cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The ATLAS discovery potential for a heavy charged Higgs boson in gg->tbH^{+-} with H^{+-}->tb
Creators: name: Assamagan, K. A.
name: Gollub, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The feasibility of detecting a heavy charged Higgs boson, m(H^{+-})>m(t)+m(b), decaying in the H^{+-}->tb channel is studied with the fast simulation of the ATLAS detector. We study the gg->H^{+-}tb production process at the LHC which together with the aforementioned decay channel leads to four b-quarks in the final state. The whole production and decay chain reads gg->H^{+-}tb->t\bar{t}b\bar{b}->b\bar{b}b\bar{b}lν\bar{q}q'. Combinatorial background is a major difficulty in this multi-jet environment but can be overcome by employing multivariate techniques in the event reconstruction. Requiring four b-tagged jets in the event helps to effectively suppress the Standard Model backgrounds but leads to no significant improvement in the discovery potential compared to analyses requiring only three b-tagged jets. This study indicates that charged Higgs bosons can be discovered at the LHC up to high masses (m(H^{+-})>400 GeV) in the case of large tan(beta).
The Power of Bootstrap and Asymptotic Tests
Creators: name: Davidson, Russell
name: MacKinnon, James
name: Davidson, Russell
name: MacKinnon, James
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2004
Subjects: Financial Economics

description: We introduce the concept of the bootstrap discrepancy, which measures the difference in rejection probabilities between a bootstrap test based on a given test statistic and that of a (usually infeasible) test based on the true distribution of the statistic. We show that the bootstrap discrepancy is of the same order of magnitude under the null hypothesis and under non-null processes described by a Pitman drift. However, complications arise in the measurement of power. If the test statistic is not an exact pivot, critical values depend on which data-generating process (DGP) is used to determine the distribution under the null hypothesis. We propose as the proper choice the DGP which minimizes the bootstrap discrepancy. We also show that, under an asymptotic independence condition, the power of both bootstrap and asymptotic tests can be estimated cheaply by simulation. The theory of the paper and the proposed simulation method are illustrated by Monte Carlo experiments using the logit model. This research was supported, in part, by grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. We are grateful to Don Andrews, Joel Horowitz, two referees, and numerous seminar participants for comments on earlier versions.
GENETIC STUDIES CONCERNING THE INDUCTION OF ARYL HYDROCARBON HYDROXYLASE GOVERNED BY THE MURINE AH LOCUS (TOXICOLOGY, MOUSE GENETICS, DRUG METABOLISM)
Creators: name: Bigelow, Sanford Walker
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 34
subject: Chemical sciences
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Three sets of recombinant inbred (RI) mouse sublines were evaluated for three Ah locus-related responses: (1) duration of zoxazolamine-induced paralysis, (2) hepatic Ah receptor levels and (3) hepatic AHH activity following treatment with benzanthracene, 3-methylcholanthrene, beta-naphthoflavone or 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin or corn oil (control). A short duration for the zoxazolamine paralysis response, detectable hepatic Ah receptor levels, and the capacity for hepatic AHH induction are characteristics of the C57BL/6 and C3H/He mouse strains. The DBA/2 mouse strain exhibits a prolonged paralysis response, undetectable cytosolic Ah receptor levels, and more than 10-fold lower capacity for hepatic AHH induction. All of the C57BL/6J x DBA/2J RI sublines segregate with either of the parental strains. It is concluded the difference in the ANN induction process between the C57BL/6 and DBA/2 mice resides in the detectable levels of cytosolic Ah receptor. Four of 26 RI sublines tested, derived from the C57BL/6 and C3H/He strains, exhibit a differential response: these sublines have negligible Ah receptor levels and exhibit a long duration of zoxazolamine-induced paralysis yet are capable of AHH induction. Twenty-two out of 800 (C57BL/6N)(C3H/HeN)F(,2) individuals selected for prolonged zoxazolamine paralysis exhibit this same differential response. This differential response can be explained by the possibility of an Ah receptor-independent pathway for AHH induction. Alternatively, these results could indicate the presence of two regulatory loci in the C57BL/6 and C3H/He strains that control the AHH induction process by affecting the structural composition of the Ah receptor. This possibility is supported by the observation of a charge difference in the Ah receptor between these two mouse strains. The expression of at least two regulatory loci in these sublines could generate various combinations of heterodimeric Ah receptor. The resulting Ah receptor proteins would be responsible for a differential transcriptional activation of two other genes that code for AHH activity and zoxazolamine metabolism. This hypothesis of a differential transcriptional activation mechanism resulting from several possible combinations of Ah receptor subunits would explain the observed data.
Bootstrap Tests: How Many Bootstraps?
Creators: name: Davidson, Russell
name: MacKinnon, James
name: Davidson, Russell
name: MacKinnon, James
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2001
Subjects: Financial Economics

