cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Αξιολόγηση της αποδοτικότητας των λιμανιών με εμπορευματοκιβώτια στον Καναδά
Creators: name: Τσουμαροπούλου, Παρασκευή Ευάγγελου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2021
Subjects: Λιμάνια εμπορευματοκιβωτίων
Εσωτερικά λιμάνια
Απόδοση λιμένων
Αποδοτικότητα λιμένων
Εκτίμηση λιμένων
Αξιολόγηση λιμένων
Seaports
Container ports
Inland ports
Port performance
Port efficiency
Port assessment
Port evaluation

description: Η παρούσα μεταπτυχιακή διπλωματική εργασία εξετάζει πέντε από τα Καναδικά λιμάνια μεταφοράς εμπορευματοκιβωτίων, κατά την περίοδο 2015-2019, όσον αφορά την τεχνική απόδοσή τους: Βανκούβερ, Πρινς Ρούπερτ, Μόντρεαλ, Χάλιφαξ και Σεντ Τζον. Στο πρώτο μέρος, παρουσιάζεται μια εκτεταμένη βιβλιογραφική ανασκόπηση, προκειμένου να μας δώσει τις απαραίτητες θεωρητικές γνώσεις σχετικά με το θέμα. Εφαρμόζεται η τεχνική Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), καθώς είναι μια από τις πιο επωφελείς τεχνικές που χρησιμοποιούν τους πόρους των λιμένων ως δεδομένα για την εκτίμηση της τεχνικής τους αποτελεσματικότητας. Χρησιμοποιώντας τον αριθμό των τερματικών σταθμών εμπορευματοκιβωτίων σε κάθε λιμενική αρχή, τον αριθμό των αποβάθρων και των γερανών, τα ετήσια έσοδα των λιμένων και το κόστος εργασίας ως εισροές και, από την άλλη πλευρά, τον ετήσιο όγκο μεταφοράς εμπορευματοκιβωτίων σε τόνους ως έξοδο, οι δύο επεκτάσεις της DEA (BCC και CCR) εφαρμόζονται αποτελεσματικά. Τα ευρήματα αποκαλύπτουν ότι τα λιμάνια μεταφοράς εμπορευματοκιβωτίων Χάλιφαξ και Σεντ Τζον δεν είναι τεχνικά αποτελεσματικά όσον αφορά την χρήση των πόρους τους
description: This master’s dissertation examines five of the Canadian container ports, during the 2015-2019 period, in terms of terminal efficiency; Vancouver, Prince Rupert, Montreal, Halifax and Saint John. In the first part, an extended Systematic Literature Review (SLR) is presented, in order to acquire the necessary theoretical knowledge on the subject. The Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is applied, as it is one of the most advantageous techniques that use port resources as data to estimate technical port efficiency. By using the number of container terminals in each port authority, the number of berths and cranes, the annual port revenues and the labor costs as inputs and, on the other hand, the annual throughput volume in tones as an output, both extensions of DEA (BCC and CCR) are effectively implemented. The findings reveal that container ports of Halifax and Saint John are not technically efficient regarding the usage of their resource
Economics of plant genetic resource management for adaptation to climate change: a review of selected literature
Creators: name: Asfaw, Solomon
name: Lipper, Leslie
name: Asfaw, Solomon
name: Lipper, Leslie
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2012
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Crop Production/Industries

description: Climate change is projected to change production conditions for agricultural producers globally. In the developing world, most of the projected changes will result in a reduction of agricultural productivity, with concomitant reductions in food security. Because agricultural production remains the main source of income for most rural communities, adaptation of the agricultural sector to the adverse effects of climate change will be imperative to protect and improve the livelihoods of the poor and to ensure food security. Adaptation will require farmers to make adjustments and employ a range of actions to enhance the resilience of local food systems that increase their net revenue by reducing the potential damage from climate change.
description: FAO Document Repository: http://www.fao.org/3/a-an649e.pdf
Obesity is associated with early hip fracture risk in postmenopausal women: a 25-year follow-up
Creators: name: Rikkonen, T.
name: Sund, R.
name: Sirola, J.
name: Honkanen, R.
name: Poole, K.E.S.
name: Kröger, H.
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2020
Subjects: Original Article
Aging
Body mass index
Bone mineral density
Follow-up study
General population
Hip fracture
Menopause
Obesity

description: Funder: Juho Vainion Säätiö; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004037
description: Funder: Pohjois-Savon Rahasto; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100005432
description: Funder: Sigrid Juséliuksen Säätiö; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100006306
description: Abstract: Summary: Association of body mass index and hip fracture has been controversial. In this study, women with lowest and highest body weight had the highest fracture incidence. A 25-year follow-up indicated that obesity associates with early hip fracture risk and suggested increasing trend in normal-weight women at a later stage. Introduction: Obesity is a pandemic health issue. Its association with hip fracture risk remains controversial. We studied the long-term relationship of body mass index and hip fracture incidence in postmenopausal women. Methods: The cohort of 12,715 Finnish women born in 1932–1941 was followed for 25 years, covering ages from 58 up to 83. Fractures and deaths were obtained from national registries. Women were investigated in deciles of BMI as well as in WHO weight categories (normal, overweight, or obese). The follow-up analysis was carried out in two age strata as “early” (58–70 years) and “late” (> 70 years). Body weight information was updated accordingly. Femoral neck BMD was recorded for a subsample (n = 3163). Altogether, 427 hip fractures were observed. Results: A higher risk of early hip fracture was observed in obese and normal-weight compared with overweight women with hazard ratios (HRs) of 2.3 ((95% CI) 1.4–3.7) and 2.0 (1.3–3.1) while no difference was observed in late hip fracture risk between the three WHO categories (log rank p = 0.14). All-cause mortality during the follow-up was 19.3%. Compared with normal weight women, the obese women had a higher risk of death with an HR of 1.6 (1.4–1.8) and higher baseline BMD (p < 0.001). Faster bone loss was observed in the obese compared with other women (p < 0.001). Conclusion: Obesity associates with earlier hip fracture and higher postfracture mortality. The obese women with low BMD have clearly the highest risk of hip fracture. This combination increases hip fracture risk more than either of the factors alone. After 75 years of age, risk appears to increase more in normal weight women, but this trend is in need of further confirmation.
Déstresse et progresse : adaptation d’un programme destiné aux adolescents présentant un trouble du spectre de l’autisme. Revue internationale de communication et de socialisation, 5(2), 84-106
Creators: name: Fecteau, Stéphanie
name: Kalubi, Jean-Claude
name: Pierrich Plusquellec
name: Piché, Mélanie
name: Savard, Isabelle
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: Education

