cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Impacts of a Supersonic Shock Front on Star Formation in the Bullet Cluster
Creators: name: Chung, Sun Mi
name: Gonzalez, Anthony H.
name: Clowe, Douglas
name: Zaritsky, Dennis
name: Markevitch, Maxim
name: Jones, Christine
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use the Bullet Cluster (1E0657-56) to investigate the extent to which star formation in cluster galaxies is influenced by ram pressure from supersonic gas (Mach 3) during a cluster merger. While the effects of ram pressure have been studied for individual galaxies infalling into galaxy clusters, this system provides a unique opportunity to investigate the impact of dramatic merger events on the cluster galaxy population. In this analysis we use {\it Spitzer} IRAC data to study star formation. At the redshift of the cluster the 6.2 $μ$m PAH feature is redshifted into the 8 $μ$m band, enabling use of the m$_{4.5}$-m$_{8}$ color as a proxy for specific star formation rate. We find that the color distribution on the two sides of the shock differ by less than 2$σ$, and conclude that ram pressure from the shock front has no dramatic, immediate impact on the star formation of cluster galaxies in the Bullet Cluster.
description: 10 pages, 4 figures, Accepted for publication in ApJ
PyCUDA and PyOpenCL: A Scripting-Based Approach to GPU Run-Time Code Generation
Creators: name: Klöckner, Andreas
name: Pinto, Nicolas
name: Lee, Yunsup
name: Catanzaro, Bryan
name: Ivanov, Paul
name: Fasih, Ahmed
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: D.1.2

description: High-performance computing has recently seen a surge of interest in heterogeneous systems, with an emphasis on modern Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). These devices offer tremendous potential for performance and efficiency in important large-scale applications of computational science. However, exploiting this potential can be challenging, as one must adapt to the specialized and rapidly evolving computing environment currently exhibited by GPUs. One way of addressing this challenge is to embrace better techniques and develop tools tailored to their needs. This article presents one simple technique, GPU run-time code generation (RTCG), along with PyCUDA and PyOpenCL, two open-source toolkits that support this technique. In introducing PyCUDA and PyOpenCL, this article proposes the combination of a dynamic, high-level scripting language with the massive performance of a GPU as a compelling two-tiered computing platform, potentially offering significant performance and productivity advantages over conventional single-tier, static systems. The concept of RTCG is simple and easily implemented using existing, robust infrastructure. Nonetheless it is powerful enough to support (and encourage) the creation of custom application-specific tools by its users. The premise of the paper is illustrated by a wide range of examples where the technique has been applied with considerable success.
description: Submitted to Parallel Computing, Elsevier
Gerbillus (Hendecapleura) mesopotamiae
Creators: name: Aidek, Ahmad E.
name: Ibrahim, Amir
name: Amr, Zuhair
name: Hutterer, Rainer
name: Kryštufek, Boris
name: Serra, Gianluca
name: Benda, Petr
name: Shkaky, Yesra
name: Barbanera, Filippo
name: Al-Sheikhly, Omar F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae
Gerbillus
Gerbillus mesopotamiae

description: 24. Mesopotamian Gerbil, Gerbillus (Hendecapleura) mesopotamiae (Harrison, 1956)
(IUCN Red List: LC)
Distribution: Uncommon but widely distributed along the Euphrates Valley and in Mesopotamia (Fig. 30).
Previous records: Tell Al-Buderi, Tell Sheikh Hamad, es- Salihiyyeh, Qal’at er-Rahba, Halabiyyeh, Katir Magara, Kasret Muhammed Ali, and el- Ukersheh (Kock 1998), and el- Ukersheh (Shehab et al. 2004).
description: Published as part of Aidek, Ahmad E., Ibrahim, Amir, Amr, Zuhair, Hutterer, Rainer, Kryštufek, Boris, Serra, Gianluca, Benda, Petr, Shkaky, Yesra, Barbanera, Filippo & Al-Sheikhly, Omar F., 2025, Checklist of Mammals of Syria, pp. 1-130 in Zootaxa 5580 (1) on page 44, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5580.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14797597
On invariants of graphs related to quantum $\mathfrak{sl}(2)$ at roots of unity
Creators: name: Geer, Nathan
name: Reshetikhin, Nicolai
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We show how to define invariants of graphs related to quantum $\mathfrak{sl}(2)$ when the graph has more then one connected component and components are colored by blocks of representations with zero quantum dimensions.
