cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Near-threshold $ϕ$ meson production in proton-nucleus reactions and $ϕ$ width in finite nuclei
Creators: name: Paryev, E. Ya.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the framework of the nuclear spectral function approach for incoherent primary proton-nucleon and secondary pion-nucleon production processes we study the inclusive $ϕ$ meson production in the interaction of 2.83 GeV protons with nuclei. In particular, the A- and momentum-dependences of the absolute and relative phi meson yields are investigated within the different scenarios for its in-medium width. Our model calculations take into account the acceptance window of the ANKE facility used in a recent experiment performed at COSY. They show that the pion-nucleon production channel contributes distinctly to the "low-momentum" $ϕ$ creation in heavy nuclei in the chosen kinematics and, hence, has to be taken into consideration on close examination of the dependences of the phi meson yields on the target mass number with the aim to get information on its width in the medium.
description: 10 pages,8 figures; the slightly extended version of this paper will be published in J.Phys.G
Proposed system for 35 mm. large scale aerial photography in natural resource management
Creators: name: Schuerholz, Goetz
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: This describes an aerial photographic system which is based on 35 mm. cameras. The design for the camera mount is explained in detail. The originality of this equipment is due to the fact that the camera is operated by hand and that the special device for advancing the film enables the operator to take photos from an altitude as low as 400 feet above ground elevation whilst still obtaining 60 per cent forward overlap. More than 10 flying hours were spent in order to study the feasibility of this method in the various fields of natural resource management and others. The outcome of these test flights is illustrated with stereo pairs and single prints for the fields of wildlife management, fish management, range management, agriculture, forestry, city planning, erosion and pollution problems. The basic film type used was Kodak Tri-X panchromatic black and white. The problems which arose during the flight are illustrated and discussed, e.g. shutter, scale, speed of the aircraft, requirements for the plane and pilot, filters and films, weather conditions etc. The feasibility of this new method was substantiated in presenting a series of sharp photos. The high resolution power of modern 35 mm. film material allows the trained interpreter to use the large scale photographs taken by this system for: 1. Estimates of big game populations and spotting game with the aid of tracks on snow, 2. Detecting beaver activity, 3. Population estimates of muskrats by a house count, 4. Waterfowl census by pin pointing the individuals on the prints, 5. Detection of spawning grounds for salmon, and the estimation of algal production. 6. Detecting water and land pollution. 7. Determining erosion problems. 8. Habitat and range evaluation of game and livestock. 9. Inventory work in range management, agriculture, and forestry. 10. City planning and landscape architecture.
title: Analysis and Modeling of Pedestrian Walking Behaviors Involving Individuals with Disabilities
Creators: name: Sharifi, Mohammad Sadra
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: The objective of this dissertation was to study walking behaviors of pedestrian groups involving individuals with disabilities. To this end, large scale controlled walking experiments were conducted at Utah State University (USU) to examine walking behaviors in various walking facility types, such as passageway, right angle, oblique angle, queuing area, bottleneck, and stairs. Walking experiments were conducted over four days involving participants with and without disabilities. Automated video identification and semi-structured questionnaires were used to collect revealed and stated walking data. This study provided statistical analysis and models to study three different aspects of operational walking behaviors.
Firstly, walking speed was examined as one of the most important behavioral variables. The differences in crowd walking speeds were carefully noted in analyzing the effects of adding individuals with disabilities and the impacts of different indoor walking facilities. Results showed that the presence of individuals with disabilities in a crowd significantly reduces the overall crowd speed. Statistical analysis also provided to compare walking speeds of pedestrian groups involving individuals with disabilities in different walking environments.
Secondly, the dissertation proposed a framework to study the interactions of different pedestrian groups. Specifically, a mixed time headway distribution model was used to examine the time headway between followers and different leader types. In addition, the implications of interaction behaviors were studied based on the capacity of the queuing area behind the doorway. Results revealed that: (1) individuals with disabilities had significant effects on capacity reduction; (2) individuals with visual impairments and non-motorized ambulatory devices had the minimum capacity reduction effects in queuing area; and (2) individuals with motorized wheelchairs and individuals with mobility canes had the maximum capacity reduction effects in queuing area.
Lastly, this study explored how a heterogeneous mix of pedestrians (including individuals with disabilities) perceive and evaluate operational performance of walking facilities. Both trajectory and survey data sources were used, and an ordered statistical approach was applied to analyze pedestrian perceptions. Results indicated that individuals with disabilities were less tolerant of extreme congested environments. Furthermore, analysis showed that the Level of Service (LOS) criteria provided in HCM does not follow the actual perceptions.
