cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Predictors of 1-year treatment outcome in bulimia nervosa
Creators: name: McIntosh, V.V.
name: Bulik, C.M.
name: Carter, F.A.
name: Sullivan, P.F.
name: Joyce, P.R.
Publisher: name: W.B. Saunders
Year: 1998

description: We examined predictors of outcome 1 year after completion of a randomized clinical trial assessing the additive efficacy of two forms of exposure with response prevention to a core of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for bulimia nervosa (BN). One hundred one women who met DSM-III-R criteria for BN, and who completed the clinical trial, were available for follow-up at 1 year. Predictor variables were assessed prospectively and partitioned temporally to reflect lifetime history (including personality), pretreatment clinical status, and posttreatment clinical status. Outcome was based on the frequency of hinging and purging in the 3 months before assessment based on carefully constructed lifechart interviews. A series of stepwise logistic regressions were performed to determine independent predictors of 1-year outcome while controlling for treatment received. Demographic variables were unrelated to treatment outcome. A history of obesity was predictive of poor outcome, whereas a history of alcohol dependence decreased the odds of poor outcome. High self-directedness on the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) predicted favorable outcome at 1 year, whereas personality disorder symptoms were not predictive. Pretreatment global functioning, bulimia scores on the Eating Disorders Inventory (EDI), and the presence of major depression predicted poor outcome. Posttreatment binging, food restriction, and urges to binge on a cue reactivity assessment predicted poor outcome at 1 year. The character trait of self-directedness is a strong predictor of good outcome for CBT, and methods to enhance this trait may be worthy of investigation. Low global functioning and the presence of major depression at presentation may require additional treatment than focused CBT for BN. Our results argue for treatment goals that include abstinence from binging and restricting and decreases in urges to binge in response to high-risk cues.
title: Changes in the Vulvular and Vestibular Tissue of the Bovine During the Estrous Cycle as Determined by the use of Near Infrared Interactance
Creators: name: Kunzler, Robert Alan
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1991

description: Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy is routinely used for the analysis of quality components of feedstuffs. Near infrared spectrophotometers, coupled with a fiber optic probe, could enable direct measurements of the live animal. This study was conducted to characterize changes in the vulva and vestibule during the bovine estrous cycle using near infrared (NI) spectroscopy. Sixteen cycling Holstein cows were observed for estrus twice daily from 40 days postpartum for three estrous cycles or until conception was verified. In addition, weekly rectal palpations, cowside milk progesterone tests, and tailhead chalk were used to aid in estrous detection. Near infrared spectra of both the vulva and the vestibule were collected daily (Model 6500 with 1.83 m fiber optic probe, NIR Systems Inc., 1100 to 2500 nm). Twenty-four estrous periods were confirmed. Vulvar and vestibular spectra of estrous and nonestrous cows were compared. Spectral differences occurred in three regions at 1700 nm, 1790 nm, and 1800 nm (P
Exploring the Virgo Stellar Stream with SEKBO Survey RR Lyrae Stars
Creators: name: Prior, Sayuri L
name: Da Costa, G S
name: Keller, Stefan C
name: Murphy, Simon J
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A subset of the RR Lyrae (RRL) candidates identified from the Southern Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt Object (SEKBO) survey data has been followed up photometrically (n=106) and spectroscopically (n=51). Period and light curve fitting reveals a 24 +/_ 7% contamination of SEKBO survey data by non-RRLs. This paper focuses on the region of the Virgo Stellar Stream (VSS), particularly on its extension to the South of the declination limits of the SDSS and of the QUEST RRL survey. The distribution of radial velocities in the Galactic standard of rest frame (V_GSR) for the 11 RRLs observed in the VSS region has two apparent peaks. The larger peak coincides with the four RRLs having =127 +/_ 10 kms-1 and dispersion sigma=27 kms-1, marginally larger than that expected from the errors alone. The two type ab RRLs in this group have =-1.95 +/_ 0.1. Both the radial velocities and metal abundances are consistent with membership in the VSS. The second velocity peak, which occurs at =-175 +/_ 10 kms-1 may indicate the presence of stars from the Sgr leading tidal tail, which is expected to have large negative velocities in this region. We explore the extent of the VSS by constructing luminosity functions from the SEKBO data and comparing them to data synthesized with the Besancon Galactic model. Analysis of the excess over the model predictions reveals the VSS as a large (~760 deg^2) overdensity centered at roughly (RA, Dec) ~ (186deg, -4deg), spanning a length of ~15 kpc in projection, assuming a heliocentric distance of 19kpc. The data reveal for the first time the more southern regions of the stream and trace it to Dec ~ -15deg and Galactic latitudes as low as b ~ 45deg.
description: 37 pages, 15 figs, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal
Transport and economic development in Western Siberia
Creators: name: North, Robert Neville
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Siberia is one of several mid-latitude continental interiors, developed by Europeans during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. A distinctive common feature of this development has been a reliance on big, long-distance exports of low value-to-weight ratio minerals and agricultural staples, utilizing such concomitant advances in transport technology as the river steamer and railway. Hence it has been asserted that development involving such changes in spatial relations must have been stimulated principally by the advances in transport technology. This thesis examines the validity of such assertions, in the regional context of western Siberia. Freight traffic flows are taken as an index of spatial relations, and a qualitative correlation of changes in flows with changes in transport technology, political conditions, and economic-geographic conditions is made through several stages of Siberian development from the sixteenth century to the present day. With respect to the relationships between changes in transport technology and changes in traffic flows, the main findings of the thesis are as follows: A. That transport technology suitable for implementing declared aims for regional development is available, does not mean that it will be used -- even if projects apparently requiring it are put into effect. There have been considerable time lags between technology becoming available and evidently needed, and actually being used, both before and since 1917. B. Both before and since the revolution, economic development projects have been put into operation despite the lack of any firm foundation for believing that transport costs could be brought down to levels apparently necessary. C. Innovations in transport have often seemed to have big effects on regional development. However, these effects have sometimes differed considerably from what was expected by the innovators. D. At first sight, changes in political conditions seem to correlate far better with changes in spatial relations than do changes in transport technology. However, there is some evidence to suggest that post-revolutionary development in western Siberia can be seen as a logical continuation of that before 1917; also, development models worked out for parts of North America fit western Siberia remarkably well. Therefore it is suggested that in the long term, given even quite limited common objectives, the spatial relations of mid-latitude interior continental regions during economic development are likely to fit widely-applicable models reflecting a balance between population, natural resources, transport costs and on-site production costs. However, the suggestion that advances in transport technology, lowering transport costs, are generally the main stimulus to such development is rejected.
title: An Economic Appraisal of On-Farm Water Management Practices in Developing Countries: A Study of Summer Rice Production In Guayas Rivers Basin, Ecuador
Creators: name: White, Thomas L.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1971

