cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Knowledge Dissemination, Capital Accumulation, Trade, and Endogenous Growth
Creators: name: Ben-David, Dan
name: Loewy, Michael B.
name: Ben-David, Dan
name: Loewy, Michael B.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1997
Subjects: Financial Economics
International Relations/Trade

description: This paper preserves many of the primary features of the standard neoclassical framework while introducing some modifications that transform it into an open economy endogenous growth model with knowledge accumulation. The accumulation of knowledge is determined in part by the extent of knowledge spillovers from abroad which, in turn, are affected by commercial policy that regulates the extent of trade between countries. The model predicts that trade liberalization (even if it is unilateral) will increase steady- *state output growth in all countries while benefitting the liberalizing country (or countries) the most in terms of relative income levels.
Radio and X-ray observations of the jet in Centaurus A
Creators: name: Hardcastle, M. J.
name: Worrall, D. M.
name: Kraft, R. P.
name: Forman, W. R.
name: Jones, C.
name: Murray, S. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present new, high dynamic range VLA images of the inner jet of the closest radio galaxy, Centaurus A. Over a ten-year baseline we detect apparent sub-luminal motions (v ~ 0.5c) in the jet on scales of hundreds of pc. The inferred speeds are larger than those previously determined using VLBI on smaller scales, and provide new constraints on the angle made by the jet to the line of sight if we assume jet-counterjet symmetry. The new images also allow us to detect faint radio counterparts to a number of previously unidentified X-ray knots in the inner part of the jet and counterjet, showing conclusively that these X-ray features are genuinely associated with the outflow. However, we find that the knots with the highest X-ray to radio flux density ratios do not have detectable proper motions, suggesting that they may be related to standing shocks in the jet; we consider some possible internal obstacles that the jet may encounter. Using new, high-resolution Chandra data, we discuss the radio to X-ray spectra of the jet and the discrete features that it contains, and argue that the compact radio and X-ray knots are privileged sites for the in situ particle acceleration that must be taking place throughout the jet. We show that the offsets observed between the peaks of the radio and X-ray emission at several places in the Cen A jet are not compatible with the simplest possible models involving particle acceleration and downstream advection together with synchrotron and expansion losses.
description: 35 pages, 11 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJ. Figure quality reduced: for version with full-quality figures (gzipped PS) see http://www.star.bris.ac.uk/~mjh/papers/cena_jet.ps.gz
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) kunzei
Creators: name: Pedro, Diego De
name: Ceccarelli, Fadia Sara
name: Sagot, Philippe
name: López-Reyes, Eulogio
name: Mullins, Jessica L.
name: Mérida-Rivas, Jorge A.
name: Falcon-Brindis, Armando
name: Griswold, Terry
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Gardner, Joel
name: Ayala, Ricardo
name: Vides-Borrell, Eric
name: Vandame, Rémy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy

description: Lasioglossum (Dialictus) kunzei (Cockerell, 1898)
[Syntype: ♀ Phoenix, Arizona, USA; May 12, 1897]
This species inhabits the southwestern USA and BC, Mexico. The BBPT collected 51 specimens in several localities of the Lower Colorado Desert in June 2019 (35 ♀), March 2020 (9 ♀), and May (1 ♀), April (5 ♀), and June (1 ♀) 2021 (MABC). See fig. 177.
description: Published as part of Pedro, Diego De, Ceccarelli, Fadia Sara, Sagot, Philippe, López-Reyes, Eulogio, Mullins, Jessica L., Mérida-Rivas, Jorge A., Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Griswold, Terry, Ascher, John S., Gardner, Joel, Ayala, Ricardo, Vides-Borrell, Eric & Vandame, Rémy, 2024, Revealing the Baja California Peninsula's Hidden Treasures: An Annotated checklist of the native bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), pp. 1-391 in Zootaxa 5522 (1) on page 259, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5522.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13920532
Effectiveness of Fast Track and Advanced Fast Track programs at Montgomery College and feasibility of expansion to other colleges and universities
Creators: name: Katiraie, Fred
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: In order to help students better prepare for the mandatory mathematics placement tests, some colleges have started to offer Accelerated Learning Programs. These programs offer refresher courses to enable students to review mathematics or reading skills and then to possibly reassess for placement into a higher level course--all within the same time frame as a traditional course. To this end, Montgomery College offers Fast Track and Advanced Fast Track review courses. The Fast Track review course offered at Montgomery College is a 20 hours intensive review of pre-algebra and elementary algebra topics and is intended for students who would like the opportunity to try to improve their course placement. Depending on the student's score in the Fast Track examination, a student can potentially place into a higher level mathematics course. The Advanced Fast Track review course offered at Montgomery College is a 20 hours intensive review of topics pertaining to elementary algebra and intermediate-algebra. Students who successfully complete Advanced Fast Track will be eligible to take a college level math course. A math course is considered a college level math course if it can be used to complete the course requirements for a degree at Montgomery College. The main purpose of this study was to determine if the Fast Track and Advanced Fast Track review courses at Montgomery College in Rockville, Maryland do adequately prepare students for academic success in their subsequent college level mathematics classes at Montgomery College. This research examined the longitudinal effectiveness of the Fast Track and Advanced Fast Track courses at Montgomery College. The student's success rates in the college level mathematics courses were thoroughly examined, and compared to success rates of students with similar backgrounds who did not take Fast Track/Advanced Fast Track courses. Also included in this research was a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the data by utilizing the SPSS software. First attempt grades of Montgomery College students in developmental as well as college level mathematics courses from 1999 to present were gathered and analyzed. Twenty students of Montgomery College, Rockville Campus who have participated in Fast Track/Advanced Fast Track programs, and twenty students who have not were interviewed. This includes a total of nine students who have taken Fast Track and eleven students who have taken Advanced Fast Track courses.
On symplectic fillings
Creators: name: Etnyre, John B
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Symplectic Geometry (math.SG)
subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 53D05, 53D10, 57M50