description: Le programme Déstresse et progresse a été mis à la disposition des personnes présentant un trouble du spectre de l’autisme (TSA) ; il sera validé sur le terrain des expériences pratiques en préparation de son implantation ultérieure. Centré sur la gestion des situations de stress, il a été élaboré pour les adolescents. Son appropriation par ces adolescents compte parmi les efforts de prévention des effets néfastes du stress. Son adaptation a permis à plusieurs personnes de mieux s'arrimer aux défis spécifiques des adolescents présentant un TSA. Le projet d’adaptation s’est appuyé sur un échantillon de seize participants : deux psychoéducatrices, sept adolescents et sept parents. Les entretiens semi-dirigés et les observations à l’aide d’un journal de bord ont été privilégiés. À ces outils s’est ajouté un questionnaire de satisfaction rempli par tous les participants. Les résultats d’analyse mettent d’abord en évidence la grande satisfaction des parents vis-à-vis du programme. Ils font ensuite émerger l’apport de ce programme à l’identification des besoins spécifiques des adolescents ayant un TSA. Les interactions encouragées tout au long de ce programme ont permis de développer des ponts entre les différents environnements concernés et de mieux adapter des soutiens visuels et exercices favorisant la participation sociale des adolescents.
Modelling Heat Loss Effects in the Large Eddy Simulation of a Lean Swirl-Stabilised Flame
Creators: name: Massey, James C.
name: Chen, Zhi X.
name: Swaminathan, Nedunchezhian
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2020
Subjects: Article
Flamelets
Heat loss
Large eddy simulation
Partially premixed flame
Swirling flow

description: Abstract: The flame in a gas turbine model combustor close to blow-off is studied using large eddy simulation with the objective of investigating the sensitivity of including different heat loss effects within the modelling. A presumed joint probability density function approach based on the mixture fraction and progress variable with unstrained flamelets is used. The normalised enthalpy is included in the probability density function to account for heat loss within the flame. Two simulations are presented that use fixed temperature boundary conditions, and use adiabatic and non-adiabatic formulations of the combustion model. The results are compared against the previous fully adiabatic case and experimental data. The statistics for the simulations are similar to the results obtained from the fully adiabatic case. Improved statistics are obtained for the temperature in the near-wall regions. The non-adiabatic flamelet case shows the average reaction rate values at the flame root are approximately 50% smaller in comparison to the adiabatic flamelet cases. This causes the lift-off height to be overestimated. The time series of the lift-off height and the volume integrated heat release rate show that including non-adiabatic flamelets causes the flame to be highly unstable. A higher enthalpy deficit is seen in the near-field regions when the flame root is not present and experiencing some lift-off, suggesting that the flame is more dynamic when including heat loss.
Milk availability: trends in production and demand and medium-term outlook
Creators: name: Gerosa, Stefano
name: Skoet, Jakob
name: Gerosa, Stefano
name: Skoet, Jakob
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2012
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety

