cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: The Cultural Programs of the WPA: with Special Emphasis on the Federal Art Project
Creators: name: Lashbrook, Lawrence G.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1971

description: The number of Americans who did not suffer in some way from the depression of the thirties was small, indeed. This was a period of great travail for the United States and the entire world. However, it was also one of the most interesting and innovative periods in American history. President Franklin D. Roosevelt exhibited forceful and quick reactions to the economic and social problems besetting the nation. Not the least of these measures of mitigation was the Works Projects Administration and the inclusive WPA cultural projects. These projects contained an art program, a writers' program, a theatre program and a music program. The contributions of these programs were varied. A great deal of monetary value was produced by such respected Americans as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothco, Stuart Davis, Richard Wright and Vardis Fisher. Monetary return did not comprise the major value or design of the programs. The first priority centered on providing useful employment to unemployed and creative citizens. This employment program was unique in that it strived to place the unemployed artist in a position in which he could use his artistic talent. The sculptor was not forced to dig ditches or lay pipe. He was given a job that utilized his true vocation, such as work on Mount Rushmore or sculptures for a children's playground, or even the instruction of sculpturing to an eager class of adults. This was probably where the real value of the program became patent. The artist was able to regain his self-respect and continue in his work.
The state of Utah presented a useful example of the worth of WPA cultural programs. In a state as small and rural as Utah, a viable and workable program was effected. Therefore, it is reasonable to assume that if the cultural programs were of value to Utah, the significance to the larger states and the rest of the nation cannot easily be dismissed.
Backward asymmetry measurements in the elastic pion-proton scattering at resonance energies
Creators: name: Alekseev, I. G.
name: Bazhanov, N. A.
name: Beloglazov, Yu. A.
name: Budkovsky, P. E.
name: Bunyatova, E. I.
name: Filimonov, E. A.
name: Kanavets, V. P.
name: Kovalev, A. I.
name: Koroleva, L. I.
name: Morozov, B. V.
name: Nesterov, V. M.
name: Novinsky, D. V.
name: Ryltsov, V. V.
name: Shchedrov, V. A.
name: Sulimov, A. D.
name: Sumachev, V. V.
name: Svirida, D. N.
name: Trautman, V. Yu.
name: Zolin, L. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The asymmetry parameter P was measured for the elastic pion-proton scattering in the very backward angular region of theta_cm ~ 150-170^o at several pion beam energies in the invariant mass range containing most of the pion-proton resonances. The general goal of the experimental program was to provide new data for partial wave analyses in order to resolve their uncertainties in the baryon resonance region to allow the unambiguous baryon spectrum reconstructions. Until recently the parameter P was not measured in the examined domain that might be explained by the extremely low cross section. At the same time the predictions of various partial wave analyses are far from agreement in some kinematic areas and specifically those areas were chosen for the measurements where the disagreement is most pronouncing. The experiment was performed at the ITEP U-10 proton synchrotron, Moscow, by the ITEP-PNPI collaboration in the latest 5 years.
description: 6 pages, 5 figures. to be submitted to the European Physical Journal
List of Crew Belonging to the Whale Boat, Phenix
Creators: name: (:Unas)
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 0
Subjects: Edwards Family
Whaling
Boat & ship industry
Ships

description: This is a list of crew members of the Phenix whaling ship. Names include: Joshua T. Bennett, Jonathan Barns, John D. Conkling, Folben D. Schellinger, David Shearman, Nathaniel T. Edwards. This item is part of the Isaac Edwards Deed Collection, donated by Bess Rattray in December 2020.
Hybrid photonic crystal cavity and waveguide for coupling to diamond NV-centers
Creators: name: Barclay, Paul E.
name: Fu, Kai-Mei
name: Santori, Charles
name: Beausoleil, Raymond G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A design for an ultra-high Q photonic crystal nanocavity engineered to interact with nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers located near the surface of a single crystal diamond sample is presented. The structure is based upon a nanowire photonic crystal geometry, and consists of a patterned high refractive index membrane, such as gallium phosphide (GaP), supported by a diamond substrate. The nanocavity supports a mode with quality factor Q > 1.5 million and mode volume V < 0.52 (λ/n_\text{GaP})^3, and promises to allow Purcell enhanced collection of spontaneous emission from an NV located more than 50 nm below the diamond surface. The nanowire photonic crystal waveguide can be used to efficiently couple light into and out of the cavity, or as an efficient broadband collector of NV phonon sideband emission. The proposed structures can be fabricated using existing materials and processing techniques.
title: Design for Manufacturability and Assembly of an Assistive Technician Creeper, Including Single Drive Control of a Multi-Degree of Freedom Kinematic Mechanism
Creators: name: Wilde, Larry T.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: In 2011, a team of senior engineering students at Utah State University, in connection with the university’s Center for Persons with Disabilities, designed and prototyped an assistive technician creeper. Building on successful features and resolving issues discovered in design validation testing of the initial prototype, this thesis includes the refined development of a fully assistive technician creeper with emphasis on improvement of kinematic functionality, overall manufacturability, and integration of system safety features. The final design solution is a creeper that transforms a user bi-directionally between the seated position, and a maneuverable supine position, while requiring only simple manual actuation.
