cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Oscillation properties of relativistic tori in the vicinity of a distorted deformed compact object
Creators: name: Faraji, Shokoufe
name: Trova, Audrey
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper studies the oscillation properties of relativistic, non-self-gravitating tori in the background of a distorted deformed compact object. This work concentrates on the static and axially symmetric metric containing two quadrupole parameters; relating to the central object and the external fields. This metric may associate the observable effects to these parameters as dynamical degrees of freedom. The astrophysical motivation for choosing such a field is the possibility of constituting a reasonable model for an actual scenario occurring in the vicinity of compact objects. This paper aims to investigate the radial epicyclic frequency in a perfect fluid disk and not a test particle scenario via a local analysis. To achieve this goal, we employ the vertically integrated technique to able to treat the equation analytically. The tori are also modelled with Keplerian and non-Keplerian distributions of specific angular momentum, and we discuss the dependence of oscillation properties on the variable of the model related to angular momentum distribution and quadrupoles. In the present contribution, we further explore these properties with the possibility of relating oscillatory frequencies to some high-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations models and observed data.
MOESM5 of Associations between diet and mental health using the 12-item General Health Questionnaire: cross-sectional and prospective analyses from the Japan Multi-Institutional Collaborative Cohort Study
Creators: name: Choda, Naoki
name: Wakai, Kenji
name: Naito, Mariko
name: Nahomi Imaeda
name: Goto, Chiho
name: Maruyama, Kenta
name: Kadomatsu, Yuka
name: Tsukamoto, Mineko
name: Sasakabe, Tae
name: Kubo, Yoko
name: Okada, Rieko
name: Kawai, Sayo
name: Tamura, Takashi
name: Asahi Hishida
name: Takeuchi, Kenji
name: Atsuyoshi Mori
name: Hamajima, Nobuyuki
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 5: Table S4. Prospective logistic regression analyses of association between calcium/SFAs and GHQ-12 scoreÂ with adjustment for dairy products.
Absence of jump discontinuity in the magnetization in quasi-one-dimensional random-field Ising models
Creators: name: Sabhapandit, Sanjib
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the zero-temperature random-field Ising model in the presence of an external field, on ladders and in one dimension with finite range interactions, for unbounded continuous distributions of random fields, and show that there is no jump discontinuity in the magnetizations for any quasi-one dimensional model. We show that the evolution of the system at an external field can be described by a stochastic matrix and the magnetization can be obtained using the eigenvector of the matrix corresponding to the eigenvalue one, which is continuous and differentiable function of the external field.
description: 4 pages, 5 ps figures. Minor corrections
Policy Analysis: Tapping into the Wisdom of the Cybersecurity Crowd
Creators: name: Lim Wei Chieh,
Publisher: name: National University of Singapore
Year: 2017
Subjects: Cybersecurity
Hacking
malware
Singapore
USA
Security
Internet

description: In May 2017, Warren Buffet called cyberattacks â€œthe number one problem with mankindâ€. Cyberattacks are occurring with alarming frequency, sophistication, and scale. The credit reporting company Equifax disclosed in September 2017 that hackers had stolen the personal information of about 143 million United States consumers by exploiting a website vulnerability. Earlier that year, the WannaCry and NotPetya ransomware used a tool stolen from the NSA to attack hundreds of thousands of vulnerable machines and hold them hostage. These attacks had in common the exploitation of software vulnerabilities by cybercriminals. According to the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) of Carnegie Mellon Universityâ€™s Software Engineering Institute (SEI), over 90 percent of reported security incidents are the result of exploits against software design or coding defects. Determining the best way to tackle software vulnerabilities is an ongoing challenge. I argue in this policy analysis that a focus on eliminating or reducing software vulnerabilities is a key pillar in the fight against cybercrime, and that engaging the community of independent white hats in this undertaking provides the highest chance of success.
Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac Interferometry in Particle Physics
Creators: name: Alexander, Gideon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The application of the Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac interferometry to multi-hadron final states of particle reactions is reviewed. The underlying theoretical concepts of particle interferometry is presented where a special emphasis is given to the recently proposed Fermi-Dirac correlation analysis. The experimental tools used for the interferometry analyses and the interpretation of their results are discussed in some details. In particular the interpretation of the dimension $r$, as measured from the interferometry analysis, is investigated and compared to that measured in heavy-ion collisions. Finally the similarity between the dependence of $r$ on the hadron mass and the interatomic separation on the atomic mass in Bose condensates is outlined.
description: Review, 47 pages, 21 figures
A Production-Protection Model for Sustainable Pulp & Paper Operation in Riau, Indonesia
Creators: name: Tara Thean,
Publisher: name: National University of Singapore
Year: 2017
Subjects: Indonesia
Recycle
Paper
Environment
Sustainability

