cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Understanding job satisfaction in a labor intensive sector: Empirical evidence from the Ethiopian cut flower industry
Creators: name: Staelens, Lotte
name: Louche, Céline
name: D’Haese, Marijke
name: Staelens, Lotte
name: Louche, Céline
name: D’Haese, Marijke
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: job satisfaction
subject: labor
subject: cut flower industry
subject: Ethiopia
subject: Africa

description: This paper analyses the determinants of job satisfaction in the cut flower industry in Ethiopia. Using primary survey data of 358 workers and focus groups conducted in 5 similar farms, we find that organizational extrinsic rewards are the main determinants of job satisfaction. Intrinsic and social extrinsic rewards however, appear to have little predictive power. Moreover our findings suggest that there are no gender differences in levels and predictors of job satisfaction, however we do find educational differences and explain why. To end, we discuss the implications of this study along with limitations and suggestions for future research.
Global Evolution of Solar Magnetic Fields and Prediction of Activity Cycles
Creators: name: Kitiashvili, Irina N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: Space Physics (physics.space-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Prediction of solar activity cycles is challenging because physical processes inside the Sun involve a broad range of multiscale dynamics that no model can reproduce and because the available observations are highly limited and cover mostly surface layers. Helioseismology makes it possible to probe solar dynamics in the convective zone, but variations in differential rotation and meridional circulation are currently available for only two solar activity cycles. It has been demonstrated that sunspot observations, which cover over 400 years, can be used to calibrate the Parker-Kleeorin-Ruzmaikin dynamo model, and that the Ensemble Kalman Filter (EnKF) method can be used to link the modeled magnetic fields to sunspot observations and make reliable predictions of a following activity cycle. However, for more accurate predictions, it is necessary to use actual observations of the solar magnetic fields, which are available only for the last four solar cycles. In this paper I briefly discuss the influence of the limited number of available observations on the accuracy of EnKF estimates of solar cycle parameters, the criteria to evaluate the predictions, and application of synoptic magnetograms to the prediction of solar activity.
description: 10 pages, 6 figures, submitted to Proceedings of IAUS #354
title: A Comparative Study of the Pathology and Pathophysiology of Severe Malaria in a Non-Human Primate Model
Creators: name: Lombardini, Eric Desombre
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2017

description: With the rise in plasmodial drug resistance throughout the world, a dwindling arsenal of anti-malarials and a predilection for use of less than ideal murine models, the need for effective, applicable and established animal models through which to understand severe malarial disease and test potential treatments is becoming increasingly crucial. Plasmodium coatneyi was discovered in the Philippines in the early 1960s in Rhesus macaque monkeys and has been evaluated sporadically as a potential platform for comparative studies of Plasmodium falciparum induced severe and cerebral malaria in humans. Using 30 years worth of archival samples at the Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences in Bangkok, Thailand, compounded with data and material from a series of prospective experimental studies, the work in this thesis sought to fully characterize and describe the pathology and pathobiology of the P. coatneyi/Rhesus macaque model. This included a thorough examination of the parasite host interaction, clinical symptomology, hematology and clinical pathology, gross pathology, histopathology, immunohistochemistry, cerebrospinal fluid cytokine profiles, transmission and scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy of the disease in 45 adult rhesus macaques. The study further compared P. coatneyi with existing P. falciparum infected human material maintained at the National University of Singapore’s Vivax laboratory and Oxford University’s Ultrastructural Morphology Group, Nuffield Division of Clinical Laboratory Sciences. The study culminated in a successful clinical drug trial which evaluated the efficacy of varying doses of methylene blue as a radical cure for malaria in this non-human primate model. In many ways, the model mirrors P. falciparum, however the benefit of this evaluation is that it highlights not only the similarities but also the divergences. The successful completion of this description of the pathology and pathobiology of the P. coatneyi/Rhesus macaque model of severe and cerebral malaria adds a complex but effective animal model to the armamentarium in the ongoing war against malaria.
A hybrid model for estimation of pore size from ortho-positronium lifetimes in porous materials
Creators: name: Tuyen, L. Anh
name: Xuan, T. Dong
name: Kiet, H. A. Tuan
name: Cuong, L. Chi
name: Phuc, P. Trong
name: Tap, T. Duy
name: Dinh, Van-Phuc
name: Nguyen, L. Ly
name: Hue, N. T. Ngoc
name: Hue, P. Thi
name: Son, L. Thai
name: Van Hoang, D.
name: Long, N. Hoang
name: Hung, N. Quang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The present paper proposes a novel model for estimating the free-volume size of porous materials based on the analysis of various experimental ortho-positronium ($o$-Ps) lifetime data. The model is derived by combining the semi-classical (SE) physics model, which works in the region of large pores (pore size $R >$ 1 nm), with the conventional Tao-Eldrup (TE) model, which is applicable only for the small-pore region ($R
description: 18 pages, 4 figures, accepted in Radiation Physics and Chemistry
Characterizing rigid simplicial actions on trees
Creators: name: Levitt, Gilbert
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We extend Forester's rigidity theorem so as to give a complete characterization of rigid group actions on trees (an action is rigid if it is the only reduced action in its deformation space, in particular it is invariant under automorphisms preserving the set of elliptic subgroups).
description: Geometric methods in group theory (2004) to appear
The Impact of CAP Payments on the Exodus of Labour from Agriculture in Selected EU Member States
Creators: name: Tocco, Barbara
name: Davidova, Sophia
name: Bailey, Alastair
name: Tocco, Barbara
name: Davidova, Sophia
name: Bailey, Alastair
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Political Economy
subject: Common Agricultural Policy
subject: Farm Exit
subject: European Union

