cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Global Adoption of Convenience Foods
Creators: name: Sheely, Megan
name: Sheely, Megan
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: Agribusiness
Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety

description: Trends in the types of foods Americans purchase are evident just by looking around the grocery store. Foods stuffs requiring extensive preparation are being replaced by convenience products that require little time, energy, or preparation. Food companies constantly invest in research and development of new convenience foods to make daily life easier for consumers. The objective of this study is to determine whether the demand for convenience foods is growing around the globe, and if so, to identify the various drivers responsible for the increase in demand. Secondary data were collected for 67 different countries on the quantity and value for four different food types of convenience food: frozen processed foods, chilled processed foods, meal replacement products, and sweet and savory snacks. Data were also found on potential drivers of convenience such as age, income, food budget, etc. All data had 10 years of information (1998 to 2007) and were collected through databases from Euromonitor or the World Bank and analyzed using regression analysis. The three biggest drivers of convenience foods were found to be possession of a color TV, possession of a microwave, and median age of the population.
Hubble Telescope 30 Years in Orbit: Personal Reflections
Creators: name: Williams, Robert
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: With an initial requirement to make observations a minimum of 5-10 years, Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has continued to operate well for 30 years. It has relied upon five servicing missions to repair and replace essential components. Since the final Space Shuttle mission 10 years ago it has avoided major breaks in its operation, with the only serious effects of ageing in space being a progressive deterioration in the performance of the gyroscopes and sensitivity of the instrument detectors. A number of factors were important in making HST a scientific landmark. Ground-breaking discoveries have been made with HST----the most important being the discovery of cosmic acceleration. When HST operation ceases future observations in space should be assured with successful operation of major missions now planned by NASA, ESA, and the China and Japanese Space Agencies.
description: 8 pages, 3 figures
Suzuki-Trotter Decomposition.pdf
Creators: name: SADHUKHAN, TILOCK
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 510803
subject: Quantum information, computation and communication
classificationCode: 510802
subject: Foundations of quantum mechanics
classificationCode: 510899
subject: Quantum physics not elsewhere classified

description: Exponentiating sums of non-commuting operators is a central yet computationally demanding task in physics and mathematics, particularly in quantum mechanics where Hamiltonians typically consist of multiple, non-commuting terms. To address this challenge, our study systematically presents and analyzes the Suzuki–Trotter decomposition—a powerful method for approximating exponentials of such sums by products of simpler exponentials.
We derive and prove both the first-order decomposition and its second-order (Strang) refinement, demonstrating step-by-step how symmetrically arranged exponentials can cancel lower-order commutator errors. Our findings reveal that while the first-order scheme provides a foundational approximation, the second-order splitting offers a higher level of accuracy, scaling as \(\mathcal{O}(1/n^2)\). This improved precision is especially valuable in large-scale numerical simulations of quantum systems, molecular dynamics, and other fields requiring efficient operator exponentiation.
By clarifying the theoretical basis and practical advantages of the Suzuki–Trotter approach, we illustrate its critical role in advancing computational physics and related disciplines.
Additional file 2 of Understanding factors influencing care seeking for sick children in Ebonyi and Kogi States, Nigeria
Creators: name: Dougherty, Leanne
name: Gilroy, Kate
name: Abimbola Olayemi
name: Omitayo Ogesanmola
name: Ogaga, Felix
name: Chinwe Nweze
name: Joya Banerjee
name: Chioma Oduenyi
name: Pacqué, Michel
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 2: Supplemental file 2. COREQ checklist.
Analysis of mouse prostate development using serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE)
Creators: name: Zhang, Tian-Jiao
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Mouse prostate organogenesis is initiated with the outgrowth of the urogenital sinus epithelium (UGE) into the surrounding urogenital sinus mesenchyme (UGM). Mesenchymal-epithelial (M/E) interactions are important for prostate development and molecules involved in this process remain to be identified. To enhance our understanding of the molecular mechanisms regulating mouse prostate development, we generated a serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) library from each of the following six tissues: El6.5 male urogenital sinus (UGS), E16.5 female UGS, E16.5 male UGM, E16.5 male UGE, postnatal day 0 (PO) prostate and adult dorsal-lateral prostate (DLP) libraries. Bioinformatic analyses revealed differential expression of several members of the WNT signaling pathway and expression of some members was confirmed by quantitative Real Time PCR (RT-qPCR). Of particular interest, a gene encoding an antagonist of the WNT pathway known as Secreted Frizzled-Related Protein 2 (SFRP2) was highly expressed in the El6.5 male UGS library and down-regulated in the adult DLP. Transcripts of WNT4, which interact with SFRP2, and P-catenin, a downstream molecule of the canonical WNT pathway, were also differentially expressed in the developing prostate as well as in male and female UGS. Expression patterns of Sfrp2 were examined using both RT-qPCR and Digital Northern analysis. Further, localization of Sfrp2 mRNA and its protein was carried out using in situ hybridization and immunofluorescence, respectively. Our studies show that WNT pathway members are expressed in the developing prostate, suggesting that the WNT pathway may play a role in prostate development. Development of cancer often involves inappropriate reactivation of pathways that are active during normal development. Therefore, expression of Sfrp2, Wnt4 and fi-catenin during prostate cancer (PCa) initiation and progression was evaluated using the TRansgenic Adenocarcinoma of the Mouse Prostate (TRAMP) model. Sfrp2 and Wnt4 mRNA levels in the TRAMP DLP were upregulated at 4 weeks (PCa initiation) and 8 weeks (PCa progression) of age respectively, compared to their wild type littermates. Taken together, these studies provide the first evidence that WNT pathway members are differentially expressed in the developing prostate and in the DLP of the TRAMP model of PCa. Functional analyses are now required to establish the biological significance of these observations.
title: Распространенность противопоказаний к анальгетикам среди долгожителей в возрасте 90 лет и старше
Creators: name: Пасынкова, Ольга
name: Фатенков, Олег
name: Красильников, Алексей
name: Пасынков, Дмитрий
Publisher: name: Новгородский государственный университет имени Ярослава Мудрого (НовГУ)
Year: 2021

