cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Pasture improvement in Tobago
Creators: name: Collins, Pamela
name: Collins, Pamela
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1987
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Pasture improvement
subject: Grass legume mixtures
subject: Tobago

description: Pangola is the main species which has been used in the small proportion (approximately IO%) of pasture land which has been improved in Tobago. Recent attempts to introduce other grass species and to encourage the use of grass-legume mixtures have been encouraging. The species used and the methods employed are described. The potential for further pasture improvement is discussed.
Anomalous current-voltage characteristics of SFIFS Josephson junctions with weak ferromagnetic interlayers
Creators: name: Karabassov, T.
name: Guravova, A. V.
name: Kuzin, A. Yu.
name: Kazakova, E. A.
name: Kawabata, S.
name: Lvov, B. G.
name: Vasenko, A. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a quantitative study of the current-voltage characteristics (CVC) of SFIFS Josephson junctions (S denotes bulk superconductor, F - metallic ferromagnet, I - insulating barrier) with weak ferromagnetic interlayers in the diffusive limit. The problem is solved in the framework of the nonlinear Usadel equations. We consider the case of a strong tunnel barrier such that the left SF and the right FS bilayers are decoupled. We calculate the density of states (DOS) in SF bilayers using a self-consistent numerical method. Then we obtain the CVC of corresponding SFIFS junctions, and discuss their properties for different set of parameters including the thicknesses of ferromagnetic layers, the exchange field, and the magnetic scattering time. We observe the anomalous nonmonotonic CVC behavior in case of weak ferromagnetic interlayers, which we ascribe by DOS energy dependencies in case of small exchange fields in F layers.
Integral-field spectroscopy of the quadruple QSO HE 0435-1223: Evidence for microlensing
Creators: name: Wisotzki, L.
name: Becker, T.
name: Christensen, L.
name: Helms, A.
name: Jahnke, K.
name: Kelz, A.
name: Roth, M. M.
name: Sanchez, S. F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the first spatially resolved spectroscopic observations of the recently discovered quadruple QSO and gravitational lens HE0435-1223. Using the Potsdam Multi-Aperture Spectrophotometer (PMAS), we show that all four QSO components have very similar but not identical spectra. In particular, the spectral slopes of components A, B, and D are indistinguishable, implying that extinction due to dust plays no major role in the lensing galaxy. While also the emission line profiles are identical within the error bars, as expected from lensing, the equivalent widths show significant differences between components. Most likely, microlensing is responsible for this phenomenon. This is also consistent with the fact that component D, which shows the highest relative continuum level, has brightened by 0.07 mag since Dec 2001. We find that the emission line flux ratios between the components are in better agreement with simple lens models than broad band or continuum measurements, but that the discrepancies between model and data are still unacceptably large. Finally, we present a detection of the lensing galaxy, although this is close to the limits of the data. Comparing with a model galaxy spectrum, we obtain a redshift estimate of z_lens=0.44+-0.02.
description: 9 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication in A&A
Additional file 9 of PGRMC1 effects on metabolism, genomic mutation and CpG methylation imply crucial roles in animal biology and disease
Creators: name: Thejer, Bashar M.
name: Partho P. Adhikary
name: Teakel, Sarah L.
name: Fang, Johnny
name: Weston, Paul A.
name: Saliya Gurusinghe
name: Ayad G. Anwer
name: Gosnell, Martin
name: Jazayeri, Jalal A.
name: Ludescher, Marina
name: Lesley-Ann Gray
name: Pawlak, Michael
name: Wallace, Robyn H.
name: Pant, Sameer D.
name: Wong, Marie
name: Fischer, Tamas
name: New, Elizabeth J.
name: Fehm, Tanja N.
name: Neubauer, Hans
name: Goldys, Ewa M.
name: Quinn, Jane C.
name: Weston, Leslie A.
name: Cahill, Michael A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 9 Table S2. GO pathways enrichment results. Related to Fig. 7. The top ten GO enrichments for each cell comparison from Fig. 7. Full results are available in File S1.
Additional file 1 of The effect of diet quality and body mass index on depression in older adults: a growth curve analysis
Creators: name: Wang, Yun-Lin
name: Wang, Yun-Han
name: Leung, Dara Kiu Yi
name: Wong, Gloria Hoi Yan
name: Lum, Terry Yat Sang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Science Policy
Mental Health

description: Supplementary Material 1
Juvenile Drug Courts: Where Have We Been? Where Should We Be Going?
Creators: name: Cooper, Caroline S.
name: Nerney, Michael
name: Parnham, Judge John
name: Smith, Betsey
Publisher: name: American University (Washington, D.C.)
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 4402
subject: Criminology
subject: FOS: Law

