cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Discharge-Suspended Sediment Relations: Near-channel Environment Controls Shape and Steepness, Land Use Controls Median and Low Flow Conditions
Creators: name: Vaughan, Angus A.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: We analyzed recent total suspended solids (TSS) data from 45 gages on 36 rivers throughout the state of Minnesota. Watersheds range from 32 to 14,600 km2 and represent a variety of distinct settings in terms of topography, land cover, and geologic history. Our study rivers exhibited three distinct patterns in the relationship between discharge and TSS: simple power functions, threshold power functions, and peaked or negative power functions. Differentiating rising and falling limb samples, we generated sediment rating curves (SRC) of form TSS = aQb, Q being normalized discharge. Rating parameters a and b describe the vertical offset and steepness of the relationships. We also used the fitted SRCs to estimate TSS values at low flows and to quantify event-scale hysteresis.
In addition to quantifying the watershed-average topographic, climatic/hydrologic, geologic, soil and land cover conditions, we used high-resolution lidar topography data to characterize the near-channel environment upstream of gages. We used Random Forest statistical models to analyze the relationship between basin and channel features and the rating parameters. The models enabled us to identify morphometric variables that provided the greatest explanatory power and examine the direction, form, and strength of the partial dependence of the response variables on individual predictor variables. The models explained between 43% and 60% of the variance in the rating curve parameters and determined that Q-TSS relation steepness (exponent) was most related to near-channel morphological characteristics including near-channel local relief, channel gradient, and proportion of lakes along the channel network. Land use within the watershed explained most variation in the vertical offset (coefficient) of the SRCs and in TSS concentrations at low flows.
GNSS-based positioning: Attacks and Countermeasures
Creators: name: Papadimitratos, P.
name: Jovanovic, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Increasing numbers of mobile computing devices, user-portable, or embedded in vehicles, cargo containers, or the physical space, need to be aware of their location in order to provide a wide range of commercial services. Most often, mobile devices obtain their own location with the help of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), integrating, for example, a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver. Nonetheless, an adversary can compromise location-aware applications by attacking the GNSS-based positioning: It can forge navigation messages and mislead the receiver into calculating a fake location. In this paper, we analyze this vulnerability and propose and evaluate the effectiveness of countermeasures. First, we consider replay attacks, which can be effective even in the presence of future cryptographic GNSS protection mechanisms. Then, we propose and analyze methods that allow GNSS receivers to detect the reception of signals generated by an adversary, and then reject fake locations calculated because of the attack. We consider three diverse defense mechanisms, all based on knowledge, in particular, own location, time, and Doppler shift, receivers can obtain prior to the onset of an attack. We find that inertial mechanisms that estimate location can be defeated relatively easy. This is equally true for the mechanism that relies on clock readings from off-the-shelf devices; as a result, highly stable clocks could be needed. On the other hand, our Doppler Shift Test can be effective without any specialized hardware, and it can be applied to existing devices.
Characterizing crosstalk within the Pan-STARRS GPC1 camera
Creators: name: de Boer, T. J. L.
name: Huber, M. E.
name: Magnier, E. A.
name: Onaka, P. M.
name: Chambers, K. C.
name: Lin, C. -C.
name: Gao, H.
name: Fairlamb, J.
name: Wainscoat, R. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using data from a year-long dedicated campaign to observe bright stars, we study the crosstalk channels present in the GPC1 camera. By analyzing these data, we construct a dataset that checks source stars on almost every CCD of every chip within the camera against all possible crosstalk destinations. We use a clustering algorithm to find potential crosstalk occurrences, and then also check all possible combinations (driven by the hardware layout) by eye. This results in a total of 640 rules, with a flux attenuation factor ranging from 2.5x10$^{2}$ for the bright end to 2.5$\times$10$^{4}$ at the faint end. The average value of m$_{cross}$-m$_{src}\approx$-10.25 corresponds to an attenuating factor of 1.25x10$^{4}$, which produces crosstalk ghosts with an average signal-to-noise ratio of 0.64$\pm$0.1 on the bright images. We find no evidence of crosstalk signals between CCDs not connected in the hardware setup. The distribution of attenuation factors is also found to be dependent on crosstalk movement. A clear dependence on cell column offsets is found, consistent with the idea that the source star charge is progressively attenuated during the traversal of cell readout lines. While we can see the trends, the uncertainties on aperture magnitude measurements are large at this stage.
description: Accepted by PASP
Assessing the impact of intraspecific and interspecific interactions on Tasmanian rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii) caught in traps : analysis and modelling
Creators: name: Hunter, CM
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Understanding the capture process in trap fisheries presents challenges because of the complexity generated by social interactions occurring between targeted species in addition to predation by non-targeted species. This thesis examines the impact of these interactions on the formation of groups of rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii) within traps. An assessment was made of how intraspecific and interspecific interactions operate and what approaches and relationships were useful for characterising behaviour and predicting the composition of trapped animals. To avoid confusion brought on by inconsistencies and poor documentation in the literature, it was necessary to develop a conceptual framework to provide a transparent and sufficient description of the practical components of studying and describing trap capture dynamics. Simulation modelling was used to reconstruct the distribution of the number of lobsters encountering a trap across a set of traps by using the distribution of observed catch levels in traps and a hypothesised relationship between encounter and catch levels. Simulation modelling was also used to investigate the relationship between catch frequency patterns in traps and the encounter and entry patterns that could hypothetically give rise to them. Catch frequency patterns observed in the Taroona reserve in Tasmania, Australia were used to examine the temporal variation in the pairing between trapped lobsters (J. edwardsii) of the same or mixed gender. In this analysis, the, impact of animal size was pooled. Our observations indicated that female lobsters of all sizes independently paired with another female present in the trap in all bi-months with the exception of avoidance behaviour in January-February. The formation of male pairs exhibited cyclic seasonal change varying from attraction in January to April to avoidance in July-August and a return to attraction in November-December. The development of group compositions in traps was characterised by analysing a decadal long time-series of seasonal catch data on the observed frequency of traps containing different combinations of gender, size, and within-trap densities of edwardsii captured in the Taroona reserve. By comparing the relative frequency of different combinations of lobsters, inferences were possible with regard to the behavioural response to trapped conspecifics. Depensatory mortality in the Tasmanian rock lobster fishery was examined by investigating whether octopus (Octopus maorum) killed a higher proportion of lobster in traps when the daily-average number of J. edwardsii per trap was lower. Octopus predation was found to be inversely related to lobster catches, suggesting there was some potential benefit from aggregation.
title: Quantitation of Formaldehyde Resulting from Oxidative Deterioration of Unsaturated Fatty Acids
Creators: name: Andrews, Stanley J.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1978