Geometry of jet spaces and integrable systems
Creators: name: Krasil'shchik, Joseph
name: Verbovetsky, Alexander
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An overview of some recent results on the geometry of partial differential equations in application to integrable systems is given. Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalism both in the free case (on the space of infinite jets) and with constraints (on a PDE) are discussed. Analogs of tangent and cotangent bundles to a differential equation are introduced and the variational Schouten bracket is defined. General theoretical constructions are illustrated by a series of examples.
description: 54 pages; v2-v6 : minor corrections
Geomagnetic depth-sounding profile across central British Columbia
Creators: name: Dragert, Herb
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Geomagnetic depth-sounding was carried out in a large-spaced profile across central British Columbia in order to map the conductivity structure of the crust and upper mantle in the central Canadian Cordillera. Geomagnetic variographs were set up from east of Jasper to Prince Rupert in two successive east-west profiles during the summer of 1969. Numerical analysis of geomagnetic storm activity indicates that the discontinuity in the attenuation of the vertical magnetic field, as first reported for south-eastern British Columbia by Hyndman (1963), is located in the area of the Rocky Mountain Trench. All stations to the west exhibit typical 'low Z' characteristics and no or little anomalous induction; stations to the east of the trench display a strong, high-frequency Z-variation content as well as anomalous field enhancement. Power spectral and polarization analyses show a first order agreement with the two-dimensional conductivity structure model proposed by Caner (1970) for south-western Canada. Second-order effects suggest a more complex model consisting of two conductivity discontinuities: One shallow structure strikes roughly NW-SE at a depth of 10 to 15 km. and may be associated with the 'edge' of a hydrated layer located at the western front of the Rocky Mountains; a second much deeper structure, trending approximately E-W, is located south of Kootenay Lake and is possibly associated with a strike-slip feature in the upper mantle (Lajoie and Caner, 1970).
Jhâlrapatan or Chandravati
Creators: name: H.B.W. Garrick
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1887
Subjects: Jhalrapatan
Chandrabhaga

description: H.B.W. Garrick, "Jhâlrapatan or Chandravati", in Report of a Tour in the Panjâb and Râjpûtâna in 1883-84, Archaeological Survey of India, vol. 23 (Calcutta, 1887), pp. 125-130.
Exploring the promising potential of fallen bamboo leaves (Bambusa bambos) for efficient removal of crystal violet from wastewater
Creators: name: Mahato, Ruma
name: Qaiyum, Md. Atif
name: Samal, Priyanka Priyadarsini
name: Dutta, Subhashri
name: Dey, Banashree
name: Dey, Soumen
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Fallen bamboo leaves (Bambusa bambos), hereinafter BL have been designed to be transformed into an efficient and sustainable adsorbent for the removal of crystal violet (CV) dye from wastewater with up to 95% scavenging ability. BL have been characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra, field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), and zero point charge (pHzpc). The maximum adsorption capacity is 30 mg/g at pH 10. Physico-chemical parameters have been investigated concerning pH, contact time, initial concentration, and coexistent ions. Pseudo-second-order kinetics is followed best (R2 =0.999) signifying a chemisorption pathway. Besides, intra-particle diffusion plays a governing role in the film diffusion of crystal violet into the core of the adsorbent. Langmuir isotherm model fits best (R2=0.972) suggesting a uniform, monolayer, and homogeneous adsorption. Regeneration was successful with methanol (65%) and reusability was tested for three cycles and was found to retain activity up to 80%. Analysis of CV containing industrial effluent suggests that a 36.8% reduction is possible with BL. The effect of co-existent ions suggests little influence on the adsorption. Compared to other contemporary and relevant adsorbents, it can be concluded that BL can be exercised for the sustainable decontamination of CV-containing wastewater. Bambusa bambos, the giant thorny bamboo is an abundantly available plant throughout the year, has been successfully exercised using its fallen leaves to scavenge crystal violet, a cationic dye from water and wastewater. Up to 95% adsorption was noticed at ambient conditions, which when further extrapolated for industrial effluent analysis, shows a remarkable 36.8% decontamination/cycle. With an adsorption capacity of 30 mg/g, it enjoys an edge over contemporary phytosorbents. The process is free from any chemical treatment, green in nature, and sustainable. Abundant availability and economic viability allow an impactful application of fallen bamboo leaves for water and wastewater treatment in a lab-to-land sequence.
Contact resistance in graphene-based devices
Creators: name: Russo, S.
name: Craciun, M. F.
name: Yamamoto, M.
name: Morpurgo, A. F.
name: Tarucha, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report a systematic study of the contact resistance present at the interface between a metal (Ti) and graphene layers of different, known thickness. By comparing devices fabricated on 11 graphene flakes we demonstrate that the contact resistance is quantitatively the same for single-, bi-, and tri-layer graphene ($\sim800 \pm 200 Ωμm$), and is in all cases independent of gate voltage and temperature. We argue that the observed behavior is due to charge transfer from the metal, causing the Fermi level in the graphene region under the contacts to shift far away from the charge neutrality point.
