cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Diagnosis and therapy of feedlot lameness
Creators: name: Apley, Michael D.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2020

description: While not at an incidence level comparative to bovine respiratory disease, lameness in feedlots still presents a significant challenge and results in significant economic loss. These proceedings address the basics of diagnosis and therapy of infectious pododermatitis (foot rot), septic arthritis, toe abscesses (toe tip necrosis syndrome), and papillomatous digital dermatitis (hairy heel wart). The benefits of surgical intervention in selected lameness cases are recognized but are beyond the scope of this presentation. Understanding of the causal factors for each disease is pivotal in minimizing additional cases.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2020 Recent Graduate Proceedings
The Neural Basis of Successful Word Reading in Aphasia
Creators: name: Book, Diane S.
name: Binder, Jeffrey R.
name: Pillay, Sara B.
name: Gross, William L.
name: Graves, William W.
name: Humphries, Colin
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Reading
Aphasia
fMRI
Phonology
Semantics

description: Objective: Understanding the neural basis of recovery from stroke is a major research goal. Many functional neuroimaging studies have identified changes in brain activity in people with aphasia, but it is unclear whether these changes truly support successful performance or merely reflect increased task difficulty. We addressed this problem by examining differences in brain activity associated with correct and incorrect responses on an overt reading task. On the basis of previous proposals that semantic retrieval can assist pronunciation of written words, we hypothesized that recruitment of semantic areas would be greater on successful trials. Methods: Participants were 21 patients with left-hemisphere stroke with phonologic retrieval deficits. They read words aloud during an event-related fMRI paradigm. BOLD signals obtained during correct and incorrect trials were contrasted to highlight brain activity specific to successful trials. Results: Successful word reading was associated with higher BOLD signal in the left angular gyrus. In contrast, BOLD signal in bilateral posterior inferior frontal cortex, SMA, and anterior cingulate cortex was greater on incorrect trials. Interpretation: These data show for the first time the brain regions where neural activity is correlated specifically with successful performance in people with aphasia. The angular gyrus is a key node in the semantic network, consistent with the hypothesis that additional recruitment of the semantic system contributes to successful word production when phonologic retrieval is impaired. Higher activity in other brain regions during incorrect trials likely reflects secondary engagement of attention, working memory, and error monitoring processes when phonologic retrieval is unsuccessful.
Practical application of techniques for performing C-sections in beef cows
Creators: name: Lewis, Keelan
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2020

description: As a newly graduated veterinarian, the idea of a calf delivery via cesarean section is daunting. As a young veterinarian I would avoid c-sections so readily I would be exhausted by the time the procedure was the last remaining option. Mentorship and functional tricks can help avoid this misguided fear in new veterinarians.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2020 Recent Graduate Proceedings
A chance to cut is a chance to cure
Creators: name: Homerosky, Elizabeth R.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2020

description: A rumenostomy is a quick and easy surgery that can help remedy recurrent bloat refractory to medical therapy. This clean-contaminated surgery is particularly useful among cattle experiencing chronic vagal indigestion, and is a common surgery performed in feedlot cattle. Preoperative analgesia should be provided; however, choice of antibiotic therapy is generally left to the discretion of the surgeon. Following local anesthesia and surgical prep of the left paralumbar fossa, a circular incision is made through the skin. Muscle layers are removed or bluntly dissected and the peritoneum is incised to visualize the rumen. The rumen wall is exteriorized and stay sutures are applied to reduce the risk of rumen contents contaminating the abdomen. A stoma into the rumen is created and a tight seal between the rumen wall and skin is achieved via several different suture pattern options. Patient prognosis is generally good regardless of surgical technique,pending no severe underlying medical conditions are present.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2020 Recent Graduate Proceedings
Approach to right-sided pings in the dairy cow
Creators: name: Gordon, Eric D.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2020

description: The diagnosis and approach to the right-sided abomasal displacement in the bovine can be frustrating for any dairy practitioner. Right-sided abdominal pings are varied and often troublesome to diagnose, but a systemic workup can assist the practitioner in successful identification and resolution of these cases. This article is a review of types of right-side abomasal displacements in the dairy cow, typical presenting signs, and approaches to correct diagnosis and positive outcomes.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2020 Recent Graduate Proceedings
Sorting out umbilical abnormalities in the young calf
Creators: name: Gordon, Eric D.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2020

