cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Efficacy of Translocation as a Management Tool for Urban Mule Deer in Utah
Creators: name: Howard, Channing R.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2018

description: An increase in urbanization in the United States has led to an increase in human-wildlife interactions with deer (Odocoileus spp.) which have been able to adapt and thrive in these urban environments. In Utah, urbanization has occurred along the Wasatch Front which was once traditional mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) winter range habitat. This urban expansion coupled with an increasing use of these urban areas by mule deer, have led to increasing conflicts with deer. Overabundant urban deer have led to increased concerns over safety from deer-vehicle collisions, and damage to personal property including gardens and landscaping. Lethal methods of urban deer control, such as controlled hunting or sharpshooting have proven prohibitive due to perceptions of safety or local ordinance prohibiting discharge of weapons. Managers have thus begun to investigate translocation as an alternative method of reducing deer and deer related problems.
I evaluated the efficacy of translocation by determining factors influencing the survival of translocated urban mule deer, reporting the costs per deer of translocation, and determining change in public attitudes toward urban deer after 2 years of removing deer via translocation. Results indicate that translocated urban deer survival is reduced by age and injuries, and that male survival is much lower than that of females, however survival was higher among deer that made it into the second year post-release. Overall survival of translocated urban deer is still lower than the average statewide survival for wild mule deer in Utah. Public perception of the amount of deer decreased slightly after 2 years of deer removals and attitudes were influenced by the severity of damage to gardens and landscaping.
This research can provide managers with information on the hazards influencing survival of translocated urban mule deer as well as the costs associated with implementing and maintaining a translocation program to mitigate urban mule deer problems. It can also provide managers with information on the social impacts such a program has on the attitudes and perceptions of urban deer.
title: Droplet Impact Onto Super-Hydrophobic Surfaces and Determining the Response to Heat and Light of Terrestrial Cyanobacteria
Creators: name: Lovett, Benjamin B.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2018

description: This thesis examines droplets striking water repelling surfaces as well as the movement of a soil based bacteria under various light and heat conditions. Droplet impact studies have shown that introducing a macroscopic feature to a water repelling surface can reduce the amount of time that droplet is in contact with the surface. By manipulating water droplets to impact different sized needles at varying speeds, we present how a needle can induce a similar reduction in the residence time of the droplet to more widely studied features. Results show the spreading and lift-off characteristics of the droplet are dependent on the impact speed as well as the size of macroscopic feature.
A separate topic examines environmental motivators for mobility in a terrestrial cyanobacteria species called Microcoleus vaginatus. This cyanobacteria is indigenous to cold deserts, such as the Colorado Plateau or Mojave Desert in North America, and is essential to the health and preservation of the biological soil crust. These bacteria are the first organisms to grow in new soil, secreting a carbohydrate that acts as soil glue, thereby increasing soil adhesion. It has been shown that these bacteria will rise to the surface of the soil from their subsurface homes after rainfall, but it is unclear how they are able to make this journey. It is also unclear if other factors, such as nutrient levels or heat and light, affect their movement. Here we present an investigation of M. vaginatus’ response to light and heat in order to determine if these basic stimuli affect movement, thereby informing future restorative models.
title: Examining Market Channels for Local Produce: Consumer Affordability and Producer Profitability
Creators: name: Salisbury, Karli A.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2018

description: This study examines the price differences of commonly consumed produce between farmers’ markets and grocery stores in Utah. Our first objective is to compare price differences of a basket of produce between farmers’ markets and grocery stores. We compare these price differences in terms of low-income consumer affordability and if an individual can afford a market basket of produce using a combination of Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) dollars and Double Up Food Bucks (DUFB) incentive dollars. Our second objective for this study is to establish the price premiums of individual produce items based on where the produce was sold, time of season, market channel (farmers’ market versus grocery store), as well as production method used (conventional versus organic).
The findings from this research can inform policy makers of the affordability of farmers’ market produce and apply incentive programs more effectively. We can inform consumers of the price differences so they can maximize their food budgets. We can use the research to help producers make market strategies that can then maximize their profits.
title: A Simple Metabolic Switch May Activate Apomixis in Arabidopsis thaliana
Creators: name: Sherwood, David Alan
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2018

