cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Trade-off of feasibility against accuracy and cost efficiency in choosing indicators for the abatement of GHG-emissions in dairy farming
Creators: name: Lengers, Bernd
name: Britz, Wolfgang
name: Holm-Müller, Karin
name: Lengers, Bernd
name: Britz, Wolfgang
name: Holm-Müller, Karin
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: emission indicators
subject: GHG accounting
subject: farm level measurement
subject: capability of indicators

description: There is a broad discussion about the inclusion of agriculture into greenhouse gas reduction efforts, such as the Kyoto mechanism. As most agricultural GHG emissions stem from non-point sources, they cannot be directly measured and therefore have to be derived by calculation schemes (indicators). We designed five such GHG indicators for dairy farms and analysed trade-offs between these indicators´ feasibility, measurement accuracy and abatement costs based on emission reduction simulations with a highly detailed single farm optimization model. Results indicate that the trade-offs depend both on farm characteristics and on the targeted reduction level. In particular, advantages of detailed indicators decrease for higher abatement levels.
Pump-triple sum-frequency-probe spectroscopy of transition metal dichalcogenides
Creators: name: Morrow, Darien J.
name: Kohler, Daniel D.
name: Zhao, Yuzhou
name: Jin, Song
name: Wright, John C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Triple sum-frequency (TSF) spectroscopy measures multidimensional spectra by resonantly exciting multiple quantum coherences of vibrational and electronic states. In this work we demonstrate pump-TSF-probe spectroscopy in which a pump excites a sample and some time later three additional electric fields generate a probe field which is measured. We demonstrate pump-TSF-probe spectroscopy on polycrystalline, smooth, thin films and spiral nanostructures of both MoS2 and WS2. The pump-TSF-probe spectra are qualitatively similar to the more conventional transient-reflectance spectra. While transient-reflectance sensitivity suffers under low surface coverage, pump-TSF-probe sensitivity is independent of the sample coverage and nanostructure morphologies. Our results demonstrate that pump-TSF-probe is a valuable methodology for studying microscopic material systems.
title: Composing with Matter: Interdisciplinary Explorations Between the Natural and the Artificial
Creators: name: Ohno, Mari
Publisher: name: Goldsmiths, University of London
Year: 2021

description: This practice-based research, which includes a written thesis and a portfolio of creative practice, represents the interdisciplinary exploration of co-composition between natural and artificial matter as otherworldly phenomena. Accelerated by the application of recent technologies to control natural materials, matter has become merged between nature and artefacts, offering new potentials, where the boundaries are becoming increasingly blurred. This thesis presents a series of complementing sound art works, including transition [systemic], transition [characteristic], and moment, which were devised through co-composing towards a creative outcome that combines sonic and visual elements by integrating natural and artificial matter as co-authors and co-makers within the creative process to generate multiple perspectives. Raising questions of the boundary between nature and artificiality, it aims to consider a new methodology for sound art in the human-dominated, Anthropocene epoch. This research employs natural elements and processes to engage with sonic and visual anthropomorphism. It is focused on generative processes in the organisation of matter, here analysed and harnessed for sound expression, using acoustic phenomena including the inaudible range that can be perceived through matter. Through a laboratory-based study made in collaboration with scientists, three ‘life-like’ features of the generative processes of materials are discussed: 1) fusion and division, 2) network formation, and 3) pulse and rhythm. The practice explores these features to develop a new methodology of authorship and making, examining the following two questions. How can life-like behaviours of matter be portrayed through sonic and visual modes of expression? And in what ways might the expression of life-like behaviours be grasped by human perception? In conclusion, by integrating the agency of matter into the compositional processes, life-like features – as described by current theories in art, design, science, and philosophy – are made apparent.
Industry, firm, year, and country effects on profitability in EU food processing
Creators: name: Schiefer, Jan
name: Hartmann, Monika
name: Schiefer, Jan
name: Hartmann, Monika
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: ROA
subject: decomposition
subject: variance components
subject: MBV
subject: RBV

