cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The effects of trade policy on domestic dairy market: the case of Russian food import ban on regional cheese market integration in Russia
Creators: name: Tleubayev, A.
name: Jaghdani, T. Jamali
name: Gotz, L.
name: Svanidze, M.
name: Tleubayev, A.
name: Jaghdani, T. Jamali
name: Gotz, L.
name: Svanidze, M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy

description: We study the effects of Russia s food import ban implemented in August of 2014 on the Russian dairy market based on the price transmission and price dispersion approach. Cheese is the only dairy product for which domestic production has significantly increased since the implementation of the import ban whereas cheese imports have strongly decreased. Results show that for most of the regional price pairs under study, cointegration of cheese prices between producing and consuming regions has substantially increased with the import ban. In 29 out of the 39 price pairs cointegration emerged after the implementation of the import ban. Furthermore, in 5 price pairs the degree of long term price transmission and speed of adjustment improved significantly during the import ban regime. Moreover, the dispersion of cheese prices between consuming metropoles and cheese producing regions has significantly increased. The export ban, reduction in import level of cheese and milk, and increase in agricultural price index has affected the dispersion significantly. We conclude that in spite of the observed reinforced integration of regional markets, the market efficiency in general has not increased necessarily by the boosted domestic cheese trade. Acknowledgement : This study was conducted within the STARLAP project, financially supported by the German Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) through the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE).
Electrically tuned topology and magnetism in twisted bilayer MoTe$_2$ at $ν_h=1$
Creators: name: Li, Bohao
name: Qiu, Wen-Xuan
name: Wu, Fengcheng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a theoretical study of an interaction-driven quantum phase diagram of twisted bilayer MoTe$_2$ at hole filling factor $ν_h=1$ as a function of twist angle $θ$ and layer potential difference $V_z$, where $V_z$ is generated by an applied out-of-plane electric field. At $V_z=0$, the phase diagram includes quantum anomalous Hall insulators in the intermediate $θ$ regime and topologically trivial multiferroic states with coexisting ferroelectricity and magnetism in both small and large $θ$ regimes. There can be two transitions from the quantum anomalous Hall insulator phase to topologically trivial out-of-plane ferromagnetic phase, and finally to in-plane 120$^\circ$ antiferromagnetic phase as $|V_z|$ increases, or a single transition without the intervening ferromagnetic phase. We show explicitly that the spin vector chirality of various 120$^\circ$ antiferromagnetic states can be electrically switched. We discuss the connection between the experimentally measured Curie-Weiss temperature and the low-temperature magnetic order based on an effective Heisenberg model with magnetic anisotropy.
description: 7 pages, 4 figures
Agricultural machinery for cleaner air An analysis of the effectiveness of three policy measures for reducing residue burning in Northern China
Creators: name: Kuhn, L.
name: Hou, L.
name: Chen, X.
name: Huang, J.
name: Kuhn, L.
name: Hou, L.
name: Chen, X.
name: Huang, J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy

description: The burning of agricultural residue is one large contributor to poor air quality in China. Due to technical requirements and adverse incentives, farmers are however still reluctant to give up this traditional form of residue management. Current policies are aiming at improving the spread of innovation by both coercive measures penalizing residue burning and programs supporting more sustainable alternatives. The current paper employs a fixed-effect model along farm-level and village level panel data collected in 2013 to assess trends in residue management and analyze the impact of three different policies on residue management choices of farmers in North-East China. Our data reveals that the 2008 residue burning ban could not achieve any significant reduction of residue burning. Instead we found that policies that focus on enabling farmers to comply with regulations, for instance machinery subsidies and demonstration sites, had a significant positive effect on sustainable residue management. While burning bans are still a necessary component of environmental policy, we therefore recommend placing highest priority on policies providing economic incentives to achieve long-term changes in farmers management strategies. Acknowledgement :
Climate Change and Dynamic Adjustment in Agriculture: The Case in Cameroon
Creators: name: Bindoumou, M.
name: Bindoumou, M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Environmental Economics and Policy

