cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: A molecular method to quantify sex-specific consumption of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) by Pacific harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardii) using scat
Creators: name: Balbag, Brittany S.
Publisher: name: Western Washington University
Year: 2016

description:
Sex-biased predation may potentially skew sex ratios in adult populations, which may affect reproduction. Sex-biased predation by pinnipeds is of particular interest as it may impact fish populations of conservation and commercial interest such as salmon. However, sex-biased predation is difficult to measure in the wild and this is particularly true for marine mammals, since predation events in open water are often hidden from direct observation. Molecular scatology (genetic analyses of scat) has been used to non-invasively determine the proportion of prey items consumed in the diet, and it may be possible to determine sex-specific consumption of prey items using a similar approach. In this study, I develop a molecular method to measure the proportions of male and female Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) consumed by harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardii) employing scat. By using QPCR, I established that the proportions of male and female Chinook DNA could be determined in a controlled mixed sample by measuring a y-linked marker, GHp-Y, in the sample in relation to a male control sample. I then applied the assay to harbor seal scat samples from haul-outs in the Strait of Georgia, Canada. Although the assay amplified in 83% of scat samples, 30% of scat samples quantified had an estimated male proportion > 1. The lack of robustness of the assay might have been a result of contaminants in scat DNA extractions, which differentially impacted target genes. Lastly, using whole body tissue mixtures of males and females, I constructed a calibration curve to relate the DNA measurements of the assay to biomass proportions. The calibration curve was skewed by high male DNA density (presumably due to differences in gonad mass between sexes) precluding my ability to infer sex-specific consumption. Chinook populations return to rivers at different stages of reproductive development, and the tissue DNA density bias observed in this study may only apply to certain prey populations in the field. Despite the DNA density male bias, the median estimated male proportion in scat samples was 0.31, which suggests that harbor seals are eating low amounts of male salmon and may have a bias towards females. However, further development of this approach is needed to make strong inferences about sex-specific consumption.
Discussion of "Statistical Modeling of Spatial Extremes" by A. C. Davison, S. A. Padoan and M. Ribatet
Creators: name: Shaby, Benjamin
name: Reich, Brian J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Discussion of "Statistical Modeling of Spatial Extremes" by A. C. Davison, S. A. Padoan and M. Ribatet [arXiv:1208.3378].
description: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/12-STS376D the Statistical Science (http://www.imstat.org/sts/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)
Lips and swallow-tails of singularities of product maps
Creators: name: Takao, Kazuto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 57R45

description: Lips and swallow-tails are generic local moves of singularities of a smooth map to a 2-manifold. We prove that these moves of singularities of the product map of two functions on a 3-manifold can be realized by isotopies of the functions.
description: 11 pages, 2 figures, v4: a missed case in Figure 2 has been added, and some minor corrections
Additional file 1: of The effect of ambient particle matters on hospital admissions for cardiac arrhythmia: a multi-city case-crossover study in China
Creators: name: Zheng, Qiwen
name: Liu, Hui
name: Zhang, Jun
name: Chen, Dafang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Computational Biology

description: Figure S1. Locations of 26 Chinese cities and their average daily PM2.5 concentration during the study period. 26 Chinese cities included Harbin (71 μg/m3), Changchun (65 μg/m3), Shenyang (72 μg/m3), Dalian(50 μg/m3), Beijing (82 μg/m3), Tianjin (78 μg/m3), Shijiazhuang (106 μg/m3), Jinan (90 μg/m3), Zhengzhou (91 μg/m3), Xi’an (67 μg/m3), Lanzhou (54 μg/m3), Yinchuan (48 μg/m3), Xining (55 μg/m3), Urumchi (64 μg/m3), Chengdu (67 μg/m3), Chongqing (59 μg/m3), Wuhan (75 μg/m3), Changsha (67 μg/m3), Nanchang (46 μg/m3), Nanjing (65 μg/m3), Shanghai (53 μg/m3), Hangzhou (58 μg/m3), Kunming (31 μg/m3), Nanning (45 μg/m3), Guangzhou (43 μg/m3) and Fuzhou (30 μg/m3). Figure S2. Percentage change with 95% confidence interval in arrhythmia admissions associated with an interquartile range increase in PM2.5 (47.5 μg/m3) and PM10 (76.9 μg/m3) concentrations stratified by gender (A), hypertension (B), hyperlipidemia (C) and congestive heart failure (D). Table S1. Basic information and numbers of the monitoring sites in each study city. (DOCX 834 kb)
The effect of surface roughness of the substrate on fatigue life of coated aluminum alloy by micro-arc oxidation
Creators: name: Dai, WB
name: Yuan, LX
name: Li, CY
name: He, David
name: Jia, DW
name: Zhang, YM
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Condensed Matter Physics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the present work, ceramic coatings are deposited on the surface of 2024-T3 aluminum (Al) alloy by micro-arc oxidation (MAO). The Surface roughness of the Al alloy substrate is different in the range from 0.2 μm to 1.6 μm. This paper investigates the effect of surface roughness of the Al alloy substrate and surface treatment on the fatigue properties of 2024-T3 Al alloy. The morphology, microstructure, and phase composition of the oxide layers are examined using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Surface roughness of the coatings was measured using a 3D measuring laser microscope. The fatigue life of the Al alloy is evaluated under high and low cyclic stress. The results of the investigation have shown that the fatigue life of the coated samples with Ra = 0.2 μm is higher than others. The fatigue life of coated samples with Ra = 0.8 μm is very close to that with Ra = 1.6 μm under high cycle fatigue conditions. The reason is that the roughness of the interface between substrate and coating affects the fatigue life of coated samples. In contrast, the fatigue property changes when the coated samples were applied to high alternating stress. The fatigue performance of the coated Al alloy with Ra = 0.8 μm is the worst, followed with Ra = 1.6 μm. The rougher surface and the concentrating distribution of hills and valleys lead to this result.
title: Endangered Species Act Section 7(a)(2) Biological Opinion, and Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Essential Fish Habitat Response for the J.A. Jack and Sons, Inc. Maintenance Dredging Project, King County, Washington (6th Field HUC 171100130305).
titleType: Other
Creators: name: United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. West Coast Region
Publisher: name: United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. West Coast Region
Year: 2019

