cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Additional file 2 of Development and preliminary evaluation of a decision coach training module for nurses in Norway
Creators: name: Kienlin, Simone
name: Nytrøen, Kari
name: Kasper, Jürgen
name: Stacey, Dawn
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Information Systems not elsewhere classified
Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 2.
Additional file 4 of Nutrient solutions for Arabidopsis thaliana: a study on nutrient solution composition in hydroponics systems
Creators: name: Delden, Sander H. Van
name: Nazarideljou, Mohammad Javad
name: Marcelis, Leo F. M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 4. Dry weight accumulation over time for all solutions.
Can German Wine Cooperatives Compete on Quality?
Creators: name: Schamel, Guenter
name: Schamel, Guenter
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Cooperatives
subject: Product Quality
subject: Pricing

description: The German Agricultural Society (DLG) manages a multi-round annual quality control scheme where wines undergo a blind, sensory testing procedure using a 5-point scale to determine superior quality wines worthy of an annual award (Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Gold Extra). We develop a hedonic model for the 2005 award competition estimating implicit prices for different product attributes including sensory awards, quality categories, and wine style. We also control for regional origin, variety, color, and age. To discern the impact of ownership structure, we distinguish cooperatives and private wineries. Silver and Bronze awards show significant price effects relative to Gold. We also estimate highly significant price effects between quality categories (e.g. Auslese +34% relative to Spätlese) and wine style (e.g. dry +10%). Our results indicate that cooperatively produced wines seem to lag behind in terms of strategically addressing the opportunities presented in today’s global wine market (i.e. going for more varietal wines with aging potential that are competitive in terms of quality. Cooperatives seem to have opted for barrique-style wine and Chardonnay for which they gain higher implicit prices relative to non-coops. Our analysis suggests that this may not be wise in light of the characteristic strengths of German wine production.
Corrosion of titanium and titanium alloys in aqueous acid electrolyte
Creators: name: Reid, Peter W. A.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: The corrosion characteristics of three dilute Ti alloys (ASTM 1, 2, and 7) in aqueous sulphuric acid electrolytes were studied using open circuit potential measurements, potentiodynamic techniques, and long term immersion testing. The effects of acid concentration, alloying addition, temperature, and the iron and chloride content of the electrolyte were examined. The open circuit potential measurements resulted in Ti grade 7 coming to a higher open circuit potential with the electrolyte at approximately 0.07 V[sub SHE], while the rest potentials for Ti grades 1 and 2 were approximately -0.50 V[sub SHE]- The difference is believed to be the result of Pd alloying additions, which act as a catalyst for reduction reactions on the surface of the active Ti alloys during crevice corrosion. By decreasing the required over voltage for the reduction of species such as H⁺ to occur, a more oxidizing overall mixed potential of the system is achieved. Potentiodynamic scanning around the corrosion potential of titanium alloys in sulphuric acid (H₂SO₄) yielded maximum corrosion rates of 4.9 x 10 ⁻⁵ mm/yr (0.002 mpy). In all cases corrosion rates increased with lower pH and higher Cl⁻ content. Potentiodynamic testing of the [Fe³⁺]/[Fe²⁺] redox couple shows limiting currents to be controlled by concentration polarization, and the kinetics of the overall reactions were faster on the surface of the more noble Pt electrode. Slopes were on the order of 150-300 mV/decade, with exchange current densities of 10 ⁻⁷ and 10 ⁻⁷ for Ti and Pt respectively. All corrosion potentials were in the range of 0.5 to 0.7 V[sub SHE]. During the long-term immersion testing, Ti grade 7 proved to be more corrosion resistant than the commercially pure alloys due to the formation of a visibly thicker oxide layer. Preferential attack, when visible, was initiated on metallic iron and iron oxide impurities in the alloys and was observed on all immersion coupons.
Light Has Been Thrown (on Human Origins): a Brief History of Palaeoanthropology, with Notes on the "Punctuated" Origin of Homo Sapiens
Creators: name: Manzi, Giorgio
name: Di Vincenzo, Fabio
Publisher: name: Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell’estetico
Year: 2013