New design requirements were established including specifications for user height, weight, and body mass distribution, driven by census and medical data suitable for 95% of individuals. Using 3D modeling software, an iterative design approach was used in conjunction with kinematic, and structural analyses, to generate an improved feature set that can be easily manufactured and assembled. Of particular interest is the modification to the kinematic system, which produces multiple single-degree-of-freedom kinematic motions from a single multi-degree-of-freedom kinematic mechanism. This promotes the use of a single motor to produce separate motions for adjusting upper body inclination, and raising the seat surface. The revised design adheres to principles of design for manufacturability and assembly, by using common economical manufacturing processes, minimizing part asymmetry and maximizing part reuse.
Employment of engineering analyses, including kinematic, finite element, and failure modes and effects analyses quantified design validation and risk mitigation. Static force analysis and computations of fatigue and life expectancy of critical components supplement the analysis set. Analysis suggests all structural components were designed to meet a safety factor of 3.0 or better. This combined with the addition of safety features and system protection redundancies provide confidence in structural integrity and system reliability. This creeper will contribute to the world of assistive technologies by providing new mobility opportunities, improving the quality of life of individuals with certain physical disabilities. It is also well suited for users of all abilities and has potential to become a premium creeper for professionals.
title: Simple Soil Quality Tests and Organic Management Practices for Orchards in the Intermountain West
Creators: name: Thomsen, Esther Oline
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: Soil quality problems such as erosion, depleted soil organic matter, salinity, depleted or excessive nutrient reserves and reduced water holding capacity are of increasing concern to farmers in the Intermountain West. Marginal soils require higher rates of fertilizers and other amendments to meet crop needs. As input costs rise and water resources are increasingly limited, simple and effective methods for evaluating and improving soil quality and fertility are of growing importance. Practices known to improve soil quality include reduced to no tillage, cover crop use- especially legumes, and addition of mulch and other carbon rich amendments. Comprehensive soil quality testing is often not routine, cost prohibitive, unavailable or confusing to interpret. The purpose of this study was to develop tools to help growers improve and monitor soil quality. Chapter 1 provides a general overview of the project. Chapters 2 and 3 discuss the effectiveness of simple soil tests that can be performed by growers on-site. The most effective simple soil testing methods were found to be modified slake tests, the Solvita® respiration test kit, and soil organism biodiversity counts (R = 0.88, R = 0.88, R = 0.68 respectively). Simple nutrient test kits, correlated somewhat with laboratory results (the highest correlation was R = 0.80), however no simple test kit was accurate across all tests provided. Chapters 4 and 5 investigate organic nutrient management practices for peach orchards in the Utah, illustrating examples from: Captiol Reef National Park, Torrey, in southcentral Utah; and Utah State University Horticultural Research Farm, Kaysville, in northern Utah.
Bethe-Sommerfeld conjecture for periodic operators with strong perturbations
Creators: name: Parnovski, L.
name: Sobolev, A. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Spectral Theory (math.SP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 35P20, 47G30, 47A55

description: We consider a periodic self-adjoint pseudo-differential operator $H=(-Δ)^m+B$, $m>0$, in $\R^d$ which satisfies the following conditions: (i) the symbol of $B$ is smooth in $\bx$, and (ii) the perturbation $B$ has order less than $2m$. Under these assumptions, we prove that the spectrum of $H$ contains a half-line. This, in particular implies the Bethe-Sommerfeld Conjecture for the Schrödinger operator with a periodic magnetic potential in all dimensions.
description: 61 pages
Additional file 1 of Medicinal plant-derived mtDNA via nanovesicles induces the cGAS-STING pathway to remold tumor-associated macrophages for tumor regression
Creators: name: Liu, Jinfeng
name: Xiang, Jiaxin
name: Jin, Cuiyuan
name: Ye, Lusha
name: Wang, Lei
name: Gao, Yanan
name: Lv, Nianyin
name: Zhang, Junfeng
name: You, Fuping
name: Qiao, Hongzhi
name: Shi, Liyun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Additional file 1: Fig. S1. Analysis of biocompatibility of ADNVs. Fig. S2. Effects of different injection routes on biodistribution and tumor control of ADNVs in vivo. Fig. S3. ADNVs promote TAMs polarization towards M1 phenotype. Fig. S4. ADNVs act through TAMs to exert the anti-tumor effect. Fig. S5. The immunoregulatory function of ADNVs is not through TLR2, TLR3, or TLR4 pathway. Tablse S1. Mouse primers for quantitative RT-PCR analysis. Table S2. Plant primers for PCR analysis.
