cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
In situ vinylindole synthesis: Diels–Alder reactions with N-phenylmaleimides, 1-tetralones and 4-chromanones to give annulated tetrahydrocarbazoles
Creators: name: Noland, Wayland E.
name: Firdavs Z. Abzhabarov
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: An acid-catalyzed condensation of indole 4 with 1-tetralones 5a–f formed a vinylindole which reacted in situ with N-phenylmaleimides 7a–g. This cascade of condensation and Diels–Alder reaction was performed in IPA (isopropyl alcohol) and in presence of p-TsOH (p-toluenesulfonic acid) at reflux to produce annulated tetrahydrocarbazoles 8a–g and 10a–e. Similarly, 9a–g were synthesized by substituting 4-chromanone 6 for 5a–f. The 1-tetralone derived products 8a–g and 10a–e were obtained in higher yields (19–79%) compared to 4-chromanone derived 9a–g (6–28%), likely due to additional side reactions in case of chromanones. To establish the structure and stereochemistry of products, the crystal structure of 10c was obtained, confirming endo-Diels–Alder addition.
Shell Model Symmetries-Honoring Franco Iachello
Creators: name: Wolfe, Levering
name: Zamick, Larry
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss L=0 vs L=2 couplings, symmetries of the pairing interaction for neutrons and protons, and the J_{max} interaction. We show that certain schematic interactions yield exponentially decreasing transition strengths.We compare shell model calculations of B(E2)'s and quadrupole moments in the p-f shell with collective model results.
A precise measurement of the direct CP violation parameter Re(epsilon'/epsilon)
Creators: name: NA48 Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The direct CP violation parameter Re(epsilon'/epsilon) has been measured from the decay rates of neutral kaons into two pions using the NA48 detector at the CERN SPS. With 3.3 million KL->pi0pi0 events collected during the 1998 and 1999 running periods, a result of Re(epsilon'/epsilon) = (15.0 +- 2.7)x10-4 has been obtained. The result combined with the published 1997 sample is Re(epsilon'/epsilon) = (15.3 +- 2.6)x10-4.
description: 39 pages, 26 figures submitted to European Physical Journal
SMEs Amidst the Pandemic and Reopening: Digital Edge and Transformation
Creators: name: Cong, Lin William
name: Yang, Xiaohan
name: Zhang, Xiaobo
name: Cong, Lin William
name: Yang, Xiaohan
name: Zhang, Xiaobo
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Health Economics and Policy
subject: Small Businesses
subject: COVID-19
subject: Digital Economy
subject: E-Commerce

description: Using administrative universal ﬁrm registration data as well as primary oﬄine and online surveys of small businesses in China, we examine (i) whether digitization helps Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) better cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, and (ii) whether the pandemic has spurred digital technology adoption. We document signiﬁcant economic beneﬁts of digitization in increasing SMEs’ resilience against such a large shock, as seen through mitigated demand decline, sustainable cash ﬂow, ability to quickly reopen, and positive outlook for growth. Post the January 2020 lockdown, ﬁrm entries exhibited a V-shaped pattern, with entries of e-commerce ﬁrms experiencing a less pronounced initial drop and a quicker rebound. Moreover, the pandemic has accelerated digital transformation of existing ﬁrms and the aggregate industry in multiple dimensions (e.g., altering operation scope to include e-commerce, allowing remote work, and adopting electronic information systems). The eﬀect persists one year after full reopening, oﬀering suggestive evidence for the long-term impact of the pandemic and transitory mitigation policies.
Compton scattering from $^4$He at the TUNL HI$γ$S facility
Creators: name: Li, X.
name: Ahmed, M. W.
name: Banu, A.
name: Bartram, C.
name: Crowe, B.
name: Downie, E. J.
name: Emamian, M.
name: Feldman, G.
name: Gao, H.
name: Godagama, D.
name: Grießhammer, H. W.
name: Howell, C. R.
name: Karwowski, H. J.
name: Kendellen, D. P.
name: Kovash, M. A.
name: Leung, K. K. H.
name: Markoff, D.
name: Mikhailov, S.
name: Pywell, R. E.
name: Sikora, M. H.
name: Silano, J. A.
name: Sosa, R. S.
name: Spraker, M. C.
name: Swift, G.
name: Wallace, P.
name: Weller, H. R.
name: Whisnant, C. S.
name: Wu, Y. K.
name: Zhao, Z. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Differential cross sections for elastic Compton scattering from $^4$He have been measured with high statistical precision at the High Intensity $γ$-ray Source at laboratory scattering angles of $55^\circ$, $90^\circ$, and $125^\circ$ using a quasi-monoenergetic photon beam with a weighted mean energy value of $81.3$ MeV. The results are compared to previous measurements and similar fore-aft asymmetry in the angular distribution of the differential cross sections is observed. This experimental work is expected to strongly motivate the development of effective-field-theory calculations of Compton scattering from $^4$He to fully interpret the data.
description: 8 pages, 8 figures
Extractable And Non-Extractable Polyphenols From Mango
Creators: name: Ma, Yuchao
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2018