description: Paper products have enabled significant progress in education, culture, and hygiene at the same time as they have contributed to deteriorating the world's forests, driving species to the brink of extinction, and worsening climate change. The need for pulp and paper companies to consider and mitigate the environmental impacts of their business practices has become increasingly clear. This case study tells the story of a major Indonesian pulp and paper company, Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Limited (APRIL), that took several steps to balance the economic and environmental concerns of paper production while taking into account multiple stakeholders, including the Indonesian government, local communities, and consumers.
Probing a ferromagnetic critical regime using nonlinear susceptibility
Creators: name: Nair, Sunil
name: Banerjee, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The second order para-ferromagnetic phase transition in a series of amorphous alloys (Fe{_5}Co{_{50}}Ni{_{17-x}}Cr{_x}B{_{16}}Si{_{12}}) is investigated using nonlinear susceptibility. A simple molecular field treatment for the critical region shows that the third order suceptibility (chi{_3}) diverges on both sides of the transition temperature, and changes sign at T{_C}. This critical behaviour is observed experimentally in this series of amorphous ferromagnets, and the related assymptotic critical exponents are calculated. It is shown that using the proper scaling equations, all the exponents necessary for a complete characterization of the phase transition can be determined using linear and nonlinear susceptiblity measurements alone. Using meticulous nonlinear susceptibility measurements, it is shown that at times chi{_3} can be more sensitive than the linear susceptibility (chi{_1}) in unravelling the magnetism of ferromagnetic spin systems. A new technique for accurately determining T{_C} is discussed, which makes use of the functional form of chi{_3} in the critical region.
description: 11 Figures, Submitted to Physical Review B
title: Ibridi ferraresi. L’antropologia senza antropologi
Creators: name: Scandurra, Giuseppe
Publisher: name: Tracce Urbane. Rivista Italiana Transdisciplinare di Studi Urbani
Year: 2019
Subjects: Parole chiave: antropologia, transdisciplinarietà, fiction/no fiction Keywords: anthropology, transdisciplinary, fiction/no fiction

description: Oggetto di questo articolo è la formazione di una rete di intellettuali a Ferrara tra l’inizio degli anni Cinquanta e la fine degli anni Ottanta che hanno prodotto fuori e dentro le Mura cittadine una serie di opere visive – se pensiamo alla pittura, alla fotografia, al cinema, alla videoarte – di scritti – reportage, inchieste sociali, saggi, poesie, racconti, romanzi – di difficile classificazione. Alla base dello sguardo analitico di questa generazione di intellettuali vi era un punto di vista fortemente transdisciplinare laddove le separazioni tra discipline – a cominciare da quella studi scientifici/umanistici – erano meno evidenti, vista anche l’assenza di facoltà umanistiche e l’istituzione della prima cattedra di Antropologia a Ferrara solo nel 2008/2009. La domanda al centro di questo articolo è: prima della nascita di una cattedra di antropologia in che modo studiosi dallo sguardo urbano e artisti hanno prodotto pensieri ibridi, frutto di una contaminazione, attraverso un comune sguardo antropologico? The present essay deals with the network of intellectuals that was active in Ferrara between the beginning of the Fifties and the end of the Eighties in the fields of visual arts – painting, photography, movies – and writing – reportage, social enquiry, essays, poetry, fiction – and which are rather difficult to classify. These intellectuals had an analytic view marked by a transdisciplinary approach, in an environment where the disciplinary boundaries, starting from the duality Human vs. Scientific studies, were much less sharp than they are today, due to the absence of a Humanities faculty. The first professorship of anthropology in Ferrara was established in 2008 – 2009. How did scholars and artists produce hybrid and contaminated views of the urban before the introduction of Anthropology? This is the question this article wants to answer.
description: Tracce Urbane. Rivista Italiana Transdisciplinare di Studi Urbani, N. 6 (2020): La città interdisciplinare. Per itinerari non tracciati tra saperi urbani / The interdisciplinary city. Untracked itineraries of/for urban knowledges
Impact of Electronic Correlations on High-Pressure Iron: Insights from Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory
Creators: name: Ramakrishna, Kushal
name: Lokamani, Mani
name: Baczewski, Andrew
name: Vorberger, Jan
name: Cangi, Attila
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a comprehensive investigation of the electrical and thermal conductivity of iron under high pressures at ambient temperature, employing the real-time formulation of time-dependent density functional theory (RT-TDDFT). Specifically, we examine the influence of a Hubbard correction (+\textit{U}) to account for strong electron correlations. Our calculations based on RT-TDDFT demonstrate that the evaluated electrical conductivity for both high-pressure body-centered cubic (BCC) and hexagonal close-packed (HCP) iron phases agrees well with experimental data. Furthermore, we explore the anisotropy in the thermal conductivity of HCP iron under high pressure, and our findings are consistent with experimental observations. Interestingly, we find that the incorporation of the +\textit{U} correction significantly impacts the ground state and linear response properties of iron at pressures below 50 GPa, with its influence diminishing as pressure increases. This study offers valuable insights into the influence of electronic correlations on the electronic transport properties of iron under extreme conditions.
MOESM1 of Monitoring in practice â€“ How are UK academic clinical trials monitored? A survey
Creators: name: Love, Sharon
name: Yorke-Edwards, Victoria
name: Lensen, Sarah
name: Sydes, Matthew
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1. Screenshot CRCUK registered CTU questionnaire.
What is the Dam Worth? How Cambodia came to Build an Internationally Unpopular Dam
Creators: name: Alta Alonzi,
name: Deepakshi Rawat,
name: Lin Yuying,
Publisher: name: National University of Singapore
Year: 2020
Subjects: Cambodia
dam
hydropower
economic development
electricity

