cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
BREEDING TOMATOES FOR THE CARIBBEAN
Creators: name: Anais, G.
name: Daly, P.
name: Anais, G.
name: Daly, P.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1985
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Tomato
subject: Lycopersicon esculentum
subject: heat tolerance
subject: disease resistance
subject: breeding
subject: French Antilles
subject: hot humid tropics

description: For over 15 years the INRA Antilles Guyane Plant Breeding Station in Guadeloupe and IRAT Antilles in Martinique have been working in cooperation on breeding tomato varieties adapted to the Caribbean. The main problems encountered were heat tolerance and disease resistance, especially to Bacterial Wilt caused by Pseuooraones solanacearum which prohibits growing of susceptible tomato lines in infested areas. The first step of this work was the introduction and screening of an extensive world collection. This resulted in the identification of some tropical and subtropical varieties suited for cultivation in certain situations in the French Antilles. TIle second step was to breed varieties better adapted to our conditions. This resulted in the release of lines resistant to P. solanacearum and/or heat tolerant. The last variety released, "Caraibe," which is both heat tolerant and resistant to P. solsneceerum, also carries resistance to Stemphylium solanae (Gray Leaf Spot) and Fusarium oxvsporum (Races 0 and O. Further breeding is needed to add root knot nematode resistance, Cladosporium fulvum (Leaf Mould) resistance, to improve fruit quality and to-diversify varietal types. ----- Por mas de quince aiios la Estacidn Guyana del Mejoramiento Genetico, INRA Antilles, en Martinfca, ha estado trabajando cooperativamente, con miras hacia un mejoramiento genetico de variedades de tomate adaptadas para el Caribe. Los principales problemas encontrados fueron: tolerancia al calor y resistencia a enfermedades, especialmente al Aiiublo Bacterial, causadas por Pseudomonas soteneceerum, 10 cual no permite el creciminento de tomate de Iineas susceptibles, en areas infestadas, La primera etapa del mencionado trabajo fue, la introducci.6n de y la selecci6n de una colleccion mundial muy extensa. Esto dio como resultado, la identificaci6n de algunas variedases tropicales y sub-tropicales aptas para el cultivo, en ciertas situaciones, en las Antillas Francesas. La segunda etapa ful, de mejorar geneticamente, variedades las cuales son mejor adaptadas a nuestro medio. Esto dlo como resultado el relevo de lineas resistentes a P. soteneceerum, y con 0 sin tolerancia al calor. La ultima variedad relevada, 'Caraibe', la cual es tolerante al calor y resistente a P. soieneceerum, tarnbien es resistente a 5 temphylium solanae (Mancha gris) y Fusarium oxvsporum (Raza 0 y I). Se necesita llevar a cabo un mejoramiento genetico adicional para, poder obtener resistencia al Nodulador, al Cladosporium fulvum (Moho), mejorar la calidad del fruto y diversificar los tipos varietales.
NN final-state interaction in two-nucleon knockout from $^{16}O$
Creators: name: Schwamb, M.
name: Boffi, S.
name: Giusti, C.
name: Pacati, F. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The influence of the mutual interaction between the two outgoing nucleons (NN-FSI) in electro- and photoinduced two-nucleon knockout from $^{16}O$ has been investigated perturbatively. It turns out that the effect of NN-FSI depends on the kinematics and on the type of reaction considered. The effect is generally larger in pp- than in pn-knockout and in electron induced than in photoinduced reactions. In superparallel kinematics NN-FSI leads in the $(e,e'pp)$ channel to a strong increase of the cross section, that is mainly due to a strong enhancement of the $Δ$-current contribution. In pn-emission, however, this effect is partially cancelled by a destructive interference with the seagull current. For photoreactions NN-FSI is considerably reduced in superparallel kinematics and can be practically negligible in specific kinematics.
description: 16 pages, 9 figures
GENETIC STRATEGIES FOR BREEDING LONG LASTING TOMATOES
Creators: name: Martin, Franklin W.
name: Martin, Franklin W.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1985
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Tomato
subject: Lycopersicum esculentum
subject: Breeding
subject: Shelf life
subject: Puerto Rico
subject: Hot humid tropics

