cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Pushing down the lateral dimension of single and coupled magnetic dots to the nanometric scale: characteristics and evolution of the spin-wave eigenmodes
Creators: name: Carlotti, Giovanni
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Planar magnetic nanoelements, either single- or multi-layered, are exploited in a variety of current or forthcoming spintronic and/or ICT devices, such as read heads, magnetic memory cells, spin-torque nano-oscillators, nanomagnetic logic circuits, magnonic crystals and artificial spin-ices. The lateral dimensions of the elemental magnetic components have been squeezed down during the last decade to a few tens of nanometers, but they are still an order of magnitude larger that the exchange correlation length of the constituent materials. This means that the spectrum of spin-wave eigenmodes, occurring in the GHz range, is relatively complex and cannot be described within a simple macrospin approximation. On the other hand, a detailed knowledge of the dynamical spectrum is needed to understand or to predict crucial characteristics of the devices. With this focused review we aim at the analysis and the rationalization of the characteristics of the eigenmodes spectrum of magnetic nanodots, paying special attention to the following key points: (i) Consider and compare the case of in-plane and out of-plane orientation of the magnetization, as well as of single- and multi-layered dots, putting in evidence similarities and diversities, and proposing a unifying nomenclature and labelling scheme; (ii) Underline the evolution of the spectrum when the lateral size of magnetic dots is squeezed down from hundreds to tens of nanometers, as in current devices, with emphasis given to the occurrence of soft modes and to the change of spatial localization of the fundamental mode for in-plane magnetized dots; (iii) Extend the analysis from isolated elements to twins of dots, as well as to dense arrays of dipolarly interacting dots, showing how the discretized eigenmodes distinctive of the single element transform in finite-width frequency bands of spin waves propagating through the array.
Additive function approximation in the brain
Creators: name: Harris, Kameron Decker
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Many biological learning systems such as the mushroom body, hippocampus, and cerebellum are built from sparsely connected networks of neurons. For a new understanding of such networks, we study the function spaces induced by sparse random features and characterize what functions may and may not be learned. A network with $d$ inputs per neuron is found to be equivalent to an additive model of order $d$, whereas with a degree distribution the network combines additive terms of different orders. We identify three specific advantages of sparsity: additive function approximation is a powerful inductive bias that limits the curse of dimensionality, sparse networks are stable to outlier noise in the inputs, and sparse random features are scalable. Thus, even simple brain architectures can be powerful function approximators. Finally, we hope that this work helps popularize kernel theories of networks among computational neuroscientists.
Diffusion theory of spin injection through resistive contacts
Creators: name: Rashba, Emmanuel I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Insertion of a resistive contact between a ferromagnetic metal and a semiconductor microstructure is of critical importance for achieving efficient spin injection into a semiconductor. However, the equations of the diffusion theory are rather cumbersome for the junctions including such contacts. A technique based on deriving a system of self-consistent equations for the coefficients of spin injection, "gamma", through different contacts are developed. These equations are concise when written in the proper notations. Moreover, the resistance of a two-contact junction can be expressed in terms of "gamma"'s of both contacts. This equation makes calculating the spin valve effect straightforward, allows to find an explicit expression for the junction resistance and to prove that its nonequilibrium part is positive. Relation of these parameters to different phenomena like spin-e.m.f. and the junction transients is established. Comparative effect of the Coulomb screening on different parameters is clarified. It is also shown that the spin non-conservation in a contact can have a dramatic effect on the non-equilibrium resistance of the junction.
description: 16 pages, 2 column REVTeX format, minor editorial changes, references to recent papers added, to appear in Euro. Phys. Journal B
Collaborating with industrial partners and sharing conference materials online