A strategic partnership promoting water sensitive urban design to the southern Tasmanian community
Creators: name: Hyland, AJ
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: The United Nation's 1992 action plan for sustainability, Agenda 21, focussed international attention on the need for integrated management of freshwater resources. The goal of such management is twofold: to ensure adequate supplies of water of good quality are maintained for the entire human population while preserving the regenerative capacity of ecosystems. Although this goal was not new, Agenda 21 marked an important shift in awareness towards the need for such management in urban environments. Since this time, Water Sensitive Urban Design (XX/SUD) has emerged as a vital element of integrated water management in many countries, including Australia. An inter-related set of planning, design and engineering approaches, WSUD treats stormwater as a resource rather than a nuisance. In contrast to conventional conveyance approaches, WSUD maximises stormwater retention and reuse as a way of conserving water resources and reducing pollutant loads into ecological systems. The adoption of WSUD as a default urban management practice is, however, highly dependent on government authorities, industry and urban residents. Developing the capacity of these groups to understand, implement and promote WSUD is of critical importance in achieving urban sustainability. This thesis reviews several current strategies for enhancing this capacity in Australia, before providing a detailed case study of a project partnership promoting the benefits of WSUD in Southern Tasmania. Particular attention is given to barriers to the uptake of WSUD within the plumbing industry. It is concluded that the case study partnership has achieved most of its stated objectives. More creative approaches are required, however, to develop the capacity of plumbers to act as WSUD practitioners. Equally, new approaches are needed to build the capacity of local government to embed WSUD within planning frameworks.
title: Social media adoption among small and medium enterprises: affordance perspective
Creators: name: Dahnil Sikumbang, Mohd Irwan bin
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: technology adoption, social media, small medium enterprises, affordance.

description: Current study advances the understanding of adoption of social media technology in small and medium sized enterprises. Widely regarded as essential in contemporary business environments, social media have substantial effects on productivity and competitiveness. However, this research questioned the technology and did not take the technology features and functionalities for granted that predictable or has a universal properties to measure any adoption decision. In this study, in line with technology-in-practice perspective, social media is performed as a general function and no specific or has some predictable outcomes. This thesis focuses primarily on Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in a developing country context, with reference to Malaysia. The thesis uses technology affordance perspective and modified Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) model to determine antecedents and outcomes of the adoption of social media. This study employed a sequential mixed-methods research approach to meet the research objectives. The data was first collected through 17 semi-structured interviews to study the situatedness of social media in business setting, followed by a survey of 337 SMEs in Malaysia to examine the hypotheses of the extended model. The survey data were analysed using structural equation modelling (SEM). Connectivity, interaction, intimacy, flexibility, collaboration, top management support, investment and customer pressure were found to have a significant influence on SMEs’ decisions to adopt social media, while the adoption itself has a positive influence on technology paradoxes and business performance. This study has important implications and value for the research community, on how the technology has affected the changing nature of work, work practices and business environment. It contributes to enhancing our understanding about the factors influencing the adoption of social media technology in SMEs.
Coordinate-Space Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov Description of Superfluid Fermi Systems
Creators: name: Pei, J. C.
name: Nazarewicz, W.
name: Stoitsov, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Properties of strongly interacting, two-component finite Fermi systems are discussed within the recently developed coordinate-space Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov (HFB) code {\hfbax}. Two illustrative examples are presented: (i) weakly bound deformed Mg isotopes, and (ii) spin-polarized atomic condensates in a strongly deformed harmonic trap.
description: 4 pages, 2 figures, ENAM 2008 conference proceedings (EPJA)
title: Understanding the Characteristics of Successful Projects and Post-Campaign Activities in a Crowdfunding Platform
Creators: name: Dontham, Madhavi Reddy
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: Online crowdfunding platforms provide project creators with new opportunities for seeking funds from people in the world. But reaching a fund-raising goal or making a project successful is always a challenge. Besides, little is known about post-campaign activities of project creators and backers. To fill the gap, in this research, we are interested in understanding (i) the characteristics of successful projects, (ii) how project creators reacted when their projects failed, and (iii) what post-campaign activities creators and backers made. To achieve our research objectives, first, we analyzed successful projects and failed projects on Kickstarter, the most popular crowdfunding platform. Then we clustered successful projects by their evolutionary patterns in terms of pledged money toward understanding what efforts project creators should make in order to make a project successful and get more pledged money. We also analyzed what activities project creators and backers made during a post-campaign period by building topic models from comments associated with the projects.