title: Interpreting Risk: Variations and Explanations of Resident Perceptions of Hydraulic Fracturing Impacts
Creators: name: Uzunian, Adrian B.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: Hydraulic fracturing is a novel technological development that has pushed the extraction of energy resources forward. As technology improves and world oil and gas markets shift, more shale formations are being uncovered, and new drilling activities are seen as economically viable. I examine the ways in which residents perceive environmental and health risks of hydraulic fracturing in the Eagle Ford Shale region of Texas, and how these perceptions differ depending on social position and where the resident is receiving their information. To understand how residents perceive the environmental and health risks associated with the Eagle Ford Shale oil and gas boom, or if these perceptions differ by social status and information sources, I conducted a qualitative analysis of key informant and focus group interview data, coding for major themes found in interview transcripts. I found that groups in lower social positions had increased concern regarding environmental and health risk perceptions than those in higher social positions. Additionally, respondents in lower social positions discussed all environmental and health risk perceptions with a relatively higher breadth and depth than those in higher social positions. Regarding information sources, those in higher social positions tend to receive more of their information on hydraulic fracturing from government officials and industry. Those in lower social positions receive more information from interpersonal networks, although they generally discussed a general lack of information concerning oil and gas development. These findings contribute to a relatively small field of growing research on resident perceptions in a hydraulic fracturing context. This research also brings attention to rural populations who are being uniquely impacted by hydraulic fracturing and provides insight into a region, the Eagle Ford Shale, where there is a need for more scholarly research.
Meriones (Pallasiomys) crassus Sundevall 1842
Creators: name: Aidek, Ahmad E.
name: Ibrahim, Amir
name: Amr, Zuhair
name: Hutterer, Rainer
name: Kryštufek, Boris
name: Serra, Gianluca
name: Benda, Petr
name: Shkaky, Yesra
name: Barbanera, Filippo
name: Al-Sheikhly, Omar F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae
Meriones
Meriones crassus

description: 25. Sundevall’s Jird, Meriones (Pallasiomys) crassus Sundevall, 1842
(IUCN Red List: LC)
Subspecies: M. c. charon Thomas, 1919.
Distribution: Uncommon but has a wide distribution along the Euphrates Valley and Mesopotamia (Fig. 31).
Previous records: Bir Umm Uqairiba (Kock et al. 1994), es-Salihiyye, Kal’at er-Rahba, Tell Sheikh Hamad, Tell Al-Buderi and 8 km west of Lake Al-Khatuniyah (Buhayrat Al Khatuniyah), Halabiyyeh and Katir Magara (Kock 1998), and ar- Rasafah (Shehab et al. 2004).
description: Published as part of Aidek, Ahmad E., Ibrahim, Amir, Amr, Zuhair, Hutterer, Rainer, Kryštufek, Boris, Serra, Gianluca, Benda, Petr, Shkaky, Yesra, Barbanera, Filippo & Al-Sheikhly, Omar F., 2025, Checklist of Mammals of Syria, pp. 1-130 in Zootaxa 5580 (1) on page 44, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5580.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14797597
String duals of two-dimensional (4,4) supersymmetric gauge theories
Creators: name: Arean, Daniel
name: Merlatti, Paolo
name: Nunez, Carlos
name: Ramallo, Alfonso V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study duals to field theories in two dimensions with N=(4,4) SUSY. The string backgrounds reproduce certain non-perturbative aspects of the dual field theory with a large number of colors N_c and a tunable number of flavors N_f. Different aspects of the two-dimensional field theory are discussed, among them the running of gauge couplings, the spectrum of mesons in Higgs and Coulomb branches, entanglement entropy and the non-relativistic version of our string backgrounds.
description: LaTeX, 71 pages, 6 figures;v2:typos corrected; v3: discussion improved
title: Traffic Sign Management: Data Integration and Analysis Methods for Mobile LiDAR and Digital Photolog Big Data
Creators: name: Khalilikhah, Majid
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: This study links traffic sign visibility and legibility to quantify the effects of damage or deterioration on sign retroreflective performance. In addition, this study proposes GIS-based data integration strategies to obtain and extract climate, location, and emission data for in-service traffic signs. The proposed data integration strategy can also be used to assess all transportation infrastructures’ physical condition. Additionally, non-parametric machine learning methods are applied to analyze the combined GIS, Mobile LiDAR imaging, and digital photolog big data. The results are presented to identify the most important factors affecting sign visual condition, to predict traffic sign vandalism that obstructs critical messages to drivers, and to determine factors contributing to the temporary obstruction of the sign messages. The results of data analysis provide insight to inform transportation agencies in the development of sign management plans, to identify traffic signs with a higher likelihood of failure, and to schedule sign replacement.
Rebalancing UK regional and industrial policy post-Brexit and post-Covid-19: lessons learned and priorities for the future
Creators: name: McCann, Philip
name: Ortega-Argilés, Raquel
name: Sevinc, Deniz
name: Cepeda-Zorrilla, Magda
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: In this paper, we examine the challenges and opportunities facing the UK’s industrial and regional policy in the context of the policy decisions made over recent decades. We argue that the overly centralized and sectoral logic of the UK governance systems has led to a lack of clarity in thinking through place-based issues. This, in turn, has resulted in policy ambiguity, confusion and contradictions, and successfully moving industrial policy and regional policy forward post-Brexit can only take place if conceptual and operational clarity is brought to these matters.