description: Derivatives of 3-methyl-1-2-benzothiazolinone hydrazone were formed from the oxidation products of three oxidized unsaturated fatty acids. Aeration with oxygen and heat (65C) was used as a means of accelerating deterioration of lipid samples. Formaldehyde was recovered from oxidized pure standards of oleic, linoleic and linolenic acid methyl esters , and identified using gas chromatography. Formaldehyde was also recovered from oxidized lipid extracts of mechanic ally deboned turkey meat and turkey cluster fat. Gas chromatography was used to measure concentrations of unsaturated fatty acids during the oxidation of extracted lipids. Linoleic and linolenic fatty acids significantly decreased (p < .005) in oxidized lipid extracts from turkey cluster fat stored frozen for six months.
Measurement of the amounts of formaldehyde which accumulates as a result of the oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids, may be the most reliable method of assessing the extent of oxidative deterioration in foods.
Initial Consonant Mutation in Irish Gaelic
Creators: name: O'Neill, Gareth
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Linguistics
subject: FOS: Languages and literature
subject: Functional Discourse Grammar
subject: Phonology
subject: Consonant Mutation
subject: Irish Gaelic

description: Master thesis on a Functional Discourse Grammar (FDG) analysis of initial consonant mutation in Irish Gaelic

http://www.scriptiesonline.uba.uva.nl/en/scriptie/426195
Effects of Incidence and Degree of Endometrial Scarring on Fertility in Dairy Cattle
Creators: name: Manspeaker, J.E.
name: Haaland, M.A.
name: Robl, M. G.
name: Edwards, G. H.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1983

