cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Constraining Strong Baryon-Dark Matter Interactions with Primordial Nucleosynthesis and Cosmic Rays
Creators: name: Cyburt, Richard H.
name: Fields, Brian D.
name: Pavlidou, Vasiliki
name: Wandelt, Benjamin D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) was introduced by Spergel & Steinhardt to address possible discrepancies between collisionless dark matter simulations and observations on scales of less than 1 Mpc. We examine the case in which dark matter particles not only have strong self-interactions but also have strong interactions with baryons. The presence of such interactions will have direct implications for nuclear and particle astrophysics. Among these are a change in the predicted abundances from big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) and the flux of gamma-rays produced by the decay of neutral pions which originate in collisions between dark matter and Galactic cosmic rays (CR). From these effects we constrain the strength of the baryon--dark matter interactions through the ratio of baryon - dark matter interaction cross section to dark matter mass, $s$. We find that BBN places a weak upper limit to this ratio $< 10^8 cm^2/g$. CR-SIDM interactions, however, limit the possible DM-baryon cross section to $< 5 \times 10^{-3} cm^2/g$; this rules out an energy-independent interaction, but not one which falls with center-of-mass velocity as $s \propto 1/v$ or steeper.
description: 17 pages, 2 figures; plain LaTeX. To appear in PRD
Liocoris tripustulatus
Creators: name: Linnavuori, Rauno E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Liocoris
Liocoris tripustulatus

description: Liocoris tripustulatus (Fabricius, 1781)
 Material examined. Many specimens: GILAN: Asalem forest, 13.ix.1998; Darreh Dasht, 26.-27.vii.2002; Deylaman, 16.-17.vi.1996, 16.viii.1998; Masuleh, 6.-26.vi.1995; Nasir Mahaleh, 14.-15.viii.2002; Sang Rud, 30.vi.-1.vii.2003. ARDABIL: near Khalkhal, 9.-11.ix.1998; Majareh – Kolur, 21.vii.1996. TEHRAN: Asara, 13.vii.2002; Gachsar, 15.vii.2002. MAZANDARAN: Hassan Abad, 15.-16.vii.2002.
 Comments. On Urtica spp. in gardens and deciduous forests. Euro-Siberian.
description: Published as part of Linnavuori, Rauno E., 2007, Studies on the Miridae (Heteroptera) of Gilan and the adjacent provinces in northern Iran. II. List of species, pp. 17-56 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47 on page 27, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5328235
Des enseignants de Sciences en immersion dans un musée. Une étude de cas sous l’angle de la théorie sociale de l’apprentissage
Creators: name: MEUNIER, ANIK
name: BÉLANGER, CHARLÈNE
name: CHARLAND (Canada), PATRICK
Publisher: name: Review of Science, Mathematics and ICT Education
Year: 2019
Subjects: Éducation scientifique, Formation continue, Enseignants, École secondaire, Musée participatif, Musées de société, Média exposition, Communauté de pratique.

description: Le présent projet s’est intéressé à une formation continue proposée à des enseignants de sciences au secondaire dans un musée de société québécois. Nous avons suivi ce groupe d’enseignants tout au long du processus d’immersion dans les activités du musée, pour décrire et tenter de comprendre la manière dont cette expérience a transformé leur pratique d’enseignement, ainsi que leur relation au musée. Une recherche qualitative-interprétative privilégiant une approche inductive a été mise de l’avant par une étude de cas sous l’angle de la théorie sociale de l’apprentissage Wenger (1998, 2009). L’apprentissage y est décrit comme un système à quatre dimensions étroitement liées et se déterminant mutuellement. Les résultats obtenus rendent compte de ces quatre dimensions : la signification, l’engagement dans la pratique, l’appartenance à une communauté et les changements sur le plan de l’identité et expliquent comment la participation aux activités collectives transforme les individus.
description: Review of Science, Mathematics and ICT Education, Forthcoming papers
Near horizon dynamics of three dimensional black holes
Creators: name: Grumiller, Daniel
name: Merbis, Wout
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We perform the Hamiltonian reduction of three dimensional Einstein gravity with negative cosmological constant under constraints imposed by near horizon boundary conditions. The theory reduces to a Floreanini-Jackiw type scalar field theory on the horizon, where the scalar zero modes capture the global black hole charges. The near horizon Hamiltonian is a total derivative term, which explains the softness of all oscillator modes of the scalar field. We find also a (Korteweg-de Vries) hierarchy of modified boundary conditions that we use to lift the degeneracy of the soft hair excitations on the horizon.
description: 30pp, v2: added refs. and remark in discussion section, v3: extended and corrected first two paragraphs in section 2.2 and added last paragraph on near horizon nomenclature in section 2.3, v4: extended analysis to include dynamical holonomy
GC-MS profiling and biological investigations of Cissampelos pareira L. & Lantana camara L.
Creators: name: Wasim, Muhammad
name: Rafey, Hafiz Abdul
name: Sarwar, Sadia
name: Nadeem, Humaira
name: Ross, Samir Anis
name: Shaheen, Farhat
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Plant Biology

