cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Psychological Factors and Sports Gambling Behaviour: Findings among Selected Adolescents in Nigeria
Creators: name: Olasupo, Matthew Olugbenga
Publisher: name: Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology
Year: 2023
Subjects: Addiction; Developing country; Psychological factors; Recreational activities; Sports gambling.

description: Background: Sports gambling behaviour especially among adolescents has continued to be a source of research concern among psychologists and concerned stakeholders in Nigeria. This is because of the mental health implications it has for the individuals involved, in addition to the financial risks and other attendant social consequences. In an effort to ameliorate this problem, the study examined the role of parenting styles, optimism and peer pressure on sports gambling behaviour among adolescents.


Methods: A cross-sectional research design was used to select 200 adolescents aged 12 to 16 years (Mean age = 14.08; SD = 1.78) who were purposively selected in a sub-urban community in Nigeria. A structured questionnaire with measures of parenting styles, optimism, peer pressure, sports gambling, and demographic information was used to extract the data that were analysed using correlation and hierarchical multiple regression.


Results: From the correlation analyses, there was a significant positive relationship between authoritative parenting style and sports gambling behaviour, a positive relationship between permissive style and sports gambling behaviour, and a positive relationship between peer pressure and sports gambling behaviour. Multiple regression analyses revealed that authoritative style predicted sports gambling behaviour. Permissive parenting style also predicted sports gambling behaviour. Furthermore, peer pressure also predicted sports gambling behaviour.


Conclusion: Parenting styles and peer pressure emerged as strong factors impacting sports gambling behaviour among adolescents within the study setting but optimism did not. These findings suggest that psychologists should consider the role of parenting styles (authoritative and permissive) and peer pressure when putting up intervention programs aimed at curbing sports gambling behaviour among adolescents.
description: Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol 11, No 3 (2023)
The impact of smallholder commercialisation of organic crops on food consumption patterns, dietary diversity and consumption elasticities
Creators: name: Hendriks, Sheryl L.
name: Msaki, Mark M.
name: Hendriks, Sheryl L.
name: Msaki, Mark M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Food Security and Poverty
subject: agriculture
subject: growth
subject: smallholder
subject: consumption
subject: nutrition

description: The impact of smallholder commercialisation on food consumption patterns in a rural community of South Africa was investigated. The dietary diversity, nutrient intakes and consumption patterns of certified, partially certified and non-members of an organic farmers’ organisation were compared. Engagement in certified commercial organic farming promoted comparatively greater dietary diversity and improved nutrient intakes. While smallholder agriculture commercialisation has the potential to improve food consumption patterns and food quality through increased income and labour opportunities, caution should be exercised before claiming that such commercialisation can alleviate food insecurity and solve hunger in rural South Africa.
Quantum walks on Cayley graphs
Creators: name: Acevedo, O. Lopez
name: Gobron, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We address the problem of the construction of quantum walks on Cayley graphs. Our main motivation is the relationship between quantum algorithms and quantum walks. In particular, we discuss the choice of the dimension of the local Hilbert space and consider various classes of graphs on which the structure of quantum walks may differ. We completely characterise quantum walks on free groups and present partial results on more general cases. Some examples are given, including a family of quantum walks on the hypercube involving a Clifford Algebra.
description: J. Phys. A (accepted for publication)
Design guidelines for a magnetically propelled hoisting system
Creators: name: Ulansky, Ryan William
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Magnetically propelled hoisting is a novel system for moving containers full of rock in underground mines. Current practice is to hoist these containers, called skips, to surface using a cable. In a magnetically propelled hoisting system, the cables are replaced by a tubular linear motor. The research began with a detailed literature search on hoisting, magnetic levitation, pneumatic transport, and mining applications. Virtual modeling, kinetic modeling, simulation, and analysis were used to formulate a number of design options. The project resulted in the construction of a testbed where future research into the concept of Magnetically-Propelled Hoisting can be continued. The testbed should enable analysis of: electrical delivery system, control system design, skip design, instrumentation configuration, speed-payload variation, multi-vehicles, and system orientation amongst other design criteria. Some preliminary testing has indicated the following: achieved speed of 2m/s, horizontal through vertical motion of the skip, controlled motion of 2 skips, controlled acceleration, braking, and reversing of the skip. A risk assessment shows that the hoisting system failure potential to be low and likely controllable. A 96% mechanical availability is likely. A preliminary economic assessment shows that a MagLev system can be competitive with a conventional hoisting system with similar capital and operating costs. Several advantages over conventional hoisting were demonstrated regarding economic and mine mill integration. In addition the research has highlighted a number of potential problems with the concept that may hinder its acceptance by the mining industry.
The impact of HIV/AIDS on food security and household vulnerability in Swaziland
Creators: name: Masuku, Micah B.
name: Sithole, M.M.
name: Masuku, Micah B.
name: Sithole, M.M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Food Security and Poverty
subject: impact
subject: HIV/AIDS
subject: food security
subject: household vulnerability