description: In practice, bootstrap tests must use a finite number of bootstrap samples. This means that the outcome of the test will depend on the sequence of random numbers used to generate the bootstrap samples, and it necessarily results in some loss of power. We examine the extent of this power loss and propose a simple pretest procedure for choosing the number of bootstrap samples so as to minimize experimental randomness. Simulation experiments suggest that this procedure will work very well in practice.
BIAS AND ORGANIZATIONAL OUTCOMES (DECISION-MAKING, CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, BANKING, COMPARATIVE ADMINISTRATION, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS)
Creators: name: Carroll, Barbara Wake
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Models of organizational decision-making rarely consider systematic bias as a source of difference in outcomes and performance between organizations. Based upon a multivariate analysis of corporate financial reports, this study considers the impact of management type and systemic values, in the form of varying degrees of conservatism, on the administrative cost levels of a matched sample of depository institutions, residential development companies and mortgage insurance companies in Canada and the United States. The conclusion of the research is that organizations and their management are biased in a fashion consistent with the systemic values of the country in which the organization is a part; and to a lesser extent in a fashion consistent with the values of the sub-system from which the management group emanate. While factors such as size, technology, task environment and previous performance levels are important in predicting outcomes, they are more important in some countries and to some types of management than others.
Computing Numerical Distribution Functions in Econometrics
Creators: name: MacKinnon, James
name: MacKinnon, James
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2001
Subjects: Financial Economics

description: Many test statistics in econometrics have asymptotic distributions that cannot be evaluated analytically. In order to conduct asymptotic inference, it is therefore necessary to resort to simulation. Techniques that have commonly been used yield only a small number of critical values, which can be seriously inaccurate. In contrast, the techniques discussed in this paper yield enough information to plot the distributions of the test statistics or to calculate P values, and they can yield highly accurate results. These techniques are used to obtain asymptotic critical values for a test recently proposed by Kiefer, Vogelsang, and Bunzel (2000) for testing linear restrictions in linear regression models. A program to compute P values for this test is available from the author’s web site.
Key Quality Issues Affecting the Sustainability of Construction Projects in Oman
Creators: name: Amri, Tariq Al
name: Marey-Pérez, Manuel
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 120201 Building Construction Management and Project Planning
subject: FOS: Civil engineering
subject: 90502 Construction Engineering
subject: 120104 Architectural Science and Technology (incl. Acoustics, Lighting, Structure and Ecologically Sustainable Design)

description: Sustainability is regarded as one of the main goals of human activities and development process, which plays a vital role in construction projects. It can be defined as an approach, which is mainly used for stabilizing economic, social and environmental aspects (Rosen, 2012). People must focus on achieving sustainabilityduring operations for the purpose of generating favourable results. In this regard, the effectiveness of engineering sustainability in deriving positive results for the constructions projects all over the world cannot be ignored. Selection of resources, the introduction of sustainable practices, efficient use of resources and environmental stewardship are viewed to be the critical requirements of developing and maintaining engineering sustainability. Therefore, this research paper intends to investigate the critical quality issues that affect the sustainability of construction projects specifically in Oman and other regional countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) namelyQatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
Phase Imaging with Computational Specificity (PICS) for measuring dry mass changes in sub-cellular compartments
Creators: name: Kandel, Mikhail E.
name: He, Yuchen R.
name: Lee, Young Jae
name: Chen, Taylor Hsuan-Yu
name: Sullivan, Kathryn Michele
name: Aydin, Onur
name: Saif, M Taher A.
name: Kong, Hyunjoon
name: Sobh, Nahil
name: Popescu, Gabriel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Due to its specificity, fluorescence microscopy (FM) has become a quintessential imaging tool in cell biology. However, photobleaching, phototoxicity, and related artifacts continue to limit FM's utility. Recently, it has been shown that artificial intelligence (AI) can transform one form of contrast into another. We present PICS, a combination of quantitative phase imaging and AI, which provides information about unlabeled live cells with high specificity. Our imaging system allows for automatic training, while inference is built into the acquisition software and runs in real-time. Applying the computed fluorescence maps back to the QPI data, we measured the growth of both nuclei and cytoplasm independently, over many days, without loss of viability. Using a QPI method that suppresses multiple scattering, we measured the dry mass content of individual cell nuclei within spheroids. In its current implementation, PICS offers a versatile quantitative technique for continuous simultaneous monitoring of individual cellular components in biological applications where long-term label-free imaging is desirable.
description: 54 pages, 18 figures; typos corrected
Primordial non-Gaussianity: local curvature method and statistical significance of constraints on f_NL from WMAP data
Creators: name: Cabella, P.
name: Liguori, M.
name: Hansen, F. K.
name: Marinucci, D.
name: Matarrese, S.
name: Moscardini, L.
name: Vittorio, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We test the consistency of estimates of the non-linear coupling constant f_{NL} using non-Gaussian CMB maps generated by the method described in (Liguori, Matarrese and Moscardini 2003). This procedure to obtain non-Gaussian maps differs significantly from the method used in previous works on estimation of f_{NL}. Nevertheless, using spherical wavelets, we find results in very good agreement with (Mukherjee and Wang 2004), showing that the two ways of generating primordial non-Gaussian maps give equivalent results. Moreover, we introduce a new method for estimating the non-linear coupling constant from CMB observations by using the local curvature of the temperature fluctuation field. We present both Bayesian credible regions (assuming a flat prior) and proper (frequentist) confidence intervals on f_{NL}, and discuss the relation between the two approaches. The Bayesian approach tends to yield lower error bars than the frequentist approach, suggesting that a careful analysis of the different interpretations is needed. Using this method, we estimate f_{NL}=-10^{+270}_{-260} at the 2σlevel (Bayesian) and f_{NL}=-10^{+310}_{-270} (frequentist). Moreover, we find that the wavelet and the local curvature approaches, which provide similar error bars, yield approximately uncorrelated estimates of f_{NL} and therefore, as advocated in (Cabella et al. 2004), the estimates may be combined to reduce the error bars. In this way, we obtain f_{NL}=-5\pm 85 and f_{NL}=-5\pm 175 at the 1σand 2σlevel respectively using the frequentist approach.
description: Accepted for publication in MNRAS. Improved limits on f_{NL} and covariance matrix derivation
A generalised complete flux scheme for anisotropic advection-diffusion equations
Creators: name: Cheng, Hanz Martin
name: Boonkkamp, Jan ten Thije
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 65N08

