cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Exploring the exotic f states of prototype compounds CeSb and USb
Creators: name: Lu, Haiyan
name: Liu, Qin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: To unravel the interplay between the strong electronic correlation and itinerant-localized dual nature in atypical f electron systems, we employed the density functional theory in combination with the single-site dynamical mean-field theory to systematically investigate the electronic structures of CeSb and USb. We find that the 4f states in CeSb are mostly localized which show a weak quasi-particle resonance peak near the Fermi level. Conversely, the 5f electrons in USb display partially itinerant feature, accompanied by mixed-valence behavior and prominent valence state fluctuations. Particularly, the 4f electronic correlations in CeSb are distinctly orbital-selective with strikingly renormalized 4f5/2 states, according to the low-energy behaviors of 4f self-energy functions. It is believed that the strong electronic correlation and fantastic bonding of f states contribute to elucidate the fascinating magnetism.
Increasing Exercise for patients with Diabetes using a mobile app – A Quality Improvement Project
Creators: name: Jolin, Jill
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2017

Background: A literature review on Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) indicates that a combination of aerobic and resistance exercise leads to overall beneficial physical and psychological health benefits for people that have a diagnosis of Diabetes.  Behavior change and social support are identified as essential factors that facilitate and help maintain a productive and committed exercise program for people with Diabetes. Patient self-management is an important indicator in maintaining good control of diabetes, and mobile phone interventions have been shown to improve such self-management. Exercise is an important component of treatment, and prevention of T2DM although people struggle with incorporating exercise into their daily lives and they have difficulty maintaining exercise once they initiate an exercise goal.  Method: This quality improvement project provides an educational tool for diabetes educators on benefits of the MyFitnessPal app for people that have diabetes. Additionally, it teaches educators how to download and utilize the app so they can therefore teach their patients how to track and log food and improve patient self-management. Patient weight, glycohemoglobin, (A1c) and self-rated activity levels were also analyzed at the initial visit and at one to three month follow-up appointments. Conclusion: Educators were more comfortable using MyFitnessPal app after initial education, but did not find it useful for diabetes education. It was found that exercise is an important tool for patients with diabetes to lower A1C level and weight, and the MyFitnessPal app was shown to be useful tool for patients to utilize and to meet these goals.
Approximate solutions for the single soliton in a Skyrmion-type model with a dilaton scalar field
Creators: name: Ponciano, J. A.
name: Canal, C. A. Garcia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the analytical properties of the single-soliton solution in a Skyrmion-type Lagrangian that incorporates the scaling properties of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) through the coupling of the chiral field to a scalar field interpreted as a bound state of gluons. The model was proposed in previous works to describe the Goldstone pions in a dense medium, being also useful for studying the properties of nuclear matter and the in-medium properties of mesons and nucleons. Guided by an asymptotic analysis of the Euler-Lagrange equations, we propose approximate analytical representations for the single soliton solution in terms of rational approximants exponentially localized. Following the Padé method, we construct a sequence of approximants from the exact power series solutions near the origin. We find that the convergence of the approximate representations to the numerical solutions is considerably improved by taking the expansion coefficients as free parameters and then minimizing the mass of the Skyrmion using our ansätze for the fields. We also perform an analysis of convergence by computation of physical quantities showing that the proposed analytical representations are very useful useful for phenomenological calculations.
description: 13 pages, 3 eps figures, version to be published in Phys.Rev.C
Off-farm Work and Fertilizer Intensification among Smallholder Farmers in Kenya: A Cross-Crop Comparison
Creators: name: Mathenge, Mary K.
name: Smale, Melinda
name: Opiyo, Joseph
name: Mathenge, Mary K.
name: Smale, Melinda
name: Opiyo, Joseph
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Farm Management
International Development
Labor and Human Capital

description: Off-farm work accounts for a substantial and growing share of household income among smallholder farmers in most of Sub-Saharan Africa, but evidence on the effects of these earnings on farm investments remains sparse. We use panel data from a sample of smallholder farmers in Kenya to estimate input demand for fertilizer, testing the effects of earnings from nonfarm activities, agricultural wage labor on other farms, and combined off-farm sources. We compare effects among three types of crops: a major food staple (maize), and emerging cash crop (vegetables), and a traditional export crop (tea). We find that, holding other factors constant, off-farm work detracts from fertilizer application rates on maize and vegetables. Nonfarm income drives these results. Off-farm work has no effect on fertilizer application to tea. Results suggest competition for household resources between farm and nonfarm sectors, with implications for public investments in rural development as Kenyan smallholders commercialize.