description: As bovine practitioners we use our fine-tuned palpating expertise almost entirely, and rightfully so, to evaluate an infertile problem along with visual examination of the vagina and its discharges. Then treatment is done accordingly by what is felt and seen. Some practitioners will occasionally run bacterial cultures especially if the discharges indicate infection. These above procedures are necessary to properly evaluate routine infertile problems in a herd, but for the clinically "normal" repeat breeder, that is considered valuable by the client from a milk production and a genetic point of view, practitioners have to do more diagnostically. Bovine endometrial pathology should definitely be included diagnostically and prognostically, before days open become too extensive and culling too evident. Endometrial scarring may contribute to infertility, but certain other factors such as cellular infiltrations, hormonal variations, embryonic abnormalities, vascular damage in the caruncles and, maybe, collagen in the connective tissues as in the mare may play a more decisive role.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1983
Breakup effects in the $^{16}{\rm C}+p$ and $^{16}{\rm C}+d$ reactions
Creators: name: Shubhchintak
name: Descouvemont, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze the $^{16}{\rm C}+p$ and $^{16}{\rm C}+d$ reactions within the four- and five-body Continuum Discretized Coupled Channel (CDCC) method. The $^{16}$C nucleus is described by a $^{14}{\rm C}+n+n$ configuration in hyperspherical coordinates. This description reproduces fairly well several $^{16}$C low-lying states. First we analyze the $2^+\rightarrow 0^+$ $E2$ transition amplitude, which confirms that an effective charge must be introduced to reproduce the experimental value. Then, proton and deuteron elastic and inelastic scattering are investigated by including $^{16}$C pseudostates, which simulate the $^{14}{\rm C}+n+n$ continuum. In $^{16}{\rm C}+d$, the deuteron breakup is taken into account with $p+n$ two-body pseudostates. A fair agreement with experiment is obtained without any fitting parameter. Breakup effects are in general small, but improve the agreement with experiment.
description: Accepted for publication in Physical Review C
title: SSAGA: Streaming Multiprocessors (SMs) Sculpted for Asymmetric General Purpose Graphics Processing Unit (GPGPU) Applications
Creators: name: Saha, Shamik
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: The evolution of the Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) over the last decade, has reinforced general purpose computing while sustaining a steady performance growth in graphics intensive applications. However, the immense performance improvement is generally associated with a steep rise in GPU power consumption. Consequently, GPUs are already close to the abominable power wall. With a massive popularity of the mobile devices running general-purpose GPU (GPGPU) applications, it is of utmost importance to ensure a high energy efficiency, while meeting the strict performance requirements.
In this work, we demonstrate that, customizing a Streaming Multiprocessor (SM) of a GPU, at a lower frequency, is significantly more energy efficient, compared to employing Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling (DVFS) on an SM, designed for a high frequency operation. Using a system level Computer Aided Design (CAD) technique, we propose SSAGA - Streaming Multiprocessors Sculpted for Asymmetric GPGPU Applications, an energy efficient GPU design paradigm. SSAGA creates architecturally identical SM cores, customized for different voltage-frequency domains.
Trichomoniasis
Creators: name: Ball, L.
name: Mortimer, R. G.
name: Cheney, J.M.
name: Olson, J. D.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1983

description: Trichomoniasis is a veneral disease of cattle caused by Tritrichomonasfetus (T. Fetus). Its clinical signs are repeat breeding at both regular and irregular intervals and, occasionally, abortion. These are easy to observe in dairy cattle. However, in beef cattle on western ranges, the first indication of a problem is usually finding over 20-40% of the cows open at the time of fall pregnancy check. By this time the significant economic damage has already been done. Treatment efforts need to be directed primarily toward the infected bull rather than the cow because of the self limiting nature of the disease in cows. When trichomoniasis is diagnosed in dairy herds, it can be controlled most effectively by AI. However, in some herds, management levels may be inadequate to have a successful AI program. In these, natural breeding programs must be tailored to eliminate the infection.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1983
Random matrix ensembles with random interactions: Results for EGUE(2)-SU(4)
Creators: name: Vyas, Manan
name: Kota, V. K. B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We introduce in this paper embedded Gaussian unitary ensemble of random matrices, for $m$ fermions in $Ω$ number of single particle orbits, generated by random two-body interactions that are SU(4) scalar, called EGUE(2)-SU(4). Here the SU(4) algebra corresponds to Wigner's supermultiplet SU(4) symmetry in nuclei. Formulation based on Wigner-Racah algebra of the embedding algebra $U(4Ω) \supset U(Ω) \otimes SU(4)$ allows for analytical treatment of this ensemble and using this analytical formulas are derived for the covariances in energy centroids and spectral variances. It is found that these covariances increase in magnitude as we go from EGUE(2) to EGUE(2)-$\cs$ to EGUE(2)-SU(4) implying that symmetries may be responsible for chaos in finite interacting quantum systems.
description: 11 pages, 2 figures, some formulas in Table 1 corrected, Table 1 changed to Table 1 and 2, Fig. 2 modified
Additional file 3 of Altered intestinal microbiome and metabolome correspond to the clinical outcome of sepsis
Creators: name: Sun, Silei
name: Wang, Daosheng
name: Dong, Danfeng
name: Xu, Lili
name: Xie, Mengqi
name: Wang, Yihui
name: Ni, Tongtian
name: Jiang, Weisong
name: Zhu, Xiaojuan
name: Ning, Ning
name: Sun, Qian
name: Zhao, Shuyuan
name: Li, Mengjiao
name: Chen, Peili
name: Yu, Meiling
name: Li, Jian
name: Chen, Erzhen
name: Zhao, Bing
name: Peng, Yibing
name: Mao, Enqiang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Hematology

description: Additional file 3: Figure S1. Comparison of microbial alterations in the sepsis patients and the HCs after age matching (n = 17 per group). A PCoA for the sepsis and HC group samples, with plots based on the Bray–Curtis distance. Each point represents one sample and the colors represent different groups. The results of the ANOSIM test to compare dissimilarity indexes among samples are shown above the plots. B Wilcoxon rank sum tests performed to analyze between-group differences in the main bacterial load at the genus level. C Average relative proportions of genera in patients according to origin of infection.
Bovine Leptospirosis and Infertility
Creators: name: Hanson, Lyle E.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1983

