cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The importance of network goals for strategic chain management
Creators: name: Gagalyuk, Taras
name: Hanf, Jon Henrich
name: Gagalyuk, Taras
name: Hanf, Jon Henrich
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Supply chain networks
subject: focal company
subject: network goals

description: Nowadays food products are increasingly produced in supply chain networks that involve numerous firms. Due to their pyramidal-hierarchical structure, such networks possess a focal company that coordinates the network. The managerial task of the focal company is to work out collective strategy that addresses cooperation and coordination problems at the firm, dyadic and network levels. These strategies must take into account that at each level specific goals must be achieved. Though the focal company is a strategy setting unit that sets network goals, other network actors may perceive these goals as firm-level goals of the focal company. Therefore, conflicts may occur in supply chain networks.
Additional file 8 of Fibroblast growth factor (FGF), FGF receptor (FGFR), and cyclin D1 (CCND1) DNA methylation in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas is associated with transcriptional activity, gene amplification, human papillomavirus (HPV) status, and sensitivity to tyrosine kinase inhibitors
Creators: name: Bao, Yilin
name: Gabrielpillai, Jennis
name: Dietrich, Jörn
name: Zarbl, Romina
name: Strieth, Sebastian
name: Schröck, Friederike
name: Dietrich, Dimo
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 8: Fig. S6. This figure illustrates correlation and association of FGF7 DNA methylation with mRNA expression, HPV status, copy number variation, and sensitivity to the FGFR-targeted TKIs PD 173074 and AZD4547. Exemplarily, results of three selected CpG sites within FGF7 are illustrated.
Mechanical orientation of fine magnetic particles in powders by an external magnetic field: simulation-based optimization
Creators: name: Erokhin, Sergey
name: Berkov, Dmitry
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a numerical algorithm for predicting the optimal conditions for the effective alignment of magnetic particles in dense powders during the compactization process using an externally applied field. This task is especially important for the permanent magnets development due to the fact that alignment of anisotropy axes of nanocomposite grains increases both remanence and coercivity of magnetic materials. In contrast to previously known methods where magnetic moment of each particle was assumed to be 'fixed' with respect to the particle itself, our approach takes into account the (field-dependent) deviation of this moment from the particle anisotropy axis that occurs even for magnetically 'hard' particles possessing a strong mechanical contact. We show, that this deviation leads to the existence of the optimal value of the applied field for which the particle orientation (or alignment) time is minimal. The influence of the external pressure and internal mechanical friction on the details of the compactization/orientation process is also studied.
Tyciak, Julius: Das Herrenmysterium im byzantinischen Kirchenjahr
Creators: name: Schulz, Hans-Joachim
Publisher: name: Oriens christianus : Hefte für die Kunde des christlichen Orients
Year: 2024

description: Oriens christianus : Hefte für die Kunde des christlichen Orients, Bd. 47 (1963): Oriens christianus, Band 47
Probing Electroweak Top Quark Couplings at Hadron Colliders
Creators: name: Baur, U.
name: Juste, A.
name: Orr, L. H.
name: Rainwater, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider QCD t\bar{t}γand t\bar{t}Z production at hadron colliders as a tool to measure the ttγand ttZ couplings. At the Tevatron it may be possible to perform a first, albeit not very precise, test of the ttγvector and axial vector couplings in t\bar{t}γproduction, provided that more than 5 fb^{-1} of integrated luminosity are accumulated. The t\bar{t}Z cross section at the Tevatron is too small to be observable. At the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) it will be possible to probe the ttγcouplings at the few percent level, which approaches the precision which one hopes to achieve with a next-generation e^+e^- linear collider. The LHC's capability of associated QCD t\bar{t}V (V=γ, Z) production has the added advantage that the ttγand ttZ couplings are not entangled. For an integrated luminosity of 300 fb^{-1}, the ttZ vector (axial vector) coupling can be determined with an uncertainty of 45-85% (15-20%), whereas the dimension-five dipole form factors can be measured with a precision of 50-55%. The achievable limits improve typically by a factor of 2-3 for the luminosity-upgraded (3 ab^{-1}) LHC.
description: Revtex3, 30 pages, 9 Figures, 6 Tables
Model Independent Constraints on Non-electronic Flavors in the Solar Boron Neutrino Flux
Creators: name: Dev, S.
name: Kumar, Sanjeev
name: Verma, Surender
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We perform the most general model independent analysis of the latest 391-Day Salt Phase SNO Data Set incorporating the Super-Kamiokande ES flux measurement and obtain bounds on the antineutrino and sterile neutrino flux in the solar $^{8}$B neutrino flux reaching the detectors on the earth. The muon/ tauon antineutrino flux is found to be disallowed at 1.4$σ$ C.L. The sterile flux is found to be non-zero at about 1.26 standard deviations.