A Harm-Reduction Approach to Drug-Education Courses in Schools | Survey and Recommendations for Future Implementation
Creators: name: Kline, Tyler
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 170103 Educational Psychology
subject: Education
subject: 160506 Education Policy
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Teen illicit drug use has remained a problem in the since the early 80s’, despite alcohol/drug prevention being implemented in the overwhelming majority of high schools. Approaches involving social interaction work better than the ones emphasizing education, and this has been proven repeatedly for at least the past decade. Programs like D.A.R.E and the fundamental methodology of health class curriculums have proven ineffective on adolescent drug use. This research article aims to use an array of research and statistical analysis to create a more effective form of drug education and prevention with a harm reductive methodological approach, while still maintaining a form of prevention reinforcement. Past publications have not considered collective feedback from experts, administrators, and students. This research publication intends to combine feedback from all 3 previously mentioned parties to create a new curriculum that will be dominantly focused on harm reduction.
MOESM1 of Characterization and high-efficiency secreted expression in Bacillus subtilis of a thermo-alkaline Î˛-mannanase from an alkaliphilic Bacillus clausii strain S10
Creators: name: Zhou, Cheng
name: Xue, Yanfen
name: Ma, Yanhe
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Primers for expression plasmid construction with different signal peptides by modified Gibson method. Table S2. Primers for expression plasmid construction with different promoters by modified Gibson method.
Identification and PTSD Screening of Military Veteran Patients in Community Healthcare: A Quality Improvement Project
Creators: name: Budrewicz, Caitlin Rose
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2017

Background: Military veterans are at an increased risk for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) related to their prior military service.  Establishing veteran status of patients cared for in civilian healthcare and screening for PTSD will increase the likelihood of identifying symptoms and prompt appropriate treatment.  Purpose: The focus of this project is to increase practitioner awareness and knowledge of PTSD in veteran patients as well as to identify and screen veteran patients for PTSD symptoms utilizing the primary care PTSD screen (PC-PTSD).  Method: To determine veteran status, patients over the age of 18 years in an internal medicine clinic will be asked during their appointment check-in if they have ever served in the military.  Identified veteran patients will be handed a questionnaire with the PC-PTSD screen to fill out and bring into their exam.  Analysis and discussion of the PC-PTSD results by providers will reveal risk for PTSD and identify if further treatment or intervention is warranted.  Results: Fifteen providers and staff attended the education presentation and eight completed the pre/post-presentation questionnaire.  Post-presentation, the questionnaires revealed an increase in knowledge from 90% to 100%.  After the intervention was completed, 34 veterans were identified from the total 1434 patients seen during the 30-day implementation timeframe, with one veteran screening positive for PTSD.  This reveals 1-2 veteran patients are coming to the clinic per day.  Clinical Implication: Identifying patient veteran status will reveal PTSD symptomology that may have otherwise gone unrecognized or overlooked.  Identifying even one veteran suffering from PTSD can lead to positive patient outcomes.  A sustainable systemic approach to identifying and screening veterans for PTSD in civilian primary care is necessary to thoroughly and holistically care for this vulnerable population.
Enhanced excitation of a driven bistable system induced by spectrum degeneracy
Creators: name: Anikin, Evgeny V.
name: Maslova, Natalya S.
name: Gippius, Nikolay A.
name: Sokolov, Igor M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The non-equilibrium statistics and kinetics of a simple bistable system (resonantly driven nonlinear oscillator coupled to reservoir) have been investigated by means of master equation for the density matrix and quasiclassical Fokker-Planck equation in quasienergy space. We found out that the system's statistical and kinetic properties drastically change when the quasienergy states become nearly degenerate and the occupation of the most excited state is strongly enhanced. It has been revealed that in nearly degenerate case a new critical quasienergy parameter emerges. Below the critical quasienergy value the eigenstates are superpositions of the quasiclassical states from different phase space regions, while above this value the eigenstates correspond to only one particular region of the phase space. We have also generalized Keldysh theory for ionization of atoms in the electromagnetic field for bistable systems. It has been demonstrated that Keldysh parameter in bistability region is large when pumping intensity is smaller than the critical value. It has been shown by direct calculations that multi-photon transition amplitude coincides with the tunneling amplitude. So, multi-photon transitions and tunneling between the regions of the phase space are just the same effects. We also demonstrated that for bistable systems the Keldysh parameter logarithmically depends on the external field amplitude.
description: 11 pages, 6 figures
CONTRIBUTIONS OF PRODUCTIVITY AND RELATIVE PRICE CHANGES TO FARM LEVEL PROFITABILITY CHANGE
Creators: name: Mugera, Amin W.
name: Langemeier, Michael R.
name: Mugera, Amin W.
name: Langemeier, Michael R.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: Agricultural Finance
Production Economics
Productivity Analysis

description: This article investigates the sources of profitability and productivity change at the farm level with an application to a group of 252 farms in Kansas over an 18 years period, from 1993 to 2010. The Lowe index method is used to compute changes in total factor productivity (TFP) and terms of trade (TT). Nonparametric data envelopment analysis is used to decompose TFP into technical change and different measures of output oriented efficiency change. Profitability change is mainly driven by TFP change. The main source of TFP change is technical progress. The upward shifting efficiency frontier results in declining technical efficiency. Both profitability and productivity vary by farm size and specialization. Results point for the need to support research and development without ignoring efforts to encourage uptake of existing technologies.