description: Bovine leptospirosis was first identified as a disease of cattle in 1935 in Russia (Mikhin and Azhinov, 1935). Although bovine leptospirosis has been in the U.S. for many years, it was primarily associated with the pomona serovar (Baker and Little, 1948). Prevalence studies based on serolgic surveys indicate hardjo is the most widespread serovar with reactor rates varying from a low of 6% for the midwest to a high of 62% for Florida cattle (Stoenner, 1975; Rubin, 1977). Clinical signs of leptospirosis in cattle vary with the serovars involved, the herd susceptibility, and between acute and chronic infections.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1983
Bovine Reproductive Failure Associated with Ureaplasma Diversum
Creators: name: Doig, Paul A.
name: Ruhnke, H. L. Ruhnke
name: Miller, R. B.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1983

description: Ureaplasmas are part of the group of microorganisms designated the Mycoplasmatales, more often simply referred to as the mycoplasmas. Thus far, eleven ureaplasma serotypes have been serologically identified and appear distinct from the eight serotypes of Ureaplasma urealyticum isolated from humans. For this reason, a new name Ureaplasma diversum has been proposed for the bovine isolates. Ureaplasmas were considered for many years to be part of the nonpathogenic microflora of the lower reproductive tract. More recent studies have demonstrated an association between Ureaplasma and disease, and it is now apparent that Ureaplasmas may play a more important role in bovine reproductive failure than had previously been recognized.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1983
title: Magnesium Deficiency and Excitability in the Rat: an Examination of Selected Biochemical and Physiological Events Relating Magnesium Status to Behavior
Creators: name: Buck, Douglas Robinson
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1978

description: The effect of Mg status on the behavior of rats, as determined by nonspecific excitability level and audio genic seizure susceptibility, was investigated. Also, selected biochemical and neurological mechanisms mediating the chain of events from dietary magnesium deficit to the hyper excitability symptoms were examined. Weanling rats fed a low magnesium (10 ppm) diet for 14 days had reduced serum, cerebrospinal fluid and brain magnesium concentrations, and increased brain (Na+ K+)-ATPase activity. They exhibited increased NEL and became highly susceptible to audio genic seizures. Through dietary manipulation and intraperitoneal and cerebral intraventricular injections, it was possible selectively to alter either serum or cerebrospinal fluid magnesium concentrations.
Both nonspecific excitability level and audio genic seizure susceptibility responded inversely to cerebrospinal fluid magnesium concentration, but not to serum magnesium, unless the latter was very high. In this instance, nonspecific excitability level but not seizure activity was depressed.
Brain serotonin concentration was elevated in 150- 200 g rats fed a low magnesium diet for 21 days, compared with rats fed a control diet (0.73 μg/g fresh brain cf. 0.56 μg/g) .
The magnesium deficient rat may serve as an excellent model for epilepsy research. The animal can often be revived following seizure, thus enabling the study of drug interactions while using a small number of subjects. Preliminary findings indicate that the most promising subjects are female rats between 3 and 5 weeks old at the start of feeding and who are fed a low magnesium diet 17 to 21 days.
A procedure for determining (Na+ K+)-ATPase activity in rat brain homogenates, without requiring isolation or purification, is described. Computer modeling techniques have yielded expressions for equating enzyme activity to sodium, potassium, magnesium or calcium concentrations in the reaction media. A thorough statistical treatment of the data is presented.
Gas cooling of test masses for future gravitational-wave observatories
Creators: name: Reinhardt, Christoph
name: Franke, Alexander
name: Schaffran, Jörn
name: Schnabel, Roman
name: Lindner, Axel
Publisher: name: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg
Year: 2021
Subjects: * Automatic Keywords *
gas: pressure
helium: gas
black body: radiation
mirror: surface
noise
gravitational radiation
observatory
numerical calculations
Einstein Telescope
fluctuation
space-time
cryogenics
fibre
laser
VIRGO
LIGO
flow

