cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The literal truth : enquiry into novels and reality
Creators: name: Farzaneh, Arash
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: In this study I shall discuss the "dangers" inherent in the misinterpretation of reading and the consequences of treating life as novelistic creation. B y examining two famous readers in literary history, Don Quixote and Emma B ovary, I shall demonstrate in what ways they apply fictitious ideas and beliefs to a mundane and everyday world that appears to be hostile and not conducive to such ideals. In order to show the emergence and importance of "realistic" novels, I w i l l briefly outline the history of the novel in its historical and social context. We will see differences in thought and philosophy in the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the so-called modern, scientific age of ours. By underlining the significance of the philosophy of the times, the Zeitgeist, we shall gain insight into the processes of reading and writing. Furthermore, I shall attempt to explain the ambiguity and vagueness of language itself, as both a means of communication and of conveying ideas. Here I will use examples of post-structuralist thought, which attempts to undermine the importance of language in the scientific age and reveal its problems and difficulties. The reading process and its psychological ramifications are then singled out through the use of concrete examples of the two novels under study, Don Quixote and Madame Bovary. The characters of these two novels embody different perspectives on and paradigms of the world, which have been coined as quixotic and bovarystic, respectively. This entails the assumption that books contain truth and reflect reality as it is. However, since books give us a biased and distorted account of reality and stand in contrast to everyday reality, books can be deceiving and misleading. Emma and Don Quixote are misled by the lure of fiction and search for literal truths. This acts as a source of conflict and constant disillusion in their lives. We will see what such literal truths entail and in what ways the two readers may have been mistaken about the world. This discussion w i l l hopefully give us a better understanding of literature, of both reading and writing and show the relevance and importance that literature plays in the texture of our lives.
A non-compensatory choice modeling analysis of Japanese consumers’ preferences for beef: A choice experiment approach
Creators: name: Aizaki, Hideo
name: Sawada, Manabu
name: Sato, Kazuo
name: Kikkawa, Toshiko
name: Aizaki, Hideo
name: Sawada, Manabu
name: Sato, Kazuo
name: Kikkawa, Toshiko
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: Risk and Uncertainty
subject: BSE
subject: food safety
subject: consumers' valuation

description: The purpose of this paper is to examine, using choice experiments, the Japanese consumers’ valuation of domestic Wagyu beef, domestic dairy beef, Australian beef, and US beef when considering their bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) test status. Some Japanese consumers give high priority to food safety while purchasing beef; this is expected to cause a non-compensatory valuation of food safety. As compared to the results derived from a compensatory utility model, a random parameters logit (RPL) with a non-compensatory utility model provides estimation results that are fitter for the respondents’ decision-making rules and also provides more valid willingness to pay (WTP) for each type of beef. The results suggest that the RPL with the non-compensatory utility model is more suitable for measuring the valuation of food safety with regard to beef by the food safety conscious Japanese consumers. Moreover, the WTP for each BSE-tested type of beef reveals that the Japanese consumers seem to regard the BSE test to be very important for ensuring the food safety of beef.
Topological M-theory as Unification of Form Theories of Gravity
Creators: name: Dijkgraaf, Robbert
name: Gukov, Sergei
name: Neitzke, Andrew
name: Vafa, Cumrun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We introduce a notion of topological M-theory and argue that it provides a unification of form theories of gravity in various dimensions. Its classical solutions involve G_2 holonomy metrics on 7-manifolds, obtained from a topological action for a 3-form gauge field introduced by Hitchin. We show that by reductions of this 7-dimensional theory one can classically obtain 6-dimensional topological A and B models, the self-dual sector of loop quantum gravity in 4 dimensions, and Chern-Simons gravity in 3 dimensions. We also find that the 7-dimensional M-theory perspective sheds some light on the fact that the topological string partition function is a wavefunction, as well as on S-duality between the A and B models. The degrees of freedom of the A and B models appear as conjugate variables in the 7-dimensional theory. Finally, from the topological M-theory perspective we find hints of an intriguing holographic link between non-supersymmetric Yang-Mills in 4 dimensions and A model topological strings on twistor space.
description: 65 pages, 2 figures, harvmac; v2: references added, small corrections/clarifications
Efficiency Measurements in Multi-activity Data Envelopment Analysis with Shared Inputs: An Application to Farmers’ Organizations in Taiwan
Creators: name: Chen, Po-Chi
name: Hsu, Shih-Hsun
name: Chang, Ching-Cheng
name: Ming-Miin, Yu
name: Chen, Po-Chi
name: Hsu, Shih-Hsun
name: Chang, Ching-Cheng
name: Ming-Miin, Yu
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: multi-activity DEA
subject: shared inputs
subject: efficiency measure
subject: directional distance function