Frustrated Ising model on the garnet lattice
Creators: name: Yoshioka, Takuya
name: Koga, Akihisa
name: Kawakami, Norio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate a frustrated Ising spin system on the garnet lattice composed of a specific network of corner-sharing triangles. By means of Monte Carlo simulations with the heat bath algorithm, we discuss the magnetic properties at finite temperatures. It is shown that the garnet spin system with the nearest-neighbor couplings does not exhibit any magnetic transitions, yielding the large residual entropy at zero temperature. We also investigate the effect of the long-range dipolar interaction systematically to determine the phase diagram of the Ising model on the garnet lattice. We find that there appear a variety of distinct phases depending on the cutoff length of the long-range interaction, in contrast to the pyrochlore spin-ice systems.
description: 7pages, 12figures
A Harm-Reduction Approach to Drug-Education Courses in Schools | Survey and Recommendations for Future Implementation
Creators: name: Kline, Tyler
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 170103 Educational Psychology
subject: Education
subject: 160506 Education Policy
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Teen illicit drug use has remained a problem in the since the early 80s’, despite alcohol/drug prevention being implemented in the overwhelming majority of high schools. Approaches involving social interaction work better than the ones emphasizing education, and this has been proven repeatedly for at least the past decade. Programs like D.A.R.E and the fundamental methodology of health class curriculums have proven ineffective on adolescent drug use. This research article aims to use an array of research and statistical analysis to create a more effective form of drug education and prevention with a harm reductive methodological approach, while still maintaining a form of prevention reinforcement. Past publications have not considered collective feedback from experts, administrators, and students. This research publication intends to combine feedback from all 3 previously mentioned parties to create a new curriculum that will be dominantly focused on harm reduction.
Ailing Banks and S&L's Get Federal Help, But at What Risk?
Creators: name: Gajewski, Gregory
name: Hagerman, Deano
name: Gajewski, Gregory
name: Hagerman, Deano
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1987
Subjects: Community/Rural/Urban Development
Financial Economics
Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: In response to rising rates of bank and S&L failures, lawmakers and regulators have adopted a "wait and see" attitude, allowing many institutions with little or no equity left to remain open. The policy, known as forbearance, is supposed to limit the costs to the deposit insurance funds (FSLIC and FDIC) while preserving financial services in depressed areas, and areas, often rural, where past failures are concentrated. But the incentives for weak and insolvent institution managers to gamble with depositors' money for a return to health may well increase the long-term resolution costs, and not help their local communities.
Sonoma repanda Marsh and Schuster 1962
Creators: name: Ferro, Michael L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Sonoma
Sonoma repanda

description: Sonoma repanda Marsh and Schuster, 1962 – CA
 USA: CALIFORNIA: Santa Clara Co.: * 3.5mi SE Saratoga Gap SantaClaraCo.Calif. IV-19-1976 / Berlesed from Douglas Fir Oak Duff / Fred G Andrews Collector / Sonoma repanda 90 det. DSChandler [♂, CSCA].
description: Published as part of Ferro, Michael L., 2016, Fourteen new species of Sonoma Casey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) with a key to species from western North America, pp. 1-57 in Insecta Mundi 2016 (472) on page 56, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5170505
Is Outdoor Recreation Recession-proof? An Empirical Investigation on Iowan’s Lake Recreation Behavior During 2009 Recession.
Creators: name: Hoque, Mohammad Mainul
name: Kling, Catherine L.
name: Herriges, Joseph A.
name: Hoque, Mohammad Mainul
name: Kling, Catherine L.
name: Herriges, Joseph A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: Community/Rural/Urban Development
Institutional and Behavioral Economics

description: The US economy was hit hard by a recession during 2008–2009, which is considered the longest and most severe economic crisis since the end of Great Depression. The recession affected individual economic well-being through unemployment, stock market crashes, and falling real estate prices, all of which generated low consumer confidence. While much is known about the effect of recessions on macro-level variables, much less is known about how the effects of recession alter household-level consumption behavior. Specifically, during periods of high unemployment, many households will experience lower income, which results in lower spending on normal goods. However, with changes in employment status, members of some households will also experience a lower opportunity cost of time, and may therefore undertake more household activities that are time intensive. To study effects of this type requires detailed household-level data both before and after a recessionary event. In this paper, we utilize a panel data set that is uniquely suited to studying the effects of recession on micro decision making in the context of household recreational choices. Specifically, utilizing a panel from the “Iowa Lakes Project” comprised of both pre-recession and post-recession data on household employment status, usage of recreational sites, and a suite of socioeconomic variables, this paper investigates how employment status changes during the recession impact lake-based recreation demand.
