cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Under investigation : the women and work literature
Creators: name: Richards, Eve
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: This thesis addresses the issue of the quality of the women and work literature. Major changes have taken, and still are taking, place in the workplace with respect to women workers; affirmative action progran-1s ate !Ju L 011e example. The literature has been instrumental in securing some of these changes for three inter-related reasons. The literature is used as a medium by those who wish to push the women's cause; it is used as part of a frame of reference by some who are in a position to effect significant change; and it has an effect on the perceptions of some of the general readers who may subsequently modify their behaviour, expectations and demands in the workplace. The quality of the literature is therefore of fundamental importance. In looking at the quality of the literature, the thesis takes into account the visibility or profile status of the contributions arguing that the more visible, high profile items are more likely to influence perceptions than contributions which are located towards the other end of the visibility spectrum. The thesis demonstrates that there is cause for concern about the quality of the literature contributions which are most likely to affect perceptions, and by extension, behaviour. It is argued that such contributions tend to be simplistic, impoverished, to be clothed in emotive language, and fail to reflect reality. It is argued that many of the authors of the visible literature contributions do not have as their prime objective the pursuit of the search for knowledge and truth but that their concern is to secure the social changes which they deem to be necessary. It is shown that such authors use a restricted data base, emotive language and manipulation, statistical manipulation, selectivity and publicity to achieve their goal; they rarely choose and use the tools of critical evaluation, a broad knowledge base, formal research methodology, comparative analysis, testing opinions against the differing opinions of others and against the workscene, and qualifying statements which remove ambiguities. The thesis concludes by acknowledging that little can be done about the quality of the literature which has already been written and expresses the hope that in the future the soundly based contributions will begin to challenge those which are not. The initial problem of selecting a research method which would allow the quality of the literature to be investigated was solved by stepping outside the traditional academic research methods and using the ombudsman's investigative model. It is an unusual approach but the results have vindicated the decision to adopt it.
Additional file 1 of The trends and associated adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes of labour neuraxial analgesia among vaginal deliveries in China between 2012 and 2019: a real-world observational evidence
Creators: name: Mu, Yi
name: Wang, Xiaodong
name: Wang, Yanping
name: Liu, Zheng
name: Li, Mingrong
name: Li, Xiaohong
name: Li, Qi
name: Zhu, Jun
name: Liang, Juan
name: Wang, Haidong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Additional file 1. Supplementary description of methods and results sections.
Classical T Tauri-like Outflow Activity in the Brown Dwarf Mass Regime
Creators: name: Whelan, E. T.
name: Ray, T. P.
name: Podio, L.
name: Bacciotti, F.
name: Randich, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Over the last number of years spectroscopic studies have strongly supported the assertion that protostellar accretion and outflow activity persists to the lowest masses. In this paper we present the results of our latest investigation of brown dwarf (BD) outflow activity and report on the discovery of two new outflows. Here ISO-Oph 32 is shown to drive a blue-shifted outflow with a radial velocity of 10-20 km/s and spectro-astrometric analysis constrains the position angle of this outflow to 240 +/- 7 degrees. The BD candidate ISO-Cha1 217 is found to have a bipolar outflow bright in several key forbidden lines (radial velocity = -20 km/s, +40 km/s) and with a PA of 190-210 degrees. A striking feature of the ISO-Cha1 217 outflow is the strong asymmetry between the red and blue-shifted lobes. This asymmetry is revealed in the relative brightness of the two lobes (red-shifted lobe is brighter), the factor of two difference in radial velocity (the red-shifted lobe is faster) and the difference in the electron density (again higher in the red lobe). Such asymmetries are common in jets from low mass protostars and the observation of a marked asymmetry at such a low mass supports the idea that BD outflow activity is scaled down from low mass protostellar activity. In addition to presenting these new results, a comprehensive comparison is made between BD outflow activity and jets launched by CTTSs. In particular, the application of current methods for investigating the excitation conditions and mass loss rates in CTT jets to BD spectra is explored.
description: Accepted by Astrophysical Journal
AP - A Model For Entrepreneurship Training And Management Skills Development For Sustainable Economic Growth
Creators: name: Painter, Marvin
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
subject: Agribusiness
subject: entrepreneurship
subject: education
subject: training