description: This paper reviews trends in global production and consumption of dairy products as well as the drivers behind increasing production and consumption. The past decades have seen rapid growth in consumption of dairy products in several parts of ' but not all of ' the developing world, driven by economic growth and rising income levels. However, large differences in levels of per caput consumption among developing country regions and countries persist. Increasing consumption in developing countries has been accompanied by a major expansion of production in several developing countries, significantly outpacing production growth in the developed country group. In addition to growing demand, production growth has been driven by technological change in the sector, which has permitted major increases in productivity and the emergence of large-scale commercial dairy farms. However, small-scale dairy producers in several developing countries have remained at the margin of these developments. Also trade in dairy products has expanded due to technological development in processing and shipping, which has facilitated product movements. However, due to the perishability of dairy products the bulk of dairy production is consumed domestically without entering international trade. The potential for future expansion of dairy consumption remains significant, as income levels continue to grow in developing countries, especially in countries where levels of per caput consumption are still relatively low. Nevertheless, the rate of growth is expected to slow down somewhat relative to those experienced over the past decades. The rapid expansion and transformation of the global dairy sector contributes to growing threats to the environment and to human and animal health as well as to increasing pressures on the livelihoods of small-scale dairy producers. These issues require attention in order to allow the continued development of the sector in a sustainable and socially balanced way.
description: FAO Document Repository: http://www.fao.org/3/a-an450e.pdf
A broadband X-ray view of the NLSy1 1E 0754.6+392.8
Creators: name: Middei, R.
name: Tombesi, F.
name: Vagnetti, F.
name: Serafinelli, R.
name: Bianchi, S.
name: Miniutti, G.
name: Marinucci, A.
name: Matzeu, G. A.
name: Petrucci, P. -O.
name: Ursini, F.
name: Zaino, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The soft X-ray band of many active galactic nuclei (AGNs) is affected by obscuration due to partially ionised matter crossing our line of sight. In this context, two past XMM-Newton observations (6 months apart) and a simultaneous NuSTAR-Swift ($\sim$8 years later) exposure of the Narrow Line Seyfert 1 galaxy 1E 0754.6+392.8 revealed an intense and variable WA and hints of additional absorbers in the Fe K$α$ band. We present the first X-ray characterisation of this AGN discussing its broadband (0.3-79 keV) spectrum and temporal properties. We conduct a temporal and spectroscopic analysis on two $\sim$10 ks (net exposure) XMM-Newton snapshots performed in April and October 2006. We also study the high energy behaviour of 1E 0754.6+392.8 modelling its broadband spectrum using simultaneous Swift-NuSTAR data. Both phenomenological and physically motivated models are tested. We find the presence of flux variability ($\sim$150% and 30% for 0.3-2 and 2-10 keV bands, respectively) and spectral changes at months timescales ($ΔΓ\sim$0.4). A reflection component that is consistent with being constant over years and arising from relatively cold material far from the central super massive black hole is detected. The main spectral feature shaping the 1E 0754.6+392.8 spectrum is a warm absorber. Such a component is persistent over the years and variability of its ionisation and column density is observed down on months in the ranges 3$\times10^{22} \rm cm^{-2}\lesssim$ N$_{\rm{H}}\lesssim7.2\times10^{22} \rm cm^{-2}$ and 1.5 $\lesssim\log(ξ/{\rm erg~s^{-1}~cm})\lesssim$2.1. Despite the short exposures, we find possible evidence of two additional highly ionised and high-velocity outflow components in absorption. Longer exposures are mandatory in order to characterise the complex outflow in this AGN.
description: Accepted for publication in A&A
Succinate Anaplerosis Has an Onco-Driving Potential in Prostate Cancer Cells
Creators: name: Sant’Anna-Silva, Ana Carolina B.
name: Perez-Valencia, Juan A.
name: Sciacovelli, Marco
name: Lalou, Claude
name: Sarlak, Saharnaz
name: Tronci, Laura
name: Nikitopoulou, Efterpi
name: Meszaros, Andras T.
name: Frezza, Christian
name: Rossignol, Rodrigue
name: Gnaiger, Erich
name: Klocker, Helmut
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2021
Subjects: cancer metabolism
prostate cancer
anaplerosis
mitochondria
succinate

description: Tumor cells display metabolic alterations when compared to non-transformed cells. These characteristics are crucial for tumor development, maintenance and survival providing energy supplies and molecular precursors. Anaplerosis is the property of replenishing the TCA cycle, the hub of carbon metabolism, participating in the biosynthesis of precursors for building blocks or signaling molecules. In advanced prostate cancer, an upshift of succinate-driven oxidative phosphorylation via mitochondrial Complex II was reported. Here, using untargeted metabolomics, we found succinate accumulation mainly in malignant cells and an anaplerotic effect contributing to biosynthesis, amino acid, and carbon metabolism. Succinate also stimulated oxygen consumption. Malignant prostate cells displayed higher mitochondrial affinity for succinate when compared to non-malignant prostate cells and the succinate-driven accumulation of metabolites induced expression of mitochondrial complex subunits and their activities. Moreover, extracellular succinate stimulated migration, invasion, and colony formation. Several enzymes linked to accumulated metabolites in the malignant cells were found upregulated in tumor tissue datasets, particularly NME1 and SHMT2 mRNA expression. High expression of the two genes was associated with shorter disease-free survival in prostate cancer cohorts. Moreover, in-vitro expression of both genes was enhanced in prostate cancer cells upon succinate stimulation. In conclusion, the data indicate that uptake of succinate from the tumor environment has an anaplerotic effect that enhances the malignant potential of prostate cancer cells.
Smaragdina diversipes
Creators: name: Huber, Barbara
name: Gubelmann, Päivi
name: Büche, Boris
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Chrysomelidae
Smaragdina
Smaragdina diversipes

description: Smaragdina diversipes (Letzner, 1839)
(Chrysomelidae)
Eine montan/alpine Art, die in den Pyrenäen, Alpen, Sudeten sowie in Transsylvanien vorkommt. Es konnte nur eine ökologische Angabe zu dieser Art gefunden werden, nach Schummel (1844) kommt die Art zahlreich an Polygonum bistorta L. vor, wo die Imagines an den Blütenständen fressen. In Deutschland gilt diese Art als vom Aussterben bedroht (B. Büche, pers. Mit.).
description: Published as part of Huber, Barbara, Gubelmann, Päivi & Büche, Boris, 2019, Vielfalt der Totholzkäferfauna in obersubalpinen Lärchen-Arvenwäldern im Avers (Graubünden), pp. 111-128 in Entomo Helvetica 12 on page 117, DOI: 10.5169/seals-985866, http://zenodo.org/record/8072444
Payments for environmental services. What role in sustainable agricultural development?
Creators: name: Lipper, Leslie
name: Neves, Bernardete
name: Lipper, Leslie
name: Neves, Bernardete
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Environmental Economics and Policy