Creators: name: Smith, Geoff
name: Hardeman, Megan
name: Hussain, Aamir
Publisher: name: De Montfort University
Year: 2019
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Geoff Smith is a Professor of Pharmaceutical ProcessAnalytical Technology in the Leicester School ofPharmacy at De Montfort University (DMU).
Key Points
• Geoff has used DMU Figshare to collaborate with industrial partners in the area of pharmaceuticaltechnology.
• Geoff uploads his conference presentations and posters to DMU Figshare to ease the administration burdenof sharing with conference attendees and to receive DOIs (Digital Object Identifiers) for citing these outputs.
Characteristics of a Gradual Filament Eruption and Subsequent CME Propagation in Relation to a Strong Geomagnetic Storm
Creators: name: Chen, Chong
name: Liu, Ying D.
name: Wang, Rui
name: Zhao, Xiaowei
name: Hu, Huidong
name: Zhu, Bei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Space Physics (physics.space-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An unexpected strong geomagnetic storm occurred on 2018 August 26, which was caused by a slow coronal mass ejection (CME) from a gradual eruption of a large quiet-region filament. We investigate the eruption and propagation characteristics of this CME in relation to the strong geomagnetic storm with remote sensing and in situ observations. Coronal magnetic fields around the filament are extrapolated and compared with EUV observations. We determine the propagation direction and tilt angle of the CME flux rope near the Sun using a graduated cylindrical shell (GCS) model and the Sun-to-Earth kinematics of the CME with wide-angle imaging observations from STEREO A. We reconstruct the flux-rope structure using a Grad-Shafranov technique based on the in situ measurements at the Earth and compare it with those from solar observations and the GCS results. Our conclusions are as follows: (1) the eruption of the filament was unusually slow and occurred in the regions with relatively low critical heights of the coronal field decay index; (2) the axis of the CME flux rope rotated in the corona as well as in interplanetary space, which tended to be aligned with the local heliospheric current sheet; (3) the CME was bracketed between slow and fast solar winds, which enhanced the magnetic field inside the CME at 1 AU; (4) the geomagnetic storm was caused by the enhanced magnetic field and a southward orientation of the flux rope at 1 AU from the rotation of the flux rope.
description: Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal
Pre Geometric Physics: The Emergence of Structured Space-Time from Proto Symmetry Fields
Creators: name: Hilmir Frímann Halldórsson
name: ChatGPT (AI-assistant)
name: Roary (cat)
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This research explores the possibility that structured space-time does not emerge from nothingness but rather from a fundamental Proto-Symmetry Field (PSF)—a pre-geometric quantum energy distribution that governs the formation of symmetry, wave structures, and eventual space-time fabric. By analyzing the transition from super-chaotic quantum fields to proto-symmetry, we propose a new model where space-time originates as an emergent property of structured quantum fluctuations. This work links quantum gravity, energy resonance fields, and early cosmological evolution into a unified theoretical framework.
Is the Boston subway a small-world network ?
Creators: name: Latora, Vito
name: Marchiori, Massimo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The mathematical study of the small-world concept has fostered quite some interest, showing that small-world features can be identified for some abstract classes of networks. However, passing to real complex systems, as for instance transportation networks, shows a number of new problems that make current analysis impossible. In this paper we show how a more refined kind of analysis, relying on transportation efficiency, can in fact be used to overcome such problems, and to give precious insights on the general characteristics of real transportation networks, eventually providing a picture where the small-world comes back as underlying construction principle.
description: 5 pages, 1 figure. To appear in Physica A, in a special issue devoted to the Proceedings of the Conference "Horizons in Complex Systems", Messina (Italy), Dec.5-Dec.8 2001
Are two heads better than one head in managing the farm business?
Creators: name: Tauer, Loren
name: Tauer, Loren
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: Farm Management
subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: Business partnerships
subject: economies of management
subject: family businesses
subject: matching samples
subject: return to management

