cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Plant Based Diets : Effects of Framing on Willingness to Adopt Plant-Based Diets
Creators: name: Conor, Sariah
name: Kief, Aubrey
name: Kremer, Florine
name: Iyer, Sudarshan
name: Sieklucki, Michelle
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2018

description: This paper examines the effects of framing on willingness to adopt a plant-based diet. Framing involves the presentation of either a gain frame or a loss frame of the definition of a plant-based diet. The hypothesis is that a gain frame will increase the number of days per week a participant is willing to adopt the diet when compared to a loss frame. To test the hypothesis, an online survey was distributed through social media and UBC course website channels. Participants (N=152) were randomly assigned to one of three of the conditions. Additional survey items investigated participants’ perceptions of the composition of a plant-based diet and their top barriers in adopting a plant-based diet. A one-way between subjects ANOVA was conducted. There was a significant effect of framing on willingness to adopt a plant-based diet at the p<0.1 level for the three conditions [F(2)=2.550, p=0.081]. A post-hoc Tukey test showed the difference between control-loss and loss-gain is significant (Ptukey=0.143 and 0.114 respectively) and the difference between control-gain is not significant (Ptukey=0.996). A weighted sum model determined routine as the top-rated barrier in adopting a plant-based diet. The implications of these findings have practical applications relevant to UBC Food Services. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”
Electric field control of radiative heat transfer in a superconducting circuit
Creators: name: Maillet, Olivier
name: Subero, Diego
name: Peltonen, Joonas T.
name: Golubev, Dmitry S.
name: Pekola, Jukka P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Heat is detrimental for the operation of quantum systems, yet it fundamentally behaves according to quantum mechanics, being phase coherent and universally quantum-limited regardless of its carriers. Due to their robustness, superconducting circuits integrating dissipative elements are ideal candidates to emulate many-body phenomena in quantum heat transport, hitherto scarcely explored experimentally. However, their ability to tackle the underlying full physical richness is severely hindered by the exclusive use of a magnetic flux as a control parameter and requires complementary approaches. Here, we introduce a dual, magnetic field-free circuit where charge quantization in a superconducting island enables thorough electric field control. We thus tune the thermal conductance, close to its quantum limit, of a single photonic channel between two mesoscopic reservoirs. We observe heat flow oscillations originating from the competition between Cooper-pair tunnelling and Coulomb repulsion in the island, well captured by a simple model. Our results demonstrate that the duality between charge and flux extends to heat transport, with promising applications in thermal management of quantum devices.
description: Final version, SI included, 15 pages and 10 figures in total
Blood transfusion
Creators: name: Creator not identified.
Publisher: name: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center
Year: 1940
Subjects: subject: Hospital Wards
subject: Blood Transfusion
subject: Plasma Exchange
subject: Transfusion Reaction
subject: Blood Substitutes
subject: World War, 1939-1945
subject: 12th General Hospital

description: Methods for the administration of blood tranfusions; staff required for administering blood transfusions; equipment care and maintenance; storing blood, and adverse reactions to blood transfusion. Also included is information about blood substitutes such as plasma, and protein solutions.
Editorial Trends in Selected General Circulating Magazines, 1946-1955
Creators: name: Hosford, Bowen I.
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 4303
subject: Historical studies
classificationCode: 4701
subject: Communication and media studies

description: In the general circulation magazines, changes are usually gradual, so as not to break contact with millions of subscribers, Yet, changes do occur. Over a period of a decade, they are striking. The purpose of this study is to examine trends since World War II in (1) style, (2) presentation, and (3) subject matter of selected general circulation magazines and to examine the reasons for those trends.
Editorial Trends in Selected General Circulating Magazines, 1946-1955
Creators: name: Hosford, Bowen I.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: In the general circulation magazines, changes are usually gradual, so as not to break contact with millions of subscribers, Yet, changes do occur. Over a period of a decade, they are striking. The purpose of this study is to examine trends since World War II in (1) style, (2) presentation, and (3) subject matter of selected general circulation magazines and to examine the reasons for those trends.
Dependence of the superconducting critical temperature on the number of layers in homologous series of high-Tc cuprates
Creators: name: Zaleski, T. A.
name: Kopec, T. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study a model of $n$-layer high-temperature cuprates of homologous series like HgBa_2Ca_(n-1)Cu_nO_(2+2n+δ) to explain the dependence of the critical temperature Tc(n) on the number $n$ of Cu-O planes in the elementary cell. Focusing on the description of the high-temperature superconducting system in terms of the collective phase variables, we have considered a semi-microscopic anisotropic three-dimensional vector XY model of stacked copper-oxide layers with adjustable parameters representing microscopic in-plane and out-of-plane phase stiffnesses. The model captures the layered composition along c-axis of homologous series and goes beyond the phenomenological Lawrence-Doniach model for layered superconductors. Implementing the spherical closure relation for vector variables we have solved the phase XY model exactly with the help of transfer matrix method and calculated Tc(n) for arbitrary block size $n$, elucidating the role of the c-axis anisotropy and its influence on the critical temperature. Furthermore, we accommodate inhomogeneous charge distribution among planes characterized by the charge imbalance coefficient $R$ being the function of number of layers $n$. By making a physically justified assumption regarding the doping dependence of the microscopic phase stiffnesses, we have calculated the values of parameter $R$ as a function of block size $n$ in good agreement with the nuclear magnetic resonance data of carrier distribution in multilayered high-Tc cuprates.
description: 15 pages, 10 figures. Submitted to Physical Review B
Factors affecting the adoption of combine harvesters among rice farmers in Baliwag, Bulacan, 2016
Creators: name: Tolentino, Boyd Luis Antonio C.
name: Tolentino, Boyd Luis Antonio C.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries
Farm Management

