cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
I can (not) avoid doing badly : the effects of perceived source of a self-relevant stereotype on performance
Creators: name: Dar Nimrod, Ilan
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: The theory of stereotype threat states that activating self-relevant stereotypes can lead people to exhibit stereotype-consistent behavior. Stereotype threat most commonly arises under circumstances in which a negative self-relevant stereotype is applicable, the person's membership in the stereotyped group is made salient, and the person believes that their performance on a task will be evaluated. It seems that a certain element in stereotypes conveys an inescapable expected behavior to members of the stereotyped social group. Putting this assertion to test we manipulated the perceived inevitability of a stereotype-related group difference. Research on Nature vs. nurture causal attributions suggests that people perceive genetic causes to be more inescapable than experiential ones. Using a repeated measures design, causal attributions concerning gender-based differences in mathematical ability were manipulated by presetting either geneticbased or experientially-based explanations for the gender-related math performance differences, while the strength of the alleged differences was held constant. A third condition asserted that there are no gender differences in math. Additional variable tested was the presence of men's influence on women math performance. Results supported the hypothesis that the perceived cause for gender differences in math ability affects women's mathematical performance. Women who were exposed to a genetic explanation performed significantly worse than those exposed to experiential explanation. Men's presence did not significantly influence women's math performance. The results indicate one way in which genetic essentialism might affect people's behaviour. Several more implications, as well as future directions are discussed.
Service marketing mix as input and output of higher and technical education: A measurement model based on students’ perceived experience
Creators: name: Mahajan, Prashant
name: Golahit, Suresh
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 150503 Marketing Management (incl. Strategy and Customer Relations)
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 150502 Marketing Communications
subject: 150504 Marketing Measurement
subject: 150505 Marketing Research Methodology
subject: 150313 Quality Management

description: PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the relationships of service marketing mix (SMM) as service input and service output in terms of students’ performance, satisfaction and referral act in context to higher and technical education (HTE) through the application of structural equation modeling.Design/methodology/approachA quantitative research, conducted through a self-administered survey composed by a closed-ended structured questionnaire, was incorporated for the students who were enrolled in the technical educational institutions situated in the Khandesh region of India.FindingsThe findings of this study revealed that traditional SMM is statistically linked with the performance of students in terms of skill and knowledge enhancement, satisfaction and referral act of students, which are perceptible new emerging SMM; performance, pleasure and pointing out in terms of service output.Practical implicationsIntegrating SMM as service input and service output are productive for HTE in enhancing growth (quantitatively) by the inclusivity of diversified students and development (qualitatively) by enhancing their performance for global standing, making them satisfied and motivating them for recommending their institution to others. This integration can be utilized as a yardstick by the institutions for staying ahead in students’ market with a distinctive competitive advantage.Social implicationsGrowth and development of HTE will raise a society’s quality of life and thereby increase a country’s socio-economic status.Originality/valueThe study has exhibited SMM as input and output of a service system that is useful for the growth and development of HTE. The measurement tool presented is effective in (re)framing policies on SMM as service input based on desired service output.
Fixation of strategies for an evolutionary game in finite populations
Creators: name: Antal, Tibor
name: Scheuring, Istvan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A stochastic evolutionary dynamics of two strategies given by 2 x 2 matrix games is studied in finite populations. We focus on stochastic properties of fixation: how a strategy represented by a single individual wins over the entire population. The process is discussed in the framework of a random walk with arbitrary hopping rates. The time of fixation is found to be identical for both strategies in any particular game. The asymptotic behavior of the fixation time and fixation probabilities in the large population size limit is also discussed. We show that fixation is fast when there is at least one pure evolutionary stable strategy (ESS) in the infinite population size limit, while fixation is slow when the ESS is the coexistence of the two strategies.
description: 22 pages, 2 eps figures
Optimal copying of entangled two-qubit states
Creators: name: Novotny, J.
name: Alber, G.
name: Jex, I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the problem of copying pure two-qubit states of a given degree of entanglement in an optimal way. Completely positive covariant quantum operations are constructed which maximize the fidelity of the output states with respect to two separable copies. These optimal copying processes hint at the intricate relationship between fundamental laws of quantum theory and entanglement.
description: 13 pages, 7 figures
Future land-use change in the Netherlands: an analysis based on a chain of models
Creators: name: Kuhlman, Tom
name: Van Tongeren, Frank W.
name: Helming, John F.M.
name: Tabeau, Andrzej A.
name: Gaaff, Aris
name: Groeneveld, Rolf A.
