cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Cost-Benefit Analysis of Farming from East to West
Creators: name: Nemessalyi, Zsolt
name: Darroch, M.A.G.
name: Ortmann, G.F.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1995
Subjects: Demand and Price Analysis

description: In different places of the world the condition of farming is not similar. The aim of this paper is to deal systematically and general with the similarities and differences of the conditions and results in agricul-tural enterprises with economic point of view. Zsolt Nemessdlyi spent study tour in USA by Fulbright Scholarship a half year in 1991, Andras Ndbrddi spent six weeks long study course in Japan in 1992, and both authors spent shorter or longer periods in the Netherlands, Ireland as well as in United Kingdom. On the basis of their personal experiences the authors will present the main conditions and results of farming throughout an Eastern European's economists eyes of the above mentioned countries.
description: Tenth International Farm Management Congress, The University of Reading, UK, July 10-15, 1995
Impact of Banana Industry Deregulation on Banana Growers on the East Coast of South Africa
Creators: name: Kuhn, M.E.
name: Ciani, Adriano
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1995
Subjects: Industrial Organization
Agricultural and Food Policy

description: A survey of 28 banana growers on the lower East Coast of South Africa showed that Banana Industry deregulation led to increased price variability and farm financial stress. This made farmers more aware of the need to improve their marketing skills, consider product diversification and improve fruit quality. Discriminant analysis identified respondents who were more likely to be affected by the abolition of the Banana Board as those who (J) previously marketed most of their quality fruit through the Board, (2) were less willing to take production risks, (3) were not sole owners of their farm business, (4) perceived the marketing potential in their local area to be poor and (5) had relatively high debt-asset ratios. After the Board was abolished, most farmers still chose not to market the fruit themselves (relatively high opportunity cost of their management time), but rather used marketing agents. To improve their market bargaining power with the agents, the farmers voluntarily formed a private co-operative, which also provided market information and co-ordinated fruit packing and transport to the market agents.
description: Tenth International Farm Management Congress, The University of Reading, UK, July 10-15, 1995
Integrated Activities and Structure of Agri-Tourism Farms: A Study of Umbria, Italy
Creators: name: Ohe, Yasuo
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1995
Subjects: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: We have examined the activities of Umbrian agritourism farms and found that middle sized farms are the most active in agri tourism, while larger farms prefer to offer apartments due to severer labor constraints and smaller farms tend to offer rooms to avoid heavy investment in facilities.
Agritourism farms in Umbria, one of the fastest growing regions of agritourism in Italy, are much more active than Japanese farm-inn farms. This seems to be due to the business spirit of the Italian tradition of family enterprises.
description: Tenth International Farm Management Congress, The University of Reading, UK, July 10-15, 1995
title: Cyclic Deformation Response of Ultra-fine Grained Titanium at Elevated Temperatures
Creators: name: Sajadifar, Seyed Vahid
name: Yapici, Guney Guven
name: Demler, Eugen
name: Krooß, Philipp
name: Wegener, Thomas
name: Maier, Hans Jürgen
name: Niendorf, Thomas
Publisher: name: Universität Kassel
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: titanium
subject: ultra-fine grained
subject: severe plastic deformation
subject: fatigue
subject: cyclic stability
subject: elevated temperature
subject: 620
subject: 660
subject: Titan
subject: Ultrafeinkorn
subject: Plastische Deformation
subject: Materialermüdung
subject: Zyklische Belastung
subject: Stabilität
subject: Hochtemperatur

description: © This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Your Work – Your Choice. Open Access an der UdK
Creators: name: Universität Der Künste
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: International Open Access Week 2022, Open Access, Berlin, Universität der Künste, Kunst, Musik