description: Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics, University of the Philippines Los Banos. Thesis Advisor: Salvador P. Catelo, Ph.D.
Knowledge Capitalization: Design of an After-Action Reporting Mechanism
Creators: name: Razvan Gliga
name: Celik, Aysun
name: Panzariuc, Gabriela
name: Ogrezeanu, Andrei
name: Sklavidis, Iosif
name: Santorinaios, Christodoulos
name: Zompras, Aris
name: Boletis, Spiros
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: After-action reporting

description: This document defines the conceptual view, inputs, outputs and requirements of the AAR Application within the S&R Project. The AAR Application is aimed at knowledge capitalization and generating lessons learned after dealing with each incident to identify possible improvements and plan corrective actions for future management of similar incidents. Ultimately the AAR process and results can result in: a) recommended improvements of future interventions in similar incidents; b) recommended improvements of the S&R Platform; and/or c) support in the analysis of prior incidents and interventions for training purposes; d) training The AAR Application will usually build on other DSS type components in the project, especially the COncORDE EMS, to acquire information describing the incidents and the action taken in response to them. In addition, the AAR Application will provide users with the ability to add in quantitative and qualitative information about incidents, analyze the flow of actions, formulate recommendations for improvement, and plan corrective actions.
The productivity of family and hired labour in EU arable farming
Creators: name: Kloss, Mathias
name: Petrick, Martin
name: Kloss, Mathias
name: Petrick, Martin
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: labour productivity
subject: production function estimation
subject: European Union
subject: FADN

description: This paper investigates the impact of labour force composition on productivity in EU arable farming. We test for heterogeneous effects of family and hired labour for a set of five EU member states. To this end, we estimate augmented production functions using FADN data for the years 2001–2008. The results reject the notion that hired labour is generally less productive than family workers. In fact, farms with a higher share of hired workers are more productive than pure family farms in countries traditionally characterised by family labour, namely France and West Germany. Here, an increase in reliance on hired labour or the shift of family labour to more productive tasks could raise productivity. This finding calls into question a main pillar of the received family farm theory. In about half the countries, there are no statistically different effects of both types of labour. For the United Kingdom, we find the classical case with family farms being more productive than those relying on hired labour. As a side result, we find little evidence of non-constant technical returns to scale.
A microeconomic model of worker motivation based on monetary and non-monetary incentives
Creators: name: Petrick, Martin
name: Petrick, Martin
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Labor and Human Capital

