cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Association of relative leukocyte telomere length and genetic variants in telomere-related genes (TERT, TERT-CLPTM1, TRF1, TNKS2, TRF2) with atrophic age-related macular degeneration
Creators: name: Banevicius, Mantas
name: Gedvilaite, Greta
name: Alvita Vilkeviciute
name: Loresa Kriauciuniene
name: Zemaitiene, Reda
name: Liutkeviciene, Rasa
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Background: In an experimental model, telomere shortening inhibits neovascularization. It is thus possible that telomere shortening might have a role in the pathogenesis of geographic atrophy in case of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). This is why we aimed to find any associated differences of telomere length and genetic variants in telomere-related genes (TERT, TERT-CLPTM1, TRF1, TNKS2, and TRF2) in patients with atrophic AMD compared to healthy controls. Methods: The study enrolled patients with atrophic AMD (n = 56) and healthy (n = 73) controls. Samples of DNA from peripheral blood leukocytes were extracted by DNA salting-out method. The genotyping of TERT rs2736098, rs401681 in TERT-CLPTM1 locus, TRF1 rs1545827, rs10107605, TNKS2 rs10509637, rs10509639, and TRF2 rs251796 and relative leukocyte telomere length (T/S) measurement were carried out using a real-time polymerase chain reaction method. The results were assessed using the statistical analysis method of “IBM SPSS Statistics 20.0“. Results: We found statistically significantly higher T/S in atrophic AMD patients than in healthy controls (T/S, median (IQR): 1.638 (1.110) vs. 0.764 (0.801), p TRF1 rs10107605 allele (A and C) distributions between the atrophic AMD and control groups (88.36% and 11.64% vs. 95.54% and 4.46%, respectively, p = .041), as well as between the short telomere and long telomere groups (86.92% and 13.08% vs. 96.09% and 3.91%, respectively, p = .008). Conclusions: Our research revealed the leukocyte telomere length having a role in atrophic AMD development, also the association between TRF1 rs10107605 and the telomere length.
A Study on the Status of Free Essential Drug Services in the Primary Health Care Facilities of Kailali District, Nepal
Creators: name: Singh, Bipin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 321005
subject: Public health nutrition
classificationCode: 440709
subject: Public policy
classificationCode: 420699
subject: Public health not elsewhere classified

description: This research study entitled "A Study on the Status of Free Essential Drug Service in the Primary Health Care Facilities of Kailali District, Nepal" is prepared as a partial fulfillment of the bachelor's in public health program at (Pokhara University).
Comparative Analysis of Word Embeddings for Capturing Word Similarities
Creators: name: Toshevska, Martina
name: Stojanovska, Frosina
name: Kalajdjieski, Jovan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Distributed language representation has become the most widely used technique for language representation in various natural language processing tasks. Most of the natural language processing models that are based on deep learning techniques use already pre-trained distributed word representations, commonly called word embeddings. Determining the most qualitative word embeddings is of crucial importance for such models. However, selecting the appropriate word embeddings is a perplexing task since the projected embedding space is not intuitive to humans. In this paper, we explore different approaches for creating distributed word representations. We perform an intrinsic evaluation of several state-of-the-art word embedding methods. Their performance on capturing word similarities is analysed with existing benchmark datasets for word pairs similarities. The research in this paper conducts a correlation analysis between ground truth word similarities and similarities obtained by different word embedding methods.
description: Part of the 6th International Conference on Natural Language Processing (NATP 2020)
On the evaluation of matrix elements in partially projected wave functions
Creators: name: Fukushima, N.
name: Edegger, B.
name: Muthukumar, V. N.
name: Gros, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We generalize the Gutzwiller approximation scheme to the calculation of nontrivial matrix elements between the ground state and excited states. In our scheme, the normalization of the Gutzwiller wave function relative to a partially projected wave function with a single non projected site (the reservoir site) plays a key role. For the Gutzwiller projected Fermi sea, we evaluate the relative normalization both analytically and by variational Monte-Carlo (VMC). We also report VMC results for projected superconducting states that show novel oscillations in the hole density near the reservoir site.
Effects of Socio-Institutional and Emotional Factors of Japanese Farmland Rental Transactions
Creators: name: Kunimitsu, Yoji
name: Kunimitsu, Yoji
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Institutional and Behavioral Economics
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: contingent valuation questionnaire
subject: economic inefficiency
subject: regional heteroscedasticity
subject: rental agreement level
subject: rental rate
subject: stochastic choice model