description: Polyphenol from fruits and vegetables have been proved that can lower the risk of many chronic disease. However, most studies are only focus on the extractable polyphenols right now. Non-extractable polyphenols may also have many important biological effects. The objective of this study was to find the difference between the extractable polyphenol and non-extractable by alkaline hydrolysis, acid hydrolysis and enzyme hydrolysis, compare the total phenolic content, flavonoid content and tannin content, and study their anti-inflammation effect, anti-cancer effect and antioxidant effect. The results showed that NEP alkaline hydrolysis was the best way to extract mango polyphenol. It had the highest total phenolic content and tannin content. The ORAC data also showed NEP alkaline hydrolysis had the best antioxidant effect. NEP alkaline also showed the dose-dependent inhibition manner. The extractable polyphenol showed better anti-inflammation effect then non-extractable polyphenol. Overall, we can conclude the secondary extraction did in fact yield more polyphenol from residue and non-extractable polyphenol have very similar effects as the extractable polyphenol.
Chelobasis aemula
Creators: name: Staines, C. L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Chrysomelidae
Chelobasis
Chelobasis aemula

description: Chelobasis aemula (Waterhouse 1881)
(Figures 1, 5)
 Arescus aemula Waterhouse 1881: 266 (Holotype: Ecuador, BMNH). Donckier 1899: 568 (catalog).
 Chelobasis aemula (Waterhouse). Weise 1911a: 12 (catalog), 1911b: 17 (catalog); Blackwelder 1946: 721 (faunal list); Papp 1953: 29 (catalog); Uhmann 1957: 33 (catalog).
Yellow; antennae, scutellum, and apex of tibiae and tarsi black; elytra with dark blue spots. Head: smooth; slight medial sulcus between eyes; frontal horn quadrate, broad; frons not projecting, with a few punctures. Antenna: extends to humerus; antennomere 1 elongate, apical projection as long as 2; 2 cylindrical, short; 3 cylindrical, elongate, longer than 1; 4–10 decreasing in length; 4 less than ½ length of 3; 11 pointed at apex; 1–4 alutaceous; 5–8 with scattered setae; 9–11 setose. Pronotum: longer than wide; lateral margin straight and divergent for basal ½, then expanding and rounded, then sharply angulate and convergent to apex; anterior angle angulate; posterior angle with large acute tooth; flat with scattered punctures; pronotal length 1.7–1.8 mm (n=8); pronotal width 2.9–3.0 mm. Scutellum: triangular; micropunctate. Elytron: expanding to exterior apical angle, then rounded to apex; lateral and apical margins smooth; sutural angle conjointly rounded; 10 rows of lightly impressed punctures plus short scutellar row; humerus rounded; elytral length 9.1–10.0 mm; elytral width 4.3–4.4 mm. Leg: tibia expanded to apex. Total length: 11.6–13.0 mm.
Larva. Unknown.
 Larval host plant. Unknown.
 Comparative notes. This species can be easily distinguished by the rounded elytral apices, the angulate lateral margin of the pronotum, and by antennomere 2 being transverse.
 Distribution. Ecuador.
 Specimens examined. Ecuador. Carchi: Gabriel, 750 m, 12.x.1970 (BPBM). Napo: Sarayacu (BMNH). Pinchincha: Estacion Orongo Palmitopomba, 23.vii.2001 (USNM). Total: 8.
description: Published as part of Staines, C. L., 2009, A review of the genus Chelobasis Gray, 1832 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae), pp. 58-68 in Zootaxa 2033 (1) on pages 59-60, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2033.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/5322032
A revised conceptual model for calcareous shales: Insights from mean-field homogenisation
Creators: name: Graham, Samuel P.
name: Rouainia, Mohamed
Publisher: name: Loughborough University
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Predicting the macroscopic elastic response of shale from the scale of its building blocks has become an active area of research in recent years. Mean-field homogenisation-based modelling to predict the macroscopic elastic constants of shale has become popular owing to its relative simplicity. Yet, for this approach to be successful, an appropriate conceptual model is needed in order to inform the design of the multiscale homogenisation approach. This paper investigates the consequences of applying the prevailing conceptual paradigm to anisotropic calcareous shales. Recently obtained experimental micro and nanomechanics data for calcareous shales will be used to show how best we can adapt the mean-field homogenisation approach to model this class of fine grained sediment.
Radiation Induces Estrogen Receptor-Mediated Genomic Surveillance to Restrict Mammary Progenitor Cell Expansion
Creators: name: Majewski, Aliza
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2018