description: This study investigated the impact of HIV/AIDS on food security and household vulnerability in Swaziland. Personal interviews with 847 selected farming households revealed an increase in sales of crops and livestock to finance funerals and healthcare, a decrease in expenditure on agricultural inputs, and an increase in expenditure on medical bills and funerals. Most households were vulnerable to food insecurity. The affected households therefore need assistance in order to maintain food production and security, including support in the form of agricultural inputs such as fertilisers and seeds through the markets and special arrangements to allow them access to affordable inputs. Therapeutic feeding and home based care will be needed for the chronically ill in vulnerable households.
Exploring the turbulent velocity gradients at different scales from the perspective of the strain-rate eigenframe
Creators: name: Tom, Josin
name: Carbone, Maurizio
name: Bragg, Andrew D
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Expressing the evolution equations for the filtered velocity gradient tensor (FVGT) in the strain-rate eigenframe provides an insightful way to disentangle and understand various processes such as strain self-amplification, vortex stretching and tilting, and to consider their properties at different scales in the flow. Using data from Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) of the forced Navier-Stokes equation, we consider the relative importance of local and non-local terms in the FVGT eigenframe equations across the scales using statistical analysis. The analysis of the eigenframe rotation-rate, that drives vorticity tilting, shows that the anisotropic pressure Hessian plays a key role, with the sub-grid stress making an important contribution outside the dissipation range, and the local spinning due to vorticity making a much smaller contribution. The results also show the striking behavior that the vorticity tilting term remains highly intermittent even at relatively large scales. We derive a generalization of the Lumley triangle that allows us to show that the pressure Hessian has a preference for two-component axisymmetric configurations at small scales, with a transition to a more isotropic state at larger scales. Correlations between the sub-grid stress and other terms in the eigenframe equations are considered, highlighting the coupling between the sub-grid and nonlinear amplification terms, with the sub-grid term playing an important role in regularizing the system. These results provide useful guidelines for improving Lagrangian models of the FVGT, since current models fail to capture a number of subtle features observed in our results.
Assessing transplant representation: psychometric characteristics of the Transplanted Organ Questionnaire in an Italian sample of transplant recipients
Creators: name: Muzii, Benedetta
name: Corruble, Emmanuelle
name: Palumbo, Francesco
name: Margherita, Giorgia
Publisher: name: Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology
Year: 2023
Subjects: Solid organ transplant; Psychopathology; Clinical psychology; Confirmatory factor analysis.

description: Background: Organ transplantation may elicit several emotional responses, where the lack of psychological integration of the allograft can lead to up to out-to-out manifestations of psychopathological symptoms. As there are only a few studies which examined the impact of a successful psychological integration, it is mandatory to have a specific tool available. The aim of this study is to assess the factorial structure of the Italian translation of the Transplanted Organ Questionnaire (TOQ) and verify the association with its dimensions and psychopathology.


Methods: The TOQ was translated from English into Italian using back-translation procedure, then it has been included in a survey with the Brief Symptoms Inventory in order to assess predictive validity with psychopathological symptoms. 117 Italian solid organ transplant recipients were enrolled via web and completed the survey.


Results: Confirmatory factor analyses showed that the three-factor model had sufficient fit to the data obtained from the Italian sample, with the exclusion of five items for cultural and transplant-specific reasons. Predictive validity was partially confirmed, implying that the TOQ is significantly associated with mental health outcome measures.

