cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Estimating Daily US Inflation Expectations Using Twitter
Creators: name: Yasin, Awaid
Publisher: name: University of Chicago
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: US Inflation Expectations
subject: Natural Language Processing
subject: Latent Dirichlet Allocation
subject: Twitter

description: Using natural language processing methods with Twitter data, I estimate a daily series of short-run US inflation expectations for the 2020-2022 period. Treating survey-based sources as a benchmark, I show that Twitter series reveals a similar pattern with a correlation of 89% with the survey data. Using tweet geolocation, I document state-level heterogeneity in inflation expectations that may be explained via differences in regional cost of living. Finally, as an application for macroeconomic forecasting, I show that the daily Twitter series is predictive of movements in future inflation, making it a relevant input in (now)forecasting exercises. More generally, this paper illustrates a textual analysis pipeline that can be used to extract inflation expectations almost concurrently and cost-effectively and highlights the potential of using unstructured text to obtain critical information about the perceived current state of the economy.
SUGRA Hybrid Inflation with Shift Symmetry
Creators: name: Antusch, Stefan
name: Dutta, Koushik
name: Kostka, Philipp M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a solution to the eta-problem in supergravity (SUGRA) hybrid inflation using a Nambu-Goldstone-like shift symmetry within a new class of models. The flatness of the tree-level inflaton potential is ensured by shift symmetry invariance of the Kaehler potential, while a small symmetry breaking term in the superpotential gives rise to a slope of the potential at loop-level. In the proposed class of inflation models, potentially dangerous couplings between the inflaton and the moduli sector are avoided. We also discuss under which conditions the predicted spectral index can be in agreement with the best-fit-value of the latest WMAP observation n_s ~ 0.96, corresponding to a hilltop-type inflaton potential at loop-level.
description: 7 pages, 3 figures; appendix and references added; version published in PLB
The Camden Fibro Cottage and its connection to mid-century housing styles
Creators: name: Willis, Ian
Publisher: name: Ian Willis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: New South Wales

description: This blog post explores the Camden fibro cottage, which symbolizes the mid-20th century's affordable housing solution, catering to the working class in post-war Australia. Representing nostalgia and simplicity, these homes were practical yet modern. Although their popularity declined due to poor insulation and asbestos risks, they remain a significant aspect of Camden's architectural heritage.
Generation of nonground-state condensates and adiabatic paradox
Creators: name: Yukalov, V. I.
name: Bagnato, V. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The problem of resonant generation of nonground-state condensates is addressed aiming at resolving the seeming paradox that arises when one resorts to the adiabatic representation. In this picture, the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of a time-dependent Gross-Pitaevskii Hamiltonian are also functions of time. Since the level energies vary in time, no definite transition frequency can be introduced. Hence no external modulation with a fixed frequency can be made resonant. Thus, the resonant generation of adiabatic coherent modes is impossible. However, this paradox occurs only in the frame of the adiabatic picture. It is shown that no paradox exists in the properly formulated diabatic representation. The resonant generation of diabatic coherent modes is a well defined phenomenon. As an example, the equations are derived, describing the generation of diabatic coherent modes by the combined resonant modulation of the trapping potential and atomic scattering length.
description: Latex file, 10 pages
Additional file 2 of The origin of the parrotfish species Scarus compressus in the Tropical Eastern Pacific: region-wide hybridization between ancient species pairs
Creators: name: Carlon, David B.
name: Robertson, D. Ross
name: Barron, Robert L.
name: Choat, John Howard
name: Anderson, David J.
name: Schwartz, Sonja A.
name: Sánchez-Ortiz, Carlos A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 2: Table S1. Molecular diversity among species and localities.
Stocks’ Data Mathematical Modeling using Differential Equations: The Case of Healthcare Companies in Athens Stock Exchange
Creators: name: Chalikias, Miltiadis
name: Triantafyllou, Ioannis
name: Skordoulis, Michalis
name: Kallivokas, Dimitris
name: Lalou, Panagiota
Publisher: name: Reliability: Theory & Applications
Year: 2021
Subjects: stock price prediction
forecasting
differential equations
Lanchester’s combat model

description: Stock prices’ prediction is fundamental for investment decision-making. In this research, a differential equations model is developed for stock prices prediction. More specifically, a 7×7 differential equations system based on Lanchester’s combat models will be used. Data concerning the short-term stock’s prices of healthcare firms listed in Athens Stock Exchange will be analyzed in order to develop and evaluate the stocks’ prices predictive model. The obtained results revealed the differential equations model potential for stock prices’ prediction in the short-term.
Supply Chain Resilience Analysis using the Quality Function Deployment (QFD) Approach in a Freight Forwarding Company
Creators: name: Putri Rahmatul Isti’Anah
name: Yugowati Praharsi
name: Maharani, Aditya
name: Wee, Hui-Ming
Publisher: name: Reliability: Theory & Applications
Year: 2021
Subjects: Supply chain resilience
maritime risks
customer requirements
QFD
and freight forwarding