description: Breast cancer is the leading cause of women’s cancer death in the United States. Estrogen exposure and reproductive history are the greatest influencing factors towards developing breast cancer. The following experiments compare the impact of parity on genomic surveillance as evaluated by radiation sensitivity to treatment with estrogen (E2) and estrogen receptor agonists. Mice are treated with agonists for 14 days and harvested after 5 weeks of involution. Apoptotic response to radiation indicated background estrogen, confounding the results, and failure to elicit appropriate response from E2 treatment. Upon further analysis, the cellulose matrix vehicle was identified as providing biologically active estrogen. To further test the effect of treatment with estrogen receptor specific agonists, a new vehicle for hormone delivery was required.
We tested tocopherol stripped corn oil as an oral vehicle to deliver estrogen agonists; estrogenic background was no longer detected in control-treated animals. E2 treatment increased apoptosis, development, and gene expression in the mammary gland of mice treated for 4 days. Treatment with estrogen receptor agonists PPT and DPN was unable to alter apoptosis but did impact uterine wet weights and gene expression within the mammary glands. These results indicated that treatment, while not completely effective, may still be biologically absorbed via oral treatment.
Parity is also known to affect the population of mammary progenitor cells, decreasing Wnt4 expression and the proliferative capability of stem cells. Full-term pregnancy early in reproductive life reduces breast cancer risk, therefore mice were bred at 3 different ages: 5, 9, and 24 weeks. After involution, mammary glands were disassociated and plated as mammospheres to study the radiation sensitivity of progenitor cells. Early pregnancy, at 5 and 9 weeks, resulted in radiation sensitivity of mammary progenitor cells that was no longer present in the mammary epithelium of mice bred at 24 weeks. Treatment of nulliparous mammospheres with Wnt4 or Sfrp1 increased the number of mammospheres relative to control. Sfrp1, a Wnt agonist, enhanced the radiation sensitivity similar to the parous mammospheres. Parity-induced alterations to the mammary gland can be used to explain and further study the protective effect against the development of breast cancer.
Blockchain as a project management platform
Creators: name: Thathsarani Hewavitharana
name: Nanayakkara, Samudaya
name: Srinath Perera
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 120201 Building Construction Management and Project Planning
subject: FOS: Civil engineering
subject: 100599 Communications Technologies not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: Computer Software
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Computer Engineering
subject: 80303 Computer System Security
subject: 100503 Computer Communications Networks
subject: Applied Computer Science
subject: 80302 Computer System Architecture

description: The construction industry will continue to be a key driver of economic growth for any country. It is one of the biggest industries in the world which contributes heavily to the economic development of a country. However, the productivity and the effectiveness of the industry have often been called into a question. Therefore, a number of different modelling tools and software have introduced to upgrade the standards of the construction industry. This review seeks to identify how blockchain can address the project management perspectives of the construction industry with respect to the guidelines mentioned in the Project Management Body of Knowledge. Five major criterions namely purchase management, contract management, asset and inventory management, finance management and subcontractor management were selected for the analysis using the PMBOK guidelines. For that, in-depth literature review using forty articles in ScienceDirect which appeared the context “blockchain in construction”, “blockchain and project management”, “application of blockchain” were referred. It is identified that the blockchain technology can assist financial management without involving third parties, subcontractor management by linking derivable and payment schemes, contract administration by using smart contracts, inventory and asset management by tracking and tracing material movements and purchase management by linking key stakeholders in supply chains
Optimal observables to search for indirect supersymmetric QCD signals in Higgs boson decays
Creators: name: Curiel, Ana M.
name: Herrero, Maria J.
name: Temes, David
name: de Troconiz, Jorge F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work we study the indirect effects of squarks and gluinos via supersymmetric QCD radiative corrections in the decays of Higgs particles within the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model. We consider a heavy supersymmetric spectrum and focus on the main nondecoupling effects. We propose a set of observables that are sensitive to these corrections and that will be accessible at the CERN Large Hadron Collider and Fermilab Tevatron. These observables are the ratios of Higgs boson branching ratios into quarks divided by the corresponding Higgs boson branching ratios into leptons, and both theoretical and experimental uncertainties are expected to be minimized. We show that these nondecoupling corrections are sizable for all the proposed observables in the large $\tanβ$ region and are highly correlated. A global analysis of all these observables will allow the experiments to reach the highest sensitivity to indirect supersymmetric signals.
description: 30 pages, including 10 ps figures. Version to appear in Phys.Rev.D
[¡Hijo! Cuando se llega a mi edad, y un poco vencidas ya las vanidades]
Creators: name: Manuel, Vázquez Portal
name: Vázquez Portal, Manuel
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2023
Subjects: Prison de Boniato
Famille