description: A multi-activity DEA model with variable returns to scale is proposed to provide information on the efficiency performance of organizations with inputs shared among several closely-related activities. The model is applied to study the case of 279 farmers’ cooperatives in Taiwan. The results provide overall and individual performance measures for each activity as well as suggestions for future improvement. Inter-firm networking should be strengthened and thus policies that promote the consolidation of TFCs will not be sufficient to meet the public goal of institutional reform.
Control of Environmental Pollution in Jiangsu Province
Creators: name: Yan, Xu
name: Yan, Xu
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Rural area
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental pollution
subject: control
subject: China

description: This paper introduces the problems in rural environment of Juangsu Province, and analyzes the causation of these problems. Finally, this paper discusses the related measures for controlling the rural environment of Juangsu Province.
Hard core run and tumble particles on a one dimensional lattice
Creators: name: Dandekar, Rahul
name: Chakraborti, Subhadip
name: Rajesh, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the large scale behavior of a collection of hard core run and tumble particles on a one dimensional lattice with periodic boundary conditions. Each particle has persistent motion in one direction decided by an associated spin variable until the direction of spin is reversed. We map the run and tumble model to a mass transfer model with fluctuating directed bonds. We calculate the steady state single site mass distribution in the mass model within a mean field approximation for larger spin-flip rates and by analyzing an appropriate coalescence fragmentation model for small spin-flip rates. We also calculate the hydrodynamic coefficients of diffusivity and conductivity for both large and small spin-flip rates and show that the Einstein relation is violated in both regimes. We also show how the non-gradient nature of the process can be taken into account in a systematic manner to calculate the hydrodynamic coefficients.
description: 23 pages, 18 figures
Additional file 1 of Molecular characterization of an outbreak-involved Bacillus anthracis strain confirms the spillover of anthrax from West Africa
Creators: name: Wang, Shuchao
name: Suluku, Roland
name: Jalloh, Mohamed B.
name: Samba, Ahmed F.
name: Jiang, Baogui
name: Xie, Yubiao
name: Harding, Doris
name: Zhang, Mengyao
name: Sahr, Foday
name: Sesay, Mahmud E.
name: Squire, James S.
name: Vandi, Mohamed A.
name: Kallon, Moinina N.
name: Zhang, Shoufeng
name: Hu, Rongliang
name: Zhao, Yuee
name: Mi, Zhiqiang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: Table S1: Annotation of reads obtained from the rapid identification.
Level densities and $γ$-ray strength functions in $^{170,171,172}$Yb
Creators: name: Agvaanluvsan, U.
name: Schiller, A.
name: Becker, J. A.
name: Bernstein, L. A.
name: Garrett, P. E.
name: Guttormsen, M.
name: Mitchell, G. E.
name: Rekstad, J.
name: Siem, S.
name: Voinov, A.
name: Younes, W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Level densities and radiative strength functions in $^{171}$Yb and $^{170}$Yb nuclei have been measured using the $^{171}$Yb($^3$He,$^3$He$^\primeγ$)$^{171}$Yb and $^{171}$Yb($^3$He,$αγ$)$^{170}$Yb reactions. New data on $^{171}$Yb are compared to a previous measurement for $^{171}$Yb from the $^{172}$Yb($^3$He,$αγ$)$^{171}$Yb reaction. Systematics of level densities and radiative strength functions in $^{170,171,172}$Yb are established. The entropy excess in $^{171}$Yb relative to the even-even nuclei $^{170,172}$Yb due to the unpaired neutron quasiparticle is found to be approximately 2$k_B$. Results for the radiative strength function from the two reactions lead to consistent parameters characterizing the ``pygmy'' resonances. Pygmy resonances in the $^{170,172}$Yb populated by the ($^3$He,$α$) reaction appear to be split into two components for both of which a complete set of resonance parameters are obtained.
description: 8 pages, 7 figures
A survey of the Preservation of Symmetries by the Dual Gromov-Hausdorff Propinquity
Creators: name: Latremoliere, Frederic
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Operator Algebras (math.OA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We survey the symmetry preserving properties for the dual propinquity, under natural non-degeneracy and equicontinuity conditions. These properties are best formulated using the notion of the covariant propinquity when the symmetries are encoded via the actions of proper monoids and groups. We explore the issue of convergence of Cauchy sequences for the covariant propinquity, which captures, via a compactness result, the fact that proper monoid actions can pass to the limit for the dual propinquity.
description: 22 pages
Development of the Rural Cooperation Fund Based on Balancing the Urban and Rural Development - A Case of Chongqing Province
Creators: name: Peng, Shengshun
name: Dong, Wei
name: Li, Zhao
name: Peng, Shengshun
name: Dong, Wei
name: Li, Zhao
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Financial Economics
subject: Cooperation fund
subject: Performance
subject: Developmental pattern
subject: China