One-Loop Helicity Amplitudes for Parton Level Virtual Compton Scattering
Creators: name: Huang, H. W.
name: Morii, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate the one-loop QCD virtual corrections to all helicity amplitudes for parton level virtual Compton scattering processes. We include the amplitudes both on quark target process $γ^* q\toγq$ and on gluon target process $γ^*g\toγg$. The infrared pole structure of the amplitudes is in agreement with the prediction of Catani's general formalism for the singularities of one-loop amplitudes, while expressions for the finite remainder are given in terms of logarithms and dilogarithms that are real in the physical region.
description: 16 pages, 2 figures, detailed comparison with DVCS included
Figures and Tables;Supporting information from Facile preparation of Fe3O4@Pt nanoparticles as peroxidase mimics for sensitive glucose detection by a paper-based colorimetric assay;Data for figures
Creators: name: He, Ye
name: Wang, Panlin
name: Chen, Xiaojing
name: Li, Yahuang
name: Wei, Jiajun
name: Cai, Guoxi
name: Aoyagi, Kiyoshi
name: Wang, Wenxiang
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2022

description: Fig.S1 Low(A) - and (B) high-magnification TEM images of Fe3O4 NPs. (C) EDS spectrums of Fe3O4 NPs. (D) Size distribution of Fe3O4 NPs. Fig. S2 Steady-state kinetic assays and the corresponding double reciprocal (Lineweaver-Burk) plots of Fe3O4@Pt NPs for (A, B) H2O2 and (C, D) TMB. Fig. S3 (A) the UV-vis spectrum of the H2O2 concentration change and (B) Dose-response curve of H2O2 concentration and absorbance (the inset shows the corresponding homology calibration curve and colorimetric photographs). Table S1 Apparent kinetic parameters of Fe3O4@Pt NPs as both peroxidase mimetics. Table S2 Performance comparison of various materials for detecting H2O2. Table S3 Performance comparison of various nanomaterials for Glucose detection.
Determination of the energy of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction in [Co/Pd(111)]5 superlattices with different Co thickness by micromagnetic simulations of labyrinth domain structures
Creators: name: Kozlov, A. G.
name: Kolesnikov, A. G.
name: Stebliy, M. E.
name: Davydenko, A. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Determination of the energy of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction along with a definition of the basic magnetic characteristics in ferromagnetic/nonmagnetic multilayered systems are both required for the construction of a magnetic skyrmion recording medium. A method for estimating the energy of the effective Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction which compared the periodicities of micromagnetically simulated and experimentally measured demagnetized domain structures was shown in a current paper. Symmetric epitaxial [Co/Pd(111)]5 superlattices with Co layers of varying thickness were used as the system for investigation. The structural and magnetic properties of epitaxial [Co(dCo)/Pd]5 superlattices with different Co layers thicknesses were comprehensively investigated. The dependence of the energy of effective Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction on the thickness of the Co layers in the [Co(dCo)/Pd]5 multilayered structures was determined. The relationship between Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction and asymmetry of the strains between the bottom Pd/Co and top Co/Pd interfaces was discussed. The simulation parameters and the demagnetization approach prior to measuring the magnetic structure influenced the obtained results. Necessity of setting all the layers in micromagnetic simulations was established. The significant influence of interlayer dipolar coupling on the periodicity of simulated labyrinth domain structures was also confirmed.
Interstate Highway Interchanges Reshape Rural Communities
Creators: name: Moon, Henry E.
name: Moon, Henry E.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1987
Subjects: Community/Rural/Urban Development
Research Methods/ Statistical Methods

description: Highway interchanges offer rural counties practically ready-made sites for development. And with over 42,500 miles of interstate highways, the opportunities for interchange development are nearly everywhere. But some interchanges offer better development opportunities than others. This article, based on the Kentucky experience, offers a guide to the factors that make a difference in development, so local officials can anticipate the development prospects of future interchanges and monitor the development already under way around existing interchanges.