description: This paper examines the determinants of exit from agriculture under the implementation of CAP payments in four selected EU countries (France, Hungary, Italy and Poland) in the period 2005-08. The main results suggest that total subsidies at the regional level reduce the out-farm migration of agricultural workers in the two New Member States, Hungary and Poland. Conversely, the non-significant results for the ‘old’ Member States may be interpreted as the result of opposing effects of coupled payments and rural development support. The diverse impact of CAP on the likelihood of leaving agriculture in the four countries reflects the heterogeneity across European Member States, which does not allow a common and simple generalisation of the effect of the CAP on labour allocation.
title: Perspektiven für das Management perennierender Unkräuter
Creators: name: Andert, Sabine
name: Gerowitt, Bärbel
Publisher: name: Julius Kühn-Institut
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 630

description: Julius-Kühn-Archiv, vol. 478Tagungsband: 31. Deutsche Arbeitsbesprechung über Fragen der Unkrautbiologie und -bekämpfung; 27.-29. Februar 2024, Braunschweig, p. 16
title: Biological and Clinical Significance of Circulating Tumor Cells in Breast Cancer
Creators: name: Fina, Emanuela
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2017

description: Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) represent a unique source of information that might help clarifying numerous aspects of metastasis biology and finding new clinically relevant biomarkers. On the hypothesis that CTCs possess a distinct profile compared to solid primary and secondary lesions, the transcriptome of experimentally-derived CTCs was compared with those of the primary tumor (PT) and metastases at lymph-nodes (LNs) and lung, in order to identify CTC specific signatures involved in hematogenous dissemination and which might represent possible prognostic biomarkers. PTs, CTCs, LNs and lungs were collected from the breast cancer (BC) MDA MB 231 xenograft model and characterized in two independent experiments using a microarray platform. CTCs were distinguishable from solid lesions by a set of 474 significantly differentially expressed genes. Among genes up-regulated in CTCs, the trefoil factor 3 secreted peptide (TFF3) was selected to evaluate its role in CTC biology. TFF3 down-modulation or knock-out (KO) significantly impaired MDA MB 231 cell migratory and invasive properties, but not their proliferation rate or vascular mimicry ability, in in vitro assays. Xenograft experiments with MDA MB 231 TFF3KO clones did not allow drawing conclusions on the involvement of TFF3 in dissemination and metastasis as the interpretation of results was hampered by the biological heterogeneity observed among clones. Interestingly, the expression status of TFF3 and some other CTC/metastasis-specific genes assessed in CTCs isolated from peripheral blood of BC patients, but not CTC status alone defined using standard markers, allowed identifying a group at higher risk of relapse or progression. Indeed, patients with TFF3+ CTCs had a significantly shorter progression-free survival compared to those with TFF3- CTCs. On the contrary, TFF3 expression level assessed in publicly available primary BC datasets did not correlate with tumor relapse. The study of biologically relevant CTC-specific genes may allow deciphering the molecular mechanisms which orchestrate dissemination and real-time monitoring tumor evolution.
title: Reservestoffe in Wurzelstücken von Sonchus arvensis L. von Sprossaustrieb bis Blüte
Creators: name: Weigel, Marian
name: Andert, Sabine
name: Alt, Manuela
name: Weiß, Kirsten
name: Müller, Jürgen
name: Gerowitt, Bärbel
Publisher: name: Julius Kühn-Institut
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 630

description: Julius-Kühn-Archiv, vol. 478Tagungsband: 31. Deutsche Arbeitsbesprechung über Fragen der Unkrautbiologie und -bekämpfung; 27.-29. Februar 2024, Braunschweig, p. 20
title: Pathogenität und Inokulumproduktion von Plasmodiophora brassicae und Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in Abhängigkeit von Zwischenfruchtanbau und Verunkrautung
Creators: name: Söchting, Hans-Peter
name: Brand, Sinja
name: Zamani-Noor, Nazanin
Publisher: name: Julius Kühn-Institut
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 630

description: Julius-Kühn-Archiv, vol. 478Tagungsband: 31. Deutsche Arbeitsbesprechung über Fragen der Unkrautbiologie und -bekämpfung; 27.-29. Februar 2024, Braunschweig, p. 22
title: Erfassung der Nestgröße zur Bewertung von Kontrollmaßnahmen von Cirsium arvense
Creators: name: Weigel, Marian
name: Andert, Sabine
name: Gerowitt, Bärbel
Publisher: name: Julius Kühn-Institut
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 630