description: ESA Section 7 Consultation ; WCRO-2019-01876
Super AGB and AGB evolution and the chemical inventory in NGC 2419
Creators: name: Ventura, Paolo
name: D'Antona, Francesca
name: Di Criscienzo, Marcella
name: Carini, Roberta
name: D'Ercole, Annibale
name: Vesperini, Enrico
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We follow the scenario of formation of second generation stars in globular clusters by matter processed by hot bottom burning (HBB) in massive asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars and Super AGB stars (SAGB). In the cluster NGC 2419 we assume the presence of an extreme population directly formed from the AGB and SAGB ejecta, so we can directly compare the yields for a metallicity Z=0.0003 with the chemical inventory of the cluster NGC 2419. At such a low metallicity, the HBB temperatures (well above 108K) allow a very advanced nucleosynthesis. Masses of about 6Mo deplete Mg and synthesize Si, going beyond Al, so this latter element results only moderately enhanced; sodium can not be enhanced. The models are consistent with the observations, although the predicted Mg depletion is not as strong as in the observed stars. We predict that the oxygen abundance must be depleted by a huge factor in the Mg poor stars. The HBB temperatures are close to the region where other p capture reactions on heavier nuclei become possible. We show that high potassium abundance found in Mg poor stars can be achieved during HBB, by p captures on the argon nuclei, if the relevant cross section(s) are larger than listed in the literature or if the HBB temperature is higher. Finally, we speculate that some calcium production is occurring owing to proton capture on potassium. We emphasize the importance of a strong effort to measure a larger sample of abundances in this cluster.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures, accepted by Astrophysical Journal Letter
title: Heráldica portuguesa em Macau : as pedras de armas de Domingos Pio Marques e de sua descendência
Creators: name: Metelo de Seixas, Miguel
Publisher: name: Universidade Lusíada Editora
Year: 2011

description: Lusíada. História. - ISSN 0873-1330. - S. 2, n. 8 (2011). - p. 415-432.
Polarizations on limiting mixed Hodge structures
Creators: name: Fujisawa, Taro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 14C30, 14D07, 32G20, 32S35

description: We construct a polarization on the relative log de Rham cohomology groups of a projective log deformation. To this end, we study the behavior of weight and Hodge filtrations under the cup product and construct a trace morphism for a log deformation.
description: 47 pages, corrections and improvements
Identification of cell subpopulations in each tumour type, their association with response to therapy, and prediction of effective alternative therapies
Creators: name: Sumazin, Pavel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Public
Inference Methods
Personalized Medicine

description: Tumour decomposition into cells and subtypes and inference about the effects of treatments and perturbations on each tumour component (cell or tumor subclone).
Conservation Tech Directory
Creators: name: Batist, Carly
name: Ermie, Gracie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 120403 Engineering Design Methods
subject: FOS: Other engineering and technologies
subject: Climate Science
subject: 50202 Conservation and Biodiversity
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 50206 Environmental Monitoring
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 50205 Environmental Management
subject: 50209 Natural Resource Management
subject: 50211 Wildlife and Habitat Management
subject: 90703 Environmental Technologies
subject: FOS: Environmental engineering
subject: 91103 Ocean Engineering
subject: Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 80604 Database Management
subject: 80606 Global Information Systems
subject: 80502 Mobile Technologies
subject: 80306 Open Software