description: By focusing on direct monetary incentives, the traditional literature on motivating workers predicts that high-effort outcomes are unlikely unless workers become residual claimants of profit. However, real world employment contracts typically display a low incidence of profit sharing. In this paper, I extend the canonical model of a revenue sharing contract by integrating two more options for incentivising workers. The literature to date has discussed these strategies in isolation from each other. First, I assume that workers derive utility from following a work norm. The manager can influence workers’ identification with a high-effort work norm at a cost. Second, workers risk being fired if they are observed shirking. Depending on the rigidity of their employment contract, this threat of termination induces them to increase effort. Key drivers of the optimal employment contract are then the variance of output, the costs of inducing worker’s identification with high-effort norms and the rigidity of the labour market.
Quasinormal modes for Weyl neutrino field in R-N black holes
Creators: name: Zhang, Hongbao
name: Cao, Zhoujian
name: Gong, Xuefei
name: Zhou, Wei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We employ WKB approximation up to the third order to determine the low-lying quasinormal modes for Weyl neutrino field in R-N black holes, which are the most relevant to the evolution of the field around a black hole in the intermediate stage. It is showed that the quasinormal mode frequencies for Weyl neutrino field in R-N black holes are different from those in Schwartzchild black holes owning to the charge-induced additional gravitation, and the variations of the quasinormal mode frequencies for Weyl neutrino field are similar to those for integral spin fields in R-N black holes.
description: 13 pages, 4 figures, and 2 tables, references added, typos corrected, accepted for publication in Classical and Quantum Gravity
The Halo Distribution of 2dF Galaxies
Creators: name: Magliocchetti, M.
name: Porciani, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use the clustering results obtained by Madgwick et al. (2003) for a sample of 96,791 2dF galaxies with redshift 0.01 \lt z \lt 0.15 to study the distribution of late-type and early-type galaxies within dark matter haloes of different mass. Within the framework of our models, galaxies of both classes are found to be as spatially concentrated as the dark matter within haloes even though, while the distribution of star-forming galaxies can also allow for some steeper profiles, this is drastically ruled out in the case of early-type galaxies. We also find evidence for morphological segregation, as late-type galaxies appear to be distributed within haloes of mass scales corresponding to groups and clusters up to about two virial radii, while passive objects show a preference to reside closer to the halo centre. If we assume a broken power-law of the form =(m/m_0)^{alpha_1} for m_{cut}\le m=(m/m_0)^{alpha_2} at higher masses to describe the dependence of the average number of galaxies within haloes on the halo mass, fits to the data show that star-forming galaxies start appearing in haloes of masses m_{cut}~10^{11}m_{sun}, much smaller than what is obtained for early-type galaxies (m_{cut}~10^{12.6}m_{sun}). In the high-mass regime m\ge m_0, $ increases with halo mass more slowly (alpha_2~0.7) in the case of late-type galaxies than for passive objects which present alpha_2~1.1. We stress that there is no degeneracy in the determination of the best functional forms for rho(r) and , as they affect the behaviour of the galaxy-galaxy correlation function on different scales.
description: Revised version to appear in MNRAS, extended analysis, some new results
Design & development of the RESCUE MIMS, V2
Creators: name: Karma, Sofia
name: Boukouvalas, Christos
name: Giannoukos, Stamatis
name: Gonzalez, Marta Burgos
name: Krokida, Magda
name: Panagiotou, Nick
name: Gharrad, Hana
name: Ector, Wim
name: Muller, Nikolas
name: Malliou, Iliana
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: RESCUE MIMS

description: The RESCUE-MIMS device delivered inside the SnR project can be used for the early detection of toxic environments for the first responders in terms of hazardous Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) or semi-Volatile Organic Compounds (semi-VOCs) identified in the disaster environment. It can also be mounted on fire-fighters vehicles (roving system) or tested as a payload on robotic platforms in order to serve as a screening tool for early warning. This configuration can protect first responders as well as canines from exposure to toxic environments. The RESCUE-MIMS prototype is foreseen to be tested on-board DFKI ground robot and demonstrated under UC4, in the framework of an Industrial Fire Scenario. Moreover, the RESCUE-MIMS device, due to its low detection capabilities can also be used for measuring chemicals at low concentrations that have been correlated in literature with human presence, trying to mimic rescue dogs. It is foreseen to test the device under UC5 (Victims trapped under rubbles) for monitoring online indicative “human chemical signs”. Though, it should be highlighted that such an ambitious “artificial sniffer” should be seen as a complementary SAR technology to the existing ones, without trying to exclude the rescue dogs. It is foreseen to be used complementarily with the other conventional SAR methods, such as geophones, cameras etc. so that to endorse the first responders’ spectrum of operational tools. Deliverable D5.5 (M18) is a follow-up of D5.1 (M10). Its main purpose is to focus on the design configuration of the RESCUE-MIMS prototype for serving the specific needs of the two pilot scenarios that the RESCUE-MIMS will be used inside the SnR project, (a) for measuring online components relevant to human presence to possibly support the search and rescue operation of entrapped people in the rubbles (under the UC5 - see Chapter 4 of this document) and (b) for measuring on-line chemical hazards on-board robotic platforms for the safety of the first responders (under the UC4 - see Chapter 5 of this document).
Chip-based superconducting traps for levitation of micrometer-sized particles in the Meissner state
Creators: name: Latorre, Martí Gutierrez
name: Hofer, Joachim
name: Rudolph, Matthias
name: Wieczorek, Witlef
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a detailed analysis of two chip-based superconducting trap architectures capable of levitating micrometer-sized superconducting particles in the Meissner state. These architectures are suitable for performing novel quantum experiments with more massive particles or for force and acceleration sensors of unprecedented sensitivity. We focus in our work on a chip-based anti-Helmholtz coil-type trap (AHC) and a planar double-loop (DLP) trap. We demonstrate their fabrication from superconducting Nb films and the fabrication of superconducting particles from Nb or Pb. We apply finite element modeling (FEM) to analyze these two trap architectures in detail with respect to trap stability and frequency. Crucially, in FEM we account for the complete three-dimensional geometry of the traps, finite magnetic field penetration into the levitated superconducting particle, demagnetizing effects, and flux quantization. We can, thus, analyze trap properties beyond assumptions made in analytical models. We find that realistic AHC traps yield trap frequencies well above 10kHz for levitation of micrometer-sized particles and can be fabricated with a three-layer process, while DL traps enable trap frequencies below 1kHz and are simpler to fabricate in a single-layer process. Our numerical results guide future experiments aiming at levitating micrometer-sized particles in the Meissner state with chip-based superconducting traps. The modeling we use is also applicable in other scenarios using superconductors in the Meissner state, such as for designing superconducting magnetic shields or for calculating filling factors in superconducting resonators.
description: close to published version, 16 pages, 19 figures
Some social and economic teachings in the Qur'an and in Islamic traditions
Creators: name: Abdelmonem, Ahmad Loutfy
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 38
subject: Economics
classificationCode: 4410
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
classificationCode: 5004
subject: Religious studies