Conclusion: The Italian version of the TOQ represents a valid tool to explore the process of psychological integration of the transplanted organ and could improve the understanding about the role of psychological factors in post-transplant physiological recovery and duration of the graft. Clinicians and researchers in healthcare settings may take advantage of the TOQ to assess the changes experienced over time by transplant recipients and the resulting psychological implications on their global well-being.
description: Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol 11, No 3 (2023)
Chiral photocurrent in parity-violating magnet and enhanced response in topological antiferromagnet
Creators: name: Watanabe, Hikaru
name: Yanase, Youichi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Rectified electric current induced by irradiating light, so-called photocurrent, is an established phenomenon in optoelectronic physics. In this paper, we present a comprehensive classification of the photocurrent response arising from the parity violation in bulk systems. We clarify the contrasting role of $\mathcal{T}$- and $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetries and consequently find a new type of photocurrent phenomena characteristic of parity-violating magnets, intrinsic Fermi surface effect and gyration current. Especially, the gyration current is induced by the circularly-polarized light and it is the counterpart of the shift current caused by the linearly-polarized light. This photocurrent adds a new functionality of materials studied in various fields of condensed matter physics such as multiferroics and spintronics. A list of materials is provided. Furthermore, we show that the gyration current is strongly enhanced by topologically nontrivial band dispersion. On the basis of the microscopic analysis of Dirac models, we demonstrate the divergent photocurrent response and elucidate the importance of tilting of Dirac cones.
description: 28 pages, 8 figures, 4 tables
Safety Comparison between Amitriptyline versus Gabapentin on Neuropathic Pain Therapy in Geriatric with Type II Diabetes Mellitus
Creators: name: Jaya, Made Krisna Adi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111503 Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Background: Neuropathy in diabetes mellitus is a disorder that occurs in the peripheral nervoussystem. Diabetic neuropathy is more prevalent in elderly (44%) compared to adult (24%). The mostcommonly used agent in diabetic neuropathy are Amitriptyline and Gabapentin, mostly to treat theneuropathic pain. However, there were variations in the results of the studies that have been donerelated to safety between both drugs. Thus, further research is needed to confirm the safety of bothdrugs in diabetic neuropathy treatment especially in geriatrics patients. Objective: The aim of thisstudy was to compare the safety of Amitriptyline versus Gabapentin administration for diabeticneuropathic pain in geriatric. Methods: A prospective cohort study involving 70 elderlies wereobserved during 4 weeks. The outcome targets were incidence of side effect and comparisonincidence of side effect between both drugs. Non-parametric Mann Whitney U, Chi-Square, andFisher’s Exact test were used to analyze the outcome. Result: Most side effects have appeared in thegroup Amitriptyline is a dry mouth followed by sedation / drowsiness, fatigue, dizziness, andconstipation. In the group of Gabapentin, the incidence of adverse events that most often arises issedation (sleepiness) followed by dizziness, dry mouth, and fatigue. Low doses administrationshowed that Amitriptyline has significantly greater adverse effects (p < 0.05) compared withGabapentin. However, no significant differences were found in therapeutic dose (p > 0.05).Conclusion: The incidence of adverse events was more common in geriatric patients receivingAmitriptyline compared to Gabapentin.
Additional file 1 of Risk factors for wet macular degeneration: a systematic review, with novel insights from the Scottish Heart Health Extended Cohort
Creators: name: Fitton, Catherine A.
name: Quigley, Madeleine M. R.
name: Belch, Jill J. F.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Supplementary Material 1.
Alocação dos custos de melhorias em bacias hidrográficas entre os usuários de água: uma aplicação do valor de Shapley
Creators: name: Leite, Gil Bracarense
name: Vieira, Wilson Da Cruz
name: Leite, Gil Bracarense
name: Vieira, Wilson Da Cruz
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: water resources
subject: cost allocation
subject: Shapley value
subject: Paraíba do Sul river basin

description: The objective of this work was to analyze the cost allocation of improvements in river basins among the water users. It was used, as example, the Paraíba do Sul river basin, located in the states of Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, and, as criteria of allocation of costs, they were used the volumes of water extracted and consumed, and the quantity of pollutants deposited in the basin area by water users. The methodology used consists of the rule of allocation known as Shapley value, which belongs to the cooperative branch of game theory. In the case of Paraíba do Sul river basin, the values found indicated that the urban users should pay the higher part of the costs of improvements, given that these users are responsible for most of the pollution in the basin area, being the reduction of water quality an important problem in this basin.
Evidence for two Lambda(1405) resonance states
Creators: name: Oset, E.
name: Magas, V. K.
name: Ramos, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The $K^- p \to π^0 π^0 Σ^0$ reaction is studied within a chiral unitary model. The distribution of $π^0 Σ^0$ states forming the $Λ(1405)$ shows, in agreement with a recent experiment, a peak at 1420 MeV and a relatively narrow width of $Γ= 38$ MeV. We use these data in combination with those of the $π^- p \to K^0 πΣ$ reaction and elements of chiral unitary theory to prove that there are two $Λ(1405)$ states instead of one as so far assumed.
description: Contribution to the Hadron05 Conference, Rio de Janeiro, September 2005
Association among stress and depression in patients with advanced periodontitis: a cross-sectional study
Creators: name: Isola, Gaetano
name: Polizzi, Alessandro
name: Indelicato, Francesco
name: Chaurasia, Akhilanand
Publisher: name: Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology
Year: 2023
Subjects: Clinical Psychology; Periodontitis; Non-surgical treatment; Quality of life; Systemic diseases; Self-esteem.

description: Background: The relationship between psychological factors and the onset and progression of periodontal disease has recently attracted more academic attention. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the association between psychological stress and periodontitis The study was conducted out on patients with periodontitis.


