cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Eigenfunctions of the Laplacian Acting on Degree Zero Bundles over Special Riemann Surfaces
Creators: name: Matone, Marco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 14H99 (Primary), 11F99 (Secondary)

description: We find an infinite set of eigenfunctions for the Laplacian with respect to a flat metric with conical singularities and acting on degree zero bundles over special Riemann surfaces of genus greater than one. These special surfaces correspond to Riemann period matrices satisfying a set of equations which lead to a number theoretical problem. It turns out that these surfaces precisely correspond to branched covering of the torus. This reflects in a Jacobian with a particular kind of complex multiplication.
description: 20 pages, LaTeX. Subsection added on the relation between special Riemann surfaces and Jacobians with complex multiplication, typos corrected, one reference added. v3. Final version to appear in Trans.Am.Math.Soc
Effects of the Trade Union Studies Project, 1977-1978; Shop Stewards and Workplace Representatives Attending TUC, Introductory, Ten Day-Release Courses
Shop Stewards and Workplace Representatives Attending TUC, Introductory, Ten Day-Release Courses
Creators: name: Trade Union Studies Research Project
name: Trades Union Congress, Education Department
Publisher: name: UK Data Service
Year: 1979

description: The purpose of the survey was to provide the TUC Education Department (the body responsible for the design and organization of the course) with profile data about those attending their introductory day-release course; and to provide the TUS Research Project with access to a significant population of representatives who formed part of the target audience of `active trade unionists' at which the Trade Union Studies materials were aimed.
Foliations with few non-compact leaves
Creators: name: Vogt, Elmar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 57R30

description: Let F be a foliation of codimension 2 on a compact manifold with at least one non-compact leaf. We show that then F must contain uncountably many non-compact leaves. We prove the same statement for oriented p-dimensional foliations of arbitrary codimension if there exists a closed p form which evaluates positively on every compact leaf. For foliations of codimension 1 on compact manifolds it is known that the union of all non-compact leaves is an open set [A Haefliger, Varietes feuilletes, Ann. Scuola Norm. Sup. Pisa 16 (1962) 367-397].
description: Published by Algebraic and Geometric Topology at http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/agt/AGTVol2/agt-2-12.abs.html
Spatial Dependency of Technical Efficiency in Rice Farming: The Case of Bohol, Philippines
Creators: name: Pede, Valerien O.
name: McKinley, Justin
name: Singbo, Alphonse
name: Kajisa, Kei
name: Pede, Valerien O.
name: McKinley, Justin
name: Singbo, Alphonse
name: Kajisa, Kei
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Farm Management
subject: International Development
subject: Production Economics
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: Efficiency analysis
subject: rice
subject: spatial dependency
subject: technical efficiency

description: We investigate spatial dependency among technical efficiency levels of rice producers on the Central Visayan island of Bohol, Philippines in two separate ecosystems: rainfed and irrigated. Results revealed evidence of spatial correlation in technical efficiency levels for both residential and plot neighborhood. There is a stronger spatial dependency among farmers in the rainfed ecosystem and particularly in the farm plot neighborhood structure. These results are most likely a result of producers facing similar environments with less control over their fields than producers in the irrigated ecosystem. This study also used spatial panel econometrics techniques to investigate spatial dimension in farmers’ technical efficiency in regression models. Results strongly show evidence of spatial dependence in household and farm plot neighborhood.
Musca vetustissima Walker 1849
Creators: name: Couri, Marcia S.
name: Pont, Adrian C.
name: Daugeron, Christophe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Muscidae
Musca
Musca vetustissima

description: 10. Musca vetustissima Walker, new record
 Musca vetustissima Walker, 1849: 902. Holotype female, “ New Holland ” [Australia], in BMNH (Pont, 1973b: 148).
 Diagnosis. Fronto-orbital plates in both sexes silver to greyish pollinose; palpus dark, cylindrical at tip; proepisternal depression bare; scutum with the two black vittae on each side separated before suture and fused behind it, the scutum thus appearing bivittate after suture; sternite 1 bare; male syntergite 1+2 entirely black. Male hypopygium as in Figs 23, 28 and 33; male aedeagus with the postgonite minute; praegonite with 1 seta; epiphallus well developed, forked at tip (Fig. 43); female ovipositor long as in Figs 55 and 56 (all Figs in Pont, 1973a).
 Material examined: BPBM: New Caledonia: Forêt de Thi: 100–200 m, 9.iii.1961, 1 ♂, M. Sedlacek. Plaine des Lacs: 30.x.1958, 1 ♂; 6.xi.1958, 1 ♂, C.R. Joyce. Yahoue: 2.iii.1978, 1 ♀, N.L.H. Krauss. Yaté: 30.x.1958, 2 ♂, C.R. Joyce. Isle of Pines: 23.x.1940, 1 ♀; 24.x.1940, 3 ♀, F.X. Williams. Loyalty Islands: Lifou: We, 30–31.i.1962, 2 ♂, N.L.H. Krauss; 16–18.ii.1963, 2 ♂, C.M. Yoshimoto.
 Comments. This is the first record of this species, the common “bush fly” of Australia, in New Caledonia. Redescription, comments on types, synonymies, details on geographic records and biology in Pont (1973a).
 Distribution. Widespread, Indonesia and Australia to Hawai‘ian Is, New Caledonia (New Caledonia, Isle of Pines, Loyalty Is).
description: Published as part of Couri, Marcia S., Pont, Adrian C. & Daugeron, Christophe, 2010, The Muscidae (Diptera) of New Caledonia 2503, pp. 1-61 in Zootaxa 2503 (1) on page 22, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2503.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10094189
BUSINESS-ANALYTICS-FINAL-PAPER.docx
Creators: name: Dolores, Allyson Jamie
name: Ala, Mark Angelo De
name: Angelu Reboira
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 150502 Marketing Communications
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 150503 Marketing Management (incl. Strategy and Customer Relations)
subject: 150304 Entrepreneurship
subject: 150305 Human Resources Management