description: Your Work – Your Choice Open Access an der UdK geht über das klassische Verständnis hinaus. Denn: in den Künsten und den auf sie bezogenen Wissenschaften kann nicht zwischen Veröffentlichung und Daten getrennt werden. Die entstehenden Inhalte sind entsprechend der Vielzahl der Disziplinen überaus divers, oft multimodal und komplex. Statt etablierte Angebote nutzen zu können, gilt es hier Pionierarbeit zu leisten, Erfahrungen zu sammeln und Infrastrukturen aufzubauen. Die Bedarfe der Akteur*innen, der Künstler*innen und Wissenschaftler*innen, stehen im Fokus. Die Kampagne „Your Work – Your Choice“ soll sie zum Wahrnehmen ihrer Selbstbestimmtheit und Eigenverantwortung animieren.
Development and analysis of an index for the measurement of ethnic attitudes towards high school counselling
Creators: name: Massey, Donald Sunil
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: This study assessed the psychometric properties of the Perception of Counselling Services Index or PCSI (a 45-item 5-point Likert scale). This instrument was designed by Westwood & Massey (1982) to measure ethnic minority attitudes towards school counselling. The Westwood & Massey (1982) study was examined in detail to trace the development and implementation of the PCSI on a sample ethnic minority group (East Indian Canadian adults and adolescents) and a sample majority group (Anglo-European Canadian adults and adolescents). Based on the results of the above study, the PCSI proved to have sufficient face and content validity. Reliability of the PCSI was estimated at between 0.91 to 0.93 using Hoyt's analysis of variance procedure (internal-consistency). Item analysis indicated that approximately half of the PCSI items were psychometrically superior. Analysis of variance results related to this study also indicated that the PCSI could differentiate between cultural groups. Results of the overall evaluation of this instrument were used to construct a revision of the PCSI known as the "Ethnic Perception of Counselling Index (EPCI)". The EPCI was presented as a superior instrument for the measurement of ethnic-minority attitudes towards school counselling. Several implications for cross-cultural counselling as well as directions for the future use of the EPCI were described.
Lensing of gravitational waves as a probe of compact dark matter
Creators: name: Urrutia, Juan
name: Vaskonen, Ville
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study gravitational lensing of gravitational waves from compact object binaries as a probe of compact dark matter (DM) objects such as primordial black holes. Assuming a point mass lens, we perform parameter estimation of lensed gravitational wave signals from compact object binaries to determine the detectability of the lens with ground based laser interferometers. Then, considering binary populations that LIGO-Virgo has been probing, we derive a constraint on the abundance of compact DM from non-observation of lensed events. We find that the LIGO-Virgo observations imply that compact objects heavier than $M_l = 200M_\odot$ can not constitute all DM and less than $40\%$ of DM can be in compact objects heavier than $M_l = 400M_\odot$. We also show that the DM fraction in compact objects can be probed by LIGO in its final sensitivity for $M_l > 40M_\odot$ reaching $2\%$ of the DM abundance at $M_l > 200M_\odot$, and by ET for $M_l > 1M_\odot$ reaching DM fraction as low as $7\times 10^{-5}$ at $M_l > 40M_\odot$.
description: 8 pages, 4 figures. published version
NNLO virtual and real leptonic corrections to muon-electron scattering
Creators: name: Budassi, E.
name: Calame, C. M. Carloni
name: Chiesa, M.
name: Del Pio, C. L.
name: Hasan, S. M.
name: Montagna, G.
name: Nicrosini, O.
name: Piccinini, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The recently proposed MUonE experiment at CERN aims at providing a novel determination of the leading order hadronic contribution to the muon anomalous magnetic moment through the study of elastic muon-electron scattering at relatively small momentum transfer. The anticipated accuracy of the order of 10ppm demands for high-precision predictions, including all the relevant radiative corrections. The fixed-order NNLO radiative corrections due to the emission of virtual and real leptonic pairs are described and their numerical impact is discussed for typical event selections of the MUonE experiment, by means of the upgraded Monte Carlo code MESMER.
description: 35 pages, 26 figures. A Mathematica ancillary file for MIs discussed in Appendix A is provided. Updated to the published version: one reference added, some details added at the end of Section 4, few typos corrected, conclusions unchanged
A Lagrangean formalism for Hermitean matrix models
Creators: name: Flume, R.
name: Grossehelweg, J.
name: Klitz, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Eynard's formulation of Hermitean 1-matrix models in terms of intrinsic quantities of an associated hyperelliptic Riemann surface is rephrased as a Lagrangean field theory of a scalar particle propagating on the hyperelliptic surface with multiple self-interactions and particle-source interactions. Both types of interaction take place at the branch points of the hyperelliptic surface.
description: 25 pages, 7 figures
Decision Support Systems in Farm Management
Creators: name: Pawlak, Jan
name: Koizumi, S.
name: Nagano, M.
name: Riethmuller
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1995
Subjects: Farm Management

description: The paper presents some Polish experiences in the field of decision support systems (DSS), especially the one concerning the selection of farm equipment and choice of the system of its use. A decision support system elaborated at the Institute for Building, Mechanization and Electrification in Agriculture (IBMER) is based on mathematical models describing correlations between working conditions, technological parameters, prices of machines and the operating cost of farm machinery. The system facilitates choices concerning the size of tractors and machines Jbr family farms and the method of use (private, multi-farm or contractor) under present Polish conditions. The system is intended for agricultural advisory services. The system can be used by those with access to a microcomputer IBM PC. In Poland these are agricultural extension centres providing advisory services to private farms.
description: Tenth International Farm Management Congress, The University of Reading, UK, July 10-15, 1995
Successors and New Entrants in Japanese Dairying
Creators: name: Kobayashi, S.
name: Webb, Robert
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1995
Subjects: Farm Management
Industrial Organization

