cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Complete Genome Sequence of a New Firmicutes Species Isolated from Anaerobic Biomass Hydrolysis
Creators: name: Abendroth, Christian
name: Hahnke, Sarah
name: Codoñer, Francisco M.
name: Klocke, Michael
name: Luschnig, Olaf
name: Porcar, Manuel
Publisher: name: Washington, DC : American Soc. for Microbiology
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: biomass
subject: Firmicutes
subject: genome
subject: hydrolysis
subject: nonhuman
subject: 570
subject: 610

description: A new Firmicutes isolate, strain HV4-6-A5C, was obtained from the hydrolysis stage of a mesophilic and anaerobic two-stage lab-scale leach-bed system for biomethanation of fresh grass. It is assumed that the bacterial isolate contributes to plant biomass degradation. Here, we report a draft annotated genome sequence of this organism. © 2017 Abendroth et al.
Optimizing the Bent Crystal Parameters for High-Efficiency Beam Extraction and Collimation in Circular Accelerators
Creators: name: Yazynin, I. A.
name: Maisheev, V. A.
name: Chesnokov, Yu. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The efficiency of the beam extraction and collimation systems in circular accelerators with the use of the channeling effect in a bent crystal is determined. The dependences of the extraction efficiency on the geometrical parameters of the crystal (its length, thickness, and bending angle), the azimuthal location of the system components, and the offset of the septum or scraper are presented. The influence of crystal imperfections (amorphous layers, misorientation, and torsion) on the efficiency of the systems is considered, and their tolerances are proposed. It is shown that an extraction efficiency of >95% can be attained over a wide energy range from 2 GeV to 7 TeV by optimizing the crystal parameters and the positions of the system components.
description: 8 pages, 9 figures
Remnant and early settlement prairies and solonetzic soils in the Peace River district
Creators: name: Wilkinson, Kathleen
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1981
Subjects: subject: QK 938 P7 W54 1983 Fiche
subject: Solonetz soils
subject: Prairies - Alberta - Peace River area

description: Bibliography: p. 58-64.
General covariant transition amplitudes in quantum cosmology
Creators: name: Vidotto, Francesca
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The path-integral approach to cosmology consists in the computation of transition amplitudes between states of the quantum geometry of the universe. In the past, the concrete computation of these transitions amplitudes has been performed in a perturbative regime, breaking the full general covariance of the theory. Here I present how it is possible to define a general covariant path integral in quantum cosmology, by relying on the most recent results of the canonical and covariant formulations of Loop Quantum Gravity. I present two strategies that have been implemented. The first starts from the full Spinfoam theory, i.e. the path-integral framework for Loop Quantum Gravity, and defines a cosmological system. This is not obtained from symmetry reduced variables that are successively quantized, but directly considering the approximations that are characteristic of the full theory. The Spinfoam Cosmology obtained in this way includes quantum fluctuations beyond standard perturbation theory. The second strategy exploits the Hamiltonian constraint of Loop Quantum Cosmology, that is exponentiated in the formal expression of the usual path integral. The result is a general covariant path integral, that reproduces the form of the amplitude in the full Spinfoam theory. Therefore, this procedure connects the canonical and the covariant formalisms.
description: 4-page review for Scientifica Acta
An assessment of the hydrologic effects of surface coal mining in a mountain watershed
Creators: name: Meller, Brian D.
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1981
Subjects: subject: TD 195 S75 M44 1981
subject: Strip mining - Environmental aspects - British Columbia
subject: Coal mines and mining - British Columbia
subject: Watersheds - British Columbia

description: Bibliography: p. 102-104.
Tenuipalpidae
Creators: name: Xu, Yun
name: Fan, Qing-Hai
name: Zhang, Zhi-Qiang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Prostigmata
Tenuipalpidae

description: Family Tenuipalpidae
description: Published as part of Xu, Yun, Fan, Qing-Hai & Zhang, Zhi-Qiang, 2013, A new species of Ultratenuipalpus (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) from Cook Islands, with a key to the known species, pp. 223-233 in Zootaxa 3731 (2) on page 224, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3731.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/223903
The effect of behavioral self management treatments on nonorgasmic women without partners
Creators: name: Miles, J. J.
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1980
Subjects: subject: RC 556 M54 1980 Fiche
subject: Sex therapy
subject: Behavior modification
subject: Self-perception - Testing
subject: Women - Sexual behavior
subject: Sexual disorders

description: Bibliography: p. 206-219.
Complete Genome Sequence of a New Ruminococcaceae Bacterium Isolated from Anaerobic Biomass Hydrolysis
Creators: name: Hahnke, Sarah
name: Abendroth, Christian
name: Langer, Thomas
name: Codoñer, Francisco M.
name: Ramm, Patrice
name: Porcar, Manuel
name: Luschnig, Olaf
name: Klocke, Michael
Publisher: name: Washington, DC : American Soc. for Microbiology
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: anaerobic digestion
subject: Article
subject: bacterial genome
subject: bacterial strain
subject: hydrolysis
subject: microbial biomass
subject: nonhuman
subject: Ruminococcaceae
subject: whole genome sequencing
subject: 570
subject: 610