description: The main purpose of this study is to determine attitude from the perspective of the students of the four departments of Business Administration (Marketing Management, Office Administration, Entrepreneurship and Human Resource Management) towards advertising. A quantitative approach by means of adopted 5-point Likert scale questionnaire based survey was conducted at Polytechnic University of the Philippines, under the College of Business Administration, with 337 copies, whereby 102 were students from the department of Marketing Management, 78 Office Administration students, 56 were from the department of Entrepreneurship and 101 students from Human Resource Management, were collected. Descriptive and inferential analyses were subsequently used. The data gathered in this study showed that there is no significant difference in attitudes and beliefs of the students, despite of different specializations towards advertising. This study also articulates the present view of the students in the said university about advertising.
Hypergeometric Series Representations of Feynman Integrals by GKZ Hypergeometric Systems
Creators: name: Klausen, René Pascal
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that almost all Feynman integrals as well as their coefficients in a Laurent series in dimensional regularization can be written in terms of Horn hypergeometric functions. By applying the results of Gelfand-Kapranov-Zelevinsky (GKZ) we derive a formula for a class of hypergeometric series representations of Feynman integrals, which can be obtained by triangulations of the Newton polytope $Δ_G$ corresponding to the Lee-Pomeransky polynomial $G$. Those series can be of higher dimension, but converge fast for convenient kinematics, which also allows numerical applications. Further, we discuss possible difficulties which can arise in a practical usage of this approach and give strategies to solve them.
description: 39 pages, 3 figures, changed misleading nomenclature, added footnotes, updated table 1, corrected minor issues in section 3.4
Effects of the Trade Union Studies Project, 1977-1978; Penetration of the Trade Union Studies Project amongst the Wider Target Audience
Penetration of the Trade Union Studies Project amongst the Wider Target Audience
Creators: name: Count, R.
name: Turner, R.
Publisher: name: UK Data Service
Year: 1979

description: The survey of students attending day-release in Autumn 1977 (Study number 1234) lacked any explanatory power of why individuals in the target audience who were aware of the Trade Union Studies Project and/or had seen some publicity decided not to become involved. This sort of problem became more relevant as it became increasingly obvious that the Project was not attracting the numbers of students that its originators had envisaged. The research project had, at the beginning of 1978, only surveyed representatives who were currently experiencing a particular kind of trade union education and were thus, presumably, already effectively tied in to the publicity network. This not only left out representatives who had not experienced trade union education but also branch officials and other active trade unionists who do not actually hold representative posts entitling them to paid educational leave for T.U.C. courses. Reaching this group became even more imperative as time wore on and growing contacts with lay representatives made it more obvious that their attitudes to trade union education in general and `own-time' study in particular would be significant in evaluating the `penetration' of the Project. The `penetration' survey, then, was used both to get such basic information and to structure a discussion at branch and other trade union representative meetings.
Do exporting firms benefit from retail internationalization? Evidence from France
Creators: name: Cheptea, Angela
name: Emlinger, Charlotte
name: Latouche, Karine
name: Cheptea, Angela
name: Emlinger, Charlotte
name: Latouche, Karine
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Multinational retailers
subject: Firm-level exports
subject: Private standards.

description: In this paper, we explore the link between globalization of the retail sector and the export activity of firms from their origin country. In a previous paper (Cheptea et al. (2015)), we showed that exporting firm from countries with internationalized retail companies benefit more from this process than firms from other countries. The underlying assumption of this paper is that the main benefits are grasped by the retailers' domestic suppliers. In other words, firms that sell their products under retailers' brands benefit more from the overseas expansion of retailers than other firms. We employ French firm-level data to evaluate the effect for the two types of firms. We identify retailers' suppliers using the certification of French agri-food firms with the private IFS standard, granting them the right to sell their products under a retailer's brand. Our empirical objective is to estimate whether firms with IFS certification have better export performance on markets where French retail companies have established outlets. We find that certified French firms export more than non-certified firms to markets where IFS retailers established outlets (mainly outside Europe). The difference is statistically significant and robust to the use of firm- and country-specific fixed effects. Results are similar for the extensive and the intensive margin of exports.
Neomyia timorensis
Creators: name: Couri, Marcia S.
name: Pont, Adrian C.
name: Daugeron, Christophe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Muscidae
Neomyia
Neomyia timorensis

