cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The stopping of low energy ions in reactions of astrophysical interest
Creators: name: Bertulani, C. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: he velocity dependence of the stopping power of swift protons and deuterons in low energy collisions with hydrogen and helium gas targets is investigated with the numerical solution of the time-dependent Schroedinger coupled-channels equations using molecular orbital wavefunctions. At low projectile energies the stopping is mainly due to nuclear stopping, charge exchange of the electron, and excitation of the lowest levels in the target. The second and third mechanisms dominate at E < 200 eV. At lower energies it is also shown that a threshold effect is responsible for a quick drop of the energy loss. This investigation sheds more light on the long standing electron screening problem in fusion reactions of astrophysical interest.
description: 8 pages, 3 figures, presented at FUSION03, Matsushima, Miyagi, Japan, Nov 12-15, 2003, to appear in Progress of Theoretical Physics
Attitudes Toward the Use of Treated Wastewater: A Survey of the Rural Population in Egypt
Creators: name: Abdelradi, Fadi
name: Ewiss, Mohamed A. Zaki
name: Guesmi, Bouali
name: Abdelradi, Fadi
name: Ewiss, Mohamed A. Zaki
name: Guesmi, Bouali
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Wastewater
subject: Structural equation modelling
subject: Attitudes
subject: Theory of planned behavior

description: Treated WasteWater (TWW) projects can fail if the factors controlling their implementation are not considered. This paper analyze the findings of a survey (966 participants) conducted to investigate the attitudes of the Egyptian rural public towards TWW use for non-potable applications using a conceptual framework elaborated based on the literature estimated using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Results indicate that the factors considered in the analysis of the conceptual framework were found to be relevant in explaining the participants’ behavior towards WasteWater Reuse (WWR). Our findings suggest considering these factor when developing new policies and campaigns for WWR prior to implementation.
title: Surface properties of poly(bisphenol-A-carbonate)
Creators: name: Weerapperuma, D. G. Kamal E.
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 1981

description: The work presented in this thesis consists of several strands:

(a) the development of a technique to measure surface free energies of amorphous polymers
(b) an investigation of chemical polishing and
c) the problems of injection moulded polycarbonate.

Grooves inscribed in an amorphous polymer surface change in dimensions on thermal annealing, and this change observed by interferometry forms the basis of the surface free energy measurement technique. Stringent temperature control and accurate temperature monitoring during thermal annealing is an essential feature of this technique. A surface free energy of approximately 0.121 J m-2 (121 ergs cm-2) at 174°C was measured for polycarbonate using this method.

An increase in the polishing temperature the thinning rate but not the extent of polishing position of the sample during polishing was found rate of the viscous layer and hence polishing and was found to increase or etching. The to affect the growth etching phases. An activation energy of 26.0 kJ (mol)-1 was measured for the thinning process.

A high degree of molecular orientation and residual stress (a major reason for premature mechanical failure) was primarily attributed to cold moulding and poor mould design coupled with inadequate testing of, the finished product. The high birefringence observed in the moulding was predominantly attributed to molecular orientation and residual stress.
Caudibeccus meleagris Gnezdilov & O'Brien 2008, comb. n.
Creators: name: Gnezdilov, Vladimir M.
name: O'Brien, Lois B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Nogodinidae
Caudibeccus
Caudibeccus meleagris

description: Caudibeccus meleagris (Fennah 1955), comb. n.
 Colpoptera meleagris Fennah 1955: 27, fig. 1, p-v.
description: Published as part of Gnezdilov, Vladimir M. & O'Brien, Lois B., 2008, New taxa and combinations in Neotropical Issidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea), pp. 1-26 in Insecta Mundi 2008 (31) on page 24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4532901
A Remarkable Collection of Rutters, 16–18th Century: Derroteros que hacía el Piloto Mayor para que llevasen los jefes de las embarcaciones que iban a Indias
Creators: name: Lacerda, Carmo
name: Madrid, José María Moreno
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 220206 History and Philosophy of Science (incl. Non-historical Philosophy of Science)
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion

description: Technical Note of the Rutter Project: Making the Earth Global.
Function of lipoprotein lipase and endothelial lipase in human macrophages
Creators: name: Qiu, Guosong
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) and endothelial lipase (EL) are expressed in atherosclerotic lesions, mainly in macrophages. However, the functional roles of LPL and EL in macrophages are not well characterized. In the present thesis, the effects of these lipases on cholesterol efflux, low density lipoprotein (LDL) catabolism, and proinflammatory cytokine secretion in human macrophages were investigated. Lentivirus transduction successfully induced EL suppression or over-expression in macrophages. LPL suppression was mediated by lentivirus transduction whereas dexamethasone was used to stimulate LPL expression. Apolipoprotein AI- (apoAI-) mediated cholesterol efflux was modestly reduced after LPL and EL suppression, but significantly increased in lipase-overexpressing macrophages as well as transfected 293 cells. This effect was partially inhibited after the elimination of either catalytic or non-catalytic lipase function, but completely abolished when both functions were blocked. The observed effect on cholesterol efflux was mediated partially by an increased apoAI binding, an effect dependent on cell surface lipase. Lipase expression was inversely associated with phosphatidylcholine and sphingomyelin levels, but positively with lysophosphatidylcholine production, the later was shown to promote apoAI-mediated cholesterol efflux dose-dependently. EL expression was positively correlated with both native and oxidized LDL binding and association via non-catalytic function as observed in both EL-suppressed and over-expressed macrophages. By contrast, the catalytic activity of EL did not have a significant role in oxidized LDL metabolism with the exception of a positive correlation with native LDL association, which also partially depended on the LDL receptor. The concentration of interleukin-1β and 6, macrophage chemoattractant protein-1, and tumor necrosis factor-α was reduced after LPL and EL suppression, The lipase suppression also amplified the inhibitory effect of oxidized LDL in macrophages. Microarray analysis indicated that >50 genes, mainly proinflammatory ones, had marked expression changes after lipase suppression. Atorvastatin treatment reduced LPL and EL expression as well as Rho, the liver X receptor (LXR), and nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) levels. Mechanistic studies identified LXR and NF-κB to be involved in atorvastatin-induced suppression of LPL and EL, respectively. In summary, by promoting apoAI-mediated cholesterol efflux, lipoprotein binding and uptake, and proinflammatory cytokine expression in macrophages, EL and LPL may influence the atherogenic potential of macrophages.
A Cross-Country Comparison of the Sustainability Effects of Dietary Recommendations
Creators: name: Irz, Xavier
name: Jensen, Jørgen Dejgaard
name: Leroy, Pascal
name: Réquillart, Vincent
name: Soler, Louis-Georges
name: Irz, Xavier
name: Jensen, Jørgen Dejgaard
name: Leroy, Pascal
name: Réquillart, Vincent
name: Soler, Louis-Georges
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: Nutrition
subject: Healthy eating
subject: Diet
subject: Sustainability
subject: Food choices

description: We analyse ex-ante the effects of diet recommendations in France, Finland and Denmark. The simulation approach combines a behavioural model of adjustment to dietary constraints, an epidemiological model and an LCA model. We conclude that for the three countries: 1- The promotion of several diet recommendations would improve social welfare; 2- Healthy-eating recommendations targeting consumption of saturated fat, fruits/vegetables and salt should be prioritized for promotion; 3- Although synergies dominate, trade-offs between environmental and health objectives may occur in Finland and Denmark; and 4- The taste/utility cost of dietary change imposed on consumers should be included in the welfare analysis of diet recommendations.
Credit achievement ability during distance learning era: the case of Statistics in Medicine course
Creators: name: Stura, Ilaria
name: Alemanni, Alessandra
name: Migliaretti, Giuseppe
Publisher: name: Journal of Biomedical Practitioners
Year: 2021

description: AIM In this study, the effects of the DL on academic career were investigated. BACKGROUND Distance Learning (DL) became mandatory in Italy from March 2020, due to COVID19 emergency. DESIGN The performances of students in Medical Statistics course of the Nursing degree in three campus of the University of Turin (Aosta, Beinasco and Cuneo) in the Academic Years 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 were considered. METHODS The study is based on 308 students, 48% of whom both attended the lessons and took the exams in DL. The effect of DL on student’s performance was evaluated using Logistic regression models and the results are showed in terms of odds ratios adjusted for gender, age and campus. RESULTS The results show that DL did not bring particular limitations to the students, highlighting on the contrary evident benefits in terms of organization and management of lessons and exams. Moreover, the level of students’ satisfaction at the end of the course increased in DL. CONCLUSION DL seems to do not affect the student’s ability on achieve credits, at least in mathematical subjects. More investigations are needed considering all courses’ types.
description: Journal of Biomedical Practitioners, V. 5 N. 2 (2021)
Gain without inversion in a biased superlattice
Creators: name: Vasko, F. T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Intersubband transitions in a superlattice under homogeneous electric field is studied within the tight-binding approximation. Since the levels are equi-populated, the non-zero response appears beyond the Born approximation. Calculations are performed in the resonant approximation with scattering processes exactly taken into account. The absorption coefficient is equal zero for the resonant excitation while a negative absorption (gain without inversion) takes place below the resonance. A detectable gain in the THz spectral region is obtained for the low-doped $GaAs$-based superlattice and spectral dependencies are analyzed taking into account the interplay between homogeneous and inhomogeneous mechanisms of broadening.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures
JT Supergravity, Minimal Strings, and Matrix Models
Creators: name: Johnson, Clifford V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is proposed that a family of Jackiw-Teitelboim supergravites, recently discussed in connection with matrix models by Stanford and Witten, can be given a complete definition, to all orders in the topological expansion and beyond, in terms of a specific combination of minimal string theories. This construction defines non-perturbative physics for the supergravity that is well-defined and stable. The minimal models come from double-scaled complex matrix models and correspond to the cases $(2Γ{+}1,2)$ in the Altland-Zirnbauer $(\boldsymbolα,\boldsymbolβ)$ classification of random matrix ensembles, where $Γ$ is a parameter. A central role is played by a non-linear `string equation' that naturally incorporates $Γ$, usually taken to be an integer, counting e.g., D-branes in the minimal models. Here, half-integer $Γ$ also has an interpretation. In fact, $Γ{=}{\pm}\frac12$ yields the cases $(0,2)$ and $(2,2)$ that were shown by Stanford and Witten to have very special properties. These features are manifest in this definition because the relevant solutions of the string equation have special properties for $Γ{=}{\pm}\frac12$. Additional special features for other half-integer $Γ$ suggest new surprises in the supergravity models.
description: 15 pages, 9 multi-component figures, 1 trumpet v2: Discussion of perturbation theory improved. Overall presentation enhanced in various places
Cumulative economic assessment of future trade agreements on the EU agriculture
Creators: name: Boulanger, Pierre
name: Dillen, Koen
name: Dudu, Hasan
name: Ferrari, Emanuele
name: Himics, Mihaly
name: M'Barek, Robert
name: Philippidis, George
name: Boulanger, Pierre
name: Dillen, Koen
name: Dudu, Hasan
name: Ferrari, Emanuele
name: Himics, Mihaly
name: M'Barek, Robert
name: Philippidis, George
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: European Union
subject: FTA
subject: Agriculture
subject: CGE model
subject: PE model