description: “Light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history”: this was the single line that Charles Darwin devoted to human evolution in the Origin of Species (1859). At present, there is a number of extinct species, which we understand to be related to human evolution, demonstrating that the Darwin’s prediction was correct: light has been thrown, indeed. Moreover, the science of human origin (or palaeoanthropology) appears to be able to shed much light not only on the natural history of humankind, but also on mechanisms and patterns of "evolution" as a general phenomenon. This is of special interest when we focus on data and hypotheses concerning the origin of our own species, Homo sapiens.
description: Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell’estetico, Vol. 6 No. 2 (2013): Aesthetics and Evolutionism: Requirements, Perspectives, Issues
Dynamical suppression of many-body non-Hermitian skin effect in Anyonic systems
Creators: name: Qin, Yi
name: Lee, Ching Hua
name: Li, Linhu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The non-Hermitian skin effect (NHSE) is a fascinating phenomenon in nonequilibrium systems where eigenstates massively localize at the systems' boundaries, pumping (quasi-)particles loaded in these systems unidirectionally to the boundaries. Its interplay with many-body effects have been vigorously studied recently, and inter-particle repulsion or Fermi degeneracy pressure have been shown to limit the boundary accumulation induced by the NHSE both in their eigensolutions and dynamics. However, in this work we found that anyonic statistics can even more profoundly affect the NHSE dynamics, suppressing or even reversing the state dynamicss against the localizing direction of the NHSE. This phenomenon is found to be more pronounced when more particles are involved.The spreading of quantum information in this system shows even more exotic phenomena, where NHSE affects only the information dynamics for a thermal ensemble, but not that for a single initial state. Our results open up a new avenue on exploring novel non-Hermitian phenomena arisen from the interplay between NHSE and anyonic statistics, and can potentially be demonstrated in ultracold atomic quantum simulators and quantum computers.
description: 17 pages, 15 figures
Quality Provision and Farmer Inclusion of Agricultural Cooperatives
Creators: name: Yu, Jianyu
name: Yu, Jianyu
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Industrial Organization
subject: Agricultural cooperative
subject: mixed oligopsonistic competition
subject: farmer inclusion
subject: Quality standard

description: The paper aims to analyze the quality provision and inclusion of farmers by a farmer-owned cooperative (co-op) when it competes with an investor-owned firm (IOF). A model of mixed oligopsonistic competition is developed to capture the endogenous participation of farmers who are heterogeneous in their efficiency to provide quality. The results highlight an advantage of the co-op: by imposing a similar quality standard to the one imposed by the IOF, the co-op may drive the IOF out of the market. Due to this advantage, it is more likely that the co-op will set a high quality standard when the minimum quality standard is costly to farmers. This advantage, however, may induce an inefficient outcome if providing a high quality product involves a high fixed cost.
Spin torque, tunnel-current spin polarization and magnetoresistance in MgO magnetic tunnel junctions
Creators: name: Fuchs, G. D.
name: Katine, J. A.
name: Kiselev, S. I.
name: Mauri, D.
name: Wooley, K. S.
name: Ralph, D. C.
name: Buhrman, R. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We examine the spin torque (ST) response of magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) with ultra-thin MgO tunnel barrier layers to investigate the relationship between the spin-transfer torque and the tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) under finite bias. We find that the spin torque per unit current exerted on the free layer decreases by less than 10% over a bias range where the TMR decreases by over 40%. We examine the implications of this result for various spin-polarized tunneling models and find that it is consistent with magnetic-state-dependent effective tunnel decay lengths.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures
Lithography-free IR polarization converters via orthogonal in-plane phonons in a-MoO3 flakes
Creators: name: Dereshgi, Sina Abedini
name: Folland, Thomas G.
name: Murthy, Akshay A.
name: Song, Xianglian
name: Tanriover, Ibrahim
name: Dravid, Vinayak P.
name: Caldwell, Joshua D.
name: Aydin, Koray
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Exploiting polaritons in natural vdW materials has been successful in achieving extreme light confinement and low-loss optical devices and enabling simplified device integration. Recently, a-MoO3 has been reported as a semiconducting biaxial vdW material capable of sustaining naturally orthogonal in-plane phonon polariton modes in IR. In this study, we investigate the polarization-dependent optical characteristics of cavities formed using a-MoO3 to extend the degrees of freedom in the design of IR photonic components exploiting the in-plane anisotropy of this material. Polarization-dependent absorption over 80% in a multilayer Fabry-Perot structure with a-MoO3 is reported without the need for nanoscale fabrication on the a-MoO3. We observe coupling between the a-MoO3 optical phonons and the Fabry-Perot cavity resonances. Using cross-polarized reflectance spectroscopy we show that the strong birefringence results in 15% of the total power converted into the orthogonal polarization with respect to incident wave. These findings can open new avenues in the quest for polarization filters and low-loss, integrated planar IR photonics and in dictating polarization control.
Collective excitations of trapped Fermi or Bose gases
Creators: name: Csordas, A.
name: Adam, Z.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A new method is developed to calculate all excitations of trapped gases using hydrodynamics at zero temperature for any equation of state $μ=μ(n)$ and for any trapping potential. It is shown that a natural scalar product can be defined for the mode functions, by which the wave operator is hermitian and the mode functions are orthogonal. It is also shown that the Kohn-modes are exact for harmonic trapping in hydrodynamic theory. Excitations for fermions are calculated in the BCS-BEC transition region using the equation of state of the mean-field Leggett-model for isotrop harmonic trap potential.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures
"GGMHiggsinoNLSP_700_200.slha" of "Search for supersymmetry in events containing a same-flavour opposite-sign dilepton pair, jets, and large missing transverse momentum in $\sqrt{s}=8$ TeV $pp$ collisions with the ATLAS detector"
Creators: name: ATLAS Collaboration
Publisher: name: HEPData
Year: 2015