description: In this note we make several observations concerning symplectic fillings. In particular we show that a (strongly or weakly) semi-fillable contact structure is fillable and any filling embeds as a symplectic domain in a closed symplectic manifold. We also relate properties of the open book decomposition of a contact manifold to its possible fillings. These results are also useful in proving property P for knots [P Kronheimer and T Mrowka, Geometry and Topology, 8 (2004) 295-310, math.GT/0311489] and in showing the contact Heegaard Floer invariant of a fillable contact structure does not vanish [P Ozsvath and Z Szabo, Geometry and Topology, 8 (2004) 311-334, math.GT/0311496].
description: Published electronically at http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/agt/AGTVol4/agt-4-5.abs.html
Additional file 2 of Study protocol for a randomized, blinded, controlled trial of ketamine for acute painful crisis of sickle cell disease
Creators: name: Alshahrani, Mohammed S.
name: Asonto, Laila Perlas
name: Tahan, Mohamed M. El
name: Sulaibikh, Amal H. Al
name: Sukayna Z. Al Faraj
name: Mulhim, Abdullah A. Al
name: Abbad, Murad F. Al
name: Nahhash, Samar A. Al
name: Moath N. Aldarweesh
name: Mahmoud, Alaa M.
name: Nisreen Almaghraby
name: Jumaan, Mohammed A. Al
name: Thamir O. Al Junaid
name: Hawaj, Faisal M. Al
name: AlKenany, Samar
name: ElSayed, Omaima F.
name: Abdelwahab, Haitham M.
name: Moussa, Mohamed M.
name: Bader K. Alossaimi
name: Shaikah K. Alotaibi
name: AlMutairi, Talal M.
name: Duaa A. AlSulaiman
name: Shahrani, Saad D. Al
name: Alfaraj, Donia
name: Alhazzani, Waleed
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Ketamine for acute painful crisis in sickle cell disease patients—recognition pathway. (DOCX 115 kb)
Upliftment of rural women through small entrepreneurship development in some selected areas of Mymensingh district
Creators: name: Rural Women
name: Development
name: Small Entrepreneurship
name: Rural Women
name: Development
name: Small Entrepreneurship
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: Community/Rural/Urban Development
Labor and Human Capital

description: This study analyzed the performance and role of small entrepreneurship development in socioeconomic development of rural poor women. The selected households for thei study divided into three categories of enterprises, namely livestock and poultry, nursery & handicraft making. The sample size for this study was 90. The major findings of the study revealed that the average annual income generation per household of livestock and poultry, nursery, and handicraft enterprise groups were Tk 51645, Tk 36254 and Tk 31923 respectively. Average change in annual income was 110.74 per cent after being involved With different small enterprises. The development indicators revealed that, most of the.respondents of all three enterprises reported "high" development in different indicators. The different aspects of health status, sanitation awareness increased to the expected level. Change in housing unit after involvement is quite reverse to that of before involvement. There has been great increase in the number of own tube well (97 per cent) after involvement with enterprise and 100 per cent households used sanitary latrines Whereas it was oply 24 per cent before involvement. There was 138 per cent increase in working days; this positive change indicates that the small enterprise has generated new self employment activities for the rural poor women. This analysis revealed that participation of the rural women to different small enterprise activities contributed significantly to socioeconomic upliftment of the household in general and increased participation of women in economic activities and household decision making in Particular.
From Mass to Mode: Quantized Shells in Black Hole Geometry
Creators: name: Boulfoul, Sebastian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: quantum gravity
entropy
symmetry
quantum structure
mirror symmetry
energy levels
spectral analysis
fractal structures
quantization
number theory
prime numbers
mathematical physics
black holes
space-time structure
fractal geometry
spiral dynamics
fundamental physics
information theory

description:  