description: The primary objective of this study was to examine rice production methods, with special emphasis on irrigation-water management practices used by producers from all levels of management in the Guayas River Basin, Ecuador. To do this, rice producers were divided into four categories on the basis of the level of mechanization of their operation, use of purchased inputs, and the level of investment in irrigation facilities and general management practices. The levels of investment in irrigation facilities ranged from 7,000 to 500 sucres per hectare, and mechanization of production varied from almost total use of machinery for cultivation operations to no machinery at all. Similar variations were noted in regards to yields which ranged from 100 quintals of hulled rice to just 22 quintals per hectare.
The efficiency of irrigation-water use presented some problems X and could only be calculated for two management levels, I and II; these were found to be low in relation to results found in other areas. This efficiency was defined as being the ratio of the amount of water beneficially used to the amount of water delivered to the farm.
In order to compare the profitability of rice production and investments in machinery and land development, the internal rate of return criterion was used. This rate of return is that rate which equates the flow of net benefits to the flow of net investment for a project over its expected economic life. The streams of benefits were estimated from the costs and returns budgets and the investments stream from the costs of land developments and initial machinery costs, together with expected maintenance and replacement costs of headgates and other water control structures. These rates varied from almost 80 percent for production under management level I, 17.6 percent for management level II, to losses (negative returns--these were not calculated) for management levels III and IV.
Αξιολόγηση του νέου Προγράμματος Σπουδών της Ιστορίας στο Δημοτικό: Διερεύνηση των απόψεων των εκπαιδευτικών για το νέο Πρόγραμμα Σπουδών της Ιστορίας στο Δημοτικό, κατά την πιλοτική του εφαρμογή
Creators: name: Σούκουλης, Ιωάννης
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Πελοποννήσου
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Ιστορία -- Μελέτη και διδασκαλία (Πρωτοβάθμια) -- Ελλάδα -- Περιπτωσιολογικές μελέτες
subject: Προγράμματα μαθημάτων, Σχεδιασμός τους -- Ελλάδα -- Περιπτωσιολογικές μελέτες
subject: Προγράμματα μαθημάτων, Αλλαγή τους -- Ελλάδα -- Περιπτωσιολογικές μελέτες
subject: Εκπαιδευτικοί -- Στάσεις -- Ελλάδα -- Περιπτωσιολογικές μελέτες
subject: Εκπαίδευση, Πρωτοβάθμια -- Ελλάδα -- Περιπτωσιολογικές μελέτες
subject: Ιστορία
subject: Πρόγραμμα σπουδών
subject: Αντιλήψεις εκπαιδευτικών
subject: Δεξιότητες 21ου αιώνα
subject: History
subject: Curriculum
subject: Teachers' perceptions
subject: 21st century skills