description: Cambodiaâ€™s Lower Sesan II Dam has a rocky history. The ADB deemed it â€œundesirableâ€ in 1999. Vietnam dropped out in 2007. It was disparaged as an environmental disaster and an abuse of human rights internationally. And yet the dam was officially completed in 2018 to much fanfare with help from Chinaâ€™s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). This case study asks: what factors made Cambodia decide to build this dam, despite global experts advising otherwise? Who was this dam built for, and what trade-offs were Cambodian policy makers willing to make for them? What are Cambodia's plans for mitigating the societal and environmental impact of the dam? Why was China willing to join in when no one else would? These questions are important for extrapolating this dam to the likely construction of future large infrastructure projects in the context of development in the Mekong Region and increasing scale of the BRI.
Choosing to Forget: A Discussion on Singapore's National Identity with respect to Demolished Buildings
Creators: name: Tan Zhi Han,
name: Jyan Ong,
name: See Hao Jun,
Publisher: name: National University of Singapore
Year: 2020
Subjects: heritage
economic development
identity
urban planning
conservation

description: Buildings are not only physical structures, but they also store memories that allow for intergenerational storytelling. The Old National Library, the Old Kallang Stadium, and Dakota Crescent are more than popular destinations for Singaporeans. Each of these places contains many unrecorded tales of the families and individuals who have come and gone, and these stories weave together to form a collective narrative beyond the British-Japanese-Malaysian-Singapore textbook storyline. A study of the demolished national buildings in Singapore would outline parts of our shared heritage and question the justification of placing an oversized and oversimplified importance on economic factors. In this case study, we adopt the approach of a panel discussion between three learned individuals to consider some of the perspectives around the issue of building preservation and how that shapes national identity. Through the study of three notable examples, the â€œpanellistsâ€ will illustrate the various viewpoints and demonstrate the multi-faceted and highly political nature of heritage, to show that it is not always a simple decision with regard to whether a place is demolished, conserved or preserved. This case study will examine the roles that different stakeholders, namely government organisations and civil society, play in the decision-making process.
Global Thermodynamic Properties of Complex Spin Systems Calculated from Density of States and Indirectly by Thermodynamic Integration Method
Creators: name: Semjan, Marek
name: Žukovič, Milan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 82-06

description: Evaluation of global thermodynamic properties, such as the entropy or the free energy, of complex systems featuring a high degree of frustration or disorder is often desirable. Nevertheless, they cannot be measured directly in standard Monte Carlo simulation. Therefore, they are either evaluated indirectly from the directly measured quantities, for example by the thermodynamic integration method (TIM), or by applying more sophisticated simulation methods, such as the Wang-Landau (WL) algorithm, which can directly sample density of states. In the present investigation we compare the performance of the WL and TIM methods in terms of calculation of the entropy of an Ising antiferromagnetic system on a Kagome lattice - a typical example of a complex spin system with high geometrical frustration resulting in a non-zero residual entropy the value of which is exactly known. It is found that in terms of accuracy the implementationally simpler TIM can deliver results comparable with the more involved WL method.
description: For the International Conference "Mathematical Modeling and Computational Physics, 2019" (MMCP2019), 4 pages, 4 figures
title: Il labirinto e il centro: diario di una eretica transdisciplinare
Creators: name: Decandia, Lidia
Publisher: name: Tracce Urbane. Rivista Italiana Transdisciplinare di Studi Urbani
Year: 2019
Subjects: transdisciplinarietà; logica rizomatica; paradigma