description: Apomixis, asexual or clonal seed production in plants, can decrease the cost of producing hybrid seed and enable currently open pollinated crops to be converted to more vigorous and higher yielding hybrids that can reproduce themselves through their own seed. Sexual reproduction may be triggered by a programmed stress signaling event that occurs in both the meiocyte, just prior to meiosis, and later in the egg just prior to embryo sac maturation. The prevention of stress signaling and the activation of a pro-growth signal prior to meiosis triggered apomeiosis, the first half of apomixis. The same approach was used prior to embryo sac maturation to trigger parthenogenesis, the second half of apomixis. This discovery suggests that apomixis exists as a program that can be activated by the appropriate metabolic signal at the appropriate developmental stages. Therefore, apomixis may be alternative mode of reproduction rather a ‘broken’ form of sexual reproduction.
Additional file 1 of Reorganization of the 3D chromatin architecture of rice genomes during heat stress
Creators: name: Liang, Zhe
name: Zhang, Qian
name: Ji, Changmian
name: Hu, Guihua
name: Zhang, Pingxian
name: Wang, Yifan
name: Yang, Liwen
name: Gu, Xiaofeng
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. Hi-C of rice Nip and 93-11 in normal and heat stress condition. Figure S2. Chromatin 3D structure dynamics in response to heat stress in rice Nip and 93-11. Figure S3. Gene expression analysis rice Nip and 93-11 upon HS. Figure S4. ATAC-seq of rice Nip and 93-11 in normal and HS conditions.
title: Influence of Environmental Variables on Survival Rates of Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) Neonates Across Idaho
Creators: name: Panting, Brett R.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2018

description: This study was completed to better understand pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra americana) populations found throughout Idaho. Antelope were studied in three separate and distinct study areas. The Big Desert, Camas Prairie, and Little Lost and Pahsimeroi valleys were all selected as study sites. Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) is concerned with current pronghorn populations found throughout Idaho. Pronghorn are a valued big game species found in Idaho. Increasing pronghorn populations in Idaho is a focus of IDFG.
We captured and VHF-collared pronghorn fawns found in our three study areas. Fawns were monitored daily with telemetry equipment for survival. Field necropsies were performed to determine cause of death for each fawn. We found that fawns across Idaho had acceptable survival rates compared to previous studies conducted on pronghorn. The highest cause of mortality on fawns was coyotes (Canis latrans). Other predators on pronghorn fawns were bobcats (Lynx rufus), golden eagles (Aquila chrysaetos), and black bear (Ursus americanus). We found that fawns radio-collared with a higher BMI (body mass index) were more likely to survive.
We examined other relationships that could have an effect on fawn survival. Rabbits (Lepus californicus, Lepus townsendii Sylvilagus nuttallii, Brachylagus idahoensis, Lepus americanu) and ground squirrels (Urocitellus armatus, Urocitellus mollis, Urocitellus elegans, Urocitellus columbianus) were examined to see if there population numbers had an effect on pronghorn fawn survival. We found a relationship between rabbit density and fawn survival, as rabbit density increased pronghorn fawn survival increased. Ground squirrel density was found to have no effect. Coyote density was studied to see if coyote density effected pronghorn survival. No relationship was found between coyote density and pronghorn fawn survival.
Habitat quality can impact animal populations. We examined habitat variables that could affect pronghorn fawn survival. NDVI (normalized difference vegetation index) was examined and we found no correlation in this study. Pronghorn fecal samples were collected and analyzed at a laboratory to look for diet quality correlation to pronghorn survival. We found a correlation between diet quality (DAPA) and pronghorn fawn survival. Diet quality can be linked to habitat quality, as habitat quality increases so does pronghorn fawn survival. Habitat quality, rabbits, and a fawn’s BMI all were linked to increased fawn survival. We recommend wildlife managers create and increase pronghorn habitat when possible to produce better pronghorn fawn survival.
SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THE “ELITE” LEISURE SPORTS AND SPORT TOURISM IN HUNGARY
Creators: name: Kiss, Robert
name: Gergely, Marton
name: Prisztoka, Gyongyver
name: Raffay, Zoltan
Publisher: name: tourismos
Year: 2016

description: The goal of the study is to observe the consumption of four elite-called leisure time sport activities (sailing, golf, skiing and tennis) in Hungary, during travels and staying at home, within the recreational zone. Authors compared these leisure activities following the four sport tourism dimensions: geographic environment, participation of the consumers, type of sport activity and motivations of tourists, and many more minor variables related to these dimensions. Based on these variables some of the sport activities found typical as generating foreign travels among Hungarians, such as ski and partly golf, but others, like sailing, and golf meant mostly domestic travels towards the lakes of the country. Meanwhile, tennis was taken rather recreational leisure activity among these sports. Authors also made comparison between the cost of these amateur level done sport activities and their popularity, so they observed the number of their followers as well as on the length of their season, just to name a few. They also weighted the socio-economic sensitiveness, and ranked them by their cost of the initial investment of the equipment, and annual costs of activities and finally their total costs. The paper finally states that these leisure sport activities should be taken as luxury ones for average Hungarian households, no matter, if quite a few costumers travel with any of these activities as a purpose, such as active or passive sport tourists.
description: tourismos, Vol. 11 No. 5 (2016)
title: Predicting U.S. Adolescents’ Purchasing of Denim Jeans Using Quality Attributes, Behavioral Characteristics, and Sociodemographics
Creators: name: Clouse, Michelle
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2018