description: The increasing volume of Indonesian exports each year has made freight forwarders should properly maintain their service quality performance to survive in this competitive supply chain situation. PT. Schenker Petrolog Utama Surabaya is one of the freight forwarders who experience an issue where the increasing export volume was not supported by the increase in the shipper’s reorder numbers. This study aims to determine the resilience measures that can be implemented by freight forwarding in overcoming maritime risks to meet the needs of shippers and improve service quality performance. The method used in this study is QFD with a two-step house of quality design, which involved 75 respondents from various company representatives who used Schenker’s ocean freight export service from 2014 to 2019. The results identified the eighth-highest attributes of customer requirements with the five most influential maritime risks, and in the end, were equipped by the five-best resilience measures as the compatible solution. Several strategies to survive in the maritime supply chain are arranging appropriate qualifications and providing training to employees, expanding cooperation with vendors and shipping liners, making appropriate backup plans, maintaining good coordination between key players, also carrying out maintenance and update of the IT systems regularly.
Size Evolution of Early-Type Galaxies and Massive Compact Objects as the Dark Matter
Creators: name: Totani, Tomonori
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The dramatic size evolution of early-type galaxies from z ~ 2 to 0 poses a new challenge in the theory of galaxy formation, which may not be explained by the standard picture. It is shown here that the size evolution can be explained if the non-baryonic cold dark matter is composed of compact objects having a mass scale of ~10^5 M_sun. This form of dark matter is consistent with or only weakly constrained by the currently available observations. The kinetic energy of the dark compact objects is transferred to stars by dynamical friction, and stars around the effective radius are pushed out to larger radii, resulting in a pure size evolution. This scenario has several good properties to explain the observations, including the ubiquitous nature of size evolution and faster disappearance of higher density galaxies.
description: Accepted to PASJ after minor revisions. 4 pages, 1 figure
Additional file 1 of The origin of the parrotfish species Scarus compressus in the Tropical Eastern Pacific: region-wide hybridization between ancient species pairs
Creators: name: Carlon, David B.
name: Robertson, D. Ross
name: Barron, Robert L.
name: Choat, John Howard
name: Anderson, David J.
name: Schwartz, Sonja A.
name: Sánchez-Ortiz, Carlos A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1. Contains additional figures S1–6 referenced in the text. Figure S1. Map of the coastal Tropical Eastern Pacific and three sampling localities. Figure S2a–c. Power results from simulations. Figure S3. Structure simulations, Q values. Figure S4. Phylogenetic hypothesis based on nuclear and mitochondrial genes. Figure S5a–d. Frequency distributions of meristic traits for four species in the TEP Scarus complex. Figure S6a–c. Post-mortem photographs and admixture proportions of pure individuals and hybrids.
Two-Dimensional SRGM with Delay in Debugging by Considering the Uncertainty Factor and Predictive Analysis
Creators: name: Ramgopal Dhaka
name: Bhoopendra Pachauri
name: Jain, Anamika
Publisher: name: Reliability: Theory & Applications
Year: 2021
Subjects: Software
SRGMs
Predictive analysis
Reliability
Cobb-Douglas production function