Cauchy flights in confining potentials
Creators: name: Garbaczewski, Piotr
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze confining mechanisms for Lévy flights evolving under an influence of external potentials. Given a stationary probability density function (pdf), we address the reverse engineering problem: design a jump-type stochastic process whose target pdf (eventually asymptotic) equals the preselected one. To this end, dynamically distinct jump-type processes can be employed. We demonstrate that one "targeted stochasticity" scenario involves Langevin systems with a symmetric stable noise. Another derives from the Lévy-Schrödinger semigroup dynamics (closely linked with topologically induced super-diffusions), which has no standard Langevin representation. For computational and visualization purposes, the Cauchy driver is employed to exemplify our considerations.
description: revised, title and abstract modified
title: Microalgae Sorption of Ten Individual Heavy Metals and their Effects on Growth and Lipid Accumulation
Creators: name: Torres, Eric M.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: As underdeveloped nations continue to industrialize and the world population continues to increase, the need for energy, natural resources, and goods will lead to ever increasing heavy metal concentrations in various waste streams that can have damaging effects on plant life, wildlife, and human health. The focus of this study is to understand the impact of individual heavy metals on Nannocholoropsis salina microalgae growth and understand the potential of microalgae to be used as a bioremediation tool for contaminated water systems. Individual metals (As, Cd, Cr, Co, Cu, Pb, Ni, Hg, Se, and Zn) were introduced into growth media. For each metal a baseline concentration was determined based on reported concentrations at various municipal and industrial wastewater sites. In addition to the baseline concentrations, experimentation was conducted at 10X and 40X the baseline to evaluate the potential for severely contaminated systems. Biological growth experimentation was performed in triplicate at the various contaminant concentrations and at 3 different light intensities. Results show nickel significantly reduced growth, while the other metal contaminated systems showed growth between 89% and 99% of the control. Increased heavy metal concentrations resulted in progressively lower growth rates. Lipid analysis shows most baseline metal concentrations slightly decrease or have minimal effects in lipid content. Metals analysis on the biomass showed the majority of the metals in the systems containing Cd, Co, Cu, and Pb were sorbed by the microalgae with minimal metals remaining in the growth media illustrating the effectiveness of microalgae to effectively bioremediate contaminated systems when contamination levels are sufficiently low to not detrimentally impact productivity. Microalgal biomass in the systems containing As, Cr, Ni, and Se showed decreased ability to sorb metal ions. Results show at moderate contamination levels, microalgae can be an effective tool for bioremediation.
The flute study : a comparative data base of flute studies for the development of the pedagogy of the flute
Creators: name: Mackie, DC
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: The purpose of this dissertation was to construct a database of flute studies for use by teachers and students. There are difficulties for teachers in the choice of suitable studies caused by geographic isolation or lack of familiarity with, or access to, the available study repertoire. There is also a need to identify currently available technical and study repertoire for the flute, according to criteria of suitability for particular needs of students. In order to address these problems a survey of teachers was undertaken to establish a comprehensive list of criteria relating to the perceived technical needs of students at various levels. Once this was done, approximately three thousand studies from the currently available technical study repertoire were analysed, using the developed criteria. Some collections of studies were also analysed and compared with the general repertoire, and catalogues examined to see if these could be a viable solution to teachers' difficulties. This was found not to be the case, and a database was presented as the most practical solution for teachers searching for studies which address specific technical problems.
title: Rapid Savanna Response to Changing Precipitation Intensity
Creators: name: Berry, Ryan S.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: As the atmosphere warms, precipitation events are likely to become less frequent but more intense. While extensive efforts have been made to understand how changes in mean annual precipitation will affect plant growth, particularly in semi-arid systems, relatively little is known about how increasing precipitation intensity will affect plant growth and hydrologic cycles. A recent study by Kulmatiski and Beard (2013) found that small increases in precipitation intensity increased woody plant growth and decreased grass growth in a three-year experiment in a savanna system, Kruger National Park. Here we report results from the following two years of that experiment. Due to naturally large precipitation events, plant available water was similar between treatment and control plots in the last two years of the study allowing us to test woody plant and grass responses to treatment removal (i.e., legacy effects). Treatment effects on grass and tree growth disappeared within months of treatment removal. However, due to a legacy effect of treatments, tree mass was greater in treatment that control plots at the end of the experiment. Measurements of root recruitment and hydrological tracer uptake, but not root volume helped explain plant growth responses to treatments. Results suggest that savanna plants respond rapidly to changes in precipitation intensity, but because of legacy effects, occasional increases in precipitation intensity can result in long-term shrub encroachment.
Sutherland-type Trigonometric Models, Trigonometric Invariants and Multivariable Polynomials. II. $E_7$ case
Creators: name: Vieyra, J. C. López
name: García, M. A. G.
name: Turbiner, A. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is shown that the $E_7$ trigonometric Olshanetsky-Perelomov Hamiltonian, when written in terms of the Fundamental Trigonometric Invariants (FTI), is in algebraic form, i.e., has polynomial coefficients, and preserves the infinite flag of polynomial spaces with the characteristic vector $\vec α= (1,2,2,2,3,3,4)$. Its flag coincides with one of the minimal characteristic vector for the $E_7$ rational model.
description: 11 pages, LaTeX
Urva auropunctata
Creators: name: Aidek, Ahmad E.
name: Ibrahim, Amir
name: Amr, Zuhair
name: Hutterer, Rainer
name: Kryštufek, Boris
name: Serra, Gianluca
name: Benda, Petr
name: Shkaky, Yesra
name: Barbanera, Filippo
name: Al-Sheikhly, Omar F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Herpestidae
Urva
Urva auropunctata

description: 93. Small Indian Mongoose, Urva auropunctata (Hodgson, 1836)
(IUCN Red List: LC)
Subspecies: U. a. pallipes (Blyth, 1845).