description: PES is but one of many different instruments that can complement and stimulate an enabling policy environment for sustainable agricultural development. Currently the role of PES programmes in supporting sustainable agricultural development is quite limited. Recent surveys of the literature documenting PES experiences highlight three main features of such programmes as they are currently being implemented: (1) most do not demonstrate additionality and suffer from a lack of appropriate targeting; (2) most are designed with multiple objectives; and (3) most remain primarily or entirely funded by the public sector. In this paper, we argue that a public-sector-driven process of building PES programme readiness, which includes building partnerships with the private sector, is key to realizing the potential of this policy instrument to support sustainable agricultural development.
description: FAO Document Repository: http://www.fao.org/3/a-an456e.pdf
Narrativité et récit autobiographique des enseignants au cours de leur formation professionnelle : perspectives méthodologiques. Revue internationale de communication et de socialisation, 5(1), 41-52.
Creators: name: Revue RICS
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: Education

description: Ce texte porte sur l’expérience d’apprentissage d’un groupe de chercheurs en cours de formation, à partir de la réalisation d’un projet de recherche narrative. Il vise à présenter quelques réflexions sur les expériences menées par les membres du groupe de recherche sur les politiques d'enseignement et de formation. Il rend compte des discussions engendrées autour des rapports produits sur le terrain. Dans ces rapports, les récits sont formulés ou reconstruits dans une dynamique d’innovation réflexive, suivant les étapes spécifiques ci-après : présence sur le terrain, compilation des données de terrain, élaboration, partage et rédaction du rapport. L’analyse du discours de ces récits a été réalisée dans une perspective tridimensionnelle, misant sur l’interaction (plans personnel et social), la continuité chronologique (passé, présent et futur) et la situation (lieu, contexte). Ainsi, la réalisation de recherches narratives permet de constater un renforcement des apprentissages, à la fois, pour les participants enquêtés et pour les chercheurs. Enfin, ce modèle particulier de formation à l’enquête peut se développer ou se perpétuer, à condition que les chercheurs et les participants continuent de partager les sens construits au cours de leurs apprentissages.
Ο ποιητής ως κριτικός: ‘’Η νεώτερη ποίησή μας’’ του Γιώργου Θέμελη
Creators: name: Ζιώγα, Σαπφώ Ηρακλή
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2021
Subjects: Γιώργος Θέμελης
Μοντερνισμός
Κριτική
George Themelis
Modernism
Criticism

description: Σκοπός της διατριβής ήταν η μελέτη γενικά της μοντέρνας ποίησης και του Γιώργου Θέμελη ως κριτικού. Ο Θέμελης, εκτός από σπουδαίος ποιητής, ήταν και σπουδαίος κριτικός. Ο Θέμελης επιλέγει στο μελέτημά του ‘’Η νεώτερη ποίησή μας’’ να μας παρουσιάσει τους ποιητές της Νεώτερης Ποίησης και ιδιαίτερα της δεύτερης φάσης εξαιτίας του γεγονότος ότι και ο ίδιος ο Θέμελης και οι ποιητές αυτοί ανήκουν σε γενικές γραμμές στη νεωτερική ποιητική έκφραση. Στη συνέχεια, παρουσίασα αναλυτικά τον όρο μοντερνισμός και το δοκίμιο του Γιώργου Θέμελη ‘’Η νεώτερη ποίησή μας’’. Eιδικότερα, σχετικά με τα κείμενα του Θέμελη εστίασα στα εξής δύο: στη μοντέρνα ποίηση γενικά και στο γεγονός ότι και ο ίδιος ο Θέμελης και οι ποιητές που κρίνει ανήκουν σε γενικές γραμμές στη νεωτερική ποιητική έκφραση. Ένα άλλο θέμα που έθιξα ήταν το γεγονός ότι η ποίηση τόσο των ποιητών που κρίνει ο Θέμελης όσο και η ποίηση του Θέμελη είναι ποίηση του εσωτερικού κόσμου της ψυχής και της υπαρξιακής αγωνίας της ψυχής. Τα θέματα που τους απασχολούν είναι το θέμα του χρόνου, του θανάτου, του έρωτα, η αναζήτηση του χαμένου προσώπου, τα πράγματα, η αλλοτρίωση, η έκπτωση. Ασχολήθηκα επιπλέον με την επιρροή που άσκησαν διάφορα μοντερνιστικά καλλιτεχνικά ρεύματα και σχολές στους ποιητές αυτούς και διαπίστωσα ότι επηρεάστηκαν από τον γαλλικό συμβολισμό, τον υπαρξισμό, τον γαλλικό υπερρεαλισμό, τον γερμανικό εξπρεσιονισμό, το βυζαντινό χριστιανικό υπόστρωμα, τη θρησκευτική μεταφυσική, τον μυστικισμό, την ουσιαστική ποίηση, τον ανθρωποκεντρισμό
description: The aim of the present thesis was the study of modernism generally and of George Themelis as critic. Αpart from significant poet, Themelis was significant critic as well. At his essay ‘’The modern poetry of us’’, Themelis chooses to present us the poets of modern poetry, especially those of second period owing to the fact that both Themelis and these poets broadly belong to modernism. Then I presented in detail the term modernism as well as the essay of George Themelis ‘’The modern poetry of us’’. In particular, concerning the essay of Themelis I focused on two issues: both on modernism generally and on the fact that both Themelis and these poets belong to modernism generally. I also examined the fact that both the poetry of Themelis and the poetry of these poets is poetry of inner world of soul and of existential agony of the soul. Both of them explore themes of time, of death, of love, the search of lost face, the things, the alienation, the fall. Another aim of this study was to examine the influence of various modernistic artistic movements on these poets and I ascertained that these poets were influenced by French symbolism, existentialism, French surrealism, German expressionism, Byzantine Christian substratum, religious metaphysics, mysticism, substantial poetry, humanism
Hadron and lepton tensors in semileptonic decays including new physics
Creators: name: Penalva, N.
name: Hernández, E.
name: Nieves, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We extend our general framework for semileptonic decay, originally introduced in N. Penalva et al. [Phys. Rev. D100, 113007 (2019)], with the addition of new physics (NP) tensor terms. In this way, all the NP effective Hamiltonians that are considered in lepton flavour universality violation (LFUV) studies have now been included. Besides, we now also give general expressions that allow for complex Wilson coefficients. The scheme developed is totally general and it can be applied to any charged current semileptonic decay, involving any quark flavors or initial and final hadron states. We show that all the hadronic input, including NP effects, can be parametrized in terms of 16 Lorentz scalar structure functions. In the second part of this work, we use this formalism to obtain the complete NP effects in the $Λ_b\to Λ_c τ\barν_τ$ semileptonic decay, where LFUV, if finally confirmed, is also expected to be seen. We stress the relevance of the center of mass (CM) $d^2Γ/(dωd\cosθ_\ell)$ and laboratory (LAB) $d^2Γ/(dωdE_\ell)$ differential decay widths. While models with very different strengths in the NP terms give the same differential $dΓ/dω$ and total decay widths for this decay, they predict very different numerical results for some of the $\cosθ_\ell$ and $E_\ell$ coefficient-functions that determine the above two distributions. Thus, the combined analysis of the CM $d^2Γ/(dωd\cosθ_\ell)$ and LAB $d^2Γ/ (dωdE_\ell)$ differential decay widths will help clarifying what kind of NP is a better candidate in order to explain LFUV.
description: 24 latex pages, 7 figures, 1 table. A few typos corrected. Accepted for publication in Physical Review D
A Computationally Efficient Framework for Modelling Energy Consumption of ICE and Electric Vehicles
Creators: name: Madhusudhanan, Anil K.
name: Na, Xiaoxiang
name: Cebon, David
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2021
Subjects: energy consumption
drive cycle
modelling framework
electric vehicle
diesel vehicle