Methods: All the patients included in the study were suffering from psychological stress and were referred to us by medical specialists, and they also showed clinical features of periodontal disease. Patients suffering from acute severe pain or system diseases were excluded. Periodontal exams were done out utilizing standard procedures. It was followed by Clinical Attachment Loss (CAL) diagnosis as a basis for evaluation of periodontal condition. Later psychosocial aspects were examined using globally approved questionnaires. The data were examined using chi square test and the Spearman correlation test with p 0.05 considered as level of significance.


Results: Among the psychosocial factors identified in this study were anxiety, depression and chronic stress and methods to adapt stress were shown to have a significant relationship with CAL. Specifically, probing depth (PD) was significantly correlated with anxiety (p0.001), depression (p= 0.026), stress (p0.001); CAL was significantly correlated with elderly age (p= 0.006), anxiety (p0.001), depression (p= 0.026) and stress (p= 0.017); bleeding on probing (BOP) was significantly correlated with depression (p= 0.027); plaque index (PI) was significantly correlated with anxiety (p= 0.014); gingival recession (REC) was significantly correlated with depression (p= 0.016) and stress (p= 0.035). The patients having severe periodontitis measured through CAL were found suffering from severe anxiety and they used more emotional focused coping methods frequently. Those with lower CAL used problem focussed coping methods frequently.


Conclusions: The results of this study demonstrated that the persistent financial stresses, depression, insufficient coping capacity and maladaptive personality dispositions were important risk factors for periodontal attachment loss.
description: Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol 11, No 3 (2023)
Additional file 2 of Risk factors for wet macular degeneration: a systematic review, with novel insights from the Scottish Heart Health Extended Cohort
Creators: name: Fitton, Catherine A.
name: Quigley, Madeleine M. R.
name: Belch, Jill J. F.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Supplementary Material 2.
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy studies of non-stoichiometric superconducting NbB2+x
Creators: name: Escamilla, R.
name: Huerta, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Polycrystalline samples of NbB2+x with nominal composition (B/Nb) = 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5 were studied by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The spectra revealed Nb and B oxides on the surface of the samples, mainly B2O3 and Nb2O5. After Ar ion etching the intensity of Nb and B oxides decreased. The Nb 3d5/2 and B 1s core levels associated with the chemical states (B/Nb) were identified and they do not change with etching time. The Binding Energy of the Nb 3d5/2 and B 1s core levels increase as boron content increases, suggesting a positive chemical shift in the core levels. On the other hand, analysis of Valence Band spectra showed that the contribution of the Nb 4d states slightly decreased while the contribution of the B 2p(pi) states increased as the boron content increased. As a consequence, the electronic and superconducting properties were substantially modified, in good agreement with band-structure calculations.
description: 10 pages, 7 figures, 1 table
Relativistic D-brane Scattering is Extremely Inelastic
Creators: name: McAllister, Liam
name: Mitra, Indrajit
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the effects of quantum production of open strings on the relativistic scattering of D-branes. We find strong corrections to the brane trajectory from copious production of highly-excited open strings, whose typical oscillator level is proportional to the square of the rapidity. In the corrected trajectory, the branes rapidly coincide and remain trapped in a configuration with enhanced symmetry. This is a purely stringy effect which makes relativistic brane collisions exceptionally inelastic. We trace this effect to velocity-dependent corrections to the open-string mass, which render open strings between relativistic D-branes surprisingly light. We observe that pair-creation of open strings could play an important role in cosmological scenarios in which branes approach each other at very high speeds.
description: 30 pages; added references and a comment about velocity-dependent masses
Two-stage spaces and the torus rank conjecture
Creators: name: Hao, Yanlong
name: Liu, Xiugui
name: Sun, Qianwen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Topology (math.AT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 55R91, 55R45

