cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The Town and the Templum, in the Discussions by Nissen, Nietzsche, Valeton, Catalano and many others
Creators: name: Sparavigna, Amelia Carolina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Archaeoastronomy
Isaac Valeton
Heinrich Nissen
Ferdinando Castagnoli
Pierangelo Catalano
Templum
Roman towns
Pomerium
Decumanus
Cardo
Orientation
Foundation of Roman Towns
Centuriation
Dies Natalis
Augusta Taurinorum
roman surveying
Surveying

description: According to Heinrich Nissen, in his Das Templum, 1869, the Roman town is a templum, an inaugurated space with its main axis, the decumanus, oriented towards the rising sun. The day on which the decumanus’ direction was established, according to Nissen, was also the Dies Natalis of the town, and was associated with a festival in the Roman calendar. Nissen seems to have been the first to associate decumanus, sunrise, and festivals of the Roman calendar together. Nissen's Das Templum was used by Friedrich Nietzsche for his Der Gottesdienst der Griechen, which contains the lectures on the Greek cult that Nietzsche held between 1875 and 1878. Nietzsche endorsed Nissen's thesis regarding the decumanus. A totally different position is that of Isaac Valeton who, in his De Templis Romani (1983), does not consider the town a templum and therefore does not believe that the decumanus had any specific alignment ritually linked to the sun. Valeton demonstrated that, according to Roman laws, the soil of the town is profane, and used by common people, subjected to the rule of the magistrate, not of àugur priests. So Valeton criticizes Nissen's theory. We will also see in detail the discussion by Pierangelo Catalano, 1978, regarding the spatial aspects of the Roman juridical-religious system. In Catalano we find reiterated that the town is not a templum. Consequently, there is no reason to ritually orient the decumanus with the sunrise. Other scholar studies will be mentioned such as, for example, those by F. Castagnoli and J. Le Gall, which say that the city is not a templum. Regarding the centuriations, i.e. the subdivisions of agrarian land, Castagnoli, Catalano and Le Gall stress that they are not templa. The fact demonstrated by several scholars, that the town is not a templum (the same for centuriation), needs to be stressed because archaeoastronomical approaches exist claims to infer conclusions about the Roman world without considering Valeton, Catalano, Castagnoli and others’ criticisms.
ND2 as an Additional Genetic Marker to Improve Identification of Diving Ducks Involved in Bird Strikes
Creators: name: Luttrell, Sarah A. M.
name: Drovetski, Sergei
name: Dahlan, Nor Faridah
name: Eubanks, Damani
name: Dove, Carla J.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: Knowing the exact species of birds involved in damaging collisions with aircraft (bird strikes) is paramount to managing and preventing these types of human–wildlife conflicts. While a standard genetic marker, or DNA barcode (mitochondrial DNA gene cytochrome-c oxidase 1, or CO1), can reliably identify most avian species, this marker cannot distinguish among some closely related species. Diving ducks within the genus Aythya are an example of congeneric waterfowl involved in bird strikes where several species pairs cannot be reliably identified with the standard DNA barcode. Here, we describe methods for using an additional genetic marker (mitochondrial DNA gene NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2, or ND2) for identification of 9 Aythya spp. Gene-specific phylogenetic trees and genetic distances among taxa reveal that ND2 is more effective than CO1 at genetic identification of diving ducks studied here. Compared with CO1, the ND2 gene tree is more statistically robust, has a minimum of 1.5 times greater genetic distance between sister clades, and resolves paraphyly in 2 clades. While CO1 is effective for identification of most bird strike cases, this study underscores the value of targeted incorporation of additional genetic markers for species identification of taxa that are known to be problematic using standard DNA barcoding.
On Length Spectra of Lattices
Creators: name: Willging, Thomas
Publisher: name: Karlsruhe
Year: 2010
Subjects: Lattices
Quadratic Forms