description: Цель работы — изучение распространенности хронического болевого синдрома (ХБС) среди долгожителей, а также распространенности и спектра противопоказаний к нестероидным противовоспалительным средствам (НПВС) и опиоидным анальгетикам для системного неинвазивного применения. В исследование был включен 1101 пациент в возрасте 90 лет и старше (медиана — 92 года), обратившийся за медицинской помощью. Противопоказания к анальгетикам извлекали из актуальных соответствующих инструкций по медицинскому применению. ХБС отмечался у 51% женщин и 52% мужчин. Среди участников исследования было выявлено 1225 противопоказаний, что в среднем составило 2,18±0,056 противопоказания на пациента. Количество противопоказаний было достоверно больше у мужчин (2,51±0,056), чем у женщин (2,05±0,063, р < 0,001). Также у мужчин чаще встречались противопоказания к обеим группам анальгетиков, чем у женщин (22,3% против 12,5%, р < 0,01). Наиболее частыми противопоказаниями являлись сердечно-сосудистые заболевания (75% пациентов).
ISO 42001:2023 AI Governance Maturity Guide
Creators: name: Abi Abdallah, Samir
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: ai governance
data governance
ISO 42001:2023

description: This guide presents a structured framework for assessing and measuring organizational AI governance maturity across five critical dimensions as per ISO 42001:2023 : Strategy and Leadership, Policies and Compliance, Data Governance, Risk and Ethics Management, and Monitoring and Continuous Improvement. The model employs a quantitative scoring methodology (1-5 scale) with specific assessment criteria for each dimension, enabling organizations to evaluate their AI governance capabilities systematically. Through detailed scoring formulas and comprehensive evaluation metrics, the framework provides organizations with actionable insights into their current maturity level while identifying areas for improvement. The guide includes practical examples, scoring calculations, and a holistic approach to measuring overall AI governance maturity. This assessment tool is particularly valuable for organizations seeking to benchmark their AI governance practices against established standards and develop targeted improvement strategies. The framework aligns with contemporary AI governance requirements and can be adapted to various organizational contexts, making it a valuable resource for business leaders, AI practitioners, and governance professionals. Keywords: AI Governance, Maturity Model, Risk Management, Data Governance, Ethics in AI, Organizational Assessment, Compliance Framework, AI Strategy
title: Modification of mixed conducting oxide surfaces with platinum nanoparticles and its effect on electrochemical properties
Creators: name: Riedl, Christoph
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: solid oxide fuel cells
subject: composite electrode
subject: oxygen reduction

