cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Pricing decisions in a strategic single retailer/dual suppliers setting under order size constraints
Creators: name: Ekici, Ali
name: Baṣak Altan
name: Özener, Okan Örsan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 20199 Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Hematology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: In this paper, we study a duopolistic market of suppliers competing for the business of a retailer. The retailer sets the order cycle and quantities from each supplier to minimize its annual costs. Different from other studies in the literature, our work simultaneously considers the order size restriction and the benefit of order consolidation, and shows non-trivial pricing behaviour of the suppliers under different settings. Under asymmetric information setting, we formulate the pricing problem of the preferred supplier as a non-linear programming problem and use Karush–Kuhn–Tucker conditions to find the optimal solution. In general, unless the preferred supplier has high-order size limit, it prefers sharing the market with its competitor when retailer’s demand, benefit of order consolidation or fixed cost of ordering from the preferred supplier is high. We model the symmetric information setting as a two-agent non-zero sum pricing game and establish the equilibrium conditions. We show that a supplier might set a ‘threshold price’ to capture the entire market if its per unit fixed ordering cost is sufficiently small. Finally, we prove that there exists a joint-order Nash equilibrium only if the suppliers set identical prices low enough to make the retailer place full-size orders from both.
A Bayesian hierarchical model for comparative evaluation of teaching quality indicators in higher education
Creators: name: D. Fouskakis
name: G. Petrakos
name: I. Vavouras
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology

description: The problem motivating the paper is the quantification of students' preferences regarding teaching/coursework quality, under certain numerical restrictions, in order to build a model for identifying, assessing and monitoring the major components of the overall teaching quality. We propose a Bayesian hierarchical beta regression model, with a Dirichlet prior on the model coefficients. The coefficients of the model can then be interpreted as weights and thus they measure the relative importance that students give to the different attributes. This approach not only allows for the incorporation of informative prior when it is available but also provides user-friendly interfaces and direct probability interpretations for all quantities. Furthermore, it is a natural way to implement the usual constraints for the model coefficients. This model is applied to data collected in 2009 and 2013 from undergraduate students in the Panteion University, Athens, Greece and besides the construction of an instrument for the assessment and monitoring of teaching quality, it gave some input for a preliminary discussion on the association of the differences in students' preferences between the two time-periods with the current Greek socioeconomic transformation. Results from the proposed approach are compared with the ones obtained by two alternative statistical techniques.
A kinetic and mechanistic study of dinuclear Pt(II) 2,2′:6′,2′′-terpyridine compounds bridged with polyethyleneglycol ether flexible linkers
Creators: name: A. Shaira
name: D. Jaganyi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Physics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: A series of dinuclear Pt(II) complexes bridged with polyethyleneglycol ether of the type [ClPt(tpy)O(CH2CH2O)n(tpy)PtCl]Cl2 where n = 1 (Ptdteg), 2 (Ptdtdeg), 3 (Ptdtteg), 4 (Ptdttteg) and linker free complex, (Ptdt) (where tpy = 2,2’:6’,2’’-terpyridine), were synthesized and characterized to investigate the role of bridging polyethyleneglycol ether linker on the substitution reactivity of dinuclear Pt(II) complexes. Substitution reactions were studied using thiourea nucleophiles viz. thiourea (TU), 1,3-dimethyl-2-thiourea (DMTU), 1,1,3,3-tetramethyl-2-thiourea (TMTU) under pseudo first order conditions as a function of concentration and temperature by conventional stopped-flow reaction analyser. The reactions gave single exponential fits following the rate law kobs = k2[Nu]. Introduction of polyethyleneglycol ether linker decreases the electrophilicity of the platinum centre and the whole complex. The results obtained indicate that the rate of substitution is controlled by both electronic and steric hindrance which increases with the length of the linker. Experimental results are supported by Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations and structures obtained at B3LYP/LANL2DZ level. The order of the reactivity of the nucleophiles is TU > DMTU > TMTU. The magnitude and the size of the enthalpy of activation and entropy of activation support an associative mode of mechanism, where bond formation in the transition state is favoured.
Old globular clusters masquerading as young in NGC 4365?
Creators: name: Brodie, Jean
name: Strader, Jay
name: Denicoló, Glenda
name: Beasley, Michael A.
name: Cenarro, A. J.
name: Larsen, Søren S.
name: Kuntschner, Harald
name: Forbes, Duncan
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: High signal-to-noise ratio, low-resolution spectra have been obtained for 22 globular clusters (GCs) in NGC 4365. Some of these were selected as probable representatives of an intermediate-age (25 Gyr), extremely metal-rich GC subpopulation. The presence of such a subpopulation had been inferred from the unusual optical and near-infrared color distributions of GCs in this otherwise typical Virgo elliptical galaxy. However, ages derived from Lick indices are consistent with uniformly old mean ages for all GCs in our sample. The metallicities of the clusters show some evidence of a trimodal distribution. The most metal-poor and metal-rich peaks are consistent with the values expected for an elliptical galaxy of this luminosity, but there appears to be an additional, intermediate-metallicity peak lying between them. New Hubble Space Telescope photometry is consistent with this result. A plausible scenario is that in earlier data these three peaks merged into a single broad distribution. Our results suggest that it is difficult to identify intermediate-age GC subpopulations solely with photometry, even when both optical and near-infrared colors are used.
El método de casos como alternativa pedagógica para la enseñanza de la bibliotecología y las ciencias de la información
Creators: name: Estrada-Cuzcano, Alonso
name: Alfaro_Mendives, Karen Lizeth
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Library and Information Studies
subject: FOS: Media and communications