description: The purpose of this study was to establish a predictive model of the factors that contribute to the decision-making process when purchasing denim by 13- to 19-year-old adolescents living in the U.S. The researcher created an online survey through Qualtrics and administered it to an opt-in panel of adolescents, through Centiment. There were 460 survey responses collected.
Important denim attributes to respondents included comfort and fit, price, durability, and body perception. Significant predictors that increased respondents’ intention to purchase denim jeans included intrinsic attributes-appearance of fabric on the body, cognitive attributes, tighter fit, and purchased denim in the last three months. Significant predictors that decreased respondents’ intention to purchase denim jeans included if the price was increasingly more than $40 and gender. The information gathered in this study could help manufacturers focus on what adolescents consider important in denim jeans and adjust production and marketing strategy as needed.
Future research should determine which attributes were contributing to the significance of intrinsic attributes-appearance of fabric on the body and cognitive attributes. Another future research study could conduct the research with physical examples of denim jeans present.
La sinistra turca e il trauma della repressione: il “romanzo del 12 marzo”
Creators: name: Bertuccelli, Fulvio
Publisher: name: Firenze University Press
Year: 2014

description: The essay analyses the main features of “The March 12th Novel”, a literary trend emerging in the aftermath of the military intervention in Turkey of the 12th of March 1971. The “March 12th Novel”, which had a deep impact on Turkish prose during the 1970s, represents the first attempt by left wing novelists to investigate the traumatic dimension of the political persecution endured by the socialist movement in the years following the coup. Starting with a brief survey of the major changes that occurred in Turkish political and social life between the 1960s and 70s, the essay focuses on  key topics like torture and repression, which deeply influenced the narrative structures  and strategies built up by the “12th of March Novelists”. In this light I will try to clarify the position of the “March 12th” trend in contemporary Turkish literature. Taking into account the novels written by Cetin Altan, Füruzan, Erdal Öz and Sevgi Soysal, the essay will concentrate on the different ways these authors came to depict the defeat of the Turkish Left.
description: LEA - Lingue e Letterature d'Oriente e d'Occidente, Vol 2 (2013)
Quantum information analysis of the phase diagram of the half-filled extended Hubbard model
Creators: name: Mund, C.
name: Legeza, O.
name: Noack, R. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We examine the phase diagram of the half-filled one-dimensional extended Hubbard model using quantum information entropies within the density-matrix renormalization group. It is well known that there is a charge-density-wave phase at large nearest-neighbor and small on-site Coloumb repulsion and a spin-density-wave at small nearest-neighbor and large on-site Coloumb repulsion. At intermediate Coulomb interaction strength, we find an additional narrow region of a bond-order phase between these two phases. The phase transition line for the transition out of the charge-density-wave phase changes from first-order at strong coupling to second-order in a parameter regime where all three phases are present. We present evidence that the additional phase-transition line between the spin-density-wave and bond-order phases is infinite order. While these results are in agreement with recent numerical work, our study provides an independent, unbiased means of determining the phase boundaries by using quantum information analysis, yields values for the location of some of the phase boundaries that differ from those previously found, and provides insight into the limitations of numerical methods in determining phase boundaries, especially those of infinite-order transitions.
description: 8 pages, 7 figures
Improving blazar redshift constraints with the edge of the Ly$α$ forest: 1ES 1553+113 and implications for observations of the WHIM
Creators: name: Jones, J. Dorigo
name: Johnson, S. D.
name: Muzahid, Sowgat
name: Charlton, J.
name: Chen, H. -W.
name: Narayanan, A.
name: Sameer
name: Schaye, J.
name: Wijers, N. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Blazars are some of the brightest UV and X-ray sources in the sky and are valuable probes of the elusive warm-hot intergalactic medium (WHIM; $T{\simeq} 10^5-10^7$ K). However, many of the brightest blazars$-$called BL Lac objects such as 1ES1553+113$-$have quasi-featureless spectra and poorly constrained redshifts. Here, we significantly improve the precision of indirect redshift constraints for blazars based on the edge of the $\rm{H\,I}$ Ly$α$ forest observed in their UV spectra. We develop a robust technique to constrain the redshift of a $z<0.5$ AGN or blazar with a $1σ$ uncertainty of ${\approx}0.01$ using only the position of its highest-redshift Ly$α$ absorber with $\log N_{\rm{H\,I}}/{\rm cm^{-2}} > 12.6$. We use a large sample of 192 AGN/QSOs at $0.01\lesssim z\lesssim0.45$ that have high-quality COS FUV spectra to characterize the intrinsic scatter in the gap between the AGN redshift and the edge of their Ly$α$ forest. We present new COS NUV data for 1ES1553+113 and confirm its redshift of $z=0.433$ using our technique. We apply our Ly$α$-forest-based redshift estimation technique to nine additional blazars with archival ${\it HST}$ UV spectra, most of which are key targets for future X-ray missions. Our inferred redshift constraints improve estimates for two BL Lacs (1ES1118+424 and S50716+714) and are consistent with previous estimates for the rest. Our results emphasize the need to obtain further UV spectra of bright blazars, of which many have uncertain redshifts, in order to maximize the scientific value of future X-ray WHIM observations that will improve our understanding of galaxy evolution.
description: 14 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables. Accepted to MNRAS
Quantum corrected thermodynamics of nonlinearly charged BTZ black holes in massive gravity's rainbow
Creators: name: Dehghani, M.
name: Pourhassan, B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we consider three-dimensional massive gravity's rainbow and obtain black hole solutions in three different cases of Born-Infeld, logarithmic, and exponential theories of nonlinear electrodynamics. We discuss the horizon structure and geometrical properties. Then, we study thermodynamics of these models by considering the first-order quantum correction effects, which appears as a logarithmic term in the black hole entropy. We discuss such effects on the black hole stability and phase transitions. We find that, due to the quantum corrections, the second-order phase transition happens in Born-Infeld and logarithmic models. We obtain the modified first law of black hole thermodynamics in the presence of logarithmic corrections.
description: 19 pages, 8 figures
title: On error-based step size control for discontinuous Galerkin methods for compressible fluid dynamics
Creators: name: Ranocha, Hendrik
name: Winters, Andrew R.
name: Castro, Hugo Guillermo
name: Dalcin, Lisandro
name: Schlottke-Lakemper, Michael
name: Gassner, Gregor J.
name: Parsani, Matteo
Publisher: name: Universität Stuttgart
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 620