description: The objectives of the study were to conduct phytochemical screening of crude extracts of Cissampelos pareira L. and Lantana camara L. and assessing their biological potentials against protein kinase enzymes, followed by the evaluation of antioxidant and antimicrobial capacities. The n-hexane (A-І, B-І) and ethyl extracts (A-ІІ, B-ІІ) displayed moderate to good antioxidant activity, while the methanol fractions (A-ІІІ, B-ІІІ) showed significant antioxidant activity. Among all the three crude extracts, the ethyl acetate extract (B-II) of L. camara exhibited significant protein kinase inhibitions with remarkable antioxidant potential and was therefore purified through column chromatography. Fraction B-ІІ-2 showed the highest flavonoid contents (735.43), with the most promising protein kinase inhibition exerted by the subtractions B-ІІ-2, B-ІІ-3, B-ІІ-4, and B-ІІ-7. Hence, active fractions were examined through GC-MS for the identification of active constituents, revealing 17 active compounds. In the case of Lantana camara, the ethyl acetate crude extract along with fractions led to the identification of more than thirty compounds, which may be further explored to find a potential lead for drug development.
Le jeu du robot : analyse d’une activité d’informatique débranchée sous la perspective de la cognition incarnée.
Creators: name: ROMERO, MARGARIDA
name: DUFLOT, MARIE
name: VIÉVILLE (France), THIERRY
Publisher: name: Review of Science, Mathematics and ICT Education
Year: 2019
Subjects: Educative robotics, primary school, learning, micro-genetics approach, activity analysis

description: Unplugged computing activities became popular at the same time as the introduction of computer science learning at school. In this article we analyze the educational opportunities yielded by computer unplugged activities from the perspective of educational sciences. Theories related to embodied cognition are used here as a framework to analyse unplugged activities such as the robot game, where a student acts as a programmer and the other as a programmable object, such as a robot. This robot game allows us to discuss the potential of unplugged computing activities in connection with the learning of orientation in space, including the transformation from the plane to the three-dimensional space, taking the embodied cognition potential into account.
description: Review of Science, Mathematics and ICT Education, Forthcoming papers
title: Optimizing shallow geothermal energy
Creators: name: Neuder, Camille
name: Florida, Mark
Publisher: name: Colorado School of Mines. Arthur Lakes Library
Year: 2024

description: This project focuses on using shallow geothermal energy to provide clean and optimal energy to a 2000 square foot house test site in Dodge City, Kansas. The described test site aims to maintain a consistent temperature of 70°F year-round, 24 hours per day, using the most efficient methods of geothermal energy for the local environment. The identified solution involves a vertical loop with an open-source pumping system from the local aquifer connected to a heat pump. The results demonstrate that cooling can be effectively managed with circulating water from a shallow aquifer, while heating to 70°F requires supplemental energy due to the aquifer's temperature of 60°F. The mechanical and heat transfer process design can be adapted to provide efficient heating and cooling to multiple houses, facilitating an expansion from individual residential use to neighborhood access by connecting houses with horizontal loops. The analysis techniques used in this study can be extrapolated to any location, considering that each location will have different temperature profiles and aquifer depths to extract heat and cooling mediums.
Weak Lensing Measurements of 42 SDSS/RASS Galaxy Clusters
Creators: name: Sheldon, Erin Scott
name: Annis, James
name: Bohringer, Hans
name: Fischer, Philippe
name: Frieman, Joshua A.
name: Joffre, Michael
name: Johnston, David
name: McKay, Timothy A.
name: Miller, Christopher
name: Nichol, Robert C.
name: Stebbins, Albert
name: Voges, Wolfgang
name: Anderson, Scott F.
name: Bahcall, Neta A.
name: Brinkmann, J.
name: Brunner, Robert
name: Csabai, Istvan
name: Fukugita, Masataka
name: Hennessy, G. S.
name: Ivezic, Zeljko
name: Lupton, Robert H.
name: Munn, Jeffrey A.
name: Pier, Jeffrey R.
name: York, Donald G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a lensing study of 42 galaxy clusters imaged in Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) commissioning data. Cluster candidates are selected optically from SDSS imaging data and confirmed for this study by matching to X-ray sources found independently in the ROSAT all sky survey (RASS). Five color SDSS photometry is used to make accurate photometric redshift estimates that are used to rescale and combine the lensing measurements. The mean shear from these clusters is detected to 2 h-1 Mpc at the 7-sigma level, corresponding to a mass within that radius of 4.2 +/- 0.6 x 10^14 h-1 M_sun. The shear profile is well fit by a power law with index -0.9 +/- 0.3, consistent with that of an isothermal density profile. This paper demonstrates our ability to measure ensemble cluster masses from SDSS imaging data.
description: 14 pages, 7 figures, Accepted for publication in ApJ
Digitaria velutina P. Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.
Creators: name: Prunera-Olivé, Joan
name: Vorontsova, Maria S.
name: Williams, Emma V.
name: Mollel, Neduvoto P.
name: Hemp, Andreas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Poales
Poaceae
Digitaria
Digitaria velutina