description: This paper presents potential effects of twelve free trade agreements (FTAs) under the current EU FTA agenda. With the help of two economic simulation models (the global CGE MAGNET and PE AGLINK), it sheds some light on relatively balanced cumulated impacts in terms of trade, production and price for the EU agricultural sector as a whole while quantifying also the market development for specific agricultural sectors. It compares a conservative and an ambitious FTA scenario with a business as usual (reference) scenario.
Caudibeccus lucaris Gnezdilov & O'Brien 2008, comb. n.
Creators: name: Gnezdilov, Vladimir M.
name: O'Brien, Lois B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Nogodinidae
Caudibeccus
Caudibeccus lucaris

description: Caudibeccus lucaris (Fennah 1955), comb. n.
 Colpoptera lucaris Fennah 1955: 28, fig. 2, m, n.
description: Published as part of Gnezdilov, Vladimir M. & O'Brien, Lois B., 2008, New taxa and combinations in Neotropical Issidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea), pp. 1-26 in Insecta Mundi 2008 (31) on page 24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4532901
Detecting the non-universal gauge boson $Z^{'}$ at high-energy $e^{+}e^{-}$ collider
Creators: name: Yue, Chongxing
name: Yu, Dongqi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the context of topcolor-assisted techicolor($TC2$) models, we investigate the feasibility of detecting the non-universal gauge boson $Z^{'}$ in the future high-energy linear $e^{+}e^{-}$ collider($LC$) experiments by performing $χ^{2}$ analysis via studying its virtual effects on the processes $e^{+}e^{-}\to f\bar{f}$ with $f=τ$, $μ$, b, and c. We find that the non-universal gauge boson $Z^{'}$ is most sensitive to the process $e^{+}e^{-}\to τ\barτ$. Discovery limits of the $Z^{'}$ mass $M_{Z^{'}}$ can be enhanced by the suitably polarized beams. If we assume that polarization of electron beam and positron beam are 80% and 60%, the $LC$ experiment with $\sqrt{s}=500GeV$ and $£_{int}=340fb^{-1}$ can explore $M_{Z^{'}}$ up to 8$TeV$ for the coupling parameter $K_{1}\leq$0.8 at 95% $CL$.
description: 11 pages, 2 figures
Raggiungimento dei crediti formativi nell’era della DaD: il caso del corso di Statistica Medica
Creators: name: Stura, Ilaria
name: Alemanni, Alessandra
name: Migliaretti, Giuseppe
Publisher: name: Journal of Biomedical Practitioners
Year: 2021

description: La Didattica a Distanza (DaD) è diventata obbligatoria in Italia da marzo 2020, a causa dell’emergenza COVID19. In questo studio desideravamo quindi analizzare gli effetti della DaD sulle carriere accademiche degli studenti, in particolare sulla loro capacità di superare gli esami. In questo studio pilota, sono state analizzate le performance degli studenti del corso di Statistica Medica del Corso di Laurea in Infermieristica in tre sedi dell'Università degli Studi di Torino (Cuneo, Aosta e Beinasco) negli Anni Accademici 2019-2020 e 2020-2021. Lo studio si basa su 308 studenti, il 48% dei quali ha frequentato sia le lezioni che gli esami in DaD. L'effetto del DaD sulle prestazioni degli studenti è stato valutato utilizzando la regressione logistica modelli; i risultati sono mostrati in termini di Odds Ratio (OR) aggiustati per sesso, età e sede. I risultati mostrano che la DaD non ha portato particolari limitazioni agli studenti, evidenziando al contrario evidenti benefici in termini di organizzazione e gestione di lezioni ed esami. Inoltre, il livello di soddisfazione degli studenti alla fine del corso è aumentato in DaD. La DaD sembra non intaccare la capacità dello studente di conseguire crediti, almeno in materie matematiche. Sono necessarie ulteriori indagini considerando tutti i tipi di corsi.
description: Journal of Biomedical Practitioners, V. 5 N. 2 (2021)
Short- and long-run policy evaluation: support for grassland-based milk production in Switzerland
Creators: name: Mack, Gabriele
name: Kohler, Andreas
name: Mack, Gabriele
name: Kohler, Andreas
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Policy evaluation
subject: Agent-based sector model
subject: Difference-in-difference
subject: Grassland-based milk production
subject: Agri-environmental program

