cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Report on Progress---In the Development and Improvement of Estimating Methods in the Agricultural Statistics Division
Creators: name: Simpson, Glenn D.
name: Agricultural Statistics Division, Agricultural Marketing Service
name: Simpson, Glenn D.
name: Agricultural Statistics Division, Agricultural Marketing Service
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1942
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries
Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession

description: Table of Contents: Introduction; Pre-Harvest Wheat Survey; Farm Enumeration Surveys in Arkansas and Iowa; Special Tobacco Survey and Analysis; Corn Ear Measurements (Washington Route, Iowa Route, Indiana Route, and Iowa Crop Reporting District); Forecasting from Crop-Weather Relationships (Corn, Cotton, and Wheat).
description: Note: This progress report presents a brief description of 8 separate studies that have been or are being conducted by Division statisticians. The treatment herein is non-technical and for each study there is presented a brief introduction, the objectives of the study, brief statement of procedure, significant conclusions or observations to date and the names of the statisticians conducting the work. Although brief, this presentation is designed to permit each field man to gain a general speaking knowledge of the Division's various statistical studies.
title: Pilot Tourism Satellite Accounts for Greece: Results, Issues and Needs
Creators: name: Hatzimarinakis, Stavros
name: Hackl, Peter
Publisher: name: University of the Aegean
Year: 2018

description: This paper summarizes the main results and data issues of the first Tourism Satellite Accounts (TSA) pilot project for Greece, which is one of the few countries in Europe which still have not developed TSA, depriving policy makers and the scientific community of a highly relevant tool for measuring tourism’s direct economic impact. The EU funded project involved the documentation of available data sources relative to their consistency with TSA-concepts, identification of data gaps, and recommendations for improvements. From establishing the TSA-Tables, total expenditures of inbound, domestic, outbound and internal tourism as well as their structure by consumption categories are defined, which constitutes the first step to measure the impact triggered by tourism demand. The results show how crucial it is for tourism analysis to properly measure all components included in tourism consumption, and to separately treat overnight from same-day visitors, parameters which are not yet considered in current practice of Greek tourism statistics.
description: tourismos, Vol. 13 No. 2 (2018)
title: Co-evolution Between Tourist Destinations and Tourist Enterprises
Creators: name: Valeri, Marco
name: Fadlon, Leslie
Publisher: name: University of the Aegean
Year: 2018

description: The purpose of this paper is to verify whether the nature of the relationship between a tourist destination and tourist enterprises operating within its territory, can be defined as co-evolutionary. This paper derives from the continuation of previous researches of ours about the topic of destination management and destination governance. The theoretical background of this paper is based on the following research question: within the framework of the international tourist scenario, are there tourist hospitality models designed as a prototype of co-evolution between the tourist destination and its territory? In the tourist context, which has lately become more complex, enterprises have to interact more and more with tourists, both national and from abroad, who pay more attention to the quality of the spare time they dedicate to tourism and to the discovery of the genuineness of the territory they are visiting. The need to fulfil the most diverse tourists’ requests has promoted the development and the success of specific sustainable business solutions that are consistent with the evolution of their needs. For this reason, in order to intercept and manage the emerging dynamics in the tourist sector, it is necessary to start from the analysis of the issues related to the management and governance of tourist destinations and tourist enterprises. In our paper, the analysis perspective which is considered the most appropriate to qualify the nature of the relationship among a given tourist destination and its tourist enterprises is the co-evolutionary perspective. According to such perspective, tourist enterprises co-evolve together with tourist destinations, while looking for long-term competitive advantages: tourist enterprises are considered critical resources to the development of the territory and vice versa. The co-evolutionary process implies the identification of a governance body able to exploit and enhance the systemic resources made available by the territory and to inspire the management approach of the different tourist enterprises. The absence of specific case studies represents a limit of the present paper. Hence, with a view to a subsequent future research, we will continue the proposed analysis by enriching it with empirical evidence, which will be useful to foster the debate on the subject matter and for the related entrepreneurial and management implications.
description: tourismos, Vol. 13 No. 2 (2018)
Tectonic Activity on Pluto After the Charon-Forming Impact
Creators: name: Barr, Amy C.
name: Collins, Geoffrey C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Pluto-Charon system, likely formed from an impact, has reached the endpoint of its tidal evolution. During its evolution into the dual-synchronous state, the equilibrium tidal figures of Pluto and Charon would have also evolved as angular momentum was transferred from Pluto's spin to Charon's orbit. The rate of tidal evolution is controlled by Pluto's interior physical and thermal state. We examine three interior models for Pluto: an undifferentiated rock/ice mixture, differentiated with ice above rock, and differentiated with an ocean. For the undifferentiated case without an ocean, the Pluto-Charon binary does not evolve to its current state unless its internal temperature $T_i>200$ K, which would likely lead to strong tidal heating, melting, and differentiation. Without an ocean, Pluto's interior temperature must be higher than 240 K for Charon to evolve on a time scale less than the age of the solar system. Further tidal heating would likely create an ocean. If New Horizons finds evidence of ancient tidally-driven tectonic activity on either body, the most likely explanation is that Pluto had an internal ocean during Charon's orbital evolution.
description: submitted to Icarus
title: Network Creation and Use of Tourism Information Channels in a Destination of Religious Significance
Creators: name: Katsoni, Vicky
name: Kavoura, Androniki
Publisher: name: University of the Aegean
Year: 2021

