cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Goniagnathus (Tropicognathus) nepalicus Viraktamath & Gnaneswaran, 2009, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Viraktamath, C. A.
name: Gnaneswaran, R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Goniagnathus
Goniagnathus nepalicus

description: Goniagnathus (Tropicognathus) nepalicus sp. nov.
Figs 3, 4, 14–18.
Pale brown with reddish brown and brown markings. Crown with transverse stripe between ocelli, region between eye and ocellus with two thin short transverse stripes, dark brown. Anterior margin of head creamy white. Face with brown and reddish brown transverse stripes on frontoclypeus, brown spots on thorax, scutellum and forewings variable in number and richness. Fore-legs pale brown with reduced brown markings.
Head slightly longer medially than next to eyes.
 Male genitalia: Pygophore twice as long laterally as maximum height, with well developed cephalic apodeme, anterior margin strongly oblique, so that articulation with sternum caudally displaced almost to mid-length of pygophore; dorsal appendage about 0.33 as long as length of pygophore, confined to dorsal margin, caudal lobe conical. Fused subgenital plate broader at base, narrowed caudally, with almost straight caudal margin. Style with apophysis rounded. Aedeagus with shaft straight in basal 0.33, then arcuate, with rather hook-like, short, flange on either side apically, with a pair of lateral appendages not reaching apex of shaft, slightly laterally curved and broad at midlength and tapered distally, gonopore subapical, elongate.
 Female: Seventh sternite broader than median length, caudo-lateral angles rounded, hind margin with lateral area concavely excavated and median lobe medially emarginated.
 Measurements: Male 5.9 mm long, 2.2 mm wide across eyes; female 6.2 mm long, 2.3–2.5 mm wide across eyes.
 Material examined: Holotype male, NEPAL: Kathmandu (Tokha-Sundarijal), 1.xi–4.xi.1978, V.K. Thapa (UASB). Paratypes: 1 male, 2 females data as for holotype (BMNH, IARI, UASB).
 Remarks: G. nepalicus resembles G. punctifer in having extensive reddish brown markings and in the shape of the apex of subgenital plate. However, the new species differs from G. punctifer in having a rounded apex of the apophysis of the style, peculiar pygophore lobe and shape of the aedeagus.
description: Published as part of Viraktamath, C. A. & Gnaneswaran, R., 2009, Three new species of Goniagnathus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from the Indian subcontinent with description of a new subgenus, pp. 51-59 in Zootaxa 2224 (1) on page 57, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2245.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/5322543
Non-minimal dark sector physics and cosmological tensions
Creators: name: Di Valentino, Eleonora
name: Melchiorri, Alessandro
name: Mena, Olga
name: Vagnozzi, Sunny
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We explore whether non-standard dark sector physics might be required to solve the existing cosmological tensions. The properties we consider in combination are an interaction between the dark matter and dark energy components, and a dark energy equation of state $w$ different from that of the canonical cosmological constant $w=-1$. In principle, these two parameters are independent. In practice, to avoid early-time, superhorizon instabilities, their allowed parameter spaces are correlated. We analyze three classes of extended interacting dark energy models in light of the 2019 Planck CMB results and Cepheid-calibrated local distance ladder $H_0$ measurements of Riess et al. (R19), as well as recent BAO and SNeIa distance data. We find that in quintessence coupled dark energy models, where $w > -1$, the evidence for a non-zero coupling between the two dark sectors can surpass the $5σ$ significance. On the other hand, in phantom coupled dark energy models, there is no such preference for a non-zero dark sector coupling. All the models we consider significantly raise the value of the Hubble constant easing the $H_0$ tension. The addition of low-redshift BAO and SNeIa measurements leaves some residual tension with R19 but at a level that could be justified by a statistical fluctuation. Bayesian evidence considerations mildly disfavour both the coupled quintessence and phantom models, while mildly favouring a coupled vacuum scenario, even when late-time datasets are considered. We conclude that non-minimal dark energy cosmologies, such as coupled quintessence, phantom, or vacuum models, are still an interesting route towards softening existing cosmological tensions, even when low-redshift datasets and Bayesian evidence considerations are taken into account. (abstract severely abridged)
description: 19 pages, 5 figures, added Bayesian evidence computation and further discussions. Version accepted for publication in PRD
Analytic continuation and perturbative expansions in QCD
Creators: name: Caprini, Irinel
name: Fischer, Jan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Starting from the divergence pattern of perturbative quantum chromodynamics, we propose a novel, non-power series replacing the standard expansion in powers of the renormalized coupling constant $a$. The coefficients of the new expansion are calculable at each finite order from the Feynman diagrams, while the expansion functions, denoted as $W_n(a)$, are defined by analytic continuation in the Borel complex plane. The infrared ambiguity of perturbation theory is manifest in the prescription dependence of the $W_n(a)$. We prove that the functions $W_n(a)$ have branch point and essential singularities at the origin $a=0$ of the complex $a$-plane and their perturbative expansions in powers of $a$ are divergent, while the expansion of the correlators in terms of the $W_n(a)$ set is convergent under quite loose conditions
description: 18 pages, latex, 5 figures in EPS format
Evaluation of the effects of CBD hemp extract on opioid use and quality of life indicators in chronic pain patients: a prospective cohort study
Creators: name: Capano, Alex
name: Weaver, Richard
name: Burkman, Elisa
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Context: Chronic pain is highly prevalent in most of the industrialized nations around the world. Despite the documented adverse effects, opioids are widely used for pain management. Cannabinoids, and specifically Cannabidiol, is proposed as an opioid alternative, having comparable efficacy with better safety profile. Objectives: We aim to investigate the impact of full hemp extract cannabidiol (CBD) on opioid use and quality of life indicators among chronic pain patients. Methods: An initial sample of 131 patients was recruited from a private pain management center’s investigative population. Ninety-seven patients completed the 8-week study. The primary inclusion criteria included patients between 30 and 65 years old with chronic pain who have been on opioids for at least 1 year. Data were collected at three different time points: baseline, 4, and 8 weeks. Opioid and other medication use were evaluated via the medication and psychiatric treatment receipt. Improvement was evaluated using four indices: Pain Disability Index (PDI-4); Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Pain Intensity and Interference (PEG); and Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-4). Results: Over half of chronic pain patients (53%) reduced or eliminated their opioids within 8 weeks after adding CBD-rich hemp extract to their regimens. Almost all CBD users (94%) reported quality of life improvements. The results indicated a significant relationship between CBD and PSQI (p = 0.003), and PEG (p = 0.006). There was a trend toward improvement but no significant relationship between CBD use and PHQ and PDI. Conclusion: CBD could significantly reduce opioid use and improve chronic pain and sleep quality among patients who are currently using opioids for pain management. Key Message: This is a prospective, single-arm cohort study for the potential role of cannabinoids as an alternative for opioids. The results indicate that using the CBD-rich extract enabled our patients to reduce or eliminate opioids with significant improvement in their quality of life indices.
On bit-commitment based quantum coin flipping
Creators: name: Nayak, Ashwin
name: Shor, Peter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper, we focus on a special framework for quantum coin flipping protocols,_bit-commitment based protocols_, within which almost all known protocols fit. We show a lower bound of 1/16 for the bias in any such protocol. We also analyse a sequence of multi-round protocol that tries to overcome the drawbacks of the previously proposed protocols, in order to lower the bias. We show an intricate cheating strategy for this sequence, which leads to a bias of 1/4. This indicates that a bias of 1/4 might be optimal in such protocols, and also demonstrates that a cleverer proof technique may be required to show this optimality.
description: The lower bound shown in this paper is superceded by a result of Kitaev (personal communication, 2001)
Pieces of Lakeland: Using Augmented Reality Technology to Share History
Creators: name: Dolan, Fiona
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2021
Subjects: Augmented Reality
Lakeland
Lakeland Community Heritage Project
Maryland Institute of Technology in the Humanities
Tour
Collection
Archive

