cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Scalar-tensor extension of Natural Inflation
Creators: name: Simeon, Guillem
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that embedding Natural Inflation in a more general scalar-tensor theory, with non-minimal couplings to the Ricci scalar and the kinetic term, alleviates the current tension of Natural Inflation with observational data. The coupling functions respect the periodicity of the potential and the characteristic shift symmetry $ϕ\rightarrow ϕ+ 2πf$ of the original Natural Inflation model, and vanish at the minimum of the potential. Furthermore, showing that the theory exhibits a rescaling symmetry in the regime where the coupling to the Ricci scalar is small and the coupling to the kinetic term is large, we obtain that the agreement with cosmological data can take place at an arbitrarily low periodicity scale $f$, solving at tree-level the problem of super-Planckian periodicity scales needed in Natural Inflation.
description: 6 pages, 1 figure, modifications added
MPEC 2024-B42 : 2024 BR
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2024 BR

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Relativistic and Radiative Energy Shifts for Rydberg States
Creators: name: Jentschura, U. D.
name: Bigot, E. -O. Le
name: Evers, J.
name: Mohr, P. J.
name: Keitel, C. H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate relativistic and quantum electrodynamic effects for highly-excited bound states in hydrogenlike systems (Rydberg states). In particular, hydrogenic one-loop Bethe logarithms are calculated for all circular states (l = n-1) in the range 20 <= n <= 60 and successfully compared to an existing asymptotic expansion for large principal quantum number n. We provide accurate expansions of the Bethe logarithm for large values of n, for S, P and circular Rydberg states. These three expansions are expected to give any Bethe logarithms for principal quantum number n > 20 to an accuracy of five to seven decimal digits, within the specified manifolds of atomic states. Within the numerical accuracy, the results constitute unified, general formulas for quantum electrodynamic corrections whose validity is not restricted to a single atomic state. The results are relevant for accurate predictions of radiative shifts of Rydberg states and for the description of the recently investigated laser-dressed Lamb shift, which is observable in a strong coherent-wave light field.
description: 8 pages; RevTeX 4
The Implications of the FACTS System for Farm Management Extension and Research
Creators: name: Carson, Ed
name: Carson, Ed
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1979
Subjects: Farm Management

description: The FACTS system is an interconnected system of "smart" computer terminals linking the counties of Indiana and the agricultural departments at Purdue with each other. The system is expected to multiply the farm management extension program significantly. The system must perform well, gain agent and farmer acceptance and staff support.
Kinematics of Tidal Debris from Omega Centauri's Progenitor Galaxy
Creators: name: Mizutani, Arihiro
name: Chiba, Masashi
name: Sakamoto, Tsuyoshi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the kinematic properties of a tidally disrupted dwarf galaxy in the Milky Way, based on the hypothesis that its central part once contained the most massive Galactic globular cluster, omega Cen. Dynamical evolution of a self-gravitating progenitor galaxy that follows the present-day and likely past orbits of omega Cen is calculated numerically and the kinematic nature of their tidal debris is analyzed, combined with randomly generated stars comprising spheroidal halo and flat disk components. We show that the retrograde rotation of the debris stars at $\sim -100$ km/s accords with a recently discovered, large radial velocity stream at $\sim 300$ km/s towards the Galactic longitude of $\sim 270^\circ$. These stars also contribute, only in part, to a reported retrograde motion of the outer halo at the North Galactic Pole. The prospects for future debris searches and the implications for the early evolution of the Galaxy are briefly presented.
description: 14 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ Letters
ЛЕКАРСТВЕННЫЕ СВОЙСТВА РОЗМАРИНА
Creators: name: Раманова, Бибимарьямжон
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: В статье описан полезные, лечебные и оздоровительные свойства розмарина. Теплолюбимый вечнозеленый полукустарник, с узками, напоминающие хвою листьями.
Melissoptila otomita
Creators: name: Pedro, Diego De
name: Ceccarelli, Fadia Sara
name: Sagot, Philippe
name: López-Reyes, Eulogio
name: Mullins, Jessica L.
name: Mérida-Rivas, Jorge A.
name: Falcon-Brindis, Armando
name: Griswold, Terry
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Gardner, Joel
name: Ayala, Ricardo
name: Vides-Borrell, Eric
name: Vandame, Rémy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy

description: Melissoptila otomita (Cresson, 1878)
[Holotype: ANSP; ♂ Mexico]
Bees in this genus are primarily neotropical. The northern range for Melissoptila otomita begins in central Texas and it is distributed in tropical areas of Mexico and Central America. The only available records within the BCP are from CARCIB in September 2016 in the Cape Mountains in Sierra la Laguna, BCS (2 ♂, 1 ♀). See fig. 113.
description: Published as part of Pedro, Diego De, Ceccarelli, Fadia Sara, Sagot, Philippe, López-Reyes, Eulogio, Mullins, Jessica L., Mérida-Rivas, Jorge A., Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Griswold, Terry, Ascher, John S., Gardner, Joel, Ayala, Ricardo, Vides-Borrell, Eric & Vandame, Rémy, 2024, Revealing the Baja California Peninsula's Hidden Treasures: An Annotated checklist of the native bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), pp. 1-391 in Zootaxa 5522 (1) on page 181, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5522.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13920532
Keeping up with the Goldbergs: Gender, consumer culture, and Jewish identity in suburban Nassau County, New York, 1946--1960
Creators: name: Fishman, Aleisa R.