description: With the increase of American interest in Muslim countries, it is deemed essential to understand Muslim ideas, institutions, customs and traditions. In the field of economics, Muslim institutions are considered important, despite a trend toward modernism. Since organized published information in English especially in the American sphere is still limited, the present candidate hopes that this study will serve the useful purpose of a better understanding of the Muslim World.
Model independent study for the anomalous $W^+W^-γ$ couplings at the future lepton-hadron colliders
Creators: name: Spor, S.
name: Billur, A. A.
name: Köksal, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The triple gauge couplings are completely defined by the non-Abelian gauge nature of the Standard Model, precision measurements of these couplings at the present and future colliders in this way provide a substantial opportunity to test the gauge structure of the Standard Model. Also, measurements of these couplings are sensitive to new physics beyond the Standard Model. In this context, these couplings can be described by an effective Lagrangian. Here, we have studied the potential of the future $μp$ colliders on the anomalous $WWγ$ interactions via the subprocess $γ^* p\,\rightarrow\,W^-ν_μ$. This subprocess has been generated through the main process $μp\,\rightarrow\,μγ^* p\,\rightarrow\,W^-ν_μp$ at the LHC-$μp$, the FCC-$μp$ and the SPPC-$μp$. For these reasons, the total cross sections have been obtained as a function of the anomalous $WWγ$ couplings. Also, we have been calculated the best constraints on $c_{WWW}$, $c_{W}$ and $c_{B}$ parameters that define the anomalous $WWγ$ interactions.
description: 17 pages, 7 figures and 3 tables
Private Investments in Higher Education: Comparing Alternative Funding Schemes
Creators: name: Zilcha, Ithak
name: Eckwert, Bernhard
name: Zilcha, Ithak
name: Eckwert, Bernhard
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Financial Economics
subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: higher education
subject: funding
subject: human capital
subject: income inequality

description: We consider an OLG economy with endogenous human capital formation. Young individuals make decision about their investment in higher education only after they obtain some signal, correlated to their ability. We examine three different funding regimes, each requires governmental intervention but not funding, available to students if they choose to invest in higher education. The economic implications of such funding schemes in equilibrium are studies, in particular the effects on accumulation of human capital and income inequality.
Some social and economic teachings in the Qur'an and in Islamic traditions
Creators: name: Abdelmonem, Ahmad Loutfy
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: With the increase of American interest in Muslim countries, it is deemed essential to understand Muslim ideas, institutions, customs and traditions. In the field of economics, Muslim institutions are considered important, despite a trend toward modernism. Since organized published information in English especially in the American sphere is still limited, the present candidate hopes that this study will serve the useful purpose of a better understanding of the Muslim World.
Carbon on Fire
Creators: name: Liu, Xiaolong
Publisher: name: Galter Health Science Library & Learning Center
Year: 2016

description: Honorable mention
description: In this image a thin layer of carbon atoms forms a lattice. (You can see the blue-green bumps interlocked in a tidy hexagonal pattern.) The center of this lattice is disrupted by the presence of a crystal defect; this influences the electrons of the central carbon atoms and alters the hexagonal configuration. Like a pebble dropped in a still pond, a small change in the middle ripples out, distorting the pattern all around it.This image is more like a contour or elevation map than a photograph. It was made with a Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM). Instead of using lenses like a camera, an STM uses a very fine needle to trace just above the surface of microscopic structures. Here, the surface height is color-coded: the white bumps are the tallest areas and the black depressions are lowest.Department of Materials Science & EngineeringTools & Techniques: Scanning Tunneling Microscope + colored in Photoshop
Some Remarks on the Optimal Level of Randomization in Global Optimization
Creators: name: Theodosopoulos, Ted
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 65C40; 68W20; 90C26