description: This paper decomposes the variance in food industry return-on-assets into year, country, industry, and firm effects. Besides these main effects, we include several interactions and discuss their theoretical foundations. After determining effect significance in a nested ANOVA with a rotating pattern of effect introduction, we estimate effect magnitude using components of variance on a large sample of corporations. The results show that firm characteristics are far more important than industry structure in determining food industry profitability. Main effects and interactions of year and country membership are weak, indicating that performance differentials can poorly be explained by macroeconomic and trade theory.
Variability of the Accretion Stream in the Eclipsing Polar EP Dra
Creators: name: Bridge, C. M.
name: Cropper, Mark
name: Ramsay, Gavin
name: de Bruijne, J. H. J
name: Reynolds, A. P.
name: Perryman, M. A. C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the first high time resolution light curves for six eclipses of the magnetic cataclysmic variable EP Dra, taken using the superconducting tunnel junction imager S-Cam2. The system shows a varying eclipse profile between consecutive eclipses over the two nights of observation. We attribute the variable stream eclipse after accretion region ingress to a variation in the amount and location of bright material in the accretion stream. This material creates an accretion curtain as it is threaded by many field lines along the accretion stream trajectory. We identify this as the cause of absorption evident in the light curves when the system is in a high accretion state. We do not see direct evidence in the light curves for an accretion spot on the white dwarf; however, the variation of the stream brightness with the brightness of the rapid decline in flux at eclipse ingress indicates the presence of some form of accretion region. This accretion region is most likely located at high colatitude on the white dwarf surface, forming an arc shape at the foot points of the many field lines channeling the accretion curtain.
description: Accepted for publication in MNRAS (7 pages)
Copidognathus inusitatus Bartsch 1989
Creators: name: Chatterjee, Tapas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Halacaridae
Copidognathus
Copidognathus inusitatus

description: Copidognathus inusitatus Bartsch, 1989
 Record from more than 1000 m depth – PSE - 21° S, 167° E, 1508 m depth, southwest of Lifou — Bartsch (1989).
 Remarks – This species has elongated tubular (prolonged) anal cone, legs are very slender and much longer than idiosoma.
description: Published as part of Chatterjee, Tapas, 2021, A checklist of deep-sea halacarid mites (Acari, Halacaridae) found from more than 1000 m depth, pp. 249-268 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (23) on page 255, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i3.67563, http://zenodo.org/record/5235720
(111)-oriented, single crystal diamond tips for nanoscale scanning probe imaging of out-of-plane magnetic fields
Creators: name: Rohner, D.
name: Happacher, J.
name: Reiser, P.
name: Tschudin, M. A.
name: Tallaire, A.
name: Achard, J.
name: Shields, B. J.
name: Maletinsky, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an implementation of all-diamond scanning probes for scanning nitrogen-vacancy (NV) magnetometry fabricated from (111)-oriented diamond material. The realized scanning probe tips on average contain single NV spins, a quarter of which have their spin quantization axis aligned parallel to the tip direction. Such tips enable single-axis vector magnetic field imaging with nanoscale resolution, where the measurement axis is oriented normal to the scan plane. We discuss how these tips bring multiple practical advantages for NV magnetometry, in particular regarding quantitative analysis of the resulting data. We further demonstrate the beneficial optical properties of NVs oriented along the tip direction, such as polarization-insensitive excitation, which simplifies optical setups needed for NV magnetometry. Our results will be impactful for scanning NV magnetometry in general and for applications in spintronics and the investigation of thin film magnets in particular.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures
Differences of farm structural change across European regions
Creators: name: Zimmermann, Andrea
name: Heckelei, Thomas
name: Zimmermann, Andrea
name: Heckelei, Thomas
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Farm structural change
subject: Markov chain analysis
subject: mobility indices
subject: cross sectional analysis

description: Challenges arising from the EU policy focus on rural development lead to an increased demand for farm structure analyses at a regional level. The study’s aim is to show (1) which way structural change differs across EU15 regions referring to size and production orientation and (2) how far certain regional characteristics contribute to those differences. A Markov chain analysis combining sample and aggregate data is used to identify regionally different development paths. Significant regional differences are observed regarding the farm number development in general and with respect to size and specialisation classes. A cross-sectional analysis shows that region-specific structural variables partially explain those differences.
Payments for Environmental Services (PES) and the Characteristics of Social Ecological Systems: the Case of Lake Naivasha Basin
Creators: name: Willy, Daniel Kyalo
name: Kuhn, Arnim
name: Holm-Müller, Karin
name: Willy, Daniel Kyalo
name: Kuhn, Arnim
name: Holm-Müller, Karin
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: institutions
subject: social-ecological system
subject: resilience
subject: payments for environmental services