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 43
subject: History, heritage and archaeology
classificationCode: 4303
subject: Historical studies

description: In 1953, Rita Newborn, a founder of the Plainview Jewish Center in Nassau County, New York, asked the Waring Company to loan her a blender so she could make latkes for a Hanukkah party. By incorporating this blender into her Hanukkah celebration, rather than grating the potatoes by hand, Newborn combined her identity as a suburban American consumer with that of a Jewish homemaker concerned with maintaining traditional Jewish foodways. In the wake of widespread migration of Jews to the suburbs during the 1950s, social critics predicted the attenuation of Jewish affiliation in the face of assimilation. This dissertation, however, argues that second-generation Jews, like their parents and grandparents, used consumer culture to connect with Judaism, and shows how Jewish suburban experience was refracted through the practices of consumer culture. Building on the existing literature examining the intersection of Jewish identity and consumer culture, this dissertation shows that in the typically homogenous suburbs Jews used the culture of consumption to create Jewish space. Like earlier immigrants who fashioned an American element in their personal identity through consumer culture, suburban Jews used the culture and process of consumption to enhance their individual and communal Jewish identities and to create a Jewish space in suburbia. Women, men, and children purchased goods and services that helped them construct their identity, not only by supplying the items necessary for religious celebration and observance, but also by assisting in their presentation of themselves as Jews. These purchases announced the consumers' membership in the group or, alternatively, separated them from the group. Moreover, the products and services needed on an individual level, such as kosher food or Jewish education, encouraged the creation of businesses and institutions that in turn helped create Jewish community. In other words, Jewish suburban migrants' engagement with consumer culture helped to create Jewish American space. Situated at the intersection of developing literatures in American Jewish history, suburbanization, and consumer culture, this study engages significant issues from each field, including the conflict between traditional Judaism and secular acculturation, the transformation of ethnic identity in the 1950s, and the gendered experience of the suburbs.
Keeping up with the Goldbergs: Gender, consumer culture, and Jewish identity in suburban Nassau County, New York, 1946--1960
Creators: name: Fishman, Aleisa R.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: In 1953, Rita Newborn, a founder of the Plainview Jewish Center in Nassau County, New York, asked the Waring Company to loan her a blender so she could make latkes for a Hanukkah party. By incorporating this blender into her Hanukkah celebration, rather than grating the potatoes by hand, Newborn combined her identity as a suburban American consumer with that of a Jewish homemaker concerned with maintaining traditional Jewish foodways. In the wake of widespread migration of Jews to the suburbs during the 1950s, social critics predicted the attenuation of Jewish affiliation in the face of assimilation. This dissertation, however, argues that second-generation Jews, like their parents and grandparents, used consumer culture to connect with Judaism, and shows how Jewish suburban experience was refracted through the practices of consumer culture. Building on the existing literature examining the intersection of Jewish identity and consumer culture, this dissertation shows that in the typically homogenous suburbs Jews used the culture of consumption to create Jewish space. Like earlier immigrants who fashioned an American element in their personal identity through consumer culture, suburban Jews used the culture and process of consumption to enhance their individual and communal Jewish identities and to create a Jewish space in suburbia. Women, men, and children purchased goods and services that helped them construct their identity, not only by supplying the items necessary for religious celebration and observance, but also by assisting in their presentation of themselves as Jews. These purchases announced the consumers' membership in the group or, alternatively, separated them from the group. Moreover, the products and services needed on an individual level, such as kosher food or Jewish education, encouraged the creation of businesses and institutions that in turn helped create Jewish community. In other words, Jewish suburban migrants' engagement with consumer culture helped to create Jewish American space. Situated at the intersection of developing literatures in American Jewish history, suburbanization, and consumer culture, this study engages significant issues from each field, including the conflict between traditional Judaism and secular acculturation, the transformation of ethnic identity in the 1950s, and the gendered experience of the suburbs.