description: Preventing climate change, increasing sustainability of human life and lowering carbon dioxide emission are among of the biggest challenges of the 21st century. Therefore, research and development of new possibilities to produce electrical energy has high priority. Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) are able to produce electricity directly from oxidizing fuels. They show high efficiency and are promising candidates for future energy supply. One of the main goals in SOFC research is lowering the operation temperature to intermediate temperatures (400 - 600 C). In the search of high performance intermediate temperature SOFCs, improving the kinetics of oxygen reduction on mixed ionic electronic conducting (MIEC) oxide surfaces is of great interest. Previous studies on La0.6Sr0.4FeO3 revealed much higher electrochemical activity in fuel gas after cathodic polarization and subsequent exsolution of iron(0) particles on the surface. In the course of the thesis, the effect of surface decoration at MIEC electrodes with platinum nanoparticles was studied. Symmetrical thin film samples of Gd0.1Ce0.9O2 (GDC10), SrTi0.7Fe0.3O3 (STF73) and La0.6Sr0.4FeO3 (LSF64) were prepared by pulsed laser deposition on yttria-stabilized zirconia single crystals and characterized before and after platinum deposition at 600 C by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Platinum nanoparticles were deposited on the MIEC surface by sputter deposition. The morphology of the platinum nanoparticles was studied using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and the deposited amount of platinum was determined by inductively coupled plasma - mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). In humidified H2 platinum decoration led to improved ASR e.g. from 6 cm2 to 1 cm2 for STF73 at 600 C. In oxidizing atmospheres up to two orders of magnitude lower polarization resistance could be obtained by Pt decoration. Surprisingly, oxygen incorporation on surface decorated samples shows faster kinetics in lower oxygen partial pressure contrary to undecorated samples. This indicates that nanoparticle decoration changes the rate-limiting step for oxygen incorporation. Furthermore, the deposited amount of platinum was varied and the dependency of the ASR on the deposited platinum amount was investigated.
Additional file 1 of Understanding factors influencing care seeking for sick children in Ebonyi and Kogi States, Nigeria
Creators: name: Dougherty, Leanne
name: Gilroy, Kate
name: Abimbola Olayemi
name: Omitayo Ogesanmola
name: Ogaga, Felix
name: Chinwe Nweze
name: Joya Banerjee
name: Chioma Oduenyi
name: Pacqué, Michel
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1: Supplemental file 1. Interview Guides.
title: Application of blockchain technology in energy-efficiency sector investments in emerging markets
Creators: name: Krofak, Ivan
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: blockchain
subject: distributed ledger technology
subject: energy sector
subject: innovation
subject: renewable energy
subject: energy efficiency
subject: emerging markets
subject: decentralization
subject: blockchain
subject: distributed ledger technology
subject: energy sector
subject: innovation
subject: renewable energy
subject: energy efficiency
subject: emerging markets
subject: decentralization

description: Since the blockchain technology was first introduced, there have been increased efforts in recent years that aim to find various fields of application in different sectors and industries. One of the sectors that shows promising potential for adoption of blockchain technology is the energy sector. In specific, there is a clear need for investments in innovation to release the full potential of renewable energy and energy efficiency sector in general. That is even more emphasized in emerging markets, where additional specific barriers need to be addressed. Investments in renewable energy and especially energy efficiency measures in those markets are still perceived as risky, mostly due to the low technological awareness and lack of a clear legal framework, all contributing to increased risk for the investors. The blockchain technology has a promising perspective to address some of these challenges, and to contribute to creating local decentralized systems that support energy efficiency investments. In the past years, blockchain or distributed ledger technology has emerged as an underlying technology to develop and deploy decentralized applications in various industries. The value proposition builds on its possibility to record transactions in a secure peerto-peer network. Although there has been a lot of hype created mostly around digital currencies, the blockchain technology is showing a promising potential to transform traditional business models. This thesis offers a systematic overview to identify what the state of the art applications are already available in the energy sector. The research will looks into, and proposes the optimal use cases in the field of energy efficiency investments in emerging markets, with a focused evaluation of elements that can be successfully transferred to the energy efficiency market applications.
Farm Income Stabilization and Risk Management: Some Lessons from AgriStability Program in Canada
Creators: name: Kimura, Shingo
name: Anton, Jesus
name: Kimura, Shingo
name: Anton, Jesus
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: Agricultural Finance
Risk and Uncertainty