description: 8 pages and no figure
The effect of cage positioning on lumbrosacral vertebral endplate failure in compression
Creators: name: Labrom, Robert David
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Anterior column cage or graft subsidence remains a biomechanically and clinically serious problem that affects the performance and patient outcome of any spinal arthrodesis surgery. To assess the best position to place an interbody fusion cage, a posterior interbody fusion construct was simulated. Specifically, the hypothesis to be tested was that two smaller, posterolaterally positioned interbody cages would provide superior construct stiffness and strength in compression. Nine human cadaver spine specimens from L3-S1 were dissected and continuously posteriorly instrumented with pedicle screws and rods. This continuously instrumented construct was then potted in dental cement and plaster of Paris in such a way as to enable sequential individual axial compression testing of each functional spinal unit (FSU) from L3/4 to L5/S1. All specimens were x-rayed, and scanned with DEXA for bone mineral density pre-testing. Stiffness properties of the FSU's with intact disc and without disc were tested. Three patterns of titanium mesh cages were then used to test stiffness and gross failure under compression: one large central, two small central, or two small posterolaterally positioned cages. After digitizing points on the cage and vertebral bodies pre-test, anoptoelectronic camera system was used to track motion of the cage and vertebrae. The compressive stiffness of the construct at all spinal levels was significantly higher with the intact disc compared to without the disc, and with any of the three cage patterns, and these differences were significant. Mean failure loads for the three cage positions ranged between 2000 N and 2500 N and were not significantly different, though tended to be higher for the 2 posterolateral cage position. Mean bone mineral density values for both superior and inferior vertebrae of the FSU tested, were significantly correlated with failure load values, yet did not appear predictive of cage subsidence direction. Motion analysis of the cage- either single or double combinations, revealed no trend for either superior or inferior subsidence into the endplates. Mode of endplate failure appears to involve a mass shear displacement of the underlying trabecular bone, with condensation of the trabecular architecture in the immediate sub-endplate region. Results of this study have supported the biomechanical validity of PLIF and TLIF type surgeries, with the preferred placement of two smaller posterolaterally positioned mesh cages (Harms et al, 1997).
Additional file 4 of Linc00473 potentiates cholangiocarcinoma progression by modulation of DDX5 expression via miR-506 regulation
Creators: name: Huang, Lining
name: Xingming Jiang
name: Zhenglong Li
name: Jinglin Li
name: Lin, Xuan
name: Zengtao Hu
name: Yunfu Cui
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 4: Fig. S3. The DDX5 expression levels in CCLP1 and HCCC-9810 co-transfected si-linc00473 with miR-506 inhibitor were analyzed by Western blot assay.
GRMHD large eddy simulations with gradient subgrid-scale model
Creators: name: Viganò, Daniele
name: Aguilera-Miret, Ricard
name: Carrasco, Federico
name: Miñano, Borja
name: Palenzuela, Carlos
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The detection of binary neutron star mergers represents one of the most important astrophysical discoveries of the recent years. Due to the extreme matter and gravity conditions and the rich dynamics developed, it becomes a tremendous challenge to accurately simulate numerically all the scales present during the collision. Here we present how to study such systems by using large eddy simulations with a self-consistent subgrid-scale gradient model, that we generalized to the special relativistic case in a previous work and now extend to the general relativistic case. Adapted from nonrelativistic scenarios, the so-called gradient model allows to capture part of the effects of the hidden dynamics on the resolved scales, by means of a physically-agnostic, mathematically-based Taylor expansion of the nonlinear terms in the conservative evolution equations' fluxes. We assess the validity of this approach in bounding-box simulations of the magnetic Kelvin-Helmholtz instability. Several resolutions and a broad range of scenarios are considered in order to carefully test the performance of the model under three crucial aspects: (i) highly curved backgrounds, (ii) jumps on the fluid density profiles and (iii) strong shocks. The results suggest our extension of the gradient subgrid-scale model to general relativistic magnetohydrodynamics is a promising approach for studying binary neutron stars mergers, and potentially to other relevant astrophysical scenarios.
description: 15 pages, 7 figures Submitted to PRD
Additional file 9 of Fibroblast growth factor (FGF), FGF receptor (FGFR), and cyclin D1 (CCND1) DNA methylation in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas is associated with transcriptional activity, gene amplification, human papillomavirus (HPV) status, and sensitivity to tyrosine kinase inhibitors
Creators: name: Bao, Yilin
name: Gabrielpillai, Jennis
name: Dietrich, Jörn
name: Zarbl, Romina
name: Strieth, Sebastian
name: Schröck, Friederike
name: Dietrich, Dimo
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 9: Fig. S7. This figure illustrates correlation and association of FGF8 DNA methylation with mRNA expression, HPV status, and copy number variation, sensitivity to the FGFR-targeted TKIs PD 173074 and AZD4547. Exemplarily, results of four selected CpG sites within FGF8 are illustrated.