description: Software is a set or group of programs and instructions, which is designed to perform a well-defined function. A software fault/error can be the cause of major productivity or economic loss. The need to determine the reliability of software led to development of the software reliability growth models (SRGMs). In research literature, exist various SRGMs which have been developed without considering fault removal time and only a few models have incorporated operating environment uncertainty. However, Most of the SRGMs are characterized under the condition that the software reliability enhancement process depends only on the testing time, which is called one-dimensional SRGM. In this article, two-dimensional SRGMs have been proposed using delay in debugging, with uncertainty in the operating environment. To represent the combined effect of used resources and testing time, the Cobb – Douglas production function has been used, which converts the one-dimensional model to twodimensional. For better understanding the results predictive analysis is performed and to validate the proposed model results are compared with existing SRGMs using five statistical comparison criteria.
Can a matter-dominated model with constant bulk viscosity drive the accelerated expansion of the universe?
Creators: name: Avelino, Arturo
name: Nucamendi, Ulises
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We test a cosmological model which the only component is a pressureless fluid with a constant bulk viscosity as an explanation for the present accelerated expansion of the universe. We classify all the possible scenarios for the universe predicted by the model according to their past, present and future evolution and we test its viability performing a Bayesian statistical analysis using the SCP ``Union'' data set (307 SNe Ia), imposing the second law of thermodynamics on the dimensionless constant bulk viscous coefficient ζand comparing the predicted age of the universe by the model with the constraints coming from the oldest globular clusters. The best estimated values found for ζand the Hubble constant Ho are: ζ=1.922 \pm 0.089 and Ho=69.62 \pm 0.59 km/s/Mpc with a χ^2=314. The age of the universe is found to be 14.95 \pm 0.42 Gyr. We see that the estimated value of Ho as well as of χ^2 are very similar to those obtained from LCDM model using the same SNe Ia data set. The estimated age of the universe is in agreement with the constraints coming from the oldest globular clusters. Moreover, the estimated value of ζis positive in agreement with the second law of thermodynamics (SLT). On the other hand, we perform different forms of marginalization over the parameter Ho in order to study the sensibility of the results to the way how Ho is marginalized. We found that it is almost negligible the dependence between the best estimated values of the free parameters of this model and the way how Ho is marginalized in the present work. Therefore, this simple model might be a viable candidate to explain the present acceleration in the expansion of the universe.
description: 31 pages, 12 figures and 2 tables. Accepted to be published in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. Analysis using the new SCP "Union" SNe Ia dataset instead of the Gold 2006 and ESSENCE datasets and without changes in the conclusions. Added references. Related works: arXiv:0801.1686 and arXiv:0810.0303
*Potawatomi Relations with British and American Governance*
Creators: name: Boland, Jack
Publisher: name: University of Notre Dame
Year: 2023

description: Award Category: Capstone Projects and Senior Theses, \u000a\u000a Project Completed for: Senior Thesis (POLS58902)\u000a\u000a For more information, please visit https://library.nd.edu/library-research-award.
Additional file 12 of The origin of the parrotfish species Scarus compressus in the Tropical Eastern Pacific: region-wide hybridization between ancient species pairs
Creators: name: Carlon, David B.
name: Robertson, D. Ross
name: Barron, Robert L.
name: Choat, John Howard
name: Anderson, David J.
name: Schwartz, Sonja A.
name: Sánchez-Ortiz, Carlos A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 12. The power of hybrid assignment.
Blotiella reducta R. M. Tryon
Creators: name: Jongkind, Carel
name: Winter, Wim de
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Dennstaedtiaceae
Blotiella
Blotiella reducta

description: Blotiella reducta (C.Chr.) R.M.Tryon Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 191: 100 (1962). Lonchitis reducta C.Chr. Feddes Repertorium specierum novarum regni vegetabilis. Beihefte 9: 370 (1911). REPRESENTATIVE SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — Guinea. Nimba Mts, top end of Zié River Valley, 1540 m, 22. VI.2007, Jongkind 7796 (K, P, WAG); Nimba Mts, old mine shaft, 1260 m, 1.VII.2007, Jongkind 7899 (K, WAG); Pic de Fon, 1255 m, 9.IX.2011, Jongkind 11052 (K, P, WAG); Pita et environs, 950 m, II.1910, Pobéguin 28 2247 (holo-, P [P00482720]; iso-, BM, P [P00482722]). HABITAT AND DISTRIBUTION. — In Guinea, rocky places between 950 and 1600 m, usually sheltered from direct impact of rain by overhanging rocks. NOTES The description of the new species does not mean that all herbarium sheets from West Africa can now be easily identified with certainty because specimens of the fronds are sometimes clipped into pieces too small to be identified. Several other specimens examined in this study may represent a hybrid or belong to another distinct undescribed species; additional complete collections are needed to determine the status of these specimens.
description: Published as part of Jongkind, Carel & Winter, Wim de, 2015, Blotiella confusa Jongkind & W. de Winter, sp. nov. (Dennstaedtiaceae), a new species from lowland tropical West Africa, and its distinction from B. reducta (C. Chr) R. M. Tryon, pp. 7-12 in Adansonia 37 (1) on page 12, DOI: 10.5252/a2015n1a1, http://zenodo.org/record/4598863
William Faulkner and George Washington Harris: frontier humor in the Snopes triology
Creators: name: Stilley, Hugh Morgan
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The influence of the pre-Civil War Southwestern humorists on the work of William Faulkner has long been hypothesized. But it has received scant critical attention, much of it erroneous or so general as to be almost meaningless. While Faulkner's total vision is more than merely humorous, humor is a significant part of that vision. And the importance of frontier humor to Faulkner's art is further substantiated by the fact that many of his grotesque passages derive from elements of this humor. Frontier humor flourished from I830 to I860, and while a large group of men then flooded American newspapers with contributions, it now survives in anthologies and the book-length collections of its most prominent writers — Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, Joseph Glover Baldwin, Johnson Jones Hooper, William Tappan Thompson, Thomas Bangs Thorpe, and George Washington Harris. Their writings illustrate the genre's growth from mere regionalism in eighteenth century diction to the robust and masculine humor in the frontiersman's own language. Harris is the best of these humorists because he has a better sense of incongruity and consistently tells his stories in the earthy vernacular of the frontiersman; and Faulkner himself admires Sut Lovingood, principle character-cum-raconteur of Harris's best work. Therefore, in this thesis I focus on Harris's Sut Lovingood in relation to the Snopes trilogy of Faulkner — his longest unified work and a "chronicle” of Yoknapatawpha County with much frontier humor in it. A major parallel between Faulkner and Harris is their similar use of the story-within-a-story device and their similar technical rendering of the highly figurative and even in Harris's time somewhat stylized language of the frontier. Their common Southern heritage and the lack of change in the post-bellum Southern backwoodsman conduces to a similar milieu. Harris's and Faulkner's recurrent theme of retribution derives from the frontiersman's individualism and from his concern for at least the rudiments of society. Both authors create a large number of frontier characters at and their principal frontier characters are at once superb story tellers and epitomize the best ideals of the American frontier. The purpose of this thesis, then, is to examine the ways in which Faulkner parallels Harris's frontier humor. Having established Harris as the best writer in his group, I discuss the two authors' structures and techniques, their milieus and themes, and their characters. The trilogy's similarities with and deviations from Harris's Sut Lovingood help to illuminate Faulkner's artistry as well as to suggest the strength of Harris's influence on Faulkner.
Process intensification of biodiesel production catalyzed by low-cost liquid lipase using ultrasound technology
Creators: name: Liow, Min Ying
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 400499
subject: Chemical engineering not elsewhere classified