Distribution: Uncommon; restricted to the lower Euphrates. First recorded in Al-Sue’iyeh, Hajeen and Al-Arqoub in the lower Euphrates Basin in western Syria in October 2022 (Aidek & Al-Sheikhly 2023). (Fig. 102)
Remarks: Uncommon. Native to southern Iraq (Harrison & Bates 1991; Al-Sheikhly et al. 2015) and it has recently been recorded in Syria. The species range has been extended and newly established in eastern Syria along the borders with Iraq (Al-Sheikhly & Mallon 2013).
description: Published as part of Aidek, Ahmad E., Ibrahim, Amir, Amr, Zuhair, Hutterer, Rainer, Kryštufek, Boris, Serra, Gianluca, Benda, Petr, Shkaky, Yesra, Barbanera, Filippo & Al-Sheikhly, Omar F., 2025, Checklist of Mammals of Syria, pp. 1-130 in Zootaxa 5580 (1) on page 97, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5580.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14797597
title: An Allometric Approach to Evaluate Physiological and Production Efficiencies in Tree Size for Tart Cherry and Apple Orchard Systems
Creators: name: Brym, Zachary T.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: Improving production efficiency is a major challenge for modern orchard systems. The primary response in horticulture is to develop high-density orchard systems that use dwarfing rootstocks and intense management strategies to maintain small tree size. As development and evaluation of novel orchard systems may help improve understanding of plant physiology for the development of high-density systems. The effect of tree size and architecture on physiological and production efficiency was evaluated for tart cherry (Prunus cerasus, P. mahaleb) and apple (Malus spp.) orchard systems using a physiologically driven modeling approach, called allometry. Branch dimensions, canopy dimensions and biomass were measured for 24-year-old tart cherry individuals and 10-year-old 'Golden Delicious' apple individuals on various rootstocks in experimental blocks at the Kaysville Research Farm in Davis Co., Utah. Tree size was related to annual fruit biomass that had been collected over the duration of the apple trial. Branch dimensions, canopy dimensions, yield, and fruit quality were collected in commercial tart cherry orchards of Utah Co.
Tree size, architecture, and biomass of tart cherry and apple expressed strong allometric relationships that were broadly consistent among the two orchard tree species and the theoretical expectations derived from wild plants. The most consistent relationship was the trunk diameter (or trunk cross sectional area) - stem biomass relationship, which broadly followed the 8/3-power law. Branch and canopy dimensions that include a measure of length, such as branch length and canopy height, demonstrated architecture indicative of high water efficiency and metabolic activity that is relieved from biomechanical constrains of weight bearing. The apple rootstocks differed from each other in production efficiency with individuals that express smaller branch and canopy dimensions producing a higher proportion of fruit relative to tree size. In the commercial tart cherry orchards, smaller individuals with relatively higher canopy height and spread expressed higher yield and fruit quality.
Overall, this research supported the continued development of training systems that maintain small trees to improve physiological and production efficiency. Further research must reconcile other consequences of intense management and overproduction that arise with the increased efficiency facilitated by small tree size and high-density orchard systems to maintain sustainable fruit production.
SHAXSDA PSIXOLOGIK BARQARORLIKNI NAMOYON BO'LISH XUSUSIYATLARI
Creators: name: Atajanov, Jahongir
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Ma’lumki, barcha ichki va shaxslararo muammolar, nizolar va inqirozli vaziyatlar stress va depressiyaga olib kelmaydi. Bu barqaror kayfiyat va ichki uyg‘unlikni saqlashga imkon beradigan shaxsning psixologik barqarorligi kabi hodisa sifatida ko‘rsatiladi. Shaxsning bu sifati bir nechta jihatlarni o‘z ichiga oladi, ular orasida qat’iyatlilik, muvozanat, mavjud qiyin vaziyatlarga qarshilik ko‘rsata olishi bilan ajralib turadi. Bu insonga hayot qiyinchiliklariga, vaziyatlarning noqulay bosimiga dosh berishga, sog‘lig‘ini va turli sinovlarda ishlash qobiliyatini saqlab qolishga imkon beradi [1]. Rus psixologiyasida psixologik barqarorlik, qiyin va ekstremal hayotiy vaziyatlar muammosi Yu.V.Shcherbatыx, D.A.Leontev, N.V.Grishina, K.Muzdibaev, T.L.Krukova, L.V.Kulikov, I.P.Shkuratova va boshqalar tomonidan ishlab chiqilgan.