description: Tomatoes that will last for one month or more at tropical temperatures, without refrigeration, are now feasible. Attention has been given to major genes which drastically modify the ripening process. When these genes are homozygous, tomatoes do not develop fuU color and may not soften for months. In the heterozygous state, as would be found in hybrid tomatoes, these genes result in red tomatoes with extended shelf life. A search was made for genes that increase shelf life without drastic effects. Six sources of long-life were crossed to a conventional tomato cultivar and shelf life was measured in F 1, F2, F3 and DCgenerations. In each generation shelf lives were shorter than those of the long-lived parent, and usually as short or shorter than the mean of the two parents. A few segregants with exceptionally long shelf life were obtained. The results suggest that a relatively few genes are segragating and that these can be transferred to more suitable varieties to achieve long lasting tomatoes in pure lines. ----- Ya es factible lograr tomates que puedon dura un mes 0 mas a unas temperaturas tropicales, sin refrigeracidn, Se ha enfocados en algunos genes principales que modifican radicalmente el proceso de maduracion, Cuando estos genes son homocigdncos, el color de los tombtes no se desarrolla plenamente y los frutos pueden tardar unos moses en ablandarse. En el estado heterocig6tico, como el que puede observarso en los tomates hibridos, estos genes producen tomates rojos con una vida de almaconaje mas extendida, Se bused los genes que extiendon la vida de almacenajo sin producir otros efectas graves. Se cruz6 seis especies duraderas con un cultivar de tomate tradicional y se calculo' la vida de almacenaje para las generaciones Fl, F2, F3 Y BC. Para cada generacidn, la vida de almacenaje era mas corta que la de la planta madre mas duradera; en la mayorfa de los casos, era tan codta 0 mas corta que la vida promedia de las dos plantas madres, Se obtuvo algunos elementos segregados con una vida de almacenaje excepcionalmente larga, Los resultados hacen creer que existen unos pocos genes segregantes y que estes se pueden trasladar a unas especies mas convenientes, afin de lograr tomates duraderas en las especies puras.
A REVIEW OF PEANUT CULTIVAR EVALUATION IN JAMAICA
Creators: name: Payne, Horace W.
name: Payne, Horace W.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1985
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Peanut
subject: Cultivar evaluation
subject: Jamaica

description: Work on peanut cultivar evaluation in Jamaica is reviewed. Over 100 introductions have been made in recent years and several have shown improved yield and kernel size compared to the local Valencia cultivar. Differences in season length (90 to 150 days) make comparison of cultivars based on kernel yield per unit area alone unsatisfactory for assessing the order of merit. The time factor must be taken into account to determine the economic rate of return on investment. Kernel yield in kg ha-1 per 5-day period of growth is suggested as the most suitable criterion for comparative performance. Socio-economic factors suggest that cultivars of short season length and erect bunch habit as represented by Spanish/Valencia market types are suited to the rainfed conditions and low management input production system of small farmers. Large seeded cultivars with spreading habit and requiring a long season length as represented by Viginia/Runner market types are suited to large farms equipped with machinery and irrigation facilities. ----- Esta es una revision del trabajo de evaluaci6n de cultivares de mani llevados a cabo en Jamaica. En afios recientes mas de 100 varidades fueron introdlucidas y muchas de elias rnostraron mejorias en cuanto se refiere ala produccion y al tamailo del grano, comparadas con la variedad criolla, el cultivar Valencia. Variaciones estacionales (de 90 a 150 dias) hacen que la comparaci6n de cuItivares, basada solamente en la producci6n del grano/unidad de superficie, no sea satisfactoria para poder evaluar el orden de merito, EI factor tiempo se debe eonsidedar para poder deterrninar la tasa economica de rendiimiento de inversi6n. EI criterio mas adecuado para la comparacion del desempeiiamiento de las diferentes variedades es, el de la producci6n del grano por kg ha-1 per 5 dias de crecimiento. Factodes socio-economicos sugieren que las variedades precoces y con un habito de crecimiento arbustivo, como ser el de la variedad Spanish/Valencia, son adecuadas para condiciones pluviales y para el sistema de manejo de baja produccion de los pequenos agricultores, Las variedades de grano grande y de guia larga y de tipo de crecimento de dia largo representadas por la variedad Virginia/Runner, son adecuadas para plantaciones en fincas grandes equipadas coil maquinarias y equipo de irrigaci6n.
Exploring a quantum-information-relevant magnonic material: Ultralow damping at low temperature in the organic ferrimagnet V[TCNE]x
Creators: name: Yusuf, Huma
name: Chilcote, Michael
name: Candido, Denis R.
name: Kurfman, Seth W.
name: Cormode, Donley S.
name: Lu, Yu
name: Flatté, Michael E.
name: Johnston-Halperin, Ezekiel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum information science and engineering requires novel low-loss magnetic materials for magnon-based quantum-coherent operations. The search for low-loss magnetic materials, traditionally driven by applications in microwave electronics near room-temperature, has gained additional constraints from the need to operate at cryogenic temperatures for many applications in quantum information science and technology. Whereas yttrium iron garnet (YIG) has been the material of choice for decades, the emergence of molecule-based materials with robust magnetism and ultra-low damping has opened new avenues for exploration. Specifically, thin-films of vanadium tetracyanoethylene (V[TCNE]x) can be patterned into the multiple, connected structures needed for hybrid quantum elements and have shown room-temperature Gilbert damping (α = 4 \times 10^-5) that rivals the intrinsic (bulk) damping otherwise seen only in highly-polished YIG spheres (far more challenging to integrate into arrays). Here, we present a comprehensive and systematic study of the low-temperature magnetization dynamics for V[TCNE]x thin films, with implications for their application in quantum systems. These studies reveal a temperature-driven, strain-dependent magnetic anisotropy that compensates the thin-film shape anisotropy, and the recovery of a magnetic resonance linewidth at 5 K that is comparable to room-temperature values (roughly 2 G at 9.4 GHz). We can account for these variations of the V[TCNE]x linewidth within the context of scattering from very dilute paramagnetic impurities, and anticipate additional linewidth narrowing as the temperature is further reduced.
description: The first two authors contributed equally
THE EVALUATION OF TOMATO VARIETIES IN ST. LUCIA
Creators: name: Sajjapongse, A.
name: George, Calixte
name: Sajjapongse, A.
name: George, Calixte
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1985
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Tomato varieties
subject: St. Lucia
subject: Hot humid tropics