description: 11. Neomyia timorensis (Robineau-Desvoidy), new record
 Lucilia timorensis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 460. Holotype female, “ New Holland ” [Australia], in MNHN (Pont, 1973a: 198).
 Diagnosis. Palpi and antenna dark brown; presutural dorsocentral setae 2; wing membrane entirely covered with microtrichia; hind tibia with calcar present. Male hypopygium as in Figs 66, 69 and 72; male aedeagus with epiphallus short (Fig 75), and praegonite with 3 setae; female ovipositor as in Figs 81 and 82 (all Figs in Pont, 1973a).
 Material examined: BPBM: New Caledonia: Monts Koghis: 400–600 m, i.1969, 1 ♀, N.L.H. Krauss.
 Comments. The species is recorded for the first time in New Caledonia. As only one specimen is known, it must be queried whether this was a chance importation that failed to establish or even whether the locality label may be in error. Redescription, comments on types, synonymies, details on geographical records and biology in Pont (1973a).
 Distribution. Australia (NSW, NT, Qld), Indonesia (Ambon, Ceram, Flores, Timor, Western New Guinea, Maluku), New Caledonia (New Caledonia), PNG (Bismarck Arch., PNG), Rennell I., Solomon Is; East Asia, Oriental Region.
description: Published as part of Couri, Marcia S., Pont, Adrian C. & Daugeron, Christophe, 2010, The Muscidae (Diptera) of New Caledonia 2503, pp. 1-61 in Zootaxa 2503 (1) on pages 22-23, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2503.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10094189
Optimal control of the principal coefficient in a scalar wave equation
Creators: name: Clason, Christian
name: Kunisch, Karl
name: Trautmann, Philip
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We consider optimal control of the scalar wave equation where the control enters as a coefficient in the principal part. Adding a total variation penalty allows showing existence of optimal controls, which requires continuity results for the coefficient-to-solution mapping for discontinuous coefficients. We additionally consider a so-called "multi-bang" penalty that promotes controls taking on values pointwise almost everywhere from a specified discrete set. Under additional assumptions on the data, we derive an improved regularity result for the state, leading to optimality conditions that can be interpreted in an appropriate pointwise fashion. The numerical solution makes use of a stabilized finite element method and a nonlinear primal-dual proximal splitting algorithm.
Motorische Basiskompetenzen im Kindergarten: Monitoring und Zusammenhänge mit Geschlecht, Alter, Gewichtsstatus und bewegungsförderndem Kindergarten (Faktenblatt 55)
Creators: name: Herrmann, Christian
name: Bretz, Kathrin
name: Kühnis, Jürgen
name: Seelig, Harald
name: Keller, Roger
name: Ferrari, Ilaria
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Kindergarten
Unterricht
Motorische Basiskompetenz
MOBAK
Bewegungskultur
Sportkultur
Bewegungskindergarten
École enfantine
enseignement
compétences motorices
culture de l'activité physique
culture du sport

description: Motorische Basiskompetenzen (MOBAK) stellen eine zentrale Voraussetzung für die Teilhabe an der Bewegungs- und Sportkultur dar und sind in den sprachregionalen Schweizer Lehrplänen verankert. Im MOBAK-Monitoring in den Kantonen Zürich, Uri, Nidwalden und Tessin wurden die motorischen Basiskompetenzen von Kindergartenkindern (4–6 Jahre) erfasst, um potenziellen Förderbedarf zu identifizieren. Da die motorischen Leistungen erheblich von verschiedenen individuellen Merkmalen abhängen, werden im vorliegenden Faktenblatt die Zusammenhänge mit dem Geschlecht, dem Alter, dem Gewichtsstatus sowie dem Besuch eines Bewegungskindergartens analysiert. Version française Compétences motrices de base à l’école enfantine: Monitoring et liens avec le genre, l’âge, le statut pondéral et les écoles enfantines portées sur l’activité physique Les compétences motrices de base (MOBAK) constituent une condition préalable essentielle pour participer à la culture de l’activité physique et du sport et sont ancrées dans les programmes d’enseignement suisses des différentes régions linguistiques. Dans le cadre du monitoring MOBAK dans les cantons de Zurich, Uri, Nidwald et du Tessin, les compétences motrices de base des enfants des écoles enfantines (4 à 6 ans) ont été évaluées afin d’identifier les éventuels besoins de soutien. Sachant que les performances motrices dépendent considérablement de diverses caractéristiques individuelles, la présente feuille d’information analyse le lien avec le genre, l’âge, le statut pondéral et les écoles enfantines portées sur l’activité physique.
description: +repphzhbib2021A
The Role of the Roper in QCD
Creators: name: Beane, Silas R.
name: van Kolck, Ubirajara
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that existing data suggest a simple scenario in which the nucleon, and the Delta and Roper resonances act as chiral partners in a reducible representation of the full QCD chiral symmetry group. We discuss the peculiar interpretation of this scenario using spin-flavor symmetries of the naive constituent quark model, as well as the consistency of the scenario with large-Nc expectations.
description: 16 pages TeX, uses mtexsis.tex
Paralastor tridentatus
Creators: name: Carpenter, James M.
name: Brown, Graham R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Vespidae
Paralastor
Paralastor tridentatus

