cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Diagnosis and control of foot rot pathogens of wheat
Creators: name: Lees, Alison Kathryn
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 1996

description: Foot rot disease of wheat is caused by the pathogens Fusarium culmorum, F. avenaceum and Microdochium nivale. Symptoms of foot rot are a general browning of the stem base and leaf sheath. There is a discrepancy between the ability of fungicides to control these pathogens in vivo and in vitro, and no relationship between disease symptom severity and yield loss has been established in wheat. The identification of the causal agents of foot rot disease is not possible from examination of disease symptoms alone.

This work showed that the azole fungicides flusilazole and prochloraz inhibited the germination of conidia and mycelial growth of F. culmorum, F. avenaceum and M. nivale in vitro to a varying extent. However, no consistent control of these pathogens in wheat was observed in the field using the same fungicides. Further studies employing a semicontrolled outdoor experiment showed a relationship between density and timing of inoculum application, disease symptom severity and yield loss in wheat artificially inoculated with F. culmorum and M. nivale.

Molecular marker systems were used to address the problem of pathogen detection and identification. A Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) assay was developed to differentiate F. culmorum, F. avenaceum and two types ofM. nivale (M. nivale var.nivale and M. nivale var.majus in vitro. Selected RAPD products were cloned and sequenced and species specific primers constructed from this sequence information. These primers were used in the polymerase chain reaction (peR) and were shown to detect the pathogens in host tissue. This technique was adapted by addition of a competitor fragment to the peR reaction resulting in a quantifiable competitive peR assay. Using this method the fungal biomass of each pathogen present in the host tissue could be estimated. The development of these techniques for the identification, detection and quantification of F. culmorum, F. avenaceum, M. nivale var.nivale and M. nivale var. majus in plant tissue will allow more extensive studies of the epidemiology of these species, the competition between species and the effect of fungicides on these pathogens can be carried out.
Mass accretion rates of clusters of galaxies: CIRS and HeCS
Creators: name: Pizzardo, M.
name: Di Gioia, S.
name: Diaferio, A.
name: De Boni, C.
name: Serra, A. L.
name: Geller, M. J.
name: Sohn, J.
name: Rines, K.
name: Baldi, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use a new spherical accretion recipe tested on N-body simulations to measure the observed mass accretion rate (MAR) of 129 clusters in the Cluster Infall Regions in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (CIRS) and in the Hectospec Cluster Survey (HeCS). The observed clusters cover the redshift range of $0.01
description: 25 pages, 19 figures, 7 tables
Additional file 2 of Needs and availability of medical specialists’ and allied health professionals’ visits in German nursing homes: a cross-sectional study of nursing home staff
Creators: name: Ann-Kristin Schröder
name: Fassmer, Alexander Maximilian
name: Allers, Katharina
name: Hoffmann, Falk
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 2. Estimated need for various medical specialists (detailed information for Fig. 2)
Additional file 3 of Needs and availability of medical specialists’ and allied health professionals’ visits in German nursing homes: a cross-sectional study of nursing home staff
Creators: name: Ann-Kristin Schröder
name: Fassmer, Alexander Maximilian
name: Allers, Katharina
name: Hoffmann, Falk
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 3. Estimated need for various allied health professionals (detailed data for Fig. 3).
On the Power of Automata Minimization in Reactive Synthesis
Creators: name: Zhu, Shufang
name: Tabajara, Lucas M.
name: Pu, Geguang
name: Vardi, Moshe Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Formal Languages and Automata Theory (cs.FL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Temporal logic is often used to describe temporal properties in AI applications. The most popular language for doing so is Linear Temporal Logic (LTL). Recently, LTL on finite traces, LTLf, has been investigated in several contexts. In order to reason about LTLf, formulas are typically compiled into deterministic finite automata (DFA), as the intermediate semantic representation. Moreover, due to the fact that DFAs have canonical representation, efficient minimization algorithms can be applied to maximally reduce DFA size, helping to speed up subsequent computations. Here, we present a thorough investigation on two classical minimization algorithms, namely, the Hopcroft and Brzozowski algorithms. More specifically, we show how to apply these algorithms to semi-symbolic (explicit states, symbolic transition functions) automata representation. We then compare the two algorithms in the context of an LTLf-synthesis framework, starting from LTLf formulas. While earlier studies on comparing the two algorithms starting from randomly-generated automata concluded that neither algorithm dominates, our results suggest that starting from LTLf formulas, Hopcroft's algorithm is the best choice in the context of reactive synthesis. Deeper analysis explains why the supposed advantage of Brzozowski's algorithm does not materialize in practice.