description: Two trials were conducted during the period October 1984 to May 1985, to identify AVRDC tomato varieties that can yield reasonably high when grown during the hot wet season (off-season) and/or cool season (in-season) of the tropical lowlands. A total of 30 varieties were evaluated. The results showed that four open pollinated varieties, i.e, CL5915 - 229D4 - 1 - 1 - 0, CL5915 - 229D4 - 1 - 5 - 0, CL5915 - 136D4 - 1 - 0 and CL5915 - 222D4 - 0 - 4 - 0: and two hybrids, i.e. PT913 and PTI600 out-yielded the Caraibe, the best of the currently grown varieties, The highest yield of 43.99 t ha-l came from CL5915 - 229D4 - 1 - 5 - 0. This yield was more than double of the Caraibe (19.15 t ha-1). Yield difference was due to differences in fruit size and number of fruit plant-1. ----- Durante el periodo entre Octubre de 1984 a Mayo de 1985, dos experimentos fueron llevados a cabo con el objeto de evaluar variedades de tomate del AVRDC, de alta producci6n, esto cuando estuviesen plantadas 0, durante la estacion calurosa y humeda (fuera de estacion) 0, durante la estacion templada (en estacion) de las zonas bajas tropic ales. Un total de 30 variedades fueron evaluadas. Los resultados mostraron que habian cuatro variedades de pollinacion de eruce, ejemplo: CL5915 - 229D4 - I - I - 0; CL5915 - 229D4 - I - 5 - 0, CL5915 - 136D4 - I - 0 y CL5915 - 222D4 - 0 - 4 - 0 Y dos variedades hibridas ejemplo: PT913 y PTl600, las cuales produjeron mas que la variedad Caraibe, la cu~1 es considerada como la mejor entre las que se plantan actualmente, La produccirin mas alta de la variedad CL5915 - 229D4 -I - 5 - 0, fue de 43.99 t ha! , Esta produccion fue mas del doble que la de la variedad Caraibe (19.15 t ha- 1 ). Las diferencias de rendimiento fueron debidas a Ulna variacion en el tamario del fruto y al rufrnero de frutos planta-1 .
OYO STATE TOURISM ACTION PLAN, OYO STATE, NIGERIA O. A. Akande and S.O. Jimoh.
Creators: name: Akande, Olumuyiwa A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Introduction

Oyo State, popularly referred to as the PACE SETTER STATE is one of the 36 states of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. It was created from the old Western State of Nigeria in 1976. Oyo State is mainly inhabited by the Yoruba ethnic group who are primarily agrarian but has a predilection for living in high density urban centres.

Ibadan was the centre of administration of the old Western Region of Nigeria since the days of the British colonial rule. Other notable cities and towns in Oyo State include Oyo, Ogbomoso, Iseyin, Kisi, Okeho, Saki, Eruwa, Lanlate, Sepeteri, Ilora, Awe, Ilero, Igbeti, Igboho,Igbo-Ora and Ikoyi-Ile.

In Nigeria, revenue in the Travel and Tourism Market is projected to reach US$2,252.00m in 2022 ((Statista.com). This revenue is expected to show an annual growth rate (CAGR 2022-2026) of 12.60%, resulting in a projected market volume of US$3,620.00m by 2026. The market's largest segment is Hotels with a projected market volume of US$992.70m in 2022. In the hotels sector, the number of users is expected to amount to 17.0m users by 2026. The average revenue per user (ARPU) is expected to amount to US$122.80. In the Travel and Tourism  Market, 64% of total revenue will be generated through online sales by 2026, (Statista.com).

The above data reflect higher income from Hotel because there is a higher investment in the sector compared to other forms of tourism in Nigeria.