title: An Energy-Efficient Semi-Partitioned Approach for Hard Real-Time Systems with Voltage and Frequency Islands
Creators: name: Patterson, Jesse
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: The shift from uniprocessor to multi-core architectures has made it difficult to design predictable hard real-time systems (HRTS) since guaranteeing deadlines while achieving high processor utilization remains a major challenge. In addition, due to increasing demands, energy efficiency has become an important design metric in HRTS. To obtain energy savings, most multi-core systems use dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS) to reduce dynamic power consumption when the system is underloaded. However, in many multi-core systems, DVFS is implemented using voltage and frequency islands (VFI), implying that individual cores cannot independently select their voltage and frequency (v/f) pairs, thus resulting in less energy savings when existing energy-aware task assignment and scheduling techniques are used. In this thesis, we present an analysis of the increase in energy consumption in the presence of VFI. Further, we propose a semi-partitioned approach called EDF-hv to reduce the energy consumption of HRTS on multi-core systems with VFI. Simulation results revealed that when workload imbalance among the cores is sufficiently high, EDF-hv can reduce system energy consumption by 15.9% on average.
title: An Analysis of Variability of Play Behavior with Preschool Children with Autism
Creators: name: Harris, Mary Katherine Endicott
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: Research has demonstrated that when response variability is treated as a behavioral operant, it can be increased by implementing a reinforcement contingency on a lag schedule. A multiple baseline across participants was used to evaluate the effectiveness of a lag schedule and manual prompting procedure on the play behavior of three children with autism. The intervention procedure was used to evaluate response variability while probes were conducted to see if variability generalized to two other similar play sets. All three participants demonstrated varied play actions in the presence of the lag schedule and prompting procedure. When the lag schedule was removed in a 2-week maintenance check, responding remained at high rates but stereotypical patterns were observed.
The Baum-Connes conjecture for free orthogonal quantum groups
Creators: name: Voigt, Christian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Operator Algebras (math.OA)
subject: K-Theory and Homology (math.KT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 20G42, 46L80, 19K35

description: We prove an analogue of the Baum-Connes conjecture for free orthogonal quantum groups. More precisely, we show that these quantum groups have a $ γ$-element and that $ γ= 1 $. It follows that free orthogonal quantum groups are $ K $-amenable. We compute explicitly their $ K $-theory and deduce in the unimodular case that the corresponding reduced $ C^* $-algebras do not contain nontrivial idempotents. Our approach is based on the reformulation of the Baum-Connes conjecture by Meyer and Nest using the language of triangulated categories. An important ingredient is the theory of monoidal equivalence of compact quantum groups developed by Bichon, De Rijdt and Vaes. This allows us to study the problem in terms of the quantum group $ SU_q(2) $. The crucial part of the argument is a detailed analysis of the equivariant Kasparov theory of the standard Podleś sphere.
description: 34 pages, final version
Black hole spin and radio loudness in a LCDM universe
Creators: name: Lagos, Claudia del P.
name: Padilla, Nelson D.
name: Cora, Sofia A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use a combination of a cosmological N-body simulation of the concordance Lambda cold dark matter (LCDM) paradigm and a semi-analytic model of galaxy formation to investigate the spin development of central supermassive black holes (BHs) and its relation to the BH host galaxy properties. In order to compute BH spins, we use the alpha-model of Shakura & Sunyaev and consider the King et al. warped disc alignment criterion. The orientation of the accretion disc is inferred from the angular momentum of the source of accreted material, which bears a close relationship to the large-scale structure in the simulation. We find that the final BH spin depends almost exclusively on the accretion history and only weakly on the warped disc alignment. The main mechanisms of BH spin-up are found to be gas cooling processes and disc instabilities, a result that is only partially compatible with Monte-Carlo models where the main spin-up mechanisms are major mergers and disc instabilities; the latter results are reproduced when implementing randomly oriented accretion discs in our model. Regarding the BH population, we find that more massive BHs, which are hosted by massive ellipticals, have higher spin values than less-massive BHs, hosted by spiral galaxies. We analyse whether gas accretion rates and BH spins can be used as tracers of the radio loudness of active galactic nuclei (AGN). We find that the current observational indications of an increasing trend of radio-loud AGN fractions with stellar and BH mass can be easily obtained when placing lower limits on the BH spin, with a minimum influence from limits on the accretion rates; a model with random accretion disc orientations is unable to reproduce this trend. (ABRIDGED)
description: 13 pages, 8 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS
title: Effect of Large Doses of Nicotinic Acid on the Lipid Composition of Serum
Creators: name: Chen, Shu Hua
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1967

description: Although much information is available in which the cholesterol level and concentration of other lipids in serum have been studied, only limited data have been reported for normal human adults and concentrations of fatty acids composition of lipid classes in serum. In recent study in this laboratory, five male adults who were in good health served as experimental subjects. They were on a self-chosen diet and received a test dose of Nicospan (buffered nicotinic acid) of 2 gm per day for three weeks of a six-week test period. About 30 ml of venous blood were obtained twice weekly from each subject after an overnight fast of at least 12 hours. Serum was separated from whole blood by standard procedures and the concentrations of total lipids, the distribution of lipid classes, and the fatty acid compositions of cholesterol esters, triglycerides, and phospholipids were determined and compared for three different periods of the study.