description: *An interactive version of this directory is available at https://sites.google.com/view/conservation-tech-directory.*
A list of organizations, communities, companies, open-source projects and other resources within the conservation technology space.
If you know of a resource that's not on this list but should be, fill out the google form (link below) and we'll add it.https://forms.gle/qb9U8eFrsTWMGvwe6
Suggested citation: Batist, C.H. & Ermi G. (2021). Conservation technology directory. Online resource. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.15442200.v1
This directory was created by Carly Batist & Gracie Ermi, who continue to maintain it and add resources. Feel free to reach out to them with any questions or suggestions regarding the directory!
Carly is a PhD Candidate in primatology at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center in New York City. Her dissertation research combines vocal communication and passive acoustic monitoring to understand ruffed lemur behavior and survey their Critically Endangered populations in the southeastern rainforests of Madagascar. You can reach her on Twitter (@Carly_Batist), LinkedIn, or WILDLABS.
Gracie is a Research Engineer at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2). She builds machine learning platforms to support wildlife research, largely focused on automating image processing and bioacoustics analysis for marine mammal research. You can reach her on Twitter (@GracieErmie) or LinkedIn.
Tree to Grass Water Use Ratios; Assessing Turfgrass' High Water Use in the Urban Landscape
Creators: name: Wynne, Tamara
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2019

description: Water demand in the southwestern United States continues to rise. The population of the Las Vegas Valley doubled from 2000-2010 and now more than two million people call it home. The residential sector uses 60% of all water consumed in the valley. Outdoor urban landscape irrigation is responsible for 70% of all residential use. These landscapes are dominated by trees and turf grass. Although the water use of turf grass species is well studied, there are few published results about the water use of landscape trees in the desert southwest USA. To obtain a more complete picture of the tradeoffs between grasses and trees in urban landscapes in Southern Nevada, we conducted a tree to grass water use ratio study focusing on 10 common landscape trees and four turf grass species grown in the valley. We estimated water use by closing hydrologic balances (Evapotranspiration=water input-drainage-change in soil water storage) on mature trees planted in the ground and turf grass grown in lysimeters. We estimated transpiration of trees using Granier probes and estimated conductive tissue with a novel dye injection system. Sapflow was lower than the hydrological balance estimated evapotranspiration (ET) because of significant evaporation rates associated with irrigating trees in a desert environment. The values for sapflow ranged from 10 to 50 cm per year. Trees used less water than grass in nine out of 10 cases with an ET 38-88 cm/year determined by a hydrological balance. The exception was Lagerstroemia indica that used 196 cm year-1 which was similar to the grass ET (106-262 cm year-1 ) again determined by hydrological balance. We also developed models that predicted the tree water use based on reference evapotranspiration (ETref) and morphological characteristics such as tree height, canopy volume, basal canopy area, leaf area index (LAI) and leaf area. Replacing turf grass and planting trees can save water, if the right iv species are selected. However, turf grass serves its purpose in many areas by providing aesthetics and recreational use. Water use values are listed to help assist in making landscape tradeoffs.
title: Atomlagenabscheidung dünner transparenter leitfähiger Metalloxidschichten und Anwendung in einer nanostrukturierten Halbleiter-Isolator-Halbleiter Solarzelle: Herstellung und Charakterisierung
Creators: name: Talkenberg, Florian
Publisher: name: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Solarzelle
subject: Nanostruktur
subject: Halbleiterphysik
subject: 530
subject: 620

description: Die Atomlagenabscheidung (engl. „Atomic Layer Deposition“, ALD) ist ein chemisches Abscheideverfahren zur Herstellung dünner Schichten. Der selbstlimitierende Prozess dieses Verfahrens ermöglicht es, Schichtdicken von einer Monolage (~0,1 nm) bis zu mehreren Mikrometern zu erzielen. Das ALD-Verfahren stellt eine Möglichkeit dar, transparente leitfähige Oxidschichten (TCO) wie aluminiumdotiertes Zinkoxid (AZO) herzustellen. Hierzu wird in dieser Arbeit die Anpassung der Prozessparameter für die Abscheidung von Aluminiumoxid und Zinkoxid mit ALD beschrieben. Die hergestellten Al2O3-, ZnO- und AZO-Schichten werden auf ihre Struktur und Zusammensetzung sowie ihre optischen und elektrischen Eigenschaften hin untersucht. Als Anwendung werden das Konzept und Untersuchungen an einer nanostrukturierten Halbleiter-Isolator-Halbleiter Solarzelle vorgestellt.
Discussion of "Statistical Modeling of Spatial Extremes" by A. C. Davison, S. A. Padoan and M. Ribatet
Creators: name: Gabda, Darmesah
name: Towe, Ross
name: Wadsworth, Jennifer
name: Tawn, Jonathan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Discussion of "Statistical Modeling of Spatial Extremes" by A. C. Davison, S. A. Padoan and M. Ribatet [arXiv:1208.3378].
description: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/12-STS376B the Statistical Science (http://www.imstat.org/sts/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)
title: Temperaturabhängige Charakterisierung von High-TC-dc-SQUID Gradiometern
Creators: name: Schmidt, Matthias Bernhard
Publisher: name: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: 530