In Oyo State, the hospitality Sector is very lucrative with over 450 registered hotels in the state ((Statista.com)). However, the tourism Sector in Oyo State is underdeveloped; and needs a lot of attention for growth and development.
Handbook of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Sport: Student Engagement and Critical Pedagogies Edition
Creators: name: Pielichaty, Hanya
name: Velija, Philippa
name: Phipps, Catherine
name: Dickerson, Nik
Publisher: name: National Teaching Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 350405
subject: Sport and leisure management
classificationCode: 520107
subject: Sport and exercise psychology
classificationCode: 321006
subject: Sport and exercise nutrition
classificationCode: 390303
subject: Higher education
classificationCode: 500302
subject: Critical theory
classificationCode: 390111
subject: Physical education and development curriculum and pedagogy
classificationCode: 390102
subject: Curriculum and pedagogy theory and development

description: This teaching and learning handbook provides sports-based higher education case studies from educators around the world. The case studies cover critical pedagogical approaches in sports higher education teaching to promote student engagement.
Styloctetor stativus
Creators: name: Isaia, Marco
name: Paschetta, Mauro
name: Chiarle, Alberto
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Linyphiidae
Styloctetor
Styloctetor stativus

description: Styloctetor stativus (Simon, 1881)
NEW DATA. — Vernante: Palanfrè, beech forest, 1550 m, 11.VIII.2011, 1♂; Palanfrè, Pascariund, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 30.VII-30. VIII.2010, 1♂.
CHOROTYPE. — OLA.
MACROHABITAT. — Alpine pastures, broadleaved woods.
NOTES. — New record for the study area.
description: Published as part of Isaia, Marco, Paschetta, Mauro & Chiarle, Alberto, 2015, Annotated checklist of the spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of the Site of Community Importance and Special Area of Conservation " Alpi Marittime " (NW Italy), pp. 57-114 in Zoosystema 37 (1) on page 72, DOI: 10.5252/z2015n1a4, http://zenodo.org/record/4577680
INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO DEVELOPING WORKERS' SAFETY CULTURE IN OCCUPATIONAL PROTECTION
Creators: name: Samadova Nilufar Dilmurod qizi Student of Karshi State Technical University Karshi, Uzbekistan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This study analyzes the importance of innovative approaches in shaping workers' safety culture within the occupational safety system. It highlights that the formation of a safety culture is closely linked to organizational policies, management approaches, and workers' attitudes toward safety regulations. Based on international experience, the effectiveness of artificial intelligence, IoT, digital twins, foresight technologies, and gamification methods is evaluated. Additionally, the role of virtual reality (VR) and interactive training in enhancing safety knowledge is examined. The research findings include practical recommendations for fostering a safety culture in the workplace and implementing innovative approaches.

Keywords: Occupational safety, safety culture, innovative approaches, digital technologies, foresight, artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), gamification, virtual reality (VR), interactive learning.
THE EFFECT OF PLASTIC COVER ON TOMATO GROWTH IN THE RAINY SEASON
Creators: name: Gabriel, L.
name: Bridgelal, P.
name: Bart, A.
name: Wilson, H.
name: Ramdeensingh, S.
name: Gabriel, L.
name: Bridgelal, P.
name: Bart, A.
name: Wilson, H.
name: Ramdeensingh, S.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1985
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Tomato
subject: Wet season production
subject: Plastic covers

description: Using tomatoes as the test crop, field experiments were conducted during the rainy season in 1981-84 to evaluate the usefulness of: (a) plastic bags placed individually over each plant, (b) black plastic mulch and (c) plastic covered sheds. It was found that the plastic bags over each plant increased vegetative growth but retarded fruiting, thus depressing yield. (b) and (c) either had no significant effect or they both equally increased yield. Wet season yields from the same field could be as low as 13% of the dry season yield. ----- Experimentos de campo usando el tomate como el cultivo experimental, se lIevar6n a cabo durante la estacidn de lIuvias en los affos 1981-84, con el objeto de evaluar la utilidad de 10 siguiente: (a) bolsas pU:1sticas colocadas individuaJmente sobre cada una de las plantas, (b) plastico negro aJrededor de las plantas, (c) cobertizos cubiertos de plastico, SI~ encontro" que las bolsas plasticas colocadas sobre cada una de las plantas incremento el crecimiento vegetativo pero, retardo la fructificacion, por 10 tanto el rendimiento fue menor. Los puntos b) y c) 0 no tuvieron un efecto signiflcativo, 0 ambos de los usos incrementaron la producci6n, igualmente. Los rendimientos del mismo terreno, durante la estacion de lluvias, fueron a veces menos en un 13% que el de los obtenidos durante la estaci6n de sequia.
An inverse-system method for identification of damping rate functions in non-Markovian quantum systems
Creators: name: Xue, Shibei
name: Tan, Lingyu
name: Wu, Rebing
name: Jiang, Min
name: Petersen, Ian R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Identification of complicated quantum environments lies in the core of quantum engineering, which systematically constructs an environment model with the aim of accurate control of quantum systems. In this paper, we present an inverse-system method to identify damping rate functions which describe non-Markovian environments in time-convolution-less master equations. To access information on the environment, we couple a finite-level quantum system to the environment and measure time traces of local observables of the system. By using sufficient measurement results, an algorithm is designed, which can simultaneously estimate multiple damping rate functions for different dissipative channels. Further, we show that identifiability for the damping rate functions corresponds to the invertibility of the system and a necessary condition for identifiability is also given. The effectiveness of our method is shown in examples of an atom and three-spin-chain non-Markovian systems.
description: 9 pages, 10 figures
Self-association and chaperon activity of the small heat shock protein 27
Creators: name: Di Bard, Barbara Lelj Garolla
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Human Hsp27 is a member of the small heat shock protein family that is over-expressed during cellular stress and that is involved in biological functions ranging from inhibition of apoptosis to regulation of cellular glutathione levels. In addition, Hsp27 is an ATP-independent molecular chaperon that binds to unfolding peptides and inhibits their precipitation. Roles for Hsp27 in several human diseases have also been proposed. For example, the expression of Hsp27 by several human tumors has been noted as a potential diagnostic feature or a therapeutic target. Increasing evidence indicates that the biological functions of Hsp27 are linked to the reversible self-association of the protein to form large oligomers in a process that is at least in part regulated by reversible phosphorylation of three Ser residues. The three-dimensional structure of Hsp27 is not available, and relatively few rigorous physical studies of the protein have been reported. In the present study, analytical ultracentrifugation has been used to define self-association of Hsp27 and selected variants as a function of protein concentration, pH, temperature, and ionic strength to evaluate the role of structural domains believed to be functionally significant. These results are correlated with the chaperon activity, as determined by monitoring the inhibition of insulin unfolding, and with the kinetics of subunit exchange, monitored by fluorescence resonance energy transfer. The results establish that wild-type Hsp27 forms a distribution of oligomers that ranges from dimers to at least 32-mers and that oligomerization is highly regulated by temperature but not ionic strength or pH. Moreover, the oligomeric size of Hsp27 increases with increased temperature in a manner that correlates well with increased chaperon activity and rate of subunit exchange. Comparison of results from all three types of experiments obtained for the wild-type protein to those obtained with Hsp27 variants has led to the development of a model for Hsp27 self-association and chaperon activity.
MECHANICAL PLANTING AND HARVESTING ON PLASTIC MULCHED BEDS
Creators: name: Bryan, Herbert H.
name: Shaw, Lawrence N.
name: Bryan, Herbert H.
name: Shaw, Lawrence N.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1986
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Water-wheel
subject: Punch planter
subject: Plug-mix
subject: Gel
subject: Gel-mix