description: A new Ruminococcaceae bacterium, strain HV4-5-B5C, participating in the anaerobic digestion of grass, was isolated from a mesophilic two-stage laboratoryscale leach bed biogas system. The draft annotated genome sequence presented in this study and 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated the affiliation of HV4-5- B5C with the family Ruminococcaceae outside recently described genera. © 2018 Hahnke et al.
Turbulent Magnetic Field Amplification from Spiral SASI Modes: Implications for Core-Collapse Supernovae and Proto-Neutron Star Magnetization
Creators: name: Endeve, Eirik
name: Cardall, Christian Y.
name: Budiardja, Reuben D.
name: Beck, Samuel W.
name: Bejnood, Alborz
name: Toedte, Ross J.
name: Mezzacappa, Anthony
name: Blondin, John M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We extend our investigation of magnetic field evolution in three-dimensional flows driven by the stationary accretion shock instability (SASI) with a suite of higher-resolution idealized models of the post-bounce core-collapse supernova environment. Our magnetohydrodynamic simulations vary in initial magnetic field strength, rotation rate, and grid resolution. Vigorous SASI-driven turbulence inside the shock amplifies magnetic fields exponentially; but while the amplified fields reduce the kinetic energy of small-scale flows, they do not seem to affect the global shock dynamics. The growth rate and final magnitude of the magnetic energy are very sensitive to grid resolution, and both are underestimated by the simulations. Nevertheless our simulations suggest that neutron star magnetic fields exceeding $10^{14}$ G can result from dynamics driven by the SASI, \emph{even for non-rotating progenitors}.
description: 28 pages, 17 figures, accepted for publication in the ApJ
title: Adaptive Driving Style Classification through Transfer Learning with Synthetic Oversampling
Creators: name: Jardin, Philippe
name: Moisidis, Ioannis
name: Kartal, Kürsat
name: Rinderknecht, Stephan
Publisher: name: MDPI
Year: 2022

description: Driving style classification does not only depend on objective measures such as vehicle speed or acceleration, but is also highly subjective as drivers come with their own definition. From our perspective, the successful implementation of driving style classification in real-world applications requires an adaptive approach that is tuned to each driver individually. Within this work, we propose a transfer learning framework for driving style classification in which we use a previously developed rule-based algorithm for the initialization of the neural network weights and train on limited data. Therefore, we applied various state-of-the-art machine learning methods to ensure robust training. First, we performed heuristic-based feature engineering to enhance generalized feature building in the first layer. We then calibrated our network to be able to use its output as a probabilistic metric and to only give predictions above a predefined neural network confidence. To increase the robustness of the transfer learning in early increments, we used a synthetic oversampling technique. We then performed a holistic hyperparameter optimization in the form of a random grid search, which incorporated the entire learning framework from pretraining to incremental adaption. The final algorithm was then evaluated based on the data of predefined synthetic drivers. Our results showed that, by integrating these various methods, high system-level performance and robustness were met with as little as three new training and validation data samples in each increment.
Matrix product states for critical spin chains: finite size scaling versus finite entanglement scaling
Creators: name: Pirvu, B.
name: Vidal, G.
name: Verstraete, F.
name: Tagliacozzo, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the use of matrix product states (MPS) to approximate ground states of critical quantum spin chains with periodic boundary conditions (PBC). We identify two regimes in the (N,D) parameter plane, where N is the size of the spin chain and D is the dimension of the MPS matrices. In the first regime MPS can be used to perform finite size scaling (FSS). In the complementary regime the MPS simulations show instead the clear signature of finite entanglement scaling (FES). In the thermodynamic limit (or large N limit), only MPS in the FSS regime maintain a finite overlap with the exact ground state. This observation has implications on how to correctly perform FSS with MPS, as well as on the performance of recent MPS algorithms for systems with PBC. It also gives clear evidence that critical models can actually be simulated very well with MPS by using the right scaling relations; in the appendix, we give an alternative derivation of the result of Pollmann et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 255701 (2009)] relating the bond dimension of the MPS to an effective correlation length.
description: 18 pages, 13 figures
SIENNA infographic: AI & ROBOTICS
Creators: name: Trilateral Research
name: Centre for Research Ethics & Bioethics, Uppsala University
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018