description: This paper analyzes the causes, performance and developmental status of rural cooperation fund in the rural areas around Chongqing City. It also designs a suitable developmental pattern of rural cooperation fund for Chongqing. Finally, we put forward some related policy suggestions.
Einstein's photon box revisited
Creators: name: Schmidt, Heinz-Jürgen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a reformulation of Bohr's analysis of Einstein's thought experiment with the photon box, which hopefully settles some unclear issues. The box is weighed by two position measurements, the first immediately before the emission of the photon and the second after a quarter period of oscillation of the box, or alternatively after a half period. These times are precisely defined with respect to the moving clock installed in the box, but vary statistically when measured with a stationary clock outside the box, due to gravitational time dilation in accordance with Bohr's original idea. Moreover, we will discuss two other proposals to solve the apparent inconsistency without invoking the theory of general relativity.
Do you need a blockchain in construction? Use case categories and decision framework for DLT design options
Creators: name: Hunhevicz, Jens J.
name: Hall, Daniel M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Blockchain and other forms of distributed ledger technology (DLT) provide an opportunity to integrate digital information, management, and contracts to increase trust and collaboration within the construction industry. DLT enables direct peer-to-peer transactions of value across a distributed network by providing an immutable and transparent record of these transactions. Furthermore, there is potential for business process optimization and automation on the transaction level, through the use of smart contracts, which are code protocols deployed on supported DLT systems. However, DLT research in the construction industry remains at a theoretical level; there have been few implementation case studies to date. One potential reason for this is a knowledge gap between use-case ideas and the DLT technical system implementation. This paper aims to reduce this gap by 1) reviewing and categorizing proposed DLT use cases in construction literature, 2) providing an overview of DLT and its design options, 3) proposing an integrated framework to match DLT design options with desired characteristics of a use case, and 4) analysing the use cases using the new framework. Together, the use case categories and proposed decision framework can guide future implementers toward more connected and structured thinking between the technological properties of DLT and use cases in construction.
description: to be published in Advanced Engineering Informatics
Dark Energy Stars
Creators: name: Chapline, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Event horizons and closed time-like curves cannot exist in the real world for the simple reason that they are inconsistent with quantum mechanics. Following ideas originated by Robert Laughlin, Pawel Mazur, Emil Mottola, David Santiago, and the speaker it is now possible to describe in some detail what happens physically when one approaches and crosses a region of space-time where classical general relativity predicts there should be an infinite red shift surface. This quantum critical physics provides a new perspective on a variety of enigmatic astrophysical phenomena, including supernovae explosions, gamma ray bursts, positron emission, and dark matter.
description: 4 pages, 2 figures, corrected typos
The First Rural Mutual Financial Cooperative in China
Creators: name: Liu, Bing
name: Liu, Bing
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: Financial Economics
subject: Mutual financial cooperative
subject: System
subject: Rural cooperative finance
subject: China

description: This paper introduces the emerging background, process and management status of the first rural mutual financial cooperative in China. It also discusses the existing problems and possible problems in future development of this mutual financial cooperative.
Meteorographia compendiosa, eller en kort Maade, ved beqvemme Tegn, saa nøye og udførlig, som man vil, at optegne alle slags Veyr, Veyrskikker og Luftsyner, det er: alle slags meteorologiske Iagttagelser, og deraf giøre daglige og aarlige Lister til Sammenligning af adskilligeTiders og Steders Veyrlig og Klima med Kobber / Saaledes fremsat og nu i nogle Aar brugt af J. N. Wilse. M. Phil. Sognepræst til Spydeberg Præstegield i Aggerhuus-Stift
Creators: name: A.H. Godiches Efterleverske
name: Godiche, F.C. (Frederik Christian)
Publisher: name: Trykt i det Kongel. Universit. Bogtrykkerie hos A.H. Godiches Efterleverske, ved F.C. Godiche
Year: 0