description: This article proposes a novel framework to develop computationally efficient energy consumption models of electric and internal combustion engine vehicles. The number of calculations in a conventional energy consumption model prevents the model’s usage in applications where time is limited. As many fleet operators around the world are in the process of transitioning towards electric vehicles, a computationally efficient energy consumption model will be valuable to analyse the vehicles they trial. A vehicle’s energy consumption depends on the vehicle characteristics, drive cycles and vehicle mass. The proposed modelling framework considers these aspects, is computationally efficient, and can be run using open source software packages. The framework is validated through two use cases: an electric bus and a diesel truck. The model error’s standard deviation is less 5% and its mean is less than 2%. The proposed model’s mean computation time is less than 20 ms, which is two orders of magnitude lower than that of the baseline model. Finally, a case study was performed to illustrate the usefulness of the modelling framework for a fleet operator.
Financial resource flows to agriculture. A review of data on government spending, official development assistance and foreign direct investment
Creators: name: Lowder, Sarah K.
name: Carisma, Brian
name: Lowder, Sarah K.
name: Carisma, Brian
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Agricultural Finance

description: This paper reviews four international datasets and one regional dataset which allow us to consider the magnitude of and trends in government spending on, official development assistance (ODA) to and foreign direct investment (FDI) in agriculture, forestry and fishing and, in some cases, other relevant sectors. These datasets represent the most current and comprehensive data available on resource flows to agriculture. Two of the datasets have not yet been made freely available to the public. Although the existing data do not permit consideration of several important issues, they do allow us to better understand trends in resource flows to agriculture and we are able to draw some conclusions including the following.
description: FAO Document Repository: http://www.fao.org/3/a-an108e.pdf
AdS Robin solitons and their stability
Creators: name: Bizoń, Piotr
name: Hunik-Kostyra, Dominika
name: Maliborski, Maciej
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the four-dimensional Einstein-Klein-Gordon-AdS system with conformal mass subject to the Robin boundary conditions at infinity. Above a critical value of the Robin parameter, at which the AdS spacetime goes linearly unstable, we prove existence of a family of globally regular static solutions (that we call AdS Robin solitons) and discuss their properties.
description: 13 pages, 2 figures
Orthocis linearis
Creators: name: Huber, Barbara
name: Gubelmann, Päivi
name: Büche, Boris
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Ciidae
Orthocis
Orthocis linearis

description: Orthocis linearis (J. Sahlberg 1901)
(Ciidae)
Für die Schweiz liegen bei info fauna – CSCF drei aktuelle Fundmeldungen aus dem Kanton Graubünden vor. Nach Möller (2009) ist der xylobionte Käfer wärmeabhängig und kommt oft im Kronenraum vor. Nachweise dieser früher als nordeuropäisch geltenden Art aus Mitteleuropa sind wegen Bestimmungsproblemen relativ neu und stammen überwiegend aus höheren Berglagen. O. linearis lebt wohl wie die verwandten Arten an Fruchtkörpern z. B. von Exidia -Arten (Auriculariaceae) an Ästen.
description: Published as part of Huber, Barbara, Gubelmann, Päivi & Büche, Boris, 2019, Vielfalt der Totholzkäferfauna in obersubalpinen Lärchen-Arvenwäldern im Avers (Graubünden), pp. 111-128 in Entomo Helvetica 12 on page 117, DOI: 10.5169/seals-985866, http://zenodo.org/record/8072444
9736: German Binoculars
Creators: name: Project Team, Lest We Forget
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 430304
subject: British history
classificationCode: 430308
subject: European history (excl. British, classical Greek and Roman)
classificationCode: 430316
subject: International history

