cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Additional file 3 of Implementing self-management: a mixed methods study of women’s experiences of a postpartum hypertension intervention (SNAP-HT)
Creators: name: Cairns, Alexandra E.
name: Tucker, Katherine L.
name: Crawford, Carole
name: McManus, Richard J.
name: Powell, John
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 3. COREQ (COnsolidated criteria for REporting Qualitative research) checklist.
Tetraquark particle in the string model
Creators: name: Iwasaki, Masaharu
name: Fukutome, Takahiko
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss possibility of the existence of tetraquark states made of four quarks in the string (flux tube) model. The new particle is composed of a diquark and an anti-diquark which are connected by a color flux. It is shown that the vibrational and rotational excited states of the string explain some non-$\bar{q}q$ mesons observed experimentally. Moreover we discuss the decay widths of such tetraquarks with the use of the Schwinger mechanism.
description: 5 pages, 6 figures
Halting the rural race to the bottom: an evolutionary model of rural development to analyse neo-endogenous policies in the EU
Creators: name: Petrick, Martin
name: Petrick, Martin
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Rural governance
subject: neo-endogenous policies
subject: evolutionary game theory
subject: collective action

description: The article contributes to the understanding of neo-endogenous rural development policies from the perspective of evolutionary game theory. Rural development is modelled as the increasing realisation over time of gains from interaction by rural stakeholders. The model exhibits two dynamically stable equilibria, which depict declining and prospering regions. Neo-endogenous policies are interpreted as stimuli emerging from an external government authority which help decentralised actors to coordinate on the superior of the two equilibria. External intervention may thus be possible and desirable without giving up the autonomy of local decision makers. However, because initial conditions matter, outcomes cannot be planned or engineered from the outside.
Quadrupole properties of the eight $SU(3)$ algebras in $(sdgi)$ space
Creators: name: Sahu, R.
name: Kota, V. K. B.
name: Srivastava, P. C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: With nucleons occupying an oscillator shell $η$, there are $2^{η/2}$ number of $SU(3)$ algebras; $η/2$ is the integer part of $η/2$. Analyzing the first non trivial situation with four $SU(3)$ algebras in $(sdg)$ space, demonstrated recently is that they generate quite different quadrupole properties though they all generate the same spectrum. More complex situation is with eight $SU(3)$ algebras in $(sdgi)$ space. In the present work, quadrupole properties generated by these eight algebras are analyzed first using the more analytically tractable interacting boson model. In addition, shell model and the closely related deformed shell model are used with three examples of nucleons in $sdgi$ space. It is found that in general six of the $SU(3)$ algebras generate prolate shape and two oblate shape. Out of all these, one of the $SU(3)$ algebra generates quite small quadrupole moments for the low-lying states.
The HELLAS2XMM survey. IX. Spectroscopic identification of super-EROs hosting AGNs
Creators: name: Maiolino, R.
name: Mignoli, M.
name: Pozzetti, L.
name: Severgnini, P.
name: Brusa, M.
name: Vignali, C.
name: Puccetti, S.
name: Ciliegi, P.
name: Cocchia, F.
name: Comastri, A.
name: Fiore, F.
name: La Franca, F.
name: Matt, G.
name: Molendi, S.
name: Perola, G. C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present VLT near-IR spectroscopic observations of three X-ray sources characterized by extremely high X-ray-to-optical ratios (X/O>40), extremely red colors (6.3
description: 7 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in A&A
Towards a shift from agricultural to rural development policy. The case of the Republic of Macedonia
Creators: name: Todorov, Kiril
name: Vittuari, Matteo
name: Todorov, Kiril
name: Vittuari, Matteo
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: subsidies
subject: policy
subject: resources
subject: rural development

description: Public support for agriculture in R. Macedonia is characterized by a significant evolution, but it is still largely affected by the lack of a consistent long-term development-oriented strategy. Within this framework measures for agricultural and rural development are changing on annual basis generating consistent disorientation among final users. However, with the Strategy for Approximation of the Macedonian Agro-Food Sector to the CAP of the EU, Macedonian agricultural policy has taken a major step towards the process of identification of its own resources in order to create the necessary basis for the design of a new agriculture and rural development policy. The paper aims at assessing the place that agriculture has in the overall economy and especially in the rural areas of R. Macedonia, analyzing the basic structure and income and investigating how subsidies and support strategies are evolving in light of the European integration process.
Devolution and delivery: recent rural policy-making in Scotland
Creators: name: Thomson, Kenneth J.
name: Thomson, Kenneth J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Scotland
subject: rural policy
subject: rural development