name: Koole, Boudewijn
name: Verhoog, A. David
name: Dekkers, Jasper
name: Kuhlman, Tom
name: Van Tongeren, Frank W.
name: Helming, John F.M.
name: Tabeau, Andrzej A.
name: Gaaff, Aris
name: Groeneveld, Rolf A.
name: Koole, Boudewijn
name: Verhoog, A. David
name: Dekkers, Jasper
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: land use
subject: CAP
subject: agricultural policy analyses
subject: Netherlands

description: Analyses of the impact of European policies on agricultural change are most often based on agricultural sector models. Such models have their limitations: they cannot specify the interaction between agriculture and the rest of the economy, and their spatial dimension is usually limited. Land use simulation models, on the other hand, usually depend on other models for assessing the demand for land. The consistency of those models with the assumptions and databases of the land use model is often not examined. This article reports on a research project where the links between a macroeconomic model, an agricultural sector model and a land use model were explicitly explored in order to arrive at a consistent model chain. This integrated framework was put to the test by applying it to two contrasting scenarios, which compare impact on agricultural incomes, land use and land management.
Global trends in risk management support of agriculture
Creators: name: Spicka, Jindrich
name: Spicka, Jindrich
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Financial Economics
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Agriculture
subject: agricultural policy
subject: risk management
subject: market price support
subject: income stabilization

description: The aim of this paper is to make an international comparison of risk management policies in OECD countries as well as in selected emerging economies. The results are based on the data from OECD Producer Support Estimates Database and General Services Support Estimates Database, a study of agricultural insurance schemes carried out by the European Commission and an overview of risk-related policy measures formulated by the OECD. The results indicate that all OECD countries have the price stabilizing support for at least some commodities. Although the share of market price support in the producer support estimates has been decreasing for a long time, it still remains an important component in most countries around the world. The analysis also revealed the pilot experiences with index based insurance in developing countries whose economy is considerably dependent on agriculture.
Pulse Pileup Rejection Methods Using a Two-Component Gaussian Mixture Model for Fast Neutron Detection with Pulse Shape Discriminating Scintillator
Creators: name: Glenn, Andrew
name: Cheng, Qi
name: Kaplan, Alan D.
name: Wurtz, Ron
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Pulse shape discriminating scintillator materials in many cases allow the user to identify two basic kinds of pulses arising from two kinds of particles: neutrons and gammas. An uncomplicated solution for building a classifier consists of a two-component mixture model learned from a collection of pulses from neutrons and gammas at a range of energies. Depending on the conditions of data gathered to be classified, multiple classes of events besides neutrons and gammas may occur, most notably pileup events. All these kinds of events are anomalous and, in cases where the class of the particle is in doubt, it is preferable to remove them from the analysis. This study compares the performance of several machine learning and analytical methods for using the scores from the two-component model to identify anomalous events and in particular to remove pileup events. A specific outcome of this study is to propose a novel anomaly score, denoted G, from an unsupervised two-component model that is conveniently distributed on the interval [-1,1].
description: 9 pages, 5 figures. Submitted to Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A
Possibilities of web-conferencing systems for disabled students
Creators: name: Benda, Petr
name: Havranek, M.
name: Lohr, Vaclav
name: Havlicek, Zdenek
name: Benda, Petr
name: Havranek, M.
name: Lohr, Vaclav
name: Havlicek, Zdenek
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
subject: Accessibility
subject: web-conferencing system
subject: education
subject: assistive devices Anotace

description: This paper deals with issues of web-conferencing systems accessibility and usability. These systems and applications are becoming increasingly popular in the educational process. Unfortunately, the majority of webconferencing systems are not designed for users with disabilities. The aim of this paper is to describe possibilities of web-conferencing system for teaching handicapped students and explain the benefits of using this solution for common education. The main part of testing the hypothesis and possibilities were carried out in the Adobe Acrobat Connect system which is commonly used in the educational process at CULS.