description: In this paper, we consider separating the discretisation of the diffusive and advective fluxes in the complete flux scheme. This allows the combination of several discretisation methods for the homogeneous flux with the complete flux (CF) method. In particular, we explore the combination of the hybrid mimetic mixed (HMM) method and the CF method, in order to utilize the advantages of each of these methods. The usage of HMM allows us to handle anisotropic diffusion tensors on generic polygonal (polytopal) grids; whereas the CF method provides a framework for the construction of a uniformly second order method, even when the problem is advection dominated.
Motion of interfaces in biological systems
Creators: name: Highmore, Roger
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 60802 Animal Cell and Molecular Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 60601 Animal Physiology - Biophysics
subject: 60603 Animal Physiology - Systems
subject: Biophysics
subject: Cancer
subject: 60106 Cellular Interactions (incl. Adhesion, Matrix, Cell Wall)
subject: 29901 Biological Physics
subject: 20406 Surfaces and Structural Properties of Condensed Matter
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 20405 Soft Condensed Matter

description: Interfaces might be characterised by properties such as energy per area, speed, width and interaction with inhomogeneities which may impede or accelerate their motion. We consider advancing tumour and apoptosis fronts as examples. We also consider boundaries which separate regions where cells cycles are synchronised from regions where they are unsynchronised, or regions where they are synchronised albeit with different phases or angular speeds.
Artificial Regressions
Creators: name: Davidson, Russell
name: Davidson, Russell
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2001
Subjects: Financial Economics
Research Methods/ Statistical Methods

description: Associated with every popular nonlinear estimation method is at least one “artificial” linear regression. We define an artificial regression in terms of three conditions that it must satisfy. Then we show how artificial regressions can be useful for numerical optimization, testing hypotheses, and computing parameter estimates. Several existing artificial regressions are discussed and are shown to satisfy the defining conditions, and a new artificial regression for regression models with heteroskedasticity of unknown form is introduced.
BIAS AND ORGANIZATIONAL OUTCOMES (DECISION-MAKING, CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, BANKING, COMPARATIVE ADMINISTRATION, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS)
Creators: name: Carroll, Barbara Wake
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4407
subject: Policy and administration