description: In Proceedings GandALF 2021, arXiv:2109.07798
The Relationship Between Tissue Turnover and Metabolic Rate in Two Strains of Rats (Rattus norvegicus)
Creators: name: Kraeer, Kimberly
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 31
subject: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Stable isotope signatures show the rate of tissue turnover in two strains of rats (Rattus norvegicus) with different metabolic rates (MR). MR is hypothesized to be positively correlated with tissue turnover rate. If MR, a relatively simple measurement, can be correlated with tissue turnover, then this relationship could be used to study important ecological questions, such as those involving migration and seasonally available nutrient sources. Here, oxygen consumption was used to measure MR. After a diet switch, the changing signatures of carbon and nitrogen from whole blood were mathematically modeled. The mass and MRs were significantly different between strains, but half-life and the metabolic component of turnover (m) were not. No significant correlation was found between MR and m between the strains. Results suggest that within a species with a range of MRs, tissue turnover occurs at relatively the same rate.
Additional file 1 of Needs and availability of medical specialists’ and allied health professionals’ visits in German nursing homes: a cross-sectional study of nursing home staff
Creators: name: Ann-Kristin Schröder
name: Fassmer, Alexander Maximilian
name: Allers, Katharina
name: Hoffmann, Falk
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. Perceptions on medical care for nursing home residents (detailed data for Fig. 1)
Additional file 7 of Enhanced inflammasome activation and reduced sphingosine-1 phosphate S1P signalling in a respiratory mucoobstructive disease model
Creators: name: Tran, Hai B.
name: Macowan, Matthew G.
name: Abdo, Adrian
name: Donnelley, Martin
name: Parsons, David
name: Hodge, Sandra
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 7: Table S1. Parameters of mice with lung samples available for the study.
Characteristics of aquatic biospheres on temperate planets around Sun-like stars and M-dwarfs
Creators: name: Lingam, Manasvi
name: Loeb, Abraham
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Aquatic biospheres reliant on oxygenic photosynthesis are expected to play an important role on Earth-like planets endowed with large-scale oceans insofar as carbon fixation (i.e., biosynthesis of organic compounds) is concerned. We investigate the properties of aquatic biospheres comprising Earth-like biota for habitable rocky planets orbiting Sun-like stars and late-type M-dwarfs such as TRAPPIST-1. In particular, we estimate how these characteristics evolve with the available flux of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) and the ambient ocean temperature ($T_W$), the latter of which constitutes a key environmental variable. We show that many salient properties, such as the depth of the photosynthesis zone and the net primary productivity (i.e., the effective rate of carbon fixation), are sensitive to PAR flux and $T_W$ and decline substantially when the former is decreased or the latter is increased. We conclude by exploring the implications of our analysis for exoplanets around Sun-like stars and M-dwarfs.
description: Accepted for publication in MNRAS; 40 pages; 5 pages; 1 table
The weapon of race and the power of shame: Speaking out against the violence in Sudan
Creators: name: Kundrat, Kelly
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 4401
subject: Anthropology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: There are many explanations for the ongoing violence in Sudan. Racialized tensions, religion, colonialism, and oil are often cited as causing what are now several conflicts in the country. Drawing on qualitative research with the Washington, D.C. Sudanese diaspora, I explore the role that racial categorization and cultural identity struggles have played in the violence. Through interviews and group conversations, the notion of racialized identity emerged as an important political and economic concept that has been used by those within positions of privilege and power in the Khartoum government. The government of Sudan, headed by Omar al-Bashir, claims Sudan is an Arab nation, comprised of Arab-Islamic individuals. Many of those who reject the positions of the government---the privileging of the Arab-Islamic identity---do not place great importance on a racialized identity. However, these same individuals believe that claiming any other identity in Sudan, besides Arab-Islamic, subjects them to the program of violence and marginalization by the Sudanese government. Bashir's project of forced assimilation of those labeled as non-Arab Sudanese has resulted in widespread violence, rape and displacement. My interviewees from the Washington, D.C. Sudanese community discussed the dichotomies created within the conflicts of Sudan, the role of race and the experiences of violence and shame. From this information, along with knowledge from scholarly texts, I conclude race is not the main cause of the conflicts in Sudan, but is a weapon for the exclusionary access to power, wealth and resources within the country.