description: Thomas Seymour served in the Infantry as an Officer in the First World War. His binoculars and marching compass have remained in the family. The compass is able to be set when the direction of travel is decided, and is able to be locked when not in use. The binoculars are a German make so Thomas's family wonder if he "acquired" them. Thomas survived the war.
The effect of task and training on intermediate representations in convolutional neural networks revealed with modified RV similarity analysis
Creators: name: Thompson, Jessica A. F.
name: Bengio, Yoshua
name: Schoenwiesner, Marc
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Centered Kernel Alignment (CKA) was recently proposed as a similarity metric for comparing activation patterns in deep networks. Here we experiment with the modified RV-coefficient (RV2), which has very similar properties as CKA while being less sensitive to dataset size. We compare the representations of networks that received varying amounts of training on different layers: a standard trained network (all parameters updated at every step), a freeze trained network (layers gradually frozen during training), random networks (only some layers trained), and a completely untrained network. We found that RV2 was able to recover expected similarity patterns and provide interpretable similarity matrices that suggested hypotheses about how representations are affected by different training recipes. We propose that the superior performance achieved by freeze training can be attributed to representational differences in the penultimate layer. Our comparisons of random networks suggest that the inputs and targets serve as anchors on the representations in the lowest and highest layers.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures, Conference on Cognitive Computational Neuroscience 2019
9751: James Ellard
Creators: name: Project Team, Lest We Forget
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 430304
subject: British history
classificationCode: 430308
subject: European history (excl. British, classical Greek and Roman)
classificationCode: 430316
subject: International history

description: James Ellard was born in 1883. He went to the Duke of York Asylum (School) in Chelsea, his father Michael was a Chelsea Pensioner so James was eligible to attend this school.
James was a Regimental Policeman in Belfast, stationed in The Queens Barracks Belfast, before joining up into the 1st Bn.
Norfolk Regiment, (7473) on the 22nd August 1914. James died of typhus on 24th August 1914 only 2 days later, aged 30.
He was the son of Michael and Mary Ellard.
His parents were not notified of his death until 1919, and then only after they wrote letters to The War Office, enquiring about James.
Effects of global warming on vulnerability to food insecurity in rural Nicaragua
Creators: name: Karfakis, Panagiotis
name: Knowles, Marco
name: Smulders, Mark
name: Capaldo, Jeronim
name: Karfakis, Panagiotis
name: Knowles, Marco
name: Smulders, Mark
name: Capaldo, Jeronim
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: Food Security and Poverty
Agricultural and Food Policy

description: There is growing evidence that global warming will have a substantial negative impact on agricultural yields, in particular in developing countries. This constitutes a risk for rural households, and unless these households are able to manage this risk, they will become increasingly vulnerable to food insecurity. In using data on Nicaragua, this paper demonstrates how an econometric model can be used to inform decision makers on the likely impact of global warming on the food security status of different types of households, the geographic distribution of these households and factors influencing households' ability to fend for themselves. The paper also discusses what could be done to reduce household vulnerability to future food insecurity.
description: FAO Document Repository: http://www.fao.org/3/a-am900e.pdf
Direct comparison of many-body methods for realistic electronic Hamiltonians
Creators: name: Williams, Kiel T.
name: Yao, Yuan
name: Li, Jia
name: Chen, Li
name: Shi, Hao
name: Motta, Mario
name: Niu, Chunyao
name: Ray, Ushnish
name: Guo, Sheng
name: Anderson, Robert J.
name: Li, Junhao
name: Tran, Lan Nguyen
name: Yeh, Chia-Nan
name: Mussard, Bastien
name: Sharma, Sandeep
name: Bruneval, Fabien
name: van Schilfgaarde, Mark
name: Booth, George H.
name: Chan, Garnet Kin-Lic
name: Zhang, Shiwei
name: Gull, Emanuel
name: Zgid, Dominika
name: Millis, Andrew
name: Umrigar, Cyrus J.
name: Wagner, Lucas K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A large collaboration carefully benchmarks 20 first principles many-body electronic structure methods on a test set of 7 transition metal atoms, and their ions and monoxides. Good agreement is attained between the 3 systematically converged methods, resulting in experiment-free reference values. These reference values are used to assess the accuracy of modern emerging and scalable approaches to the many-electron problem. The most accurate methods obtain energies indistinguishable from experimental results, with the agreement mainly limited by the experimental uncertainties. Comparison between methods enables a unique perspective on calculations of many-body systems of electrons.
description: Simons collaboration on the many-electron problem
Genomic Analysis of Staphylococcus aureus of the Lineage CC130, Including mecC -Carrying MRSA and MSSA Isolates Recovered of Animal, Human, and Environmental Origins
Creators: name: Gómez, Paula
name: Ruiz-Ripa, Laura
name: Fernández-Fernández, Rosa
name: Gharsa, Haythem
name: Ben Slama, Karim
name: Höfle, Ursula
name: Zarazaga, Myriam
name: Holmes, Mark A.
name: Torres, Carmen
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: MRSA
subject: MSSA
subject: whole genome sequencing
subject: CC130
subject: ST700
subject: IEC
subject: etD2