description: For a class of stochastic restart algorithms we address the effect of a nonzero level of randomization in maximizing the convergence rate for general energy landscapes. The resulting characterization of the optimal level of randomization is investigated computationally for random as well as parametric families of rugged energy landscapes.
description: 16 pages, 8 figures, presented at the DIMACS Workshop on Randomization Methods in Algorithm Design, 1997
Additional file 1 of Analytical methods used in estimating the prevalence of HIV/AIDS from demographic and cross-sectional surveys with missing data: a systematic review
Creators: name: Neema R. Mosha
name: Omololu S. Aluko
name: Todd, Jim
name: Rhoderick Machekano
name: Young, Taryn
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Statistics
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Additional file 1. Search Strategy.
The Reaction against Relativism: Time, Life, and Fortune Magazines
Creators: name: Akerman, Robert H.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: In his survey of U.S. intellectual history, Merle Curti mentioned as one of the most significant trends in the era of World War II a "renewal of the quest for the absolute." He also described it a as "reaction against relativism."The modern awareness of the relativity of knowledge, which made itself felt even in those social science investigations that claimed to exemplify reasonably the objective procedures and results, continued to color much of the intellectual activity of the war decade as it had done in the preceding one. But a strong countercurrent was apparent in the insistent demands for universal and inflexible standards, for "truth," and for an "absolute.".
The Reaction against Relativism: Time, Life, and Fortune Magazines
Creators: name: Akerman, Robert H.
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 4701
subject: Communication and media studies

description: In his survey of U.S. intellectual history, Merle Curti mentioned as one of the most significant trends in the era of World War II a "renewal of the quest for the absolute." He also described it a as "reaction against relativism."The modern awareness of the relativity of knowledge, which made itself felt even in those social science investigations that claimed to exemplify reasonably the objective procedures and results, continued to color much of the intellectual activity of the war decade as it had done in the preceding one. But a strong countercurrent was apparent in the insistent demands for universal and inflexible standards, for "truth," and for an "absolute.".
Situation Awareness Model - specification, V2
Creators: name: Angelidis, Iosif
name: Politi, Elena
name: Panunzi, Simona
name: Cibella, Fabio
name: Dumitrascu, Alexandru
name: Santorinaios, Christodoulos
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: SA

description: This deliverable D3.8 "Situation Awareness Model – specification V2" presents the second iteration of the methodology and the actual technical work in the frame of the Situation Awareness model. Based on the previous iteration of the model, as well as the needs that have arisen in the project, we build upon the original model, expand it and provide an efficient, high-availability deployment. Furthermore, these needs have given a new dimension to the Situation Awareness model. More specifically, the model is now also responsible for • Real-time monitoring of devices paired with actors during S&R operations. • Filtering of real-time metrics of the devices against specific rules which define the safety and danger thresholds per device/value. • Timely notification of the actors, if some of their metrics indicate a health risk. • Detailed notification in case of alert triggers with the symptoms experienced and the action which needs to be taken. These aspects serve as the basis upon which we expand the SA model. Finally, the results of this deliverable serve as thorough documentation of the provided services of the SA model, enabling its usage and adoption by all relevant services and components of the project.
Multi sensors data fusion and Object detection algorithms for in-disaster scene situation awareness
Creators: name: Sorrentino, Viola
name: Di Massa, Vincenzo
name: Guerri, Marco
name: Mando, Gianluca
name: Mueller, Nikolas
name: Symeonidis, Ioannis
name: Karlsson, Patrik
name: Maliou, Iliana
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Multi sensors
Situation Awareness

description: This Deliverable called “Multi sensors data fusion and Object detection algorithms for in-disaster scene situation awareness” is the result of the Task 3.4 of Search&Rescue Project where the design and development of Obstacle Detection System (ODS) is described. In particular the following topic are introduced: the scope of a Robotic solution with an ODS onboard, the importance of the ODS within the S&R Project and the specific advantages to have a multi sensor data fusion algorithm. Then the System Overview is presented treating the related references, the Machine learning, AI, the Processing Unit, the Implementation notes and finally their integration in the selected S&R rescue Robot. In the following chapters the main topics are described: the architecture of Obstacle Detection System with smart sensors, special synchronisation and depth estimation; the implementation of Obstacle Detection Algorithms and finally the Fusion and Tracking operations. At the end of the deliverable there are references to the Robot System Integration (with recall to the D5.4) and the related Verification and Validation of the System.
Correlated imaging, quantum and classical
Creators: name: Gatti, Alessandra
name: Brambilla, Enrico
name: Bache, Morten
name: Lugiato, Luigi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analytically show that it is possible to perform coherent imaging by using the classical correlation of two beams obtained by splitting incoherent thermal radiation. The case of such two classically correlated beams is treated in parallel with the configuration based on two entangled beams produced by parametric down-conversion, and a basic analogy is pointed out. The results are compared in a specific numerical example.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures
The ˆNames Game˜: Harnessing Inventors Patent Data for Economic Research
Creators: name: Trajtenberg, Manuel
name: Shiff, Gil
name: Melamed, Ran
name: Trajtenberg, Manuel
name: Shiff, Gil
name: Melamed, Ran
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Financial Economics
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Patents
subject: inventors
subject: mobility
subject: computer software