description: Umbilical abnormalities in the calf can result from multiple underlying problems. Given the potential complicities of some of those conditions, umbilical growths can be daunting for some practitioners to handle in the field. A systematic approach to diagnosis utilizing palpation and ultrasound, along with aspiration in some cases, can allow for accurate diagnosis and successful first line treatment. Surgical evaluation is sometimes required to confirm the diagnosis and often necessary for resolution. This article will offer practical tips for the workup of umbilical disorders.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2020 Recent Graduate Proceedings
Teat surgery
Creators: name: Masterson, Margaret A.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2020

description: Veterinarians are often called to perform teat surgery, whether due to congenital malformations of the teats or due to trauma. Anytime that teat surgery is performed, sterility is extremely important as one does not want to create a case of mastitis. This paper will cover the basics of common teat surgeries including supernumerary teats, slow milkers, teat obstructions, teat spiders, fistulas and repair of teat lacerations.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2020 Recent Graduate Proceedings
Calving detours
Creators: name: Masterson, Margaret A.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2020

description: Many times, it is not possible to deliver a calf vaginally. Veterinarians need to be familiar with the indications for a cesarean section (C-section), how to perform the surgery, and to move on to this option in a timely manner to achieve the best results. This paper will cover the indications for a C-section. There are several surgical approaches, but in general the left flank approach is the easiest to perform. Anesthesia is typically achieved with a paravertebral block of inverted “L”. Once the abdomen is open, the uterus is brought to the incision. A uterine incision starting at the hock and extending to and around the hoof is made through which the calf is delivered. If the uterus cannot be brought to the incision, it can be opened in the abdomen with the aid of a letter opener. Severely contaminated calvings may require a special approach. Once the calf is delivered, the uterus is closed with an inverting pattern, and the body wall is closed in a standard manner. Knowing how to perform a C-section in the field will give the veterinarian another option when a calving detour is indicated.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2020 Recent Graduate Proceedings
Are they really helping them to "Get over it"? Bystander behavior after sexual harassment incidents in the fashion industry
Creators: name: Crowley, Jocelyn Elise
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2024

description: Sexual harassment is a problem that continues to confront mostly women in the American workforce. One of the primary ways to reduce its prevalence and impact is through bystander intervention. A bystander is familiar with the incident and ultimately decides whether to proactively intervene, do nothing, or actually cause further damage to the victim by siding with the perpetrator. While bystanders can become engaged both prior to and during a sexually harassing event, or at the primary and secondary levels of prevention, they can also be involved after the incident, or at the tertiary level of prevention. This present study addressed tertiary prevention in real-life sexual harassment cases drawn from the fashion industry, whereby female models—as independent contractors represented by agencies and with few labor rights—were the victims, powerful men in the business were the key perpetrators, and other actors were the bystanders. Using thematic analysis to understand 18 accounts of harassment, this research identified bystander support from personal associates and some modeling agencies as institutions in the form of emotional resources and action-oriented advocacy. However, other modeling agencies more commonly engaged in bystander opposition, whereby they silenced their models who complained of harassment or continued to send models to work with known perpetrators in the business. This study thus draws attention to the ways in which some bystanders can help, but others can cause further harm through their particular employment relationships with victims that promote worker precarity. Implications for practitioners and public policy reforms for this industry are discussed.
Building confidence in transition cow consulting
Creators: name: Gingrich, K. Fred
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2020

description: Nutrition can greatly impact the health and productivity of the lactating dairy cow. Nutrition and management during the dry period and immediately prior to calving have a tremendous impact on the success of the cow to transition into lactation. The veterinarian may be asked to intervene on individual sick cows with transition problems (i.e. ketosis, displaced abomasum [LDA], hypocalcemia) or evaluate a herd that has a higher incidence of transition cow disease than expected. Veterinarians should develop the skills necessary to consult producers on how to diagnose whether the transition cows are having a negative impact on herd health and productivity, evaluate the cause of the increased herd-level incidence, and recommend management and nutritional changes to correct the problem. This paper will primarily focus on clinical and subclinical ketosis prevention and its sequelae.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2020 Recent Graduate Proceedings
Freedom and life satisfaction in transition
Creators: name: Okulicz-Kozaryn, Adam
Publisher: name: Akadémiai Kiadó
Year: 2015
Subjects: Life satisfaction
Freedom
Transition
Europe, Eastern