description: This paper presents an analysis of the current situation of successors and new entrants in the Japanese dairy industry. The information came from a census of dairy farmers and postal survey of new entrants to the dairy sector. Only one third of dairy farmres with a son or a daughter at the age of 16 years old and over have successors. The most important condition to ensure that a successor takes over the farm is a change in economic condition, such as a stabilisation of product prices. Promoting new entrants to agriculture is one of the major policy targets by the Japanese government. There have been a number of initiatives at the regional level. For example, semi- governmental organisation in Hokkaido started a special scheme to accelerate new entrants to dairying about 10 years ago. So far, this program has had only limited success, since there have been only about 10 new entrants to the dairy sector annually. This is because of the large amount of capital and land required for entering the industry.
description: Tenth International Farm Management Congress, The University of Reading, UK, July 10-15, 1995
Strumigenys ailaoshana
Creators: name: Tang, Kit Lam
name: Guénard, Benoit
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Strumigenys
Strumigenys ailaoshana

description: Strumigenys ailaoshana (Xu & Zhou, 2004)
Table 2
Pyramica ailaoshana Xu & Zhou, 2004: 445, figs 19–20 (w.q.) CHINA (Yunnan). Indomalaya.
Strumigenys ailaoshana – Baroni Urbani & De Andrade 2007: 115.
Geographic range
Mainland China (Yunnan).
Comments
Based on photos of the holotype of the species (SWFC No. A1037), which has semi-opened mandibles, its dentition likely consists of alternating short triangular and long spiniform teeth, hence an indication that it is likely a member of the elegantula -complex in the S. leptothrix -group. Nonetheless, a direct verification on the specimens with fully-opened mandibles is still recommended.
Specimens CASENT0715042, CASENT0715043, CASENT0715044, CASENT0715045 from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan that were previously reported as S. ailaoshana on AntWeb are now re-identified as S. doydeei sp. nov. instead.
description: Published as part of Tang, Kit Lam & Guénard, Benoit, 2023, Further additions to the knowledge of Strumigenys (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) within South East Asia, with the descriptions of 20 new species, pp. 1-144 in European Journal of Taxonomy 907 on page 14, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.907.2327, http://zenodo.org/record/10148811
The Development of Sustainable Farming Systems on the Semi-Arid Plains of New South Wales
Creators: name: Baldwin, Basil
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1995
Subjects: Environmental Economics and Policy

description: A case study is presented that describes how a farmer on the semi-arid plains of western New South Wales, Australia, is introducing a more sustainable system of farming. The new farming system involves planting the native shrub saltbush (Atriplex nummularia) for grazing by wool producing Merino sheep. Information is provided on the establishment methods used, along with the costs incurred and benefits obtained.
A conceptual model of the forces that influence farmers to introduce more sustainable systems of agriculture and resource management is presented and discussed.
description: Tenth International Farm Management Congress, The University of Reading, UK, July 10-15, 1995
The breeding ecology and management of white pelicans at Stum Lake, British Columbia
Creators: name: Dunbar, David Leonard
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: This study was conducted to identify aspects of the breeding ecology of white pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) in British Columbia and to develop a management plan to preserve and enhance white pelicans and their habitat in British Columbia. Field studies were conducted during the breeding seasons from 1977 to 1980. The major migratory route of white pelicans in British Columbia occurs in the Okanagan Valley. Pelicans arrive at Stum Lake, the only known breeding location in British Columbia, in mid April and remain on the Fraser Plateau until late September. Eighty-three percent of all pelicans observed in British Columbia during the summer were located within 80 km of the breeding lake. Chilcotin Lake, approximately 70 km west of Stum Lake, was the primary foraging site during the study. Identification of bone samples collected on the breeding island indicate that pelicans in British Columbia prey chiefly on non-game fish species, such as sucker (Catostomus spp.). Pelicans at Stum Lake selected flat unvegetated areas to nest. The presence of herring gulls (Larus argentatus) did not appear to affect their nesting distribution. Inter-nest distances were calculated in 1977 and 1978 and found to be similar to distances recorded for other white pelican colonies in North America. Mean clutch size of white pelicans at Stum Lake during years without disturbance was 1.95 ± 0.21. Mean egg mortality was 10% of all eggs laid. Nest abandonment was the major mortality factor. Nestling and fledgling mortality claimed a further 26% and 20% respectively, of all eggs laid. Total mortality of young during 1977 and 1978 was 56% of all eggs produced. In years when coyote predation or human disturbance occurred, survivorship of young, and overall productivity of the colony was reduced. The potential impact of coyote predation and human disturbance were examined over longer periods by using a simple simulation model. The results of this study were discussed in terms of potential management practices that would enhance white pelicans in British Columbia.
title: Concentrations and In Vitro Bioaccessibility of Metals in Soils at Urban Green Spaces in Toronto, Ontario
Creators: name: Abayawardana, Crystal
Publisher: name: Vancouver Island University
Year: 2023
Subjects: School of environment and sustainability