description: SLHA file for GGM model with tan beta = 1.5, M3 = 700 GeV and mu = 200 GeV
description: CERN-LHC. Two searches for supersymmetric particles in final states containing a same-flavour opposite-sign lepton pair, jets and large missing transverse momentum are presented. The proton-proton collision data used in these searches were collected at a centre-of-mass energy $\sqrt{s}=8$ TeV by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb$^{-1}$. Two leptonic production mechanisms are considered: decays of squarks and gluinos with $Z$ bosons in the final state, resulting in a peak in the dilepton invariant mass distribution around the $Z$-boson mass; and decays of neutralinos (e.g. $\tilde{\chi}^{0}_{2} \rightarrow \ell^{+}\ell^{-}\tilde{\chi}^{0}_{1}$), resulting in a kinematic endpoint in the dilepton invariant mass distribution. For the former, an excess of events above the expected Standard Model background is observed, with a significance of 3 standard deviations. In the latter case, the data are well-described by the expected Standard Model background. The results from each channel are interpreted in the context of several supersymmetric models involving the production of squarks and gluinos.
A class of solvable Lie algebras and their Casimir Invariants
Creators: name: Snobl, L.
name: Winternitz, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 17B30; 81R05

description: A nilpotent Lie algebra n_{n,1} with an (n-1) dimensional Abelian ideal is studied. All indecomposable solvable Lie algebras with n_{n,1} as their nilradical are obtained. Their dimension is at most n+2. The generalized Casimir invariants of n_{n,1} and of its solvable extensions are calculated. For n=4 these algebras figure in the Petrov classification of Einstein spaces. For larger values of n they can be used in a more general classification of Riemannian manifolds.
description: 16 pages
title: De la parole vers la musique : Mário de Andrade à la recherche d’une langue brésilienne
Creators: name: Fragelli, Pedro
Publisher: name: Savoirs en prisme
Year: 2020

description: L’article porte sur la première manifestation littéraire du projet majeur de la littérature moderniste au Brésil : celui d’élaborer une « langue brésilienne ». Au cours des années 20, les écrivains d’avant-garde brésiliens ont essayé de fabriquer un langage qui leur permettrait d’exprimer et de représenter, d’une manière appropriée et authentique, les spécificités sociales et culturelles du pays. L’analyse proposée ici se concentre sur la technique du « vers harmonique », développée dans l’œuvre inaugurale du modernisme brésilien, São Paulo hallucinée, de Mário de Andrade, écrivain qui a porté la recherche d’une langue brésilienne à ses ultimes conséquences. Ce recueil de poèmes constitue le premier moment du programme linguistique de l’auteur. Bien que l’on n’y trouve pas encore tous les éléments de ce projet, le livre met déjà en scène la tendance principale : celle du passage de la parole à la musique. L’effort de formuler un langage accordé à la matière sociale brésilienne conduit le poète à pousser la parole à ses limites – plus précisément, à celles de son abolition au seuil de la musique. Ce mouvement contradictoire vers l’abstrait n’est pourtant pas analysé ici de façon abstraite ; bien au contraire, il est considéré sous une perspective historique : il est compris comme une solution esthétique extrême aux antagonismes irréductibles qui constituaient la société brésilienne au début du XXe siècle.
description: Savoirs en prisme, No. 04 (2015): Langue et musique
k-Component q-deformed charge coherent states and their nonclassical properties
Creators: name: Liu, X. -M.
name: Quesne, C.
name: Song, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: k-Component q-deformed charge coherent states are constructed, their (over)completeness proved and their generation explored. The q-deformed charge coherent states and the even (odd) q-deformed charge coherent states are the two special cases of them as k becomes 1 and 2, respectively. A D-algebra realization of the SU$_q$(1,1) generators is given in terms of them. Their nonclassical properties are studied and it is shown that for $k\geq3$, they exhibit two-mode q-antibunching, but neither SU$_q$(1,1) squeezing, nor one- or two-mode q-squeezing.
description: LaTeX, 29 pages, 2 Postscript figures, minor changes
Varohios J. L. Barnard 1979
Creators: name: Sir, Sally J.
name: White, Kristine N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Amphipoda
Neomegamphopidae
Varohios

description: GenusVarohiosJ. L. Barnard, 1979
Diagnosis.
Male coxa 1 subquadrate. Male gnathopod 1 chelate, carpus and propodus fused, dactylus with posteroproximal tooth. Gnathopod 2 smaller than gnathopod 1, propodus longer than carpus. Uropod 1 with large interramal spine. Uropod 3 rami subequal in length with peduncle, outer ramus with small barrel-shaped article 2.
description: Published as part of Sir, Sally J. & White, Kristine N., 2025, Caribbean Amphipoda (Crustacea) of Panama. Part IV: parvorder Caprellidira, pp. 151-205 in ZooKeys 1234 on pages 151-205, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1234.145826
Rhinopomatidae Bonaparte 1838
Creators: name: Don E. Wilson
name: Russell A. Mittermeier
Publisher: name: Lynx Edicions
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Rhinopomatidae