description: A partire da una critica alle pratiche discorsive che caratterizzano molti degli attuali modi del “fare ricerca”, tradotti spesso in procedimenti iperspecializzati e omologanti, l’autrice, nel raccontare la propria personale esperienza di “eretica transdisciplinare”, invita a non farsi sopraffare dai codici standardizzati e a rimettere in campo la propria soggettività. Per costruire percorsi personali di conoscenza mossi da un’idea che muove dal profondo, da una ispirazione concreta, dal sentire di cercare qualcosa, che non si riesce a dire. Nel riprendere la metafora del labirinto, che implica un percorso aggrovigliato e non un cammino spianato e lineare, prova ad individuare in quella forma di sapere che i greci chiamavano Metis, caratterizzata da un atteggiamento polimorfo, flessibile, fluttuante in grado di procedere per vie traverse, di utilizzare strumenti e saperi diversificati presi a prestito da diverse discipline, lo strumento per raggiungere il centro del labirinto e sciogliere quell’enigma che ogni domanda di ricerca pone. Starting from a criticism of the discursive practices that characterise many of the current ways of “doing research”, often translated into hyperspecialised, standardising procedures, the writer invites us, as she tells of her personal experience of “transdisciplinary heretic”, to not be overwhelmed by standardised codes and to bring our own subjectivity back into the field. So as to develop personal courses of knowledge prompted by thoughts stirring deep-down, tangible inspiration, the sensation of seeking something we are unable to express. In taking up the labyrinth metaphor again, which entails an intertwined pathway and not a smooth, straightforward route, she seeks to pinpoint - in that form of knowledge the Greeks called Metis, with its polymorphic, flexible, fluctuating approach, able to proceed in an indirect way using diversified tools and knowledge borrowed from various disciplines - the instrument to reach the centre of the labyrinth and solve the enigma every research question poses.
description: Tracce Urbane. Rivista Italiana Transdisciplinare di Studi Urbani, N. 6 (2020): La città interdisciplinare. Per itinerari non tracciati tra saperi urbani / The interdisciplinary city. Untracked itineraries of/for urban knowledges
q-Poisson, q-Dobinski, q-Rota and q-coherent states
Creators: name: Kwasniewski, A. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Discrete Mathematics (cs.DM)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 05A40, 81S99

description: q- Dobinski formula may be interpreted as the average of powers of a random variable X_q with the q- Poisson distribution.
description: 4 pages
A Triple Bottom Line: Apple's Investments in Indonesia
Creators: name: Kate Elizabeth Sullivan-Walker,
Publisher: name: National University of Singapore
Year: 2020
Subjects: Apple
Indonesia
local content rules
foreign direct investment
global supply chain
global value chain
innovation

description: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) can lead to productivity gains and economic development in developing countries. But creating a regulatory framework that both attracts foreign corporates and makes the most of their investments for domestic economic development is challenging. In 2015, Apple wanted to invest in the Indonesian market, but wasnâ€™t willing to meet existing regulatory requirements. After two years of talks, Indonesia introduced a new and novel approach to local content requirements that has achieved a triple bottom line â€“benefits for the country and the company, while also seeing Apple act consistently with its most lofty corporate values. Under Indonesiaâ€™s new regulation, rather than manufacturing locally, Apple invested in three training academies across the archipelago to gain access to local consumer markets. These training Academies have developed Indonesian human capital and had spill-over benefits for the local education and technology sectors. While Apple pursued the academies to gain market access, it also benefits from the development of local apps that boost the attractiveness of the iPhone to Indonesian consumers. This case study will explore the use of local content requirements in Indonesia, how Apple has complied with Indonesian regulations, and the benefits of Appleâ€™s training academies. The case study will consider the scalability and replicability of Indonesiaâ€™s approach.
Correction of the VIR-Visible data set from the Dawn mission
Creators: name: Rousseau, B.
name: Raponi, A.
name: Ciarniello, M.
name: Ammannito, E.
name: Carrozzo, F. G.
name: De Sanctis, M. C.
name: Fonte, S.
name: Frigeri, A.
name: Tosi, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Data acquired at Ceres by the visible channel of the Visible and InfraRed mapping spectrometer (VIR) on board the NASA Dawn spacecraft are affected by the temperatures of both the visible (VIS) and the infrared (IR) sensors, which are respectively a CCD and a HgCdTe array. The variations of the visible channel temperatures measured during the sessions of acquisitions are correlated with variations in the spectral slope and shape for all the mission phases. The infrared channel (IR) temperature is more stable during the acquisitions, nonetheless it is characterized by a bi-modal distribution whether the cryocooler (and therefore the IR channel) is used or not during the visible channel operations. When the infrared channel temperature is high (175K, i.e. not in use and with crycooler off), an additional negative slope and a distortion are observed in the spectra of the visible channel. We developed an empirical correction based on a reference spectrum for the whole data set; it is designed to correct the two issues related to the sensor temperatures that we have identified. The reference spectrum is calculated to be representative of the global Ceres' surface. It is also made of data acquired when the visible and infrared channel temperatures are equal to the ones measured during an observation of the Arcturus star by VIR, which is consistent with several ground-based observations. The developed correction allows reliable analysis and mapping to be performed by minimizing the artifacts induced by fluctuations of the VIS temperature. Thanks to this correction, a direct comparison between different mission phases during which VIR experienced different visible and infrared channel temperatures is now possible.
description: The following article has been accepted by Review of Scientific Instruments on 24 November 2019. After it is published, it will be found at this link: https://publishing.aip.org/resources/librarians/products/journals/
Singaporeâ€™s Mass Rapid Transit: Privatisation and Re-Nationalisation
Creators: name: Long Tian Feng,
name: Sivaranjani Suresh,
name: Tan Ngiap Joon,
Publisher: name: National University of Singapore
Year: 2020
Subjects: Singapore
public transport
MRT
public-private
state-owned
privatisation
rail disruptions
SMRT