description: 2023
description: This study investigated metal concentrations and pH in 75 soil samples obtained from 25 urban green spaces within the City of Toronto. In vitro bioaccessibility was determined in eight of the samples as a surrogate for bioavailability. The mean concentrations of metals of interest, As, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn were below the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) soil quality guidelines for residential/parkland use. The incorporation of in vitro bioaccessibility data in the human health risk assessment indicated a generally low risk associated with soil ingestion in the examined urban green spaces. The analysis revealed that 7 out of the 75 sampled sites exceeded the CCME guidelines for Ni, Cr, or Pb underscoring the need for additional investigation to identify potential sources of contamination.
The Rise and Fall of the Eclipsing Binary HS Hydrae
Creators: name: Davenport, James R. A.
name: Windemuth, Diana
name: Warmbein, Karen
name: Howard, Erin L.
name: Klein, Courtney
name: Birky, Jessica
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: HS Hydrae is a short period eclipsing binary (P_orb=1.57 day) that belongs to a rare group of systems observed to have rapidly changing inclinations. This evolution is due to a third star on an intermediate orbit, and results in significant differences in eclipse depths and timings year-to-year. Zasche & Paschke (2012) revealed that HS Hydrae's eclipses were rapidly fading from view, predicting they would cease around 2022. Using 25 days of photometric data from Sector 009 of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), we find that the primary eclipses for HS Hydrae were only 0.00173+/-0.00007 mag in depth in March 2019. This data from TESS likely represents the last eclipses detected from HS Hydrae. We also searched the Digitization of the Harvard Astronomical Plate Collection (DASCH) archive for historic data from the system. With a total baseline of over 125 years, this unique combination of data sets - from photographic plates to precision space-based photometry - allows us to trace the emergence and decay of eclipses from HS Hydrae, and further constrain its evolution. Recent TESS observations from Sector 035 confirm that eclipses have ceased for HS Hya, and we estimate they will begin again in 2195.
description: 13 pages, 5 figures, AJ Accepted
Can Early Dark Energy be Detected in Non-Linear Structure?
Creators: name: Francis, Matthew J.
name: Lewis, Geraint F.
name: Linder, Eric V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the first study of early dark energy cosmologies using N-body simulations to investigate the formation of non-linear structure. In contrast to expectations from semi-analytic approaches, we find that early dark energy does not imprint a unique signature on the statistics of non-linear structures. Investigating the non-linear power spectra and halo mass functions, we show that universal mass functions hold for early dark energy, making its presence difficult to distinguish from $Λ$CDM. Since early dark energy biases the baryon acoustic oscillation scale, the lack of discriminating power is problematic.
description: 11 pages, 19 figures. Minor changes to match version accepted to MNRAS
An Analysis of Fresh Apple Import into Japan using a Two-Stage Budgeting Model
Creators: name: Kajikawa, Chikako
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1995
Subjects: International Relations/Trade

description: The objective of this study is to investigate the impact of lifting the ban on import of fresh apples to Japan. Japan opened the domestic market of fresh apples for trade in 1971. However, for prevention of epidemics, the ban on import of fresh apples had been still effective up to 1993.
According to the result of the demand analysis, we got the fact that Japanese consumers have a tendency to distinguish among the characteristics and qualities of apples clearly. Our first imports offresh apples from New Zealand and the United States were not a menace to the domestic production. Almost all of the apples imported to Japan were relatively small and ranked as low qualities. The result of estimation implied quantitatively that the impact of lifting the ban on import of fresh apples was not so serious for the apple production in Japan.
description: Tenth International Farm Management Congress, The University of Reading, UK, July 10-15, 1995
Albanian Agriculture: An Overview
Creators: name: Korra, Llazar
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1995
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy

description: This paper presents current the situation of the Albanian agriculture stressing the results of the on-going economic reforms aimed at moving from the ex-command agricultural economy towards a market one. There are different issues related to this transformation as well as a lot of difficulties facing the country. Establishing an adequate strategy with clear priorities is of paramount importance to primarily orient the transformation of production as well as the right economic policies which will lead to the sustainable growth of agriculture.
description: Tenth International Farm Management Congress, The University of Reading, UK, July 10-15, 1995
Continuation of connecting orbits in 3D-ODEs: (I) Point-to-cycle connections
Creators: name: Doedel, E. J.
name: Kooi, B. W.
name: Kuznetsov, Yu. A.
name: van Voorn, G. A. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 37M20, 34G25