O TURISMO RURAL E AS ORGANIZAÇÕES SOCIAIS LOCAIS NO DISTRITO DE SÃO PEDRO, BENTO GONÇALVES – RS
Creators: name: Silva, Maurem Fronza Da
name: Almeida, Joaquim Anecio
name: Souza, Marcelino De
name: Silva, Maurem Fronza Da
name: Almeida, Joaquim Anecio
name: Souza, Marcelino De
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: rural tourism
subject: social organizations
subject: family.

description: Conceived as an income generation alternative for rural inhabitants, tourism has an admitted economic genesis. However, the motivation of each family gradually neighbors the community as the activity outflows the boundaries of the property. The associative forms are an attempt to equalize diverging interests and to attempt to work for the collective welfare. In the district of São Pedro, Bento Gonçalves – RS, previous experiences of union among families work as a basis for the “Caminhos de Pedra” (Stone Paths) association, which is meant to be an entity that prepares the farmers for their new role as tourism entrepreneurs.
Soft gamma-ray background and light Dark Matter annihilation
Creators: name: Rasera, Yann
name: Teyssier, Romain
name: Sizun, Patrick
name: Casse, Michel
name: Fayet, Pierre
name: Cordier, Bertrand
name: Paul, Jacques
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The bulk of the extragalactic background between 10 keV and 10 GeV is likely to be explained by the emission of Seyfert galaxies, type Ia supernovae, and blazars. However, as revealed by the INTEGRAL satellite, the bulge of our galaxy is an intense source of a 511 keV gamma-ray line, indicating the production of a large number of positrons that annihilate. The origin of the latter is debated, and they could be produced, in particular, by the (S- or P-wave) annihilation of light Dark Matter particles into e+e-. In any case, the cumulated effect of similar sources at all redshifts could lead to a new background of hard X-ray and soft gamma-ray photons. On the basis of the hierarchical model of galaxy formation, we compute analytically the SNIa contribution to the background, and add it to Seyfert and blazars emission models. We find that any extra contribution to this unresolved background at 511 keV should be lower than about 4 keV/cm^2/s/sr. We also estimate analytically the extragalactic background due to Dark Matter annihilation, increasing the accuracy of the earlier computations. Indeed, we take into account the large positron escape fraction from low mass dark matter halos, unable to confine a dense and magnetized interstellar medium. Our new background estimate turns out to be one order of magnitude lower, so that the hypothesis of a light Dark Matter candidate remains compatible with the observed extragalactic background for a wider range of particle masses and cross-sections.
description: 10 pages, 8 figures, 1 table, accepted for publication in Physical Review D, improved with 4 new figures, 1 new table and 1 new part
title: The Global Financial Cycle, Monetary Policies and Macroprudential Regulations in Small, Open Economies
Creators: name: Bauer, Gregory
name: Pasricha, Gurnain
name: Sekkel, Rodrigo
name: Terajima, Yaz
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2016

description: This paper analyzes the implications of the global financial cycle for conventional and unconventional monetary policies and macroprudential policy in small, open economies such as Canada. The paper starts by summarizing recent work on financial cycles and their growing correlation across borders. The resulting global financial cycle may be followed by a financial crisis that is quite costly. The cycle causes time variation in global risk premia in fixed income, equity and foreign exchange markets. In turn, time-varying global risk premia affect the transmission mechanisms of both conventional and unconventional monetary policies in small, open economies. While there are large costs associated with financial crises, the paper summarizes new work showing that the central banks’ leaning against the effects of the global financial cycle would typically be too costly. The paper concludes with some suggestions for the formation of macroprudential policies that are designed to offset the financial imbalances that grow during the boom phase of the cycle.
description: Dans cet article, les auteurs analysent les implications du cycle financier mondial pour les politiques monétaires traditionnelles et non traditionnelles ainsi que pour la politique macroprudentielle de petites économies ouvertes comme celle du Canada. Ils résument d’abord de récents travaux portant sur les cycles financiers et leur corrélation croissante entre les différents pays, qui peut mener à un cycle financier mondial. Toutefois, à la fin d’un tel cycle, une crise financière assez coûteuse risque de survenir. Le cycle induit des variations dans le temps des primes de risque à l’échelle mondiale sur les marchés des titres à revenu fixe, les marchés boursiers et les marchés des changes. Ces primes ont une incidence sur les mécanismes de transmission des politiques monétaires traditionnelles et non traditionnelles dans les petites économies ouvertes. Une synthèse d’études récentes montre que, malgré les coûts considérables associés aux crises financières, il serait généralement trop onéreux pour les banques centrales de contrer les effets du cycle financier mondial. Les auteurs concluent en offrant quelques suggestions concernant la formulation de politiques macroprudentielles permettant de réduire les déséquilibres financiers qui s’amplifient durant la phase ascendante du cycle.