MOESM1 of Comprehensive transcriptome analysis of grafting onto Artemisia scoparia W. to affect the aphid resistance of chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium T.)
Creators: name: Zhang, Xue-ying
name: Sun, Xian-zhi
name: Zhang, Sheng
name: Yang, Jing-hui
name: Liu, Fang-fang
name: Fan, Jie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. Composition of raw reads in the eighteen RNA libraries. Figure S2. Unigene Transcript length distribution. Figure S3. Functional classification and pathway assignment of DEGs by GO and KEGG.
title: Quantifying the Removal of Trichloroethylene via Phytoremediation at Hill Air Force Base, Utah Operational Unit 2 Using Recent and Historical Data
Creators: name: Diamond, J. Oliver
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: Trichloroethylene (TCE) is a carcinogenic, chlorinated volatile organic compound that was commonly used as a degreasing solvent for aircraft maintenance at many US Air Force bases. Past improper disposal of TCE has resulted in contaminated groundwater at many of these facilities. Phytoremediation, defined as the use of plants and their associated microorganisms to stabilize or remove contamination, has been implemented as part of a TCE groundwater cleanup at Travis Air Force base near Sacramento, CA and is being considered as a remediation option at other bases. Volatilization of TCE from leaves and the surface of the soil near the trees were shown to be the most important removal mechanisms at the Travis site. Past studies conducted on indigenous trees growing above TCE contaminated groundwater at several Hill Air Force Base (HAFB) locations have also shown that TCE is taken up and volatilized by the trees. However, phytoremediation has not been implemented, in part because of the difficulty in predicting the potential effectiveness of TCE removal over time.
Flow through or recirculating chambers were used to quantify the amount of TCE removed by volatilization through leaf, trunk, and soil surfaces. Tenax™ sorbent tubes, used to collect TCE from the chambers, were analyzed by thermal desorption gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Tree cores were collected using an incremental borer and analyzed by headspace GC/MS to quantify the TCE mass contained in the trees.
Field measured transpiration stream concentrations (TSC) and groundwater data were used to calculate transpiration stream concentration factors (TSCF) for TCE. Comparing current and historical data, it was found that trees reach a steady state TSCF value of 0.26 after about 15 years.
Using this information, it was predicted that a phytoremediation plot containing 40 poplar trees located in a seep area within HAFB OU2 would remove 4.82 kg of TCE annually. A larger plot covering the entire hillside above this seep (160 trees) could remove up to 19.28 kg of TCE annually, once trees reach a steady state TSCF.
title: What in a Good Cause Men May Both Dare and Venture
Creators: name: Schwarze, Karen
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: “What in a Good Cause Men May Both Dare and Venture” is a historical short story that features schoolteachers in Munich, Bavaria, during the revolutionary period of 1848. The principle character, Franz Schuler, must decide whether or not to join an illegal teachers union. Simultaneously, he must choose whether or not to stand up against his emotionally abusive father. King Ludwig I, Lola Montez, Karl von Abel, and the revolutionary fervor that bubbled up in several European regions, all function as part of the backdrop of this story. Paired with current struggles educators face in the United States and around the world, “Cause” demonstrates that some social justice issues continually resurface. Every generation, whatever the location, must decide how it will respond to institutionalized injustice—whether in 19th-century Germany or modern America.
Absence of localized-spin magnetism in the narrow-gap semiconductor FeSb2
Creators: name: Zaliznyak, I. A.
name: Savici, A. T.
name: Garlea, V. O.
name: Hu, Rongwei
name: Petrovic, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report inelastic neutron scattering measurements aimed at investigating the origin of the temperature-induced paramagnetism in the narrow-gap semiconductor FeSb2. We find that inelastic response for energies up to 60 meV and at temperatures 4.2 K, 300 K and 550 K is essentially consistent with the scattering by lattice phonon excitations. We observe no evidence for a well-defined magnetic peak corresponding to the excitation from the non-magnetic S = 0 singlet ground state to a state of magnetic multiplet in the localized spin picture. Our data establish the quantitative limit of S_{eff}^2 < 0.25 on the fluctuating local spin. However, a broad magnetic scattering continuum in the 15 meV to 35 meV energy range is not ruled out by our data. Our findings make description in terms of the localized Fe spins unlikely and suggest that paramagnetic susceptibility of itinerant electrons is at the origin of the temperature-induced magnetism in FeSb2.