description: The aim of this thesis is to study Schmutz Schaller's conjecture that in dimensions 2 to 8 the lattices with the best sphere packings have maximal lengths. This means that the distinct norms which occur in these lattices are greater than those of any other lattice in the same dimension with the same covolume. 
Although the statement holds asymptotically we explicitly present a counter-example. However, it seems that there is nothing but this exception.
Mechanism for a Pairing State with Time-Reversal Symmetry Breaking in Iron-Based Superconductors
Creators: name: Platt, Christian
name: Thomale, Ronny
name: Honerkamp, Carsten
name: Zhang, Shou-Cheng
name: Hanke, Werner
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The multipocket Fermi surfaces of iron-based superconductors promote pairing states with both s_{+-}-wave and d_{x^2-y^2}-wave symmetry. We argue that the competition between these two order parameters could lead to a time-reversal-symmetry breaking state with s+id-pairing symmetry in the iron-based superconductors, and propose serveral scenarios in which this phase may be found. To understand the emergence of such a pairing state on a more rigorous footing, we start from a microscopic 5-orbital description representative for the pnictides. Using a combined approach of functional renormalization group and mean-field analysis, we identify the microscopic parameters of the s+id-pairing state. There, we find the most promising region for s+id-pairing in the electron doped regime with an enhanced pnictogen height.
Language of low-stakes and high-stakes deception : differences within individuals
Creators: name: Le, Marina Tam
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: Every person tells lies and does so in a variety of contexts. Further, there are groups of individuals who are more inclined to deceive and manipulate others, such as the Dark Triad collection of personalities (psychopathy, Machiavellianism, narcissism). Deception is often categorized into low-stakes and high-stakes deception. Low-stakes deception typically has no or minimal consequences for the deceiver. In contrast, high-stakes deception involves serious consequences for the deceiver, such as becoming incarcerated if caught lying about committing murder. Despite the abundance of research conducted on the cues indicative of low- and high-stakes deception, little is known about how individuals deceive in different lying scenarios. This thesis examined the verbal cues of deception in individuals within both low- and high-stakes settings. The purpose of the current thesis was threefold. First, the study sought to examine whether verbal cues of deception were apparent in comparison to honest speech and whether the linguistic cues in low-stakes lies were more pronounced in high-stakes lies. Secondly, the present study investigated whether Dark Triad individuals felt less negative emotion across the two lying scenarios in comparison to those without dark personalities. Finally, the study sought to see if Dark Triad individuals were more successful at deception in comparison to their counterparts. For the first research question, results revealed that word count, emotional tone, and the usage of personal pronouns showed variability across low- and high-stakes scenarios. Specifically, word count was found to be higher in low-stakes truths in comparison to low-stakes lies, but the reverse was found for high-stakes sessions. Additionally, more emotional tone and personal pronouns were found in low-stakes lies than in high-stakes lies. In regards to the second research question, results showed that dark personalities (known to have low empathy for others and callousness) did not experience a different pattern of emotions across low- and high-stakes settings in comparison to their counterparts. Finally, the present study demonstrated that Dark Triad individuals were no better at deception than those who scored lower on these traits. The implications of these findings and future directions for research are discussed.
TeRRitoria D1.2 Ethics and Gender Balance Management Plan
Creators: name: Lesur, Marion
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019

description: This document represents TeRRItoria project Deliverable 1.2 (D1.2) Ethics and Gender Balance Management Plan. It provides background information on objectives and requirements in the respective fields on the EU level, describes the project structures/bodies put in place to support the TeRRItoria project management with these issues, and provides guidelines for the monitoring of gender balance throughout the project implementation. The Ethics and Gender Balance Management Plan was developed in accordance with relevant objectives and requirements of the European Commission, in particular the objectives set in the EU Regulation 2016/679 on data protection (GDPR), and the objectives set in the European Commission’s strategy on gender equality in research and innovation policy (Horizon 2020). The document is authored by the TeRRItoria project coordinator, the European Science Foundation (ESF). The Deliverable 1.2 is an output of Task 1.2 IPR, legal, and ethical obligations management, to be implemented as part of Work Package 1 (WP1) Project Management of the TeRRItoria project.
Black Vulture Conflict and Management in the United States: Damage Trends, Management Overview, and Research Needs
Creators: name: Kluever, Bryan M.
name: Pfeiffer, Morgan B
name: Barras, Scott C.
name: Dunlap, Brett G
name: Humberg, Lee A
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: Contrary to rapid declines of many vulture (Accipitridae, Cathartidea) species worldwide, black vulture (Coragyps atratus) populations are increasing and expanding their range in North America. Vultures exhibit complex behaviors and can adapt to any human-dominated landscape or land use. These traits, combined with population growth and range expansion, have contributed to increased human–vulture conflicts. Our goal was to summarize the current status and trends in human–black vulture conflicts (hereafter human–vulture conflicts), review available management strategies, identify knowledge gaps, and provide recommendations to enhance management and understanding of this species and the associated conflicts. We found human–vulture conflicts are increasing in agriculture (livestock), private and public property (both personal and infrastructure-based), and threats to human health and safety. The greatest increases in conflicts were reported in agriculture and private and public property damage. Regarding livestock depredation, good progress has been made toward assessing producer perceptions of the conflicts, including estimates of economic damage and mitigation strategies, but a basic understanding of the underlying mechanism driving the conflict and advancing strategies to mitigate damage is lacking. For damaged property, little information is available regarding economic losses and perceptions of stakeholders who are experiencing the damage, and most of the tools recommended for mitigating this damage have not been rigorously evaluated. Regarding human health and safety, recent research quantifying flight behavior of black vultures has direct implications for reducing aircraft collision risks. However, it is unclear what factors influence roost site selection and the most effective means to leverage the sensory ecology of the species to mitigate risks. We identify additional knowledge gaps and research needs that if addressed could increase managers’ understanding of black vulture ecology and facilitate enhanced management of this species while simultaneously allowing for the species to provide valuable ecosystem services.
ENVISION Policy Brief: Decision-making toolbox for inclusive conservation in protected areas
Creators: name: López-Rodríguez, M.D.
name: Oteros-Rozas, E.
name: March, H.
name: Lo, V.B.P.G.
name: Cebrián-Piqueras, M.A
name: Battioni, B.
name: Arroyo Schnell, A.
name: Ruíz-Mallén, I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: protected areas
stakeholder engagement
inclusive conservation
Post-2020 global biodiversity framework
conservation planning
decision-making tools