description: We propose new methods for the numerical continuation of point-to-cycle connecting orbits in 3-dimensional autonomous ODE's using projection boundary conditions. In our approach, the projection boundary conditions near the cycle are formulated using an eigenfunction of the associated adjoint variational equation, avoiding costly and numerically unstable computations of the monodromy matrix. The equations for the eigenfunction are included in the defining boundary-value problem, allowing a straightforward implementation in AUTO, in which only the standard features of the software are employed. Homotopy methods to find connecting orbits are discussed in general and illustrated with several examples, including the Lorenz equations. Complete AUTO demos, which can be easily adapted to any autonomous 3-dimensional ODE system, are freely available.
description: 18 pages, 10 figures
Status of Very High Energy gamma-ray Astronomy as of early 2008
Creators: name: Djannati-Atai, Arache
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Data obtained in the very high energy gamma-ray band with the new generation of imaging telescopes, in particular through the galactic plane survey undertaken by H.E.S.S., low threshold observations with MAGIC and more recently by operation of VERITAS, have revealed dozens of galactic and extragalactic sources, providing a wealth of information on a variety of high energy acceleration sites in our universe. Also, the water Cherenkov instrument Milagro has provided several extended sources after seven years of data integration. An overview of these results with focus on some of the most recent highlights is given.
description: 8, pages, 1 figure, Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop for a Very large volume neutrino telescope for the Mediterranean Sea (VLVnT08) Toulon, April 22-24 2008, (to be published in Nucelar Instruments and Methods A)
A Stochastic Measure for Eternal Inflation
Creators: name: Li, Miao
name: Wang, Yi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use the stochastic approach to investigate the measure for slow roll eternal inflation. The probability for the universe of a given Hubble radius can be calculated in this framework. In a solvable model, it is shown that the probability for the universe to evolve from a state with a smaller Hubble radius to that of a larger Hubble radius is dominated by the classical probability without the stochastic source. While the probability for the universe to evolve from a larger Hubble radius to a smaller one is suppressed by $\exp(-ΔS)$, where the de Sitter entropy $S$ arises naturally in this stochastic approach.
description: 11 pages, 1 figure
Electronic Supplementary Material from Is degree of sociality associated with reproductive senescence? A comparative analysis across birds and mammals
Creators: name: Vágási, Csongor I.
name: Vincze, Orsolya
name: Jean-François Lemaître
name: Pap, Péter L.
name: Ronget, Victor
name: Gaillard, Jean-Michel
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology

description: Additional details for Methods and Results
Unitarity and Holography in Gravitational Physics
Creators: name: Marolf, Donald
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Because the gravitational Hamiltonian is a pure boundary term on-shell, asymptotic gravitational fields store information in a manner not possible in local field theories. This fact has consequences for both perturbative and non-perturbative quantum gravity. In perturbation theory about an asymptotically flat collapsing black hole, the algebra generated by asymptotic fields on future null infinity within any neighborhood of spacelike infinity contains a complete set of observables. Assuming that the same algebra remains complete at the non-perturbative quantum level, we argue that either 1) the S-matrix is unitary or 2) the dynamics in the region near timelike, null, and spacelike infinity is not described by perturbative quantum gravity about flat space. We also consider perturbation theory about a collapsing asymptotically anti-de Sitter (AdS) black hole, where we show that the algebra of boundary observables within any neighborhood of any boundary Cauchy surface is similarly complete. Whether or not this algebra continues to be complete non-perturbatively, the assumption that the Hamiltonian remains a boundary term implies that information available at the AdS boundary at any one time t_1 remains present at this boundary at any other time t_2.
description: 13 pages; appendix added on controlling failures of the geometric optics approximation
Agriculture in Canada
Creators: name: Hedley, Douglas
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1997
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy

description: Through the medium of a narrated slide show, Dr. Hedley will deliver an illustrated talk of Agriculture in Canada covering production, marketing, trade, industry growth, and research and development. As part of this Congress key-note presentation he will discuss current trends and direction of Canadian Agricultural Policy.
description: Eleventh International Farm Management Congress, University of Calgary, Canada, July 14-19, 1997
Strumigenys assamensis De Andrade 1994
Creators: name: Tang, Kit Lam
name: Guénard, Benoit
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Strumigenys
Strumigenys assamensis