description: Julius-Kühn-Archiv, vol. 478Tagungsband: 31. Deutsche Arbeitsbesprechung über Fragen der Unkrautbiologie und -bekämpfung; 27.-29. Februar 2024, Braunschweig, p. 24
Enseñanza y aprendizaje del español para estudiantes anglohablantes a nivel avanzado
Creators: name: Morales-Durán, María-Eugenia
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: The main purpose of this thesis is to compare and contrast Spanish and English in order to locate morphological, lexical and syntactic correspondences and differences, to find out how those represent pedagogical advantages and disadvantages, and to consider how those findings help in the teaching and learning of Spanish. This work is directed to advanced-level instructors, translators and students. I have applied contrastive analysis as a research method. The results are presented in the following chapters: Indo-European Origins (2.1); Comparative Morphology of Nominal, Verbal, Adjectival, Adverbial and Prepositional Phrases (2.2), Word Order and Syntax (2.3), Lexical Anglicisms (2.4) and Spanish Difficulties (2.5). The general conclusions found were: There are learning advantages for English-speaking students because Spanish shares with English basic linguistic characteristics deriving from their Indo-European formation. Lexical, morphological and syntactic structures are similar. Both languages employ basic components, rules, units and restrictions, similar functions and bases for learning. The divergences result from distinct and diverse influences at work in both languages, as well as differences in their historic, cultural, religious and social development. Structural correspondences can be arranged in hierarchical importance for pedagogical purposes for people teaching, translating or learning Spanish. The greater the difference between the languages, the greater is the difficulty in learning.
Pierwsze efekty reformy rynku cukru w UE i w Polsce
Creators: name: Artyszak, Arkadiusz
name: Artyszak, Arkadiusz
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: sugar market reform
subject: sugar beet
subject: European Union
subject: / burak cukrowy
subject: reforma rynku cukru
subject: Unia Europejska

description: State of implementation of sugar market reform in the EU and in Poland are presented. Desired effects in the form of reduction of sugar production are not satisfactory. Therefore raising compensation payments for giving up sugar beet cultivation are envisaged. / Synopsis. W pracy przedstawiono stan wdrażania reformy rynku cukru w UE i w Polsce. Oczekiwane efekty w postaci ograniczenia produkcji cukru są niewystarczające. Dlatego planuje się zwiększyć wysokość rekompensat za zaniechanie uprawy buraków cukrowych dla plantatorów.
title: Entwicklung des Windhalmauflaufs bei verschiedener Bodenbearbeitung
Creators: name: Schwarz, Jürgen
Publisher: name: Julius Kühn-Institut
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 630

description: Julius-Kühn-Archiv, vol. 478Tagungsband: 31. Deutsche Arbeitsbesprechung über Fragen der Unkrautbiologie und -bekämpfung; 27.-29. Februar 2024, Braunschweig, p. 26
title: oberirdisch – unterirdisch: wie sich Unkraut-Samenverlust aufteilt
Creators: name: de, Friederike
name: Gerowitt, Bärbel
name: Redwitz, Christoph
Publisher: name: Julius Kühn-Institut
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 630

description: Julius-Kühn-Archiv, vol. 478Tagungsband: 31. Deutsche Arbeitsbesprechung über Fragen der Unkrautbiologie und -bekämpfung; 27.-29. Februar 2024, Braunschweig, p. 28
title: Ertragswirkung artspezifischer Beikrautregulierung im Mais (Zea mays L.)
Creators: name: Hagemann, David
name: Zurheide, Tim
name: Trautz, Dieter
Publisher: name: Julius Kühn-Institut
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 630

description: Julius-Kühn-Archiv, vol. 478Tagungsband: 31. Deutsche Arbeitsbesprechung über Fragen der Unkrautbiologie und -bekämpfung; 27.-29. Februar 2024, Braunschweig, p. 30
title: „Instrumente für eine neue Anthropologie“
Creators: name: Hofmann, Tatjana
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst Slavistik
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Igor´, Sidorenko
subject: Geopoetik
subject: Interview
subject: 491.8