description: This research investigates a more efficient method for biodiesel production using low-cost liquid lipase and ultrasound technology. It addresses critical challenges, such as high enzyme costs and low reaction reaction efficiency. By optimizing ultrasound parameters, the research demonstrates improved reaction rates while maintaining enzyme activity. The addition of additives such as sorbitol and ionic liquid DACARB could enhance enzyme stability, further increase biodiesel yield and reduce reaction time. A biodiesel content of 91.3 wt% is achieved within 12 h, using only 0.2 wt% of enzyme. This approach offers a cost-effective and sustainable solution for biodiesel production.
HeSANDA Monash Node Workshop Content
Creators: name: Monash Partners
name: Monash University
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: health data
clinical trials
HeSANDA
Health Data Australia

description: Slide presentation for a HeSANDA workshop delivered on January 1, 2023, which provides the audience with a broad understanding of the HeSANDA program, including Health Data Australia (HDA). 

 

What is HeSANDA:

The Health Studies Australian Data Asset (HeSANDA) is a national program that makes health and medical research data easier to find. It facilitates access, sharing and reuse of research data. This results in a reduction in research waste, improvements in researcher collaboration, and an opppotunity ti answer new research questions. It aims to support more efficitent and effective research to help improve health outcome.
D4.11 Report on the experience with the automatic verification programme in SHARE wave 9
Creators: name: Pettinicchi, Yuri
name: Yichen Liu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021