description: Strumigenys assamensis De Andrade, 1994
Fig. 5A–C; Table 2
Strumigenys assamensis De Andrade, 1994: 61, figs 35–36 (w.) INDIA. Indomalaya.
Smithistruma assamensis – Bolton 1995: 384.
Pyramica assamensis – Bolton 1999: 1673.
Strumigenys assamensis – Baroni Urbani & De Andrade 2007: 115.
Material examined
VIETNAM – Hòa Bình Province • 12 workers; Pa Co Hang Kia Nature Reserve; 900–1200 m a.s.l.; 9–12 Jun. 2013; L. Bartolozzi, S. Bambi, F. Cianferoni, G. Mazzaand and E. Orbach leg.; MSNF LSF1694 (“ La Specola ” Firenze Hymenoptera collection 1694).
Geographic range
Mainland China (Yunnan), India (Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya), Vietnam (Hòa Bình).
New record for Vietnam.
Ecology
Collected at elevations from 900 to 1200 m.
Comments
The record of S. assamensis in northern Vietnam extends its native range south-eastward. Its presence in the states Assam and Nagaland in India and northern Myanmar is likely.
Following the revision of the Strumigenys leptothrix -group and the introduction of the species complexes within the group, S. assamensis likely belongs to the leptothrix -complex, but a formal assessment using specimens of opened mandibles is still recommended. All specimens in our hands have fully closed mandibles. Placing specimens against backlight suggests the observation of a principal dental row of around 7 teeth, followed by a series of small teeth and denticles, terminating in a small apical tooth.
description: Published as part of Tang, Kit Lam & Guénard, Benoit, 2023, Further additions to the knowledge of Strumigenys (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) within South East Asia, with the descriptions of 20 new species, pp. 1-144 in European Journal of Taxonomy 907 on pages 20-21, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.907.2327, http://zenodo.org/record/10148811
Segmented from Is degree of sociality associated with reproductive senescence? A comparative analysis across birds and mammals
Creators: name: Vágási, Csongor I.
name: Vincze, Orsolya
name: Jean-François Lemaître
name: Pap, Péter L.
name: Ronget, Victor
name: Gaillard, Jean-Michel
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology

description: Segmented fits of the selected models plotted separately for each bird species
Statistical properties of one-dimensional maps with critical points and singularities
Creators: name: Díaz-Ordaz, K.
name: Holland, M. P.
name: Luzzatto, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 37D50, 37A25

description: We prove that a class of one-dimensional maps with an arbitrary number of non-degenerate critical and singular points admits an induced Markov tower with exponential return time asymptotics. In particular the map has an absolutely continuous invariant probability measure with exponential decay of correlations for Hölder observations.
description: 31 pages
There is an important place and value for self-directed learning by secondary art teachers of ceramics
Creators: name: Cook, Lynda Lee
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: This study identifies the current need for teachers to be aware of the potential demand upon them for job retraining and offers one possible approach to the problem of adjustment to new teaching assignments through the use of a self-directed learning (SDL) plan. The study is based upon the writer's five-year experiences in which she designed and implemented a SDL plan in ceramics which would enable her to teach ceramics at the secondary level. The main characteristics of an SDL plan, the process of gaining skills and knowledge, and the evolution of the ceramics program are discussed. Visual and verbal examples are included to document important procedures and processes. Conclusions are offered that SDL is a feasible, practical and flexible learning approach that has benefits for both teacher and student learners. Conclusions are that SDL can be adapted to others' needs in that the plan can be modified to be used in a number of subject areas.
The role of interfacial friction on the peeling of thin viscoelastic tapes
Creators: name: Ceglie, Marco
name: Menga, Nicola
name: Carbone, Giuseppe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the peeling process of a thin viscoelastic tape from a rigid substrate. Two different boundary conditions are considered at the interface between the tape and the substrate: stuck adhesion, and relative sliding in the presence of frictional shear stress. In the case of perfectly sticking interfaces, we found that the viscoelastic peeling behavior resembles the classical Kendall behavior of elastic tapes, with the elastic modulus given by the tape high-frequency viscoelastic modulus. Including the effect of frictional sliding, which occurs at the interface adjacent to the peeling front, makes the peeling behavior strongly dependent on the peeling velocity. Also, at sufficiently small peeling angles, we predict a tougher peeling behavior than the classical stuck cases. This phenomenon is in agreement with recent experimental evidences indicating that several biological systems (e.g. geckos, spiders) exploit low-angle peeling to control attachment force and locomotion.
A Methodology for Efficient Space-Time Adapter Design Space Exploration: A Case Study of an Ultra Wide Band Interleaver
Creators: name: Chavet, Cyrille
name: Coussy, Philippe
name: Urard, Pascal
name: Martin, Eric
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Hardware Architecture (cs.AR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper presents a solution to efficiently explore the design space of communication adapters. In most digital signal processing (DSP) applications, the overall architecture of the system is significantly affected by communication architecture, so the designers need specifically optimized adapters. By explicitly modeling these communications within an effective graph-theoretic model and analysis framework, we automatically generate an optimized architecture, named Space-Time AdapteR (STAR). Our design flow inputs a C description of Input/Output data scheduling, and user requirements (throughput, latency, parallelism...), and formalizes communication constraints through a Resource Constraints Graph (RCG). The RCG properties enable an efficient architecture space exploration in order to synthesize a STAR component. The proposed approach has been tested to design an industrial data mixing block example: an Ultra-Wideband interleaver.
description: ISBN:1-4244-0921-7
Management Challenges into the 21st Century: A North American Perspective
Creators: name: Tyrchniewicz, Ed
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1997
Subjects: Farm Management