description: Since 1999, Scotland has (re)gained a considerable degree of political independence from the rest of the UK, and a minority nationalist government since 2007 has determined a strong general policy agenda, including ambitious climate change commitments. This new political framework is being exploited in various ways as regards agricultural and rural policy. Recent developments in Scottish agricultural and rural policy (e.g. implementation of the CAP’s Pillars 1 and 2, especially the latter’s “Rural Priorities” scheme, and “land reform”) and its governance (public administration and private involvement) are described, with conclusions about the implications of devolution.
Agro-food chain: an innovative paradigm for food and rural policy analysis and agro-food chain segments’ systemic performance at regional level
Creators: name: Samoggia, Antonella
name: Maccani, Paola
name: Marchi, Alan
name: Samoggia, Antonella
name: Maccani, Paola
name: Marchi, Alan
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: rural policy
subject: region
subject: agro-food chain
subject: performance
subject: intersectoral approach

description: The food chain concept is an increasingly common theoretical instrument for food and rural development policy and many countries adopt the so-called “new rural paradigm”, so to integrate different sectoral policies. This paper aims at adopting the food chain paradigm in order to analyse the regional agro-food system and to sustain the design and delivery of consistent inter-sectoral policies. It adopts the netchain concept (Lazzarini et al, 2001) and the theory of governance patterns in global value chains (Gereffi et al, 2005). Results show this innovative approach contributes to better understand and stimulate economic performance of the whole agro-food network.
MaskedFace-Net -- A Dataset of Correctly/Incorrectly Masked Face Images in the Context of COVID-19
Creators: name: Cabani, Adnane
name: Hammoudi, Karim
name: Benhabiles, Halim
name: Melkemi, Mahmoud
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: The wearing of the face masks appears as a solution for limiting the spread of COVID-19. In this context, efficient recognition systems are expected for checking that people faces are masked in regulated areas. To perform this task, a large dataset of masked faces is necessary for training deep learning models towards detecting people wearing masks and those not wearing masks. Some large datasets of masked faces are available in the literature. However, at the moment, there are no available large dataset of masked face images that permits to check if detected masked faces are correctly worn or not. Indeed, many people are not correctly wearing their masks due to bad practices, bad behaviors or vulnerability of individuals (e.g., children, old people). For these reasons, several mask wearing campaigns intend to sensitize people about this problem and good practices. In this sense, this work proposes three types of masked face detection dataset; namely, the Correctly Masked Face Dataset (CMFD), the Incorrectly Masked Face Dataset (IMFD) and their combination for the global masked face detection (MaskedFace-Net). Realistic masked face datasets are proposed with a twofold objective: i) to detect people having their faces masked or not masked, ii) to detect faces having their masks correctly worn or incorrectly worn (e.g.; at airport portals or in crowds). To the best of our knowledge, no large dataset of masked faces provides such a granularity of classification towards permitting mask wearing analysis. Moreover, this work globally presents the applied mask-to-face deformable model for permitting the generation of other masked face images, notably with specific masks. Our datasets of masked face images (137,016 images) are available at https://github.com/cabani/MaskedFace-Net.
Real space imaging of the metal - insulator phase separation in the band width controlled organic Mott system $κ$-(BEDT-TTF)$_{2}$Cu[N(CN)$_{2}$]Br
Creators: name: Sasaki, T.
name: Yoneyama, N.
name: Suzuki, A.
name: Kobayashi, N.
name: Ikemoto, Y.
name: Kimura, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Systematic investigation of the electronic phase separation on macroscopic scale is reported in the organic Mott system $κ$-(BEDT-TTF)$_{2}$Cu[N(CN)$_{2}$]Br. Real space imaging of the phase separation is obtained by means of scanning micro-region infrared spectroscopy using the synchrotron radiation. The phase separation appears near the Mott boundary and changes its metal-insulator fraction with the substitution ratio $x$ in $κ$-[($h$-BEDT-TTF)$_{1-x}$($d$-BEDT-TTF)$_{x}$]$_{2}$Cu[N(CN)$_{2}$]Br, of which band width is controlled by the substitution ratio $x$ between the hydrogenated BEDT-TTF molecule ($h$-BEDT-TTF) and the deuterated one ($d$-BEDT-TTF). The phase separation phenomenon observed in this class of organics is considered on the basis of the strongly correlated electronic phase diagram with the first order Mott transition.
description: 10 pages, 8 figures
Coelophora lushuiensis
Creators: name: POORANI, J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Coccinellidae
Coelophora
Coelophora lushuiensis