description: After a brief description of the ecological problems faced in the Lake Naivasha basin in Kenya, this paper describes shortcomings of existing environmental policy instruments employed by the Kenyan government. We argue that under certain conditions a bargaining process among commercial resource users at the lake and farmers at the upper catchments could enhance the robustness of this specific social ecological system (SES) by making use of Payments for Environmental Services (PES). The necessary conditions are: lake users’ perception of damages from permanent environmental problems like siltation and eutrophication that can be addressed by actions in the upper catchment, a minimal back up from the government that allows user groups to enforce their own rules, and a sufficient level of trust inside and between the different user groups. At the same time, the analysis identifies substantial obstacles for using PES to reduce water abstractions in the upper catchment and points out that the nature of the ecological problems and the societal situation at the lake interdependently determine the success probabilities of PES.
Numerical investigation of coherent and turbulent structures of light via nonlinear integral mappings
Creators: name: Okulov, A. Yu.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The propagation of stable coherent entities of an electromagnetic field in nonlinear media with parameters varying in space can be described in the framework of iterations of nonlinear integral transformations. It is shown that for a set of geometries relevant to typical problems of nonlinear optics, numerical modeling by reducing to dynamical systems with discrete time and continuous spatial variables to iterates of local nonlinear Feigenbaum and Ikeda mappings and nonlocal diffusion-dispersion linear integral transforms is equivalent to partial differential equations of the Ginzburg-Landau type in a fairly wide range of parameters. Such nonlocal mappings , which are the products of matrix operators in the numerical implementation, turn out to be stable numerical-difference schemes, provide fast convergence and an adequate approximation of solutions. The realism of this approach allows one to take into account the effect of noise on nonlinear dynamics by superimposing a spatial noise specified in the form of a multimode random process at each iteration and selecting the stable wave configurations. The nonlinear wave formations described by this method include optical phase singularities, spatial solitons, and turbulent states with fast decay of correlations. The particular interest is in the periodic configurations of the electromagnetic field obtained by this numerical method that arise as a result of phase synchronization, such as optical lattices and self-organized vortex clusters.
description: 15 pages, 6 figures, in Russian, submitted to refereed journal
Literature Review on the Psychological Well-Being of EMS Personnel in prehospital Setting: Challenges and Support Mechanisms
Creators: name: Mohammed Abed Alharthi*
name: Ridha Abed Alsulami
name: Raed Ghannam Aldaosari
name: Ayman Mabrook Alyami
name: Saeed Ali Hade Alqahtani
name: Sami Mousa Alfaifi
name: Ammar Jamal Alhindi
name: ‏Abdullah Ahmed Alfifa
name: Mohammed Farhan Alotaibi
name: Abdullah Ruziq Almutairi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: EMS personnel, psychological well-being, occupational stress, support mechanisms, mental health.

description: Abstract: - This literature review examines the psychological well-being of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel in prehospital settings, highlighting the unique challenges they face and the support mechanisms available to them. EMS personnel are subjected to high levels of occupational stress due to frequent exposure to traumatic incidents, irregular work hours, and a prevailing culture that stigmatizes mental health discussions. These factors contribute to increased risks of burnout, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The review synthesizes qualitative and quantitative research to identify key stressors, including long shifts, inadequate social support, and the emotional toll of their work. It also emphasizes the importance of organizational support, peer support programs, and access to professional counseling as vital components for enhancing mental health outcomes. Addressing gaps in the literature, such as underrepresented populations and the need for longitudinal studies, this review underscores the necessity of comprehensive mental health strategies tailored to the unique experiences of EMS personnel. Ultimately, fostering a supportive work environment is crucial for improving job satisfaction and the quality of care provided in emergency situations.
Instanton Approach to Josephson Tunneling between Trapped Condensates
Creators: name: Zhang, Yunbo
name: Müller-Kirsten, H. J. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An instanton method is proposed to investigate the quantum tunneling between two weakly-linked Bose-Einstein condensates confined in double-well potential traps. We point out some intrinsic pathologies in the earlier treatments of other authors and make an effort to go beyond these very simple zero order models. The tunneling amplitude may be calculated in the Thomas-Fermi approximation and beyond it; we find it depends on the number of the trapped atoms, through the chemical potential. Some suggestions are given for the observation of the Josephson oscillation and the MQST.
description: 20 pages, Revtex4, 6 figures. Abbreviated version accepted by Eur. Phys. J D
Reconciling the Rawlsian and the utilitarian approaches to the maximization of social welfare
Creators: name: Stark, Oded
name: Jakubek, Marcin
name: Falniowski, Fryderyk
name: Stark, Oded
name: Jakubek, Marcin
name: Falniowski, Fryderyk
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Institutional and Behavioral Economics
subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: Maximization of social welfare
subject: Rawlsian social welfare function
subject: Utilitarian social welfare function
subject: Deadweight loss
subject: Distaste for low relative income