description: The goal of this paper is to lay out a methodology and corresponding computer algorithms, that allow us to extract the detailed data on inventors contained in patents, and harness it for economic research. Patent data has long been used in empirical research in economics, and yet the information on the identity (i.e. the names and location) of the patents’ inventors has seldom been deployed in a large scale, primarily because of the “who is who” problem: the name of a given inventor may be spelled differently across her/his patents, and the exact same name may correspond to different inventors (i.e. the “John Smith” problem). Given that there are over 2 million patents with 2 inventors per patent on average, the “who is who” problem applies to over 4 million “records”, which is obviously too large to tackle manually. We have thus developed an elaborate methodology and computerized procedure to address this problem in a comprehensive way. The end result is a list of 1.6 million unique inventors from all over the world, with detailed data on their patenting histories, their employers, co-inventors, etc. Forty percent of them have more than one patent, and 70,000 have more than 10 patents. We can trace those multiple inventors across time and space, and thus study the causes and consequences of their mobility across countries, regions, and employers. Given the increasing availability of large computerized data sets on individuals, there may be plenty of opportunities to deploy this methodology to other areas of economic research as well.
Unbinned test of time-dependent signals in real-time neutrino oscillation experiments
Creators: name: Lisi, E.
name: Palazzo, A.
name: Rotunno, A. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Real-time neutrino oscillation experiments such as Super-Kamiokande (SK), the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO), the Kamioka Liquid scintillator Anti-Neutrino Detector (KamLAND), and Borexino, can detect time variations of the neutrino signal, provided that the statistics is sufficiently high. We quantify this statement by means of a simple unbinned test, whose sensitivity depends on the variance of the signal in the time domain, as well as on the total number of signal and background events. The test allows a unified discussion of the statistical uncertainties affecting current or future measurements of eccentricity-induced variations and of day-night asymmetries (in SK, SNO, and Borexino), as well as of reactor power variations (in KamLAND).
description: 17 pages, including 3 figures
Electoral Economics in New Democracies: Affecting Attitudes about Democracy
Creators: name: Drazen, Allan
name: Brender, Adi
name: Drazen, Allan
name: Brender, Adi
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Financial Economics
subject: democratic consolidation
subject: fragility
subject: fiscal policy

description: Recent research finds that political budget cycles are predominantly a phenomenon of new democracies, but also indicates that even in these countries higher deficits in election years do not help incumbents to get reelected. We suggest that the higher election year deficits in recently democraticized countries may reflect the response of democratic leaders to the public’s uncertainty about the value of democracy, as indicated by our findings from the World Values Survey. We present a model in which voters form beliefs about the efficacy of democracy on the basis of economic outcomes. To force a reversion to a non-democratic regime, anti-democratic elites must gain sufficient support from the citizenry. This leads government to increase expenditures and deficits before elections —when new democracies are particularly fragile - in the attempt to convince voters that “democracy works”, with these expenditures going primarily to citizens rather than elites. Data on the composition of election year expenditure increases in new democracies are broadly consistent with the suggested pattern. The focus on citizens rather than elites, and the implications of the necessity of “buying off” citizens rather than elites to prevent a successful coup or similar measure contrasts with some of the recent literature on democratic consolidation.
Formation of Supermassive Black Holes in Galactic Bulges: A Rotating Collapse Model Consistent with the $\mbh-σ$ Relation
Creators: name: Adams, Fred C.
name: Graff, David S.
name: Mbonye, Manasse
name: Richstone, Douglas O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Motivated by the observed correlation between black hole masses $\mbh$ and the velocity dispersion $σ$ of host galaxies, we develop a theoretical model of black hole formation in galactic bulges (this paper generalizes an earlier ApJ Letter). The model assumes an initial state specified by a a uniform rotation rate $Ω$ and a density distribution of the form $ρ= \aeff^2 / 2 πG r^2$ (so that $\aeff$ is an effective transport speed). The black hole mass is determined when the centrifugal radius of the collapse flow exceeds the capture radius of the central black hole (for Schwarzschild geometry). This model reproduces the observed correlation between the estimated black hole masses and the velocity dispersions of galactic bulges, i.e., $\mbh \approx 10^8 M_\odot (σ/200 {\rm km s^{-1}})^4$, where $σ= \sqrt{2} \aeff$. To obtain this normalization, the rotation rate $Ω\approx 2 \times 10^{15}$ rad/s. The model also defines a bulge mass scale $M_B$. If we identify the scale $M_B$ with the bulge mass, the model determines the ratio $\mrat$ of black hole mass to the host mass: $\mrat$ $\approx$ 0.0024 $(σ/200 {\rm km s^{-1}})$, again in reasonable agreement with observed values. In this scenario, supermassive black holes form quickly (in $\sim10^5$ yr) and are born rapidly rotating (with $a/M \sim 0.9$). This paper also shows how these results depend on the assumed initial conditions; the most important quantity is the initial distribution of specific angular momentum in the pre-collapse state.
description: 31 pages, 4 figures, accepted to ApJ
Pork Barrel Cycles
Creators: name: Drazen, Allan
name: Eslava, Marcela
name: Drazen, Allan
name: Eslava, Marcela
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Financial Economics
subject: expenditure composition
subject: political budget cycle
subject: special interest groups
subject: electoral manipulation