description: Bei dc-SQUID Gradiometern handelt es sich um hochempfindliche, supraleitende Magnetfeldsenso-ren. Zum gezielten Einsatz dieser Bauelemente gehört eine genaue Kenntnis der Temperaturabhän-gigkeiten der verschiedenen Eigenschaften wie beispielsweise kritischer Strom oder Spannungshub im Magnetfeld. Zusätzlich wurde der Einfluss sogenannter Gold-Nanocluster auf die jeweiligen Eigen-schaften des Supraleiters untersucht. In diesem Rahmen werden in der Arbeit mehrere Möglichkei-ten für temperaturabhängige Messungen erläutert und entsprechende Ergebnisse präsentiert. Die Temperaturabhängigkeit der kritischen Ströme der Josephsonkontakte ändert sich durch die Gold-Nanocluster nicht. Der messbare Spannungshub wird aber signifikant größer, so dass bei vergleichba-ren Betriebstemperaturen ein besserer Betrieb zu erwarten ist.
Assisting Service Providers In Peer-to-peer Marketplaces: Maximizing Gain Over Flexible Attributes.
Creators: name: Asudeh, Abolfazl
name: Nazi, Azade
name: Koudas, Nick
name: Das, Gautam
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Peer to peer marketplaces such as AirBnB enable transactional exchange of services directly between people. In such platforms, those providing a service (hosts in AirBnB) are faced with various choices. For example in AirBnB, although some amenities in a property (attributes of the property) are fixed, others are relatively flexible and can be provided without significant effort. Providing an amenity is usually associated with a cost. Naturally different sets of amenities may have a different "gains" for a host. Consequently, given a limited budget, deciding which amenities (attributes) to offer is challenging. In this paper, we formally introduce and define the problem of Gain Maximization over Flexible Attributes (GMFA). We first prove that the problem is NP-hard and show that identifying an approximate algorithm with a constant approximate ratio is unlikely. We then provide a practically efficient exact algorithm to the GMFA problem for the general class of monotonic gain functions, which quantify the benefit of sets of attributes. As the next part of our contribution, we focus on the design of a practical gain function for GMFA. We introduce the notion of frequent-item based count (FBC), which utilizes the existing tuples in the database to define the notion of gain, and propose an efficient algorithm for computing it. We present the results of a comprehensive experimental evaluation of the proposed techniques on real dataset from AirBnB and demonstrate the practical relevance and utility of our proposal.
Frankreich und Deutschland im Krieg, September 1939–November 1942. Bericht über das XXV. deutsch-französische Historikerkolloquium des DHIP in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Institut d’Histoire des Conflits Contemporains und dem Komitee der Bundesrepublik Deutschland im Internationalen Komitee für die Geschichte des Zweiten Weltkrieges in Wiesbaden, 17.-19. März 1988
Creators: name: Martens, Stefan
Publisher: name: Francia
Year: 2018

description: -
description: Francia, Bd. 16, Nr. 3 (1989)
Additional file 1 of Virtual prenatal visits associated with high measures of patient experience and satisfaction among average-risk patients: a prospective cohort study
Creators: name: Bruno, Bethany
name: Mercer, Mary Beth
name: Hizlan, Sabahat
name: Peskin, Julian
name: Ford, Paul J.
name: Farrell, Ruth M.
name: Rose, Susannah L.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: Appendix S1. Patient Survey. Appendix S2. Interview Guide. Figure S1. Distribution of respondents among providers. Table S1. Pregnancy compilations and outcomes.
JISMONIY TARBIYA VA SPORTDA SOG'LOMLASHTIRISH  TEXNOLOGIYALARINING DOLZARBLIGI VA AHAMIYATI
Creators: name: Jumaqulov, Odiljon
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Ushbu maqolada sog'lomlashtirish texnologiyalarining mazmun mohiyati, maqsad, vazifalari hamda jismoniy tarbiya va sportda sog'lomlashtirish texnologiyalarining dolzarbligi, ahamiyati uning bugungi kunda sog'lom turmush tarzini shakllantirishda jismoniy sog'lomlashtirish funksiyalari ilmiy asoslab berilgan.
Rudolf Lill, Franco Valsecchi (Hrsg.), Il nazionalismo in Italia e in Germania fino alla Prima guerra mondiale, 1983 / Peter Hertner, Giorgo Mori (Hrsg.), La transizione dall' economia di guerra all' economia di pace in Italia e in Germania dopo la Prima guerra mondiale, 1983
Creators: name: Dipper, Christof
Publisher: name: Francia
Year: 2018