description: As states have become more crowded and complex, and demands on transportation have grown, an issue that states continue to grapple is deciding on the types of public and private roles in the ownership, funding, planning, managing, and operating arrangements of public transport. In Singapore, this struggle is best observed in the management of the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system. Since its inception, the MRT system has changed from being completely state owned and operated, to being managed and operated by a government-linked company (SMRT), then being managed and operated by two listed companies (SMRT and SBS Transit), and to the current public-private hybrid model where operations are privatised under SMRT or SBS Transit, but operating assets are state-owned. This case study seeks to explore the effect of privatisation and listing on the performance of the MRT, focusing on the period between 2011 to 2017 when SMRT struggled with multiple high-profile rail disruptions and widespread public criticism.
Positioning for the Development of New Rural Financial Organizations
Creators: name: Gu, Fu-Zhen
name: Wang, Ji-Heng
name: Fang, Hong
name: Gu, Fu-Zhen
name: Wang, Ji-Heng
name: Fang, Hong
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: New rural financial organizations
subject: Market positioning
subject: Differentiation
subject: Competitive advantage

description: Based on regional differences, differences in the content and scale of economic activities, we analyze different levels of rural financial needs in China, using the system analysis method. Different types of financial need subject have characteristics of diversity and hierarchy in terms of financial needs, in need of different credit patterns and credit mechanisms for satisfaction. Based on this, we position the differentiated development of new rural financial organizations as follows: village and town banks should be established in the central and west regions and counties with the proportion of primary industry higher than the national average, to actively innovate upon loan types, support maintenance-oriented farmers, market-oriented farmers and small and medium-sized agriculture-related enterprises; loan companies and small loan companies can be established in the regions with the potential for development, lacking collaboration between economy and finance, to constantly explore the loan types and innovate upon the loan patterns for self-employed households, micro-enterprises and farmers; it is appropriate to establish rural credit union in the poverty-stricken areas with sluggish economic development and relatively isolated remote areas, to provide services for farmers and micro-enterprises, especially impoverished farmers, provide the business such as deposits, loans, and settlement for members, actively carry out business consulting services for members' poverty alleviation and income increase.
Improving the Welfare of Platform Workers in Singapore
Creators: name: Zeng Hongde, Nicholas
Publisher: name: National University of Singapore
Year: 2020
Subjects: Gig economy
Singapore
platform workers
workers welfare
private hire
food delivery
Grab
Gojek
Foodpanda
Deliveroo

description: Employment legislation typically protects the rights and welfare of workers who have an employment contract with an employer. Societal expectations around the employee-employer relationship also create further safeguards for employee rights. However, the rise of the gig economy has raised concerns about welfare of workers not thus protected. Workers for private hire vehicle platforms (like Grab and Gojek) and food delivery companies (like Foodpanda and Deliveroo) are typically not considered employees and are therefore not provided by such legislation and expectations. With the growing prevalence of such platform work, how should policy gaps relating to platform workersâ€™ welfare be addressed by governments, organised labour and business? This case study leads students to consider the situation of private hire drivers and food delivery couriers in Singapore, analyse measures taken in other countries, and, in light of what has actually been done up to December 2019, suggest possible further steps.
Social-enterprise-oriented Innovative Mode of Rural Micro-finance
Creators: name: Ming, Hui
name: Huang, You-Cai
name: Ming, Hui
name: Huang, You-Cai
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Social enterprises
subject: Peasant household petty loan
subject: Micro-financial innovation
subject: Agricultural associations

