cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The UV Spectrum of the Ultra-compact X-ray Binary- 4U 1627-673
Creators: name: Homer, L.
name: Anderson, Scott F.
name: Wachter, Stefanie
name: Margon, Bruce
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have obtained Hubble Space Telescope/STIS low-resolution ultraviolet spectra of the X-ray pulsar 4U 1626-67 (=KZ TrA); 4U 1626-67 is unusual even among X-ray pulsars due to its ultra-short binary period (P=41.4 min) and remarkably low mass-function (<1.3e-6 Msun). The far-UV spectrum was exposed for a total of 32ks and has sufficient signal-to-noise to reveal numerous broad emission and prominent narrower absorption lines. Most of the absorption lines are consistent in strength with a purely interstellar origin. However, there is evidence that both CI and CIV require additional absorbing gas local to the system. In emission, the usual prominent lines of NV and HeII are absent, whilst both OIV and OV are relatively strong. We further identify a rarely seen feature at ~1660A as the OIII] multiplet. Our ultraviolet spectra therefore provide independent support for the recent suggestion that the mass donor is the chemically fractionated core of either a C-O-Ne or O-Ne-Mg white dwarf; this was put forward to explain the results of Chandra high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy. The velocity profiles of the ultraviolet lines are in all cases broad and/or flat-topped, or perhaps even double-peaked for the highest ionization cases of O; in either case the ultraviolet line profiles are in broad agreement with the Doppler pairs found in the X-ray spectra. Both the X-ray and far-UV lines are plausibly formed in (or in an corona just above) a Keplerian accretion disc; the combination of ultraviolet and X-ray spectral data may provide a rich data set for follow-on detailed models of the disk dynamics and ionization structure in this highly unusual low-mass X-ray pulsar system.
description: 15 pages, 5 figures (color but ok in greyscale), revised version with minor changes; accepted for publication in The Astronomical Journal
Quantum Group Based Theory for Antiferromagnetism and Superconductivity: Proof and Further Evidence
Creators: name: Alam, Sher
name: Mamun, S. M.
name: Yanagisawa, T.
name: Rahman, M. O.
name: Termizi, J. A. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Previously one of us presented a conjecture [APF-4 Proceedings] to model antiferromagnetism and high temperature superconductivity and their 'unification' by quantum group symmetry rather than the corresponding classical symmetry in view of the critique by Baskaran and Anderson of Zhang's classical SO(5) model. This conjecture was further sharpened, experimental evidence and the important role of 1-d systems [stripes] was emphasized and moreover the relationship between quantum groups and strings via WZWN models were given in [Phys. Lett A272, (2000)]. In this brief note we give and discuss mathematical proof of this conjecture, which completes an important part of this idea, since previously an explicit simple mathematical proof was lacking. Moreover an independent calculation [IC/99/2] which constructs the generators forming SO(5) algebra not only supports our previous conjecture but provides a check on our calculations. It is important to note that in terms of physics that the arbitariness [freedom] of the d-wave factor g$^{2}$(k) is tied to quantum group symmetry whereas in order to recover classical SO(5) one must set it to unity in an adhoc manner. We intuitively expect that this freedom may be related to psuedogap behaviour in cuprates.
description: 9 pages revtex. 15th International Symposium on Superconductivity [ISS] 2002 [PCP-3/ISS 2002], Yokohama, Japan
Additional file 1 of Reliability and validity of the novel self-reported spine functional scale (SSFS) in healthy participants
Creators: name: Li, Wei
name: Ding, Jie
name: Hao, Xiujuan
name: Jiang, Wenjun
name: Song, Hongqiang
name: Zhang, Yanming
name: Tan, Yan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. Self-Reported Spine Functional Assessment Form.
A Comparison of Flare Forecasting Methods. II. Benchmarks, Metrics and Performance Results for Operational Solar Flare Forecasting Systems
Creators: name: Leka, K. D.
name: Park, Sung-Hong
name: Kusano, Kanya
name: Andries, Jesse
name: Barnes, Graham
name: Bingham, Suzy
name: Bloomfield, D. Shaun
name: McCloskey, Aoife E.
name: Delouille, Veronique
name: Falconer, David
name: Gallagher, Peter T.
name: Georgoulis, Manolis K.
name: Kubo, Yuki
name: Lee, Kangjin
name: Lee, Sangwoo
name: Lobzin, Vasily
name: Mun, JunChul
name: Murray, Sophie A.
name: Nageem, Tarek A. M. Hamad
name: Qahwaji, Rami
name: Sharpe, Michael
name: Steenburgh, Rob
name: Steward, Graham
name: Terkildsen, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: Space Physics (physics.space-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Solar flares are extremely energetic phenomena in our Solar System. Their impulsive, often drastic radiative increases, in particular at short wavelengths, bring immediate impacts that motivate solar physics and space weather research to understand solar flares to the point of being able to forecast them. As data and algorithms improve dramatically, questions must be asked concerning how well the forecasting performs; crucially, we must ask how to rigorously measure performance in order to critically gauge any improvements. Building upon earlier-developed methodology (Barnes et al, 2016, Paper I), international representatives of regional warning centers and research facilities assembled in 2017 at the Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Japan to - for the first time - directly compare the performance of operational solar flare forecasting methods. Multiple quantitative evaluation metrics are employed, with focus and discussion on evaluation methodologies given the restrictions of operational forecasting. Numerous methods performed consistently above the "no skill" level, although which method scored top marks is decisively a function of flare event definition and the metric used; there was no single winner. Following in this paper series we ask why the performances differ by examining implementation details (Leka et al. 2019, Paper III), and then we present a novel analysis method to evaluate temporal patterns of forecasting errors in (Park et al. 2019, Paper IV). With these works, this team presents a well-defined and robust methodology for evaluating solar flare forecasting methods in both research and operational frameworks, and today's performance benchmarks against which improvements and new methods may be compared.
description: 26 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Eigenvector Continuation as an Efficient and Accurate Emulator for Uncertainty Quantification
Creators: name: König, S.
name: Ekström, A.
name: Hebeler, K.
name: Lee, D.
name: Schwenk, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: First principles calculations of atomic nuclei based on microscopic nuclear forces derived from chiral effective field theory (EFT) have blossomed in the past years. A key element of such ab initio studies is the understanding and quantification of systematic and statistical errors arising from the omission of higher-order terms in the chiral expansion as well as the model calibration. While there has been significant progress in analyzing theoretical uncertainties for nucleon-nucleon scattering observables, the generalization to multi-nucleon systems has not been feasible yet due to the high computational cost of evaluating observables for a large set of low-energy couplings. In this Letter we show that a new method called eigenvector continuation (EC) can be used for constructing an efficient and accurate emulator for nuclear many-body observables, thereby enabling uncertainty quantification in multi-nucleon systems. We demonstrate the power of EC emulation with a proof-of-principle calculation that lays out all correlations between bulk ground-state observables in the few-nucleon sector. On the basis of ab initio calculations for the ground-state energy and radius in 4He, we demonstrate that EC is more accurate and efficient compared to established methods like Gaussian processes.
description: 8 pages, 6 figures, Python code and input files provided as ancillary material, published version
Cyphostethus tristriatus
Creators: name: Linnavuori, Rauno E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Acanthosomatidae
Cyphostethus
Cyphostethus tristriatus