description: In recent years, concentrate supplementation in milk production has increased worldwide with negative eects on the environment and food security. To counteract this trend, Switzerland introduced an agri-environmental program to support grassland-based milk production in 2014. This paper combines ex-post and ex-ante methods to evaluate short- and long-run eects of this policy on environmental and economic outcomes and to evaluate the policy's contribution to food security. We nd that the policy has no eect on environmental outcomes like ecological area and N surplus but substantial eects on economic outcomes like milk yield per cow and farm income. Furthermore, the program aects food security positively.
Price discovery in the European wheat market
Creators: name: Vollmer, Teresa
name: Von Cramon-Taubadel, Stephan
name: Vollmer, Teresa
name: Von Cramon-Taubadel, Stephan
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Price discovery
subject: Price turmoil
subject: Wheat
subject: Commodity futures

description: To know about the pricing process in agricultural spot and futures markets is important for every market participant. However, literature for the European market is rare. In this article we analyse price discovery in the European wheat market and focus especially on time periods with price turmoil. We find that price discovery is subject to structural changes over time and that the pattern of dominance in the pricing process alternates between the spot and futures market. Results suggest that neither price turmoil nor a change in the liquidity of the futures market is solely responsible for these structural changes.
The impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on the workloads of UPMC advanced radiotherapy centers in Italy
Creators: name: Forte, Velia
name: Di Minico, Debora
name: Cavallo, Francesca
name: Gennuso, Natascia
name: Caponigro, Stefania
name: Borrelli, Simona
name: Nicolini, Leonardo
name: Lusini, Federica
name: Triscari, Giulia
name: Canino, Claudia
name: Capone, Luca
name: Allegretta, Sara
name: Russo, Ivana
name: Abate, Gessica
name: Gentile, Piercarlo
Publisher: name: Journal of Biomedical Practitioners
Year: 2021

description: GOALS The Advanced Radiotherapy Centers of UPMC San Pietro FBF of Rome (CC#1) and UPMC Villa Maria of Mirabella Eclano (CC#2) conducted a study to review variations in department workloads and workflows experienced during the pandemic. The potential relation between these variations and the new procedures introduced to prevent and contain the COVID-19 infection was also studied. MATERIALS AND METHODS The data used were obtained from reports present in the ARIA® system (v. 15.1 Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, CA, U.S.A.). To examine the workloads was used the Downtime, an indicator that directly quantifies the inactivity of the department, derived from the ratio between the daily stand-by time of the LINACs (TrueBeam STx®, Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, CA, U.S.A.) and the mean number of treatments performed every day. In order to examine the workflows and possible delays, we measured the time between the treatments ("Therapy intervals"). RESULTS The Downtime average at CC#1 slightly increased from 3.1% in 2019 to 3.8% in 2020. However, the monthly analysis shows significant reduction (March-April-May) and increase (November-December) peaks. At CC#2, the 2020 Downtime trend was fairly consistent (average value: 3.3%), with an increase during the first wave of the pandemic. The "5-10 min" Therapy intervals at CC#1, reviewed comparing the March-April-May 2020 quarter with 2019, were higher in the first months and lower in May; the "10-15 min" intervals were stable; the ">20 min" intervals slightly increased in March 2020. At CC#2, the trend in 2020 decreased during the months of higher health care emergency and increased during the summer months. CONCLUSIONS The fact that the trends of the indicators show peaks only during the periods of major health care emergency indicates an impact of the pandemic, both on the workload and on the workflow. However, they also highlight the staff's ability to rapidly adapt to the new procedures, without affecting the overall performance of the both centers.
description: Journal of Biomedical Practitioners, V. 5 N. 2 (2021)
Vidéos ethnographiques de la vie rurale en pays Mossi, canton de Ziga, Burkina-Faso, 1993 – 1999 ; « Corpus vidéo Burkina Faso – B. Taverne 1993 – 1999 »
Creators: name: Taverne, Bernard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Burkina Faso
subject: Cultural anthropology
subject: visual anthropology
subject: domestic life
subject: traditional medicine

description: The ‘Burkina Faso Video Corpus - B. Taverne 1993 - 1999’ consists of a set of video recordings made between 1993 and 1999 in rural Mossi areas, in the villages of Sawana and Ziga (Ziga canton, Ziniaré department, Oubritenga province, Central Plateau region). The recordings were made by Bernard Taverne (anthropologist, doctor) and Hamadou Sigui Kabré (research assistant). The videos were recorded in the course of research into the anthropology of health, and cover a range of everyday activities, whether individual, family or collective, and covering a variety of topics (domestic life, craft techniques, farming activities, funeral ceremonies, the activities of healers, etc.). The final corpus is made up of 61 files, in .mp4 format, varying in length from 1 minute to 174 minutes. Technical aspects are detailed in the appendix.
title: Self-advocacy and families: co-researching with people with learning difficulties
Creators: name: Mitchell, Paula Jane
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 1998