description: The rural micro-financial innovation is necessary because the traditional regular financial institutions can not satisfy peasant households’ demand of small-sum (or petty) loan and the support of present small-sum loan companies is limited for rural financial development. Taking Fuping Petty Loan Company as an example, we analyzed characteristics, reasonableness and continuity of social enterprise type peasant household petty loan mode. It is believed that this mode has enormous vitality in rural areas and has great promotion value. Petty loan companies have both internal and external shortages in their current development. We put forward countermeasures and suggestions for rural micro-financial innovation from legal status confirmation, fund supply and loan product innovation.
Decomposition of the static potential in SU(3) gluodynamics
Creators: name: G., Bornyakov V.
name: I, Kudrov
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: After fixing the Maximal Abelian gauge in SU(3) lattice gluodynamics we decompose the nonabelian gauge field into the Abelian field created by Abelian monopoles and the modified nonabelian field with monopoles removed. We then calculate respective static potentials in the fundamental representation and show that the sum of these potentials approximates the nonabelian static potential with good precision at all distances considered. Comparison with other ways of decomposition is made.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures
From Drug War to Green Rush: the Evolution of Drug Policy in Thailand
Creators: name: Naomi Lin Jialin,
name: Nontakorn Vachiraprasith,
name: Jason Brown,
Publisher: name: National University of Singapore
Year: 2020
Subjects: Thailand
medical cannabis
war on drugs
legalising cannabis
recreational use

description: Thailand became one of the first nations in Asia to legalise medical cannabis in 2019, challenging the region's widespread stance against wider narcotic use including cannabis. The cannabis plant has historically been used medicinally and recreationally in Thailand before being outlawed in many nations an intoxicant. This case covers the state's initial efforts to control cannabis usage in its so-called war on drugs. It lays out the central actors and their considerations in legalising cannabis, including its potential contribution to economic growth and medical treatment advancement; its effect on underground markets and the inmate population imprisoned on drug charges and enforcement efforts to prevent abuses for recreational use. The narrative aims to situate the reader alongside the minds of Thai policymakers at key decision junctures.
Simulating the impact of cognitive biases on the mobility transition
Creators: name: Adam, Carole
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Multiagent Systems (cs.MA)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Climate change is becoming more visible, and human adaptation is required urgently to prevent greater damage. One particular domain of adaptation concerns daily mobility (work commute), with a significant portion of these trips being done in individual cars. Yet, their impact on pollution, noise, or accidents is well-known. This paper explores various cognitive biases that can explain such lack of adaptation. Our approach is to design simple interactive simulators that users can play with in order to understand biases. The idea is that awareness of such cognitive biases is often a first step towards more rational decision making, even though things are not that simple. This paper reports on three simulators, each focused on a particular factor of resistance. Various scenarios are simulated to demonstrate their explanatory power. These simulators are already available to play online, with the goal to provide users with food for thought about how mobility could evolve in the future. Work is still ongoing to design a user survey to evaluate their impact.
MOESM4 of Associations between diet and mental health using the 12-item General Health Questionnaire: cross-sectional and prospective analyses from the Japan Multi-Institutional Collaborative Cohort Study
Creators: name: Choda, Naoki
name: Wakai, Kenji
name: Naito, Mariko
name: Nahomi Imaeda
name: Goto, Chiho
name: Maruyama, Kenta
name: Kadomatsu, Yuka
name: Tsukamoto, Mineko
name: Sasakabe, Tae
name: Kubo, Yoko
name: Okada, Rieko
name: Kawai, Sayo
name: Tamura, Takashi
name: Asahi Hishida
name: Takeuchi, Kenji
name: Atsuyoshi Mori
name: Hamajima, Nobuyuki
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 4: Table S3. Daily intakes of nutrients measured at follow-up (n = 4701).
Multiple Encryption-based Algorithm of Agricultural Product Trace Code
Creators: name: Yu, Hua
name: Wu, Zhen-Hua
name: Yu, Hua
name: Wu, Zhen-Hua
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Encryption
subject: Trace
subject: Area code
subject: System conversion
subject: Section