description: This paper examines the structure of the tourism information channels employed, as well as the existence of networks for the promotion of religious tourism in the prefecture of Arcadia, in Peloponnese, Greece. Quantitative methodology was employed with the use of a field survey research based on 775 valid questionnaires, in the province of Arcadia, including Greek and foreign tourists. Content analysis of 124 hotels websites which have an online presence also took place in order to examine the existence of networks in the area. Results regarding the type of the tourism information channels employed from the key stakeholders involved in the promotion of the region of Arcadia, reveal that the existence of networks in regard to religious tourism in Arcadia, Greece, is extremely limited, if not existing at all; religious tourists depend firstly on the traditional channel of word of mouth, as recommendations from friends and relatives is their first information channel choice, followed by the internet and thirdly, by hotel listings. However, all information channels do not take advantage of the density of the region and do not cooperate for marketing the area as a whole; the promotion of specific areas and businesses over others does not allow the expansion of networks to take place, as research has shown. The absence of network creation in the region under study illustrates an area that could be further improved, a goal of significant importance for economic development, especially in a period of economic crisis in Greece.
description: tourismos, Vol. 13 No. 2 (2018)
Energy Harvesting Cognitive Radio with Channel-Aware Sensing Strategy
Creators: name: J, Jeya Pradha
name: Kalamkar, Sanket S.
name: Banerjee, Adrish
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: An energy harvesting cognitive radio scenario is considered where a secondary user (SU) with finite battery capacity opportunistically accesses the primary user (PU) channels. The objective is to maximize the throughput of SU under energy neutrality constraint and fading channel conditions in a single-user multi-channel setting. Channel selection criterion based on the probabilistic availability of energy with SU, channel conditions, and primary network's belief state is proposed, which chooses the best subset of channels for sensing, yielding higher throughput. We construct channel-aware optimal and myopic sensing strategies in a Partially Observable Markov Decision Process framework based on the proposed channel selection criterion. The effects of sensing errors and collisions between PU and SU on the throughput of latter are studied. It is shown that there exists a trade-off between the transmission duration and the energy lost in collisions.
description: Accepted for publication in IEEE Communications Letters
title: Spatial-Functional Development of the Border Zone Prizren-Kukes (Kosovo-Albania)
Creators: name: Ramadani, Ibrahim
name: Gashi, Ferim
name: Dibrani, Etnike
name: Hoti, Dardan
Publisher: name: University of the Aegean
Year: 2018

description: This paper examines the regional and institutional opportunities for crossborder cooperation, networking and tourism development at the Albania- Kosovo border, which is one of the internal borders of the Albanian ethnic territory. Completion of the study confirms the hypothesis that closure of states within the classical boundaries causes obstacles, not only for the development of cross-border tourism, especially when viewed from the perspective of sustainable tourism development in this region. While, on the other hand, cross border cooperation enables exchanges of experiences , Ideas between communities, etc., and all this reflects on the economic prosperity of these areas. In the process of developing the countries of southern Europe, particular importance has been paid to settlements and infrastructure away from border areas, while border regions have remained underdeveloped and without prospects. Development has been challenged in many border areas, including all Balkan states, while these areas were abolished as a result of the population's departure. The idea in this case stady, aims to "create" the unique tourist zone "Green Albania" between the two countries, with its unique natural characteristics, leading to economic, cultural and national integration, as well as preservation and advancing the natural and cultural values of the cross-border territory.
description: tourismos, Vol. 13 No. 2 (2018)
On some numerical characteristics of a bipartite graph
Creators: name: Yordzhev, Krasimir
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Discrete Mathematics (cs.DM)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 05C30