description: We study a temporal step size control of explicit Runge-Kutta (RK) methods for compressible computational fluid dynamics (CFD), including the Navier-Stokes equations and hyperbolic systems of conservation laws such as the Euler equations. We demonstrate that error-based approaches are convenient in a wide range of applications and compare them to more classical step size control based on a Courant-Friedrichs-Lewy (CFL) number. Our numerical examples show that the error-based step size control is easy to use, robust, and efficient, e.g., for (initial) transient periods, complex geometries, nonlinear shock capturing approaches, and schemes that use nonlinear entropy projections. We demonstrate these properties for problems ranging from well-understood academic test cases to industrially relevant large-scale computations with two disjoint code bases, the open source Julia packages Trixi.jl with OrdinaryDiffEq.jl and the C/Fortran code SSDC based on PETSc.
Toward a Compositional Theory of Leftist Grammars and Transformations
Creators: name: Chambart, Pierre
name: Schnoebelen, Philippe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Formal Languages and Automata Theory (cs.FL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Leftist grammars [Motwani et al., STOC 2000] are special semi-Thue systems where symbols can only insert or erase to their left. We develop a theory of leftist grammars seen as word transformers as a tool toward rigorous analyses of their computational power. Our main contributions in this first paper are (1) constructions proving that leftist transformations are closed under compositions and transitive closures, and (2) a proof that bounded reachability is NP-complete even for leftist grammars with acyclic rules.
description: Full version of the FOSSACS 2010 paper
CIFRA National Survey: Uruguay November 1998
Creators: name: CIFRA, In Bogliaccini, Juan, And Queirolo Rosario Laboratorio De Opinión Pública And Redes Sociales En Uruguay Collection (Social Networks And Public Opinion Lab Collection)
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2021

description: Electoral campaigns; political party candidate debates; political committees; family economic situation; car vehicle details; insurance; Banco del Seguros del Estado (BSE) (State Insurance Bank, government-owned insurance company); interest in politics; approval of various political figures and groups; closeness to political party; public companies; Hospital de Clínicas de Montevideo (low-cost medical service center); rate kindness of political figures; political party candidate election; Uruguay economy; abortion; dedication to religion; 1994 voting history; 1999 (next) election voting preferences. National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII) Collection.
DESTINATION BRANDING AND VISITOR BRAND LOYALTY: EVIDENCE FROM MATURE TOURISM DESTINATIONS IN GREECE
Creators: name: Chatzigeorgiou, Chryssoula
name: Christou, Evangelos
Publisher: name: tourismos
Year: 2016