description: Er sieht sich als „Kulturträger“ und prägt als solcher literarische Trends wie die Geopoetik oder die Zoosophie. Igor’ Sids Projekte führen immer wieder in den Süden der „un-ordentlichen Krim“ und wollen das Wesen des Menschen erforschen.
description: novinkizurückgefragt, no. 2009-03-16
Exploring the relationship between nuclear matter and finite nuclei with chiral two- and three-nucleon forces
Creators: name: Sammarruca, Francesca
name: Millerson, Randy
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We address the connection between the saturating behavior of infinite nuclear matter and the description of finite nuclei based on state-of-the-art chiral two- and three-nucleon forces. We observe that chiral two- and three-nucleon interactions (at N2LO and at N3LO) which have been found to predict realistic binding energies and radii for a wide range of finite nuclei (from p-shell nuclei up to nickel isotopes) are unable to saturate infinite nuclear matter. On the other hand, it has been shown that, when the fits of the cD and cE couplings of the chiral three-nucleon interactions include the constraint of nuclear matter saturation in addition to, as is typically the case, the triton binding energy, medium-mass nuclei are underbound and their radii are sytematically too large. We discuss this apparent inconsistency and perform test calculations for various scenarios to shed light on the issue.
description: Accepted for publication in Physical Review C. 10 pages, 7 figures
Powiązania cen wieprzowiny pomiędzy rynkiem polskim, duńskim i niemieckim
Creators: name: Hamulczuk, Mariusz
name: Hamulczuk, Mariusz
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: pork prices
subject: price linkage
subject: law of one price
subject: / ceny wieprzowiny
subject: powiązania cen
subject: prawo jednej ceny

description: The aim of the paper was the attempt to assess the pork prices linkage between Polish, Danish and German markets. The research was based on monthly average pork price notations between January 1995 and May 2007. The analysis indicates that both short-term and long-term relationships between analyzed markets have existed. / Synopsis. Celem badań była próba oceny powiązań cen wieprzowiny pomiędzy rynkiem polskim, duńskim i niemieckim. Analizę przeprowadzono w oparciu o miesięczne informacje o poziomie cen z okresu od stycznia 1995 do maja 2007 roku. Przedstawione wyniki badań wskazują, że istnieją zarówno krótko-, jak i długookresowe powiązania w kształtowaniu się cen między analizowanymi rynkami.
MMB & DFT 2012 Workshop Proceedings
Creators: name: Schmitt, Jens B.
name: Beck, Michael A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: Applied Computer Science

description: Workshop Proceedings of the 16th International GI/ITG Conference on Measurement, Modelling and Evaluation of Computing Systems and Dependability and Fault Tolerance.
Includes the proceedings of the Workshop on Network Calculus (WoNeCa), the Workshop on Physically-augmented Security for Wireless Networks (PILATES) and the Workshop on Modeling and Analysis of Complex Reaction Networks (MACoRN).
Systematic Search of Exactly Solvable Non-Central Potentials
Creators: name: Gonul, Bulent
name: Kocak, Mehmet
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recently developed supersymmetric perturbation theory has been successfully employed to make a complete mathematical analysis the reason behind exact solvability of some non-central potentials. This investigation clarifies once more the effectiveness of the present formalism.
description: 7 pages, no figures
Thysanoptera
Creators: name: Minaei, Kambiz
name: Mound, Laurence
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera

description: Thysanoptera species on Tamarix
 Tamarix is an Old World plant genus that includes about 50 species of trees or shrubs native to the semi-arid areas of the Sahel zone, although with some species introduced to other countries. The eight species considered here are known only from Tamarix plants, there being no available evidence that any of them also live on any other plant. However, this is an assemblage of unrelated genera and does not comprise a single lineage. These thrips are representatives from three different families and eight different genera. Four of the species apparently feed on leaves, one is flower-living, two are probably predatory on other small arthropods, and one is a fungus-feeder. Presumably, this assemblage is ecologically driven with little or no evolutionary significance. Tamarix lives in a dry and hostile environment, where it is often one of the most important plants available providing food and shelter to phytophagous insects. The absence of Thysanoptera radiation among these Tamarix -associated thrips is itself interesting, in that it contrasts with the situation on Geijera (Mound 1971). This Australian shrub similarly grows in scattered stands in semi-arid country, but a single lineage of Phlaeothripidae has radiated on it to produce at least 10 host-specific species.
 Six of the eight species here considered associated with Tamarix are known to exhibit particularly unusual character states, although it is not known if this is coincidence or induced in some way by this plant. The antennae of Aeolothrips naderi are no more than 7-segmented, instead of the 9-segmented condition found in the other members of Aeolothripidae. In all known species of Eremiothrips antennal segment V bears near its inner apex a sense cone that is longer than the apical width of this segment, but in E. tamaricis this sense cone is much shorter. Similarly, in Haplothrips tamaricinus the inner sense cone on antennal segment III is much smaller than the external sense cone, a condition that is particularly unusual in this genus. Scirtothrips hafezi is almost unique within the genus Scirtothrips in having long setae on the head and pronotum, and Tamaricothrips tamaricis appears to be a typical species of the genus Anaphothrips apart from having one pair of pronotal posteroangular setae slightly elongate. Finally, Liothrips reuteri is exceptional within the species-rich genus Liothrips in producing micropterous adults.
description: Published as part of Minaei, Kambiz & Mound, Laurence, 2020, Thysanoptera host-plant associations, with an account of species living on Tamarix, and a new species of Lissothrips (Phlaeothripidae), pp. 275-283 in Zootaxa 4868 (2) on page 276, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4868.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/4443696
title: Untersuchungen zur genetischen Variabilität von Bromus secalinus und Bromus commutatus in Deutschland
Creators: name: Rissel, Dagmar
name: Wennmann, Jörg
name: Lex, Jeannette
name: Keilwagen, Jens
name: von, Christoph
name: Ulber, Lena
Publisher: name: Julius Kühn-Institut
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 630