description: Cyphostethus tristriatus (Fabricius, 1787)
 Material examined. GILAN: Jafrud, 2 specimens, 31.vii.-1.viii.2002; near Rustam Abad, 1 specimen, 13.viii.1995; Tutkabon – Rudbar, 6 specimens, 29.v.-28.vi.1995, 2.ii.2000. MAZANDARAN: Hassan Abad near Chalus, 1 specimen, 6.-7.vii.1995.
 Comments. In hilly forests on Cupressus. West Palaearctic, extending to the Middle East and Central Asia. New for Iran.
description: Published as part of Linnavuori, Rauno E., 2008, Studies on the Acanthosomatidae, Scutelleridae and Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) of Gilan and the adjacent provinces in northern Iran, pp. 1-21 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48 (1) on page 4, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5342454
Modelling of Bt Corn Production under Choice of Abatement Specification
Creators: name: Shi, Xiangdong
name: Hurley, Terrance M.
name: Shi, Xiangdong
name: Hurley, Terrance M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Production Economics
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: Bt corn
subject: production
subject: abatement
subject: simultaneity problem

description: For modelling Bt corn production, we proposed a joint abatement function to capture pest life cycle. Simulation of pest adaptation to popular Bt corn varieties was developed and applied to generate random sample of abatement, where in-field parameters were adopted in favor of practical corn production. On the basis, logistic model was used to fit the sample data. The estimates were compared to those from exponential model for choice of abatement specification. At last, Cobb-Douglas production model was integrated with the pre-estimated abatement function along with farm level data and distribution of corn growers’ choices, where instrument variables estimator and delta method were adopted to solve simultaneity problem induced by farm level data. The estimated marginal net return was positive, suggesting that Bt corn as pesticide is underutilized. However, the value kept decline in recent three years. We attributed the decline of marginal net return to the widespread adoption of new Bt corn varieties with blended refuge, and the insect resistance management would benefit from it.
MOESM2 of The genome-wide transcriptional regulatory landscape of ecdysone in the silkworm
Creators: name: Cheng, Dong
name: Cheng, Tingcai
name: Yang, Xi
name: Zhang, Quan
name: Fu, Jianfeng
name: Feng, Tieshan
name: Gong, Jiao
name: Xia, Qingyou
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 2. Genome-wide distribution of H3K4me1, H3K4me3, and H3K27ac modifications. a Pie charts showing the distribution of H3K4me-, H3K4me3-, and H3K27ac-enriched regions across the genome after 20E treatment. “Promoter-TSS” indicates the region − 1 kb to + 200 bp of the TSS. b Average ChIP-seq signal profiles for genes with different expression levels were generated for the histone modifications around the TSS after 20E treatment. Genes are divided into four categories according to their mRNA levels: no expression, low-level expression, medium-level expression, and high-level expression.
Reflections On the Anomalous ANITA Events: The Antarctic Subsurface as a Possible Explanation
Creators: name: Shoemaker, Ian M.
name: Kusenko, Alexander
name: Munneke, Peter Kuipers
name: Romero-Wolf, Andrew
name: Schroeder, Dustin M.
name: Siegert, Martin J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The ANITA balloon experiment was designed to detect radio signals initiated by neutrinos and cosmic ray air showers. These signals are typically discriminated by the polarization and phase inversions of the radio signal. The reflected signal from cosmic rays suffer phase inversion compared to a direct tau neutrino event. In this paper we study sub-surface reflection, which can occur without phase inversion, in the context of the two anomalous up-going events reported by ANITA. We find that subsurface layers and firn density inversions may plausibly account for the events, while ice fabric layers and wind ablation crusts could also play a role. This hypothesis can be tested with radar surveying of the Antarctic region in the vicinity of the anomalous ANITA events. Future experiments should not use phase inversion as a sole criterion to discriminate between downgoing and upgoing events, unless the subsurface reflection properties are well understood.
description: 4+2 pages, 3 figures
On the helium flash in low-mass Population III Red Giant stars
Creators: name: Schlattl, H.
name: Cassisi, S.
name: Salaris, M.