description: This document is the deliverable D4.11 of the Horizon2020 project “Social Sciences & Humanities Open Cloud”). It reports on the experience with the automatic verification checks implemented during the development phase of the questionnaire for SHARE wave 9. It describes the outcomes of the exercise, and it points out the critical issues to be addressed for further development. The report starts with the motivation of the innovation and provides the context where the innovation takes place. The complexity of translating source text with programming syntax makes the task of the translators more difficult and affects the quality of the translations. The section “Verification Tools” describes the tools developed, their technical implementation and the design of the innovative procedure. Two types of verification tool have been developed. The sanity check for the translations and the Automated Verification Tool (AVT). The former type consists of the empty text field check, the missing identification number check, the missing technical text check and the fill usage check. The latter one, the AVT, is able to compare the source and the target text and to assign a translation score to the text using the predictions made by a model. The section “SHARE Exercise” lists the critical issues identified during the implementation phase. The sanity checks and the AVT worked technically fine. The procedure was easily understood by the translators and smoothly implemented. The performance mainly depends on the model trained. The section “Results” summarizes the outcomes and the lesson learnt from the verification exercise. From the verification exercise, the SHARE team learnt that the innovation described makes the process more efficient in terms of effort and time. Sanity checks reduce the number of iterations in generating the national versions of the questionnaire tool. The preliminary results from the Automated Verification tool (AVT) provided mixed evidence about its contribution in improving the efficiency of the verification. The final section concludes and mentions the direction for future steps. A way to improve the tool is to retrain the model with better training corpora. The training of bilingual phrase embeddings model could also improve the performance of the tool.
Radiative Transitions between the ${4D^{10}5p^2(^3P_j)nl}$ and ${4D^{10}5s5p(^3P_1^o)nl}$ Autoionizing States of in Atom in Collisions of Slow Electrons with in$^{+}$ Ions
Creators: name: Gomonai, G. M.
name: Imre, A. I.
name: Ovcharenko, E. V.
name: Hutych, Yu. I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The radiative transitions between the $4d^{10}5p^2(^3P_{0,1,2})nl$ and {$4d^{10}5s5p({}^3P_1^o)nl$ autoionizing} states of an indium atom that represent dielectronic satellites of the $4d^{10}5p^2 {}^3P_0 \to 4d^{10}5s5p {}^3P_1$ ($λ=171.7$ nm), $4d^{10}5p^2 {}^3P_1 \to 4d^{10}5s5p {}^3P_1$ ($λ=166.7$ nm), and $4d^{10}5p^2 {}^3P_2 \to 4d^{10}5s5p {}^3P_1$ ($λ=160.7$ nm) spectral lines of an In$^{+}$ ion have been observed for the first time. The energy dependences of the effective excitation cross sections of dielectronic satellites, as well as near-threshold regions of these spectral lines, were investigated in the range of electron energies 9$÷$15 eV with the help of the spectroscopic method using crossed beams of electrons and In$^{+}$ ions. The absolute excitation cross sections of dielectronic satellites amount to $(0.7÷2)\times 10^{-16}$ cm$^{2}$ and are of the same order of magnitude as the effective excitation cross sections of the corresponding ionic lines. It is found that a considerable increase of the probability of radiation decay of the $4d^{10}5p^2(^3P_{0,1,2})nl$ autoionizing states of the In atom is related to strong relativistic and correlation effects, in particular to the configuration interaction of the $5p^2nl$ levels both with one another and with the levels of the $5s5dnl$ and $4d^95s^25p^2$ configurations.
Polarized parton distributions from NLO QCD analysis of world DIS and SIDIS data
Creators: name: Sissakian, A.
name: Shevchenko, O.
name: Ivanov, O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The combined analysis of polarized DIS and SIDIS data is performed in NLO QCD. The new parametrization on polarized PDFs is constructed. The uncertainties on PDFs and their first moments are estimated applying the modified Hessian method. The especial attention is paid to the impact of novel SIDIS data on the polarized distributions of light sea and strange quarks. In particular, the important question of polarized sea symmetry is studied in comparison with the latest results on this subject.
Temporal dynamics in the one-dimensional quantum Zakharov equations for plasmas
Creators: name: Misra, A. P.
name: Banerjee, S.
name: Haas, F.
name: Shukla, P. K.
name: Assis, L. P. G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The temporal dynamics of the quantum Zakharov equations (QZEs) in one spatial dimension, which describes the nonlinear interaction of quantum Langmuir waves (QLWs) and quantum ion-acoustic waves (QIAWs) is revisited by considering their solution as a superposition of three interacting wave modes in Fourier space. Previous results in the literature are modified and rectified. Periodic, chaotic as well as hyperchaotic behaviors of the Fourier-mode amplitudes are identified by the analysis of Lyapunov exponent spectra and the power spectrum. The periodic route to chaos is explained through an one-parameter bifurcation analysis. The system is shown to be destabilized via a supercritical Hopf-bifurcation. The adiabatic limits of the fully spatio-temporal and reduced systems are compared from the viewpoint of integrability properties.
description: 7 pages, 8 figures. Physics of Plasmas, in press (2010)
Interpretation of the "$f_{D_s}$ puzzle" in SM and beyond
Creators: name: Wei, Zheng-Tao
name: Ke, Hong-Wei
name: Yang, Xiao-Feng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The recent measurement on the decay constant of $D_s$ shows a discrepancy between theory and experiment. We study the leptonic and semileptonic decays of $D$ and $D_s$ simultaneously within the standard model by employing a lightfront quark model. There is space by tuning phenomenological parameters which can explain the "$f_{D_s}$ puzzle" and do not contradict other experiments on the semileptonic decays. We also investigate the leptonic decays of D and $D_{s}$ with a new physics scenario, unparticle physics. The unparticle effects induce a constructive interference with the standard model contribution. The nontrivial phase in unparticle physics could produce direct CP violation which may distinguish it from other new physics scenarios.
description: 16 pages, 6 figures, be accepted by PRD
Managing educational sector via self-evaluation policy.  Haridussüsteemi juhtimine läbi sisehindamise
Creators: name: Ploom, Kristi
name: Irs, Reelika
Publisher: name: MATTIMAR OÜ
Year: 2013
Subjects: self-evaluation; performance appraisal; external evaluation; internal evaluation