description: Destination brands provide the link between visitors and destination management organisations; tourists may or may not develop a degree of loyalty to destinations as brands. This study suggests that trust in a destination brand has high influence in developing loyalty towards the destination. Based on hypotheses developed, trust in a destination as a brand is influenced by brand characteristics, destination characteristics and visitor characteristics. The survey took place in Greece and examined attitudes of past visitors of mature destinations. Survey results demonstrate that destination brand characteristics appear more important in their impact on a visitor’s trust in a brand. It was also found that trust in a destination brand is positively influencing brand loyalty and repeat visitation intentions.
description: tourismos, Vol. 11 No. 5 (2016)
Near-infrared Polarimetry of flares from Sgr A* with Subaru/CIAO
Creators: name: Nishiyama, Shogo
name: Tamura, Motohide
name: Hatano, Hirofumi
name: Nagata, Tetsuya
name: Kudo, Tomoyuki
name: Ishii, Miki
name: Schödel, Rainer
name: Eckart, Andreas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have performed near-infrared monitoring observations of Sgr A*, the Galactic center radio source associated with a supermassive black hole, with the near-infrared camera CIAO and the 36-element adaptive optics system on the Subaru telescope. We observed three flares in the Ks band (2.15micron) during 220 min monitoring on 2008 May 28, and confirmed the flare emission is highly polarized, supporting the synchrotron radiation nature of the near-infrared emission. Clear variations in the degree and position angle of polarization were also detected: an increase of the degree of polarization of about 20 %, and a swing of the position angle of about 60 - 70 degrees in the declining phase of the flares. The correlation between the flux and the degree of polarization can be well explained by the flare emission coming from hotspot(s) orbiting Sgr A*. Comparison with calculations in the literature gives a constraint to the inclination angle i of the orbit of the hotspot around Sgr A*, as 45 < i < 90 degrees (close to edge-on).
description: 14 pages, 4 figures, Accepted for publication in ApJ Letters. For higher resolution, see http://www.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~shogo/paper/ApJ/SgrAS08/09NishiyamaSgrASNIRPol.pdf
title: Teacher-Student Writing Conferences as an Intervention in the Revision Practices of College Freshmen
Creators: name: Neil, Lynn Riley
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1988

description: In case studies of six college freshmen of average English ability, as determined by ACT scores, the researcher explored the connections between teacher-student writing conferences and students' subsequent revisions. The following question guided this study: How does the teacher-student conference conversation relate to students' subsequent revisions? Three principles drawn from the review of literature also guided the study: 1) writing conferences can be used as a mid-composing intervention, 2) the purpose of such intervention is to guide student revision of a specific draft as well as instruct in general revision strategies, and 3) a study of student changes on drafts can provide information about the effectiveness of a previous conference.
The data were gathered from holistic scoring of the students' drafts, videotapes of each student's four conferences, two-level coding of the students' drafts and the students' conference transcriptions, interviews with the students, questionnaires about attitudes toward revision and conferences, the teacher-researcher's observations, writing self-analyses by the students, and the students' autobiographies as writers.
Holistic scoring of first and last drafts written during the study rated drafts after conferences at a higher level, but no meaningful long-term improvement was established.
The results of the study indicate that, although students continued to revise in the patterns to which they were accustomed, the topics covered in the conference strongly influenced their revision strategies: the students made more frequent content-level changes after conferences. The topics covered in the conference also influenced their future composing strategies on first drafts. Following the conferences, the students in this study made fewer changes at the word and phrase level and more changes at the sentence, theme, and correctness levels. The results also indicate that the non-directive conference provides for individual writing needs.
title: The Social Organization of Wild Turkeys on the Welder Wildlife Refuge, Texas
Creators: name: Watts, Charles Robert
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1969

description: This study is of the social organization of the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo intermedia Sennett) on the Welder Wildlife Refuge in southern Texas.
The earliest turkey nests hatched in April, with the peak of hatching a month or more later. These poults may remain with their mother until winter. This brood flock, however, often combined with other brood flocks to form composite brood flocks when the poults were a few weeks old. Hens not successful in rearing young combined into broodless flocks.
The juvenile males left the brood flocks in late fall or winter. They remained a distinct unit, the sibling group. These sibling groups attempted to join adult male flocks which were composed of older sibling groups. Most often the juvenile sibling groups were forced to join others their own age to form juvenile male winter flocks. Female flocks, after losing their juvenile males, combined with other female flocks to form large bands of up to 200 females.
In spring the adult male flocks split into sibling groups for breeding. The sibling groups joined the female bands on display grounds. Only the dominant male of the dominant sibling group mated while hens were on the display ground. Later in the breeding season the female bands split into their flocks and returned to former nesting areas. Resident flocks continued to use the display ground, but later broke up into nesting groups of 2-5 females localized near their nests. The male sibling groups accompanied the females from the display ground, but did not become territorial. Incubation or nest loss broke down the female nesting group. This in turn led to formation of brood flocks or broodless flocks of hens.
title: Attitudes and Roles of Women and Minorities in Community and Urban Forestry Professions
Creators: name: Bragg, Hope A.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1998