A deep survey of brown dwarfs in Orion with Gemini
Creators: name: Lucas, P. W.
name: Roche, P. F.
name: Tamura, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the results of a deep near infrared (JHK) survey of the outer parts of the Trapezium Cluster with Gemini South/Flamingos. 396 sources were detected in a 26 arcmin^2 area, including 138 brown dwarf candidates, defined as M<0.075 Msun for an assumed age of 1 Myr. Only 33 of the brown dwarf candidates are planetary mass candidates (PMCs) with estimated masses in the range 0.003150 AU) binary companions. This result has modest statistical significance (96%) in our data but is supported at 93% confidence by analysis of an completely independent sample taken from the Subaru data of Kaifu et al.(2000). There is a statistically very significant excess of both stars and brown dwarfs with small separations from each other (<6 arcsec or 2600 AU). This appears to be due to the presence of small N subgroups, which are likely to be dynamically unstable in the long term. Hence these results are consistent with the 'ejected stellar embryo' hypothesis for brown dwarf formation (Reipurth & Clarke 2001). We also report the discovery of two new bipolar nebulae, which are interpreted as Class I protostars.
description: Accepted by MNRAS. WCS calibrated data to assist follow up observations will be available on the specified web page shortly
Additional file 1 of Characterization of a multicenter pediatric-hydrocephalus shunt biobank
Creators: name: Gluski, Jacob
name: Zajciw, Paul
name: Hariharan, Prashant
name: Morgan, Amanda
name: Morales, Diego M.
name: Jea, Andrew
name: Whitehead, William
name: Marupudi, Neena
name: Ham, Steven
name: Sood, Sandeep
name: McAllister, James P.
name: Limbrick, David D.
name: Harris, Carolyn A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Variables collected from electronic medical record.
OS ALIMENTOS TRANSGÊNICOS NA AGRICULTURA BRASILEIRA: EVOLUÇÃO E PERSPECTIVAS
Creators: name: Almeida, Gustavo Calixto Scoralick De
name: Lamounier, Wagner Moura
name: Almeida, Gustavo Calixto Scoralick De
name: Lamounier, Wagner Moura
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: transgenic food
subject: agricultural productivity
subject: agricultural

description: The transgenic is a genetically modified organism or culture (OGM) that contains a gene that was artificially inserted, instead of having acquired naturally for pollination as they are for the conventional cultures. The “new agriculture “ based on this kind of products, points to a smaller degradation of the soils and of the environment, with reduction of the production costs and of the final prices for the consumer. Though your effects about the human health are still ignored and for that same reason, several restrictions to that type of food have been imposed. In that sense, this work sought to enlarge the discussion on that product type, discussing the possible environmental, economical and biological impacts of the transgenic use. The work is concluded discussing that this technology, with your potential of creating varieties of commercial cultures economically important, it is simply very valuable to be ignored. There is, however some concerns and valid subjects. For those subjects to be resolved with clarity, the decisions and analyses should be based in information with deep scientific rigor.
Going micro: Analysing SAM multipliers for the dairy chain on Reunion Island
Creators: name: D'Haese, Marijke F.C.
name: Lecomte, Philippe
name: Alary, Veronique
name: D'Haese, Luc
name: Schipper, Robert A.
name: D'Haese, Marijke F.C.
name: Lecomte, Philippe
name: Alary, Veronique
name: D'Haese, Luc
name: Schipper, Robert A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Dairy
subject: SAM
subject: La Reunion

description: This poster presents a study on the multiplier effects in the dairy chain on Reunion Island. This Indian Ocean island is one of the French overseas departments. However, it struggles with similar problems as the developing areas in its neighbourhood, high levels of unemployment especially being a major concern. The agricultural sector justifies the state support it receives by stressing its role in the creation of employment and economic activity. Our focus is on the dairy sector of the Island, which is relatively recent and highly organized. Local milk production has increased over the years and our aim is to calculate the economywide impact of this trend. We use a social accounting matrix with disaggregated accounts for the dairy sector to calculate the impact of changes in this sector.
Independent publishers and social networks in the 21st century: the balance of power in the transatlantic Spanish-language book market
Creators: name: Gallego-Cuiñas, Ana
name: Romero-Frías, Esteban
name: Arroyo-Machado, Wenceslao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: Digital Libraries (cs.DL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The present paper uses Twitter to analyze the current state of the worldwide, Spanish-language, independent publishing market. The main purposes are to determine whether certain Latin American Spanish-language independent publishers function as gatekeepers of World Literature and to analyze the geopolitical structure of this global market, addressing both the Europe-America dialectic and neocolonial practices. After selecting the sample of publishers, we conducted a search for their Twitter profiles and located 131; we then downloaded data from the corresponding Twitter APIs. Finally, we applied social network analysis to study the presence of and interaction between our sample of independent publishers on this social media. Our results provide data-based evidence supporting the hypothesis of some literary critics who suggest that in Latin America, certain publishers act as gatekeepers to the mainstream book market. Therefore, Twitter could be considered a valid source of information to address the independent book market in Spanish. By extension, this approach could be applied to other cultural industries in which small and medium-sized agents develop a digital presence in social media. This paper combines social network analysis and literary criticism to provide new evidence about the Spanish-language book market. It helps validate the aforementioned hypothesis, proposed by literary critics, and opens up new paths along which to pursue an interpretative, comparative analysis.