description: Αριθμός Εισαγωγής: 013694 cd
description: Σκοπός της παρούσας έρευνας είναι να αξιολογηθεί το νέο πρόγραμμα σπουδών της Ιστορίας, μέσα από την διερεύνηση των απόψεων των εκπαιδευτικών πρωτοβάθμιας εκπαίδευσης. Ως ερευνητικό εργαλείο χρησιμοποιήθηκε η μέθοδος της ημιδομημένης συνέντευξης. Το δείγμα μας αποτελείται από έντεκα (11) εκπαιδευτικούς πρωτοβάθμιας εκπαίδευσης, οι οποίοι είχαν εφαρμόσει πιλοτικά το νέο Π.Σ. της Ιστορίας στα πειραματικά σχολεία. Στο εισαγωγικό μέρος γίνεται αναφορά στους λόγους που οδήγησαν στην ενασχόληση με το συγκεκριμένο θέμα της εργασίας. Στο θεωρητικό μέρος της εργασίας αναλύουμε την έννοια και τα χαρακτηριστικά των αναλυτικών προγραμμάτων σπουδών και αναφερόμαστε στην διάκριση μεταξύ των εννοιών «επιδιωκόμενο Π.Σ.» (intended curriculum), «προσλαμβανόμενο ή αντιληπτό Π.Σ» (perceived curriculum), «υλοποιούμενο Π.Σ.» (enacted curriculum). Παρακολουθούμε την ιστορική εξέλιξη των προγραμμάτων σπουδών της Ιστορίας, από το 1881 έως σήμερα και αναλύουμε τις βασικές αρχές κατασκευής του νέου Π.Σ. της Ιστορίας στο Δημοτικό σχολείο. Στο τέλος του θεωρητικού πλαισίου, πραγματοποιείται η βιβλιογραφική επισκόπηση των απόψεων των εκπαιδευτικών για τα παλαιότερα προγράμματα σπουδών της Ιστορίας στο Δημοτικό σχολείο, καθώς, επίσης και για τις βασικές αρχές κατασκευής των νέων Π.Σ. στο μάθημα της Ιστορίας. Στο δεύτερο μέρος της εργασίας, παρουσιάζεται το ερευνητικό μέρος της εργασίας μας μέσα από την διερεύνηση των απόψεων των εκπαιδευτικών του Δημοτικού σχολείου για το νέο Π.Σ. της Ιστορίας. Τα αποτελέσματα της έρευνας ανέδειξαν ότι οι εκπαιδευτικοί διάκεινται θετικά προς το περιεχόμενο των νέων Π.Σ. της Ιστορίας. Ανέδειξαν ωστόσο και ορισμένες δυσκολίες που αντιμετώπισαν οι εκπαιδευτικοί, για τις οποίες διατυπώνουν τις προτάσεις τους με σκοπό να συμβάλλουν στην βελτίωση των Νέων Αναλυτικών Προγραμμάτων.
Universal four-component Fermi gas in one dimension
Creators: name: Nishida, Yusuke
name: Son, Dam T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A four-component Fermi gas in one dimension with a short-range four-body interaction is shown to exhibit a one-dimensional analog of the BCS-BEC crossover. Its low-energy physics is governed by a Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid with three spin gaps. The spin gaps are exponentially small in the weak coupling (BCS) limit where they arise from the charge-density-wave instability, and become large in the strong coupling (BEC) limit because of the formation of tightly-bound tetramers. We investigate the ground-state energy, the sound velocity, and the gap spectrum in the BCS-BEC crossover and discuss exact relationships valid in our system. We also show that a one-dimensional analog of the Efimov effect occurs for five bosons while it is absent for fermions. Our work opens up a very rich new field of universal few-body and many-body physics in one dimension.
description: 9 pages, 3 figures; (v2) Efimov effect for 5 bosons in 1D is discussed; (v3) expanded version
Comparative psychopathology of women with bulimia nervosa and obsessive-compulsive disorder
Creators: name: Duchmann, E.
name: Bulik, C.M.
name: Weltzin, T.E.
name: Beidel, D.C.
name: Kaye, W.H.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1992