description: Destinataire : Vázquez Huerga, Gabriel
description: Description : Lettre de Vázquez Portal à son fils. L'auteur exprime tout son amour pour lui. Un petit dessin de l'auteur sur la dernière page.
description: Notes : Lettre envoyée depuis la Prison de Boniato.
description: Source: Cote : MVP-B-2004-05-20
description: Source: Localisation du document : États-Unis, Miami (Floride)
The economics of on-farm processing: model development and an empirical analysis
Creators: name: Ekman, Sone
name: Andersson, Hans
name: Ekman, Sone
name: Andersson, Hans
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1998
Subjects: Production Economics
Research Methods/ Statistical Methods

description: Recent trends in the developments of the Common Agricultural Policy suggest an increasing attention towards rural development issues. On-farm processing may offer an alternative for diversification, income generation and rural development in the event of increasingly deregulated agricultural markets. In this study, the economics of on-farm processing for the case of the Swedish potato industry is examined. An interregional partial equilibrium model is developed. Various stages of the potato marketing chain are explicitly mbdelled. It is empirically demonstrated that, in some regions, on-farm processing is a part of a socially optimal industry structure. Furthermore, it is shown that on-fmm processors are more robust towards import competition than bulk product producers. Hence, the results support the notion that small scale processing may contribute towards satisfying some of the objectives of an effective rural development agenda. Published by Elsevier Science B.V.
title: Práticas de texto
title: entre processo e produto
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Gonçalves, Matilde
name: Fidalgo, Marta
name: Jorge, Noémia
Publisher: name: CLUNL, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
Year: 2020

description: A presente publicação centra-se na apresentação das atividades desenvolvidas ao longo da UC Linguística do Texto, durante o ano letivo 18|19, centradas na natureza dos textos, nas diversas configurações que podem assumir, no(s) modo(s) como circulam em sociedade. Para tal foi seguido metodologicamente um percurso marcado por duas etapas: a primeira, maioritariamente prático-teórica, baseou-se na observação, discussão e análise de textos concretos (selecionados pelas discentes, e pela docente); a segunda, essencialmente prática, teve como objetivo a realização do trabalho final, com o planeamento, a formulação de ideias (conteúdo), a textualização (escrita), a revisão e a reescrita.
description: Gonçalves, Matilde; Fidalgo, Marta; Jorge, Noémia (2020). Práticas de texto: entre processo e produto. In M. Gonçalves, N. Jorge, M. A. Coutinho, M. Fidalgo, R. Rosa, eds., Práticas Textuais 18|19. Lisboa: CLUNL, NOVA FCSH, pp.43-49. ISBN 978-989-54081-1-5.
Heard or Dreamed About
Creators: name: Nadkarni, Priya
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2014

description: 
ABSTRACT
HEARD OR DREAMED ABOUT
MAY 2014
PRIYA NADKARNI, B.F.A. RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
M.F.A. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST

Directed by: Professor Shona Macdonald
Hyper-Path-Based Representation Learning for Hyper-Networks
Creators: name: Huang, Jie
name: Liu, Xin
name: Song, Yangqiu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Network representation learning has aroused widespread interests in recent years. While most of the existing methods deal with edges as pairwise relationships, only a few studies have been proposed for hyper-networks to capture more complicated tuplewise relationships among multiple nodes. A hyper-network is a network where each edge, called hyperedge, connects an arbitrary number of nodes. Different from conventional networks, hyper-networks have certain degrees of indecomposability such that the nodes in a subset of a hyperedge may not possess a strong relationship. That is the main reason why traditional algorithms fail in learning representations in hyper-networks by simply decomposing hyperedges into pairwise relationships. In this paper, we firstly define a metric to depict the degrees of indecomposability for hyper-networks. Then we propose a new concept called hyper-path and design hyper-path-based random walks to preserve the structural information of hyper-networks according to the analysis of the indecomposability. Then a carefully designed algorithm, Hyper-gram, utilizes these random walks to capture both pairwise relationships and tuplewise relationships in the whole hyper-networks. Finally, we conduct extensive experiments on several real-world datasets covering the tasks of link prediction and hyper-network reconstruction, and results demonstrate the rationality, validity, and effectiveness of our methods compared with those existing state-of-the-art models designed for conventional networks or hyper-networks.
description: Accepted by CIKM 2019
Chelobasis laevicollis
Creators: name: Staines, C. L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Chrysomelidae
Chelobasis
Chelobasis laevicollis