description: The paper consider an equivalence relation in the set of vertices of a bipartite graph. Some numerical characteristics showing the cardinality of equivalence classes are introduced. A combinatorial identity that is in relationship to these characteristics of the set of all bipartite graphs of the type $g=\langle R_g \cup C_g, E_g \rangle$ is formulated and proved, where $V=R_g \cup C_g$ is the set of vertices, $E_g$ is the set of edges of the graph $g$, $ |R_g |=m\ge 1$, $|C_g |= n\ge 1$, $|E_g |=k\ge 0$, $m,n$ and $k$ are integers.
The microscopic basis for phase-sensitive experiments for determination of the order parameter symmetry in Fe-based superconductors
Creators: name: Burmistrova, A. V.
name: Devyatov, I. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a microscopic theory of dc Josephson current, based on the construction of a coherent temperature Green function in the tight-binding approximation, in junctions with multiband superconductors. This theory is applied to the junctions with multiband Fe-based superconductors (FeBS) described by anisotropic s-wave order parameter symmetries, which probably realized in FeBS. We confirm microscopically the previously suggested crucial experiment for determination of the type of the order parameter symmetry in FeBS.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures
Multi-Valued Logic Gates based on Ballistic Transport in Quantum Point Contacts
Creators: name: Seo, M.
name: Hong, C.
name: Lee, S. -Y.
name: Choi, H. K.
name: Kim, N.
name: Chung, Y.
name: Umansky, V.
name: Mahalu, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Multi-valued logic gates, which can handle quaternary numbers as inputs, are developed by exploiting the ballistic transport properties of quantum point contacts in series. The principle of a logic gate that finds the minimum of two quaternary number inputs is demonstrated. The device is scalable to allow multiple inputs, which makes it possible to find the minimum of multiple inputs in a single gate operation. Also, the principle of a half-adder for quaternary number inputs is demonstrated. First, an adder that adds up two quaternary numbers and outputs the sum of inputs is demonstrated. Second, a device to express the sum of the adder into two quaternary digits [Carry (first digit) and Sum (second digit)] is demonstrated. All the logic gates presented in this paper can in principle be extended to allow decimal number inputs with high quality QPCs.
description: 13 pages, 3 figures
Additional file 1 of Does early tracking affect learning inequalities? Revisiting difference-in-differences modeling strategies with international assessments
Creators: name: Contini, Dalit
name: Cugnata, Federica
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: Additional material.
The subject of torture : the art of Camnitzer, Núñez, Parra, and Romero
Creators: name: Adams, Beverly, 1965-
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: Luis Camnitzer
subject: Guillermo Núñez
subject: Catalina Parra
subject: Nelbia Romero
subject: Torture in art
subject: Pain in art
subject: Chilean Armed Forces
subject: Southern Cone art
subject: Camnitzer, Luis, 1937-
subject: Núñez, Guillermo, 1930-
subject: Parra, Catalina
subject: Romero, Nelbia, 1938-2015
subject: Torture in art
subject: Pain in art
subject: Chile--Armed Forces
subject: Art--Southern Cone of South America

description: This thesis looks at the strategies of depicting torture utilized by the Southern Cone artists Luis Camnitzer, Guillermo Núñez, Catalina Parra, and Nelbia Romero. To introduce the problems inherent in this endeavor, that is, why torture is difficult to write or make art about, it is useful to note the testimony of Hernán Valdés in his Tejas Verdes: Diary of a Chilean Concentration Camp. Before personally experiencing torture, Valdés tried unsuccessfully to imagine what torture would be like: "But despite the . . . warnings and . . . grotesque descriptions, . . we find it impossible to form an objective picture of what torture is; no way of imagining or anticipating its effects. A tightly-knit imaginative, in fact cultural, defense system makes us see it in only the most abstract terms. What is clear is that practice in the use of torture formed a regular item in the [Chilean] Armed Forces, just like any other, and the same presumably holds true the world over. There's nothing amateur about the torturers, that's for certain: they're trained. We're devastated by the extent of our previous ignorance, by the innocence of our former citizens' status." The difficulty experienced by Valdés is in imagining the effects of torture, the felt experience or pain, not the infliction of torture by the Chilean Armed Forces. After experiencing torture first hand, specifically, electrodes simultaneously applied to his penis and tongue, Valdés tried to describe the actual physical sensations he felt while undergoing these tortures. Though he found this difficult, and described associated sensations of both extreme pain and numbness, what he found the most troubling was the transience of the sensation, his inability to fully remember the pain of torture. [...] The issues raised by Valdés in his attempts to visualize torture and later to describe and remember it are at the heart of this thesis as are his observations of the Chilean military. How does one who has not experienced torture, imagine or visualize it? How can the pain of torture be described? Is the reception of pain separate from the infliction of torture? Is the body separate from the pain? How, if the memory of pain is indeed short-lived, can the experience of torture be made to endure?
title: The  Antecedents and  Consequences of Travel Satisfaction: A Meta-Analysis Study
Creators: name: Wann-Yih, Wu
name: Huan Minh, Nguyen
Publisher: name: University of the Aegean
Year: 2018