description: Twenty women with bulimia nervosa (BN) and 20 women with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) were compared on responses to the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R), and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Multivariate analyses showed no significant differences between bulimic and OCD women on the MMPI, although a greater number of bulimic women showed significant elevations on several of the clinical scales. Analyses of SCL-90-R profiles indicated higher scores on somatization, interpersonal sensitivity, and psychoticism in the BN sample. Bulimic women did not differ significantly from OCD women on either obsessive-compulsive measures or other measures of anxiety. Similarities and differences in symptom profiles between these two groups are discussed, as well as their implications for alternative treatment approaches for BN.
The treatment of women who kill their violent male partners within the Australian criminal justice system
Creators: name: Bradfield, Rebecca
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: My thesis examines the treatment of women who kill their violent male partners within the Australian criminal justice system. The primary aim of my study is to examine the circumstances in which women kill their violent partners and to explore the ability of the criminal law to have proper regard to these circumstances. The interaction between the criminal law and battered women who kill their violent partners is a topical issue that has generated substantial interest and debate in many western countries. My thesis provides an empirical study detailing the legal outcome and circumstances of the killing in the 76 cases identified where women have killed their male partner. In the context of these findings, I examine reliance on the various defences to murder (diminished responsibility, provocation, lack of the requisite intent for murder, self-defence, insanity and automatism). The argument advanced is that the current approach of the Australian criminal justice system to battered women who kill reveals sympathy for their situation, but a failure to adequately consider whether these circumstances provide the basis for self-defence. I examine the procedural rules that interact with the substantive law of self-defence to constrain a battered woman's ability to convey the reality of her experience of violence to the fact-finder. In facilitating reliance on self-defence, I propose a shift in the current evidentiary approach to battered women who kill from the 'battered woman syndrome' framework to the reception of social framework evidence in its own right. My thesis also includes a consideration of the judicial approach in sentencing women who kill their violent partners. My analysis suggests that there is sympathy for the woman's situation, however there is not an adequate recognition of the mitigatory impact of a history of violence. The dominant judicial approach to mitigation appears to be premised according to principles of 'mercy' and 'sympathy' for women who can position themselves as the 'appropriate victim'. Although focusing on the Australian criminal justice system, my thesis has potential application beyond this context.
title: A Planning Analysis of Utah Lake to Determine its Recreational Potential
Creators: name: Talbert, Robert D.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1968

description: Utah Lake, located near Provo, Utah, is a lake of relatively low recreational development. There are certain inherent conditions that contribute to this situation. Four of them are, water level fluctuation, pollution, turbidity and the close proximity of other recreation sites of possible high desirability. This thesis explores these four problems and offers solutions and recommendations to solve or otherwise control their effect on recreation at Utah Lake.
The water level fluctuation will be under greater control after the Central Utah Project completes certain alterations in the lake and its watershed. Some fluctuation will continue but by proper design of facilities, the effect will be minimal.
The pollution situation is much improved now that the Water Pollution Control Act has stopped the flow of raw sewage to the lake.
Turbidity is caused by the wind action on the surface of this shallow lake and may be an insoluble problem. However, by altering the bottom situation of the lake, the effect of this problem can be lessened.
Other recreation sites are readily available to the residents of Utah Valley. However, Utah Lake offers some opportunities of its own that are not found elsewhere at these nearby mountain sites. By providing facilities to capitalize of the lake's major attractions, namely, boating, fishing, and hunting, the major effect of these other recreation sites on Utah Lake will be slight.
Certain shoreline locations provide definite potential for specific types of recreational developments. If these sites are carefully planned and properly designed, the existing problems can be lessened and the recreational potential at Utah Lake greatly increased.
An Extended Kerr-Schild Ansatz
Creators: name: Ett, Benjamin
name: Kastor, David
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an analysis of the vacuum Einstein equations for a recently proposed extension of the Kerr-Schild ansatz that includes a spacelike vector field as well as the usual Kerr-Schild null vector. We show that many, although not all, of the simplifications that occur in the Kerr-Schild case continue to hold for the extended ansatz. In particular, we find a simple set of sufficient conditions on the vectors such that the vacuum field equations truncate beyond quadratic order in an expansion around a general vacuum background solution. We extend our analysis to the electrovac case with a related ansatz for the gauge field.
description: 13 pages; v2-improved result in section 5, smaller changes throughout
What the Latin literature truly tells us about the orientation of camps, towns and centuriation
Creators: name: Sparavigna, Amelia Carolina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Archaeoastronomy
Roman town-planning
Ancient town-planning
Solar orientation

description: Here we are proposing a presentation and translation of some parts of the work by J. Le Gall on the solar orientation of the Roman camps, towns and centuriation. Le Gall is giving us a detailed description of the Latin literature regarding this orientation. The article, that was published in 1975 in the Mélanges de l'école française de Rome is therefore a fundamental reading so as not to get biased by any suggestion about solar orientation, that we can find in modern literature.
title: Effect of Early Growth Cultivation on Beans and Sweet Corn
Creators: name: Cartee, Raymond L.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1972