description: This paper analyzes the effectiveness and efficiency of farm income stabilization program such as AgiStability in Canada. This program intends to mitigate farm income fluctuations, which is seemingly more neutral to the farming decision than the payments that are countercyclical with price or revenue, or that are commodity specific. However reduction of income variability generate responses in farmers’ risk management strategies, and most often generate crowding out effects of other strategies such as insurance or diversification. Stochastic analysis of risks and payments is combined with a micro economic model of endogenous risk management decision under uncertainty to explore the interactions between them. The part of the program that is triggered with small margin reductions of 15-30% (frequent normal risk) is found to have the strongest crowding out effects; the most catastrophic part of the payments (when margins are negative) is paid too late for being an effective disaster assistance; the middle range part of the program enters in competition with AgriInsurance, the subsidized insurance program. In all, this program is a socially more acceptable form of supporting farmers, rather than an efficient risk management tool.
Bloch Ferromagnetism of Composite Fermions
Creators: name: Hossain, Md. Shafayat
name: Zhao, Tongzhou
name: Pu, Songyang
name: Mueed, M. A.
name: Ma, M. K.
name: Rosales, K. A. Villegas
name: Chung, Y. J.
name: Pfeiffer, L. N.
name: West, K. W.
name: Baldwin, K. W.
name: Jain, J. K.
name: Shayegan, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In 1929 Felix Bloch suggested that the paramagnetic Fermi sea of electrons should make a spontaneous transition to a fully-magnetized state at very low densities, because the exchange energy gained by aligning the spins exceeds the enhancement in the kinetic energy. We report here the observation of an abrupt, interaction-driven transition to full magnetization, highly reminiscent of Bloch ferromagnetism that has eluded experiments for the last ninety years. Our platform is the exotic two-dimensional Fermi sea of composite fermions at half-filling of the lowest Landau level. Via quantitative measurements of the Fermi wavevector, which provides a direct measure of the spin polarization, we observe a sudden transition from a partially-spin-polarized to a fully-spin-polarized ground state as we lower the composite fermions' density. Our detailed theoretical calculations provide a semi-quantitative account of this phenomenon.
Resolving X-ray sources from B-stars spectroscopically: The example of mu Lep
Creators: name: Behar, Ehud
name: Leutenegger, Maurice
name: Doron, Rami
name: Guedel, Manuel
name: Feldman, Uri
name: Audard, Marc
name: Kahn, Steven M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present high-resolution X-ray observations of the chemically peculiar late-type B-star: mu Lep. However, we find spectroscopic and astrometric evidence, which show that the X-rays are not traced back to the B-star itself, but rather to a previously unresolved companion: mu Lep-B, whose X-ray spectrum resembles that of a coronally active source. We discuss the possibility that mu Lep-B is a pre-main-sequence companion, most likely of the non-accreting magnetically-active type.
description: To be published in ApJ
title: “David vs. Goliath”: examining market entry of high-tech start-ups in the electric toothbrush industry
Creators: name: Shmelev, Andrei
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: electric toothbrush
subject: power toothbrush
subject: smart toothbrush
subject: dominated market
subject: oral care start-up
subject: toothbrush innovation
subject: David vs Goliath
subject: electric toothbrush
subject: power toothbrush
subject: smart toothbrush
subject: dominated market
subject: oral care start-up
subject: toothbrush innovation
subject: David vs Goliath

description: The study of major challenges that hich-tech start-ups have while launching invented products on the electric toothbrush market as well possible strategies for successful market entry followed by sustainable growth of young ventures are presented in the master thesis. Global electric toothbrush market is highly dominated by a few major players namely P&G (Braun and Oral B) and Philips (Sonicare), who have been kept the lead positions on the market for the last 20 years. Young ventures entering the market meet certain challenges while competing with those giants, including the liability of newness and smallness, absence of generic and specialized complementary assets required for successful commercialization of invented technologies, going into litigation processes with giants and others. Different strategies depending on the appropriability regime (protection from legal and technical aspects) and required complementary assets for appropriating economic benefits from the invented technology are considered. According to the introduced study, in case of low appropriability regime and certain demand for invented technology from the market, start-ups can go alone and use a first-mover advantage, however with having quick exit strategy. In case of high appropriability regime, start-ups shall grow specialized complementary assets for sustainable growth on the market. For start-ups introducing technologies with outstanding cleaning performances such complementary asset can be a network of dental professionals supporting an invented product. For the start-ups bringing additional unique digital services to smart electric toothbrushes such network can also play the role of significant complementary asset, as collected data base about the users oral care habits combined with such a network integrated into the online platform can bring much higher value to a smart electric toothbrush.
Can Female Non-Farm Labor Income Reduce Income Inequality? Evidence from Rural Southern Ethiopia
Creators: name: Kimhi, Ayal
name: Kimhi, Ayal
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: Labor and Human Capital

description: This article examines the importance of non-farm income in reducing per-capita income inequality among agricultural households in southern Ethiopia, with an emphasis on the gender dimension. Using a modified technique of inequality decomposition by income sources applied to household survey data, it was found that female non-farm labor income is the only income source that significantly reduces per-capita income inequality. More precisely, a uniform increase in female non-farm labor income, among households that already have income from this source, reduces inequality. Encouraging women to devote more time to non-farm income-generating activities, and creating market mechanisms that increase earnings in these activities, could potentially lift households out of poverty and at the same time reduce income inequality as a whole. The impact on inequality could be stronger if policies are directed at asset-poor households and less-educated households in particular. One of the policies that could be useful in this regard is female educational enhancements. This could open more opportunities for women in the hired labor market, improve women's position within the household, and promote overall income inequality as well as gender equality.
title: The Austrian startup ecosystem: an analysis of its competitive position among EU countries and its attractiveness to entrepreneurs from selected CIS countries
Creators: name: Merzlyakov, Leonid
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: startup
subject: ecosystem
subject: competitiveness
subject: attractiveness
subject: immigrant
subject: entrepreneur
subject: Austria
subject: EU
subject: startup
subject: ecosystem
subject: competitiveness
subject: attractiveness
subject: immigrant
subject: entrepreneur
subject: Austria
subject: EU