description: Extant literature has yet to determine the relationship between the antecedents and consequences of tourist satisfaction. Therefore, this study tries to present the relationship through meta-analysis approach. Based on 33 studies synthesized and a proposed research model with 13 hypotheses, results have showed that the antecedents have a significant impact on the pre-travel satisfaction of the tourists and their satisfaction will consequently have a positive effect on their loyalty later on. These findings have implications for the management and marketing of the destination image.
description: tourismos, Vol. 13 No. 2 (2018)
Clusters of small eruptive flares produced by magnetic reconnection in the sun
Creators: name: Archontis, V.
name: Hansteen, V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on the formation of small solar flares produced by patchy magnetic reconnection between interacting magnetic loops. A three-dimensional (3D) magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) numerical experiment was performed, where a uniform magnetic flux sheet was injected into a fully developed convective layer. The gradual emergence of the field into the solar atmosphere results in a network of magnetic loops, which interact dynamically forming current layers at their interfaces. The formation and ejection of plasmoids out of the current layers leads to patchy reconnection and the spontaneous formation of several small (size ? 1-2Mm) flares. We find that these flares are short-lived (30 s - 3 min) bursts of energy in the range O(10^25 - 10^27) ergs, which is basically the nanoflare-microflare range. Their persistent formation and co-operative action and evolution leads to recurrent emission of fast EUV/X-ray jets and considerable plasma heating in the active corona.
description: 5 pages, 5 figures
Joint Chapter Meeting 2018, Programme
Creators: name: Visser, Ronald
name: Waagen, Jitte
name: Taelman, Devi
name: Metz, Stephanie
name: Bruhn, Kai-Christian
name: Schubert, Lutz
name: Hornschuch, Annette
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Programme for the Joint Chapter Meeting 2018, held in Bochum
Additional file 1 of Gut microbiome signature of Viliuisk encephalomyelitis in Yakuts includes an increase in microbes linked to lean body mass and eating behaviour
Creators: name: Kuznetsova, Veronika
name: Tyakht, Alexander
name: Akhmadishina, Lyudmila
name: Odintsova, Vera
name: Klimenko, Natalia
name: Kostryukova, Elena
name: Vakhitova, Maria
name: Grigoryeva, Tatyana
name: Malanin, Sergey
name: Vladimirtsev, Vsevolod
name: Nikitina, Raisa
name: Volok, Viktor
name: Osakovskiy, Vladimir
name: Sivtseva, Tatiana
name: Platonov, Fyodor
name: Alexeev, Dmitry
name: Karganova, Galina
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1. Clinical data of the participants.
title: The Dynamic Role of Augmented Reality in Tourism
Creators: name: Maaiah, Bashar
name: Alananzeh, Omar Abedalla
name: Al-Shorman, Abdallah
name: Al-Badarneh, Mohammad
Publisher: name: University of the Aegean
Year: 2021

description: The use of mobile phones has undoubtedly paved the way for the utilization of technological intermediation in the tourism sector. This article presents a study of the proposed relationship that can occur between augmented reality (AR) as a technological tool and mobile phones which can in turn increase the touristic attraction. To achieve the aims of the study, qualitative interviews with consumers and producers who are interested in AR applications where done. Snowball sampling was used to collect responses. The results have shown that the use of AR leads to an augmented construction of an actual reality that is multidimensional and is composed of the owner, site, and touristic agency. Consequently, technological tools take on a secondary role since it becomes integrated in the production and consumption process, and becomes an integral part of numerous experiences, procedures, competition processes and touristic product consumption. Furthermore, the integration of modern technology in the touristic experience will undoubtedly enhance that experience and makes it more enjoyable in addition to improving expertise and skills in the touristic operation and attraction process.
description: tourismos, Vol. 13 No. 2 (2018)
title: Visitor Satisfaction as Key to Sustainable Linkages in Rwanda's Tourism Value Chains
Creators: name: Pius, Odunga
name: Manyara, Geoffrey
name: Atieno, Lucy
Publisher: name: University of the Aegean
Year: 2018