description: Investigations involving four cultivation treatments were conducted at the Utah State University Greenville Experimental Farm to determine the effect of these treatments on yields of beans and sweet corn. The effects of the different treatments on soil water content, soil temperature, and weed control in beans and corn were investigated. The effect of cultivation on the degree of root rot infection and the effect of different planting dates were also investigated in the bean study.
The pre-emergence treatment (ridged just before the plants emerge) produced a 48 percent greater bean yield and a 40 percent greater corn yield than the control treatment (no cultivation). The planting-ridge treatment (ridged at planting time) produced 21 percent greater bean yield than the control treatment. The post-emergence treatment (cultivated after the plants emerged) yielded 10 percent more beans and 20 percent more corn than the control treatment. The second and third planting dates produced 16 and 42 percent, respectively, greater bean yields than the first planting date. The pre-emergence treatment had a higher soil water content and soil temperature than the other methods in both the beans and corn. The pre-emergence treatment had 50 percent less root rot infection than the control treatment. The planting-ridge treatment had 30 percent less root infection than the control and the post-emergence root infection was 17 percent less than the control. The root rot infection in the second and third plantings was 15 and 32 percent, respectively, less than the first planting. The order of best weed control was: pre-emergence, planting-ridge, and post-emergence. The pre-emergence treatment produced the most favorable results in all aspects of the study.
Making nature: Extinct Tasmanian plants
Creators: name: Glade-Wright, RE
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: The capacity of art to communicate my concern regarding the extinction of plant life in Tasmania is the subject of my investigation. Extinct plants distil and foreshadow my broader concerns for the future of all living entities. The plants that are lost due to extinction are often the silent victims of our land use practices. Making nature: Extinct Tasmanian plants, is an installation of art works that commemorate the extinction of twenty two Tasmanian plants. The art works take the form of embroidered wreaths, funeral urns and a memorial board. My aim in creating the art work is to encourage reflection regarding the role that members of our society have played in the loss of these plants. We may unwittingly be contributing to extinction and thereby ‚àö¬¢vîv¿Œ©vîv¿Œ©making nature‚àö¬¢vîv¿Œ©vîv¿Œ© in the process. A part of my motivation for creating this body of work has been to highlight the grief I feel when I learn that a plant species has been extinguished. My objective has been to represent the extinct plants in a manner that may elicit an experience of beauty amongst the viewers of my art. Beauty has the potential to arouse meaningful connections between the viewer and the plants, whereas, extinction eradicates that possibility and destroys the prospect of relationships between living things. Therefore, my use of beauty in the art work is subversive, because I am not seeking to provide pleasure; I have sought, instead, to generate a sense of anguish due to the loss of these plants. My investigative work draws associations with the art of Andy Warhol, Gregory Pryor, Janet Laurence, Fiona Hall and Christian Boltanski. Significant aspects of their work are discussed in relation to issues that I have examined in my art, including extinction, beauty and loss. Theories that examine the idea of beauty, including the reasons why it matters to us and how it affects us are explored. I argue that in the presence of beauty we can be moved to critical reflection. Such aesthetic and cognitive judgements surrounding beauty may lead to a greater awareness of the human impact on the natural environment. The project makes a contribution to the field of visual art through the theoretical examination of beauty in the context of contemporary arts practice. This visual work makes a contribution to knowledge by testing the capacity of art to create a commemorative site for reflection about the impact of extinction in Tasmania.
What the Latin literature truly tells us about the orientation of camps, towns and centuriation
Creators: name: Sparavigna, Amelia Carolina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Archaeoastronomy
Roman town-planning
Ancient town-planning
Solar orientation

description: Here we are proposing a presentation and translation of some parts of the work by J. Le Gall on the solar orientation of the Roman camps, towns and centuriation. Le Gall is giving us a detailed description of the Latin literature regarding this orientation. The article, that was published in 1975 in the Mélanges de l'école française de Rome is therefore a fundamental reading so as not to get biased by any suggestion about solar orientation, that we can find in modern literature.
description: Typos revised in the new version. See please it. Thank you
The Lagrangian-Hamiltonian Formalism for Higher Order Field Theories
Creators: name: Vitagliano, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 53B50; 53C80; 70S05

description: We generalize the Lagrangian-Hamiltonian formalism of Skinner and Rusk to higher order field theories on fiber bundles. As a byproduct we solve the long standing problem of defining, in a coordinate free manner, a Hamiltonian formalism for higher order Lagrangian field theories. Namely, our formalism does only depend on the action functional and, therefore, unlike previously proposed ones, is free from any relevant ambiguity.
description: 29 pages, revised version as accepted for publication in J. Geom. Phys
title: Effects of Selected Herbicides on Perennial Grasses and Water Pollution under Tropical, High Rainfall Condition
Creators: name: Chase, Richard L.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1972

description: The following herbicides were evaluated for their effect on perennial grasses and water pollution in El Salvador, Central America: MSMA (monosodium methanearsonate), DSMA (disodium methanearsonate), cacodylic acid (hydroxydimethylarsine oxide), paraquat (1 ,1 'dimethyl- 4,4'-bipyridinium ion), dalapon (2,2-dichloropropionic acid), amitrole (3-amino-s-triazole), atrazine (2-chloro-4-(ethylamino)-6-(isopropylamino)- s-triazine), diuron (3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea), and karbutilate (m-(3,3-dimethylureido)phenyl-t-butylcarbamate), The herbicides were sprayed on drainage channels at different dosage levels, Some plots received one application, others received two, and still others received three applications.
All herbicides except atrazine effectively controlled perennial grasses, Cacodylic acid was the most effective contact chemical, with dosage levels of 7 and 10 kg/ha achieving 77 percent control of the grasses after two applications, Four and 6 kg/ha of amitrole produced 67 percent during the same period, but control of amitrole then increased while control of cacodylic acid decreased.
After three applications, 5 kg/ha of MSMA yielded 88 percent control, MSMA was more effective than DSMA or dalapon, No significant increase in control was obtained by alternating dalapon and organic arsenicals.
A single application of 12 kg/ha of diuron and karbutilate effectively controlled perennial grasses for 6 weeks.
During the dry season, a single application of MSMA at 5 kg/ha, cacodylic acid at 10 kg/ha, and paraquat at 2 kg/ha each yielded over 70 percent control after 8 days.
Water samples were taken during rainstorms that occurred shortly after application of diuron, MSMA, and cacodylic acid, The highest concentration of diuron was 1,8 ppm, Samples containing MSMA and cacodylic acid were analyzed for arsenic, and in no case was the concentration greater than .5 ppm, These low concentrations likely would not be hazardous to crops, animals, or fish.
title: Model for Estimating Soil Water Flow, Water Content, Evapotranspiration and Root Extraction
Creators: name: Nimah, Musa N.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1972