description: Family RHINOPOMATIDAE
(MOUSE-TAILED BATS)
• Smallto medium-sized insectivorous bats, with reduced tail membrane but free long tail; relatively large auricles, with tragus; and minute noseleaf above fleshy anterior pad of muzzle with dorsally oriented, valvular nostrils.
• 10-16 cm.
• Palearctic, Afrotropical, and Indo-Malayan regions.
• Arid and semiarid habitats, roosting in caves, rocky niches, and man-made structures.
• 1 genus, 6 species, 8 taxa.
• 1 species Endangered; none Extinct since 1600.
description: Published as part of Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2019, Rhinopomatidae, pp. 164-176 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 164, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6421029
CULTURAL AWARENESS AMONG FILIPINO NURSES IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Creators: name: MENDEZ, JONATHAN
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Filipino nurses, cultural competence, Middle East, language barriers, religious customs, family-centered care

description: The Middle East became a primary destination for Filipino nurses seeking employment in its healthcare systems, bringing with them a strong work ethic and compassion. However, these nurses faced significant cultural challenges, including language barriers, religious customs, and family-centered care dynamics. This study explored the lived experiences of Filipino nurses in the Middle East, highlighting the challenges they faced in delivering culturally competent care. This study employed a qualitative descriptive research design using purposive sampling to recruit 12 Filipino nurses working in hospitals and clinics across the Middle East, collecting data through semi-structured interviews which were then analyzed using thematic analysis to explore their lived experiences, cultural awareness, challenges, and strategies for navigating cultural differences. Key themes identified included communication difficulties with non-English-speaking patients, particularly those who spoke only Arabic, and the need to navigate religious and cultural sensitivities such as gender roles and Islamic practices. Additionally, the family-centered healthcare model in the region required nurses to balance professional duties with family expectations. Despite these challenges, Filipino nurses employed strategies such as learning Arabic, attending cultural competence training, and seeking guidance from local colleagues to enhance their cultural awareness. The findings underscored the importance of ongoing cultural competence training to improve patient outcomes and ensure high-quality care in a multicultural healthcare setting.
Socio-economic Determinants of the Performance of Informal Women Co-operatives in Enugu state, Nigeria
Creators: name: Opata, Patience I.
name: Nweze, Noble Jackson
name: Opata, Patience I.
name: Nweze, Noble Jackson
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Financial Economics
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: Food Security and Poverty
subject: Institutional and Behavioral Economics
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Women
subject: Credit and Savings

description: Socio-Economic Determinants of the Performance of Informal Women’s Cooperative Microfinance Societies in Enugu State, Nigeria P. I. OPATA AND N.J. NWEZE Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, E-mail opataify@yahoo.com The problem of lack of access to credit to rural women is symptomatic of deep rooted structural inequalities, which not only curtail access to microfinance services but also the capacity to participate in other aspects of social life. Given such limitations, rural women organize their own forms of microfinance institutions (MFIs) which are peculiar to their own needs. The study was guided by the key null hypothesis that informal women’s groups have not significantly increased the volumes of savings and that informal women’s cooperatives have not significantly increased the volume of credit available to their clients. Six women groups were purposively selected from each LGA, making a total of 36 groups. A total of 216 clients were selected randomly from the groups. Data were collected from both primary and secondary sources. The results portrayed the respondents in the light of economic operators who depended on agriculture and allied activities for their sustenance. Their operations were characterized by poor resource situations resulting from lack of access to credit which obviously necessitated their involvement in informal women co-operatives. Their organizational structure, operational procedure and leadership allowed for optimization of efficient management and use of funds. However, informal women’s cooperatives are still highly dependent on the NGOs for their operations. Quantitative analysis showed that: credit repaid was statistically significant and positively related to the amount of credit disbursed and repayment was related to total savings generated. So, the first, second, third and fourth null hypotheses were rejected.
description: Paper to be presented for International Conference of Women in Africa and African Diaspora (WAAD) at Yaradua Conference Centre Abuja, August 3-11, 2009
Traversable wormhole and Hawking-Page transition in coupled complex SYK models
Creators: name: Sahoo, Sharmistha
name: Lantagne-Hurtubise, Étienne
name: Plugge, Stephan
name: Franz, Marcel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent work has shown that coupling two identical Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev (SYK) models can realize a phase of matter that is holographically dual to an eternal traversable wormhole. This phase supports revival oscillations between two quantum chaotic systems that can be interpreted as information traversing the wormhole. Here we generalize these ideas to a pair of coupled SYK models with complex fermions that respect a global U(1) charge symmetry. Such models show richer behavior than conventional SYK models with Majorana fermions and may be easier to realize experimentally. We consider two different couplings, namely tunneling and charge-conserving two-body interactions, and obtain the corresponding phase diagram using a combination of numerical and analytical techniques. At low temperature we find a charge-neutral gapped phase that supports revival oscillations, with a ground state close to the thermofield double, which we argue is dual to a traversable wormhole. We also find two different gapless non-Fermi liquid phases with tunable charge density which we interpret as dual to a `large' and `small' charged black hole. The gapped and gapless phases are separated by a first-order phase transition of the Hawking-Page type. Finally, we discuss an SU(2)-symmetric limit of our model that is closely related to proposed realizations of SYK physics with spinful fermions in graphene, and explain its relevance for future experiments on this system.
description: 12 pages, 11 figures
Not by Our Genes Alone
Creators: name: Mandrioli, Mauro
Publisher: name: Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell’estetico
Year: 2013