description: Lakeland is a historically black neighborhood located in College Park, Maryland. Ravaged by a plan for ‘urban renewal’ in the end of the 20th century, many current residents are unaware of the neighborhood’s unique history. The Lakeland Community Heritage Project has been working for over a decade to gather and preserve documentation of the fascinating history of this neighborhood. Through their collaboration with the Maryland Institute of Technology in the Humanities, they’ve built a sizable collection - but few other than those who have built it have any idea that it exists. How do we mobilize a digital, community-built archive to be present and visible in the public realm? I focused on the technology of augmented reality applications, a unique way of placing the digital in the scope of the physical. By focusing on a few carefully selected physical sites within Lakeland, I built timelines from images and data relating specifically to those sites. These narratives were woven into three different miniature collections, unique to each site. Users are able to explore them in an augmented-reality guided tour that shows them a timeline of the site’s history, as well as information about Lakeland itself. This project is a fresh way to bring archival collections directly into the public sphere, offering a novel opportunity to explore local history. It builds upon the work of Maryland Institute of Technology in the Humanities and the Lakeland Community Heritage Project, offering a new way to share their data with the public.
The Survey of Ermia mangshanensis Resource in South China Tiger Nature Reserve
Creators: name: Xie, Heping
name: Li, Shizhou
name: Wang, Jianrong
name: Chen, Yuanhui
name: Chen, Lianchao
name: Lei, Shengqiao
name: Xie, Heping
name: Li, Shizhou
name: Wang, Jianrong
name: Chen, Yuanhui
name: Chen, Lianchao
name: Lei, Shengqiao
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Ermia mangshanensis
subject: Resource
subject: Survey
subject: South China Tiger Nature Reserve