description: A mathematical model was developed to predict water content profiles, evapotranspiration, water flow from or to the water table, root extraction and root water potential at the surface as functions of time under unsteady state conditions.
The model was tested in the field at The Hullinger Farm near Vernal, Utah, in 1970 and 1971. Comparison of water content-depth profiles show excellent agreement at the end of a 9- day run in 1970 on oats seeded to alfalfa. In 1971 with alfalfa as the crop, the data show best agreement, between predicted and computed water content-depth profiles, 48 hours after any water addition. The poorest agreement for both crops was right after irrigation.
The computed cumulative ET was 4.9 em which was 0.4 em less than actual (measured) ET, during the 9- day period in 1970. In 1971, the actual and measured ET were the same for the whole season. This agreement may be partially due to the "forcing" of the water removal by ET to be the same as measured.
In 1970, the computed cumulative upward flow from the water table was 2.20 em which was 0.1 em greater than the actual for the 9-day period. In 1971, the cumulative upward water flow from the water table was 4.80 em which was 3.20 em greater than the calculated for the whole season of 116 days.
Methods for describing distribution of soundwood in mature western hemlock trees
Creators: name: Munro, Donald Deane
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Estimation of soundwood volume and value is particularly important in British Columbia because nearly half of the forests are overmature or decadent. The objective of this thesis was to develop analytical techniques to define distribution of gross and net volumes within individual standing trees in order that appropriate reductions for decay could be made for estimates of volumes of logs of specified sizes and grades. Relationships of heartrot to stand and tree characteristics and to external abnormalities were analysed for 369 western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla (Rafn.) Sarg.) trees from the Yale Public Sustained Yield Unit in British Columbia. Comprehensive sorting, correlation and regression analyses were carried out on an I. B. M. 7044 electronic computer. One multiple regression equation provided estimates of total decay volume within individual trees from DBH, total height and external indicators of decay. It had a standard error of estimated decay volume of 18.7 cubic feet (19.5 per cent). A second equation estimated decay volume within individual logs in standing trees from the above variables and from section height. It had standard errors of estimate ranging from 13.7 cubic feet (31.6 per cent) in butt logs to 0.1 cubic feet (2.9 per cent) in top logs. The best taper function which could be derived to estimate upper stem diameters inside bark had a standard error of estimate of 1.29 inches using measures of DBH and total height. Combination of the log and tree decay estimating functions and the taper function facilitated complete description of the soundwood volumes in the sample of 369 trees. A graphical analysis was developed whereby percentages of trees in a stand with more or less than specified decay volumes could be estimated. Preliminary chemical studies of western hemlock wood infected with Echinodontium tinetorium E. and E. indicated that cellulose yields were slightly less than those from soundwood. Such partly decayed wood might be used for the manufacture of pulp without serious reductions in yield on a volume or weight basis. Further research is needed to substantiate the possible cyclic nature of decay losses and to determine the influence of bark thickness and natural pruning on the distribution of decay within individual trees. Application of the analytical techniques developed for western hemlock to other species should result in more precise estimates of soundwood volumes and values, thereby contributing to improved management planning and utilization.
Fractal Bubble Cosmology: A concordant cosmological model?
Creators: name: Kwan, Juliana
name: Francis, Matthew J.
name: Lewis, Geraint F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Fractal Bubble model has been proposed as a viable cosmology that does not require dark energy to account for cosmic acceleration, but rather attributes its observational signature to the formation of structure. In this paper it is demonstrated that, in contrast to previous findings, this model is not a good fit to cosmological supernovae data; there is significant tension in the best fit parameters obtained from different samples, whereas LCDM is able to fit all datasets consistently. Furthermore, the concordance between galaxy clustering scales and data from the cosmic microwave background is not achieved with the most recent supernova compilations. The validity of the FB formalism as a sound cosmological model is further challenged as it is shown that previous studies of this model achieve concordance by requiring a value for the present day Hubble constant that is derived from supernovae data containing an arbitrary distance normalisation.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures, revised version published in MNRAS letters
Lax forms of the $q$-Painlevé equations
Creators: name: Murata, Mikio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: All $q$-Painlevé equations which are obtained from the $q$-analog of the sixth Painlevé equation are expressed in a Lax formalism. They are characterized by the data of the associated linear $q$-difference equations. The degeneration pattern from the $q$-Painlevé equation of type $A_2$ is also presented.
description: 24 pages
What the Latin literature truly tells us about the orientation of camps, towns and centuriation
Creators: name: Sparavigna, Amelia Carolina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Archaeoastronomy
Roman town-planning
Ancient town-planning
Solar orientation