This paper presents a novel theory of black hole structure based on quantized spiral geometry and discrete resonance shells. Instead of singularities or continuous gravitational collapse, black holes are described as organized, layered systems governed by a central mirror operator. Once geometric saturation is reached, the black hole transitions from an accretor to a structural emitter — radiating spatial order rather than absorbing mass.

 

The model is conceptually connected to the author’s earlier work on number space quantization through prime-difference sequences

(“A New Perspective on Infinite Number Spaces through Prime Number Distances and Quantization” – DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14853309),

but it stands as an independent framework focused on black hole topology and symmetry dynamics.
Compressive Sensing Based Secure Storage and Transmission of Ultrasound Images
Creators: name: Jabarulla, Mohamed Yaseen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 80106 Image Processing
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We propose a new way of storing and securing medical images over public networks. The real-time ultrasound image information is simultaneously compress using sparse representation i.e. Structurally Random Matrices and encrypt via Arnold Transform. Considering the property of sparse nature, the original ultrasound image is compressed with structurally random matrices, which reduces the data volume. Further, compressed coefficients made a more complex form using Arnold transformation for encryption. At the receiver end, the original image content can be reconstructed using a recovery algorithm. Simulations and extensive security analyses show that encrypting between fewer information of the image data is sufficient to provide high secured information and low data volume without degrading the quality of ultrasound images.
The "modern day" trade in human beings: How historical experience influences the contemporary trafficking in persons
Creators: name: Picarelli, John T.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: What is so modern about modern day slavery? This question served as the launching point for this dissertation. The central argument of this research project is that contemporary trafficking is an evolutionary stage of prior forms of the trade in human beings. The project teams a structurationist model to a historical institutionalist approach to understand the evolutionary path of the trade in human beings. The data demonstrates that the persistence of the trade in human beings is not solely economic but is also related to state interest and proslavery discourses. The project not only traces the evolution of the trade in human beings for sexual and labor exploitation from 1600 to 1930, but also provides a careful analysis of this evolution to the present day in the US, Sweden and Italy. The project concludes that the evolution of the trade in human beings holds significant implications for the way in which we understand trafficking's operation today. The first implication of the research is that ahistorical models of trafficking provide an insufficient understanding of the phenomena. Traffickers in human beings are as much a collective of historical discourses concerning natural slaves as they are profit maximizers or rationalists. Such a finding provides a new window into our understanding of transnational organized crime in general. The second implication is that historical experience with the trade in human beings impacts the manifestation of contemporary trafficking. Sweden's short and sporadic historical experience with the trade in human beings led to a contemporary situation that is inherently hostile to trafficking in persons. Yet the long and intense historical experience with the trade in human beings in Italy and the US left economic and ideological foundations that foster heterogeneous and widespread trafficking cases in each country. The last implication of the study is scholars of international relations cannot continue to focus on norms and governance as inherently benevolent. This study reveals normative discourses and forms of governance that are malevolent in intent and destructive in operation. Scholars of international relations thus need to considers how illicit spaces are ordered and governed.
School of Pharmacy of Northwestern University (1886-1917)
Creators: name: Kubilius, Ramune Karolina
Publisher: name: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). School of Pharmacy
subject: History of Medicine
subject: Schools, Pharmacy
subject: History of Pharmacy
subject: Chicago (Ill.)

description: This article is part of an occasional series prepared by Galter librarians on the history of and highlights about various Northwestern University health education programs and their alumni. Earlier articles were about Northwestern University's medical, woman's medical, dental, and nursing schools. (This article was first published in the library's website, Nov. 2015 and later in Northwestern Medicine magazine's history blog, Nov. 2016.)
The "modern day" trade in human beings: How historical experience influences the contemporary trafficking in persons
Creators: name: Picarelli, John T.
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4408
subject: Political science
subject: FOS: Political science