description: This thesis examines how adults with learning difficulties experience self-advocacy in their families. I take a qualitative approach, using in-depth interviewing. My work explores participatory research with people with learning difficulties, involving a small group of people with learning difficulties as co-researchers. I use a dialectical materialist understanding of disability, based on the social model. The thesis adds to the recent theorising of learning difficulty. People with learning difficulties are discussed as an oppressed group. The social identity of adults with learning difficulties is that they need care and control, and are like children. Self-advocacy is shown to claim autonomy and adulthood. This thesis argues that self-advocacy challenges the social identity of learning difficulty, but that the oppression of people with learning difficulties is such that their attempts to self-organise are limited. The thesis examines the challenge to family roles implicit in this. While the principles of self-advocacy apply to home life, in my research practice did not consciously transfer self-advocacy to home. Service influence and the role of advisers were significant. Nevertheless, for my respondents, self-advocacy did impact at home. Day-to-day control at home seemed to be allowed, with real control still resting with parents. The thesis uses models from family literature to illuminate control and autonomy at home. The traditional concept of the 'handicapped family is undermined by my research. Stereotypes of controlling parents holding back their adult children were not found, but the values of independence and separateness are not desirable to all families or adults with learning difficulties. My work links adult status to the identity of learning difficulty itself, exploring how people define themselves.
Laplace approximation for fast Bayesian inference in generalized additive models based on penalized regression splines
Creators: name: Gressani, Oswaldo
name: Lambert, Philippe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Generalized additive models (GAMs) are a well-established statistical tool for modeling complex nonlinear relationships between covariates and a response assumed to have a conditional distribution in the exponential family. In this article, P-splines and the Laplace approximation are coupled for flexible and fast approximate Bayesian inference in GAMs. The proposed Laplace-P-spline model contributes to the development of a new methodology to explore the posterior penalty space by considering a deterministic grid-based strategy or a Markov chain sampler, depending on the number of smooth additive terms in the predictor. Our approach has the merit of relying on closed form analytical expressions for the gradient and Hessian of the approximate posterior penalty vector, which enables to construct accurate posterior pointwise and credible set estimators for latent field variables at a relatively low computational budget even for a large number of smooth additive components. Based upon simple Gaussian approximations of the conditional latent field posterior, the suggested methodology enjoys excellent statistical properties. The performance of the Laplace-P-spline model is confirmed through different simulation scenarios and the method is illustrated on two real datasets.
description: 39 pages, 7 figures, 8 tables
Modelling the Effects of a Ban of Glyphosate on Weed Management Strategies in Maize Production
Creators: name: Böcker, Thomas Gerd
name: Britz, Wolfgang
name: Finger, Robert
name: Böcker, Thomas Gerd
name: Britz, Wolfgang
name: Finger, Robert
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Output damage control
subject: Herbicide
subject: Maize
subject: Glyphosate
subject: Germany

description: A bio-economic model is developed that allows a detailed representation of optimal weed management decisions. Focussing on German maize production, we apply the model to the effects of a glyphosate ban on farmers’ income, other herbicide use, maize yields and labour demand. We find that a glyphosate ban has only small income effects. Moreover, our results show that selective herbicides are not used at higher levels, but glyphosate is rather substituted by mechanical practices leading to higher labour demand. Slight yield reduction due to less intensive pre-sowing strategies turns out as more profitable than maintaining current yield levels.
Datasets related to project "Financial Abilities in neurological diseases. Development of a telerehabilitation program: FINAGE" (part 4)
Creators: name: Burgio, Francesca
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: The file contains the third part of MRI data of subjects with Mild Cognitive Impairment, collected for the "Financial Abilities in neurological diseases. Development of a telerehabilitation program: FINAGE" (GR-2018-12367927) project, funded by the Italian Ministry of Health under the Ricerca Finalizzata (2018) call.
Impatto della pandemia da SARS-CoV-2 sui workload di due centri UPMC di radioterapia ad alta specializzazione in Italia
Creators: name: Forte, Velia
name: Di Minico, Debora
name: Cavallo, Francesca
name: Gennuso, Natascia
name: Caponigro, Stefania
name: Borrelli, Simona
name: Nicolini, Leonardo
name: Lusini, Federica
name: Triscari, Giulia
name: Canino, Claudia
name: Capone, Luca
name: Allegretta, Sara
name: Russo, Ivana
name: Abate, Gessica
name: Gentile, Piercarlo
Publisher: name: Journal of Biomedical Practitioners
Year: 2021