description: tridentatus (von Schulthess)
Alastor tridentatus von Schulthess 1935: 302, fig. 1, female (in subgenus Paralastor)—“Burnside N. Australia ” (Basel).— Giordani Soika 1962 [1961]: 134 (? same as Pseudalastor tridentatus Giordani Soika).
Paralastor tridentatus; Cardale 1985: 200 (cat.).
description: Published as part of Carpenter, James M. & Brown, Graham R., 2021, Catalogue of the Australian Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 4919 (1) on page 48, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4919.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4473370
Effects of Price and Brand Name in Perceptions of Quality, Value and Willingness to buy on Consumers' Product Evaluations
Creators: name: Neponcio, Michelle
name: Aligato, Angela Claire
name: Giente, Mary Ann
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 150505 Marketing Research Methodology
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: ABSTRACTThis is a study of the effects of price and brand name on the buyer's perception of product quality, value and their willingness to buy. The principal objective of this study was to find out how the prices and brand name affect the product evaluation of the consumers. A survey using purposive sampling was done. The questionnaires were distributed to 337 respondents at PUP Sta. Mesa Campus. To find the relationship between the variables, the researchers used the Pearson correlation method. The data collected were analyzed using SPSS. The study revealed a relative effect of price and brand name to the respondents perceives quality and value as well as their willingness to buy. Also, the findings showed a positive relationship between perceived quality, perceived value and willingness to buy as well as its relationship to their income or allowance monthly and to the frequency of purchase. In conclusion, the study showed that the price and brand name have a relative effect on the perception of quality and value as well as to the willingness to buy. For recommendations, future research should conduct other study to address value judgment of the brand focused on this study with, for instance, their services offered. It is recommended that the effects of price and brand name toward consumers' product evaluation need to be examined further in various settings to validate the arguments, hence the researchers leave it to future studies.
Stationary entanglement between macroscopic mechanical oscillators
Creators: name: Mancini, Stefano
name: Vitali, David
name: Giovannetti, Vittorio
name: Tombesi, Paolo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that the optomechanical coupling between an optical cavity mode and the two movable cavity end mirrors is able to entangle two different macroscopic oscillation modes of the mirrors. This continuous variable entanglement is maintained by the light bouncing between the mirrors and is robust against thermal noise. In fact, it could be experimentally demonstrated using present technology.
description: 9 pages, 4 figures. To be published on the Special Issue of EPJD "Quantum fluctuations and coherence in optical and atomic structures", edited by J. Eschner, A. Gatti, A. Maitre and G. Morigi v3: an error in a parameter definition corrected
Paralastor tuberculatus
Creators: name: Carpenter, James M.
name: Brown, Graham R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Vespidae
Paralastor
Paralastor tuberculatus

description: tuberculatus (de Saussure)
Alastor tuberculatus de Saussure 1853: 253, pl. XXI figs. 6–6b, female, male—“la Tasmanie ” (Paris); 1856: 326, 328 (in subgenus Paralastor).— Smith 1857: 91 (cat.).— Froggatt 1892: 229 (cat.), 231 (Odynerus [error]).— Dalla Torre 1894: 112 (cat.); 1904: 61 (cat.).
Paralastor tuberculatus; Perkins 1914a: 576 (key), 585, pl. 1 fig. 3 (Tas.; S. A.: Adelaide; Vic.).— Giordani Soika 1962 [1961]: 59.—van der Vecht 1967: 31 (designation as type species of Paralastor), 33 (proposal to place on Official List). – ICZN 1970, Opinion 893: 189 (placed on Official List).— Cardale 1985: 196 (cat.)
description: Published as part of Carpenter, James M. & Brown, Graham R., 2021, Catalogue of the Australian Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 4919 (1) on page 48, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4919.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4473370
Stomoxys Geoffroy 1762
Creators: name: Couri, Marcia S.
name: Pont, Adrian C.
name: Daugeron, Christophe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Muscidae
Stomoxys