description: Farmland reallocation between farmers through rental transactions is critical for improving Japanese rice productivity. This study examined effects of socio-institutional and emotional factors as well as economic factors on rental transactions. A stochastic choice model was applied to contingent valuation data by considering regional heteroscedasticity. Empirical results showed (1) existence of economic inefficiencies, 3% loss of economic surplus due to socio-institutional restriction, which is probably reflected in transaction costs; (2) a 15% reduction in surplus due to emotional reluctance of farmers; and (3) strong influences of rice price, wages, and geographical location on the rental rate and agreement level.
What Determines Productivity Growth of Agricultural Cooperatives?
Creators: name: Ariyaratne, Chatura B.
name: Featherstone, Allen M.
name: Langemeier, Michael R.
name: Ariyaratne, Chatura B.
name: Featherstone, Allen M.
name: Langemeier, Michael R.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Production Economics
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: agribusiness
subject: cooperatives
subject: input bias
subject: output bias
subject: productivity

description: This paper examines productivity of a sample of grain marketing and farm supply cooperatives from 1990 to 1998. The cooperative industry’s productivity or growth was mainly due to improvement in technology rather than improvement in pure efficiency or scale. The cooperative industry’s productivity was primarily associated with the grain, fertilizer, and agrochemical product lines. Policies that raise fertilizer prices would encourage a cooperative to be technically more productive. In general, policies that raise prices of grain, fertilizer, and agrochemicals would encourage a cooperative to be more productive overall.
Credit Risk Assessment and Racial Minority Lending at the Farm Service Agency
Creators: name: Escalante, Cesar L.
name: Brooks, Rodney L.
name: Epperson, James E.
name: Stegelin, Forrest E.
name: Escalante, Cesar L.
name: Brooks, Rodney L.
name: Epperson, James E.
name: Stegelin, Forrest E.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: Risk and Uncertainty
subject: binomial logistic regression
subject: credit risk
subject: credit-scoring model
subject: direct lending
subject: Farm Service Agency
subject: guaranteed lending
subject: racial bias

description: The nature of credit risk assessment and basis of loan approval decisions of the Farm Service Agency are analyzed in the aftermath of the black farmers’ 1997 class action suit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This study did not uncover convincing evidence of racial discrimination against nonwhite borrowers under a binomial logistic framework based on the probability of a loan application’s approval. Moreover, the collective use of more stringent and objective credit-scoring measures usually employed by commercial lenders is less evident in the Farm Service Agency’s evaluation of loan applications.
A scaling study of the step scaling function in SU(3) gauge theory with improved gauge actions
Creators: name: Takeda, S.
name: Aoki, S.
name: Fukugita, M.
name: Ishikawa, K-I.
name: Ishizuka, N.
name: Iwasaki, Y.
name: Kanaya, K.
name: Kaneko, T.
name: Kuramashi, Y.
name: Okawa, M.
name: Taniguchi, Y.
name: Ukawa, A.
name: Yoshié, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the scaling behavior of the step scaling function for SU(3) gauge theory, employing the renormalization-group improved Iwasaki gauge action and the perturbatively improved Lüscher-Weisz gauge action. We confirm that the step scaling functions from the improved gauge actions agree with that previously obtained from the plaquette action within errors in the continuum limit at both weak and strong coupling regions. We also investigate how different choices of boundary counter terms for the improved gauge actions affect the scaling behavior. In the extrapolation to the continuum limit, we observe that the cut off dependence becomes moderate for the Iwasaki action, if a perturbative reduction of scaling violations is applied to the simulation results. We also measure the low energy scale ratio with the Iwasaki action, and confirm its universality.
description: 14 pages
Coarse-to-Fine Structure-Aware Artistic Style Transfer
Creators: name: Liu, Kunxiao
name: Yuan, Guowu
name: Wu, Hao
name: Qian, Wenhua
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Artistic style transfer aims to use a style image and a content image to synthesize a target image that retains the same artistic expression as the style image while preserving the basic content of the content image. Many recently proposed style transfer methods have a common problem; that is, they simply transfer the texture and color of the style image to the global structure of the content image. As a result, the content image has a local structure that is not similar to the local structure of the style image. In this paper, we present an effective method that can be used to transfer style patterns while fusing the local style structure into the local content structure. In our method, dif-ferent levels of coarse stylized features are first reconstructed at low resolution using a Coarse Network, in which style color distribution is roughly transferred, and the content structure is combined with the style structure. Then, the reconstructed features and the content features are adopted to synthesize high-quality structure-aware stylized images with high resolution using a Fine Network with three structural selective fusion (SSF) modules. The effectiveness of our method is demonstrated through the generation of appealing high-quality stylization results and a com-parison with some state-of-the-art style transfer methods.
description: 21 pages, 17 figures
Physiphora alceae
Creators: name: Schlüsslmayr, Gerhard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Ulidiidae
Physiphora
Physiphora alceae