description: We present a model of political budget cycles in which incumbents influence voters by targeting government spending to specific groups of voters at the expense of other voters or other expenditures. Each voter faces a signal extraction problem: being targeted with expenditure before the election may reflect opportunistic manipulation, but may also reflect a sincere preference of the incumbent for the types of spending that voter prefers. We show the existence of a political equilibrium in which rational voters support an incumbent who targets them with spending before the election even though they know it may be electorally motivated. In equilibrium voters in the more “swing” regions are targeted at the expense of types of spending not favored by these voters. This will be true even if they know they live in swing regions. However, the responsiveness of these voters to electoral manipulation depends on whether they face some degree of uncertainty about the electoral importance of the group they are in. Use of targeted spending also implies voters can be influenced without election-year deficits, consistent with recent finding for established democracies.
How Do Budget Deficits and Economic Growth Affect Reelection Prospects? Evidence from a Large Cross−Section of Countries
Creators: name: Drazen, Allan
name: Brender, Adi
name: Drazen, Allan
name: Brender, Adi
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Financial Economics
subject: International Development
subject: political budget cycle
subject: political business cycle
subject: fiscal manipulation

description: Conventional wisdom is that good economic conditions or expansionary fiscal policy help incumbents get re-elected, but this has not been tested in a large cross-section of countries. We test these arguments in a sample of 74 countries over the period 1960-2003. We find no evidence that deficits help reelection in any group of countries –developed and less developed, new and old democracies, countries with different government or electoral systems, and countries with different levels of democracy. In developed countries, especially old democracies, election-year deficits actually reduce the probability that a leader is reelected, with similar negative electoral effects of deficits in the earlier years of an incumbent's term in office. Higher growth rates of real GDP per-capita raise the probability of reelection only in the less developed countries and in new democracies, but voters are affected by growth over the leader's term in office rather than in the election year itself. Low inflation is rewarded by voters only in the developed countries. The effects we find are not only statistically significant, but also quite substantial quantitatively. We also suggest how the absence of a positive electoral effect of deficits can be consistent with the political deficit cycle found in new democracies.
Neutrino mean free path in neutron stars
Creators: name: Shen, Caiwan
name: Lombardo, U.
name: Van Giai, N.
name: Zuo, W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The neutrino propagation in neutron stars is studied in the framework of the linear response method. The medium effects are treated in the non-relativistic Brueckner-Hartree-Fock approach either in the mean-field approximation or in the RPA. The residual interaction is expressed in terms of the Landau parameters extracted from the equation of state of spin- and isospin-polarized nuclear matter. The Brueckner theory including three-body forces is used for determining the equation of state. Numerical predictions for the response function of nuclear matter in $β$-equilibrium and the neutrino mean free path are presented in a range of baryonic densities and temperatures. The main results are a dominance of the charge-exchange component over the scattering component and an enhancement of the neutrino mean free path induced by nuclear correlations.
description: 7 pages, 5 figures, RevTeX 4
Open Science Observatory: Understanding the European open science landscape
Creators: name: Grypari, Ioanna
name: Bardi, Alessia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: OpenAIRE
Open Science Observatory
metrics
indicators
Open science
webinar