description: Julius-Kühn-Archiv, vol. 478Tagungsband: 31. Deutsche Arbeitsbesprechung über Fragen der Unkrautbiologie und -bekämpfung; 27.-29. Februar 2024, Braunschweig, p. 33
Deterministic transformations of multilevel coherent states under incoherence-preserving operations
Creators: name: Zhang, Limei
name: Gao, Ting
name: Yan, Fengli
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum coherence, emerging from the 'superposition' of quantum states, is widely used in various information processing tasks. Recently, the resource theory of multilevel quantum coherence is attracting substantial attention. In this paper, we mainly study the deterministic transformations of resource pure states via free operations in the theoretical framework for multilevel coherence. We prove that any two multilevel coherent resource pure states can be interconverted with a nonzero probability via a completely positive and trace non-increasing $k$-coherence-preserving map. Meanwhile, we present the condition of the interconversions of two multilevel coherent resource pure states under $k$-coherence-preserving operations. In addition, we obtain that in the resource-theoretic framework of multilevel coherence, no resource state is isolated, that is, given a multilevel coherent pure state $|ψ\rangle$, there exists another multilevel coherent pure state $|ϕ\rangle$ and a $k$-coherence-preserving operation $Λ_k$, such that $Λ_k(|ϕ\rangle)=|ψ\rangle$.
description: 7 pages
Dihadron interference fragmentation functions in proton-proton collisions
Creators: name: Bacchetta, Alessandro
name: Radici, Marco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the production of hadron pairs in proton-proton collisions, selecting pairs with large total transverse momentum with respect to the beam, and small relative transverse momentum, i.e., belonging to a single jet with large transverse momentum. We describe the process in terms of dihadron fragmentation functions. We consider the production of one pair in polarized collisions (with one transversely polarized proton) and the production of two pairs in unpolarized collisions. In the first case, we discuss how to observe the quark transversity distribution in connection with a specific class of dihadron fragmentation functions, named interference fragmentation functions. In the second case, we suggest how to determine the latter and also how to observe linearly polarized gluons.
description: 12 pages, 1 figure. Eq. (11) modified
title: Probing Galaxy Evolution with AKARI
Creators: name: Davidge, Helen Rosemary
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2017

description: This thesis presents the first detailed analysis of three extragalactic fields observed by the infrared satellite, AKARI. AKARI is the only telescope able to observe deeply in the Spitzer/IRAC - Spitzer/MIPS band gap of 8-24 microns. The first analysis of these extragalactic fields, was to perform galaxy number counts, the most basic statistical property of galaxy populations. Presented are the counts at 3, 4, 7, 11, 15 and 18 microns. These number counts were compared with published results and galaxy evolution models. These models are dependent on both the Spectral Energy Distribution (SED) templates and evolution of the galaxy types. The phenomenological backwards evolution model of Pearson 2005 appeared to be consistent with the number counts. To probe this, number counts were extracted from below the survey limit by performing Probability of Deflection (P(D)) fluctuation analysis. The Pearson model was found to be consistent with the 11 microns P(D) analysis but not with the 15 microns. The results from the 15 microns P(D) analysis indicates that the Pearson model under predicts the evolution of star forming galaxies. Multi-wavelength band-merged catalogues for the two deep extragalactic fields were created using AKARI data from the work of this thesis and ancillary data. The separation of galaxy type using AKARI/IRC filter colours was explored. For z < 2 a separation criteria was found for Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN), but to accurately classify galaxy type, SED fitting is required. Submm-selected galaxies detected by AKARI were found to resemble scaled-up normal local spiral galaxies, rather than starbursts, consistent with them lying on the high-redshift `main sequence' unlike local ultraluminous infrared galaxies. The thesis concludes by measuring the percentage of the far-infrared Cosmic Infrared Background (CIB) resolved by AKARI mid-infrared galaxies. By performing stacking analysis on a Herschel/SPIRE 250 microns image of AKARI galaxy positions, it was found that AKARI mid-infrared galaxies resolve ~10% of the 250 micron CIB.
Miejsce i rola rolnictwa polskiego w Unii Europejskiej (25)
Creators: name: Kapusta, Franciszek
name: Kapusta, Franciszek
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: position
subject: agriculture
subject: share
subject: arable land
subject: production
subject: crop
subject: / produkcja
subject: plon
subject: pozycja
subject: rolnictwo
subject: udział
subject: użytki rolne