description: Physiphora alceae (PREYSSLER, 1791)
Bgld, Illmitz, Hölle, 14.6.17.
Neu für Burgenland.
description: Published as part of Schlüsslmayr, Gerhard, 2018, Erstnachweise von Fliegen (Diptera) für Österreich und einige Bundesländer, pp. 765-800 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1) on page 775, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4004374
Manipulating the photonic Hall effect with hybrid Mie-exciton resonances
Creators: name: Stamatopoulou, P. Elli
name: Yannopapas, Vassilios
name: Mortensen, N. Asger
name: Tserkezis, Christos
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We examine the far-field optical response, under-plane wave excitation in the presence of a static magnetic field, of core-shell nanoparticles involving a gyroelectric component, either as the inner or the outer layer, through analytic calculations based on appropriately extended Mie theory. We focus on absorption and scattering of light by bismuth-substituted yttrium iron garnet (Bi:YIG) nanospheres and nanoshells, combined with excitonic materials such as organic-molecule aggregates or two-dimensional transition-metal dichalcogenides, and discuss the hybrid character of the modes emerging from the coupling of the two constituents. We observe the excitation of strong magneto-optic phenomena and explore, in particular, the response and tunability of a magneto-transverse light current, indicative of the photonic Hall effect. We show how interaction between the Bi:YIG and excitonic layers leads to a pair of narrow bands of highly directional scattering, emerging from the aforementioned hybridization, which can be tuned at will by adjusting the geometrical or optical parameters of the system. Our theoretical study introduces optically anisotropic media as promising templates for strong coupling in nanophotonics, offering a means to combine tunable magnetic and optical properties, with potential implications both in the design of all-dielectric photonic devices but also in novel clinical applications.
description: 10 pages, 8 figures
A Radio Pinwheel Emanating from WR147
Creators: name: Rodríguez, Luis F.
name: Arthur, Jane
name: Montes, Gabriela
name: Carrasco-González, Carlos
name: Toalá, Jesús A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars are evolved massive stars, presumably on their way to becoming supernova. They are characterized by high luminosities and fast and dense stellar winds. We have detected signs of a radio continuum pinwheel associated with WR147, a nitrogen-rich WR star with spectral subtype WN8. These structures are known around a handful of late-type carbon-rich WR stars with massive companions were the dust formed at the zone where the two winds collide produces a plume of dense gas and dust that is carried out with the WR wind. As the binary system rotates, an Archimedean spiral detectable in the infrared is formed. The resulting pinwheel contains information on wind speeds, wind-momentum ratio and orbital parameters. However, WR147 is a WN star and the formation of dust is unlikely so a different emission mechanism must be at work. Our analysis of the data suggests that in this case the emission is dominantly of non-thermal nature (synchrotron), although we cannot exclude that some clumps could be brighter in free-free emission. It is possible that the pinwheels associated with WN stars will be detectable only as non-thermal emitters at radio wavelengths. From the characteristics of the pinwheel we estimate a period of 1.7 years for the binary system (the WN8 star and a companion yet undetected directly) responsible for the pinwheel.
description: 9 pages, 3 figures, To appear in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Acanthiophilus helianthi
Creators: name: Schlüsslmayr, Gerhard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tephritidae
Acanthiophilus
Acanthiophilus helianthi

description: Acanthiophilus helianthi (ROSSI, 1794)
Bgld, St. Georgen, Hetscherlberg, 19.7.17; Loretto, Frauenwiesen, 15.6.17.
Neu für Burgenland.
description: Published as part of Schlüsslmayr, Gerhard, 2018, Erstnachweise von Fliegen (Diptera) für Österreich und einige Bundesländer, pp. 765-800 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1) on page 775, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4004374
Charge-to-spin conversion efficiency in ferromagnetic nanowires by spin torque ferromagnetic resonance: Reconciling lineshape and linewidth analysis methods
Creators: name: Xu, Jun-Wen
name: Kent, Andrew D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Spin orbit torques are of great interest for switching the magnetization direction in nanostructures, moving skyrmions and exciting spin waves. The standard method of determining their efficiency is by spin torque ferromagnetic resonance (ST-FMR), a technique that involves analyzing the resonance linewidth or lineshape. On microstuctures these two analysis methods are quite consistent. Here we present ST-FMR results on permalloy (Ni$_{80}$Fe$_{20}$) nanowires -- with widths varying from $150$ to 800 nm -- that show that the standard model used to analyze the resonance linewidth and lineshape give different results; the efficiency appears greatly enhanced in nanowires when the lineshape method is used. A ST-FMR model that properly accounts for the sample shape is presented and shows much better consistency between the two methods. Micromagnetic simulations are used to verify the model. These results and the more accurate nanowire model presented are of importance for characterizing and optimizing charge-to-spin conversion efficiencies in nanostructures.
description: 7 pages, 6 figures
Impact of Beef Quality on Market Signals Transmitted by Grid Pricing
Creators: name: Johnson, Heather C.
name: Ward, Clement E.
name: Johnson, Heather C.
name: Ward, Clement E.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: beef
subject: cattle
subject: carcass
subject: quality
subject: coefficients of separate determination
subject: incentives
subject: market signals
subject: value-based marketing

