИЗМ)
Creators: name: Ведерников, Константин
Publisher: name: ООО Цифра
Year: 2023
Subjects: spruce
northern taiga original populations
geobotanical description
genetic structure
ель
коренные северотаежные популяции
геоботаническое описание
генетическая структура

description: Journal of Agriculture and Environment, Выпуск 12 (40) 2023
NPR - â€œA Lasting Legacyâ€: Leave A Legacy In Agriculture (p85-91)
Creators: name: Sharp, Rodney L.
name: Tranel, Jeffrey E.
name: Hewlett, John P.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Farm Management
subject: succession planning
subject: farm families
subject: legacy

description: Legacy is frequently used to describe the financial assets and personal possessions that people leave their heirs when they die. But all human beings also have values, life lessons, beliefs, memories, relationships, accomplishments and other nonmaterial things that could be handed down to future generations. Due to the increasing demands for assistance with succession planning, the authors developed a 2-course educational program to aid in their efforts to help farm families. A Lasting Legacy provides one approach to end-of-life planning and suggests a road map for embracing the meaning of oneâ€™s life. The process helps families go through a safe, hands-on approach to pass on a true legacy to younger generations. A Lasting Legacy captures all facets of an individualâ€™s life: improving intergenerational relationships; 2) sharing values and life lessons; 3) passing on personal possessions of emotional value; preparing for end of life events; and distributing financial assets and real estate. A Lasting Legacy has been successfully used by farm and non-farm families to better deal with the end of oneâ€™s life.
description: Eighteenth International Farm Management Congress, Methven, New Zealand, 2011
NPR - Some Opportunities And Challenges In Resettling Displaced Rural People In Northern Uganda (p1-9)
Creators: name: Thomas, Edward James
name: Roberts, Tim
name: Nell, Wim
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: International Development
subject: Uganda
subject: displaced
subject: training

description: Human migration is one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century especially so in Africa. Millions of people are living in camps supposedly temporarily but which in some cases have been in existence for decades. This paper describes the attempts to return IDPs to the land where they can resume a more normal life in mainstream society. More than 1.8 Million Internally Displaced People (IDPs) were forced to flee their homes and live in squalid displacement camps or dehumanizing â€œprotected villagesâ€, due to the conflict in northern Uganda, close to the Sudanese border. This began over 20 years ago, in a struggle between the rebel Lordâ€™s Resistance Army (LRA) and the Ugandan army which caused widespread insecurity and humanitarian crises, including the abduction of children, who were forced to fight in the war. This has left both children and adults in a desperate situation in both Northern Uganda and neighbouring Countries. The IDPs of Lamwo District scratched a living from nearby forests, yet were largely supported by the World Food Programme (WFP). A dependency culture set in, exacerbated by the years of violent upheaval, deprivation and low consciousness of rights. The project described in this paper is an attempt to put the returnees on the path towards sustainable use of the land and exposure to markets so that they may once again achieve stable livelihoods. The work was implemented at the Agoro International Vocational Institute (AIVI) where 12 ha of land was provided by the community to set up a training centre.
description: Eighteenth International Farm Management Congress, Methven, New Zealand, 2011
The Thermal Abundance of Semi-Relativistic Relics
Creators: name: Drees, Manuel
name: Kakizaki, Mitsuru
name: Kulkarni, Suchita
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Approximate analytical solutions of the Boltzmann equation for particles that are either extremely relativistic or non-relativistic when they decouple from the thermal bath are well established. However, no analytical formula for the relic density of particles that are semi-relativistic at decoupling is yet known. We propose a new ansatz for the thermal average of the annihilation cross sections for such particles, and find a semi-analytical treatment for calculating their relic densities. As examples, we consider Majorana- and Dirac-type neutrinos. We show that such semi-relativistic relics cannot be good cold Dark Matter candidates. However, late decays of meta-stable semi-relativistic relics might have released a large amount of entropy, thereby diluting the density of other, unwanted relics.
description: 22 pages, 5 figures. Comments and references added
NPR - Changing The Face Of Agriculture â€“ Attracting Young New Zealanders To A Professional Industry (p14-17)
Creators: name: Timmermans, A.
name: Wearing, D.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
subject: Taratahi
subject: tertiary
subject: training