description: Recent discoveries in life sciences evidenced that changes in the composition of the microbiome and epigenetics represent two essential mechanisms at the basis of the biological evolution, since both allow a rapid change of the phenotype in response to both environmental and internal stimuli. Surprisingly, in the age of genomics we are discovering that each organism (and its evolution) cannot be explained by genes alone. The microbiome and the epigenetic machinery are frequently described as completely separate mechanisms, but actually symbionts may act as epigenetic sources of heritable variation so that genomes, epigenomes and microbiomes are not independent traits, but a tripartite driver of the biological evolution of all organisms.
description: Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell’estetico, Vol. 6 No. 2 (2013): Aesthetics and Evolutionism: Requirements, Perspectives, Issues
Mapping the competitive food chain for fresh produce retailers in Tshwane, South Africa
Creators: name: Madevu, Hilton
name: Louw, Andre
name: Ndanga, Leah Z.B.
name: Madevu, Hilton
name: Louw, Andre
name: Ndanga, Leah Z.B.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Competition analysis
subject: fresh produce retail

description: Although several previous studies have ascertained that smallholder farmers prefer informal markets, a few vertically integrated retail chains increasingly dominate South Africa’s agro-food supply chain. The onset of this trend has led to the demise of a large number of general dealers in favour of the sleek new stores. However, greengrocers and hawkers in the fresh produce market have proven to be resilient to this onslaught. This resilience is of interest to this study. The study used ‘Porter’s forces’ model and chain analysis to structure the research and seeks to describe and analyse the competitive situation by determining the relative competitive and strategic behaviour of retailers and to map the sector’s value flows. The main findings were that tridimensional competition was mostly in the middle-income areas. The low-income areas were dominated by hawkers while large chains dominated the high income areas and greengrocers were mostly confined to middle-income areas.
Analysis and prediction of shock formation in acoustic energy transfer systems
Creators: name: Meesala, Vamsi C.
name: Hajj, Muhammad R.
name: Shahab, Shima
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Losses associated with nonlinear wave propagation and exhibited by acoustic wave distortion and shock formation compromise the efficiency of contactless acoustic energy transfer systems. As such, predicting the shock formation distance and its dependence on the amplitude of the excitation is essential for their efficiency, design and operation. We present an analytical approach capable of predicting the shock formation distance of acoustic waves generated by a baffled disk with arbitrary deformation in a weakly viscous fluid medium. The loss-less Westervelt equation, used to model the nonlinear wave propagation, is asymptotically expanded based on the amplitude of the excitation. Because the solutions of the first- and second-order equations decay at different rates, we implement the method of renormalization and introduce a coordinate transformation to identify and eliminate the secular terms. The approach yields two partial differential equations that can be solved to predict the formation distance either analytically or numerically much faster than time-domain numerical simulations. The analysis and results are validated with solutions obtained from a nonlinear finite element simulation and previous experimental measurements.
description: 22 pages and 8 figures
'GMO-Free' labels - enhancing transparency or deceiving consumers?
Creators: name: Henseleit, Meike
name: Kubitzki, Sabine
name: Herrmann, Roland
name: Henseleit, Meike
name: Kubitzki, Sabine
name: Herrmann, Roland
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: Genetic Engineering
subject: Food Labelling
subject: Consumer Survey

description: Consumers, particularly in industrialised countries, are concerned about the application of genetic engineering in food production. There are considerations in many nations worldwide to introduce legal regulations to label food as free of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in order to enable producers to better promote such products. However, requirements for labelling food products as ‘GMO-free’ can be very different, and therefore it is questionable whether consumers’ understanding of ‘GMO-free’ is consistent with what certain labels actually can guarantee. We conducted a consumer survey in order to explore potential gaps between expectations of ‘GMO-free’ food and production requirements in the case of the revised German regulation covering the labelling of foods as ‘GMO-free’. Our results indicate significant differences between consumers’ view and standards of production.
Consumer acceptance of genetically modified rapeseed-oil: A discrete-choice-experiment
Creators: name: Klein, Agnes
name: Zapilko, Marina
name: Menrad, Klaus
name: Gabriel, Andreas
name: Klein, Agnes
name: Zapilko, Marina
name: Menrad, Klaus
name: Gabriel, Andreas
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: Consumer behavior
subject: GM food
subject: rapeseed-oil
subject: Discrete-Choice-Experiment