description: Value-based marketing is shaping cattle production; however, market signals differ dramatically depending on carcass quality. This study applies a two-stage coefficients of separate determination procedure to four regional fed cattle datasets sorted by grid value and by carcass quality attributes. Weight is the strongest signal sent when higher valued cattle and better quality cattle are sold on a grid. Quality characteristics send stronger signals when lower valued cattle and poorer quality cattle are sold on a grid. Producers of lower quality cattle can potentially gain $52 to $149 per head by improving quality and $113 to $150 per head by adding weight.
Zeno and Anti Zeno effect for a two level system in a squeezed bath
Creators: name: Mundarain, D. F.
name: Stephany, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the appearance of Zeno (QZE) or anti-Zeno (QAE) effect in an exponentially decaying system. We consider the quantum dynamics of a continuously monitored two level system interacting with a squeezed bath. We find that the behavior of the system depends critically on the way in which the squeezed bath is prepared. For specific choices of the squeezing phase the system shows Zeno or anti-Zeno effect in conditions for which it would decay exponentially if no measurements were done. This result allows for a clear interpretation in terms of the equivalent spin system interacting with a fictitious magnetic field.
description: 18 pages, 7 figures;added references for section 4;changes in the nomenclature
Musicianship in education: ideology and practice
Creators: name: Dalladay, Christopher
Publisher: name: University of East London, Cass School of Education and Communities
Year: 2012
Subjects: musician
musicianship
competency
biography

description: Everyone is musical and has the potential to be a musician (Mills, 2005; Welch, 2008). Are secondary school teachers simply acquainting young people with a selection of musical experiences or do they seek to plan a curriculum which will enable developing musicians? This paper outlines a part of ongoing doctoral studies and reports on some of the initial data exploring the musical competencies considered to be central to the development of musicians and how far, in actuality, these competencies are central to school musical activities. It describes sorting activities (ranking musical competencies) undertaken by the participants (n = 34) and the activity evident in a small sample of case-study music lessons.
Japanese Consumers’ Perceptions on and Willingness to Pay for Credence Attributes Associated with Canola Oil
Creators: name: Hu, Wuyang
name: Chen, Kevin Z.
name: Yoshida, Kentaro
name: Hu, Wuyang
name: Chen, Kevin Z.
name: Yoshida, Kentaro
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: canola oil
subject: choice-based conjoint
subject: credence attributes
subject: Japanese consumers
subject: willingness to pay

description: In this study we found that Japanese consumers value the conventional health claim “low in saturated fat” more than the relatively newer claims, such as “high in oleic acid.” In addition, consumers do not prefer oil with genetically modified ingredients or oil that is not domestically produced, but they are willing to pay extra for “organic” or “functional food” features. We also found that the scope and source of information on these credence attributes may also affect consumers’ choices and willingness to pay and that the effects may not be completely consistent with what one would expect.
Quasinormal-mode perturbation theory for dissipative and dispersive optomechanics
Creators: name: Primo, André G.
name: Carvalho, Natália C.
name: Kersul, Cauê M.
name: Frateschi, Newton C.
name: Wiederhecker, Gustavo S.
name: Alegre, Thiago P. Mayer
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Despite the several novel features arising from the dissipative optomechanical coupling, such effect remains vastly unexplored due to the lack of a simple formalism that captures non-Hermiticity in optomechanical systems. In this Letter, we show that quasinormal-mode-based perturbation theory is capable of correctly predicting both dispersive and dissipative optomechanical couplings. We validate our model through simulations and also by comparison with experimental results reported in the literature. Finally, we apply this formalism to plasmonic systems, used for molecular optomechanics, where strong dissipative coupling signatures in the amplification of vibrational modes are observed.
Performativity cultures and their effects on teacher educators’ work
Creators: name: Murray, Jean
Publisher: name: University of East London, Cass School of Education and Communities
Year: 2012
Subjects: teacher education
teacher training
performativity
cultures

description: In this article I want to look at three specific areas of teacher education work, analysing how and why the practices and discourses of performativity have impacted disproportionately hard. These three areas are: the ‘double whammy’ of audit (Murray 2007) which teacher educators face; the particular nature of teacher education pedagogy and partnership practices; and the issue of what research-informed teaching and scholarship/research in the field means. In this article my particular focus is on teacher educators in England, working in a teacher education regime which now has few disciplinary foundations and often prioritises training rather than education for student teachers. This regime is sometimes seen as the ‘English exception’ and regarded with puzzlement or alarm in other countries. There are then some ‘English-specific’ factors here, notably the strong regulation by government and ongoing debates about the knowledge base of teacher education as played out in the proposed moves to wholly school-based models of teacher education. But, over and above these factors, the increase in performativity cultures is a global phenomenon which has impacted in some way on all who work in teacher education, wherever their university is located and whatever the national context.
Campiglossa guttella
Creators: name: Schlüsslmayr, Gerhard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tephritidae
Campiglossa
Campiglossa guttella