description: Abstract This study aims at understanding and quantifying the link between climate and agriculture in Cameroon; and to analyze how expectations of farmers on climate change affect investment and production decisions. To achieve the first objective, the Ricardian model is estimated by the Ordinary Least Square method. The second objective is achieved by estimating a dynamic stochastic model by the nonlinear three-stage least square method. Regarding the marginal effect, we found that an increasing for 1mm of precipitations leads to an increasing for FCFA 3205 of farm income per hectare. While an increasing for 1 C of temperature leads to a decreasing for FCFA 3100.05 of farm income per hectare. As for the elasticity of farm incomes, the results suggest that an increasing of 1% in temperature leads to lower farm revenues by 41.43 % while an increasing of 1% in precipitation leads to higher farm revenues by 17.01 %. Finally, under climate change, farmers take about two and a half years to fully adjust the desired level of their crops, about 24 years for capital, one and half year for labour and about nine months for fertilizer to their optimal level. Acknowledgement :
Jet tagging made easy
Creators: name: Aguilar-Saavedra, J. A.
name: Zaldivar, B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We develop taggers for multi-pronged jets that are simple functions of jet substructure (so-called `subjettiness') variables. These taggers can be approximately decorrelated from the jet mass in a quite simple way. Specifically, we use a Logistic Regression Design (LoRD) which, even being one of the simplest machine learning classifiers, shows a performance which surpasses that of simple variables used by the ATLAS and CMS Collaborations and is not far from more complex models based on neural networks. Contrary to the latter, our method allows for an easy implementation of tagging tasks by providing a simple and interpretable analytical formula with already optimised parameters.
description: LaTeX 28 pages, four extra appendices. Final version in EPJC. Source code available at https://github.com/bzaldivarm/LoRD
Additional file 1 of Loss of BICD2 in muscle drives motor neuron loss in a developmental form of spinal muscular atrophy
Creators: name: Rossor, Alexander M.
name: Sleigh, James N.
name: Groves, Michael
name: Muntoni, Francesco
name: Reilly, Mary M.
name: Hoogenraad, Casper C.
name: Schiavo, Giampietro
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary Figures.
International interdependence between cash crop and staple food futures price indices: A wavelet-BEKK-GARCH assessment
Creators: name: Heckelei, T.
name: Amrouk, E.M.
name: Grosche, S.
name: Heckelei, T.
name: Amrouk, E.M.
name: Grosche, S.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Demand and Price Analysis

description: This study examines the price level and volatility interaction between international staple food and cash crop futures price indices. Understanding the relationship between these commodities bears significant implication for net food importing developing countries that depend on cash crop to finance food import bills. We use a wavelet analysis to decompose and denoise the price indices and then apply a BEKK-MGARCH approach to analyze the relationship across time-frequency domains. Results indicate the level of correlation and volatility linkages are strongest at lower frequencies (i.e. longer run), with markets adjusting quickly to volatility shocks after a high initial impact. Acknowledgement :
Productivity-Enhancing Reallocation and Capital Structure of Downstream Markets - Empirical Evidence from the European Sugar Market
Creators: name: Wimmer, S.
name: Sauer, J.
name: Wimmer, S.
name: Sauer, J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This article is concerned with the measurement of productivity and profitability in sugar beet farming. Following the 2006 announcement to abolish the EU sugar quota in 2017, a reallocation of beet production has been observed. We empirically test to what extent the reallocation contributed to productivity growth in the sector using German farm accountancy data. We find that the importance of productivity differences across farms in determining resource allocation is low, but the relative importance compared to profitability differences has been increased after the announcement. The results further indicate that reallocation is hampered by the capital structure of the sugar factories: the contribution of resource reallocation towards sector productivity growth is larger in catchment areas of private sugar companies compared to companies that are owned by farmers who hold secure delivery rights. Acknowledgement :
Eucera (Synhalonia) quadricincta BCP (MABC
Creators: name: Pedro, Diego De
name: Ceccarelli, Fadia Sara
name: Sagot, Philippe
name: López-Reyes, Eulogio
name: Mullins, Jessica L.
name: Mérida-Rivas, Jorge A.
name: Falcon-Brindis, Armando
name: Griswold, Terry
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Gardner, Joel
name: Ayala, Ricardo
name: Vides-Borrell, Eric
name: Vandame, Rémy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy

description: Eucera (Synhalonia) quadricincta (Timberlake, 1969) *
[Holotype: CASC; ♀ Kramer Hills, San Bernardino Co., California, USA; April 19, 1958]
This species represents a new record for the BCP. The BBPT collected it in March (2 ♀) and April 2021 (3 ♀) in Maneadero, south of Ensenada City (MABC). See fig. 105.
description: Published as part of Pedro, Diego De, Ceccarelli, Fadia Sara, Sagot, Philippe, López-Reyes, Eulogio, Mullins, Jessica L., Mérida-Rivas, Jorge A., Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Griswold, Terry, Ascher, John S., Gardner, Joel, Ayala, Ricardo, Vides-Borrell, Eric & Vandame, Rémy, 2024, Revealing the Baja California Peninsula's Hidden Treasures: An Annotated checklist of the native bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), pp. 1-391 in Zootaxa 5522 (1) on page 169, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5522.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13920532
On the dynamics of a free vortex pair in the presence of a fixed vortex
Creators: name: K, Sreethin Sreedharan
name: Shukla, Priyanka
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: The dynamics of a constrained three-vortex problem, a free point vortex pair in the velocity field of a fixed point vortex, is investigated. The underlying dynamical system is simplified using a coordinate transformation and categorized into two cases based on the zero and non-zero values of the constant of angular impulse. For each case, dynamical features of the vortex motion are studied analytically in the transformed plane, in order to completely classify the vortex motions and to understand the boundedness and periodicity of the inter-vortex distances. The theoretical predictions are also verified numerically and illustrated for various sets of initial conditions and circulations.
Do households that sell their surplus maize reinvest in improved maize seed? Case of southern Africa
Creators: name: Lunduka, R.
name: Kassie, G.
name: Tahirou, A.
name: Babu, S.
name: Lunduka, R.
name: Kassie, G.
name: Tahirou, A.
name: Babu, S.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Consumer/Household Economics