description: In 2007, one living Ermia mangshanensis was found in the Shapingpian area at the junction of South China Tiger Nature Reserve in North Guangdong and Hunan Mangshan National Nature Reserve. To learn more about Ermia mangshanensis resource, the researchers in South China Tiger Nature Reserve in North Guangdong and Hunan Mangshan National Nature Reserve conducted field survey of Ermia mangshanensis in the Shapingpian area during the period 2010-2012. The results show that there is Ermia mangshanensis in the Shapingpian area of South China Tiger Nature Reserve at the elevation of 800-1200 m, and the population number is estimated at 48-80.
Somatosensory Stimulation With XNKQ Acupuncture Modulates Functional Connectivity of Motor Areas
Creators: name: Nierhaus, Till
name: Chang, Yinghui
name: Liu, Bin
name: Shi, Xuemin
name: Yi, Ming
name: Witt, Claudia M.
name: Pach, Daniel
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: resting-state fMRI
subject: acupuncture
subject: functional connectivity
subject: centrality
subject: stroke
subject: red nucleus
subject: precuneus
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Xingnao Kaiqiao (XNKQ) acupuncture is an acupuncture technique used for stroke patients. In 24 healthy volunteers, we applied this complex acupuncture intervention, which consists of a manual needle-stimulation on five acupuncture points (DU26 unilaterally, PC6, and SP6 bilaterally). XNKQ was compared to three control conditions: (1) insertion of needles on the XNKQ acupuncture points without stimulation, (2) manual needle-stimulation on five nearby non-acupuncture points, and (3) insertion of needles on the non-acupuncture points without stimulation. In a within-subject design, we investigated functional connectivity changes in resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) by means of the data-driven eigenvector centrality (EC) approach. With a 2 x 2 factorial within-subjects design with two-factor stimulation (stimulation vs. non-stimulation) and location (acupuncture points vs. non-acupuncture points), we found decreased EC in the precuneus after needle-stimulation (stimulation< non-stimulation), whereas the factor location showed no statistically significant EC differences. XNKQ acupuncture compared with needle-stimulation on non-acupuncture points showed decreased EC primarily in subcortical structures such as the caudate nucleus, subthalamic nucleus, and red nucleus. Post-hoc seed-based analysis revealed that the decrease in EC was mainly driven by reduced temporal correlation to primary sensorimotor cortices. The comparison of XNKQ acupuncture with the other two (non-stimulation) interventions showed no significant differences in EC. Our findings support the importance of the stimulation component of the acupuncture intervention and hint toward the modulation of functional connectivity by XNKQ acupuncture, especially in areas involved in motor function. As a next step, similar mechanisms should be validated in stroke patients suffering from motor deficits.
Composition, Property Characterization and Application of Agricultural and Forest Biomass Carbon
Creators: name: Lei, Chunsheng
name: Zhu, Xiaofeng
name: Zhou, Meicheng
name: Liang, Yuting
name: Zhang, Feng'e
name: Lei, Chunsheng
name: Zhu, Xiaofeng
name: Zhou, Meicheng
name: Liang, Yuting
name: Zhang, Feng'e
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agricultural and forest biomass carbon
subject: Cd-contaminated soil
subject: Remediation

description: We analyzed the compositions and basic properties of agricultural and forest biomass carbon, and used the pot method to study the influence of such element on the remediation of contaminated soils and growth of crops. Results show that agricultural and forest biomass carbon contains various nutrients that are necessary for crop growth, high specific surface area, and pore structure development. Cotton stalk charcoal can reduce bioavailability of Cadmium (Cd) in soil. Under mild Cd pollution, soil treated with cotton stalk charcoal adsorbs Cd at a rapid rate. With increasing extent of Cd pollution, Cd adsorption rate gradually slows down and Cd adsorption amount gradually increases. In soil treated with cotton stalk charcoal, the amount of Cd accumulated in the edible portions and roots of Brassica chinensis significantly decrease. The Cd mass fraction of the edible portions and roots are reduced by 49.43%-68.29%, 64.14%-77.66% respectively. Appropriately adding carbon cotton stalks increases crop biomass. At a certain range, increasing cotton stalk charcoal also promotes the absorption of major nutrients in Brassica chinensis.
Noncommutative Quantum Mechanics: The Two-Dimensional Central Field
Creators: name: Gamboa, J.
name: Loewe, M.
name: Mendez, F.
name: Rojas, J. C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum mechanics in a noncommutative plane is considered. For a general two dimensional central field, we find that the theory can be perturbatively solved for large values of the noncommutative parameter ($θ$) and explicit expressions for the eigenstates and eigenvalues are given. The Green function is explicitly obtained and we show that it can be expressed as an infinite series. For polynomial type potentials, we found a smooth limit for small values of $θ$ and for non-polynomial ones this limit is necessarily abrupt. The Landau problem, as a limit case of a noncommutative system, is also considered.
description: new references added
A comparison study of anxiety in children undergoing brain MRI vs adults undergoing brain MRI vs children undergoing an electroencephalogram
Creators: name: Jaite, Charlotte
name: Kappel, Viola
name: Napp, Adriane
name: Sommer, Marcus
name: Diederichs, Gerd
name: Weschke, Bernhard
name: Spors, Birgit
name: Moers, Arpad Von
name: Lehmkuhl, Ulrike
name: Bachmann, Christian J.
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: children brain MRI
subject: adults brain MRI
subject: electroencephalogram
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain in children and adolescents is a well-established method in both clinical practice and in neuroscientific research. This practice is sometimes viewed critically, as MRI scans might expose minors (e.g. through scan-associated fears) to more than the legally permissible "minimal burden". While there is evidence that a significant portion of adults undergoing brain MRI scans experience anxiety, data on anxiety in children and adolescents undergoing brain MRI scans is rare. This study therefore aimed to examine the prevalence and level of anxiety in children and adolescents who had MRI scans of the brain, and to compare the results to adults undergoing brain MRI scans, and to children and adolescents undergoing electroencephalography (EEG; which is usually regarded a "minimal burden"). Method Participants were 57 children and adolescents who had a brain MRI scan (MRI-C; mean age 12.9 years), 28 adults who had a brain MRI scan (MRI-A; mean age 43.7 years), and 66 children and adolescents undergoing EEG (EEG-C; mean age 12.9 years). Anxiety was assessed on the subjective (situational anxiety) and on the physiological level (arousal), before and after the respective examination. Results More than 98% of children and adolescents reported no or only minimal fear during the MRI scan. Both pre-and post-examination, the MRI-C and the MRI-A groups did not differ significantly with respect to situational anxiety (p = 0.262 and p = 0.374, respectively), and to physiological arousal (p = 0.050, p = 0.472). Between the MRI-C and the EEG-C group, there were also no significant differences in terms of situational anxiety (p = 0.525, p = 0.875), or physiological arousal (p = 0.535, p = 0.189). Prior MRI experience did not significantly influence subjective or physiological anxiety parameters. Conclusions In this study, children and adolescents undergoing a brain MRI scan did not experience significantly more anxiety than those undergoing an EEG, or adults undergoing MRI scanning. Therefore, a general exclusion of minors from MRI research studies does not appear reasonable.
Teisei zōyaku Sairan igen. Kan no 7
訂正増譯采覧異言.巻之七
Creators: name: Yamamura, Masanaga.
Publisher: name: [place of publication unknown : publisher not identified]
Year: 2021