description: -
description: Francia, Bd. 16, Nr. 3 (1989)
Additional file 1 of Understanding the telehealth experience of care by people with ILD during the COVID-19 pandemic: what have we learnt?
Creators: name: Tikellis, Gabriella
name: Corte, Tamera
name: Glaspole, Ian N.
name: Goh, Nicole
name: Khor, Yet H.
name: Wrobel, Jeremy
name: Symons, Karen
name: Fuhrmeister, Lisa
name: Glenn, Laura
name: Chirayath, Shiji
name: Troy, Lauren
name: Holland, Anne E.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. COVID-19 Specific questionnaire.
Local elastic response measured near the colloidal glass transition
Creators: name: Anderson, D.
name: Schaar, D.
name: Hentschel, H. G. E.
name: Hay, J.
name: Habdas, Piotr
name: Weeks, Eric R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We examine the response of a dense colloidal suspension to a local force applied by a small magnetic bead. For small forces, we find a linear relationship between the force and the displacement, suggesting the medium is elastic, even though our colloidal samples macroscopically behave as fluids. We interpret this as a measure of the strength of colloidal caging, reflecting the proximity of the samples' volume fractions to the colloidal glass transition. The strain field of the colloidal particles surrounding the magnetic probe appears similar to that of an isotropic homogeneous elastic medium. When the applied force is removed, the strain relaxes as a stretched exponential in time. We introduce a model that suggests this behavior is due to the diffusive relaxation of strain in the colloidal sample.
description: long-delayed followup paper to Habdas et al., EPL 67, 477-483 (2004)
title: Impact of NICU Design on Feeding-Related Outcomes in Preterm Infants
Creators: name: Calvert, Emma Kate
Publisher: name: University of Kentucky Libraries
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Many NICUs around the country are moving away from traditional open-bay designs in favor of single-family rooms (SFRs) as more is understood about the impact of the sensory environment on neurodevelopment in preterm infants. SFRs house one infant and their family for the length of the infant’s stay and are associated with improvements in numerous outcomes, including increased milk intake and weight gain and earlier transition to enteral feeding. Oral feeding remains a critical requirement for NICU discharge; however, the impact of NICU design on feeding outcomes remains unknown.

The purpose of this study was to compare feeding outcomes between infants cared for in an open-bay NICU and infants cared for in SFRs, via retrospective chart review. The primary outcome variable of interest was feeding-related length of stay (FRLOS). A secondary outcome measure was gestational age at first oral feeding.

The key findings from this study were no significant differences in either outcome measure between groups, suggesting that for relatively healthy preterm infants, NICU design has no significant impact on feeding-related length-of-stay or age at first oral feed. Infants progressed to full oral feeding at roughly the same rate whether cared for in an SFR or an open bay nursery.
description: Copyright © Emma Kate Calvert 2020
Perceptions, interactions, and responses to urban natural environments through ecological momentary assessment (EMA). REGREEN Deliverable D4.6.
Creators: name: Panduro, Toke Emil
name: Zandersen, Marianne
name: Guell, Cornelia
name: Lovell, Rebecca
name: Garett, Jo
name: Taylor, Tim
name: Fullam, James
name: Amegbor, Prince
Publisher: name: REGREEN Fostering nature-based solutions for smart,  green  and  healthy  urban  transitions  in  Europe  and  China.  Horizon2020  Grant  No.  821016.
Year: 2024

description: This study investigates visitor experiences in urban green spaces through an extensive onsite survey conducted in three cities and across 13 parks, involving 665 participants. Employing mixed effect models, we analyzed the hierarchical data structure arising from diverse park and city contexts, integrating fixed effects to explore the influence of socio-economic factors on visitors' experiences. Additionally, Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was applied to identify underlying patterns in visitor responses, revealing seven distinct archetypes of park visitors with varying motivations for utilizing green spaces. These archetypes range from Urban Relaxation and Affluent Activity Visitors to Community-Connected Wellness and Youthful Recreational Socializers, each reflecting unique aspects of park visitation.

Our findings indicate that urban green spaces generally foster positive mental states among visitors, with momentary assessments reflecting overall positivity. The duration of park visits is influenced by familial responsibilities and travel convenience, while visit frequency is shaped by factors like occupational status and visit purpose, notably impacted by family dynamics. Three primary emotional dimensions were identified: happiness and calmness, mental focus and clarity, and alertness. These dimensions are partly explained by visitors' pre-existing emotional states, suggesting a bidirectional causality that highlights the complex interplay between personal circumstances and park experiences.