description: Based on an examination of the use of case method in Information Unit Management courses, this study aims to demonstrate the significant influence of this approach as a valid methodology for teaching courses in the School of Library and Information Science. Researchers conclude that the case method is effective: it not only significantly improves the quantitative results of learning; but also, from a qualitative standpoint, enriches the teaching/learning experience through improved communication with students, while encouraging critical thinking and better overall engagement with curricular objectives. The paper also offers a historical overview of the case method, key definitions and features, steps for implementation and several case studies to support the theoretical context and foundations of the research.
Mejoras en la implementación de BIM en los procesos de diseño y construcción de la empresa Marcan
Creators: name: Repositorio Academico UPC
name: Salinas Saavedra, José Roberto
name: Ulloa Román, Karem Asthrid
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: Education

description: El Perú vive desde el inicio del nuevo milenio un sostenido crecimiento de la industria de la construcción, impulsado por el aumento de los ingresos económicos y las mayores inversiones, como consecuencia del crecimiento económico y la mejora de las condiciones de financiamiento para la adquisición de vivienda. Este crecimiento económico dinamizó la generación de proyectos, por lo que las herramientas de dibujo tradicional (lapiceros, escuadras, compás, plantillas, etc.) fueron desplazadas rápidamente por la herramienta tecnológica de Diseño Asistido por Computadora, más conocida como CAD (por sus siglas en inglés), que ha permitido agilizar los laboriosos trabajos de dibujo de planos y ahora es de uso generalizado en todas la oficinas de proyectos. En esta década se han venido creando herramientas poderosas que han desplazado largamente al CAD, como lo es el Modelado de la Información de la Construcción o BIM (Building Information Modeling), que genera una base de datos del modelo y del cual no solamente se puede obtener la visualización en 3D sino que permite extraer todo tipo de información, tales como áreas, volúmenes, cantidades, propiedades de los elementos, precios y muchas aplicaciones que facilitan el trabajo de construcción y ayudan en la mejora de la productividad. La tesis presenta el marco teórico acerca de la tecnología BIM y su evolución durante los últimos 5 años. Posteriormente, como diagnóstico de la situación actual, se estudiará a la empresa Inmobiliaria y Constructora Marcan, que desde el año 2010 viene implementando el uso de la tecnología BIM en sus procesos de diseño y construcción. En base a esto se propondrá un plan de mejora en la implementación BIM en estas etapas y se establecerán los mecanismos de control del desempeño de estas mejoras.
Plan de negocios para un hotel boutique ubicado en el distrito de Machu Picchu, Cusco
Creators: name: Repositorio Academico UPC
name: Baca Cuba, Dany Israel
name: Huaylla Martínez, Moisés Jesús
name: Santa Cruz Salazar, Jorge Alfonso
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: Education

description: La sostenida recuperación que ha registrado el sector turismo a nivel mundial en los últimos años, así como sus alentadoras proyecciones, la OIT estima que se convierta en el sector con mas ingresos a nivel mundial para el año 2020. Este crecimiento a nivel mundial se ha visto magnificado en nuestro país, el cual muestra tasas de crecimiento que son, incluso, 250% mayores que el crecimiento global. Este auge ha generado un boom, de este sector, en nuestro país, el cual se ve sustentado por nuestros extraordinarios destinos turísticos que generan una propuesta de valor país que es sumamente apreciada por los turistas con mayores ingresos. Esta coyuntura, a su vez, ha generado que nuestra oferta turística se consolide gracias a las mayores inversiones en este sector y al ingreso de importantes cadenas hoteleras deseosas por aprovechar el crecimiento que se experimenta en el país, aunque, aún resulte insuficiente. Otro tema que ha marcado un hito en la evolución de este sector ha sido la designación de nuestro principal atractivo turístico como una de las siete maravillas del mundo moderno, que contribuye con la exposición de nuestro país como destino turístico. En este inmejorable contexto es que proponemos el desarrollo de un hotel boutique que se oriente, principalmente, a satisfacer las necesidades y requerimientos de hospedaje del turista culto y sofisticado, con elevado nivel de gastos – quienes representan aproximadamente el 13% de los turistas que llegan a nuestro país - en la ciudad de Machu Picchu, antes conocida como Aguas Calientes. N
Application of Radial Distribution Functions to Diffraction and Imaging Data: Interfacial Structures, Amorphous, Disordered Materials
Creators: name: Mukaddem, Karim Tanju
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2020
Subjects: radial distribution function
materials
imaging
pair distribution function
synchrotron
diffraction