description: Cover title: 増譯采覧異言 Zōyaku Sairan igen (Enlarged Sairan igen); 采覧異言 Sairan igen is a geographical work by 新井白石 Arai Hakuseki in 1713. The 14 volumes include a preface volume, 12 volumes of text, and a volume of maps. The maps are coloured with the exception of the last four, which have only the boundaries outlined in red. All the maps occupy two facing pages, with one exception (Beans 1803.9) [East Indies]. Contents: (Beans 1803.1) 歐羅巴洲與地圖 Yōroppashū yochizu (General map of Europe); (Beans 1803.2) Horutogaru Isuhania Furansu Itaria Serumania Aran Heruheshia Suuyusserurando ijō nanakoku no zu (Map of the seven countries Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Holland, and Switzerland); (Beans 1803.3) Teemaruka Noruweshiakoku Shueshiakoku ijō nikoku no zu [and] Koroodo Buritaniakoku no zu (Scandinavia [and] British Isles); (Beans 1803.4) [Balkans, Black Sea region and Asia Minor]; (Beans 1803.5) [Southern Russia and Poland]; (Beans 1803.6) 亞細亞洲與地圖 Ajiashū yochizu (General map of Asia); (Beans 1803.7) [East Asia]; (Beans 1803.8) [Southern Asia]; (Beans 1803.9) [East Indies]; (Beans 1803.10) 亞弗利加洲與地圖 Afurikashū yochizu (General map of Africa); (Beans 1803.11) 南亞墨利加洲與地圖 Minami Amerikashū yochizu (General map of South America); (Beans 1803.12) 北亞墨利加洲與地圖 Kita Amerikashū yochizu (General map of North America). Cited in: WSN; 125
Comparative Study of Carbon Storage and Allocation Characteristics of Mature Evergreen Broad-leaved Forest
Creators: name: Zeng, Zhangquan
name: Zhang, Canming
name: Niu, Yandong
name: Li, Xiquan
name: Wu, Zijian
name: Luo, Jia
name: Zeng, Zhangquan
name: Zhang, Canming
name: Niu, Yandong
name: Li, Xiquan
name: Wu, Zijian
name: Luo, Jia
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Evergreen broad-leaved forest
subject: Vegetation carbon pool
subject: Soil carbon pool
subject: Carbon allocation
subject: Carbon storage