description: This paper deals with consumer acceptance of genetically modified rapeseed-oil in Germany and analyzes under which conditions consumers would buy such products. To investigate this subject a Discrete-Choice-Experiment was performed within the framework of a cross-European consumer survey in spring 2007. The results show that consumers’ utility is increased by an organically produced product and decreased by a GM product. Thereby the association with individual advantages (health benefits) decreases consumers’ utility less compared to the association with environmental benefits. Additionally, it could be shown that German consumers prefer locally produced rapeseed-oil compared to imported. If GM products exhibit a considerable price discount compared to conventional products, a certain market potential for GM rapeseed-oil exists in Germany. But the granting of discounts must be carefully balanced especially against the background of profitability for producers and processors.
Additional file 3 of Development and preliminary evaluation of a decision coach training module for nurses in Norway
Creators: name: Kienlin, Simone
name: Nytrøen, Kari
name: Kasper, Jürgen
name: Stacey, Dawn
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Information Systems not elsewhere classified
Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 3.
Exotic Heavy-Fermion State in Filled Skutterudite SmOs4Sb12
Creators: name: Sanada, Shotaro
name: Aoki, Yuji
name: Aoki, Hidekazu
name: Tsuchiya, Akihisa
name: Kikuchi, Daisuke
name: Sugawara, Hitoshi
name: Sato, Hideyuki
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Specific heat and transport measurements have revealed an unconventional heavy-fermion (HF) state in SmOs4Sb12 single crystals. The electronic specific-heat coefficient (gamma=0.82 J/K^2mol) and the coefficient (A) of the quadratic temperature dependence of electrical resistivity are largely enhanced, although the ratio A/gamma^2 is reduced from the Kadowaki-Woods ratio of HF materials. Both gamma and A do not show any significant decrease in applied field in contrast with Ce-based HF compounds, suggesting an unconventional origin of the heavy quasiparticles. A weak ferromagnetic ordering sets in below about 3 K, probably originating in the itinerant quasiparticles.
description: 5 pages, 8 figures. To appear in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn., vol.74 (2005)
Do private labels generate customer loyalty in food retailing?
Creators: name: Wettstein, Nadine
name: Brosig, Stephan
name: Glauben, Thomas
name: Hanf, Jon Henrich
name: Loy, Jens-Peter
name: Wettstein, Nadine
name: Brosig, Stephan
name: Glauben, Thomas
name: Hanf, Jon Henrich
name: Loy, Jens-Peter
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: food retailing
subject: private labels
subject: brand loyalty
subject: panel data
subject: hazard analysis

description: The increase of private labels in food retailing and retailers' high expenditures for establishing them raise one central question: Do consumers really consider private labels as "real" brands and develop loyalty towards them. We analyse a four year panel data set on frozen pizza purchases to study differences in consumers' repurchasing behaviour between two strong national brands and private labels. In sum, our results show significant differences. However, the observable repurchase behaviour can not fully reflect the attitudinal component of brand loyalty. So subsequently, we present potential approaches to identify the underlying attitudinal component.
EASE 2024 - FILLER Enhancing Pre-Trained Language Model with Self-Improvementand Post-Ranking for Stack Overflow Post Title Generation
Creators: name: None
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 461201
subject: Automated software engineering
classificationCode: 461202
subject: Empirical software engineering

description: Code for FILLER EASE 2024
CIRPASS: description, performance and astronomical results
Creators: name: Parry, Ian
name: Bunker, Andrew
name: Dean, Andrew
name: Doherty, Michelle
name: Horton, Anthony
name: King, David
name: Lemoine-Busserole, Marie
name: Mackay, Craig
name: McMahon, Richard
name: Medlen, Steve
name: Sharp, Rob
name: Smith, Joanna
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Cambridge Infra-red Panoramic Survey Spectrograph (CIRPASS) is described. This near-infrared (NIR) spectrograph has been used on the 8m Gemini-South Telescope, the 3.9m Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) and the 4.2m William Herschel Telescope (WHT). Its performance in both integral field mode and multi-object mode is discussed and some scientific highlights are presented. A multi-IFU system, which is currently under construction, is also described.
description: SPIE conference procedings, 5492-50, 10 pages
Effects of a solid surface on jet formation around neutron stars
Creators: name: Stute, Matthias
name: Gracia, Jose
name: Camenzind, Max
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present two numerical simulations of an accretion flow from a rotating torus onto a compact object with and without a solid surface -- representing a neutron star and a black hole -- and investigate its influence on the process of jet formation. We report the emergence of an additional ejection component, launched by thermal pressure inside a boundary layer (BL) around the neutron star and examine its structure. Finally, we suggest improvements for future models.
description: 7 pages, 11 figures, accepted for publication in A & A
Origini, specie e individui di fronte al divenire dei processi biologici
Creators: name: Minelli, Alessandro
Publisher: name: Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell’estetico
Year: 2013