description: The central theme of this thesis is the application of radial and pair distribution function analysis to materials characterisation problems for nanotechnology. These concepts are introduced in Chapter 1, and the associated methods are described in Chapter 2. Chapter 3 details the first of the results which discusses the design and development of a software tool called ImageDataExtractor. This auto-extracts microscopy images and then analyses them to afford quantitative information regarding particles in a sample, such as shape, size and distribution. It realises an opportunity for data-mining the ubiquity of readily available images in the literature. Chapter 4 presents results of the development and execution of a novel experimental technique, called glancing-angle pair distribution function (gaPDF) analysis, applied to the structure of the working electrode in dye-sensitised solar cells (DSSCs). This structure was successfully observed, validating this novel method. The investigation also suggested preferred binding modes of the carboxylic acid anchoring groups present in this interfacial structure. Chapters 5 and 6 demonstrate the application of PDF analysis to synchrotron-based powder diffraction data of two material case studies: the rare earth phosphate glass (REPG) (Gd2O3)0.230(P2O5)0.770, and four Ru based photo-isomers. The closest R…R rare earth separation, which governs optical properties of REPGs, was determined to be 4.2(1) Å, aided by various statistical techniques. Analysis on four Ru-based photo-isomers confirmed: the existence of local structure in such compounds, their ability to be photo-isomerised in powder form, the theoretical models constructed using computational techniques, and the lack of heterogeneity in photo-isomerisation throughout a given light-induced sample. Chapter 7 concludes the work and offers a future outlook.
ID-ORFs_gene-family.tsv
Creators: name: Libro, Pietro
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310206
subject: Sequence analysis
classificationCode: 310204
subject: Genomics and transcriptomics
classificationCode: 310201
subject: Bioinformatic methods development
classificationCode: 310299
subject: Bioinformatics and computational biology not elsewhere classified

description: Insecticide resistance represents a major threat for the control of insect vectors. In last years, genetically-based tools have been proposed as a cutting-edge alternative to counteract this problem. However, high-quality -omics resources are crucial for an effective application of these tools. Here, we presented a de novo transcriptome of the mosquito vector Culex pipiens, assembled by using sequences of susceptible and diflubenzuron-resistant individuals. A total of 437,233,732 reads were assembled and annotated and the high-quality of the assemblage was confirmed by TransRate and BUSCO. A mapping percentage until 94.8% was obtained by aligning contigs to Nr, SwissProt, and TrEMBL, with 27,281 sequences that simultaneously mapped on the three databases. A total of 14,966 ORFs were also functionally annotated by using the eggNOG database. A comparison through the orthologues with other five mosquito species further validated the quality of the Cx. pipiens transcriptome. This resource represents therefore a valuable reference for further investigations about mosquito biology, their adaptation to insecticides, as well as to identify target sequences for genetic-based control tools
Coordination of the Arabidopsis thaliana circadian clock
Creators: name: Greenwood, Mark
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2020
Subjects: circadian clock
coupling
entrainment
plants
oscillator
wave
signalling
light signalling
coordination
Kuramoto

description: Individual plant cells have a genetic circuit, the circadian clock, that times key processes to the day-night cycle. These clocks are aligned to the day-night cycle by multiple environmental signals that vary across the plant. Thus, the clock may be set separately in cells creating discrepancies in timing. However, cells and tissues often must act in unison in order to time biological events appropriately. How does the plant integrate clock rhythms, both within and between organs, to ensure coordinated timing? To address this question, we developed an imaging method capable of monitoring the clock at the sub-tissue level across entire Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings. Consistent with previous tissue-level studies, our results showed that the clock runs at different speeds (periods) in each organ, which causes the clock to peak at different times across the plant in both constant environmental conditions and light-dark cycles. Closer examination revealed that spatial waves of clock gene expression propagate both within and between organs. A combination of modelling and experiment revealed that these spatial waves are the result of the period differences between organs and local coupling, rather than long-distance signalling. With further imaging experiments we showed that the endogenous period differences, and thus the spatial waves, can be generated by the organ specificity of inputs into the clock. We demonstrated this by modulating periods using light and metabolic signals, as well as with genetic perturbations. Finally, in the field, clocks entrain to complex environmental cycles. To begin to understand how clock’s respond to more natural light-dark cycles, we developed methods for imaging seedlings under more realistic light conditions. Preliminary results suggested altered spatial and temporal organisation amongst the core clock genes under more realistic light-dark cycles. Together, our results suggest that plant clocks can be set locally by environmental inputs, but coordinated via cellular coupling.
description: MG was funded by the Gatsby Foundation.
Propuesta de un plan de negocio para una empresa dedicada a la crianza tecnificada de cuyes en Ñaña y su comercialización al mercado local
Creators: name: Repositorio Academico UPC
name: Espinoza, Julio
name: Furushio, Esteban
name: Rodríguez, Alonso
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: Education