description: Community and urban forestry is a multifaceted field ranging from tree planting to removal, hazard assessment, and public relations. However, the racial and gender diversity of the community forestry workforce is remarkably low. To gain a better understanding of this lack of diversity, I surveyed professionals in two major community/urban forestry organizations. Age, income, and years in the profession were considered, along with education level, to determine if there is some underlying reason for low representation of women and minorities in the community/urban forestry field. I found that while white males dominated all work sectors (especially private organizations), women were concentrated in public or non-profit organizations holding positions in offices, education, or other jobs with extensive public interaction. Minorities held similar positions to women or were in entry level jobs and general tree care rather than in more professionally advanced positions. Attitudes regarding most aspects of the profession varied little based on sex or minority status, with only minor differences on advancement potential and salary.
Computing modular correspondences for abelian varieties
Creators: name: Faugère, Jean-Charles
name: Lubicz, David
name: Robert, Damien
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Symbolic Computation (cs.SC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The aim of this paper is to give a higher dimensional equivalent of the classical modular polynomials $Φ_\ell(X,Y)$. If $j$ is the $j$-invariant associated to an elliptic curve $E_k$ over a field $k$ then the roots of $Φ_\ell(j,X)$ correspond to the $j$-invariants of the curves which are $\ell$-isogeneous to $E_k$. Denote by $X_0(N)$ the modular curve which parametrizes the set of elliptic curves together with a $N$-torsion subgroup. It is possible to interpret $Φ_\ell(X,Y)$ as an equation cutting out the image of a certain modular correspondence $X_0(\ell) \to X_0(1) \times X_0(1)$ in the product $X_0(1) \times X_0(1)$. Let $g$ be a positive integer and $\overn \in \N^g$. We are interested in the moduli space that we denote by $\Mn$ of abelian varieties of dimension $g$ over a field $k$ together with an ample symmetric line bundle $\pol$ and a symmetric theta structure of type $\overn$. If $\ell$ is a prime and let $\overl=(\ell, ..., \ell)$, there exists a modular correspondence $\Mln \to \Mn \times \Mn$. We give a system of algebraic equations defining the image of this modular correspondence.
Characterisation of the influence function non-additivities for a 1024-actuator MEMS deformable mirror
Creators: name: Blain, Celia
name: Conan, Rodolphe
name: Bradley, Colin
name: Guyon, Olivier
name: Vogel, Curtis
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In order to evaluate the potential of MEMS deformable mirrors for open-loop applications, a complete calibration process was performed on a 1024-actuator mirror. The mirror must be perfectly calibrated to obtain deterministic membrane deflection. The actuator's stroke-voltage relationship and the effect of the non- additivity of the influence functions are studied and finally integrated in an open-loop control process. This experiment aimed at minimizing the residual error obtained in open-loop control.
description: 6 pages, 9 figures, Proceedings of the 1st AO for ELT conference, June 2009, Paris
title: Early Career Development Processes of Women and Men Resource Managers in the USDA Forest Service
Creators: name: Mincolla, Joseph Anthony
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1988

description: The purpose of this study was to understand the similarities and differences in the early careers of women and men resource managers in Regions 4 and 6 of the U.S. Forest Service (FS). Since the early family socialization of boys and girls has been shown to differ, it was hypothesized that differences would also be found in the early career goals of men and women and in their ability to fit into an organization like the Forest Service, experience personal satisfaction, and become contributing, productive members.
Although more similarities than differences were observed, women had slightly different definitions of two important career goals: service to an important cause and becoming a competent manager. Both men and women possessed similar career goals and were experiencing similar levels of early career success. Immediate supervisors on first permanent FS assignment had a much stronger influence on the early careers of the women in the study.
title: Adoption of Range Management Innovations by Utah Livestock Producers
Creators: name: Didier, Elizabeth Anne
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2002