description: Performance evaluation is not a new concept in private sector, while in public sector organisations it has been taken into use since the implementation of performance management. Evaluation is necessary to make the future-oriented management decisions based on the information available today, in order to achieve desired performance. The authors analysed self-evaluation reports prepared in Estonian general schools in 2008. Self-evaluation reports were analysed to see, if the relationships and roles, patterns of governance and accountability, flow of resources, the headmaster’s role, educational and other values in Estonian schools have hanged enough, to provide education service, which responds to the high expectations of contemporary society. Although the analyses of OECD surveys’ results show that the organising of the Estonian educational sector is a good example for many other countries, the actual situation in the schools is not as positive. There are high expectations put on schools by the policymakers’ level, but schools do not have enough ability to reach them. There is a lack of financial resources, knowledge and organisational willingness
description: Estonian Discussions on Economic Policy, Vol 18 (2010)
Vocational interest dissonance and need for prestige
Creators: name: Roberts, Hugh Myles
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: A principal purpose in vocational (i.e. educational and occupational) counselling is to guide counsellees directly or indirectly into jobs in which they will be relatively satisfied and successful. This thesis investigated the nature of one of the determinants of vocational adjustment, namely vocational interest. Vocational interests can be separated into two basic forms: (1) predicated or affirmed interests, and (2) inventoried or tested interests. In this thesis the relationship between predicated and inventoried interests was studied, not by comparing their powers to predict vocational satisfaction and success, but by examining personality factors apparently related to discrepancies between predicated and inventoried interests in individuals. The question considered was, what causes a person to be dissonant, to have a discrepancy, in his predicated and inventoried interests? Specifically, is prestige need positively related to such dissonance? Previous studies have shown that 'naivete and stereotypy', one's being naive about occupational activities and stereotyping occupational positions, and ‘social pressure' are associated with vocational interest dissonance. Prestige need, however, appears without empirical support as a correlate of discrepancy between predicated and inventoried interests. The present study sought to provide such support. A Job Choice Inventory was constructed for measuring prestige need. Form D of the WIPCO Vocational Interest Profile was used for measuring inventoried interest, and an Occupational Preferences Blank was constructed for measuring predicated interest. The discrepancy between these interests was used as a measure of vocational interest dissonance. Although not statistically significant, vocational interest dissonance showed some curvi-linear relationship to prestige need. That is, interest dissonance increased somewhat towards the high and the low extremities of prestige need. Sex evidently did not differentiate this relationship.
The lighthouse in Estonia: the provision mechanism of “public goods”. Tuletornid Eestis: „avalike kaupade“ pakkumise mehhanism
Creators: name: Põder, Kaire
Publisher: name: MATTIMAR OÜ
Year: 2013
Subjects: public goods; analytic narrative; history of public economics