description: 9 pages, 9 figures, revised and amended
Search for Gravitational Waves from Low Mass Binary Coalescences in the First Year of LIGO's S5 Data
Creators: name: LIGO Scientific Collaboration
name: Abbott, B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have searched for gravitational waves from coalescing low mass compact binary systems with a total mass between 2 and 35 Msun and a minimum component mass of 1 Msun using data from the first year of the fifth science run (S5) of the three LIGO detectors, operating at design sensitivity. Depending on mass, we are sensitive to coalescences as far as 150 Mpc from the Earth. No gravitational wave signals were observed above the expected background. Assuming a compact binary objects population with a Gaussian mass distribution representing binary neutron star systems, black hole-neutron star binary systems, and binary black hole systems, we calculate the 90%-confidence upper limit on the rate of coalescences to be 3.9 \times 10^{-2} yr^{-1} L_{10}^{-1}, 1.1 \times 10^{-2} yr^{-1} L_{10}^{-1}, and 2.5 \times 10^{-3} yr^{-1} L_{10}^{-1} respectively, where $L_{10}$ is $10^{10}$ times the blue solar luminosity. We also set improved upper limits on the rate of compact binary coalescences per unit blue-light luminosity, as a function of mass.
description: 15 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables; changes associated with referee comments, inclusion of recent LIGO calibration data, fixing small error in upper limit calculation
Next-to-leading Order Calculation of the Single Transverse Spin Asymmetry in the Drell-Yan Process
Creators: name: Vogelsang, Werner
name: Yuan, Feng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate the next-to-leading order perturbative QCD corrections to the transverse momentum weighted single transverse spin asymmetry in Drell-Yan lepton pair production in hadronic collisions. We identify the splitting function relevant for the scale evolution of the twist-three quark-gluon correlation function. We comment on the consequences of our results for phenomenology.
description: 19 pages, 4 figures. Minor addition, one reference added. Version to appear in Physical Review D
Halāyudha's Prism: The Experience of Religion in Medieval Hymns and Stories
Creators: name: Granoff, Phyllis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1993
Subjects: Halāyudha
Mandhata
Omkareshwar
Malwa
Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa
Skandapurāṇa
Śaivism

description: Phyllis Granoff, "Halāyudha's Prism: The Experience of Religion in Medieval Hymns and Stories", in Vishakha N. Desai and Darielle Mason (eds.), Gods, Guardians and Lovers: Temple Sculptures from North India (New York: Asia Society, 1993), pp. 67–93.
A Bayesian Model for Discovering Typological Implications
Creators: name: Daumé, Hal
name: Campbell, Lyle
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: A standard form of analysis for linguistic typology is the universal implication. These implications state facts about the range of extant languages, such as ``if objects come after verbs, then adjectives come after nouns.'' Such implications are typically discovered by painstaking hand analysis over a small sample of languages. We propose a computational model for assisting at this process. Our model is able to discover both well-known implications as well as some novel implications that deserve further study. Moreover, through a careful application of hierarchical analysis, we are able to cope with the well-known sampling problem: languages are not independent.
Meriones (Pallasiomys) libycus Lichtenstein 1823
Creators: name: Aidek, Ahmad E.
name: Ibrahim, Amir
name: Amr, Zuhair
name: Hutterer, Rainer
name: Kryštufek, Boris
name: Serra, Gianluca
name: Benda, Petr
name: Shkaky, Yesra
name: Barbanera, Filippo
name: Al-Sheikhly, Omar F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae
Meriones
Meriones libycus

description: 26. Libyan Jird, Meriones (Pallasiomys) libycus Lichtenstein, 1823
(IUCN Red List: LC)
Subspecies: M. l. erythrourus (Gray, 1842) and M. l. syrius Thomas, 1919.
Distribution: Common with a wide range; restricted to arid and semi-arid areas (Fig. 32).
Previous records: Deir ez-Zor (Aharoni 1932), vicinity of Tall Abiad (Misonne 1957), Al-Qaryatein, Khan Abou Chamate, and the vicinity of Palmyra (Harrison 1972), Talila Reserve to the northeast of Palmyra (Habibi 1998), ar- Rasafah (Shehab et al. 2004), 90 km east of Damascus along the highway to Palmyra, south of an-Nasiriyah, and Mhassa near Al-Qaryatein (Mamkhair et al. 2007), vicinity of Palmyra (Serra 2002; Serra et al. 2009a, b), and Dumair (Shehab et al. 2018).