description: Here we are proposing a presentation and translation of some parts of the work by J. Le Gall on the solar orientation of the Roman camps, towns and centuriation. Le Gall is giving us a detailed description of the Latin literature regarding this orientation. The article, that was published in 1975 in the Mélanges de l'école française de Rome is therefore a fundamental reading so as not to get biased by any suggestion about solar orientation, that we can find in modern literature.
description: Two typos revised in the new version. See please it. Thank you
Battery 2030+ Roadmap - Inventing the sustainable batteries of the futures
Creators: name: Regårdh, Eva
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Battery 2030+,
BATTERY 2030+ Roadmap
Battery interfaces
Battery genome
Smart batteries
Self-healing batteries
Battery research in EU

description: Battery 2030+ is a large-scale cross-sectoral European research initiative bringing together the most important stakeholders in the field of battery R&D. The initiative fosters concrete actions to support the European Green Deal reaching a climate neutral society with a long-term vision of cutting-edge research reaching far beyond 2030. The roadmap outline research areas for the involved projects, like smart functionalities, new materials (chemistry neurtral platform), interfaces and methods for accelerate fundamental battery research.
Gaugino radiative decay in an anomalous U(1)' model
Creators: name: Lionetto, Andrea
name: Racioppi, Antonio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the neutralino radiative decay into the lightest supersymmetric particle (LSP) in the framework of a minimal anomalous U(1)' extension of the MSSM. It turns out that in a suitable decoupling limit the axino, which is present in the Stückelberg multiplet, is the LSP. We compute the branching ratio (BR) for the decay of a neutralino into an axino and a photon. We find that in a wide region of the parameter space, the BR is higher than 93% in contrast with the typical value (<=1%) in the CMSSM.
description: 18 pages, 7 eps figures, feynmf, revised final version, published on Nucl. Phys. B
Can Massless and Light Yukawaons be Harmless?
Creators: name: Koide, Yoshio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the so-called yukawaon model, where the effective Yukawa coupling constants Y_f^{eff} (f=e,ν,u,d) are given by vacuum expectation values (VEVs) of gauge singlet scalars (yukawaons) Y_f with 3\times 3 components, i.e. Y_f^{eff}= y_f < Y_f>/Λ, massless (and light) scalars appear because a global flavor symmetry is assumed. In order to demonstrate whether such massless scalars in the yukawaon model are harmless or not, yukawaon masses are explicitly estimated, as an example, in the charged lepton sector.
description: version accepted by IJMPA, 14 pages, no figure, title and presentation changed
Comparison of Ab initio Low-Energy Models for LaFePO, LaFeAsO, BaFe2As2, LiFeAs, FeSe and FeTe: Electron Correlation and Covalency
Creators: name: Miyake, Takashi
name: Nakamura, Kazuma
name: Arita, Ryotaro
name: Imada, Masatoshi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Effective low-energy Hamiltonians for several different families of iron-based superconductors are compared after deriving them from the downfolding scheme based on first-principles calculations. Systematic dependences of the derived model parameters on the families are elucidated, many of which are understood from the systematic variation of the covalency between Fe-3d and pnictogen-/chalcogen-p orbitals.
description: 23 pages, 7 figures and 12 tables. To appear in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. The revised version contains a comment on the transfer integrals in the caption of Table |V. Table |V-V|| have been revised accordingly.
title: The Covalent Interaction of Hepatic Metabolites of the Insecticide Chlordane with Cellular Macromolecules in the Rat and Mouse In Vitro
Creators: name: Brimfield, Alan A.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1979