description: Dedikasjon til det Danske videnskabernes Selskab fra forfatteren.
description: Flere bøker bundet sammen: Forsøg til en stedsvarende meteorologisk Natur- og Huusholdnings-Calender for Norge søndenfields ... ; Norsk Ordbog, eller Samling af Norske Ord i sær de som bruges i Egnen af Spydeberg og viidere paa den Østre-kant af Norge, med Forerindring om Mund-Arten, samt Tillæg af nogle Egnens Ordsprog og Egen-Navne; Philoneus, eller Efter-Tiiden i Norge : en Fortælning som 53 § i Spydeberg Beskrivelse med nogle Anmerkninger.
NMR investigations of quantum battery using star-topology spin systems
Creators: name: Joshi, Jitendra
name: Mahesh, T S
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Theoretical explorations have revealed that quantum batteries can exploit quantum correlation to achieve faster charging, thus promising exciting applications in future technologies. Using NMR architecture, here we experimentally investigate various aspects of quantum battery with the help of nuclear spin systems in star-topology configuration. We first carry out numerical analysis to study how charging a quantum battery depends on the relative purity factors of charger and battery spins. By experimentally measuring the polarization of the battery spin undergoing charging, we estimate the battery energy and establish the theoretically predicted quantum advantage. We propose using the quantum advantage, which depends on the entanglement among chargers and battery, as a measure for estimating the size of the entangled cluster. We develop a simple iterative method to realize asymptotic charging avoiding oscillatory behaviour of charging and discharging. Finally, we introduce a load spin and realize a charger-battery-load circuit and experimentally demonstrate battery energy consumption after varying durations of battery storage, for up to two minutes.
Norsk Ordbog, eller Samling af Norske Ord i sær de som bruges i Egnen af Spydeberg og viidere paa den Østre-kant af Norge, med Forerindring om Mund-Arten, samt Tillæg af nogle Egnens Ordsprog og Egen-Navne : som Bilage K til Spydebergs Beskrivelse og ellers at faae for sig selv / samlede af J.N. Wilse
Creators: name: Wilse, Jacob Nicolai
name: Schwach, Samuel Conrad
Publisher: name: Trykt ... hos S.C. Schwach
Year: 0

description: Bilaget er som regel bundet med Wilses Spydebergs Beskrivelse.
description: Flere bøker bundet sammen: Forsøg til en stedsvarende meteorologisk Natur- og Huusholdnings-Calender for Norge søndenfields ... ; Meteorographia compendiosa ... ; Philoneus, eller Efter-Tiiden i Norge : en Fortælning som 53 § i Spydeberg Beskrivelse med nogle Anmerkninger.
Dynamical Mean-Field Theory and Its Applications to Real Materials
Creators: name: Vollhardt, D.
name: Held, K.
name: Keller, G.
name: Bulla, R.
name: Pruschke, Th.
name: Nekrasov, I. A.
name: Anisimov, V. I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Dynamical mean-field theory (DMFT) is a non-perturbative technique for the investigation of correlated electron systems. Its combination with the local density approximation (LDA) has recently led to a material-specific computational scheme for the ab initio investigation of correlated electron materials. The set-up of this approach and its application to materials such as (Sr,Ca)VO_3, V_2O_3, and Cerium is discussed. The calculated spectra are compared with the spectroscopically measured electronic excitation spectra. The surprising similarity between the spectra of the single-impurity Anderson model and of correlated bulk materials is also addressed.
description: 20 pages, 9 figures, invited paper for the JPSJ Special Issue "Kondo Effect - 40 Years after the Discovery"; final version, references added
Staff scheduling and workstation allocation at UBC libraries
Creators: name: Guo, Yixin
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Two projects that have been carried out for the UBC Libraries are the UBC Library Human Resource Project and the UBC Library Workstation Project. The UBC Libraries provide multiple services such as reference desk, circulation desk, computer and photocopiers to satisfy needs of UBC students and faculties. It was noted that utilization of the reference desks in some of the libraries was extremely variable. There was the belief that the current staffing rules were inadequate for the variation in demand that the branches experience. The UBC Library Human Resource Project was conducted at the Koerner Library, the Woodward Biomedical Library, and the David Lam Library. This project was undertaken to determine a set of rules to help the libraries to schedule the staff at the reference desks in these three libraries. A regression model, a queuing model, and a simulation model were built to analyze the demand for reference desks and derive corresponding staffing levels to achieve certain service level. In recent years, investments in computers and new technologies have been increasing at the UBC libraries. The UBC Library Workstation Project was conducted at eleven libraries of UBC to analyze the usage of the workstations in the computer labs and different areas. Utilization analysis was carried out to determine the minimum number of workstations needed in each library to achieve certain utilization performance level. A queuing model was developed to derive the minimum number of workstations required in busy computer labs to satisfy certain waiting time service level. These rules will be used to support libraries' decision-making in workstations allocation and updating.
Philoneus, eller Efter-Tiiden i Norge : en Fortælning som 53 § i Spydeberg Beskrivelse med nogle Anmerkninger / af forfatteren til bemeldte Beskrivelse
Creators: name: Wilse, Jacob Nicolai
name: Schwach, Samuel Conrad
Publisher: name: Trykt hos S.C. Schwach
Year: 0

description: Flere bøker bundet sammen: Forsøg til en stedsvarende meteorologisk Natur- og Huusholdnings-Calender for Norge søndenfields ... ; Meteorographia compendiosa ... ; Norsk Ordbog, eller Samling af Norske Ord i sær de som bruges i Egnen af Spydeberg og viidere paa den Østre-kant af Norge, med Forerindring om Mund-Arten, samt Tillæg af nogle Egnens Ordsprog og Egen-Navne.
Application of Pricing Strategy in the Management of Recreational Fishery
Creators: name: Zhang, Chen
name: Han, Xingyong
name: Zhang, Chen
name: Han, Xingyong
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
subject: Recreational fishery
subject: Pricing strategy
subject: Welfare
subject: China