description: This study assesses the influence of selling maize grain on re-investing in Improved Maize Varieties (IMV). It uses a unique data set from five southern African countries of Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe where the selling of maize grain in 2011 season was linked to buying of IMV in 2012 season form sample 2,954 households. Using a control function approach to correct for the endogeneity of selling maize grain in 2011 and the accessing IMV through government subsidies, the study employed a double hurdle model and finds that households that sold maize grain in 2011 had the high probability of growing IMV in 2012. This study points to the fact that when households are able to raise income through grain market participation, reinvestment into land productivity-enhancing technologies could be possible and household food security is also addressed. Therefore developing a better agribusiness environment will take care of food security and hence government goals should not stop at being food secure but developing a condition where a household aims at selling its surplus output. Acknowledgement : This work was done for the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), as part of the Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa (DTMA) project, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The authors wish to thank Deborah Maleni, , Mekonnen Sime, Samson Katengeza, Bernadette Chimai, and Shamiso Chikobvu for collaboration on the design and implementation of the surveys in Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Many thanks are due to our respondents at the study sites.
Advocating 'the man': Masculinity, organized labor, and the market revolution in New York, 1800--1840
Creators: name: Greenberg, Joshua R.
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 43
subject: History, heritage and archaeology
classificationCode: 4303
subject: Historical studies

description: This dissertation argues that conceptions of domestic and workplace masculinity informed working men's responses to the market revolution in early nineteenth-century New York City. I utilize a prosopography of labor organizers to emphasize the importance of organized journeymen's household and neighborhood relationships. As family breadwinners and fathers, thousands of men turned to the collective strength of trades unions and the Working Men's Party in order to fulfill domestic obligations. Organized workers grounded their labor activities and rhetoric within larger discussions of household strike benefits, family leisure time, children's education, and even birth control, but they also realized that their endeavors hinged upon their position as skilled craftsmen who played a central role in the economy. Journeymen thus championed their artisanal prowess while defending perceived threats to their craft standing from female workers, African-American workers, foreign workers, apprentices, unskilled male workers, and prison laborers. Through diverse sources---plays about bankers and dandies written during the Panic of 1819 by a journeyman bookbinder, debates by Working Men's Party factions about morality and birth control, labor conspiracy trial transcripts, and comic valentines which questioned tailors' manliness---I demonstrate a critical relationship between conceptions of domestic and workplace masculinity and the nascent labor movement. "Advocating 'the Man'" addresses lacunae in the historical literatures on labor, gender, and household economy. By placing gender at the center of an examination of labor organizing, this study challenges existing scholarship on working men and the market revolution of the early nineteenth century. Rather than artisan republicanism or a particularized class consciousness as the source of working men's identity, I argue that domestic issues and concerns guided workplace and political reactions to the new industrial economy. In addition, my dissertation critiques recent nineteenth-century gender studies that focus on women or middle-class men while relegating journeymen to rowdy plebian stereotypes such as firemen, rioters, or tavern denizens. My dissertation instead views these men primarily as domestic actors, situating their forays into political or workplace arenas in relation to their household duties and obligations.
Early Implementation of an Orthosis for the Hemiplegic Upper Extremity
Creators: name: Pritchard, Kevin
Publisher: name: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Orthoses
subject: Splinting
subject: Stroke
subject: Hemiplegia
subject: Occupational Therapy
subject: Orthopedic Fixation Devices
subject: Upper Extremity
subject: Orthopedic Equipment