description: Chelobasis laevicollis (Waterhouse 1879)
(Figures 3, 7)
 Arescus laevicollis Waterhouse 1879: 427 (Holotype: Colombia, Medellin, BMNH). Donckier 1899: 569 (catalog).
 Chelobasis laevicollis (Waterhouse). Weise 1911a: 12 (catalog), 1911b: 17 (catalog); Blackwelder 1946: 721 (faunal list); Papp 1953: 29 (catalog); Uhmann 1957: 33 (catalog).
 Arescus waterhousei Duvivier 1885: 249 (type: Amazonas, Cauca, NMNH?). Weise 1911a: 12 (synonymy), 1911b: 17 (synonymy); Papp 1953: 29 (catalog).
Yellow; antennae and scutellum black; head either yellow or black; elytra with black spots; tibiae and tarsi black apically; oblong; convex. Head: medial sulcus present; vertex smooth; frontal horn quadrate, broad, truncate at apex; frons smooth, not projecting; eyes large, convex. Antenna: cylindrical; reaching to base of pronotum; antennomere 1 short, obconical, with apical projection as long as 2; 2 small, transverse; 3 as long as 1 and 2 combined; 4–11 short; 8–11 thicker than preceding. Pronotum: weakly transverse; slightly convex; lateral margin sinuate at base, then straight and parallel until apical ¾, then angulate and sinuate to apex; anterior angle with rounded tooth; posterior angle with long acute tooth; flattened, impunctate; pronotal length 2.6 mm (n=1); pronotal width 3.4 mm. Scutellum: elongate; triangular; micropunctate. Elytron: slightly expanding to apex; lateral and apical margins smooth; sutural angle slightly emarginate convex; 10 rows of lightly impressed punctures plus short scutellar row; humerus rounded, slightly produced; elytral length 8.7 mm; elytral width 4.4 mm. Leg: apex of tibia with small tooth. Total length: 12.4 mm.
Larva. Unknown.
 Larval host plant. Unknown.
 Comparative notes. This species can be distinguished by the angulate elytral apices, by antennomere 3 being subequal in length to 1 and 2 combined, and by antennomere 2 being transverse.
 Distribution. Colombia.
 Specimens examined. Colombia. Magdalena: Medellin (BMNH). Total: 1.
description: Published as part of Staines, C. L., 2009, A review of the genus Chelobasis Gray, 1832 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae), pp. 58-68 in Zootaxa 2033 (1) on page 64, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2033.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/5322032
Paz-Neto, A. A., Calvet, E., Melo, J. W. S., Lima, D. B., Gondim-Jr, M. G. C. & Janssen, A. (2022) Damage by mites modulates the pest status of subsequent pest species by providing shelter and resources
Creators: name: , Paz-Neto
name: , Calvet
name: , Melo
name: , Lima
name: , Gondim
name: , Janssen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: oviposition choice
larval dispersal
arthropod interactions
mite-insect-plant association
premature coconut drop
Atheloca bondari

description: Damage caused by herbivores often modifies plant structure and physiology, which may change the behavior and biology of future herbivores. Here, we studied these interactions among the major coconut pest, the mite Aceria guerreronis (Acari: Eriophyidae), and two minor pests, the mite Steneotarsonemus concavuscutum (Acari: Tarsonemidae) and the moth Atheloca bondari (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). All these species develop in the meristematic zone of coconuts, which is difficult to access because of the small opening between the epicarp and perianth. Both mites cause necrosis on the epicarp of the nuts, which may facilitate access to the meristematic zone by caterpillars. However, A. bondari caterpillars co-occur predominantly with A. guerreronis and not with S. concavuscutum, suggesting that infestation by the caterpillars does not only depend on access to the meristem. Therefore, we evaluated how the caterpillars infest nuts that were either uninfested, infested by A. guerreronis, S. concavuscutum, or both. We also tested the preference of caterpillars and adult moths, and the performance of A. bondari on nuts subjected to these treatments. Caterpillars preferred nuts with easy access to the meristematic region, regardless of the presence of mites. Atheloca bondari females did not preferentially oviposit in coconut bunches infested with mites, but A. bondari caterpillars performed better on the A. guerreronis-infested nuts than on other nuts. We discuss how damage by mites can modify the relevance of A. bondari as a pest by increasing losses in coconut production.
Dynamic variations in thermal regime and surface deformation along the drainage channel for an expanding lake on the Tibetan Plateau
Creators: name: Ding, Zekun
name: Niu, Fujun
name: Mu, Yanhu
name: Li, Guoyu
name: Chai, Mingtang
name: Gao, Zeyong
name: Chen, Ling
name: Zhang, Kun
name: Mao, Yuncheng
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: The outburst of Zonag Lake in 2011 triggered a series of floods in the continuous permafrost region of the hinterland of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. This re-distributed the surface water in the basin and caused rapid expansion of the tail lake (Salt Lake). To avoid potential overflow of the expanding Salt Lake, a channel was excavated to drain the lake water into a downstream river. In this study, to investigate the permafrost thermal regime and the surface deformation around the expanding Salt Lake and the channel, in-situ monitoring sections were settled from Salt Lake to the downstream of the channel to obtain the permafrost temperature. Additionally, using small baseline subset interferometric synthetic aperture radar (SBAS-InSAR), the surface deformation around Salt Lake and the channel was measured. The data showed that the ground temperature at the channel was 0.6°C higher than the natural field and the mean subsidence rate around the channel was 1.5 mm/yr higher than that at Salt Lake. These results show that the permafrost temperature in the study area changed considerably with variations in the distance from the lake/channel, and the deformation in the study area was dominated by subsidence.
Age Group Differences in Affect Responses to a Stressor
Creators: name: Mather, Molly
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2018