description: AI & robotics will have a significant impact on society, values & human rights. This infographic outlines the effects these technologies will have on values and people, what kinds of impacts they will have (positive, negative, both), and how the SIENNA project will help address some of these issues by reviewing the legal, ethical, social & economic impacts of AI & robotics, connecting with citizens to understand concerns via surveys in 11 countries & panels in 5 countries, consulting experts and discussing ethical & human rights issues and developing ethical codes & protocols.
Multiplicative Levy noise in bistable systems
Creators: name: Srokowski, Tomasz
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Stochastic motion in a bistable, periodically modulated potential is discussed. The system is stimulated by a white noise increments of which have a symmetric stable Lévy distribution. The noise is multiplicative: its intensity depends on the process variable like |x|^{-θ}. The Stratonovich and Itô interpretations of the stochastic integral are taken into account. The mean first passage time is calculated as a function of θfor different values of the stability index αand size of the barrier. Dependence of the output amplitude on the noise intensity reveals a pattern typical for the stochastic resonance. Properties of the resonance as a function of α, θ and size of the barrier are discussed. Both height and position of the peak strongly depends on θ and on a specific interpretation of the stochastic integral.
description: 8 pages, 6 figures
Biogas residue parameterization for soil organic matter modeling
Creators: name: Prays, Nadia
name: Dominik, Peter
name: Sänger, Anja
name: Franko, Uwe
Publisher: name: San Francisco, California, US : PLOS
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: biofuel
subject: carbon
subject: agriculture
subject: chemistry
subject: soil
subject: statistical model
subject: theoretical model
subject: 500
subject: 610

description: A variety of biogas residues (BGRs) have been used as organic fertilizer in agriculture. The use of these residues affects the storage of soil organic matter (SOM). In most cases, SOM changes can only be determined in long-term observations. Therefore, predictive modeling can be an efficient alternative, provided that the parameters required by the model are known for the considered BGRs. This study was conducted as a first approach to estimating the organic matter (OM) turnover parameters of BGRs for process modeling. We used carbon mineralization data from six BGRs from an incubation experiment, representing a range of substrate inputs, to calculate a turnover coefficient k controlling the velocity of fresh organic matter (FOM) decay and a synthesis coefficient describing the SOM creation from FOM. An SOM turnover model was applied in inverse mode to identify both parameters. In a second step, we related the parameters k and to chemical properties of the corresponding BGRs using a linear regression model and applied them to a long-term scenario simulation. According to the results of the incubation experiment, the k values ranged between 0.28 and 0.58 d-1 depending on the chemical composition of the FOM. The estimated values ranged between 0.8 and 0.89. The best linear relationship of k was found to occur with pH (R2 = 0.863). Parameter is related to the Ct/Norg ratio (R2 = 0.696). Long-term scenario simulations emphasized the necessity of specific k and values related to the chemical properties for each BGR. However, further research is needed to validate and improve these preliminary results. © 2018 Prays et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Editorial: special issue on biochar as an option for sustainable resource management (EU COST Action TD1107 final publication)
Creators: name: Glaser, Bruno
name: Baltrėnas, Pranas
name: Kammann, Claudia
name: Kern, Jürgen
name: Baltrėnaitė, Edita
Publisher: name: Vilnius : Technika
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: biochar
subject: Biochar COST Action
subject: editorial
subject: sustainable resources management
subject: 690
subject: 333.7

description: The articles appearing in this special issue on Biochar as an Option for Sustainable Resource Management are mainly the extended versions of the contributions presented in Biochar COST Action meetings, especially at the International Biochar conference held September 2015 at Geisenheim University (Germany), which was the final conference of the COST Action TD1107. © 2017 Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) Press.
PlasticsFatE Deliverable Report D7.5 Cluster web portal and visual identity
Creators: name: Tobin, Lesley
name: Muncke, Jane
name: Vivani, Laura
name: Kienzl, Sabine
name: Mata Marcano, Virginia
name: Steinbach, Christoph
name: Roordink, Danielle
name: Boucher, Justin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: microplastics
nanoplastics
human health
collaboration
project cluster
web portal

description: The Micro- and Nanoplastics Cluster – now known as CUSP “The European Research Cluster to
 Understand the Health Impacts of Micro- and Nanoplastics” - has been formed to facilitate
 collaborations between five research projects funded under Horizon 2020, the EU Framework
 Programme for Research and Innovation, SC1-BHC-36-2020 - Micro- and nanoplastics in our
 environment: Understanding exposures and impacts on human health.
 These initiatives are working together to enhance impact by synergizing communication and
 dissemination strategies, and sharing expertise such as analytical methods, exposure assessments,
 inter-lab comparisons, representative materials, and data exchange. The cluster will also collaborate
 closely with the JRC, and annual cluster meetings will be organized to report on joint activities within
 and beyond the cluster.
 This document describes the Cluster web portal and visual identity, developed as a common
 deliverable of the five CUSP projects. The text has been extracted from D7.4 Common dissemination
 and communication strategy for the cluster.
Universal reference state in a driven homogeneous granular gas
Creators: name: de Soria, M. I. Garcia
name: Maynar, P.
name: Trizac, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the dynamics of a homogeneous granular gas heated by a stochastic thermostat, in the low density limit. It is found that, before reaching the stationary regime, the system quickly "forgets" the initial condition and then evolves through a universal state that does not only depend on the dimensionless velocity, but also on the instantaneous temperature, suitably renormalized by its steady state value. We find excellent agreement between the theoretical predictions at Boltzmann equation level for the one-particle distribution function, and Direct Monte Carlo simulations. We conclude that at variance with the homogeneous cooling phenomenology, the velocity statistics should not be envisioned as a single-parameter, but as a two-parameter scaling form, keeping track of the distance to stationarity.
Weed Mapping with UAS Imagery and a Bag of Visual Words Based Image Classifier
Creators: name: Pflanz, Michael
name: Nordmeyer, Henning
name: Schirrmann, Michael
Publisher: name: Basel : MDPI
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Bag of visual words
subject: Low altitude UAS flights
subject: Object based image classification
subject: Weed mapping
subject: 620