description: Despite current treatment protocols, stroke-induced upper extremity hemiplegia leads to poor functional outcomes. We created an evidence-based novel orthosis seeking to optimize therapeutic benefit. A feasibility study was performed in anticipation of implementing this orthosis in a randomized trial.  The study protocol was found to be feasible.
Generative AI in the Construction Industry: Opportunities & Challenges
Creators: name: Ghimire, Prashnna
name: Kim, Kyungki
name: Acharya, Manoj
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In the last decade, despite rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) transforming many industry practices, construction largely lags in adoption. Recently, the emergence and rapid adoption of advanced large language models (LLM) like OpenAI's GPT, Google's PaLM, and Meta's Llama have shown great potential and sparked considerable global interest. However, the current surge lacks a study investigating the opportunities and challenges of implementing Generative AI (GenAI) in the construction sector, creating a critical knowledge gap for researchers and practitioners. This underlines the necessity to explore the prospects and complexities of GenAI integration. Bridging this gap is fundamental to optimizing GenAI's early-stage adoption within the construction sector. Given GenAI's unprecedented capabilities to generate human-like content based on learning from existing content, we reflect on two guiding questions: What will the future bring for GenAI in the construction industry? What are the potential opportunities and challenges in implementing GenAI in the construction industry? This study delves into reflected perception in literature, analyzes the industry perception using programming-based word cloud and frequency analysis, and integrates authors' opinions to answer these questions. This paper recommends a conceptual GenAI implementation framework, provides practical recommendations, summarizes future research questions, and builds foundational literature to foster subsequent research expansion in GenAI within the construction and its allied architecture & engineering domains.
World Oilseed Markets--Government Intervention and Multilateral Policy Reform
Creators: name: Bickerton, Thomas W.
name: Glauber, Joseph W.
name: Bickerton, Thomas W.
name: Glauber, Joseph W.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1990
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Oilseeds
subject: meal
subject: vegetable oil
subject: protein feeds
subject: soybeans
subject: soybean meal
subject: soybean oil
subject: cottonseed
subject: cottonseed meal
subject: cottonseed oil
subject: peanuts
subject: peanut meal
subject: peanut oil
subject: sunflowerseed
subject: sunflowerseed meal
subject: sunflowerseed oil
subject: rapeseed
subject: rapeseed meal
subject: rapeseed oil
subject: flaxseed
subject: linseed meal
subject: linseed oil
subject: copra
subject: coconut meal
subject: coconut oil
subject: palm oil
subject: palm kernels
subject: palm kernel meal
subject: palm kernel oil
subject: GATT
subject: trade liberalization