description: Campiglossa guttella (RONDANI, 1870)
OÖ, Sengsengebirge, Herzerlsee, 1230m, 15.7.01.
 Neu für Oberösterreich. Die Art wurde früher von C. achyrophori nicht unterschieden, deshalb keine Fundangaben in FRANZ (1989).
description: Published as part of Schlüsslmayr, Gerhard, 2018, Erstnachweise von Fliegen (Diptera) für Österreich und einige Bundesländer, pp. 765-800 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1) on page 775, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4004374
Synchronization from Disordered Driving Forces in Arrays of Coupled Oscillators
Creators: name: Brandt, Sebastian F.
name: Dellen, Babette K.
name: Wessel, Ralf
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The effects of disorder in external forces on the dynamical behavior of coupled nonlinear oscillator networks are studied. When driven synchronously, i.e., all driving forces have the same phase, the networks display chaotic dynamics. We show that random phases in the driving forces result in regular, periodic network behavior. Intermediate phase disorder can produce network synchrony. Specifically, there is an optimal amount of phase disorder, which can induce the highest level of synchrony. These results demonstrate that the spatiotemporal structure of external influences can control chaos and lead to synchronization in nonlinear systems.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures
The Roles of Labor and Profitability in Choosing a Grazing Strategy for Beef Production in the U.S. Gulf Coast Region
Creators: name: Gillespie, Jeffrey M.
name: Wyatt, Wayne
name: Venuto, Brad
name: Blouin, David
name: Boucher, Robert W.
name: Gillespie, Jeffrey M.
name: Wyatt, Wayne
name: Venuto, Brad
name: Blouin, David
name: Boucher, Robert W.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: Industrial Organization
subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: labor requirements
subject: rotational grazing
subject: stocking rate
subject: time and motion study

description: Comparisons are made concerning labor required and profitability associated with continuous grazing at three stocking rates and rotational grazing at a high stocking rate in the U.S. Gulf Coast region. A unique data set was collected using a time and motion study method to determine labor requirements. Profits are lowest for low stocking rate– continuous grazing and high stocking rate–rotational grazing. Total labor and labor in three specific categories are greater on per acre and/or per cow bases with rotational-grazing than with continuous-grazing strategies. These results help to explain relatively low adoption rates of rotational grazing in the region.
Maser mechanism of optical pulsations from anomalous X-ray pulsar 4U0142+61
Creators: name: LU, Y.
name: Zhang, S. N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A maser curvature emission mechanism in the presence of curvature drift is used to explain the optical pulsations from anomalous X-ray pulsars. For the source of AXP0142+61,the optical pulsation occurs at the radial distance $R(ν_M)\sim 4.75\times 10^9$ cm to the neutron star. The corresponding curvature maser frequency is about $ν_M\approx1.39\times 10^{14}$ Hz. The result is consistent with the observation of the optical pulsations from the anomalous X-ray pulsar 4U0142+61.
description: 18pages,LaTeX2e, accetpetd for publication in MNRAS
Intelligent Control Strategies for Double Output Negative Conversion Path  Elementary Luo Converter Performance
Creators: name: D. Thaniga, Dr. S. Padma, Dr. R. Kannan
Publisher: name: Shenyang Jianzhu Daxue Xuebao (Ziran Kexue Ban)/Journal of Shenyang Jianzhu University (Natural Science)
Year: 2025
Subjects: Double-Output DC-DC Luo Converter, Negative Voltage Conversion, Proportional-Integral & Fuzzy Logic Control, Neural Network Controller, High-Power-Density Power Electronics.

description: Abstract: This study investigates double-output DC-DC Luo converters as a cost-effective, high-power-density solution for generating Negative and negative output voltages from a single Negative input source, addressing the increasing demand for such converters in modern electronics. The research focuses on the development and comparison of control strategies for a Double Output Negative Conversion Path Elementary (DONCPE) Luo Converter. Specifically, Proportional-Integral and fuzzy logic controllers are designed and implemented to regulate the output voltage under varying input voltage and load conditions. Performance evaluation through simulation demonstrates the superior performance of the fuzzy logic controller and neural network controllers compared to the traditional PI controller, highlighting its effectiveness in maintaining stable and accurate output voltage regulation. The results underscore the potential of intelligent control techniques for enhancing the performance of Luo converters in demanding applications.