description: El presente trabajo describe la propuesta de implementación de una planta (granja) para la crianza tecnificada de cuyes de la Raza Perú en la provincia de Lima, distrito de Lurigancho, urbanización Ñaña y la comercialización de su carne en el mercado local. El proyecto busca demostrar que mediante la crianza tecnificada podemos obtener un mejor resultado que con una crianza tradicional, logrando de esta manera la obtención de una rentabilidad a través del tiempo Se muestra durante los capítulos desde los aspectos básicos de los cuyes como su clasificación, tipos de crianza, análisis del mercado y análisis financiero hasta la puesta en marcha de una granja comercial ya definida. Entre los objetivos planteados en el presente trabajo tenemos: - Demostrar que mediante una crianza tecnificada de cuyes se logra una mayor productividad para abastecer la demanda local existente. - Demostrar si es rentable y/o viable la crianza tecnificada de cuyes en la localidad. Llegando a varias conclusiones las cuales podrán ayudar a la toma de decisiones sobre la viabilidad del producto
A Bifactor Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling Framework for the Identification of Distinct Sources of Construct-Relevant Psychometric Multidimensionality
Creators: name: Morin, Alexandre J. S.
name: Marsh, Herbert W.
name: A. Katrin Arens
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: This study illustrates an overarching psychometric approach of broad relevance to investigations of 2 sources of construct-relevant psychometric multidimensionality present in many complex multidimensional instruments routinely used in psychological and educational research. These 2 sources of construct-relevant psychometric multidimensionality are related to (a) the fallible nature of indicators as perfect indicators of a single construct, and (b) the hierarchical nature of the constructs being assessed. The first source is identified by comparing confirmatory factor analytic (CFA) and exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) solutions. The second source is identified by comparing first-order, hierarchical, and bifactor measurement models. To provide an applied illustration of the substantive relevance of this framework, we first apply these models to a sample of German children (N = 1,957) who completed the Self-Description Questionnaire (SDQ–I). Then, in a second study using a simulated data set, we provide a more pedagogical illustration of the proposed framework and the broad range of possible applications of bifactor ESEM models.
Evolutionary history of the elliptical galaxy NGC 1052
Creators: name: Pierce, Michael
name: Brodie, Jean
name: Forbes, Duncan
name: Beasley, Michael A.
name: Proctor, Robert
name: Strader, Jay
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We have obtained Keck spectra for 16 globular clusters (GCs) associated with the merger remnant elliptical NGC 1052, as well as a long-slit spectrum of the galaxy. We derive ages, metallicities and abundance ratios from simple stellar population models using the recently published methods of Proctor & Sansom, applied to extragalactic GCs for the first time. A number of GCs indicate the presence of strong blue horizontal branches that are not fully accounted for in the current stellar population models. We find all of the GCs to be ∼13 Gyr old according to simple stellar populations, with a large range of metallicities. From the galaxy spectrum we find NGC 1052 to have a luminosity-weighted central age of ∼2 Gyr and metallicity of [Fe/H]∼+0.6 . No strong gradients in either age or metallicity were found to the maximum radius measured (0.3 re≃ 1 kpc) . However, we do find a strong radial gradient in α-element abundance, which reaches a very high central value. The young central starburst age is consistent with the age inferred from the H i tidal tails and infalling gas of ∼1 Gyr. Thus, although NGC 1052 shows substantial evidence for a recent merger and an associated starburst, it appears that the merger did not induce the formation of new GCs, perhaps suggesting that little recent star formation occurred. This interpretation is consistent with 'frosting' models for early-type galaxy formation.
Plan de negocios para la comercialización de empanadas en Lima - Perú
Creators: name: Repositorio Academico UPC
name: Noltenius, Susanne
name: Olaechea, Adolfo
name: Rodríguez, Renzo
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: Education