An Evaluation of the use of Antibiotics in Children with Otitis Media using Evidence Based Guidelines
Creators: name: Silva, Jose
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2017

Otitis media is a common medical condition that practitioners need to accurately diagnose and treat using evidence based guidelines to avoid overprescribing antibiotics. The aim of this project was to gain understanding of practitioners’ knowledge of the evidence based guidelines for the treatment of otitis media and survey them with regards to their experience about adherence to best practice guidelines for the treatment of otitis media and indications for antibiotic use.
Adoption of Residential Solar Power Under Uncertainty: Implications for Renewable Energy Incentives
Creators: name: Bauner, Christoph
name: Crago, Christine
name: Bauner, Christoph
name: Crago, Christine
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: Environmental Economics and Policy
Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: Many incentives at the state and federal level exist for household adoption of re- newable energy like solar photovoltaic (PV) panels. Although incentives make solar panels an attractive investment from a net present value perspective, the adoption rate is low, suggesting that households are either irrational or apply an abnormally high discount rate. Alternatively, households could be recognizing the benefit (option value) of waiting to reduce uncertainty in net benefits associated with investing in solar PV. We use the option value framework to examine the decision by households to invest in solar PV and quantify the option value multiplier and adoption rate over time for solar PV investments. We find that the option value multiplier is 1.8, which implies that the net present value of benefits from solar PV needs to be almost double the investment cost for investment to occur. Simulated adoption rates show that the adoption rate under the option value decision rule is significantly lower than that following a decision rule based on NPV, and is more consistent with the observed adoption rate of solar PV. Current policies that support the solar PV market are crucial to households' adoption decision. Our simulations show that without tax credits and rebates, the median time to adoption increases by 110% compared to the baseline.
Versicolorin A is a potential indicator of aflatoxin contamination in the granary-stored corn
Creators: name: Zhang, Shu-Yao
name: Wang, Hao
name: Yang, Min
name: Yao, Dong-Sheng
name: Xie, Chun-Fang
name: Liu, Da-Ling
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: The objective of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of the predictive monitoring of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) under granary conditions, since mycotoxin contamination of the stored grain represents an important issue. Using the storage test, we investigated the relationship between versicolorin A (Ver A, an intermediate in AFB1 biosynthesis) levels and the levels of aflatoxigenic fungi, and their relationship with aflatoxin production. All samples, except for one, were found to be contaminated with aflatoxigenic fungi using PCR analyses, while their AFB1 levels were not detectable before the storage test using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method with an LOD of 2 μg/kg. Aflatoxigenic fungi levels were analysed, as well as Ver A levels prior to the accumulation of AFB1 (Levels were ≥5 μg/kg; the permissible levels of AFB1 in corn intended for direct consumption are <5 μg/kg (EC)). Statistical analyses demonstrated that aflatoxin levels after both actual storage and safe storage (AFB1˂5μg/kg) times are significantly correlated with the Ver A levels and the changes in Ver A levels (ΔVer A). Both high and variable Ver A levels were indicative of the vigorous metabolic activity of aflatoxigenic fungi. In contrast, steady Ver A levels showed that aflatoxin production by the fungi was not active. Monitoring Ver A levels and their changes may allow an earlier detection of harmful aflatoxin contamination in the stored grain. Additionally, the toxicity of Ver A should be further examined. The results of our study indicate that the monitoring of Ver A levels, even when the AFB1 levels are very low, may increase the safety of grain consumption, especially considering Ver A toxicity.
Water Banks, Markets, and Prior Appropriation: A Comparison of Water Allocation Instruments in the Eastern Snake River Plain
Creators: name: Ghosh, Sanchari
name: Cobourn, Kelly
name: Elbakidze, Levan
name: Ghosh, Sanchari
name: Cobourn, Kelly
name: Elbakidze, Levan
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: Land Economics/Use
Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: States in the arid U.S. West, where average annual precipitation is below 20 inches, have experienced ongoing water scarcity in part due to prolonged spells of drought. Most western states rely on the doctrine of prior appropriation based on the seniority of rights to allocate water across individuals. Over the past two decades, states have established water supply banks and rental pools to facilitate the transfer of water among users on a season-to-season basis, which, in many cases constitutes a hybrid system that marks a movement towards a market-based system of allocating water but retains many of the features of current water rights institutions. The study delineates the importance of these banks in alleviating short term water scarcities when water use may be curtailed based on priority dates. It finds that under severe drought conditions, water banks may approximate the efficiency gains from a fully efficient water allocation scenario but may not prevent the large scale diversions by senior users.