description: Evergreen broad-leaved forest is an important forest type in China. This paper analyzes the allocation characteristics of vegetation and soil carbon pool of evergreen broad-leaved forest, to understand the current status of research on the carbon storage of evergreen broad-leaved forest as well as shortcomings. In the context of global climate change, it is necessary to carry out the long-term research of evergreen broad-leaved forest, in order to grasp the formation mechanism of evergreen broad-leaved forest productivity, and the impact of climate change on the carbon sequestration function of evergreen broad-leaved forest ecosystem.
Dysfunctional high-density lipoprotein activates toll-like receptors via serum amyloid A in vascular smooth muscle cells
Creators: name: Schuchardt, Mirjam
name: Prüfer, Nicole
name: Tu, Yuexing
name: Herrmann, Jaqueline
name: Hu, Xiu-Ping
name: Chebli, Sarah
name: Dahlke, Katja
name: Zidek, Walter
name: Van Der Giet, Markus
name: Tölle, Markus
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: toll-like receptors
subject: serum amyloid A
subject: muscle cells
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Serum amyloid A (SAA) is an uremic toxin and acute phase protein. It accumulates under inflammatory conditions associated with high cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients with sepsis or end-stage renal disease (ESRD). SAA is an apolipoprotein of the high-density lipoprotein (HDL). SAA accumulation turns HDL from an anti-inflammatory to a pro-inflammatory particle. SAA activates monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) in vascular smooth muscle cells. However, the SAA receptor-mediated signaling pathway in vascular cells is poorly understood. Therefore, the SAA-mediated signaling pathway for MCP-1 production was investigated in this study. The SAA-induced MCP-1 production is dependent on the activation of TLR2 and TLR4 as determined by studies with specific receptor antagonists and agonists or siRNA approach. Experiments were confirmed in tissues from TLR2 knockout, TLR4 deficient and TLR2 knock-out/TLR4 deficient mice. The intracellular signaling pathway is I kappa B alpha and subsequently NF kappa B dependent. The MCP-1 production induced by SAA-enriched HDL and HDL isolated from septic patients with high SAA content is also TLR2 and TLR4 dependent. Taken together, the TLR2 and TLR4 receptors are functional SAA receptors mediating MCP-1 release. Furthermore, the TLR2 and TLR4 are receptors for dysfunctional HDL. These results give a further inside in SAA as uremic toxin involved in uremia-related pro-inflammatory response in the vascular wall.
Kink-based mirrorless quasi-bistability in resonantly absorbing media
Creators: name: Novitsky, Denis
name: Shalin, Alexander
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Optical bistability, the basic nonlinear phenomenon mediating the control of light by light, paves the way to the all-optical logic being of ultimate demand for a plethora of applications in laser information technologies. The desirable features of the optically bistable elements are low power consumption, speed of switching and small size. The two most general designs are driven by the presence or absence of an external feedback giving rise to a variety of possible setups. Among them, mirrorless architecture seems promising being free of bulky mirrors, resonant cavities, photonic crystals, etc. In this paper, we propose a novel method to achieve optical quasi-bistability governed by the formation of specific nonlinear waveforms called "kinks". We show that a thin layer of the relatively dilute resonant medium specially designed to support kinks could serve as a platform for compact, ultra-fast, low power optical switching. This new physical mechanism do not require high densities of resonant particles specific for other feedback-free devices driven by local field corrections and dipole-dipole interactions, and enhance the overall practical relevance of such devices for optical computing.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures
A Relativistic Separable Potential to Describe Pairing in Nuclear Matter
Creators: name: Haas, B. Funke
name: Frederico, T.
name: Carlson, B. V.
name: Guimarães, F. B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using the Dirac-Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov approximation to study nuclear pairing, we have found the short-range correlations of the Dirac $^1$S$_0$ pairing fields to be essentially identical to those of the two-nucleon virtual state at all values of the baryon density. We make use of this fact to develop a relativistic separable potential that correctly describes the pairing fields.
description: 17 pages, 4 eps-figures
Heavy quark production at HERA in k_t factorization supplemented with CCFM evolution
Creators: name: Jung, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The application of k_t - factorization, supplemented with the CCFM small-x evolution equation, to heavy quark production is discussed. Differential cross sections of b-b_bar production and also inelastic J/psi production as measured at HERA are compared to the hadron level CCFM Monte Carlo generator CASCADE, using the unintegrated gluon density obtained within the CCFM evolution approach from a fit to HERA F_2 data.
description: to appear in: Proceedings of Photon2001, Ascona, Switzerland
The Place of Cultural Values, Norms and Practices: Assessing Unconscionability in Commercial Transactions
Creators: name: Yates, Rachel
name: Sharmin Tania
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Law
subject: FOS: Law

description: ‘A shopkeeper develops a “system” of credit. He applies it only to impoverished and often illiterate and innumerate Aboriginal customers. He gives those customers Hobson’s choice — no matter how badly they need credit, they can either “choose” that system or “choose” no credit at all.’ This was Edelman J’s description of the system of ‘book-up’, a form of credit provision, operating in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, the conscionability of which came before the High Court of Australia for consideration on appeal in Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Kobelt (‘Kobelt (HCA)’). The High Court, in a closely divided decision, upheld the decision of the Full Court of the Federal Court that the system was not unconscionable in the particular cultural context of the Anangu people. This article examines the relevance of the cultural norms and values of consumers when assessing a breach of the statutory test of unconscionability in financial services transactions. It concludes that Kobelt (HCA) offered a missed opportunity to address broader issues of equality before the law and structural disadvantages confronting Indigenous Australian consumers that have resulted in their marginalisation from the financial sector.
Innovation of Supervision System for Quality and Safety of Edible Agricultural Products
Creators: name: MEI, Xingxing
name: FENG, Zhongchao
name: MEI, Xingxing
name: FENG, Zhongchao
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Edible agricultural products
subject: Quality and safety
subject: Supervision system
subject: Innovation