description: Models of organizational decision-making rarely consider systematic bias as a source of difference in outcomes and performance between organizations. Based upon a multivariate analysis of corporate financial reports, this study considers the impact of management type and systemic values, in the form of varying degrees of conservatism, on the administrative cost levels of a matched sample of depository institutions, residential development companies and mortgage insurance companies in Canada and the United States. The conclusion of the research is that organizations and their management are biased in a fashion consistent with the systemic values of the country in which the organization is a part; and to a lesser extent in a fashion consistent with the values of the sub-system from which the management group emanate. While factors such as size, technology, task environment and previous performance levels are important in predicting outcomes, they are more important in some countries and to some types of management than others.
Generation digital waste tracking system
Creators: name: Hua, YingJie (Vince)
name: Koo, KiHye
name: Leung, Kevin
name: Yoo, Pyosang
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”
Angular Expansion of Nova Shells
Creators: name: Santamaría, E.
name: Guerrero, M. A.
name: Ramos-Larios, G.
name: Toalá, J. A.
name: Sabin, L.
name: Rubio, G.
name: Quino-Mendoza, J. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Nova shells can provide us with important information on their distance, their interactions with the circumstellar and interstellar media, and the evolution in morphology of the ejecta. We have obtained narrow-band images of a sample of five nova shells, namely DQHer, FHSer, TAur, V476Cyg, and V533Her, with ages in the range from 50 to 130 years. These images have been compared with suitable available archival images to derive their angular expansion rates. We find that all the nova shells in our sample are still in the free expansion phase, which can be expected, as the mass of the ejecta is 7-45 times larger than the mass of the swept-up circumstellar medium. The nova shells will keep expanding freely for time periods up to a few hundred years, reducing their time dispersal into the interstellar medium.
description: 8 pages, 2 figures, 3 tables. Accepted for publication in ApJ
RESEARCH OF NONLINEAR DYNAMICS OF THE BLOOD FLOW IN THE TOOTH PULP IN STOMATOLOGICAL PATIENTS
Creators: name: Belousova M.
name: Ermoliev, S.
Publisher: name: Sciences of Europe
Year: 2021
Subjects: laser doppler flowmetry
indexes of nonlinear dynamics of a blood flow
tooth pulp.

description: Method of laser doppler flowmetry (LDF) was used for a microcirculation estimation in a pulp of tooth. The purpose of our research was possibility learning to estimate(appreciate) complexity of structure of signal LDF of a pulp in intact tooth, and also at caries of a dentine and initial forms of an inflammation of a pulp. Led correlation analysis of nonlinear characteristics of 677 LDF-gram by means of a phase portrait has allowed to differentiate initial forms of an inflammation in a pulp of teeth: an initial pulpitis and an acute focal pulpitis. Indexes of nonlinear dynamics of a blood flow in the tooth pulp can serve as objective diagnostic criteria in a microcirculation estimation.
Orbital and spin interplay in spin-gap formation in pyroxene titanium oxides ATiSi2O6 (A=Na, Li)
Creators: name: Hikihara, Toshiya
name: Motome, Yukitoshi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Interplay between orbital and spin degrees of freedom is theoretically studied for the phase transition to the spin-singlet state with lattice dimerization in pyroxene titanium oxides ATiSi2O6 (A=Na, Li). For the quasi one-dimensional spin-1/2 systems, we derive an effective spin-orbital-lattice coupled model in the strong correlation limit with explicitly taking account of the t_2g orbital degeneracy, and investigate the model by numerical simulation as well as the mean-field analysis. We find a nontrivial feedback effect between orbital and spin degrees of freedom; as temperature decreases, development of antiferromagnetic spin correlations changes the sign of orbital correlations from antiferro to ferro type, and finally the ferro-type orbital correlations induce the dimerization and the spin-singlet formation. As a result of this interplay, the system undergoes a finite-temperature transition to the spin-dimer and orbital-ferro ordered phase concomitant with the Jahn-Teller lattice distortion. The numerical results for the magnetic susceptibility show a deviation from the Curie-Weiss behavior, and well reproduce the experimental data. The results reveal that the Jahn-Teller energy scale is considerably small and the orbital and spin exchange interactions play a decisive role in the pyroxene titanium oxides.
description: 13 pages, 9 figures; final version. Text, Fig.1, and references are revised. To appear in Phys. Rev. B
Schumpeterian Restructuring
Creators: name: Francois, Patrick
name: Lloyd-Ellis, Huw
name: Francois, Patrick
name: Lloyd-Ellis, Huw
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005
Subjects: Financial Economics

description: We develop a Shumpeterian theory of business cycles that relates job creation, job destruction and wages over the cycle to the processes of firm restructuring, innovation and implementation that drive long—run growth. Due to incentive problems, production workers are employed via relational contracts and experience involuntary unemployment. Job destruction and firm turnover are counter—cyclical, but labour productivity growth and job creation are procyclical. Endogenous fluctuations in job creation on the intensive margin are the dominant source of changes in employment growth. Our framework also highlights the countercyclical forces on wages due to restructuring, and illustrates the relationship between the cyclicality of wages and long—run productivity growth.
Two-dimensional CoSe structures: Intrinsic magnetism, strain-tunable anisotropic valleys, magnetic Weyl point, and antiferromagnetic metal state
Creators: name: Tai, Bo
name: Wu, Weikang
name: Feng, Xiaolong
name: Jiao, Yalong
name: Zhao, Jianzhou
name: Lu, Yunhao
name: Sheng, Xian-Lei
name: Yang, Shengyuan A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The interplay between magnetism, band topology, and electronic correlation in low dimensions has been a fascinating subject of research. Here, we propose two-dimensional (2D) material systems which demonstrate such an interesting interplay. Based on first-principles calculations and structural search algorithms, we identify three lowest energy 2D CoSe structures, termed as the $α$-, $β$-, and $γ$-CoSe. {We show that $α$- and $β$-CoSe are two rare examples of 2D antiferromagnetic metals, which are related to their Fermi surfaces nesting features, and meanwhile, $γ$-CoSe is a ferromagnetic metal. They possess a range of interesting physical properties, including anisotropic valleys connected by crystalline symmetries, strain-tunable valley polarization, strain-induced metal-semiconductor and/or magnetic phase transitions, as well as topological band features such as the magnetic Weyl point and the magnetic Weyl loop. Remarkably, all the topological features here are robust against spin-orbit coupling.} Some experimental aspects of our predictions have been discussed.
Streptocarpus inconspicuus Christenh. 2012, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Christenhusz, Maarten J. M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Lamiales
Gesneriaceae
Streptocarpus
Streptocarpus inconspicuus