Complexity of Networks (reprise)
Creators: name: Standish, Russell K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO)
subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: G.2.2

description: Network or graph structures are ubiquitous in the study of complex systems. Often, we are interested in complexity trends of these system as it evolves under some dynamic. An example might be looking at the complexity of a food web as species enter an ecosystem via migration or speciation, and leave via extinction. In a previous paper, a complexity measure of networks was proposed based on the {\em complexity is information content} paradigm. To apply this paradigm to any object, one must fix two things: a representation language, in which strings of symbols from some alphabet describe, or stand for the objects being considered; and a means of determining when two such descriptions refer to the same object. With these two things set, the information content of an object can be computed in principle from the number of equivalent descriptions describing a particular object. The previously proposed representation language had the deficiency that the fully connected and empty networks were the most complex for a given number of nodes. A variation of this measure, called zcomplexity, applied a compression algorithm to the resulting bitstring representation, to solve this problem. Unfortunately, zcomplexity proved too computationally expensive to be practical. In this paper, I propose a new representation language that encodes the number of links along with the number of nodes and a representation of the linklist. This, like zcomplexity, exhibits minimal complexity for fully connected and empty networks, but is as tractable as the original measure. ...
description: Accepted in Complexity
title: Development of a Student-Perspective Based Scale on Instructor Approachability
Creators: name: Zhao, Xin
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: Students respond to instructor characteristics. Instructor approachability is one such characteristic that is often discussed yet inconsistently defined in the literature. The purpose of this study was to construct and validate a new measure, the Instructor Approachability Scale. The present study used a rationally derived process to generate a list of items that are representative of instructor approachability. Factor analysis was conducted to establish psychometrics for the scale. Regression analyses were then conducted to examine the impact of instructor approachability on several outcomes, including students’ help-seeking attitudes, satisfaction with the course, and mastery of course content. Several significant main effects were detected, indicating that instructor approachability impacted: help-seeking attitudes and satisfaction with the course. While instructor approachability was not significant in predicting student learning outcome directly, it was indirectly predictive through help-seeking attitude, which suggests that the instructor can enable student access to resources, but students are ultimately responsible in translating the resources into results. These findings and implications are also discussed.
MOESM8 of MicroRNAs and their regulatory networks in Chinese Gushi chicken abdominal adipose tissue during postnatal late development
Creators: name: Chen, Yi
name: Zhao, Yinli
name: Jin, Wenjiao
name: Li, Yuanfang
name: Zhang, Yanhua
name: Ma, Xuejie
name: Sun, Guirong
name: Han, Ruili
name: Tian, Yadong
name: Li, Hong
name: Kang, Xiangtao
name: Li, Guoxi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 8: Table S2. Details of the novel miRNAs identified in this study.
On the Space of KdV Fields
Creators: name: Nakayashiki, Atsushi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 37K20;17B69;17B37

description: The space of functions A over the phase space of KdV-hierarchy is studied as a module over the ring D generated by commuting derivations. A D-free resolution of A is constructed by Babelon, Bernard and Smirnov by taking the classical limit of the construction in quantum integrable models assuming a certain conjecture. We propose another D-free resolution of A by extending the construction in the classical finite dimensional integrable system associated with a certain family of hyperelliptic curves to infinite dimension assuming a similar conjecture. The relation of two constructions is given.
description: 13 pages
title: Evaluation of Low-Temperature Geothermal Potential in Cache Valley, Utah
Creators: name: de Vries, Janet L.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1982

description: The purpose of this research was to continue the assessment of the low-temperature geothermal resources of Cache Valley, Utah initiated by the Utah Geological and Mineral Survey. Field work consisted of locating 90 wells and springs throughout the study area, collecting water samples for later laboratory analyses, and field measurement of pH, temperature, bicarbonate alkalinity, and electrical conductivity. Na+, K+, Ca+2 , Mg+2 , SiO2, Fe, SO4-2, Cl-, F-, and total dissolved solids were determined in the laboratory.
Temperature profiles were measured in 12 additional, unused wells. Thermal gradients calculated from the profiles were approximately the same as the average for the Basin and Range province, about 35°C/km. One well produced a gradient of 297°C/k.m, most probably as a result of a near-surface occurrence of warm water.
Possible warm water reservoir temperatures were calculated using both the silica and the Na-K-Ca geothermometers, with the results averaging about 50-100°C. If mixing calculations were applied, taking into account the temperatures and silica contents of both warm springs or wells and the cold groundwater, reservoir temperatures up to about 200°C were obtained.
Considering measured surface water temperatures, calculated reservoir temperatures, thermal gradients, and the local geology, most of the Cache Valley, Utah area is unsuited for geothermal development. However, the areas of North Logan, Benson, and Trenton were found to have anomalously warm groundwater in comparison to the background temperature of 13.0°C for the study area. The warm water has potential for isolated energy development but is not warm enough for major commercial development.