description: This paper proposes a model for entrepreneurship training and management skills development that is aimed at providing the skills needed by new and existing entrepreneurs to construct, implement and manage a strategic business plan. The main stakeholders in the program include university students (all colleges), university faculty and administration, new and existing entrepreneurs, the finance community, community business organizations, other educational institutions and government organizations. The two key components of the entrepreneurship program are 1) teaching strategic and business management concepts, and 2) strategic and business management skills development. The second component is where the real entrepreneurial learning takes place by allowing the student/entrepreneur to employ the management concepts in a practical way. The approaches used include lectures, seminars and cases for the first component and business clinics, industry assessments, marketing research studies, business plans, feasibility studies, and internships and mentoring for the second component.
description: Sixteenth International Farm Management Congress, University College Cork, Ireland, July 15-20, 2007
From chiral quark models to high-energy processes
Creators: name: Broniowski, Wojciech
name: Arriola, Enrique Ruiz
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show the results of low-energy chiral quark models for soft matrix elements involving pions and photons. Such soft elements, upon convolution with the hard matrix elements, are relevant in various high-energy processes. We focus on quantities related to the generalized parton distributions of the pion: the parton distribution functions, the parton distribution amplitudes, and the generalized form factors. Wherever possible, the model predictions are confronted with the data or lattice simulations, where surprisingly good agreement is achieved. The QCD evolution from the low quark model scale up to the scale of the data is crucial for this agreement.
description: Dedicated to the memory of Jan Kwiecinski, presented by WB at the Cracow Epiphany Conference on hadron interactions at the dawn of the LHC, 5-7 January 2009, 11 pages
The Chemistry of Population III Supernova Ejecta: I - Formation of Molecules in the Early Universe
Creators: name: Cherchneff, I.
name: Dwek, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the formation and destruction of molecules in the ejecta of Population III supernovae (SNe) using a chemical kinetic approach to follow the evolution of molecular abundances from day 100 to day 1000 after explosion. The chemical species included range from simple di-atomic molecules to more complex dust precursor species. All relevant chemical processes that are unique to the SN environment are considered. Our work focuses on zero-metallicity progenitors with masses of 20, 170, and 270 Msun, and we study the effect of different levels of heavy element mixing and the inward diffusion of hydrogen on the ejecta chemistry. We show that the ejecta chemistry does not reach a steady state within the relevant time-span for molecule formation. The primary species formed are O2, CO, SiS, and SO. The SiO, formed as early as 200 days after explosion, is rapidly depleted by the formation of silica molecular precursors in the ejecta. The rapid conversion of CO to C2 and its thermal fractionation at temperatures above 5000 K allow for the formation of carbon chains in the oxygen-rich zone of the unmixed models, providing an important pathway for the formation of carbon dust in hot environments where the C/O ratio is less than 1. We show that the fully-mixed ejecta of a 170 Msun progenitor synthesizes 11.3 Mun of molecules whereas 20 Msun and 270 Msun progenitors produce 0.78, and 3.2 Msun of molecules, respectively. The admixing of 10 % of hydrogen into the fully-mixed ejecta of the 170 Msun progenitor increases its molecular yield to ~ 47Msun. The unmixed ejecta of a 170 Msun progenitor supernova without hydrogen penetration synthesizes ~37 Msun of molecules, whereas its 20 Msun counterpart produces ~ 1.2 Msun. Finally, we discuss the cosmological implication of molecule formation by Pop. III SNe in the early universe.
description: 55 pages, 12 figures, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal
Pl. Speech - Can European Farmers Survive Without Protection?
Creators: name: Haskins, Lord Christopher
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: Farm Management
Agricultural and Food Policy

description: World wide agriculture is experiencing enormous change, as demand for food rises, renewable energy competes with food capacity, climate change introduces new restrictions on production and indigenous farm labour becomes increasingly scarce. Against this background could European farmers, who have been protected and subsidised for 50 years through the CAP, survive it if these policies were abandoned in a few years time?
description: Sixteenth International Farm Management Congress, University College Cork, Ireland, July 15-20, 2007
Classical Strongly Coupled QGP: VII. Shear Viscosity and Self Diffusion
Creators: name: Cho, Sungtae
name: Zahed, Ismail
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We construct the Liouville operator for the SU(2) classical colored Coulomb plasma (cQGP) for arbitrary values of the Coulomb coupling $Γ=V/K$, the ratio of the mean Coulomb to kinetic energy. We show that its resolvent in the classical colored phase space obeys a hierarchy of equations. We use a free streaming approximation to close the hierarchy and derive an integral equation for the time-dependent structure factor. Its reduction by projection yields hydrodynamical equations in the long-wavelength limit. We discuss the character of the hydrodynamical modes at strong coupling. The shear viscosity is shown to exhibit a minimum at $Γ\approx 8$ near the liquid point. This minimum follows from the cross-over between the single particle collisional regime which drops as $1/Γ^{5/2}$ and the hydrodynamical collisional regime which rises as $Γ^{1/2}$. The self-diffusion constant drops as $1/Γ^{3/2}$ irrespective of the regime. We compare our results to molecular dynamics simulations of the SU(2) colored Coulomb plasma. We also discuss the relevance of our results for the quantum and strongly coupled quark gluon plasma (sQGP)
description: 36 pages, 14 figures
PL. Speech - Europe's Place In World Agriculture
Creators: name: Kendall, Peter
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: International Relations/Trade