description: Streptocarpus inconspicuus (Burtt) Christenh., comb. nov.
 Basionym: Saintpaulia inconspicua Burtt (1958: 557).
 Type: TANZANIA. Morogoro Distr.: Uluguru Mountains, Morogoro, Kisaki Road, moist soil in forest, 18 December 1934, Bruce 328 (holotype K!-000378645).
description: Published as part of Christenhusz, Maarten J. M., 2012, On African violets and Cape primroses-towards a monophyletic Streptocarpus (Gesneriaceae), pp. 3-9 in Phytotaxa 46 on page 6, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.46.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4814794
I - Q Cycles
Creators: name: Francois, Patrick
name: Lloyd-Ellis, Huw
name: Francois, Patrick
name: Lloyd-Ellis, Huw
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Financial Economics
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: Tobin's Q
subject: fixed capital formation
subject: intangible investment
subject: cycles and growth

description: We develop a model of “intrinsic” business cycles, driven by the decentralized behaviour of entrepreneurs and firms making continuous, divisible improvements in their productivity. We show how equilibrium cycles, associated with strategic delays in implementation and endogenous innovation, arise even in the presence of reversible investment. We derive the implications for the cyclical evolution of both tangible (physical) and intangible (knowledge) capital. In particular, our framework is consistent with key aspects of the somewhat puzzling relationship between fixed capital formation and the stockmarket at business cycle frequencies.
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CASTE AND ETHNIC GROUP PARENTS' ATTITUDES CONCERNING SECONDARY EDUCATION IN NEPAL (SOCIAL STATUS)
Creators: name: Maharjan, Tulsi Ram
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: The purpose of this study was to compare the attitudes and perceptions of high caste and low caste and minority ethnic group parents regarding their childrens' secondary education. While informal studies on low school enrollment, high drop out rate and low school participation exists, there have been no formal studies to determine the effects of caste and ethnic diversity on secondary school enrollment in Nepal. Therefore, further research was needed to understand why low caste and minority student's school enrollment is low and to determine how to ensure a more equitable distribution of educational opportunity among all ethnic and caste groups. The main objective of this study was to determine the attitudes and perceptions of high caste and low caste and ethnic group parents towards education, the existing curriculum, as well as perceived barriers which might hinder school enrollment and retention, and incentives which would increase school enrollment and retention. A survey approach was used to gather quantitative and descriptive information. A questionnaire developed by the researcher was administered through personal interviews. The survey interview gathered views, attitudes and perceptions from parents who were high caste and from parents who were low caste and of minority ethnic groups. A total of 132 parents were interviewed for this study. The findings showed that there were more positive attitudes towards educating sons than daughters by both groups. Children from the high caste group were enrolled at a far higher rate than the children from the low caste and minority ethnic group. Economic need was the major factor preventing both groups of parents from sending their children to school. High caste parents did not feel that their children were effected by negative social pressures such as intimidation and discrimination. Low caste and minority ethnic group parents reported some form of intimidation and discrimination toward their children. High caste parents preferred an academic curriculum while low caste and minority ethnic group parents wanted more subjects taught in the vocational fields.
Brief History of Northwesterns Dispensaries and Outpatient Clinics: Part 2, 1926-1975
Creators: name: Sims, Ronald H
Publisher: name: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Northwestern University Medical School
subject: Montgomery Ward Medical Clinic
subject: Northwestern University Medical Clinics
subject: History of Medicine
subject: Outpatient Clinics, Hospital
subject: Ambulatory Care
subject: Chicago (Ill.)
subject: Ambulatory Care/history
subject: Outpatient Clinics, Hospital/history