Analytic representation theory of Lie groups: General theory and analytic globalizations of Harish--Chandra modules
Creators: name: Gimperlein, Heiko
name: Kroetz, Bernhard
name: Schlichtkrull, Henrik
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 22E45

description: In this article a general framework for studying analytic representations of a real Lie group G is introduced. Fundamental topological properties of the representations are analyzed. A notion of temperedness for analytic representations is introduced, which indicates the existence of an action of a certain natural algebra A(G) of analytic functions of rapid decay. For reductive groups every Harish-Chandra module V is shown to admit a unique tempered analytic globalization, which is generated by V and A(G) and which embeds as the space of analytic vectors in all Banach globalizations of V.
description: Main file unchanged. Erratum added at the end
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758
Creators: name: Aidek, Ahmad E.
name: Ibrahim, Amir
name: Amr, Zuhair
name: Hutterer, Rainer
name: Kryštufek, Boris
name: Serra, Gianluca
name: Benda, Petr
name: Shkaky, Yesra
name: Barbanera, Filippo
name: Al-Sheikhly, Omar F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Artiodactyla
Suidae
Sus
Sus scrofa

description: 101. Eurasian Wild Pig, Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758
(IUCN Red List: LC)
Subspecies: S. s. attila Thomas, 1912 and S. s. libycus Gray, 1868.
Distribution: Abundant; commonly found in forested areas, riparian habitats, densely-vegetated wetland edges, and steppe habitats from northwest Aleppo to the coastal region, Sahl Al-Ghab, Yarmuk Valley; in low numbers in the northeast of Syria, where the species range may extend from Turkey and Iraq (Fig. 110). Historically found around Palmyra and Damascus and in the lower Syrian Euphrates but extinct since the 1950s, due to extensive persecution by locals.
Previous records: Lake Hijanah southeast of Damascus (Mac Gregor 1869), around Palmyra and Jabal er-Ruwak (Carruthers 1909), in the forests north of Latakia (Talbot 1960), Slenfe mountains (Serra 2004), east of Al-Qamishli, Sabkhat al-Jabbul, Jarablus, Orontes Basin, Qattinah (Kumerloeve 1975), Nabi-Houri to the north of Azaz (Zahoueh & Cheiko 1993), Kasab, Sahl Al-Ghab, and Yarmuk Valley (Masseti 2004), Abu Qubays and Al-Furunlok (Daoud & Khalil 2009a, b).
Recent records: Deir Sawwan (2008–2009), as-Samra, Koayah (2010), Al-Khatuniyah (southwest of Al Hasaka), Khaled Qello, Aabdeen, Al Tiah, Heit, Al-Bahlouliyah, Qismeen, Al-Qerdaha, Qarajaleh, Kafr Zeita, Um et-Tiur, Sreijes, Al Kadmous, Bmlakah, Al Qanjara, Mashqita, Sharifah, Al-Kneisat, Balluran, Ras Al-Baseet, Kafaria, Wadi Qandil, Al-Ajami, Jilleen, Sahm aj-Jolan, Al-Isawiyah, Kurfus, Efreen, Darkoush, Harf Al- Mseitrah, and vicinity of Kasab (2020–2021).
Remarks: S. s. attila Thomas, 1912 is found along the Euphrates Valley, whereas S. s. libycus Gray, 1868 occurs in northwest Syria and across the western and southern regions.
description: Published as part of Aidek, Ahmad E., Ibrahim, Amir, Amr, Zuhair, Hutterer, Rainer, Kryštufek, Boris, Serra, Gianluca, Benda, Petr, Shkaky, Yesra, Barbanera, Filippo & Al-Sheikhly, Omar F., 2025, Checklist of Mammals of Syria, pp. 1-130 in Zootaxa 5580 (1) on pages 100-103, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5580.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14797597
Solid waste management in Vientiane, Lao PDR
Creators: name: Khotpathoum, V
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: The substantial growth in research into solid waste management in developed countries is well documented. However, the management and practices of solid waste in developing countries are not so well-known. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to focus on solid waste management in Vientiane Municipality, in Lao PDR, a developing country, and to learn from the experience of managing solid waste in Australia, a developed country. Firstly, this thesis examines the general issues and solid waste management strategies in Australia, followed by Australian policy and legislative frameworks for solid waste management. Secondly, the study investigates the current issues, legislation and solid waste management practices in Vientiane, Lao PDR. A survey of solid waste management in Vientiane Municipality focuses on the Vientiane Urban Development Administrative Agency (VUDAA), two private waste contractors, and householders. The research methodology consisted of two survey questionnaires. The first was administered to the VUDAA and two private sector providers, and the other to 102 households in both urban and rural areas. The survey results show that solid waste management practices in Laos are still inadequate, with poorly serviced households, inappropriate landfill management, weak financial status, and low community awareness. I argue that solid waste managers and households in Laos can learn from Australian waste management practices in order to improve their solid waste management practices.