description: Older adults may be better able to modulate their emotional experiences than younger adults, and thus may recover more quickly from negative stressors. Additionally, older adults may be more likely to experience co-occurrence of negative and positive emotions in the setting of negative stressors, which may facilitate emotion recovery. To date, few studies have investigated the nature of age group differences in spontaneous emotional responses to a standardized stressor. The current study utilizes a laboratory mood manipulation to determine age group differences in emotion recovery in negative and positive affects, as well as age group differences in the co-occurrence of negative and positive affect. Older adults reported greater reactivity in one and greater recovery in two negative affect scales than younger adults; however, these differences did not remain significant when controlling for overall arousal ratings of the mood induction. There were no age group differences in reactivity or recovery of positive affects. Both younger and older adults returned to baseline in negative affects by the end of the recovery period despite age group differences in affect responses and arousal ratings. Older adults reported greater co-occurrence of negative and positive emotions in response to the mood induction as compared to younger adults. Overall, these results provide support for age group similarities in reactivity and recovery in discrete affects, and age group differences in mixed emotion states. Greater co-occurrence appears to reflect greater baseline endorsement of positive affect in older as compared to younger adults. Thus, higher baseline positive affect may create greater opportunities for older adults to experience mixed emotion states, which may in turn serve as an adaptive resource for older adults.
The Publication and Initial Reception of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights: Victorian Gender Norms and Intertextual Modern Interpretation
Creators: name: Ohrenberger, Juliana
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2018

description: This thesis discusses the contrasting publication and reception histories of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre (1847) and Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights (1847) and the complex role of Victorian gender norms in shaping those histories. In addition, the thesis examines the interplay between the Brontes’ works and their dialogues with Victorian gender norms and expectations of women on the creation of modern intertextual interpretations such as the Twilight (2005) and Fifty Shades of Grey (2011) novel series. The publication histories of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights can be best understood in relation to the social context provided by the gender norms and pressures that governed (or sought to govern) women’s behavior during the nineteenth century. Emily and Charlotte’s novels both opposed these gendered social norms to varying degrees but received widely different receptions during their lifetimes. Emily’s text was relatively negatively received and Charlotte attained literary success. An analysis and discussion of the interplay between their publication histories, the social norms and pressures that shaped those histories, and contemporary responses to the main female and male characters in their novels, Catherine Earnshaw, Heathcliff, Edgar Linton, Jane Eyre, and Mr. Rochester, can shed light on their opposing receptions.
In addition, this thesis explores how a gendered analysis of the effect of Victorian social norms and pressures on these texts and their receptions illuminates how modern appropriations by popular series novels Twilight and Fifty Shades of Grey interpret anew the gender tropes the Brontes explored in their narratives. The characters in these novels, this thesis argues, follow a comparably gendered pattern of behavior in comparison to their literary predecessors. This thesis reads the female and male characters created by E.L. James and Stephenie Meyer for the ways they echo both the characterizations in the Bronte novels and the social and gendered pressures to which they conform. The connected characterization highlights female self-consciousness, morality and sexual innocence, and a desire for wealthy dominant male partners with sexual and emotional dysfunction. Finally, it is important to place this discussion within the wider cultural narrative that includes contemporary cultural engagement with these ‘popular’ interpretations of the Brontes’ work as a piece that fits into the larger archive of women’s culture.
Analysis of one- and two-particle spectra at RHIC based on a hydrodynamical model
Creators: name: Hirano, Tetsufumi
name: Morita, Kenji
name: Muroya, Shin
name: Nonaka, Chiho
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate the one-particle hadronic spectra and correlation functions of pions based on a hydrodynamical model. Parameters in the model are so chosen that the one-particle spectra reproduce experimental results of $\sqrt{s}=130A$GeV Au+Au collisions at RHIC. Based on the numerical solution, we discuss the space-time evolution of the fluid. Two-pion correlation functions are also discussed. Our numerical solution suggests the formation of the quark-gluon plasma with large volume and low net baryon density.
description: LaTeX, 4pages, 4 figures. To appear in the proceedings of Fourth International Conference on Physics and Astrophysics of Quark-Gluon Plasma (ICPAQGP-2001), Nov 26-30, 2001, Jaipur, India
Retro-MACHOs: Pi in the sky?
Creators: name: Holz, Daniel E.
name: Wheeler, John A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Shine a flashlight on a black hole, and one is greeted with the return of a series of concentric rings of light. For a point source of light, and for perfect alignment of the lens, source, and observer, the rings are of infinite brightness (in the limit of geometric optics). In this manner, distant black holes can be revealed through their reflection of light from the Sun. Such retro-MACHO events involve photons leaving the Sun, making a Pi rotation about the black hole, and then returning to be detected at the Earth. Our calculations show that, although the light return is quite small, it may nonetheless be detectable for stellar-mass black holes at the edge of our solar system. For example, all (unobscured) black holes of mass M or greater will be observable to a limiting magnitude m, at a distance given by: 0.02 pc x \sqrt[3]{10^{(m-30)/2.5} (M/10 M_sun)^2}. Discovery of a Retro-MACHO offers a way to directly image the presence of a black hole, and would be a stunning confirmation of strong-field general relativity.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures. ApJ in press
A Glimpse into the Future: A Lens through which to Consider 'Africa's Rising'
Creators: name: Connolly, Aidan J.
name: Connolly, Aidan J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Farm Management
subject: Financial Economics
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: Food Security and Poverty
subject: Health Economics and Policy
subject: Industrial Organization
subject: Institutional and Behavioral Economics
subject: International Development
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Political Economy
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Risk and Uncertainty
subject: African agribusiness
subject: food supply
subject: science
subject: innovation
subject: economy