description: OpenAIRE Webinar, 15th December, 2021 This OpenAIRE Webinar aimed to present the Open Science Observatory (https://osobservatory.openaire.eu/), a plataform that presents a collection of indicators and visualizations that help interested stakeholders (policy makers and research administrators among others) better understand the Open Science landscape in Europe across countries. Webinar recording: https://youtu.be/EiIthLvfe14
Factorisation of 3d $\mathcal{N}=4$ Twisted Indices and the Geometry of Vortex Moduli Space
Creators: name: Crew, Samuel
name: Dorey, Nick
name: Zhang, Daniel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the twisted indices of $\mathcal{N}=4$ supersymmetric gauge theories in three dimensions on spatial $S^{2}$ with an angular momentum refinement. We demonstrate factorisation of the index into holomorphic blocks for the $T[SU(N)]$ theory in the presence of generic fluxes and fugacities. We also investigate the relation between the twisted index, Hilbert series and the moduli space of vortices. In particular, we show that each holomorphic block coincides with a generating function for the $χ_{t}$ genera of the moduli spaces of "local" vortices. The twisted index itself coincides with a corresponding generating function for the $χ_{t}$ genera of moduli spaces of "global" vortices in agreement with a proposal of Bullimore et. al. We generalise this geometric interpretation of the twisted index to include fluxes and Chern-Simons levels. For the $T[SU(N)]$ theory, the relevant moduli spaces are the local and global versions of Laumon space respectively and we demonstrate the proposed agreements explicitly using results from the mathematical literature. Finally, we exhibit a precise relation between the Coulomb branch Hilbert series and the Poincaré polynomials of the corresponding vortex moduli spaces.
description: 56 pages, 4 figures. v2: published version, references added
Patents, Imitation and Licensing In an Asymmetric Dynamic R&D Race
Creators: name: Fershtman, Chaim
name: Markovich, Sarit
name: Fershtman, Chaim
name: Markovich, Sarit
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: Financial Economics
Public Economics

description: R&D is an inherently dynamic process which involves different intermediate steps that need to be developed before the completion of the final invention. Firms are not necessarily symmetric in their R&D abilities; some may have advantages in early stages of the R&D process while others may have advantages in other stages of the process. The paper uses a simple two-firm asymmetric ability multistage R&D race model to analyze the effect of different types of patent policy regimes and licensing arrangement on the speed of innovation, firm value and consumers' surplus. The paper demonstrates the circumstances under which a weak patent protection regime, which facilitates free imitation of any intermediate technology, may yield a higher overall surplus than a regime that awards patent for the final innovation. This result holds even in cases where the length of the patent is optimally calculated.
Carientothrips vesper Mound 1974
Creators: name: Eow, Li-Xin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Phlaeothripidae
Carientothrips
Carientothrips vesper

description: Carientothrips vesper Mound, 1974 a: 35
(Figs 15, 26, 39)
 This species from Western Australia is distinguished from the eastern Australian species reedi only by the longer antennae (Fig. 26) and more clearly capitate major setae. It was described from a single female collected at Manjimup, but a further male and female have since been collected from Dwellingup. The pelta (Fig. 39) is similar to that of acti.
 Diagnosis. Apterous, weakly bicoloured with head and thorax paler than brown abdomen, legs brownish yellow; head longer than wide, scarcely projecting in front of eyes, vertex smooth medially except near posterior margin, maxillary stylets retracted to eyes and close together (Fig. 15); maxillary palp segment I 2.5 times as long as wide, segment II rather shorter with stout terminal sensorium; eyes well developed dorsally but small ventrally with only 4–5 visible ommatidia; postocellar finely acute, postocular setae capitate. Pronotal am setae short and acute, the other 4 pairs long and capitate; notopleural sutures incomplete. Metanotum reticulate, with about 8 minor setae anteromedially. Pelta broad with truncate apex; tergites III–VI with about 20 small discal setae in transverse row, wing-retaining setae minute; tergite IX setae capitate and shorter than tube. Male with fore tarsal tooth.
description: Published as part of Eow, Li-Xin, 2014, Australian species of spore-feeding Thysanoptera in the genera Carientothrips and Nesothrips (Thysanoptera: Idolothripinae), pp. 193-221 in Zootaxa 3821 (2) on pages 210-211, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3821.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4919972
The Role of Collateralized Household Debt in Macroeconomic Stabilization
Creators: name: Hercowitz, Zvi
name: Campbell, Jeffrey R.
name: Hercowitz, Zvi
name: Campbell, Jeffrey R.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Financial Economics
subject: Consumer Credit
subject: Housing
subject: Deregulation
subject: Labor Supply
subject: Business Cycle Stabilization

description: Market innovations following the ¯nancial reforms of the early 1980s drastically reduced equity requirements associated with collateralized household borrowing. This paper examines the contribution of this development to the macroeconomic stabilization that occurred shortly thereafter. The model combines collateralized household debt with heterogeneity of time preference in a calibrated general equilibrium setup. We use this framework to characterize the business cycle implications of lowering required down payments and rates of amortization for durable goods purchases as in the early 1980s. The model predicts that this reduction of equity requirements can explain a large fraction of the actual volatility decline in hours worked, output, household debt, and household durable goods purchases.