description: Description to be added
X-ray and Optical Eclipses in ULXs as Possible Indicators of Black Hole Mass
Creators: name: Pooley, David
name: Rappaport, Saul
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) with 10^39 < L_x < 10^41 erg/s have been discovered in great numbers in external galaxies with ROSAT, Chandra, and XMM-Newton. The central question regarding this important class of sources is whether they represent an extension in the luminosity function of binary X-ray sources containing neutron stars and stellar-mass black holes (BHs), or a new class of objects, e.g., systems containing intermediate-mass black holes (100 - 1000 M_sun). We suggest searching for X-ray and optical eclipses in these systems to provide another diagnostic to help distinguish between these two possibilities. The sense of the effect is that ULXs with stellar-mass black hole accretors should be at least twice as likely to exhibit eclipses as intermediate-mass black hole systems - and perhaps much more than a factor of two. Among other system parameters, the orbital period would follow. This would provide considerable insight as to the nature of the binary.
description: 4 pages, 2 figures, submitted to ApJ on July 16, 2005
Exclusive $B \to (K^*, ρ) γ$ decays in the general two-Higgs-doublet models
Creators: name: Xiao, Zhenjun
name: Zhuang, Ci
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: By employing the QCD factorization approach, we calculated the next-to-leading order new physics contributions to the branching ratios, CP asymmetries, isospin and U-spin symmetry breaking of the exclusive decays $B \to V γ$ ($V=K^*, ρ$), induced by the charged Higgs penguins in the general two-Higgs-doublet models. Within the considered parameter space, we found that (a) the new physics corrections to the observables are generally small in the model I and model III-A, moderate in model II, but large in model III-B; (b) from the well measured branching ratios and upper limits, a lower bound of $\mhp > 200$ GeV in model II was obtained, while the allowed range of $\mhp$ in model III-B is $ 226 \leq \mhp \leq 293 $ GeV; these bounds are comparable with those from the inclusive $B \to X_s γ$ decay; (c)the NLO Wilson coefficient $C_7(m_b)$ in model III-B is positive and disfavered by the measured value of isospin symmetry breaking $Δ_{0-}^{exp} (K^*γ) = (3.9 \pm 4.8)%$, but still can not be excluded if we take the large errors into account; (d) the CP asymmetry $\acp(B \to ργ)$ in model III-B has an opposite sign with the one in the standard model (SM), which may be used as a good observable to distinguish the SM from model III-B; (e) the isospin symmetry breaking $Δ(ργ)$ is less than 10% in the region of $γ= [ 40 \sim 70]^\circ$ preferred by the global fit result, but can be as large as 20 to 40% in the regions of $γ\leq 10^\circ$ and $γ\geq 120^\circ$. The SM and model III-B predictions for $Δ(ργ)$ are opposite in sign for small or large values of the CKM angles; (f) the U-spin symmetry breaking $ΔU(K^*,ρ)$ in the SM and the general two-Higgs-doublet models is generally small in size: $\sim 10^{-7}$.
description: Revtex, 38 pages with 14 eps figures, minor corrections
CP violation in X_1^0 X_2^0 production at a linear collider
Creators: name: Aguilar-Saavedra, J. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the observability of CP-violating asymmetries in the process e+ e- -> X_1^0 X_2^0 -> X_1^0 X_1^0 l+ l-, with l = e,mu. We consider two examples of supersymmetric scenarios: (i) with decays X_2^0 -> l_R l -> X_1^0 l+ l-; (ii) with X_2^0 three-body decays. The asymmetries can be of order 0.1 but they are partially washed out by the large backgrounds from W+ W- and slepton pair production, being the observed asymmetries one order of magnitude smaller. However, with appropriate kinematical cuts they can be observed at an e+ e- collider with a centre of mass energy of 500 GeV and high luminosity.
description: LaTex 17 pages, 17 figures. Added comments and references. To be publised in Nucl. Phys. B
Additional file 8 of PGRMC1 effects on metabolism, genomic mutation and CpG methylation imply crucial roles in animal biology and disease
Creators: name: Thejer, Bashar M.
name: Partho P. Adhikary
name: Teakel, Sarah L.
name: Fang, Johnny
name: Weston, Paul A.
name: Saliya Gurusinghe
name: Ayad G. Anwer
name: Gosnell, Martin
name: Jazayeri, Jalal A.
name: Ludescher, Marina
name: Lesley-Ann Gray
name: Pawlak, Michael
name: Wallace, Robyn H.
name: Pant, Sameer D.
name: Wong, Marie
name: Fischer, Tamas
name: New, Elizabeth J.
name: Fehm, Tanja N.
name: Neubauer, Hans
name: Goldys, Ewa M.
name: Quinn, Jane C.
name: Weston, Leslie A.
name: Cahill, Michael A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 8 Table S1. Spectral channel filters employed for hyperspectral autofluorescence imaging. Related to Fig. 1. For further details of this approach see Gosnell et al. [44].
04_IJSER_Wheat Diversity_2017.pdf
Creators: name: Ghimire, Krishna
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 70305 Crop and Pasture Improvement (Selection and Breeding)
subject: FOS: Agriculture, forestry and fisheries