description: Under a deadweight loss of tax and transfer, there is tension between the optimal policy choices of a Rawlsian social planner and a utilitarian social planner. However, when with a weight greater than a certain critical value the individuals’ utility functions incorporate distaste for low relative income, a utilitarian will select exactly the same income distribution as a Rawlsian.
Onset of phase diffusion in high kinetic inductance granular aluminum micro-SQUIDs
Creators: name: Friedrich, Felix
name: Winkel, Patrick
name: Borisov, Kiril
name: Seeger, Hannes
name: Sürgers, Christoph
name: Pop, Ioan M.
name: Wernsdorfer, Wolfgang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Superconducting granular aluminum is attracting increasing interest due to its high kinetic inductance and low dissipation, favoring its use in kinetic inductance particle detectors, superconducting resonators or quantum bits. We perform switching current measurements on DC-SQUIDs, obtained by introducing two identical geometric constrictions in granular aluminum rings of various normal-state resistivities in the range from $ρ_\mathrm{n} = 250\,μΩ\mathrm{cm}$ to $5550\,μΩ\mathrm{cm}$. The relative high kinetic inductance of the SQUID loop, in the range of tens of nH, leads to a suppression of the modulation in the measured switching current versus magnetic flux, accompanied by a distortion towards a triangular shape. We observe a change in the temperature dependence of the switching current histograms with increasing normal-state film resistivity. This behavior suggests the onset of a diffusive motion of the superconducting phase across the constrictions in the two-dimensional washboard potential of the SQUIDs, which could be caused by a change of the local electromagnetic environment of films with increasing normal-state resistivities.
Agaue panopae
Creators: name: Durucan, Furkan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Halacaridae
Agaue
Agaue panopae