Remarks: Meriones l. erythrourus (Gray, 1842) is reported from the eastern parts of the Euphrates Valley; M. l. syrius Thomas, 1919, which was first described from Al-Qaryatein (Harrison & Bates1991), is confined to the western parts of the Euphrates Valley. However, based on the phylogeographic study carried out by Dianat et al. (2019), only M. l. syrius occurs in Syria.
description: Published as part of Aidek, Ahmad E., Ibrahim, Amir, Amr, Zuhair, Hutterer, Rainer, Kryštufek, Boris, Serra, Gianluca, Benda, Petr, Shkaky, Yesra, Barbanera, Filippo & Al-Sheikhly, Omar F., 2025, Checklist of Mammals of Syria, pp. 1-130 in Zootaxa 5580 (1) on page 44, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5580.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14797597
title: Aligning Conservation Goals and Management Objectives for Bonneville Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus Clarki Utah) in the Logan River, Utah
Creators: name: Mohn, Harrison
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: Watersheds are often managed without direct knowledge of how salmonid species use spatially-distinct spawning habitats within their watersheds, and rarely take into account the relationship between fish movement and potential population structure when making management decisions. The population of native Bonneville cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki utah) within the Logan River is the largest documented population remaining for this imperiled species, and still maintains extremely high densities of native fish in the upper river. Currently, fishing is not allowed in the upper 20 kilometers of the Logan River watershed during spawning, based on the assumption that cutthroat trout migrate to and spawn primarily in this section. I redetected cutthroat trout tagged (2,271) during years 2008-2012 in seven mainstem and tributary reaches of the Logan River during spawning months (April-June) of 2013 using a combination of stationary detection systems and mobile scanning techniques. Cutthroat trout in both mainstem and tributary reaches exhibit a leptokurtic movement distribution, indicating most fish spawn near to their original tagging site; however, small percentages of trout moved long distances to seek out spawning sites throughout the watershed. Growth, length, and condition estimates between mobile and non-mobile tagged fish demonstrate that while mobile fish tend to growth faster, be slightly larger, and in some cases be in relatively poorer condition, these differences are often biologically insignificant and dependent on site location within the watershed. A genetic microsatellite DNA analysis conducted on trout sampled from each study site confirms the assumption of panmixia, and I observed very little evidence of sub-population structure. Using River Styles® to assess geomorphically distinct reaches, I created a large-scale population estimate of spawning individuals, which found approximately 61% of spawning cutthroat trout are not subject to angling during the spawning season, while 39% could be susceptible to harvest in the lower basin and its tributaries. Most trout within the Logan River likely spawned very close to initial tagging locations and microsatellite analyses confirmed the population is genetically well-mixed, indicating conservation efforts should promote risk-averse management throughout the watershed, rather than focus heavily on any one section of the river.
Fundamental Properties of Low-Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs
Creators: name: Liu, Michael C.
name: Stassun, Keivan G.
name: Allard, France
name: Blake, Cullen H.
name: Bonnefoy, M.
name: Cody, Ann Marie
name: Day-Jones, A. C.
name: Dupuy, Trent J.
name: Kraus, Adam
name: Lopez-Morales, Mercedes
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Precise measurements of the fundamental properties of low-mass stars and brown dwarfs are key to understanding the physics underlying their formation and evolution. While there has been great progress over the last decade in studying the bulk spectrophotometric properties of low-mass objects, direct determination of their masses, radii, and temperatures have been very sparse. Thus, theoretical predictions of low-mass evolution and ultracool atmospheres remain to be rigorously tested. The situation is alarming given that such models are widely used, from the determination of the low-mass end of the initial mass function to the characterization of exoplanets. An increasing number of mass, radius, and age determinations are placing critical constraints on the physics of low-mass objects. A wide variety of approaches are being pursued, including eclipsing binary studies, astrometric-spectroscopic orbital solutions, interferometry, and characterization of benchmark systems. In parallel, many more systems suitable for concerted study are now being found, thanks to new capabilities spanning both the very widest (all-sky surveys) and very narrowest (diffraction-limited adaptive optics) areas of the sky. This Cool Stars 15 splinter session highlighted the current successes and limitations of this rapidly growing area of precision astrophysics.
description: Conference splinter session summary, to appear in proceedings of Cool Stars XV Conference. 9 pages (aipproc format)
Diffusion in Fe-Mg olivine at elevated temperatures
Creators: name: Misener, Donald James
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: In the process of deformation of a solid at low strain rates, the rate of atomic migration in the crystal lattice is a critical factor. Experiments designed to measure the diffusion coefficient of Fe in olivine were unsuccessful. It is theoretically shown that at temperatures greater than one-half of the melting temperature the diffusion coefficient of Mg in olivine silicate is an exponential function of temperature and pressure. [formula omitted] The results also indicate that at T > .5Tm and at nonhydrostatic stresses <500 bars the experimentally determined steady state creep of the upper mantle rocks dunite and peridotite may be governed by movement of dislocations. It is shown that the rate limiting parameter in the creep-equation is probably the ionic diffusion coefficient in the olivine silicate structure.