 

Keywords: Double-Output DC-DC Luo Converter, Negative Voltage Conversion, Proportional-Integral & Fuzzy Logic Control, Neural Network Controller, High-Power-Density Power Electronics.
Estimating the Economic Value of Specific Characteristics Associated with Angus Bulls Sold at Auction
Creators: name: Jones, Rodney D.
name: Turner, Tyler
name: Dhuyvetter, Kevin C.
name: Marsh, Thomas L.
name: Jones, Rodney D.
name: Turner, Tyler
name: Dhuyvetter, Kevin C.
name: Marsh, Thomas L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Angus bulls
subject: carcass characteristics
subject: EPDs
subject: marketing factors
subject: production factors

description: The genetic traits of a purebred bull convey the reproductive and economic value to buyers. This study examines and compares the value of actual production weights (birth, weaning, and yearling weight), production expected progeny differences (EPDs) (birth, weaning, milk, and yearling), and ultrasound EPDs (carcass quality predictors) for purebred Angus bulls sold at auction. One EPD, birth weight, was valued by buyers more than its corresponding actual weight, though both actual weights and EPDs significantly impact price. Predictors of carcass quality were important in determining price. Finally, several individual animal factors and sale characteristics were significant in determining price.
Live Animal Ultrasound Information as a Decision Tool in Replacement Beef Heifer Programs
Creators: name: Dos Santos, Alecsandro
name: Anderson, John D.
name: Vann, Rhonda C.
name: Willard, Scott T.
name: Dos Santos, Alecsandro
name: Anderson, John D.
name: Vann, Rhonda C.
name: Willard, Scott T.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: expected utility
subject: heifer development
subject: logit
subject: real-time ultrasound

description: Real-time ultrasound information taken on beef heifers prior to backgrounding is used to develop a logit model to aid heifer retention decisions. The value of ultrasound data is calculated as the difference in certainty equivalents between a decision rule incorporating ultrasound information and one using only visual cues. The value of ultrasound data is found to be around $10 per head but is influenced by heifer value and backgrounding costs.
Positioning and addressing single molecule magnets with an STM tip
Creators: name: Barhoumi, Rabei
Publisher: name: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Year: 2021
Subjects: Single molecule magnets
Kondo effect
scanning tunneling microscopy
spintronics
4f-electron magnetism
metal-organic interface
quantum mechanical entanglement

description: With their large magnetic anisotropy associated with long relaxation times of the magnetization, TbPc2 molecular magnets are good candidates for encoding and recording data. Their robustness and their propensity to arrange into networks lend themselves well to a study of their electronic and magnetic structure bySTM/STS at very low tem-perature (4.5 K). In this thesis work, it was possible to highlight a Kondo screening of the π-and 4f-electrons of the TbPc2 molecule by the electrons of the metal substrate. The magnetic properties of the molecule depend on their degree of interaction with the substrate and lateral interactions with other molecules. Thus, the π radical of the mol-ecule is preserved on Au (111) but disappears on Ag (111) under the effect of a charge transfer between the substrate and the molecular monolayer. Finally, when the mole-cule is in strong interaction with the Cu(111) substrate, a direct access to the 4f states of the central Tb ion by STM is possible as shown by the detection of a Kondo effect on the central Tb ion.
Chaetorellia loricata
Creators: name: Schlüsslmayr, Gerhard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tephritidae
Chaetorellia
Chaetorellia loricata

description: Chaetorellia loricata (RONDANI, 1870)
OÖ, Neuzeug, Keltenweg, 9.8.17; NÖ, Hainburg, Spitzerberg, 9.7.01 und 12.7.01.
Neu für Ober- und Niederösterreich. In FRANZ (1989) nur 1 Fund aus dem Burgenland.
description: Published as part of Schlüsslmayr, Gerhard, 2018, Erstnachweise von Fliegen (Diptera) für Österreich und einige Bundesländer, pp. 765-800 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1) on page 776, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4004374
‘Good practice’ for pupils with English as an additionallanguage: patterns in student teachers’ thinking
Creators: name: Read, Andrew
Publisher: name: University of East London, Cass School of Education and Communities
Year: 2012
Subjects: English as an additional language (EAL)
EAL pedagogy
activating prior learning
advanced bilingual learners