description: Agaue panopae (Lohmann, 1893)
 Material examined – Two females and two males, Urla, Izmir.
 Remarks – This species was previously reported from Antalya (Yakamoz Beach, Phaselis, Finike and Kaş) among macroalgae (Corallina elongata J. Ellis & Solander 1786, Cystoseira crinita Duby 1830, Jania rubens (Linnaeus) J.V. Lamouroux, 1816, Mesophyllum expansum (Philippi) Cabioch & M.L. Mendoza, 2003) from the depths of 2–10 m (Durucan 2019a). The morphological characteristics of the specimens reported here agree with the previous record by Durucan (2019a).
description: Published as part of Durucan, Furkan, 2021, Halacaridae (Acari: Prostigmata) of the Aegean Sea of Turkey (Çanakkale and Izmir), pp. 341-346 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (23) on page 342, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i3.67699, http://zenodo.org/record/5236246
Quantized adiabatic charge pumping and resonant transmission
Creators: name: Entin-Wohlman, O.
name: Aharony, Amnon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Adiabatically pumped charge, carried by non-interacting electrons through a quantum dot in a turnstile geometry, is studied as function of the strength of the two modulating potentials (related to the conductances of the two point-contacts to the leads) and of the phase shift between them. It is shown that the magnitude and sign of the pumped charge are determined by the relative position and orientation of the closed contour traversed by the system in the parameter plane, and the transmission peaks (or resonances) in that plane. Integer values (in units of the electronic charge $e$) of the pumped charge (per modulation period) are achieved when a transmission peak falls inside the pumping contour. The integer value is given by the winding number of the pumping contour: double winding in the same direction gives a charge of 2, while winding around two opposite branches of the transmission peaks or winding in opposite directions can give a charge close to zero.
description: 7 pages, 12 figures
Prospects for laser cooling of polyatomic molecules with increasing complexity
Creators: name: Kłos, Jacek
name: Kotochigova, Svetlana
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Atomic and Molecular Clusters (physics.atm-clus)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Optical cycling transitions and direct laser cooling have recently been demonstrated for a number of alkaline-earth dimers and trimer molecules. This is made possible by diagonal Franck-Condon factors between the vibrational modes of the optical transition. Achieving a similar degree of cooling to micro-Kelvin equivalent kinetic energy for larger polyatomic molecules, however, remains challenging. Since polyatomic molecules are characterized by multiple degrees of freedom and have a correspondingly more complex structure, it is far from obvious whether there exist polyatomic molecules that can repeatedly scatter photons. Here, we propose chemical substitution approaches to engineer large polyatomic molecules with optical cycling centers (OCCs) containing alkaline-earth oxide dimers or acetylenic alkaline-earth trimers (i.e. M--C$\equiv$C) connected to CH$_n$ chains or fullerenes. To validate the OCC-character of the selected molecules we performed electronic structure calculations of the equilibrium configuration of both ground and excited potential energy surfaces, evaluated their vibrational and bending modes, and corresponding Franck-Condon factors for all but the most complex molecules. For fullerenes, we have shown that OCCs based on M--C$\equiv$C can perform better than those based on alkaline-earth oxide dimers. In addition, for heavier polyatomic molecules it might be advantageous to attach two OCCs, thereby potentially doubling the photon scattering rate and thus speeding up cooling rates.
description: 9 pages, 5 figures
Ground state properties and shape evolution in Pt isotopes within the covariant density functional theory
Creators: name: Bassem, Younes El
name: Oulne, Mostafa
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work, the ground-state properties of the platinum isotopic chain, 160-238Pt, are studied within the covariant density functional theory. The calculations are carried out for a large number of even-even Pt isotopes by using the density-dependent point-coupling and the density dependent meson-exchange effective interactions. All ground-state properties such as the binding energy, separation energy, two-neutron shell gap, rms-radii for neutrons and protons and quadrupole deformation are discussed and compared with available experimental data, and with the predictions of some nuclear models such as the Relativistic Mean Field (RMF) model with NL3 functional and the Hartree Fock Bogoliubov (HFB) method with SLy4 Skyrme force. The shape phase transition for Pt isotopic chain is also studied. Its corresponding total energy curves as well as the potential energy surfaces confirm the transition from prolate to oblate shapes at 188Pt contrary to some studies predictions and in agreement with others. Overall, a good agreement is found between the calculated and experimental results wherever available.
description: 13 pages, 8 figures
Irreversibility and Dephasing from Vacuum Fluctuations
Creators: name: Buttiker, Markus
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the role of vacuum (zero-point) fluctuations in generating decoherence in a number of simple models. First we discuss a harmonic oscillator coupled to a semi-infinite elastic string and discuss the irreversible nature of such a bath. We investigate the fluctuations in energy of the oscillator and discuss the trace the oscillator leaves in the bath. Most of the work deals with two-level systems coupled to a bosonic bath (a transmission line). For two-level systems with a Hamiltonian that commutes with the total Hamiltonian (system plus coupling plus bath) the ground state is a pure state. The energy of the system is a constant of motion. For the general case, the energy of the two-level system fluctuates, and the ground state is only partially coherent. A particular realization of such a two level system consists of a mesoscopic ring with a quantum dot coupled capacitively to a transmission line. In the presence of an Aharonov-Bohm flux this system exhibits a persistent current. This current is a measure of the coherence of the ground state. As a function of the coupling strength the ground state undergoes a crossover from a state characterized by a time-averaged persistent current which is much larger than its time-averaged mean squared fluctuations to a state characterized by a persistent current with an average amplitude that is much smaller than its mean squared fluctuations.
description: 27 pages, 6 figures: submitted for "Complexity from Microscopic to Macroscopic Scales: Coherence and Large Deviations", NATO ASI, Geilo, Norway, April 17-27 (2001) edited by Arne T. Skjeltorp and Tamas Vicsek, (Kluwer, Dordrecht)
Probing the limits of superconductivity
Creators: name: Strachan, D. R.
name: Sullivan, M. C.
name: Lobb, C. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: DC voltage versus current measurements of superconductors in a magnetic field are widely interpreted to imply that a phase transition occurs into a state of zero resistance. We show that the widely-used scaling function approach has a problem: Good data collapse occurs for a wide range of critical exponents and temperatures. This strongly suggests that agreement with scaling alone does not prove the existence of the phase transition. We discuss a criterion to determine if the scaling analysis is valid, and find that all of the data in the literature that we have analyzed fail to meet this criterion. Our data on YBCO films, and other data that we have analyzed, are more consistent with the occurrence of small but non-zero resistance at low temperature.
description: 13 page pdf file, figures included To be published in conference proceedings of SPIE 2002
Genotyping_data
Creators: name: Esberg, Anders
name: Haworth, Simon
name: Hasslöf, Pamela
name: Holgerson, Pernilla Lif
name: Johansson, Ingegerd
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 60501 Bacteriology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Genotyping data, 175 subjects and 121 SNPs
Impact of Group-Based Microfinance on Rural Household Income: Evidence from an Indian State
Creators: name: Panda, Debadutta Kumar
name: Atibuddi, Hrudananda
name: Panda, Debadutta Kumar
name: Atibuddi, Hrudananda
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Microfinance
subject: household income
subject: rural households