description: The main objective of this thesis is an assessment of the Austrian startup ecosystem competitive position. The assessment was performed through triple-layer analysis. The first layer contains a quick examination of the entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystems as fundamental structures of the startup ecosystem. The examination was performed for Austria and other selected EU countries. The second layer examined selected startup ecosystem domains of Isenberg model and analysed the attractiveness of the highlighted countries for EU startup founders. The third layer included a measure of the Austrian startup ecosystem attractiveness for entrepreneurs from the selected CIS countries through the discussion of survey outcome. The attractiveness of the ecosystem to foreign high-tech entrepreneurs is particularly important because of their significant impact on the host country entrepreneurial landscape and countrys wealth. Summary of this research helps to understand competitive position, strengths and weaknesses of the Austrian startup ecosystem as well as highlight factors, which affect the countrys attractiveness to foreign entrepreneurs when they choose new jurisdiction to relocate their venture abroad. Survey outcomes can be potentially utilised to improve Austrian startup ecosystems competitive offer by private and public institutions as well as by entrepreneurship development institutions in CIS countries to deeper understand ongoing processes and interaction between local and foreign startup ecosystems.
Additional file 1 of Non-invasive venous waveform analysis (NIVA) for volume assessment in patients undergoing hemodialysis: an observational study
Creators: name: Alvis, Bret D.
name: Polcz, Monica
name: Merrick Miles
name: Wright, Donald
name: Shwetar, Mohammad
name: Leisy, Phil
name: Forbes, Rachel
name: Fissell, Rachel
name: Whitfield, Jon
name: Eagle, Susan
name: Brophy, Colleen
name: Hocking, Kyle
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: Supplemental Figure 1. Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) averaged over signal acquisition time plotted as a function of body mass index (BMI). There is no significant correlation between BMI and SNR (r = 0.01, p = 0.93). Supplemental Figure 2. NIVA values were obtained on 10 healthy control subjects (5 males, 5 females) under institutional IRB approval. Mean age was 30 years with a range of 19–58 years. Signal acquisition and analysis was performed in an identical manner as described in the methods. A Mann-Whitney test was used to compare NIVA values of control subjects to those of subjects pre-dialysis (n = 38). NIVA values of euvolemic controls were significantly lower than NIVA values pre-dialysis (median 0.99 vs 1.22, p = 0.03).
A new form of the rotating C-metric
Creators: name: Hong, Kenneth
name: Teo, Edward
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In a previous paper, we showed that the traditional form of the charged C-metric can be transformed, by a change of coordinates, into one with an explicitly factorizable structure function. This new form of the C-metric has the advantage that its properties become much simpler to analyze. In this paper, we propose an analogous new form for the rotating charged C-metric, with structure function G(ξ)=(1-ξ^2)(1+r_{+}Aξ)(1+r_{-}Aξ), where r_\pm are the usual locations of the horizons in the Kerr-Newman black hole. Unlike the non-rotating case, this new form is not related to the traditional one by a coordinate transformation. We show that the physical distinction between these two forms of the rotating C-metric lies in the nature of the conical singularities causing the black holes to accelerate apart: the new form is free of torsion singularities and therefore does not contain any closed timelike curves. We claim that this new form should be considered the natural generalization of the C-metric with rotation.
description: 13 pages, LaTeX
SpecPhot: A Comparison of Spectroscopic and Photometric Exoplanet Follow-Up Methods
Creators: name: Cooke, Benjamin F.
name: Pollacco, Don
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We set out a simulation to explore the follow-up of exoplanet candidates. We look at comparing photometric (transit method) and spectroscopic (Doppler shift method) techniques using three instruments: NGTS, HARPS and CORALIE. We take into account precision of follow-up and required observing time in attempt to rank each method for a given set of planetary system parameters. The methods are assessed on two criteria, SNR of the detection and follow-up time before characterisation. We find that different follow-up techniques are preferred for different regions of parameter space. For SNR we find that the ratio of spectroscopic to photometric SNR for a given system goes like $R_p/P^{\frac{1}{3}}$. For follow-up time we find that photometry is favoured for the shortest period systems ($<10$ d) as well as systems with small planet radii. Spectroscopy is then preferred for systems with larger radius, and thus more massive, planets (given our assumed mass-radius relationship). Finally, we attempt to account for availability of telescopes and weight the two methods accordingly.
description: 10 pages, 7 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS
The Casimir effect at finite temperature in the presence of compactified universal extra dimensions
Creators: name: Cheng, Hongbo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper the Casimir effect for parallel plates at finite temperature in the presence of compactified universal extra dimensions is analyzed. We show the thermal corrections to the effect in detail. We investigate the Casimir effect for different size of universal extra dimensions.
description: 9 pages, 3 figures
How do GM / non GM coexistence regulations affect markets and welfare?
Creators: name: Desquilbet, Marion
name: Poret, Sylvaine
name: Desquilbet, Marion
name: Poret, Sylvaine
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: genetically modified organisms
subject: coexistence
subject: identity preservation
subject: regulation
subject: liability
subject: vertical differentiation
subject: law and economics