description: The ENVISION project (2019-2021) supported the development of a participatory approach to the management of PAs, inclusive conservation, with the aim of improving biodiversity and human well-being. Inclusive conservation is an approach for accommodating and balancing different stakeholder visions and values for PA management to achieve socially relevant and environmentally sustainable outcomes in protected areas. This brief provides a current description of the international policy landscape for conservation and protected areas and outlines a set of tools to enhance inclusive management of protected areas. These tools have been developed and applied across four case study areas by a team of international researchers.
Geometric Approximations of Some Aloha-like Stability Regions
Creators: name: Xie, Nan
name: Weber, Steven
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Most bounds on the stability region of Aloha give necessary and sufficient conditions for the stability of an arrival rate vector under a specific contention probability (control) vector. But such results do not yield easy-to-check bounds on the overall Aloha stability region because they potentially require checking membership in an uncountably infinite number of sets parameterized by each possible control vector. In this paper we consider an important specific inner bound on Aloha that has this property of difficulty to check membership in the set. We provide ellipsoids (for which membership is easy-to-check) that we conjecture are inner and outer bounds on this set. We also study the set of controls that stabilize a fixed arrival rate vector; this set is shown to be a convex set.
description: Presented at IEEE ISIT 2010 (Austin, TX)
Movement Behavior of Radio-Tagged European Starlings in Urban, Rural, and Exurban Landscapes
Creators: name: Klug, Page E
name: Homan, H. Jeffrey
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: Since their intentional introduction into the United States in the 1800s, European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) have become the fourth most common bird species and a nuisance bird pest in both urban and rural areas. Managers require better information about starling movement and habit-use patterns to effectively manage starling populations and the damage they cause. Thus, we revisited 6 radio-telemetry studies conducted during fall or winter between 2005 and 2010 to compare starling movements (n = 63 birds) and habitat use in 3 landscapes. Switching of roosting and foraging sites in habitat-sparse rural landscapes caused daytime (0900–1500 hours) radio fixes to be on average 2.6 to 6.3 times further from capture sites than either urban or exurban landscapes (P < 0.001). Roosts in urban city centers were smaller (100,000 birds) 6–13 km away in industrial zones. Radio-tagged birds from city-center roosts occasionally switched to the outlying major roosts. A multitrack railroad overpass and a treed buffer zone were used as major roosts in urban landscapes. Birds traveling to roosts from primary foraging sites in exurban and rural landscapes would often pass over closer-lying minor roosts to reach major roosts in stands of emergent vegetation in large wetlands. Daytime minimum convex polygons ranged from 101–229 km2 (x̄ = 154 km2). Anthropogenic food resources (e.g., concentrated animal feeding operations, shipping yards, landfills, and abattoirs) were primary foraging sites. Wildlife resource managers can use this information to predict potential roosting and foraging sites and average areas to monitor when implementing programs in different landscapes. In addition to tracking roosting flights, we recommend viewing high-resolution aerial images to identify potential roosting and foraging habitats before implementing lethal culls (e.g., toxicant baiting).
Open Source Academic Publishing Suite (OS-APS): Medienneutrales OA-Publizieren im eigenen Corporate Design
Creators: name: Söllner, Konstanze
name: Putnings, Markus
name: Hoffmann, Astrid Birgit
name: Berghaus-Sprengel, Anke
name: Brenn, Daniel
name: Borchert, Carsten
name: Eichler, Frederik
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Medienneutrales Publizieren
Open Source Software
E-Book-Produktion
automatischer Satz
Open Access