description: Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is the third most important crop of Nepal after rice and maize. Large numbers of local landraces are still grown in western and far western hills of the country. Most of them are conserved ex-situ but their utilization in breeding is very less. This study was carried out to study level of phenotypic variability among wheat genetic resources conserved National Agriculture Genetic Resource Centre (Genebank) based on twelve quantitative and ten qualitative traits. A total of 237 accessions were planted at
Khumaltar (1360masl) with non-replicated rod row design. Both univariate and multivariate statistics were used to determine the extent of variation among germplasm. Wide range of variation has been observed among the accessions for both quantitative and qualitative traits, revealing Standardized Shannon-Weaver diversity (H') ranging from 0.55 to 0.87 for quantitative traits and 0.24 to 0.94 for
qualitative traits. The dendrogram constructed to describe the relationship among the landraces, resulted in six clusters at 73.7% of similarity, based on average linkage and Euclidian distance. Correlation analysis between quantitative traits showed significant positive correlation among days to heading and days to maturity (r=0.54), 1000-grain weight and grain width (r=0.43), 1000-grain weight and
seed length (0.39). The study of variability among accession for different quantitative and qualitative traits could be used to select advantageous adaptive traits for crosses in the breeding program, direct use by farmers and also can be used as an important tool for the management of crop germplasm collection.
Organ Segmentation From Full-size CT Images Using Memory-Efficient FCN
Creators: name: Wang, Chenglong
name: Oda, Masahiro
name: Mori, Kensaku
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this work, we present a memory-efficient fully convolutional network (FCN) incorporated with several memory-optimized techniques to reduce the run-time GPU memory demand during training phase. In medical image segmentation tasks, subvolume cropping has become a common preprocessing. Subvolumes (or small patch volumes) were cropped to reduce GPU memory demand. However, small patch volumes capture less spatial context that leads to lower accuracy. As a pilot study, the purpose of this work is to propose a memory-efficient FCN which enables us to train the model on full size CT image directly without subvolume cropping, while maintaining the segmentation accuracy. We optimize our network from both architecture and implementation. With the development of computing hardware, such as graphics processing unit (GPU) and tensor processing unit (TPU), now deep learning applications is able to train networks with large datasets within acceptable time. Among these applications, semantic segmentation using fully convolutional network (FCN) also has gained a significant improvement against traditional image processing approaches in both computer vision and medical image processing fields. However, unlike general color images used in computer vision tasks, medical images have larger scales than color images such as 3D computed tomography (CT) images, micro CT images, and histopathological images. For training these medical images, the large demand of computing resource become a severe problem. In this paper, we present a memory-efficient FCN to tackle the high GPU memory demand challenge in organ segmentation problem from clinical CT images. The experimental results demonstrated that our GPU memory demand is about 40% of baseline architecture, parameter amount is about 30% of the baseline.
Onychoquinpes Gómez & Morales-Serna 2013, gen. nov.
Creators: name: Gómez, S.
name: Morales-Serna, F. N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Maxillopoda
Harpacticoida
Laophontidae
Onychoquinpes

description: Genus Onychoquinpes gen. nov.    Diagnosis of genus
As for the type and only species (see below).   Type species
 Onychoquinpes permixtionis sp. nov.    Etymology
 The generic name alludes to the relationship of the genus with Onychocamptus Daday and Folioquinpes Fiers and Rutledge.
description: Published as part of Gómez, S. & Morales-Serna, F. N., 2013, On a small collection of Laophontidae T. Scott (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from Mexico. II. New records of Quinquelaophonte Wells, Hicks and Coull and description of Onychoquinpes permixtionis gen. nov. et sp. nov., pp. 381-408 in Journal of Natural History (J. Nat. Hist.) (J. Nat. Hist.) 47 (5 - 12) on page 396, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2012.757658, http://zenodo.org/record/4608255
Acoustic Waves in Granular Packings at Low Confinement Pressure
Creators: name: Tell, Karsten
name: Dreißigacker, Christoph
name: Tchapnda, Alberto Chiengue
name: Yu, Peidong
name: Sperl, Matthias
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Elastic properties of a granular packing show nonlinear behavior determined by its discrete structure and nonlinear inter-grain force laws. Acoustic waves show a transition from constant, pressure-dependent sound speed to a shock-wave like behavior with amplitude-determined propagation speed. This becomes increasingly visible at low static confinement pressure as the transient regime shifts to lower wave amplitudes for lower static pressure. In microgravity, confinement pressure can be orders of magnitude lower than in a ground based experiment. Also, the absence of hydrostatic gradients allows for much more homogeneous and isotropic pressure distribution. We present a novel apparatus for acoustic wave transmission measurements at such low packing pressures. A pressure control loop is implemented by a microcontroller that monitors static force sensor readings and adjusts the position of a movable wall with a linear motor until the desired pressure is reached. Measurements of acoustic waves are possible using accelerometers embedded in the granular packing as well as piezos. For excitation we use a voice coil-driven wall, with a large variety of signal shapes, frequencies and amplitudes. This enables experiments both in the linear and strongly nonlinear regime.
description: 10 pages, 9 figures
That strange procedure called quantisation
Creators: name: Giulini, Domenico
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This is a pedagogical and (almost) self-contained introduction into the theorem of Groenewold and van Howe, which states that a naive transcription of Dirac's quantisation rules cannot work. Some related issues in quantisation theory are also discussed. First-class constrained systems are briefly described in a slightly more `global' fashion.
description: 28 pages, no figures, contribution to the conference ``Aspects of Quantum Gravity -- From Theory to Experimental Search'', Bad Honnef (Ger) 2002
Report to the Montgomery County Circuit Court on Family Division Implementation
Creators: name: Cooper, Caroline S.
name: Charles Edelstein, Hon.
Publisher: name: American University (Washington, D.C.)
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 48
subject: Law and legal studies