description: Digitaria velutina (Forssk.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 51 (1812).
 Distribution: Trop. & S. Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Pen.
 Specimens: MOSHI Chekereni, Abdalla, R. 399 (NHT); Himo, Mkenda, P.M. PM12 (K); Himo, Mkenda, P.M. PM3 (K); Holili, Hemp, A. 1862 (NHT, UBT); Kilema, Hemp, A. 2567 (NHT, UBT); Kilimanjaro Timbers, Grimshaw, J.M. 94442 (K); Lyamungu Coffe Research Station, Hemp, A. 5731 (UBT); Lyamungu Coffe Research Station, Huxley, P.
 3 (K); Lyamungu Foothill, Greenway, P.J. 3048 (K, NH); Marangu, Geilinger, W. 4708 (K); Marangu, Volkens, G. 643 (K); Moshi, Haarer, A.E. 740 (K); Moshi, Hitchcock, A.S. 24561 (K); Moshi, Hitchcock, A.S. 24586 (K); Moshi Airport, Greenway, P.J. 7830 (K, NH); Oldonyo Murwak, Hemp, A. 2942b (UBT); s. loc., Schlieben, H.J. 4664 (K).
description: Published as part of Prunera-Olivé, Joan, Vorontsova, Maria S., Williams, Emma V., Mollel, Neduvoto P. & Hemp, Andreas, 2021, Checklist of Kilimanjaro grasses shows that both plot and herbarium methods are necessary to record diversity, pp. 201-244 in Phytotaxa 501 (2) on page 222, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.501.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5424816
Magnetodrag in hydrodynamic regime: effects of magnetoplasmon resonance and Hall viscosity
Creators: name: Apostolov, S. S.
name: Pesin, D. A.
name: Levchenko, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work we study magnetotransport properties in electronic double layers of strongly correlated electron liquids. For sufficiently clean high-mobility samples, the high-temperature regime of transport in these systems can be described in pure hydrodynamic terms. We concentrate on the magnetic field dependence of longitudinal drag effect mediated by the interlayer Coulomb scattering and identify several mechanisms of transresistance which is caused by viscous flows, magnetoplasmon resonance, and dissipative thermal fluxes. In particular, we elucidate how Hall viscosity enters magnetodrag and modifies its temperature dependence in the magnetic field.
description: 13 pages, 4 figures
title: What are highly effective strategies that improve student attendance in Queensland state secondary schools?
Creators: name: O'Connor, Michael W
Publisher: name: Griffith University
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: student attendance
subject: Queensland state secondary schools
subject: demographic data
subject: strategies

description: Declining student attendance at local, national, and global levels is a source of ongoing challenge for schools and school policy makers. The need to address this issue has been identified by various stakeholders such as parents, community members and media outlets. It is readily accepted among educators that high levels of student attendance are desirable, not only because when they are attained student learning performance is enhanced, but also for the many societal benefits that ensue when adolescents are actively engaged in productive pursuits. A literature review of available sources on this topic has identified key areas that have informed the theoretical basis for this study. Many of these could be addressed in practice in Queensland state secondary schools and beyond to support improved student attendance. The challenge of overcoming declining student attendance rates is fundamentally one of systems: systems of beliefs and values within families and the community, and systems of communication and relationships between school and students’ homes. Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory (Bronfenbrenner, 1979) provided the underpinning framework to conceptualise students’ school attendance and factors influencing it, with the view to helping schools improve attendance. Part A of this sequential, mixed methods study consists of a population level analysis of student attendance in Queensland state secondary schools, mapped against demographic data. Part A led to the selection of participants for Part B which consists of a series of case studies that identify the most effective strategies to improve student attendance, and the creation of a new model of student attendance improvement that can be applied across contexts. These outcomes are designed to contribute to educators’ efforts to improve student attendance in schools in Queensland, nationally and internationally.
Additional file 1 of Improving MetFrag with statistical learning of fragment annotations
Creators: name: Ruttkies, Christoph
name: Neumann, Steffen
name: Posch, Stefan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Figure S1 - Weight Parameter Scan for the test dataset. (PDF 767 kb)
S’initier à la robotique/informatique en classe de grande section de maternelle. Une expérimentation autour de l’utilisation du robot Blue Bot comme jeux sérieux
Creators: name: BELLEGARDE, KATELL
name: BOYAVAL, JULIE
name: ALVAREZ (France), JULIAN
Publisher: name: Review of Science, Mathematics and ICT Education
Year: 2019
Subjects: Serious game, robot pedagogy, cognitive mediation, activity analysis, last section of kindergarten