description: Student teachers construct ideas around how to support the learning of pupils with English as an additional language (EAL), basing these ideas on university- and school-based training, reading, dialogue and reflection. For the purposes of this piece of research, postgraduate student teachers training to teach pupils aged 3–11 were each asked to ‘picture’ one child with EAL encountered during blocks of school-based training, to categorise this child in terms of English fluency, to suggest the child’s specific needs and to identify effective strategies to support pupil progress. Student teachers’ responses are analysed to explore whether there are evident patterns in these student teachers’ identification of pupils with EAL, and the student teachers’ understanding of these pupils’ needs. Responses are aligned with current thinking about ‘good practice’. Points of congruence between student teacher responses and ‘good practice’ are identified. Where evidence of this congruence is lacking, implications for student teachers and for programme design are identified.
Binary population synthesis with probabilistic remnant mass and kick prescriptions
Creators: name: Mandel, Ilya
name: Mueller, Bernhard
name: Riley, Jeff
name: de Mink, Selma E.
name: Vigna-Gomez, Alejandro
name: Chattopadhyay, Debatri
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on the impact of a probabilistic prescription for compact remnant masses and kicks on massive binary population synthesis. We find that this prescription populates the putative mass gap between neutron stars and black holes with low-mass black holes. However, evolutionary effects reduce the number of X-ray binary candidates with low-mass black holes, consistent with the dearth of such systems in the observed sample. We further find that this prescription is consistent with the formation of heavier binary neutron stars such as GW190425, but over-predicts the masses of Galactic double neutron stars. The revised natal kicks, particularly increased ultra-stripped supernova kicks, do not directly explain the observed Galactic double neutron star orbital period--eccentricity distribution. Finally, this prescription allows for the formation of systems similar to the recently discovered extreme mass ratio binary GW190814, but only if we allow for the survival of binaries in which the common envelope is initiated by a donor crossing the Hertzsprung gap, contrary to our standard model.
description: Updated version as accepted by MNRAS
Simultaneous measurement of time-invariant linear and nonlinear, and random and extra responses using frequency domain variant of velvet noise
Creators: name: Kawahara, Hideki
name: Sakakibara, Ken-Ichi
name: Mizumachi, Mitsunori
name: Morise, Masanori
name: Banno, Hideki
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Audio and Speech Processing (eess.AS)
subject: Sound (cs.SD)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: J.m
subject: 94A12

description: We introduce a new acoustic measurement method that can measure the linear time-invariant response, the nonlinear time-invariant response, and random and time-varying responses simultaneously. The method uses a set of orthogonal sequences made from a set of unit FVNs (Frequency domain variant of Velvet Noise), a new member of the TSP (Time Stretched Pulse). FVN has a unique feature that other TSP members do not. It is a high degree of design freedom that makes the proposed method possible without introducing extra equipment. We introduce two useful cases using two and four orthogonal sequences and illustrates their use using simulations and acoustic measurement examples. We developed an interactive and realtime acoustic analysis tool based on the proposed method. We made it available in an open-source repository. The proposed response analysis method is general and applies to other fields, such as auditory-feedback research and assessment of sound recording and coding.
description: 10 pages, 15 figures, APSIPA ASC 2020
The case study paradox: a way to engage Colombian teacher educators in exploring the utopia of social justice
Creators: name: Rubiano, Clara
Publisher: name: University of East London, Cass School of Education and Communities
Year: 2012
Subjects: Colombian teacher educators
case study approach
social justice
paradox
utopia
dialogic encounters

description: This article discusses the ‘case study approach’ as a research strategy that may facilitate the process of knowledge construction towards teaching for social justice in Colombian teacher education. It considers the case study paradox as a way to engage teacher educators in searching for new ways of seeing and new forms of understanding the utopia of social justice in a country that struggles against adversity. It also analyses the benefits and limitations of case study as a dialogical strategy that may enable teacher educators to explore their personal constructs towards understanding social justice education in order to inform and transform educational practice in Colombia.
Teacher education in Scotland: the Donaldson Review and the early phases of teacher learning
Creators: name: O'Brien, Jim
Publisher: name: University of East London, Cass School of Education and Communities
Year: 2012
Subjects: initial teacher education (ITE)
Scotland
teacher professionalism
teacher educators

description: Scotland is a discrete jurisdiction within the devolved governance arrangements of the United Kingdom, and education is the largest area of devolved responsibility. The preparation of teachers in Scotland remains different from other UK provision, particularly in England. The proposals contained in the 2011 report Teaching Scotland’s future, conducted by Graham Donaldson (former Chief Inspector at Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Education), are discussed. Insights are offered into the resulting action progress made to date and the implications for the future of initial teacher education and early career development north of the border.
Dioxyna bidentis
Creators: name: Schlüsslmayr, Gerhard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tephritidae
Dioxyna
Dioxyna bidentis

description: Dioxyna bidentis (ROBINEAU- DESVOIDY, 1830)
Bgld, Weiden, Zitzmannsdorfer Wiesen, 27.6.17.
Neu für Burgenland.
description: Published as part of Schlüsslmayr, Gerhard, 2018, Erstnachweise von Fliegen (Diptera) für Österreich und einige Bundesländer, pp. 765-800 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1) on page 776, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4004374
Femtoscopy with Levy Sources in Au+Au Collisions
Creators: name: Csanád, Máté
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: wwnd20
phenix
femtoscopy
rhic
correlations
levy
au+au
hbt
bose-einstein
pion
scaling