Proposed experiment on the continuity of quantum entanglement
Creators: name: Sato, Masanori
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose experiments on quantum entanglement for investigating the Einstein Podolsky Rosen (EPR) problem with the polarization directions of photons. These experiments are performed to investigate whether the defined polarization directions in an entangled state are teleported between entangled photons. EPR-type sequential experiments are performed using a twin-photon beam and two pairs of linear polarization analyzers under the cross-Nicol condition (i.e., orthogonal to each other). If the third filter whose polarization angle is 45 degrees is set between the first cross-Nicol filters, the beam intensity is changed from 0 to 12.5 %, and at the second cross-Nicol filters, the beam intensity is changed from 0 to 25 %. In this experiment, we predict that the "continuity of quantum entanglement" under a pure Hamiltonian evolution is detected.
description: 6 pages, 5 figures
Sonoma russelli Chandler 1986
Creators: name: Ferro, Michael L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Sonoma
Sonoma russelli

description: Sonoma russelli Chandler, 1986 – OR
 USA: OREGON: Benton Co: *Oregon:Bent. Co., Mary’s Peak, 1800’ II-1-1976 / LRussell hemlock litter / PARATYPE Sonoma russelli Chandler [♂, DCPC]. *USA: OR: Benton Co., Siuslaw N.F., Marys Peak (NE side), Chintimini Ck. At For. Rd. 2005, 610m, 44°31.237’N, 123°32.508’W, 16.v.2012, Tsuga heterophylla forest; FMHD #2012-009, berl., leaf & log litter away from creek, A. Newton; ANMT site 1206 FIELD MUSEUM NAT. HIST. [♂, FMNH].
description: Published as part of Ferro, Michael L., 2016, Fourteen new species of Sonoma Casey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) with a key to species from western North America, pp. 1-57 in Insecta Mundi 2016 (472) on page 57, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5170505
Transmission Nonreciprocity in a Mutually Coupled Circulating Structure
Creators: name: He, Bing
name: Yang, Liu
name: Jiang, Xiaoshun
name: Xiao, Min
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Breaking Lorentz reciprocity was believed to be a prerequisite for nonreciprocal transmissions of light fields, so the possibility of nonreciprocity by linear optical systems was mostly ignored. We put forward a structure of three mutually coupled microcavities or optical fiber rings to realize optical nonreciprocity. Although its couplings with the fields from two different input ports are constantly equal, such system transmits them nonreciprocally either under the saturation of an optical gain in one of the cavities or with the asymmetric couplings of the circulating fields in different cavities. The structure made up of optical fiber rings can perform nonreciprocal transmissions as a time-independent linear system without breaking Lorentz reciprocity. Optical isolation for inputs simultaneously from two different ports and even approximate optical isolator operations are implementable with the structure.
description: 6 pages and 4 figures. The resolutions of the figure files are lowered, and the supplementary materials are not included, due to the upload limit imposed by ArXiv
CO Emission from z>3 Radio Galaxies
Creators: name: De Breuck, Carlos
name: Neri, Roberto
name: Omont, Alain
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on the detection of the CO(4-3) line with the IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferometer in two z>3 radio galaxies, doubling the number of successful detections in such objects. A comparison of the CO and Ly-alpha velocity profiles indicates that in at least half of the cases, the CO is coincident in velocity with associated HI absorption seen against the Ly-alpha emission. This strongly suggests that the CO and HI originate from the same gas reservoir, and could explain the observed redshift differences between the optical narrow emission lines and the CO. The CO emission traces a mass of H_2 100-1000 times larger than the HI and HII mass traced by Ly-alpha, providing sufficient gas to supply the massive starbursts suggested by their strong thermal dust emission.