description: Plastic mulches have many advantages for agriculture; however, their use was limited until compatible mechanized planting methods were developed for mulch. Mechanical methods for transplanting or seeding before or after mulch applications are discussed. Transplanting of containerized plants, including use of the water-wheel planter and sowing of ungerminated, pre-germinated, dry-coated, gel-coated or uncoated seeds using plug-mix, gel and gelmix planters are described. Experimental mechanical and semi-harvesters were evaluated for market tomato harvests in Florida in the early 1970s; processing harvesters were modified to harvest market tomatoes from mulched beds in the mid-1970s and a few years later mechanical harvesters were used to harvest pineapples from mulched bed systems in Hawaii. Muletrain type and conveyor belt harvest aids were easily adapted to harvest from mulched beds. ----- Los. abonos vegetates pl{sticos olrecen muchas ventajas para la agricultura. Sin embargo, se utilizaron de manera rnanera lirnitado hasta que se desarrollaron unos metodos de plantaci6n mecanizados que se podian utilizar con los abonos vegetales. Se examina los rnetodos mecanicos de transplantacidn 0 de siembra, tanto antes como despues de la aplicaci6n del abono vegetal. Se describe la transplantaci6n de plantas en recipientes, incluldos el uso de la plantadora de tipo rueda hidraulica y la siernbra de sernillas no-germinadas, pre-germinadas, tratadas en seco, tratadas con gel 0 no-tratadas, utilizando las plantadoras de tipo plug-mix, gel y gel-mix. A principlos de los ailos 70, 51' evalud'ias segadoras mlcanicas y semi-s~adoras experimentales para la cosecha de tomates destinados a los mercados de Florida. A mediados de los anos 70. so modified las segadoras preparadoras existentes afin de poder tratar los tornatos procedentes de semilleros tratados con abono vegetal. Unos anos m"~ tarde, se utilizrfsegadoras mecanicas en Hawaii para cosochar pii'l'as procedentes de semilleros tratados con abono vegetal. Se adapto' ficilmente los equipos auxilares de cosecha de tipo caravana y correa transportadora para cosechar los frutos procedantes de sernilleros tratados con abono vegetal.
Systematic measurement of the intrinsic losses in various kinds of bulk fused silica
Creators: name: Numata, K.
name: Yamamoto, K.
name: Ishimoto, H.
name: Otsuka, S.
name: Kawabe, K.
name: Ando, M.
name: Tsubono, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We systematically measured and compared the mechanical losses of various kinds of bulk fused silica. Their quality factors ranged widely from 7x10^5 to 4x10^7, the latter being one of the highest reported among bulk fused silica. We observed frequency-dependent losses and a decrease in the losses upon annealing.
description: 14 pages, 4 figures, Submitted to Phys. Lett. A
Reconciling hints on axion-like-particles from high-energy gamma rays with stellar bounds
Creators: name: Pallathadka, Gautham Adamane
name: Calore, Francesca
name: Carenza, Pierluca
name: Giannotti, Maurizio
name: Horns, Dieter
name: Kuhlmann, Julian
name: Majumdar, Jhilik
name: Mirizzi, Alessandro
name: Ringwald, Andreas
name: Sokolov, Anton
name: Stief, Franziska
name: Yu, Qixin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It has been recently claimed by two different groups that the spectral modulation observed in gamma rays from Galactic pulsars and supernova remnants can be due to conversion of photons into ultra-light axion-like-particles (ALPs) in large-scale Galactic magnetic fields. While we show the required best-fit photon-ALP coupling, $g_{aγ} \sim 2 \times 10^{-10}$ GeV${}^{-1}$, to be consistent with constraints from observations of photon-ALPs mixing in vacuum, this is in conflict with other bounds, specifically from the CAST solar axion limit, from the helium-burning lifetime in globular clusters, and from the non-observations of gamma rays in coincidence with SN 1987A. In order to reconcile these different results, we propose that environmental effects in matter would suppress the ALP production in dense astrophysical plasma, allowing to relax previous bounds and make them compatible with photon-ALP conversions in the low-density Galactic medium. If this explanation is correct, the claimed ALP signal would be on the reach of next-generations laboratory experiments such as ALPS II.
description: v2: major corrections to match the published version. 28 pages, 14 figures
Walckenaeria acuminata Blackwall 1833
Creators: name: Isaia, Marco
name: Paschetta, Mauro
name: Chiarle, Alberto
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Linyphiidae
Walckenaeria
Walckenaeria acuminata