description: The information in this article (and its Part 1) was part of the exhibit, Photographing Pediatrics, which began mid-June 2011 in Dollie's Corner, on Level 2 of the Galter Health Sciences Library, a collaboration of Ron Sims, Dr. Paula Summerly, post-doc in Medical Humanities and Sue Sacharski, Northwestern Memorial Hospital Archivist. The exhibit included a pictorial history of the dispensary and clinics at Northwestern. (Another version of this two-part article was published in Northwestern Medicine magazine's history blog, Sept. 2014)
Stability of Covariant Relativistic Quantum Theory
Creators: name: Wessels, Victor
name: Polyzou, Wayne
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we study the relativistic quantum mechanical interpretation of the solution of the inhomogeneous Euclidean Bethe-Salpeter equation. Our goal is to determine conditions on the input to the Euclidean Bethe-Salpeter equation so the solution can be used to construct a model Hilbert space and a dynamical unitary representation of the Poincaré group. We prove three theorems that relate the stability of this construction to properties of the kernel and driving term of the Bethe-Salpeter equation. The most interesting result is that the positivity of the Hilbert space norm in the non-interacting theory is not stable with respect to Euclidean covariant perturbations defined by Bethe-Salpeter kernels. The long-term goal of this work is to understand which model Euclidean Green functions preserve the underlying relativistic quantum theory of the original field theory. Understanding the constraints imposed on the Green functions by the existence of an underlying relativistic quantum theory is an important consideration for formulating field-theory motivated relativistic quantum models.
description: 29 pages, Latex, corrected typos, added background section, improved proof of key result
Intertwining technique for the one-dimensional stationary Dirac equation
Creators: name: Nieto, L. M.
name: Pecheritsin, A. A.
name: Samsonov, Boris F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The technique of differential intertwining operators (or Darboux transformation operators) is systematically applied to the one-dimensional Dirac equation. The following aspects are investigated: factorization of a polynomial of Dirac Hamiltonians, quadratic supersymmetry, closed extension of transformation operators, chains of transformations, and finally particular cases of pseudoscalar and scalar potentials. The method is widely illustrated by numerous examples.
1908-12-07 G.V. Black to McKay
Creators: name: Black, G. V. (Greene Vardiman), 1836-1915.
Publisher: name: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center
Year: 1908
Subjects: Dental Fluorosis
Tooth Abnormalities
Fluoridation
Colorado

description: Title: G.V. Black to McKay Container: c02 id: level:
Using Financial Market Information to Enhance Canadian Fiscal Policy
Creators: name: Lloyd-Ellis, Huw
name: Zhu, Xiaodong
name: Lloyd-Ellis, Huw
name: Zhu, Xiaodong
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Financial Economics
subject: Public Economics
subject: Public debt
subject: cyclically adjusted deficit
subject: sustainability
subject: hedging

description: In this article we argue that the evaluation and implementation of Canadian fiscal policy could be significantly improved through the systematic use of information provided by global financial markets. In particular, we show how the information contained in internationally traded asset returns can be used to (1) provide a more meaningful cyclical—adjustment of the budget deficit, (2) assess the sustainability of the public debt, and (3) reduce the risk of the debt becoming unsustainable without having to run excessively large surpluses.
Cooperation through Imitation
Creators: name: Bergin, James
name: Bernhardt, Dan
name: Bergin, James
name: Bernhardt, Dan
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: Financial Economics