description: This investigation addressed several aspects of the covalent interaction of metabolites of the insecticide chlordane with cellular macromolecules in vitro. Microsomal preparations from the liver of mice and rats were used and covalent binding to microsomal protein and RNA or to added calf thymus DNA was studied. Pure 14C-labelled cis- and trans-chlordane isomers as well as an isomeric mixture (14C-cis-chlordane plus 14C-trans-chlordane 3:1, w:w) were used as substrates for the in vitro system. Biochemical parameters investigated included inhibition of microsomal mixed-function oxidase and epoxide hydratase plus the induction of these enzymes by pretreatment with chlordane or phenobarbital. The effect of these manipulations on covalent binding of the metabolites to the macromolecules was of interest.
Isolation of the protein, RNA and DNA from the in vitro microsomal systems and determination of unextractable radioactivity indicated that the chlordane derived material bound to each of the macromolecules investigated. The only exception was that mouse liver microsomes did not activate trans-chlordane to a form which bound to DNA in measurable amounts under the conditions employed.
Microsomal epoxide hydratase and aminopyrine demethylase activity were increased in both the rat and the mouse following chlordane pretreatment. The effect of this induction on the macromolecular interaction of chlordane metabolites was variable for both chlordane and phenobarbital pretreated groups. Generally, for the mouse, induction increased binding to protein and DNA but decreased binding to RNA. In the rat, induction decreased binding to each of the macromolecular species. The effect of enzyme inhibition was variable in both species under the different conditions tested except for the binding of cis-chlordane derived material to DNA in the mouse liver system. In that case inhibition of epoxide hydratase clearly reduced the concentration of material covalently interacting with the DNA to unmeasurable levels.
The results indicated little possibility that the primary epoxide metabolite of chlordane, oxychlordane, is involved in the binding. The effects of epoxide hydratase inhibition, however, indicate that some secondary epoxide is involved in the cis-chlordane binding to DNA in the mouse. The possible analogy between the binding behavior of chlordane found in this study and the binding behavior of other well characterized toxic compounds is discussed.
Effects of perceived brand authenticity on brand trust among LGBTQ+ consumers
Creators: name: Owens, Maria
name: 0009-0006-8775-3911
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 2023
Subjects: Advertising
Research

description: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between perceived brand authenticity and brand trust among LGBTQ+ consumers. It also explored the association of skepticism and self-identification (LGBTQ+, LGBTQ+ ally, or neither). The sample size (n=281) has been adjusted to account for incomplete surveys. 60.14% of the sample identify as heterosexual while the other respondents identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, same gender loving, asexual, queer, heteroflexible, or their sexual identity was not listed. The results revealed a significant positive relationship between perceived brand authenticity and trustworthiness. Additionally, the data shows that LGBTQ+ individuals are more skeptical and less likely to trust brands on social media and companies that post LGBTQ-related messages.
Influencing factors for light duty electric vehicle adoption and anticipated impacts on the Electric Reliability Council of Texas
Creators: name: Nelson, Kelsey Marie
name: 0000-0001-7279-8128
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 2023
Subjects: Electric vehicles
Peak demand

description: Electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming a more prominent portion of Texas’s light duty vehicle (LDV) fleet as they become more attractive to consumers and as relevant governing bodies work to incentivize further adoption rates in an effort to reduce emissions within the transportation industry. Meanwhile, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the electric grid that services about 90% of the state’s residents, has been seeing increases in power demand. This has been due to factors such as a growing population, increased air conditioning use, and pushes for electrification across other industries, all factors that are expected to continue contributing to power demand increases within the foreseeable future. As more vehicles in the state are electrified, they will add further power demand increases on top of the existing contributing factors. This work focuses on evaluating different EV adoption, charging management, and policy scenarios in order to then evaluate how they may be expected to impact ERCOT, particularly regarding peak demand increase within two time horizons: one into 2030 and one into 2050. Peak demand is an important consideration because as it increases, it presents challenges for maintaining the electrical grid’s reliability when it exceeds generation capacity. After constructing and refining models which predict EV presence at the county level based on socio-economic and infrastructure related feature variables, the anticipated impacts of a growing EV fleet are quantified using historical data from ERCOT, planned installations and reserve margins, EV charging patterns, and travel patterns. Additionally, this work includes results from a collaboration which culminated in applying relevant EV fleet growth predictions to a DC-OPF simulation for Austin Energy, serving as a case study for the future of EV fleet impacts on relatively small-scale utilities. The results of this study showcase the fact that it is possible to accurately predict EV presence at the county level with 6 publicly available feature variables. In examining adoption pathways, it importantly finds that current incentives will very likely be insufficient for the achievement of the Biden Administration’s 50% market share goal by 2030. Should this market share goal come to fruition, however, it is expected to be manageable at the state level and within the Austin Energy case study regarding electricity supply in 2030. Sustained growth from this scenario, however, will necessitate ambitious charging management strategies in order to limit the potentially heavy impact of a growing EV fleet on peak demand looking forward into and beyond 2050.
Entanglement detection from interference fringes in atom-photon systems
Creators: name: Suzuki, Jun
name: Miniatura, Christian
name: Nemoto, Kae
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A measurement scheme of atomic qubits pinned at given positions is studied by analyzing the interference pattern obtained when they emit photons spontaneously. In the case of two qubits, a well-known relation is revisited, in which the interference visibility is equal to the concurrence of the state in the infinite spatial separation limit of the qubits. By taking into account the super-radiant and sub-radiant effects, it is shown that a state tomography is possible when the qubit spatial separation is comparable to the wavelength of the atomic transition. In the case of three qubits, the relations between various entanglement measures and the interference visibility are studied, where the visibility is defined from the two-qubit case. A qualitative correspondence among these entanglement relations is discussed. In particular, it is shown that the interference visibility is directly related to the maximal bipartite negativity.
description: 12 pages, 2 figures, published version