The weapon of race and the power of shame: Speaking out against the violence in Sudan
Creators: name: Kundrat, Kelly
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: There are many explanations for the ongoing violence in Sudan. Racialized tensions, religion, colonialism, and oil are often cited as causing what are now several conflicts in the country. Drawing on qualitative research with the Washington, D.C. Sudanese diaspora, I explore the role that racial categorization and cultural identity struggles have played in the violence. Through interviews and group conversations, the notion of racialized identity emerged as an important political and economic concept that has been used by those within positions of privilege and power in the Khartoum government. The government of Sudan, headed by Omar al-Bashir, claims Sudan is an Arab nation, comprised of Arab-Islamic individuals. Many of those who reject the positions of the government---the privileging of the Arab-Islamic identity---do not place great importance on a racialized identity. However, these same individuals believe that claiming any other identity in Sudan, besides Arab-Islamic, subjects them to the program of violence and marginalization by the Sudanese government. Bashir's project of forced assimilation of those labeled as non-Arab Sudanese has resulted in widespread violence, rape and displacement. My interviewees from the Washington, D.C. Sudanese community discussed the dichotomies created within the conflicts of Sudan, the role of race and the experiences of violence and shame. From this information, along with knowledge from scholarly texts, I conclude race is not the main cause of the conflicts in Sudan, but is a weapon for the exclusionary access to power, wealth and resources within the country.
Conditional implementation of asymmetrical universal quantum cloning machine
Creators: name: Filip, Radim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose two feasible experimental implementations of an optimal asymmetric 1->2 quantum cloning of a polarization state of photon. Both implementations are based on a partial and optimal reverse of recent conditional symmetrical quantum cloning experiments. The reversion procedure is performed only by a local measurement of one from the clones and ancilla followed by a local operation on the other clone. The local measurement consists only of a single unbalanced beam splitter followed in one output by a single photon detector and the asymmetry of fidelities in the cloning is controlled by a reflectivity of the beam splitter.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures, accepted for pulication in PRA
Adaptive resource allocation for multiuser OFDM-based cognitive radio systems
Creators: name: Qin, Tao
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Major challenges in the design of next generation wireless communication systems include harsh propagation environments and scarce resources such as power and spectrum. Cognitive radio (CR) is a promising concept for improving the utilization of scarce radio spectrum resources. Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) is regarded as a technology which is well-matched for CR systems. Dynamic resource allocation is an important task in such systems. In this thesis, a novel fair multiuser resource allocation algorithm for OFDM CR systems is presented. Although not optimal, the algorithm has low computational complexity. The algorithm attempts to maximize the total transmit bit rate (system throughput) of a group of secondary (unlicensed or CR) users subject to (1) a total transmit power constraint for secondary users, (2) a maximum tolerable interference level which can be tolerated by primary (licensed) users. The algorithm is fair in the sense that it tries whenever possible to allocate bits to users who have not received their fair share of service. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm achieves a performance close to optimal. The effect on system throughput of changing various system parameter values is also examined. A novel cost minimization algorithm for multiuser OFDM cognitive radio systems is also proposed. The objective is to minimize a cost function which takes into account the interference power experienced by the primary user as well as the base station transmit power for secondary users given minimum bit rate requirements for each secondary user. It is found that the proposed algorithm provides a performance which is fairly close to optimal. The influence of a relative weight parameter on the base station (BS) transmit power for secondary users and the primary user interference power is also discussed.
Explaining Neural Networks by Decoding Layer Activations
Creators: name: Schneider, Johannes
name: Vlachos, Michalis
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We present a `CLAssifier-DECoder' architecture (\emph{ClaDec}) which facilitates the comprehension of the output of an arbitrary layer in a neural network (NN). It uses a decoder to transform the non-interpretable representation of the given layer to a representation that is more similar to the domain a human is familiar with. In an image recognition problem, one can recognize what information is represented by a layer by contrasting reconstructed images of \emph{ClaDec} with those of a conventional auto-encoder(AE) serving as reference. We also extend \emph{ClaDec} to allow the trade-off between human interpretability and fidelity. We evaluate our approach for image classification using Convolutional NNs. We show that reconstructed visualizations using encodings from a classifier capture more relevant information for classification than conventional AEs. Relevant code is available at \url{https://github.com/JohnTailor/ClaDec}
Breakin' Beats and Building Peace: Exploring the Effects of Music and Dance in Peacebuilding
Creators: name: Lance, Kathryn M.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Music and dance offer creative means through which victims of conflict can express their pain, find healing, and move toward reconciliation. But, these arts are generally overlooked within the peacebuilding field. Peacebuilding practitioners lack a thorough understanding of how to strategically incorporate them into their work. This is largely due to the scarcity of substantial theory and research on arts-based practices, especially music and dance-based initiatives. This thesis seeks to move beyond general, simplistic assumptions about these arts to a deeper analysis of how music and dance function in peacebuilding and what effects they elicit in victims of conflict. It does this through an analysis of interviews with nineteen peacebuilding practitioners who have used music and/or dance to promote peace across cultures and conflict contexts. This thesis outlines two different approaches as well as tangible and intangible effects of music and dance-based peacebuilding.