description: There are many factors which influence peopleâ€™s career choices. Young New Zealanders are very clear about their priorities; high income, job satisfaction, location, a good work-life balance and according to Professor Jacqueline Rowath, Director of Agriculture at Massey University, they are also after leadership and opportunities for career growth. However, a large proportion of current school leavers are struggling to make the transition into Tertiary Education, notably agriculture related courses. New innovations and approaches are required to address this dire situation. This paper discusses some of the factors keeping young New Zealanders out of the agricultural work force and also examines the industryâ€™s need for skilled labour. Its purpose is to encourage the on-going development of the â€˜modern and skilled farmerâ€™; receptive to new technologies and innovations and to facilitate the progression of young New Zealanders into Tertiary Training. We are confident that the development of new training initiatives and a proactive approach, targeted specifically at industry needs, will encourage New Zealanders into a professional industry as confident and skilled employees and on track for a career of lifelong learning.
description: Eighteenth International Farm Management Congress, Methven, New Zealand, 2011
A mechanism for winter sea ice opening north of Svalbard
Creators: name: Herbaut Christophe
name: Houssais Marie-Noëlle
name: Blaizot Anne Cécile
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019

description: Oral presentation at the Arctic Sub-Arctic Ocean Fluxes (ASOF) workshop. Copenhagen, April 24-26, 2019.
NPR - A Budget Is Like A Marriage; You Have To Work On It To Make It Work (p252-256).pdf
Creators: name: Van Blokland, P.J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: Budget
subject: percentages of sales
subject: net income