The study underscores the role of urban green spaces in enhancing mental well-being and reveals how socio-economic factors, family dynamics, and pre-existing emotional states interact to shape the park visitation experience. This research contributes to a deeper understanding of the multifaceted nature of urban green space utilization and highlights the need for future research to further explore the nuanced relationships between emotional states and park experiences.
Giant pressure-induced volume collapse in the pyrite mineral MnS2
Creators: name: Kimber, Simon A. J.
name: Salamat, Ashkan
name: Evans, Shaun R.
name: Jeschke, Harald O.
name: Muthukumar, Kaliappan
name: Tomic, Milan
name: Salvat-Pujol, Francesc
name: Valenti, Roser
name: Kaisheva, Maria V.
name: Zizak, Ivo
name: Chatterji, Tapan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Dramatic volume collapses under pressure are fundamental to geochemistry and of increasing importance to fields as diverse as hydrogen storage and high-temperature superconductivity. In transition metal materials, collapses are usually driven by so-called spin-state transitions, the interplay between the single-ion crystal field and the size of the magnetic moment. Here we show that the classical S=5/2 mineral Hauerite undergoes an unprecedented 22 % collapse driven by a conceptually different magnetic mechanism. Using synchrotron x-ray diffraction we show that cold compression induces the formation of a disordered intermediate. However, using an evolutionary algorithm we predict a new structure with edge-sharing chains. This is confirmed as the thermodynamic groundstate using in situ laser heating. We show that magnetism is globally absent in the new phase, as low-spin quantum S=1/2 moments are quenched by dimerisation. Our results show how the emergence of metal-metal bonding can stabilise giant spin-lattice coupling in Earth's minerals.
description: Published version, minor changes
Social cynicism, greenwashing, and trust in green clothing brands
Creators: name: Policarpo, MC
name: Apaolaza, V
name: Hartmann, P
name: Paredes, MR
name: D'Souza, Clare
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 3506
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This research develops a theoretical model of the effect of social cynicism as a personality trait on trust in green clothing brands. We conducted an online survey of a representative Australian sample to test the hypothesized relationships. Our findings confirmed that social cynicism affected green brand trust negatively and that this effect can be explained by an increase in perceived greenwashing. Conspicuous consumption moderates this indirect influence. This mediated influence decreased when conspicuous consumption was more salient. Findings provide important practical insights for brand managers intending to avoid a decrease in brand trust regarding garments marketed with sustainability claims.
title: Effects of Hand Position During a Push-Up on Scapular Kinematics
Creators: name: Arens, Tylre M.
Publisher: name: Western Washington University
Year: 2016

description:
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of hand position and elbow flexion angle on scapular kinematics in a traditional push up exercise. Sixteen healthy subjects (11 males, 5 females, age 20.50 ± 5.25 yrs.) participated in the study. Following a standardized warm-up subjects were instrumented. Kinematic data was collected via the Polhemus Fastrak magnetic tracking system. Following digitization, subjects assumed a push-up position. A 10-cm wood block was positioned on the floor to control for push-up depth. Subjects performed push-ups with their hands in a standard position, wide, and narrow. Subjects performed three repetitions of each condition to a 4-second count. During the concentric phase in each condition, mean scapular orientations were measured during an elbow extension range of motion (ROM) of 90º - 30º. There was no significant interaction between elbow flexion and hand position for scapular upward rotation (UR) (p = .938) and no main effect of elbow flexion for UR (p = .232). There was a main effect of hand position on UR (p < .001). Pairwise comparisons indicated that standard and narrow conditions showed greater UR than wide (p = .001 and p = .002, respectively). However, no significant difference was seen between standard and narrow conditions (p = .091). There was no significant interaction between elbow flexion and hand position for posterior tilt (PT) (p = .821). There was a main effect of hand position of on PT (p = .001). There was no significant main effect of elbow angle (p = .218). Narrow hand position and significantly higher PT than wide (p = .004). There was no interaction between elbow flexion and hand position on external rotation (ER) (p = .073). There were main effects of both hand position (p = .021) and elbow flexion (p < .001) on ER. ER decreased linearly with elbow extension (p < .001).
title: Year-Round Algal Toxin Exposure in Free-Ranging Sea Lions: Implications of Trophic Exposure for Declining Populations
Creators: name: Akmajian, Adrianne M.
Publisher: name: Western Washington University
Year: 2016