description: Walckenaeria acuminata Blackwall, 1833
NEW DATA. — Vernante: Palanfrè, beech forest, 1500 m, 13.X.2011, 1♂.
CHOROTYPE. — EUR.
MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods.
NOTES. — New record for Piemonte.
description: Published as part of Isaia, Marco, Paschetta, Mauro & Chiarle, Alberto, 2015, Annotated checklist of the spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of the Site of Community Importance and Special Area of Conservation " Alpi Marittime " (NW Italy), pp. 57-114 in Zoosystema 37 (1) on page 73, DOI: 10.5252/z2015n1a4, http://zenodo.org/record/4577680
title: An Exploration of the Experiences of Japan-Based English Language Teachers Writing for Academic Publication
Creators: name: Muller, Theron
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2018

description: This thesis examines knowledge production practices within higher education by exploring the experiences of Japan-based language teachers writing for academic publication. Global practices of knowledge production as encoded in high-prestige published academic texts are of ongoing research interest. However, the exploration of author practices of writing for academic publication is a relatively new area of interest which I pursue in this thesis. The investigation of the writing for academic publication practices of Japan-based language teachers presented here helps to further expand the empirical research base and facilitates critical examination of the processes underlying writing for academic publication more broadly. This thesis is primarily based on research into the writing for publication practices of seven Japan-based authors, exploring why they write for academic publication and the practices that underlie their writing. The study employs an ethnographically informed methodology, incorporating multiple sources of data, including interviews, different versions of manuscripts submitted for publication, and the correspondence surrounding those manuscripts. These multiple sources facilitate exploring the complex processes behind writing for academic publication. Methodological tools from academic literacies and critical discourse analysis are applied to examine the authors’ writing for academic publication practices and the processes their manuscripts go through during submission, review, and revision along their trajectories toward publication. This thesis illustrates the hidden complexities underlying academic knowledge production and examines the processes that shape what can be and is published. Key findings include the heterogeneity of writing for publication practices among the authors, the complexity of the trajectories of published manuscripts, and how the ideologies expressed in the authors’ published manuscripts have been shaped by the review and revision process. A key contribution of the thesis is the methodology developed to investigate writing for academic publication practices, specifically regarding analysis of text publication trajectories.
MICE: Mining Idioms with Contextual Embeddings
Creators: name: Škvorc, Tadej
name: Gantar, Polona
name: Robnik-Šikonja, Marko
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Idiomatic expressions can be problematic for natural language processing applications as their meaning cannot be inferred from their constituting words. A lack of successful methodological approaches and sufficiently large datasets prevents the development of machine learning approaches for detecting idioms, especially for expressions that do not occur in the training set. We present an approach, called MICE, that uses contextual embeddings for that purpose. We present a new dataset of multi-word expressions with literal and idiomatic meanings and use it to train a classifier based on two state-of-the-art contextual word embeddings: ELMo and BERT. We show that deep neural networks using both embeddings perform much better than existing approaches, and are capable of detecting idiomatic word use, even for expressions that were not present in the training set. We demonstrate cross-lingual transfer of developed models and analyze the size of the required dataset.
Patterns of trait distinctiveness and their implications for diversity and ecosystem function
Creators: name: Affleck, Saxbee James
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310399
subject: Ecology not elsewhere classified