description: The key concept of this paper is to emphasize the simplicity and major importance of budgeting. It shows that the essence of good budgeting is changing the original budget as times change and that times invariably do change. It indicates that percentages are more useful than the numbers in a budget as these lead to trend analysis, firm understanding and informed discussions with parties interested in the progress of the firm. Finally it shows that the firmâ€™s net income or its bottom line is not a lump sum but a fluid number that is mostly used up during the budgeted period. Like a marriage, a budget is always a work in progress
description: Eighteenth International Farm Management Congress, Methven, New Zealand, 2011
Guide to Mathematical Concepts of Quantum Theory
Creators: name: Heinosaari, Teiko
name: Ziman, Mario
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum Theory is one of the pillars of modern science developed over the last hundred years. In this review paper we introduce, step by step, the quantum theory understood as a mathematical model describing quantum experiments. We start with splitting the experiment into two parts: a preparation process and a measurement process leading to a registration of a particular outcome. These two ingredients of the experiment are represented by states and effects, respectively. Further, the whole picture of quantum measurement will be developed and concepts of observables, instruments and measurement models representing the three different descriptions on experiments will be introduced. In the second stage, we enrich the model of the experiment by introducing the concept of quantum channel describing the system changes between preparations and measurements. At the very end we review the elementary properties of quantum entanglement. The text contains many examples and exercise covering also many topics from quantum information theory and quantum measurement theory. The goal is to give a mathematically clear and self-containing explanation of the main concepts of the modern language of quantum theory.
description: 188 pages. Extension of lecture notes from a course that the authors gave in 2007/08 in Research Center for Quantum Information, Bratislava
Morphogenesis in micrasterias
Creators: name: Lacalli, Thurston Castle
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The morphogenetic process responsible for elaboration of cell wall shape in dividing Micrasterias rotata cells is described and the associated ultrastructure discussed. The process is dissected experimentally into its contributing parts; laser microbeam studies reveal the growth sites responsible for morphogenesis, and autoradiography, the associated synthetic patterns. Tip growth similar to that occurring in fungal hypae, root hairs and pollen tubes makes a major contribution to cell shape. Tip growth, together with branching and broadening of the growths produced,accounts for the patterns of morphogenesis exhibited in M. rotata and M. radiata, two species having distinctive shape differences. The ability of dividing cells to impose a biradiate symmetry on the developing cell wall is discussed and is attributed to a template. Evidence is presented that for both the morphogenetic process and the formation of this template, appropriate spatial information and organization is embodied and maintained in the cell cortex and is not imposed by the cytoplasm or nucleus. Both nucleus and cytoplasm play only an indirect, supportive role; cytoplasmic polarity and specific structures such as microtubules are also not of primary importance. Template formation and tip growth are not reduced to their biochemical mechanisms, but are instead discussed in terms of known cell wall microstructure and physical properties. A discussion of the nature of scientific explanations is included to demonstrate that the explanations employed in this thesis are scientifically satisfying even though devoid of exact molecular mechanisms.
Additional file 1 of Genome-wide association study identifies new loci associated with risk of HBV infection and disease progression
Creators: name: Zeng, Zheng
name: Liu, Hankui
name: Xu, Huifang
name: Lu, Haiying
name: Yu, Yanyan
name: Xu, Xiaoyuan
name: Yu, Min
name: Zhang, Tao
name: Tian, Xiulan
name: Xi, Hongli
name: Guan, Liping
name: Zhang, Jianguo
name: O’Brien, Stephen J.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. The summary of final SNPs characteristic, including MAF, call rate, and p-value of Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium test.. Figure S2. Principal component analyses indicated there are no population stratification among 6 subgroups. Abbreviation: ASPI, asymptomatic persistence infection; CHB, chronic hepatitis B; DC, decompensated cirrhosis; HC: healthy controls; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma. Figure S3. Effective population sizes inferred using Related-package across all individuals of each population in two loci (HLA-DPA1, HLA-DPB1). Recentsize histories (26000 years ago) in European (purple) population showed modest difference compared with East Asian (red) population. Abbreviation: EUR, European; AMR, American; SAS, South Asian; AFR, African. Figure S4. Boxplots of rs2395166 genotype and serum liver enzyme levels in HC. Figure S5. Boxplots of rs615672 genotype and serum liver enzyme levels in HC. Figure S6. Boxplots of rs3077 genotype and serum liver enzyme levels in HC. Figure S7. Boxplots of rs1264473 genotype and serum liver enzyme levels in HC. Figure S8. Boxplots of rs2833856 genotype and serum liver enzyme levels in HC. Figure S9. Boxplots of rs6942409 genotype and serum liver enzyme levels in HC. Figure S10. The summary of associated SNPs contributed to HBV-related outcomes and the progression. Abbreviation: PI, persistence infection; ASPI, asymptomatic persistence infection; CHB, chronic hepatitis B; DC, decompensated cirrhosis; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma.
NPR - Complementing Tradition, Managing Change: Using Communication Technology To Connect An Industry; The Case Of Agriwebinarâ„¢ (p27-37)
Creators: name: Watson, Heather
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Farm Management
subject: farm
subject: management
subject: webinar