description: This paper characterizes long-run outcomes for broad classes of symmetric games, when players select actions on the basis of average historical performance. Received wisdom is that when agent’s interests are partially opposed, behavior is excessively competitive: “keeping up with the Jones’ ” lowers everyones’ welfare. Here, we study the long-run consequences of imitative behavior when agents have sufficiently long memories — and the outcome is dramatically different. Imitation robustly leads to cooperative outcomes (with highest symmetric payoffs) in the long run. This provides a rationale, for example, for collusive cartel-like behavior without collusive intent on the part of the agents.
Improved search for two body muon decay $μ^+{\rightarrow}e^+X_H$
Creators: name: Aguilar-Arevalo, A.
name: Aoki, M.
name: Blecher, M.
name: Britton, D. I.
name: Bruch, D. vom
name: Bryman, D. A.
name: Chen, S.
name: Comfort, J.
name: Cuen-Rochin, S.
name: Doria, L.
name: Gumplinger, P.
name: Hussein, A.
name: Igarashi, Y.
name: Ito, S.
name: Kettell, S.
name: Kurchaninov, L.
name: Littenberg, L. S.
name: Malbrunot, C.
name: Mischke, R. E.
name: Numao, T.
name: Protopopescu, D.
name: Sher, A.
name: Sullivan, T.
name: Vavilov, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Charged lepton flavor violating muon decay $μ^+{\rightarrow}e^+X_H$, where $X_H$ is a massive neutral boson, was sought by searching for extra peaks in the muon decay $μ^+{\rightarrow}e^+ν\barν$ energy spectrum in the $m_{X_H}$ mass region $47.8-95.1$ MeV/$c^2$. No signal was found and 90% confidence level upper limits were set on the branching ratio $Γ(μ^+{\rightarrow}e^+X_H)/Γ(μ^+{\rightarrow}e^+ν\barν)$ at the level of $10^{-5}$ for this region.
description: 3 pages, 2 figures
How does the presence of a plant influence waste sorting behaviour
Creators: name: Op De Beke, Oskar
name: Luesomboon, Nutkamon
name: Baek, Brian
name: Lai, Tiffany
name: Roh, Jasmine
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: This study aims to investigate whether the presence of a plant near indoor waste disposal bins impacts correct waste sorting. We hypothesized that participants exposed to a plant, as opposed to those in the control conditions, will have a higher percentage of items sorted correctly into disposal bins. By employing a convenience sampling method, we included 167 participants in our study. We observed participants in one of the following conditions: a no-object control condition, a green flag control condition, and a plant condition. During the observation, we recorded the total number of items each participant disposed in each bin, as well as the number of items correctly and incorrectly sorted. Contrary to our hypothesis, the plant did not significantly improve waste sorting when compared to control conditions. Participants in the plant condition had the lowest average percentage of items sorted correctly, followed by those in the no-object condition and then the green flag control condition. However, mean comparison and marginal significance point to the possibility that a green flag may improve waste sorting. Implications and recommendations for UBC regarding the application of the plant and the flag are also discussed. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CASTE AND ETHNIC GROUP PARENTS' ATTITUDES CONCERNING SECONDARY EDUCATION IN NEPAL (SOCIAL STATUS)
Creators: name: Maharjan, Tulsi Ram
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 39
subject: Education
classificationCode: 3903
subject: Education systems

description: The purpose of this study was to compare the attitudes and perceptions of high caste and low caste and minority ethnic group parents regarding their childrens' secondary education. While informal studies on low school enrollment, high drop out rate and low school participation exists, there have been no formal studies to determine the effects of caste and ethnic diversity on secondary school enrollment in Nepal. Therefore, further research was needed to understand why low caste and minority student's school enrollment is low and to determine how to ensure a more equitable distribution of educational opportunity among all ethnic and caste groups. The main objective of this study was to determine the attitudes and perceptions of high caste and low caste and ethnic group parents towards education, the existing curriculum, as well as perceived barriers which might hinder school enrollment and retention, and incentives which would increase school enrollment and retention. A survey approach was used to gather quantitative and descriptive information. A questionnaire developed by the researcher was administered through personal interviews. The survey interview gathered views, attitudes and perceptions from parents who were high caste and from parents who were low caste and of minority ethnic groups. A total of 132 parents were interviewed for this study. The findings showed that there were more positive attitudes towards educating sons than daughters by both groups. Children from the high caste group were enrolled at a far higher rate than the children from the low caste and minority ethnic group. Economic need was the major factor preventing both groups of parents from sending their children to school. High caste parents did not feel that their children were effected by negative social pressures such as intimidation and discrimination. Low caste and minority ethnic group parents reported some form of intimidation and discrimination toward their children. High caste parents preferred an academic curriculum while low caste and minority ethnic group parents wanted more subjects taught in the vocational fields.
Radio activity in major mergings
Creators: name: Zucca, E.
name: Venturi, T.
name: Giacintucci, S.
name: Bardelli, S.
name: Dallacasa, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Cluster mergings are expected to have an influence on the radio emission of the galaxy population. We present the results of a deep radio survey in the A3558 complex in the central region of the Shapley Concentration, in order to further explore our hypothesis of a dependence of the radio luminosity function on the age of the merging.
description: 3 pages, 2 figures. Proceedings of IAU Colloquium 195 - Outskirts of Galaxy Clusters: intense life in the suburbs
Curvature dependent lower bounds for the first eigenvalue of the Dirac operator
Creators: name: Kirchberg, K. -D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 53C27; 53C25