description: The face of North American Agriculture is changing, and this means that how farms are managed will also change. Probably the major force for change is the changing role of government. In essence, Canadian and US agricultural policy is shifting away from price and income support to adjustment assistance, and a less regulated market environment. At the same time, society is demanding a more environmentally sensitive approach to farming. Moreover, consumers are increasingly skeptical of the advantages of scientific discoveries, especially in bio-technology, and are increasingly concerned about food safety. There is also a trend to rurbanization and part-time farming around large urban centres. The electronic information explosion provides opportunities and challenges for marketing, production practices and the use of new technologies such as precision farming. These changes present exciting challenges to the professional farm manager in the 21st century. Perhaps the greatest of these challenges is to develop new, and refine existing, tools of risk management. A related challenge is how to finance the emerging new forms of farm business organizations, especially through the use of external equity capital. An on-going challenge will be to manage the adjustment process in an era of even more rapid change.
description: Eleventh International Farm Management Congress, University of Calgary, Canada, July 14-19, 1997
Ego-GNNs: Exploiting Ego Structures in Graph Neural Networks
Creators: name: Sandfelder, Dylan
name: Vijayan, Priyesh
name: Hamilton, William L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Graph neural networks (GNNs) have achieved remarkable success as a framework for deep learning on graph-structured data. However, GNNs are fundamentally limited by their tree-structured inductive bias: the WL-subtree kernel formulation bounds the representational capacity of GNNs, and polynomial-time GNNs are provably incapable of recognizing triangles in a graph. In this work, we propose to augment the GNN message-passing operations with information defined on ego graphs (i.e., the induced subgraph surrounding each node). We term these approaches Ego-GNNs and show that Ego-GNNs are provably more powerful than standard message-passing GNNs. In particular, we show that Ego-GNNs are capable of recognizing closed triangles, which is essential given the prominence of transitivity in real-world graphs. We also motivate our approach from the perspective of graph signal processing as a form of multiplex graph convolution. Experimental results on node classification using synthetic and real data highlight the achievable performance gains using this approach.
description: Submitted to a special session of IEEE-ICASSP 2021
Managing into the 21st Century - Global Aspects Management Challenges in Europe
Creators: name: Reisch, Erwin
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1997
Subjects: Farm Management

description: The paper presents a European view on the challenges European managers of farms and agribusiness firms will encounter during the next 10 to 15 years. As Europe is a very diversified continent, the countries have been grouped into three regions: Region I: 15 countries of European Union (EU15), Region II: 10 Central European States (CES), and Region III: countries of former Soviet Union (FSU). The regions show distinct differences as to actual situation and forthcoming challenges: Managers in EU15 are challenged particularly by growing competition on internal and international markets and by increasing importance of ecological aspects. In striving for admission to EU the CES-managers have to prepare their farms and firms - under the conditions of the still uncompleted transformation process with unstable legal and unfavorable economic conditions - for tough competition in European and international markets. In summary, these countries show positive developments, in contrast to Russia. There the situation is characterized by a lagging transformation process, serious institutional deficits, and an uncertain political situation. Seven decades of Soviet regime adversely affected people’s mentality. The economic conditions are unfavorable. It will take the Russian government decades to provide the fundamental conditions on which managers can build well-functioning profitable enterprises.
description: Eleventh International Farm Management Congress, University of Calgary, Canada, July 14-19, 1997
Farm Management Challenges in the Developing World
Creators: name: Pinstrup-Andersen, Per
name: Pandya-Lorch, Rajul
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1997
Subjects: Farm Management

description: The key farm management challenge confronting smallholder farmers in developing countries is to assure sustainable intensification of agricultural production while pursuing efficient and effective use of natural resources. Failure to do so will lead to continued degradation of natural resources, which will undermine production capacity and perpetuate poverty and hunger, compromising the welfare of future generations. There are several challenges to sustainable intensification that cut across the farming community in the developing world. These include poverty and inadequate human resource development; constraints in timely availability, access, and use of agricultural inputs; lack of access to ecologically and economically appropriate technology; declining investments in agricultural research for developing-country farmers; inadequate agricultural extension systems; severe limitations in rural credit and savings facilities; insecure property rights; inefficient agricultural markets; and inappropriate policy environments. There is an urgent needfor policy changes to assist farmers in coping with the myriad challenges they face.
description: Eleventh International Farm Management Congress, University of Calgary, Canada, July 14-19, 1997
More localized automorphisms of the Cuntz algebras
Creators: name: Conti, Roberto
name: Kimberley, Jason
name: Szymanski, Wojciech
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Operator Algebras (math.OA)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 46L40, 46L05, 37B10