Halle-Exkursion 2010 des Geowissenschaftlichen Vereins Neubrandenburg e.V.
Creators: name: Ehling, Bodo-Carlo
name: Mitschard, Andreas
Publisher: name: Geozon Science Media
Year: 2012

description: Die Herbstexkursion der Sammlergruppe führte 21 Mitglieder und Freunde des Geowissenschaftlichen Vereins Neubrandenburg vom 30. September bis 3. Oktober 2010 in die Geologie von Halle/Saale und Umgebung. Im Stadtgebiet selbst besichtigten wir neben den Baudenkmälern vor allem Zeugnisse der Salzsiedekunst, das Geiseltalmuseum sowie Aufschlüsse rhyolithischer Gesteine des halleschen Vulkanitkomplexes (HVK). Exkursionsziele in der nördlichen Umgebung waren Zeugnisse des historischen und aktuellen Bergbaus auf Steinkohle, Kupferschiefer und Hartgestein.
description: research
Breakin' Beats and Building Peace: Exploring the Effects of Music and Dance in Peacebuilding
Creators: name: Lance, Kathryn M.
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society

description: Music and dance offer creative means through which victims of conflict can express their pain, find healing, and move toward reconciliation. But, these arts are generally overlooked within the peacebuilding field. Peacebuilding practitioners lack a thorough understanding of how to strategically incorporate them into their work. This is largely due to the scarcity of substantial theory and research on arts-based practices, especially music and dance-based initiatives. This thesis seeks to move beyond general, simplistic assumptions about these arts to a deeper analysis of how music and dance function in peacebuilding and what effects they elicit in victims of conflict. It does this through an analysis of interviews with nineteen peacebuilding practitioners who have used music and/or dance to promote peace across cultures and conflict contexts. This thesis outlines two different approaches as well as tangible and intangible effects of music and dance-based peacebuilding.
Veröffentlichungen aus dem deutschen Sprachraum zum Thema „Moor und Torf“ aus dem Jahre 2018 und 2019 mit Nachträgen für frühere Jahre.
Publications on „Peat and Peatland“ from the German language area in 2018 and 2019 with additions for earlier years.
Creators: name: Steffens, Peter
Publisher: name: FID GEO
Year: 2019

description: Die vorliegende Zusammenstellung der Veröffentlichungen auf dem Gebiet „Moor und Torf“ umfasst 102 Titel.
description: DFG, SUB Göttingen, DGMT
description: bibliography
Period spacings of gravity modes in rapidly rotating magnetic stars II. The case of an oblique dipolar fossil magnetic field
Creators: name: Prat, Vincent
name: Mathis, Stéphane
name: Neiner, Coralie
name: Van Beeck, Jordan
name: Bowman, Dominic M.
name: Aerts, Conny
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Context. Stellar internal magnetic fields have recently been shown to leave a detectable signature on period spacing patterns of gravity modes. Aims. We investigate the effect of the obliquity of a mixed (poloidal and toroidal) dipolar internal fossil magnetic field with respect to the rotation axis on the frequency of gravity modes in rapidly rotating stars. Methods. We use the traditional approximation of rotation to compute non-magnetic modes, and a perturbative treatment of the magnetic field to compute the corresponding frequency shifts. We apply the new formalism to HD 43317, a magnetic, rapidly rotating, slowly pulsating B-type star, whose field has an obliquity angle of about 80°. Results. We find that frequency shifts induced by the magnetic field on high-radial-order gravity modes are larger with increasing obliquity angle, when the magnetic axis is closer to the equatorial region, where these modes are trapped. The maximum value is reached for an obliquity angle of 90°. This trend is observed for all mode geometries. Conclusions. Our results predict that the signature of an internal oblique dipolar magnetic field is detectable using asteroseismology of gravity modes.