description: The objective was to compare the performance of farms that have more than one self-identified manager to the performance of similar farms with only one self-identified manager. The question to be answered is whether more managers enhance the performance of the farm. The technique used is a matching technique to compare similar farms which only vary in whether they have only one or more than one manager. The data set used was the New York Dairy Farm Business Summary data from the years 1998 through 2011. The partnerships as a group did not display higher or lower returns to labor and management income per operator compared to the sole proprietorships. A comparison of parent-child partnerships to non-parent-child partnerships resulted in the non-parent-child partnerships showing $36,442 more labor and management income per manager. The conclusion is that two or more heads for management are better than one head for management, as long as the two heads does not include a parent and child. The results suggest that further data collection and studies that explores the management styles and practices of the non-family partnerships as compared to the family partnerships is warranted.
A Minimal Model of Torsion Mediated Dark Matter
Creators: name: Barman, Basabendu
name: Bhanja, Tapobroto
name: Das, Debottam
name: Maity, Debaprasad
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a minimal model of fermionic dark matter (DM), where a singlet Dirac fermion can interact with the Standard Model (SM) particles via the torsion field of gravitational origin. In general, torsion can be realized as an antisymmetric part of the affine connection associated with the spacetime diffeomorphism symmetry and thus can be thought of as a massive axial vector field. Because of its gravitational origin, the torsion field couples to all the fermion fields including the DM with equal strength, which makes the model quite predictive. The DM is naturally stable without any imposition of ad-hoc symmetry {\it e.g.,} $\mathcal{Z}_2$. Apart from producing the correct thermal abundance, singlet fermion can easily evade the stringent bounds on the spin-independent DM-nucleon direct detection cross-section due to its axial nature. However, in the allowed parameter space, strong bounds can be placed on the torsion mass and its couplings to fermions from the recent LHC searches. Assuming a non universal torsion-DM and torsion-SM coupling, smaller values of torsion masses may become allowed. In both cases we also study the reach of spin-dependent direct detection searches of the DM.
description: 24 pages, 9 figures; Version accepted in PRD
Non-normal and Stochastic Amplification in Turbulent Dynamo: Subcritical Case
Creators: name: Fedotov, Sergei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Our attention focuses on the stochastic dynamo equation with non-normal operator that give an insight into the role of stochastics and non-normality in the galactic magnetic field generation. The main point of this Letter is a discussion of the generation of a large-scale magnetic field that cannot be explained by traditional linear eigenvalue analysis. We present a simple stochastic model for the thin-disk axisymmetric $αΩ$ dynamo involving three factors: (a) the non-normality generated by differential rotation, (b) the nonlinearity reflecting how the magnetic field affects the turbulent dynamo coefficients, and (c) stochastic perturbations. We show that even for \textit{subcritical case,} there are three possible mechanisms for the generation of magnetic field. The first mechanism is a deterministic one that describes an interplay between transient growth and nonlinear saturation of the turbulent $α-$effect and diffusivity. It turns out that the trivial state is nonlinearity unstable to small but finite initial perturbations. The second and third are the stochastic mechanisms that account for the interaction of non-normal effect generated by differential rotation and random additive and multiplicative fluctuations. In particular, we show that in \textit{subcritical case}the average magnetic energy can grow exponentially with time due to the multiplicative noise associated with $α-$effect.
description: 7 pages, 2 figures
The weaker sex? Gender differences in punishment across Matrilineal and Patriarchal Societies
Creators: name: Asiedu, Edward
name: Ibanez, Marcela
name: Asiedu, Edward
name: Ibanez, Marcela
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Institutional and Behavioral Economics
subject: International Development
subject: Public Economics
subject: Gender
subject: norm enforcement
subject: culture
subject: inequality
subject: collective action