description: Recent observations made with Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo have initiated the era of gravitational-wave astronomy. The number of events detected by these '2nd Generation' (2G) ground-based observatories is partially limited by noise arising from temperature-induced position fluctuations of the test mass mirror surfaces used for probing space time dynamics. The design of next-generation gravitational-wave observatories addresses this limitation by using cryogenically cooled test masses; current approaches for continuously removing heat (resulting from absorbed laser light) rely on heat extraction via black-body radiation or conduction through suspension fibers. As a complementing approach, we investigate cooling via helium gas impinging on the test mass in free molecular flow. We present analytical models for cooling power and related displacement noise, validated by comparison to numerical simulations. Applying this theoretical framework with regard to the conceptual design of the Einstein Telescope (ET), we find a cooling power of 10 mW at 18 K for a gas pressure that increases the ET design strain noise goal by at most a factor of $\sim 3$ in a 8 Hz wide frequency band centered at 7 Hz. A cooling power of 100 mW at 18 K corresponds to a gas pressure that increases the ET design strain noise goal by at most a factor of $\sim 11$ in a 26 Hz wide frequency band centered at 7 Hz.
Determinants of dairy cooperative membership among smallholder farmers in North-Western Ethiopia
Creators: name: Molla, Abateneh
name: Abebe, Azanaw
name: Assefa, Desyalew
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Dairy cooperative societies have a viable contribution to the reduction of poverty and improve incomes of the smallholder farmers in developing countries. Farmers in these countries are encouraged to join cooperatives to work cooperatively. However, in Ethiopia in general and in the study area in particular smallholder farmers’ cooperative membership is very low, and farmers are still hesitating to be members of dairy cooperatives. Thus, this study was planned to investigate the determinants of dairy cooperative membership among smallholder farmers. Sample diary cooperatives were selected through a simple random sampling method. For this study, cross-sectional data were collected from 266 dairy farmers through interview schedules. Determinates of dairy cooperative membership were analyzed using the binary probit model. The model result shows that dairy farming experience, family size, livestock holding, participation in training, access to market information, number of crossbreed cow ownership, and neighbors’ membership are found positively and significantly associated with dairy cooperative membership decisions. Conversely, landholding size and distance from residence to the dairy cooperative are negatively and significantly associated with dairy cooperative membership decisions. This indicates that farmers having large landholdings and far away from the dairy cooperatives are less benefited from the dairy cooperative society. The study identified that enhancing asset ownership, providing sufficient and frequent market information, providing training about dairy production, and establishing milk collection centers can improve dairy cooperative membership of farmers.
A Realistic Herd Health Program
Creators: name: Clark, Hubert C.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1983