description: A Review of Domestic Relations Case Processing in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland, and Recommendations for Implementation of the Requirements of the New Family Law Rule
Analytical solutions and criteria for the quantum discord of two-qubit X-states
Creators: name: Hu, Anzi
name: Maldonado-Trapp, A.
name: Roa, Luis
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Except for a few special states, computing quantum discord remains a complicated optimization process. In this paper we present analytical solutions for computing quantum discord of the most general class of X-states and the criteria for each analytical solution to be valid. We discuss parameter regions that correspond to different analytical solutions and explain the underlying reasons for such structure to exist. We apply our formalism to study both arbitrary X-states and X-states with certain symmetries. We find that our analytical formalism is in excellent agreement with numerical calculation of quantum discord in both cases.
Additional file 7 of PGRMC1 effects on metabolism, genomic mutation and CpG methylation imply crucial roles in animal biology and disease
Creators: name: Thejer, Bashar M.
name: Partho P. Adhikary
name: Teakel, Sarah L.
name: Fang, Johnny
name: Weston, Paul A.
name: Saliya Gurusinghe
name: Ayad G. Anwer
name: Gosnell, Martin
name: Jazayeri, Jalal A.
name: Ludescher, Marina
name: Lesley-Ann Gray
name: Pawlak, Michael
name: Wallace, Robyn H.
name: Pant, Sameer D.
name: Wong, Marie
name: Fischer, Tamas
name: New, Elizabeth J.
name: Fehm, Tanja N.
name: Neubauer, Hans
name: Goldys, Ewa M.
name: Quinn, Jane C.
name: Weston, Leslie A.
name: Cahill, Michael A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 7 Fig. S7. Chromosomal context of differentially methylated CpG, and biological association of genes. Related to Fig. 7. (A) CpG feature classifications for differentially methylated probes. The percentage of all significant probes that were hypermethylated or hypomethylated per CpG feature is presented for each comparison. Up arrows point to relatively greater fractions of Island and Shore genomic regions for the TM/DM comparison. The down arrow points to reduced OpenSea hypomethylation in the TM/DM comparison. (B) Intersections of significant KEGG pathways between WT/MP, DM/WT and TM/DM. KEGG enrichment was applied separately to significant hypermethylated and hypomethylated probes. The main bar chart presents the number of pathways common to each comparison. Each bar represents an intersect notated by linked dots on the x-axis. The number of significant pathways per comparison is presented as a horizontal bar chart. The KEGG results are in File S1 and the list of pathways unique to each comparison are provided. Pathways analysis of probes genes corresponding to the top 2000 most variable differentially methylated probes in CpG Island or Shore chromosomal regions. Probes were separated into hypermethylated and hypomethylated data sets from D, including only probes from Island or Shores. Enriched Gene Ontology (GO) pathways enrichments are shown. The identities of pathways uniquely differential to one of the three cell type comparisons (WT/MP, DM/WT, or TM/DM) for both hypo- and hyper-methylated data sets and KEGG pathways are available in Supplemental Information File 1.
title: The early fiction of J.G.Farrell as influenced by the writing of Albert Camus, with special reference to L'Étranger
Creators: name: Gwilliams, Fay Lesley
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2006

description: The task of this study has been to show how French existentialist writing, in particular the novels and essays of Albert Camus, contributed to the early development of the unique voice of the writer J.G.Farrell, and provided themes, imagery and characterisation which eventually transferred to, and grew within his Empire fiction. By doing this, it also attempts to review the place of the early fiction in Farrell's work, and to draw that and the later novels towards a coherent whole.

The first chapter examines the links established by critics between Farrell and modern French writers, including Camus. Existentialist features found in his work, especially those from Camus' L'Étranger, are identified in Chapter 2. It is argued that, from these, Farrell derived elements central to all his work. Amongst such elements are the siege-metaphor, the pervading tone of comic irony and the figure of the outsider-protagonist.

Chapter 3 examines Farrell's 'outsiders', makes comparisons between these characters and the protagonist in L'Étranger, and shows how the 'outsider' develops in the early novels and is carried forward into the Empire fiction.

Death and disease as metaphors are discussed in Chapter 4, with particular reference to Camus' La Peste and L'Étranger. Some sources in Camus' work are suggested for the symbolical use of dogs in Farrell's novels, and for the doctor-figure featuring importantly in nearly all his work.