description: This paper investigates the hypothesis that women are underrepresented in leadership roles due to a lower ability to influence others. By comparing societies that differ in the inheritance rights of men and women, we trace the origins of such difference. The results of a public good game with third party punishment indicate that in patriarchal societies there are persistent gender differences in social influence while in matrilineal societies these differences are smaller. While in the patriarchal society sanctioning behavior is not different across genders, cooperation is lower in groups with a female monitor than a male monitor. In contrast, in the matrilineal society male monitors sanction more often than female monitors, though cooperation does not depend on the gender of the monitor.
Assessment of Incidence of Dyslipidaemia Among Undergraduate Students in Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto
Creators: name: Yakubu, Y., Okorie, V.E, Aliyu, K.B., Adesina, A.A, Rufai, M. A.,, Bunza, J.M
Publisher: name: MSI Publishers
Year: 2025
Subjects: Dyslipidaemia, Students, Cholesterol, TC, TG.

description: Background: Dyslipidaemia is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, which can be identified and managed appropriately.

Aim: The aim of the study is to assess the pattern of dyslipidaemia among UDUS students.

Materials and methods: It is a snapshot study among students of UDUS. A total of 100 apparently healthy students were involved in the study. Questionnaires were administered; data obtained were age, gender, height, weight, income, financial dependency, physical activity, stimulant usage and alcohol consumption. Fasting serum samples were collected to determine serum lipids levels. The samples were analysed using enzymatic colorimetric method of lipids estimation. Of the 100 participants, there are 64 males and 36 females, with age range of 18-40 years.

Results: The result obtained from the study shows mean±SD of TC (5.12 ± 0.93) mmol/L, HDL-C (1.13 ± 0.34) mmol/L, LDL-C (3.34 ± 0.94) mmol/L, TG (1.42 ± 0.33) mmol/L and AIX (5.15 ± 2.56). Mean value of HDL-C is significantly lower than the value of the target reference population and the mean value of TG is significantly lower while mean values of TC, LDL-C and TG are not significantly different from the value of the target population reference. The pattern of dyslipidaemia in prevalence was TC (55%), HDL-C (25%), LDL-C (41%), TG (17%), and that of AIX (33%). Elevated TC was the most common form dyslipidaemia in this study while TGs were the least.
Geoff Smith
Creators: name: Smith, Geoff
name: Hardeman, Megan
name: Hussain, Aamir
Publisher: name: De Montfort University
Year: 2019
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Geoff Smith is a Professor of Pharmaceutical ProcessAnalytical Technology in the Leicester School ofPharmacy at De Montfort University (DMU).
Key Points
• Geoff has used DMU Figshare to collaborate with industrial partners in the area of pharmaceuticaltechnology.
• Geoff uploads his conference presentations and posters to DMU Figshare to ease the administration burdenof sharing with conference attendees and to receive DOIs (Digital Object Identifiers) for citing these outputs.
Field-Effect Transistor based on Surface Negative Refraction in Weyl Nanowires
Creators: name: Chen, Guangze
name: Chen, Wei
name: Zilberberg, Oded
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Weyl semimetals are characterized by their bulk Weyl points -- conical band touching points that carry a topological monopole charge -- and Fermi arc states that span between the Weyl points on the surface of the material. Recently, significant progress has been made towards understanding and measuring the physical properties of Weyl semimetals. Yet, potential applications remain relatively sparse. Here, we propose Weyl semimetal nanowires as field-effect transistors, dubbed WEYLFETs. Specifically, applying gradient gate voltage along the nanowire, an electrical field is generated that effectively tilts the open surfaces, thus, varying the relative orientation between Fermi arcs on different surfaces. As a result, perfect negative refraction between adjacent surfaces can occur and longitudinal conductance along the wire is suppressed. The WEYLFET offers a high on/off ratio with low power consumption. Adverse effects due to dispersive Fermi arcs and surface disorder are studied.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures, comments are welcome
The long-term fortunes of territories as a route for agri-food policies: evidence from Geographical Indications
Creators: name: Vaquero-Piñeiro, Cristina
name: Vaquero-Piñeiro, Cristina
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Local development
subject: geographical indications
subject: rural development policy
subject: agri-food policy
subject: Italy
subject: panel data