description: Because of the steady involvement of organisms in evolutionary dynamics, of the frequent occurrence of uniparental reproduction and of the diverse outcome of hybridisation events, the species category does not easily apply to a sizeable part of the living world. Problematic is also often the use of the category of the individual, especially in the case of polyembryony, and the distinction between metamorphosis of the individual and metagenesis (alternation of generations) is also often uncertain. More generally, fixing origins is commonly arbitrary, in respect to phylogeny (‘origin’ of species) and ontogeny (‘origin’ of individual) alike.
description: Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell’estetico, Vol. 6 No. 2 (2013): Aesthetics and Evolutionism: Requirements, Perspectives, Issues
Contribution of Galactic free-free emission to the foreground for EoR signal in SKA experiments
Creators: name: Lian, Xiaoli
name: Xu, Haiguang
name: Zhu, Zhenghao
name: Hu, Dan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The overwhelming foreground contamination hinders the accurate detection of the 21-cm signal of neutral hydrogen during the Epoch of Reionization (EoR). Among various foreground components, the Galactic free-free emission is less studied, so that its impact on the EoR observations remains unclear. In this work, we employ the observed $\rm Hα$ intensity map with the correction of dust absorption and scattering, the Simfast21 software, and the latest SKA1-Low layout configuration to simulate the SKA "observed" images of Galactic free-free emission and the EoR signal. By calculating the one-dimensional power spectra from the simulated image cubes, we find that the Galactic free-free emission is about $10^{3.5}$-$10^{2.0}$, $10^{3.0}$-$10^{1.3}$, and $10^{2.5}$-$10^{1.0}$ times more luminous than the EoR signal on scales of $0.1~\rm Mpc^{-1} < k < 2~\rm Mpc^{-1}$ in the $116$-$124$, $146$-$154$, and $186$-$194$ ${\rm MHz}$ frequency bands. We further analyse the two-dimensional power spectra inside the properly defined EoR window and find that the leaked Galactic free-free emission can still cause non-negligible contamination, as the ratios of its power (amplitude squared) to the EoR signal power can reach about $200\%$, $60\%$, and $15\%$ on scales of $1.2~\rm Mpc^{-1}$ in three frequency bands, respectively. Therefore, we conclude that the Galactic free-free emission, as a severe contaminating foreground component, needs to be carefully treated in the forthcoming deep EoR observations.
description: 15 pages, 10 figures, the MNRAS published version
D=5 Einstein-Maxwell-Chern-Simons Black Holes
Creators: name: Kunz, Jutta
name: Navarro-Lerida, Francisco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: 5-dimensional Einstein-Maxwell-Chern-Simons theory with Chern-Simons coefficient $λ=1$ has supersymmetric black holes with vanishing horizon angular velocity, but finite angular momentum. Here supersymmetry is associated with a borderline between stability and instability, since for $λ>1$ a rotational instability arises, where counterrotating black holes appear, whose horizon rotates in the opposite sense to the angular momentum. For $λ>2$ black holes are no longer uniquely characterized by their global charges, and rotating black holes with vanishing angular momentum appear.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures, RevTeX style
Sonderangebote und Preissynchronisation im deutschen Lebensmitteleinzelhandel
Creators: name: Hoffmann, Angela
name: Loy, Jens-Peter
name: Hoffmann, Angela
name: Loy, Jens-Peter
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Preissetzung
subject: Preissynchronisation
subject: Sonderangebote
subject: Lebensmitteleinzelhandel
subject: Milchprodukte