description: Government programs and policies have helped to shape the prevailing patterns of trade and production in global oilseed, oilseed meal, and vegetable oil markets. This report evaluates the adjustments that likely would occur in global oilseed and oilseed product markets if these policies and programs were removed. The effect of policy reform on world oilseed production and trade would be relatively small when compared with trade liberalization's effects on other agricultural commodities. Adjustments to liberalization would vary among regions and within individual oilseed sectors. Low-cost oilseed and vegetable oil producers, like the United States, Argentina, Canada, Indonesia, and Malaysia, could benefit, although their gains would be modest. Gains to Brazilian oilseed producers could be very small. High-cost producers, like EC farmers, could expect a significant reduction in their share of global oilseed production and exports.
Advocating 'the man': Masculinity, organized labor, and the market revolution in New York, 1800--1840
Creators: name: Greenberg, Joshua R.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This dissertation argues that conceptions of domestic and workplace masculinity informed working men's responses to the market revolution in early nineteenth-century New York City. I utilize a prosopography of labor organizers to emphasize the importance of organized journeymen's household and neighborhood relationships. As family breadwinners and fathers, thousands of men turned to the collective strength of trades unions and the Working Men's Party in order to fulfill domestic obligations. Organized workers grounded their labor activities and rhetoric within larger discussions of household strike benefits, family leisure time, children's education, and even birth control, but they also realized that their endeavors hinged upon their position as skilled craftsmen who played a central role in the economy. Journeymen thus championed their artisanal prowess while defending perceived threats to their craft standing from female workers, African-American workers, foreign workers, apprentices, unskilled male workers, and prison laborers. Through diverse sources---plays about bankers and dandies written during the Panic of 1819 by a journeyman bookbinder, debates by Working Men's Party factions about morality and birth control, labor conspiracy trial transcripts, and comic valentines which questioned tailors' manliness---I demonstrate a critical relationship between conceptions of domestic and workplace masculinity and the nascent labor movement. "Advocating 'the Man'" addresses lacunae in the historical literatures on labor, gender, and household economy. By placing gender at the center of an examination of labor organizing, this study challenges existing scholarship on working men and the market revolution of the early nineteenth century. Rather than artisan republicanism or a particularized class consciousness as the source of working men's identity, I argue that domestic issues and concerns guided workplace and political reactions to the new industrial economy. In addition, my dissertation critiques recent nineteenth-century gender studies that focus on women or middle-class men while relegating journeymen to rowdy plebian stereotypes such as firemen, rioters, or tavern denizens. My dissertation instead views these men primarily as domestic actors, situating their forays into political or workplace arenas in relation to their household duties and obligations.
The Generalized Fokker-Planck Equation in terms of Dunkl-type Derivatives
Creators: name: Mota, R. D.
name: Ojeda-Guillén, D.
name: Xicoténcatl, M. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work we introduce two different generalizations of the Fokker-Planck equation in (1+1) dimensions by replacing the spatial derivatives in terms of generalized Dunkl-type derivatives involving reflection operators. As applications of these results, we solve exactly the generalized Fokker-Planck equations for the harmonic oscillator and the centrifugal-type potentials.
description: 14 pages, 2 figures, 2 tables. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2310.05016
Limited-memory polynomial methods for large-scale matrix functions
Creators: name: Güttel, Stefan
name: Kressner, Daniel
name: Lund, Kathryn
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Matrix functions are a central topic of linear algebra, and problems requiring their numerical approximation appear increasingly often in scientific computing. We review various limited-memory methods for the approximation of the action of a large-scale matrix function on a vector. Emphasis is put on polynomial methods, whose memory requirements are known or prescribed a priori. Methods based on explicit polynomial approximation or interpolation, as well as restarted Arnoldi methods, are treated in detail. An overview of existing software is also given, as well as a discussion of challenging open problems.
description: 25 pages, 2 figures, 4 algorithms
Identity representation in press releases of a Brunei-based banking institution
Creators: name: Ling, Mayyer
Publisher: name: Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The nature of press releases requires institutions to respond to the changes in their stakeholders’ environment. It is, therefore, logical to expect that the organisations can switch roles at different times and in different situations (Thomas et al. 1999).
A conceptual framework for understanding consumer protection standards in the state higher education regulations in the Southern Region
Creators: name: Parker, Stephen Donald
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Over the years at postsecondary institutions nationwide, there have been numerous incidents of educational impropriety and malpractice involving fraud, deception, or a lack of proper communication to students. A majority of these problems are associated with the operations and practices of the postsecondary institutions themselves, particularly within the proprietary sector of higher education. These deceptive practices cheat consumers of their personal investments of time and money, and defraud the federal and state governments that support education with billions of dollars in student financial aid. It generally falls to the states to ensure that consumers of higher education have adequate protection, preservation of rights, and when applicable, restitution for damages. All 50 states have a process for assessing and evaluating the institutions in their state and the majority has taken steps to strengthen their licensing procedures, approval requirements, and enforcement practices to fulfill the expectations inherent in their role of higher education oversight. The purpose of this study is to analyze and compare the state regulations relative to consumer protection in higher education in the 11 states that comprise the Southern Region of the United States. This study found 88 different state standard related to student consumer protection in higher education. These standards were grouped into one of four categories based upon their intent to address practices related to (1) regulatory procedures; (2) institutional policies; (3) performance standards; or (4) academic quality standards. The data collected reveals there to be a great deal of variance and diversity in the role and functioning of the states in the provision of consumer protection both among the states as well as within each state as it pertains to the oversight of public and nonpublic institutions. Consequently, based on the regulations that have been promulgated by the states there is some variation in the effectiveness of the protection provided to consumers of higher education and some states are more comprehensive than others in providing adequate consumer protection in higher education.
High-Value Products: Growing U.S. and EC Competition in World Markets
Creators: name: Elleson, Ruth
name: Elleson, Ruth
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1990
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: High-value agricultural products
subject: European Community
subject: export competition
subject: export policy
subject: United States

description: This study examines competition between the U.S. and the European Community (EC) in world markets for high-value agricultural products (HVPs). The EC and the United States are the world's largest exporters of HVPs. A comparison of U.S. and EC •export shares during 1970-87 shows that the EC; the world's leading exporter of high-value products, has successfully competed against the United States for a number of leading processed products including dairy products, meat, and flourd EC agricultural exports have benefited for many years from subsidies which make their HVP exports competitive in world markets. The United States, with its plentiful supply of high-quality, low-priced inputs and efficient processing capacity has the potential for increasing its share of the HVP market. While U.S. policy changes authorized under the 1985 Farm Bill and the lower dollar have bOosted U.S. HVP exports; future expansion will depend upon U.S. competitiveness and changes in foreign demand.
A conceptual framework for understanding consumer protection standards in the state higher education regulations in the Southern Region
Creators: name: Parker, Stephen Donald
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 39
subject: Education
classificationCode: 3903
subject: Education systems
classificationCode: 3904
subject: Specialist studies in education