description: Coelophora lushuiensis (Jing)
(Fig. 198)
Lemnia lushuiensis Jing, 1992: 277 (Type locality: Yunnan, China).— Ren et al. 2009: 208, 209; Yu 2010: 79, 80.
Coelophora lushuiensis: Kovář 2007: 614.
Diagnosis. Length: 5.10–5.70 mm; width: 4.40–4.50 mm. Form broad oval, dorsum strongly convex and glabrous. Ground colour olive yellow, pronotum with a pair of ochreous to reddish brown longitudinal maculae on posterior margin, each elytron with a subtrapezoidal macula on basal margin and a pair of thin stripes radiating from the posterior corners of the basal macula, outer one dorsolateral, long, curved and reaching close to the apex, inner one more oblique, reaching up to about middle of elytra (Fig. 198a–c). Male genitalia (Fig. 198d–g) as illustrated.
Material examined. India: Manipur, Ukhrul, N 25°06’48.5” E 94°21’02.2” 1647 mt, 23.viii.2014, Prathapan & Shameem Coll. (1 male, NBAIR).
Distribution. India (North-eastern region: Manipur); Laos; China; Taiwan.
Notes. Jing (1992) described it as Lemnia lushuiensis from China (Hengduan Mountains). It is recorded from India based on a single male collected from the north-eastern Indian state of Manipur.The Indian specimen illustrated here has a single, curved dorsolateral elytral stripe and lacks the inner, shorter oblique stripe found in the nominate form. Several hundred specimens of this species from Laos were examined in the collections at BMNH. It was also included in the illustrated guides to Chinese Coccinellidae by Ren et al. (2009) and Yu (2010) as Lemnia lushuiensis.
description: Published as part of POORANI, J., 2023, An illustrated guide to lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part 1. Tribe Coccinellini, pp. 1-307 in Zootaxa 5332 (1) on page 107, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5332.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8261502
The role of semi-subsistence farms and corporate farms in the modern supply chain: evidence of Ukrainian dairy industry
Creators: name: Mykhaylenko, Maryna
name: Schaft, Franziska
name: Mykhaylenko, Maryna
name: Schaft, Franziska
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: vertical coordination
subject: transaction costs
subject: Ukraine

description: This contribution aims to analyze the main factors determining the initiation of vertical coordination between processing enterprises and milk producers in Ukraine. In this regard special attention is paid to the role of uncertainty, asset specificity and resource availability. Furthermore, the impact of vertical coordination on quality improvement, trust development and strategic advantages achieved is analyzed. The survey results indicate that uncertainty is a major driver for the processing level to initiate vertical coordination schemes. Although vertical coordination appears to have positive impacts on both supplier groups, corporate farms tend to benefit more from vertical coordination schemes than semi-subsistence farms.
Coelophora minki
Creators: name: POORANI, J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Coccinellidae
Coelophora
Coelophora minki

description: Coelophora minki (Mulsant)
(Fig. 71)
Daulis minki Mulsant, 1866: 211 (Type locality: Ceylon).
Coelophora minki: Crotch 1874: 152; Korschefsky 1932: 294; Poorani 2002a: 329.
Diagnosis. Length: 7.00 mm. Form (Fig. 71) broadly rounded, dorsum strongly convex, glabrous. Ground colour yellow-orange, scutellar shield with dark brown borders, paler inside, each elytron with six dark brown spots arranged in a 1-2-2-1 pattern (one on shoulder, two slightly above middle-one lateral and one discal, two below middle, one apical; suture narrowly dark brown. Ventral side yellow. Prothoracic hypomeron with deep foveae near anterolateral corners. Prosternal process with carinae gradually divergent towards posterior. Genitalia not studied.
Distribution. Sri Lanka; Indonesia (Java).
Seasonal occurrence. Collected in February–March (label data).
Note. Crotch (1874) described it and Iablokoff-Khnzorian (1982) illustrated the habitus and genitalia.
description: Published as part of POORANI, J., 2023, An illustrated guide to lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part 1. Tribe Coccinellini, pp. 1-307 in Zootaxa 5332 (1) on page 108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5332.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8261502
DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFENSE CASE HANDLING BY PREVENTION INSPECTORS
Creators: name: Axmedova, Sоrаxon
name: G'aniyev, Elyor
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: The article scientifically analyzes the administrative proceedings activities of the prevention inspector and their specific features, including the concept and essence of administrative proceedings, the procedure for conducting administrative proceedings, the legal basis for the prevention inspector's administrative proceedings, the rights and obligations of the prevention inspector in administrative proceedings, and the aspects related to the prevention inspector's cooperation in administrative proceedings. Relevant proposals have been put forward in this regard.
Rural livelihoods in the EU new member states: subsistence production versus market integration
Creators: name: Fredriksson, Lena
name: Davidova, Sophia
name: Bailey, Alastair
name: Fredriksson, Lena
name: Davidova, Sophia
name: Bailey, Alastair
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Agricultural households
subject: subsistence
subject: commercialisation
subject: market integration
subject: latent class regression