description: El presente trabajo propone un Plan de Negocios para la comercialización de las empanadas Doña Clara. Se trata de un negocio estructurado, cuya misión, visión, valores y filosofía se exponen en el capítulo 1, basado en un sondeo de mercado que se describe en el capítulo 2, y con estrategias comerciales enunciadas en el capítulo 3. Los objetivos se explican en el capítulo 4 y la proyección de resultados se comenta en el capítulo 5. Empañadas Doña Clara son una propuesta nueva de comercialización: módulos de 3mx3m equipados con refrigerador y cocina, donde las empanadas son almacenadas crudas y fritas al instante, por lo que su sabor es delicioso y dan al cliente la sensación de una comida hecha en casa. Por su alto contenido de relleno, el valor nutricional es más alto que la empanada común. Empanadas Doña Clara son una comida rápida rica y nutritiva. Fue muy importante la recopilación y obtención de datos históricos, así como también la realización del sondeo de mercado basado en encuestas circuladas por correo electrónico y 2 focus group. La información cualitativa obtenida en estas actividades ayudó a esclarecer el concepto de negocio que se quiere plantear, mientras que la mezcla de marketing más adecuada fue elaborada al cruzar esta información con aquella proveniente de fuentes secundarias del mercado de comida rápida, centros comerciales, universidades y hábitos del público objetivo. Se puede apreciar que el proyecto inicialmente es de escala medio alta debido para un volumen importante de venta de empanadas, que permita rentabilidad. Se considera también que los gastos administrativos como los de inversión inicial son relativamente bajos en comparación a los de un negocio de comida rápida. Uno de los factores críticos de éxito de Doña Clara es que los módulos estén ubicados en zonas estratégicas de Lima, donde exista un alto tránsito peatonal, ya que se trata de una compra por impulso. Como resultados de la evaluación financiera del presente plan de negocio se determinó viable el negocio, ya que los flujos de efectivo pronosticados generan rentabilidad. El Plan de Comercialización de Doña Clara es una propuesta basada en las necesidades de los consumidores, cuya satisfacción hace sostenible el negocio y rentable la inversión.
FAIR Data in action: 4TU.ResearchData demo and insights
Creators: name: Wilczynska, Aleksandra
name: Soro, Alessandra
name: van der Heul, Jan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This is a presentation about the community , data curation and data upload procedure to 4TU.ResearchData, to researchers from Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science at TU Delft.
รูปแบบการพัฒนาการดำเนินงานกลุ่มผู้ประกอบการ OTOP ระดับ 1-3 ดาว ในจังหวัดอุบลราชธานี
Creators: name: Somsak Gridad
Publisher: name: Naresuan University Graduate School
Year: 2020
Subjects: รูปแบบการพัฒนา
การดำเนินงาน
ผู้ประกอบการ OTOP
OTOP ระดับ 1-3 ดาว
Development Model
Implementation
OTOP Entrepreneurs
One-to-Three OTOP

description: Journal of Community Development Research (Humanities and Social Sciences), 13, 2, 122-134
title: Защита прав детей при расторжении брака
Creators: name: Козлова, Наталья
name: Трофимова, Марина
Publisher: name: Новгородский государственный университет имени Ярослава Мудрого (НовГУ)
Year: 2022

description: В статье анализируются нормы семейного законодательства, позиция Верховного Суда Российской Федерации, а также материалы судебной практики в сфере разрешения споров об определении места жительства ребенка. Исследуемая категория споров стоит на особом месте в правоприменительной практике, поскольку судебное решение, кроме правовых последствий, имеет и социальные результаты, влияющие на социально-психологическое благополучие несовершеннолетнего. Автор приходит к выводу о том, что судами не учитывается ряд факторов, а именно, мнение ребенка, его действительная привязанность к матери или отцу,
характеристика обоих родителей, их влияние на ребенка. Актуальность исследуемого вопроса подтверждается статистическими данными как о росте дел о воспитании детей, так и о количестве разводов.
MPEC 2024-V09 : 2024 UN11
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2024 UN11

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Redescription of Dapedium pholidotum (Agassiz, 1832) (Actinopterygii, Neopterygii) from the Lower Jurassic Posidonia Shale, with comments on the phylogenetic position of Dapedium Leach, 1822
Creators: name: Thies, Detlev
name: Waschkewitz, Jens
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plant Biology

description: Dapedium pholidotum (Agassiz, 1832) (Actinopterygii, Neopterygii) is redescribed based on new material from the Posidonia Shale (Early Jurassic: Early Toarcian) of Germany. Dapediiformes ord. nov. is introduced for Dapedium Leach, 1822 and other deep-bodied Mesozoic neopterygians. The species diagnosis of D. pholidotum is amended. Comparison with D. stollorum Thies & Hauff, 2011 and D. caelatum Quenstedt, 1858, also from the Lower Jurassic Posidonia Shale, shows that D. pholidotum is unique in having: (1) a length/height ratio of the operculum of c. 0.73, whereas in D. stollorum and D. caelatum this value reaches only c. 0.58; (2) a length/width ratio of the gular plate of c. 1.6, whereas in D. stollorum and D. caelatum this value is 1.3; (3) 27 or more caudal fin lepidotrichia, whereas in D. stollorum and D. caelatum there are 24 and 25 lepidotrichia, respectively; (4) at least 26 dorsal fin lepidotrichia, whereas D. stollorum and D. caelatum possess only 24 dorsal fin lepidotrichia each; and (5) a length/height ratio of the flank scales immediately behind the operculum of 0.37, whereas in D. stollorum and D. caelatum this ratio ranges around 0.31 and 0.5, respectively. A cladistic analysis based on modification of a previously published taxon–character matrix shows that Dapedium is the sister group of the ginglymodian fishes [Semionotiformes + Lepisosteiformes]. The generic diagnosis of Dapedium Leach, 1822 is amended.
Plan de negocios para el lanzamiento de un portal especializado en perros.
Creators: name: Repositorio Academico UPC
name: Benavides Luksic, Luis
name: Mesías Reátegui, Gabriela
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: Education