description: Viele Universitäts- und kleinere Wissenschaftsverlage verfügen nicht über die nötigen Ressourcen, um Manuskripte für verschiedene digitale Formate aufzubereiten, da hierfür in der Regel technische Expertise sowie kostenintensive XML-Redaktions- und Content-Management-Systeme erforderlich sind. Im Rahmen des Projekts „Open Source Academic Publishing Suite (OS-APS)“ entwickeln die Universitätsbibliothek Erlangen-Nürnberg, die Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt sowie die SciFlow GmbH daher eine Open-Source-Software, mit der E-Books einfach und automatisiert entsprechend den Gestaltungsvorgaben des jeweiligen Verlags erstellt werden können.
 Die Software OS-APS wird Import-, Editier- und Exportfunktionen integrieren, um die bei Verlagen vorliegenden Manuskriptformate wie Word oder OpenDocument einzulesen, zu analysieren, XML-Strukturen zu extrahieren und anschließend per Mausklick die gewünschten Exportformate (z.B. EPUB, HTML oder PDF) im Corporate Design des Verlags zu generieren. Die Verlage können sowohl mit bestehenden Satztemplates arbeiten als auch mithilfe eines Template Development Kit eigene Templates erstellen. Mittels eines leicht verständlichen User Interface können weitere semantische Informationen hinzugefügt sowie manuelle Korrekturen vorgenommen werden. Die Exportformate werden standardmäßig DRM-frei im Open Access generiert. Darüber hinaus sollen die verbreiteten verlagsrelevanten Open-Source-Tools Open Journal Systems (OJS) und Open Monograph Press (OMP) in ihren Funktionen erweitert werden. Dazu gehört neben einem Importplugin, das die Metadaten aus einer Einreichung automatisch übernehmen können soll, auch eine flexibel konfigurierbare Exportfunktion zur Anbindung an verbreitete Repositoriumssoftwares wie DSpace. Der Gewinn an Nutzbarkeit digitaler Publikationen soll die Akzeptanz und Attraktivität von Open Access erhöhen. Im Rahmen der „Richtlinie zur Förderung von Projekten zur Beschleunigung der Transformation zu Open Access“ wird das Projekt vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung für zwei Jahre gefördert.
Orchis ×richardiorum R. Soca, hyb. nat. nov. della Sardegna.
Creators: name: Romieg Soca, Romieg
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1998