description: Genus Stomoxys Geoffroy
 Stomoxys Geoffroy, 1762: 449, 538. Type-species: Conops calcitrans Linnaeus, 1758, des. I.C.Z.N., Opinion 441 (1957).
 Diagnosis. General colour brownish-grey to yellowish-brown; head slightly wider than high; vertex about one-fourth of head-width in male and over one-third in female; arista plumose on dorsal side; proboscis long and piercing, non-retractile; palpus slender and short; postpedicel about 2.5 times as long as pedicel; prosternum and proepisternum setulose; prealar seta absent; anterior katepisternal absent; vein M conspicuously curved forward towards vein R 4+ 5 in its apical section.
 Comments. The genus is cosmopolitan, with 18 described species, two of them occurring in the Australasian/Oceanian Regions (Pont, 1989). The Australian Stomoxyini were reviewed by Pont (1973a).
description: Published as part of Couri, Marcia S., Pont, Adrian C. & Daugeron, Christophe, 2010, The Muscidae (Diptera) of New Caledonia 2503, pp. 1-61 in Zootaxa 2503 (1) on page 23, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2503.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10094189
Bushes of vibrational modes for Fermi-Pasta-Ulam chains
Creators: name: Chechin, G. M.
name: Novikova, N. V.
name: Abramenko, A. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Some exact solutions and multi-mode invariant submanifolds were found for the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam (FPU) beta-model by Poggi and Ruffo in Phys. D 103 (1997) 251. In the present paper we demonstrate how results of such a type can be obtained for an arbitrary N-particle chain with periodic boundary conditions with the aid of our group-theoretical approach [Phys. D 117 (1998) 43] based on the concept of bushes of normal modes for mechanical systems with discrete symmetry. The integro-differential equation describing the FPU-alfa dynamics in the modal space is derived. The loss of stability of the bushes of modes for the FPU-alfa model, in particular, for the limiting case N >> 1 for the dynamical regime with displacement pattern having period twice the lattice spacing (Pi-mode) is studied. Our results for the FPU-alfa chain are compared with those by Poggi and Ruffo for the FPU-beta chain.
description: To be published in Physica D
Estimating the Quantity of Non-Tariff Measures SADC Meat and Milk Trade
Creators: name: Mmatlou, Kalaba
name: Johann, Kirsten
name: Mmatlou, Kalaba
name: Johann, Kirsten
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2012
Subjects: International Development
International Relations/Trade

description: Global trade protection in the form of tariffs has been on the downward trend since the conclusion of the World Trade Organisation Uruguay Round of negotiations. The same pattern was observed in SADC as well as other regional integration groups. In SADC the declining trade protection was not accompanied by improvement in trade performance. If anything, the share of intra-SADC trade has actually declined during the phase down of tariffs in the eight year period. This study explores the possible reason for poor trade performance in the tariff reducing environment using meat and dairy markets as case studies over the period 2000 to 2010. It is hypothesised that non tariff measures (NTMs) are more trade restricting that tariffs. The statistics show that on average each agricultural product traded is affected by about ten NTM. These vary from country to country, with Mozambique having the highest incidence of NTMs, and the lowest being Malawi. On a product level, fruits are the most affected products with more about 40% of all NTMs applied. The gravity model was used to estimate intra-SADC trade and to evaluate the quantity impacts of NTMs on tariffs. The NTMs applied to meat products were found to be as high as 400% compared to roughly 200% for dairy. Furthermore, it was found that in the case of dairy tariffs and NTMs were used jointly as means of protection. This implies that there is a need to focus attention, both in research and policy on the NTMs.
Impact of Celebrity Endorsement on Buying Behavior on the Students of College of Business Administration in PUP Manila
Creators: name: Ramos, Mia Angeli
name: Lagarico, Reika
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 150503 Marketing Management (incl. Strategy and Customer Relations)
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: The general aim is to analyze the overall impact of celebrity endorsement on customer purchasing behavior. Purchase intention and negative publicity were considered to determine whether celebrities had a real impact on the purchase intentions of consumers. The researchers used a correlational, quantitative approach to quantifying and analyzing variables and data in numerical form to generate results and conclusions on the impact of celebrity endorsements on consumer purchasing behavior. The questionnaire was used to collect students ' knowledge and opinions about the research topic they were researching. The researchers chose the research design of the survey because it was best suited to answer the questions and the purpose of the study. The results show that the majority of respondents were neutral as to whether they would buy a product that was endorsed by celebrities. Though most of them would also agree to purchase a product that is supported by celebrities. With regard to negative publicity, a large number of respondents agreed that negative publicity about a celebrity would have an impact on their purchase decision.
Hydrotaea Robineau-Desvoidy 1830
Creators: name: Couri, Marcia S.
name: Pont, Adrian C.
name: Daugeron, Christophe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Muscidae
Hydrotaea