description: It is a significant challenge to be successful farming in Canada today. In an ever-changing and increasingly competitive global environment, the Canadian agricultural industry faces the impacts of international competition and trade negotiations, evolving regulations, climate change, shifting consumer demographics and trends, rapidly evolving technology, competition for qualified human resources, and environmental concerns, to name but a few challenges. Much of the solution to deal with these intensifying realities lies in applying proven business approaches and methodologies, coupled with emerging innovative business thinking. Indeed, producers require the appropriate resources and tools to capture opportunity â€“ to anticipate, respond to, and plan for change. However, it is not enough to have the facts and figures; rather, appropriate delivery mechanisms for these resources become equally essential to making the information transferrable and more importantly, applicable. Effective communication of proven business practices with tangible benefits will motivate the sector and empower managers to reach for new heights. This paper focuses on the ever-increasing importance of farm business management â€“ communicating best practices to secure a sustainable and profitable future for Canadian farmers and agriculture at large, using online technology as a means to increase reach and impact, whilst complementing traditional means of information dissemination. The paper seeks to prove delivery is essential to and can greatly enhance content. Specifically, the Agriwebinarâ„¢ system exemplifies the importance and benefits of using communication technology to disseminate and encourage farm business management best practices. Agriwebinarâ„¢ provides an electronic platform to conduct online seminars on diverse topics to an international audience, and is achieving great success. It is a communication platform that can be used and adopted by other countries for information dissemination and industry collaboration.
description: Eighteenth International Farm Management Congress, Methven, New Zealand, 2011
Two causality correlation techniques applied to jet noise
Creators: name: Rackl, Robert
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The thesis describes two techniques for investigating experimentally the generation of noise by turbulent jets using a recently developed method of cross correlation (Siddon, 7th ICA, Budapest 1971), The work is motivated by the need to reduce further the exhaust noise of modern jet transport aircraft. The aim is to provide new information on noise generation mechanisms, to stimulate future theoretical research by finding the distribution and character of noise sources, and to provide diagnostic tools for making noise surveys of turbulent flows in general. Experiments were conducted in an anechoic chamber using a cold model air jet at a Mach number of about 0.32. The first method used, the image technique, cross correlates the pressure on a surface close to the jet with the radiated sound in the far field. This enables the deduction of the acoustic source strength per unit surface area which in turn gives an indication of the approximate location of the sound sources in the jet. The method is shown to be self consistent. The technique can be used in the investigation of supersonic jets as well; this is where its real power may lie. The second method directly cross correlates the hydrodynamic. pressure fluctuation in the turbulent jet flow with the far field sound allowing the deduction of the local acoustic source strength per unit volume and the associated power spectral density. A specially designed foil type sensor is used to measure the pressure fluctuations. A distribution of source strength over the jet for radiation at 45° to the jet axis is obtained, and is. not unexpectedly, similar to the distribution of mean velocity shear. The axial distribution from a "slice" of the jet results by radially integrating the source strengths; it is in qualitative agreement with the results of other researchers. However, difficulties are encountered in making the method self consistent, i.e., the radiated sound as predicted by integrating over all the sources in the jet differs widely from the directly measured sound. Reasons for this discrepancy are given and solutions to overcome it are proposed. A Fourier transform technique allows the deduction of the contribution to the spectrum of the radiated pressure from a unit volume of turbulence. Thus, the spectral character of the sound sources in the jet is obtained, although the above difficulties are reflected here as well. The- number of independent acoustic sources in the jet was estimated by calculating the average correlation volume. The number turns out to be of the order of 100 to 200; this lies between two widely different estimates of about 3 and about 2500 given by other researchers.
On higher Brézin-Gross-Witten tau-functions
Creators: name: Alexandrov, Alexander
name: Dhara, Saswati
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 37K10, 14N35, 81R10, 05A15

description: In this paper, we consider the higher Brézin--Gross--Witten tau-functions, given by the matrix integrals. For these tau-functions we construct the canonical Kac--Schwarz operators, quantum spectral curves, and $W^{(3)}$-constraints. For the simplest representative we construct the cut-and-join operators, which describe the algebraic version of the topological recursion. We also investigate a one-parametric generalization of the higher Brézin--Gross--Witten tau-functions.
description: 34 pages, published version
NPR - Changing The Face Of Extension Using Old Methods (p18-26)
Creators: name: Waugh, Nicola
name: Allen, James
name: Mouton, Nico
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
subject: Extension
subject: environment
subject: education