description: What is so modern about modern day slavery? This question served as the launching point for this dissertation. The central argument of this research project is that contemporary trafficking is an evolutionary stage of prior forms of the trade in human beings. The project teams a structurationist model to a historical institutionalist approach to understand the evolutionary path of the trade in human beings. The data demonstrates that the persistence of the trade in human beings is not solely economic but is also related to state interest and proslavery discourses. The project not only traces the evolution of the trade in human beings for sexual and labor exploitation from 1600 to 1930, but also provides a careful analysis of this evolution to the present day in the US, Sweden and Italy. The project concludes that the evolution of the trade in human beings holds significant implications for the way in which we understand trafficking's operation today. The first implication of the research is that ahistorical models of trafficking provide an insufficient understanding of the phenomena. Traffickers in human beings are as much a collective of historical discourses concerning natural slaves as they are profit maximizers or rationalists. Such a finding provides a new window into our understanding of transnational organized crime in general. The second implication is that historical experience with the trade in human beings impacts the manifestation of contemporary trafficking. Sweden's short and sporadic historical experience with the trade in human beings led to a contemporary situation that is inherently hostile to trafficking in persons. Yet the long and intense historical experience with the trade in human beings in Italy and the US left economic and ideological foundations that foster heterogeneous and widespread trafficking cases in each country. The last implication of the study is scholars of international relations cannot continue to focus on norms and governance as inherently benevolent. This study reveals normative discourses and forms of governance that are malevolent in intent and destructive in operation. Scholars of international relations thus need to considers how illicit spaces are ordered and governed.
On the Cyclotomic Quantum Algebra of Time Perception
Creators: name: Planat, Michel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: I develop the idea that time perception is the quantum counterpart to time measurement. Phase-locking and prime number theory were proposed as the unifying concepts for understanding the optimal synchronization of clocks and their 1/f frequency noise. Time perception is shown to depend on the thermodynamics of a quantum algebra of number and phase operators already proposed for quantum computational tasks, and to evolve according to a Hamiltonian mimicking Fechner's law. The mathematics is Bost and Connes quantum model for prime numbers. The picture that emerges is a unique perception state above a critical temperature and plenty of them allowed below, which are parametrized by the symmetry group for the primitive roots of unity. Squeezing of phase fluctuations close to the phase transition temperature may play a role in memory encoding and conscious activity.
The importance of magnetic fields for the initial mass function of the first stars
Creators: name: Sharda, Piyush
name: Federrath, Christoph
name: Krumholz, Mark R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Magnetic fields play an important role for the formation of stars in both local and high-redshift galaxies. Recent studies of dynamo amplification in the first dark matter haloes suggest that significant magnetic fields were likely present during the formation of the first stars in the Universe at redshifts of 15 and above. In this work, we study how these magnetic fields potentially impact the initial mass function (IMF) of the first stars. We perform 200 high-resolution, three-dimensional (3D), magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of the collapse of primordial clouds with different initial turbulent magnetic field strengths as predicted from turbulent dynamo theory in the early Universe, forming more than 1100 first stars in total. We detect a strong statistical signature of suppressed fragmentation in the presence of strong magnetic fields, leading to a dramatic reduction in the number of first stars with masses low enough that they might be expected to survive to the present day. Additionally, strong fields shift the transition point where stars go from being mostly single to mostly multiple to higher masses. However, irrespective of the field strength, individual simulations are highly chaotic, show different levels of fragmentation and clustering, and the outcome depends on the exact realisation of the turbulence in the primordial clouds. While these are still idealised simulations that do not start from cosmological initial conditions, our work shows that magnetic fields play a key role for the primordial IMF, potentially even more so than for the present-day IMF.
description: 17 pages, 9 figures, 3 tables; accepted for MNRAS, minor revisions from submitted version
A STUDY ON CONSUMER BUYING BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS QUALITY PRODUCTS AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF SHYAM QUALITY PRODUCTS
Creators: name: Mr. T.N.Naveen
name: Dr. C Suganya
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This study examines consumer buying behavior toward quality products, focusing on Shyam Quality Products in Coimbatore, India. The research employs a descriptive design, utilizing primary data collected from 120 respondents via questionnaires. Key findings reveal that product quality, brand reputation, and pricing significantly influence purchase decisions, with 57.5% of respondents prioritizing quality and 53.33% willing to pay higher prices for superior products. Demographic analysis shows that 67.5% of respondents are aged 21–30, and 62.5% are male. Correlation and ANOVA tests confirm relationships between factors like brand perception, online reviews, and warranty preferences. The study highlights the importance of packaging, customer service, and eco-friendly initiatives in shaping consumer preferences. Recommendations include enhancing packaging, implementing loyalty programs, and adopting sustainable practices to boost customer satisfaction and market competitiveness. The findings provide actionable insights for businesses aiming to align strategies with consumer expectations in the quality products segment. Future research could explore long-term brand loyalty and the impact of digital marketing on buying behavior.
Reproduction of urban classes in Bangladesh in the context of globalization
Creators: name: Rahman, Siddiqur
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4401
subject: Anthropology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: In this research project, I explored how the present processes of globalization affected the class structure in Bangladeshi urban societies. By specific references to Bourdieu's idea of cultural capital, I tried to explore how cultural capital was changing in urban Bangladesh and how it related to the production and reproduction of urban social classes. The context of globalization significantly alters the class structure and the individual's access to economic, social and cultural capital in urban Bangladesh. By looking at two student groups, I showed the role of education, especially higher education, in the reproduction of urban social classes. In this project, I have investigated two student groups from two elite universities in Bangladesh, one public and another private. I have done a comparison between two groups of students in an aim to see how social reproduction occurs in school practice. Inspired by Bourdieu's approach to cultural reproduction, I intend to show that analysis of social class needs to go beyond the simple economic. In Bangladesh, formal education is a strong form of individual cultural capital and a means of individual upward social mobility; it is entangled with an individual's prior economic, social and cultural capital. I looked at students' previous school backgrounds as well as their social origins with the aim of exploring how that affects their social, cultural and economic capital as well as their habitus formation. I also looked at students' experiences in the two universities and tried to show how the two universities prepare their students for future success. I argued that globalization as a force creates inequality in access to social, economic and cultural capital and thus reproduces the social structure. The existing inequality based on social class has been amplified by the ideology of global integration. Universities in Bangladesh participate in this process. Rather than questioning this inequality, universities have become a part of this process. Thus, university, a seemingly apolitical cultural institution has become a part of a political apparatus that benefits some over others.
Breaking All the Rules: The Compact Symmetric Object 0402+379
Creators: name: Maness, H. L.
name: Taylor, G. B.
name: Zavala, R. T.
name: Peck, A. B.
name: Pollack, L. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present results of multi-frequency VLBA observations of the compact symmetric object (CSO) 0402+379. The parsec-scale morphology of 0402+379 allows us to confirm it as a CSO, while VLA data clearly show the presence of kiloparsec-scale structure. Thus, 0402+379 is only the second known CSO to possess large scale structure. Another puzzling morphological characteristic found from our observations is the presence of two central, compact, flat-spectrum components, which we identify as possible active nuclei. We also present the discovery of neutral hydrogen absorption along the southern hotspot of 0402+379 with a central velocity ~1000 km/s greater than the systemic velocity. Multi-epoch observations from the VLA archive, the Caltech-Jodrell Bank Survey, and the VLBA Calibrator Survey allow us to further analyze these anomalous features. Results of this analysis reveal significant motion in the northern hotspot, as well as appreciable variability in both of the core candidates. We consider the possibility that 0402+379 was formed during a recent merger. In this case, the two candidate cores could be interpreted as binary supermassive black holes that have not yet coalesced, whereas the large-scale radio emission could be attributed to interactions directly linked to the merger or to previous activity associated with one of the cores.
description: 28 pages including 9 figures, LaTeX Accepted to ApJ on October 22, 2003
Effectiveness of RAKUB crop credit in selected areas of Rangpur district
Creators: name: Mian, M. R. U.
name: Kasem, M. A.
name: Mian, M. R. U.
name: Kasem, M. A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: Adequacy
subject: Utilization
subject: Repayment
subject: Effective cost
subject: Impact