description: European agriculture is at the heart of the European economy and society and is the backbone of our rural communities. Our model of agriculture is often referred to as â€˜multifunctionalâ€™. This means that society not only requires that we produce food but that we combine this with the production of public goods and services. To define our place in world agriculture this dual role needs to be understood by consumers and trading partners alike. European agriculture needs to focus on quality and innovation to accomplish its rightful position on the world stage. We need to tell consumers about our high standards of production and about the huge advantages of buying European. In short we need to explain to them why European farming matters.
description: Sixteenth International Farm Management Congress, University College Cork, Ireland, July 15-20, 2007
Pl. Speech - New Opportunities In A Changing Global Policy Environment
Creators: name: Kirley, Tom
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
Agricultural and Food Policy

description: What will the policy drivers of the agri food sectors be in the next twenty years? How have these changed and what are the opportunities arising from these changes? How can research education, innovation and technology transfer respond in order to ensure that these opportunities are grasped? Note: Policy in the EU and other developed countries is no longer dictated by the need to restrict production. Demand for crops for energy production is likely to be very significant. Developments in science and technology have the potential to dramatically impact on food production. These, together with climate change and the economic progress being made in developing countries present a tremendous challenge to those involved in the provision of research, education and innovation services for the agri food sector.
description: Sixteenth International Farm Management Congress, University College Cork, Ireland, July 15-20, 2007
Hypocoercivity for kinetic equations with linear relaxation terms
Creators: name: Dolbeault, Jean
name: Mouhot, Clément
name: Schmeiser, Christian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 82C40; 35B40; 35F10; 35H10; 35H99; 76P05

description: This note is devoted to a simple method for proving hypocoercivity of the solutions of a kinetic equation involving a linear time relaxation operator, i.e. the construction of an adapted Lyapunov functional satisfying a Gronwall-type inequality. The method clearly distinguishes the coercivity at microscopic level, which directly arises from the properties of the relaxation operator, and a spectral gap inequality at the macroscopic level for the spatial density, which is connected to the diffusion limit. It improves on previously known results. Our approach is illustrated by the linear BGK model and a relaxation operator which corresponds at macroscopic level to the linearized fast diffusion.
Pl. Speech - Ireland: Rural Development, Its Policies And The Future
Creators: name: T.D. Ã“ CuÃ­V, Ã‰Amon
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: Community/Rural/Urban Development
Agricultural and Food Policy

description: My presentation will be about the need to diversify the economies of rural areas and to provide a wide range of social services including education, health, recreation etc. if we wish to maintain rural populations in Europe. I will also outline the work of my Department; the first dedicated rural development Department in Europe, not part of a Department of Agriculture, in putting forward comprehensive rural development programmes outside the farm gate.
description: Sixteenth International Farm Management Congress, University College Cork, Ireland, July 15-20, 2007
A vision for today : from detachment into aliveness
Creators: name: Robinson, A. J.
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: What follows is my effort at making sense of the world in which I find myself living. It is thus, essentially, a position paper. As I have thought through the issues that confront me as a teacher and parent I have come to the realisation that it is not what I know or think that is important. It has become increasingly clear to me that it is the way I know and the way I think that is of most importance. While I acknowledge the value of the natural sciences model of viewing my world, I find my culture's over-dependence on this paradigm most affrontive. The great paradox of this model is that, by its very nature, it makes assumptions about itself that are not only patently false but also are very dangerous. The least acceptable I find of these is the notion that it provides the only way to truly see, know and understand ourselves and our world. Proponents claiming that by reducing the piece of our world that we might happen to be studying at the time, to a small enough bit for it to be managed, controlled or manipulated, we are somehow in a superior position to it. Leading us to the fallacious assumption that from this management position we are able to detach ourselves from our object of study and objectively make decisions about its value and usage.
Additional file 1 of Evaluating the effectiveness of a multi-faceted inpatient diabetes management program among hospitalised patients with diabetes mellitus
Creators: name: Kao, Shih Ling
name: Chen, Ying
name: Ning, Yilin
name: Tan, Maudrene
name: Salloway, Mark
name: Khoo, Eric Yin Hao
name: Tai, E Shyong
name: Tan, Chuen Seng
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Profiles of admissions within the 3 months period prior implementation, the first 3 months and subsequent 3 months of post-implementation at each of the 7 phases. Table S2. Comparison of key patient-day and admission glucometrics within the 3 months period prior implementation, the first 3 months and subsequent 3 months of post-implementation at each of the 7 phases
Two-Photon Dichroic Atomic Vapor Laser Lock Using Electromagnetically Induced Transparency and Absorption
Creators: name: Becerra, F. E.
name: Willis, R. T.
name: Rolston, S. L.
name: Orozco, L. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate a technique to lock the frequency of a laser to a transition between two excited states in Rb vapor in the presence of a weak magnetic field. We use a ladder configuration from specific hyperfine sublevels of the 5S 1/2, 5P 3/2, and 5D 5/2 levels. This atomic configuration can show Electromagnetically Induced Transparency and Absorption processes. The error signal comes from the difference in the transparency or absorption felt by the two orthogonal polarizations of the probe beam. A simplified model is in good quantitative agreement with the observed signals for the experimental parameters. We have used this technique to lock the frequency of the laser up to 1.5 GHz off atomic resonance.
description: 6 pages, 8 figures. Last version for publication in J. Opt. Soc. Am. B
Pl. Paper - Research, Education And Innovation: Vital Driving Factors In Agriculture
Creators: name: Zachariasse, Vinus
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies

description: Important developments and changes in knowledge chains and networks do happen in agriculture. For farmers in the EU more emphasis on the level of entrepreneurship, in comparison to skills and management, will come because of the increasing uncertainties caused by reducing prices and lower market support in the years ahead. Education and research have become much more demand driven by both government and industry. New systems for the distribution of knowledge and information are developing rapidly.
description: Sixteenth International Farm Management Congress, University College Cork, Ireland, July 15-20, 2007
Pl. Speech - Importance Of Developing Agricultural Technology In A New Era
Creators: name: Xueli, Zheng
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies

description: In this new period of time, the fundamental way for agricultural development is the advance of technology and the improvement of the farmersâ€™ quality. Developing modern agriculture ultimately relies on new type of farmers who are educated, technology-equipped and good at business management. However, currently the agricultural technology level is still very low in China and the quality of farmers is not high either. A lot of agricultural technology achievements have not been introduced to the rural areas. The â€œlast mileâ€ problem in technology extension is rather significant and there is a gap between agricultural technology and the farmers. Among the factors that hinder the access of technology to rural areas, issues like the existing inflexible agricultural technology extension system causing disconnection between agricultural research, education, extension and production, the single national extension system obsolete for the development of agricultural economy, the low scientific and educational quality of the farmers, weak subjective role of application and extension of new technology have received wide attention and are pressing for solutions. Solving these problems, building a fast and effective agricultural technology transfer channel and expediting the application and extension of agricultural technology achievements is one of the major tasks in new rural areas development.
description: Sixteenth International Farm Management Congress, University College Cork, Ireland, July 15-20, 2007
Study of the modification of workload index staffing tool
Creators: name: Jackson, Marion Ruth, 1940-
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: This descriptive study was designed to evaluate what modifications of an existing workload index staffing tool were necessary for practical application in an extended care hospital. Two activity studies were conducted concurrently in a 63 bed extended care unit. The Inroom Activity Study measured the amount and kind of care patients received on each shift. Patients were classified into two categories of nursing care needs - average and above average care. The Indirect Work Sampling Study identified how nursing staff spent their time during their eight hour tour of duty. A random selection of the days of the week and the shift to be observed was undertaken to select times that would be representative of the total week days. The data for the Inroom Activity Study was collected by continuous observations of nursing care given to patients during an eight hour period, and included 10 patients from each category on each shift. The data for the Indirect Care Study was collected by making fifteen minute spot checks on all nursing personnel throughout an eight hour tour of duty. Observations were made throughout 5 day shifts, 5 evening shifts, and 4 night shifts. Four questions were answered in this study. Data analysis of Question 1 revealed that there was a difference in the average amount of direct nursing care time that each category of patient received on days, and the average amount of time each category of patient received on evenings. There was no difference in the average amount of time each category of patient received on nights. Data analysis of Question 2 revealed that there was a direct ratio between the amount of care all patients received on days, the average amount of time all patients received on evenings, and the average amount of time all patients received on nights. Data analysis of Question 3 revealed that weighting factors could be established to determine the amount of care received by each category of patient on each shift. Data analysis of Question 4 showed the percentage of time nursing personnel were able to spend in giving direct patient care during an eight hour shift. The study concludes with consideration of the implications and recommendations for use of the workload index staffing tool, and suggests further research as to refinement of the tool.
Four Wave Mixing Spectroscopy at the Interface Between the Time and Frequency Domains
Creators: name: Paskover, Yuri
name: Shalit, Andrey
name: Prior, Yehiam
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Combined spectrally and time resolved measurements provide information not otherwise available if performed in either domain alone. We demonstrate a new approach to Four Wave Mixing spectroscopy, where spectral selectivity is achieved by phase matching filtering without a spectrometer, and the time resolved signal is obtained within a single pulse and without mechanically scanning any delays. We analyze the Degenerate Four Wave Mixing signal, and show that a counter-rotating Feynman diagram not previously considered is necessary in order to understand the measured frequency and time resolved spectrograms.
description: 24 page article with 4 figures
AP - Training Commercial Farmers How To Analyse And Rank Risky Alternatives
Creators: name: Richardson, James W.
name: Outlaw, Joe L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Risk and Uncertainty
subject: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
subject: risk management
subject: SERF
subject: stochastic efficiency