description: Weed detection with aerial images is a great challenge to generate field maps for site-specific plant protection application. The requirements might be met with low altitude flights of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), to provide adequate ground resolutions for differentiating even single weeds accurately. The following study proposed and tested an image classifier based on a Bag of Visual Words (BoVW) framework for mapping weed species, using a small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) with a commercial camera on board, at low flying altitudes. The image classifier was trained with support vector machines after building a visual dictionary of local features from many collected UAS images. A window-based processing of the models was used for mapping the weed occurrences in the UAS imagery. The UAS flight campaign was carried out over a weed infested wheat field, and images were acquired between a 1 and 6 m flight altitude. From the UAS images, 25,452 weed plants were annotated on species level, along with wheat and soil as background classes for training and validation of the models. The results showed that the BoVW model allowed the discrimination of single plants with high accuracy for Matricaria recutita L. (88.60%), Papaver rhoeas L. (89.08%), Viola arvensis M. (87.93%), and winter wheat (94.09%), within the generated maps. Regarding site specific weed control, the classified UAS images would enable the selection of the right herbicide based on the distribution of the predicted weed species. © 2018 by the authors.
Millimeter interferometric observations of FU Orionis-type objects in Cygnus
Creators: name: Kóspál, Ágnes
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: FU Orionis-type objects (FUors) are low-mass young eruptive stars that represent an evolutionary phase characterized by episodic periods of increased accretion rate from the disk to the star. Theory predicts that a circumstellar envelope, the source of continuous mass infall onto the disk, is necessary for triggering such accretion bursts. We study the spatial and velocity structure of envelopes around FUors by means of molecular line observations at mm wavelengths. We target three prototypical FUors and an object possibly in a pre-outburst state. We present archival PdBI interferometric observations of the J=1-0 line of 13CO at 110.2 GHz. For three of our targets, these represent the first mm interferometric observations. The data allow the study of the molecular environment of the objects on a spatial resolution of a thousand AU and a velocity resolution of 0.2 km/s. Strong, narrow 13CO(1-0) line emission is detected from all sources. The emission is spatially resolved in all cases, with deconvolved sizes of a few thousand AUs. For V1057 Cyg and V1331 Cyg, the emitting area is rather compact, suggesting that the origin of emission is an envelope surrounding the central star. For V1735 Cyg, the 13CO emission is offset from the stellar position, indicating that the source of emission may be a small foreground cloud, also responsible for the high reddening of the central star. The 13CO emission towards V1515 Cyg is the most extended in the sample, and coincides with the ring-like optical reflection nebula associated with V1515 Cyg. We suggest that mm interferometric observations are indispensable for a complete understanding of the circumstellar environment of FUors. Any theory of the FUor phenomenon that interprets the geometry of the circumstellar structure and its evolution using single beam measurements must be checked and compared to interferometric observations in the future.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures, 1 table, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Representativeness of European biochar research: part II–pot and laboratory studies
Creators: name: Sakrabani, Ruben
name: Kern, Jürgen
name: Mankasingh, Utra
name: Zavalloni, Costanza
name: Zanchettin, Giulia
name: Bastos, Ana Catarina
name: Tammeorg, Priit
name: Jeffery, Simon
name: Glaser, Bruno
name: Verheijen, Frank G. A.
Publisher: name: Vilnius : Technika
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: biochar
subject: Europe
subject: laboratory scale
subject: pot experiments
subject: representativeness
subject: soil
subject: 690
subject: 333.7

description: Biochar research is extensive and there are many pot and laboratory studies carried out in Europe to investigate the mechanistic understanding that govern its impact on soil processes. A survey was conducted in order to find out how representative these studies under controlled experimental conditions are of actual environmental conditions in Europe and biomass availability and conversion technologies. The survey consisted of various key questions related to types of soil and biochar used, experimental conditions and effects of biochar additions on soil chemical, biological and physical properties. This representativeness study showed that soil texture and soil organic carbon contents used by researchers are well reflected in the current biochar research in Europe (through comparison with published literature), but less so for soil pH and soil type. This study provides scope for future work to complement existing research findings, avoiding unnecessary repetitions and highlighting existing research gaps. © 2017 The Author(s) Published by VGTU Press and Informa UK Limited, [trading as Taylor & Francis Group].
Representativeness of European biochar research: part I–field experiments
Creators: name: Verheijen, Frank G. A.
name: Mankasingh, Utra
name: Penizek, Vit
name: Panzacchi, Pietro
name: Glaser, Bruno
name: Jeffery, Simon
name: Bastos, Ana Catarina
name: Tammeorg, Priit
name: Kern, Jürgen
name: Zavalloni, Costanza
name: Zanchettin, Giulia
name: Sakrabani, Ruben
Publisher: name: Vilnius : Technika
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: biochar
subject: Europe
subject: field experiments
subject: representativeness
subject: soil
subject: 690
subject: 333.7