description: Satisfaction scores could be predictors of visitor expenditure patterns, and updated data on this is meaningful for destination policy and planning in view of sustainable linkages of the local economy to tourism value chains. Visitors’ views, attitudes and needs should be monitored continually in destinations. Visitor satisfaction is key for sustainable tourism development in a destination, and also a significant factor affecting visitor expenditure patterns. Tourism research acknowledges that visitor satisfaction often times translates to a loyal client who brings in repeat business. As such, satisfaction can be a variable for enhancing sustainable linkages in tourism value chains. Focussing on Rwanda, we use survey data from a random sample of 3,138 visitors leaving the country through the land borders and the airport, to present a quantitative analysis on visitor satisfaction as a variable for possible sustainable linkages in tourism value chains.
description: tourismos, Vol. 13 No. 2 (2018)
Superconducting and magnetic properties of Sr3Ir4Sn13
Creators: name: Biswas, P. K.
name: Amato, A.
name: Khasanov, R.
name: Luetkens, H.
name: Wang, Kefeng
name: Petrovic, C.
name: Cook, R. M.
name: Lees, M. R.
name: Morenzoni, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Magnetization and muon spin relaxation or rotation (muSR) measurements have been performed to study the superconducting and magnetic properties of Sr3Ir4Sn13. From magnetization measurements the lower and upper critical fields of Sr3Ir4Sn13 are found to be 81(1) Oe and 14.4(2) kOe, respectively. Zero-field muSR data show no sign of any magnetic ordering or weak magnetism in Sr3Ir4Sn13. Transverse-field muSR measurements in the vortex state provided the temperature dependence of the magnetic penetration depth. The dependence of penetration depth with temperature is consistent with the existence of single s-wave energy gap in the superconducting state of Sr3Ir4Sn13 with a gap value of 0.82(2) meV at absolute zero temperature. The magnetic penetration depth at zero temperature is 291(3) nm. The gap to Tc ratio is 2.1(1), indicates that Sr3Ir4Sn13 should be considered as a strong-coupling superconductor.
description: 6 pages, 5 figures
Crop Yields and Weather
Creators: name: Bean, Louis H.
name: Bean, Louis H.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1942
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries
Productivity Analysis
Research Methods/ Statistical Methods

description: Excerpts from the report: This publication represents the joint interest of the Weather Bureau, the Agricultural Marketing Service, and the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, in promoting extensive research in the relation between weather and crops and in methods of long-range forecasting of weather and crop fluctuations. The weather data that constitute a substantial part of this publication are derived from the official records of the Weather Bureau, the computations having been made by the Agricultural Marketing Service. Material in this publication has been brought together to serve the convenience of all those who have occasion to study or refer to monthly weather data in relation to crop yields per acre. Moreover, it is hoped that the long-time records of monthly rainfall and temperature, by States, published here alongside the annual data on crop yields per acre by States, will stimulate research workers to try their hands at discovering significant characteristics in these weather and crop records, and relationships between them.
description: United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Marketing Service and United States Department of Commerce, Weather Bureau Cooperating. VERY LARGE FILE.
title: Economic Crisis and Greek Cruise Sector Financial Analysis
Creators: name: Diakomihalis, Mihail
name: Papadopoulou, Georgia
Publisher: name: University of the Aegean
Year: 2018

description: In this study we analyze the tendencies of the cruise sector in Greece during the last eight years -in which the economic crisis predominates. The financial ratio analysis shows that cruise sector in Greece has been facing a downward tendency from 2008 to 2014, with serious financial problems. Our case study is the Cypriot cruise company Celestyal Cruises (former Louis Cruises), which reflects to a considerable extent the Greek cruise market, since it has operating offices in Greece and pays taxes to the Greek state. The results of the financial analysis for the years 2007–2014 show that total Assets and Liabilities have decreased over the eight years of study. Revenues declined to 70% and Operating results to 45%. Return on Equity and Return on Assets declined rapidly, up to -60% and -11.60% respectively, and Liquidity ratios have worsened in 2014 (between -40% to -70%). The Net Profit in 2007 turned rapidly in the following years, to Net Losses, up to -33,95%, which were constrained in 2012, 2013, and even more in 2014 (-0.45%), while Interest expenses increased to 260% by 2014.
description: tourismos, Vol. 13 No. 2 (2018)
Cooperative Lamb shift in a quantum emitter array
Creators: name: Meir, Ziv
name: Schwartz, Osip
name: Shahmoon, Ephraim
name: Oron, Dan
name: Ozeri, Roee
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Whenever several quantum light emitters are brought in proximity with one another, their interaction with common electromagnetic fields couples them, giving rise to cooperative shifts in their resonance frequency. Such collective line shifts are central to modern atomic physics, being closely related to superradiance on one hand and the Lamb shift on the other. Although collective shifts have been theoretically predicted more than fifty years ago, the effect has not been observed yet in a controllable system of a few isolated emitters. Here, we report a direct spectroscopic observation of the cooperative shift of an optical electric dipole transition in a system of up to eight Sr ions suspended in a Paul trap. We study collective resonance shift in the previously unexplored regime of far-field coupling, and provide the first observation of cooperative effects in an array of quantum emitters. These results pave the way towards experimental exploration of cooperative emission phenomena in mesoscopic systems.
description: (*) Equal contribution. 8 pages, 5 figures
title: New Media and the NFL Fan: Determining the Impact of New Media on Team Identification in Displaced NFL Fans
Creators: name: Collins, Dorothy R.
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04zjtrb98
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2014