Additional file 2 of Multi-ethnic genome-wide association analyses of white blood cell and platelet traits in the Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) study
Creators: name: Hu, Yao
name: Bien, Stephanie A.
name: Nishimura, Katherine K.
name: Haessler, Jeffrey
name: Hodonsky, Chani J.
name: Baldassari, Antoine R.
name: Highland, Heather M.
name: Wang, Zhe
name: Preuss, Michael
name: Sitlani, Colleen M.
name: Wojcik, Genevieve L.
name: Tao, Ran
name: Graff, Mariaelisa
name: Huckins, Laura M.
name: Sun, Quan
name: Chen, Ming-Huei
name: Mousas, Abdou
name: Auer, Paul L.
name: Lettre, Guillaume
name: Kooperberg, Charles
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 2.
title: Increasing the Sustainability of Utah Farms by Incorporating Quinoa as a Novel Crop and Protecting Soil Health
Creators: name: Buckland, Kristine R.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: Most of the western United States faces increasing water shortages in the coming years, which will prove a major challenge for maintaining sustainable farms. Incorporating an alternative crop that is well adapted to the projected climate could be a successful approach to increasing the sustainability of farms in the region. Quinoa, Chenopodium quinoa Willd., may be an ideal alternative crop to meet the demands of the Intermountain West. Before widespread adoption of this novel crop can occur, best management strategies need to be documented. This paper provides research on cropping systems, irrigation rates, and weed competition with quinoa. Additionally, the impacts of prior cropping history and compost addition on soil health parameters are presented. Quinoa responded to compost addition in an organic cropping system trial where low soil phosphorous was a limiting nutrient. Cover crops, 70% hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth.) and 30% winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), provided sufficient nitrogen inputs for the following quinoa crop. In response to a line source irrigation trial, varieties showed optimal irrigation rate from 23- 42 cm of water for biomass accumulation, although no seed was produced by any variety. In a greenhouse weed trial, quinoa was less impacted by the presence of any other species, lambsquarters (Chenopodium album L.), red root pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus) and green foxtail (Setaria viridis), suggesting a high competitive advantage. Finally, organically managed soil increased soil health indicators, including microbial biomass and resistance to stress, regardless of compost addition. In addition, compost increased soil health indicators in conventionally managed soil. Seed set across all field trials was hindered by peak summer temperatures above 32°C, a known temperature sensitivity threshold during flowering for the varieties tested. Therefore, further work to select adapted varieties for the region must be accomplished before widespread adoption is feasible. An integrated approach involving a locallyadapted novel crop and soil health protection promises to increase future farm sustainability.
title: The Effects of Upstream Straight Pipe Length on Magnetic Flow Meter Accuracy
Creators: name: Clawson, Bradley C.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: In closed conduit water systems, being able to accurately measure flow is absolutely essential. For many meter designs, including electromagnetic induction meters (also known as magnetic flow meters), the greatest accuracy is achieved when the device is calibrated correctly. Optimal meter accuracy often depends on the flow conditions associated with the upstream geometry in the pipe system. Manufacturers typically give standards for the length of straight pipe required upstream of the meter. These standards vary, however, and do not address every possible configuration that may be installed upstream of the straight pipe requirement.
An investigation on the effects of the length of straight pipe between a single 90° elbow and the upstream side of magnetic flow meters was completed in this research. Eleven 10-inch meters were chosen for testing. The procedure included a baseline test with more than forty diameters of straight pipe between the elbow and the meter. The accuracy of the meter was determined over a range of flow velocities typical for operation of this type and size of meter. Further tests were performed with the meter installed only three diameters downstream of the elbow. These tests constitute Phase I. In Phase II, four meters were tested with the upstream pipe length varying from a close-coupled installation to ten diameters of straight pipe between the elbow and the meter to observe variances in accuracy with distance from the elbow.
The intent of the research was to show whether manufacturer accuracy specifications are achievable in actual application. It was determined that very few meters meet the manufacturer’s specification for accuracy even when installation requirements were met. Post-factory calibrations and minimization of velocity profile disruption through consideration of upstream geometry is recommended.
Self-consistent calculation of metamaterials with gain
Creators: name: Fang, A.
name: Koschny, Th.
name: Wegener, M.
name: Soukoulis, C. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a computational scheme allowing for a self-consistent treatment of a dispersive metallic photonic metamaterial coupled to a gain material incorporated into the nanostructure. The gain is described by a generic four-level system. A critical pumping rate exists for compensating the loss of the metamaterial. Nonlinearities arise due to gain depletion beyond a certain critical strength of a test field. Transmission, reflection, and absorption data as well as the retrieved effective parameters are presented for a lattice of resonant square cylinders embedded in layers of gain material and split ring resonators with gain material embedded into the gaps.