description: Freedom and life satisfaction are desirable conditions and they both have a special meaning in Eastern Europe–transition was largely about gaining freedom and ultimately overall well-being. There are several studies about the effect of freedom on life satisfaction, but none of them focuses on Eastern Europe. I investigate the effect of self-reported freedom on life satisfaction in post-transition Eastern Europe using the World Values Survey. Surprisingly, East Europeans feel less free and less satisfied with their lives than other nationals. But a personal feeling of freedom increases their life satisfaction at a higher rate than in other countries. Freedom is a strong predictor of life satisfaction as compared to national income.
Discrete estimation of spectral density for symmetric stable process
Creators: name: Sabre, R.
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: We considered a complex strongly harmonizable stationary symmetric stable process in continuous time. In this paper we give an unbiased consistent estimate of the spectral density for this process sampling at periodic instants.To avoid aliasing phenomenon it is assumed that the spectral density has a compact support.
description: Statistica; Vol 60, No 3 (2000)
Schema Correspondences between Objects
Creators: name: Kashyap, Vipul
name: Sheth, Amit
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1990

description: In a multi-database system, schematic conflicts between two objects are usually of interest only when the objects have some semantic similarity. In this paper we try to reconcile the schematic and semantic perspectives. We introduce a uniform formalism called schema correspondences to represent structural similarities between the objects. We represent the semantic similarities between the objects using the concept of semantic proximity. We show how the reconciliation is achieved by illustrating the association of the schema correspondence(s) with and as component(s) of the semantic proximity. We also provide a data model independent semantic taxonomy on the basis of the semantic proximity defined. We then enumerate and classify the schematic and data conflicts. The association between the schema correspondences and semantic proximity helps represent the possible semantic similarities between two objects having these conflicts. One representation of uncertain information using semantic proximity as the basis is explored. Issues of inconsistent information are also discussed in the framework of semantic proximity.
Using DC 305 to help your clients achieve success
Creators: name: Capel, Michael
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2020

description: Dairy Comp 305 is a dairy management software program designed to help producers manage the cows on their farm. It allows the user to record important pieces of information about each cow for later retrieval and use by dairy employees and consultants. Veterinarians, through their understanding of biology, animal husbandry and farm operations, are uniquely qualified to help producers utilize this program to manage their farms, monitor trends, and intervene quickly when problems arise. Additionally, management programs like Dairy Comp 305 will be critical in helping farms remain compliant with regulatory guidelines. Veterinarians can help farms design and implement data recording, generate “action” lists of cows requiring management intervention, provide concise and easy reports to evaluate disease trends, and regularly monitor reproduction and milk production. A sound understanding of dairy management software opens considerable opportunities for the engaged practitioner to demonstrate value and help their clients achieve success.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2020 Recent Graduate Proceedings
The Times, They Are Changing
Creators: name: Mitchell, Heather
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Koha
ILS migration
Next generation catalog
Integrated library systems (ILS)
Data migration
Shared integrated library systems
Open source ILS

description: In 2015, Rutgers became only the second accredited law school in the United States to select the open-source ILS, Koha. The merger of two unique catalogs at Rutgers Law School has presented unique challenges with respect to migration mapping, data recall for large records, and relevancy ranking, all of which affect search results and usability of the OPAC. System migrations always result in some data being lost or incorrectly transferred. The hope is to minimize just how much data is compromised while fixing errors that might not have come to light but for the migration.
Un modello per la stima di flussi nel mercato del lavoro affetti da errori di classificazione in rilevazioni retrospettive
Creators: name: Bassi, F.
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: The paper proposes a model to correct gross flows in the labour market from classification errors, when flows are observed by means of longitudinal surveys with retrospective questions. The model consists in an application of latent class analysis, specifically it is a special case of the modified LISREL approach proposed by Hagenaars. The loglinear parametrization allows one to specify a very parsimonious model and to introduce into its measurement part a dependence of response errors on the time elapsed between the moment of interview and the event to recall. In this way, it is possible to consider the effect of memory decay on reported conditions in the labour market and , specifically, the fact that the longer the recall period, the higher the probability of making mistakes. The model is applied to correct quarterly gross flows observed by means of the French labour force survey.
description: Statistica; Vol 60, No 3 (2000)
Establishing Regularities in Object-Oriented (Eiffel) Systems
Creators: name: Minsky, Naftaly H.
name: Pal, Partha P.
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1994