description: El presente estudio tuvo como objetivo establecer el plan de marketing para el portal PerritoFido.com, bajo los siguientes parámetros: - Análisis del sector.- En donde se realizaron la visión, misión, los principios de la empresa, sus unidades de negocio así como las fortalezas y debilidades de estas. Destacando la Interacción y preocupación constante tanto por el cliente como por su perro, como la fortaleza más importante, dado la ausencia de esta en los portales que existen en el mercado. Dando un panorama general de portales para mascotas en el país estableciendo el FODA con respecto a estos. - Plan de Negocios.- En donde se determinó una estrategia de concentración con un enfoque de diferenciación, en su segmento objetivo. Planteándose los objetivos de crecimiento, tecnológicos, desarrollo humano y comercial. Además de realizar el esquema financiero del negocio así como el flujo de caja y determinar el modelo a utilizar para establecer la tasa de descuento. - Plan de Marketing.- En donde se determina las secciones del portal, el precio, la promoción y la distribución. Además de las estrategias de marketing en el sentido del Marketing Relacional como enfoque al cliente, personalización, interactividad, Publicidad, E-mail marketing para lo cual se utilizarán distintas herramientas de fidelización centrados en la comunicación continua. De acuerdo a los objetivos propuestos y los parámetros utilizados para el estudio de esta propuesta de negocio se determinó que la realización de un portal de este tipo seria rentable a partir del quinto año y que sin embargo el esfuerzo económico hecho por los inversionistas se podría ver potenciado con respecto a la base de datos que se colectaría gracias a este portal. Por lo cual recomendamos la inversión en este negocio como un medio para obtener un mayor conocimiento del mercado de canes en el Perú, mediante el cual las empresas relacionadas a este mercado podrán maximizar sus ganancias.
Redescription of Dapedium pholidotum (Agassiz, 1832) (Actinopterygii, Neopterygii) from the Lower Jurassic Posidonia Shale, with comments on the phylogenetic position of Dapedium Leach, 1822
Creators: name: Thies, Detlev
name: Waschkewitz, Jens
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plant Biology

description: Dapedium pholidotum (Agassiz, 1832) (Actinopterygii, Neopterygii) is redescribed based on new material from the Posidonia Shale (Early Jurassic: Early Toarcian) of Germany. Dapediiformes ord. nov. is introduced for Dapedium Leach, 1822 and other deep-bodied Mesozoic neopterygians. The species diagnosis of D. pholidotum is amended. Comparison with D. stollorum Thies & Hauff, 2011 and D. caelatum Quenstedt, 1858, also from the Lower Jurassic Posidonia Shale, shows that D. pholidotum is unique in having: (1) a length/height ratio of the operculum of c. 0.73, whereas in D. stollorum and D. caelatum this value reaches only c. 0.58; (2) a length/width ratio of the gular plate of c. 1.6, whereas in D. stollorum and D. caelatum this value is 1.3; (3) 27 or more caudal fin lepidotrichia, whereas in D. stollorum and D. caelatum there are 24 and 25 lepidotrichia, respectively; (4) at least 26 dorsal fin lepidotrichia, whereas D. stollorum and D. caelatum possess only 24 dorsal fin lepidotrichia each; and (5) a length/height ratio of the flank scales immediately behind the operculum of 0.37, whereas in D. stollorum and D. caelatum this ratio ranges around 0.31 and 0.5, respectively. A cladistic analysis based on modification of a previously published taxon–character matrix shows that Dapedium is the sister group of the ginglymodian fishes [Semionotiformes + Lepisosteiformes]. The generic diagnosis of Dapedium Leach, 1822 is amended.
Probing spectral line gradients beyond one effective radius in NGC 3610
Creators: name: Howell, Justin H.
name: Brodie, Jean
name: Strader, Jay
name: Forbes, Duncan
name: Proctor, Robert
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The outer region [(0.75-1.25)r e in the B band] of the merger remnant elliptical galaxy NGC 3610 is studied using extremely high signal-to-noise ratio Keck spectra, with a supplementary spectrum of the galaxy center. Stellar population parameters - age, [Z/H], and [α/Fe] - are measured in several apertures along the slit. Using the multi-index simultaneous fitting method of R. Proctor and coauthors, no significant stellar population gradients are detected in the outer parts of the galaxy. The overall gradients relative to the galaxy center are consistent with those found in many other early-type galaxies, although the metallicity gradient is much steeper than would be expected if NGC 3610 formed in a major merger event. Standard analysis methods that use the Hβ index are found to produce spurious radially variable gradients.
Party politics and education spending: challenging some common wisdom
Creators: name: Garritzmann, Julian L.
name: Seng, Kilian
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Cancer