Additional file 1 of A cultural and gender-based approach to understanding patient adjustment to chronic heart failure
Creators: name: Surikova, Jelena
name: Payne, Ada
name: Karen-Lee Miller
name: Ravaei, Arian
name: Nolan, Robert P.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1.
On the Gravitational Collapse of a Gas Cloud in Presence of Bulk Viscosity
Creators: name: Carlevaro, Nakia
name: Montani, Giovanni
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze the effects induced by the bulk viscosity on the dynamics associated to the extreme gravitational collapse. Aim of the work is to investigate whether the presence of viscous corrections to the evolution of a collapsing gas cloud influence the fragmentation process. To this end we study the dynamics of a uniform and spherically symmetric cloud with corrections due to the negative pressure contribution associated to the bulk viscosity phenomenology. Within the framework of a Newtonian approach (whose range of validity is outlined), we extend to the viscous case either the Lagrangian, either the Eulerian motion of the system and we treat the asymptotic evolution in correspondence to a viscosity coefficient of the form $ζ=ζ_0 ρ^{nu}$ ($ρ$ being the cloud density and $ζ_0=const.$). We show how, in the adiabatic-like behavior of the gas (i.e. when the politropic index takes values $4/3
description: 13 pages, no figure
Genetic Engineering in Aquaculture: Progress, Challenges, and Prospects for Enhancing Productivity and Sustainability in the Fisheries Industry
Creators: name: Dhruti P. Kotadiya1*, Dr. Ritesh V. Borichangar1, Jeet N. Parmar1, Reena P. Halpati2 and Jay B. Patel3
Publisher: name: The Science world a Monthly e magazine
Year: 2024

description: Insufficient aquaculture technologies and low-productivity species fail to meet the global demand for fish. Biotechnology offers a solution by enhancing productivity through genetic engineering. Present article explores the application of genetic engineering in both food and ornamental fishes, detailing various genetic engineering methods. Despite its potential, the adoption of genetic technologies in aquaculture has been gradual. Only a selected few aquacultures organism have been genetically engineered, demonstrating superior performance in captivity. This paper aims to review the current status of genetic engineering in the fisheries industry, providing insights into progress, challenges, and prospects for integrating genetic technologies to enhance productivity and sustainability.
title: The Impact of Macroprudential Housing Finance Tools in Canada: 2005–10
Creators: name: Allen, Jason
name: Grieder, Timothy
name: Peterson, Brian
name: Roberts, Tom
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2016

description: This paper combines loan-level administrative data with household-level survey data to analyze the impact of recent macroprudential policy changes in Canada using a microsimulation model of mortgage demand of first-time homebuyers. Policies targeting the loan-to-value ratio are found to have a larger impact than policies targeting the debt-service ratio, such as amortization. This is because there are more wealth-constrained borrowers than income-constrained borrowers entering the housing market.
description: Dans la présente étude, nous combinons des données administratives sur les prêts et les données d’une enquête réalisée auprès des ménages afin d’analyser l’incidence des modifications apportées récemment aux politiques macroprudentielles au Canada. Nous utilisons pour ce faire un modèle de microsimulation de la demande de prêts hypothécaires des accédants à la propriété. Nous constatons que les politiques qui visent le rapport prêt-valeur ont un effet plus marqué que celles visant le ratio du service de la dette, comme les politiques relatives à l’amortissement. Ce résultat s’explique par le fait que, chez les accédants à la propriété, les emprunteurs soumis à des contraintes de richesse sont plus nombreux que ceux qui subissent des contraintes liées au revenu.
Lepton flavour violation from an anomaly-free leptophilic axion-like particle
Creators: name: Han, C.
name: López-Ibáñez, M. L.
name: Melis, A.
name: Vives, O.
name: Yang, J. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Motivated by the recent Xenon1T result, we study a leptophilic flavour-dependent anomaly-free axion-like particle (ALP) and its effects on charged-lepton flavour violation (CLFV). We present two representative models. The first one considers that the ALP origins from the flavon that generates the charged-lepton masses. The second model assumes a larger flavour symmetry such that more general mixings in the charged-lepton are possible, while maintaining flavour-dependent ALP couplings. We find that a keV ALP explaining the Xenon1T result is still viable for lepton flavour violation and stellar cooling astrophysical limits. On the other hand, if the Xenon1T result is confirmed, future CLFV measurements can be complementary to probe such a possibility.