description: Commercialisation of small farmers, of which many are subsistence farmers producing mainly for own consumption needs, is an important policy objective for the restructuring process of the farm structure in the EU New Member States (NMS). Drawing on primary survey data from five EU NMS, this paper first assesses the importance of subsistence farming in the NMS through the valuation of subsistence production at market prices. Secondly, the paper analyses the differences between subsistence and commercial households. Where previous studies normally classify households as subsistence or commercial based on a pre-defined threshold, the use of latent class regression in this paper represents a way to systematically analyse heterogeneous groups of households in a more objective way, as determinant of class membership (subsistence or commercial) is not pre-defined. The latent class regression provides evidence of two classes – one subsistence and one commercially oriented – who differ in behaviour with respect to a set of explanatory variables accounting for attitudes, production and household characteristics.
Green marketing research tool for developers
Creators: name: Sin, ChulWoo
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Market researchers employ various tools to determine whether certain products and features are likely to succeed. In real estate development, the process typically entails examining the demographics and characteristics of the market area and reviewing long-term national, regional, and local customer preference trends for a given product. Conventional market research compares existing products serving similar customers, often overlooking the possibility of new products or new customers. Conventional market research typically asks questions only about historic market performance of comparable products ("comps"). This practice may be one of green building's greatest barriers, because comps do not necessarily give an accurate reading of the appeal of the new, greener product. However, while the comps used in conventional market research examine similar projects, the analogs used in creative feasibility enable the researcher to pick and choose among projects, or specific features, much more widely without being limited by circumstances. Therefore, first of all, a reliable database of analogs has been created by collecting a large number of authentic case studies and associated performance statistics. Secondly, a faster, easier and more precise search engine has also been developed to enable the extraction of accurate analogs from the database and apply them to a certain building in this study. Utilizing the tool developed in this study, reasonable green designation levels that are now cost effective and more sustainable compared to conventional buildings have been established. These results assist developers forwarding understanding achievable environmental performance goals in green buildings that use little of energy, little of virgin materials and give little of negative impacts on natural environment in future.
Additional file 1 of Enablers of psychosocial recovery in pediatric burns: perspectives from the children, parents and burn recovery support staff
Creators: name: Niekerk, Ashley Van
name: Jacobs, Roxanne
name: Hornsby, Nancy
name: Singh-Adriaanse, Robyn
name: Sengoelge, Mathilde
name: Laflamme, Lucie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1:. Semi-Structured Interview Guide with Professionals
Gaussian states of continuous-variable quantum systems provide universal and versatile reservoir computing
Creators: name: Nokkala, Johannes
name: Martínez-Peña, Rodrigo
name: Giorgi, Gian Luca
name: Parigi, Valentina
name: Soriano, Miguel C.
name: Zambrini, Roberta
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We establish the potential of continuous-variable Gaussian states of linear dynamical systems for machine learning tasks. Specifically, we consider reservoir computing, an efficient framework for online time series processing. As a reservoir we consider a quantum harmonic network modeling e.g. linear quantum optical systems. We prove that unlike universal quantum computing, universal reservoir computing can be achieved without non-Gaussian resources. We find that encoding the input time series into Gaussian states is both a source and a means to tune the nonlinearity of the overall input-output map. We further show that the full potential of the proposed model can be reached by encoding to quantum fluctuations, such as squeezed vacuum, instead of classical intense fields or thermal fluctuations. Our results introduce a new research paradigm for reservoir computing harnessing the dynamics of a quantum system and the engineering of Gaussian quantum states, pushing both fields into a new direction.
description: 14 pages, 4 figures. Supplementary material is 10 pages. This is a preprint of an article published in Communications Physics. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-021-00556-w
Poincare submersions
Creators: name: Klein, John R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Topology (math.AT)
subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 57P10, 55R99

description: We prove two kinds of fibering theorems for maps X --> P, where X and P are Poincare spaces. The special case of P = S^1 yields a Poincare duality analogue of the fibering theorem of Browder and Levine.
description: Published by Algebraic and Geometric Topology at http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/agt/AGTVol5/agt-5-2.abs.html Version 5: Statement of Theorem B corrected, see footnote p24
Additional file 3 of Association between variation of circulating 25-OH vitamin D and methylation of secreted frizzled-related protein 2 in colorectal cancer
Creators: name: Boughanem, Hatim
name: Cabrera-Mulero, Amanda
name: Hernández-Alonso, Pablo
name: Clemente-Postigo, Mercedes
name: Casanueva, Felipe F.
name: Tinahones, Francisco José
name: Morcillo, Sonsoles
name: Crujeiras, Ana B.
name: Macias-Gonzalez, Manuel
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 3: Figure S3. The effect of 25-OH vitamin D in the SFRP-2 promoter methylation in HCT116 cell line. SFRP-2 promoter methylation in HCT116 after treatment with 25-OH-Vitamin D during 2, 6, 12, 24, 48 and 72 hours under 10 and 100 nM. The results are given as the methylation average mean and standard deviation. Abbreviations: SFRP2: Secreted frizzled-related protein type 2; HCT116: Homo sapiens colon colorectal carcinoma.
Do the Scandinavian consumers pay a ‘fair’ price for premium German white wines?
Creators: name: Bentzen, Jan
name: Smith, Valdemar
name: Bentzen, Jan
name: Smith, Valdemar
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: German white wine
subject: Scandinavian wine markets
subject: hedonic prices