Photometric Mapping with ISOPHOT using the "P32" Astronomical Observation Template
Creators: name: Tuffs, Richard J.
name: Gabriel, Carlos
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The ``P32'' Astronomical Observation Template (AOT) provided a means to map large areas of sky (up to 45 x 45 arcmin) in the far-infrared (FIR) at high redundancy and with sampling close to the Nyquist limit using the ISOPHOT C100 (3 x 3) and C200 (2 x 2) detector arrays on board the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO). However, the transient response behaviour of the Ga:Ge detectors, if uncorrected, can lead to severe systematic photometric errors and distortions of source morphology on maps. We describe the basic concepts of an algorithm which can successfully correct for transient response artifacts in P32 observations. Examples are given to demonstrate the photometric and imaging performance of ISOPHOT P32 observations of point and extended sources corrected using the algorithm. For extended sources we give the integrated flux densities of the nearby galaxies NGC6946, M51 and M101 and an image of M101 at 100 micron.
description: 15 pages, 16 figures, published in A&A 410, 1075
High-order density-matrix perturbation theory
Creators: name: Lazzeri, Michele
name: Mauri, Francesco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a simple formalism for the calculation of the derivatives of the electronic density matrix at any order, within density functional theory. Our approach, contrary to previous ones, is not based on the perturbative expansion of the Kohn-Sham wavefunctions. It has the following advantages: (i) it allows a simple derivation for the expression for the high order derivatives of the density matrix; (ii) in extended insulators, the treatment of uniform-electric-field perturbations and of the polarization derivatives is straightforward.
description: 4 pages
Dependence of the surface tension and contact angle on the temperature, as described by the diffuse-interface model
Creators: name: Benilov, E. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Four results associated with the diffuse-interface model (DIM) for contact lines are reported in this paper. First, a boundary condition is derived, which states that the fluid near a solid wall must have a certain density $ρ_{0}$ depending on the solid's properties. Unlike previous derivations, the one presented here is based on the same physics as the DIM itself and does not require additional assumptions. Second, asymptotic estimates are used to check a conjecture lying at the foundation of the DIM, as well as all other models of contact lines: that liquid-vapor interfaces are nearly isothermal. It turns out that, for water, they are not -- although, for a more viscous fluid, they can be. The non-isothermaility occurs locally, near the interface, but can still affect the contact-line dynamics. Third, the DIM coupled with a realistic equation of state for water is used to compute the dependence of the surface tension $σ$ on the temperature $T$, which agrees well with the empiric $σ(T)$. Fourth, the same framework is used to compute the static contact angle of a water-vapor interface. It is shown that, with increasing temperature, the contact angle becomes either $180^{\circ}$ (perfect hydrophobicity) or $0^{\circ}$ (perfect hydrophilicity), depending on whether $ρ_{0}$ matches the density of saturated vapor or liquid, respectively. Such behavior presumably occurs in all fluids, not just water, and for all sufficiently strong variations of parameters, not just that of the temperature -- as corroborated by existing observations of drops under variable electric field.
Do acquirers see through the numbers? Earnings management by UK takeover targets
Creators: name: Elrazaz, Tariq
Publisher: name: Loughborough University
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Uncategorized
subject: 150399 Business and Management not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: The objective of this thesis is to examine accrual and real earnings management in a sample of 131 UK publicly listed targets acquired over the period 1995-2012. Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As) are amongst the most significant investment decisions that firms make. Prior literature shows that earnings management around mergers and acquisitions can have a significant economic impact because of the associated wealth transfers among stakeholders. More importantly, acting on behalf of their shareholders or pursuing their self-interests, managers of both targets and acquirers may be equally motivated to manipulate earnings prior to an acquisition to generate higher gains for their shareholders or themselves. Building on the grounds of information asymmetry, agency conflicts, stewardship theory and the revelation principle, this thesis addresses the question whether takeover targets employ accrual and real earnings management in the periods prior to the announcement of a M&A. Additionally, this thesis examines whether UK acquirers are able to detect targets’ earnings management, and in response, adjust the acquisition premium paid downwards in order not to face the risk of overpayment. The research design for the first accrual-based earnings management study uses an aggregate accruals approach in estimating accrual earnings management as proxied by estimated abnormal accruals. [Continues.]
Eleodes corvinus Blaisdell 1921
Creators: name: Triplehorn, Charles A.
name: Thomas, Donald B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Tenebrionidae
Eleodes
Eleodes corvinus

description: Eleodes corvinus Blaisdell, 1921
(Figs. 8–9, Map 3)
 Eleodes corvina Blaisdell 1921a: 224.
 Eleodes granulata corvina Blaisdell 1921b: 132. Eleodes (Litheleodes) corvina: Gebien 1938: 54. Eleodes corvina: Blaidell 1942: 143.
 Diagnosis. Pronotum subquadrate, sides arcuate, converging toward base and apex, widest at or slightly forward of middle; surface coarsely punctate. Posterior process of prosternum angular, closer to base than apex. Elytra coarsely sculptured, shiny, with tubercles coalescing to form transverse rugae. Profemur subdentate in the male. Females with ental protibial spur much longer and stouter than ectal. Plantar groove of probasitarsomere uninterrupted; pencil of setae at apex obsolescent.
 Measurements. Males: length 15.2–17.4 mm; width 6.5–6.7 mm. Females: length 15.3–16.0 mm; width 6.7–7.4 mm.