A specific type of death is dealt with in Chapter 5, where the central murder episode in L'Étranger, and its connection with both Farrell's life and his preoccupation with kinds of death on beaches, is explored.

In conclusion, this study argues that Farrell's early fiction and Camusian existentialist writing are very close, that concerns from both sources form a significant part of his Empire novels, and that a consideration of Camus' influence is a key to viewing Farrell's work as a single, developing entity rather than as two separate units.
Analytical solutions and criteria for the quantum discord of two-qubit X-states
Creators: name: Hu, Anzi
name: Maldonado-Trapp, A.
name: Roa, Luis
Publisher: name: American University (Washington, D.C.); Universidad de Concepción
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 51
subject: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Except for a few special states, computing quantum discord remains a complicated optimization process. In this paper we present analytical solutions for computing quantum discord of the most general class of X-states and the criteria for each analytical solution to be valid. We discuss parameter regions that correspond to different analytical solutions and explain the underlying reasons for such structure to exist. We apply our formalism to study both arbitrary X-states and X-states with certain symmetries. We find that our analytical formalism is in excellent agreement with numerical calculation of quantum discord in both cases.
DFT study on interstellar PAH molecules with aliphatic side groups
Creators: name: Buragohain, Mridusmita
name: Pathak, Amit
name: Sakon, Itsuki
name: Onaka, Takashi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) molecules have been long adjudged to contribute to the frequently detected distinct emission features at 3.3, 6.2, 7.7, 8.6, 11.2 and 12.7 μm with weaker and blended features distributed in the 3-20 μm region. The comparatively weaker 3.4 μm emission feature has been attributed to have an aliphatic origin as carrier. PAH with aliphatic functional group attached to it is one of the proposed potential candidate carriers for the 3.4 μm emission band, however, the assignment of carrier is still enigmatic. In this work, we employ Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculation on a symmetric and compact PAH molecule; coronene (C24H12) with aliphatic side group to investigate any spectral similarities with observed features at 3-4 μm. The side groups considered in this study are -H (hydrogenated), -CH3 (methyl), -CH2-CH3 (ethyl) and -CH=CH2 (vinyl) functional groups. Considering the possible presence of deuterium (D) in PAHs, we also include D in the aliphatic side group to study the spectral behavior. We present a detailed analysis of the IR spectra of these molecules and discuss possible astrophysical implications.
Three and Four-Body Interactions in Spin-Based Quantum Computers
Creators: name: Mizel, Ari
name: Lidar, Daniel A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the effort to design and to construct a quantum computer, several leading proposals make use of spin-based qubits. These designs generally assume that spins undergo pairwise interactions. We point out that, when several spins are engaged mutually in pairwise interactions, the quantitative strengths of the interactions can change and qualitatively new terms can arise in the Hamiltonian, including four-body interactions. In parameter regimes of experimental interest, these coherent effects are large enough to interfere with computation, and may require new error correction or avoidance techniques.
description: 5 pages incl. 4 figures. To appear in Phys. Rev. Lett. For an expanded version including detailed calculations see http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0302018
Recognizing the Reasons for Success of Growth Enterprises at Agriculture Sector of Semnan Province, Iran
Creators: name: Lashgarara, Farhad
name: Torabi, Alireza
name: Najafabadi, Maryam Omidi
name: Lashgarara, Farhad
name: Torabi, Alireza
name: Najafabadi, Maryam Omidi
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Institutional and Behavioral Economics
subject: achievement
subject: agriculture sector
subject: growth enterprise
subject: Semnan Province

description: Small and medium enterprises play a significant role in economic and industrial development in the developed and developing countries. The main purpose of the study was to investigate the key factors in the effective of growth enterprises. The statistical population of this study according to assessment of Agri-Bank of the Semnan Province includes the managers of enterprises in agricultural sector of Semnan Province who were evaluated as successful enterprises (1932 agricultural units). For determining the sample 125 persons were selected by using Cochran’s formula through stratified random sampling. The main tool for collecting data was questionnaire. The results indicated that 6.4% of agricultural growth enterprises were fully successful, 79.2% were successful, and 13.6% were rather successful. According to the results, there was a significant difference between the achievement levels of growth enterprises in different educational groups with confidence level of 95%. In addition, regression analysis showed that seven variables of initial capital, current production value, years of activity, number of personnel, firm size, investment amount, and business history altogether explained 47.7% of variance in the growth enterprises.
On the Comparison of the Applications of Conventional Ranking Techniques in Determining the Priority Factors Affecting Seed Production of Medicinal Plants: Case of Guilan Province, Iran
Creators: name: Noorhosseini, Seyyed Ali
name: Fallahi, Esmaeil
name: Gholinezhad, Sepideh
name: Noorhosseini, Seyyed Ali
name: Fallahi, Esmaeil
name: Gholinezhad, Sepideh
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Medicinal plants
subject: Delphi method
subject: Shannon entropy
subject: triangular fuzzy numbers
subject: seed production