description: Regularities, or the conformity to unifying principles, are essential to the comprehensibility, manageability and reliability of large software systems, and should, therefore, be considered an important element of their architecture. But the inherent globality of regularities makes them very hard to implement in traditional methods. We have argued elsewhere that this difficulty can be alleviated by means of law-governed architecture (LGA), under which system designers can establish the desired regularity (of a certain kind) simply by declaring it formally and explicitly as the law of the system. Once such a law-governed regularity is declared, it is enforced by the environment in which the system is developed. This paper, which is based on a recently developed environment called Darwin-E, describes the application of LGA to object-oriented systems written in the Eiffel language. We introduce here the formalism for specifying laws under Darwin-E and give a sample of regularities that can be efficiently established by such laws. In particular, we demonstrate how one can establish a kernelized architecture suitable for the construction of critical embedded software, such as the software embedded in an intensive care unit.
Numerical modelling of fixed and moving bed biomass combustion under air and oxy-fuel conditions
Creators: name: Karim, Md. Rezwanul
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Biomass is a potential alternative of fossil fuel which can provide better environment by reducing carbon emission. Biomass furnaces used for combustion process requires further development for achieving better efficiency and emission control. In this study, a numerical modelling method has been developed for investigating combustion phenomenon of biomass fuel in fixed and moving bed grate furnace. The model works on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software where various important processes have been included by writing code. Different biomass fuel combustion has been simulated under various operating conditions. This model would be helpful for design and development of efficient biomass grate furnaces for heat and power production.
Associazione ed efficienza nei modelli logit-multivariati
Creators: name: Domma, F.
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: The goal of this work is to investigate the role that the association, among categorical variables, plays in estimating of the so-called marginal parameters of a Multivariate Logit Models. By comparing, in terms of asymptotic efficiency, the maximum likelihood estimators of the vector of the marginal parameters to the one obtained under the wrong hypothesis of stochastic independence (misspecification), we provide the general conditions of equality among asymptotic variance matrices of the two alternative estimators. Furthermore, by analyzing the particular case of bivariate binary variables with constraints of homogeneity (between, within and complete) on the marginal probabilities, we show that there are situations in which the gain of efficiency of the maximum likelihood estimator with respect to that of misspecification grows when the association among variables increases too.
description: Statistica; Vol 60, No 3 (2000)
Impact of COVID-19 social-distancing on sleep timing and duration during a university semester
Creators: name: Smit, Andrea N.
name: Juda, Myriam
name: Livingstone, Ashley
name: U., Stephanie R.
name: Mistlberger, Ralph E.
Publisher: name: PLoS
Year: 2021

description: Social-distancing directives to contain community transmission of the COVID-19 virus can be expected to affect sleep timing, duration or quality. Remote work or school may increase time available for sleep, with benefits for immune function and mental health, particularly in those individuals who obtain less sleep than age-adjusted recommendations. Young adults are thought to regularly carry significant sleep debt related in part to misalignment between endogenous circadian clock time and social time. We examined the impact of social-distancing measures on sleep in young adults by comparing sleep self-studies submitted by students enrolled in a university course during the 2020 summer session (entirely remote instruction, N = 80) with self-studies submitted by students enrolled in the same course during previous summer semesters (on-campus instruction, N = 452; cross-sectional study design). Self-studies included 2–8 week sleep diaries, two chronotype questionnaires, written reports, and sleep tracker (Fitbit) data from a subsample. Students in the 2020 remote instruction semester slept later, less efficiently, less at night and more in the day, but did not sleep more overall despite online, asynchronous classes and ~44% fewer work days compared to students in previous summers. Subjectively, the net impact on sleep was judged as positive or negative in equal numbers of students, with students identifying as evening types significantly more likely to report a positive impact, and morning types a negative impact. Several features of the data suggest that the average amount of sleep reported by students in this summer course, historically and during the 2020 remote school semester, represents a homeostatic balance, rather than a chronic deficit. Regardless of the interpretation, the results provide additional evidence that social-distancing measures affect sleep in heterogeneous ways.
Comparison of select reference management tools
Creators: name: Zhang, Yingting
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2012
Subjects: Bibliographic management software
Bookmarking tools
Citation managers
Citation generators
Connotea
EndNote
EndNote Web
Mendeley Desktop
Mendeley Web
Reference management tools
Reference managers
Reference organizers
Research tools
Zotero