The effects of a background potential in star cluster evolution: a delay in the relaxation time-scale and runaway collision processes
Creators: name: Reinoso, B.
name: Schleicher, D. R. G.
name: Fellhauer, M.
name: Leigh, N. W. C.
name: Klessen, R. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Runaway stellar collisions in dense star clusters are invoked to explain the presence of very massive stars or blue stragglers in the center of those systems. This process has also been explored for the first star clusters in the Universe and shown to yield stars that may collapse at some points into an intermediate mass black hole. Although the early evolution of star clusters requires the explicit modeling of the gas out of which the stars form, these calculations would be extremely time-consuming and often the effects of the gas can be accurately treated by including a background potential to account for the extra gravitational force. We apply this approximation to model the early evolution of the first dense star clusters formed in the Universe by performing $N$-body simulations, our goal is to understand how the additional gravitational force affects the growth of a very massive star through stellar mergers in the central parts of the star cluster. Our results show that the background potential increases the velocities of the stars, causing an overall delay in the evolution of the clusters and in the runaway growth of a massive star at the center. The population of binary stars is lower due to the increased kinetic energy of the stars, initially reducing the number of stellar collisions, and we show that relaxation processes are also affected. Despite these effects, the external potential enhances the mass of the merger product by a factor $\sim$2 if the collisions are maintained for long times.
description: 16 pages. Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Chi-square test on candidate events from CW signal coherent searches
Creators: name: Itoh, Y.
name: Papa, M. A.
name: Krishnan, B.
name: Siemens, X.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In a blind search for continuous gravitational wave signals scanning a wide frequency band one looks for candidate events with significantly large values of the detection statistic. Unfortunately, a noise line in the data may also produce a moderately large detection statistic. In this paper, we describe how we can distinguish between noise line events and actual continuous wave (CW) signals, based on the shape of the detection statistic as a function of the signal's frequency. We will analyze the case of a particular detection statistic, the F statistic, proposed by Jaranowski, Krolak, and Schutz. We will show that for a broad-band 10 hour search, with a false dismissal rate smaller than 1e-6, our method rejects about 70 % of the large candidate events found in a typical data set from the second science run of the Hanford LIGO interferometer.
description: proceedings of GWDAW8, 2003 conference, 12pages, 6 figures
Mustilia attacina Zolotuhin 2007
Creators: name: Wang, Xing
name: Wang, Min
name: Zolotuhin, Vadim V.
name: Hirowatari, Toshiya
name: Wu, Shipher
name: Huang, Guo-Hua
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Bombycidae
Mustilia
Mustilia attacina

description: 69. Mustilia attacina Zolotuhin, 2007 (FIGURES 39 G–39H, 40E)
Mustilia attacina Zolotuhin, 2007, Neue ent. Nachr. 60: 190. TL: “ China, Sichuan, Gongga Shan, 2600–3200 m ”. Holotype: male (MWM) [examined].
Diagnosis. Can be distinguished from the other species by the following characters: ground color of wings yellow with venation darker and very clear; uncus bifid with acute lobes.
Specimens examined. [HUBEI] Shenlongjia Forest District (Shenlongjia National NR): 1 male, 8– 11.VII.2009, Min Wang & Yang Long leg. (SCAU); [SICHUAN] Luding County: 1 male (holotype), Gonggashan Mountain, 29˚41’ N, 101˚58’ E, 2600–3200 m, 23.IV–15.V.2001, V. Sinjaev & E. Plutenko leg. (MWM); 1 male (paratype), the same data (MWM); 1 male, Mts. Erlangshan, road Ya’an to Kangding, 2100 m, 29˚52’ N, 102˚18’ E, 10–11.IV.2010, Saldaitis leg. (MWM); Baoxing County: 1 male (paratype), Mt. Qiongshan, 3000 m, 20 km W Qiaoqi town, 8–10.VII.2003, S. Murzin leg. (MWM); [YUNNAN] A-tun-tse: 2 males (paratypes), Obere Höhe, 4500 m, 9.VII.1936 & 17.VI.1937, H. Höne leg. (MWM); 1 male (paratype), Talsohle, 3000 m, 4.VII.1937, H. Höne leg. (ZFMK).
Bionomics. The larval host is unknown.
Distribution. Mainland China (Hubei, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan).
Remarks. This species is endemic to China.
description: Published as part of Wang, Xing, Wang, Min, Zolotuhin, Vadim V., Hirowatari, Toshiya, Wu, Shipher & Huang, Guo-Hua, 2015, The fauna of the family Bombycidae sensu lato (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hainan Islands, pp. 1-138 in Zootaxa 3989 (1) on page 101, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3989.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/238716
Influence of two updated nuclear reaction rates on the evolution of low and intermediate mass stars
Creators: name: Weiss, A.
name: Serenelli, A.
name: Kitsikis, A.
name: Schlattl, H.