description: There are a number of extension methods which are used throughout the country with an aim of educating farmers and driving on-farm change. The majority of these methods are used in isolation from each other. A forward thinking group of farmer leaders in the South Waikato were determined to drive change in their area with a focus on profitability. An extension model that incorporated a focus farm with field days, workshop style participant group days and one-on-one consultancy pitched at a strategic level was developed. Funding was received from DairyNZ, Fonterra and South Waikato District Council to a level where it was free to farmers and covered a 3 year period. AgFirst were able to deliver this model to 50 dairy farmers in the South Waikato District with many positive outcomes. Farmers within the group have gained a better understanding of the direction and financial situation of their business. There has been an increased financial literacy of the participant group, increased monitoring both at a financial and physical level and an understanding of how this information can be used to make more informed business decisions. The extension model provides a multi-faceted approach to extension with the focus farm providing demonstration of the implementation of tools such as the cashflow budget and monitoring and the subsequent use for informed decision making. This information is also all available to the wider community and updates are emailed and posted on the DairyNZ website fortnightly. The Participant Group days provide changes for sharing of knowledge, direct benchmarking within the group and education around industry KPIâ€™s. This is all reinforced through the one-on-one consultant facilitation visits that are focused around the farm business strategic plan. The DairyPush programme has proven to drive behavioural change and transfer of knowledge. The success of this in the past 3 years has lead to the programme being funded to continue for another 3 years with the profitability focus and an additional focus on reducing the environmental footprint and improving social well being of the business. The majority of farmers are continuing in the programme despite the introduction of a $400/yr cost and there are new participants eager to enrol.
description: Eighteenth International Farm Management Congress, Methven, New Zealand, 2011
Pulsating reverse detonation models of Type Ia supernovae. I: Detonation ignition
Creators: name: Bravo, Eduardo
name: Garcia-Senz, Domingo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Observational evidences point to a common explosion mechanism of Type Ia supernovae based on a delayed detonation of a white dwarf. Although several scenarios have been proposed and explored by means of one, two, and three-dimensional simulations, the key point still is the understanding of the conditions under which a stable detonation can form in a destabilized white dwarf. One of the possibilities that have been invoked is that an inefficient deflagration leads to the pulsation of a Chandrasekhar-mass white dwarf, followed by formation of an accretion shock around a carbon-oxygen rich core. The accretion shock confines the core and transforms kinetic energy from the collapsing halo into thermal energy of the core, until an inward moving detonation is formed. This chain of events has been termed Pulsating Reverse Detonation (PRD). In this work we explore the robustness of the detonation ignition for different PRD models characterized by the amount of mass burned during the deflagration phase, M_defl. The evolution of the white dwarf up to the formation of the accretion shock has been followed with a three-dimensional hydrodynamical code with nuclear reactions turned off. We found that detonation conditions are achieved for a wide range of M_defl. However, if the nuclear energy released during the deflagration phase is close to the white dwarf binding energy (~ 0.46 foes -> M_defl ~ 0.30 M_sun) the accretion shock cannot heat and confine efficiently the core and detonation conditions are not robustly achieved.
description: 24 pages, 12 figures, 5 tables. Accepted to ApJ
NPR - Managing Towards Fairer International Agricultural Trading (FIAT) (p294-306)
Creators: name: Wibberley, John
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: International Relations/Trade

description: Both political extremes of stifling communist control and unregulated extreme greed capitalism have proved unsustainable. This paper argues that the arts of management should be applied, rather than leaving farmers to drown in a tsunami of liberalisation, exacerbated by Trade War storms whenever large producer-trader countries choose to erect ad hoc tariff barriers within their avowed â€˜free tradeâ€™ philosophy. The paper pleads for a consideration of the need for an international framework within which sustainably-informed private enterprise creativity can operate to the mutual benefit of farmers and consumers. A Highway Code for Fairer International Agricultural Trading (FIAT) is proposed as a top-down means of guiding this, while examples of farmers trading collaboratively, such as Mole Valley Farmers (MVF) in England, are cited as the bottom-up approach towards the same goal. The need for planned boundaries in sustainable management is discussed in the light of the recent lessons from the combined global financial and food crises. It argues that Food Trading needs limiting boundaries as recognised necessary for over-fishing, rainforest felling, and traffic management.
description: Eighteenth International Farm Management Congress, Methven, New Zealand, 2011
PL - Agriculture And The Environment: A Co-dependent Future Requiring New Technology, Systems And Expertise (p363-366)
Creators: name: Parker, Warren
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: Environmental Economics and Policy