description: Risk management is a major challenge for farm managers. Monte Carlo simulation models can be used to teach commercial farmers how to manage risk. However, the decision tools for ranking risky alternatives have long been an impediment to learning the art of ranking risky alternatives. New risk ranking tools available in a MicrosoftÂ® Excel add-in, Simetar, take the art out of ranking risky alternatives. SERF and StopLight charts in Simetar are demonstrated by ranking risky alternative marketing, crop mixes and crop insurance strategies available to a representative crop farm.
description: Sixteenth International Farm Management Congress, University College Cork, Ireland, July 15-20, 2007
AP - A Vibrant Rural Economy In The 21st Century â€“ An Ethiopian Perspective.
Creators: name: Roberts, Tim
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: urban agriculture
subject: development

description: The author was assigned to the city of Awassa in Southern Ethiopia in late 2006 to advise on â€œurban agricultureâ€. Land within the city limits is allocated to investors both in agriculture and other industries. I concentrated my efforts on the dairy sector, where it became apparent that encouraging the development of milk production within the city should maybe not be a priority. This was vividly brought home to me when I accompanied the members of an NGO in the distribution of goats for humanitarian aid to farmers just 10 km from the centre of Awassa, a city having over 100,000 inhabitants. Whatâ€™s more the community was located on the shores of the 100 sq km Lake Awassa. With such a favourable situation and a large expanding market on their doorstep why are these farmers not amongst the most prosperous rural dwellers in the area? The reasons I attempt to address in this paper.
description: Sixteenth International Farm Management Congress, University College Cork, Ireland, July 15-20, 2007
AP - 2004 National Renewal Survey: Farm Business Management Practices Of Agricultural Producers
Creators: name: Rodier, Monique
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Farm Management
subject: farm management practices
subject: renewal survey

description: The 2004 National Renewal Survey, undertaken for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, provides information on Canadian farmersâ€™ knowledge and adoption of various business management practices, use of training, and business and personal goals. The survey was conducted in December 2003 and January 2004. It surveyed 2,112 Canadian producers who were the main decision makers and earned at least $10,000 in gross farm revenues in 2002. Survey information is available on their goal achievement, business plans, financial management, training, and other areas of interest for policy and program development. Information is also available by farm typology (low-income, retirement, lifestyle, or business-focussed), major commodity and region. This survey work is being followed by two types of surveys in 2007. The 2007 National Renewal Survey will measure changes in business practices and training uptake since the 2004 National Renewal Survey. About 2,250 producers from the general farm population will be surveyed. The 2007 Renewal Client Impact Assessment Survey will measure specific program outcomes experienced by Renewal program clients. About 1,050 Renewal clients will be surveyed. This applied paper presents the results of the 2004 survey in greater details and analyzes farm management practices in Canada.
description: Sixteenth International Farm Management Congress, University College Cork, Ireland, July 15-20, 2007
The Unevolved Main Sequence of Nearby Field Stars and the Open Cluster Distance Scale
Creators: name: Twarog, Bruce A.
name: Anthony-Twarog, Barbara J.
name: Edgington-Giordano, Frederika
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The slope and zero-point of the unevolved main sequence as a function of metallicity are investigated using a homogeneous catalog of nearby field stars with absolute magnitudes defined with revised Hipparcos parallaxes, Tycho-2 photometry, and precise metallicities from high-dispersion spectroscopy. (B-V)-temperature relations are derived from 1746 stars between [Fe/H] = -0.5 and +0.6 and 372 stars within 0.05 dex of solar abundance; for T_e = 5770 K, the solar color is B-V= 0.652 +/- 0.002 (s.e.m.). From over 500 cool dwarfs between [Fe/H] = -0.5 and +0.5, Delta(B-V)/Delta[Fe/H] at fixed M_V = 0.213 +/- 0.005, with a very weak dependence upon the adopted main sequence slope with B-V at a given [Fe/H]. At Hyades metallicity this translates into Delta M_V/Delta[Fe/H] at fixed B-V = 0.98 +/- 0.02, midway between the range of values empirically derived from smaller and/or less homogeneous samples and model isochrones. From field stars of similar metallicity, the Hyades ([Fe/H] = +0.13) with no reddening has (m-M)_0 = 3.33 +/- 0.02 and M67, with E(B-V) = 0.041, A_V = 3.1E(B-V), and [Fe/H] = 0.00, has (m-M)_0 = 9.71 +/- 0.02 (s.e.m), where the errors quoted refer to internal errors alone. At the extreme end of the age and metallicity scale, with E(B-V) = 0.125 +/- 0.025 and [Fe/H] = +0.39 +/- 0.06, comparison of the fiducial relation for NGC 6791 to 19 field stars with (B-V) above 0.90 and [Fe/H] = +0.25 or higher, adjusted to the metallicity of NGC 6791, leads to (m-M)_0 = 13.07 +/- 0.09, internal and systematic errors included.
description: 32 pages, 8 eps figures, latex; accepted for PASP
Nonlinear superpositions and Ermakov systems
Creators: name: Cariñena, José F.
name: de Lucas, Javier
name: Rañada, Manuel F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 34A26, 34A05