description: A representativeness survey of existing European Biochar field experiments within the Biochar COST Action TD1107 was conducted to gather key information for setting up future experiments and collaborations, and to minimise duplication of efforts amongst European researchers. Woody feedstock biochar, applied without organic or inorganic fertiliser appears over-represented compared to other categories, especially considering the availability of crop residues, manures, and other organic waste streams and the efforts towards achieving a zero waste economy. Fertile arable soils were also over-represented while shallow unfertile soils were under-represented. Many of the latter are likely in agroforestry or forest plantation land use. The most studied theme was crop production. However, other themes that can provide evidence of mechanisms, as well as potential undesired side-effects, were relatively well represented. Biochar use for soil contamination remediation was the least represented theme; further work is needed to identify which specific contaminants, or mixtures of contaminants, have the potential for remediation by different biochars. © 2017 The Author(s) Published by VGTU Press and Informa UK Limited, [trading as Taylor & Francis Group].
Some properties of cement flyash mortars mixed with sea water
Creators: name: Balasundaram, Andrew C.
Publisher: name: Engineering
Year: 1986
Subjects: subject: TA 437 B34 1987
subject: Mortar - Additives
subject: Fly ash - Technological innovations
subject: Sea-water - Technological innovations
subject: Cement - Additives

description: Bibliography: p. 184-193.
Biochar as a tool to reduce the agricultural greenhouse-gas burden–knowns, unknowns and future research needs
Creators: name: Kammann, Claudia
name: Ippolito, Jim
name: Hagemann, Nikolas
name: Borchard, Nils
name: Cayuela, Maria Luz
name: Estavillo, José M.
name: Fuertes-Mendizabal, Teresa
name: Jeffery, Simon
name: Kern, Jürgen
name: Novak, Jeff
name: Rasse, Daniel
name: Saarnio, Sanna
name: Schmidt, Hans-Peter
name: Spokas, Kurt
name: Wrage-Mönnig, Nicole
Publisher: name: Vilnius : Technika
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: biochar
subject: GHG intensity
subject: greenhouse gases (GHG)
subject: methane (CH4)
subject: nitrate
subject: nitrous oxide (N2O)
subject: soil aeration
subject: soil N transformations
subject: 690
subject: 333.7

description: Agriculture and land use change has significantly increased atmospheric emissions of the non-CO2 green-house gases (GHG) nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4). Since human nutritional and bioenergy needs continue to increase, at a shrinking global land area for production, novel land management strategies are required that reduce the GHG footprint per unit of yield. Here we review the potential of biochar to reduce N2O and CH4 emissions from agricultural practices including potential mechanisms behind observed effects. Furthermore, we investigate alternative uses of biochar in agricultural land management that may significantly reduce the GHG-emissions-per-unit-of-product footprint, such as (i) pyrolysis of manures as hygienic alternative to direct soil application, (ii) using biochar as fertilizer carrier matrix for underfoot fertilization, biochar use (iii) as composting additive or (iv) as feed additive in animal husbandry or for manure treatment. We conclude that the largest future research needs lay in conducting life-cycle GHG assessments when using biochar as an on-farm management tool for nutrient-rich biomass waste streams. © 2017 The Author(s) Published by VGTU Press and Informa UK Limited, [trading as Taylor & Francis Group].
Evaluation der Kundenbedürfnisse zur Steigerung der Kundenbesuche von Bioflix Verkaufsstellen
Creators: name: Moritz, Tobia
Publisher: name: Hochschule für Angewandte Psychologie FHNW
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 330 - Wirtschaft