 Types. Holotype, male (CASC NO. 2833) and allotype, female (CASC No. 2832): Siskiyou County California, Dry Lake, Klamath National Forest, September 17, 1912, Ralph Hopping, collector.
 Material Examined. USA: California: Kern Co., Mt. Pinos, June 19, 1960, R. L. Westcott (Westcott personal collection) [1]; Siskiyou County, Grass Lake Summit, VI-16-1981, T. R. Haig (R. L. Aalbu collection) [1]; Siskiyou Co. Dry Lake, 30-VIII-87, T. R. Haig (2); Oregon: Imnaha River, K. E. Gibson (University of Idaho Collection) [2].
 Distribution. Central California to southern Oregon (Map 3).
 Remarks. Most of the specimens seen were from the type locality. Collections were made from June to September. Boddy (1965) reported it as “not common” in southwestern Oregon.
description: Published as part of Triplehorn, Charles A. & Thomas, Donald B., 2015, A Revision of Eleodes Subgenus Litheleodes Blaisdell (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), pp. 11-21 in The Coleopterists Bulletin (mo 14) (mo 14) 69 on page 16, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-69.mo4.11, http://zenodo.org/record/4908226
Protohalonia carinata
Creators: name: Pedro, Diego De
name: Ceccarelli, Fadia Sara
name: Sagot, Philippe
name: López-Reyes, Eulogio
name: Mullins, Jessica L.
name: Mérida-Rivas, Jorge A.
name: Falcon-Brindis, Armando
name: Griswold, Terry
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Gardner, Joel
name: Ayala, Ricardo
name: Vides-Borrell, Eric
name: Vandame, Rémy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy

description: Protohalonia carinata (Timberlake, 1961)
[Holotype: CASC; ♂ Pinnacles National Park, San Benito Co., California, USA; May 19, 1941]
This species occurs in the cismontane habitats of California and BC (Dorchin et al. 2018). To our knowledge, the only record from BC was collected in the Chaparral in Sierra San Pedro tMártir 5 mi. E El Socorro in May 1958 (Timberlake 1969). See fig. 114.
description: Published as part of Pedro, Diego De, Ceccarelli, Fadia Sara, Sagot, Philippe, López-Reyes, Eulogio, Mullins, Jessica L., Mérida-Rivas, Jorge A., Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Griswold, Terry, Ascher, John S., Gardner, Joel, Ayala, Ricardo, Vides-Borrell, Eric & Vandame, Rémy, 2024, Revealing the Baja California Peninsula's Hidden Treasures: An Annotated checklist of the native bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), pp. 1-391 in Zootaxa 5522 (1) on page 182, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5522.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13920532
Pi N sigma-term and chiral-odd twist-3 distribution function e(x) of the nucleon in the chiral quark soliton model
Creators: name: Ohnishi, Y.
name: Wakamatsu, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The isosinglet combination of the chiral-odd twist-3 distribution function $e^u(x)+e^d(x)$ of the nucleon has outstanding properties that its first moment is proportional to the well-known $πN$ sigma-term and that it contains a $δ$-function singularity at $x=0$. These two features are inseparably connected in that the above sum rule would be violated, if there is no such a singularity in $e^u(x)+e^d(x)$. Very recently, we found that the physical origin of this $δ$-function singularity can be traced back to the long-range quark-quark correlation of scalar type, which signals the spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking of the QCD vacuum. The main purpose of the present paper is to give complete theoretical predictions for the chiral-odd twist-3 distribution function $e^a(x)$ of each flavor $a$ on the basis of the chiral quark soliton model, without recourse to the derivative expansion type approximation. These theoretical predictions are then compared with the empirical information extracted from the CLAS data of the semi-inclusive DIS processes by assuming the Collins mechanism only. A good agreement with the CLAS data is indicative of a sizable violation of the $πN$ sigma-term sum rule, or equivalently, the existence of a $δ$-function singularity in $e^u(x) + e^d(x)$.
description: 35 pages, 10 figures
Apparent slip due to the motion of suspended particles in flows of electrolyte solutions
Creators: name: Lauga, Eric
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: General Physics (physics.gen-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider pressure-driven flows of electrolyte solutions in small channels or capillaries in which tracer particles are used to probe velocity profiles. Under the assumption that the double layer is thin compared to the channel dimensions, we show that the flow-induced streaming electric field can create an apparent slip velocity for the motion of the particles, even if the flow velocity still satisfies the no-slip boundary condition. In this case, tracking of particle would lead to the wrong conclusion that the no-slip boundary condition is violated. We evaluate the apparent slip length, compare with experiments, and discuss the implications of these results.