description: Agricultureâ€™s future growth is inextricably tied to improved environmental management. This paper provides a brief overview of the mega-trends shaping the future of agriculture and the operating context for farmers. This perspective of the future highlights where agriculture needs to adjust over the next decade in order to ensure its on-going success and also signals where farmers need to adapt their production systems and acquire new knowledge and skills.
description: Eighteenth International Farm Management Congress, Methven, New Zealand, 2011
Transverse vertices and the gauge technique
Creators: name: Parker, Christopher Nicholas
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: This thesis is a self-contained treatise on the application of the Gauge Technique (GT) - a non-perturbative, self-consistent method for calculating gauge field theory Green functions - to Spinor and Scalar Electrodynamics. It includes a discussion of the elements that form the method, and a thorough review of the technique's development and uses. The simplest and most primitive version of the GT determines the \longitudinal\" components of the photon-amputated connected Green functions and efficiently reproduces the exact infra-red behaviour as well as the ultra-violet behaviour of the source 2-point functions; it is only gauge covariant in these asymptotic regimes. We present a new algorithm for extending the GT beyond the simplest version. The algorithm introduces transverse corrections into the GT in an intrinsically non-perturbative way and is a significant improvement on previously advocated methods. These transverse corrections (exact to order e4) are vital for restoring gauge covariance in subasymptotic momentum regimes and do not disturb the asymptotic results."
PO - Ag In Uncertain Times En EspaÃ±ol (p350)
Creators: name: Gallardo, Karina
name: Griffith, Duane
name: Hewlett, John
name: Lobo, Ramiro
name: Newkirk, Jon
name: Nelson, John
name: Santamaria, Luisa
name: Teegerstrom, Trent
name: Tourte, Laura
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Risk and Uncertainty
subject: farm
subject: risk management
subject: Spanish language education

description: Eighteenth International Farm Management Congress, Methven, New Zealand, 2011
Additional file 1 of Pediatric tuina for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms in preschool children: study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Chen, Shu-Cheng
name: Yu, Juan
name: Suen, Lorna Kwai-Ping
name: Sun, Yan
name: Pang, Ya-Zheng
name: Wang, Dong-Dong
name: Zhao, Wen-Xia
name: Yeung, Wing-Fai
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mental Health

description: Additional file 1: SPIRIT Checklist.
PO - A Lasting Legacy: A Rightrisk(TM) Course For End Of Life Planning (p349)
Creators: name: Hewlett, John P.
name: Sharp, Rodney L.
name: Tranel, Jeffrey E.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Risk and Uncertainty
subject: Farm Management
subject: risk management
subject: rural families
subject: farm management

description: Eighteenth International Farm Management Congress, Methven, New Zealand, 2011
Trilepton signals: the golden channel for seesaw searches at LHC
Creators: name: del Aguila, F.
name: Aguilar-Saavedra, J. A.
name: de Blas, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The comparison of samples with different number of charged leptons shows that trilepton signals are the most significant ones for seesaw mediators. As previously pointed out, this is indeed the case for scalar (type II) and fermion (type III) triplets at LHC, which can be discovered in this channel for masses up to 500-700 GeV and an integrated luminosity of 30 fb^-1; whereas fermion singlets (type I) are marginally observable if there are no further new physics near the TeV scale. However, if there are new gauge interactions at this scale coupling to right-handed neutrinos, as in left-right models, heavy neutrinos are observable up to masses ~ 2 TeV for new gauge boson masses up to ~ 4 TeV, as we discuss in some detail.
description: Latex 11 pages, 7 eps figures. Contribution to the Proceedings of the XXXIII International School of Theoretical Physics "Matter To The Deepest", Ustron, Poland, September 11-16, 2009
PO - Building Capacity And Improving Productivity With Sugarcane Farmers: The Phakamisa Project (p354)
Creators: name: Hurly, K.
name: Sibiya, T.G.
name: Ngcobo, P.
name: Ndebele, M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: sugarcane
subject: productivity
subject: competitiveness