description: This paper analyzes the feasibility of carrying out various pricing strategies in recreational fishery management. It also introduces the four common pricing means, which are time (season) differential pricing, customer differential pricing, quantity discount and two-part tariff system. The effects of pricing strategy of recreational fishery on social welfare are studied taking time (season) differential pricing as an example.
Infrastructure Investment and Regional Economic Development in China
Creators: name: Mi, Benjia
name: Mi, Benjia
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Infrastructure
subject: Investment
subject: Economic development
subject: China

description: This paper analyzes the effect of infrastructure investment on the increase of regional economic aggregate and the industrial development in China from the perspective of quantitative method. It also investigates the current situation of transportation infrastructure development in China. The policies of foreign infrastructure investment and regional economic growth and their characteristics are introduced. Finally, this paper puts forward some policy suggestions.
Exciting new features in the frequency spectrum of the EC14026 star HS0702+6043 - Simultaneous g-modes and p-modes in a sdB pulsator
Creators: name: Schuh, S.
name: Huber, J.
name: Dreizler, S.
name: Green, E. M.
name: Stahn, T.
name: Randall, S.
name: Husser, T. -O.
name: Heber, U.
name: O'Toole, S. J.
name: Fontaine, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The discovery of a long-period g-mode oscillation in the previously known short-period p-mode sdB pulsator HS0702+6043 makes this star an extraordinary object, unique as a member of the family of sdB pulsators, and one of the very few known pulsating stars overall exhibiting excited modes along both the acoustic and gravity branches of the nonradial pulsation spectrum. Because p-modes and g-modes probe different regions of a pulsating star, HS0702+6043 holds a tremendous potential for asteroseismological investigations. We present preliminary results from the first extended campaign on this object.
description: 2 pages, no figures, contribution to the proceedings of the conference "Stellar Pulsation and Evolution 2005" (held in Rome, 19 - 24 June 2005), to be published in "Memorie della Societa' Astronomica Italiana", Vol. 76/4,eds. A.R. Walker & G. Bono
UntitledVideolaryngoscopy‑assisted intubation in a patient of Pendred syndrome with a pendulous goiter Item
Creators: name: Reena .
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 110301 Anaesthesiology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: airway management in a patient of Pendred syndrome with a pendulous goitre using King vision videolaryngoscopy has been described in this case report.
Dynamic Relationship between Agricultural Trade and FDI in China
Creators: name: Fei, Ping
name: Xu, Liqing
name: Fei, Ping
name: Xu, Liqing
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: Foreign direct investment
subject: Agricultural products
subject: International trade
subject: China

description: On the basis of time series data from 1984 to 2006, co-integration analysis and VAR model are used to carry out empirical analysis on the dynamic relationship between the foreign direct investment in agriculture and the variable volume of international trade of agricultural products. Result shows that there is long-term co-integration relationship between the two. But it is probable that foreign direct investment (FDI) has substituted for improving in the short term and shows deviation from the long-run equilibrium relationship. Therefore, we put forward two policy proposals which are improving market system and strengthening the import management of foreign-funded enterprises.
Mesoscopic "Rydberg" atom in a microwave field
Creators: name: Prosen, Tomaz
name: Shepelyansky, Dima
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We establish analogy between a microwave ionization of Rydberg atoms and a charge transport through a chaotic quantum dot induced by a monochromatic field in a regime with a potential barrier between dot contacts. We show that the quantum coherence leads to dynamical localization of electron excitation in number of photons absorbed inside the dot. The theory developed determines the dependence of localization length on dot and microwave parameters showing that the microwave power can switch the dot between metallic and insulating regimes.
description: 4 pages, 5 figs, explanations added
Science, Technology and Peace
Creators: name: Pandikattu, Kuruvilla
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: 220303 Environmental Philosophy
subject: 220319 Social Philosophy
subject: 220103 Ethical Use of New Technology (e.g. Nanotechnology, Biotechnology)
subject: 220206 History and Philosophy of Science (incl. Non-historical Philosophy of Science)