description: The paper positions Polish agriculture on the background of agriculture in the EU(25) member states in years 2004-2005. The analysis has the aim of selecting its strengths and weaknesses and form a basis for constructing the strategy of its development in the integrating Union. The geographical location of member states forms different climatic and soil conditions for development of agricultural production. In the majority of cases the EU member states are complementary to each other. These characteristics are supplementary to a differentiation in the levels of economic development and in the stage of progress of structural changes in agriculture. Polish agriculture as an important part of agriculture in the EU may play a significant role in development of its food security and food self-supply. / Synopsis. W opracowaniu umiejscowiono rolnictwo polskie na tle rolnictwa krajów Unii (25) w latach 2004-2005. Analiza ma na celu wychwycenie mocnych i słabych stron polskiego rolnictwa i stanowić podstawę do konstruowania strategii jego rozwoju w integrującej się Unii. Położenie geograficzne poszczególnych państw stwarza odmienne warunki klimatyczne i glebowe dla rozwijania produkcji rolniczej. W większości przypadków państwa Unii pod tym względem są dla siebie komplementarne. Te właściwości są uzupełniane zróżnicowaniem w poziomie rozwoju gospodarczego i zaawansowaniem przemian strukturalnych w rolnictwie. Rolnictwo polskie stanowiąc ważny składnik rolnictwa Unii może odegrać poważną rolę w rozwijaniu jej bezpieczeństwa żywnościowego i samowystarczalności żywnościowej.
title: Linking Vocational Education to the World of Employment: the Case of Business English in Greece
Creators: name: Batsila, Marianthi
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2017

description: The focus of this research is Vocational Education (VE) of secondary level and English for Specific Purposes (ESP). Research shows that despite the significance placed on VE (UNESCO 2012), a number of discrepancies are found regarding its link with the employment market worldwide, mainly attributed to the appropriateness of the material. Against this background, this study investigated the link between the English language needs of businesses in Greece and the English language skills VE schools offer at present. The study employed a mixed methods research methodology. It consisted of business English language needs questionnaires with businesses (N=136), interviews with teachers (N=10), and a focus group discussion with learners (N=8) as data collection tools. Additionally, an evaluation of the “English for Economics and Administration” VE textbook was conducted and the impact of newly designed ESP material on learners was examined through pre-post-tests. The findings of the businesses survey revealed the need for more emphasis on speaking and listening skills than writing or reading. The evaluation of the target textbook suggested a lack of these skills and lack of authenticity, interactivity, motivation, contemporary content and communicative tasks required by the workplace. To address this gap some new ESP materials were designed to supplement part of the target textbook. The findings show that both learners and teachers found these materials communicative, contemporary, authentic and relevant to learners’ future working needs. In the Greek context this research is unique in that it investigates the link between VE of secondary level and workplace, which has not been addressed in the Greek literature so far. The research has implications for practitioners who could participate in materials design, and for policy makers who should base ESP materials design on learners’, and workplace needs analysis.
title: Wirkungsgradsteigerung innerhalb der Reihe durch bidirektionalen Einsatz einer kameragesteuerten Hacke in Körnermais
Creators: name: Nahrun, Georg
name: Möller, Kurt
name: Peteinatos, Gerassimos
name: Gerhards, Roland
Publisher: name: Julius Kühn-Institut
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 630

description: Julius-Kühn-Archiv, vol. 478Tagungsband: 31. Deutsche Arbeitsbesprechung über Fragen der Unkrautbiologie und -bekämpfung; 27.-29. Februar 2024, Braunschweig, p. 35
Additional file 1 of Frequency of providing a palliative approach to care in family practice: a chart review and perceptions of healthcare practitioners in Canada
Creators: name: Gallagher, Erin
name: Carter-Ramirez, Daniel
name: Boese, Kaitlyn
name: Winemaker, Samantha
name: MacLennan, Amanda
name: Hansen, Nicolle
name: Hafid, Abe
name: Howard, Michelle
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. Chart Review Tool. This chart review tool was developed by this study to capture the elements of PAC in primary care.
A geometric approach to the canonical reformulation of quantum mechanics
Creators: name: Mehrafarin, Mohammad
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The measure of distinguishability between two neighboring preparations of a physical system by a measurement apparatus naturally defines the line element of the preparation space of the system. We point out that quantum mechanics can be derived from the invariance of this line element in the canonical formulation. The canonical formulation of quantum statistical mechanics is also discussed.
description: final published version
Przyjazdy cudzoziemców do Polski, ich cele, motywy, wydatki
Creators: name: Karbowiak, Katarzyna
name: Karbowiak, Katarzyna
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: touristic visits
subject: Poland
subject: tourist expenses
subject: / turystyka
subject: Polska
subject: przyjazdy
subject: wydatki

description: The paper presents visits of foreigners in Poland, their purposes, motives and structure of their expenses in Poland. Data published by the Institute of Tourism in 2005 and 2006 are analysed. / Synopsis. Zaprezentowano przyjazdy cudzoziemców do Polski, cele tych podróży, motywy a także zwrócono uwagę na wydatki turystów zagranicznych w Polsce. W artykule poddano analizie dane pochodzące z badań Instytutu Turystyki, które przeprowadzano w 2005 i w 2006 roku.
Additional file 1 of Urinary sodium-to-potassium ratio associates with hypertension and current disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study
Creators: name: Minamino, Hiroto
name: Katsushima, Masao
name: Hashimoto, Motomu
name: Fujita, Yoshihito
name: Yoshida, Tamami
name: Ikeda, Kaori
name: Isomura, Nozomi
name: Oguri, Yasuo
name: Yamamoto, Wataru
name: Watanabe, Ryu
name: Murakami, Kosaku
name: Murata, Koichi
name: Nishitani, Kohei
name: Tanaka, Masao
name: Hiromu Ito
name: Ohmura, Koichiro
name: Matsuda, Shuichi
name: Nobuya Inagaki
name: Morinobu, Akio
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Hematology