An entrainment-based model for annular wakes, with applications to airborne wind energy
Creators: name: Kaufman-Martin, Sam
name: Naclerio, Nicholas
name: May, Pedro
name: Luzzatto-Fegiz, Paolo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Several novel wind energy systems produce wakes with annular cross-sections, which are qualitatively different from the wakes with circular cross-sections commonly generated by conventional horizontal-axis wind turbines and by compact obstacles. Since wind farms use arrays of hundreds of turbines, good analytical wake models are essential for efficient wind farm planning. Several models already exist for circular wakes; however, none have yet been proposed for annular wakes, making it impossible to estimate their array performance. We use the entrainment hypothesis to develop a reduced-order model for the shape and flow velocity of an annular wake from a generic annular obstacle. Our model consists of a set of three ordinary differential equations, which we solve numerically. In addition, by assuming that the annular wake does not drift radially, we further reduce the problem to a model comprising only two differential equations, which we solve analytically. Both of our models are in good agreement with previously published large eddy simulation results.
description: 13 pages, 4 figures
Eleodes hirtipennis Triplehorn 1964
Creators: name: Triplehorn, Charles A.
name: Thomas, Donald B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Tenebrionidae
Eleodes
Eleodes hirtipennis

description: Eleodes hirtipennis Triplehorn, 1964
(Figs. 1, 13, 14, Map 3)
 Eleodes hirtipennis Triplehorn 1964: 60.
 Diagnosis. Elongate-ovate, black. With dense, conspicuous, black elytral setae protruding from asperate rugosities. Pronotal setae delicate and inconspicuous; pronotal punctures fine and widely spaced. Males with a subapical tooth on profemur. Prosternum declivent with process basal, apposing the mesosternum. Ental protibial spur larger than ectal, especially in females in which they are longer than the basitarsomere. Male profemur with subapical tooth. Probasitarsomere with pencil of dark setae at apex of plantar groove. Dorsal plate of female second valvifer oblong, posterior margin strongly slanting; gonostyle large, roundly triangular.
 Measurements. Males: length 10.2–14.0 mm. Females: length 10.8–14.9 mm.
 Types. Holotype female, allotype male, and 77 paratypes: Colorado, Alamosa County, Great Sand Dunes National Monument, July 20-21, 1954, H. E. & M. A. Evans. Holotype, allotype, and paratypes in OSUC, paratypes in USNM, MCZC, CASC, and UCIC.
 Distribution. Known only from the type locality where it is very abundant (Map 3). We have seen large series collected from low areas around the dunes, a harsh environment with sparse vegetation.
 Remarks. On 16 July 1974, the senior author, along with W. E. and B. W. Triplehorn, collected several hundred specimens with no apparent reduction of the population. Most were taken in pairs (in copula). We have seen two specimens in the Jim Wappes collection and a long series (31) from 5 mi. E Mosca, Alamosa County, in the FSCA.
description: Published as part of Triplehorn, Charles A. & Thomas, Donald B., 2015, A Revision of Eleodes Subgenus Litheleodes Blaisdell (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), pp. 11-21 in The Coleopterists Bulletin (mo 14) (mo 14) 69 on page 19, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-69.mo4.11, http://zenodo.org/record/4908226
Quantum Brain oRules
Creators: name: Mould, Richard A
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: General Physics (physics.gen-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum mechanics traditionally places the observer outside of the system being studied and employs the Born interpretation. In this and related papers the observer is placed inside the system. To accomplish this, special rules are required to engage and interpret the Schrodinger solutions in individual measurements. The rules in this paper (called the oRules) do not include the Born rule that connects probability with square modulus. It is required that the rules allow conscious observers to exist inside the system without empirical ambiguity, reflecting our own unambiguous experience in the universe. This requirement is satisfied by the oRules. These rules are restricted to observer measurements, so state reduction can only occur when an observer is present. Keywords: brain states, decoherence, epistemological model, ontological model, stochastic choice, state reduction, von Neumann, wave collapse.
description: 24 pages, 7 figures; v1, change onuRules to oRules, add section, reword rules, editing and stylistic changes; v2. drop a word in oRule (2)
Number-phase entanglement and Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen steering
Creators: name: Fadel, Matteo
name: Ares, Laura
name: Luis, Alfredo
name: He, Qiongyi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use the uncertainty relation between the operators associated to the total number of particles and to the relative phase of two bosonic modes to construct entanglement and Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen steering criteria. These can be tested experimentally in a variety of systems, such as optical fields, Bose-Einstein condensates or mechanical oscillators. While known entanglement criteria involving the phase observable typically require to perform interference measurements by recombining the two systems, our criteria can be tested through local measurements at two spatially distinct positions, to investigate the nonlocal nature of quantum correlations. We present simple examples where our criteria are violated, and show their robustness to noise. Apart from being useful for state characterization, they might find application in quantum information protocols, for example based on number-phase teleportation.
description: Comments are welcome!