description: To establish a sound traceability system of agricultural products, guarantee security of agricultural products, an algorithm is proposed to encrypt trace code of agricultural products. Original trace code consists of 34 digits indicating such information as place of origin, name of product, date of production and authentication. Area code is used to indicate enterprise information, the encrypted algorithm is designed because of the increasing code length, such coding algorithms as system conversion and section division are applied for the encrypted conversion of code of origin place and production date code, moreover, section identification code and authentication code are permutated and combined to produce check code. Through the multiple encryption and code length compression, 34 digits are compressed to 20 on the basis of ensuring complete coding information, shorter code length and better encryption enable the public to know information about agricultural products without consulting professional database.
An adenoviral vector encoded with the GPx-1 gene attenuates memory impairments induced by β-amyloid (1-42) in GPx-1 KO mice via activation of M1 mAChR-mediated signalling
Creators: name: Shin, Eun-Joo
name: Lee, Sung Hoon
name: Sharma, Naveen
name: Nguyen, Bao Trong
name: Chung, Yoon Hee
name: Kang, Sang Won
name: Seung-Yeol Nah
name: Lee, Yu Jeung
name: Toshitaka Nabeshima
name: Jeong, Ji Hoon
name: Hyoung-Chun Kim
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: In the present study, we examined whether glutathione peroxidase-1 (GPx-1), a major H2O2 scavenger in the brain, affects memory deficits induced by Aβ (1-42) in mice. Treatment with 400 pmol/5 μl Aβ (1-42) (i.c.v.) resulted in a reduction of GPx-1 expression in wild-type (WT) mice. An Aβ (1-42)-induced reduction in acetylcholine (ACh) level was observed in the hippocampus. Treatment with Aβ (1-42) consistently resulted in reduced expression and activity of choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) and in an increase in expression and activity of acetylcholinesterase (AChE). Upon examining each of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs) and nicotinic AChRs, we noted that Aβ (1-42) treatment selectively reduced the levels of M1 mAChR. In addition, Aβ (1-42) induced a significant reduction in phospho-cAMP response element-binding protein (p-CREB) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) expression. The cholinergic impairments induced by Aβ (1-42) were more pronounced in GPx-1 knockout mice than in WT mice. Importantly, an adenoviral vector encoded with the GPx-1 gene (Ad-GPx-1) significantly rescued Aβ (1-42)-induced cholinergic impairments in GPx-1 knockout mice. In addition, M1 mAChR antagonist dicyclomine significantly counteracted Ad-GPx-1-mediated increases in p-CREB and BDNF expression, as well as memory-enhancing effects in GPx-1 knockout mice, thus indicating that M1 mAChR might be a critical mediator for the rescue effects of Ad-GPx-1. Combined, our results suggest that GPx-1 gene protected against Aβ (1-42)-induced memory impairments via activation of M1 mAChR-dependent CREB/BDNF signalling.
Dams and the Displaced: Lessons from the Myitsone Dam in Myanmar
Creators: name: Bernard Minn,
Publisher: name: National University of Singapore
Year: 2020
Subjects: Myanmar
Myitsone dam
Ayarwaddy river
Kachin
displacement

description: In 2006, the Myanmar Ministry of Electric Power and the China Power Investment Corporation signed a memorandum of understanding to construct the Myitsone dam in Myanmar. The construction site for the dam was to be in Kachin state at the source of Ayarwaddy river, which has supported the local population, and wider population downstream with a means of livelihood, culture, identity and sustece. Despite strong resistance, pre-construction works went ahead in 2009 and over 12,000 ethnic Kachin villagers were forcefully displaced. Political reforms in 2010, which led to the election of a new quasi-civilian led government, changed the landscape of political decision-making. Ceding to intense public pressures, the new government suspended the Myitsone damâ€™s construction in September 2011. However the project has led to impoverishment outcomes for the forcefully displaced who continued to live with unfavourable outcomes despite the damâ€™s suspension.
Quality Management System of Agricultural Products Based on Spring
Creators: name: Zhang, Ya-Nan
name: Zhao, Quan-Dong
name: Zhang, Ya-Nan
name: Zhao, Quan-Dong
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Spring
subject: Agricultural products
subject: Quality management system
subject: AOP
subject: MVC

description: This article gives an overview of important property of the integrated management of agricultural product quality safety system, analyzes the lightweight characteristics of Spring technical system, hierarchical organization of MVC, and the technology SSH+ Ajax associated with the Spring framework system. On the basis of this technical system, we design the quality management system of agricultural products under B/S model. This article points out that this system is realized mainly through consumers' information feedback and order management; then discusses operation environment, expandability, portability and security of the system.
Fundamentals of Lie categories
Creators: name: Grad, Žan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Category Theory (math.CT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 22A99, 22A22, 53Z05, 58H05

description: We introduce the basic notions and present examples and results on Lie categories -- categories internal to the category of smooth manifolds. Demonstrating how the units of a Lie category $\mathcal C$ dictate the behavior of its invertible morphisms $\mathcal G(\mathcal C)$, we develop sufficient conditions for $\mathcal G(\mathcal C)$ to form a Lie groupoid. We show that the construction of Lie algebroids from the theory of Lie groupoids carries through, and ask when the Lie algebroid of $\mathcal G(\mathcal C)$ is recovered. We reveal that the lack of invertibility assumption on morphisms leads to a natural generalization of rank from linear algebra, develop its general properties, and show how the existence of an extension $\mathcal C\hookrightarrow \mathcal G$ of a Lie category to a Lie groupoid affects the ranks of morphisms and the algebroids of $\mathcal C$. Furthermore, certain completeness results for invariant vector fields on Lie monoids and Lie categories with well-behaved boundaries are obtained. Interpreting the developed framework in the context of physical processes, we yield a rigorous approach to the theory of statistical thermodynamics by observing that entropy change, associated to a physical process, is a functor.
description: 38 pages
Farmers’ Privilege under the Protection of New Plant Varieties
Creators: name: Yang, De-Xing
name: Yang, De-Xing
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Protection of new plant varieties
subject: Farmers’ privilege
subject: Interest sharing