description: Since the goal of the cattlemen is to maintain and improve a profit margin, a workable herd health program is a must for beef producers in the l 980's. Our herd health program was developed with major emphasis on preventive medicine. Your goals as a veterinarian might be: l. All cattle vaccinated against common disease each year. 2. All cattle wormed twice a year. 3. A brucellosis free and certified herd. 4. All adult cows and bulls have Ectrin ear tags for fly control and ear tags for identification. 5. All animals treated with delice and grub kill in the fall. 6. All bull calves castrated and implanted each year. 7. All cows pregnancy tested and open ones culled each fall. 8. All cattle dehorned in the herd. 9. All bulls soundness examined each winter. I feel if the veterinarian has communication with the cattlemen in the area, then a profitable and meaningful herd health program can be established.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1983
The spatially resolved PAH characteristics in the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51a)
Creators: name: Zang, Rong Xuan
name: Maragkoudakis, Alexandros
name: Peeters, Els
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a detailed study on the spatially resolved polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) emission properties in the (circum)nuclear region (NR) and extranuclear regions (ENRs) of M51a using Spitzer-IRS observations. Correlations among PAH intensity ratios are examined with respect to each other, local physical parameters, galactocentric distance ($R_{g}$), and very small grain (VSG) emission. Additional comparison is performed with the mid-infrared emission features in the H$_{\mathrm{II}}$ regions of M33 and M83. The NR exhibits the strongest correlation among the PAH intensity ratios, whereas ENRs are showing increased scatter attributed to ISM emission. Overall, the radiation field hardness has a higher impact on PAH emission than metallicity, with the latter regulating PAH variance as a function of $R_{g}$. Specifically, the variance of PAH emission with respect to the different physical parameters suggests a higher rate of small/medium PAH processing compared to large PAHs and a higher ratio of small-to-large PAHs formed with increasing galactocentric distance. We find similarities between the 7.7 $μ$m carriers in M51a's NR and M83's H$_{\mathrm{II}}$ regions, the 8.6 $μ$m carriers in M51a's NR and M33 H$_{\mathrm{II}}$ regions, and both types of carriers between M51a's ENRs, M33's, and M83's H$_{\mathrm{II}}$ regions. We have identified a positive correlation between PAH/VSG and the PAH intensity ratios. We conclude that the relative abundance of PAHs and VSG is not solely driven by the hardness of the radiation field.
description: 17 pages, 12 figures, 7 tables. Accepted for publication in MNRAS
Detection of solar-like oscillations from Kepler photometry of the open cluster NGC 6819
Creators: name: Stello, Dennis
name: Basu, Sarbani
name: Bruntt, Hans
name: Mosser, Benoit
name: Stevens, Ian R.
name: Brown, Timothy M.
name: Christensen-Dalsgaard, Jorgen
name: Gilliland, Ronald L.
name: Kjeldsen, Hans
name: Arentoft, Torben
name: Ballot, Jerome
name: Barban, Caroline
name: Bedding, Timothy R.
name: Chaplin, William J.
name: Elsworth, Yvonne P.
name: Garcia, Rafael A.
name: Goupil, Marie-Jo
name: Hekker, Saskia
name: Huber, Daniel
name: Mathur, Savita
name: Meibom, Soren
name: Samadi, Reza
name: Sangaralingam, Vinothini
name: Baldner, Charles S.
name: Belkacem, Kevin
name: Biazzo, Katia
name: Brogaard, Karsten
name: Suarez, Juan Carlos
name: D'Antona, Francesca
name: Demarque, Pierre
name: Esch, Lisa
name: Gai, Ning
name: Grundah, Frank
name: Lebreton, Yveline
name: Jiang, Biwei
name: Jevtic, Nada
name: Karoff, Christoffer
name: Miglio, Andrea
name: Molenda-Zakowicz, Joanna
name: Montalban, Josefina
name: Noels, Arlette
name: Cortes, Teodoro Roca
name: Roxburgh, Ian W.
name: Serenelli, Aldo M.
name: Aguirre, Victor Silva
name: Sterken, Christiaan
name: Stine, Peter
name: Szabo, Robert
name: Weiss, Achim
name: Borucki, William J.
name: Koch, David
name: Jenkins, Jon M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Asteroseismology of stars in clusters has been a long-sought goal because the assumption of a common age, distance and initial chemical composition allows strong tests of the theory of stellar evolution. We report results from the first 34 days of science data from the Kepler Mission for the open cluster NGC 6819 -- one of four clusters in the field of view. We obtain the first clear detections of solar-like oscillations in the cluster red giants and are able to measure the large frequency separation and the frequency of maximum oscillation power. We find that the asteroseismic parameters allow us to test cluster-membership of the stars, and even with the limited seismic data in hand, we can already identify four possible non-members despite their having a better than 80% membership probability from radial velocity measurements. We are also able to determine the oscillation amplitudes for stars that span about two orders of magnitude in luminosity and find good agreement with the prediction that oscillation amplitudes scale as the luminosity to the power of 0.7. These early results demonstrate the unique potential of asteroseismology of the stellar clusters observed by Kepler.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures, accepted by ApJ (Lett.)
Breeding biology and behaviour of the forest raven Corvus tasmanicus in southern Tasmania
Creators: name: Lawrence, Clare
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: The Forest Raven, Corvus tasmanicus tasmanicus, is the only crow or raven species found on mainland Tasmania. Although members of the genus Corvus have been comprehensively studied, relatively little is known about the Forest Raven. While recently studies have been made of the closely related Northern Forest Raven (C. t. boreus) in New South Wales, this is the first study to be undertaken on the biology of the Forest Raven in Tasmania. Overall, the results of this study suggest that Forest Ravens are similar in their breeding biology and behaviour to other corvid species with similar life-histories, both in Australia and overseas. Adult breeding Forest Ravens maintain large self-sufficient territories year-round. Juvenile ravens remain in these territories with their parents for some months after fledging, before leaving to join nomadic flocks comprising immature birds and non-breeding adults. This study focused on the breeding biology and the behaviour of territory-holding adult Forest Ravens in six territories in light bushland around Hobart, southern Tasmania. Ravens built nests in trees characteristic of the tallest vegetation of the area, nests being situated on average 24m above the ground. The Forest Raven nesting season began in August. Incubation and nestling periods lasted around 22 days and 37-49 days respectively, with second clutches being laid in the event of the failure of the first. Forest Ravens produced on average 1.9 fledglings per pair per nesting season, with most pairs producing two fledglings. The survival rate of fledglings to one month was very high. Away from the nest, and outside the breeding season, Forest Ravens are consistent with other bird species in spending most of their time in perching behaviour and foraging. The Forest Raven is a common and distinctive member of Tasmania's avifauna, and is of commercial importance due to the damage it causes in orchards. Due to the perception of the Forest Raven as an agricultural pest the species is one of only three native bird species not protected by Tasmanian law. In a number of countries corvids are becoming increasingly urban, causing problems through aggressive behaviour, noise and unsanitary mess. Although this has not yet been reported in the Forest Raven, a potential increase in food sources as a result of suburban spread in Tasmania may in the future lead to greater numbers of ravens in such areas. By providing information on the breeding and behaviour of the Forest Raven, the results of this study may be of use in the development of plans or devices to manage the species in a controlled, effective and non-lethal way.
Cow/Calf Herd Health-An Idealistic Herd Health Program
Creators: name: Miksch, Duane
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1983