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary Table 1. Multivariate analysis for independent factors associated with DAS28-ESR by gender. Supplementary Table 2. Multivariate analysis for independent factors associated with DAS28-ESR by the use of PSL.
Produkcja i eksport przetworów z owoców i warzyw w Polsce
Creators: name: Kierczyńska, Sylwia
name: Kierczyńska, Sylwia
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Industrial Organization
subject: International Development
subject: processing industry
subject: processed fruits
subject: processed vegetables
subject: / przemysł przetwórczy
subject: przetwory owocowe
subject: przetwory warzywne

description: The aim of his paper was to present changes in the amount and structure of fruit and vegetable processing industry production and export in Poland, in years 1993-2005. Both the production of processed vegetables and processed fruit has increased in the analyzed period. About 62% of the processed fruit was exported and in case of the processed vegetables it was about 46%. / Synopsis. Celem pracy było przedstawienie zmian w wielkości i strukturze produkcji oraz eksportu przetworów z owoców i warzyw w Polsce w latach 1993-2005. W analizowanym okresie zwiększyła się zarówno wielkość produkcji przetworów z owoców jak i z warzyw. Do rozwoju przetwórstwa owocowo-warzywnego w Polsce przyczynił się niewątpliwie eksport, którego udział w produkcji przetworów owocowych sięgał 62%, a przetworów warzywnych 46%.
Silicate grain growth due to ion trapping in oxygen-rich supernova remnants like Cassiopeia A
Creators: name: Kirchschlager, Florian
name: Barlow, M. J.
name: Schmidt, Franziska D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Core-collapse supernovae can condense large masses of dust post-explosion. However, sputtering and grain-grain collisions during the subsequent passage of the dust through the reverse shock can potentially destroy a significant fraction of the newly formed dust before it can reach the interstellar medium. Here we show that in oxygen-rich supernova remnants like Cassiopeia A the penetration and trapping within silicate grains of the same impinging ions of oxygen, silicon and magnesium that are responsible for grain surface sputtering can significantly reduce the net loss of grain material. We model conditions representative of dusty clumps (density contrast $χ=100$) passing through the reverse shock in the oxygen-rich Cassiopeia A remnant and find that, compared to cases where the effect is neglected, as well as facilitating the formation of grains larger than those that had originally condensed, ion trapping increases the surviving masses of silicate dust by factors of up to two to four, depending on initial grain radii. For higher density contrasts ($χ\gtrsim180$), we find that the effect of gas accretion on the surface of dust grains surpasses ion trapping, and the survival rate increases to ${\sim}55 \%$ of the initial dust mass for $χ=256$.
description: Accepted by ApJ. Author accepted manuscript. Accepted on 06/03/2020. Deposited on 06/03/2020. 11 pages
Essays on new open economy macroeconomics
Creators: name: Shi, Kang
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: This thesis consists of three essays on the issues related to endogenous currency of pricing in utility-based open economy models. The first essay endogenizes both the currency of liability denomination and the currency of export pricing to study twin dollarization in East Asian economies, a phenomenon where firms borrow in US dollars and also set export prices in US dollars. This essay shows that twin dollarization is an optional strategy for all firms when exchange rate flexibility is limited, and it can reduce the welfare loss caused by a fixed exchange rate regime. The second essay examines the role of US dollar as an oil currency and its impact on the world dollar standard and the global economy in a two-country general equilibrium model with sticky prices. When the oil price is denominated in US dollars, US firms bear less exchange rate risk than foreign firms when facing oil price shocks. As a result of this asymmetry, all the firms have an incentive to set export prices in dollars, this will generate an endogenously determined dollar standard in international goods pricing. In such a case, the households in the US are better off than those in the rest of the world in term of welfare, though it is costly for the US to have a dollar standard. The third essay re-examines the issue of the degree of exchange rate flexibility in an open economy monetary policy game. It focuses on an environment where the currency of pricing is endogenous, and monetary authorities take into account the way in which firms make this choice. It is shown that there is a unique equilibrium to the monetary policy game, where all firms follow PCP, and Friedman’s classic defense [i.e. Friedman’s classic defence] of flexible exchange rates is upheld. Meanwhile, an alternative method to sustain flexible exchange rates is also provided.
title: Sensor-guided mechanical weed control in vegetable crops in Southwestern Germany
Creators: name: Saile, Marcus
name: Heyn, Alexandra
name: Spaeth, Michael
name: Gerhards, Roland
Publisher: name: Julius Kühn-Institut
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 630