description: OBIETTIVI I Centri di Radioterapia UPMC San Pietro FBF di Roma (CC#1) e UPMC Villa Maria di Mirabella Eclano (CC#2) hanno condotto uno studio con l’obiettivo di analizzare le variazioni avvenute durante la pandemia sui workload e i workflow di reparto. È stato, inoltre, ricercato l’eventuale nesso tra queste e l’introduzione di nuove procedure per la prevenzione e il contenimento del contagio da Covid-19. MATERIALI E METODI I dati utilizzati sono stati ricavati da reports presenti nel sistema ARIA (V.15.1 Varian Medical System, CA, Palo Alto, USA). Per esaminare i workload è stato utilizzato il Downtime, un indicatore che quantifica direttamente l'inattività del reparto, ricavato dal rapporto tra il tempo di standby giornaliero dei LINAC (TrueBeam STx®, Varian Medical System, CA, Palo Alto, USA) e la media di trattamenti giornalieri effettuati. Per esaminare workflow ed eventuali ritardi tra le attività, sono stati valutati gli intervalli di tempo tra una terapia e la successiva (Intervalli di terapia). RISULTATI Il Downtime nel CC#1 ha subìto un leggero aumento del valore medio dal 3.1% del 2019 al 3.8% del 2020, tuttavia l’analisi mensile mostra consistenti picchi di riduzione (marzo-aprile-maggio) e di incremento (novembre-dicembre). Per il CC#2 il trend del Downtime nel 2020 è abbastanza regolare (valore medio del 3,3%), con un incremento durante la prima ondata della pandemia. Gli Intervalli di terapia di “5-10 min” nel CC#1, analizzati confrontando il trimestre marzo-aprile-maggio 2020 col 2019, risultano maggiori per i primi mesi e ridotti a maggio; quelli di “10-15” min risultano stabili; quelli “>20 min” sono leggermente aumentati a marzo 2020. Per il CC#2 il trend nel 2020 decresce nei mesi di maggiore emergenza sanitaria e incrementa nei mesi estivi. CONCLUSIONI Il fatto che i trend degli indicatori utilizzati abbiano dei picchi esclusivamente in corrispondenza dei periodi di maggiore emergenza sanitaria, è indice di un certo impatto – sia in termini di workload che di workflow – della pandemia, ma anche della capacità del personale di adattarsi in breve tempo alle nuove procedure da eseguire, senza inficiare sul rendimento generale dei Centri.
description: Journal of Biomedical Practitioners, V. 5 N. 2 (2021)
Caudibeccus emeljanovi Gnezdilov & O'Brien 2008, sp. n.
Creators: name: Gnezdilov, Vladimir M.
name: O'Brien, Lois B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Nogodinidae
Caudibeccus
Caudibeccus emeljanovi

description: Caudibeccus emeljanovi sp. n. (Fig. 63-69)
 Examined material: (ZIN). Cuba: Holotype, M, Soroa, 8.XI.1986, A.F. Emeljanov leg. Paratype: 1 F, data as holotype.
 Diagnosis: Metope wide. Fore wings long, narrow, widely rounded apically, with wide hypocostal plate. Radius and median bifurcate, cubitus anterior simple or bifurcate (R 2 M 2 CuA 1-2). Metatarsomere I with 5 intermediate socle setae.
 Coloration. Head and pronotum from light greenish brown to brown. Anteclypeus and upper part of postclypeus dark brown. Scutellum and fore wings brown; fore wings of male with large yellowish brown areas proximally and indistinct dark brown spots through whole wing. Legs and abdominal sternites light yellowish brown.
 Male (Fig 63-69). Pygofer with convex hind margin. Anal tube long, narrow, narrowing to pointed apex, which is turned down. Anal column half as long as anal tube. Phallobase curved at nearly right angle (in lateral view). Suspensorium with projection. Each dorsolateral phallobase lobe with a bifurcate process (branches joined at acute angle, upper longer branch directed apically and lower shorter branch directed nearly horizontally). Ventral phallobase lobe short. Each ventral aedeagal hook with a pair of spine-shaped processes. Style with straight hind margin.
 Female. Hind margin of sternum VII with wide and long rounded apically tongue-like process.
 Body length. Male and female - 5.5 mm.
 Comparison: It differs from the closely related C. carlota in the structure of male genitalia: anal tube without processes laterally, lower branch of the bifurcate process of dorsolateral phallobase lobe without additional bifurcation, ventral phallobase lobe short, ventral aedeagal hooks with spine-shaped processes, style with straight hind margin.
description: Published as part of Gnezdilov, Vladimir M. & O'Brien, Lois B., 2008, New taxa and combinations in Neotropical Issidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea), pp. 1-26 in Insecta Mundi 2008 (31) on page 24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4532901
Structural Change In European Agriculture
Creators: name: Neuenfeldt, Sebastian
name: Gocht, Alexander
name: Ciaian, Pavel
name: Heckelei, Thomas
name: Jongeneel, Roel
name: Neuenfeldt, Sebastian
name: Gocht, Alexander
name: Ciaian, Pavel
name: Heckelei, Thomas
name: Jongeneel, Roel
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Farm structural change
subject: MCI model
subject: EU
subject: FADN data
subject: Production specialisation

description: In this paper we analyse the drivers of farm structural change in the EU with a novel analytical framework, the Multiplicative Competitive Interaction (MCI) model. We use single farm data from the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) for the period 1989-2011. Eight production specialisations and two size classes represent farm typologies at NUTS 2 regional level. The estimates indicate that initial state (path dependency) explains about 39.2% of EU farm structural change followed by natural conditions (18.3%) and subsidies and income (13.2%). Furthermore, the results suggest a more rigid farm structure in old compared to new EU Member States.
Quantitative quality indicators and automated radiotherapy care paths
Creators: name: Capone, Luca
name: Di Minico, Debora
name: Pluchinsky, Ashley
name: Lusini, Federica
name: Gennuso, Leonardo
name: Triscari, Giulia
name: Cavallo, Francesca
name: Forte, Velia
name: Gennuso, Natascia
name: Mychkovsky, Martha
name: Sinicki, James
name: Gentile, Piercarlo
Publisher: name: Journal of Biomedical Practitioners
Year: 2021