description: The aim of this paper is to analyse the retail prices of premium German white wines sold in the Scandinavian countries. German white wines account for approximately 5-6 per cent of the total sale of wines – both red and white wines - in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. However, the market shares of German wines in Scandinavia have been declining for a number of years. Diminishing market shares may reflect changes in consumer taste or simply ‘wrong’ prices, the latter related to both the level of wine prices (German wines being relatively expensive) and the structure of wine prices. In general, country-specific price differences for identical wines may be caused by differences in taxes, different import prices, transportation costs as well as other costs - and also different competitive conditions at the retail level in the respective countries. Still, differences in wine prices across countries do not always reflect the above mentioned factors. The aim of this paper is to analyse further the relationship between the prices of German white wines in the Scandinavian countries and the prices in the country of production (Germany) by direct comparison (price level) and by using a hedonic price function approach (price structure). Using a sample of 150 German white wines being supplied on at least one of the national markets in Scandinavia the analyses suggest that the prices on German premium white wines on the Scandinavian markets are fair – both in terms of absolute average prices and in terms of relative prices.
Coelophora nitidicollis Kapur
Creators: name: POORANI, J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Coccinellidae
Coelophora
Coelophora nitidicollis

description: Coelophora nitidicollis Kapur
(Fig. 75a)
Coelophora nitidicollis Kapur, 1963a: 29 (Holotype male, BMNH; Type locality: Sikkim).— Poorani 2002a: 329.
Diagnosis. Length: 4.25 mm; width: 3.70 mm. Form broadly circular, dorsum convex and glabrous. Dorsal side yellow, pronotum with a black macula on posterior margin occupying most of discal area except lateral sides and anterior margin; scutellar shield dark reddish brown; elytra laterally explanate, with two lateral stripes and one sutural stripe, not reaching apex (Fig. 75a). Genitalia not studied.
Distribution: India (Sikkim).
Note. Kapur (1963) described and illustrated this species from Sikkim, and it appears to be rare and there is no matching specimen in any of the major Indian repositories. The holotype (BMNH) is illustrated here. It is similar to C. circumvelata, another poorly known species of the Indian region with black lateral borders of elytra.
description: Published as part of POORANI, J., 2023, An illustrated guide to lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian Subcontinent. Part 1. Tribe Coccinellini, pp. 1-307 in Zootaxa 5332 (1) on page 108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5332.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8261502
Scaling properties of the dynamics at first-order quantum transitions when boundary conditions favor one of the two phases
Creators: name: Pelissetto, Andrea
name: Rossini, Davide
name: Vicari, Ettore
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We address the out-of-equilibrium dynamics of a many-body system when one of its Hamiltonian parameters is driven across a first-order quantum transition (FOQT). In particular, we consider systems subject to fixed boundary conditions, favoring one of the two phases separated by the FOQT: more precisely, boundary conditions that favor the same magnetized phase (EFBC) or opposite phases (OFBC) at the two ends of the chain. These issues are investigated within the paradigmatic one-dimensional quantum Ising model, in which FOQTs are driven by the longitudinal magnetic field h. We study the dynamic behavior for an instantaneous quench and for a protocol in which h is slowly varied across the FOQT. We develop a dynamic finite-size scaling theory for both EFBC and OFBC, which displays some remarkable differences with respect to the case of neutral boundary conditions. The corresponding relevant time scale shows a qualitative different size dependence in the two cases: it increases exponentially with the size in the case of EFBC, and as a power of the size in the case of OFBC.
description: 11 pages
Electromechanical instability in suspended carbon nanotubes
Creators: name: Jonsson, L. M.
name: Gorelik, L. Y
name: Shekhter, R. I.
name: Jonson, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have theoretically investigated electromechanical properties of freely suspended carbon nanotubes when a current is injected into the tubes using a scanning tunneling microscope. We show that a shuttle-like electromechanical instability can occur if the bias voltage exceeds a dissipation-dependent threshold value. An instability results in large amplitude vibrations of the carbon nanotube bending mode, which modify the current-voltage characteristics of the system.
Zahlungsbereitschaften für Frischmilch aus der Region: Ergebnisse einer Kontingenten Bewertung und einer experimentellen Untersuchung
Creators: name: Schroeder, Carsten
name: Burchardi, Henrike
name: Thiele, Holger D.
name: Schroeder, Carsten
name: Burchardi, Henrike
name: Thiele, Holger D.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: willingness-to-pay
subject: contingent valuation
subject: experiment
subject: incentive compatibility
subject: food of the own region