The concentrations of total lipids for four subjects showed slight decrease during nicotinic acid therapy including 4 mg per 100 ml (7 per cent); 44 mg per 100 ml (7 per cent); 8 mg per 100 ml (1 per cent); 15 mg per 100 ml (2 per cent) for subjects GB, VT, MR, and RB respectively. Subject LN showed slightly higher values in the periods without nicotinic acid treatment. The results agree with previously reported data.
Slight and rather inconsistent changes occurred in the lipid classes during the test period with nicotinic acid as compared to the pre- and post- test periods. The changes were not significant.
The fatty acid compositions of serum cholesterol esters, triglycerides, and phospholipids of three subjects LN, VT, and RB were determined. Values on days with and without nicotinic acid therapy were studied and were compared with values determined on days during nicotinic acid therapy.
In cholesterol esters, myristic, linoleic and arachidonic acids decreased during the period of nicotinic acid therapy whereas stearic and oleic acids slightly increased. In triglyceride, most of saturated fatty acids including myristic, palmitic and stearic acids and the polyunsaturated acid, linoleic, increased during nicotinic acid therapy whereas only oleic acid decreased during the treatment period. Fatty acids of phospholipids were reduced in palmitic, stearic and linoleic acids whereas values for oleic acid increased.
The response of the subjects to the doseage of nicotinic acid was very little. If the size of the test dose and the study period were increased, as well as choosing subjects with higher initial serum total lipid and cholesterol values, greater response should be observed.
Enhanced Reflectivity Change and Phase Shift of Polarized Light: Double Parameter Multilayer Sensor
Creators: name: Aulika, Ilze
name: Zubkins, Martins
name: Butikova, Jelena
name: Purans, Juris
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Herein, the concept of point of darkness based on polarized light phase difference and absorption of light is demonstrated by simulations using low refractive index and extinction coefficient semiconductor and dielectric, and high refractive index nonoxidizing metal multilayer thin film structures. Several multilayer sensor configurations show great sensitivity to thickness and refractive index variation of the detectable material by measuring the reflectivity ratio Ψ and phase shift Δ. Focus is on such multilayers, which have sensitivity to both parameters (Ψ, Δ) in the visible spectral range, thus opening the possibility for further research on a new biomedical sensor development with enhanced double parameter sensing.
title: Influence of Phosphate Compounds on Certain Fungi and Preservative Effects of the Compounds on Fresh Cherry Fruit (Prunus cerasus, L.)
Creators: name: Coblentz, William Sidney
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1967

description: Studies were conducted using four phosphate compounds: sodium hexametaphosphate, sodium tripolyphosphate, sodium tetraphosphate, and tetrasodium pyrophosphate at 1, 5, and 10 per cent concentrations to ascertain their effects on fresh cherries, as well as their in vitro antimycotic effects against Botrytis sp., Penicillium expansum, and Rhizopus nigricans.
A. summary of the findings are as follows:
1. Sodium tetraphosphate appeared to be the most effective antimycotic compound used in this investigation. A 10 per cent concentration of sodium tetraphosphate appeared to be the most effective antimycotic compound used in this investigation. A 10 per cent concentration of sodium tetraphosphate inhibited fungal growth on fresh cherries up to 30 days of storage at 34 degrees Farenheight and 94 per cent relative humidity, while the untreated controls showed fungal growth after 14 days at refrigeration storage.
2. Microscopic observations of treated lots of cherries revealed that the infecting fungi were predominantly Botrytis and Penicillium species. Penicillium was observed in all the control lots and caused the greatest amount of fungal infection.
3. In the in vivo and in vitro studies it was confirmed that an order of decreasing preservative effectiveness was sodium tetraphosphate, sodium hexametaphosphate, sodium tripolyphosphate, and tetrasodium pyrophosphate respectively.
Hyaena hyaena
Creators: name: Aidek, Ahmad E.
name: Ibrahim, Amir
name: Amr, Zuhair
name: Hutterer, Rainer
name: Kryštufek, Boris
name: Serra, Gianluca
name: Benda, Petr
name: Shkaky, Yesra
name: Barbanera, Filippo
name: Al-Sheikhly, Omar F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Hyaenidae
Hyaena
Hyaena hyaena

description: 94. Striped Hyena, Hyaena hyaena (Linnaeus, 1758)
(IUCN Red List: NT)
Subspecies: H. h. syriaca Matschie, 1900.