description: Much literature has analysed parties’ influence on public education spending. We challenge this literature on theoretical, methodological and empirical grounds. It is standard to regress expenditure on cabinet seat-share weighted party family dummies in time-series cross-section regressions using ‘country-year’ data. But using ‘country-year’ data artificially inflates the number of cases and leads to biased estimates, as governments usually do not change annually. Second, using party families as proxies for party preferences assumes that parties within families hold similar positions while they differ across families. But this is empirically often not the case. Finally, a historical institutionalist perspective suggests that we should not expect party effects anymore in the first place. Empirically, we propose a new design, using direct measures of party preferences in analyses on government-term level. We find that the partisan composition of government did not have any significant effects on education spending from 1995 to 2010 in 21 democracies.
Predicting the hazardous dose of industrial chemicals in warm-blooded species using machine learning-based modelling approaches
Creators: name: S. Gupta
name: N. Basant
name: K.P. Singh
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Hematology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biochemistry

description: The hazardous dose of a chemical (HD50) is an emerging and acceptable test statistic for the safety/risk assessment of chemicals. Since it is derived using the experimental toxicity values of the chemical in several test species, it is highly cumbersome, time and resource intensive. In this study, three machine learning-based QSARs were established for predicting the HD50 of chemicals in warm-blooded species following the OECD guidelines. A data set comprising HD50 values of 957 chemicals was used to develop SDT, DTF and DTB QSAR models. The diversity in chemical structures and nonlinearity in the data were verified. Several validation coefficients were derived to test the predictive and generalization abilities of the constructed QSARs. The chi-path descriptors were identified as the most influential in three QSARs. The DTF and DTB performed relatively better than SDT model and yielded r2 values of 0.928 and 0.959 between the measured and predicted HD50 values in the complete data set. Substructure alerts responsible for the toxicity of the chemicals were identified. The results suggest the appropriateness of the developed QSARs for reliably predicting the HD50 values of chemicals, and they can be used for screening of new chemicals for their safety/risk assessment for regulatory purposes.
THE ROLE OF GREEN ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE IN MEDIATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GREEN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN SAUDI
Creators: name: MUNIRAH SARHAN ALQAHTANI
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Green Human Resource Management (Green HRM), Green Organizational Culture (GOC), Sustainable Development, Environmental Sustainability, Saudi Organizations, Corporate Culture, HR Practices.

description: Abstract

This study explores the mediating effect of Green Organizational Culture (GOC) on the relationship between Green Human Resource Management (Green HRM) practices and sustainable development outcomes in Saudi organizations. As global environmental concerns intensify, organizations are increasingly integrating eco-friendly practices into their core strategies. Green HRM, which encompasses environmentally conscious recruitment, training, performance management, and employee engagement, plays a critical role in embedding sustainability into corporate operations. However, the extent to which these practices translate into tangible sustainable development outcomes depends significantly on the organizational culture. Using a quantitative research design, data were gathered from 250 employees working in various sectors across Saudi. The analysis revealed that GOC serves as a significant mediator between Green HRM and sustainable development. This indicates that simply implementing green HR practices is not sufficient; fostering a culture that prioritizes environmental values and behaviors is essential to realize sustainable outcomes.
Electoral Incentives and Individual Parliament Members’ Rights
Creators: name: Shomer, Yael
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biochemistry

description: Cameral procedures define the modus operandi of a parliament. This article examines how the electoral environment affects parliaments’ rules of procedures and legislators’ rights. It argues that when the electoral environment motivates legislators to act individualistically governments are incentivised to restrict cameral procedures to curtail legislators’ behaviour. Materialising such incentives depends on the government’s ability to pass restrictive procedural changes. To test the assertion, four decades (1967–2007) of amendments to the Israeli Knesset’s rules of procedure were examined and support provided for co-variation of the electoral environment and restrictive Knesset’s procedures. The analysis then details the factors that enabled Israeli governments to pass such restrictive measures. Indeed, governments seem to use the rules of procedure strategically in their attempt to improve their control and curtail legislators’ behaviour.
Party politics and education spending: challenging some common wisdom
Creators: name: Garritzmann, Julian L.
name: Seng, Kilian
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Cancer

description: Much literature has analysed parties’ influence on public education spending. We challenge this literature on theoretical, methodological and empirical grounds. It is standard to regress expenditure on cabinet seat-share weighted party family dummies in time-series cross-section regressions using ‘country-year’ data. But using ‘country-year’ data artificially inflates the number of cases and leads to biased estimates, as governments usually do not change annually. Second, using party families as proxies for party preferences assumes that parties within families hold similar positions while they differ across families. But this is empirically often not the case. Finally, a historical institutionalist perspective suggests that we should not expect party effects anymore in the first place. Empirically, we propose a new design, using direct measures of party preferences in analyses on government-term level. We find that the partisan composition of government did not have any significant effects on education spending from 1995 to 2010 in 21 democracies.
Podpora duševnemu zdravju mladih:  Integrirana metodologija za klinične odločitve in na dokazih temelječe odločitve intervencij
Creators: name: Mlakar, Izidor
name: Urška, Smrke
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Climate change is a global challenge that also has significant consequences for Slovenia. In recent decades, we have seen rising temperatures, changes in precipitation and more frequent extreme weather events such as floods, droughts and heat waves. These changes pose a serious challenge for various areas, including agriculture, infrastructure, forestry and biodiversity.