description: In this paper we present the results of a contingent valuation study and an experimental approach to estimating the willingness to pay for fresh milk produced in the consumer's own region. In contrast to the fictitious contingent valuation study, responses in the experimental investigation are connected with real demand decisions and real financial payoffs in an incentive-compatible way. The experimental setup allows to quantify the bias in stated willingness to pay that results from the contingent valuation’s hypothetical character. In essence, the data suggest that there exists a considerable demand for milk from the consumers` home region. Yet, significantly less demand is found in the experimental investigation. At the same time, subjects accept significantly higher mark-ups for regional provenance of ecologically produced milk compared to regional provenance of conventionally produced milk. However, the convex shape of aggregate demand indicates that there is a substantial demand for fresh milk of the consumers` home region only when mark-ups are fairly low.
Evaluation of diabetes knowledge level and its associated factors in patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes mellitus in Tunisia: A cross-sectional study
Creators: name: Haoues, Maali
name: Zedini, Chekib
name: Chadli-Chaieb, Molka
Publisher: name: Biomedicine & Healthcare Research
Year: 2023

description: A good level of knowledge about diabetes can help patients to be autonomous in the management of their disease, throughout their lives. The aim of our study was to evaluate the level of knowledge of Tunisian diabetics about their disease and determine its associated factors. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted. Type 1 and type 2 diabetics, selected by a convenience sampling were collected. A self-administered questionnaire written in Arabic including demographic and clinical characteristics, diabetes data and the validated Arabic version of the “Simplified Diabetes Knowledge Scale” was given to the participants. Results: Three hundred and thirty-three diabetics were collected. The responses to the questionnaire revealed a low level of knowledge about diabetes in 81.7% of cases. Primary education (p<10-3), low socioeconomic status (p<10-3), rural area (p<10-3), sedentary lifestyle (p<10-3), complications of diabetes (p=0.008), poor glycemic control (p<10-3) non-compliance with therapeutic education sessions (p<10-3), lack of self-monitoring of blood glucose and irregular medical follow-up (p=0.002) were the factors associated with the low level of knowledge of diabetics about their disease. Conclusion: Therapeutic education has a crucial role in the acquisition of knowledge about diabetes. To improve the level of knowledge of Tunisian diabetics, education strategies must be implemented. 
description: Biomedicine & Healthcare Research, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2023): First Issue
Work-Family Balance in Social Work: Challenges and Solutions
Creators: name: Pazer, Sora
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 440999
subject: Social work not elsewhere classified

description: This study explores the work-family balance challenges experienced by social workers, focusing on irregular working hours, employer flexibility, and the pressure to be available outside of regular work hours. A quantitative survey of 191 social workers was conducted, using a Likert scale to measure perceived work-family conflict and the effectiveness of various coping strategies. The results reveal that irregular working hours and insufficient employer flexibility are significant sources of work-family conflict, with female social workers reporting higher levels of conflict than their male counterparts. Remote work options were identified as the most effective strategy for mitigating these challenges. The study also highlights the role of emotional labor in exacerbating work-family conflict, particularly for women. Practical recommendations for organizations include the implementation of more flexible work policies and greater organizational support. The findings emphasize the need for systemic changes to address the gendered dimensions of work-family conflict in social work. Future research should explore the long-term effects of these interventions and continue examining gender disparities in the profession.
Die Landwirtschaft und andere Einflussgrößen auf die Bevölkerungsentwicklung im ländlichen Raum
Creators: name: Mann, Stefan
name: Erdin, Daniel
name: Mann, Stefan
name: Erdin, Daniel
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: mesoeconomics
subject: economic structures
subject: socio-economics

description: Factor analysis and regression analysis is used to estimate population growth and migration into and out of rural agreas in Switzerland between 1990 and 2000. Farm households contribute to an above average birth rate. However, there is a net migration out of rural areas.
Deep Feature Space: A Geometrical Perspective
Creators: name: Kansizoglou, Ioannis
name: Bampis, Loukas
name: Gasteratos, Antonios
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Computational Geometry (cs.CG)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: I.2.6; I.5.1; F.4.1