description: 5 pages, 6 figures
Small defects reconstruction in waveguides from multifrequency one-side scattering data
Creators: name: Bonnetier, Eric
name: Niclas, Angèle
name: Seppecher, Laurent
name: Vial, Grégory
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Localization and reconstruction of small defects in acoustic or electromagnetic waveguides is of crucial interest in nondestructive evaluation of structures. The aim of this work is to present a new multi-frequency inversion method to reconstruct small defects in a 2D waveguide. Given one-side multi-frequency wave field measurements of propagating modes, we use a Born approximation to provide a L2-stable reconstruction of three types of defects: a local perturbation inside the waveguide, a bending of the waveguide, and a localized defect in the geometry of the waveguide. This method is based on a mode-by-mode spacial Fourier inversion from the available partial data in the Fourier domain. Indeed, in the available data, some high and low spatial frequency information on the defect are missing. We overcome this issue using both a compact support hypothesis and a minimal smoothness hypothesis on the defects. We also provide a suitable numerical method for efficient reconstruction of such defects and we discuss its applications and limits.
title: Classification of Spacetimes with Symmetry
Creators: name: Hicks, Jesse W.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: Spacetimes with symmetry play a critical role in Einstein's Theory of General Relativity. Missing from the literature is a correct, usable, and computer accessible classification of such spacetimes. This dissertation fills this gap; specifically, we
i) give a new and different approach to the classification of spacetimes with symmetry using modern methods and tools such as the Schmidt method and computer algebra systems, resulting in ninety-two spacetimes;
ii) create digital databases of the classification for easy access and use for researchers;
iii) create software to classify any spacetime metric with symmetry against the new database;
iv) compare results of our classification with those of Petrov and find that Petrov missed six cases and incorrectly normalized a significant number of metrics;
v) classify spacetimes with symmetry in the book Exact Solutions to Einstein’s Field Equations Second Edition by Stephani, Kramer, Macallum, Hoenselaers, and Herlt and in Komrakov’s paper Einstein-Maxwell equation on four-dimensional homogeneous spaces using the new software.
An Infrared Census of Star Formation in the Horsehead Nebula
Creators: name: Bowler, Brendan P.
name: Waller, William H.
name: Megeath, S. Thomas
name: Patten, Brian M.
name: Tamura, Motohide
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: At ~ 400 pc, the Horsehead Nebula (B33) is the closest radiatively-sculpted pillar to the Sun, but the state and extent of star formation in this structure is not well understood. We present deep near-infrared (IRSF/SIRIUS JHKs) and mid-infrared (Spitzer/IRAC) observations of the Horsehead Nebula in order to characterize the star forming properties of this region and to assess the likelihood of triggered star formation. Infrared color-color and color-magnitude diagrams are used to identify young stars based on infrared excess emission and positions to the right of the Zero-Age Main Sequence, respectively. Of the 45 sources detected at both near- and mid-infrared wavelengths, three bona fide and five candidate young stars are identified in this 7' by 7' region. Two bona fide young stars have flat infrared SEDs and are located at the western irradiated tip of the pillar. The spatial coincidence of the protostars at the leading edge of this elephant trunk is consistent with the Radiation-Driven Implosion (RDI) model of triggered star formation. There is no evidence, however, for sequential star formation within the immediate ~ 1.5' (0.17 pc) region from the cloud/H II region interface.
description: 30 pages, 11 figures; accepted for publication in The Astronomical Journal
title: Amor de Cerca: Positive Involvement in Latino Families
Creators: name: Varón, Michelle L.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: There is an abundance of literature examining parent-child relationships, and subsequently, parenting interventions that address these. The purpose of this study was to examine if positive and negative parental behaviors predicted externalizing behaviors in children. The following questions were addressed: (a) What are the types of positive interactions that Latinos parents engage in with their children? (b) Does a ratio of intervals of positive to intervals of negative parent behaviors predict externalizing behaviors in children among Latinos? (c) Do proportions of intervals of positive and/or negative behaviors predict a greater percentage of variance in child outcomes than does a ratio of intervals of behaviors in Latino families? Participants included 49 two-parent families with at least one child between the ages of 6 and 11. All participants were living in Puerto Rico at the time of the study and primarily spoke Spanish. Video recordings of parents interacting with their children in a variety of structured and unstructured tasks were reviewed, and 10 s intervals were coded as either negative (-), negative (+), positive or neutral. Results revealed (a) Latino parents engage in a variety of behaviors with their children, (b) a ratio of intervals of behaviors did not statistically significantly predict externalizing behaviors in Latino children, and (c) proportion of intervals of behaviors also did not statistically significantly predict externalizing behaviors in Latino children. In order to continue to inform culturally appropriate parenting interventions, it is imperative that more observational research be conducted with various cultures. It is important to look at the types of behaviors that parents from various cultures engage in with their children to inform adaptations of parenting interventions. The current study examined exclusively parents, however, future studied might also address extended family member, and teacher behaviors and interactions as well.