description: The purpose of this paper is to discuss the incentive structure or the mechanism that defines the private and public provision of public goods. Analytic narratives are used based on historical studies of the provision of lighthouse services in Estonia. The latter allows a theoretical discussion over the boundaries of private initiatives in public good provision and also allows a dialogue with Coasean principles. Findings show that there is no clear-cut division between private and public provision, rather throughout history there have been some combinations of private and public provision. Private agents are only able to provide lighthouses with the aid of supportive institutions – rewards for lighthouse owners and credible threat of punishments to the ship owners. Rewards must be at least as big as costs of exclusion, e.g. central collection of light dues; punishment of the ships that shrink in payment; provision of information about light dues and technical matters.
description: Estonian Discussions on Economic Policy, Vol 18 (2010)
Relating chronology protection and unitarity through holography
Creators: name: Raeymaekers, Joris
name: Bleeken, Dieter Van den
name: Vercnocke, Bert
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We give a simple nonsupersymmetric example in which chronology protection follows from unitarity and the AdS/CFT correspondence. We consider a ball of homogeneous, rotating dust in global AdS3 whose backreaction produces a region of Goedel space inside the ball. We solve the Israel matching conditions to find the geometry outside of the dust ball and compute its quantum numbers in the dual CFT. When the radius of the dust ball exceeds a certain critical value, the spacetime will contain closed timelike curves. Our main observation is that precisely when this critical radius is exceeded, a unitarity bound in the dual CFT is violated, leading to a holographic argument for chronology protection.
description: 4 pages, 1 figure
Additional file 1 of Genomic variation in the American pika: signatures of geographic isolation and implications for conservation
Creators: name: Klingler, Kelly B.
name: Jahner, Joshua P.
name: Parchman, Thomas L.
name: Ray, Chris
name: Peacock, Mary M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Five replicate entropy (Gompert et al. 2014) chains were run for k = 2–11 for the full dataset of all pika populations. Table S2. Five replicate entropy (Gompert et al. 2014) chains were run for k = 2–8 for the Nevada subset of pika populations. Table S3. The loadings of bioclimatic variables onto the first two PCs for all 11 populations. Table S4. The loadings of bioclimatic variables onto the first two PCs for the six Nevadan populations. Table S5. Sample sizes (N) and estimates of genetic diversity for each population.
Stellar-mass Black Hole Spin Constraints from Disk Reflection and Continuum Modeling
Creators: name: Miller, J. M.
name: Reynolds, C. S.
name: Fabian, A. C.
name: Miniutti, G.
name: Gallo, L. C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Accretion disk reflection spectra, including broad iron emission lines, bear the imprints of the strong Doppler shifts and gravitational red-shifts close to black holes. The extremity of these shifts depends on the proximity of the innermost stable circular orbit to the black hole, and that orbit is determined by the black hole spin parameter. Modeling relativistic spectral features, then, gives a means of estimating black hole spin. We report on the results of fits made to archival X-ray spectra of stellar-mass black holes and black hole candidates, selected for strong disk reflection features. Following recent work, these spectra were fit with reflection models and disk continuum emission models (where required) in which black hole spin is a free parameter. Although our results must be regarded as preliminary, we find evidence for a broad range of black hole spin parameters in our sample. The black holes with the most relativistic radio jets are found to have high spin parameters, though jets are observed in a black hole with a low spin parameter. For those sources with constrained binary system parameters, we examine the distribution of spin parameters versus black hole mass, binary mass ratio, and orbital period. We discuss the results within the context of black hole creation events, relativistic jet production, and efforts to probe the innermost relativistic regime around black holes.
description: Accepted for publication in ApJ
Proton Decay: Improving the sensitivity through nuclear dynamics?
Creators: name: Alvioli, M.
name: Benhar, O.
name: Ericson, M.
name: Strikman, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The kinematics of the decay of a bound proton is governed by the proton spectral function. We evaluate this quantity in 16O using the information from nuclear physics experiments. It also includes a correlated part. The reliability of this evaluation is sufficient to open the possibility of correlated cuts in the missing mass and momentum variables in order to identify the decay events from the bound protons with a possible increase of the signal to noise ratio.
description: 6 pages, 6 figures. CERN preprint: CERN-PH-TH/2010-036. To appear in Phys Rev C
New Government in New Caledonia - The May 2009 Elections in a French Pacific Territory
Creators: name: Maclellan, Nic
Publisher: name: Canberra, ACT: State, Society and Governance in Melanesia (SSGM), Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University
Year: 2009

description: This briefing note starts by outlining New Caledonia's parliamentary and electoral system. It then analyses the results of the 2009 elections for both proand anti-independence parties and details the postelection formation of the government. It also notes key issues arising from the campaign that have relevance for neighbouring Pacific states.
Analysis of the Schmidt, Cohen & Margon (1980) features in the Red Rectangle nebula
Creators: name: Zagury, Frederic
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics (physics.ao-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This study investigates the relationship between atmospheric extinction and the spectrum of the Red Rectangle nebula on scales of a few to a few tens of Ang. It is found that the fine structure of the nebula's continuum short-ward of 6700A is similar to background spectra, and is thus determined either by atmospheric absorption or by light from HD44179 scattered in the earth atmosphere.
description: 16 figures, submitted December 22, 2008 to the Open Astronomy Journal, accepted 02/27/09. Paper previously refused by Astrophysics and Space Science
Taxes, Estonian state budget and economic crises.  Maksud, riigi eelarve ja majanduskriis
Creators: name: Raju, Olev
Publisher: name: MATTIMAR OÜ
Year: 2013
Subjects: taxation; tax burden; Estonian state budget; Ramsey taxes; indirect tax optimum