description: 6 Pages, including 3 PostScript figures. To appear in the proceedings of the conference "Radio Galaxies: Past, present and future", Leiden, 11-15 Nov 2002, eds. M. Jarvis et al
Indicadores de calidad de la docencia en las rotaciones de medicina preventiva y salud pública
Creators: name: Aguinagalde, Adrian Hugo
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Introducción: Entre 2012-2013 la Asociación de Residentes de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública (ARES MPSP) diseñó y validó la herramienta REIVINDICAD para evaluar online las rotaciones que realizan los residentes. Se adaptó la Encuesta de Satisfacción de la Formación Especializada del Ministerio de Sanidad (MSSSI) a través de un proceso participativo con panel de expertos. Objetivo: identificar los indicadores que predicen la satisfacción global y la adquisición de competencias en las rotaciones. Metodología: Variables dependientes: satisfacción global (1-3 vs 4-5) y adquisición de competencias (1-3 vs 4-5). Variables independientes: 13 indicadores de calidad de la docencia (escala likert 1 al 5). Para estudiar la asociación de los indicadores con las variables dependientes se realizó un análisis multivariante con regresión logística múltiple, con un modelo predictivo (hacia delante), ajustado por la duración de la rotación. Resultados: En el periodo febrero 2013-2018 se registraron 185 evaluaciones. La media de la duración de la rotación fue de 16,87 semanas (IC95%:15,12-18,60), la valoración global 3,79 sobre 5 (IC95%:3,62-3,96) y el grado de adquisición de competencias 3,73 sobre 5 (IC95%:3,55-3,90). En el análisis multivariante, la satisfacción con la rotación se asoció con valorar haber adquirido las competencias establecidas (OR=9,55;IC95%2,89-31,56), una supervisión adaptada (OR=5,30;IC95%1,93-14,56), a la participación en otras actividades del dispositivo (investigación, docencia, etc.) (OR=4,57; IC95% 1,80-11,59) y a recibir motivación, estímulo y apoyo (OR=3,40; IC95% 1,28-9,05). Una mejor valoración de la adquisición de competencias se asoció con que se marcaran objetivos específicos para la rotación (OR=2,74; IC95% 1,53-4,93), la mayor delegación de responsabilidades en el residente (OR=2,05; IC95% 1,07-3,93), mejor ambiente laboral (OR=2,53; IC95% 1,39-4,62) y cada semana de más en la duración de la rotación (OR=1,07; IC95% 1,02-1,11). La probabilidad de estar satisfecho con una rotación se asoció con una mayor adquisición de competencias, una supervisión adaptada, mayor participación en otras actividades y proyectos del dispositivo y recibir más motivación, estímulo y apoyo. La adquisición de las competencias se relacionó con fijar los objetivos específicos, delegar en el residente, un ambiente laboral propicio y más tiempo de rotación. La encuesta del MSSSI debería estudiar reformular los indicadores relativos a los objetivos específicos, adquisición de competencias, supervisión adaptada, actividades complementarias y motivación; e introducir aspectos referidos a la delegación de responsabilidades y ambiente laboral.
Tierische Kunst
Creators: name: Schmidt Am Busch, Birgit
name: Gregor, Christof
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 340 Recht

description: Grundrechtsprüfung im verwaltungsgerichtlichen Verfahren: Einstweiliger Rechtsschutz nach § 80 V 1 VwGO – Anordnungen nach § 16 a I 1 TierSchG – grundrechtskonforme Auslegung der Eingriffsnorm – Verfassungsrang des Tierschutzes in Art. 20 a GG – Abwägung Kunstfreiheit-Tierschutz
Market Supply Analysis: Landowner Preferences for Ecosystem Service Provision in Wyoming
Creators: name: Duke, Esther
name: Hansen, Kristiana
name: Bond, Craig A.
name: Duke, Esther
name: Hansen, Kristiana
name: Bond, Craig A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: payment for Ecosystem Services
subject: environmental markets
subject: choice experiment
subject: landowner survey

description: Our team is establishing a Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) market, whereby landowners (primarily engaged in cattle and hay production) implement best management practices that result in provision of ecosystem services (wildlife habitat and water resources/ riparian function), in exchange for payment from voluntary buyers (for example, energy companies in need of off-site mitigation credits). The PES market is called the Upper Green River Conservation Exchange and is currently conducting pilot transactions. How do we structure the market to ensure voluntary landowner (i.e., seller) participation? Issues include how to deal with grazing allotments on public lands, how to structure the risk of non-attainment of ecological target outcomes; and which ecosystem services/management practices and contract terms are of interest on a working landscape in this region. We present the results of a survey designed to inform analyses of factors affecting landowners’ stated willingness to participate in a PES market; and program design preferences: what ecosystem services (wildlife habitat and water resources/riparian function) and program features (management practice, contract length, payment level) are of interest to landowners (choice experiment analysis).
Thermal Conductivity of Pr_{1.3-x}La_{0.7}Ce_xCuO_4 Single Crystals and Signatures of Stripes in an Electron-Doped Cuprate
Creators: name: Sun, X. F.
name: Kurita, Y.
name: Suzuki, T.