The energy transfer and its effects on the secondaries in W Ursae Majoris-type contact binaries
Creators: name: Jiang, Dengkai
name: Han, Zhanwen
name: Jiang, Tianyu
name: Li, Lifang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The energy transfer of W UMa contact binaries and its effects on the secondary in W UMa contact binaries are investigated. Relations are given between the mass ratio (q) and the relative energy transfer rates, i.e. U1, the ratio of the transferred luminosity to the surface luminosity of the primary and U2, the ratio of the transferred luminosity to the nuclear luminosity of the secondary. The theoretical curves(U1 vs q and U2 vs q) are derived. Although these curves can reflect the distribution of U1 vs q and U2 vs q, some observational systems are significantly deviated from these curves. It is mainly resulted from the difference in the effective temperatures of the components in W UMa systems.The radius and the density of the secondary are related to the relative energy tran-sfer rate U2: the higher is U2, the greater is the expansion and the lower is the density of the secondaries in W UMa systems. The temperature difference of W UMa binary components is correlated with the relative energy transfer rate U1 and decreases with increasing U1. This might suggest that there is a thermal coupling between two components in W UMa contact binaries, and that the classif-ication of W UMa contact binaries into A- or W-types depends on the energy tran-sfer from the primary to the secondary. The temperature difference of W UMa bin-ary components is poorly correlated with the mass of the primary. This suggests that the properties of the common envelope of W UMa contact binaries might not have a significant effect on the energy transfer between two components.
description: 7 pages,8 figures, accepted by MNRAS
title: Sagebrush Ecology of Parker Mountain, Utah
Creators: name: Dulfon, Nathan E.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: Parker Mountain, is located in south central Utah, it consists of 153 780 ha of high elevation rangelands dominated by black sagebrush (Artemisia nova A. Nelson), and mountain big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt. subsp. vaseyana [Rybd.] Beetle) communities. Sagebrush obligate species including greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) depend on these vegetation communities throughout the year. Parker Mountain is owned and managed by Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration, Bureau of Land Management, and the United States Forest Service. Land management on Parker Mountain include wildlife conservation and providing sustainable ecosystem services such as livestock grazing.
My research described the species composition of the black sagebrush communities, evaluated the long-term vegetation responses to two mechanical (Dixie harrow/Lawson aerator) and one chemical treatment (tebuthiuron), and herbaceous biomass responses to tebuthiuron treatments in mountain big sagebrush communities on Parker Mountain.
My results indicated when black sagebrush canopy cover was20% canopy cover. Communities with
Tebuthiuron reduced mountain big sagebrush percent canopy cover (>9 years), increased grass canopy cover, and increased forb canopy cover more than the two mechanical brush control methods. Tebuthiuron treatments shifted sites from xeric to more mesic plant communities, which resulted in increased percent forb cover required by greater sage-grouse during late-brooding.
Herbaceous biomass increased under tebuthiuron treatments in mountain big sagebrush pastures. Tebuthiuron treatments also reduced live sagebrush canopy cover for at least 9 years.
title: Definition and Construction of Entropy Satisfying Multiresolution Analysis (MRA)
Creators: name: Yi, Ju Y.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: This paper considers some numerical schemes for the approximate solution of conservation laws and various wavelet methods are reviewed. This is followed by the construction of wavelet spaces based on a polynomial framework for the approximate solution of conservation laws. Construction of a representation of the approximate solution in terms of an entropy satisfying Multiresolution Analysis (MRA) is deﬁned. Finally, a proof of convergence of the approximate solution of conservation laws using the characterization provided by the basis functions in the MRA will be given.
Chordata
Creators: name: Aidek, Ahmad E.
name: Ibrahim, Amir
name: Amr, Zuhair
name: Hutterer, Rainer
name: Kryštufek, Boris
name: Serra, Gianluca
name: Benda, Petr
name: Shkaky, Yesra
name: Barbanera, Filippo
name: Al-Sheikhly, Omar F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata

description: Infraorder Cetacea (Whales and Dolphins)
Cetacea is an infraorder of aquatic mammals that includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises.Previous molecular studies and morphological examinations suggest that cetaceans were branched off from other Artiodactyla (Thewissen et al. 2001). In fact, cetaceans are deeply nested within the Artiodactyls; the two groups together form a monophyletic taxon, for which the name Cetartiodactyla is sometimes used (also see Song et al. 2012).
A total of 21 cetacean species were reported from the Mediterranean Sea (Notarbartolo di Sciara 2002; Gonzalvo & Bearzi 2008). Their status was assessed according to the species’ frequency and time of occurrence as regular, occasional, or accidental. Overall, nine cetacean species were recorded in the Syrian marine waters as (i) live swimming animals found in the sea, (ii) dead bodies floating in the water, (iii) drifted or (iv) stranded dead specimens along the Syrian coast. As only few research attempts were carried out, the status of the cetacean fauna in the Syria marine waters is far to be fully known; therefore, further intensive research is needed.