description: The theory of superposition rules for solutions of a Lie system of first-order differential equations is extended to deal with analogous systems of second-order and the theory is illustrated with the very rich example of Ermakov-like systems.
description: 18 pages
A neutral hydrogen absorption study of cold gas in the outskirts of the Magellanic Clouds using the GASKAP-HI survey
Creators: name: Chen, Hongxing
name: Stanimirović, Snežana
name: Pingel, Nickolas M.
name: Dempsey, James
name: Buckland-Willis, Frances
name: Clark, Susan E.
name: Dénes, Helga
name: Dickey, John M.
name: Gibson, Steven
name: Jameson, Katherine
name: Kemp, Ian
name: Leahy, Denis
name: Lee, Min-Young
name: Lynn, Callum
name: Ma, Yik Ki
name: McClure-Griffiths, N. M.
name: Murray, Claire E.
name: Nguyen, Hiep
name: Uscanga, Lucero
name: van Loon, Jacco Th.
name: Vázquez-Semadeni, Enrique
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Cold neutral hydrogen (HI) is a crucial precursor for molecular gas formation and can be studied via HI absorption. This study investigates HI absorption in low column density regions of the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds (SMC and LMC) using the Galactic-ASKAP HI (GASKAP-HI) survey, conducted by the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP). We select 10 SMC directions in the outer regions and 18 LMC directions, with 4 in the outskirts and 14 within the main disk. Using the radiative transfer method, we decompose the emission and absorption spectra into individual cold neutral medium (CNM) and warm neutral medium (WNM) components. In the SMC, we find HI peak optical depths of 0.09-1.16, spin temperatures of ~20-50 K, and CNM fractions of 1-11%. In the LMC, optical depths range from 0.03 to 3.55, spin temperatures from ~10 to 100 K, and CNM fractions from 1% to 100%. The SMC's low CNM fractions likely result from its low metallicity and large line-of-sight depth. Additionally, the SMC's outskirts show lower CNM fractions than the main body, potentially due to increased CNM evaporation influenced by the hot Magellanic Corona. Shell motions dominate the kinematics of the majority of CNM clouds in this study and likely supply cold HI to the Magellanic Stream. In the LMC, high CNM fraction clouds are found near supergiant shells, where thermal instability induced by stellar feedback promotes WNM-to-CNM transition. Although no carbon monoxide (CO) has been detected, enhanced dust shielding in these areas helps maintain the cold HI.
description: 25 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in AJ
AP - Strategic Alliances Come Together To Achieve Common Goals In A Regional Cluster Development Project
Creators: name: Stollery, Sharon
name: Andrew, Carmen
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: cluster
subject: agri-tourism
subject: viable