name: Weiss, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the evolution of initially metal-free, low-mass Red Giant stars through the He core flash at the tip of the Red Giant Branch. The low entropy barrier between the helium- and hydrogen-rich layers enables a penetration of the helium flash driven convective zone into the inner tail of the extinguishing H-burning shell. As a consequence, protons are mixed into high-temperature regions triggering a H-burning runaway. The subsequent dredge-up of matter processed by He and H burning enriches the stellar surface with large amounts of helium, carbon and nitrogen. Extending previous results by Hollowell et al. (1990) and Fujimoto et al. (2000), who claimed that the H-burning runaway is an intrinsic property of extremely metal-poor low-mass stars, we found that its occurrence depends on additional parameters like the initial composition and the treatment of various physical processes. We perform some comparisons between predicted surface chemical abundances and observational measurements for extremely metal-deficient stars. As in previous investigations, our results disclose that although the described scenario provides a good qualitative agreement with observations, considerable discrepancies still remain. They may be due to a more complex evolutionary path of `real' stars, and/or some shortcomings in current evolutionary models. In addition, we analyze the evolutionary properties after the He core flash, during both the central and shell He-burning phases, allowing us to deduce some interesting differences between models whose Red Giant Branch progenitor has experienced the H-flash and canonical models. In particular, the Asymptotic Giant Branch evolution of extremely metal-deficient stars and the occurrence of thermal pulses are strongly affected by the previous RGB evolution.
description: 7 figures, AASTeX, submitted to ApJ
title: How Can Public Art Practices Respond to Plastic Waste in the Urban Environment?
Creators: name: Tracey, Claire M
Publisher: name: Griffith University
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: public art
subject: plastic waste
subject: sustainability
subject: community engagement

description: This research paper undertakes an in-depth exploration of the intricate relationship between public art practices and the pervasive issue of plastic waste in urban environments. Employing a multidisciplinary approach, the study investigates the efficacy of public art in addressing pressing environmental concerns, nurturing community resilience, and illuminating themes of migration. Throughout the research journey, numerous challenges were encountered, leading to invaluable insights that contribute to a nuanced understanding of the transformative power of art in driving environmental sustainability. Three key public art projects, namely Flight Centre, The Butterfly Effect, and Flock, serve as research components of the study through a practice-based methodological strategy. Each project is thoroughly examined, detailing key inspirations, processes, challenges, and insights gained throughout the research journey. Challenges included securing permissions, garnering support, sourcing and working with plastic waste materials, and engaging stakeholders and the community effectively. The Flight Centre project, involving an international corporation in a recycling campaign, highlights stakeholder collaboration, effective communication, and the importance of community involvement. The Butterfly Effect project explores connections between plastic waste migration, environmental repercussions, and sustainability in a busy shopping precinct. Flock, a collaborative public art installation, focuses on the transformative potential of art in fostering environmental sustainability and community engagement. The research discussions and findings inform the artistic process, refine the research focus, and contribute to a more profound comprehension of the transformative capacity of art in driving environmental sustainability. By examining the effectiveness of Flight Centre, The Butterfly Effect, and Flock, this study explores the outcomes, challenges, and alignment of each project with the research question. The interplay and collective impact of the three projects are discussed, showcasing their progression and the accumulation of insights and learnings. Ultimately, this research emphasises the imperative for continued exploration into how public art can respond to the plastic crisis in ways that foster environmental engagement and promote a sustainable future.
Odontotarsus angustatus Jakovlev 1883
Creators: name: Linnavuori, Rauno E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Scutelleridae
Odontotarsus
Odontotarsus angustatus