description: One of the most prominent attributes of Neural Networks (NNs) constitutes their capability of learning to extract robust and descriptive features from high dimensional data, like images. Hence, such an ability renders their exploitation as feature extractors particularly frequent in an abundant of modern reasoning systems. Their application scope mainly includes complex cascade tasks, like multi-modal recognition and deep Reinforcement Learning (RL). However, NNs induce implicit biases that are difficult to avoid or to deal with and are not met in traditional image descriptors. Moreover, the lack of knowledge for describing the intra-layer properties -- and thus their general behavior -- restricts the further applicability of the extracted features. With the paper at hand, a novel way of visualizing and understanding the vector space before the NNs' output layer is presented, aiming to enlighten the deep feature vectors' properties under classification tasks. Main attention is paid to the nature of overfitting in the feature space and its adverse effect on further exploitation. We present the findings that can be derived from our model's formulation, and we evaluate them on realistic recognition scenarios, proving its prominence by improving the obtained results.
description: Accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
Accelerating the Convergence of Auxiliary-Field Quantum Monte Carlo inSolids with Optimized Gaussian Basis Sets
Creators: name: Morales, Miguel A.
name: Malone, Fionn D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the use of optimized correlation consistent gaussian basis sets for the study of insulating solids with auxiliary-field quantum Monte Carlo (AFQMC). The exponents of the basis set are optimized through the minimization of the second order Møller--Plesset perturbation theory (MP2) energy in a small unit cell of the solid. We compare against other alternative basis sets proposed in the literature, namely calculations in the Kohn--Sham basis and in the natural orbitals of an MP2 calculation. We find that our optimized basis sets accelerate the convergence of the AFQMC correlation energy compared to a Kohn--Sham basis, and offer similar convergence to MP2 natural orbitals at a fraction of the cost needed to generate them. We also suggest the use of an improved, method independent, MP2-based basis set correction that significantly reduces the required basis set sizes needed to converge the correlation energy. With these developments, we study the relative performance of these basis sets in LiH, Si and MgO, and determine that our optimized basis sets yield the most consistent results as a function of volume. Using these optimized basis sets, we systematically converge the AFQMC calculations to the complete basis set and thermodynamic limit and find excellent agreement with experiment for systems studied. Although we focus on AFQMC, our basis set generation procedure is independent of the subsequent correlated wavefunction method used.
description: Add up to date supplementary material
Networked and Autonomous Model-scale Vehicles for Experiments in Research and Education
Creators: name: Scheffe, Patrick
name: Maczijewski, Janis
name: Kloock, Maximilian
name: Kampmann, Alexandru
name: Derks, Andreas
name: Kowalewski, Stefan
name: Alrifaee, Bassam
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: Multiagent Systems (cs.MA)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper presents the $\mathrmμ$Car, a 1:18 model-scale vehicle with Ackermann steering geometry developed for experiments in networked and autonomous driving in research and education. The vehicle is open source, moderately costed and highly flexible, which allows for many applications. It is equipped with an inertial measurement unit and an odometer and obtains its pose via WLAN from an indoor positioning system. The two supported operating modes for controlling the vehicle are (1) computing control inputs on external hardware, transmitting them via WLAN and applying received inputs to the actuators and (2) transmitting a reference trajectory via WLAN, which is then followed by a controller running on the onboard Raspberry Pi Zero W. The design allows identical vehicles to be used at the same time in order to conduct experiments with a large amount of networked agents.
description: This work has been accepted to IFAC for publication under a Creative Commons Licence CC-BY-NC-ND
Aspects of Cosmic Inflation in Expanding Bose-Einstein Condensates
Creators: name: Uhlmann, Michael
name: Xu, Yan
name: Schützhold, Ralf
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Phonons in expanding Bose-Einstein condensates with wavelengths much larger than the healing length behave in the same way as quantum fields within a universe undergoing an accelerated expansion. This analogy facilitates the application of many tools and concepts known from general relativity (such as horizons) and the prediction of the corresponding effects such as the freezing of modes after horizon crossing and the associated amplification of quantum fluctuations. Basically the same amplification mechanism is (according to our standard model of cosmology) supposed to be responsible for the generation of the initial inhomogeneities -- and hence the seeds for the formation of structures such as our galaxy -- during cosmic inflation (i.e., a very early epoch in the evolution of our universe). After a general discussion of the analogy (\emph{analogue cosmology}), we calculate the frozen and amplified density-density fluctuations for quasi-two dimensional (Q2D) and three dimensional (3D) condensates which undergo a free expansion after switching off the (longitudinal) trap. PACS: 03.75.Kk, 04.62.+v.
description: 17 pages
Aggregation of Tariff-Rate Quotas
Creators: name: Lips, Markus
name: Rieder, Peter
name: Lips, Markus
name: Rieder, Peter
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Tariff-Rate Quota
subject: Aggregation
subject: General Equilibrium Modeling

description: For an analysis of Tariff-Rate Quotas the question arises how to aggregate them. In this paper, two alternative aggregation methods are compared, based on the magnitude of aggregated tariffs or the aggregated quota rent.
Clinical factors influencing asthma direct cost in children and adolescents with mild to moderate asthma.
Creators: name: Dardouri, Maha
name: Bouguila, Jihene
name: Sahli, Jihene
name: Zedini, Chekib
name: Mallouli, Manel
name: Mtiraoui, Ali
Publisher: name: Biomedicine & Healthcare Research
Year: 2023