description: 7 pages, 7 figures, accepted in A&A
Incubation media modify silver nanoparticle toxicity for whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) and roach (Rutilus rutilus) embryos
Creators: name: Vogt, Roland
name: Steinhoff, Benedikt
name: Mozhayeva, Darya
name: Vogt, Eva
name: Metreveli, George
name: Schönherr, Holger
name: Engelhard, Carsten
name: Wanzenböck, Josef
name: Lamatsch, Dunja Katharina
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Toxicological studies were performed to examine silver nanoparticle (AgNP, size: 14.4 ± 2.5 nm) transformation within three different test media and consequent effects on embryos of whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) and roach (Rutilus rutilus). The test media, namely ASTM very hard water, ISO standard dilution medium, and natural lake water differed predominantly in ionic strength. Total silver was determined using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), while AgNPs were characterized by transmission electron microscopy and single particle ICP-MS. Silver species distributions were estimated via thermodynamic speciation calculations. Data demonstrated that increased AgNP dissolution accompanied by decreasing ionic strength of the test medium did not occur as noted in other studies. Further, other physicochemical parameters including AgNP size and metallic species distribution did not markedly affect AgNP-induced toxicity. Irrespective of the test medium, C. lavaretus were more sensitive to AgNP exposure (median lethal concentration after 8 weeks: 0.51–0.73 mg/L) compared to R. rutilus, where adverse effects were only observed at 5 mg/L in natural lake water. In addition, AgNP-induced toxicity was lower in the two standard test media compared to natural lake water. Currently, there are no apparent studies assessing simultaneously the sensitivity of C. lavaretus and R. rutilus to AgNP exposure. Therefore, the aim of this study was to (1) investigate AgNP-induced toxicity in C. lavaretus and R. rutilus cohabiting in the same aquatic environment and (2) the role played by test media in the observed effects of AgNPs on these aquatic species.
Stability of hydrocolloid enriched oil-in-water emulsions in beverages subjected to thermal and nonthermal processing
Creators: name: Hosahalli S. Ramaswamy
name: Jaideep K. Arora
name: Vatankhah, Hamed
name: Taherian, Ali R.
name: Navneet Rattan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Inorganic Chemistry

description: Storage stability of concentrated oil-in-water beverage emulsions subjected to thermal and non-thermal processing was evaluated over 14 days at 22 °C. Emulsions were made with canola oil and aqueous dispersions of Type “A” and Type “B” gelatin and xanthan. They were also conjugated with propylene glycol alginate (PGA), modified starch and modified gum Arabic was studied at pH 3.4 and 7.0. Increase in apparent viscosity was observed with storage for gelatin Type “A” emulsions (pH 7.0) and gelatin Type “B” emulsions (pH 3.4). All emulsions showed shear-thinning behavior associated with droplet flocculation. Increase in the slope of particle size distribution was more obvious for protein (gelatin) stabilized emulsions. Concentrated gelatin Type “A”-modified starch had smaller particle size and greater stability at pH 3.4, followed by gelatin Type “B”-modified starch and gelatin Type “B”-xanthan-PGA both at pH 7.0. Simulated orange beverage (pH 3.0) and dairy beverage (pH 6.8) using stabilized emulsions were pasteurized by heat and high pressure. Emulsions formulated by modified starch produced better stability in both beverage types. Gelatin Type “A” and modified starch conjugate resulted in greater stability compared to other conjugated emulsions. However, gelatin alone failed to stabilize the emulsion systems. The ringing was characteristically associated with emulsions formed with gelatin alone. Neither thermal processing nor high-pressure treatment resulted in destabilization of emulsions.
De Corte's Educational Alchemy: Transforming Theory into Practice in Schools
Creators: name: dela Cruz, Mar-Jay
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Erik de Corte's article "Marrying Theory Building and the Improvement of School Practice" talks about the ever-present issue of the gap between education research and practice in the classroom. It tries to tell of all those hurdles that have come in the way of putting advances made in cognitive science into effective teaching practices. The article calls for better collaboration and communication between researchers and teachers. It also identifies some of the barriers that teachers can encounter, such as fragmentation of disciplines and deeply held beliefs. This involves the teacher and also suggests designing experiments that can lead to the co-development of instructional methods. Theoretical frameworks blended with application and literature reviews are ways through which this article might inspire educators to take research-based action and even join efforts with other educators in reformation. Severely, however, this article's valid arguments were not supported by empirical data on scale, mainly because of inadequate exploration of structural, institutional barriers such as standardized testing. Its implications are evident for practitioners and researchers alike: real educational transformation takes symbiotic bonds, fuller artillery, and continuous investment in evidence-based practice.