description: Bibliographic management tools have been widely used by researchers to store, organize, and manage their references for research papers, theses, dissertations, journal articles, and other publications. There are a number of reference management tools available. In order for users to decide which tool is best for their needs, it is important to know each tool’s strengths and weaknesses. This article compares four reference management tools, one of which is licensed by University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey libraries and the other three are open source and freely available. They were chosen based on their functionality, ease of use, availability to library users, and popularity. These four tools are: EndNote / EndNote Web, Zotero, Connotea, and Mendeley Desktop / Mendeley Web. Each tool is analyzed in terms of the following features: accessing, collecting, organizing, collaborating, and citing/formatting. A comparison table is included to summarize the key features of these tools.
Confronti tra misure di accuratezza per la stima di mancate risposte in indagini longitudinali
Creators: name: Gismondi, R.
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: In this paper, dealing with the problem of estimating missing values concerning a certain Y variable, we have first tried to define 8 different estimators, derived from a general imputation model. Then 7 different accuracy measures (or quality indicators of the imputation process) have been proposed and commented. Finally, starting from a concrete and strongly skewed population an ignorable non response mechanism has been simulated, in order to compare estimators and quality indicators. Results showed that it could be useful to compare estimators using more than one quality indicator only. In particular, both the difference among true and estimated values and the discrepancy existing between the true and the partially estimated distribution should be ever evaluated, in order to point out the best estimator whatever could be the population density form.
description: Statistica; Vol 60, No 3 (2000)
The Impact of High-Skill Guestworker Programs and the STEM Workforce
Creators: name: Salzman, Hal
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2016
Subjects: H-1B
Visas
Guestworkers
Foreign workers--United States
Information technology--Employees--Supply and demand
Labor and globalization
Outsourcing
Contracting out
Offshore outsourcing
Immigration policy
High-skill workers

description: Statement of Hal Salzman for the hearing on "The Impact of High-Skilled Immigration on U.S. Workers", submitted to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate, 25 February 2016
title: İki Tılsımlı Kâse / Two Incantation Bowls
title: Two incantation bowls
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Häberl, Charles G.
Publisher: name: Pera Müzesi
Year: 2015
Subjects: Aramaic
Comparative Religion
Folklore and Mythology
Linguistics or Philology
Middle Eastern studies

description: While the use of natural means to heal the sick and the wounded has a reputable antiquity in the Middle East, particularly in Mesopotamia, the use of preternatural or magical means is no less ancient. The Mesopotamian "doctor" (Sumerian A.ZU; Akkadian, asu; Aramaic, arya) worked with magical rituals and administered medicines externally and orally. Indeed the practice of medicine and of magic was so closely intertwined that it is impossible to draw a line distinguishing one from the other. From the seventh century BCE, when the earliest surviving Mesopotamian medical texts were composed, magic and medicine were used in tandem. Although Mesopotamian doctors made use of a highly developed pharmacology, no prescription was complete without an appeal to supernatural entities. For this reason, it should not be surprising that health (Aramaic, asutha) is one of the primary concerns of later incantation texts, such as on the two terracotta bowls on display here.
Practical and applied use of veterinary feed directives in production
Creators: name: Quinn, M. J.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2020

description: Feed additives are important tools for livestock producers to improve animal health, wellbeing, and productivity in modern livestock production. Feed additives used for the improvement of efficiency, weight gain, and carcass characteristics have been well documented in the literature. Feed additives with animal health implications require a more diligent approach to use, and therefore require a higher level of evaluation. There are numerous labels, combinations, and dose ranges associated with feed additive use. In the current regulatory environment, the understanding of these labels and how to effectively implement the compounds which require veterinary feed directives in a practical manner is important to both those who create the directives, and those who implement them. Practical, cost-effective decisions with respect to the use of in-feed antimicrobials are multi-faceted and complex.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2020 Recent Graduate Proceedings
Analisi statistica di variabili economiche:un modello generale. Le distribuzioni del capitale umano, della ricchezza, del reddito e del debito
Creators: name: Dagum, C.
name: Costa, M.
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: This paper specifies a general model accounting for income,net and total wealth, dept and human capital distribution and discusses five fondamental properties that models of these variables should fulfill.It is shown that the Lorenz curve and Gini ratio can be obtained as function of the parameters of the general model. Finally the general model and its particular cases are fitted to 1983 U.S. and 1989 Italian data and their resuls are thoroughly analyzed.
description: Statistica; Vol 60, No 4 (2000)
Schildia gracillima Walker 1855
Creators: name: Dikow, Torsten
name: Bayless, Keith M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Asilidae
Schildia
Schildia gracillima

description: When this paper was already in press two additional specimens of Schildia gracillima became available that extend the distribution of this species in northern Brazil. Amazonas: 1M * Querari, Município São Gabriel da Cachoeira, 01°05’N 069°51’W, 5.iv.–27.v.1993, C. Motta et al.; Roraima: 1M * Serra Pacaraima, 04°04’N 061°29’W, 27.viii.1987, J. Rafael J. Elias A. Henriques. Both specimens are deposited in INPA (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil).
description: Published as part of Dikow, Torsten & Bayless, Keith M., 2009, Taxonomic revision of the genus Schildia Aldrich, 1923 (Diptera: Asilidae: Leptogastrinae) with the description of new extant and extinct species, pp. 253-289 in Insect Systematics & Evolution 40 on page 287, DOI: 10.1163/187631209X458358, http://zenodo.org/record/3975246
Anabolic implant strategies in beef production
Creators: name: Parr, Sandi Lee
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2020