description: Asthma imposes a substantial economic burden on the health care system and community worldwide. Annual direct asthma cost and
the factors that influence this cost are not yet addressed in Tunisia, particularly in the pediatric population. This study aimed to identify
clinical factors determining the annual direct cost of pediatric asthma. The current study was cross-sectional, carried out in Farhat Hached University Hospital in Sousse, Tunisia, over three months among children with asthma aged 7-17 years. Asthma direct cost was defined as the cost of healthcare resources utilization and medication related to asthma in the past 12 months. Multiple regression was performed to examine the association between total asthma direct cost and clinical factors. Ninety children with mild to moderate asthma were included in the study. The findings showed that 67.8% were 7-11 years and 55.6% were boys. The annual mean of total direct asthma cost was $616.71±454. Multiple regression showed that severity of asthma (B1= 402.473, 95% CI 163.414 to 641.532, p=0.001), medication adherence (B2= -265.656, 95% CI -434.194 to -97.118, p=0.002), and quality of life of children (B3= -103.257, 95% CI -173.687 to -32.828, p=0.005) were significantly associated with asthma direct cost. In conclusion, this study underlined the substantial economic burden of mild to moderate asthma in Tunisian children and adolescents. Asthma direct cost increased with asthma severity stage, suboptimal medication adherence, and impaired quality of life. Asthma management action plans are needed to limit asthma direct cost.
description: Biomedicine & Healthcare Research, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2023): First Issue
Attenuation caused by a distant Isothermal Turbulent Screen
Creators: name: Fischera, Joerg
name: Dopita, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyse in detail the attenuation caused by an isothermal turbulent distant foreground dust screen. The attenuation curve is well determined by two parameters, the absolute-to-relative attenuation ratio R^A_V=A_V/E(B-V) and the absolute attenuation A_V. We show quantitatively how these two observable quantities depend on the statistical properties of the local density and the mean attenuation and how they vary with the thickness of the screen measured in units of the largest turbulent scale. The attenuation through a turbulent medium is characterised by higher transparency and a flatter attenuation curve in comparison with a homogeneous dust screen. In general, the effect of the turbulent medium on the attenuation increases with slice thickness. In the limit of thick slices, typically larger than the maximum turbulent scale, R^A_V asymptotically approaches a maximum value.
description: 38 pages, 48 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ, Jan. 2005
Chronic tubal ectopic pregnancy with a negative serum human chorionic gonadotropin test: A Case ‎ Report
Creators: name: Abid, Skander
name: Derouiche, Mouna
name: Abdelmoula, Ghada
name: Boughizane, Sassi
name: Hidar, Samir
name: Chaieb, Anouar
Publisher: name: Biomedicine & Healthcare Research
Year: 2023

description: Early measurements of β-hCG serum levels and Transvaginal ultrasound form the mainstay of timely ectopic pregnancy diagnosis.


The current case highlighted, that an ectopic pregnancy may exist even in the setting of an undetectable initial β-hCG serum level and may go unnoticed if taken lightly.


Difficulties in diagnosing chronic ectopic pregnancy make this clinical case a challenge in gynaecology and are not commonly reported in the literature.


This case presents a 31 years old female patient, gravida5 para3, who attended the Emergency Department with a two-week history of spotting along with recent worsening associated with pelvic pain. On gynecological examination, blackish bleeding of endocavitary origin and adnexal tenderness especially on the right. Her β-hCG serum level was negative, checked twice in two different laboratories.


An urgent transvaginal pelvic ultrasound showed a right heterogeneous tubal mass with a double component of 65 by 57mm. Laparoscopy revealed a heterogeneous ampulla mass of 4 cm related to an encysted hematocele in the right fallopian tube. The treatment consisted of a right salpingectomy. The final pathological analysis confirmed right tubal pregnancy.


In the absence of typical clinical symptoms or characteristic ultrasound signs for this entity, a diagnostic laparoscopy is indicated and necessary to be carried out urgently, as presented in this case study, to prevent the complications of a ruptured pregnancy, thus decreasing a poor prognosis for the patient.
description: Biomedicine & Healthcare Research, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2023): First Issue
What are the left-handed media and what is interesting about them?
Creators: name: Bliokh, K. Yu.
name: Bliokh, Yu. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We review the intensively discussed ideas about wave propagation and refraction in media where both electric permittivity and magnetic permeability are negative. The criticism against negative refraction as violating the causality principle is considered. Starting from the initial wave equations, refraction of beams at the boundary of a left-handed medium is analyzed. The physics of a perfect lens formed by a flat layer of a left-handed material is considered.
description: 21 pages, 8 figures