description: This paper studies farmers’ privilege under the protection of new plant varieties, and points out that farmers’ privilege is given to balance interests of plant breeders and relevant public. Based on this, it analyzes shortcomings of farmers’ privilege regulations, and puts forward that it is required to improve farmers’ privilege regulations in subjects, objects and contents of rights on the basis of learning from advanced legislation experience of foreign countries, and build the interest sharing mechanism between breeders and farmers.
WMAPping out Neutrino Masses
Creators: name: Pierce, Aaron
name: Murayama, Hitoshi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent data from from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) place important bounds on the neutrino sector. The precise determination of the baryon number in the universe puts a strong constraint on the number of relativistic species during Big-Bang Nucleosynthesis. WMAP data, when combined with the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS), also directly constrain the absolute mass scale of neutrinos. These results impinge upon a neutrino oscillation interpretation of the result from the Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector (LSND). We also note that the Heidelberg--Moscow evidence for neutrinoless double beta decay is only consistent with the WMAP+2dFGRS data for the largest values of the nuclear matrix element.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures. v2:Streamlined discussion of thermalization; improved discussion of large lepton asymmetry. v3: Added References. v4: More conservative treatment of bias
A Data-Driven Polynomial Chaos Expansion-Based Method for Microgrid Ramping Support Capability Assessment and Enhancement
Creators: name: Du, Mohan
name: Wang, Xiaozhe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Microgrids (MGs) are regarded as effective solutions to provide ramping support to the main grid during heavy-load periods. Nevertheless, the uncertain renewable energy sources (RES) and electric vehicles (EVs) integrated into an MG may affect the ramping support capability (RSC) of an MG. To address the challenge, this paper develops a data-driven sparse polynomial chaos expansion (DDSPCE)-based method to accurately and efficiently evaluate the hour-by-hour RSC of an MG. The DDSPCE model is further exploited to identify the most influential random inputs, based on which a scheduling method of BESS is developed to enhance the RSC of an MG. Simulation results in the modified IEEE 33-bus MG shows that the proposed method takes less than 3 minutes for evaluating and enhancing the hourly RSC.
description: This paper is accepted and will appear in 2023 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (GM). 5 pages, 4 figures
Research Hot Spots of Black Peanut
Creators: name: Ye, Chong
name: Zhang, Yong-Hong
name: Huang, Ying-Guo
name: Ren, Yong-Kuan
name: Cai, Shi-Zhen
name: Ye, Chong
name: Zhang, Yong-Hong
name: Huang, Ying-Guo
name: Ren, Yong-Kuan
name: Cai, Shi-Zhen
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Black peanut
subject: Word frequency analysis
subject: Research hot spots

description: Taking the research papers on black peanut in National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) as data sources, we determine the research hot spots on black peanut using word frequency analysis, and analyze the main research directions that change over the years. The results show that the relevant researches on black peanut are mainly concentrated in six themes (study of varieties, physiological property, cultivation management, development prospects, relationship with agriculture, and molecular level); varieties, physiology, cultivation and other aspects are the focus of current research hot spots; the researches on selection and breeding of variety and various physiological and ecological mechanisms, still need a breakthrough.
A Fat boundary-type method for localized nonhomogeneous material problems
Creators: name: Viguerie, Alex
name: Bertoluzza, Silvia
name: Auricchio, Ferdinando
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Problems with localized nonhomogeneous material properties arise frequently in many applications and are a well-known source of difficulty in numerical simulations. In certain applications (including additive manufacturing), the physics of the problem may be considerably more complicated in relatively small portions of the domain, requiring a significantly finer local mesh compared to elsewhere in the domain. This can make the use of a uniform mesh numerically unfeasible. While nonuniform meshes can be employed, they may be challenging to generate (particularly for regions with complex boundaries) and more difficult to precondition. The problem becomes even more prohibitive when the region requiring a finer-level mesh changes in time, requiring the introduction of refinement and derefinement techniques. To address the aforementioned challenges, we employ a technique related to the Fat boundary method as a possible alternative. We analyze the proposed methodology, from a mathematical point of view and validate our findings on two-dimensional numerical tests.
To Save or Savour: A Review of Wine Investment
Creators: name: Fogarty, James Joseph
name: Sadler, Rohan
name: Fogarty, James Joseph
name: Sadler, Rohan
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Financial Economics
subject: Risk and Uncertainty
subject: Alternative Assets
subject: Portfolio Optimisation

description: It has been argued that adding wine to an investment portfolio provides a diversification benefit. There is not, however, agreement on how the return to wine should be estimated. Nor is there agreement on a standard approach to test for a diversification benefit. By considering different approaches to estimating the return to wine and testing for a diversification benefit it is shown that claims wine provides a diversification benefit should be treated with caution.