name: Christensen-Dalsgaard, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Two key reactions of hydrostatic nuclear burning in stars have recently been revised by new experimental data - the 14N(p,gamma)15O and triple alpha reaction rates. We investigate how much the new rates influence the evolution of low-mass, metal-poor and metal-free, stars and of an intermediate-mass star of solar-type composition. We concentrate on phases of helium ignition or thermally unstable helium burning. Our global result is that the new triple alpha rate has no significant influence on such stars, but that there is a noticable, though small, effect of the new 14N(p,gamma)15O rate, in particular on the core helium flash and the blue loop during core helium burning in the intermediate-mass star.
description: shortened version; accepted as a Research Note by Astronomy & Astrophysics
Mustilia pai Zolotuhin 2007
Creators: name: Wang, Xing
name: Wang, Min
name: Zolotuhin, Vadim V.
name: Hirowatari, Toshiya
name: Wu, Shipher
name: Huang, Guo-Hua
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Bombycidae
Mustilia
Mustilia pai

description: 70. Mustilia pai Zolotuhin, 2007 (FIGURES 40 A–40B, 40F)
Mustilia pai Zolotuhin, 2007, Neue ent. Nachr., 60: 191. TL: [Shaanxi, China] “ China, Tapaishan im Tsinling, Süd-Shensi”. Holotype: male (ZFMK) [examined].
Diagnosis. Can be distinguished from the other species by the forewing strongly falcate apex, a clearly delineated dark crescent pattern on the outer margin below the apex and the juxta with a pair of elongate processes.
Specimens examined. [SHANNXI] Taibai County: 1 male (holotype), Tapaishan im Tsinling, Süd-Shensi, 26.VI.1935, H. Höne leg. (GU BMB-019, ZFMK); [SICHUAN] Luding County (Mt. Gonggashan): 1 male, 2.VIII.2003, Min Wang & Liu-Sheng Chen leg. (SCAU).
Bionomics. The larval host is unknown.
Distribution. Mainland China (Shaanxi, Sichuan).
Remarks. This species is endemic to China.
description: Published as part of Wang, Xing, Wang, Min, Zolotuhin, Vadim V., Hirowatari, Toshiya, Wu, Shipher & Huang, Guo-Hua, 2015, The fauna of the family Bombycidae sensu lato (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hainan Islands, pp. 1-138 in Zootaxa 3989 (1) on page 101, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3989.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/238716
Interoperability of Knowledge Units in Plant Protection: Case Studies
Creators: name: Berankova, Martina
name: Houska, Milan
name: Kvasnicka, Roman
name: Berankova, Martina
name: Houska, Milan
name: Kvasnicka, Roman
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
subject: Interoperability
subject: knowledge transfer
subject: plant protection
subject: knowledge unit
subject: process model

description: In this work, we provide two case studies on interoperability and transfer of knowledge in the environment of a company dealing with plant protection. We find that the area of plant protection is highly oriented on working with knowledge. In this case interoperability of knowledge can play an important role in acquiring knowledge from different environments to solve specific problem in companies dealing with plant protection. Nevertheless, the concept of interoperability is well-developed on the level of data and information only. We stem from our previous works, where we defined a logical concept for the interoperability of knowledge on the level of knowledge units. The objective of this work is to show how to apply our process model of knowledge interoperability in a particular plant protection company. Two case studies are provided in order to demonstrate distinguishing between simple knowledge transfer and knowledge interoperability.
Structural change and human rights norms : identity-based socialization processes in the international system
Creators: name: Dragojlovic, Nicolas Isak
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: This thesis examines the international norms banning torture and the death penalty, codified in the Convention against Torture and Cruel and Unusual Punishment and the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights aiming at the abolition of the death penalty. It seeks to explain the differing systemic outcomes experienced by the two norms: why the Convention against Torture is adhered to by most of the state system, while the Second Optional Protocol remains largely a European institution. The operating hypothesis emerges from the recent literature on norms in international relations, and argues that while the norm against torture has undergone a "norm cascade" and initiated a process of socialization in the international system, the norm abolishing the death penalty remains in the "norm emergence" phase, where countries adopt it only as a result of domestic processes. A quantitative analysis is used to test the empirical plausibility of the hypothesis. Binary time-series cross-section (BTSCS) data with a country-year unit of analysis are analyzed using logit regression, with temporal dependence accounted for by a series of temporal dummy variables. A number of identical models are estimated for both norms, comparing the relative significance of the variables in each case. The results appear to support the hypothesis that accession to the Convention against Torture is much more associated with systemic socialization variables than accession to the Second Optional Protocol, which is primarily associated with domestic and regional variables. This points to the relevance of the norm "life-cycle" theoretical framework to the evolution of the norms examined in the thesis, and suggests that it is a generalizable social dynamic.