description: The need for wisdom in our technological and scientific growth. How to promote peace through dialogue! Popular article.Published in Pax Luminous, Kochi, Kerala
Additional file 2 of Exploration of barriers to treatment for patients with eating disorders in Chile
Creators: name: Castañeda, Felipe
name: Cerda, Jaime
name: Jara, Raúl
name: Riestra, Francisca
name: Urrejola, Pascuala
name: Vogel, Melina
name: Gumucio, María Elena
name: Irribarra, Verónica
name: Álvarez, Jorge
name: Díaz, María Alejandra
name: Kompatzki, Paula
name: Costa, Daniela
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Medicine
Pharmacology
Cancer
Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 2
Prediction of ferroelectric superconductors with reversible superconducting diode effect
Creators: name: Zhai, Baoxing
name: Li, Bohao
name: Wen, Yao
name: Wu, Fengcheng
name: He, Jun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A noncentrosymmetric superconductor can have a superconducting diode effect, where the critical current in opposite directions is different when time-reversal symmetry is also broken. We theoretically propose that a ferroelectric superconductor with coexisting ferroelectricity and superconductivity can support a ferroelectric reversible superconducting diode effect. Through first-principles calculation, we predict that monolayer CuNb$_2$Se$_4$ (i.e., bilayer NbSe$_2$ intercalated with Cu) is such a ferroelectric superconductor, where ferroelectricity controls the layer polarization as well as the sign of spin-orbit coupling induced spin splittings. Because the nonreciprocal effect of the critical current is proportional to the spin splittings, the superconducting diode effect is reversible upon electric switch of ferroelectricity. While we use CuNb$_2$Se$_4$ as a model system, the predicted effect can appear in a class of two-dimensional superconducting bilayers with ferroelectricity induced by interlayer sliding. Our work opens the door to studying the interplay between superconductivity and ferroelectricity in two-dimensional materials.
description: 7+6 pages, 4+4 figures
Development and Forecast of Semitropical Silk Industry in Guangxi Province
Creators: name: Qu, Dacai
name: Song, Guirong
name: Li, Jun
name: Lan, Shusi
name: Lu, Shoukun
name: Qu, Dacai
name: Song, Guirong
name: Li, Jun
name: Lan, Shusi
name: Lu, Shoukun
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Silk industry
subject: Forecast
subject: Semitropics
subject: Sustainable development
subject: China

description: We introduce the current status and advantages of the development of silk industry in Guangxi Province of China. We also analyze the tremendous achievements of Guangxi silk industry. Finally, this paper forecasts the future of semitropical silk industry in Guangxi Province, and puts forward the related countermeasures on how to realize the sustainable development.
Long-term Hybrid Stabilization of the Carrier-Envelope Phase
Creators: name: Hirschman, Jack
name: Lemons, Randy
name: Chansky, Evan
name: Steinmeyer, Günter
name: Carbajo, Sergio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Controlling the carrier envelope phase (CEP) in mode-locked lasers over practically long timescales is crucial for real-world applications in ultrafast optics and precision metrology. We present a hybrid solution that combines a feed-forward technique to stabilize the phase offset in fast timescales and a feedback technique that addresses slowly varying sources of interference and locking bandwidth limitations associated with gain media with long upper-state lifetimes. We experimentally realize the hybrid stabilization system in an Er:Yb:glass mode-locked laser and demonstrate 75 hours of stabilization with integrated phase noise of 14 mrad (1 Hz to 3 MHz), corresponding to around 11 as of carrier to envelope jitter. Additionally, we examine the impact of environmental factors, such as humidity and pressure, on the long-term stability and performance of the system.
description: 11 pages, 6 figures, 1 table; to be published in Optics Express; revisions include adjustment of some citations, additions to section 2, and added information in table 1
Origin of the large entropy change in the molecular caloric and ferroelectric ammonium sulfate
Creators: name: Meijer, Bernet E.
name: Yuan, Shurong
name: Cai, Guanqun
name: Dixey, Richard J.
name: Demmel, Franz
name: Dove, Martin T.
name: Liu, Jiaxun
name: Playford, Helen Y.
name: Walker, Helen C.
name: Phillips, Anthony E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The deceptively simple inorganic salt ammonium sulfate undergoes a ferroelectric phase transition associated with a very large entropy change and both electrocaloric and barocaloric functionality. While the structural origins of the electrical polarisation are now well established, those of the entropy change have been controversial for over fifty years. This question is resolved here using a combination of DFT phonon calculations with inelastic neutron scattering under variable temperature and pressure, supported by complementary total and quasielastic neutron scattering experiments. A simple model of the entropy in which each molecular ion is disordered across the mirror plane in the high symmetry phase, although widely used in the literature, proves to be untenable. Instead, the entropy arises from low-frequency librations of ammonium ions in this phase, with harmonic terms that are very small or even negative. These results suggest that, in the search for molecular materials with functionality derived from large entropy changes, vibrational entropy arising from broad energy minima is likely to be just as important as configurational entropy arising from crystallographic disorder.
description: 18 pages, 6 figures
Additional file 1 of Wearable Devices to Improve Physical Activity and Reduce Sedentary Behaviour: An Umbrella Review
Creators: name: Longhini, Jessica
name: Marzaro, Chiara
name: Bargeri, Silvia
name: Palese, Alvisa
name: Dell’Isola, Andrea
name: Turolla, Andrea
name: Pillastrini, Paolo
name: Battista, Simone
name: Castellini, Greta
name: Cook, Chad
name: Gianola, Silvia
name: Rossettini, Giacomo
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. Supplementary Materials.
Planar Quantum Mechanics: an Intriguing Supersymmetric Example
Creators: name: Veneziano, G.
name: Wosiek, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: After setting up a Hamiltonian formulation of planar (matrix) quantum mechanics, we illustrate its effectiveness in a non-trivial supersymmetric example. The numerical and analytical study of two sectors of the model, as a function of 't Hooft's coupling $λ$, reveals both a phase transition at $λ=1$ (disappearence of the mass gap and discontinuous jump in Witten's index) and a new form of strong-weak duality for $λ\to 1/λ$.
description: 14 pages, 3 .eps figures (1 figure, 2 acknowledgements added, typos corrected)
Spatial Agglomeration Degree and Influencing Factors of Main Agricultural Products in Guangdong Province of China
Creators: name: Chen, Weilian
name: Zhang, Hongou
name: Wang, Rongrong
name: Chen, Jing
name: Chen, Weilian
name: Zhang, Hongou
name: Wang, Rongrong
name: Chen, Jing
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
subject: Guangdong Province
subject: Main agricultural product
subject: Spatial agglomeration degree
subject: Influencing factor
subject: China