description: Most methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates harboring mecC gene belong to clonal complex CC130. This lineage has traditionally been regarded as animal-associated as it lacks the human specific immune evasion cluster (IEC), and has been recovered from a broad range of animal hosts. Nevertheless, sporadic mecC-MRSA human infections have been reported, with evidence of zoonotic transmission in some cases. The objective of this study was to investigate the whole-genome sequences of 18 S. aureus CC130 isolates [13 methicillin-resistant (mecC-MRSA) and five methicillin-susceptible (MSSA)] from different sequences types, obtained from a variety of host species and origins (human, livestock, wild birds and mammals, and water), and from different geographic locations, in order to identify characteristic markers and genomic features. Antibiotic resistance genes found among MRSA-CC130 were those associated with the SSCmecXI element. Most MRSA-CC130 strains carried a similar virulence gene profile. Additionally, six MRSA-CC130 possessed scn-sak and one MSSA-ST130 had lukMF’. The MSSA-ST700 strains were most divergent in their resistance and virulence genes. The pan-genome analysis showed that 29 genes were present solely in MRSA-CC130 (associated with SCCmecXI) and 21 among MSSA-CC130 isolates (associated with phages). The SCCmecXI, PBP3, GdpP, and AcrB were identical at the amino acid level in all strains, but some differences were found in PBP1, PBP2, PBP4, and YjbH proteins. An examination of the host markers showed that the 3’ region of the bacteriophage φ3 was nearly identical to the reference sequence. Truncated hlb gene was also found in scn-negative strains (two of them carrying sak-type gene). The dtlB gene of wild rabbit isolates included novel mutations. The vwbp gene was found in the three MSSA-ST700 strains from small ruminants and in one MSSA-ST130 from a red deer; these strains also carried a scn-type gene, different from the human and equine variants. Finally, a phylogenetic analysis showed that the three MSSA-ST700 strains and the two MSSA-ST130 strains cluster separately from the remaining MRSA-CC130 strains with the etD2 gene as marker for the main lineage. The presence of the human IEC cluster in some mecC-MRSA-CC130 strains suggests that these isolates may have had a human origin.
Symbiotes armatus Reitter 1881
Creators: name: Huber, Barbara
name: Gubelmann, Päivi
name: Büche, Boris
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Anamorphidae
Symbiotes
Symbiotes armatus

description: Symbiotes armatus Reitter, 1881
(Endomychidae)
Der xylobionte Käfer wurde bei Cröt in einer hohlen Lärche gefunden (leg und det. A. Szallies). Es ist ein seltener Pilzkäfer aus den Alpen und deren Randgebirgen. Nach Möller (2009) leben die Larven an vermorscht-verpilzten Koniferen-Hochstubben, oft zusammen mit Schleimpilzen (Myxomyceten). Der Käfer bevorzugt offenbar stärker verpilzte und vermorschte, grosse Trockenstämme und Baumruinen.
description: Published as part of Huber, Barbara, Gubelmann, Päivi & Büche, Boris, 2019, Vielfalt der Totholzkäferfauna in obersubalpinen Lärchen-Arvenwäldern im Avers (Graubünden), pp. 111-128 in Entomo Helvetica 12 on page 117, DOI: 10.5169/seals-985866, http://zenodo.org/record/8072444
Livestock assets, livestock income and rural households: Cross-country evidence from household surveys
Creators: name: Pica-Ciamarra, Ugo
name: Tasciotti, Luca
name: Otte, Joachim
name: Zezza, Alberto
name: Pica-Ciamarra, Ugo
name: Tasciotti, Luca
name: Otte, Joachim
name: Zezza, Alberto
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: Food Security and Poverty
Agricultural and Food Policy
Consumer/Household Economics

description: This paper investigates the livestock asset positions of rural households and the contribution of livestock to their income in 12 developing countries. It draws on the FAO Rural Income Generating Activities (RIGA) database, which allows cross-country comparisons of household surveys. The majority of rural households keep livestock; the rural poor, defined as those living in rural areas and belonging to the bottom expenditure quintile, are more likely to keep livestock than those in higher quintiles; there are minor differences in herd composition between households, and the contribution of livestock to total income is overall small, with no significant differences across households.
description: FAO Document Repository: http://www.fao.org/3/a-am724e.pdf
Simulating MOS science on the ELT: Ly$α$ forest tomography
Creators: name: Japelj, J.
name: Laigle, C.
name: Puech, M.
name: Pichon, C.
name: Rahmani, H.
name: Dubois, Y.
name: Devriendt, J. E. G.
name: Petitjean, P.
name: Hammer, F.
name: Gendron, E.
name: Kaper, L.
name: Morris, S.
name: Pirzkal, N.
name: Sánchez-Janssen, R.
name: Slyz, A.
name: Vergani, S. D.
name: Yang, Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Mapping of the large-scale structure through cosmic time has numerous applications in the studies of cosmology and galaxy evolution. At $z > 2$, the structure can be traced by the neutral intergalactic medium (IGM) by way of observing the Ly$α$, forest towards densely-sampled lines-of-sight of bright background sources, such as quasars and star forming galaxies. We investigate the scientific potential of MOSAIC, a planned multi-object spectrograph on the European Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), for the 3D mapping of the IGM at $z \gtrsim 3$. We simulate a survey of $3 \lesssim z \lesssim 4$ galaxies down to a limiting magnitude of $m_{r}\sim 25.5$ mag in an area of 1 degree$^2$ in the sky. Galaxies and their spectra (including the line-of-sight Ly$α$ absorption) are taken from the lightcone extracted from the Horizon-AGN cosmological hydrodynamical simulation. The quality of the reconstruction of the original density field is studied for different spectral resolutions and signal-to-noise ratios of the spectra. We demonstrate that the minimum $S/N$ (per resolution element) of the faintest galaxies that such survey has to reach is $S/N = 4$. We show that a survey with such sensitivity enables a robust extraction of cosmic filaments and the detection of the theoretically-predicted galaxy stellar mass and star-formation rate gradients towards filaments. By simulating the realistic performance of MOSAIC we obtain $S/N(T_{\rm obs}, R, m_{r})$ scaling relations. We estimate that $\lesssim 35~(65)$ nights of observation time are required to carry out the survey with the instrument's high multiplex mode and with the spectral resolution of $R=1000~(2000)$. A survey with a MOSAIC-concept instrument on the ELT is found to enable the mapping of the IGM at $z > 3$ on Mpc scales, and as such will be complementary to and competitive with other planned IGM tomography surveys. [abridged]
description: 28 pages, accepted to A&A; language edited
Agathidium arcticum
Creators: name: Huber, Barbara
name: Gubelmann, Päivi
name: Büche, Boris
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Leiodidae
Agathidium
Agathidium arcticum