The Entropy of the Microwave Background and the Acceleration of the Universe
Creators: name: Fischler, W.
name: Loewy, A.
name: Paban, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: If the present acceleration of the universe is due to a cosmological constant, λ, then the entropy of the microwave background is bounded. It cannot exceed λ^{-3/4} \sim 10^{91}, which is much less than the entropy of empty de Sitter space λ^{-1} \sim 10^{122}. This is due to the limited efficiency of storing entropy by local field theoretical degrees of freedom. The observed entropy of the microwave background is of O(10^{85}).
description: 12 pages, 1 eps figure, Latex, references added
Агрологістика: необхідність і можливість розвитку
Agro-logistics: necessity and opportunity for the development
Creators: name: Sumets, Alexander
name: Sumets, Alexander
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Production Economics
subject: agro-logistics
subject: development
subject: losses
subject: analysis
subject: information
subject: experience

description: The author’s definition of the term “agro-logistics” is given in the article. The main task of agro-logistics is formulated. The main principles that point out the relevance of the agro-logistics development are outlined. These principles include the analysis of research information about losses of agricultural sector due to an “inefficient” logistics as well as the study of experience of major developed countries, in which agricultural producers employ a logistics approach. The losses of the agricultural sector in Ukraine due to an “inefficient” logistics are shown. The experience of domestic and foreign agricultural producers, that utilize the logistics approach, has been categorized; it was awarded the highest ratings on a scale of international agribusiness. It is concluded that the necessary theoretical and methodological platform already exists to support the development of agro-logistics in Ukraine and that respective prerequisites for that development have been fully designed. The article outlines further research perspectives: the development of whole concept, principles of agro-logistics as well as core provisions of its policy to be implemented at both state and regional levels.
Detection of Interstellar Acetone Toward the Orion-KL Hot Core
Creators: name: Friedel, D. N.
name: Snyder, L. E.
name: Remijan, Anthony J.
name: Turner, B. E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the first detection of interstellar acetone [(CH3)2CO] toward the high mass star forming region Orion-KL and the first detection of vibrationally excited (CH3)2CO in the ISM. Using the BIMA Array, 28 emission features that can be assigned to 54 acetone transitions were detected. Furthermore, 37 of these transitions have not been previously observed in the ISM. The observations also show that the acetone emission is concentrated toward the hot core region of Orion-KL, contrary to the distribution of other large oxygen bearing molecules. From our rotational-temperature diagram we find a beam averaged (CH3)2CO column density of (2.0(0.3)-8.0(1.2))x10^16 cm^-2 and a rotational temperature of 176(48)-194(66) K.
description: 11 pages, 1 table, 3 figures to be published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
The Relationship of High School Preparation in Mathematics to the Enrollment of College Freshman in Postsecondary Developmental Mathematics Courses
Creators: name: Lang, Erick
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 39
subject: Education
classificationCode: 3901
subject: Curriculum and pedagogy

description: A student's mathematical preparation is important in readiness for postsecondary study and ultimately success in a global job market. Nationally, a significant number of students are leaving high school unprepared for college-level course work in mathematics. A 2008 National Center for Educational Statistics report on Community Colleges indicates that 15.5 percent of first-year postsecondary students reported taking developmental courses in mathematics during the 2003-2004 academic year (Provasnik & Planty, 2008, p. 39). Data at the state level, and specifically for community colleges, are more unsettling. For example, a Maryland Higher Education Commission (2011) study found that 61 percent of students who entered community colleges, after having completed a high school core curriculum, required remediation in mathematics. The remediation rate in mathematics for graduates who did not complete a core curriculum was 69 percent (p. 13).With national data showing the United States lagging behind other countries in mathematics achievement, and significant numbers of students annually enrolling in developmental course work, it is important to increase the number of students entering postsecondary study ready for college-level course work. Decreasing the need for remedial course work in mathematics will lead to a higher postsecondary retention rate, an increase in the number of degree confirmations, and potentially a stronger workforce.This study investigates the articulation of students from Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland to Montgomery College, the school district's feeder community college. Montgomery County, a suburb of Washington, D.C., has the 16th largest public school district in the nation. Approximately 33 percent of each year's graduating class attends Montgomery College and more than half of these enrollees require developmental course work in mathematics. Utilizing data from the Montgomery County Public Schools 2009 graduating class, this study employs logistic regression to analyze the records of 2,821 students who entered Montgomery College in the 2009-2010 academic year. The study identifies specific factors, including high school mathematics course attainment and final course grades that predict placement in developmental mathematics courses.