description: Anabolic implants reduce the cost of production in all phases of beef production from suckling calves to finishing. There are many types of implants available with varying dosages and payout mechanisms. The value of different implants and implant strategies have been well documented in the literature, allowing for economic models to be easily generated based on biological outcomes. These data can aid in designing the optimal strategy for each phase of beef production across operational logistics.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2020 Recent Graduate Proceedings
Predictive performance of some nonparametric linear and nonl-inear smoothers for noisy data
Creators: name: Bee Dagum, E.
name: Luati, A.
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: The purpose of this study is to discuss the weighting systems of several linear and non linear smoothers and to evaluate their predictive performances when applied to noisy time series. On this regard, we illustrate with three Canadian leading indicators which are representative of larger sets of time series characterised by a low, medium and high signal to noise ratio. The smoothers discussed are: (a) loess (a locally weighted regression smoother), (b) Gaussian Kernel smoother, (c) supersmoother, (d) cubic smoothing spline and (e) Dagum’s modified 13-term Henderson filter. Their performances are evaluated on the basis of three following main criteria for current economic analysis: (1) number of unwanted ripples or false turning points in the final estimated trend, (2) time lag in detecting ‘true’ turning points and (3) size of total revision of the concurrent trend estimates.
description: Statistica; Vol 60, No 4 (2000)
Migratory TCP: highly available internet services using connection migration
Creators: name: Sultan, Florin
name: Srinivasan, Kiran
name: Iyer, Deepa
name: Iftode, Liviu
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2002
Subjects: Reliable transport protocols
Connection migration
Internet services
TCP
Availability
Fault tolerance

description: We evaluate the feasibility of using Migratory TCP (M-TCP), a reliable connection-oriented transport layer protocol that supports connection migration, for building highly available Internet services. M-TCP can transparently migrate the server endpoint of a live connection and assists server applications in resuming service on migrated connections. M-TCP provides a generic solution for the problem of service continuity and availability in the face of connectivity failures. We have implemented M-TCP and present results of an experimental evaluation which shows it can efficiently provide support for highly available services. We illustrate the use of M-TCP in two applications. The first is a synthetic generic media streaming server. We show that, when the performance of the current server degrades, M-TCP an sustain throughput lose to the average server behavior by migrating connections to better servers. The second application is a transactional database server in which we have integrated support for migrating client connections. Using our system, a database frontend an continue the execution of a series of transactions submitted by a remote client in a session started with another front-end. The system allows a session to survive adverse conditions by connection migration, while ensuring that ACID semantics are preserved and that the execution is deterministic across migration.
Su alcune funzioni generalizzate utilizzate nell’analisi dei processi armonizzabili
Creators: name: Faliva, M.
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: This article sketches out an overview of the most important generalized functions for mathematical statistics. The paper on the one hand, collects and organizes known results in comprehensive setting and, on the other hand, comes up with several somewhat intriguing novel results, which may prove useful expecially in harmonizable process analysis.
description: Statistica; Vol 60, No 4 (2000)
How to make money in food animal practice plus stuff they might not have taught you in school
Creators: name: Midla, Lowell T.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2020