description: Sports team identification, when viewed through the lens of social identity theory (Tajfel, 1978), can be seen as a powerful means of maintaining one's sense of self and feelings of belonging as part of a group. In some cases, team identification has been found to be based on one's feelings of connection with the geographic location of that team (Uhlman & Trail, 2012). Furthermore, prior research has shown that bonds of team identification forged in one's youth are particularly strong (James, 2001). The surge of new media options that have appeared in the last decade are changing the way in which sport fans consume sports (Fairley & Tyler, 2012). This in tum is providing a new twist on the conventional understanding that fans must be part of a fan community in order to remain highly identified over time (Hyatt, 2007) by providing opportunities for virtual fan communities. As such, the following research question guides this study: How does current distance from hometown, length of time gone from hometown, use of new media, and feelings of attachment to one's hometown impact levels of team identification with the hometown NFL team? The study also employs a secondary research question that considers the relationship between the difference between attachment levels to hometown and current community attachment and the existence of an NFL market in one's current community, in terms of the likelihood that one will remain highly identified with one's hometown team.

The first research question utilized a multiple linear regression model that was found to be significant, explaining 31.7% of the variance in levels of team identification among non-local NFL fans. The use of social media, the use of Internet streaming, and level of hometown identification were found to be significant variables. RQ2 utilized a 3x2 two-way ANOV A which demonstrated that there was a significant difference in team identification based on differences between hometown and current community attachment.
A Training Course in Sampling Concepts for Agricultural Surveys
Creators: name: Huddleston, Harold F.
name: Huddleston, Harold F.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1980
Subjects: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession

description: Excerpts from the Preface: This set of training materials on conducting agricultural statistical programs is the result of experience in training and consulting with officials of foreign governments, and reflects the needs encountered by personnel who have engaged in similar domestic assignments. The materials describe the sampling considerations commonly required in collecting current agricultural data and providing evaluations of agricultural census procedures. The approach used in presenting these materials is that of a discussion of the concepts followed by a relatively simple illustration. When possible, a real example is presented in which the participants complete a given unit of work. This approach is designed to satisfy the needs of Survey personnel and administrators who will have responsibilities for carrying out surveys and who must be familiar with the essential concepts of sampling. It is believed that the demonstration of the interrelationships between different survey activities and alternative uses of information (that is, resources) should also be beneficial. The training materials are divided into four subsections as follows: (1) an overview of sampling, (2) construction of sampling frames, (3) random selection techniques, and (4) examples of agricultural surveys including the preparation of estimates.
Additional file 1 of Characteristics of resting-state functional connectivity in older adults after the PICMOR intervention program: a preliminary report
Creators: name: Sugimoto, Hikaru
name: Kawagoe, Toshikazu
name: Otake-Matsuura, Mihoko
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. A supplementary analysis for rsfMRI data and a follow-up study.
Overview of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO)
Creators: name: Li, Yu-Feng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The medium baseline reactor antineutrino experiment, Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO), which is being planed to be built at Jiangmen in South China, can determine the neutrino mass hierarchy and improve the precision of three oscillation parameters by one order of magnitude. The sensitivity potential on these measurements is reviewed and design concepts of the central detector are illustrated. Finally, we emphasize on the technical challenges we meet and the corresponding R&D efforts.
description: 4 pages, 3 figure, proceedings for PIC 2013, to appear in IJMPCS
Investigations of Changes in Farm Programs
Creators: name: U. S. Department Of Agriculture
name: U. S. Department Of Agriculture
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1988
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Crop Production/Industries
Demand and Price Analysis
International Relations/Trade
Livestock Production/Industries
Productivity Analysis