Distribution: Widespread but uncommon; individuals are wide-ranging in almost all habitats across the country but in low numbers. Syrian populations have possibly decreased due to heavy persecution (e.g., by nomads as documented by G. Serra and MS Abdallah (2000–2010, unpublished report) and Serra (2002) (Fig. 103).
Previous records: Aleppo (Russell 1756), as-Sukhnah (Maydon 1930), Al-Qaryatein (Lewis et al. 1968), between Deir ez-Zor and Al-Qamishli, ar-Raqqa (Kumerloeve 1975), widely distribution (Harrison & Bates 1991), around Palmyra (Serra et al. 2009a, b), vicinity of Palmyra, vicinity of Latakia, Slenfe mountains (Serra 2004), vicinity of Deir ez-Zor (Masseti 2009), and Al-Badia around Deir ez-Zor (Aidek 2010; Murdoch & Aidek 2012).
Recent records: Qal’at Jandal (1994), Jabal Al-Bishri (2006–2012), vicinity of Maskana (2007), vicinity of Salamiyah, west of Deir Sawwan (2008), east of az-Zelif (2011), Ash Shaqraniya, Bisin, Shahba, vicinity of Homs, east of Idleb, vicinity of Seidnaya, Smeid, Sreijes Al-Qeniah, Al-Areimah and Halbon (2020–2023).
description: Published as part of Aidek, Ahmad E., Ibrahim, Amir, Amr, Zuhair, Hutterer, Rainer, Kryštufek, Boris, Serra, Gianluca, Benda, Petr, Shkaky, Yesra, Barbanera, Filippo & Al-Sheikhly, Omar F., 2025, Checklist of Mammals of Syria, pp. 1-130 in Zootaxa 5580 (1) on page 97, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5580.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14797597
title: Determination of Estrone, 17B-Estradiol and Estriol in Urine of Young Adults
Creators: name: Lee, Shiao-fan
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1967

description: A study was made of the urinary excretion of estrogens of healthy university students consuming self-selected diets living under home conditions (4 men and 5 women). Two 31-day test periods were used. During the two test periods, two meal patterns were used; three meals a day or two meals a day with no lunch. Weight was kept constant. Calories, protein, carbohydrate, and fat of their diets were calculated.
Urine specimens were collected twice a week, and additional samples were also collected on specified days for female subjects. Urinary estrogens were determined by using Brown's method (1955, 1957) with some modifications.
The excretion values of the three individual estrogens, by both men and women showed that 17 B-estradiol was usually present in least amounts and estriol in greatest amounts. The total estrogen value for the women was much higher than that for the men. The mean values were 33.5 and 15.4 meg per day for women and men, respectively.
The menstrual cycle did affect the excretion of estrogen which showed higher estrogen values during the middle of the cycle and again between the third and fourth week. However, this increase was less than the first time.
There was no definite evidence that the meal frequency had any effect on the excretion of estrogens in human urine.
Further work including a greater number of subjects, daily analyses during the menstrual cycle, and increasing the meal frequency is desirable and is recommended to obtain more reliable basic data on young adults maintained in their usual home living conditions.
Gravitational self-force on a particle in eccentric orbit around a Schwarzschild black hole
Creators: name: Barack, Leor
name: Sago, Norichika
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a numerical code for calculating the local gravitational self-force acting on a pointlike particle in a generic (bound) geodesic orbit around a Schwarzschild black hole. The calculation is carried out in the Lorenz gauge: For a given geodesic orbit, we decompose the Lorenz-gauge metric perturbation equations (sourced by the delta-function particle) into tensorial harmonics, and solve for each harmonic using numerical evolution in the time domain (in 1+1 dimensions). The physical self-force along the orbit is then obtained via mode-sum regularization. The total self-force contains a dissipative piece as well as a conservative piece, and we describe a simple method for disentangling these two pieces in a time-domain framework. The dissipative component is responsible for the loss of orbital energy and angular momentum through gravitational radiation; as a test of our code we demonstrate that the work done by the dissipative component of the computed force is precisely balanced by the asymptotic fluxes of energy and angular momentum, which we extract independently from the wave-zone numerical solutions. The conservative piece of the self force does not affect the time-averaged rate of energy and angular-momentum loss, but it influences the evolution of the orbital phases; this piece is calculated here for the first time in eccentric strong-field orbits. As a first concrete application of our code we recently reported the value of the shift in the location and frequency of the innermost stable circular orbit due to the conservative self-force [Phys. Rev. Lett.\ {\bf 102}, 191101 (2009)]. Here we provide full details of this analysis, and discuss future applications.