description: Agathidium arcticum (Thomson 1862)
(Leiodidae)
Dies ist eine Art mit fragmentarischer Verbreitung ausserhalb Nordeuropas. Der Arealtyp von Agathidium arcticum wird üblicherweise als boreoalpin benannt, in Mitteleuropa sind nur Funde aus den Alpen bekannt geworden. In Frankreich und Mittelengland finden sich Reliktvorkommen allerdings in mässiger bis mittlerer Höhenlage, und die Verhältnisse an der südlichen Grenze des geschlossenen Vorkommens in Skandinavien entsprechen etwa dem mittleren Montanbereich in Mitteleuropa. Der Käfer gilt als fakultativ xylobiont, wurde an Myzelien und Fruchtkörpern verschiedener Pilze und Myxomyceten hauptsächlich an Totholz gefunden (Wheeler & Miller 2005).
description: Published as part of Huber, Barbara, Gubelmann, Päivi & Büche, Boris, 2019, Vielfalt der Totholzkäferfauna in obersubalpinen Lärchen-Arvenwäldern im Avers (Graubünden), pp. 111-128 in Entomo Helvetica 12 on page 118, DOI: 10.5169/seals-985866, http://zenodo.org/record/8072444
9733: Robert Butland
Creators: name: Project Team, Lest We Forget
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 430304
subject: British history
classificationCode: 430308
subject: European history (excl. British, classical Greek and Roman)
classificationCode: 430316
subject: International history

description: Robert Butland was born in 1886. He served in 239th Siege Battery. On 26th September 1918, Robert was wounded and died the same day from his wounds. Robert is buried in the British Cemetery at Etrun.
An extended cross-country database for agricultural investment and capital
Creators: name: Daidone, Silvio
name: Anríquez, Gustavo
name: Daidone, Silvio
name: Anríquez, Gustavo
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Agricultural Finance

description: This paper presents a database of investment and capital in agriculture, an essential input for cross-country macro analysis of the primary sector of the economy. Our work stems from the innovative research undertaken by Larson et al. (2000). With respect to these authors, we extend country coverage and time span. Further we introduce some refinements to the methodology used to construct the series of fixed capital stock by changing how the agricultural GDP and investment is forecasted. Finally we document in details our data sources and the STATA program used to implement all the methods.
description: FAO Document Repository: http://www.fao.org/3/a-am640e.pdf
9757: Royal Engineer in Egypt
Creators: name: Project Team, Lest We Forget
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 430304
subject: British history
classificationCode: 430308
subject: European history (excl. British, classical Greek and Roman)
classificationCode: 430316
subject: International history

description: Harold Strickland was in The Royal Engineers serving in Egypt, Telegraphy.
He survived the War, being awarded 3 Medals Victory, British, and Star.
He went on to work for British Telegraph Company.
Nally 2019 DTT Neo CGM Feasibility.pdf
Creators: name: Nally, Laura M.
name: Bondy, Nicholas
name: Doiev, Jasmine
name: Buckingham, Bruce
name: Wilson, Darrell
Publisher: name: Health Research Alliance
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 110306 Endocrinology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Infants born to mothers with diabetes commonly experience asymptomatic hypoglycemia after birth. Continuous glucose monitors (CGM) can detect asymptomatic hypoglycemia in this population without the need for painful glucose checks. Sixteen infants were studied; 4 with a blinded CGM and 12 with remote monitoring (RM). When there were confirmatory hospital glucometer readings, the sensitivity of the CGM to detect hypoglycemia was 86% and the specificity was 91%. The positive predictive value was 55% and the negative predictive value was 98%. In the full cohort, hypoglycemia (<45 mg/dL) was confirmed in 12 of 16 infants with 30 events at <12 hours of life (HOL), 3 events between 12 and 24 HOL, and 1 event at >48 HOL. In the RM group, CGM detected hypoglycemia five times when the infant was not due for a BG check based on the SOC. Overall, the CGM detected five false-positive alerts and six true-positive alerts for hypoglycemia. Only one hypoglycemic episode was missed by CGM in the RM group. Barriers to recruitment included fear of pain with glucose checks, concerns with CGM use, satisfaction with the hospital SOC, personal reasons independent of the study, and lack of interest in participating in research.