description: A growing number of farms in rural Canada are looking to agri-tourism as a way to diversify their revenue sources and enhance competitiveness. The Agri-tourism Cluster Development project was piloted in 2003 in the province of Alberta, Canada. The project was in response to marketing constraints of individual farm businesses and a market research study that revealed a gap between high consumer interest in engaging in agri-tourism and an apparent low awareness of the opportunities available. The result was a cluster development approach that would assist regional groups to cooperatively raise the profile of agri-tourism offerings while increasing profit at individual farm gates and enhancing viability in rural communities. The project took a multi-faceted approach and included the use of nationally developed resources on agri-tourism from the Canadian Farm Business Management Council (www.farmcentre.com). Following the pilot stage lessons learned were documented, a process defined and the project expanded to what are now nine regional clusters.
description: Sixteenth International Farm Management Congress, University College Cork, Ireland, July 15-20, 2007
The relation between time and value in Nietzsche's Thus spoke Zarathustra
Creators: name: Shotton, LH
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Individual existence in time and the values related to the transience of all human life are important themes in each of Nietzsche's philosophical works. In Thus Spoke Zarathustra these are highlighted through the form of a poetic narrative, which nevertheless contains an important existential message. Nietzsche argues that human beings can learn to affirm transience through their confrontation with the most negative aspects of it: pain, suffering and death. Only as parts of the constant flux of becoming are they free to create their own values. In this thesis I defend the claim that one of Nietzsche's major aims in Thus Spoke Zarathustra is to argue for a transformed attitude to existence and, accordingly, a transformed standard of evaluation of one's life. Nietzsche's arguments for the transformation of negative individual attitudes to the maximally affirmative perspective on human life relate to three of his most original doctrines: eternal recurrence, the will to power and the Superman. The examination of Nietzsche's doctrines provides an understanding of how the transformation of some individual attitudes and values is possible. The thesis is divided into two main sections. The first three are concerned with Nietzsche's criticism of the values of those who cling to illusory permanence. The negative effects of this attitude are investigated in relation to the past, present and future. On the basis of these, Nietzsche's arguments for a positive, transformed attitude to existence are developed in the second half of the thesis. According to Nietzsche, the attitudinal and value transformations can only be effected by the exceptional individual with a central core of affirmative will to power not possessed by others. Only the exceptional individual can impose value on the past and, in this sense, make it changeable. The special qualities are also required from one who can live in the moment in such a way that each becomes as full and unique as possible. The invulnerability of the exceptional individual enables.him to withstand loneliness and transform it into creative solitude which further enhances his affirmative powers. The death of God and the finitude of human existence become for him an opportunity for the creation of more positive values which celebrate transience. I conclude that Nietzsche's constructive task, that of showing that affirmative attitudes and positive values related to transience are possible, is a success. In Zarathustra he grapples with the fundamental problems of finite human existence and shows that better values arise precisely because of impermanence and change. Nietzsche's strength lies in his capacity to not only criticize traditional values but to suggest plausible alternatives to these. Where his predecessors descended into nihilism burdened by the spirit of gravity , there he shows in the person of Zarathustra how nihilism can be abandoned in favor of the celebration of Life.
Exact finite size groundstate of the O(n=1) loop model with open boundaries
Creators: name: de Gier, Jan
name: Ponsaing, Anita
name: Shigechi, Keiichi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We explicitly describe certain components of the finite size groundstate of the inhomogeneous transfer matrix of the O(n=1) loop model on a strip with non-trivial boundaries on both sides. In addition we compute explicitly the groundstate normalisation which is given as a product of four symplectic characters.
description: 29 pages, 33 eps figures, major revision
AP - The Land Reform Process In South Africa With The Emphasis On Land Restitution
Creators: name: Thomson, Rick
name: Gillitt, Chris
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: land reform
subject: restitution
subject: land claims