description: This paper elaborated multidimensional characteristics of quality and safety of agricultural products, introduced current situation of quality and safety supervision of edible agricultural products in China, analyzed existing problems of quality and safety supervision system and corresponding reasons, and finally came up with recommendations for innovation of supervision system for quality and safety of agricultural products.
Predicting wave heights for marine design by prioritizing extreme events in a global model
Creators: name: Haselsteiner, Andreas F.
name: Thoben, Klaus-Dieter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics (physics.ao-ph)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the design process of marine structures like offshore wind turbines the long-term distribution of significant wave height needs to be modelled to estimate loads. This is typically done by fitting a translated Weibull distribution to wave data. However, the translated Weibull distribution often fits well at typical values, but poorly at high wave heights such that extreme loads are underestimated. Here, we analyzed wave datasets from six locations suitable for offshore wind turbines. We found that the exponentiated Weibull distribution provides better overall fit to these wave data than the translated Weibull distribution. However, when the exponentiated Weibull distribution was fitted using maximum likelihood estimation, model fit at the upper tail was sometimes still poor. Thus, to ensure good model fit at the tail, we estimated the distribution's parameters by prioritizing observations of high wave height using weighted least squares estimation. Then, the distribution fitted well at the bulks of the six datasets (mean absolute error in the order of 0.1 m) and at the tails (mean absolute error in the order of 0.5 m). The proposed method also estimated the wave height's 1-year return value accurately and could be used to calculate design loads for offshore wind turbines.
description: 18 pages, 14 figures
The Design and Implementation of Black Tea Traceability System Based on UHF RFID
Creators: name: Ling, Caijin
name: Liu, Jinxin
name: Wu, Jiayao
name: Wang, Qiushuang
name: Liu, Shumei
name: Chen, Haiqiang
name: Zhao, Chaoyi
name: Ling, Caijin
name: Liu, Jinxin
name: Wu, Jiayao
name: Wang, Qiushuang
name: Liu, Shumei
name: Chen, Haiqiang
name: Zhao, Chaoyi
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Black tea
subject: RFID
subject: Traceability system

description: In order to realize the whole process of consumer-producer bidirectional traceability and distinguish the true from the false, according to Yinghong 9, planting, processing and circulation situation, we introduce UHF RFID and Network information technology, to design and develop the UHF RFID black tea traceability system. The system adopts .NET technology, uses Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 + VB.NET, Microsoft SQL SERVER 2005, T-SQL language for development and design, and uses the network architecture of C/S combined with B/S, to randomly generate ID with 20 bit code and label, thereby forming the only corresponding relation and pointing to the corresponding batch and product types. The technology mode using three-layer structure for development realizes the functions of data collection, tracing, sharing and query. The data and business processing are concentrated on the server, simplifying the development, use and maintenance of system. We build and implement Yinghong 9 black tea traceability system, to the needs of government, the public and the producers for Yinghong 9 brand protection, product quality tracking and market regulation.
On the Relationship between Duration of Vegetative Growth Stage of Wheat and the Average Daily Temperature
Creators: name: YU, Hua
name: ZHANG, Juanjuan
name: SUN, Yanhong
name: MA, Xinming
name: YU, Hua
name: ZHANG, Juanjuan
name: SUN, Yanhong
name: MA, Xinming
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Vegetative growth
subject: Average daily temperature
subject: Polynomial regression
subject: Sowing period

description: Using the modern information technology, this paper analyzes the 20 years of experimental observation data of wheat ear differentiation research team led by Professor Cui Jinmei. It reveals that in the appropriate sowing period, there is a quartic polynomial regression relationship between the sowing period and spike primordium period, namely between duration of vegetative growth stage and the average daily temperature. It is of great significance to determining the suitable sowing period of wheat.
Perjury by the Criminal Defendant: The Responses of Lawyers in Australia and the United States
Creators: name: Tague, Peter W
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Law
subject: FOS: Law

description: His credibility rent on cross-examination, a criminal defendant admits to his defence lawyer having lied in answering questions on direct examination. A second defendant, though innocent, insists in conference that while testifying he will lie in denying being near the scene of a robbery, from concern that that admission would circumstantially buttress the victim’s erroneous identification of him. A third defendant’s instructions are so risible that the lawyer, were she a juror, would urge the others to convict without discussion.
 Fear of conviction and sanction will impel many defendants, guilty or innocent, to believe they must testify, and lie in doing so. As with the third defendant, most will hide that intent from their lawyers, from the added fear of reducing the advocate’s interest and effectiveness in defending.
 With defendants like these three, how do lawyers in Australia and the United States respond? Answering that question, at least with the first two defendants, illustrates how difficult the choice is, for American lawyers generally reject the Australian response, but are themselves divided over what to do. In turn, these various responses reveal differences in the model of advocacy adopted by lawyers in both countries.
A Study on Antibacterial Activity and Chemical Composition of the Petroleum Ether Extract from Aspergillusniger Mycelia
Creators: name: Xiao, Yang
name: Liu, Wujuan
name: Li, Zhu
name: Xiao, Yang
name: Liu, Wujuan
name: Li, Zhu
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Aspergillusniger
subject: Mycelia
subject: Antibacterial activity
subject: Petroleum ether fraction
subject: GC-MS