description: A large proportion of U.S. beef originates in small (farm) cow herds. Two-thirds of beef breeding herds in the United States have fewer than fifty cows. Forty-one states have an average herd size of fewer than fifty cows. Nine North Atlantic states have an average herd size of only four cows. Only two percent of all U.S. beef herds have more than 500 cows. However, a minimum of 200 cows is generally considered necessary for an "Economic unit" or a "primary enterprise." These figures contrast with over forty percent of U.S. cattle "finished" being fed in fewer than 200 feedlots.Despite the difficulties of delivering adquate veterinary service at an affordable cost, preventive health programs are very important to the productivity of small beef herds.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1983
title: Comparative Analysis of WIC Participants in the Bear River Health District
Creators: name: Israelsen, Cynthia S.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1978

description: A thorough collection of data was completed on Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) particpants in the Bear River Health District to help determine the nutrition education needs of that WIC population. Data were also collected on education, income, and ethnic groups form other states and districts in the nation for comparison with results of this study.
The data collected in this study will provide an adequate data base for the future development of nutrition education materials for this district and perhaps other similar districts nationwide.
The Bear River district participants, Logan clinic participants in particular, appear to be quite atypical in regard to education level and ethnic variation.
Implications for Galaxy Formation Models from Observations of Globular Clusters around Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies
Creators: name: Saifollahi, Teymoor
name: Zaritsky, Dennis
name: Trujillo, Ignacio
name: Peletier, Reynier F.
name: Knapen, Johan H.
name: Amorisco, Nicola
name: Beasley, Michael A.
name: Donnerstein, Richard
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an analysis of Hubble Space Telescope observations of globular clusters (GCs) in six ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) in the Coma cluster, a sample that represents UDGs with large effective radii ($R_{\rm e}$), and use the results to evaluate competing formation models. We eliminate two significant sources of systematic uncertainty in the determination of the number of GCs, $N_{\rm GC}$ by using sufficiently deep observations that (i) reach the turnover of the GC luminosity function and (ii) provide a sufficient number of GCs with which to measure the GC number radial distribution. We find that $N_{\rm GC}$ for these galaxies is on average $\sim$20, which implies an average total mass, $M_{\rm total}$, $\sim$ $10^{11}$ $M_{\odot}$ when applying the relation between $N_{\rm GC}$ and $M_{\rm total}$. This value of $N_{\rm GC}$ lies at the upper end of the range observed for dwarf galaxies of the same stellar mass and is roughly a factor of two larger than the mean. The GC luminosity function, radial profile and average colour are more consistent with those observed for dwarf galaxies than with those observed for the more massive ($L^*$) galaxies, while both the radial and azimuthal GC distributions closely follow those of the stars in the host galaxy. Finally, we discuss why our observations, specifically the GC number and GC distribution around these six UDGs, pose challenges for several of the currently favoured UDG formation models.
description: Accepted for publication in MNRAS
title: Invasive Coqui Frogs Serve as Novel Prey for Birds in Hawaii, and Not as Competitors
Creators: name: Smith, Robyn L.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: The Puerto Rican coqui frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui) has been hypothesized to affect bird communities in Hawaii by 1) competing with insectivorous birds for prey, 2) providing prey for predatory birds, and 3) bolstering populations of non-native mammals by serving as prey. No previous studies have collected empirical data on these potential impacts. We investigated the impact of coquis on birds at two scales.
For our first research question, we used stable isotope analyses to address whether three species of insectivorous bird, one native and two non-native, and coquis could compete for invertebrate prey. We found that the coquis overlapped in isotopic niche space with all three bird species, which suggests these species occupy a similar place in the food web. However, our Bayesian diet analysis suggests that coquis mostly feed on Acari, Amphipoda, and Blattodea (>90%), and only consume about 2% Araneae, the only diet source they share with birds. This result suggests that coquis do not heavily compete with these bird species for prey.
For our second research question, we conducted avian point counts in coqui and non-coqui plots across 15 sites on the island of Hawaii. We modeled whether coqui presence or density explained patterns of insectivorous, vertebrate-preying, and native bird abundance. We estimated abundances of birds in coqui and non-coqui plots using hierarchical Bayesian N-mixture models with random effects. We tested whether habitat variables differed across coqui and non-coqui plots and whether coqui density was correlated with any habitat variable to more confidently attribute changes in bird abundance across coqui and non-coqui plots to the frogs. We found that coquis were associated with greater abundances of vertebrate-preying, generalist insectivorous, and non-native birds in Hawaii. Vertebrate-preying birds showed the strongest association, with a 0.97 probability of abundance being at least 50% higher in coqui plots. Native birds did not show differences in abundance across coqui and non-coqui plots. Because insectivorous bird and native bird abundance did not differ across coqui invasion fronts, our results suggest that coquis primarily affect Hawaiian birds by serving as a food resource for predatory birds, and not as competitors for invertebrate prey.
Physical Defects Which Limit Breeding Soundness of Bulls
Creators: name: Hudson, Robert S.
name: Wolfe, Dwight F.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1983