description: Once the EU has perceived the strategic importance of local peculiarities to support rural development and high-quality productions, it has emphasized the need for more place-sensitive agri-food policies. The importance of socio-economic, historical and cultural factors as transfers of intangible value-added is particularly evident in the agri-food sector. Place-blind and sectorial-oriented approaches have indeed not succeeded in dealing with the territorial heterogeneity of agri-food systems. By delving into the longstanding debate on the conceptualizations of territory and focusing on the territories of origin of the most economically performant Italian Protected Designation of Origins (PDOs), this paper empirically investigates what are the contextual conditions that have mainly contributed in the economic success of local productions. Drawing on an original geo-referenced database, the analysis is conducted on a panel of Italian municipalities and exploits non-linear dynamic panel models. Findings point out the heterogeneity of affecting territorial factors. Imbalances come from both socio-economic conditions (food PDOs) and socio-cultural knowledge (wine PDOs). This paper informs the evidence-based debate on the relevance of territorially-sensitive interventions for the future of EU agri-food and rural development policies. In the case of GIs, it should consider being more place-sensitive as well as more integrated with other agricultural and regional policies to meet the EU’s socio-economic objectives.
Consumer Knowledge and Attitudes towards Food Traceability: A Comparison between the European Union, China and North America
Creators: name: Hansstein, Francesca Valeria
name: Hansstein, Francesca Valeria
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: food traceability
subject: food safety
subject: consumer attitudes
subject: comparative study

description: The objective of this paper is to investigate recent findings on consumer knowledge and attitudes towards food traceability across the European Union (EU), China, and North America. A critical review of academic articles published between 2003 and 2013 was performed and a total of sixteen studies were selected. Results indicated that consumers are paying increasingly attention to food safety and quality but they are still unfamiliar with the concept of traceability, especially in China. Willingness to pay (WTP) for food safety differs across countries and segments of population. Age, education, income and food safety concerns are the factors that mostly influence consumer acceptance of traceability and its attributes. Both producers and policy makers should work together to increase consumer awareness about the benefits offered by Food Traceability Systems.
description: Paper presented at the 2014 International Conference on Food Security and Nutrition. Published in IPCBEE v.67 (2014)at www.ipcbee.com
Order Parameter Criticality of the d=3 Random-Field Ising Antiferromagnet Fe(0.85)Zn(0.15)F2
Creators: name: Ye, F.
name: Zhou, L.
name: Larochelle, S.
name: Lu, L.
name: Belanger, D. P.
name: Greven, M.
name: Lederman, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The critical exponent beta =0.16 +- 0.02 for the random-field Ising model order parameter is determined using extinction-free magnetic x-ray scattering for Fe(0.85)Zn(0.15)F2 in magnetic fields of 10 and 11 T. The observed value is consistent with other experimental random-field critical exponents, but disagrees sharply with Monte Carlo and exact ground state calculations on finite-sized systems.
description: 4 pages, 2 figures, minor changes
Werthella plumifera Newell 1971
Creators: name: Chatterjee, Tapas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Halacaridae
Werthella
Werthella plumifera

description: Werthella plumifera Newell, 1971
 Record from more than 1000 m depth – PSE - 13° S 78° W, 1565 m depth — Newell (1971); 16° S 78° W, 2640–2780 m depth — Newell (1971).
 Record from other depth (less than 1000 m depth) – PSE - 33° S 72° W, 485 m depth — Newell (1971).
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 259, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v10i3.67563, http://zenodo.org/record/5235720
US Imposed Sanction On Iran Analysing The Aftermaths.pdf
Creators: name: Samiul Islam
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 160607 International Relations
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Economic sanctions have been a prominent part of American statecraft since World War II. Sanction usually consists of a ban on the sale and shipment of products to a country and on the purchase of its exports. This study focuses on short and long-term effects of sanctions on Iranian regime and its people. The US sanctions on Iran provide an interesting case for examining various arguments and can shed light on how the sanctions’ are working, is it effective or counterproductive. This paper has measured the role of economic sanction on market, lower economic growth, oil export, inflation and currency rate as well as study the effect on health, military spending and the overall targeted regime. And also Tehran’s adjusted responses to these sanctions.
Is Obesity Contagious? A Case Study of International Graduate Students
Creators: name: Katare, Bhagyashree
name: Katare, Bhagyashree
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: Health Economics and Policy
subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: Obesity
subject: immigration
subject: environmental effects
subject: international students