description: This agricultural report examines an agricultural program that supports prices for basic subsidizes commodities at cost of production levels using nonrecourse loans, maintains farm exports to regain and retain a fair share of world markets, adequate stocks to stabilize markets, and implements mandatory production controls to balance supply and use. Public Law 100-71, the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1987, directed the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate three aspects of this program. These include producer sentiment regarding mandatory production controls and cost-linked prices; quantities needed for domestic consumption, exports, and stocks; and changes needed in rules and regulations. This report summarizes findings in these three areas and provides information on possible economic effects. Results show that producers historically have indicated varying degrees of support for mandatory controls. Market needs and effects depend on numerous program implementation details. Such a program would require changes in a wide range of statutes and U.S. Department of Agriculture rules and regulations.
Quantum parameter estimation with imperfect reference frames
Creators: name: Šafránek, Dominik
name: Ahmadi, Mehdi
name: Fuentes, Ivette
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum metrology studies quantum strategies which enable us to outperform their classical counterparts. In this framework, the existence of perfect classical reference frames is usually assumed. However, such ideal reference frames might not always be available. The reference frames required in metrology strategies can either degrade or become misaligned during the estimation process. We investigate how the imperfectness of reference frames leads to noise which in general affects the ultimate precision limits in measurement of physical parameters. Moreover, since quantum parameter estimation can be phrased as a quantum communication protocol between two parties, our results provide deeper insight into quantum communication protocols with misaligned reference frames. Our framework allows for the study of general noise on the efficiency of such schemes.
description: 14 pages, 10 figures
Additional file 1 of Revisiting the epidemiology of pertussis in Canada, 1924–2015: a literature review, evidence synthesis, and modeling study
Creators: name: Thommes, Edward
name: Jianhong Wu
name: Yanyu Xiao
name: Tomovici, Antigona
name: Lee, Jason
name: Chit, Ayman
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Cancer
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1: Wu-IRC-pertussis-supp-BMCPH-June10.pdf. “Supplementary Material”. Supplementary material, comprising sections A1, A2 and A3. Table S1. References to data sources accessed/consulted for different sub-periods of 1952–2015 for age stratified and 1924–2015 for total reported incidences. Table S1. References to data sources accessed/consulted for different sub-periods of 1952–2015 for age stratified and 1924–2015 for total reported incidences. Table S1. References to data sources accessed/consulted for different sub-periods of 1952–2015 for age stratified and 1924–2015 for total reported incidences. Fig. S1. Yearly incidence rates for total R (blue) and age-unknown R ̂ u $$ {\hat{R}}^u $$ (green) reported cases of pertussis since the start of national age-stratified reporting in 1952. Fig. S2. Comparison of age-stratified distributions calculated in three different ways: 1) age distribution that assuming all cases have the same age distribution as those ageknown cases (R1); 2) age distribution estimated by the bootstrapping method (R2); 3) age distribution of those age-known cases only (R3). An application of the Kruskal-Wallis test shows no statistically significant difference among these distributions. Fig. S1. Yearly adjusted age-stratified incidence rates for combined age-supplied reported cases calculated via the bootstrapping method. Fig. S4 The age-stratified proportions (with respect to total) for each of the four provinces Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, and Alberta in years of 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994.
Iridium single atoms incorporated in Co3O4 efficiently catalyze the oxygen evolution in acidic conditions
Creators: name: Zhu, Yiming
name: Wang, Jiaao
name: Koketsu, Toshinari
name: Kroschel, Matthias
name: Chen, Jin-Ming
name: Hsu, Su-Yang
name: Henkelman, Graeme
name: Hu, Zhiwei
name: Strasser, Peter
name: Ma, Jiwei
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::660 Chemische Verfahrenstechnik::660 Chemische Verfahrenstechnik
subject: cobalt oxide incorporated with iridium single atoms
subject: electrocatalysts
subject: proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers
subject: Iridium
subject: cost-effective metal oxides catalysts

description: Designing active and stable electrocatalysts with economic efficiency for acidic oxygen evolution reaction is essential for developing proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers. Herein, we report on a cobalt oxide incorporated with iridium single atoms (Ir-Co3O4), prepared by a mechanochemical approach. Operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy reveals that Ir atoms are partially oxidized to active Ir>4+ during the reaction, meanwhile Ir and Co atoms with their bridged electrophilic O ligands acting as active sites, are jointly responsible for the enhanced performance. Theoretical calculations further disclose the isolated Ir atoms can effectively boost the electronic conductivity and optimize the energy barrier. As a result, Ir-Co3O4 exhibits significantly higher mass activity and turnover frequency than those of benchmark IrO2 in acidic conditions. Moreover, the catalyst preparation can be easily scaled up to gram-level per batch. The present approach highlights the concept of constructing single noble metal atoms incorporated cost-effective metal oxides catalysts for practical applications.
Creșterea ecologică a găinilor ouătoare în sistem free-range
Creators: name: Maurer, Veronika
name: Bernet, Thomas
name: Brenninkmeyer, Christine
name: Früh, Barbara
name: Quander-Stoll, Nele
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Găini ouătoare
cerințe
aer liber