On March 20, 2024, an event entitled "Green Mission for Climate" was held at the Regional Development Agency for Podravje - Maribor. The event brought together key stakeholders in the local environment who are actively involved in the field of climate change adaptation. The event was organized by the Municipality of Maribor and the Regional Development Agency Podravje - Maribor within the framework of the MISSION CE CLIMATE project (Interreg Central Europe Programme).

The event was attended by representatives of the local government, academia, business and civil society. The speakers presented the latest findings on climate change and its impacts on Slovenia, as well as good practices for adaptation to climate change. The participants also discussed the challenges and opportunities for climate change adaptation in the Podravje region.

The event was a valuable opportunity for stakeholders to share information and experiences, and to identify potential areas for cooperation. It is hoped that the event will contribute to a more coordinated and effective approach to climate change adaptation in the Podravje region.
CMIP forcing datasets update timeline
Creators: name: Durack, Paul
name: Vaishali Naik
name: Aubry, Thomas
name: Chini, Louise
name: Fasullo, John
name: Fiedler, Stephanie
name: Funke, Bernd
name: Graven, Heather
name: Hegglin, Michaela
name: Lutron, Thibaut
name: MacIntosh, Claire
name: Nicholls, Zebedee
name: Plummer, David
name: Riahi, Keywan
name: Smith, Stephen
name: van Marle, Margreet
name: Ziehn, Tilo
name: O'Rourke, Eleanor
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: CMIP
CMIP forcings
CMIP6Plus
CMIP6
CMIP7
Climate forcing datasets
Climate forcings

description: The current timeline for expected forcing datasets to be updated for the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP). Includes updates expected during the CMIP6Plus project, and those for CMIP7. 

Datasets included are:

Anthropogenic short-lived climate forcings (including CO2 and CH4)

Open biomass burning emissions

Land use

Greenhouse gas historical concentrations

Stratospheric volcanic SO2 emissions and aerosol properties

Ozone

Nitrogen deposition

Solar

AMIP boundary forcing

Aerosol optical properties/MACv2-SP
CMIP forcing datasets update timeline
Creators: name: Durack, Paul
name: Naik, Vaishali
name: Aubry, Thomas
name: Chini, Louise
name: Fasullo, John
name: Fiedler, Stephanie
name: Funke, Bernd
name: Graven, Heather
name: Hegglin, Michaela
name: Lutron, Thibaut
name: MacIntosh, Claire
name: Nicholls, Zebedee
name: Plummer, David
name: Riahi, Keywan
name: Smith, Stephen
name: van Marle, Margreet
name: Ziehn, Tilo
name: O'Rourke, Eleanor
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: CMIP
CMIP forcings
CMIP6Plus
CMIP6
CMIP7
Climate forcing datasets

description: The current timeline for expected forcing datasets to be updated for the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP). Includes updates expected during the CMIP6Plus project, and those for CMIP7. Datasets included are: Anthropogenic short-lived climate forcings (including CO2 and CH4) Open biomass burning emissions Land use Greenhouse gas historical concentrations Stratospheric volcanic SO2 emissions and aerosol properties Ozone Nitrogen deposition Solar AMIP boundary forcing Aerosol optical properties/MACv2-SP
CMIP forcing datasets update timeline
Creators: name: Durack, Paul
name: Vaishali Naik
name: Aubry, Thomas
name: Chini, Louise
name: Fasullo, John
name: Fiedler, Stephanie
name: Funke, Bernd
name: Graven, Heather
name: Hegglin, Michaela
name: Lutron, Thibaut
name: MacIntosh, Claire
name: Nicholls, Zebedee
name: Plummer, David
name: Riahi, Keywan
name: Smith, Stephen
name: van Marle, Margreet
name: Ziehn, Tilo
name: O'Rourke, Eleanor
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: CMIP
CMIP forcings
CMIP6Plus
CMIP6
CMIP7
Climate forcing datasets

description: The current timeline for expected forcing datasets to be updated for the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP). Includes updates expected during the CMIP6Plus project, and those for CMIP7. 

Datasets included are:

Anthropogenic short-lived climate forcings (including CO2 and CH4)

Open biomass burning emissions

Land use

Greenhouse gas historical concentrations

Stratospheric volcanic SO2 emissions and aerosol properties

Ozone

Nitrogen deposition

Solar

AMIP boundary forcing

Aerosol optical properties/MACv2-SP