description: Biodiversity plays a critical role in the functioning of ecosystems and the benefits humanity derives from nature. However, human activities are altering species populations and ecological communities. Understanding the consequences of these changes for ecosystems requires a nuanced understanding of the contributions made by different species to ecosystem processes and how these contributions vary geographically and across spatial scales. This thesis employs a trait-based approach to infer these contributions by measuring and evaluating patterns of trait distinctiveness. These patterns reveal the importance of conserving species with rare trait combinations for maintaining functional diversity and ecosystem function.
Characteristics and Production Costs of U.S. Wheat Farms
Creators: name: Ali, Mir B.
name: Ali, Mir B.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Farm Management
subject: Wheat
subject: costs of production
subject: cost variation
subject: input use
subject: wheat production practices
subject: farm characteristics

description: The average cost of producing a bushel of wheat was $3.97 for producers surveyed in 1998, ranging from about $1.25 to more than $6 per bushel. The cost of producing wheat generally declined as farm size increased. Regional differences in production practices and growing conditions were major influences on production costs and yields among wheat producers. Producers in the Prairie Gateway, a major wheat region, produced wheat at an average cost of $3.63 per bushel, the lowest cost among regions. Most high-cost farms and very large farms were in the Southeast region; these farms tended to be more diversified than farms in other regions, so wheat contributed a smaller share to their total farm income.
Characteristics and Production Costs of U.S. Soybean Farms
Creators: name: Foreman, Linda
name: Livezey, Janet
name: Foreman, Linda
name: Livezey, Janet
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Farm Management
subject: costs of production
subject: soybeans
subject: cost variation
subject: soybean production practices
subject: farm characteristics

description: Average soybean production costs ranged from $2.13 per bushel for producers in the lowest cost quartile to $6.00 per bushel for those in the highest cost quartile. Heartland, West, and Northern Crescent producers had lower soybean production costs per bushel than Mississippi Portal and Southeast producers. Producers in higher sales classes and producers with 250 to 750 acres of soybeans had lower production costs than other soybean producers. Off-farm income was an important source of household income for many soybean producers.
Characteristics and Production Costs of U.S. Cow-Calf Operations
Creators: name: Short, Sara D.
name: Short, Sara D.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Farm Management
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Cow-calf
subject: operation characteristics
subject: production practices
subject: costs of production
subject: cost variation

description: Differences in regional conditions were the chief influence on variations in cow-calf production costs across the United States. Cow-calf operators in the West and Southern Plains have significant cost advantages over operators in other regions because, with a longer grazing season, their herds require less supplemental forage during the winter. The larger acreage size of operations in the West and Southern Plains also can support more cows and take advantage of economies of scale (spreading the fixed investment over more units of production). Because of the harsher climate, operations in the North Central region and Northern Plains spend significantly more to maintain their herds. Cowherds in the Southeast are primarily on small and part-time operations. These findings are based on the 1996 Agricultural Resource Management Study (ARMS), the most recent national survey of cow-calf producers.
title: The Hidden Hazard Of Melting Ground Ice In Northern Iceland
Creators: name: Morino, Costanza
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2018

description: This thesis explores the morphology, dynamics and causes of landslides and debris flows in mountainous regions of northern Iceland. The primary objectives are to define the initiation and evolution of Icelandic landslides and debris flows, and to understand the link between ground-ice thaw and rapid mass movements. Slopes are predicted to react more intensely to global warming, so improving our knowledge of rapid mass movements in cold environments, which are even more sensitive to climate change, is crucial, as they could pose at risk local population in Iceland and other mountainous periglacial areas. I first perform a detailed study of debris flows in north-western Iceland, distinguishing through quantitative geomorphological methods the different mechanisms of debris-flow initiation and the associated geomorphic features. The approach of this study is easily applicable to similar settings, and its results could help in anticipating new potentially destructive events. Secondly, I describe and quantify the morphometric characteristics of two landslides in northern Iceland, whose source materials comprised ground ice-cemented deposits. This study reveals different dynamic landslide processes and the crucial role of thawing ground ice in landslide emplacement. I then analyse meteorological and seismic data near these two landslides. I define and distinguish precipitation, seismic activity and permafrost degradation as the preparatory and triggering factors for the failures. Finally, through a geomorphic approach I analyse molards, conical mounds of debris that I found in both landslides deposits. I show conclusive evidence that molards form from thawing of blocks of ice-rich sediments that degrade into cones of debris. I demonstrate that molards are the ‘fingerprint” of permafrost degradation, and their different morphology and distribution can reveal different types of landslide processes in periglacial terrains. This thesis widens our knowledge of the conditions and processes controlling rapid mass movements in cold environments, which is crucial in the perspective of hazard assessment, and opens up new avenues for the study of potentially hazardous geomorphic responses of cold landscapes to changing climate conditions.
title: Haunted houses: influence and the creative process in Virginia Woolf's novels
Creators: name: De Gay, Jane
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 1998