description: Soca R., 1998. Orchis ×richardiorum R. Soca, hyb. nat. nov. della Sardegna. Caesiana 11: 59-62.
Resoconto della scoperta di un ibrido del genere Orchis nel comune di Meana Sardo in Sardegna.
Molecular dynamics simulation of UO2 nanocrystals surface
Creators: name: Boyarchenkov, A. S.
name: Potashnikov, S. I.
name: Nekrasov, K. A.
name: Kupryazhkin, A. Ya.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this article we investigated surface of nanocrystals (NC) of uranium dioxide (UO2) using molecular dynamics (MD) under isolated (non-periodic) boundary conditions with the approximation of pair potentials and rigid ions. It is shown that a cubic shape of the model NCs is metastable and the stable equilibrium is reached in the process of structural relaxation to the octahedral shape over a time of 1000 ns (200 million MD steps), which increases with the size of NC. We measured the size dependences of the lattice parameter and the surface energy density for NC of cubic and octahedral shape with volume up to 1000 nm3 (50000 particles) at temperatures of 2200K and 2300K. For the surfaces {100} and {111} we obtained the energy density σ100=1.602\pm0.016 J/m^2, σ111=1.137\pm0.032 J/m^2 and surface tension constant γ111=0.875\pm0.008 J/m^2. The resulting ratio of σ100/σ111=1.408\pm0.042 within the error coincides with the experimental value of 1.42\pm0.05 measured for microscopic cavities in monocrystals of UO2.
description: 11 pages, 8 figures, 5 tables
Simulated annealing algorithm for finding periodic orbits of multi-electron atomic systems
Creators: name: Mauger, Francois
name: Chandre, Cristel
name: Uzer, Turgay
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We adapt the simulated annealing algorithm to the search of periodic orbits for classical multi-electron atomic systems. This is done by minimizing the n-th return distance to the initial position on a Poincare surface of section under an energy constraint. Here we give evidence of the feasibility of the method by applying it to the helium atom in the ground state for one to three spatial dimensions. We examine the structure of the dynamics and connect its organization to the periodic orbits we have found.
Additional file 1 of The associations between plasma soluble Trem1 and neurological diseases: a Mendelian randomization study
Creators: name: Shi, Xiaolei
name: Wei, Tao
name: Hu, Yachun
name: Wang, Meng
name: Tang, Yi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Mental Health
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Power calculation for two-sample MR analyses of sTrem1 on neurological diseases. Table S2. Reverse causal relations of plasma sTrem1 with neurological diseases performed by MR. Table S3. Details of the removed SNPs for potential horizontal pleiotropy. Table S4. Characteristics of selected SNPs for plasma sTrem1. Table S5. Characteristics of selected SNPs for neurodegenerative diseases. Table S6. Characteristics of selected SNPs for multiple sclerosis. Table S7. Characteristics of selected SNPs for epilepsy. Table S8. Characteristics of selected SNPs for cerebrovascular diseases. Table S9. Characteristics of selected SNPs for migraine. Figure S1. The causal effect of plasma sTrem1 on Alzheimer’s Disease risk. Figure S2. The causal effect of plasma sTrem1 on Parkinson’s Disease risk. Figure S3. The causal effect of plasma sTrem1 on Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis risk. Figure S4. The causal effect of plasma sTrem1 on Multiple sclerosis risk. Figure S5. The causal effect of plasma sTrem1 on epilepsy risk. Figure S6. The causal effect of plasma sTrem1 on generalized epilepsy risk. Figure S7. The causal effect of plasma sTrem1 on focal epilepsy risk. Figure S8. The causal effect of plasma sTrem1 on ischemic stroke risk. Figure S9. The causal effect of plasma sTrem1 on ischemic stroke (large-artery atherosclerosis) risk. Figure S10. The causal effect of plasma sTrem1 on ischemic stroke (cardioembolic) risk. Figure S11. The causal effect of plasma sTrem1 on nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhage risk. Figure S12. The causal effect of plasma sTrem1 on subarachnoid haemmorrhage risk. Figure S13. The causal effect of plasma sTrem1 on migraine (with aura) risk. Figure S14. The causal effect of plasma sTrem1 on migraine (without aura, drug-induced) risk. Figure S15. The causal effect of plasma sTrem1 on migraine (without aura and triptan purchases) risk.
Breaks in the Radial Oxygen Abundance and Corotation Radius of Three Spiral Galaxies
Creators: name: Scarano, S.
name: Lepine, J. R. D.
name: Marcon-Uchida, M. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The correlation between the breaks in the metallicity distribution and the corotation radius of spiral galaxies has been already advocated in the past and is predicted by a chemo-dynamical model of our Galaxy that effectively introduces the role of spiral arms in the star formation rate. In this work we present photometric and spectroscopic observations made with the Gemini Telescope for three of the best candidates of spiral galaxies to have the corotation inside the optical disk: IC0167, NGC1042 and NGC6907. We observed the most intense and well distributed \hii regions of these galaxies, deriving reliable galactocentric distances and Oxygen abundances by applying different statistical methods. From these results we confirm the presence of variations in the gradients of metallicity of these galaxies that are possibly correlated with the corotation resonance.
description: accepted at MNRAS
Tolerance of Bearded Vultures to Human Activities: Response to Comor et al. (2019)
Creators: name: Duriez, Olivier
name: Margalida, Antoni
name: Albert, Luc
name: Arroyo, Beatriz
name: Couanon, Virginie
name: Loustau, Hélène
name: Razin, Martine
name: Mihoub, Jean-Baptiste
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: The bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) is listed as vulnerable in Europe on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List because of population declines over multiple generations. Vulture population declines have been attributed to shooting, use of toxicants, and changes in land use, which have resulted in habitat degradation and increased anthropogenic disturbances. Concomitantly, conservation authorities have restricted practices deemed harmful to the species and have established protection buffers around occupied vulture breeding sites to mitigate the impacts of anthropogenic disturbances on breeding success. Comor et al. (2019) compared bearded vulture breeding success over 6 years within and outside areas with restricted activities in the western French Pyrenees and assessed distances between vultures and hunting parties. They concluded that hunting was not a threat to species conservation and may even benefit vultures by providing alternative food resource. We dispute the conclusions of Comor et al. (2019) and present concerns about the data used, the study design, and the inferences taken from some of the data presented. Herein we provide arguments and rationale to support our opinion.
The Emerging Conflict of Common Ravens Roosting on Electric Power Transmission Line Towers in Montana, USA
Creators: name: Restani, Marco
name: Lueck, James S.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: Bird interactions with electric power lines can cause faults (e.g., disruption of electrical service). Faults on 500kV transmission lines in Montana, USA, which are integral to the Northwest USA power grid, became concerning during winter 2016–2017. In 2017 we found insulators contaminated with bird droppings and discovered a large nocturnal roost of common ravens (Corvus corax). To assess the potential magnitude of the impact of raven roosts on electric power transmission, we summarized fault data obtained from the Energy Management System and raven abundance data obtained from the Christmas Bird Count in central Montana from 2005 to 2020. We also conducted counts at 7 roosts in the study area in winter 2019–2020. We detected a positive relationship between the number of faults reported and raven abundance. The 3 largest roosts we surveyed peaked at 1,000–1,500 ravens on single evenings. The number of faults reported in winter 2019–2020 decreased after use of silicon-coated insulators, perch deterrents, and periodic washing of insulators. Increased raven populations throughout their range may cause similar conflicts for other electric utilities. Long-term management of ravens will need to integrate approaches at both local and landscape scales.
Refined approximation for a class of Landau-de Gennes energy minimizers
Creators: name: Nguyen, Luc
name: Zarnescu, Arghir
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We study a class of Landau-de Gennes energy functionals in the asymptotic regime of small elastic constant $L>0$. We revisit and sharpen the results in [18] on the convergence to the limit Oseen-Frank functional. We examine how the Landau-de Gennes global minimizers are approximated by the Oseen-Frank ones by determining the first order term in their asymptotic expansion as $L\to 0$. We identify the appropriate functional setting in which the asymptotic expansion holds, the sharp rate of convergence to the limit and determine the equation for the first order term. We find that the equation has a ``normal component'' given by an algebraic relation and a ``tangential component'' given by a linear system.
One Step Closer to a Better Starling Trap
Creators: name: Thiele, James R.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) are an invasive species in the United States that damage agriculture, personal property, and threaten human health and safety. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services provides technical support to mitigate damage by controlling starling populations at concentrated animal feeding operations, landfills, utilities, and urban areas. Wildlife Services uses DRC-1339, a registered toxicant, to reduce starling populations. Trapping can also be an effective tool but requires more time at a higher cost than DRC-1339. Trapping starlings, however, may be needed to provide a viable alternative to mitigate damage in areas where toxicant use may be restricted. To address this need, I developed a unique and effective starling trap to increase catch rates. I began testing multiple trap designs in November 2007 at cattle (Bos taurus) feedlots, meat processing plants, and urban staging areas in a 45-km radius of the city of Omaha, Nebraska, USA. In December 2011, I designed a 4-chamber, basket-style starling trap that has been instrumental in a nearly 90% reduction of the roosting starling population in downtown Omaha. Herein, I discuss the development and testing of the trap and provide guidelines and instructions for building and strategic placement of the trap.
Genus Osmolindsaea (Lindsaeaceae) in Thailand
Creators: name: Nutdanai Putthisawong
name: Sahut Chantanaorrapint
Publisher: name: Research and Development Office, Prince of Songkla University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Lindsaeoid fern
Osmolindsaea
pteridophyte, spore
Thailand