description: Ownership or title to land in many countries of the world is a very contentious topic. Wars and battles have been fought over these rights and have caused the demise and instability of many countries, particularly in Africa. South African democratic elections in 1994 produced a Land Reform policy to redress the injustices of forced removals and the historical denial of access to land of black people. A target has been set, 30% of all white owned land is to change hands to blacks by the year 2014. The 3 key elements of the Land Reform programme are 1) Restitution (Land Claims), 2) Redistribution and 3) Land Tenure. This paper will briefly touch on the processes of Redistribution and Land Tenure but will highlight many of the challenges of Restitution or Land Claims in South Africa.
description: Sixteenth International Farm Management Congress, University College Cork, Ireland, July 15-20, 2007
Strategies for optimizing percutaneous absorption
Creators: name: Siddiqui, O
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Studies were carried out on the in vitro permeation of steroids and weak electrolytes through the human stratum corneum. Diffusion and compartmental models were used to describe the mechanism of permeation of the ionised and unionised moeities of the above drugs. The effect of iontophoresis and the pH of aqueous vehicles on the rate and extent of permeation of weak electrolytes was also investigated. The relative contribution of epidermal and dermal transport of methotrexate and steroids was examined in an attempt to define the concentration of these drugs likely to be found in the viable epidermis. The results obtained using mathematical models suggest that the main route of skin penetration of both steroids and weak electrolytes through the excised human stratum corneum is more likely to be through the \intracellular\" route than through the \"shunts\". The present work using diffusion and compartmental models suggests that both ionised and unionised species of weak electrolytes can permeate the excised human stratum corneum. There is evidence to indicate the presence of a \"pH-shift\" for some weak electrolytes and that the ionised species of weak electrolytes form an ion pair with counter ions present in a vehicle. The formation of an ion pair and its ability to partition into the lipid phase with relative ease also indicates that ionised species of weak electrolytes are likely to penenrate the excised human stratum corneum through the \"intracellular\" route. In the absence of iontophoresis the rate of penetration of weak electrolytes was greatest at a pH value where the substance was mainly in the unionised form; iontophoresis was most effective at a pH value where the weak electrolyte was mainly in the ionised form. It is postulated that during the application of iontophoresis the \"shunt\" pathway could be the major route of skin penetration. The rate of dermal disappearance of methotrexate and steroids was found to depend on both the dermal blood supply and the rate of diffusion into the dermis. It was found that the epidermal penetration rate and dermal clearance play a significant role in determining the concentration of a drug likely to be achieved in the viable epidermis. The present results suggest that high dermal clearance may reduce the efficacy of topically applied medication."
AYRIM XORIJIY DAVLATLARDA KORRUPSIYAGA QARSHI KURASHISH VA UNDA "KOMPLAENS-NAZORAT" TIZIMINING O'RNI
Creators: name: Raximjonova, Nargizaxon
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Korrupsiyaga qarshi kurashishga oid normalar asosida “komplaensnazorat” tizimining huquqiy asoslari shakllanib, bugungi kunda boshqa normativ aktlar qabulining davom ettirilishida dasturil amal sifatida xizmat qilmoqda. Ayrim rivojlangan davlatlar korrupsiyaga qarshi kurashishga yuz yillar oldin bel bog‘lagan edi.
On the derivation of dynamical masses of the stellar clusters in the circumnuclear region of NGC2903
Creators: name: Hagele, Guillermo F.
name: Diaz, Angeles I.
name: Cardaci, Monica V.
name: Terlevich, Elena
name: Terlevich, Roberto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: (Abridged) Gas and star velocity dispersions have been derived for four circumnuclear star-forming regions (CNSFRs) and the nucleus of the spiral galaxy NGC2903 using high resolution spectroscopy in the blue and far red. Stellar velocity dispersions have been obtained from the CaII triplet (CaT) lines at 8494, 8542, 8662A, using cross-correlation techniques while gas velocity dispersions have been measured by Gaussian fits to the Hbeta line. The CNSFRs, with sizes of about 100 to 150pc in diameter, show a complex structure at the Hubble Space Telescope resolution, with a good number of subclusters with linear diameters between 3 and 8pc. Their stellar velocity dispersions range from 39 to 67 km/s. These values, together with the sizes measured on archival HST images yield upper limits to the dynamical masses for the individual star clusters between 1.8 and 8.7 x 10$^6$ M$_\odot$ and upper limits to the masses for the whole CNSFR between 4.9 x 10$^6$ and 4.3 x 10$^7$ M$_\odot$. ...
description: 20 pages, 12 figures, 6 tables. Accepted for publication in MNRAS
AP - Who Are Todayâ€™s Farmers And What Are Their Educational Needs?
Creators: name: Tranel, Jeffrey E.
name: Hewlett, John P.
name: Weigel, Randolph
name: Ehmke, Cole
name: Rahman, Tauhidur
name: Teegerstrom, Trent
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
subject: rural family
subject: clientele
subject: education

description: Farmers are changing! According to the U.S. Census of Agriculture, almost 78 percent of farms in 2002 had annual sales of less than $50,000 â€“ down significantly from previous years. Farmers have less time available for day-time workshops and are becoming more adept at obtaining information and participating in educational opportunities via the internet and private providers. Extension educators had only anecdotal evidence on the information desired and educational methodologies preferred by farmers. A statistically valid survey was conducted in 2006 of farmers in Arizona, Colorado, and Wyoming. The questionnaire was designed to discover the demographics, preferences for learning methodologies, greatest threats, and information demands of todayâ€™s farmers. Survey results will aid in the identification of new Extension clientele and their education methodology preferences and perceived risks. Educators will be better able to develop risk management programs demanded by a far broader audience and to more efficiently use scarce resources.
description: Sixteenth International Farm Management Congress, University College Cork, Ireland, July 15-20, 2007