description: In this note, we give some new families of two-stage spaces for which the torus rank conjecture is affirmed.
description: 5 pages
Self-consistency in Theories with a Minimal Length
Creators: name: Hossenfelder, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The aim of this paper is to clarify the relation between three different approaches of theories with a minimal length scale: A modification of the Lorentz-group in the 'Deformed Special Relativity', theories with a 'Generalized Uncertainty Principle' and those with 'Modified Dispersion Relations'. It is shown that the first two are equivalent, how they can be translated into each other, and how the third can be obtained from them. An adequate theory with a minimal length scale requires all three features to be present.
description: typos corrected, published with new title following referee's advice
Additional file 2 of Promoting the transition from pyroptosis to apoptosis in endothelial cells: a novel approach to alleviate methylglyoxal-induced vascular damage
Creators: name: Yuan, Ruqiang
name: Xu, Hu
name: Wang, Mingqi
name: Guo, Lina
name: Yao, Yang
name: Zhang, Xiaoru
name: Wang, Xiuli
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: Supplementary Material 2
Universality Classes of Diagonal Quantum Spin Ladders
Creators: name: Martin-Delgado, M. A.
name: Rodriguez-Laguna, J.
name: Sierra, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We find the classification of diagonal spin ladders depending on a characteristic integer $N_p$ in terms of ferrimagnetic, gapped and critical phases. We use the finite algorithm DMRG, non-linear sigma model and bosonization techniques to prove our results. We find stoichiometric contents in cuprate $CuO_2$ planes that allow for the existence of weakly interacting diagonal ladders.
description: REVTEX4 file, 3 color figures, 1 table
Psychological inflexibility as main factor associated with emotional symptomatology and suicide risk: Two trans-diagnostic models for risk in young adults from Cundinamarca
Creators: name: Sierra, Marge Alejandra
name: Ortiz, Eliana
name: Avendaño-Prieto, Bertha Lucia
Publisher: name: Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology
Year: 2023
Subjects: Clinical Psychology; Psychological Inflexibility; Emotional Symptomatology; Contextual Behavioral Science; Structural Equation Modeling; Risk Factors.

description: Introduction: Psychological inflexibility is the systematic use of ineffective behavioral regulation strategies that in the long-term worsen psychological distress and quality of life. Evidence suggests that psychological inflexibility is a trans-diagnostic process essential to mental-health that predicts “emotional and affective disorders”. This study proposes two trans-diagnostic models of risk based on experiential avoidance, cognitive fusion, repetitive negative thinking, and values obstruction and generalized pliance as part of a “psychological inflexibility” super-ordinated factor using available instruments which already have psychometric properties and factor structure analyses, along with evidence of validity and reliability in Colombia. Said super-ordinated factor is expected to be associated to the outcome variables in the current sample and have some relationship with other latent super-ordinated factors deemed “sociodemographic variables”, “sexuality”, “mental health history” and “suicide risk”.


Method: There was a cross-sectional correlational design and a non-randomized convenience sampling. The sample was 541 young adults from Cundinamarca aging from 18 to 39 (M=28.86; SD=5.66), most of them cisgender (98%; n=530), assigned female at birth (81.9%; n=443) and identified as women (81.5%; n=441). They responded to an online survey inquiring sexuality, sociodemographic and mental health history aspects and including emotional symptomatology, experiential avoidance, cognitive fusion, repetitive negative thinking, values obstruction and generalized pliance assessment. Structural Equation Modelling was used to adjust the aforementioned models.


Results: Both models had a good fit. Psychological inflexibility (β= .70) and suicide risk (β= .33) had a moderate relationship (r= .66) and were associated with emotional symptomatology. Emotional symptomatology (β= 1.56) and psychological inflexibility (β=-.77) had a strong relationship (r= .95) and were associated with suicide risk. 


Discussion: There is preliminary evidence for the role of psychological inflexibility and sexuality related variables as potential risk factors associated with emotional symptomatology and suicide risk, supporting some of the assumptions from the ACT model.
description: Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol 11, No 3 (2023)
Impactos macroeconômicos do desempenho agropecuário
Creators: name: Silva, Jose Maria Alves Da
name: Silva, Jose Maria Alves Da
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Macroeconomics and agriculture
subject: Two-sector model
subject: Brazil