description: In order to develop natural antibacterial agents, the antibacterial activity of Aspergillusnigerxj was investigated. After being cultured in potato dextrose liquid medium liquid medium, mycelia was under heating reflux extraction with 90% ethanol. Removal of ethanol under reduced pressure gave a residue, to which water was added and then extracted with petroleum ether and ethyl acetate. In vacuo evaporation of the solvents yielded three crude extracts. Then the disc diffusion method was used to measure the antibacterial activity of these extracts. The petroleum ether extract with antibacterial activity was separated by silica gel column chromatography method, then separated and identified by GC-MS after been methyl esterified. At the concentration of 50 mg/mL, the petroleum ether extract of mycelia exhibited inhibitory effect against Staphylococcus aureus. The petroleum ether extract from Aspergillusnigerxj mycelia contained natural substances with antibacterial activity and fatty acids are the main constituents in it.
The Province of Mental Impairment in Victoria: An Analysis of the Conflict between Stiles and Hawkins and a Prediction about How It Will Be Resolved
Creators: name: Pyne, Anthony
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Law
subject: FOS: Law

description: The defence of mental impairment is the modern expression of the common law defence of insanity. Recently, a difficult question has emerged about the process of proof in mental impairment cases. The problem arises when an accused person claims they have a defence of mental impairment but also claims they did not possess the intent required for the particular crime. The law regarding how to direct juries where both mental impairment and lack of intent are in issue is unsatisfactory. The issue raises fundamental questions of criminal law theory. This article examines the conflict between the ‘linear’ approach the Victorian Court of Appeal adopted in R v Stiles (‘Stiles’) and the ‘non-linear’ approach the High Court took in the decision of Hawkins v The Queen. It examines the problem in light of several criminal law theories. It concludes that the conflict is likely to be resolved by a process of statutory construction and that the approach in Stiles is likely to prevail.
Suicide in Older Prisoners in Germany
Creators: name: Opitz-Welke, Annette
name: Konrad, Norbert
name: Welke, Justus
name: Bennefeld-Kersten, Katharina
name: Gauger, Ulrich
name: Voulgaris, Alexander
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: prison
subject: suicide
subject: older prisoners
subject: male prisoners
subject: mental health care
subject: suicide rate
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: As in many countries, the numbers of older prisoners are rising in Germany, but scientific information on this group is scarce. For the current study, a survey was used that included all prison suicides in Germany between the years of 2000 and 2013. Suicide rates of the elderly prisoners exceeded the suicide rates of the general population and the same age group. We observed a continuous decrease in the suicide rate of elderly prisoners. When compared to the younger suicide victims in prison, significantly more elderly suicide victims were: female, of German nationality, remand prisoners, or serving a life sentence. In Germany, elderly prisoners are a vulnerable subpopulation of the prison population. Higher suicide rates than in the same age group in the general population indicate unmet needs regarding mental disorders and their specific treatment.
Adaptive quantum-limited estimates of phase
Creators: name: Wiseman, H. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum-limited estimation of an optical phase using adaptive (i.e. real-time feedback) techniques is reviewed. One case is explored in detail, as it can be understood using only elementary concepts such as photonic shot-noise and error analysis. Very recent experimental results are discussed.
description: 5 pages, to appear in the Australian Optical Society News. A very elementary treatment
A Statistical Analysis of Farm Sales in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, as a Basis for Farm Land Appraisal
Creators: name: Haas, George Casper
name: Haas, George Casper
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1922
Subjects: Land Economics/Use
Research Methods/ Statistical Methods

description: Table of Table of Contents: Introduction; The Land Market; Factors to be Considered and the Method Employed in Determining their Relationship to Market Price; Description of Blue Earth County and How the Data were Secured; Compilation and Analysis of the Data; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography
description: A thesis submitted to the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of the Arts. Print copy on file at the University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics.
Conus biliosus
Creators: name: Franklin, J. Benjamin
name: Subramanian, K. A.
name: Fernando, S. Antony
name: Krishnan, K. S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda
Conidae
Conus
Conus biliosus