description: Recent years have seen changes in ecological conditions, ownership patterns, and political-legal forces that affect the sustainability of Western range livestock production. Enterprise diversification and implementation of improvements are advocated as ways for ranchers to cope with marginal returns from ranching while better managing resources. However, relatively few ranchers make such substantive changes in their operations, and previous research suggests that rates of adoption may be especially low in Utah.
Using a qualitative approach, this study explored innovation adoption among Utah ranchers. During preliminary interviews with 13 key informants, commitment to traditional ranching lifestyles, the state's settlement pattern, and availability of time and capital were identified as barriers to adoption. In-depth interviews were then conducted with 15 producers known within the ranching community for innovative management. Objectives of these interviews were to identify personal characteristics of the respondents, preferred information sources, and motivations for and barriers to adoption.
Most respondents were ranching full-time on multi-generation, family ranches, and living on or very near the ranch. Respondents innovate in order to improve profitability, environmental quality, and relationships with resource management agencies and to demonstrate good environmental stewardship to the public. Interaction with extension agents and ranching organizations was common and affected the perceived risk associated with adoption. Motivation to maintain the ranch may be especially strong among interviewees: Each respondent reported being committed to ranching for his lifetime, and in most cases, the ranch is expected to remain in the family for at least one more generation. Individuals who are less dependent on public land and more dependent on ranching income may be more likely to adopt innovations.
Even among innovative ranchers, the availability of time and capital as well as commitments to tradition impeded adoption. Unexpectedly, characteristics of the political-legal system in which ranchers operate emerged as barriers to innovation. This research illustrates how the existing innovation adoption framework applies to ranchers, but also defines new theoretical components.
Phenotypic correlations among relatives and variability in reproductive performance in populations of the vole Micortus townsendii
Creators: name: Anderson, Judith L.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential of a population of voles (Microtus townsendii) to respond genetically to natural selection upon ecologically important traits. Reproductive performance of individual voles was observed in small outdoor enclosures, and their offspring were monitored after release into natural populations. Among the possible factors influencing success of litters, maternal behavior proved to be an important determinant of litter size at recruitment. A measure of the contribution by individual parents to the next generation's gene pool revealed a serious reduction in effective numbers between July and September for this population. Heritability analysis was performed on the following traits: juvenile growth rate, maximum body size, tendency to breed in winter, age at puberty, tendency to leave a population, activity, and agonistic behavior. None of these traits manifested a strong genetic influence. However, correlations between offspring and mothers were significant for maximum size, activity, and agonistic behavior, and there was evidence that common environment effects tend to make siblings resemble one another in juvenile growth rate, age at puberty, and dispersal tendency.
KdV Equation Model in Open Cylindrical Channel under Precession
Creators: name: Alshoufi, Hajar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A new model for Korteweg and de-Vries equation (KdV) is derived. The system under study is an open channel consisting of two concentric cylinders, rotating about their vertical axis, which is tilted by slope τ from the inertial vertical z, in uniform rate Ω_1=τΩ, and the whole tank is elevated over other table rotating at rate Ω. Under these conditions, a set of Kelvin waves is formed on the free surface depending on the angle of tilt, characterized by the slope τ, volume of water, and rotation rate. The resonant mode in the system appears in the form of a single Kelvin solitary wave, whose amplitude satisfies the Korteweg-de Vries equation with forced term. The equation was derived following classical perturbation methods, the additional term made the equation a non-integrable one, that cannot be solved without the help of numerical methods. Invoking the simple finite difference scheme method, it was found that the numerical results are in a good agreement with the experiment.
description: I would like to submit here to correct misprints appear in the published online version
title: Lesiones y tumores corticales y yuxtacorticales. Hallazgos radiológicos
Creators: name: Méndez Diaz, Cristina
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: Conventional radiography
subject: Musculoskeletal soft tissue
subject: Musculoskeletal bone
subject: Musculoskeletal joint

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
Bibliografía
description: Objetivo docente:
Describir los hallazgos radiológicos y el diagnóstico diferencial de las lesiones corticales y yuxtacorticales. Presentar los hallazgos clave que ayudan a delimitar su diagnóstico diferencial o a establecer el diagnóstico...
title: Information Sources, Willingness to Volunteer, and Attitudes Towards Invasive Plants in the Southwestern United States
Creators: name: Tidwell, Leith Seeley
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2005

description: This thesis examines results of a survey conducted in the Southwestern United States focusing on attitudes towards invasive plants, public preferences for information sources and willingness to volunteer in invasive plant management. This research demonstrates that the public is interested in the problem and control of invasive plants. In a broad context there is agreement among respondents that invasive plants pose a threat to the environment and control efforts, including the use of herbicides, should be allowed to occur. Given the differences between general and specific attitudes towards invasive plants, it is suggested education and awareness programs be designed to fit specific rather than general attitudes. The interested public reflected in this research desires more information about invasive plant species and their control, and prefers to receive it through brochures and pamphlets. The study revealed a small subsection of the overall population that was capable and willing to assist in volunteer efforts existing in the Western United States. Recreation, farm and grassroots environmental organizations are recommended as being potential sources of volunteers and participants in invasive plant control.
title: Hallazgos radiológicos de los tumores infrecuentes de mama.
Creators: name: Martínez Lara, Maria del Carmen
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Neoplasia
subject: Ultrasound
subject: MR
subject: Mammography
subject: Breast