description: The current mundial economic crisis is contributing to show theoretical fails of neoliberalism. The time is ripe to rescue other visions theoretical. Among these are those which may be used to question the preaching for exploiting the agronomic potential of Brazil, as strategy of national insertion in world economy. This is the primary goal of this paper. Accordingly, was applied a two-sector macroeconomic model to identification and analysis of macroeconomic consequences of parametric changes in market agricultural goods. The results of exercises carried out by using the model showed misunderstandings contained in certain views of great presence in the brazilian economic debate.
Non-Wilsonian ultraviolet completion via transseries
Creators: name: Maiezza, Alessio
name: Vasquez, Juan Carlos
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study some of the implications for the perturbative renormalization program when augmented with the Borel-Ecalle resummation. We show the emergence of a new kind of non-perturbative fixed point for the scalar $ϕ^4$ model, representing an ultraviolet self-completion by transseries. We argue that this completion is purely non-Wilsonian and it depends on one arbitrary constant stemming from the transseries solution of the renormalization group equation. On the other hand, if no fixed points are demanded through the adjustment of this arbitrary constant, we end up with an effective theory in which the scalar mass is quadratically-sensitive to the cut-off, even working in dimensional regularization. Complete decoupling of the scalar mass to this energy scale can be used to determine a physical prescription for the Borel-Laplace resummation of the renormalons in non-asymptotically free models. We also comment on possible orthogonal scenarios available in the literature that might play a role when no fixed points exist.
description: 25 pages, 1 figure, expanded version, accepted in Int. J. Mod. Phys. A
Construction of coherent states for Morse potential: A su(2)-like approach
Creators: name: Belfakir, Abdessamad
name: Hassouni, Yassine
name: Curado, Evaldo M F
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a generalized su(2) algebra that perfectly describes the discrete energy part of the Morse potential. Then, we examine particular examples and the approach can be applied to any Morse oscillator and to practically any physical system whose spectrum is finite. Further, we construct the Klauder coherent state for Morse potential satisfying the resolution of identity with a positive measure, obtained through the solution of truncated Stieltjes moment problem. The time evolution of the uncertainty relation of the constructed coherent states is analyzed. The uncertainty relation is more localized for small values of radius of convergence.
description: 12 pages, 5 figures, To appear in Physics Letters A
Constructing Nutrition Information Trend Indicators from the Media and Scientific Journals for Demand Analysis
Creators: name: Shiratori, Sakiko
name: Shiratori, Sakiko
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety

description: U.S. Consumers have become increasingly concerned with health problems. Nutrition is one of the factors which directly affects health, thus credible nutritional information has become more valuable to individuals. Understanding the impact of nutritional information on consumers’ food choices will contribute to the development and implementation of effective communication strategies related to diet and health. This will not only help policy makers design regulatory and legal polices that promote health, but will also help the food industry to develop products that better match consumers’ interests. The purpose of this study is to present the number of articles or transcripts in the media, which will be used to produce information trend indicators, and to suggest the distributed time lags among the information sources. Since consumers’ knowledge is not observable, one of the ways to measure the impact of information on food demand is to develop some indicators of consumers’ exposure to the information. In this study, the articles or transcripts in the media and scientific journals about omega-3 fatty acids are investigated. Omega-3 fatty acids have received growing attention due to their several health benefits such that they help to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. The use of omega-3 heart claims on food labeling was approved by the FDA in 2004.
"slha.tar.gz" of "Search for supersymmetry at sqrt(s)=8 TeV in final states with jets and two same-sign leptons or three leptons with the ATLAS detector"
Creators: name: ATLAS Collaboration
Publisher: name: HEPData
Year: 2014

description: Link to slha/ directory containing all .slha files provided by ATLAS experiment
description: CERN-LHC. A search for strongly produced supersymmetric particles is conducted using signatures involving multiple energetic jets and either two isolated leptons (e or mu) with the same electric charge, or at least three isolated leptons. The search also utilises jets originating from b-quarks, missing transverse momentum and other observables to extend its sensitivity. The analysis uses a data sample corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb^-1 of sqrt(s) = 8 TeV proton-proton collisions recorded with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider in 2012. No deviation from the Standard Model expectation is observed. New or significantly improved exclusion limits are set on a wide variety of supersymmetric models in which the lightest squark can be of the first, second or third generations, and in which R-parity can be conserved or violated. In the tables below, the efficiency is defined as the number of reconstructed events divided by the number of generated events. These numbers are calculated for events passing the selection requirements of each signal region. Please note that b-tagging efficiency, the requirement on the number of b-quark-initiated jets, is fully efficient for the generated events. The inefficiency of identifying b-jets using observed, reconstructed, data leads to significant migrations between the signal regions and, therefore, the efficiency can be greater than one. Acceptances are calculated using stable particles from MC event generators. For the acceptance calculation, final state electrons and muons from decays of massive W, Z, H bosons and SUSY particles are considered. The same kinematic requirements are applied as at reconstruction level, with the exception of the lepton-jet overlap requirements. Jets within a distance of Delta(R) = 0.2 of an electron are rejected, but leptons close to remaining jets are retained.
Investigation of coronal properties of X-ray bright G-dwarf stars based on the solar surface magnetic field -- corona relation
Creators: name: Takasao, Shinsuke
name: Mitsuishi, Ikuyuki
name: Shimura, Takuma
name: Yoshida, Atsushi
name: Kunitomo, Masanobu
name: Tanaka, Yuki A.
name: Ishihara, Daisuke
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigated the coronal properties of G-dwarf stars including the Sun over a wide range of X-ray luminosity $L_{\rm X}$ ($3\times 10^{26}$ to $2\times 10^{30}~{\rm erg~s^{-1}}$). We analyzed the archival data of ten X-ray bright ($L_{\it X}>10^{28}~{\rm erg~s^{-1}}$) G-dwarf stars to derive their emission measure (EM) and the coronal temperature ($T$) during the periods when no prominent stellar flares were observed. We attempted to explain the relation on the basis of our understanding of the present Sun: a steady corona model based on the so-called RTV scaling laws and the observed power-law distribution function of surface magnetic features. We derived a theoretical scaling law of the EM--$T$ relation for a star with multiple active regions, and applied it to the observations combined with data in literature. We found that with the solar parameters, our scaling law seems to be consistent with the data of slowly-rotating stars. However, more X-ray bright stars are located well above the scaling law based on the solar parameter. The scaling law may explain the observations if those stars show a power-law distribution function of active regions with the same power-law index but a 10-100 times larger coefficient. This suggests that X-ray bright stars show more active regions for a given size than the Sun. Since our samples include rapidly-rotating stars, we infer that the offset of the X-ray bright stars from the present-Sun-based scaling law is due to the enhancement of the surface magnetic field generation by their rapid rotation.
description: 16 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
"finalExclusionGraphs.tar.gz" of "Search for supersymmetry at sqrt(s)=8 TeV in final states with jets and two same-sign leptons or three leptons with the ATLAS detector"
Creators: name: ATLAS Collaboration
Publisher: name: HEPData
Year: 2014