description: In examining the effectiveness of RAKUB crop credit present study found that the lending procedure of RAKUB was quite lengthy. Large farmers received more amount of loan within shortest possible period and with least cost compared to medium and smaller ones. Loan obtained for banana production was the highest and maximum of the loan was utilized purposively. Overall loan recovery rate was 66 percent during the study period and large farmers were observed to be better repayers. Major factors affecting timely loan repayment were fear of imposing additional interest and penalties and of avoiding certificate case. RAKUB crop credit became able to bring favorable change in the socioeconomic conditions of the respondents but large farmers were the major beneficiaries. Problems like tips and bribe, delay loan disbursement, etc. were identified in connection of loan receipt which surely hampered productive loan use as well as loan repayment. Repayment of old debt and credit exemption by the government were the major causes of loan defaults.
Reproduction of urban classes in Bangladesh in the context of globalization
Creators: name: Rahman, Siddiqur
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: In this research project, I explored how the present processes of globalization affected the class structure in Bangladeshi urban societies. By specific references to Bourdieu's idea of cultural capital, I tried to explore how cultural capital was changing in urban Bangladesh and how it related to the production and reproduction of urban social classes. The context of globalization significantly alters the class structure and the individual's access to economic, social and cultural capital in urban Bangladesh. By looking at two student groups, I showed the role of education, especially higher education, in the reproduction of urban social classes. In this project, I have investigated two student groups from two elite universities in Bangladesh, one public and another private. I have done a comparison between two groups of students in an aim to see how social reproduction occurs in school practice. Inspired by Bourdieu's approach to cultural reproduction, I intend to show that analysis of social class needs to go beyond the simple economic. In Bangladesh, formal education is a strong form of individual cultural capital and a means of individual upward social mobility; it is entangled with an individual's prior economic, social and cultural capital. I looked at students' previous school backgrounds as well as their social origins with the aim of exploring how that affects their social, cultural and economic capital as well as their habitus formation. I also looked at students' experiences in the two universities and tried to show how the two universities prepare their students for future success. I argued that globalization as a force creates inequality in access to social, economic and cultural capital and thus reproduces the social structure. The existing inequality based on social class has been amplified by the ideology of global integration. Universities in Bangladesh participate in this process. Rather than questioning this inequality, universities have become a part of this process. Thus, university, a seemingly apolitical cultural institution has become a part of a political apparatus that benefits some over others.
Marketing system and price behaviour of pond fish in .some selected areas of Mymensingh
Creators: name: Islam, M. R.
name: Feardous, M. A.
name: Hasan, M. R.
name: Islam, M. R.
name: Feardous, M. A.
name: Hasan, M. R.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Marketing System
subject: Cost and Margin and Price Behavior