description: Published as part of Aidek, Ahmad E., Ibrahim, Amir, Amr, Zuhair, Hutterer, Rainer, Kryštufek, Boris, Serra, Gianluca, Benda, Petr, Shkaky, Yesra, Barbanera, Filippo & Al-Sheikhly, Omar F., 2025, Checklist of Mammals of Syria, pp. 1-130 in Zootaxa 5580 (1) on page 103, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5580.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14797597
Gazeau$-$Klauder squeezed states associated with solvable quantum systems
Creators: name: Tavassoly, M. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A formalism for the construction of some classes of Gazeau$-$Klauder squeezed states, corresponding to arbitrary solvable quantum systems with a known discrete spectrum, are introduced. As some physical applications, the proposed structure is applied to a few known quantum systems and then statistical properties as well as squeezing of the obtained squeezed states are studied. Finally, numerical results are presented.
description: 18 pages, 12 figures
Strain induced martensitic transformation in Cu-Al-Ni
Creators: name: Oishi, Kazumasa
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: A study has been made of super-elasticity and the strain-memory effect in Cu-Al-Ni alloys in the composition range 14 wt. % Al and 2 to 6 wt. % Ni. These alloys have a bcc structure on quenching and show a low temperature transformation to a body-centered orthorhombic martensitic structure. It is this transformation that is responsible for the super-elastic and strain-memory effects. Tests on both single and polycrystalline specimens showed that the maximum super-elasticity occurred close to As. At higher temperatures the effect gradually decreased, whilst at lower temperatures it decreased very quickly. The magnitude of the effect was large in single crystal specimens (> 6%), but small in polycrystal specimens (< 1.5%). The super-elastic effect was caused by stress-induced martensite (SIM). Two types of SIM were observed: thin plates of thermoelastic martensite which was always reversible, and wide plates of burst-type martensite. This burst-type martensite was responsible for the major portion of SIM, and whether it was reversible or not on removal of the stress controlled the amount of super-elasticity observed. The strain-memory effect occurred on deformation either in the martensitic state (temperature <Mf) or in the temperature range where the martensite once formed was stable (temperatures close to Ms). Deformation caused reorientation of the martensite plates and when the specimen was heated, the martensite disappeared and the specimen reverted back to its original shape. This effect was explained on the basis of development of martensite plates of favorable orientation on stressing.
title: Rhizosphere Interactions Between Copper Oxide Nanoparticles and Wheat Root Exudates in a Sand Matrix; Influences on Bioavailability and Uptake
Creators: name: McManus, Paul
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: Copper oxide nanoparticles (NPs) are used in an expanding range of industries including a potential for agricultural applications as a fungicide. Accidental spills or misapplication of CuO NPs may lead to soil contamination. Plant roots exude a wide range of organic chemicals for bioprotection and to enhance bioavailability of nutrients. Many of these chemicals are metal chelators that may increase the solubility of CuO NPs, thus enhancing the impact of these NPs on plants. This work was directed towards understanding which plant exudates force increased solubility of CuO NPs and to determine if the level of NP in the growth matrix drives a feedback effect, regarding composition and quantity of exudates.
Wheat seedlings (Triticum aestivum cv Deloris) were grown in a sand matrix for 10 days after 3 days of germination. The sand was amended with sublethal doses of CuO NPs from 0 to 300 mg Cu/kg dry sand. Sand was selected as the solid growth matrix as a proxy for soil in terms of plant root morphology, mechanical impedance and water stress, while providing a low background of dissolved organic carbon for the isolation of root exudates. After plant growth, the pore water was collected from the sand by vacuum filtration and analyzed.
By coupling analytic techniques including Triple Quad Mass Spectroscopy and ion chromatography with geochemical modeling, we have identified citrate and the phytosiderophore, deoxymugineic acid (DMA) as chelators that drove the majority of dissolution of CuO NPs, especially DMA at higher CuO NP doses. Altered biogeochemistry within the rhizosphere was correlated with increased plant uptake of Cu and bio-response via exudate type, quantity and metal uptake. Exposure of wheat to CuO NPs lead to dose-dependent reduction in Fe, Ca, Mg, Mn and K in roots and shoots. This work is relevant to growth of commercially important crop wheat in the presence of CuO NPs as a fertilizer, fungicide or a pollutant.
On congruences related to central binomial coefficients
Creators: name: Sun, Zhi-Wei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11B65, 11A07, 05A10, 11B68, 11E25

description: It is known that $\sum_{k=0}^\infty\binom{2k}{k}/((2k+1)4^k)=π/2$ and $\sum_{k=0}^\infty\binom{2k}{k}/((2k+1)16^k)=π/3$. In this paper we obtain their p-adic analogues such as $$\sum_{p/23 is a prime and E_0,E_1,E_2,... are Euler numbers. Besides these, we also deduce some other congruences related to central binomial coefficients. In addition, we pose some conjectures one of which states that for any odd prime p we have $$\sum_{k=0}^{p-1}\binom{2k}{k}^3=4x^2-2p (mod p^2)$$ if (p/7)=1 and p=x^2+7y^2 with x,y integers, and $$\sum_{k=0}^{p-1}\binom{2k}{k}^3=0 (mod p^2)$$ if (p/7)=-1, i.e., p=3,5,6 (mod 7).