description: We completely determine the localized automorphisms of the Cuntz algebras $O_n$ corresponding to permutation matrices in $M_n \otimes M_n$ for $n=3$ and $n=4$. This result is obtained through a combination of general combinatorial techniques and large scale computer calculations. Our analysis proceeds according to the general scheme proposed in a previous paper, where we analyzed in detail the case of $O_2$ using labeled rooted trees. We also discuss those proper endomorphisms of these Cuntz algebras which restrict to automorphisms of their respective diagonals. In the case of $O_3$ we compute the number of automorphisms of the diagonal induced by permutation matrices in $M_3 \otimes M_3 \otimes M_3$.
description: 17 pages
Verbal rationales and modeling as adjuncts to a parenting technique for child noncompliance
Creators: name: Davies, Glen Robert
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: Clinical child psychology supposedly bridges the gap between clinical and developmental psychology. Nonetheless, there has been a dearth of communication between the two disciplines. For example, there have been no investigations as to whether various behavioral parenting techniques are differentially effective with children of different ages or whether the developmental literature on the use of rationales and modeling with children might be relevant for behavioral parent training. The purpose of this study was to examine whether maternal use of an extinction (ignoring) procedure was differentially effective depending upon the age of the child and whether its effectiveness could be enhanced by the use of verbal rationales and/or modeling procedures. Experimental sessions took place in a laboratory playroom where the mother issued a set of 20 standard commands to the child. Eighty mother-child pairs were recruited through advertisement and randomly assigned to one of four conditions: Ignoring (mothers implemented an ignoring procedure contingent upon child noncompliance), Rationale (in addition to the above, mothers provided the children with a standardized verbal rationale prior to the session), Modeling (in addition to the ignoring procedure and the rationale, mothers demonstrated the procedure to the child prior to the session), and Control (no consequences for noncompliance). Children were from one of two age ranges: 3-4% years or 5%-7% years. Observational measures of child behavior included initiated compliance (within 5 seconds), completed compliance (within 1 minute), and inappropriate behavior (whining, crying, etc.)- Interobserver agreement was at least 8770 for each behavior. A Parental Satisfaction Questionnaire was developed to assess the social validity of the various procedures. Data were analyzed by analyses of variance. With respect to both measures of compliance, children in the Rationale and Modeling groups were more compliant than children in the Control or Ignoring groups. Older children were more compliant than younger children, regardless of group. With respect to inappropriate behavior, children in the Ignoring group were significantly more inappropriate than children in the other three groups. There were no systematic effects of age. On the Parental Satisfaction Questionnaire, mothers in the Rationale and Modeling Groups were more satisfied with the parenting procedure than mothers in the Ignoring group. These results indicate that having parents provide a verbal rationale and/or model ignoring prior to its use enhances child compliance to maternal commands, reduces the extinction burst phenomenon associated with ignoring, and enhances parental satisfaction with the ignoring procedure. The procedures were equally effective with children of different ages. More generally, the results indicate the relevance of empirical research in developmental psychology for enhancing the effects of child behavior therapy.
title: Navigating the Social Engineering Landscape: Safeguarding Industry Networks through Diverse IT-Security Measures
Creators: name: Gahler, Tristan
Publisher: name: UNSPECIFIED
Year: 2023

description: Social engineering, rooted in the manipulation of human psychology, is a pervasive and ever-evolving threat to information security. This comprehensive examination seeks to educate and equip companies of all sizes with the knowledge and strategies necessary to defend against this multifaceted threat. Our journey commences with a foundational definition of social engineering and progresses into an exploration of the attack cycle andtaxonomy for both attackers and attack vectors, before we analyze the different attack patterns themselves.
As we progress, our research uncovers the psychological vulnerabilities and behavioral factors that render individuals susceptible to these attacks. It also delves into the complex realm of demographics, offering 
insights into the contradictions found in existing research within this field.
Defending against social engineering requires a multifaceted approach. Our work emphasizes the pivotal role of robust security policies, the utility of serious games in security education and goal elicitation, and the 
development of effective training methods that foster security-conscious behaviors. Ethical implications are considered throughout our examination, encompassing the need for ethical demographics research aimed at preventing discrimination and the ethical conduct of penetration tests to safeguard employee rights and dignity.
Furthermore, we highlight the significance of disaster recovery strategies as a critical component of defense, mitigating the potential fallout of social engineering attacks. Our research concludes with the presentation of tailored best practices for organizations committed to securing their environments against the backdrop of social engineering threats.
In summary, we acknowledge that social engineering remains a dynamic challenge. This exploration underscores the significance of interdisciplinary, holistic tactics that encompass education, policy 
implementation, advanced technology, and ethical considerations. Collectively, these elements bolster organizational defenses, safeguarding the most valuable assets—both people and data. Our research 
emphasizes the need for continuous adaptation and underscores the importance of effective security training and awareness programs for employees in confronting the ever-shifting landscape of social engineering 
threats.