description: Over the years at postsecondary institutions nationwide, there have been numerous incidents of educational impropriety and malpractice involving fraud, deception, or a lack of proper communication to students. A majority of these problems are associated with the operations and practices of the postsecondary institutions themselves, particularly within the proprietary sector of higher education. These deceptive practices cheat consumers of their personal investments of time and money, and defraud the federal and state governments that support education with billions of dollars in student financial aid. It generally falls to the states to ensure that consumers of higher education have adequate protection, preservation of rights, and when applicable, restitution for damages. All 50 states have a process for assessing and evaluating the institutions in their state and the majority has taken steps to strengthen their licensing procedures, approval requirements, and enforcement practices to fulfill the expectations inherent in their role of higher education oversight. The purpose of this study is to analyze and compare the state regulations relative to consumer protection in higher education in the 11 states that comprise the Southern Region of the United States. This study found 88 different state standard related to student consumer protection in higher education. These standards were grouped into one of four categories based upon their intent to address practices related to (1) regulatory procedures; (2) institutional policies; (3) performance standards; or (4) academic quality standards. The data collected reveals there to be a great deal of variance and diversity in the role and functioning of the states in the provision of consumer protection both among the states as well as within each state as it pertains to the oversight of public and nonpublic institutions. Consequently, based on the regulations that have been promulgated by the states there is some variation in the effectiveness of the protection provided to consumers of higher education and some states are more comprehensive than others in providing adequate consumer protection in higher education.
The Effects of the Common Agricultural. Policy on the European Community Wheat- Washing Industry and Grain Trade
Creators: name: Leuck, Dale J.
name: Leuck, Dale J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1990
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Wheat washing
subject: wheat gluten
subject: agricultural policies
subject: starch policy
subject: trade effects

description: The wheat-washing industry in the European Community (EC) increased the separation of wheat flour into vital wheat gluten and wheat starch from 360,000 tons (wheat equivalent) in 1980 to over 1 million tons in 1985. This expansion was facilitated by trends in relative grain prices in the EC, which are insulated from movements in world prices by a variable levy system, and by the use of better fractionation techniques. The expansion of the wheat-washing industry was responsible for most of the 2-million-ton decline in EC hard wheat imports between 1980 and 1985, and reduced EC wheat exports and corn imports by about 3.3 and 0.5 million tons. EC hard wheat imports could be totally eliminated and EC wheat exports could be further reduced by as much as 4.9 million tons annually by the mid-1990's, if EC agricultural policies favor the further expansion of this industry. In the absence of a further expansion of the EC wheat-washing industry, however, these latter trade effects for wheat would not occur and EC corn imports would increase by an additional 2 million tons.
Decay and recurrence of non-Gaussian correlations in a quantum many-body system
Creators: name: Schweigler, Thomas
name: Gluza, Marek
name: Tajik, Mohammadamin
name: Sotiriadis, Spyros
name: Cataldini, Federica
name: Ji, Si-Cong
name: Møller, Frederik S.
name: Sabino, João
name: Rauer, Bernhard
name: Eisert, Jens
name: Schmiedmayer, Jörg
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Gaussian models provide an excellent effective description of many quantum many-body systems ranging from condensed matter systems all the way to neutron stars. Gaussian states are common at equilibrium when the interactions are weak. Recently it was proposed that they can also emerge dynamically from a non-Gaussian initial state evolving under non-interacting dynamics. In this work, we present the experimental observation of such a dynamical emergence of Gaussian correlations in a quantum many-body system. This non-equilibrium evolution is triggered by abruptly switching off the effective interaction between the observed collective degrees of freedom, while leaving the interactions between the microscopic constituents unchanged. Starting from highly non-Gaussian correlations, consistent with the sine-Gordon model, we observe a Gaussian state to emerge over time as revealed by the decay of the fourth and sixth order connected correlations in the quantum field. A description of this dynamics requires a novel mechanism for the emergence of Gaussian correlations, which is relevant for a wide class of quantum many-body systems. In our closed system with non-interacting effective degrees of freedom, we do not expect full thermalization. This memory of the initial state is confirmed by observing recurrences of non-Gaussian correlations.
description: author accepted manuscript
Benzo[c]chrysene, dibenz[a,j]anthracene, and dibenz[a,h]anthracene diol epoxides: Mutation spectra in S. typhimurium and E. coli CLP systems
Creators: name: Sheko, Bayan Kassim
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 31
subject: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 3101
subject: Biochemistry and cell biology
classificationCode: 34
subject: Chemical sciences
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous environmental pollutants. These pollutants metabolize to reactive dihydrodiol epoxides that react with DNA and cause damages, which may lead to mutations and initiation of tumors. In light of the problems PAHs pose to humans, knowing the mutation spectra of the dihydrodiol epoxides may help to determine if a given PAH contributes to the tumors seen in humans. Toward this end, the mutation spectra of the dihydrodiol isomers of benzo[c]chrysene and dibenz[a,j]anthracene in Salmonella typhimurium strains TA7001-TA7006 and E. coli CLP strains CL 101P-CL106P were determined. The mutation spectra of the dihydrodiol epoxides of dibenz[a,h]anthracene were determined, but only in the E. coli CLP system. In Salmonella, G·C → T·A transversions were the predominant mutations observed for the (+)-anti-B[c]CDE, (+)-syn-B[c]CDE, and (-)-syn-B[c]CDE isomers, whereas G·C → A·T transitions were the predominant mutations found for (-)-anti-B[c]CDE. The predominant mutations in Salmonella for (-)-anti-DB[a,j]ADE, and (+)-syn-DB[a,j]ADE were G·C → T·A transversions, whereas for (+)-anti-DB[a,j]ADE and (-)-syn-DB[a,j]ADE the predominance of G·C → C·G changes were noted. In E. coli, all B[c]CDEs, DB[a,j]ADEs, and DB[a,h]ADEs predominantly induced G·C → T·A transversions. In both bacterial systems, the mutation spectra of B[c]CDEs, DB[a,j]ADEs, and DB[a,h]ADEs showed preferential induction of mutations at G·C base pairs. For B[c]CDEs and DB[a,j]ADEs, for which DNA binding properties and adduct distributions at dG vs dA were known, the results correlated with these diol epoxides' preferences for adduct formation at dG residues in DNA. At A·T base pairs, A·T → T·A transversions were the changes most frequently induced. For the most part, B[c]CDEs, DB[a,j]ADEs, and DB[a,h]ADEs induced G·C → T·A transversions, the type of mutations commonly found in the p53 gene in human tumors. Therefore, given the prevalence of the parent compounds of these diol epoxides in the environment and the known association of other PAHs with p53 mutation in lung cancer, it is conceivable the diol epoxides of B[c]C, DB[a,j]A, and DB[a,h]A contribute to lung cancer in humans.
Melissodes (Callimelissodes) lupinus Cresson 1878
Creators: name: Pedro, Diego De
name: Ceccarelli, Fadia Sara
name: Sagot, Philippe
name: López-Reyes, Eulogio
name: Mullins, Jessica L.
name: Mérida-Rivas, Jorge A.
name: Falcon-Brindis, Armando
name: Griswold, Terry
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Gardner, Joel
name: Ayala, Ricardo
name: Vides-Borrell, Eric
name: Vandame, Rémy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy

description: Melissodes (Callimelissodes) lupinus Cresson, 1878
[Lectotype: ANSP; ♂ California, USA]
Melissodes lupinus is primarily distributed west of the Rocky Mountains in North America, including in BC. LaBerge (1961) reported it from Angel de la Guarda Island. This species flight season is in the mid- to late- summer and their pollen preferences match the blooming period of many floral hosts in the family Asteraceae (Fowler 2020). See fig. 106.
description: Published as part of Pedro, Diego De, Ceccarelli, Fadia Sara, Sagot, Philippe, López-Reyes, Eulogio, Mullins, Jessica L., Mérida-Rivas, Jorge A., Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Griswold, Terry, Ascher, John S., Gardner, Joel, Ayala, Ricardo, Vides-Borrell, Eric & Vandame, Rémy, 2024, Revealing the Baja California Peninsula's Hidden Treasures: An Annotated checklist of the native bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), pp. 1-391 in Zootaxa 5522 (1) on page 172, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5522.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13920532
Video recognition by physical reservoir computing in magnetic materials
Creators: name: Kobayashi, Kaito
name: Motome, Yukitoshi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Nonlinear spin dynamics in magnetic materials offers a promising avenue for implementing physical reservoir computing, one of the most accomplished brain-inspired frameworks for information processing. In this study, we investigate the practical utility of magnetic physical reservoirs by assessing their performance in a video recognition task. Leveraging a recently developed spatiotemporal parallelization scheme, our reservoir achieves accurate classifications of previously provided images. Our findings pave the way for the development of visual sensors based on the magnetic physical reservoir computing.
The Effects of Early Intervention on Language Growth after age 3 for Children with Permanent Hearing Loss
Creators: name: Davidson, Lisa
name: Osman, Andrea
name: Geers, Ann E
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2021