name: Komiya, Seiki
name: Ando, Yoichi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It was recently demonstrated that the anisotropic phonon heat transport behavior is a good probe of the stripe formation in La_{2-x}Sr_xCuO_4 (LSCO) [X. F. Sun {\it et al.}, Phys. Rev. B {\bf 67}, 104503 (2003)]. Using this probe, we examined an electron-doped cuprate Pr_{1.3-x}La_{0.7}Ce_xCuO_4 (PLCCO) and found that essentially the same features as those in LSCO are observed. Moreover, the in-plane resistivity ρ_{ab} of lightly-doped PLCCO shows metallic behavior (dρ_{ab}/dT > 0) in the Néel ordered state with a mobility comparable to that in LSCO. It is discussed that these peculiar properties in common with LSCO signify the existence of stripes in electron-doped cuprates.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures, revised version accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett
Compositional variations in metal nanoparticle components of welding fumes impact lung epithelial cell toxicity
Creators: name: Xia, Li
name: Park, Jae Hong
name: Biggs, Katelyn
name: Lee, Chang Geun
name: Liao, Li
name: Shannahan, Jonathan H.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Welding fumes contain harmful metals and gas by-products associated with development of lung dysfunction, asthma, bronchitis, and lung cancer. Two prominent welding fume particulate metal components are nanosized iron (Fe) and manganese (Mn) which might induce oxidative stress and inflammation resulting in pulmonary injury. Welding fume toxicity may be dependent upon metal nanoparticle (NP) components. To examine toxicity of welding fume NP components, a system was constructed for controlled and continuous NP generation from commercial welding and customized electrodes with varying proportions of Fe and Mn. Aerosols generated consisted of nanosized particles and were compositionally consistent with each electrode. Human alveolar lung A459 epithelial cells were exposed to freshly generated metal NP mixtures at a target concentration of 100 µg/m3 for 6 hr and then harvested for assessment of cytotoxicity, generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and alterations in the expression of genes and proteins involved in metal regulation, inflammatory responses, and oxidative stress. Aerosol exposures decreased cell viability and induced increased ROS production. Assessment of gene expression demonstrated variable up-regulation in cellular mechanisms related to metal transport and storage, inflammation, and oxidative stress based upon aerosol composition. Specifically, interleukin-8 (IL-8) demonstrated the most robust changes in both transcriptional and protein levels after exposure. Interleukin-8 has been determined to serve as a primary cytokine mediating inflammatory responses induced by welding fume exposures in alveolar epithelial cells. Overall, this study demonstrated variations in cellular responses to metal NP mixtures suggesting compositional variations in NP content within welding fumes may influence inhalation toxicity.
An autonomous DNA model for stochastic finite state automata
Creators: name: Zimmermann, Karl-Heinz
name: Martínez Pérez, Israel Marck
name: Ignatova, Zoya
Publisher: name: TUHH Universitätsbibliothek
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Rechnen mit DNA
subject: endliche Automaten
subject: stochastische Automaten
subject: DNA computing
subject: finite state machines
subject: stochastic automata
subject: 004: Informatik
subject: 570: Biowissenschaften, Biologie
subject: endlicher Automat
subject: 004
subject: 570
subject: 68Qxx:Theory of computing
subject: 92Dxx:Genetics and population dynamics
subject: 92Dxx
subject: 68Qxx

description: This technical report introduces an autonomous DNA model for stochastic finite state machines.
Tidal power systems: A review
Creators: name: Elyazid Amirouche
name: Ghedamsi, Kaci
name: Djamal Aouzellag
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 90699 Electrical and Electronic Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: The marine tidal energy is a promising renewable
energy source as it presents many advantages compared to other
renewables, such as long-term predictability and high power
potential. Thanks to its advantages, numerous projects have
started all around the world in order to exploit this source, but
only few projects have reached the stage of grid connection
because of the harsh marine environment characteristics. On the
subject of this new emerging area of research, this paper reviews
the marine tidal power extraction systems fundamentals starting
from the energy resource to the power electronic devices used for
grid connection, and reports some main projects in the world and
recent works in this scope. Also, the problems related to the
marine environment have been highlighted
Nurse Practitioner Screening for Adverse Childhood Outcomes in Adult Primary Care
Creators: name: Shafer, Mary B
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2017

Adverse childhood experiences (ACE) contribute to negative health outcomes. The impact of ACE is linked with physical, mental, and developmental disruption, increase in health-risk behaviors, and increased healthcare utilization. Approximately sixty percent of the US population reports a history of ACE.  Despite this growing evidence that ACE is associated with health problems, primary care providers infrequently screen patients for ACE, nor do they consider the impact of ACE on health. The lack of routine screening for ACE in primary care represents lost opportunities to impact health outcomes and promote wellness. The overall goal of this project is to translate research to practice through screening for ACE in an adult primary care clinic. To accomplish this goal, brief interviews were conducted with 71 adult patients in a busy primary care clinic over a 4-week period. The ACE questionnaire, and a post-screening form were used to collect information about ACEs, patient responses, and follow-up recommendations. Descriptive statistics were used to calculate prevalence of ACEs, follow-up recommendations and patient responses to the screening intervention. Findings from the project demonstrated that high ACEs are associated with negative health outcomes and are linked with chronic health problems and increased healthcare utilization. Despite these associations very few patients were receiving counseling. ACE screening times took less time than anticipated and NP student interviewers felt comfortable and confident during the screening intervention. Findings support the need to screen for ACEs in primary care especially in patients with chronic disease.