Економічні аспекти виробництва та споживання м’яса та м’ясопродуктів
Economic aspects of manufacture and consumption of meat and meat products
Creators: name: Cherednichenko, Оlena
name: Cherednichenko, Оlena
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: production
subject: consumption
subject: nutritional value
subject: quality
subject: meat and meat products

description: The article deals with the economic aspects of production, as well as consumption of meat and meat products in Ukraine. The purpose of the study is to analyze the state of production, as well as the consumption of meat and meat products in Ukraine, to identify the factors influencing the production, marketing and consumption of these products. The optimal amounts of meat and meat products production are determined, which will enable to meet the needs of the population according to the rules of rational nutrition. The article attracts attention to the problems of the meat products complex of Ukraine, which results in insufficient consumption of the necessary products by the majority of the population of the country, which leads to inconsistencies between production, solvency and the needs of the population. The potential opportunities in the field of improving the quality of food raw materials for obtaining additional food reserves are determined. The development of the meat products complex in Ukraine requires intensification of branches of animal husbandry, the development of the forage base, optimization of the relations between farms with the processing industry of the agroindustrial complex, the improvement of the price mechanism for the formation of the meat resources market and the improvement of the quality and range of meat products.
Cronin Effect at Different Rapidities at RHIC
Creators: name: Barnafoldi, G. G.
name: Papp, G.
name: Levai, P.
name: Fai, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Calculations of the nuclear modification factor, R_dAu, for pi^0 production in dAu collisions at s_NN^1/2 = 200 GeV are presented. The applied pQCD-improved parton model incorporates intrinsic k_T. Nuclear multiscattering and nuclear shadowing are considered in the Au nucleus. Theoretical results are displayed for midrapidity and high pseudorapidity (eta), and compared to preliminary PHENIX and BRAHMS data.
description: Contributed to 17th International Conference on Ultra Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (Quark Matter 2004), Oakland, California, 11-17 Jan 2004
Transport signatures of the pseudogap critical point in the cuprate superconductor Bi$_2$Sr$_{2-x}$La$_x$CuO$_{6+δ}$
Creators: name: Lizaire, M.
name: Legros, A.
name: Gourgout, A.
name: Benhabib, S.
name: Badoux, S.
name: Laliberté, F.
name: Boulanger, M. -E.
name: Ataei, A.
name: Grissonnanche, G.
name: LeBoeuf, D.
name: Licciardello, S.
name: Wiedmann, S.
name: Ono, S.
name: Raffy, H.
name: Kawasaki, S.
name: Zheng, G. -Q.
name: Doiron-Leyraud, N.
name: Proust, C.
name: Taillefer, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Five transport coefficients of the cuprate superconductor Bi$_2$Sr$_{2-x}$La$_x$CuO$_{6+δ}$ were measured in the normal state down to low temperature, reached by applying a magnetic field (up to 66T) large enough to suppress superconductivity. The electrical resistivity, Hall coefficient, thermal conductivity, Seebeck coefficient and thermal Hall conductivity were measured in two overdoped single crystals, with La concentration $x = 0.2$ ($T_{\rm c}=18$K) and $x = 0.0$ ($T_{\rm c}=10$K). The samples have dopings $p$ very close to the critical doping $p^{\star}$ where the pseudogap phase ends. The resistivity displays a linear dependence on temperature whose slope is consistent with Planckian dissipation. The Hall number $n_{\rm H}$ decreases with reduced $p$, consistent with a drop in carrier density from $n = 1+p$ above $p^{\star}$ to $n=p$ below $p^{\star}$. This drop in $n_{\rm H}$ is concomitant with a sharp drop in the density of states inferred from prior NMR Knight shift measurements. The thermal conductivity satisfies the Wiedemann-Franz law, showing that the pseudogap phase at $T = 0$ is a metal whose fermionic excitations carry heat and charge as do conventional electrons. The Seebeck coefficient diverges logarithmically at low temperature, a signature of quantum criticality. The thermal Hall conductivity becomes negative at low temperature, showing that phonons are chiral in the pseudogap phase. Given the observation of these same properties in other, very different cuprates, our study provides strong evidence for the universality of these five signatures of the pseudogap phase and its critical point.
description: Added references
A class of proximity-sensitive measures of relative deprivation
Creators: name: Stark, Oded
name: Bielawski, Jakub
name: Falniowski, Fryderyk
name: Stark, Oded
name: Bielawski, Jakub
name: Falniowski, Fryderyk
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Public Economics
subject: Income distribution; Relative deprivation; Sensitivity to income transfers between
subject: wealthier individuals; Sensitivity to the proximity of changes in others’ incomes

description: We introduce a new class of generalized measures of relative deprivation. The class takes the form of a power mean of order p . A characteristic of the class is that depending on the value of the proximity-sensitive parameter p , the class is capable of accommodating both a decreasing weight (the case of p >1), and an increasing weight (the case of p~(0,1) ) accorded to given changes in the incomes of the individuals who are wealthier than the reference individual, depending on their proximity in the income distribution to the reference individual.