description: On the day that you graduate from veterinary school, you have the greatest amount of knowledge that you will ever have. However, you are not the best veterinarian that you will ever be on the day that you graduate. As you progress through your practice career, you will gain wisdom. Wisdom is gained through experience, but only if you pay attention and learn from your mistakes. You may not be the best veterinarian that you ever were on the day that you retire due to your knowledge both being lost over time and becoming outdated. However, you can always be improving as a veterinarian through continuing education, learning from clients, peers, and experience, and most importantly: curiosity. “Semper curiosus!”
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2020 Recent Graduate Proceedings
Data access versus privacy: an analytical user’s perspective
Creators: name: Trivellato, U.
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: The issue of privacy versus data access is at the crossroads where two sets of considerations meet: (I) the traditional concern of official statistical agencies for confidentiality, both for ethical reasons and as a guarantee of maintaining respondents’ collaboration; (II) the more recent and broader concern about data protection, that extends to all kinds of personal data and their uses. The paper takes the point of view of an analytical user, i.e. of a person wanting to (collect and chiefly) process micro data for statistical/research purposes. It focuses on some basic features of the issue and on their policy implications. First of all the societal role of statistics and research and their intrinsic needs are considered (section 2). Indeed, they are the basis for motivating a ‘credit of confidentiality ’ when personal data are processed for statistical/research purposes. Some basic principles and guideline for regulating this credit of confidentiality, as they are set out in recent international recommendations and regulations, are then summarised (section 3). Statistical, technological and legal devices, and related practices, for protecting confidentiality while allowing the processing of micro data for statistical/research purposes are briefly reviewed (section 4). The state of the affairs at the level of the EU is finally discussed, as regard both rules and practices followed by Eurostat and draft legislation (Section 5). The concluding remarks stress the need for additional efforts to make micro databases widely available to researchers.
description: Statistica; Vol 60, No 4 (2000)
Cold war redux? War preparation and national security in Sweden
Creators: name: Agius, Christine
name: Berndtsson, Joakim
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In May 2018, Sweden sent a booklet to 4.8 million households advising the population how to prepare for crisis or war. The booklet was produced by the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (Myndigheten for samhallsskydd och beredskap, MSB), which was mandated as the responsible agency for planning, command and coordination of civil defence by the Swedish Defence Commission.
Reti neurali artificiali per lo studio di fenomeni complessi: limiti e vantaggi delle applicazioni in biostatistica
Creators: name: Biganzoli, E.
name: Boracchi, P.
name: Poli, I.
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: The application of artificial neural networks for statistical modelling has been diffused in several fields. This class of models is oriented to inductive inference: the estimate of an unknown functional dependence relationship on the basis of a limited number of experimental observations. The largest developments have been achieved for multivariate non-linear regression, by the adoption of feed forward artificial neural networks for the flexible modelling of the effects of the independent variables. On the hand, methodological studies have enlighten good statistical properties of these models; on the other hand several eurystic applications, mainly in the biomedical field, have stimulated some criticism. This paper introduces basic statistical aspects which characterize feed forward artificial neural networks with specific reference to biostatistical problems. The extension of Generalized Linear Models as neural networks for processing censored survival data will be considered. Limits of the eurystic use and advantages of the integration with traditional statistical models will be finally discussed.
description: Statistica; Vol 60, No 4 (2000)
Surviving in a frozen forest : the physiology of eastern spruce budworm overwintering
Creators: name: Marshall, Katie E.
name: Roe, Amanda D.
Publisher: name: Physiology
Year: 2022

description: The eastern spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana, is one of North America’s most destructive forest insects. It survives the harsh winters by deploying both a sophisticated diapause program and a complex suite of cryoprotective molecules. The spruce budworm’s cryoprotective biochemistry could revolutionize organ storage and transplants. Here we review the latest in C. fumiferana overwintering physiology and identify emerging theoretical and practical questions that are open for exploration.
Defining, evaluating, and achieving accessible library resources: a review of theories and methods
Creators: name: Kimura, Amy
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Disabilities
Accessibility
Social Justice
Disability Theory
Diversity
Compliance
Libraries

description: There is an increasingly rich body of literature surrounding digital accessibility in libraries, ranging from practical guides for authors of web content, to principles of universal design, to the ethical considerations of libraries subscribing to packages of digital content, to critical examinations of the accessibility guidelines themselves. The goal of this paper is to review the library and information science (LIS) literature related to the accessibility of digital resources by individuals with mental, physical or other impairments, in order to assess the state of research in the field and to explore new avenues for investigation. This review is intended to be illustrative, not exhaustive; less attention is given to studies of specific tools that will become quickly outdated, and more is given to underlying considerations and approaches that will remain relevant even as technologies change. This review offers theoretical and practical perspectives from recent work that can assist librarians in planning and decision making as they deal with an increasingly complex landscape of digital resources.
Tips from a physical therapist
Creators: name: Uhlenhake, Scott Jeffrey
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 2020

description: Bovine veterinarians must perform very physically challenging tasks and often disregard simple injury prevention techniques due to such things as a lack of knowledge, prioritizing the animals over themselves, and/or not taking the time to consider options. Applying basic principles of body mechanics while performing essential duties could assist with decreasing stress on their bodies and prevent or at least delay the onset of pain or other symptoms. Additional knowledge regarding topics such as good posture, sleep positioning, and basic orthopedic care including stretching could improve the health of the veterinarian, allowing them to continue providing veterinary care while also being able to participate with activities outside of work as desired. A physical therapist spent significant time with a group of bovine veterinarians providing individual examinations and observing job tasks in a wide range of environments. To be indispensable for the long term, bovine veterinarians must become more aware of HUMAN injury prevention and treatment options for themselves.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 2020 Recent Graduate Proceedings
Human Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor (hG-CSF) Expression in Plastids of Lactuca sativa
Creators: name: Tabar, Mehdi Sharifi
name: Habashi, Ali Akbar
name: Memari, Hamid Rajabi
Publisher: name: the Pasteur Institute of Iran
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Basic Sciences