description: INTRODUCTION High quality standards are often the key for success in modern radiotherapy. The goal of this study is to assess automated and targeted care paths to define new quantitative quality indicators in radiation oncology and optimize the efficiency and safety of the services provided. MATERIALS AND METHODS For this study, two international cancer centers part of the same network (UPMC San Pietro in Rome (CC#1) and UPMC Villa Maria in Mirabella Eclano (CC#2)) have been involved, both equipped with a linear accelerator and a CT scan. The data reviewed refers to a period between January 2019 and December 2019. Following the workflow of both centers during electronic medical record data input, we created automated models adaptable to the different types of treatment and customizable for each patient. Using the ARIA v15 (Varian Medical System, CA, Palo Alto, USA) software, we converted the various steps of the care path in modules that can be connected to create the patient's care process. Care paths are therefore modules of an automated process consisting of tasks and appointments, with well-defined execution times within which they must be completed electronically. To obtain quantitative information on both centers we focused on three factors: tasks completed in relation to their execution times, number of days, and staff compliance with the automated system. RESULTS Measuring the completed tasks allows to define the compliance of the automated process with the care paths, whereas the time required to complete the tasks helps identify areas for improvement. Within this study timeouts are always performed on time, but peer review and treatment approval outcomes are unsatisfactory. A defined delay time allows to keep track of tasks in a precise manner and reviewing these values in both centers helps us understand if the task delivery time is appropriate or if there is room for improvement. All analyzed data show that the percentage of tasks completed in both centers and the completion times are different. CONCLUSIONS Automated care paths and their modules can be an effective and efficient tool to measure the tasks performed by a radiation oncology unit, especially if they are used as a tool of continuous quality improvement.
description: Journal of Biomedical Practitioners, V. 5 N. 2 (2021)
Graduate recitals
Creators: name: Zentner, Morgan
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The thesis for the Master of Music degree in Orchestral Instruments consists of two full-length recitals, or the equivalent, with emphasis on solo works, but also including representative chamber works. My two full-length recitals were performed on March 16, 2006 and November 23, 2006.
Jamaha elevans Gnezdilov & O'Brien 2008, comb n.
Creators: name: Gnezdilov, Vladimir M.
name: O'Brien, Lois B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Nogodinidae
Jamaha
Jamaha elevans

description: Jamaha elevans (Walker 1858), comb n. (Fig. 70-71)
 Poeciloptera elevans Walker 1858: 335.
 Colpoptera elevans Distant 1910: 315.
 Colpoptera elevans Fennah 1955: 33, pl. 2, figs. o-s.
 Examined material: Jamaica: 1 M, 1 F, Irwin, Montego Bay, 25.X.1978, F. Eskafi leg. (ZIN).
description: Published as part of Gnezdilov, Vladimir M. & O'Brien, Lois B., 2008, New taxa and combinations in Neotropical Issidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea), pp. 1-26 in Insecta Mundi 2008 (31) on page 25, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4532901
Deep ConvLSTM with self-attention for human activity decoding using wearables
Creators: name: Singh, Satya P.
name: Lay-Ekuakille, Aimé
name: Gangwar, Deepak
name: Sharma, Madan Kumar
name: Gupta, Sukrit
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Decoding human activity accurately from wearable sensors can aid in applications related to healthcare and context awareness. The present approaches in this domain use recurrent and/or convolutional models to capture the spatio-temporal features from time-series data from multiple sensors. We propose a deep neural network architecture that not only captures the spatio-temporal features of multiple sensor time-series data but also selects, learns important time points by utilizing a self-attention mechanism. We show the validity of the proposed approach across different data sampling strategies on six public datasets and demonstrate that the self-attention mechanism gave a significant improvement in performance over deep networks using a combination of recurrent and convolution networks. We also show that the proposed approach gave a statistically significant performance enhancement over previous state-of-the-art methods for the tested datasets. The proposed methods open avenues for better decoding of human activity from multiple body sensors over extended periods of time. The code implementation for the proposed model is available at https://github.com/isukrit/encodingHumanActivity.
description: 8 pages, 2 figures, 3 tables. IEEE Sensors Journal, 2020
title: The effect upon UK energy supply schedules of the use of combined heat and power with district heating
Creators: name: Armson, Rosalind
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 1985

description: The widescale use of combined heat and power with district heating will have a significant effect upon the quantities of primary and secondary fuels used in the United Kingdom. A new methodology for investigating the complex technological interactions between supplies and demands for fuels is developed, and the effect of sample CHP/dh scenarios calculated. Particular attention is paid to electricity generation to determine the impact of CHP/dh upon the operation of the merit order.
Yield effects of rust-resistant wheat varieties in Ethiopia
Creators: name: Abro, Zewdu Ayalew
name: Jaleta, Moti
name: Qaim, Matin
name: Abro, Zewdu Ayalew
name: Jaleta, Moti
name: Qaim, Matin
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Rust disease resistance
subject: Breeding
subject: Yield
subject: Technology adoption
subject: Africa