description:
Harmful algal bloom (HAB) toxins have led to illness and mortality of many species of marine mammals and seabirds, including species with declining populations. On the US West Coast, the two most common HAB toxins affecting both humans and wildlife are domoic acid and saxitoxin. In an effort to document baseline concentrations and to investigate factors that affect exposure to HAB toxins, I measured concentrations of domoic acid and saxitoxin in scats from Steller sea lions Eumetopias jubatus (n = 383 scats) and California sea lions Zalophus californianus (n = 125 scats) in Washington State over a two-year period. Toxin concentrations in the scat were compared to the prey remains in the scat and to concentrations in nearshore bivalves. Saxitoxin was detected in 45 % and domoic acid was detected in 17 % of all scats tested, and both toxins were detected in all seasons and months of the year. Saxitoxin in scat was variable by season, year, and location, whereas domoic acid levels were consistently higher in the summer and at the southern-most haulout complex. Both toxins were detected in scat in winter when it was not detected in nearshore bivalves, confirming for the first time that marine mammals can be exposed to algal toxins through their prey outside periods of active algal blooms, most likely through benthic to pelagic food web transfer of precipitated cells and resting cysts. This study also found that prey with low occurrence in the sea lions’ diet, including walleye pollock Theragra chalcogramma, may act as vectors of significant algal toxin transfer up the food chain, a finding that could have profound implications for the endangered western distinct population segment of Steller sea lions because pollock are a dominant prey species in their diet. A variety of planktivorous, benthic, and pelagic fish were significantly associated with toxins in sea lion scat suggesting that multiple pathways through the marine food web lead to HAB toxin exposure in these top predators. In the face of increasing HABs worldwide, the finding that generalist predators, like sea lions, can be exposed to algal toxins year-round via multiple prey species may signal disproportionate impacts on declining populations already enduring multiple stressors.
title: Debitage Attributes, Obsidian Source Analysis, and Prehistoric Mobility in Southeastern Idaho
Creators: name: Zumkeller, Ben Joaquin
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: The purpose of this study is to complement existing knowledge on prehistoric mobility in eastern and southern Idaho. I add specific detail regarding the use of Skull Canyon and its well-known Birch Creek rockshelters during hunter-gatherers’ logistical foraging rounds.
In addition, my research is a case study in combining debitage attribute analysis and intensive toolstone sourcing to read prehistoric mobility. Prior research has looked to obsidian toolstone sourcing to understand prehistoric eastern and southern Idaho mobility. However, no prior research has involved sourcing an entire, stratified assemblage of prehistoric debitage.
I collected flake attribute data from all 2,846 pieces of Bobcat Shelter debitage including both obsidian and microcrystalline silicate artifacts. I collected x-ray fluorescence, obsidian sourcing data on all 1,830 pieces of Bobcat Shelter obsidian debitage.
Analysis involved combining strata based on similarity in strata mean toolstone source distance. This was necessary due to strata sample sizing constraints. Mann Whitney U tests were used to find significant differences between groups based on every one of ten disparate debitage attributes. These attributes are expected to change in predictable ways with increasing mean toolstone source distance. Group median attribute values were used to verify predicted differences between groups.
Debitage characteristics appear dependent on distance from toolstone source. As expected, this is especially true for exclusively obsidian samples as 100% of significant Mann Whitney U results are associated with predicted trends in group median attribute values. Obsidian material deposited before the Late Archaic/ Late Prehistoric transition originates from farther geological sources than after, pointing to an important difference in mobility levels. This research also uncovers a large increase in the proportion of specific toolstone sources during the end of the Late Archaic (2,950 –1,650 BP), detail missed during less intense sampling of Bobcat Shelter sourced obsidian.
title: Teacher Questions in the Classroom: The Effects of Using a Low- to High-Level Questioning Sequence on the Text-Based Reading Comprehension Outcomes of Low-Performing Students
Creators: name: Harris Brown, Shannon
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2020

description: Teacher questioning may be an effective instructional procedure for building students’ reading comprehension. Strategically asking questions at two different levels, low-level (text explicit) and high-level (text implicit), may be needed to assist students to engage in higher order thinking skills.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a low- to high-level questioning sequence without or with linking prompts on the text-based reading comprehension outcomes of fifth-grade students who evidenced poor reading comprehension. A secondary analysis was used to determine whether the questioning sequence was effective regardless of students’ interest in the narrative stories used in the reading lessons.
Eleven fifth-grade students across three groups participated in this repeated measures study that consisted of two reading comprehension measures: response quantity and comprehension accuracy. In addition, a multiple baseline design was applied across the lowest-performing students (n= 5). Groups of students engaged in reading lessons where one condition consisted of the low- to high-level questioning sequence and the other condition consisted of high-level questions only. Student outcomes for both reading comprehension measures were assessed immediately following each reading lesson. All students completed a student interest survey to identify their preference for the narrative stories.
Students increased the quantity and accuracy of their responses when the questioning sequence with linking prompts was implemented. This result was also found for four of the five lowest-performing students. Further, the questioning intervention was effective for increasing students’ performance on both reading comprehension measures regardless of student interest in the narrative stories. Students preferred the high-level questions only condition but indicated that the low- to high-level questioning sequences helped them remember the stories better. Students also reported that they were better readers and liked reading the stories out loud in small groups, but had mixed ratings about leaving their classrooms to participate in the study.
Potential confounds and limitations of the study are discussed, specifically regarding the elements of the low- to high-level questioning sequences and study procedures as well as the need to further develop reading comprehension measures and student interest measures. Considerations for future investigations are also discussed.
§ 7 Stand und Perspektiven der positiven und negativen Integration des materiellen Steuerrechts in der EU
Creators: name: Anzinger, Heribert
Publisher: name: Heidelberger Beiträge zum Finanz- und Steuerrecht
Year: 2017