Bunce-Deddens algebras as quantum Gromov-Hausorff distance limits of circle algebras
Creators: name: Aguilar, Konrad
name: Latremoliere, Frederic
name: Rainone, Timothy
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Operator Algebras (math.OA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We show that Bunce-Deddens algebras, which are AT-algebras, are also limits of circle algebras for Rieffel's quantum Gromov-Hausdorff distance, and moreover, form a continuous family indexed by the Baire space. To this end, we endow Bunce-Deddens algebras with a quantum metric structure, a step which requires that we reconcile the constructions of the Latremoliere's Gromov-Hausdorff propinquity and Rieffel's quantum Gromov-Hausdorff distance when working on order-unit quantum metric spaces. This work thus continues the study of the connection between inductive limits and metric limits.
description: 37 pages
Quantum steering of electron wave function in an InAs Y-branch switch
Creators: name: Jones, G. M.
name: Yang, M. J.
name: Lyanda-Geller, Y. B.
name: Yang, C. H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report experiments on gated Y-branch switches made from InAs ballistic electron wave guides. We demonstrate that gating modifies the electron wave functions as well as their interference pattern, causing the anti-correlated, oscillatory transconductances. Such previously unexpected phenomenon provides evidence of steering the electron wave function in a multi-channel transistor structure.
description: 15 pages, including 3 figures
Electric current evolution at the footpoints of solar eruptions
Creators: name: Barczynski, Krzysztof
name: Aulanier, Guillaume
name: Janvier, Miho
name: Schmieder, Brigitte
name: Masson, Sophie
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Electric currents play a critical role in the triggering of solar flares and their evolution. The aim of the present paper is to test whether the surface electric current has a surface or subsurface fixed source as predicts the circuit approach of flare physics, or is the response of the surface magnetic field to the evolution of the coronal magnetic field as the MHD approach proposes. Out of all 19 X-class flares as observed by SDO from 2011 to 2016 near the disk center, we analyzed the only 9 eruptive flares for which clear ribbon-hooks were identifiable. Flare ribbons with hooks are considered to be the footprints of eruptive flux ropes in MHD flare models. For the first time, fine measurements of time-evolution of electric currents inside the hooks in the observations as well as in the OHM 3D MHD simulation are performed. Our analysis shows a decrease of the electric current in the area surrounded by the ribbon hooks during and after the eruption. We interpret the decrease of the electric currents as due to the expansion of the flux rope in the corona during the eruption. Our analysis brings a new contribution to the standard flare model in 3D.
description: 27 pages, 10 figures; Accepted for publication in ApJ (13 April 2020)
Optical diffraction spectroscopy of excitons in uniaxially-strained GaN films
Creators: name: Toda, Y.
name: Adachi, S.
name: Abe, Y.
name: Hoshino, K.
name: Arakawa, Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The degenerate four-wave mixing spectroscopy of uniaxially strained GaN layers is demonstrated using colinearly polarized laser pulses. The nonlinear response of FWM signal on exciton oscillator strength enhances the sensitivity for polarized exciton, allowing for mapping out the in-plane anisotropy of the strain field. The observed high-contrast spectral polarization clearly shows fine structure splittings of excitons, which are also confirmed in the change of quantum beating periods of time.
description: 4 pages, 7 figures. Submitted to Physical Review B
Classification of the EU countries labour markets
Creators: name: Kaba, Bohumil
name: Kaba, Bohumil
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: International Development
subject: Public Economics
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: Classification
subject: employment
subject: unemployment
subject: principal component analysis
subject: cluster

description: The objective of the paper is to classify the labour markets of the EU member states on the basis of selected employment and unemployment indicators. In order to achieve the study target, the adequate multivariate exploration procedures have been chosen. In the first part of processing original data, principal component analysis (PCA) was employed. PCA is a multivariate statistical procedure used to reduce the number of observed variables into a smaller number of uncorrelated variables with a minimum loss of information. Moreover, the PCA results can be used for effective ranking of the EU countries according to observed indicators of labour markets. This paper describes the crucial steps in PCA and procedure for ranking mentioned and it reviews how PCA-based statistics are constructed and interpreted. The results of the study have demonstrated the range of application and advantages of the multivariate statistical approaches represented in this paper.
Prismosticta Butler 1880
Creators: name: Wang, Xing
name: Wang, Min
name: Zolotuhin, Vadim V.
name: Hirowatari, Toshiya
name: Wu, Shipher
name: Huang, Guo-Hua
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Bombycidae
Prismosticta

description: XXIII. Prismosticta Butler, 1880 (FIGURES 43–44)
Prismosticta Butler, 1880, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 6(5): 67. Type species: Prismosticta fenestrata Butler, 1880, by original designation.