description: This paper studies the impact of group-based microfinance interventions on the income of rural households in an Indian state. A stratified random sampling technique was employed to select households from four districts in the state of Orissa. The sample households were further classified into two groups according to their livelihood patterns: agriculture & allied activity and micro-enterprise & trading activity. A comparison between the target group of households participating in microfinance programs and a control group was carried out by a univariate z-test and by multiple regression analysis. The inequality in income distribution was analyzed in terms of the Gini coefficient and the Lorenz curve. The study provides strong evidence of the positive effect of microfinance programs on the income of the participating households.
Scene Text Recognition with Temporal Convolutional Encoder
Creators: name: Du, Xiangcheng
name: Ma, Tianlong
name: Zheng, Yingbin
name: Ye, Hao
name: Wu, Xingjiao
name: He, Liang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Texts from scene images typically consist of several characters and exhibit a characteristic sequence structure. Existing methods capture the structure with the sequence-to-sequence models by an encoder to have the visual representations and then a decoder to translate the features into the label sequence. In this paper, we study text recognition framework by considering the long-term temporal dependencies in the encoder stage. We demonstrate that the proposed Temporal Convolutional Encoder with increased sequential extents improves the accuracy of text recognition. We also study the impact of different attention modules in convolutional blocks for learning accurate text representations. We conduct comparisons on seven datasets and the experiments demonstrate the effectiveness of our proposed approach.
Esberg et all JDR 2019
Creators: name: Esberg, Anders
name: Johansson, Ingegerd
name: Holgerson, Pernilla Lif
name: Haworth, Simon
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 60501 Bacteriology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Genotyping data, 175 subjects and 121 SNPs
Molar mass estimate of dark matter from the dark mass distribution measurements
Creators: name: Mishchenko, Yuriy
name: Ji, Chueng-Ryong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the distribution of dark matter versus visible matter using a set of data obtained from strong gravitational lensing in the galaxy cluster CL0024+1654 and another set of data inferred from the universal rotation curves in spiral galaxies. The important feature of these two dramatically different observations is that the mass density profile of both visible and dark components can be estimated. From these measurements we deduce the mass of the dark matter particle and our estimate of the mass for the dark matter particle is $μ_d \approx (200-800)$MeV. We contrast our estimates from CL0024+1654 data and the universal rotation curves of the spiral galaxies and discuss their consistency.
description: 14 pages, 13 figures
The Transformation of Agricultural Producer Cooperatives: The Case of Vietnam
Creators: name: WOLZ, AXEL
name: DUONG, PHAM BAO
name: WOLZ, AXEL
name: DUONG, PHAM BAO
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Food Security and Poverty
subject: International Development
subject: private farming
subject: agricultural cooperatives
subject: transformation
subject: Vietnam

description: During the mid-1980s Vietnam experienced widespread hunger and malnutrition. This led to an economic reform process already before the transition in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the former Soviet Union (CIS). Vietnam embarked on a unique way of decollectivization which followed neither the Chinese model nor the direction of agricultural transition among CEE and CIS countries. The collective farms had to be either transformed into service cooperatives based on share capital and voluntary membership or liquidated. Vietnamese farmers had to meet two challenges. They again had to manage their private farms as entrepreneurs. In addition, they had to create new supporting organizations. After a slow start many farmers were successful in transforming or establishing agricultural cooperatives for their support during the last decade. Three phases of institutional development can be distinguished. The main features of agricultural cooperatives are analyzed.
Analysis of the Factors of Farmers’ Participation in the Management of Cooperatives in Finland
Creators: name: XIANG, LIU YU
name: SUMELIUS, JOHN
name: XIANG, LIU YU
name: SUMELIUS, JOHN
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: cooperative management
subject: members
subject: motivation
subject: willingness
subject: behavior
subject: management
subject: organizational form
subject: dairy cooperative

description: Management of farmer-owned cooperatives cannot be successful without the participation of the members. If the managers of a cooperative are ignorant of the members’ opinion, the whole organization could collapse. This study takes a people-centered perspective and, instead of focusing on the system and economic factors, makes a detailed analysis of the factors that determine the participation of the members in the management of their cooperative. Study data were obtained from a questionnaire completed by 200 members of a Finnish dairy cooperative. The factors analyzed represent the degree to which the members are committed to the management of their cooperative. The evaluation of institutional efficiency by the members and the education received by the members are also factors that affect members’ participation. The attitude and opinions of the members can influence their conduct and willingness to participate. These can also affect the enthusiasm and commitment of members.
IMPLEMENTASI KEBIJAKAN (TARIF) DAN PERDAGANGAN (EKSPOR/IMPOR)
Creators: name: Veti Rindiani
name: Novi Sumaryam
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: KEBIJAKAN
EFEK TARIF
PERDAGANGAN
EKSPOR/IMPOR

description: Setiap aktivitas Ekonomi, baik secara nasional maupun global. pasti tidak lepas dari suatu kebijakan. Kebijakan atau policy merupakan rangkaian konsep dan asas yang menjadi garis besar dan dasar rencana dalam pelaksanaan suatu pekerjaan untuk tercapainya suatu tujuan. Kebijakan adalah rangkaian konsep dan asas yang menjadi pedoman dan dasar rencana dalam pelaksanaan suatu pekerjaan, kepemimpinan, dan cara bertindak Dan Efek tarif adalah pembebanan tarif terhadap suatu komoditi atau barang dapat mempunyai dampak (effect) terhadap perekonomian suatu negara khususnya terhadap pasar barang tersebut
Copidognathus tabellio
Creators: name: Durucan, Furkan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Halacaridae
Copidognathus
Copidognathus tabellio