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
Bibliografía
description: Objetivo docente:
Los carcinomas de mama infrecuentes se pueden dividir: carcinoma lobulillar infiltrante,
los subtipos de carcinoma ductal infiltrante,
los carcinomas de origen estromal y las lesiones metastásicas. Nuestro objetivo es valorar las características...
title: VENTRÍCULO IZQUIERDO NO COMPACTADO. Análisis clínico-radiológico mediante cardio RM
Creators: name: Rienda Moreno, Miguel Angel
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Cardiac
subject: Thorax
subject: MR

description: Objetivos
Material y método
Resultados
Conclusiones
Bibliografía
description: Objetivos:
La no compactación del ventrículo izquierdo es un trastorno miocárdico,
en el que acontece un fallo en la compactación durante la embriogénesis,
dando lugar a una morfología característica de la cámara ventricular consistente en una capa...
Relative periods and open-string integer invariants for a compact Calabi-Yau hypersurface
Creators: name: Jockers, Hans
name: Soroush, Masoud
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work we compute relative periods for B-branes, realized in terms of divisors in a compact Calabi-Yau hypersurface, by means of direct integration. Although we exemplify the method of direct integration with a particular Calabi-Yau geometry, the recipe automatically generalizes for divisors in other Calabi-Yau geometries as well. From the calculated relative periods we extract double-logarithmic periods. These periods qualify to describe disk instanton generated N=1 superpotentials of the corresponding compact mirror Calabi-Yau geometry in the large volume regime. Finally we extract the integer invariants encoded in these brane superpotentials.
description: 24 pages, 3 tables
title: Colangiocarcinoma: Claves diagnósticas en TC y RM.
Creators: name: Camuera, Elsa
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Abdomen
subject: Biliary Tract / Gallbladder
subject: CT
subject: MR

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
Bibliografía
description: Objetivo docente:
Aprender las clasificaciones de los colangiocarcinomas según la localización y el tipo de patrón de crecimiento. Describir los hallazgos radiológicos y claves diagnósticas por TC y RM para realizar un diagnóstico certero. Detallar los pasos a...
Dehn twists have roots
Creators: name: Margalit, Dan
name: Schleimer, Saul
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 20F28

description: We construct nontrivial roots of Dehn twists about nonseparating curves.
description: 2 pages
THE ROLE OF EMOTIONS IN A SPORT EVENT EXPERIENCE
Creators: name: Del Chiappa, Giacomo
name: Atzeni, Marcello
Publisher: name: tourismos
Year: 2016

description: This study investigates whether emotions can be considered a suitable variable to segment spectators at a sports event, as well as to test their affinity with social identification, perceived authenticity, satisfaction, and behavioural intentions. A structured questionnaire was developed and responses from a convenience sample of 258 spectators were collected onsite at the 2013 FIA World Rally Championship, Sardinia (Italy). A series of descriptive analyses, dual process cluster analyses (hierarchical and nonhierarchical), factor analyses, independent t-tests and chi-square tests were performed. Findings identified two segments; the cluster with the higher levels of positive emotions reported expressing higher levels of social identification, food-based and culture-based event authenticity (as measured by factors and/or composing items), satisfaction and behavioural intensions. Significant differences were reported between the two segments based on gender and prior experience with the event. Contributions to the body of knowledge and managerial implications are discussed and suggestions for further research are given.
description: tourismos, Vol. 11 No. 5 (2016)
Metal nanoparticles in strongly confined beams: transmission, reflection and absorption
Creators: name: Mojarad, Nassiredin
name: Zumofen, Gert
name: Sandoghdar, Vahid
name: Agio, Mario
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the interaction of tightly focused light with the surface-plasmon-polariton resonances of metal nanospheres. In particular, we compute the scattering and absorption ratios as well as transmission and reflection coefficients. Inspired by our previous work in Ref. [1], we discuss how well a metal nanoparticle approximates a point-like dipolar radiator. We find that a 100 nm silver nanosphere is very close to such an ideal oscillator. Our results have immediate implications for single nanoparticle spectroscopy and microscopy as well as plasmonics.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures
Formal Modelling of a Usable Identity Management Solution for Virtual Organisations
Creators: name: Haidar, Ali N.
name: Coveney, P. V.
name: Abdallah, Ali E.
name: Ryan, P. Y. A
name: Beckles, B.
name: Brooke, J. M.
name: Jones, M . A. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper attempts to accurately model security requirements for computational grid environments with particular focus on authentication. We introduce the Audited Credential Delegation (ACD) architecture as a solution to some of the virtual organisations identity management usability problems. The approach uses two complementary models: one is state based, described in Z notation, and the other is event-based, expressed in the Process Algebra of Hoare's Communicating Sequential Processes (CSP). The former will be used to capture the state of the WS and to model back-end operations on it whereas the latter will be used to model behavior, and in particular, front-end interactions and communications. The modelling helps to clearly and precisely understand functional and security requirements and provide a basis for verifying that the system meets its intended requirements.