Lepidopteren- und Trichopterenzoozönosen des Naturschutzgebietes „Rugenseemoor“ (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) und ihre Bedeutung als typspezifisches zoologisches Leitbild
The zoocoenoses of Lepidoptera and Trichoptera of the nature reserve „Rugenseemoor“ (Mecklenburg-Pomerania) and their importance for a type-specific zoological ideal
Creators: name: Thiele, Volker
name: Berlin, Angela
name: Blumrich, Britta
name: Höhlein, Volker
Publisher: name: FID GEO
Year: 2004

description: Abstract: Over two years the nature reserve „Rugenseemoor“ was investigated due to the composition of the biocoenoses of Lepidoptera and Trichoptera. Altogether 105 species of Macrolepidoptera and 15 species of Trichoptera were found. The nearly natural biocoenosis of Lepidoptera consists to a great extent of hygrophilous and mesophilous taxa. Their larvae prefer woods and herbal vegetation of semi-humid and humid areas. The association is composed of species originated from related wooden areas (taxa of floodplain forests and mixed deciduous forests), to which a less part of taxa of bogs is added. The association of Trichoptera almost show natural condition, too. They have elements of raised mosses and little pools in forests. Draining and nutrient input has poor effects on the composition of Trichoptera biocoenosis. The nature reserve „Rugenseemoor“ fits as a type-specific zoological ideal for acidic transitional bogs.
description: Zusammenfassung: Das Naturschutzgebiet (NSG) „Rugenseemoor“ wurde über zwei Jahre hinweg bezüglich der Zusammensetzung seiner Lepidopteren- und Trichopterenbiozönosen untersucht. Insgesamt sind 105 Makrolepidopteren- und 15 Trichopterenarten nachgewiesen worden. Die weitgehend naturnahe Lepidopterenbiozönose besteht vornehmlich aus hygrophilen bis mesophilen Arten, deren Raupen hauptsächlich an Gehölzen und der krautigen Vegetation feuchter bis frischer Standorte fressen. Die gehölzbewohnenden Lepidopteren stammen vielfach aus den angrenzenden Waldflächen (Bruch- und Laubmischwaldarten). Hinzu kommt ein geringerer Anteil an Taxa, die sich direkt auf Arm- und Zwischenmooren entwickeln. Die Trichopterenvergesellschaftung weist ebenfalls relativ naturnahe Biotopverhältnisse aus. Sie kann derzeitig am ehesten mit einem Konglomerat aus Arten der Zwischenmoore und kleinerer Waldgewässer beschrieben werden. Durch Entwässerung und Nährstoffeintrag verursachte Degradationen wirken bis heute in abgeschwächter Form auf die Zusammensetzung der Biozönose. Das NSG „Rugenseemoor“ eignet sich mit wenigen Einschränkungen als typspezifisches zoologisches Leitbild für Sauer-Zwischenmoore.
description: DFG, SUB Göttingen, DGMT
description: research
The Relationship of High School Preparation in Mathematics to the Enrollment of College Freshman in Postsecondary Developmental Mathematics Courses
Creators: name: Lang, Erick
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: A student's mathematical preparation is important in readiness for postsecondary study and ultimately success in a global job market. Nationally, a significant number of students are leaving high school unprepared for college-level course work in mathematics. A 2008 National Center for Educational Statistics report on Community Colleges indicates that 15.5 percent of first-year postsecondary students reported taking developmental courses in mathematics during the 2003-2004 academic year (Provasnik & Planty, 2008, p. 39). Data at the state level, and specifically for community colleges, are more unsettling. For example, a Maryland Higher Education Commission (2011) study found that 61 percent of students who entered community colleges, after having completed a high school core curriculum, required remediation in mathematics. The remediation rate in mathematics for graduates who did not complete a core curriculum was 69 percent (p. 13).With national data showing the United States lagging behind other countries in mathematics achievement, and significant numbers of students annually enrolling in developmental course work, it is important to increase the number of students entering postsecondary study ready for college-level course work. Decreasing the need for remedial course work in mathematics will lead to a higher postsecondary retention rate, an increase in the number of degree confirmations, and potentially a stronger workforce.This study investigates the articulation of students from Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland to Montgomery College, the school district's feeder community college. Montgomery County, a suburb of Washington, D.C., has the 16th largest public school district in the nation. Approximately 33 percent of each year's graduating class attends Montgomery College and more than half of these enrollees require developmental course work in mathematics. Utilizing data from the Montgomery County Public Schools 2009 graduating class, this study employs logistic regression to analyze the records of 2,821 students who entered Montgomery College in the 2009-2010 academic year. The study identifies specific factors, including high school mathematics course attainment and final course grades that predict placement in developmental mathematics courses.