description: Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (SJST), 43, 4, 1000-1003
Accordion homes : lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) refugees' experiences of home and belonging in Canada
Creators: name: Fobear, Katherine Marie
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: This thesis examines the homing experiences of LGBT refugees in Vancouver, British Columbia. Using participatory photography, ethnography, and oral history, this project interrogates home and belonging for individuals claiming and receiving asylum based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The issues examined lie at the intersection of two ongoing discussions in migration scholarship: on race, class, sexual orientation, and gender identity in refugee settlement in Canada, and on home and belonging for LGBT refugees. This examination contributes to both of these discussions. The research suggests reimagining refugee settlement in Canada through the lens of sexualized and gendered bodies in order to queer refugee settlement and expand the scope of home and belonging beyond the pragmatic to aspects of relatedness to places, bodies, and persons. LGBT refugees are caught in between two “(un)homey” places, Canada and their home countries, in which they experience marginalization as queer minorities. LGBT refugees’ experiences challenge the binary between home and homelessness/ displacement and emplacement. Home is not cemented in Vancouver or LGBT refugees’ countries of origin. It rests in the attachments LGBT refugees make with different places, communities, and their own bodies. The relationships LGBT refugees maintain between Canada and their countries serves as a necessary means for them to create a sense of home. These transnational relationships push homemaking outside of the heterosexual neoliberal nation-state and challenge static concepts of home. The fluidity of transnational relationships for LGBT refugees challenges the conceptualization of “home” within policy and academic literatures on settlement. This research unsettles homonational narratives around Canada being a progressive safe haven and discourses about “saving” LGBT refugees. Finally, the thesis reflects on the potential role of the activist-scholar in working with persons living precarious lives in precarious situations, and the responsibilities held by both the researcher and participants in documenting, interpreting, and exhibiting LGBT refugees’ experiences of home and belonging.
Optimal hyperparameter tuning of random forestsfor estimating causal treatment effects
Creators: name: Lateef Amusa
name: North, Delia
name: Temesgen Zewotir
Publisher: name: Research and Development Office, Prince of Songkla University
Year: 2021
Subjects: random forest
simulation
observational studies
propensity scores
treatment effect
causal inference

description: Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (SJST), 43, 4, 1004-1009
Supporting Farmer Adoption of Sustainable Bird Management Strategies
Creators: name: Lindell, Catherine A
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: Pest birds cause substantial and costly damage to crops. Managing birds is complex because (1) they are highly mobile, (2) they habituate quickly to many deterrents, (3) some species provide benefits to farmers by deterring and consuming pest insects, rodents, and other birds, and (4) birds are highly valued by many people. Thus, farmers have many issues to consider when developing bird management strategies. Here I discuss recent work indicating that farmer adoption of sustainable agricultural practices is more likely when practices are effective, clear guidelines for implementation are available, implementation is relatively easy, and when practices are linked, in farmers’ minds and logistically, with other farm management practices. This manuscript draws together information about these factors for common bird management tactics to aid in the development of sustainable bird management strategies by farmers and the development of education programs for farmers by extension personnel and researchers. Such strategies will necessarily involve combinations of tactics, following the framework of Integrated Pest Management.
Decompositions of Binomial Ideals in Macaulay 2
Creators: name: Kahle, Thomas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Commutative Algebra (math.AC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 13-04

description: The package Binomials contains implementations of specialized algorithms for binomial ideals, including primary decomposition into binomial ideals. The current implementation works in characteristic zero. Primary decomposition is restricted to binomial ideals with trivial coefficients to avoid computations over the algebraic numbers. The basic ideas of the algorithms go back to Eisenbud and Sturmfels' seminal paper on the subject. Two recent improvements of the algorithms are discussed and examples are presented.
description: This paper is supplementary to the source code available at www.thomas-kahle.de/bpd
Ruminal bio-hydrogenation and fermentation in response to soybean oiland fish oil addition to fistulated cattle's diets
Creators: name: Chayapol Meeprom
name: Wisitiporn Suksombat
Publisher: name: Research and Development Office, Prince of Songkla University
Year: 2021
Subjects: bio-hydrogenation
soybean oil
fish oil
ruminal fermentation
fistulated dry cows