description: Aimed at identifying and prioritizing promoters and deterrent affecting seed production of medicinal plants, the present study was conducted in 2014. The Delphi method was conducted using a panel of 13 experts in Guilan Natural Resources and Agriculture Organization. In the first round of the study, multiple-response techniques were used for content analysis. Based on the results of the first round, the second round questionnaire was featuring a Likert type scale that was then filled out by the first round respondents. Next, by comparing the conventional techniques, data were analyzed for investigation. The use of ranking techniques led largely to the same results or results with slight differences. The study recommends devoting due attention to the technical and environmental conditions such as proper storage, to avoid the wasteful harvesting of seeds at risk, and to provide favorable conditions for the domestication of medicinal plants. In addition, the role of research, training, and information dissemination of the economic benefits would receive high importance. Furthermore, designing and implementing a legal monitoring mechanism and an active and comprehensive policy making process, as well as providing facilities and equipment necessary for the preparation, cultivation, and harvest of seeds by decision-making, executive institutions, and organizations would notably be effective to tackle the present challenges.
Improving Teaching-Learning Process and Experience Based on Students, Faculty, and Staff Perspective
Creators: name: Holz-Clause, Mary
name: Kessler, Lisa
name: Koundinya, Vikram
name: Holz-Clause, Mary
name: Kessler, Lisa
name: Koundinya, Vikram
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
subject: teaching-learning process
subject: job satisfaction
subject: learning
subject: experience
subject: strategic decisions

description: In order to make strategic decisions, the new leadership team at the College of Agriculture at the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona conducted a series of focus group interviews with its students, faculty, and staff members. The purpose of this qualitative study was to poll the opinions of these important stakeholders to improve the teaching-learning process in the college, to promote job satisfaction among the employees, to better fulfill the college’s mission of advancing learning and knowledge, and to prepare students for lifelong learning and leadership in agricultural careers. Six themes emerged from student groups and four from faculty/staff groups, with lack of resources emerging as a common theme from both groups. The leadership team deliberated on the findings, and the results of this study provided the leadership team with specific items to solve needs.
Analysis of Factors Affecting Canola Plantation Development in Tabriz and Marand Counties, Iran
Creators: name: Dashti, Ghader
name: Hayati, Babollah
name: Bakhshy, Noushin
name: Ghahremanzadeh, Mohammad
name: Dashti, Ghader
name: Hayati, Babollah
name: Bakhshy, Noushin
name: Ghahremanzadeh, Mohammad
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Farm Management
subject: Canola Adoption
subject: Censored Model
subject: Heckman two step procedure