description: In der vorliegenden Bachelorarbeit werden die Konsummotive, Kundenbedürfnisse, Erwartungen sowie die positiven und negativen Erfahrungen umfassend analysiert, die Kunden und Kundinnen beim Einkaufserlebnis im Verein Bioflix gemacht haben. Die Untersuchung erfolgt vor dem Hintergrund der zu niedrigen Häufigkeit der Einkäufe pro Kundschaft. Das Hauptaugenmerk dieser Arbeit liegt darauf, wirksame Massnahmen zu identifizieren, die dazu beitragen können, die Besuche der Kundschaft in den Bioflix-Verkaufsstellen zu erhöhen. Im Rahmen dieser Untersuchung wurden online qualitative Interviews durchgeführt, um umfassende und detaillierte Daten über Präferenzen und Anliegen der Kundschaft zu sammeln. Die gesammelten Daten wurden sorgfältig analysiert, um einen tiefgreifenden Einblick in die Bedürfnisse der Kundschaft zu erlangen und wertvolle Schlüsselerkenntnisse zu gewinnen. Durch die Analyse der Daten konnten Handlungsempfehlungen abgeleitet werden, um eine engere und positivere Kundenbindung herzustellen. Die daraus resultierende Handlungsempfehlungen umfassen Kundenbindungs- und Marketingmassnahmen sowie Ladengestaltungsänderungen.
Exact Solvability of the two-photon Rabi Hamiltonian
Creators: name: Travenec, Igor
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Exact spectrum of the two-photon Rabi Hamiltonian is found, proceeding in full analogy with the solution of standard (one-photon) Rabi Hamiltonian, published by Braak in Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 100401 (2011). The Hamiltonian is rewritten as a set of two differential equations. Symmetries that get hidden after further treatment are found. One can plainly see, how the Hilbert space splits into four disjunct subspaces, categorized by four values of the symmetry parameter $c=\pm1,\pm i$. There were only two values $\pm1$ for the standard Rabi model. Four analytic functions are introduced by a recurrence scheme for the coefficients of their series expansion. All their roots yield the complete spectrum of the Hamiltonian. Eigenstates in Bargmann space are also at disposal.
Synergistic use of peat and charred material in growing media–an option to reduce the pressure on peatlands?
Creators: name: Kern, Jürgen
name: Tammeorg, Priit
name: Shanskiy, Merrit
name: Sakrabani, Ruben
name: Knicker, Heike
name: Kammann, Claudia
name: Tuhkanen, Eeva-Maria
name: Smidt, Geerd
name: Prasad, Munoo
name: Tiilikkala, Kari
name: Sohi, Saran
name: Gascó, Gabriel
name: Steiner, Christoph
name: Glaser, Bruno
Publisher: name: Vilnius : Technika
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: biochar
subject: greenhouse gases
subject: growing media
subject: horticulture
subject: organic matter
subject: peat extraction restoration
subject: peatland
subject: 690
subject: 333.7

description: Peat is used as a high quality substrate for growing media in horticulture. However, unsustainable peat extraction damages peatland ecosystems, which disappeared to a large extent in Central and South Europe. Furthermore, disturbed peatlands are becoming a source of greenhouse gases due to drainage and excavation. This study is the result of a workshop within the EU COST Action TD1107 (Biochar as option for sustainable resource management), held in Tartu (Estonia) in 2015. The view of stakeholders were consulted on new biochar-based growing media and to what extent peat may be replaced in growing media by new compounds like carbonaceous materials from thermochemical conversion. First positive results from laboratory and greenhouse experiments have been reported with biochar content in growing media ranging up to 50%. Various companies have already started to use biochar as an additive in their growing media formulations. Biochar might play a more important role in replacing peat in growing media, when biochar is available, meets the quality requirements, and their use is economically feasible. © 2017 The Author(s) Published by VGTU Press and Informa UK Limited, [trading as Taylor & Francis Group].
title: Constructing the world: An exegetical and socio-rhetorical analysis of Paul's uses of koemoe and ktieie
Creators: name: Adams, Edward
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Biblical studies, religious history.

description: This study investigates how Paul uses the terms kappaosigmamuodelta; and kappatauiotasigmaiotadelta to construct the social worlds of his readers. Previous treatments of this terminology in Paul are shown to have been inattentive to the question of how far social factors might have affected his usage. This neglected issue forms the focus of concern in the present inquiry. After surveying the historical and semantic background of kappaosigmamuodelta; and kappatauiotasigmaiotadelta, Paul's uses of the terms are examined in their epistolary settings. Each epistolary usage is interpreted against the background of the community situation which is being addressed and within the context of the socio-rhetorical strategy deployed by Paul to achieve his social goals in writing. Our analysis reaches the following conclusions: 1. Paul's largely negative and defamiliarizing usage of kappaosigmamuodelta in 1 Corinthians forms part of a socio-rhetorical strategy aimed at strengthening the boundaries between the Christian group and the macrosociety in Corinth in the light of a perceived situation of social and ideological compromise. 2. Paul's uses of kappaosigmamuodelta; and kappatauiotasigmaiotadelta in Romans help to underline the non-socially-subversive character of Christianity, a theme prominent in the paraenesis of Rom 12:14-13:10. This usage and underlying social concern may be understood against a background of mounting conflict with outsiders in Rome and the increasing vulnerability of the Roman congregations to repressive actions by the political author i ties. 3. In response to the attempts of the "agitators" to impose a Jewish lifestyle on his converts in Galatia, in the Galatian letter, Paul uses kappaosigmamuodelta the term kappaalphaiotanun kappatauiotasigmaiotadelta polemically to stress the separation of the Gentile churches from the Jewish community. By means of socio-rhetorical analysis of the texts and careful elucidation of the community situations, a case is made that Paul's uses of kappaosigmamuodelta and kappatauiotasigmaiotadelta form important building-blocks in his constructions of the world.
A simple fish-based approach to assess the ecological quality of freshwater reservoirs in Central Europe
Creators: name: Blabolil, Petr
name: Říha, Milan
name: Ricard, Daniel
name: Peterka, Jiří
name: Prchalová, Marie
name: Vašek, Mojmír
name: Čech, Martin
name: Frouzová, Jaroslava
name: Jůza, Tomáš
name: Muška, Milan
name: Tušer, Michal
name: Draštík, Vladislav
name: Sajdlová, Zuzana
name: Šmejkal, Marek
name: Vejřík, Lukáš
name: Matěna, Josef
name: Boukal, David S.
name: Ritterbusch, David
name: Kubečka, Jan
Publisher: name: Paris : EDP Science
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Artificial lakes
subject: Eutrophication
subject: Fish indicators
subject: Gillnets
subject: Index sensitivity
subject: WFD
subject: 630
subject: 640