description: Heidelberger Beiträge zum Finanz- und Steuerrecht, Bd. 6 (2017): Europäisches Finanzrecht: Stand  - Methoden - Perspektiven
The Anticorrelated Nature of the Primary and Secondary Eclipse Timing Variations for the Kepler Contact Binaries
Creators: name: Tran, K.
name: Levine, A.
name: Rappaport, S.
name: Borkovits, T.
name: Csizmadia, Sz.
name: Kalomeni, B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on a study of eclipse timing variations in contact binary systems, using long-cadence lightcurves in the Kepler archive. As a first step, 'observed minus calculated' (O-C) curves were produced for both the primary and secondary eclipses of some 2000 Kepler binaries. We find ~390 short-period binaries with O-C curves that exhibit (i) random-walk like variations or quasi-periodicities, with typical amplitudes of +/- 200-300 seconds, and (ii) anticorrelations between the primary and secondary eclipse timing variations. We present a detailed analysis and results for 32 of these binaries with orbital periods in the range of 0.35 +/- 0.05 days. The anticorrelations observed in their O-C curves cannot be explained by a model involving mass transfer, which among other things requires implausibly high rates of ~0.01 M_sun per year. We show that the anticorrelated behavior, the amplitude of the O-C delays, and the overall random-walk like behavior can be explained by the presence of a starspot that is continuously visible around the orbit and slowly changes its longitude on timescales of weeks to months. The quasi-periods of ~50-200 days observed in the O-C curves suggest values for k, the coefficient of the latitude dependence of the stellar differential rotation, of ~0.003-0.013.
description: Published in The Astrophysical Journal, 2013, Vol. 774, p.81; 14 pages, 12 figures, and 2 tables
title: O Gabinete de heráldica do exército e as armas da Junta de Freguesia da Verderena
Creators: name: Morais Alexandre, Paulo Jorge
Publisher: name: Universidade Lusíada Editora
Year: 2011

description: Lusíada. História. - ISSN 0873-1330. - S. 2, n. 8 (2011). - p. 433-444.
The worldwide impact of Donati's comet on art and society in the mid-19th century
Creators: name: Gasperini, Antonella
name: Galli, Daniele
name: Nenzi, Laura
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph)
subject: Popular Physics (physics.pop-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Donati's comet was one of the most impressive astronomical events of the nineteenth century. Its extended sword-like tail was a spectacular sight that inspired several literary and artistic representations. Traces of Donati's comet are found in popular magazines, children's books, collection cards, and household objects through the beginning of the twentieth century.
A Mixture of Generalized Hyperbolic Distributions
Creators: name: Browne, Ryan P.
name: McNicholas, Paul D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We introduce a mixture of generalized hyperbolic distributions as an alternative to the ubiquitous mixture of Gaussian distributions as well as their near relatives of which the mixture of multivariate t and skew-t distributions are predominant. The mathematical development of our mixture of generalized hyperbolic distributions model relies on its relationship with the generalized inverse Gaussian distribution. The latter is reviewed before our mixture models are presented along with details of the aforesaid reliance. Parameter estimation is outlined within the expectation-maximization framework before the clustering performance of our mixture models is illustrated via applications on simulated and real data. In particular, the ability of our models to recover parameters for data from underlying Gaussian and skew-t distributions is demonstrated. Finally, the role of Generalized hyperbolic mixtures within the wider model-based clustering, classification, and density estimation literature is discussed.
IOB-DATA.xlsx
Creators: name: Gao, Hui
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 350705
subject: Innovation management
classificationCode: 350601
subject: Consumer behaviour

description: The permanent inhabitants of China were polled using a questionnaire and the quantitative technique (n=500), which was used to collect sample data from the target population. Prior to the survey's release, its content validity and reliability were assessed using Item-Objective Congruence (IOC) and a pilot Cronbach's Alpha test.
Homo erectus von Bilzingsleben - Zur anthropologischen, geochronologischen und kulturellen Zuordnung der Fundstelle
Creators: name: Mania, Dietrich
Publisher: name: Jahresschrift für mitteldeutsche Vorgeschichte
Year: 2018

description: -
description: Jahresschrift für mitteldeutsche Vorgeschichte, Bd. 70 (1987): Jahresschrift für Mitteldeutsche Vorgeschichte
Can cooperation slow down emergency evacuations?
Creators: name: Cirillo, Emilio N. M.
name: Muntean, Adrian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the motion of pedestrians through obscure corridors where the lack of visibility hides the precise position of the exits. Using a lattice model, we explore the effects of cooperation on the overall exit flux (evacuation rate). More precisely, we study the effect of the buddying threshold (of no--exclusion per site) on the dynamics of the crowd. In some cases, we note that if the evacuees tend to cooperate and act altruistically, then their collective action tends to favor the occurrence of disasters.
description: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1203.4852
Prähistorische Bronzefunde. Hrsg. von H. Müller-Karpe. Abt. XIV, 6. Band: Tiberiu Bader, Die Fibeln in Rumänien
Creators: name: Rüster, Brigitte
Publisher: name: Jahresschrift für mitteldeutsche Vorgeschichte
Year: 2018

description: Rezension zu: Prähistorische Bronzefunde. Hrsg. von H. Müller-Karpe. Abt. XIV, 6. Band: Tiberiu Bader, Die Fibeln in Rumänien. C. H. Beck’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, München 1983. 144 Seiten, 62 Tafeln.
description: Jahresschrift für mitteldeutsche Vorgeschichte, Bd. 70 (1987): Jahresschrift für Mitteldeutsche Vorgeschichte