Beyond the dreamings: Identity and representation in Australian Aboriginal urban art
Creators: name: Joss, Sandra Maya
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: In the context of the socio-political relations of the art world, how do Australian Aboriginal urban artists form their identities, and how do circulators and consumers represent Aboriginal art? Aboriginal urban artists are of mixed Aboriginal heritage, often estranged from some ideal of "authentic" traditions and belief systems of their culture. But identity formation in this art world is fraught with complexities and ambiguities. I draw on three research techniques: First, past studies and statistical information for socio-economic data; second, participant observation of artists, informal and structured interviews with art galleries, and a brief survey of buyers; and third, the life story to gain further insight into the female Aboriginal urban artist's world. The social and political interactions of producers, circulators, and consumers can both constrain and create opportunities for artists and their identity formation. Most artists say stereotypical images continue to reinforce binary representations of Aboriginality, such that the "authenticity" of their life ways and their art forms is questioned. Most say racist attitudes towards Aboriginal people continue. But artists do seem to have opportunities to freely form their identities. They're "copying" traditional symbols and putting their own meanings on these symbols. Also, they don't seem to be shifting from their life stories and cultural traditions to meet specific art market standards. Most artists seem to form their identities by drawing on their social, cultural, political, and economic histories and experiences in Australia. They're moving beyond the myopic views of others to develop a comfort level with their own understandings of their Aboriginality. But a few artists essentialize "traditional" life ways and art forms. They see this as a way for them to authenticate their Aboriginality. But all artists are challenging the ways Aboriginal people are perceived and the misconceptions about the type of subject matter usually expected of Aboriginal artists. Their art forms teach us, the outsiders, what they have been through and who they are. Also, to a large degree, circulators and consumers seem to appreciate Aboriginal art forms which show the ways artists draw from their unique histories and experiences.
Scatter in Sunyaev--Zel'dovich effect scaling relations explained by inter-cluster variance in mass accretion histories
Creators: name: Green, Sheridan B.
name: Aung, Han
name: Nagai, Daisuke
name: Bosch, Frank C. van den
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: X-ray and microwave cluster scaling relations are immensely valuable for cosmological analysis. However, their power is limited by astrophysical systematics that bias mass estimates and introduce additional scatter. Turbulence injected into the intracluster medium via mass assembly contributes substantially to cluster non-thermal pressure support, a significant source of such uncertainties. We use an analytical model to compute the assembly-driven non-thermal pressure profiles of haloes based on Monte Carlo-generated accretion histories. We introduce a fitting function for the average non-thermal pressure fraction profile, which exhibits minimal dependence on redshift at fixed peak height. Using the model, we predict deviations from self-similarity and the intrinsic scatter in the Sunyaev--Zel'dovich effect observable-mass scaling relation ($Y_\mathrm{SZ}-M$) due solely to inter-cluster variation in mass accretion histories. We study the dependence of $Y_\mathrm{SZ}-M$ on aperture radius, cosmology, redshift, and mass limit. The model predicts $5-9\%$ scatter in $Y_\mathrm{SZ}-M$ at $z=0$, increasing as the aperture used to compute $Y_\mathrm{SZ}$ increases from $R_\mathrm{500c}$ to $5R_\mathrm{500c}$. The predicted scatter lies slightly below that of studies based on non-radiative hydro-simulations, illustrating that assembly history variance is likely responsible for a substantial fraction of scatter in $Y_\mathrm{SZ}-M$. This should be regarded as a lower bound, which will likely increase with the use of an updated gas density model that incorporates a more realistic response to halo assembly. As redshift increases, $Y_\mathrm{SZ}-M$ deviates more from self-similarity and scatter increases. We show that the $Y_\mathrm{SZ}-M$ residuals correlate strongly with the recent halo mass accretion rate, potentially providing an opportunity to infer the latter.
description: 19 pages, 10 figures, accepted to MNRAS
Beyond the dreamings: Identity and representation in Australian Aboriginal urban art
Creators: name: Joss, Sandra Maya
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4401
subject: Anthropology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: In the context of the socio-political relations of the art world, how do Australian Aboriginal urban artists form their identities, and how do circulators and consumers represent Aboriginal art? Aboriginal urban artists are of mixed Aboriginal heritage, often estranged from some ideal of "authentic" traditions and belief systems of their culture. But identity formation in this art world is fraught with complexities and ambiguities. I draw on three research techniques: First, past studies and statistical information for socio-economic data; second, participant observation of artists, informal and structured interviews with art galleries, and a brief survey of buyers; and third, the life story to gain further insight into the female Aboriginal urban artist's world. The social and political interactions of producers, circulators, and consumers can both constrain and create opportunities for artists and their identity formation. Most artists say stereotypical images continue to reinforce binary representations of Aboriginality, such that the "authenticity" of their life ways and their art forms is questioned. Most say racist attitudes towards Aboriginal people continue. But artists do seem to have opportunities to freely form their identities. They're "copying" traditional symbols and putting their own meanings on these symbols. Also, they don't seem to be shifting from their life stories and cultural traditions to meet specific art market standards. Most artists seem to form their identities by drawing on their social, cultural, political, and economic histories and experiences in Australia. They're moving beyond the myopic views of others to develop a comfort level with their own understandings of their Aboriginality. But a few artists essentialize "traditional" life ways and art forms. They see this as a way for them to authenticate their Aboriginality. But all artists are challenging the ways Aboriginal people are perceived and the misconceptions about the type of subject matter usually expected of Aboriginal artists. Their art forms teach us, the outsiders, what they have been through and who they are. Also, to a large degree, circulators and consumers seem to appreciate Aboriginal art forms which show the ways artists draw from their unique histories and experiences.