description: The assessment of ecological quality in freshwater ecosystems is a key issue in many countries, but conditions for the development of assessment methodologies are often country-specific. This study proposes a simple methodology for the assessment of the ecological potential of reservoirs based on fish communities using a dataset covering major environmental and pressure gradients in reservoirs in the Czech Republic. Fish data obtained by gillnet sampling were correlated with a proxy of eutrophication as a key indicator of anthropogenic pressure for selecting appropriate fish-based indicators, establishing scoring criteria and developing the index of ecological quality. Expert judgement was also used to select potential fish indicators. Nine indicators were selected for the final fish-based index, fulfilling the criteria required by the Water Framework Directive. Two steps were used to validate the fish-based index quantification of its inter annual stability and sensitivity analysis of individual indicators. Finally, the index was compared to a previously developed general index for Central and Western Europe. Our study demonstrates that a combination of expert judgement and strict validation methods can result in an informative assessment of the ecological conditions, which can help identify conservation and restoration priorities. © P. Blabolil.
Model-based characterisation of growth performance and l-lactic acid production with high optical purity by thermophilic Bacillus coagulans in a lignin-supplemented mixed substrate medium
Creators: name: Glaser, Robert
name: Venus, Joachim
Publisher: name: New York, NY [u.a.] : Elsevier
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Arabinose
subject: Cofermentation
subject: Glucose
subject: L-Lactate
subject: Lignin
subject: Unstructured growth model
subject: Xylose
subject: 570
subject: 540

description: Three Bacillus coagulans strains were characterised in terms of their ability to grow in lignin-containing fermentation media and to consume the lignocellulose-related sugars glucose, xylose, and arabinose. An optical-density high-throughput screening was used for precharacterisation by means of different mathematical models for comparison (Logistic, Gompertz, Baranyi, Richards & Stannard, and Schnute). The growth response was characterised by the maximum growth rate and lag time. For a comparison of the screening and fermentation results, an unstructured mathematical model was proposed to characterise the lactate production, bacterial growth and substrate consumption. The growth model was then applied to fermentation procedures using wheat straw hydrolysates. The results indicated that the unstructured growth model can be used to evaluate lactate producing fermentation. Under the experimental fermentation conditions, one strain showed the ability to tolerate a high lignin concentration (2.5 g/L) but lacked the capacity for sufficient pentose uptake. The lactate yield of the strains that were able to consume all sugar fractions of glucose, xylose and arabinose was ∼83.4%. A photometric measurement at 280 nm revealed a dynamic change in alkali-lignin concentrations during lactate producing fermentation. A test of decolourisation of vanillin, ferulic acid, and alkali-lignin samples also showed the decolourisation performance of the B. coagulans strains under study. © 2017 The Author(s)
Geometry and mechanisms of transverse faulting, Rocky Mountain Front Ranges, Canmore, Alberta
Creators: name: Moffat, Ian William
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1980
Subjects: subject: QE 606 M62 1980 Fiche
subject: Faults (Geology) - Alberta - Canmore area
subject: Geology, Structural

description: Bibliography: p. 164-182.
description: Although well documented from worldwide foreland belts, an actual mechanism for the formation of faults oriented at high angles to the predominant structural trend appears somewhat enigmatic. With this in mind, a system of Transverse faults contained within the major Rundle and Sulphur Mountain thrust sheets have been mapped in detail at a scale of 1:12,000. Structural observations at the 1) megascopic 2) mesoscopic and 3) microscopic scales were conducted in order to more accurately delineate relative timing and kinematics of the major deformational features. Shortening within the Rundle Thrust sheet has been accomplished by folding and imbricate thrusting whereas the Sulphur Mountain thrust sheet is deformed solely by the latter. Analysis of available field data suggests a progressive eastward advancing deformation, characterized by early thrusting in the Sulphur Mountain sheet, followed by folding and then thrusting in the Rundle sheet. The transverse fault system consists of a major fault which offsets the Sulphur Mountain Thrust and terminates at a major imbricate thrust of the Rundle Thrust sheet, as well as several minor transverse faults restricted to the individual thrust sheets. Analysis of palinspastic cross sections constructed for the time interval following folding but prior to thrusting, illustrates that the imbricate thrust steepened rapidly northwards in the immediate vicinity of the present location of the transverse fault. This geometry determines that northern strata wi1l be forced higher than southern counterparts during thrusting, thus resulting in a transverse fold and, with further displacement, a transverse fault. The initiation of transverse folding determines that the maximum shortening strain manifest by calcite and dolomite intragranular strains would rotate from an original position within the a-c tectonic plane to one within the b-c tectonic plane. Displacement along minor transverse faults has either occurred prior to the major faulting event, as demonstrated by one minor fault in the Sulphur Mountain thrust sheet, or contemporaneously with the major event as a response to extensional strain. Following the major faulting event, the two thrust sheets are essentially separated into two distinct structural domains. As lock up occurs along the lower thrust, further shortening within the sheet proceeds by sliding along pre-existing hanging wall thursts. Eventual erosion results in the deceptive appearance of structural discontinuity across the transverse fault zone.
A single intravenous injection of cyclosporin A–loaded lipid nanocapsules prevents retinopathy of prematurity
Creators: name: Bohley, Marilena
name: Dillinger, Andrea E.
name: Schweda, Frank
name: Ohlmann, Andreas
name: Braunger, Barbara M.
name: Tamm, Ernst R.
name: Goepferich, Achim
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 570 Biowissenschaften, Biologie
subject: 610 Medizin
subject: 615 Pharmazie