description: Genus Hydrotaea Robineau-Desvoidy
 Hydrotaea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 509. Type-species: Musca meteorica Linnaeus, 1758, des. Curtis (1839: plate 768).
 Diagnosis. Male holoptic; eye bare; general colour black metallic or brown-dusted non-metallic; arista very short pubescent; gena, in most species, with a strong upcurved seta; female with a pair of cruciate setae on frontal vitta, and with lower orbital seta proclinate; dorsocentrals 2+4; notopleuron with or without ground setulae; anepimeron bare; katepisternals 1:1 (or 0: 1 in some specimens of H. spinigera); some males with fore femur on ventral surface with a preapical excavation with 2 toothed processes and fore tibia flattened along basal half or two-thirds of ventral surface; M straight; distiphallus with apical part of juxta spinulose; ovipositor long, with narrow tergites.
 Comments. Three species are known to occur in New Caledonia: H. australis Malloch, H. chalcogaster (Wiedemann) and H. spinigera (Stein), the latter first recorded by Shinonaga et al. (1991). Pont (1973a) revised the Australian species and all three species were treated in that paper.
description: Published as part of Couri, Marcia S., Pont, Adrian C. & Daugeron, Christophe, 2010, The Muscidae (Diptera) of New Caledonia 2503, pp. 1-61 in Zootaxa 2503 (1) on page 24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2503.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10094189
KonIQ-10k: An ecologically valid database for deep learning of blind image quality assessment
Creators: name: Hosu, Vlad
name: Lin, Hanhe
name: Sziranyi, Tamas
name: Saupe, Dietmar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Multimedia (cs.MM)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: I.4.9; I.4.m

description: Deep learning methods for image quality assessment (IQA) are limited due to the small size of existing datasets. Extensive datasets require substantial resources both for generating publishable content and annotating it accurately. We present a systematic and scalable approach to creating KonIQ-10k, the largest IQA dataset to date, consisting of 10,073 quality scored images. It is the first in-the-wild database aiming for ecological validity, concerning the authenticity of distortions, the diversity of content, and quality-related indicators. Through the use of crowdsourcing, we obtained 1.2 million reliable quality ratings from 1,459 crowd workers, paving the way for more general IQA models. We propose a novel, deep learning model (KonCept512), to show an excellent generalization beyond the test set (0.921 SROCC), to the current state-of-the-art database LIVE-in-the-Wild (0.825 SROCC). The model derives its core performance from the InceptionResNet architecture, being trained at a higher resolution than previous models (512x384). Correlation analysis shows that KonCept512 performs similar to having 9 subjective scores for each test image.
description: Published
Hadronic Parity Violation and Inelastic Electron-Deuteron Scattering
Creators: name: Liu, C. -P.
name: Prezeau, G.
name: Ramsey-Musolf, M. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We compute contributions to the parity-violating (PV) inelastic electron-deuteron scattering asymmetry arising from hadronic PV. While hadronic PV effects can be relatively important in PV threshold electro- disintegration, we find that they are highly suppressed at quasielastic kinematics. The interpretation of the PV quasielastic asymmetry is, thus, largely unaffected by hadronic PV.
description: 27 pages, 13 figures, uses REVTeX and BibTeX
Modification of heat cured acrylic resin by using additives to make a flexible acrylic resin denture base material: A pilot study
Creators: name: Taqa, Amer A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 110501 Dental Materials and Equipment
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Modification of heat cured acrylic resin by using additives to make a flexible acrylic resin denture base material: A pilot study
The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in South Africa
Creators: name: Kirsten, Johann F.
name: Kirsten, Johann F.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2012
Subjects: Demand and Price Analysis
Financial Economics

description: This paper analyses the food price trends in South Africa during two periods of rapid food price inflation that occurred in the decade 2000–10 and unpacks the political reaction and policy responses to the food price crises in these two periods. Based on personal recollection of events during the past decade, interviews with former politicians and state officials, as well as a thorough investigation of relevant cabinet and government documents it is concluded that agricultural and food policy in South Africa remained largely unchanged with no controls or regulations introduced. The South African state has maintained since 1998 a substantive social welfare programme reaching the poorest 20 per cent of the South African population, which has provided an important safety net during periods of high food prices. The South African government nevertheless implemented a set of ‘second class’ interventions that mostly target the poorer section of the population in an attempt to mitigate the negative effects of price changes and include elements such as food parcels, agricultural starter packs, and vegetable gardens.
Hydrotaea australis Malloch. Crosskey 1962
Creators: name: Couri, Marcia S.
name: Pont, Adrian C.
name: Daugeron, Christophe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Muscidae
Hydrotaea
Hydrotaea australis

description: 13. Hydrotaea australis Malloch
 Hydrotaea australis Malloch, 1923a: 667, 668. Holotype male, South Queensland, Australia, in BMNH (Pont, 1973a: 232).
 Hydrotaea australis; Pont, 1989: 676; Shinonaga et al., 1991: 330.
 Diagnosis. Body colour brown dusted, only partially metallic, abdominal tergites 3–5 with dense grey pollinosity from certain angles and with a brown median stripe; posterior margin of eyes straight; anterior katepisternal seta developed; male fore femur with a ventral depression near apex and a strong modified seta close to the depression; wing entirely covered with microtrichia; male aedeagus with praegonite with one seta. Male terminalia as in Figs 113, 122, 126 and 130 and female ovipositor as in Figs 134 and 135 (all in Pont, 1973a).
 Material examined: MNHN: New Caledonia: Nouméa: Anse Vata, viii.1958, J. Rageau, 1 ♂, Shinonaga det.
 NSMT: New Caledonia: Col de Pétchécara: 15 km W of Thio, 25.ii.1978, 1 ♂, S. Shinonaga. (not seen).
 BPBM: New Caledonia: Canala: 11.xi.1958, 1 ♂, C.R. Joyce. Nouméa: Anse Vata: 15.xi.1958, 1 ♀, C.R. Joyce.
 Comments. Recorded from Col de Pétchécara by Shinonaga et al. (1991). Redescription, comments on types, details on geographic records and biology in Pont (1973a).
 Distribution. Australia (NSW, NT, WA), New Caledonia (New Caledonia); Oriental Region.
description: Published as part of Couri, Marcia S., Pont, Adrian C. & Daugeron, Christophe, 2010, The Muscidae (Diptera) of New Caledonia 2503, pp. 1-61 in Zootaxa 2503 (1) on page 24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2503.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10094189
Green functions associated to complex reflection groups, II
Creators: name: Shoji, Toshiaki
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 20G40, 20C30, 05E5