Diagnosis. Very similar to Prismostictoides, but can be distinguished based by the following features: forewing with outer margin more smoother; tranglular transparent spot near apex larger; uncus shallowly bifid with short finger-shaped or short tooth-shaped lobes; gnathos strongly sclerotized, medial lobe smooth or spinulose; valva symmetrical with blunt apex; aedeagus curved; vesica helical, with a single hook-like cornutus.
Distribution. China, Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand, India. Remarks. At present, the genus consists of six species (Holloway, 1987; Chu & Wang, 1993, 1996; Zolotuhin & Witt, 2009; Wang et al., 2011), distributed in Asia. Four Prismosticta species are here recorded from China (Map 23).
Map 23. Distribution of Prismosticta spp. mainly in China
description: Published as part of Wang, Xing, Wang, Min, Zolotuhin, Vadim V., Hirowatari, Toshiya, Wu, Shipher & Huang, Guo-Hua, 2015, The fauna of the family Bombycidae sensu lato (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hainan Islands, pp. 1-138 in Zootaxa 3989 (1) on pages 108-109, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3989.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/238716
The nature of ferromagnetism in the chiral helimagnet $Cr_{1/3}NbS_{2}$
Creators: name: Sirica, N.
name: Vilmercati, P.
name: Bondino, F.
name: Pis, I.
name: Nappini, S.
name: Mo, S. -K.
name: Fedorov, A. V.
name: Das, P. K.
name: Vobornik, I.
name: Fujii, J.
name: Li, L.
name: Sapkota, D.
name: Parker, D. S.
name: Mandrus, D. G.
name: Mannella, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The chiral helimagnet, $Cr_{1/3}NbS_{2}$, hosts exotic spin textures, whose influence on the magneto-transport properties, make this material an ideal candidate for future spintronic applications. To date, the interplay between macroscopic magnetic and transport degrees of freedom is believed to result from a reduction in carrier scattering following spin order. Here, we present electronic structure measurements through the helimagnetic transition temperature, $T_{C}$ that challenges this view by showing a Fermi surface comprised of strongly hybridized Nb- and Cr- derived electronic states, and spectral weight in proximity to the Fermi level to anomalously increases as temperature is lowered below $T_{C}$. These findings are rationalized on the basis of first principle, density functional theory calculations, which reveal a large nearest-neighbor exchange energy, suggesting the interaction between local spin moments and hybridized Nb- and Cr- derived itinerant states to go beyond the perturbative interaction of Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida, suggesting instead a mechanism rooted in a Hund's exchange interaction.
ICT industry and resources based analysis of maintenance SME in the Central Europe
Creators: name: Tesar, Stepan
name: Havlicek, Zdenek
name: Ocenasek, Vladimir
name: Tesar, Stepan
name: Havlicek, Zdenek
name: Ocenasek, Vladimir
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Institutional and Behavioral Economics
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
subject: ICT
subject: resource based analysis
subject: resources
subject: capabilities
subject: strategy
subject: SME

description: Highly competitive situation in Information and Communication technology (ICT) maintenance industry requires a precise analysis of all important factors and carefully defined company strategy which addresses each of these aspects. This paper presents a resource based analysis of family run SME, operating in IT parts and consumables market. In order to understand this complex view, it first describes the company background. It briefly presents the industry key success factors and company strategy of the SME. The value chain analysis helps to name the main organization’s capabilities and evaluates them in terms of costs and customer willingness to pay. Resource audit provides an analysis of key company tangible, intangible and human resources. The outcome of this audit shows that most of SME resources are of an intangible nature. Contrary to the higher mobility of today’s resources, intangible resources of SME such as company reputation, culture and strategic business relations, are mostly immobile and inimitable. Based on the audit all key resources and capabilities are appraised by their strength and importance relative to closest rivals. Results are presented in graph which recognizes the key strengths (family run business related) and weaknesses (IT and finance). The results of the resourced based analysis lead to recommendations for changes in order to create and retain competitive advantage.