description: Der deutsche Lebensmitteleinzelhandel ist durch einen starken Preiswettbewerb geprägt. Sonderangebote stellen dabei das zentrale Marketinginstrument für viele Einzelhändler dar. Preissynchronisation wird als das gleichzeitige Anpassen von Preisen definiert. Das Fehlen dieser Gleichzeitigkeit kann theoretisch zu Wohlfahrtsverlusten führen, wenn wesentliche Änderungen von Angebot und Nachfrage nicht zu Preisänderungen in allen Geschäften führen. Sonderangebote hingegen sind per definitionem keine Reaktionen auf Änderungen von Angebot und Nachfrage. Folglich sollten sie bei der Bestimmung der Synchronisation nicht berücksichtigt werden. Anhand von Scannerdaten wird bei Milchprodukten untersucht, ob und in welchem Umfang Sonderangebote die Ergebnisse zur Preissynchronisation zwischen Geschäften des deutschen Lebensmitteleinzelhandels verändern. Die empirische Analyse ergibt, dass Änderungen der Preise bei Milchprodukten zwischen Geschäften über die Zeit nicht perfekt synchronisiert sind. Sonderangebote wirken dabei negativ auf die gemessene Preissynchronisation. Die Stärke des Einflusses variiert in Abhängigkeit der Definition von Sonderangeboten sowie zwischen Einzelprodukten und Produktgruppen.
Additional file 1 of Understanding depression in autism: the role of subjective perception and anterior cingulate cortex volume
Creators: name: Hao, Yu
name: Banker, Sarah
name: Trayvick, Jadyn
name: Barkley, Sarah
name: Peters, Arabella W.
name: Thinakaran, Abigaël
name: McLaughlin, Christopher
name: Gu, Xiaosi
name: Schiller, Daniela
name: Foss-Feig, Jennifer
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Supplementary Material 1
Non-ideal artificial phase discontinuity in long Josephson 0-kappa-junctions
Creators: name: Gaber, T.
name: Goldobin, E.
name: Sterck, A.
name: Kleiner, R.
name: Koelle, D.
name: Siegel, M.
name: Neuhaus, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the creation of an arbitrary $κ$-discontinuity of the Josephson phase in a long Nb-AlO_x-Nb Josephson junction (LJJ) using a pair of tiny current injectors, and study the formation of fractional vortices formed at this discontinuity. The current I_inj, flowing from one injector to the other, creates a phase discontinuity kappa ~ I_inj. The calibration of injectors is discussed in detail. The small but finite size of injectors leads to some deviations of the properties of such a 0-kappa-LJJ from the properties of a LJJ with an ideal kappa-discontinuity. These experimentally observed deviations in the dependence of the critical current on I_inj$ and magnetic field can be well reproduced by numerical simulation assuming a finite injector size. The physical origin of these deviations is discussed.
description: Submitted to Phys. Rev. B (12 figures). v 2: refs updated, long eqs fixed v 3: major changes, fractional vortex dynamics excluded
Early evolutionary tracks of low-mass stellar objects in modified gravity
Creators: name: Wojnar, Aneta
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using a simple model of low-mass stellar objects we have shown modified gravity impact on their early evolution, such as Hayashi tracks, radiative core development, effective temperature, masses, and luminosities. We have also suggested that the upper mass' limit of fully convective stars on the Main Sequence might be different than commonly adopted.
description: A version accepted to PRD, 10 pages, one figure, one table
Magnetic Phase Diagram of the Hole-doped Ca$_{2-x}$Na$_{x}$CuO$_{2}$Cl$_{2}$ Cuprate Superconductor
Creators: name: Ohishi, K.
name: Yamada, I.
name: Koda, A.
name: Higemoto, W.
name: Saha, S. R.
name: Kadono, R.
name: Kojima, K. M.
name: Azuma, M.
name: Takano, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on the magnetic phase diagram of a hole-doped cuprate Ca$_{2-x}$Na$_{x}$CuO$_{2}$Cl$_{2}$, which is free from buckling of CuO$_2$ planes, determined by muon spin rotation and relaxation. It is characterized by a quasi-static spin glass-like phase over a range of sodium concentration ($0.05\leq x\leq 0.12$), which is held between long range antiferromagnetic (AF) phase ($x\leq 0.02$) and superconducting phase where the system is non-magnetic for $x\geq 0.15$. The obtained phase diagram qualitatively agrees well with that commonly found for hole-doped high-\tc cuprates, strongly suggesting that the incomplete suppression of the AF order for $x>0.02$ is an essential feature of the hole-doped cuprates.
description: 5 pages, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett
Einflussfaktoren auf dei Effizienz von ökologisch wirtschaftenden Milchviehbetrieben: Die Rolle von Agglomerationen und von agrarpolitischer Förderung
Creators: name: Lakner, Sebastian
name: Lakner, Sebastian
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Farm Management
subject: Effizienzanalyse
subject: Ökologische Landwirtschaft
subject: Agglomerationseffekte
subject: Subventionen

description: Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht die Einflussfaktoren auf Ökologische Futterbaubetriebe in Deutschland. Der Datensatz besteht aus Buchführungsdaten von 305 Betrieben aus den Wirtschaftsjahren 1994/1995 bis 2005/2006. Fünf Inputs und ein Output wurden mit Hilfe einer stochastischen Frontieranalyse (SFA) untersucht. Das Model lässt die Schätzung von Heteroskedastizität zu und schätzt die Einflussfaktoren auf die technische Effizienz mit Hilfe des „Technical Effects Model“. Die Auswahl der Bestimmungs-gründe der technischen Effizienz umfasst 5 Indikatorgruppen. Die Analyse ist fokussiert auf die Auswirkungen der agrarpolitischen Instrumente und der regionalen Einflussfaktoren. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, das Zahlen der Agrarumweltprogramme die technische Effizienz kaum beeinflussen. Betriebe, die an Agrarinvestitionsprogrammen teilnehmen zeigen dagegen eine niedrigere Effizienz. Daneben bestätigt die Studie, dass im Bereich des Ökologischen Landbaus Agglomerationseffekte auftreten, die sich positiv auf die einzelbetriebliche Effizienz auswirken.
Soliton spiraling in optically-induced rotating Bessel lattices
Creators: name: Kartashov, Yaroslav V.
name: Vysloukh, Victor A.
name: Torner, Lluis
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We address soliton spiraling in optical lattices induced by multiple coherent Bessel beams and show that the dynamical nature of such lattices make them able to drag different soliton structures, setting them into rotation. The rotation rate can be controlled by varying the topological charges of lattice-inducing Bessel beams.
description: 10 pages, 4 figures, to appear in Optics Letters