description: International students offer an unique opportunity to study the extent to which environment causes obesity. Because international students have an imperfect ability to choose their destination and are less aware of the social and cultural conditions in and around the university campus we argue that the prevalence of obesity in the surrounding area is plausibly exogenous to international students’ choice of university. In this study, we survey international students studying at 43 public universities across the United States. We use this data to study the effect of prevalence of obesity in a particular region on the BMI levels of the international students. We find statistically significant effects on the changes in BMI levels of the students. Students studying in areas with lower prevalence of obesity show a significantly lower increase in their BMI compared to those studying in areas with higher prevalence of obesity. Evidence suggests that the environmental characteristics of a region have a direct effect on the BMI levels of individuals.
Additional file 18 of Validation and test–retest repeatability performance of parametric methods for [11C]UCB-J PET
Creators: name: Tuncel, Hayel
name: Boellaard, Ronald
name: Coomans, Emma M.
name: Hollander-Meeuwsen, Marijke den
name: de Vries, Erik F. J.
name: Glaudemans, Andor W. J. M.
name: Feltes, Paula Kopschina
name: García, David Vállez
name: Verfaillie, Sander C. J.
name: Wolters, Emma E.
name: Sweeney, Steven P.
name: Ryan, J. Michael
name: Ivarsson, Magnus
name: Lynch, Berkley A.
name: Schober, Patrick
name: Scheltens, Philip
name: Schuit, Robert C.
name: Windhorst, Albert D.
name: De Deyn, Peter P.
name: van Berckel, Bart N. M.
name: Golla, Sandeep S. V.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Additional file 18. TRT (%) values estimated for specific brain regions (grey matter) are presented for RPM BPND and R1.
Agaue chevreuxi
Creators: name: Durucan, Furkan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Halacaridae
Agaue
Agaue chevreuxi

description: Agaue chevreuxi (Trouessart, 1889)
 Material examined – Two females and eight males, Urla, Izmir; one deutonymph, Bozcaada, Çanakkale.
 Remarks – This species has been reported from different provinces of Turkey (Sinop, Istanbul, Antalya), and widely distributed in Black and Mediterranean Sea (Durucan 2020). The morphological characteristics of the specimens reported here accord with the previously descriptions from Turkey (Bilecenoğlu et al. 2013; Durucan 2019a). Length of deutonymph idiosoma 462 µm long and 275 µm wide.
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
Hierarchical Organization in Complex Networks
Creators: name: Ravasz, Erzsebet
name: Barabasi, Albert-Laszlo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Many real networks in nature and society share two generic properties: they are scale-free and they display a high degree of clustering. We show that these two features are the consequence of a hierarchical organization, implying that small groups of nodes organize in a hierarchical manner into increasingly large groups, while maintaining a scale-free topology. In hierarchical networks the degree of clustering characterizing the different groups follows a strict scaling law, which can be used to identify the presence of a hierarchical organization in real networks. We find that several real networks, such as the World Wide Web, actor network, the Internet at the domain level and the semantic web obey this scaling law, indicating that hierarchy is a fundamental characteristic of many complex systems.
Application of Multi-Criteria Analysis selecting the most effective Climate change adaptation measures and investments in the Italian context
Creators: name: Zucaro, Raffaella
name: Manganiello, Veronica
name: Lorenzetti, Romina
name: Ferrigno, Marianna
name: Zucaro, Raffaella
name: Manganiello, Veronica
name: Lorenzetti, Romina
name: Ferrigno, Marianna
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Drought risk
subject: water management
subject: investment database
subject: reservoirs
subject: climate change