description: Odontotarsus angustatus Jakovlev, 1883
 Material examined. KHORASAN: Golestan Park 150 km W of Bojnurd, 1 specimen, 14.vii.1994.
 Comments. In a hilly forest. Irano-Turanian.
description: Published as part of Linnavuori, Rauno E., 2008, Studies on the Acanthosomatidae, Scutelleridae and Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) of Gilan and the adjacent provinces in northern Iran, pp. 1-21 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48 (1) on page 4, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5342454
Efficient synthesis of 2-amino-3-methylenephthalimides by a palladium-catalyzed intramolecular aminocarbonylation
Creators: name: Pan, Guoshuai
name: Yuan, Yumeng
name: Su, Lv
name: Zhang, Xiaofeng
name: Huang, Qiufeng
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Biotechnology
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Developmental Biology

description: An efficient synthesis of 2-amino-3-methylenephthalimide through palladium-catalyzed intramolecular aminocarbonylation has been developed. The reaction carried out under atmospheric pressure of CO and provided diversified 2-amino-3-methylenephthalimides in reasonable to good yields from o-iodoacetophenone phenylhydrazone, which are readily derived from phenylhydrazines and 2-iodoacetophenones.
Voluntary programs to encourage compliance with refuge regulations for pesticide resistance management: results from a quasi-experiment
Creators: name: Brown, Zachary
name: Brown, Zachary
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Institutional and Behavioral Economics
subject: Production Economics
subject: resistance management
subject: quasi-experiments
subject: moral suasion
subject: difference-in-differences
subject: matching

description: Pesticide resistance can be viewed as an open-access resource problem. While traditional economic incentives are the standard prescription for this market failure, non-pecuniary behavioral approaches have also shown promise in managing these resources. I empirically evaluate the performance of an intervention in the latter class of instruments to promote compliance with refuge regulations in the context of genetically engineered Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) corn. Refuge regulations are important policies for reducing the risk of Bt resistance. To encourage refuge compliance, the agricultural company Monsanto piloted a behavioral intervention in 17 North Carolina counties in 2013/2014. Using seed sales data, I estimate econometric models combining difference-in-differences with propensity-score-matching (PSM) to identify the effect of the program on grower behavior and overall refuge planting. A simple difference-in-differences (DID) estimator implies the program increased the share of refuge (non-Bt) seed sales sold to the average grower by 2.9%, whereas the DID-PSM estimator implies an effect of 5.6%. Non-pecuniary behavioral instruments deserve further consideration as a means of managing Bt resistance.
Water in K and M giant stars unveiled by ISO
Creators: name: Tsuji, Takashi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Based on the spectra obtained with Infrared Space Observatory, ISO, we detected the 6.3 micron bands of water in the late K giant Aldebaran (alpha Tau) and several early M giant stars between M0 and M3.5, which have been deemed to be too warm for tri-atomic H2O molecule to reside in their photospheres. The water column densities range 2E+17 - 2E+18 molecules/cm**2 in our sample of K and M giant stars and the excitation temperatures are 1500 K or higher. Thus, the water bands are not originating in cool stellar winds either. The presence of water in the K and early M giant stars was quite unexpected from the traditional picture of the atmosphere of the red giant star consisting of the photosphere, hot chromosphere, and cool wind. We confirm that a rather warm molecule forming region (referred to as MOLsphere) should exist as a new component of the atmosphere of red giant stars and that this should be a general phenomenon in late-type stars. ~
description: 11 pages, 3 figures
Whither Broad or Spatially Specific Fertilizer Recommendations?
Creators: name: Mkondiwa, Maxwell Gibson
name: Mkondiwa, Maxwell Gibson
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Production Economics
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: Bayesian decision theory
subject: spatial scale stochastic dominance
subject: spatial heterogeneity
subject: Malawi