description: This paper presents a theoretical economic model assessing the effect of the level of mandatory genetically modified (GM) / non-GM coexistence regulations on market and welfare outcome. We assume vertical differentiation of GM and non-GM goods on the consumer side. Producers are heterogeneous in their cost savings from GMO adoption. Producers of non-GM crops face a probability of having their harvest downgraded if gene flow from GM fields makes its GMO content above the labeling threshold. The government may impose to GMO producers mandatory ex ante isolation distances from non-GM fields in order to decrease the probability of non-GM harvest downgrading. It may also introduce an ex post compensation to non-GMO farmers for profit losses due to harvest downgrading, imposing GMO farmers’ participation to a compensation fund via a tax on GM seeds. Assuming endogenous crop choices and prices, we study the effects of ex ante regulation and ex post liability of GMO producers on market equilibrium as well as on global and interest group welfare.
title: An integrated agile organizational design and its impact on a faster response to changing customer needs: the case of ING’s one agile way of working.
Creators: name: Helmel, Christine
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: organizational design
subject: agile way of working
subject: self-organization
subject: collaboration practice
subject: organizational design
subject: agile way of working
subject: self-organization
subject: collaboration practice

description: The old working paradigm is challenged by the digital revolution of the 21st century, which is characterized by quickly changing customer demand patterns, the entry of disruptive technologies in all industries, increased democratization of information, and, finally, the best talents changing expectations from organizations. Hierarchical organizational structures used to pursue the aim of optimized labour productivity cannot cope with this rapidly changing environment and increasing complexity any more. Thus, organizations have to adapt their organizational design and their way of working to stay competitive. The aim of this master thesis is to investigate the necessary framework for an adequate organizational design on the basis of the concepts of self-organization and agile working principles. A case study on a local branch of an international organization shows how the concept of an agile organizational design helps reach their goals of increased delivery and shorter time to market of services. Furthermore, the study provides insights into effective working processes and how to meet the changing requirements of customers. Both the structural design as well as collaboration practices are, therefore, reviewed in detail. The findings of the subsequent empirical study confirm the thesis that the presented approach of an agile way of working in self-organizing teams clearly contributes to the achievement of the set goals of decreased time to volume, increased employee engagement, an increase in delivery and efficiency, and international collaboration.
Resilience of European farms under different CAP scenarios
Creators: name: Polman, Nico B.P.
name: Peerlings, Jack H.M.
name: Slangen, Louis H.G.
name: Polman, Nico B.P.
name: Peerlings, Jack H.M.
name: Slangen, Louis H.G.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Farm Management
subject: resilience
subject: governance
subject: CAP reform
subject: count model

description: The upcoming reform of the Common Agricultural Policy will put pressure on agricultural incomes and will cause more price volatility and income risk for farms in the EU. This raises the question if and how farms will survive these disturbances. Farms are able to survive only if they respond appropriately to disturbances. This resilience of farms is explained in this research by analysing the number of strategies that farmers indicate that they will use in a situation where the current CAP will continue and in a situation where it will disappear. The outcomes show that under both scenarios large more specialised farms with young farm heads are most resilient, and small more diversified farms headed by old farmers are least resilient. Results also show that farms that indicate to exit are the ones that are most dependent on CAP support, have old farm heads, and are part-time and diversified farms.
Long-Run Trends in the Farm Size Distribution in Israel: The Role of Part-Time Farming
Creators: name: Kimhi, Ayal
name: Tzur, Nitzan
name: Kimhi, Ayal
name: Tzur, Nitzan
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: Farm Management