description: Iranian Biomedical Journal (IBJ); ISSN 1028-852X
Enhancing solar photothermal conversion and energy storage with titanium carbide (Ti3C2) MXene nanosheets in phase-change microcapsules
Creators: name: Guo, Zhixiong
name: Wang, Jifen
name: Xie, Huaqing
name: Zhao, Kuan
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2023
Subjects: Thermal Energy Storage
Solar Energy

description: We propose to enhance photothermal conversion via doping titanium carbide (Ti3C2) MXene nanosheets on the surfaces of phase-change microcapsules consisted of the n-Octadecane core and styrene divinylbenzene copolymer shell. Detected by scanning electron microscopy, the microcapsules showed a usually circular form with an appropriate dispersion. The thermal properties of the microcapsules were characterized using the differential scanning calorimetry and thermal conductivity instruments, realizing an excellent phase-change enthalpy of around 140 J/g, high encapsulation ratio of over 64 %, good heat transfer of 0.294 ± 0.003 W/(m·K), and great thermal reliability. More importantly, the microcapsules doped with Ti3C2 MXene nanosheets reach a solar-to-heat conversion efficiency of 85 ± 7 %, a substantial enhancement by 240 % in comparison with non-doping sample. The Ti3C2 MXene-doped microcapsules with excellent heat storage and solar-to-heat conversion capabilities offer great potential for high-efficiency solar energy utilization and can be applied to thermal energy storage systems and direct absorption solar collectors.
Antifouling im Wassersport
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Antifouling
subject: Biozidprodukt
subject: Gewässerschutz
subject: Wassersport
subject: Sportboote
subject: Bewuchsschutz
subject: Biozid-Produkt
subject: Rumpfreinigung
subject: Biozidfrei
subject: Chemikalien

description: Diese Broschüre ist eine Kurzfassung des Leitfadens - Antifouling im Wassersport - Was ist das Beste für Mensch, Umwelt und Ihr Boot? Sie werden hier in aller Kürze über die wichtigsten rechtsverbindlichen Vorschriften für einen gesundheits- und umweltbewussten Umgang mit biozidhaltigen Antifouling-Beschichtungen informiert. Neben Hinweisen zur Reinigung des Bootsrumpfes finden Sie einige Tipps, wie Sie den Bewuchsschutz ihres Bootes umweltverträglicher gestalten können. Quelle: Bericht
description: Diese Broschüre ist eine Kurzfassung des Leitfadens „Antifouling im Wassersport - Was ist das Beste für Mensch, Umwelt und Ihr Boot?“. Sie werden hier in aller Kürze über die wichtigsten rechtsverbindlichen Vorschriften für einen gesundheits- und umweltbewussten Umgang mit biozidhaltigen Antifouling-Beschichtungen informiert. Neben Hinweisen zur Reinigung des Bootsrumpfes finden Sie einige Tipps, wie Sie den Bewuchsschutz ihres Bootes umweltverträglicher gestalten können.
Statistical problems in measuring cancer prevalence
Creators: name: Corazziari, I.
name: Gigli, A.
name: Mariotto, A.
name: Capocaccia, R.
Publisher: name: Dep. of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: Cancer prevalence is an important measure of the burden of the disease in a population and on the health care system. it is usually defined as the proportion of diseased people of age x, at a given calendar time. The main source of data to estimate cancer prevalence are cancer registries (CRs). One of the main problems in estimating prevalence from such data is due to insufficient lenght of the observation period. Incident cases diagnosed before the beginning of CR  recording activity, and still alive at the time of interest, are lost to the collection of prevalence. A method for correcting this bias was proposed, consisting on the estimation of a completeness index, based on modelled incidence and survival by age and time since diagnosis. Different patterns of the index by age and periods of observation, are discussed for selected cancer sites, and for possible variations in survival and incidence levels. The purpose of this work is to investigate the correction factor reliability when applied to different scenarios of prognosis. Applications to Italian data from CRs of Varese and Parma, and to the data from Connecticut Tumor Registry are briefly reported and discussed, to show the applicability of the index.
description: Statistica; Vol 60, No 4 (2000)