description: Are spatially specific agricultural input use recommendations more profitable to smallholder farmers than broad recommendations? This paper provides a theoretical and empirical modeling procedure for determining the optimal spatial scale at which agricultural researchers can make soil fertility recommendations. Theoretically, the use of Bayesian decision theory in the spatial economic optimization model allows the complete characterization of the posterior distribution functions of profits thereby taking into account spatial heterogeneity and uncertainty in the decision making process. By applying first order spatial scale stochastic dominance and Jensen’s inequality; theoretically and empirically, this paper makes the case that spatially specific agricultural input use recommendations will always stochastically dominate broad recommendations for all non-decreasing profit functions ignoring the quasi-fixed cost differentials in the decision itself. These findings are consistent with many economic studies that find precision agriculture technologies to be more profitable than conventional fertilizer (regional or national recommendations based) application approaches. The modeling approach used in this study however provides an elegant theoretical justification for such results. In addition, seasonal heterogeneity in maize responses was evident in our results. This demonstrates that broad recommendations may not only be wrong spatially but also seasonally. Further research on the empirical aspects of spatio-temporal instability of crop responses to fertilizer application using multi-location and multi-season data is needed to fully address the question posed initially. The decision making theory developed here can however be extended to incorporate spatio-temporal heterogeneity and alternative risk preferences.
Disaggregated labor supply implications of guaranteed employment in India
Creators: name: Sheahan, Megan
name: Liu, Yanyan
name: Narayanan, Sudha
name: Barrett, Christopher B.
name: Sheahan, Megan
name: Liu, Yanyan
name: Narayanan, Sudha
name: Barrett, Christopher B.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: labor
subject: employment guarantee
subject: gender
subject: MGNREGS
subject: India

description: How do household labor supply decisions change with the entry of a massive employment guarantee program? This paper explores the household level labor allocation effects – disaggregated by gender, age group, task, and season – associated with India’s Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) as specifically implemented in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Using three rounds of panel household survey data including 3,725 households combined with project administrative records, our results suggest that participation in the MGNREGS prompted an increase in overall household labor supply by about 13 days only in the summer slack labor season, mostly attributed to adult women. This expansion, though, is not large enough to evade “crowding out” of some labor previously offered to non-MGNREGS labor tasks, particularly private casual labor opportunities, and more so in the main agricultural seasons than the summer slack season. Despite overall labor displacement, women are found to increase their time spent on farm in the rabi agricultural season while men in a small number of surveyed households spend more time on migration labor activities in all three seasons studied. Time spent on paid and unpaid activities, including household chores, do not increase for youth and children in MGNREGS-participating households, suggesting no within-household substitution of labor towards younger members.
Odontotarsus impictus Jakovlev 1886
Creators: name: Linnavuori, Rauno E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Scutelleridae
Odontotarsus
Odontotarsus impictus

description: Odontotarsus impictus Jakovlev, 1886
 Material examined. ARDABIL: 10 km W of Khalkhal, 1 specimen, 8.-9.vii.2002. TEHRAN: Azad Bar, 2410 m a.s.l., 1 specimen, 8.-10.vii.1995. KHORASAN: Khalkanlod 30 km E of Quchan, 3 specimens, 7.vi.1994; Zard 100 km WNW of Bojnurd, 1 specimen, 13.vii.1994.
 Comments. In mountain steppes. Irano-Turanian.
description: Published as part of Linnavuori, Rauno E., 2008, Studies on the Acanthosomatidae, Scutelleridae and Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) of Gilan and the adjacent provinces in northern Iran, pp. 1-21 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48 (1) on page 4, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5342454
Gravitational lensing potential reconstruction in quadruply imaged systems
Creators: name: Cardone, V. F.
name: Capozziello, S.
name: Re, V.
name: Piedipalumbo, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We develop a semi - analytical method to reconstruct the lensing potential in quadruply imaged gravitational lens systems. Assuming that the potential belongs to a broad class of boxy non - elliptical models, we show how it is possible to write down a system of equations which can be numerically solved to recover the potential parameters directly from image positions and using physical constraints. We also describe a code developed to search for solutions of the system previously found and test it on simulated cases. Finally, we apply the method to the quadruple lens PG1115+080 which allows us to get also an estimate of the Hubble constant H_0 from the measured time delay as H_0 = 56_{-11}^{+17} km/s/Mpc.
description: 10 pages, accepted for publication on Astronomy & Astrophysics. Some minor revisions and new results from the application of the method to PG1115+080
Is There Asymmetric Price Transmission in the U.S. Fluid Milk Market?
Creators: name: Zeng, Shuwei
name: Gould, Brian
name: Zeng, Shuwei
name: Gould, Brian
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Industrial Organization
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Retail Milk Price
subject: Price Transmission
subject: Price Asymmetry.