description: This paper introduces the calculation formula and measure standard of Gini coefficient, and measures the spatial agglomeration degree of main agricultural products in Guangdong Province by Gini coefficient. We also analyze the influencing factors of the agglomeration of main agricultural products in Guangdong Province, and put forward related suggestions.
Nanoscale control of the metal-insulator transition at LAO/KTO (110) and LAO/KTO (111) interfaces
Creators: name: Yu, Muqing
name: Liu, Changjiang
name: Yang, Dengyu
name: Yan, Xi
name: Du, Qianheng
name: Fong, Dillon D.
name: Bhattacharya, Anand
name: Irvin, Patrick
name: Levy, Jeremy
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent reports of superconductivity at KTaO3 (KTO) (110) and (111) interfaces have sparked intense interest due to the relatively high critical temperature as well as other properties that distinguish this system from the more extensively studied SrTiO3 (STO)-based heterostructures. Here we report nanoscale control of the metal-to-insulator transition at the LaAlO3/KTO (110) and (111) interfaces. Devices are created using two distinct methods previously developed for STO-based heterostructures: (1) conductive atomic-force microscopy lithography and (2) ultra-low-voltage electron-beam lithography. At low temperatures, KTO-based devices show superconductivity that is tunable by an applied back gate. A nanowire device shows single-electron-transistor (SET) behavior. These reconfigurable methods of creating nanoscale devices in KTO-based heterostructures offer new avenues for investigating mechanisms of superconductivity as well as development of quantum devices that incorporate strong spin-orbit interactions, superconducting behavior, and nanoscale dimensions.
description: 19 pages, 9 figures
Additional file 1 of Effects of monoglyceride blend on systemic and intestinal immune responses, and gut health of weaned pigs experimentally infected with a pathogenic Escherichia coli
Creators: name: Park, Sangwoo
name: Sun, Shuhan
name: Kovanda, Lauren
name: Sokale, Adebayo O.
name: Barri, Adriana
name: Kim, Kwangwook
name: Li, Xunde
name: Liu, Yanhong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: Additional file 1: Table S1 Gene-specific primer sequences and polymerase chain reaction conditions.
KiDS-1000 catalogue: Weak gravitational lensing shear measurements
Creators: name: Giblin, Benjamin
name: Heymans, Catherine
name: Asgari, Marika
name: Hildebrandt, Hendrik
name: Hoekstra, Henk
name: Joachimi, Benjamin
name: Kannawadi, Arun
name: Kuijken, Konrad
name: Lin, Chieh-An
name: Miller, Lance
name: Tröster, Tilman
name: Busch, Jan Luca van den
name: Wright, Angus H.
name: Bilicki, Maciej
name: Blake, Chris
name: de Jong, Jelte
name: Dvornik, Andrej
name: Erben, Thomas
name: Getman, Fedor
name: Napolitano, Nicola R.
name: Schneider, Peter
name: Shan, HuanYuan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present weak lensing shear catalogues from the fourth data release of the Kilo-Degree Survey, KiDS-1000, spanning 1006 square degrees of deep and high-resolution imaging. Our `gold-sample' of galaxies, with well-calibrated photometric redshift distributions, consists of 21 million galaxies with an effective number density of $6.17$ galaxies per square arcminute. We quantify the accuracy of the spatial, temporal, and flux-dependent point-spread function (PSF) model, verifying that the model meets our requirements to induce less than a $0.1σ$ change in the inferred cosmic shear constraints on the clustering cosmological parameter $S_8 = σ_8\sqrt{Ω_{\rm m}/0.3}$. Through a series of two-point null-tests, we validate the shear estimates, finding no evidence for significant non-lensing B-mode distortions in the data. The PSF residuals are detected in the highest-redshift bins, originating from object selection and/or weight bias. The amplitude is, however, shown to be sufficiently low and within our stringent requirements. With a shear-ratio null-test, we verify the expected redshift scaling of the galaxy-galaxy lensing signal around luminous red galaxies. We conclude that the joint KiDS-1000 shear and photometric redshift calibration is sufficiently robust for combined-probe gravitational lensing and spectroscopic clustering analyses.
description: 24 pages, 11 figures, version accepted by A&A. The KiDS-1000 data products are available for download at http://kids.strw.leidenuniv.nl/DR4/lensing.php. This cosmology data release includes open source software, the shear-photo-z catalogue, the cosmic shear and 3x2pt data vectors and covariances, and posteriors in the form of Multinest chains
PERFORMANCE IMBALANCES IN THE CHAIN: EU TRADITIONAL FOOD SECTOR
Creators: name: Molnar, Adrienn
name: Gellynck, Xavier
name: Molnar, Adrienn
name: Gellynck, Xavier
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: Chain performance
subject: imbalances
subject: traditional food products