description: Eighteenth International Farm Management Congress, Methven, New Zealand, 2011
Comment on "Harold Jeffreys's Theory of Probability Revisited"
Creators: name: Lindley, Dennis
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Comment on "Harold Jeffreys's Theory of Probability Revisited" [arXiv:0804.3173]
description: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/09-STS284F the Statistical Science (http://www.imstat.org/sts/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)
Collision dynamics of two $^{238}$U atomic nuclei
Creators: name: Golabek, Cédric
name: Simenel, Cédric
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Collisions of actinide nuclei form, during very short times of few $10^{-21}$ s, the heaviest ensembles of interacting nucleons available on Earth. Such very heavy ions collisions have been proposed as an alternative way to produce heavy and superheavy elements. These collisions are also used to produce super-strong electric fields by the huge number of interacting protons to test spontaneous positron-electron ($e^+e^-$) pair emission predicted by the quantum electrodynamics theory. The time-dependent Hartree-Fock theory which is a fully microscopic quantum approach is used to study collision dynamics of two $^{238}$U atomic nuclei. In particular, the role of nuclear deformation on collision time and on reaction mechanisms such as nucleon transfer is emphasized. These calculations are pessimistic in terms of transfermium elements ($Z>100$) production. However, the highest collision times ($\sim4\times10^{-21}$ s at 1200 MeV) should allow experimental signature of spontaneous $e^+e^-$ emission. Surprisingly, we also observe ternary fission due to purely dynamical effects.
description: Accepted for publication in Physical Review Letter
PO - Potential Value Of Improved Feed Conversion Efficiency In Dairy Heifer Calves In Australia (p358)
Creators: name: Porker, M.
name: Williams, Y.
name: Wales, W.
name: Pryce, J.
name: Hayes, B.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: feed conversion efficiency
subject: residual feed intake
subject: dairy heifer calves

description: Eighteenth International Farm Management Congress, Methven, New Zealand, 2011
PO - Economic Evaluation Of Labour Savings From Automatic Cluster Removers In Australian Dairies (p355)
Creators: name: Tarrant, K.
name: Armstrong, D.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Production Economics
subject: Automatic Cluster Removers
subject: Labour Saving
subject: Cost Benefit Analysis

description: Eighteenth International Farm Management Congress, Methven, New Zealand, 2011
PO - The Small Farm Handbook: An Extension Resource (p360)
Creators: name: Tourte, Laura
name: Faber, Ben
name: Klonsky, Karen
name: Molinar, Richard
name: Gaskell, Mark
name: Baameur, Aziz
name: Hardesty, Shermain
name: Suslow, Trevor
name: Oltjen, James
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Farm Management
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: small farms
subject: farm management
subject: marketing

description: Eighteenth International Farm Management Congress, Methven, New Zealand, 2011
Observation and estimation of Lagrangian, Stokes and Eulerian currents induced by wind and waves at the sea surface
Creators: name: Ardhuin, Fabrice
name: Marié, Louis
name: Rascle, Nicolas
name: Forget, Philippe
name: Roland, Aaron
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics (physics.ao-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The surface current response to winds is analyzed in a two-year time series of a 12 MHz (HF) Wellen Radar (WERA) off the West coast of France. The measured currents, with tides filtered out, are of the order of 1.0 to 1.8% of the wind speed, in a direction 10 to 40 degrees to the right of the wind. This Lagrangian current can be decomposed as the vector sum of a quasi-Eulerian current U_E, representative of the top 1 m of the water column, and a part of the wave-induced Stokes drift Uss at the sea surface. Here Uss is estimated with an accurate numerical wave model, thanks to a novel parameterization of wave dissipation processes. Using both observed and modelled wave spectra, Uss is found to be very well approximated by a simple function of the wind speed and significant wave height, generally increasing quadratically with the wind speed. Focusing on a site located 100 km from the mainland, the estimated contribution of Uss to the radar measurement has a magnitude of 0.6 to 1.3% of the wind speed, in the wind direction, a fraction that increases with wind speed. The difference U_E of Lagrangian and Stokes contributions is found to be of the order of 0.4 to 0.8% of the wind speed, and 45 to 70 degrees to the right of the wind. This elatively weak quasi-Eulerian current with a large deflection angle is interpreted as evidence of strong near-surface mixing, likely related to breaking waves.
description: Submitted to J. Phys. Oceanogr. le 16/10/2008. Revised 18/02/2009, Accepted 03/04/2010
Quasi-periodic motions in strongly dissipative forced systems
Creators: name: Gentile, Guido
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 37C10, 37C55, 37C60, 40C15, 40D05