description: This study is used to examine the characteristics of the retail price adjustment within the U.S. fluid whole milk market. We employ an error correction model (ECM) to test for asymmetry in the transmission of farm milk price changes to changes in the retail price. In this analysis we use monthly data of farm and retail whole milk prices encompassing the January 2001 to December 2011 period for 16 U.S. cities. Several cities were found to display asymmetric price transmission where retail prices tended to respond more quickly with farm price increases vs. decreases.
Q-functions as models of physical reality
Creators: name: Drummond, Peter D.
name: Reid, Margaret D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that one may interpret physical reality as random fields in space-time. These have a probability given by the expectation of a coherent state projection operator, called the Q-function. The resulting dynamical evolution includes retrocausal effects. This suggests that a physical universe exists without requiring observers, but with a well-defined probability for its field configuration. By including the meter dynamics, we show that field trajectories have quantum measurement properties without wave-function collapse, including sharp measured eigenvalues. We treat continuous and discrete measurements, and show that this model predicts Bell inequality violations for measurements on correlated spins. A discussion is give of a number of well-known quantum paradoxes, showing how these can be treated in a realistic model of measurement. Our theory resolves a number of practical and philosophical issues in quantum measurement, and we compare it with earlier theories.
description: Second version, corrected and expanded, published in Phys. Rev. Research
Evaluation of Dairy Farm Technical Efficiency: Production of Milk Components as Output Measures
Creators: name: Zeng, Shuwei
name: Gould, Brian
name: Du, Xiaodong
name: Zeng, Shuwei
name: Gould, Brian
name: Du, Xiaodong
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Farm Management
subject: Industrial Organization
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Production Economics
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: Quality adjustment productivity
subject: Technical Efficiency
subject: Dairy Production.

description: Under the Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) and California milk pricing systems, minimum milk values are determined by the value of components important in dairy product manufacturing. This implies that milk values will vary across farms due to different solids composition (fat, protein and other solids) delivering to the same processing plant. Milk composition can be managed by farm operators by a number of management activities such as: breed choice, number of lactations to keep a cow in the milking herd, ration formulations, feeding management, whether to milk 2 or 3 times daily, and cow comfort. Given the milk pricing systems used for a majority of raw milk in the U.S., dairy farm operators are faced with an environment of maximize profits via a multi-output production function, (i.e., production of milk components). Previous analysis of dairy farm efficiency has typically used the total amount of milk produced (cwt of lbs) as a measure of output, not the production of its components. In this paper, we use hedonic aggregation functions to generate output indices in the evaluation of an input-oriented distance function. We use data from the 2005 USDA Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS)-Dairy Survey for this analysis. A unique feature of the 2005 survey is that it contains information on the annual amount of milkfat and protein produced by the milking herd. From this analysis we find that the estimated technical efficiency when using component amounts as output measures has less variance, but larger range, compared to the method using milk yield as output. A majority of dairy operations generate technical efficiency measures of more than 9.0 (with 1.00 being the possible maximum.
title: “Unvergessene Geschichten” – für die einen unvergesslich, für die anderen bloß Geschichte
Creators: name: Kölling, Carla
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst Slavistik
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Winiszewski, Andrzej: Historie nezapomniane
subject: Dokumentarfilm
subject: Polnisch
subject: Rezension
subject: 491.8

description: Akkordeonmusik, ein Gespräch im Wohnzimmer, ein Dorfrundgang, alte Fotos, Postkarten und Stadtpläne: Andrzej Winiszewskis Film „Unvergessene Geschichten“ (poln. „Historie nezapomniane“, 2017) ist wie ein Fenster zur Vergangenheit – es wird für 40 Minuten geöffnet und dann ganz sanft wieder geschlossen. Für einige bleibt es immer präsent, für andere verflüchtigen sich die Eindrücke schnell.
description: novinkiangeschaut
Thesis Soufiane Hourri.pdf
Creators: name: Soufiane Hourri
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: Applied Computer Science