description: Link to finalExclusionGraphs/ directory containing ROOT .C scripts provided by ATLAS experiment
description: CERN-LHC. A search for strongly produced supersymmetric particles is conducted using signatures involving multiple energetic jets and either two isolated leptons (e or mu) with the same electric charge, or at least three isolated leptons. The search also utilises jets originating from b-quarks, missing transverse momentum and other observables to extend its sensitivity. The analysis uses a data sample corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb^-1 of sqrt(s) = 8 TeV proton-proton collisions recorded with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider in 2012. No deviation from the Standard Model expectation is observed. New or significantly improved exclusion limits are set on a wide variety of supersymmetric models in which the lightest squark can be of the first, second or third generations, and in which R-parity can be conserved or violated. In the tables below, the efficiency is defined as the number of reconstructed events divided by the number of generated events. These numbers are calculated for events passing the selection requirements of each signal region. Please note that b-tagging efficiency, the requirement on the number of b-quark-initiated jets, is fully efficient for the generated events. The inefficiency of identifying b-jets using observed, reconstructed, data leads to significant migrations between the signal regions and, therefore, the efficiency can be greater than one. Acceptances are calculated using stable particles from MC event generators. For the acceptance calculation, final state electrons and muons from decays of massive W, Z, H bosons and SUSY particles are considered. The same kinematic requirements are applied as at reconstruction level, with the exception of the lepton-jet overlap requirements. Jets within a distance of Delta(R) = 0.2 of an electron are rejected, but leptons close to remaining jets are retained.
online supplementary.docx from Quantifying the spatial pattern of dialect words spreading from a central population
Creators: name: Takahashi, Takuya
name: Ihara, Yasuo
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Some dialect words are shared among geographically distant groups of people without close interaction. Such a pattern may indicate the current or past presence of a cultural centre exerting a strong influence on peripheries. For example, concentric distributions of dialect variants in Japan may be explicable by repeated inventions of new variants at Kyoto, the ancient capital, with subsequent outward diffusion. Here we develop a model of linguistic diffusion within a population network to quantify the distribution of variants created at the central population. Equilibrium distributions of word ages are obtained for idealized networks and for a realistic network of Japanese prefectures. Our model successfully replicates the observed pattern, supporting the notion that a centre–periphery social structure underlies the emergence of concentric patterns. Unlike what has previously been claimed, our model indicates that a novelty bias in linguistic transmission is not always necessary to account for the concentric pattern, whereas some bias in the direction of transmission between populations is needed to be consistent with the observed absence of old words near the central population. Our analysis on the realistic network also suggests that the process of linguistic transmission was not much affected by between-prefecture differences in population size.
The Photo Investment Scale: analysis of psychometric properties, factorial structure, and invariance of an Italian version
Creators: name: Mancin, Paolo
name: Cerea, Silvia
name: Spoto, Andrea
name: Ghisi, Marta
Publisher: name: Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology
Year: 2023
Subjects: Photo investment; Photo Investment Scale; Social media; Body dissatisfaction; Social anxiety; Clinical Psychology.

description: Background: Photo investment refers to concerns about the quality of the photo and effort expended in choosing self-photos to post online; it demonstrated an association with negative body image. To examine it, the Photo Investment Scale (PIS) was developed. The current study aims to examine the factorial structure, gender invariance, internal consistency, temporal stability, and convergent validity of the Italian version of the PIS. Secondly, we examined the associations between photo investment and both body dissatisfaction and social anxiety.