description: Recession has sharply erected the question of tax burden and the optimal proportion of different kinds of taxes among the incomes of the budget. Indirect taxes and consumption taxes, which proportion is different according to different methodologies, dominate in Estonian state budget. The buoyancy of a tax system based on taxes of that kind is especially weak during the recession. Difficulties concerning the incomes of budget have arisen the necessity for lifting taxes, which is possible as the tax burden is low now. But a sharp question of the optimal level of taxes is going to be raised. A formula for indirect tax optimum according to Ramsey taxes and Slutski decomposition has been proposed in the article.
description: Estonian Discussions on Economic Policy, Vol 18 (2010)
Accretion Properties of A Sample of Hard X-ray (<60keV) Selected Seyfert 1 Galaxies
Creators: name: Wang, J.
name: Mao, Y. F.
name: Wei, J. Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We examine the accretion properties in a sample of 42 hard (3-60keV) X-ray selected nearby broad-line AGNs. The energy range in the sample is harder than that usually used in the similar previous studies. These AGNs are mainly complied from the RXTE All Sky Survey (XSS), and complemented by the released INTEGRAL AGN catalog. The black hole masses, bolometric luminosities of AGN, and Eddington ratios are derived from their optical spectra in terms of the broad H$β$ emission line. The tight correlation between the hard X-ray (3-20keV) and bolometric/line luminosity is well identified in our sample. Also identified is a strong inverse Baldwin relationship of the H$β$ emission line. In addition, all these hard X-ray AGNs are biased toward luminous objects with high Eddington ratio (mostly between 0.01 to 0.1) and low column density ($<10^{22} \mathrm{cm^{-2}}$), which is most likely due to the selection effect of the surveys. The hard X-ray luminosity is consequently found to be strongly correlated with the black hole mass. We believe the sample completeness will be improved in the next few years by the ongoing Swift and INTEGRAL missions, and by the next advanced missions, such as NuSTAR, Simbol-X, and NeXT. Finally, the correlation between RFe (=optical FeII/H$β$) and disk temperature as assessed by $T\propto (L/L_{\mathrm{Edd}})M_{\mathrm{BH}}^{-1}$ leads us to suggest that the strength of the FeII emission is mainly determined by the shape of the ionizing spectrum.
description: 28 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables, accepted by AJ
Wege aus der Wirtschaftskrise und Möglichkeiten zur Wiederherstellung der Wirtschaftlichen Stabilität in Estland.  Võimalused ja suunad majanduskriisist väljumiseks ning edasise stabiilsuse saavutamiseks Eestis
Creators: name: Raudjärv, Matti
Publisher: name: MATTIMAR OÜ
Year: 2013
Subjects: global economic crisis; impacts of the crisis on Estonia; dynamics of major economic indicators; measures for exiting the crisis and for economic stabilisation; need for reforms; regional balance and administrative-territorial reform

description: The paper gives a concise evaluation of the impacts of the global economic crisis on the Estonian economy in 2009-2010. The main activities performed in the Estonian economy for the alleviation of the crisis have been pointed out. The state budget and its cuts are dwelt upon. Changes in the Estonian economy within the last few years are presented with the related brief assessments. The measures officially planned by government agencies for the current and further stabilisation of the Estonian economy are described. The main activities that should be performed in Estonia in the opinion of the author for the alleviation of and exiting the crisis are pointed out. As overcoming the economic crisis and achievement of subsequent stable development assumes also carrying out several reforms, the paper also briefly dwells on the problems related to the achievement of regional balance and the administrative-territorial reform
description: Estonian Discussions on Economic Policy, Vol 18 (2010)
The problems and development potential of revenue autonomy in Estonian municipalities. Kohalike omavalitsuste tuluautonoomia probleemid ja arenguvõimalused Eestis
Creators: name: Reiljan, Janno
name: Timpmann, Kadi
Publisher: name: MATTIMAR OÜ
Year: 2013
Subjects: public finance; local government; revenue autonomy; Estonia

description: In a regionally heterogeneous country like Estonia, it is a difficult task to create a local government revenue structure that guarantees even supply of public services across the entire country and, at the same time, revenue autonomy for the municipalities. In the theoretical part of the current article the suitability of different sources of own revenues are analysed in the context of Estonian municipalities. The empirical part of the article compares the financing principles of Estonian municipalities with other EU countries. Finally, the proportions of different own sources of revenues in the budgets of Estonian local governments are examined and suggestions are made for changing the current system
description: Estonian Discussions on Economic Policy, Vol 18 (2010)
The demand-side innovation policies in the context of small EU member country.  Nõudluspoolsed innovatsioonipoliitikad Euroopa Liidu väikese liikmesriigi kontekstis
Creators: name: Roolaht, Tõnu
Publisher: name: MATTIMAR OÜ
Year: 2013
Subjects: demand-side innovation policy; small country context; EU

description: Demand-side innovation policies, in the form of regulations, public procurement, subsidies for private demand, and other measures, are often viewed as valuable additions to more traditional supply-side policies. The demand-side innovation policies should enable to facilitate the emergence of vital and sustainable links between innovation outputs and various markets. However, without sufficient institutional framework and policy experiences such measures could also contribute to new market distortions or crowding-out effects, which do not facilitate sustainable growth in innovations. The charting of possible risks of such policies should help to outline the criteria for aiming at sustainable effects. The purpose of this contribution is to offer suggestions about preconditions and policy characteristics, which should help to avoid the misuse of demand-side measures and facilitate the sustainability of desired changes in society. It is predominantly conceptual contribution but draws also extensively on case evidence about the effects of relevant policies and their discontinuation
description: Estonian Discussions on Economic Policy, Vol 18 (2010)