description: Speaker Recognition (SRE), sometimes referred to as speaker biometrics, involves the identification, verification (authentication), classification and, by extension, segmentation, tracking and detection of speakers. It is a generic term used for any procedure involving the recognition of a person's identity based on their voice. In this context, deep learning has attracted much more interest from speech processing researchers, and it has recently been introduced in SRE. In most cases, deep learning models are adapted from automatic speech recognition (ASR) applications and applied to SRE, and have shown their ability to compete with state-of-the-art approaches. Nevertheless, the use of deep learning in SRE is still linked to ASR. On the other hand, deep learning models are now considered state-of-the-art in many areas of pattern recognition. In SRE, several architectures have been studied, such as deep neural networks (DNNs), deep belief networks (DBNs), restricted Boltzmann machines (RBMs), etc., while convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are the most widely used models in image processing.
The objective of this thesis is to study deep learning models for the SRE domain. For this reason, we proposed a new way to use DBNs and DNNs in SRE, with the aim to extract the deep speaker features (DeepSF). Subsequently, we proposed a new usage of CNNs for the SRE problem. Although they are particularly designed for image processing problems, CNNs have recently been applied to SRE using spectrograms as input images. We believe that this approach is not optimal because it can lead to two cumulative errors in solving image processing and SRE problems. This is why we have developed a new method that allows the use of CNNs without using images.
The results of the thesis represent an important finding to understand how deep learning models can be adapted to the problem of speaker recognition.
Measurements of light transmission in deep sea with the AC9 trasmissometer
Creators: name: Capone, Antonio
name: Digaetano, Tullio
name: Grimaldi, Antonio
name: Habel, Roberto
name: Presti, Domenico Lo
name: Migneco, Emilio
name: Masullo, Rocco
name: Moro, Fulvio
name: Petruccetti, Marco
name: Petta, Catia
name: Piattelli, Paolo
name: Randazzo, Nunzio
name: Riccobene, Giorgio
name: Salusti, Ettore
name: Sapienza, Piera
name: Sedita, Mario
name: Trasatti, Luciano
name: Ursella, Laura
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The NEMO Collaboration aims to construct an underwater Cerenkov detector in the Mediterranean Sea, able to act as a neutrino telescope. One of the main tasks of this project, which implies difficult technological challenges, is the selection of an adequate marine site. In this framework the knowledge of light transmission properties in deep seawater is extremely important. The collaboration has measured optical properties in several marine sites near the Italian coasts, at depths >3000 m, using a set-up based on a AC9, a commercial trasmissometer, manufactured by WETLabs. The results obtained for the two sites reported in this paper Alicudi and Ustica, show that deep seawater optical properties are comparable to those of the clearest waters.
description: 17 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables. Accepted for pubblication in Nuclear Instruments and Methods A
Lebia cyanocephala
Creators: name: Frisch, Johannes
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Lebia
Lebia cyanocephala

description: Lebia cyanocephala (LINNAEUS, 1758)
(Carabidae, Abb. 3), ein westpaläarktisches Faunenelement, ist vom Maghreb und Europa durch den Nahen Osten und Mittelasien bis in das westliche China (Xinjiang) verbreitet (vgl. KABAK 2017: 612). In Deutschland gilt L. cyanocephala als sehr selten. Neben einer Häufung der Funde in Thüringen finden sich bei BLEICH et al. (2023) nur wenige aktuelle Nachweise aus Brandenburg, Niedersachsen, Bayern und Baden-Württemberg. In der Roten Liste der Laufkäfer Hessens (MALTEN 1998: 27) gilt L. cyanocephala als ausgestorben oder verschollen. Aus Hessen liegen einige historische Funde vor [z.B. EISENACH 1883: 74 (Rotenburg/Fulda); VON HEYDEN 1904: 48 (Nassau an der Lahn, Frankfurt am Main); RIEHL 1863: 64 (Kassel); SCRIBA 1862: 9 (Darmstadt, Nidda – Ober-Lais); WEBER 1903: 110 (Fritzlar)], so auch eine alte Meldung aus Osthessen bzw. dem Raum Fulda bei BRANDENBURGER (1883: 41). Hessische Nachweise aus den 1930er Jahren (Oberursel, Bad Vilbel) publizierte HEPP (1934: 155). Die letzte hessische Spur findet sich im Verzeichnis der Käfer Deutschlands (KÖHLER & KLAUSNITZER 1998: 53), dem zufolge L. cyanocephala in der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts noch einmal in Hessen gefunden wurde, doch bleiben Fundort und Datum unbekannt. Die xerophile Art ist auf vollsonnige, trockene, sandige oder kiesige Wiesenböden angewiesen (vgl. HŮRKA 1996: 472, MARGGI 1992: 381, PERSOHN 2004: 443). Nach KOCH (1989: 100) gehören auch Kalkhänge zum typischen Lebensraum. ESSER et al. (2006: 226) fanden L. cyanocephala auf den pontischen Hängen der Oder auf Äckern und Brachen. Nach BÜCHS et al. (2019: 45) besiedelt die Art im Ahrtal offene Weinbergslagen. Der hessische Wiederfund nach 90 Jahren (1 ♀) erfolgte am 3.8.2022 auf der bewaldeten Kuppe des Haimbergs mit einer Lichtfalle. Der Lebensraum der L. cyanocephala auf dem Haimberg ist jedoch im Offenland anzunehmen.
In der bundesweiten Roten Liste (SCHMIDT et al. 2016) ist L. cyanocephala als sehr selten und stark gefährdet (Kategorie 2) eingestuft.
description: Published as part of Frisch, Johannes, 2023, Die Käferfauna des NSG Haimberg bei Mittelrode und angrenzender Flächen (Insecta: Coleoptera) Addenda et Corrigenda 3 Fünf Erstmeldungen für die Hessenfauna und Wiederentdeckung der in Hessen verschollenen Lebia cyanocephala (LINNAEUS, 1758), pp. 37-44 in Beiträge zur Naturkunde in Osthessen 60 on page 39, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15237981
title: The Interconnectedness of Latvianness: Ethnic identity and heritage language in third generation Australian Latvians
Creators: name: Ozers, Linda
Publisher: name: Griffith University
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: ethnic identity
subject: heritage language
subject: third generation ethnicity