description: This paper presents a comparative study of cognitive mediations at work in the scope of pedagogical device dedicated to introduce robotic/computer science to learners of last section of kindergarten (5-6 years old). The device used for the experiment is a robot named «Blue Bot» and presents three modalities in the scope of proposed serious games: the body, the robot and digital tablet. This study highlights on how mediator-instruments influence the reception and learning of learners through their performances, strategies and conceptions built during programming activities. Beyond this observation, this contribution proposes to apprehend these differences taking into account specificities of the mediator-instruments and their gap from the learner physical reality.
description: Review of Science, Mathematics and ICT Education, Forthcoming papers
The 2dF QSO Redshift Survey - VII. Constraining Cosmology from Redshift Space Distortions via xi(sigma,pi)
Creators: name: Hoyle, Fiona
name: Outram, P. J.
name: Shanks, T.
name: Boyle, B. J.
name: Croom, S. M.
name: Smith, R. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We describe a method from which cosmology may be constrained from the 2QZ Survey. By comparing clustering properties parallel and perpendicular to the line of sight and by modeling the effects of redshift space distortions, we are able to study geometric distortions in the clustering pattern which occur if a wrong cosmology is assumed when translating redshifts into comoving distances. Using mock 2QZ catalogues, drawn from the Hubble Volume simulation, we find, that there is a degeneracy between the geometric and the redshift-space distortions that makes it difficult to obtain an unambiguous estimate of Omega_{m}(0) from the geometric tests alone. However, we demonstrate a new method to determine the cosmology which works by combining the above geometric test with a test based on the evolution of the QSO clustering amplitude. We find that we are able to break the degeneracy and that independent constraints to +-20% (1 sigma) accuracy on Omega_{m}(0) and +-10% (1 sigma) accuracy on beta_{QSO}(z) should be possible in the full 2QZ survey. Finally we apply the method to the 10k catalogue of 2QZ QSOs. The smaller number of QSOs and the current status of the Survey mean that a strong result on cosmology is not possible but we do constrain beta_{QSO}(z) to 0.35+-0.2. By combining this constraint with the further constraint available from the amplitude of QSO clustering, we find tentative evidence favouring a model with non-zero Omega_{Lambda}(0), although an Omega_{m}(0)=1 model provides only a marginally less good fit. A model with Omega_{Lambda}(0)=1 is ruled out. The results are in agreement with those found by Outram et al. using a similar analysis in Fourier space. (Abridged)
description: Submitted to MNRAS
Lygus gemellatus subsp. gemellatus gemellatus (Herrich-Schaeffer 1835
Creators: name: Linnavuori, Rauno E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Lygus
Lygus gemellatus
Lygus gemellatus gemellatus (herrich-Schaeffer, 1835)

description: Lygus gemellatus gemellatus (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835)
 Material examined. Numerous specimens: GILAN: Asalem forest, 13.ix.1998; Darreh Dasht, 27.v.-20.vi.1995, 18.- 19.vii.1998, 26.-27.vi.2002; Dasht-e-Veel, 20.-25.viii.1998, 8.-10.ix.2000, 6.-8.vi.2002; Deylaman, 9.v.-24.vi.1995, 16.-20.vii.1996, 16.viii.1998; Deylaman – Barasar, 23.vii.1996; Manjil, 26.vi.1996, 20.-26.ix.1998; Masuleh, 6.- 26.vi.1995; Rudbar – Tutkabon, 7.x.2000; Rustam Abad, 23.viii.1998; Rustam Abad – Salan Sar, 24.vii.1996; Sang Rud, 30.vi.-1.vii.2003; Tutkabon – Rudbar, 26.v.-8.vii.1996, 7.x.2000. ARDABIL: Gareh Ghaslegh, 27.-28.vii.2004; Khalkhal, 30.vii.1996; 20-30 km E of Khalkhal, 1.-21.vii.1996. ZANJAN: Abbar, 22.ix.- 9.x.2000; Gilankesh 15 km NW of Gilvan, 26.-27.vi.2004; Mamalan, 4.-6.vi.2002; Mamalan – Abbar, 20.-21.vii.2002; Zanjan, 13.-14.vii.2004. TEHRAN: near Firuzkuh, 18.-19.vii.2003, 2.vii.2004; Kandovan, 3.-4.vii.1995. MAZANDARAN: Chalus, 16.-17.vii.2002. GOLESTAN: Alagol, 12.-13.vii.2003; Gilankesh, 5.vi.2004; Gonbad Bakhst-e-Haft, 14.-18.vii.2003; Gorgan Mian Dareh, 13.-14.vii.2003; Talulestan, 15.-16.vii.2003.
 Comments. On Artemisia spp. in steppes and hilly meadows. Holopalaearctic.
description: Published as part of Linnavuori, Rauno E., 2007, Studies on the Miridae (Heteroptera) of Gilan and the adjacent provinces in northern Iran. II. List of species, pp. 17-56 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47 on page 27, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5328235
Diheteropogon amplectens Clayton, Kew Bull. 1966
Creators: name: Prunera-Olivé, Joan
name: Vorontsova, Maria S.
name: Williams, Emma V.
name: Mollel, Neduvoto P.
name: Hemp, Andreas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Poales
Poaceae
Diheteropogon
Diheteropogon amplectens