description: Talk presented at the Winter Workshop for Nuclear Dynamics 2020 conference Basics of femtoscopy and Lévy sources PHENIX results on the Lévy exponent Results on other Lévy parameters Results from other experiments
Higher-Order Topological Crystalline Insulating Phase and Quantized Hinge Charge in Topological Electride Apatite
Creators: name: Hirayama, Motoaki
name: Takahashi, Ryo
name: Matsuishi, Satoru
name: Hosono, Hideo
name: Murakami, Shuichi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In higher-order topological insulators, bulk and surface electronic states are gapped, while there appear gapless hinge states protected by spatial symmetry. Here we show by ab initio calculations that the La apatite electride is a higher-order topological crystalline insulator. It is a one-dimensional electride, in which the one-dimensional interstitial hollows along the $c$ axis support anionic electrons, and the electronic states in these one-dimensional channels are well approximated by the one-dimensional Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model. When the crystal is cleaved into a hexagonal prism, the 120$^\circ$ hinges support gapless hinge states, with their filling quantized to be 2/3. This quantization of the filling comes from a topological origin. We find that the quantized value of the filling depends on the fundamental blocks that constitute the crystal. The apatite consists of the triangular blocks, which is crucial for giving nontrivial fractional charge at the hinge.
description: 13 pages, 11 figures
Eurasimona stigma
Creators: name: Schlüsslmayr, Gerhard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tephritidae
Eurasimona
Eurasimona stigma
Neu
Neu fur

description: Eurasimona stigma (LOEW, 1840)
Bgld, Illmitz, Hölle, 11.6.17. Neu für Burgenland. Nach FRANZ (1989) gibt es nur einen Beleg ohne Fundort aus Ö.
description: Published as part of Schlüsslmayr, Gerhard, 2018, Erstnachweise von Fliegen (Diptera) für Österreich und einige Bundesländer, pp. 765-800 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1) on page 776, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4004374
A Binary Logit Estimation of Factors Affecting Adoption of GPS Guidance Systems by Cotton Producers
Creators: name: Banerjee, Swagata (Ban)
name: Martin, Steven W.
name: Roberts, Roland K.
name: Larkin, Sherry L.
name: Larson, James A.
name: Paxton, Kenneth W.
name: English, Burton C.
name: Marra, Michele C.
name: Reeves, Jeanne M.
name: Banerjee, Swagata (Ban)
name: Martin, Steven W.
name: Roberts, Roland K.
name: Larkin, Sherry L.
name: Larson, James A.
name: Paxton, Kenneth W.
name: English, Burton C.
name: Marra, Michele C.
name: Reeves, Jeanne M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: binary logit
subject: cotton
subject: GPS guidance system
subject: marginal effect
subject: precision farming
subject: technology adoption

description: Binary logit analysis was used to identify the factors influencing adoption of Global Positioning System (GPS) guidance systems by cotton farmers in 11 Mid-south and Southeastern states. Results indicate that adoption was more likely by those who had already adopted other precision-farming practices and had used computers for farm management. In addition, younger and more affluent farmers were more likely to adopt. Farmers with larger farms and with relatively high yields were also more likely to adopt. Education was not a significant factor in a farmer’s decision to adopt GPS guidance systems.
Low-order Scaling $G_0W_0$ by Pair Atomic Density Fitting
Creators: name: Förster, Arno
name: Visscher, Lucas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive a low-scaling $G_0W_0$ algorithm for molecules, using pair atomic density fitting (PADF) and an imaginary time representation of the Green's function and describe its implementation in the Slater type orbital (STO) based Amsterdam density functional (ADF) electronic structure code. We demonstrate the scalability of our algorithm on a series of water clusters with up to 432 atoms and 7776 basis functions and observe asymptotic quadratic scaling with realistic threshold qualities controlling distance effects and basis sets of triple-$ζ$ (TZ) plus double polarization quality. Also owing to a very small prefactor, with these settings a $G_0W_0$ calculation for the largest of these clusters takes only 240 CPU hours. With errors of 0.24 eV for HOMO energies in the GW100 database on the quadruple-$ζ$ level, our implementation is less accurate than canonical all-electron implementations using the larger def2-QZVP GTO-tpye basis set. Apart from basis set errors, this is related to the well-known shortcomings of the GW space-time method using analytical continuation techniques as well as to numerical issues of the PADF-approach of accurately representing diffuse AO-products. We speculate, that these difficulties might be overcome by using optimized auxiliary fit sets with more diffuse functions of higher angular momenta. Despite these shortcomings, for subsets of medium and large molecules from the GW5000 database, the error of our approach using basis sets of TZ and augmented DZ quality is decreasing with system size. On the augmented DZ level we reproduce canonical, complete basis set limit extrapolated reference values with an accuracy of 80 meV on average for a set of 20 large organic molecules. We anticipate our algorithm, in its current form, to be very useful in the study of single-particle properties of large organic systems such as chromophores and acceptor molecules.
description: final version as accepted by JCTC https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jctc.0c00693