description: Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (SJST), 43, 4, 1010-1017
Additional file 1 of Subjective cognitive decline and anxious/depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic: what is the role of stress perception, stress resilience, and β-amyloid?
Creators: name: Akinci, Muge
name: Sánchez-Benavides, Gonzalo
name: Brugulat-Serrat, Anna
name: Peña-Gómez, Cleofé
name: Palpatzis, Eleni
name: Shekari, Mahnaz
name: Deulofeu, Carme
name: Fuentes-Julian, Sherezade
name: Salvadó, Gemma
name: González-de-Echávarri, José Maria
name: Suárez-Calvet, Marc
name: Minguillón, Carolina
name: Fauria, Karine
name: Molinuevo, José Luis
name: Gispert, Juan Domingo
name: Grau-Rivera, Oriol
name: Arenaza-Urquijo, Eider M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Selected questions from the online ad-hoc questionnaire on worries and lifestyle changes during the COVID-19 confinement.
Modeling Migratory Nongame Birds: A Plea for Data
Creators: name: Linz, George M.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: The Bird Damage Management Conference held February 10–13, 2020 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA provided a forum for professionals from across the United States to discuss and share management approaches, research strategies, policy, and messaging regarding the management of blackbirds (Icteridae), starlings (Sturnus vulgaris), corvids (Corvidae), and vultures (Cathartidae). Mathematical models were presented at the conference and subsequently discussed in a special issue of Human–Wildlife Interactions. Rapidly changing landscape variables point to the need for detailed systematic population monitoring programs with specific objectives. Nationwide periodic monitoring would provide data about changes not only in bird populations due to changing landscapes but also could be used to assess management activities.
A critical study of the siege of the Alamo and of the personnel of its defenders
Creators: name: Williams, Amelia Worthington, 1876-1958
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 1931
Subjects: subject: Alamo
subject: Alamo siege
subject: 1836 siege
subject: San Antonio
subject: Texas
subject: History
subject: Texas Revolution
subject: 1835-1836
subject: Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)--Siege, 1836
subject: Texas--History--Revolution, 1835-1836

description: For almost a hundred years the story of the siege and fall of the Alamo has been told and retold; the theme has so often been woven into poetry, legend and romance that practically all the world has heard of this dramatic and tragical episode in the war of Texas independence. But the very completeness of the Mexican victory, the utter despoliation of the fort, the burning of all Texan muster rolls, gave rise to a number of puzzling problems concerning this event, problems that have never been satisfactorily solved. How many Texans died at the Alamo? Who were they and whence had they come? How many Mexicans died there? When did David Crockett arrive at Bexar? Was he accompanied by a band of his Tennessee friends, or did he come practically alone? Who were the brave men from Gonzales who went to Travis's aid on March 1? Where were the ashes of the Texans finally buried? Questions such as these have remained unanswered for almost a century, and this study was begun with the aim of investigating all documents and accounts which could be found that would shed light on these dark spots in the Alamo story. The majority of the questions have been answered with a fair degree of certainty, but others will probably remain unsolved for all time. The materials for the study are voluminous. There are several great collections of official documents. Both at the State Library and at the General Land Office, there are two or three large collections of manuscripts; there are in the University Archives memoirs, reminiscences and records left by contemporaries and the Mexican participants, besides the many histories that have been written concerning the Texas Revolution, of which the fall of the Alamo was an event. Moreover, there are the newspaper accounts of various phases of the story. All this material was carefully investigated, brought together, compared, paralleled. Where it has seemed possible or wise to do so, conclusions have been drawn and brief statements made, but throughout the pages of the study, an effort has been maintained to present the original document if it would carry forward the narrative. Appendices are added at the end of the paper in order to give a clearer understanding of the subject matter of the study proper, and in order to present relative material that could not find a place in the main narrative
Changes of FSH and LH receptors expressions in rat testis aftermethamphetamine exposure
Creators: name: Paweena Kaewman
name: Sutisa Nudmamud-Thanoi
name: Samur Thanoi
Publisher: name: Research and Development Office, Prince of Songkla University
Year: 2021
Subjects: FSH receptor
LH receptor
methamphetamine
testis