description: Using Weitzenböck techniques on any compact Riemannian spin manifold we derive inequalities that involve a real parameter and join the eigenvalues of the Dirac operator with curvature terms. The discussion of these inequalities yields vanishing theorems for the kernel of the Dirac operator $D$ and lower bounds for the spectrum of $D^2$ if the curvature satisfies certain conditions.
description: Latex2e, 14pp
EPSNet: Efficient Panoptic Segmentation Network with Cross-layer Attention Fusion
Creators: name: Chang, Chia-Yuan
name: Chang, Shuo-En
name: Hsiao, Pei-Yung
name: Fu, Li-Chen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Panoptic segmentation is a scene parsing task which unifies semantic segmentation and instance segmentation into one single task. However, the current state-of-the-art studies did not take too much concern on inference time. In this work, we propose an Efficient Panoptic Segmentation Network (EPSNet) to tackle the panoptic segmentation tasks with fast inference speed. Basically, EPSNet generates masks based on simple linear combination of prototype masks and mask coefficients. The light-weight network branches for instance segmentation and semantic segmentation only need to predict mask coefficients and produce masks with the shared prototypes predicted by prototype network branch. Furthermore, to enhance the quality of shared prototypes, we adopt a module called "cross-layer attention fusion module", which aggregates the multi-scale features with attention mechanism helping them capture the long-range dependencies between each other. To validate the proposed work, we have conducted various experiments on the challenging COCO panoptic dataset, which achieve highly promising performance with significantly faster inference speed (53ms on GPU).
description: ACCV 2020. Code is available at: https://github.com/neo85824/epsnet
EFFECTS OF LABELING AND SELF-ESTEEM ON PERCEPTIONS OF A THERAPIST AND WILLINGNESS TO SELF-DISCLOSE BY GAY AND LESBIAN SUBJECTS
Creators: name: Moran, Michael Richard
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
classificationCode: 5203
subject: Clinical and health psychology

description: Two experiments were conducted to investigate whether gay men and lesbian women would (a) rate therapists of similar sexual orientation more highly on the Counselor Rating Form (Barak & LaCrosse, 1975) than they would rate heterosexual therapists and (b) indicate more willingness to self-disclose to therapists of similar sexual orientation, as measured by a modified Jourard Self-Disclosure Scale (Jourard, 1971). In Experiment 1, gay men viewed a videotape of a male therapist with a male client; in Experiment 2, lesbian women viewed a videotape of a female therapist with a female client. Therapeutic issues were related to depression and existential problems, not to sexual orientation problems. Subjects were given presession information that manipulated the variables of sexual orientation (homosexual-heterosexual) and experience level (experienced-inexperienced) of the therapist in a 2 x 2 factorial design. Subjects' self-esteem levels (as measured by the Texas Social Behavior Inventory; Spence, Helmreich, & Stapp, 1975) were also evaluated to determine their effect on the outcome. Results of MANCOVA indicated that there were no significant main or interaction effects for therapist sexual orientation or experience level: Gay men and lesbian women did not rate more highly, nor were they more willing to self-disclose to the homosexual or experienced therapist. These findings are in contrast to those from an earlier reported study (Atkinson, Brady, & Casas, 1981).
Coherence properties and quantum state transportation in an optical conveyor belt
Creators: name: Kuhr, S.
name: Alt, W.
name: Schrader, D.
name: Dotsenko, I.
name: Miroshnychenko, Y.
name: Rosenfeld, W.
name: Khudaverdyan, M.
name: Gomer, V.
name: Rauschenbeutel, A.
name: Meschede, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have prepared and detected quantum coherences with long dephasing times at the level of single trapped cesium atoms. Controlled transport by an "optical conveyor belt" over macroscopic distances preserves the atomic coherence with slight reduction of coherence time. The limiting dephasing effects are experimentally identified and are of technical rather than fundamental nature. We present an analytical model of the reversible and irreversible dephasing mechanisms. Coherent quantum bit operations along with quantum state transport open the route towards a "quantum shift register" of individual neutral atoms.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures
EFFECTS OF LABELING AND SELF-ESTEEM ON PERCEPTIONS OF A THERAPIST AND WILLINGNESS TO SELF-DISCLOSE BY GAY AND LESBIAN SUBJECTS
Creators: name: Moran, Michael Richard
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Two experiments were conducted to investigate whether gay men and lesbian women would (a) rate therapists of similar sexual orientation more highly on the Counselor Rating Form (Barak & LaCrosse, 1975) than they would rate heterosexual therapists and (b) indicate more willingness to self-disclose to therapists of similar sexual orientation, as measured by a modified Jourard Self-Disclosure Scale (Jourard, 1971). In Experiment 1, gay men viewed a videotape of a male therapist with a male client; in Experiment 2, lesbian women viewed a videotape of a female therapist with a female client. Therapeutic issues were related to depression and existential problems, not to sexual orientation problems. Subjects were given presession information that manipulated the variables of sexual orientation (homosexual-heterosexual) and experience level (experienced-inexperienced) of the therapist in a 2 x 2 factorial design. Subjects' self-esteem levels (as measured by the Texas Social Behavior Inventory; Spence, Helmreich, & Stapp, 1975) were also evaluated to determine their effect on the outcome. Results of MANCOVA indicated that there were no significant main or interaction effects for therapist sexual orientation or experience level: Gay men and lesbian women did not rate more highly, nor were they more willing to self-disclose to the homosexual or experienced therapist. These findings are in contrast to those from an earlier reported study (Atkinson, Brady, & Casas, 1981).