description: References added, improvements in model II and other small changes. Results unchanged
On the origin of the deflection of light
Creators: name: Giné, Jaume
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: General Physics (physics.gen-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Action at distance in Newtonian physics is replaced by finite propagation speeds in classical post--Newtonian physics. As a result, the differential equations of motion in Newtonian physics are replaced by functional differential equations, where the delay associated with the finite propagation speed is taken into account. Newtonian equations of motion, with post--Newtonian corrections, are often used to approximate the functional differential equations. In ``On the origin of quantum mechanics'', preprint, physics/0505181, May 2005, a simple atomic model based on a functional differential equation which reproduces the quantized Bohr atomic model was presented. The unique assumption was that the electrodynamic interaction has a finite propagation speed. In ``On the origin of the gravitational quantization: The Titius--Bode Law'', preprint, physics/0507072, Jul 2005, a simple gravitational model based on a functional differential equation which gives a gravitational quantification and an explanation of the modified Titius--Bode law is described. In ``On the origin of the anomalous precession of Mercury's perihelion'', preprint, physics/0510086, Oct 2005, an explanation of the anomalous precession of Mercury's perihelion is given in terms of a simple retarded potential, which, at first order, coincides with Gerber's potential of 1898, and which agrees with the author's previous works. In this paper, it is shown how the simple retarded potential presented in physics/0510086 also gives the correct value of the gravitational deflection of fast particles of General Relativity.
description: 10 pages, 2 figures
How complicated actually is genus Ornithogalum?
Creators: name: Rat Milica
name: Andrić Andrijana
name: Bogdanović Sandro
name: Radak Boris
name: Barina Zoltán
name: Bokić Bojana
name: Anačkov Goran
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Ornithogalum
Hyacinthaceae
Ornithogaloideae
identification key

description: In most of the studies, genus Ornithogalum is characterized as „complicated“, and species are defined as conspecific. This common in large sections such are sect. Heliocharmos, Albuca, Dipcadi, which have more than 30 species within them. The issue is evident if different identification keys are compared. Even species that have specific characteristics, i.e. O. oligophyllum, O. refractum, can easily be misidentified. In the same time, some investigations simplify genus diversity, aiming to describe most of infrageneric taxa as monophyletic. In that sense, from Ornithogalum sensu lato, 19 genera are recognized as monophyletic groups, with claim that they are easily recognized at morphological level as well. Other studies suggest that caryotype evolution went beyond phenotypic evolution. This is one of the explanations why caryotype diversity is above species diversity. All these „complications” and inconsistencies in Ornithogalum taxonomy caused the need to change the problem focus. Ornithogalum s.l. is distinguished with simple morphology. In general, genus and it representatives can be described with few informative characteristics. Problem arises after 19th and 20th century, when more than 150 species were described only in sect. Heliocharmos. Based on that, in this study we try to find out which morphological characteristics are taxonomically important, and can be interpreted efficiently in identification key. We focused on sect. Heliocharmos, distributed in Mediterranean region, and far on the east, north and west of Asia and Europe. Material used for analysis is from Balkan Peninsula, Pannonia plain and neighboring regions. Overall, 26 species, 72 quantitative and 18 qualitative morphological and micromorphological characteristics are analyzed on fresh and pressed herbarium material. For analyses were used Multiple Correspondence Analysis, Principal Component Analysis, and Discriminant Function Analysis, all performed in Statistica ver. 13.3. Taxonomically important characters for morphological recognitions of sect. Heliocharmos and its species are presented, followed by combinations of characters that are useful for description of series or aggregates. In addition, characters that are too variable for quality interpretation, or cannot be recognized in dry specimens and in every phenophase are highlighted, as insufficiently descriptive. At the end, general identification key for sect. Heliocharmos is presented.
The Centers of Early-Type Galaxies with HST. V. New WFPC2 Photometry
Creators: name: Lauer, Tod R.
name: Faber, S. M.
name: Gebhardt, Karl
name: Richstone, Douglas
name: Tremaine, Scott
name: Ajhar, Edward A.
name: Aller, M. C.
name: Bender, Ralf
name: Dressler, Alan
name: Filippenko, Alexei V.
name: Green, Richard
name: Grillmair, Carl J.
name: Ho, Luis C.