description: Diheteropogon amplectens (Nees) Clayton, Kew Bull. 20: 75 (1966).
 Distribution: Trop. & S. Africa, Madagascar
 Specimens: MOSHI Holili, Hemp, A. 1900 (B, C, NHT, P, UBT).
description: Published as part of Prunera-Olivé, Joan, Vorontsova, Maria S., Williams, Emma V., Mollel, Neduvoto P. & Hemp, Andreas, 2021, Checklist of Kilimanjaro grasses shows that both plot and herbarium methods are necessary to record diversity, pp. 201-244 in Phytotaxa 501 (2) on page 222, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.501.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5424816
${\it Ab~initio}$ constraints on thermal effects of the nuclear equation of state
Creators: name: Carbone, Arianna
name: Schwenk, Achim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We exploit the many-body self-consistent Green's function method to analyze finite-temperature properties of infinite nuclear matter and to explore the behavior of the thermal index used to simulate thermal effects in equations of state for astrophysical applications. We show how the thermal index is both density and temperature dependent, unlike often considered, and we provide an error estimate based on our ${\it ab~initio}$ calculations. The inclusion of many-body forces is found to be critical for the density dependence of the thermal index. We also compare our results to a parametrization in terms of the density dependence of the nucleon effective mass. Our study questions the validity of predictions made for the gravitational-wave signal from neutron-star merger simulations with a constant thermal index.
description: 11 pages, 7 figures, added references
title: Shape Optimisation of Cold-Formed Steel Cross-Sectional Profiles With or Without Manufacturing and Assembly Constraints
Creators: name: Wang, Bin
Publisher: name: Griffith University
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Cold-formed steel
subject: Load-bearing structural systems
subject: Shape optimisation of cold-formed steel columns

description: Cold-formed steel (CFS) members are extensively used in construction industry as the primary and/or secondary load-bearing structural systems. CFS products can be mass manufactured at room temperature and rapidly installed on-site. Compared to the traditional hot-rolled steel and concrete structures, CFS structures have a high capacity-to-weight ratio and present real benefits and opportunities for architects and engineers to achieve a greener structural solution. CFS products are typically formed by bending steel sheets or strips (up to 6 mm thick) using a number of rollers (roll-forming) or die blocks (brake-pressing). The current manufacturing process allows the CFS products to be shaped into any desired (infinite) cross-sectional shapes with consecutive manufacturing bends. However, most of the commonly used CFS cross-sectional shapes are mainly restricted to “Cee”, “Zee” and “Sigma”. To address the issue of local instabilities, the conventional cross-sections have been improved by the inclusion of web and/or flange stiffeners and the optimisation of their dimensions (height, width and thickness). Despite these advances in cross-sectional design, little research has been done to discover new cross-sectional shapes to achieve an optimum solution. A revolutionary innovation in the crosssectional shape of the CFS products is therefore being pushed forward in this research.
title: The Impact of Socially Responsible Investments and Commodity Futures on Traditional Portfolios
Creators: name: Bian, Xiangnan (Sophia)
Publisher: name: Griffith University
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Socially Responsible Investments
subject: Commodity Futures

description: Investing in alternative investments can offer good opportunities for investors seeking to earn better risk-adjusted returns from stock markets, because traditional stocks and bonds markets are highly exploited, with relatively few diversification benefits. This research examines two emerging alternative investments: socially responsible investment (SRI) and commodity futures. The SRI market, which has grown dramatically since the 1990s, now has 1 out of 6 dollars under professional management in the US allocated to the SRI market. This popularity is due to its stable performance and to investors having a higher level of socially responsible awareness. Investments related to commodity futures have attracted investors’ attention because of their portfolio diversification benefits and their inflation hedging effects. The total value of commodity investments increased from US$15 billion to more than US$200 billion in just five years, from 2003 to 2008. However, the amount of literature on alternative investments is relatively small compared to that on conventional markets such as stocks and bonds. The overall objective of this research is to investigate the potential benefits of including SRI and commodity futures investments in traditional portfolios made up of stocks and bonds. This research contributes to the literature by proposing an innovative combination of approaches that compare the different investment strategies used in SRI and commodity futures markets. Three empirical studies are carried out in the research: Study 1, on SRI; Study 2, on commodity futures; and Study 3, on combining SRI and commodity futures in a portfolio of stocks and bonds.
X-Ray Emission from the Jets of XTE J1550-564
Creators: name: Kaaret, P.
name: Corbel, S.
name: Tomsick, J. A.
name: Fender, R. P.
name: Miller, J. M.
name: Orosz, J. A.
name: Tzioumis, A. K.
name: Wijnands, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on X-ray observations of the the large-scale jets recently discovered in the radio and detected in X-rays from the black hole candidate X-ray transient and microquasar XTE J1550-564. On 11 March 2002, X-ray emission was detected 23 arcsec to the West of the black hole candidate and was extended along the jet axis with a full width at half maximum of 1.2 arcsec and a full width at 10% of maximum intensity of 5 arcsec. The morphology of the X-ray emission matched well to that of the radio emission at the same epoch. The jet moved by 0.52 +/- 0.13 arcsec between 11 March and 19 June 2002. The apparent speed during that interval was 5.2 +/- 1.3 mas/day. This is significantly less than the average apparent speed of 18.1 +/- 0.4 mas/day from 1998 to 2002, assuming that the jet was ejected in September 1998, and indicates that the jet has decelerated. The X-ray spectrum is adequately described by a powerlaw with a photon index near 1.8 subject to interstellar absorption. The unabsorbed X-ray flux was 3.4 x 10^-13 erg cm^-2 s^-1 in the 0.3-8 keV band in March 2002, and decreased to 2.9 x 10^-13 erg cm^-2 s^-1 in June. We also detect X-rays from the eastern jet in March 2002 and show that it has decelerated and dimmed since the previous detections in 2000.
description: accepted for publication in ApJ, 11 pages, several figures in color
Losing Weight: A KECK Spectroscopic Survey of the Massive Cluster of Galaxies RX J1347-1145
Creators: name: Cohen, Judith G.
name: Kneib, Jean-Paul
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a sample of 47 spectroscopically confirmed members of RX J1347-1145, the most luminous X-ray cluster of galaxies discovered to date. With two exceptions, all the galaxies in this sample have red B-R colors and red spectral indices, with spectra similar to old local ellipticals. Using all 47 cluster members, we derive a mean redshift of 0.4509\pm 0.003, and a velocity dispersion of 910\pm130 km/sec, which corresponds to a virial mass of 4.4 x 10^{14} h^{-1} Solar masses with an harmonic radius of 380 h^{-1} kpc. The derived total dynamical mass is marginally consistent with that deduced from the cluster's X-ray emission based on the analysis of ROSAT/ASCA images (Schindler et al. 1997), but not consistent with the more recent X-ray analyses of Allen (2000), Ettori, Allen & Fabian (2001) and Allen, Schmidt & Fabian (2002). Furthermore, the dynamical mass is significantly smaller than that derived from weak lensing (Fischer & Tyson 1997) and from strong lensing (Sahu et al. 1998). We propose that these various discrepant mass estimates may be understood if RX J1347-1145 is the product of two clusters caught in the act of merging in a direction perpendicular to the line of sight, although there is no evidence from the galaxy redshift distribution supporting this hypothesis. Even with this hypothesis, a significant part of the extremely high X-ray luminosity must still arise from non-virialized, presumably shocked, gas. Finally, we report the serendipitous discovery of a lensed background galaxy at z=4.083 which will put strong constraints on the lensing mass determination once its counter-image is securely identified.
description: Minor changes to conform to version accepted by ApJ
Gold nanoparticle-based immunoassay for the detection of bifenthrin in vegetables
Creators: name: Yao, Jingjing
name: Xu, Xinxin
name: Liu, Liqiang
name: Kuang, Hua
name: Xu, Chuanlai
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Virology