title: Benefits, Barriers, and Opportunities for Renewable Energy Outreach in Extension: A Mixed-Methods Needs Assessment
Creators: name: Thomas, Blake H.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: A large-scale transition to renewable energy sources will become increasingly appealing as the issues of federal regulation, climate change, and decreased fossil fuel energy return on energy investment become more prevalent. Although renewable resources remain a small portion of the nation’s and Utah’s energy portfolio mix, current power purchase agreements indicate an impending boom. Cooperative Extension should play an integral role in the transition to renewable resources on the national, state, and local levels. The purpose of Extension is to provide objective, research-based, and credible information to improve local communities. There is a great opportunity for Extension agents to be trusted experts in educating and assisting farmers, ranchers, and homeowners in transitioning to renewable energy systems. This thesis identified the benefits, barriers, and opportunities for renewable energy outreach in Extension. Data were collected through a nationwide online survey and focus group interviews, in addition to a Utah-based online survey. The nationwide survey and interviews revealed a need and demand for increased renewable energy programming in Extension. This need became further evident after a nationwide inventory discovered that only twenty-two of fifty states have distinct renewable energy departments, programs, or discipline areas. A Utah-based needs assessment revealed that fifty-nine percent of Utah State University (USU) Extension employees agreed that there was a need for a statewide renewable energy specialist. Additionally, more than fifty-five percent of employees agreed that there was an internal and public demand for USU Extension to provide and receive renewable energy information, programs, education, and outreach. The Utah-based survey also revealed differing perceptions of the environmental harmfulness of common energy sources. Different attitudes toward conventional and renewable energy sources demonstrated the need for unbiased, properly messaged delivery of desired renewable energy programs.
$Ω^{-}$, $Ξ^{* -}$, $Σ^{* -}$ and $Δ^{-}$ decuplet baryon magnetic moments
Creators: name: Slaughter, Milton Dean
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The properties of the ground state $U$-Spin $={3/2}$ baryon decuplet magnetic moments $Δ^{-}$, $Ξ^{* -}$, $Σ^{* -}$ and $Ω^{-}$ and their ground state spin 1/2 cousins $p$, $n$, $Λ$, $Σ^{+}$, $Σ^{0}$, $Σ^{-}$, $Ξ^{+}$, and $Ξ^{-}$ have been studied for many years with a modicum of success. The magnetic moments of many are yet to be determined. Of the decuplet baryons, only the magnetic moment of the $Ω^{-}$ has been accurately determined. We calculate the magnetic moments of the \emph{physical} decuplet $U$-Spin $={3/2}$ quartet members without ascribing any specific form to their quark structure or intra-quark interactions.
description: 11 pages.V5 "This research" column of Table I. modified as all results must be in nuclear magneton units. In Eq.~(35), factor $(m/m_{\Omega^{-}})$ replaced with $(m/m_{\Delta^{-}})$. $\mu_{\Delta^{-}}$ . Next two paragraphs after Eq.~(35)now read $\mu_{\Delta^{-}}= (-1.83\pm 0.04)\,\mu_{N}$.Corrected Table I. is reported. Mass units reported as $GeV/c$ now read $GeV/c^{2}$. Conclusions unchanged
Shocks, resilience and regional industry policy: Brexit and the automotive sector in two Midlands regions
Creators: name: Bailey, David
name: de Ruyter, Alex
name: Hearne, David
name: Ortega-Argilés, Raquel
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: This article draws upon novel survey evidence to examine the possible regional impacts of Brexit as a ‘disruptive process’ to manufacturing operations and logistics in the automotive industry, in the context of the regional resilience literature. The current Brexit (and Covid-19) context, along with the sector’s need to re-orientate towards electrification, provides renewed urgency to reconsider industrial policy in spatial terms. The findings have salience not only in the context of anticipating and reacting to Brexit-induced economic shocks at a regional level, but also over the role of decentralized regional bodies. In this regard, the UK government’s agenda of ‘levelling up’ will be challenging, especially in the context of the place-based shocks likely to arise from Brexit as well as the impact of Covid-19. The article concludes that a more place-based regional industrial policy is required both to anticipate and to respond to shocks and also to reposition the sector in the region going forward.
Administration of Jagirs in Malwa in Mid-Seventeenth Century: The Dhar Documents
Creators: name: Hasan, Syed Bashir
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Dhār
Malwa
Mughal Empire

description: Syed Bashir Hasan, “Administration of Jagirs in Malwa in Mid-Seventeenth Century: The Dhar Documents”, in Shahabuddin Iraqi (ed.), Medieval India 2: Essays in medieval Indian history and culture (New Delhi: Manohar, 2008), pp. 217-230.
The targum (1969:Dec. 1 - 1969:Dec. 19)
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: Targum Association
Year: 1969

description: Some University historians indicate that the Targum was first published as an annual in 1867, but of this we have no extant evidence. In January 1869, the Targum as we now know it, made its appearance as a monthly paper that concerned itself with student “literary contributions” and college news as well as serving as a vehicle for bringing news to alumni and the general public. The newspaper, which originally was for sale, varied in frequency over the years as did its title (The Targum, Rutgers Targum, Rutgers Daily Targum, and Daily Targum). The newspaper has continuously been published since 1869 with the exception of 19 months during the second world war, between February 1944 and October 1945. The Targum was published by the students of Rutgers College, and later Rutgers University—New Brunswick represented through the years as the Targum Association, Rutgers Targum Association, and Rutgers College Targum. As a student organization, the Targum operated under the oversight of the dean of students and student government but in October 1980, the Targum became an independent college paper.