description: The breeding soundness examination should include (a) a thorough physical examination with emphasis on the locomotor and genital systems, (b) the collection and evaluation of semen and ( c) a test of the bull's ability to copulate effectively and efficiently. The purpose of this presentation is (a) to describe pathological conditions which should be discovered on routine breeding soundness examination and (b) to discuss those defects which may be detected best by a test of mating ability.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1983
Sound Modes in Holographic Hydrodynamics for Charged AdS Black Hole
Creators: name: Matsuo, Yoshinori
name: Sin, Sang-Jin
name: Takeuchi, Shingo
name: Tsukioka, Takuya
name: Yoo, Chul-Moon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the previous paper we studied the transport coefficients of Quark-Gluon Plasma in finite temperature and finite density in vector and tensor modes. In this paper, we extend it to the scalar modes. We work out the decoupling problem and hydrodynamic analysis for the sound mode in charged AdS black hole and calculate the sound velocity, the charge susceptibility and the electrical conductivity. We find that Einstein relation among the conductivity, the diffusion constant and the susceptibility holds exactly.
description: 1+33 pages, 4 figures, LaTeX; references added, improved section 4.4
title: The Sensory Evaluation of Food Products Made with Varying Levels of Sucrose and Fructose and of Threshold Measurements of Individuals with Diabetes Mellitus
Creators: name: Hardy, Sherrie Lynn
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1978

description: The relative sweetness, flavor, texture and overall acceptance of sucrose and fructose was determined at various sugar levels in sugar cookies, white cake, vanilla pudding and lemonade. Because of the reported increased sweetness of fructose and its increased tolerance in individuals with diabetes mellitus, the study was designed to investigate the possibility of fructose as an alternative sweetener.
Taste panel members were used to evaluate the products. All products were served in duplicate and only data from those judges who had sampled both replications were used for the statistical analysis. Each product was prepared at 100%, 50% and 25% of the specified recipe quantity, using three different sugars: sucrose, fructose equal to sucrose by weight and fructose equal to sucrose by volume. A second objective of this study was to determine if quantities less than suggested in traditional recipes for either sugar could be used without damaging product acceptability.
The results of this study indicated that sucrose was both preferred and considered sweeter than fructose in sugar cookies, however; the reverse held true in lemonade. Based on the results of this study the author does not recommend that individuals substitute fructose for sucrose.
In addition to panels comparing sucrose and fructose in baked products, the difference in diabetic and non diabetic taste sensitivity was also evaluated. Detection and recognition thresholds were determined for diabetic and non diabetic youth (19-15 yrs.) and adults (16 yrs. and older) for sweet, sour, salty and bitter taste stimuli. Diabetics showed a lower sensitivity, especially in older individuals, with the exception of sour stimuli. As previously reported, detection thresholds were lower than recognition thresholds. The youth groups were better able to detect the presence of stimuli at lower levels than the adult groups, however, they were not as good at recognizing the stimuli.
The feminisation of psychology : a qualitative approach to access consequences for adolescent males in therapy
Creators: name: King, Louise Helen
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: A major shift in gender composition within the profession of psychology has occurred over recent decades. Fifty years ago psychology was considered a male dominated field. Statistics show it is now female dominated with a shortage of male psychologists forecast in the next ten years. Researchers, academics and professionals largely seem to ignore challenges the profession may face if the ratio of male to female psychologists continues to decline. This literature review describes research findings relating to the effect of psychologist gender in regards to treatment process and outcome in general. The review focuses on findings relating to the impact of psychologist gender when working with adolescents, with an emphasis on the potential benefits of gender match for adolescent males. Mental health issues with regard to adolescents in general are then discussed. Overall, the review highlights the need for future research in the area of gender in therapy and broad consideration of the impact of a future shortage of male psychologists.
Neonatal Calf Management
Creators: name: Rice, Lawrence E.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1983

description: Perinatal and neonatal calf mortality account for the second greatest loss to the beef cattle industry; the first being open or late calving cows. Large surveys have shown perinatal deaths to range from 4 to 7 percent and neonatal deaths to range from 2 to 6 percent. 18 27 Certain herds and areas have mortality rates much higher in epizootic situations. The purpose of this presentation is to discuss some of the causes of such losses and management practices to reduce the losses. The following procedures should increase perinatal and neonatal survival: I. Have heifers big at calving 2. Breed heifers to sires selected for 'easy calving'. 3. Provide proper prepartum nutrition. 4. Hyperimmunize dams when indicated. 5. Provide adequate and clean calving facilities. 6. Provide proper surveillance and early assistance at calving. 7. Insure adequate and timely colostrum consumption.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1983