description: We have developed a sensitive and rapid gold nanoparticle-based immunochromatographic strip (GNP-ICS) for the detection of bifenthrin (BF) using an anti-BF monoclonal antibody (mAb). When used in indirect competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (icELISA), the specific anti-BF mAb (3D1) had a half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) and limit of detection (LOD) of 59 and 15 ng mL−1 respectively. Additionally, its cross-reactivity (CR) with other pyrethroids was negative. The developed GNP-ICS assay based on the GNP-labelled mAb was specific and sensitive for determining BF, with a cut-off value of 1,000 ng mL−1, and a visual LOD (vLOD) value of 50 ng mL−1. Furthermore, the developed icELISA and GNP-ICS were applied with a simple pre-treatment to determine BF-spiked vegetable samples, and the recoveries were validated using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The results revealed that the developed GNP-ICS was reliable for the detection of BF in practical samples.
Constraints on the Bulk Lorentz Factor of GRB 990123
Creators: name: Soderberg, Alicia M.
name: Ramirez-Ruiz, Enrico
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: GRB 990123 was a long, complex gamma-ray burst accompanied by an extremely bright optical flash. We present the collective constraints on the bulk Lorentz factor for this burst based on estimates from burst kinematics, synchrotron spectral decay, prompt radio flash observations, and prompt emission pulse width. Combination of these constraints leads to an average bulk Lorentz factor for GRB 990123 of Gamma_0=1000 +/- 100 which implies a baryon loading of M_jet=8 (+17/-2) x 10^-8 Msolar. We find these constraints to be consistent with the speculation that the optical light is emission from the reverse shock component of the external shock. In addition, we find the implied value of M_jet to be in accordance with theoretical estimates: the baryonic loading is sufficiently small to allow acceleration of the outflow to Gamma > 100.
description: 4 pages, 2 postscript figures, to appear in "Gamma-Ray Burst and Afterglow Astronomy 2001", Woods Hole; 5-9 Nov, 2001
title: Dressing and Securement of Peripheral Arterial Catheters: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial
Creators: name: Reynolds, Heather
Publisher: name: Griffith University
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Catheters
subject: Peripheral arterial catheters
subject: Catheter dressings