description: This thesis argues that rather than being an innovative, modernist writer, Virginia Woolfs methods, themes, and aspirations were conservative in certain central ways, for her novels were influenced profoundly by the work of writers from earlier eras. This argument is developed both by demonstrating that Woolf was influenced by other writers, and also by exploring the dynamics of how this process of influence took place. The thesis contends that this process included identification with past writers and a longing for the literary past, which complicated Woolfs attempts to negotiate the past and its values. After a chapter examining theoretical approaches to the concept of literary influence, the thesis makes a detailed study of Woolf's engagement with her influences in eight of her novels. Woolf s responses to influence are divided into three phases. In the first phase, up to the mid- 1920s, she wrestled with existing perceptions of the woman writer as she looked to female precursors as role models and struggled with their legacies. At the same time, she sought refuge from such a problematic inheritance by turning to her male precursors to try and gain covert access to the literary traditions which were thought to be the birthright of the men of her generation. In the second phase of her career, in the late 1920s, Woolf continued to deal with the absence of a ready-made tradition by elegizing writers she had known and the literary traditions they represented. In the process of mourning other writers, it is suggested, Woolf remade them in her imagination to be like herself. This process of identification continued in the third phase, in The Naves and Between the Acts, when Woolf drew on the work of Wordsworth and Coleridge, respectively, to explore and develop her mature identity as a writer.
Constructing black holes in Einstein-Maxwell-scalar theory
Creators: name: Yu, Shuang
name: Qiu, Jianhui
name: Gao, Changjun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Exact black hole solutions in the Einstein-Maxwell-scalar theory are constructed. They are the extensions of dilaton black holes in de Sitter or anti de Sitter universe. As a result, except for a scalar potential, a coupling function between the scalar field and the Maxwell invariant is present. Then the corresponding Smarr formula and the first law of thermodynamics are investigated.
description: 25 pages,8 figures
title: The life world of the occupational therapist : meaning and motive in an uncertain world
Creators: name: Finlay, Linda
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 1999

description: This thesis explores the life world of twelve occupational therapists. Interpretivist, phenomenological methodology has been employed to capture the central features of what it means to be an occupational therapist. Assumptions arising from phenomenological, social constructionist and hermeneutic theories underpin the methodology. Data gathered from nine in-depth interviews, three participant observations and personal reflection, were analysed in an attempt to understand the therapists' own view of their reality. Four global themes emerged through analysing the findings both phenomenologically and reflexively : 1. Who am I?: The fraught search for an occupational therapy identity; 2. The mission to make a difference : Enacting the therapists' craft; 3. Negotiating the boundaries : The caring-power relationship; 4. Safe haven or battleground? : Collaboration and conflict within the team. Analysis revealed that whilst the therapists' sense of professional identity is profoundly confused, these professionals are committed to holistic, person-centred values and sustained by a belief that occupational therapy promotes health-enhancing change. Therapists are challenged by caring-power relationships as they struggle to negotiate degrees of involvement and are damaged by pressures, abusive people and lack of professional recognition. Their sense of achievement when they make a difference helps them to regenerate themselves and they are 'healed' when valued in relationships with both patients/clients and team members. Throughout their various challenges, struggles and satisfactions, therapists are engaged in a search to find themselves and to cope in their uncertain world. Whilst the findings largely confirm the existing literature, they also offer some challenges. Therapists' experience has been found to be more complex (intense, ambivalent and contradictory) in practice than the literature indicates. A discussion explores the implications of the research for professional practice. The thesis also critically examines the use and value of phenomenology and reflexivity as research methods.
title: Immunoadsorption for the treatment of acquired hemophilia: new observational data, systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Esteves Pereira, Michael
Publisher: name: Universität Bern
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 610 Medicine & health

description: The treatment of patients with acquired hemophilia is challenging due to life-threatening hemorrhages, delayed response, and adverse effects to immunosuppressive agents. Even though immunoadsorption (IA) rapidly removes autoantibodies against factor VIII, this intervention's effectiveness is still a matter of debate.

We aimed to study important outcomes of IA as adjunctive treatment in patients with acquired hemophilia. We performed comprehensive literature searches in MEDLINE and EMBASE databases. Clinical and laboratory data of all patients treated in our institution were additionally included.

Literature searching yielded 498 records, of which eleven studies describing 116 patients were finally included. The number of patients varied from 1 to 65, and patients' ages ranged between 14 and 89. Treatment criteria in most patients were (a) failed response to immunosuppressive treatment alone, and/or (b) uncontrollable bleeding episodes, and/or (c) high inhibitor titer. Methodological quality was moderate. The number of IA sessions varied from 1 to 24. Within our institution, 12 patients have been treated since 2002; median age was 76 years (range 34, 86); median titer of factor VIII inhibitor was 20 Bethesda units (range 3, 214). Pooled estimates, modeling a random-effect binominal distribution incorporating the Freeman-Tukey double arcsine transformation, were 86% in case of factor VIII recovery (95% confidence interval 76% to 94%), 95% for reduction of factor VIII inhibitor (83%, 100%), and 7% in case of death (0%, 18%).

Our data suggest that IA might be a beneficial adjunctive treatment in patients with high-risk acquired hemophilia, but future studies shall confirm this observation.