description: Purpose: The overall goal of this study was to examine language performance in children with permanent hearing loss who were enrolled in a Listening and Spoken Language program. The influence of time spent in Early Intervention (EI) on language trajectories and ability to attain age-appropriate language skills was examined.
Methods: Retrospective data were obtained from children (N=48) who attended Central Institute for the Deaf (CID) for various lengths of time between 2004 and 2017. Children were grouped into those who had received EI prior to age 3 years versus those who did not. Standardized tests of receptive and expressive language were administered annually. Comparisons of language levels attained at the initial and final assessment were conducted and linear mixed model analyses examined language scores over time.
Results: Children receiving EI attained significantly higher levels of language than those receiving no EI. The rate of improvement over time in vocabulary scores was similar for both groups, however on a global language test that included morpho-syntax, children with EI made greater progress relative to age-matched peers than children without EI.
Conclusions: Children receiving EI exhibited a lasting advantage in the acquisition of spoken language over children who did not have access to EI.
GIBRAT'S LAW AND GROWTH OF AGRICULTURAL MARKETING COOPERATIVES
Creators: name: Skinner, Robert A.
name: Sporleder, Thomas L.
name: Skinner, Robert A.
name: Sporleder, Thomas L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1979
Subjects: subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: Growth rates
subject: regional marketing cooperatives
subject: Gibrat's law
subject: market structure

description: Gibrat's law is that growth rate and size are independent. Various empirical tests of the validity of Gibrat's law for regional marketing cooperatives in the United States are presented. The empirical tests do not support Gibrat's law and support the hypothesis of minimum efficient size among marketing cooperatives.
Suggested Clothing and Equipment List
Creators: name: Hutter, Charles G., 1916-1989
Publisher: name: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 12th General Hospital
subject: World War II
subject: Check List
subject: United States. Army--Uniforms
subject: United States. Army--Equipment
subject: World War, 1939-1945

description: A suggested list of clothing and personal equipment for officers on active duty, compiled by Charles G. Hutter, Colonel, M.C., instructor.
Mental health services and primary care integration - a case for Costa Rica
Creators: name: Novak, Evan
Publisher: name: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: public health
subject: Mental Health Services
subject: Research
subject: Global Health
subject: Primary Health Care
subject: Delivery of Health Care
subject: Costa Rica

description: A Northwestern University Capstone Project
description: More research is needed to identify the best mechanisms to combat the existing treatment gap in global mental healthcare. Low- and middle-income countries are beginning to experience increasing disease burden related to neurologic, mental, and substance use disorders, but these countries are exponentially more susceptible to their toll on health systems than are more economically advantaged nations. Costa Rica has long been hailed as a model nation with respect to its sanitation, public education, and public health systems. This paper outlines the progression of the global health movement, and the development of the Costa Rican healthcare system in the context of mental health services and mental health research. Costa Rica is used as a prime example of responsive and effective policy changes in relation to both peer countries in Latin America and developed countries including the United States and Canada. After exploring health systems that have initiated efforts to combat the treatment gap in mental health care, integration with primary care will be examined as an alternative to targeted interventions.
The Preference of Purchases Data Over Sales Data in Primary Data Input-Output Models
Creators: name: Ives, Edward E.
name: Ives, Edward E.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1979
Subjects: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods

description: Input-Output analysis is a common analytical technique for estimating economic impacts of public and private decisions. A major draw-back to I-0 analysis is its large data requirement, a common source of which is a sample survey to generate primary data specific to the modeled economy.
Developing a Spoken Language Outcome Monitoring Procedure for a Canadian Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program: Process and Recommendations
Creators: name: Daub, Olivia
name: Cardy, Janis
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2021

description: Abstract:
Purpose: Routine spoken language outcome monitoring is one component of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) programs for children who are hard-of-hearing and learning a spoken language. However, there is no peer-reviewed research that documents how spoken language outcome monitoring may be achieved, or what processes EHDI programs can use to develop these procedures. The present paper describes the process used by a Canadian EHDI program, and the final recommendations that were developed from this process.
Methodology: Through consultation with the program’s stakeholders, consideration of the Joint Committee on Infant Hearing’s recommendations, and drawing on our own expertise in spoken language assessment, we developed an overall framework for monitoring spoken language. Based on the needs of the EHDI program, we conducted a scoping review and critical appraisal of norm-referenced tests to identify candidate tests to use within this framework.
Results: We recommended a two-pronged assessment approach to measuring spoken language outcomes, including program-level assessment and individual vulnerability testing. We identified several tests that have been previously used to measure spoken language outcomes. There was little consistency in how tests were used across studies with no clear indicators as to which tests are the most appropriate to accomplish for which outcome monitoring purposes.
Conclusions: This paper reports on the framework and tests used by a Canadian EHDI program to accomplish spoken language outcome monitoring. We highlight different factors that need to be considered when designing spoken language outcome monitoring procedures and the complexity in doing so. Future work evaluating the effectiveness and feasibility of our recommendations is warranted.