description: The purpose of this research was to assess the feasibility of the trial design and elements for future extensive study to provide evidence of the effectiveness of novel dressing/securement technologies to prevent catheter failure in peripheral arterial catheters in a larger research setting. Peripheral arterial catheters are a type of intravascular catheter that is widely used in the care of critically ill patients. The catheter insertion site is usually covered with a commercially produced transparent dressing to maintain the position of the catheter, as well as endeavouring to prevent microbial entry to the wound. Arterial catheters may accidentally fall out, become blocked, or become infected, causing catheter failure, interrupted therapy, painful reinsertion, and decreased patient satisfaction. The infection risks of arterial catheters have often been underestimated. Inadequate peripheral intravascular catheter securement remains a poorly researched area of patient care, with a paucity of quality studies. Improved securement would likely prevent many cases of catheter failure. The aim was to determine initial effectiveness of one dressing and two securement methods with the potential to minimise failure in peripheral arterial catheters compared with usual care, in a pilot study. Specified feasibility objectives for this pilot trial were to be considered successful if 90 out of 120 patients (75%) fulfilled the feasibility criteria regarding recruitment, delivery and adherence, retention, and patient/staff satisfaction with the study products. This would show that the research methods were suitable for use in a larger trial.
All-Stokes Parameterization of the Main Beam and First Sidelobe for the Arecibo Radio Telescope
Creators: name: Heiles, Carl
name: Perillat, Phil
name: Nolan, Michael
name: Lorimer, Duncan
name: Bhat, Ramesh
name: Ghosh, Tapasi
name: Howell, Ellen
name: Lewis, Murray
name: O'Neil, Karen
name: Salter, Chris
name: Stanimirovic, Snezana
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We describe a scheme that characterizes the main beam and sidelobe in all Stokes parameters employing parameters that allow reconstruction of the complete beam patterns and, also, afford an easy way to see how the beam changes with azimuth, zenith angle, and time. For the main beam in Stokes I the parameters include the beam width, ellipticity and its orientation, coma and its orientation, the point-source gain, the integrated gain (or, equivalently, the main beam efficiency); for the other Stokes parameters the beam parameters include beam squint and beam squash. For the first sidelobe ring in Stokes I the parameters include an 8-term Fourier series describing the height, radius, and radial width; for the other Stokes parameters they include only the sidelobe's fractional polarization. We illustrate the technique by applying it to the Arecibo telescope. The main beam width is smaller and the sidelobe levels higher than for a uniformly-illuminated aperture of the same effective area. These effects are modeled modestly well by a blocked aperture, with the blocked area equal to about 10% of the effective area (this corresponds to 5% physical blockage). In polarized emission, the effects of beam squint (difference in pointing direction between orthogonal polarizations) and squash (difference in beamwidth between orthogonal polarizations) do not correspond to theoretical expectation and are higher than expected; these effects are almost certainly caused by the blockage. The first sidelobe is highly polarized because of blockage.
description: 42 pages, 18 figures, accepted by PASP
Dinebra haareri P. M. Peterson & N. Snow, Ann. Bot. (Oxford
Creators: name: Prunera-Olivé, Joan
name: Vorontsova, Maria S.
name: Williams, Emma V.
name: Mollel, Neduvoto P.
name: Hemp, Andreas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Poales
Poaceae
Dinebra
Dinebra haareri

description: Dinebra haareri (Stapf & C.E.Hubb.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow, Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 109: 1326 (2012).
 Distribution: S. Kenya to N. Tanzania
 Specimens: MOSHI Hai area, Hemp, A. 1961 (B, C, MO, NHT, P, UBT); Kilimanjaro International Airport, Abdalla, R. 1971 (NHT); Nyumba ya Mungu, Mhoro, B. 2227 (K); Rongai, Hemp, A. 3165 (MO, NHT, UBT).
description: Published as part of Prunera-Olivé, Joan, Vorontsova, Maria S., Williams, Emma V., Mollel, Neduvoto P. & Hemp, Andreas, 2021, Checklist of Kilimanjaro grasses shows that both plot and herbarium methods are necessary to record diversity, pp. 201-244 in Phytotaxa 501 (2) on page 222, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.501.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5424816
The Radio and Gamma-Ray Luminosities of Blazars
Creators: name: Zhang, L.
name: Cheng, K. S.
name: Fan, J. H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Based on the $γ$-ray data of blazars in the third EGRET catalog and radio data at 5 GHz, we studied the correlation between the radio and $γ$-ray luminosities using two statistical methods. The first method was the partial correlation analysis method, which indicates that there exist correlations between the radio and $γ$-ray luminosities in both high and low states as well as in the average case. The second method involved a comparison of expected $γ$-ray luminosity distribution with the observed data using the Kolmogorov-- Smirnov (KS) test. In the second method, we assumed that there is a correlation between the radio and $γ$-ray luminosities and that the $γ$-ray luminosity function is proportional to the radio luminosity function. The KS test indicates that the expected gamma-ray luminosity distributions are consistent with the observed data in a reasonable parameter range. Finally, we used different $γ$-ray luminosity functions to estimate the possible 'observed' $γ$-ray luminosity distributions by GLAST.
description: 8 pages, 4 figures, one table, PASJ, 53 (2001)
Lygus rugulipennis Poppius 1911
Creators: name: Linnavuori, Rauno E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Lygus
Lygus rugulipennis

description: Lygus rugulipennis Poppius, 1911
 Material examined. Many specimens: ARDABIL: Ganjgah, 9.-10.viii.2002; Gareh Ghashlagh, 27.-28.vii.2004; near Khalkhal, 30.vii.1996, 9.-11.viii.1998, 8.-9.vii.2002, 20.vii.2004; Khalkhal – Kivi, 4.vii.1996; Kivi, 8.vii.2002, 26.-27.vii.2004; Majareh, 21.-22.vii.1996; Majareh – Khalkhal, 22.vii.1996; Majareh – Kolur, 15.ix.1998. ZANJAN: Zanjan, 13.-14.vii.2004. TEHRAN: Azad Bar, 8.-10.vii.1995; 10-25 km SE of Firuzkuh, 19.vii.2003, 2.vii.2004. GOLESTAN: Gorgan Mian Dareh, 1.-14.vii.2003.
 Comments. In fields and hilly meadows. Pest of wheat. Holopalaearctic.
description: Published as part of Linnavuori, Rauno E., 2007, Studies on the Miridae (Heteroptera) of Gilan and the adjacent provinces in northern Iran. II. List of species, pp. 17-56 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47 on page 28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5328235
title: Credit Risk in Islamic and Conventional Banks
Creators: name: Kabir,
Publisher: name: Griffith University
Year: 2016