description: This study identifies and analyzes factors influencing canola plantation development in Tabriz and Marand Counties. The Censored Model was used to analyze cross-sectional data collected from 372 farmers using a questionnaire. Due to the weakness of the Tobit model in separating factors affecting the adoption decision of farmers and factors affecting the rate of adoption, the Heckman Model was employed to separate the contributions made by these factors. The results of estimated Probit model in the first stage of the Heckman Approach showed that machinery ownership had an important effect on canola adoption, as a 1% increase in machinery ownership had led to 0.158% increase in canola adoption probability. Contact with extension agents, farm income proportion, education, and farmers’ experience influenced canola plantation probability positively, and the age and number of fragmentations had a negative impact on it. The significance of inverse Mill’s ratio indicates that the factors affecting the decision to start planting and the amount of canola plantation are not the same. The Heckman’s second step estimation results indicated that the loan amount, canola relative benefit, and family labor had a positive effect, and that machinery cost and farm distance from the road had a negative effect on canola acreage. Relative benefit was the most effective element, as 1% increase in relative benefit results in a 0.342% increase in canola plantation.
The Kinematics of Morphologically Selected z~2 Galaxies in the GOODS-N Field
Creators: name: Erb, Dawn K.
name: Steidel, Charles C.
name: Shapley, Alice E.
name: Pettini, Max
name: Adelberger, Kurt L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present near-IR spectra of H-alpha emission from 13 galaxies at z~2 in the GOODS-N field. The galaxies were selected primarily because they appear to have elongated morphologies, and slits were aligned with the major axes (as determined from the rest-frame UV emission) of 11 of the 13. If the galaxies are elongated because they are highly inclined, alignment of the slit and major axis should maximize the observed velocity and reveal velocity shear, if present. In spite of this alignment, we see spatially resolved velocity shear in only two galaxies. We show that the seeing makes a large difference in the observed velocity spread of a tilted emission line, and use this information to place limits on the velocity spread of the ionized gas of the galaxies in the sample: we find that all 13 have v_{0.5} < 110 km/s, where v_{0.5} is the velocity shear (half of the velocity range of a tilted emission line) that would be observed under our best seeing conditions of ~0.5". When combined with previous work, our data also indicate that aligning the slit along the major axis does not increase the probability of observing a tilted emission line. We then focus on the one-dimensional velocity dispersion σ, which is much less affected by the seeing, and see that the elongated subsample exhibits a significantly lower velocity dispersion than galaxies selected at random from our total H-alpha sample, not higher as one might have expected. We also see some evidence that the elongated galaxies are less reddened than those randomly selected using only UV colors. Both of these results are counter to what would be expected if the elongated galaxies were highly inclined disks. It is at least as likely that the galaxies' elongated morphologies are due to merging subunits.
description: 9 pages, 5 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJ
Additional file 6 of PGRMC1 effects on metabolism, genomic mutation and CpG methylation imply crucial roles in animal biology and disease
Creators: name: Thejer, Bashar M.
name: Partho P. Adhikary
name: Teakel, Sarah L.
name: Fang, Johnny
name: Weston, Paul A.
name: Saliya Gurusinghe
name: Ayad G. Anwer
name: Gosnell, Martin
name: Jazayeri, Jalal A.
name: Ludescher, Marina
name: Lesley-Ann Gray
name: Pawlak, Michael
name: Wallace, Robyn H.
name: Pant, Sameer D.
name: Wong, Marie
name: Fischer, Tamas
name: New, Elizabeth J.
name: Fehm, Tanja N.
name: Neubauer, Hans
name: Goldys, Ewa M.
name: Quinn, Jane C.
name: Weston, Leslie A.
name: Cahill, Michael A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 6 Fig. S6. Methylation status of CpG associated with annotated enhancers. Related to Fig. 7. Significant differentially methylated probes were annotated with the 450k_Enhancer feature and the proportion of probes attributed to each feature counted. Arrows indicate increased hypomethylation and reduced hypermethylation of enhancers in the TM/DM comparison.
Evidence for magnetar precession in X-ray afterglows of gamma-ray bursts
Creators: name: Suvorov, Arthur G.
name: Kokkotas, Kostas D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Many gamma-ray bursts are followed by periods of extended emission. At least in some cases, the burst afterglow may be powered by a rapidly rotating, highly-magnetised neutron star, which spins down due to electromagnetic and gravitational wave emission. Such a remnant is likely to strongly precess in the early stages of its life, which would lead to modulations in the X-ray luminosity as the triaxiality of the system evolves over time. Using a radiation profile appropriate for a precessing, oblique rotator, we find that Swift-XRT data of a long (080602) and a short (090510) burst matches the model with significantly higher accuracy (mean-square residuals dropping by $\gtrsim 200 \%$ in the early stages of the extended emission) than for an orthogonal rotator. We interpret this as evidence for precession in newborn magnetars.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures, 1 table. Accepted for publication in ApJL
SEXUAL EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL, MARIJUANA AND ECSTASY ON THE TEEN DYNAMITES: A COMPARATIVE REVIEW
Creators: name: S, Arin Natania
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 80702 Health Informatics
subject: FOS: Media and communications
subject: Health Care

description: Alcohol, marijuana, and ecstasy (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine [MDMA], ‘Molly’) are among the most prevalent substances used by young adults; however, few studies have focused on the specific sexual effects associated with use. Examining subjective sexual effects (e.g. increased libido) associated with use can inform prevention efforts. Results suggest that compared to marijuana, alcohol and ecstasy were more strongly associated with heightened perceived sexual effects (i.e. perceived sexual attractiveness of self and others, sexual desire, length of intercourse, and sexual outgoingness). Increased body and sex organ sensitivity and increased sexual intensity were most commonly associated with ecstasy use. Sexual dysfunction was most common while using alcohol or ecstasy, especially among males, and females were more likely to report sexual dysfunction after using marijuana. Post-sex regret was most common with alcohol use. Alcohol, marijuana, and ecstasy each have different sexual effects; therefore, each is associated with different risks and benefits for users. Findings can inform prevention and harm reduction as young adults are prone to use these substances.
Rice Farmers’ Behaviors and Attitudes Toward Agricultural Extension Programs in Healthy Food Production (Case of Lahijan and Amlash Counties, Northern Iran)
Creators: name: Bozayeh, Fatemeh Askary
name: Shal, Fathollah Keshavarz
name: Haghghadam, Zahra Mojib
name: Shahinrokhsar, Parisa
name: Bozayeh, Fatemeh Askary
name: Shal, Fathollah Keshavarz
name: Haghghadam, Zahra Mojib
name: Shahinrokhsar, Parisa
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Farm Management
subject: Amlash,
subject: healthy food production
subject: Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
subject: Lahijan