description: Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (SJST), 43, 4, 1018-1021
Weak deflection angle of Kazakov-Solodukhin black hole in plasma medium using Gauss-Bonnet theorem and its greybody bonding
Creators: name: Javed, Wajiha
name: Hussain, Iqra
name: Övgün, Ali
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we study light rays in a Kazakov-Solodukhin black hole. To this end, we use the optical geometry of the Kazakov-Solodukhin black hole within the Gauss-bonnet theorem. We first show the effect of the deformation parameter $a$ on the Gaussian optical curvature, and then we use the modern method popularized by Gibbons and Werner to calculate the weak deflection angle of light. Our calculations of deflection angle show how gravitational lensing is affected by the deformation parameter $a$. Moreover, we demonstrate the effect of a plasma medium on weak gravitational lensing by the Kazakov-Solodukhin black hole. We discuss that the increasing the deformation parameter $a$, will increase the weak deflection angle of the black hole. Our analysis also uncloak how one may find a observational evidence for a deformation parameter on the deflection angle. In addition, we studied the rigorous bounds of the Kazakov-Solodukhin black hole for the grey body factor and also studied the graphical behaviour of the bounds by fixing $l=0$ and $M=1$ and observed that increasing the deformation parameter $a$ will decrease the rigorous bound $T_b$ of the black hole.
description: 16 pages. Accepted for publication in The European Physical Journal Plus
Rebuttals, Retractions, and the Peer-Review Process: Clarifying HWI Policies
Creators: name: Messmer, Terry A.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: In this Back Page article, Human-Wildlife Interactions Editor-in-Chief Terry Messmer addresses the journal's peer-review process as well as an ethical approach to rebuttals, commentaries, and retractions of published work. This level of transparency is essential to ensure scientific rigor in scholarly publishing.
Characterization of AA5052-ZrO2 and AA5052-SiO2surface composites fabricated by friction stir processing
Creators: name: Baig, Mirza Abdul Hadi
name: R. Vaira Vignesh
name: R. Padmanaban
name: M. Govindaraju
Publisher: name: Research and Development Office, Prince of Songkla University
Year: 2021
Subjects: aluminium alloys
friction stir processing
surface composite
corrosion rate
fractography

description: Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (SJST), 43, 4, 1022-1030
The self-cohering tied-array
Creators: name: Fridman, P. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Large radio astronomy multi-element interferometers are frequently used as single dishes in a tied-array mode when signals from separate antennas are added. Phase shifts arising during wave propagation through a turbulent atmosphere can significantly reduce the effective area of an equivalent single dish. I aim to give estimates of the impact of the ionosphere and troposphere on the effectiveness of a radio interferometer working in tied-array mode. Statistical estimates of the effective area are calculated and the power-law of turbulent atmosphere irregularities has been used. A simple method of tied-array calibration using optimization techniques is proposed. The impact of phase errors on the effectiveness of tied-arrays are given for low and high frequencies. Computer simulations demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed calibration algorithm.
A WAY TO IMPLEMENT A BINARY SEARCH TREE IN PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE C#
Creators: name: Popova, O.
name: Bogatsky, N.
Publisher: name: The Scientific Heritage
Year: 2020
Subjects: Visual Studio 2017
Processing Time
Binary Tree
Time Initialization
Search in Binary Tree
Organization Method.

description: In this article, is considered, implemented and tested one of the options for organizing binary trees, as well as its improved version. The test results were checked against one of the common implementations of a binary tree in the C# programming language. Mainly these binary trees are used to implement sets and associative arrays, and there are other uses as well. The scope of the method covers any implementation of a binary tree. The implemented class can be used as a more productive alternative to the built-in or any other implementation of the binary tree. The solution considered was implemented using Microsoft Visual Studio 2017. The results include theoretical conclusions drawn from practical research.
Funneling Light Through a Subwavelength Aperture with Epsilon-Near-Zero Materials
Creators: name: Slocum, David
name: Inampudi, Sandeep
name: Adams, David C.
name: Vangala, Shivashankar
name: Kuhta, Nicholas A.
name: Goodhue, William D.
name: Podolskiy, Viktor A.
name: Wasserman, Daniel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Integration of the next generation of photonic structures with electronic and optical on-chip components requires the development of effective methods for confining and controlling light in subwavelength volumes. Several techniques enabling light coupling to sub-wavelength objects have recently been proposed, including grating-, and composite-based solutions. However, experi-mental realization of these couplers involves complex fabrication with \sim 10nm resolution in three dimensions. One promising alternative to complex coupling structures involves materials with vanishingly small dielectric permittivity, also known as epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) materials. In contrast to the previously referenced approaches, a single at layer of ENZ-material is expected to provide effcient coupling between free-space radiation and sub-wavelength guiding structures. Here we report the first direct observation of bulk-ENZ-enhanced transmission through a subwavelength slit, accompanied by a theoretical study of this phenomenon. Our study opens the door to multiple practical applications of ENZ materials and ENZ-based photonic systems.
Constrained system dynamic modeling for water discrepancyinvestigations in Bangkok Metropolitan, Thailand
Creators: name: Kedmanee Naphawan
name: Thananya Wasusri
Publisher: name: Research and Development Office, Prince of Songkla University
Year: 2021
Subjects: urban water management
water deficit
water leakage
Bangkok Metropolitan
system dynamics

description: Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (SJST), 43, 4, 1031-1040