description: 14. Conus biliosus [Röding, 1798] (Figure 15)
 Cucullus biliosus Röding, 1798: 39, no. 489 (representation of lectotype, Chemnitz 1788: pl. 139, fig. 1294 (42 x 25 mm); "Gulf of Mannar, between India and Ceylon ").
 Conus punctatus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792: 628, no. 23 (lectotype, MHNG (54 x 33 mm) (Walls 1979); "Océan Africain").
 Conus parvulus Link, 1807: 106 (representation of lectotype, Martini 1773: pl. 63, fig. 707 (20 x 12 mm); locality unknown).
 Conus roseus Lamarck, 1810: 37, no. 32 (lectotype, same as that of C. biliosus; "Antilles").
 Conus piperatus Dillwyn, 1817: 401, no. 86.
 Conus concinnus Sowerby II, 1866: 329, no. 438, pl. 28, fig. 646.
 Conus sapphirostoma Weinkauff, 1874: 268.
 Virroconus imperator Woolacott, 1956: 72, fig. 3 (holotype, AMS (42 x 23.5 mm) (Röckel et al. 1995); "Trinity Bay, Queensland, Australia ").
 Conus biliosus meyeri Walls, 1979: 3 (holotype, DMNH (44 x 24.5 mm) (Walls 1979); " South Africa, Natal, Genezzano".
 Conus neoroseus da Motta, 1992: 29–30 ("Tabayas Bay, Luzon, Philippines ").
 Material examined: MBMCS 114, 28 specimens, SL 36–52 mm; SW 15–24 mm.
 Description. Shell moderately small to large, solid, with a low gloss or dull finish; outline conical, sides straight or inflated posteriorly. Body whorl usually elongate, covered with numerous low and undulating spiral ridges from base to shoulder, ridges weaker near mid-body, below shoulder and heaviest near base; numerous axial and spiral growth threads, lines, and flaws often present, sometimes smooth. Shoulder wide, roundly angled, weakly coronated or undulate, usually slightly concave above. Spire low, bluntly pointed, sides straight to slightly concave, spire whorls distinctly coronate. Aperture moderately wide, uniform; outer lip nearly straight, moderately thick and sharp.
  Distribution. Conus biliosus  was reported to occur from Bombay (Subrahmanyam et al. 1952) to Okha in Gujarat (as ‘ C. punctatus Chemnitz’) on the west coast (Menon et al. 1961). In the east coast, it has been found as far north as Vizhagapattinam (Mitchell 1867) to Madras (Melvill & Standen 1898; Röckel et al. 1995), Rameswaram (as ‘ C. piperatus Dillwyn’) and Gulf of Mannar in the South (Thurston 1890, 1895; Satyamurti 1952; Röckel et al. 1995).
The specimens described herein were collected from Keelakarai by diving in 15–20 m mainly on sand bottom and at Yerwadi by trawling in 10–35 m (Table 6).
 Remarks. The restricted distribution of C. biliosus only to two stations (S-18 & S-19) is yet to be studied.
description: Published as part of Franklin, J. Benjamin, Subramanian, K. A., Fernando, S. Antony & Krishnan, K. S., 2009, 2250, pp. 1-63 in Zootaxa 2250 on pages 24-25
Vortex shear effects in layered superconductors
Creators: name: Braude, V.
name: Stern, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Motivated by recent transport and magnetization measurements in BSCCO samples [B. Khaykovich et. al., Phys. Rev. B 61, R9261 (2000)], we present a simple macroscopic model describing effects of inhomogeneous current distribution and shear in a layered superconductor. Parameters of the model are deduced from a microscopic calculation. Our model accounts for the strong current non-linearities and the re-entrant temperature dependence observed in the experiment.
description: 11 pages, 7 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. B
An Argument for Diminished Culpability Manslaughter: Responding to Gaps in Victorian Homicide Law
Creators: name: Ulbrick, Madeleine
name: Flynn, Asher
name: Tyson, Danielle
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Law
subject: FOS: Law

description: The complexity and diversity of unlawful killings — particularly those involving mentally impaired offenders — does not fit neatly across the binary distinction of offence/defence that structures criminal law. This is demonstrated in the Australian State of Victoria, where cognitively impaired homicide offenders who fail to meet the strict remit of the mental impairment defence have no (partial) defence or offence available to them which adequately captures their levels of criminal responsibility, moral agency and culpability. This makes the sentencing of such offenders not only particularly complex but means that the only stage in which both moral and legal culpability can be considered is in mitigation. This article argues that a progressive framework is needed to permit a small minority of (mentally impaired) homicide offenders to be simultaneously inculpated and (partially) exculpated. Accordingly, we propose introducing a model of diminished culpability manslaughter in Victoria, drawing from Loughnan’s seminal reconceptualisation of ‘diminished responsibility manslaughter’ as an offence-cum-defence, which renders the diminished accused differently liable. Informed by a study of all homicide cases (n=647) sentenced in Victoria between 1 January 2000 and 31 July 2017, we argue that this model would not revoke legal capacity and would instead enhance the legitimacy and coherence of criminal law procedures, allowing a wider range of more legitimate convictions and reflective sentencing dispositions.
Viscous Bianchi type I universes in brane cosmology
Creators: name: Harko, T.
name: Mak, M. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the dynamics of a viscous cosmological fluid in the generalized Randall-Sundrum model for an anisotropic, Bianchi type I brane. To describe the dissipative effects we use the Israel-Hiscock-Stewart full causal thermodynamic theory. By assuming that the matter on the brane obeys a linear barotropic equation of state, and the bulk viscous pressure has a power law dependence on the energy density, the general solution of the field equations can be obtained in an exact parametric form. The obtained solutions describe generally a non-inflationary brane world. In the large time limit the brane Universe isotropizes, ending in an isotropic and homogeneous state. The evolution of the temperature and of the comoving entropy of the Universe is also considered, and it is shown that due to the viscous dissipative processes a large amount of entropy is created in the early stages of evolution of the brane world.
description: 13 pages, 5 figures, to appear in Class. Quantum Grav