description: Breeding crops for disease resistance is a sustainable approach to reduce yield losses. While significant research on the adoption and impacts of improved crop varieties exists, most studies have analyzed yield effects in general, without distinguishing between different varietal traits and characteristics. Here, panel data from wheat farmers in Ethiopia are used to compare improved varieties that are resistant to stripe rust (caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici) with improved susceptible and traditional susceptible varieties. Production function estimates suggest that improved resistant varieties raise effective yields by 8% in comparison to local susceptible varieties. The yield difference between improved resistant and improved susceptible varieties is positive but small, because rust levels were not very high in the years under study. However, under drought and other abiotic stresses, improved varieties – with and without resistance to stripe rust – perform notably worse than local varieties. The worse performance under abiotic stress may also explain why many farmers recently switched back to growing traditional varieties. Sustainable adoption needs a combination of various traits in the same varieties, including high yield potential, grain quality, disease resistance, and tolerance to drought and other production stresses.
Open Science and Open Access Scientific Publishing: an essential combination. An analysis of the first 4 years of JBP activity
Creators: name: Journal Of Biomedical Practitioners, Editorial Board
Publisher: name: Journal of Biomedical Practitioners
Year: 2021

description: In July 2017, the Journal of Biomedical Practitioner (JBP) starts publications with its first number. Since its debut JBP would offer itself as a meeting place to health professionals, free to all and Open Access, without prejudices for experience exchanging between people that work in Biomedical Sciences with various purposes from welfare, diagnostic-therapeutic, rehabilitation and prevention, to the fields of basic and clinical research. JBP it’s a six-monthly publication, with double-blind peer review, written in Italian and English language. This editorial aims to analyze in deep the journal path in these 4 years, reporting the poster contents shown at 2° Congresso Nazionale della Federazione Nazionale Ordini dei Tecnici Sanitari Radiologia Medica e delle Professioni Sanitarie Tecniche, della Riabilitazione e della Prevenzione (FNO TSRM e PSTRP) that took place in Rimini on 19-21 november 2021. The improvement of quality standards offered will be highlighted, noting the fundamental role of the contribution of the auditors. The metadata analysis on the OJS/PKP platform, which is used by the journal and in turn it’s hosted by Sistema di Riviste Open Access (SIRIO@Unito) of the University of Turin, shows much interesting information about the article submitted: we received 90 article proposals and the 57% was published, of which the 16% was written in the two languages. The mean time needed was 62 days for the revision process and 110 days to get the article published. In each year were published a mean of 13 papers and 60% of them were written by authors from different professional areas. The fast access to the contents and the indexing of JPB on the main directories of Open Access Journals are the best reasons to choose this journal for publishing in the Biomedical Science areas.
description: Journal of Biomedical Practitioners, V. 5 N. 2 (2021)
An Ultraviolet to Mid-Infrared Study of the Physical and Wind Properties of HD 164270 (WC9) and Comparison to BD+30 3639 ([WC9])
Creators: name: Crowther, Paul
name: Morris, Pat
name: Smith, JD
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present new Spitzer IRS observations of HD164270 (WC9, WR103). A quantitative analysis of the UV, optical, near- and mid-IR spectrum of HD164270 is presented, allowing for line blanketing and wind clumping, revealing T* ~ 48kK, log L/L_sun ~ 4.9, dM/dt ~ 1e-5 M_sun/yr for a volume filling factor of f \~ 0.1. Our models predict that He is partially recombined in the outer stellar wind, such that recent radio-derived mass-loss rates of WC9 stars have been underestimated. We obtain C/He ~ 0.2 and O/He ~ 0.01 by number from optical diagnostics. Mid-IR fine structure lines of [NeII] 12.8 and [SIII] 18.7micron are observed, with [NeIII] and [SIV] absent. From these we obtain Ne/He ~ Ne^+/He = 2.2e-3 by number, 7 times higher than the Solar value (as recently derived by Asplund et al.), and S/He ~ S^2+/He = 5.1e-5 by number. From a comparison with similar results for other WC subtypes we conclude that WC9 stars are as chemically advanced as earlier subtypes. We consider why late WC stars are exclusively observed in high metallicity environments. In addition, we compare the UV/optical/mid-IR spectroscopic morphology of HD164270 with the Planetary Nebula central star BD+30 3639 ([WC9]). Their UV and optical signatures are remarkably similar, such that our quantitative comparisons confirm similarities in stellar temperature, wind densities and chemistry first proposed by Smith & Aller, in spite of completely different evolutionary histories, with HD164270 presently a factor of ten more massive than BD+30 3639. At mid-IR wavelengths, the dust from the dense young, nebula of BD+30 3639 completely dominates its appearance, in contrast with HD164270.
description: 28 pages, 9 figures, accepted for ApJ
Stable H-infinity controller design for time-delay systems
Creators: name: Gumussoy, Suat
name: Ozbay, Hitay
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: This paper investigates stable suboptimal H-infinity controllers for a class of single-input single-output time-delay systems. For a given plant and weighting functions, the optimal controller minimizing the mixed sensitivity (and the central suboptimal controller) may be unstable with finitely or infinitely many poles in complex right half-plane. For each of these cases search algorithms are proposed to find stable suboptimal H-infinity controllers. These design methods are illustrated with examples.
description: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:2003.01573