description: This paper attempts to analyze the marketing system, cost and margins and price behaviour of cultured fish in Mymensingh district. Through purposive sampling technique data were collected from 50 Pondfish farmers, 20 Aratder, 20 .Paiker and 18 Retailer under Trisha! and Phulpur upazilps of Mymensingh district. Price data were collected from secondary source of weekly statistical bulletin of Department of Agriculture Marketing. The study demonstrated that most of the pondfish farmers and intermediaries were illiterate or had little education. Per acre variable cost, gross return and gross margin of the selected pondfish farmers were Tk. 86842.66, Tk.147e08.99 and Tk. 60766.33 respectively. The total marketing cost of Aratder, Paiker and Retailer were Tk. 96.96, Tk. 242.8 and Tk. 75.39 per quintal of fish respectively, while species wise average net margin were Tk. 321.81, Tk. 441.28 and Tk. 598.44 per quintal respectively and Retailer earned the highest margin for common fishes, particularly for Rui, Katla, Kalbaus and Tilapia fishes. The seasonal price variation was not so high and it ranged from maximum 10 to 15 taka. The pondfish farmers and different intermediaries identified some problems and constraints and they also suggested possible steps and measures to make the fish production and business more profitable and sustainable.
Additional file 1 of The fatty acid profile of adipose tissue as a predictor of the ponderal and inflammatory response in adult women six years after bariatric surgery
Creators: name: Crislaine Das Graças De Almeida
name: Viana, Elaine Cristina
name: Moreira, Ana Vládia Bandeira
name: Miguel, Gustavo Peixoto Soares
name: Pedra, Fernanda Semião Garcia
name: Oliveira, Fabiana Eleotério
name: Tayla Neves Quimquim
name: Bissoli, Nazaré Souza
name: Alves, Raquel Duarte Moreira
name: Bressan, Josefina
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Characterization of the sample in the baseline. Table S2. Anthropometric variables, body composition and energy expenditure of women submitted to two techniques of bariatric surgery (SG or RYGB), at the baseline and at the time of 1, 3 and 6 years after bariatric surgery.
Linear-Time Variational Integrators in Maximal Coordinates
Creators: name: Brüdigam, Jan
name: Manchester, Zachary
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Most dynamic simulation tools parameterize the configuration of multi-body robotic systems using minimal coordinates, also called generalized or joint coordinates. However, maximal-coordinate approaches have several advantages over minimal-coordinate parameterizations, including native handling of closed kinematic loops and nonholonomic constraints. This paper describes a linear-time variational integrator that is formulated in maximal coordinates. Due to its variational formulation, the algorithm does not suffer from constraint drift and has favorable energy and momentum conservation properties. A sparse matrix factorization technique allows the dynamics of a loop-free articulated mechanism with $n$ links to be computed in $O(n)$ (linear) time. Additional constraints that introduce loops can also be handled by the algorithm without incurring much computational overhead. Experimental results show that our approach offers speed competitive with state-of-the-art minimal-coordinate algorithms while outperforming them in several scenarios, especially when dealing with closed loops and configuration singularities.
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) magnitegula Gardner & Gibbs 2023
Creators: name: Pedro, Diego De
name: Ceccarelli, Fadia Sara
name: Sagot, Philippe
name: López-Reyes, Eulogio
name: Mullins, Jessica L.
name: Mérida-Rivas, Jorge A.
name: Falcon-Brindis, Armando
name: Griswold, Terry
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Gardner, Joel
name: Ayala, Ricardo
name: Vides-Borrell, Eric
name: Vandame, Rémy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy

description: Lasioglossum (Dialictus) magnitegula Gardner & Gibbs, 2023
[Holotype: BBSL; ♀ Rancho El Cajón, 40 km E Alamos, 420 m elev., Sonora, Mexico; October 1–11, 2006] Lasioglossum magnitegula primarily inhabits the Mexican Pacific Coast, ranging from Oaxaca to Sonora. Gardner & Gibbs (2023) reported one male collected in the Sarcocaulescent Shrubland near Todos Santos in September 2016, BCS. See fig. 177.
description: Published as part of Pedro, Diego De, Ceccarelli, Fadia Sara, Sagot, Philippe, López-Reyes, Eulogio, Mullins, Jessica L., Mérida-Rivas, Jorge A., Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Griswold, Terry, Ascher, John S., Gardner, Joel, Ayala, Ricardo, Vides-Borrell, Eric & Vandame, Rémy, 2024, Revealing the Baja California Peninsula's Hidden Treasures: An Annotated checklist of the native bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), pp. 1-391 in Zootaxa 5522 (1) on page 259, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5522.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13920532
Integration, enlargement and economic growth: Assessing the development strategy of the European Union
Creators: name: Simkins, Zamira Sabatbekovna
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: In 2004 the European Union admitted ten less developed members. Compliant with the Maastricht economic cohesion commitment, the incumbents restructured the EU's budget to accommodate for the economic assistance to new members. Such reallocation of funds could potentially delay the union's goal of becoming the world's leading knowledge economy. Not surprisingly, the EU citizens grew apprehensive of the union's expansion. The EU officials, on the other hand, remained confident that the union enlargement and economic policies could parallel each other and in 2007 admitted two more less developed countries. To assess the effects of the EU enlargement on members' economic development and growth, two alternative empirical studies were conducted in this dissertation. The first study is based on the neoclassical exogenous growth theory and tests three hypotheses of the effects of economic integration. The empirical analysis is conducted using a stochastic Solow model with heterogeneous panel data and suggests that over time European integration helps increase productivity or output per capita, promotes economic convergence, and improves income distribution in the union. The second study is based on the endogenous growth theory and the hypothesis developed in this study builds on the notion that enlargement can make it easier for the EU to face upcoming demographic and welfare system challenges. As a result, European integration and union enlargement are hypothesized to have a positive effect on economic growth. Pooled regression results confirm our theory and, therefore, support the EU's strategy of synchronizing integration and union enlargement with economic development policies. The final chapter of the dissertation integrates the empirical findings and discusses their implications for the EU's future. While the European Union enlargement is a complex political process, analytical analysis suggests that certain economic factors may have influenced the union's recent expansions. If these economic factors continue to play a role in the EU's decision-making, no new enlargements can be foreseen in the EU's nearest future.
Marine fish marketing system .and women participation • in selected fish catching areas of Bangladesh
Creators: name: Biswas, H.
name: Sarwer, R. H.
name: Rahman, M.
name: Biswas, H.
name: Sarwer, R. H.
name: Rahman, M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Dried marine fish
subject: Processing
subject: Marketing
subject: Women participation

description: This study was conducted with a view to evaluate the existing processing and marketing system of selected eight dried marine fish namely: Rupchanda (Pomphret) (Pampus .chinensis), Churi (Ribbon fish) (Trichiurus. haumela), Poa (Jew fish) (0.tolithes argentatus), Kamila (Eel) (Muraenesox talabonoides), Loyitta (Bombay duck) (Harpadon nehe' reus), Lakhua (Indian Salmon) (Leptomelanosoma .indicum), Maitya (Indian Mackeral) (Rastreffiger kanagutra) and Fatra (Herring) (1Isha melastoma),and observed the women participation. This s'tudy was based on a sample survey of 25 dried marine fish producers/processors, 15 Women and 35 intermediaries from Cox's Bazar, Chittagong and Dh.aka. Collection of raw -fish; grading; icing; .evisceration; washing, cleaning, salting and drying; use .of medicine and preservatives and packing were the different stages Of dried marine fish processing-system. Various intermediaries participated in the dried marine fish marketing channels who were Bepari, Aratdar, wholesaler and retailer. Transportation facilities like boats/mechanical boats, shoulder-load/head-load truck, rickshaw and van were used to carry fish anddried fish.by the producers and .the. intermediaries. The sources of • finance for producers and intermediaries were friends and relatives, • Nbos, village m'oney • lenders, fellow traders and • banks etc. Family supplied women participated mainly in the processing activities of dried marine fish. They engaged in different kinds of probess.ingiactivities like evisceration, washing and cleaning, icing, salting, sun-drying, grading, packing, storing, care 'taking, net making etc.
Covariant gauge-natural conservation laws
Creators: name: Palese, Marcella
name: Winterroth, Ekkehart
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 58A20; 58A32; 58E30; 58E40