description: In our previous paper, Green functions associated to complex reflection groups G(e,1,n) were discussed. It involved a combinatorial approach to the Green functions of classical groups of type B_n or C_n. In this paper, we introduce Green functions associated to complex reflection groups G(e,p,n). We define Schur functions, Hall-Littlewood functions associated to G(e,p,n), and show that our Green functions are obtained as a transition matrix between those two kinds of symmetric functions. As a special case, it gives a combinatorial treatmnet of Green functions of type D_n.
description: 33pages
Paralastor victor Giordani Soika 1977
Creators: name: Carpenter, James M.
name: Brown, Graham R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Vespidae
Paralastor
Paralastor victor

description: victor Giordani Soika
Paralastor victor Giordani Soika 1977: 135, female, male—“ S. Australia: Everard Park, near Victory Well” (holotype female Adelaide); var. from “2 mls. W of Copper Hills.”— Cardale 1985: 196 (cat.; holotype listed as male).— Borsato & Ratti 1999: 99 (list).
description: Published as part of Carpenter, James M. & Brown, Graham R., 2021, Catalogue of the Australian Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 4919 (1) on page 48, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4919.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4473370
A Verified Optimizer for Quantum Circuits
Creators: name: Hietala, Kesha
name: Rand, Robert
name: Hung, Shih-Han
name: Wu, Xiaodi
name: Hicks, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Programming Languages (cs.PL)
subject: Emerging Technologies (cs.ET)
subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present VOQC, the first fully verified optimizer for quantum circuits, written using the Coq proof assistant. Quantum circuits are expressed as programs in a simple, low-level language called SQIR, a simple quantum intermediate representation, which is deeply embedded in Coq. Optimizations and other transformations are expressed as Coq functions, which are proved correct with respect to a semantics of SQIR programs. SQIR uses a semantics of matrices of complex numbers, which is the standard for quantum computation, but treats matrices symbolically in order to reason about programs that use an arbitrary number of quantum bits. SQIR's careful design and our provided automation make it possible to write and verify a broad range of optimizations in VOQC, including full-circuit transformations from cutting-edge optimizers.
description: This paper supercedes arXiv:1904.06319; version 2 includes additional results and improved formatting; version 3 is the final draft with additional formatting improvements and some restructuring
Realization of Arbitrary Gates in Holonomic Quantum Computation
Creators: name: Niskanen, Antti O.
name: Nakahara, Mikio
name: Salomaa, Martti M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Among the many proposals for the realization of a quantum computer, holonomic quantum computation (HQC) is distinguished from the rest in that it is geometrical in nature and thus expected to be robust against decoherence. Here we analyze the realization of various quantum gates by solving the inverse problem: Given a unitary matrix, we develop a formalism by which we find loops in the parameter space generating this matrix as a holonomy. We demonstrate for the first time that such a one-qubit gate as the Hadamard gate and such two-qubit gates as the CNOT gate, the SWAP gate and the discrete Fourier transformation can be obtained with a single loop.
description: 8 pages, 6 figures
The Transmission of World Maize Price to South African Maize Market: A Threshold Cointegration Approach
Creators: name: Abidoye, Babatunde O.
name: Marlene, Labuschagne
name: Abidoye, Babatunde O.
name: Marlene, Labuschagne
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2012
Subjects: Financial Economics
Production Economics
Public Economics