description: Fișa informativă abordează toate aspectele esențiale ale găinilor ouătoare ecologice crescute în aer liber - cu un accent deosebit pe bunăstarea animalelor. Pliantul oferă informații despre creșterea și hrănirea animalelor, măsurile de protecție a animalelor, selecția rasei, sănătatea animalelor, viabilitatea economică și conversia la producția ecologică.
Assessment of Point Process Models for Earthquake Forecasting
Creators: name: Bray, Andrew
name: Schoenberg, Frederic Paik
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Models for forecasting earthquakes are currently tested prospectively in well-organized testing centers, using data collected after the models and their parameters are completely specified. The extent to which these models agree with the data is typically assessed using a variety of numerical tests, which unfortunately have low power and may be misleading for model comparison purposes. Promising alternatives exist, especially residual methods such as super-thinning and Voronoi residuals. This article reviews some of these tests and residual methods for determining the goodness of fit of earthquake forecasting models.
description: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/13-STS440 the Statistical Science (http://www.imstat.org/sts/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)
Joint analysis of SNP and gene expression data in genetic association studies of complex diseases
Creators: name: Huang, Yen-Tsung
name: VanderWeele, Tyler J.
name: Lin, Xihong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Genetic association studies have been a popular approach for assessing the association between common Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) and complex diseases. However, other genomic data involved in the mechanism from SNPs to disease, for example, gene expressions, are usually neglected in these association studies. In this paper, we propose to exploit gene expression information to more powerfully test the association between SNPs and diseases by jointly modeling the relations among SNPs, gene expressions and diseases. We propose a variance component test for the total effect of SNPs and a gene expression on disease risk. We cast the test within the causal mediation analysis framework with the gene expression as a potential mediator. For eQTL SNPs, the use of gene expression information can enhance power to test for the total effect of a SNP-set, which is the combined direct and indirect effects of the SNPs mediated through the gene expression, on disease risk. We show that the test statistic under the null hypothesis follows a mixture of $χ^2$ distributions, which can be evaluated analytically or empirically using the resampling-based perturbation method. We construct tests for each of three disease models that are determined by SNPs only, SNPs and gene expression, or include also their interactions. As the true disease model is unknown in practice, we further propose an omnibus test to accommodate different underlying disease models. We evaluate the finite sample performance of the proposed methods using simulation studies, and show that our proposed test performs well and the omnibus test can almost reach the optimal power where the disease model is known and correctly specified. We apply our method to reanalyze the overall effect of the SNP-set and expression of the ORMDL3 gene on the risk of asthma.
description: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/13-AOAS690 the Annals of Applied Statistics (http://www.imstat.org/aoas/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)
Additional file 2 of Evaluation of two family-based intervention programs for children affected by rare disease and their families – research network (CARE-FAM-NET): study protocol for a rater-blinded, randomized, controlled, multicenter trial in a 2x2 factorial design
Creators: name: Boettcher, Johannes
name: Filter, Bonnie
name: Denecke, Jonas
name: Hot, Amra
name: Daubmann, Anne
name: Zapf, Antonia
name: Wegscheider, Karl
name: Zeidler, Jan
name: J.-Matthias Graf Von Der Schulenburg
name: Bullinger, Monika
name: Rassenhofer, Miriam
name: Schulte-Markwort, Michael
name: Wiegand-Grefe, Silke
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: Additional file 2.
Structural Performance of Geopolymer Concrete with Recycled Concrete Aggregate: A review
Creators: name: Nikmehr, Bahareh
name: Al-Ameri, Riyadh
name: Kafle, Bidur
Publisher: name: Deakin University
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 90599 Civil Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Civil engineering

description: Geopolymer concrete (GPC) is an emerging construction material with a promising role in the industry. Recent research confirms the suitability of GPC in structural applications due to the higher compressive strength, better fire resistance, low permeability, and alkali and acid resistance compared to ordinary Portland concrete (OPC). Moreover, geopolymer concrete allows replacing the natural aggregate with more recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) than OPC. At the same time, its mechanical properties remain acceptable for structural applications. Thus, it will help waste reduction and natural resource preservation simultaneously. However, RCA adversely impacts concrete's rheological and mechanical properties, which is crucial for an optimum concrete mix. Recently, there has been a growing knowledge development on the structural applications of Portland concrete with RCA. However, there is a need to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the potential structural applications of RCA-based GPC. Hence, in the present study, previous research on various parameters that affect the structural behaviour of RCA-based GPC will be critically assessed and reviewed. These parameters include the type and content of alumina silicate materials, alkaline activator, curing regime, and RCA content. Besides, the load capacity, failure mode, and structural behaviour of composite elements with RCA-based geopolymer concrete, such as columns, beams, thin wall panels, and steel tubular columns, have