name: Kormendy, John
name: Magorrian, John
name: Pinkney, Jason
name: Siopis, Christos
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze HST+WFPC2 images of 77 early-type galaxies. Brightness profiles are classed into "core" or "power-law" forms. Cores are typically rounder than power-law galaxies. Nearly all power-laws with central ellipticity >=0.3 have stellar disks, implying that disks are present in power-laws with epsilon <0.3, but are not visible due to unfavorable geometry. A few low-luminosity core galaxies also have disks; these may be transition forms from power-laws. Cores and power-laws both have twisting isophotes at small radii. Core galaxies have somewhat weaker color gradients than power-laws. Nuclei are found in 29% of the cores and 60% of the power-laws. Nuclei are typically bluer than the surrounding galaxy. NGC 4073 and 4382 have central minima in their intrinsic starlight distributions; NGC 4382 resembles the double nucleus of M31. In general, the peak brightness location is coincident with the photocenter of the core to <1 pc. Five galaxies, however, have centers significantly displaced from their cores; these may be unresolved asymmetric double nuclei. Central dust is visible in half of the galaxies. The presence and strength of dust correlates with nuclear emission. The prevalence of dust and its morphology suggests that dust clouds form, settle to the center, and disappear repeatedly on ~10^8 yr timescales. We discuss the hypothesis that cores are created by the decay of a massive black hole binary. Apart from their brightness profiles, there are no strong differences between cores and power-laws that demand this scenario; however, the rounder shapes of cores, their lack of disks, and their reduced color gradients may be consistent with it.
description: 76 pages, 40 figures, submitted to the Astronomical Journal. The complete postscript version of the paper is available at http://www.noao.edu/noao/staff/lauer/nuker.html (the Nuker Team page)
Bridging the Gap between Farmers and Researchers through Collaborative Experimentation. Cost and Labour Reduction in Soybean Production in South-Nyanza, Kenya
Creators: name: Vandeplas, I.
name: Vanlauwe, Bernard
name: Merckx, Roel
name: Deckers, Jozef A.
name: Vandeplas, I.
name: Vanlauwe, Bernard
name: Merckx, Roel
name: Deckers, Jozef A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Collaborative research
subject: soybean
subject: participation

description: The Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Institute of the International Centre of Tropical Agriculture (TSBF-CIAT) introduced dual purpose soybean varieties in south-west Kenya both to improve soil fertility by nitrogen fixation and to provide a source of better food and income. Since the start of the project in 2005, the Uriri Farmer Cooperative Society was successful in spreading the seeds over the district. Nevertheless, farmers still had problems with soybean agronomy. We therefore started a Collaborative Experiment (CE) Approach in March 2006 to make soybean production more accessible to farmers. The approach consisted of four stages: 1) information sessions; 2) participatory rural appraisal; 3) collaboration in the whole process of experimentation, from problem identification, to the design and analysis; 4) handing over to farmers. In this case study, farmers identified two main constraints to the recommended soybean production methods: 1) high labour requirement 2) lack of income to purchase the inputs. The results and discussions with farmers during the field days allowed demonstrating that the CE approach had been successful on two main aspects. First, CE was successful in defining problems and yield enhancing treatments which are accessible to deprived people. During field days, all farmers felt there was at least one of the treatments accessible to them. The second main success of the CE process was the increased awareness and interest about soybean. After less than a year of collaboration, farmers saw that soybean can bring a better life, cash for school fees and better health. The number of farmers registered in the soybean cooperative also increased from a few hundreds to 4500 that year. Several farmers started their own experiments to further adapt the recommendations to their own needs. The CE approach was thus successful in bridging the power-relations and knowledge gap between researchers and farmers and in designing appropriate technologies.
On the shape of Superbubbles evolving in the Galactic Plane
Creators: name: Zaninetti, Lorenzo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The galactic supershells are cavities in the interstellar medium. These shells can be explained by introducing the concept of superbubbles, the theoretical result of multiple supernova. The superbubbles can be analytically described if the ambient medium has a constant density both in the so-called bursting phase and in the subsequent adiabatic expansion. In order to solve the expansion of superbubbles in the ISM, which is a non-homogeneous medium, a numerical technique is used that divides the sphere into many sectors. By varying the time of the bursting phenomenon and the time over which the phenomenon is followed, elliptical and hour-glass shapes or vertical walls can be obtained. Application of the developed theory/code to the super-shell associated with GW~46.4+5 and with GSH 238 allows us to say that the suggested physical parameters are consistent with our theory. The map of the expanding superbubble's velocity can be tentatively traced by generating random points on the expanding surface. The structure of the galactic plane as a result of the evolution of many super-bubbles was simulated by adopting the percolation theory in order to generate new OB associations.
description: 37 pages, 24 figures
Forecasting invaders and invasions for biosecurity decission support
Creators: name: PILI, ARMAN
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 410401
subject: Conservation and biodiversity
classificationCode: 460207
subject: Modelling and simulation
classificationCode: 410202
subject: Biosecurity science and invasive species ecology

description: The biggest problem we face globally today and in the future is invasive alien species. They are a problem in biodiversity conservation, and they are a problem in every aspect of human life, including public health. COVID-19 is perhaps the most relatable, infuriating result of an invasive alien virus.

In my PhD thesis, I developed state-of-the-art tools and methods for forecasting invaders and their invasion to support biosecurity decisions — what species might invade, when it might happen, where it could occur, how it could happen, how often it might happen, and why these species are invading globally, and most importantly, how to put a stop to it.