description: By 2050, there will be two billion more people living on the African continent. GLIMPSE(TM), an acronym that was introduced in this journal in 2012, identified the seven biggest obstacles to providing enough food to feeding the nine billion people who will be living on earth in 2050. Here, we review the GLIMPSE(TM) challenges specifically in an African context, examining how they apply and in what ways agribusiness can contribute to meeting these challenges. The paper places agribusiness alongside governments, non-governmental organizations and charities as important players in addressing the ‘wicked’ problem of feeding the growing population, and identifies specific areas where agribusiness can make a difference.
description: The IFAMR is published quarterly by the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association. For complete library visit: www.ifama.org
A global solution to a slim accretion disk with radiation-driven outflows
Creators: name: Feng, Junjie
name: Cao, Xinwu
name: Gu, Wei-Min
name: Ma, Ren-Yi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The thickness of a slim disk is determined by the balance between the radiation force and the vertical component of the gravity of the black hole (BH). It was found that vertical gravity increases with the disk height, and it will decrease with the disk height if the disk thickness is above a critical value, which implies that gas at the disk surface may be driven into outflows by radiation force when the disk thickness surpasses the critical value. In this work, we derive a global solution to a slim disk with radiation-driven outflows. We find that the outflows are driven from the disk surface if the mass accretion rate $\dot{m} \gtrsim 1.78-1.91$ ($\dot{m}=\dot{M}/\dot{M}_{\rm Edd}$, and $\dot{M}_{\rm Edd}=L_{\rm Edd}/0.1c^2$) depending on BH mass, while the outflows are suppressed when the mass accretion rate is lower than this critical value. The mass accretion rate decreases with decreasing radius in the disk with outflows, and the rate of the gas swallowed by the BH is always limited to $\dot{m}_{\rm in}\sim 1.78-1.91$ even if the mass accretion rate at the outer edge of the disk is very high. This may set constraints on the massive BH growth through accretion in the early Universe. Due to the presence of outflows, there is an upper limit on the radiation flux of the disk, which leads to saturation of the continuum spectra of the disk with outflows at the high energy band. This may be tested by the observations of quasars or/and BH X-ray binaries.
description: 12 pages, 10 figures
Towards 2050: Trends and Scenarios for African Agribusiness
Creators: name: Van Rooyen, C.J.
name: Van Rooyen, C.J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Farm Management
subject: Financial Economics
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: Food Security and Poverty
subject: Health Economics and Policy
subject: Industrial Organization
subject: Institutional and Behavioral Economics
subject: International Development
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Political Economy
subject: Production Economics
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Risk and Uncertainty
subject: agricultural development drivers
subject: new agribusiness systems
subject: governance and systems innovation
subject: scenarios for growth with equity