description: This article proposes a nonparametric analysis in which the change in the distribution of farm size between two periods is decomposed into several components, and the contributions of subgroups of farms to this change are analyzed. Using data on Israeli family farms, we analyze the changes in the farm size distribution in two separate time periods that are characterized by very different market conditions, focusing on the different contributions of full-time farms and part-time farms to the overall distributional changes. We find that between 1971 and 1981, a period characterized by stability and prosperity, the farm size distribution has shifted to the right with relatively minor changes in higher moments of the distribution. On the other hand, between 1981 and 1995, a largely unfavorable period to Israeli farmers, the change in the distribution was much more complex. While the overall change in the size distribution of farms was smaller in magnitude than in the earlier period, higher moments of the distribution were not less important than the increase in the mean. Between 1971 and 1981 the contributions of full-time farms and part-time farms to the change in the size distribution are quite similar. Between 1981 and 1995, however, full time farms contributed mostly to the growth in the average farm size, while average farm size among part-time farms actually decreased, and their contribution to the variance of farm size was quantitatively larger. We conclude that the contribution of part-time farming to the increase in farm size inequality is not straightforward. Rather, it depends on the economic environment.
Inference in partially linear models with correlated errors
Creators: name: Ghement, Isabella Rodica
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: We study the problem of performing statistical inference on the linear effects in partially linear models with correlated errors. To estimate these effects, we introduce usual, modified and estimated modified backfitting estimators, relying on locally linear regression. We obtain explicit expressions for the conditional asymptotic bias and variance of the usual backfitting estimators under the assumption that the model errors follow a mean zero, covariance-stationary process. We derive similar results for the modified backfitting estimators under the more restrictive assumption that the model errors follow a mean zero, stationary autoregressive process of finite order. Our results assume that the width of the smoothing window used in locally linear regression decreases at a specified rate, and the number of data points in this window increases. These results indicate that the squared bias of the considered estimators can dominate their variance in the presence of correlation between the linear and non-linear variables in the model, therefore compromising their i/n-consistency. We suggest that this problem can be remedied by selecting an appropriate rate of convergence for the smoothing parameter of the-estimators. We argue that this rate is slower than the rate that is optimal for estimating the non-linear effect, and as such it 'undersmooths' the estimated non-linear effect. For this reason, data-driven methods devised for accurate estimation of the non-linear effect may fail to yield a satisfactory choice of smoothing for estimating the linear effects. We introduce three data-driven methods for accurate estimation of the linear effects. Two of these methods are modifications of the Empirical Bias Bandwidth Selection method of Opsomer and Ruppert (1999). The third method is a non-asymptotic plug-in method. We use the data-driven choices of smoothing supplied by these methods as a basis for constructing approximate confidence intervals and tests of hypotheses for the linear effects. Our inferential procedures do not account for the uncertainty associated with the fact that the choices of smoothing are data-dependent and the error correlation structure is estimated from the data. We investigate the finite sample properties of our procedures via a simulation study. We also apply these procedures to the analysis of data collected in a time-series air pollution study.
title: Identification of opportunities for social entrepreneurship in Slovakia to help mitigate long-term unemployment
Creators: name: Dunda, Valér
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: social entrepreneurship
subject: long-term unemployment
subject: Slovakia
subject: business model
subject: opportunities
subject: good practices
subject: challenges
subject: social entrepreneurship
subject: long-term unemployment
subject: Slovakia
subject: business model
subject: opportunities
subject: good practices
subject: challenges

description: Main objectives of this master thesis are to identify good practices and challenges in social entrepreneurship and describe social entrepreneurship business models and thus help to support the development of social entrepreneurship in Slovakia. Actors in the social economy, which are not necessarily covered by the term “social enterprise” as defined by law, but which are not only socially but also entrepreneurially driven, are in the minority, and the social entrepreneurship in Slovakia is still in its nascent phase. Contrary to the fact, that Slovakia has a massive network of social service providers, many social challenges are addressed marginally, ineffectively or remain unaddressed at all. The author hopes that the findings of the paper might contribute to decreasing long-term unemployment the persistent problem of the Slovak economy. The author has decided on an international literature review, as well as one-on-one personal interviews with social entrepreneurs from the Central European region and Slovakia and hopes to give practical recommendations to existing and aspiring social entrepreneurs.
Optimal two-qubit quantum circuits using exchange interactions
Creators: name: Fan, Heng
name: Roychowdhury, Vwani
name: Szkopek, Thomas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Heisenberg exchange interaction is a natural method to implement non-local (i.e., multi-qubit) quantum gates in quantum information processing. We consider quantum circuits comprising of $(SWAP)^α$ gates, which are realized through the exchange interaction, and single-qubit gates. A universal two-qubit quantum circuit is constructed from only three $(SWAP)^α$ gates and six single-qubit gates. We further show that three $(SWAP)^α$ gates are not only sufficient, but necessary. Since six single-qubit gates are known to be necessary, our universal two-qubit circuit is optimal in terms of the number of {\em both} $(SWAP)^α$ and single-qubit gates.
description: 4 pages
Additional file 1 of Returning to care after incarceration with HIV: the French Guianese experience
Creators: name: Huber, F.
name: S. Vandentorren
name: A. Merceron
name: T. Bonifay
name: A. Pastre
name: A. Lucarelli
name: M. Nacher
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1.
title: 01_0676
Creators: name: Wesley Baldwin, John
name: Baldwin, John W.
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris

description: L'ensemble de ces notes ont été crée par John Baldwin lors d'une de ses premières périodes de résidence à Paris. Ces documents comprennent tous les magistri qu’il avait pu rencontrer dans ses sources. Aux XIIème et XIIIème siècles, les universités n'existant pas encore, le titre de magister s'il évoque certainement une compétence n'est pas rattaché de façon systématique au passage par les écoles. De surcroît, les magistris sont le plus souvent désignés par leur seul prénom. La lecture de ces données est donc difficile et suppose un long travail pour tenter d'identifier un individu auquel on pourrait rattacher plusieurs mentions. John Baldwin avait donc renoncé à utiliser ces données pour donner un prolongement à sa magnifique étude sur les gradués d'université et leur emploi par les Capétiens et les Plantagenêts. Néanmoins, il a conservé ces données et elles sont potentiellement très utile dans le cadre de Studium, comme le sont toutes les mentions dans les volumes des Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae de chanoines portant ce titre de magister sans autres précisions. L'ampleur des dépouillements rend ces données très utiles et nous devons une grande reconnaissance à John Baldwin pour avoir pris la peine de faire photocopier ses fiches et de nous les avoir transmises amicalement.
Les données ainsi que les images des fiches sont accessibles sur le site Internet à l'adresse suivante : http://studium-baldwin.lamop.fr/.
Les transcriptions des fiches ont été effectuées par des étudiants de Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne mais elles n'ont pas été corrigées par la suite.
description: Relation: https://lamop.hypotheses.org/
Integrating risk and uncertainty in PMP models
Creators: name: Petsakos, Athanasios
name: Rozakis, Stelios
name: Petsakos, Athanasios
name: Rozakis, Stelios
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Risk and Uncertainty
subject: E-V analysis
subject: expected utility
subject: farm model
subject: Positive Mathematical Programming
subject: risk.

description: Positive Mathematical Programming (PMP) is one of the most commonly used methods of calibrating activity linear programming (LP) models in agriculture. PMP applications published thus far focus on the estimation of a farm’s nonlinear cost or profit function and rely on the recovery of unobserved or implicit information that can explain the initial model’s inability to calibrate. In this paper we use the PMP procedure to calibrate an expected utility model under the assumption that this implicit information can reveal a farmer’s profit expectations and risk attitude. The perfect calibration shows that PMP can be applied not only to LP models, but also to models that incorporate risk and this provides an interesting alternative to the traditional PMP methodology.
Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of a novel Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal (Solanaceae) distributed at the high altitude of Abha hills of Saudi Arabia
Creators: name: Alsuhaimi, Nadia Mohammad
name: Ali, Mohammad Ajmal
name: Solaiman Alwahibi, Mona
name: Rahman, Mohammad Oliur
name: Choi, Sangho
name: Kim, Soo-Yong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310899
subject: Plant biology not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 310508
subject: Genome structure and regulation
classificationCode: 310509
subject: Genomics
classificationCode: 310114
subject: Systems biology

description: A study that investigated on the cp genome of Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal, distributed at the high altitude of Abha hills of Saudi Arabia
Matrix elements of the operator T\bar{T} in integrable quantum field theory
Creators: name: Delfino, Gesualdo
name: Niccoli, Giuliano
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recently A. Zamolodchikov obtained a series of identities for the expectation values of the composite operator T\bar{T} constructed from the components of the energy-momentum tensor in two-dimensional quantum field theory. We show that if the theory is integrable the addition of a requirement of factorization at high energies can lead to the exact determination of the generic matrix element of this operator on the asymptotic states. The construction is performed explicitly in the Lee-Yang model.
description: 22 pages, one reference added
The Theory and Practice of Performance Indicators for Sustainable Food Security: A Checklist Approach
Creators: name: Runge, C. Ford
name: Gonzalez-Valero, Juan
name: Runge, C. Ford
name: Gonzalez-Valero, Juan
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: Food Security and Poverty

description: This article proposes a set of sustainability indicators based on a combination of economic, social and health data that meet three tests: the indicators are simple, measurable and capable of being extended to workers in the field. They result from a scoring model which ranks the progress of agricultural projects in three key areas: (1) sustaining improvements in agricultural productivity while minimizing negative impacts on soil and water quantity and quality or biodiversity; (2) sustaining expected farm-level profits while minimizing worker health and safety risks; and (3) sustaining improvements in rural economic and social conditions while distributing these benefits widely.