Interpretable Deep Models for Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy Response Prediction
Creators: name: Puyol-Antón, Esther
name: Chen, Chen
name: Clough, James R.
name: Ruijsink, Bram
name: Sidhu, Baldeep S.
name: Gould, Justin
name: Porter, Bradley
name: Elliott, Mark
name: Mehta, Vishal
name: Rueckert, Daniel
name: Rinaldi, Christopher A.
name: King, Andrew P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Advances in deep learning (DL) have resulted in impressive accuracy in some medical image classification tasks, but often deep models lack interpretability. The ability of these models to explain their decisions is important for fostering clinical trust and facilitating clinical translation. Furthermore, for many problems in medicine there is a wealth of existing clinical knowledge to draw upon, which may be useful in generating explanations, but it is not obvious how this knowledge can be encoded into DL models - most models are learnt either from scratch or using transfer learning from a different domain. In this paper we address both of these issues. We propose a novel DL framework for image-based classification based on a variational autoencoder (VAE). The framework allows prediction of the output of interest from the latent space of the autoencoder, as well as visualisation (in the image domain) of the effects of crossing the decision boundary, thus enhancing the interpretability of the classifier. Our key contribution is that the VAE disentangles the latent space based on `explanations' drawn from existing clinical knowledge. The framework can predict outputs as well as explanations for these outputs, and also raises the possibility of discovering new biomarkers that are separate (or disentangled) from the existing knowledge. We demonstrate our framework on the problem of predicting response of patients with cardiomyopathy to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) from cine cardiac magnetic resonance images. The sensitivity and specificity of the proposed model on the task of CRT response prediction are 88.43% and 84.39% respectively, and we showcase the potential of our model in enhancing understanding of the factors contributing to CRT response.
description: MICCAI 2020 conference
ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL FEASIBILITY OF VARIABLE RATE NITROGEN FERTILIZER APPLICATION WITH CARRY-OVER EFFECTS
Creators: name: Watkins, K. Bradley
name: Lu, Yao-Chi
name: Huang, Wen-Yuan
name: Watkins, K. Bradley
name: Lu, Yao-Chi
name: Huang, Wen-Yuan
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1998
Subjects: Environmental Economics and Policy

description: This study evaluates the long-term profitability and environmental impacts of variable rate versus uniform nitrogen application in seed potato production with nitrogen carry-over effects included. Seed potato yields were simulated for four different areas of a field using the EPIC crop growth model. A dynamic optimization model was used to determine optimal steady-state nitrogen levels for each area and the entire field. Average nitrogen losses and economic returns were evaluated for both uniform and variable rate nitrogen fertilizer. Variable rate nitrogen application was found to be unprofitable for the field when compared to uniform nitrogen application. Nitrogen losses for the field were about the same under both strategies. The results indicate greater economic and environmental benefits may be achieved by splitting nitrogen applications, especially for areas of the field exhibiting low yield productivity.
Additional file 3 of Linc00473 potentiates cholangiocarcinoma progression by modulation of DDX5 expression via miR-506 regulation
Creators: name: Huang, Lining
name: Xingming Jiang
name: Zhenglong Li
name: Jinglin Li
name: Lin, Xuan
name: Zengtao Hu
name: Yunfu Cui
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 3: Fig. S2. a Western blot assay examined DDX5 protein level after transfection with miRNA NC or miR-506 mimics. b Western blot detected DDX5 expression by linc00473 depletion. c Western blot analysis of DDX5 expressions under linc00473 overexpression.
Additional file 1 of Cost yield of different treatment strategies against Clonorchis sinensis infection
Creators: name: Qian, Men-Bao
name: Zhou, Chang-Hai
name: Zhu, Hui-Hui
name: Chen, Ying-Dan
name: Zhou, Xiao-Nong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Epidemiological profiles of Clonorchis sinensis infection and raw-freshwater fish-eating practice. Table S2. Disability-adjusted life years caused by Clonorchis sinensis infection by counties, endemic levels and populations.
Pastoralist Economic Behavior: Empirical Results from Reindeer Herders in Northern Sweden
Creators: name: Bostedt, Goran
name: Bostedt, Goran
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: backward-bending supply
subject: externalities
subject: pastoralist
subject: reindeer husbandry

description: This paper presents a model of pastoralists, as illustrated by reindeer herders, together with an analysis based on a cross-sectional data set on Swedish reindeer-herding Saami. The intrinsic utility of being an active reindeer herder plays an important role in determining supply. Results show this can lead to unconventional supply responses among pastoralists, and suggest that the probability of a backward-bending supply response increases with stock size. Further analyses confirm that reindeer herders with backward-bending supply curves have significantly larger herds than herders with conventional supply responses. Relaxed externalities from forestry would cause most herders to increase their slaughter.