description: Australia has a long tradition of receiving migrants from around the world and is widely known as a multicultural country. Many migrants retain their heritage language and culture after their arrival in Australia and often transmit these to their Australian-born children, the second generation (Rubino, 2010). However, maintaining a heritage language is not an easy task, and considerable language attrition in many immigrant communities occurs within the second, or even the first, generation. Hence, third generation speakers of heritage languages are uncommon. In the case of Latvians in Australia, however, despite being a small immigrant community, Latvian is still being used, to some extent, by a number of those in the third generation of Australian Latvians. The focus of this qualitative case study was to explore the factors that have influenced this third generation in Australia to maintain their Latvian identity and use the Latvian language. Through interviews and focus groups, this study sought to identify the complexity of participants' understanding of their past and present experiences, which have contributed to the development of their Latvian language and ethnic identity today. This third generation of Australian Latvians are mostly in their teens and twenties, which is an important period of identity formation. Data emerging from the interviews and focus groups was analysed using thematic analysis and organised according to Isajiw's ethnic identity framework as either external or internal aspects of identity (Isajiw, 1990b). Active Latvian community involvement was a major external factor in participants' maintenance of their Latvian language and identity, particularly through participation in organisations such as Latvian schools, folk dancing, and singing groups. The participants' involvement is facilitated by their connections with family, friends, people, and organisations in Latvia, which creates in participants an individual internal sense of their belonging within the community and identification as Latvian. Participants strongly focused on their sense of identity - their 'Latvianness' - and speaking the language was only one aspect among many that contributed to their identity formation. Latvianness, or latvietiba, was commonly used by participants in this study to encompass what it means for them to be Latvian.
A Model for Estimating Revenue from Avoided Demand Charges for Agricultural Operations Utilizing Anaerobic Digesters
Creators: name: Hurley, Sean
name: Hurley, Sean
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Farm Management
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Production Economics
subject: anaerobic digesters
subject: time-of-use
subject: net metering
subject: dairy
subject: best management practices
subject: electricity generation
subject: differential pricing

description: This paper investigates how to estimate revenue from avoided demand charges that are part of a net-metering time-of-use contract that is seen in California. Utilizing fifteen minute kW data regarding supply and demand of electricity for a digester operator, simulation modeling was used to investigate electricity bills, specifically demand charges. Findings show that demand charges are an important component for a digester operator to be mindful of when selecting the individual’s initial engine configuration and maintenance scheduling.
Odontotarsus latissimus Gollner-Scheiding 1990
Creators: name: Linnavuori, Rauno E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Scutelleridae
Odontotarsus
Odontotarsus latissimus

description: Odontotarsus latissimus Göllner-Scheiding, 1990
 Material examined. TEHRAN: Azad Bar, 2410 m a.s.l., 2 specimens, 8.-10.vii.1995; 5 km S of Firuzkuh, 1 specimen, 2.vii.2004; Gachsar, 1 specimen, 13.vii.2002; Kordan, 1 specimen, 14.vii.2002; Shahrestenak, 60 km NE of Karadj, 2100 m a.s.l., 1 specimen, 10.-12.vii.1995.
 Comments. In mountain steppes. Anatolian, known from Greece, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.
description: Published as part of Linnavuori, Rauno E., 2008, Studies on the Acanthosomatidae, Scutelleridae and Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) of Gilan and the adjacent provinces in northern Iran, pp. 1-21 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48 (1) on page 4, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5342454
Characteristics of High Quality Rice Xiang 5 and the Supporting Cultivation Techniques
Creators: name: XU, Deze
name: CAI, Haiya
name: ZHAO, Feng
name: WU, Jianping
name: YOU, Aiqing
name: XU, Deze
name: CAI, Haiya
name: ZHAO, Feng
name: WU, Jianping
name: YOU, Aiqing
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: High quality rice
subject: Xiang 5
subject: Characteristics
subject: Cultivation techniques

description: The high quality rice, Xiang 5, is a new strain bred by Institute of Food Crops of Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences which first hybridizes Chinese scented rice with 9311, and then re-crosses it with Ezhong 5 for continuous generations. The strain has good quality, high yield, suitable maturity period, strong scent, strong combining ability and other features. This paper summarizes the appearance characteristics of Xiang 5 and main points of the supporting cultivation techniques, aimed at providing technical support and theoretical reference for its field production.