description: Copidognathus tabellio (Trouessart, 1894)
 Material examined. Two males and two females, Urla, Izmir.
 Remarks – The morphological characteristics of the specimens from Izmir accord with the previously reports of the species from Antalya (Durucan 2019b).
description: Published as part of Durucan, Furkan, 2021, Halacaridae (Acari: Prostigmata) of the Aegean Sea of Turkey (Çanakkale and Izmir), pp. 341-346 in Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (23) on page 343, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i3.67699, http://zenodo.org/record/5236246
Tensor network renormalization group study of spin-1 random Heisenberg chains
Creators: name: Tsai, Zheng-Lin
name: Chen, Pochung
name: Lin, Yu-Cheng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use a tensor network strong-disorder renormalization group (tSDRG) method to study spin-1 random Heisenberg antiferromagnetic chains. The ground state of the clean spin-1 Heisenberg chain with uniform nearest-neighbor couplings is a gapped phase known as the Haldane phase. Here we consider disordered chains with random couplings, in which the Haldane gap closes in the strong disorder regime. As the randomness strength is increased further and exceeds a certain threshold, the random chain undergoes a phase transition to a critical random-singlet phase. The strong-disorder renormalization group method formulated in terms of a tree tensor network provides an efficient tool for exploring ground-state properties of disordered quantum many-body systems. Using this method we detect the quantum critical point between the gapless Haldane phase and the random-singlet phase via the disorder-averaged string order parameter. We determine the critical exponents related to the average string order parameter, the average end-to-end correlation function and the average bulk spin-spin correlation function, both at the critical point and in the random-singlet phase. Furthermore, we study energy-length scaling properties through the distribution of energy gaps for a finite chain. Our results are in closer agreement with the theoretical predictions than what was found in previous numerical studies. As a benchmark, a comparison between tSDRG results for the average spin correlations of the spin-1/2 random Heisenberg chain with those obtained by using unbiased zero-temperature QMC method is also provided.
description: 10 pages, 12 figures
An Exploratory Study on the Physical Activity and Dietary Behaviours of Iranian Immigrant and Refugee Women in the United Kingdom
Creators: name: Soltani, Nasrin
Publisher: name: University of East London
Year: 2019

description: This research considers the role of migration on the physical activity and dietary practices of Iranian migrant women in the United Kingdom. It takes into account previous studies that migration leads to poorer socio-economic status of women that limits their physical activity and food choices. Conversely, a study in Britain reveals that Iranians continue with their traditional Iranian food practices. This qualitative study was informed by social practice theory, which posits that practices depend on the integration of three key elements: materials, competences and meanings. The study participants were 22 first generation Iranian migrant women aged 24-64 residing in London. Data were collected through in-depth, semi-structured, individual interviews and were analyzed thematically. The findings show that for those women from traditional family backgrounds, migration corresponds with liberation from the social and cultural pressures in Iran and greater motivation (meanings) to adopt physically active lifestyles. Nonetheless, migration for the recent arrivals results in living with limited financial resources (materials) in the context of fragmented Iranian community in the UK. This leads to diminishing the women’s motivation (meanings) to participate in physical activity (competence). Moreover, motherhood and childcare responsibilities (other priorities) limit their choices to use sports facilities and it prevents the women participating in moderate physical activity (lower competence). In relation to dietary practices, the multicultural food environment, affordable prices and widespread food stores (materials) coupled with the women’s cooking skills and improved knowledge of healthy food (greater competences) result in practising a healthier traditional Iranian diet for the women. The application of social practice theory shows the dissimilar food infrastructure/resources compared with the resources for physical activity (materials). Moreover, the respondents attributed greater values (meanings) to food than physical activity that results in colonizing their energy, time, skills (competences) and budget to food especially amongst those living with family members.
Stakeholder online survey for the analysis of compound events in Kenya and Ethiopia
Creators: name: Matanó, Alessia
name: Van Loon, Anne F.
name: De Ruiter, Marleen C.
name: Koehler, Johanna
name: Ward, Philip James
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: Online stakeholder surveys developed within the European Research Council funded PerfectSTORM project and the World Bank funded Compound Events project. The survey collects information on the events, impacts, societal/physical drivers and their interactions during the humanitarian crises experienced in Kenya and Ethiopia, in 2017-2018 and 2019-2020. In that period, multiple interacting events occurred such as drought-to-floods, ethnic conflicts, crop pests and government elections.
Cambio en el sistema de partidos en México a nivel federal tras los comicios de 2018
Creators: name: Martinez, Gustavo
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 160699 Political Science not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Political science