description: This paper seeks to provide an explanation for the relationship between domestic maize price in South Africa and world maize prices in order to evaluate co-movement and transmission of world prices to domestic prices in Sub-Sahara African countries. This is done by comparing nested and non-nested models that capture di erent forms of nonlinearity in the price spread. Adopting a Bayesian approach that allows for comparison of models using Bayes Factor, we found that the relationship between South African price and world price for maize indicates the presence of nonlinearity in price transmission with three regimes that is triggered by the price spread in previous period.
Deep Horizon; a machine learning network that recovers accreting black hole parameters
Creators: name: van der Gucht, Jeffrey
name: Davelaar, Jordy
name: Hendriks, Luc
name: Porth, Oliver
name: Olivares, Hector
name: Mizuno, Yosuke
name: Fromm, Christian M.
name: Falcke, Heino
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Event Horizon Telescope recently observed the first shadow of a black hole. Images like this can potentially be used to test or constrain theories of gravity and deepen the understanding in plasma physics at event horizon scales, which requires accurate parameter estimations. In this work, we present Deep Horizon, two convolutional deep neural networks that recover the physical parameters from images of black hole shadows. We investigate the effects of a limited telescope resolution and observations at higher frequencies. We trained two convolutional deep neural networks on a large image library of simulated mock data. The first network is a Bayesian deep neural regression network and is used to recover the viewing angle $i$, and position angle, mass accretion rate $\dot{M}$, electron heating prescription $R_{\rm high}$ and the black hole mass $M_{\rm BH}$. The second network is a classification network that recovers the black hole spin $a$. We find that with the current resolution of the Event Horizon Telescope, it is only possible to accurately recover a limited number of parameters of a static image, namely the mass and mass accretion rate. Since potential future space-based observing missions will operate at frequencies above 230 GHz, we also investigated the applicability of our network at a frequency of 690 GHz. The expected resolution of space-based missions is higher than the current resolution of the Event Horizon Telescope, and we show that Deep Horizon can accurately recover the parameters of simulated observations with a comparable resolution to such missions.
description: 13 pages, 10 figures, 2 tables
Determinants of trade patterns and comparative advantage of processed agricultural products of SADC
Creators: name: Mmatlou, Kalaba
name: Johann, Kirsten
name: Mmatlou, Kalaba
name: Johann, Kirsten
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2012
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Public Economics

description: The Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries in general are facing new challenges of realising the pre-recession economic performance. This is in addition to the normal challenges of reducing food insecurity and poverty, unemployment and to continue improving the living standards. Agriculture is at the centre of most of these activities that have high likelihood of making most contribution given the growing population, demand for food and growth in urbanisation. In addition the sector engages many people in rural areas, has many linkages with other sectors of the economy and utilises unskilled labour force. Therefore a thriving agricultural sector has a potential to have more inclusive growth than any other sector. The trade patterns of agricultural and processed products are evaluated using the Balassa revealed comparative advantage method and the augmented gravity model to determine factors that influence trade. The results show that the share of agricultural trade in SADC is higher than the world average, and thus SADC has comparative advantage in agriculture. However, there are concerns that over time some of the SADC member countries and the have been losing comparative advantage in agriculture. Such advantage in processed and high value agriculture products is low and applicable to few countries. The contributing factors are high trade costs due to poor infrastructure, corruption perception and high administrative requirements. The situation challenges and limits the sector’s potential to contribute further towards the economic growth and development. This also implies that potential gains from trade may not be fully realised.
Managing Agricultural Commercialization for Inclusive Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Creators: name: Johann, Kirsten
name: Mapila, Mariam
name: Okello, Julius J.
name: De, Sourovi
name: Johann, Kirsten
name: Mapila, Mariam
name: Okello, Julius J.
name: De, Sourovi
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: Farm Management
Production Economics
Productivity Analysis
Research Methods/ Statistical Methods

description: The commercialization of smallholder agriculture has been considered a key strategy for sustainably reducing poverty and for achieving equitable growth in many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The level of success of the strategy in different countries in the region has however been varied with some countries exhibiting far greater success than others. The key underlying factors influencing success and failure of the commercialization process all point towards the need for strong public and private policies and initiatives to support improvished smallholder farmers in the agricultural commercialization process. In addition, in order for farmers to fully benefit from both public and private investments in agricultural commercialization, there is need for the development of new market models that will ensure that smallholder producers who are disadvantaged by pre-existing social, economic, environmental and political conditions are included in high value commercial markets, without jeopardizing their food security and livelihoods. Key words: agricultural commercialization, Sub-Saharan Africa, systematic review, smallholder farmers.
Paralastor viduus Perkins 1914
Creators: name: Carpenter, James M.
name: Brown, Graham R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Vespidae
Paralastor
Paralastor viduus

description: viduus Perkins
Paralastor viduus Perkins 1914a: 576 (key), 609, male—“Victoria, Melbourne” (London).— Cardale 1985: 196 (cat.).
description: Published as part of Carpenter, James M. & Brown, Graham R., 2021, Catalogue of the Australian Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 4919 (1) on page 48, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4919.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4473370
Paralastor vulpinus excisus Perkins
Creators: name: Carpenter, James M.
name: Brown, Graham R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Vespidae
Paralastor
Paralastor vulpinus

description: vulpinus excisus Perkins
Paralastor vulpinus excisus Perkins 1914a: 572 (key), 587, female—“Pt. Stephen, … Melbourne … Mittagong, N. S. W., … Cumberland, N. S. W. … Woodford” (type not indicated; London).— Cardale 1985: 197 (cat.; specimen from “Vic. or N. S. W.” in London labeled as holotype).
description: Published as part of Carpenter, James M. & Brown, Graham R., 2021, Catalogue of the Australian Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 4919 (1) on page 49, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4919.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4473370