description: Julius-Kühn-Archiv, vol. 478Tagungsband: 31. Deutsche Arbeitsbesprechung über Fragen der Unkrautbiologie und -bekämpfung; 27.-29. Februar 2024, Braunschweig, p. 36
Działania organizacji rządowych na rzecz zapewnienia odpowiedniej jakości produktów na przykładzie ryb i ich przetworów
Creators: name: Kołodziejczyk, Monika
name: Kowrygo, Barbara
name: Kołodziejczyk, Monika
name: Kowrygo, Barbara
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: Food Security and Poverty
subject: European Union
subject: food law
subject: official food controls
subject: fish and fishery products
subject: / Unia Europejska
subject: prawo żywnościowe
subject: urzędowa kontrola żywności
subject: ryby i ich przetwory

description: Introduction of European food law in Poland has caused changes in the governmental activities aimed at ensuring the appropriate quality of food products including fishery products. Food hygiene and food safety have gained in importance. However abolition of the obligatory Polish Standards has significantly reduced the number of obligatory parameters that applied to fish and fishery products. The abundance of regulations requires new detailed analyses. / Synopsis. Wprowadzenie w Polsce wspólnotowego prawa żywnościowego spowodowało zmiany w zakresie działań organizacji rządowych na rzecz zapewnienia odpowiedniej jakości produktów, w tym ryb i ich przetworów. Dużo większą rolę odgrywa zapewnienie odpowiedniej higieny produkcji i bezpieczeństwa żywności. Zniesienie obowiązku stosowania Polskich Norm znacząco ograniczyło zakres obligatoryjnych parametrów jakie muszą spełniać ryby i przetwory rybne. Mnogość przepisów prawnych wymaga opracowywania ich szczegółowych analiz.
Line-Circle-Square (LCS): A Multilayered Geometric Filter for Edge-Based Detection
Creators: name: Tafrishi, Seyed Amir
name: Dai, Xiaotian
name: Kandjani, Vahid Esmaeilzadeh
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper presents a state-of-the-art filter that reduces the complexity in object detection, tracking and mapping applications. Existing edge detection and tracking methods are proposed to create suitable autonomy for mobile robots, however, many of them face overconfidence and large computations at the entrance to scenarios with an immense number of landmarks. The method in this work, the Line-Circle-Square (LCS) filter, claims that mobile robots without a large database for object recognition and highly advanced prediction methods can deal with incoming objects that the camera captures in real-time. The proposed filter applies detection, tracking and learning to each defined expert to extract higher level information for judging scenes without over-calculation. The interactive learning feed between each expert increases the consistency of detected landmarks that works against overwhelming detected features in crowded scenes. Our experts are dependent on trust factors' covariance under the geometric definitions to ignore, emerge and compare detected landmarks. The experiment validates the effectiveness of the proposed filter in terms of detection precision and resource usage in both experimental and real-world scenarios.
description: 17 pages, 19 figures, accepted at the Elsevier's Robotics and Autonomous Systems journal
Towards a unified model for black hole X-ray binary jets
Creators: name: Fender, R. P.
name: Belloni, T. M.
name: Gallo, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a unified semi-quantitative model for the disc-jet coupling in black hole X-ray binary systems. We argue that during the rising phase of a black hole transient outburst the steady jet known to be associated with the canonical 'low/hard' state persists while the X-ray spectrum initially softens. Subsequently, the jet becomes unstable and an optically thin radio outburst is always associated with the soft X-ray peak at the end of this phase of softening. This peak corresponds to a 'soft very high state' or 'steep power law' state. Softer X-ray states are not associated with 'core' radio emission. We further demonstrate quantitatively that the transient jets associated with these optically thin events are considerably more relativistic than those in the 'low/hard' X-ray state. This in turn implies that as the disc makes its collapse inwards the jet Lorentz factor rapidly increases, resulting in an internal shock in the outflow, which is the cause of the observed optically thin radio emission. In addition, we estimate the jet power for a number of such transient events as a function of X-ray luminosity, and find them to be comparable to an extrapolation of the functions estimated for the 'low/hard' state jets. Finally, we attempt to fit these results together into a coherent semi-quantitative model for the disc-jet coupling in all black hole X-ray binary systems (abridged).
description: Accepted for publication in MNRAS
title: Exploring intra- and inter-row weeding in sugar beet production with minimal to null-herbicide use
Creators: name: Fuchs, Max
name: Rueda Ayala, Victor
name: Wirth, Judith
Publisher: name: Julius Kühn-Institut
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 630

description: Julius-Kühn-Archiv, vol. 478Tagungsband: 31. Deutsche Arbeitsbesprechung über Fragen der Unkrautbiologie und -bekämpfung; 27.-29. Februar 2024, Braunschweig, p. 37