Consequences of the MSW mechanism with Super-Kamiokande oscillation parameters and of the volume distribution of neutrino sources in the Sun
Creators: name: Slad, L. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The knowledge of the parameters of the solar neutrino oscillation model, provided by the SNO and Super-Kamiokande collaborations, enables us to obtain, with the Wolfenstein equation, a simple and clear analytical and numerical picture of the transformation of the neutrino state during its travel inside the Sun. We show that the resulting picture is not implicated in the characteristics of the neutrino state at the surface of the Sun and at the surface of the Earth. This circumstance with taking into account the volume distribution of solar neutrino sources indicates an obvious contradiction between the consequences of the MSW mechanism with parameters from SNO and Super-Kamiokande and the results of three of the five observed processes with solar neutrinos. Erroneous assertions at the base of the MSW mechanism are noted.
description: 8 pages, v2: Additions: Erroneous assertions at the base of the MSW mechanism
An Unusual Discontinuity in the X-ray Surface Brightness Profile of NGC 507: Evidence of an Abundance Gradient?
Creators: name: Kraft, R. P.
name: Forman, W. R.
name: Churazov, E.
name: Laslo, N.
name: Jones, C.
name: Kim, D. -W.
name: Markevitch, M.
name: Murray, S. S.
name: Vikhlinin, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present results from a 45 ks Chandra/ACIS-I observation of the nearby ($z=0.01646$) NGC 507 group. The X-ray surface brightness profile of the outer region of the group is well described by an isothermal $β$-profile consistent with earlier ROSAT observations. We find a sharp edge or discontinuity in the radial surface brightness profile 55 kpc E and SE of NGC 507 covering a $\sim125^\circ$ arc. At the sharpest part of the discontinuity, the surface brightness declines by a factor of $\sim$2 over a distance of 6.9 kpc ($\sim 15''$). The inner and outer gas temperatures across the discontinuity differ by only about 0.2 keV (interior and exterior gas temperatures are 1.2 and 1.3 keV, respectively). Spectral analysis indicates that there is a large gradient in the elemental abundance across the discontinuity, and comparison with the low resolution NVSS radio maps suggests that the discontinuity is aligned with a low surface brightness radio lobe. We conclude that the appearance of this discontinuity is the result of the transport of high abundance material from the center of the galaxy by the expanding radio lobe, similar to structures seen in {\em Chandra} observations of Perseus A and Hydra A.
description: 15 pages, 6 figures, submitted to Astrophysical Journal Letters
An unusual high-ionization nebula in NGC55
Creators: name: Tuellmann, R.
name: Rosa, M. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on the detection of a previously unknown extended low-density nebula of very high temperature and excitation, TR001507.7-391206, located above the midplane of NGC55. The nebular emission line spectrum, in which HeII is present, is consistent with photoionization by about 3 very hot massive O3 or WR-type stars. There are no indications for shock ionization. The faint blue optical continuum and XMM-Newton EPIC-pn and OM-data also support our assumption that this nebula is not a supernova remnant. Galactic nebulae harboring massive Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars may be appropriate examples, in particular the highly ionized nebula G2.4+1.4 around WR 102 (aka Sk4 or LSS4368). The relatively large diameter of the inhomogeneously expanding nebula in NGC55 of about 58pc, compared to 11pc of G2.4+1.4, would also be consistent with the number of ionizing stars.
description: 8 pages, 6 figures, 3 tables, A&A in press
Returns to schooling, mobility, and the gender wage gap: Evidence from Sri Lanka and India
Creators: name: Ranasinghe, Rasika A.
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 38
subject: Economics

description: This dissertation consists of three essays. The first essay deals with the on-going debate about the size and direction of measurement-error bias in returns to education, using evidence from Sri Lanka. This corrected measure is approximately 5.5%, which is less than the corresponding OLS estimate of 7.8% for two person households. The second essay examines the effectiveness of free education on improving intergenerational educational mobility in Sri Lanka, using two measures: the estimated effect of parental education on that of the child; and schooling correlations between parents and children. Results indicate that educational mobility has increased across generations. However, when compared to countries with no free education in place, schooling correlations suggest that Sri Lanka has a relatively low intergenerational educational mobility, posing important policy issues relating to the free education system that has long been in place in Sri Lanka. The final essay is an analysis of the gender wage gap in urban India. Large wage gains by primary educated females were observed during 1993 and 1999. These gains are mostly concentrated among low educated females in the casual informal sector. Several decompositions of the gender wage gap are performed in order to get an understanding of the factors that underlie such changes. The contribution of differences in the male-female wage structure to the gap has increased during this period. Occupational differences between men and women explain most of the wage gap that is due to differences in productive attributes.