Demonstration of Rashba spin splitting in GaN-based heterostructures
Creators: name: Weber, W.
name: Ganichev, S. D.
name: Kvon, Z. D.
name: Bel'kov, V. V.
name: Golub, L. E.
name: Danilov, S. N.
name: Weiss, D.
name: Prettl, W.
name: Cho, Hyun-Ick
name: Lee, Jung-Hee
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The circular photogalvanic effect (CPGE), induced by infrared radiation, has been observed in (0001)-oriented GaN quantum well (QW) structures. The photocurrent changes sign upon reversing the radiation helicity demonstrating the existence of spin-splitting of the conduction band in k-space in this type of materials. The observation suggests the presence of a sizeable Rashba type of spin-splitting, caused by the built-in asymmetry at the AlGaN/GaN interface.
description: 7 pages, 3 figures
Binary-state dynamics on complex networks: Stochastic pair approximation and beyond
Creators: name: Peralta, Antonio F.
name: Toral, Raul
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Theoretical approaches to binary-state models on complex networks are generally restricted to infinite size systems, where a set of non-linear deterministic equations is assumed to characterize its dynamics and stationary properties. We develop in this work the stochastic formalism of the different compartmental approaches, these are: approximate master equation (AME), pair approximation (PA) and heterogeneous mean field (HMF), in descending order of accuracy. Using different system-size expansions of a general master equation, we are able to obtain approximate solutions of the fluctuations and finite-size corrections of the global state. On the one hand, far from criticality, the deviations from the deterministic solution are well captured by a Gaussian distribution whose properties we derive, including its correlation matrix and corrections to the average values. On the other hand, close to a critical point there are non-Gaussian statistical features that can be described by the finite-size scaling functions of the models. We show how to obtain the scaling functions departing only from the theory of the different approximations. We apply the techniques for a wide variety of binary-state models in different contexts, such as epidemic, opinion and ferromagnetic models.
Map Resources – ECO Farms in the Czech Republic
Creators: name: Vanek, Jiri
name: Brožová, Ivana
name: Jarolimek, Jan
name: Simek, Pavel
name: Vogeltanzova, Tereza
name: Cervenkova, Eva
name: Vanek, Jiri
name: Brožová, Ivana
name: Jarolimek, Jan
name: Simek, Pavel
name: Vogeltanzova, Tereza
name: Cervenkova, Eva
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Farm Management
subject: Map portal
subject: web browser
subject: Google Maps
subject: eco farm
subject: ecological agriculture
subject: Act No. 242/2000 Coll

description: The present paper deals with the creation of maps for the sake of a special map portal using the database of eco farms in the Czech Republic. The map output is being developed and implemented within the framework of the Research Program in mutual cooperation of the Department of Information Technologies, Information and Consulting Centre, other departments of the Faculty of Economics and Management CULS Prague with external partners, especially with the Ministry of Agriculture (Environment and Ecological Agriculture Section, Department of Ecological Agriculture) and the Institute of Agricultural Economics and Information (UZEI) - Division of Agro-environmental Policy in Brno. The maps are visualized by means of MPPR 1.0 system and have been processed – in the pilot stage - for the South Bohemian Region eco farms. The results represent initial data from 2009 (as at 31st December 2009) that have been processed, verified and complemented in the course of 2010.
ECONOMIC INFLUENCES ON BIO-FUEL PRODUCTION IN TANZANIA
Creators: name: Mohamed, Sarah S.H.
name: Mohamed, Sarah S.H.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: Environmental Economics and Policy

description: The importance of bio-fuels as an alternative to oil is growing due to the increasing volatility of oil prices. As bio-fuels increasingly replace oil, their higher demand can be an opportunity for developing underdeveloped countries rich with resources for bio-fuel production to engage in such production and as a result, develop. The feasibility of growing the relevant feedstock, Jatropha curcas, in this case, for the production of bio-fuels, specifically, bio-diesel, in Tanzania is evaluated. The factors, which are investigated, include policy, population density, technology and infrastructure. It was found that the labour characteristics, population density and the state of the available technology provide suitable conditions for bio-fuel production. However, adjustments to policy and investment in infrastructure will be necessary to encourage further such production.
Additional file 1 of A real-time electronic symptom monitoring system for patients after discharge following surgery: a pilot study in cancer-related surgery
Creators: name: Richards, H. S.
name: J. M. Blazeby
name: A. Portal
name: R. Harding
name: T. Reed
name: T. Lander
name: K. A. Chalmers
name: R. Carter
name: R. Singhal
name: K. Absolom
name: G. Velikova
name: K. N. L. Avery
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Additional file 1. Interview Topic Guides.