description: El objetivo del presente capítulo consiste en identificar la magnitud y clases del cambio en la configuración del sistema de partidos en México tras los comicios de 2018, así como identificar la fuente partidista de los votos obtenidos por MORENA en las elecciones de 2018. Para lograrlo se analizaron, por un lado, el comportamiento de los indicadores principales sobre el desarrollo del sistema de partidos con datos que abarcan al periodo de 1976 hasta 2018. Esto ha permitido contextualizar los resultados de los comicios de interés dentro de las tendencias generadas previamente. A partir de la combinación de los índices retomados se clasificaron formas del cambio del sistema de partidos en México durante dicho periodo y, así, se caracterizó dicha modificación al formato de competencia interpartidista. Además se analizó el comportamiento del electorado a nivel federal en los comicios para diputados federales de 2018, con el fin de identificar las fuentes partidistas de los votos de MORENA. De esta manera se ha buscado evaluar las transferencias de votos de los partidos mexicanos hacia el partido –ahora– predominante. Esto permitió darse una idea de la volatilidad del cambio partidista del voto.
 The reserach identifies the class and magnitud of the party system change in Mexico after the 2018 electoral results, and also describes the party support source of the votes gained by the winning party, MORENA. To achieve this research objective here were analyzed the main party system indices in order to assess the Mexican party system development from 1976 up to 2018. Besides the identified trends in the party system analysis, here also were studied the vote behavior in the 2018 elections at federal legislative level in order to look up for the party sources of the vote gained by the winning party, MORENA. This type of analyze allow to assess the vote transfer in the Mexican party system and, so identified the behavior of the electoral volatility.
The Role of Communication in Pre-Hospital Care: A Literature Review of Best Practices and Challenges
Creators: name: Yaser Mahammad Almutairi*
name: Mohammad Hamad Almutairi
name: Nasser Abdullh Nasser Zoaed
name: Falah Hamdan Alhomidani
name: ‎‏Faris Sanad Almutairi
name: Mohammad Abdulaziz Aljamal
name: Khaled Nasser Almutairi
name: Khalid Soud Almutairi
name: Abdullah Mazen Alharbi
name: khalid Aziz AL_Mutairi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Pre-hospital care, Communication, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Patient outcomes, Structured protocols.

description: Abstract: - Effective communication in pre-hospital care is vital for ensuring optimal patient outcomes during emergencies. This literature review synthesizes current research on best practices and challenges faced by Emergency Medical Services (EMS), emergency communication centers, and hospitals in communicating critical patient information. The review identifies that breakdowns in communication, particularly during patient handovers, can lead to significant delays in treatment and adverse outcomes. Key challenges include time constraints, hierarchical communication structures, and technological limitations that impede information transfer. The implementation of structured communication protocols, such as the ISBAR (Introduction, Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation) framework, is emphasized as a critical strategy for enhancing clarity and efficiency during handovers. Furthermore, the review highlights the necessity for targeted training programs for EMS personnel to improve their communication skills under pressure. Leveraging advanced communication technologies, including mobile health applications, can facilitate real-time data sharing and ensure hospital teams are adequately prepared for incoming patients. By fostering a collaborative culture among healthcare providers, the quality of care can be significantly improved. Addressing these communication challenges is essential for reducing preventable morbidity and mortality in emergency settings, ultimately enhancing the efficacy of pre-hospital care systems.
Valorisation of metallurgical slags: Recovery of valuable metals and production of a binder component by means of carbothermal reduction
Creators: name: Gatschlhofer, Christoph
name: Krammer, Anna
name: Doschek-Held, Klaus
name: Steindl, Florian Roman
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Slag valorisation
Metal recovery
Phosphorus recovery
Supplementary cementitious material
Metallurgical slags
Carbothermal treatment
Alternative binder production
Wet-slag granulation
Dry-slag granulation

description: Presentation of the methodology for slag valorisation via carbothermal reduction and wet-granulation
Collisional properties of ultracold K-Rb mixtures
Creators: name: Ferrari, G.
name: Inguscio, M.
name: Jastrzebski, W.
name: Modugno, G.
name: Roati, G.
name: Simoni, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We determine the inter-species s-wave triplet scattering length a3 for all K-Rb isotopic mixtures by measuring the cross-section for collisions between 41K and 87Rb in different temperature regimes. The positive value a3=+163(+57,-12)a0 ensures the stability of binary 41K-87Rb Bose-Einstein condensates. For the fermion-boson mixture 40K-87Rb we obtain a large and negative scattering length which implies an efficient sympathetic cooling of the fermionic species down to the degenerate regime.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures; revised version (references added and small changes)