description: 42 pages. v3 corrects typos in Eqs. (3.11), (3.12), (4.2), (E25) and (E26)
title: Heat Denaturation of Serum Proteins in Skimmilk and Whey as Measured by the Harland-Ashworth Test
Creators: name: Ogden, Lynn Verl
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1967

description: Milk serum proteins have been shown by other workers to be partially protected from heat denaturation by the presence of milk solids (8, 15, 16) and whole caseinate (14). This study revealed that some serum proteins (B-lactoglobulin), as shown by the Harland-Ashworth test (14, 17), were more readily denatured in skimmilk than in rennet whey. A comparison of the heat denaturation rate of serum proteins in whey as opposed to those in whey containing 2.5 percent isoelectric casein was also studied. A striking protection of serum proteins seemed apparent in the presence of isoelectric casein. However, it was learned that isoelectric casein interferes with results of the Harland-Ashworth test, and by taking this interference into account, that isoelectric casein has no affect on the heat denaturation rate of serum proteins. Some proteins are more sensitive to heat in the presence of miceller casein than in the presence of isoelectric casein or no casein at all.
The addition of sulfhydryl-group blocking agents (P-chloromercuribenzoic acid and N-ethylmaleimide) inhibited serum protein denaturization in both skimmilk and rennet whey. Reactions of sulfhydryl groups following their liberation by heat resulted in much of the physical instability measured by the Harland-Ashworth test. The complex between B-lactoglobulin and K-casein, if it had any affect at all, was not one of the significant sulfhydryl-group reactions involved in the heat denaturation of the serum proteins.
Calculation of semiclassical free energy differences along non-equilibrium classical trajectories
Creators: name: Gelin, M. F.
name: Kosov, D. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have derived several relations, which allow the evaluation of the system free energy changes in the leading order in $\hbar^{2}$ along classically generated trajectories. The results are formulated in terms of purely classical Hamiltonians and trajectories, so that semiclassical partition functions can be computed, e.g., via classical molecular dynamics simulations. The Hamiltonians, however, contain additional potential-energy terms, which are proportional to $\hbar^{2}$ and are temperature-dependent. We discussed the influence of quantum interference on the nonequilibrium work and problems with unambiguous definition of the semiclassical work operator.
Training people with dementia and their caregivers in the use of a web-based support tool: Lessons learned
Creators: name: Cunnah, Kate
name: Wolverson, Emma
name: Dunn, Rosie
name: Howe, David
name: Paulson, Kevin
name: Platt, Rebecca
name: Thorpe, Jonathan
name: White, Caroline
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018

description: Presented in 28th Alzheimer Europe conference, 2018 (PO2.17a). URL: https://www.alzheimer-europe.org/Conferences/Previous-conferences/2018-Barcelona/Detailed-programme-abstracts-and-presentations
title: Certain Basic Concepts in the Educational Philosophy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1830-1930
Creators: name: Rich, Wendell O.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1954

description: This study is an attempt to search out and define, where possible, certain basic concepts in the educational philosophy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints during its first century from 1830 to 1930. Commonly known as the Mormon Church, the membership numbered approximately one million two hundred thousand in 1954. While concentrated largely in the Western United States area, it has many congregations across the United States and scattered in countries throughout the world. Showing an active interest in education, the Church has sponsored a program both formal and informal in nature. This program, with its accompanying philosophy has not only touched the lives of the Mormons but also many others, especially in the areas in the west where the Church membership forms a high percentage of many communities. The Mormon educational philosophy, therefore, should not be without consideration and is worthy of note in the total picture of education in the United States.
Vertical spread rate and intesification of dwarf mistletoe in western hemlock
Creators: name: Richardson, Kenneth Stanley
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The vertical rate of spread of dwarf mistletoe was studied in two actively growing, young hemlock stands. This was done by determining the height and age of successive oldest and highest female infections. The rate of spread was calculated by dividing the sum of the heights of advances by the total number of years lapse between successive advances. The mean vertical spread rate was 2.1 ± 0.1 ft./yr. in a relatively open stand and 1.0 ± 0.1 ft./yr. in a relatively dense stand. The mean rate of tree growth during the maximum growth phase in the open stand was 2.5 ft./yr. and for the dense stand 1.5 ft./yr. However, over the past 25 years, the growth rate of the trees in the open stand was 1.9 ft./yr. and for the dense stand 1.1 ft./yr. The number of new infections per year increased geometrically, doubling every four years in both the dense and open stands. However, the geometric increase levelled off six years ago in the open stand and five years ago in the dense stand. During the maximum growth phase of hemlock in an open and dense stand, the most photosynthetically active upper portion of the crown remains free of mistletoe infection. Until the senescent phase is reached, the trees can be expected to outgrow the mistletoe and intensification will be restricted to the lower portions of the crowns. It is tentatively concluded that provided there is no overstory seed source and no disruption of the natural stand, such as thinning, dwarf mistletoe on hemlock will not become serious until the rate of height growth of the trees falls below the rate of vertical spread, i.e., not until after the presently accepted rotation age.