description: Organizations nowadays no longer compete as independent entities, but as chains (Christopher, 1998; Cox, 1999; Lambert and Cooper, 2000). Hence, being part of a well-performing chain is crucial for the future of the individual food firm, especially in the context of the globalizing economy. As a result, the objective of this study is to identify performance imbalances of traditional food chains. Therefore, quantitative data were collected via individual interviews with 271 chain members (91 suppliers, 91 focal companies and 89 customers) of 91 traditional food chains from three European countries (Belgium, Italy and Hungary), representing six different traditional food product categories (cheese, beer, ham, sausage, white pepper and bakery). The results differentiate six different kinds of chain imbalances, namely: dyadic upper and lower, up- and downstream, internal and external indicate both dyadic and chain-wise imbalance. Most chain imbalances are noticed in relation to lowering logistic costs and to reducing lead time. Future research should extend the list of performance indicators with parameters other than economical ones such as ecological and social ones.
New York Times Upshot/Siena College: October 2018 Nevada Poll
Creators: name: New York Times
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2021

description: Likelihood of voting in 2018 Nevada election (2); opinion of various public figures (2); vote for Democrat Jacky Rosen/Republican Dean Heller for Senate (1); respondent would like Democrats/Republicans to control Senate (1); Republican Adam Laxalt/Democrat Steve Sisolak for governor (1); President Donald Trump job performance (1).
Additional file 1 of Enhancing productivity, modifying biochemical parameters, and regulating the phenylpropanoid pathway in 'Le-Conte' pears through optimal protocatechuic acid treatments
Creators: name: Khedr, Emad Hamdy
name: Khedr, Nagwa
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Main physical and chemical properties of the experimental field soil. Table S2. Main properties of applied irrigation water.
New York Times Upshot/Siena College: November 2018 New York 22 Poll
Creators: name: New York Times
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2021

description: Likelihood of voting in 2018 election (2); vote for Democrat Anthony Brindisi/Republican Claudia Tenney for Congress in New York's 22nd Congressional District (1); opinion of various public figures (2); respondent would like Democrats/Republicans to control House of Representatives (1); President Donald Trump job performance (1).
The forgotten landscape : cemeteries and the public mind
Creators: name: Beebe, Steven Clark
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: The cemetery was at one time a major public institution and an integral component of civic and community life. The cemetery landscape itself was looked upon as sacred ground and the rituals that were undertaken there played an important role in society. Sadly, changes in cultural attitudes toward dying and death have led to a decline in the hallowed status of the cemetery to that of a landscape that is largely forgotten until life's harsh realities force us to think about it. Many factors have contributed to this phenomenon in addition to the aforementioned changes in cultural attitudes, including the displacement of death from the home to the hospital and funeral parlor, the rise of technology, the loss of community, and lack of place making in the cemetery context. At the heart of this thesis project has been a desire to see this valuable landscape restored to the revered status that it once held and for cemetery design to be more concerned with place making, rather than expediency. The objective of this thesis has been to examine the reasons for this decline through an interpretive review of available literature concerning social critique of attitudes toward death and cemeteries, and precedent in cemetery design, with the end goal of applying that knowledge to the development of specific and extensive design recommendations for Bayview Cemetery in Bellingham, Washington. What has emerged is a belief that the cemetery landscape can once again inhabit a more exalted position in our culture than it currently enjoys. That the cemetery should be the central setting not only for expressions of grief, but also a landscape which addresses the need for remembrance and healing, is essential. Those in the field of Landscape Architecture have a significant role to play in challenging and striving to change public attitudes toward the subject. By fostering a greater awareness of the sacred in all aspects of life and placing a new emphasis on creating place rather than holding fast to the status quo, there is reason to hope that the cemetery landscape will be reestablished to an important position in our communities.