description: Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a retinal disease that threatens the vision of prematurely born infants. Severe visual impairment up to complete blindness is caused by neovascularization and inflammation, progressively destroying the immature retina. ROP primarily affects newborns in middle- and low-income countries with limited access to current standard treatments such as intraocular drug injections and laser- or cryotherapy. To overcome these limitations, we developed a nanotherapeutic that effectively prevents ROP development with one simple intravenous injection. Its lipid nanocapsules transport the antiangiogenic and anti-inflammatory cyclosporin A efficiently into disease-driving retinal pigment epithelium cells. In a mouse model of ROP, a single intravenous injection of the nanotherapeutic prevented ROP and led to normal retinal development by counteracting neovascularization and inflammation. This nanotherapeutic approach has the potential to bring about a change of paradigm in ROP therapy and prevent millions of preterm born infants from developing ROP.
The debts' clearing problem: a new approach
Creators: name: Pătcaş, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Data Structures and Algorithms (cs.DS)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: G.2.2
subject: 05C85

description: The debts' clearing problem is about clearing all the debts in a group of $n$ entities (e.g. persons, companies) using a minimal number of money transaction operations. In our previous works we studied the problem, gave a dynamic programming solution solving it and proved that it is NP-hard. In this paper we adapt the problem to dynamic graphs and give a data structure to solve it. Based on this data structure we develop a new algorithm, that improves our previous one for the static version of the problem.
The relationship of handedness, sex, familial sinistrality, and degree of speech laterality on style of cognitive processing in the human brain
Creators: name: Munroe, Mark
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1981
Subjects: subject: QP 385 M84 1981 Fiche
subject: Left- and right-handedness
subject: Laterality
subject: Space perception
subject: Brain - Localization of functions

description: Bibliography: p. 129-142.
description: Clinical findings have consistently shown that the left-handed exhibit a degree of hemisphere laterality somewhat less than that shown by the right-handed. This finding of a reduced laterality in left-handers contributed to the latest in what has been a lengthy, if ignoble, listing of deficits attributable to left-handedness. In this latest case it has been proposed that left-handers suffer from a visual spatial deficit. Because the existence of such a deficit remains highly controversial, the overriding purpose of the present study was to examine in some detail whether such a spatial deficit exists. If such a deficit were found, the study was further designed to distinguish whether all or only a subgroup of left-handers exhibit the deficit. To this end 12 strongly left-handed (7 males; 5 females); 12 mixedhanders (4 males; 8 females) and 56 strongly right-handed children (29 males; 27 females) were tested on selected subtests of the WISC-R verbal (Vocabulary and Similarities) and performance (Block Design and Object Assembly) scales. Additional information as to the presence of familial sinistrality, and the hemisphere dominant for speech based on a dichotic listening task was gathered. An analysis-of-variance confirmed that the three handedness groups were equivalent in verbal ability - a necessary condition to the problem being addressed. Further analysis showed that while there was no difference in spatial abilities between the two strongly-handed groups, the mixed-handers did score significantly lower on this cognitive task. Conditional evidence supporting the proposal of a spatial deficit in sinistrals was thus found; the condition being that not all left-handers, show such a deficit. Rather it is the mixed-handers, who are almost always designated as left-handed, who show the deficit. It was further reported that while familial sinistrality did not affect spatial performance, the strength of hemisphere laterality as determined by dichotic listening did. Based on these findings and others reported in the literature a theory of hemisphere function based on strength of hemisphere laterality was forwarded.
On a coupled PDE model for image restoration
Creators: name: Prasath, V. B. Surya
name: Vorotnikov, Dmitry
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper, we consider a new coupled PDE model for image restoration. Both the image and the edge variables are incorporated by coupling them into two different PDEs. It is shown that the initial-boundary value problem has global in time dissipative solutions (in a sense going back to P.-L. Lions), and several properties of these solutions are established. This is a rough draft, and the final version of the paper will contain a modelling part and numerical experiments.
CPR right of way redevelopment - Downtown Red Deer, Alberta
Creators: name: Murdoch, Ronald J.
Publisher: name: Environmental Design
Year: 1981
Subjects: subject: HT 169 C392 R45 1984
subject: City planning - Alberta
subject: Red Deer (Alta.) - City planning
subject: Central business districts - Alberta - Red Deer

description: Bibliography: p. 69.