description: This thesis investigates several aspects concerning the financial stability of Islamic and conventional banks. This is important because the strong growth of Islamic banking, notwithstanding their marked uniqueness in operational and financing behaviour, combined with fierce global competition with the prevailing conventional bank system, raises concerns among regulators and practitioners about the long-run sustainability of Islamic banking. First, the thesis compares the level of financial stability in Islamic and conventional banks using three different methods of credit risk measurement. Second, it compares the effect of competition on stability across Islamic and conventional banks. Finally, it investigates whether efficiency significantly modulates the linkage between competition and stability in both Islamic and conventional banks. In the first research question, the thesis considers the levels of credit risk in Islamic and conventional banks, for which existing literature finds no conclusive result. One problem with existing studies is the use of accounting information alone to assess credit risk and this could be especially misleading with Islamic banking. Using a market-based credit risk measure, namely, Merton’s distance-to-default (DD) model, we evaluate the credit risk of 156 conventional and 37 Islamic banks across 13 countries between 2000 and 2012. We also calculate the accounting information-based Z-score and nonperforming loan (NPL) ratio for the purpose of comparison. The results show that Islamic banks have significantly lower credit risk than conventional banks as based on DD. In contrast, and as expected, Islamic banks display much higher credit risk using the Z-score and NPL ratio. These findings suggest that the measure chosen plays a significant role in assessing the actual credit risk of Islamic banks.
Additional file 9: of Contributors to Wisconsin’s persistent black-white gap in life expectancy
Creators: name: Roberts, Max
name: Reither, Eric
name: Sojung Lim
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: Age and cause decomposition of the 0.92-year difference in life expectancy between non-Hispanic black females in Wisconsin and non-Hispanic black females in the U.S., 2007–09. This table shows the contribution, in years, of each age group and cause of death to the total difference in life expectancy between non-Hispanic black females in Wisconsin and non-Hispanic black females in the U.S. from 2007–09. (PDF 94 kb)
A Superwind from Early Post-Red Giant Stars?
Creators: name: Soker, Noam
name: Catelan, Marcio
name: Rood, Robert T.
name: Harpaz, Amos
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We suggest that the gap observed at 20,000 K in the horizontal branches of several Galactic globular clusters is caused by a small amount of extra mass loss which occurs when stars start to "peel off" the red giant branch (RGB), i.e., when their effective temperature starts to increase, even though they may still be on the RGB. We show that the envelope structure of RGB stars which start to peel off is similar to that of late asymptotic giant branch stars known to have a super-wind phase. An analogous super-wind in the RGB peel-off stars could easily lead to the observed gap in the distribution of the hottest HB stars.
description: 9 pages; Accepted by ApJ Letters; Available also at http://www.astro.puc.cl/~mcatelan/
title: Understanding of Consumer Behavioural Intention towards Choice of Ethnic Restaurant
Creators: name: Che Rose, Kamarul Hasni
Publisher: name: Griffith University
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Restaurant choice
subject: Ethnic restaurants
subject: Theory of planned behavior

description: A person’s choice of restaurant is influenced by the quality of food (Cullen, 2005; Jang, Ha & Park, 2012), price (Hyun, 2009; Law, To & Goh, 2008), service quality (Arora & Singer, 2006; Chen & Hu, 2010; Law et al., 2008), value for money (Hyun, 2009), atmosphere or ambience (Arora & Singer, 2006; Law et al., 2008; Ryu & Han, 2010; Namkung & Jang, 2008) and location (Hyun, 2009: Johns & Howard, 1998). While a number of studies have been conducted on a range of restaurant types, such as fast food restaurants, chain restaurants, fine dining restaurants and casual dining restaurants (Arora & Singer, 2006; Hyun, 2009; Njite, Dunn & Kim, 2008; Ryu, Han & Jang, 2010), no study has examined the attributes of the beliefs of individuals in the context of ethnic restaurants. Despite the increasing interest in ethnic restaurants, very little research has been conducted in this restaurant segment (Sriwongrat, 2008). The main aim of this study was to investigate the role of beliefs in the relationship between the attitudes and intentions of consumer behaviour in choosing an ethnic restaurant.
Additional file 8: of Contributors to Wisconsin’s persistent black-white gap in life expectancy
Creators: name: Roberts, Max
name: Reither, Eric
name: Sojung Lim
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology

description: Age and cause decomposition of the 2.03-year difference in life expectancy between non-Hispanic black males in Wisconsin and non-Hispanic black males in the U.S., 2014–16. This table shows the contribution, in years, of each age group and cause of death to the total difference in life expectancy between non-Hispanic black males in Wisconsin and non-Hispanic black males in the U.S. from 2014–16. (PDF 94 kb)