Which regional conditions facilitate university spinouts retention and attraction?
Creators: name: Rossi, Federica
name: Baines, Ning
name: Smith, Helen Lawton
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: We discuss the economic and institutional factors that contribute to regions retaining university spinouts (USOs) founded within their borders as well as attracting USOs from other regions. Using UK data, we find that those regions with high USO retention rates have lower urbanization and localization economies. This suggests that locally founded USOs take advantage of cheaper inputs in addition to benefits that come from proximity to their home university. However, regions with high USO attraction rates have higher localization economies and innovation resources, suggesting that USOs move there to benefit from dynamic innovation systems. This study offers some general implications for regional and national industrial policy, including the ‘levelling up’ regional policy agenda.
The locus of Hodge classes in an admissible variation of mixed Hodge structure
Creators: name: Brosnan, Patrick
name: Pearlstein, Gregory
name: Schnell, Christian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 32G20, 14D07, 14D05

description: We generalize the theorem of E. Cattani, P. Deligne, and A. Kaplan to admissible variations of mixed Hodge structure.
description: The final version paper has appeared in C. R. Math. Acad. Sci. Paris 348 (2010). Version 3 replaces Version 2 which was a version of a different paper mistakenly uploaded by Brosnan
title: Intraspecific Variation in the Response of Elymus Elymoides to Competition from Bromus Tectorum
Creators: name: Mann, Rebecca K.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: Native plant materials are often seeded to restore biodiversity and ecosystem function in areas overtaken by exotic weeds. Plant materials are evaluated on intraspecific differences in productivity and expression of traits advantageous to establishment (e.g., phenology, seed mass, and growth rate); some investigations also consider population-level adaptation to exotic species. However, there is a lack of studies that broadly evaluate response to competition from exotic species at multiple scales within a species.
In a greenhouse experiment, we used analysis of variance to assess the growth response of a perennial grass native to the Intermountain West, (Elymus elymoides), to competition from a common invasive species, (Bromus tectorum), at three levels of intraspecific differentiation: subspecies, lineage (wild vs. domestic germplasm), and population. We used regression analysis to assess whether E. elymoides populations from highly invaded areas were less affected by B. tectorum competition. Finally, we explored the relationship between growth traits and competitive response using random forest regression. We found significant differences among E. elymoides subspecies in their response to B. tectorum competition, no difference between wild and domestic lineages, and no population-level differentiation within subspecies. Field abundance of B. tectorum had a significant positive relationship with E. elymoides biomass, but not competitive response, suggesting that E. elymoides has not adapted to the invader. Elymus elymoides plants which were less affected by competition were smaller, allocated more biomass to leaves, and had fewer fine roots, suggesting that light interception and tissue retention were prioritized by seedlings in this competitive greenhouse environment.
title: A Mixed-Method Study of Mobile Devices and Student Self-Directed Learning and Achievement During a Middle School STEM Activity
Creators: name: Bartholomew, Scott
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: The increasingly ubiquitous nature of mobile devices among K-12 students has led many to argue for and against the inclusion of mobile devices in K-12 classrooms. Some have conjectured that access to mobile devices may enable student self-directed learning.
This research used a mixed-method approach to explore the relationships between mobile devices and student achievement and self-directed learning during a Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM) activity in a middle school Technology and Engineering Education classroom. In this study, 706 students from 18 classes worked in groups of 2-3 to complete an open-ended engineering design challenge. Students completed design portfolios and constructed prototypes. Classes were randomly divided with some receiving access to mobile devices during the study while others did not. Additionally, randomly assigned classes completed the design portfolio electronically while others completed the portfolio on paper. Final student portfolios and products were assessed using adaptive comparative judgment (ACJ). In ACJ, judges view two artifacts (portfolios or products) electronically and choose the better of the two. Repeating this process, a number of times produced a rank-order for the artifacts. The rank order for student portfolios and products represented student achievement. Statistical analyses of student access, portfolio type, student self-directed learning, and student achievement were conducted.
Thirty student interviews and five teacher interviews were conducted and interviewees were asked questions regarding mobile devices, self-directed learning, and their experience during the study. Responses from the interviews were transcribed and coded using causation and thematic coding techniques. The resulting themes from the interviews helped clarify the quantitative findings.
Findings from both the quantitative and qualitative analyses showed that student access to mobile devices was significantly correlated with higher scores on student design portfolios while student achievement on design products was independent of mobile device access. This suggests that mobile devices may improve student achievement in certain types of scenarios but not in others. Student self-directed learning was independent of mobile device access. Students and teachers both commented that mobile devices may be effective at increasing student self-directed learning or achievement but only through proper instruction and demonstration.