description: When a gauge-natural invariant variational principle is assigned, to determine {\em canonical} covariant conservation laws, the vertical part of gauge-natural lifts of infinitesimal principal automorphisms -- defining infinitesimal variations of sections of gauge-natural bundles -- must satisfy generalized Jacobi equations for the gauge-natural invariant Lagrangian. {\em Vice versa} all vertical parts of gauge-natural lifts of infinitesimal principal automorphisms which are in the kernel of generalized Jacobi morphisms are generators of canonical covariant currents and superpotentials. In particular, only a few gauge-natural lifts can be considered as {\em canonical} generators of covariant gauge-natural physical charges.
description: 16 pages; presented at XXXVI Symposium on Math. Phys., Torun 09/06-12/06/04; the last paragraph of Section 3 has been reformulated, in particular a mistake in the equation governing the vertical part of gauge-natural lifts with respect to prolongations of principal connections (appearing e.g. in the vertical superpotential) has been corrected
Integration, enlargement and economic growth: Assessing the development strategy of the European Union
Creators: name: Simkins, Zamira Sabatbekovna
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 38
subject: Economics

description: In 2004 the European Union admitted ten less developed members. Compliant with the Maastricht economic cohesion commitment, the incumbents restructured the EU's budget to accommodate for the economic assistance to new members. Such reallocation of funds could potentially delay the union's goal of becoming the world's leading knowledge economy. Not surprisingly, the EU citizens grew apprehensive of the union's expansion. The EU officials, on the other hand, remained confident that the union enlargement and economic policies could parallel each other and in 2007 admitted two more less developed countries. To assess the effects of the EU enlargement on members' economic development and growth, two alternative empirical studies were conducted in this dissertation. The first study is based on the neoclassical exogenous growth theory and tests three hypotheses of the effects of economic integration. The empirical analysis is conducted using a stochastic Solow model with heterogeneous panel data and suggests that over time European integration helps increase productivity or output per capita, promotes economic convergence, and improves income distribution in the union. The second study is based on the endogenous growth theory and the hypothesis developed in this study builds on the notion that enlargement can make it easier for the EU to face upcoming demographic and welfare system challenges. As a result, European integration and union enlargement are hypothesized to have a positive effect on economic growth. Pooled regression results confirm our theory and, therefore, support the EU's strategy of synchronizing integration and union enlargement with economic development policies. The final chapter of the dissertation integrates the empirical findings and discusses their implications for the EU's future. While the European Union enlargement is a complex political process, analytical analysis suggests that certain economic factors may have influenced the union's recent expansions. If these economic factors continue to play a role in the EU's decision-making, no new enlargements can be foreseen in the EU's nearest future.
Additional file 2 of Hygiene protocols for the treatment of denture-related stomatitis: local and systemic parameters analysis - a randomized, double-blind trial protocol
Creators: name: Ribeiro, Adriana B.
name: Araújo, Camila B. De
name: Luiz Eduardo V. Silva
name: Fazan-Junior, Rubens
name: Salgado, Helio C.
name: Ribeiro, Aline B.
name: Fortes, Caroline V.
name: Bueno, Frank L.
name: Oliveira, Viviane C. De
name: Paranhos, Helena De F. O.
name: Watanabe, Evandro
name: Silva-Lovato, Cláudia H. Da
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: Additional file 2. Model consent form.
Detecting autocovariance change in time series
Creators: name: Yaghi, Wisam R.
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 49
subject: Mathematical sciences
classificationCode: 4905
subject: Statistics
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: A new test to detect changes in the covariance structure of a time series is developed. The test does not involve direct fitting of an assumed model for the time series. It is based on detecting changes in autocovariances calculated in a moving window through the series. The use of standard tests of time series change points is inappropriate because of the correlations imposed by the moving windows. This requires the development of new adjustments to existing time series change point tests. The ability of this moving window technique to detect changes in the lag one autocovariance of autoregressive and moving average time series is studied. We compare the performance of the moving window technique with seven parametric techniques for detecting change points in time series. We show that for long time series, the moving window technique outperforms these methods. Simulation results are used to determine appropriate number and width of windows and overlap percentage between two successive windows. We illustrate the application of this new test on UK treasury bill rates and airline travel data. The changes in covariances detected coincide with identifiable economic events that might have caused these changes.