Eleodes letcheri Blaisdell 1909
Creators: name: Triplehorn, Charles A.
name: Thomas, Donald B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Tenebrionidae
Eleodes
Eleodes letcheri

description: Eleodes letcheri Blaisdell, 1909
(Fig. 2, 3, 17, Map 5)
 Eleodes (Litheleodes) letcheri Blaisdell 1909: 133.
 Diagnosis. Elongate-ovate, black-alutaceous. Elytron dense with long, dark setae; elytral surface asperate with most papillae separate. Short decumbent bristles dense on pronotum and dorsum of head. Pronotal punctures coarse, dense, confluent. Pronotum subcordate in dorsal view, widest anterior of middle with sides arcuate but narrowing and constricted basally. Prosternal process robust, weakly declivent. Profemoral margin sinuate in males. Ental protibial spur much larger than ectal.
 Measurements. Males: length 12.5–14.5 mm. Females: length 13–15 mm.
 Types. Holotype, female (CASC No. 2825) (dissected) and allotype, male (CASC No. 2826): Nevada, Verdi, April (no year given). The description states that they were collected at 6,000 feet elevation, “beneath stones in level land above the town” by Blaisdell. He collected 15 specimens. Specimens with identical data are in MCZC and OSUC, determined by Blaisdell, and most likely from the type series.
 Material Examined. In addition to the type locality, we have seen specimens from Lovelock and Gerlach (Washoe County), Nevada; Roosevelt, Wasatch Mts., and Monument Butte (Duchesne Co), Utah; Tetonia, Twin Falls, Idaho.
 Distribution. Known from Nevada, Utah, and Idaho (Map 5). Boddy (1965) reported it from southern Idaho and eastern Oregon. It remains very rare in collections.
description: Published as part of Triplehorn, Charles A. & Thomas, Donald B., 2015, A Revision of Eleodes Subgenus Litheleodes Blaisdell (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), pp. 11-21 in The Coleopterists Bulletin (mo 14) (mo 14) 69 on pages 19-20, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-69.mo4.11, http://zenodo.org/record/4908226
WeatherBench: A benchmark dataset for data-driven weather forecasting
Creators: name: Rasp, Stephan
name: Dueben, Peter D.
name: Scher, Sebastian
name: Weyn, Jonathan A.
name: Mouatadid, Soukayna
name: Thuerey, Nils
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics (physics.ao-ph)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Data-driven approaches, most prominently deep learning, have become powerful tools for prediction in many domains. A natural question to ask is whether data-driven methods could also be used to predict global weather patterns days in advance. First studies show promise but the lack of a common dataset and evaluation metrics make inter-comparison between studies difficult. Here we present a benchmark dataset for data-driven medium-range weather forecasting, a topic of high scientific interest for atmospheric and computer scientists alike. We provide data derived from the ERA5 archive that has been processed to facilitate the use in machine learning models. We propose simple and clear evaluation metrics which will enable a direct comparison between different methods. Further, we provide baseline scores from simple linear regression techniques, deep learning models, as well as purely physical forecasting models. The dataset is publicly available at https://github.com/pangeo-data/WeatherBench and the companion code is reproducible with tutorials for getting started. We hope that this dataset will accelerate research in data-driven weather forecasting.
description: Github repository: https://github.com/pangeo-data/WeatherBench; Data download: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1524895
Conservation of both current and helicity in a quadrupolar model for solar flares
Creators: name: Melrose, Don
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A model for a solar flare, involving magnetic reconnection transferring flux and current between current-carrying magnetic loops connecting two pairs of footpoints, is generalized to include conservation of magnetic helicity during reconnection, as well as conservation of current at all four footpoints. For a set of force-free loops, with the $i$th loop having flux $F_i$ and current $I_i$, the self and mutual helicities are proportional to the self and mutual inductances with the constant of proportionality determined by $α_i=F_i/μ_0I_i$. In a constant-$α$ model, the change in magnetic energy is proportional to the change in helicity, and conservation of helicity implies conservation of magnetic energy, so that a flare cannot occur. In a quadrupolar model, with $α_1>α_2$ initially, $α_1$ increases and $α_2$ decreases when flux and current are transferred from loops~1 and~2 to loops~3 and~4. A model that conserves both current and helicity is constructed; it depends on the initial $α$s, and otherwise is somewhat simpler than when helicity is neglected.
description: 14 pages, 1 figure. Solar Physics (in press)