description: Agriculture, including agribusiness, is projected to be a $1 trillion USD industry in sub-Saharan Africa by 2030 (World Bank 2013). It is therefore understandable that agricultural development in Africa is back on the global development and investment agenda. In September 2009, the G20 recognized agricultural development as a central activity for African development, echoing the calls of the World Development Report (World Bank 2007 the “Our Common Interest” Report (Commission for Africa 2005) and most recently the African Heads of State at World Economic Forum in Cape Town called for increased agricultural investment (NEPAD 2013). All emphasized the notion that agriculture is a key driver of economic development and growth, poverty alleviation and food security on the African continent.
description: The IFAMR is published quarterly by the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association. For complete library visit: www.ifama.org
Fermion Mass Hierarchy in 6 dimensional SO(10) SUSY GUT
Creators: name: Haba, N.
name: Kondo, T.
name: Shimizu, Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We suggest simple models which produce the suitable fermion mass hierarchies and flavor mixing angles based on the supersymmetric SO(10) grand unified theory in 6 dimensions compactified on a T^2/Z_2 orbifold. The gauge and Higgs fields propagate in 6 dimensions while ordinal chiral matter fields are localized in 4 dimensions. We introduce extra vector-like heavy fields in the extra dimensions. We show three models according to the configurations of vector-like fields in extra dimensions. The suitable fermion mass hierarchies and flavor mixings are generated by integrating out these vector-like heavy fields.
description: 14pages
Período de internamento nas Unidades de Convalescença da Rede Nacional de Cuidados Continuados Integrados: entre a realidade e a utopia
Creators: name: Pereira, Mariana
name: De Almeida, Cristiana
Publisher: name: Revista Temas Sociais
Year: 2024

description: Com o envelhecimento populacional, o aumento das doenças crónicas e o consequente crescimento das situações de dependência, torna-se imperativo rever os paradigmas existentes, de modo a abordar eficazmente as problemáticas associadas. Até 2006, foram realizadas diversas tentativas de implementação de políticas para responder ao aumento da procura de cuidados médicos e sociais. Neste contexto, foi criada, em 2006, a Rede Nacional de Cuidados Continuados Integrados (RNCCI), que tem sido objeto de alterações significativas desde então.


Atualmente, a RNCCI organiza-se em quatro tipologias: Convalescença, Média Duração e Reabilitação, Longa Duração e Manutenção, e Equipas de Cuidados Continuados Integrados. Este estudo centra-se nas Unidades de Convalescença, analisando a adequabilidade dos tempos de internamento. Utilizou-se uma metodologia quantitativa, com um questionário dirigido às Unidades de Convalescença de Portugal Continental e análise documental dos relatórios de monitorização da RNCCI.


Os resultados evidenciam que os protelamentos de altas são um problema significativo, resultante de fatores clínicos e sociofamiliares, causando constrangimentos às unidades e prolongando desnecessariamente a permanência de utentes em hospitais de agudos.
description: Revista Temas Sociais , n. 7 (2024): Temas Sociais
Protozantaena Perkins 1997
Creators: name: Perkins, Philip D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Hydraenidae
Protozantaena

description: Key to species of Protozantaena
1 Maxillary palpi comparatively long, palpus length/head width ratio ca. 0.64–0.72..................................................... 2
- Maxillary palpi comparatively short, palpus length/head width ratio ca. 0.41–0.55.................................................. 3
 2 Pronotum wider apically than basally; pronotal discal interstices smooth and shining; last maxillary palpomere wide subbasally, abruptly narrowed basally on anterior surface; Namibia; aedeagus as illustrated (Figs. 67, 69)............................................................................................................................................................................... labrata Perkins
 - Pronotum narrower apically than basally; pronotal discal interstices microreticulate, dull; last maxillary palpomere not distinctly widened; Madagascar; aedeagus as illustrated (Figs. 71, 73) ........................................... palpalis n. sp.
 3 Elytral series on disc weakly striate-impressed; maxillary palpi and tarsi very short, palpus length/head width ratio ca. 0.41; Tanzania; aedeagus as illustrated (Figs. 75,77) ................................................................ grebennikovi n. sp.
- Elytral series not striate-impressed; maxillary palpi and tarsi longer, palpus length/head width ratio ca. 0.47–0.55; Madagascar.................................................................................................................................................................. 4
 4 Pronotum lateral margins each a single thin rim in lateral view; pronotal disc less coarsely punctate; metaventrite of males with median groove bordered on each side with pubescent carina; smaller species, length ca. 1.35 mm; aedeagus as illustrated (Figs. 68, 70)................................................................................................ malagasica n. sp.
 - Pronotum lateral margins dual-rimmed from anterior angles to about midlength; pronotal disc more coarsely and densely punctate; metaventrite of males unmodified; larger species, length ca. 1.73 mm; aedeagus as illustrated (Figs. 72, 74) ........................................................................................................................................ ankaratra n. sp.
description: Published as part of Perkins, Philip D., 2009, Revisions of the genera Parhydraena Orchymont, Protozantaena Perkins, Decarthrocerus Orchymont, and Parhydraenopsis nomen novum, aquatic and humicolous beetles from Africa and Madagascar, and comparative morphology of the tribe Parhydraenini (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae), pp. 1-119 in Zootaxa 2038 on page 13