Methods: A sample of 250 individuals (women: 56%; age: M = 25.36; SD = 7.97) completed the PIS alongside measures related to photo-based behaviours, body dissatisfaction, and social anxiety symptoms; 112 of them (women: 66.96%; age: M = 24.95; SD = 7.17) completed the PIS after 4 weeks. The sample was divided in two and one half was employed for an Exploratory Factor Analysis, while the other half for a Confirmatory Factor Analysis and a gender invariance. Furthermore, internal consistency was evaluated by calculating the McDonald’s Omega and the Greatest Lower Bound. Temporal stability was tested using Pearson’s correlations and t-tests. Moreover, convergent validity was tested using Pearson’s correlations. Finally, hierarchical multiple regressions were computed to test the associations between photo investment and both body dissatisfaction and social anxiety.


Results: Firstly, the PIS showed a one-factor structure and a partial gender invariance. Internal consistency, temporal stability, and convergent validity were adequate. Secondly, photo investment emerged as uniquely associated with body dissatisfaction and social anxiety, after controlling for confounding variables.


Conclusions: The Italian version of the PIS as a valid and reliable instrument for the assessment of photo investment. Moreover, this photo-based behaviour emerged as a unique construct that supposedly could hinder individuals’ body image and increase anxiety during social interactions. Thus, evaluating photo investment could be relevant for the assessment of body image disorders and social anxiety disorder. 
description: Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol 11, No 3 (2023)
An Engel Curve Analysis of Household Expenditure in Taiwan: 1996-98
Creators: name: Chung, Rebecca H.
name: Lee, Jonq-Ying
name: Brown, Mark G.
name: Chung, Rebecca H.
name: Lee, Jonq-Ying
name: Brown, Mark G.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Engel curve
subject: Taiwan

description: Seven systems of Engel curves for expenditures on ten commodity groups were estimated using Taiwanese household expenditure data for the period from 1996 through 1998. Results show that the estimated expenditure elasticities are insensitive to the choice of functional forms.
Between Uptake and Rigour – Dilemmas of Open Science
Creators: name: Reichmann, Stefan
name: Wieser, Bernhard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Advisory science
science-policy interactions
lay expertise

description: The presentation attached has been discussed at the EASST/4S 2020 conference titled “Locating and Timing Matters: Significance and agency of STS in emerging worlds"
Online psychodynamic psychotherapies: a scoping review. The case of bereavement support
Creators: name: Sani, Livia
name: Bacqué, Marie-Frédérique
Publisher: name: Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology
Year: 2023
Subjects: Bereavement; Clinical Psychology; Online support; Psychodynamic psychotherapy.

description: Background: In order to comply with the 2020 health restrictions, many psychotherapeutic approaches have begun to hold online sessions, including psychodynamic psychotherapy, for which this modality marked a new procedure.


The authors are psychologists with a psychoanalytic background, who mostly work with bereaved people. They considered it essential to initiate research, not only on online psychodynamic psychotherapy, but also on the scientific results regarding this practice used explicitly in cases of bereavement.


For these reasons, two literature reviews were conducted according to the PRISMA protocol concerning: the use of online psychodynamic therapy in general (1), and its use in cases of bereavement (2).


Methods: The databases used were PubMed, Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar, Eric and Web of Science. Inclusion criteria contains peer-reviewed scientific articles published in English from 2010 to 2022, with a focus on online psychodynamic psychotherapy and bereavement cases. Exclusion criteria included non-peer-reviewed studies, non-English articles, systematic reviews, quantitative scale validation studies, research protocols, and studies primarily focused on training.


Compared with the research on the effectiveness of psychodynamic psychotherapy conducted online with all the different types of patients (1), only 5 research papers were selected from 842,103 articles.


Out of 431,372 articles on the use of psychodynamic teletherapy with bereaved patients (2), in the end no articles were selected.


Results: The results suggest that online psychotherapy involves a dynamic process very similar to face-to-face therapies. The small number of articles selected for both reviews underscores the need for further research on this topic.

Conclusions: Since psychodynamic psychotherapy is based on concepts that are difficult to standardize (such as countertransference or free association), it is possible that clinicians and researchers have not yet found specific ways to validate it online.
description: Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol 11, No 3 (2023)