Microscale investigation of binary droplet coalescence using a microfluidic hydrodynamic trap
Creators: name: Narayan, Shweta
name: Makhnenko, Iaroslav
name: Moravec, Davis B.
name: Hauser, Brad G.
name: Dallas, Andrew J.
name: Dutcher, Cari S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Coalescence of micrometer-scale droplets is impacted by several parameters, including droplet size, viscosities of the two phases, droplet velocity and angle of approach, as well as interfacial tension and surfactant coverage. The dynamics and thinning of films between coalescing droplets can be particularly complex in the presence of surfactants, due to the generation of Marangoni stresses and reduced film mobility. In this work, a microfluidic hydrodynamic Stokes trap is used to gently steer and trap surfactant-laden micrometer-sized droplets at the center of a cross-slot. Incoming droplets are made to coalesce with the trapped droplet, yielding measurements of the film drainage time. Water droplets are formed upstream using a microfluidic T-junction, in heavy and light mineral oils and stabilized using SPAN 80, an oil-soluble surfactant. Film drainage times are measured as a function of continuous phase viscosity, incoming droplet speed, trapped droplet size, and surfactant concentrations above and below the critical micelle concentration (CMC). As expected, systems with higher surfactant concentrations, higher continuous phase viscosity, and slower droplet speed exhibit longer film drainage times. Perhaps more surprisingly, larger droplets and high confinement also result in longer film drainage times. The results are used here to determine critical conditions for coalescence, including both an upper and a lower critical Capillary number. Moreover, it is shown that induced surfactant concentration gradient effects enable coalescence events after the droplets had originally flocculated, at surfactant concentrations above the CMC. The microfluidic hydrodynamic trap provides new insights into the role of surfactants in film drainage and opens avenues for controlled coalescence studies at micrometer length scales and millisecond time scales.
description: 35 pages, 8 figures
Topology dependent payoffs can lead to escape from prisoner's dilemma
Creators: name: Sinha, Saptarshi
name: Nath, Deep
name: Roy, Soumen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The maintenance of cooperation in the presence of spatial restrictions has been studied extensively. It is well-established that the underlying graph topology can significantly influence the outcome of games on graphs. Maintenance of cooperation could be difficult, especially in the absence of spatial restrictions. The evolution of cooperation would naturally depend on payoffs. However, payoffs are generally considered to be invariant in a given game. A natural yet unexplored question is whether the topology of the underlying structures on which the games are played, possesses no role whatsoever in the determination of payoffs. Herein, we introduce the notion of cooperator graphs and defector graphs as well as a new form of game payoff, which is weakly dependent on the underlying network topology. These concepts are inspired by the well-known microbial phenomenon of quorum sensing. We demonstrate that even with such a weak dependence, the fundamental game dynamics and indeed the very nature of the game may be altered. Such changes in the nature of a game have been well-reported in theoretical and experimental studies.
description: Replaced by the version accepted to European Physical Journal B
Shape of gauge field tadpoles in string theory
Creators: name: Nibbelink, Stefan Groot
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Orbifolds in field theory are potentially singular objects for at their fixed points the curvature becomes infinite, therefore one may wonder whether field theory calculations near orbifold singularities can be trusted. String theory is perfectly well defined on orbifolds and can therefore be taken as a UV completion of field theory on orbifolds. We investigate the properties of field and string theory near orbifold singularities by reviewing the computation of a one loop gauge field tadpole. We find that in string theory the twisted states give contributions that have a spread of a couple of string lengths around the singularity, but otherwise the field theory picture is confirmed. One additional surprise is that in some orbifold models one can identify local tachyons that give contributions near the orbifold fixed point.
description: 14 pages, Invited brief review for Modern Physics Letters A
The Cotton Wizard: A Software Implementation of a Cotton Variety Selection Model
Creators: name: Elam, Emmett W.
name: Reeves, Jeanne M.
name: Elam, Emmett W.
name: Reeves, Jeanne M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries
Farm Management
Production Economics

description: The Cotton Wizard is an implementation of a cotton variety selection model intended to assist decision-makers (including producers, farm managers, extension specialists, and breeders) in variety selection. The program uses objective cotton performance test data available from state agricultural experiment stations. The decision criteria for variety selection are based on expected economic return (mean net revenue) of a variety and the variability of returns (coefficient of variation). Total revenue is calculated from lint price and seed price, and lint and seed yields. Lint and seed prices are determined by their respective quality characteristics. Adjustments are made for costs that may differ among varieties, such as planting seed cost (seed and technology costs), harvest and ginning costs, and herbicide and insecticide costs in comparisons of transgenic and conventional varieties. Users are provided with information on varieties—such as mean net revenue (total revenue less costs), variability in net revenue, and agronomic characteristics—to aid in the decision process. The Cotton Wizard is available as a Web application.