description: This study aimed to explain the behavior and attitudes of farmers in the adoption of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) technologies in rice fields. The main instrument of research was a questionnaire whose validity was confirmed by a panel of professors and executive experts, and its reliability was confirmed by a preliminary test. The sample employed in the research study comprised farmers who were participating in extension programs of integrated pest management held in Lahijan and Amlash during 2012-2014. The findings showed that the predominant activity of farmers was the use of combined methods (chemical and non-chemical), leaving crop residue on the field, and using biological control, with the rank average of 9.27, 9.25, and 9.12 from the total average of 6.5, respectively. In addition to, private extension co- operatives, rice supervisors, agricultural extension staff, educators, and TV programs with the average of 11.14, 10.87, 10.80, and 10.71 of the total average of 7.49 had the highest role in informing the farmers. Based on such findings, some suggestions were also given, such as concentration on special aspects of integrated pest management, attention to the education of rural women, and employing young and educated members of farmers’ families as arms of agriculture extension in transferring innovation of integrated pest management to families.
Novel, simple and robust contact-discontinuity capturing schemes for high speed compressible flows
Creators: name: Kolluru, Ramesh
name: Raghavendra, N. Venkata
name: Rao, S. V. Raghurama
name: Sekha, G. N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: The nonlinear convection terms in the governing equations of compressible fluid flows are hyperbolic in nature and are nontrivial for modelling and numerical simulation. Many numerical methods have been developed in the last few decades for this purpose and are typically based on Riemann solvers, which are strongly dependent on the underlying eigen-structure of the governing equations. Objective of the present work is to develop simple algorithms which are not dependent on the eigen-structure and yet can tackle easily the hyperbolic parts. Central schemes with smart diffusion mechanisms are apt for this purpose. For fixing the numerical diffusion, the basic ideas of satisfying the Rankine-Hugoniot (RH) conditions along with generalized Riemann invariants are proposed. Two such interesting algorithms are presented, which capture grid-aligned steady contact discontinuities exactly and yet have sufficient numerical diffusion to avoid numerical shock instabilities. Both the algorithms presented are robust in avoiding shock instabilities, apart from being accurate in capturing contact discontinuities, do not need wave speed corrections and are independent of eigen-strutures of the underlying hyperbolic parts of the systems.
The Schrödinger Wave Functional and S-branes
Creators: name: Kluson, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we will consider the minisuperspace approach to S-branes dynamics in the Schrödinger picture description. Time-evolution of vacuum wave functional for quantum field theory on S-brane is studied. Open string pair production is calculated. The analysis of density matrix for mixed states is also performed.
description: 27 pages
Luisacaprella Guerra-García 2020, gen. nov.
Creators: name: Guerra-García, J. M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Amphipoda
Caprellidae
Luisacaprella

description: Luisacaprella gen. nov.
 Diagnosis
Head fused (suture present) with pereonite 1. Pereonites 6 and 7 fused. Flagellum of antenna 1 more than two-articulate. Flagellum of antenna 2 two-articulate, swimming setae absent. Mandible molar present; mandible palp three-articulate, setal formula 2-x-1. Gills on pereonites 3 and 4. Pereopods 3 and 4 two-articulate. Pereopod 5 weak, six-articulate, distal article vestigial. Pereopods 6 and 7 six-articulate. Abdomen without appendages.
 Type species
 Luisacaprella eliae sp. nov.
 Etymology
 The genus Luisacaprella is dedicated to Luisa Xarrié Blázquez, M. Luisa García Xarrié, M. Luisa Guerra García and Luis Ariza Guerra, grandmother, mother, sister and nephew of the author, respectively.
description: Published as part of Guerra-García, J. M., 2020, A new genus and species of Caprellidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Kiribati, pp. 2817-2832 in Journal of Natural History 53 (45 - 46) on pages 2818-2819, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2020.1752405, http://zenodo.org/record/4608864
Analysis and Modeling of Yield, CO2 Emissions, and Energy for Basil Production in Iran using Artificial Neural Networks
Creators: name: Rostami, Sajad
name: Choobin, Somayeh
name: Samani, Bahram Hosseinzadeh
name: Esmaeili, Zahra
name: Zareiforoush, Hemad
name: Rostami, Sajad
name: Choobin, Somayeh
name: Samani, Bahram Hosseinzadeh
name: Esmaeili, Zahra
name: Zareiforoush, Hemad
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: artificial neural networks
subject: basil
subject: CO2
subject: energy flow

description: The present study attempts to investigate the potential relationship between input energies, performance production of greenhouse basil, and greenhouse gases emitted from this product. The data were collected from 24 greenhouses using a questionnaire and verbal interaction with farmers. Results of the study showed that the total input energy and total output energy for basil production were 119,852.9 MJ/ha and 61,040 MJ/ha, respectively. The highest rate of energy consumption was related to electricity (52,200 MJ/ha), followed by plastic (23,220 MJ/ha) and chemical fertilizers (13,894 MJ/ha). The energy and productivity indices were estimated at 0.45 and 0.21, respectively, which indicated that the efficiency of energy in the agricultural sector was low. In addition, it was found that the pure energy index and total greenhouse gases emitted from basil production were equal to -722,706.9 and 9,595.6 kg (CO 2 ), respectively. The highest emission of greenhouse gases was attributed to electricity (2,216 kg/CO 2 ). Results of modeling proved that artificial neural networks can predict basil performance and CO 2 emissions with a high degree of accuracy (R 2 =0.99 and MSE= 0.00023).