description: We consider a class of ordinary differential equations describing one-dimensional systems with a quasi-periodic forcing term and in the presence of large damping. We discuss the conditions to be assumed on the mechanical force and the forcing term for the existence of quasi-periodic solutions which have the same frequency vector as the forcing.
description: 12 pages
From rhetoric to practice : integrating sustainability with Tasmania's Essential Learnings Framework
Creators: name: Pedersen, KL
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: With reference to Tasmania's new state curriculum - the Essential Learnings Framework (ELs) - this research explores the merits and practical relevance of Education for Sustainability (EfS). The work considers the contextual nature of sustainability in the application of an integrative approach to EfS in two public primary schools. The first section identifies EfS as an integrative educational principle that is conceptualised at the global level, yet accessed through very specific means of delivery at the local scale. Particular attention is given to the potential for place-based education, school/community partnerships and collaborative leadership to facilitate the shift from EfS as a global ideal to a powerful local practice in individual schools. I examine the strategies through which architects of the Australian education system translate the global demands ofEfS into educational policy and curriculum standards. The ELs framework is then explored to map its conceptual foundations as an integrative approach to learning and its links to the principles ofEfS. The second section reports on case studies from two primary school communities attempting to implement EfS through the ELs :framework in specific practical projects. Using a mixed method investigation inspired by a whole systems methodology, each case study was explored through adaptive and locally grounded investigations. The case studies reveal that EfS is subject to individual and group interpretations, local community politics, and different capacities, all of which affect the extent to which EfS can be successfully translated through the ELs. I discuss the varied interpretations of sustainability exhibited by stakeholders in each case study, and consider the parameters these place upon school communities attempting to integrate curriculum, place, partnerships and leadership through a common curriculum framework. The research suggests that in order to maximise the potential for the ELs :framework to address EfS through integrative learning approaches, individual school communities must engage in open and responsive debates about what it means to create a sustainable future.
A descriptive survey of adult psychiatric day treatment centers in British Columbia
Creators: name: Burstahler, Ruth Marie, 1936-
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: At the present time there is very little informational data available relating to the adult psychiatric day treatment centers in the province of British Columbia. In recent years the trend in psychiatric care has been to treat people within their family and community setting. Within the past five years, four new day care centers have been established at various hospitals throughout the province of British Columbia. The purpose of this descriptive survey was to provide a composite picture of the currently functioning adult psychiatric day care centers. A total of five official and two unofficial day care programs were surveyed and 290 patient records were examined. The specific areas of interest in day care functioning centered around; the family and community involvement in the treatment program, the types of treatment that were used, the type of role the staff carried out, the total program evaluation and a profile of the patients who were treated by this modality. To collect the data, the researcher used; a questionnaire which was answered in a taped interview, observational visits to each center, and an examination of the patients' records. The results of the questionnaire indicated that family involvement in the total day program was generally limited, group methods of treatment were used which gave the patients a sense of community, and patients were followed-up either by the day care center or by the referral source. Referral of patients to these centers were mainly from in-patient wards, other psychiatrists and psychiatric clinics. The criteria that was used to terminate a patient's treatment was on the basis of his actual performance in the program and his level of functioning at home and in the community. This was also the prevalent method used to evaluate the effectiveness of the total treatment program. Staff in these day care centers were both permanent and rotating with their role function being both specific and generalized. An examination of the patients' records revealed that the average patient was 33 years old, generally female, single, diagnosed as being depressed, above Grade 11 in education and presently unemployed. Seventy-seven per cent of the patients had previously received psychiatric treatment and the length of stay in the treatment program was 54 days. Findings from this study indicated that a wide variety of patients were treated in day care, which, had these centers not been available, would have been admitted to an in-patient ward. Day care is not only an alternative to hospitalization, but it may be the choice method of treatment for many patients.