description: In the context of climate change, one of the EU’s major political efforts focus on water management. Public investment is carried out considering several drivers, from economic development to demographics, climate, and pollutants. Meanwhile, the need for evaluation methods is also increasing, so their development has grown in recent years. Among these, Multi-Criteria Analysis methodologies (MCA) have taken on great importance. This work aims to demonstrate the usefulness of MCA in addressing crucial environmental issues, such as the use of water resources for agricultural and food production. The document presents an application of MCA for the ranking and selection of projects to be financed under the Italian National Plan on Water Resources. The Plan is part of the national initiatives planned for the adaptation of the agricultural sector to climate change. The selection criteria have been identified following a participatory approach, and to respond to both the challenge of climate change and the limited availability of funds. MCA is used to select the best projects to be financed with the available amount. The Italian experience confirms the effectiveness of MCA and highlights how the involvement of both decision makers and stakeholders is necessary for a successful application of MCA to environmental issues.
From Outsourcing to Productivity, Passing Through Training: Microeconometric Evidence from Italy
Creators: name: Antonietti, Roberto
name: Antonietti, Roberto
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Production Economics
subject: Outsourcing
subject: Productivity
subject: Training
subject: Two-Stage Probit Least Squares

description: The aim of this paper is to provide firm-level evidence on the short-run link between outsourcing and labor productivity using an original dataset of Italian manufacturing firms, and applying a two-stage probit least squares estimator. We find a positive effect on productivity from outsourcing only if firms provide training for the workforce. This indirect impact on productivity is independent of the type of activity outsourced and is bigger in the case of service outsourcing. This can be explained by the different feedback effect of labor productivity on training and by the different type of training provided. While production outsourcing induces an organizational change which stimulates off-the-job training for plant operators, service outsourcing induces firms to train a broader range of occupational profiles - both off and on the job. Similar results emerge for the case of joint outsourcing of both production and service activities. Therefore, we find that outsourcing generates positive productivity effects only if it is part of a broader knowledge management strategy that involves upgrading of workers’ skills.
Copidognathus remipes
Creators: name: Durucan, Furkan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Halacaridae
Copidognathus
Copidognathus remipes

description: Copidognathus remipes (Trouessart, 1894)
 Material examined – Two females, Bozcaada, Çanakkale.
 Remarks – The morphological characteristics of the specimens from Çanakkale accord with the previous 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
On The Economics of Forest Carbon: Renewable and Carbon Neutral But Not Emission Free
Creators: name: Lintunen, Jussi
name: Uusivuori, Jussi
name: Lintunen, Jussi
name: Uusivuori, Jussi
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Optimal Policy
subject: Forest Carbon
subject: Effective Emission Factor
subject: Age-Structured Forest

description: First-best optimal forest sector carbon policy is examined. Using a comprehensive forest sector model with a detailed carbon cycle section we show that the renewability and carbon neutrality arguments do not warrant emission free treatment of forest bioenergy. However, under the biomass stock change carbon accounting convention followed by UNFCCC and IPCC, the forest owners pay for the roundwood emissions and, to avoid double counting, the use of roundwood is treated as emission free. The bioenergy from harvest residues cannot be treated as emission free either. Their emission factors are determined through the decay time-scales specific to residue fractions and discount rate used in welfare assessment. In addition, we show that an optimal policy subsidizes the production of wood products sequestering carbon. The relative magnitude of the subsidy is based on the fraction of the carbon stored, the lifetime of the products and the discount rate. Correspondingly, the carbon removals by biomass growth are subsidized and the harvest residue generation taxed. Further, we show that the supply side policies are independent of final use of harvested timber. Numerical solution of the model shows that, although the use of wood is not emission free, it is optimal to increase the use of wood, possibly also in the energy sector. Before the wood use can be increased, the forest biomass has to be increased. This initial carbon sink speeds up the convergence to the lower steady-state atmospheric carbon stock.
Phthiracarus (Phthiracarus) ferrugineus
Creators: name: Murvanidze, Maka
name: Cilbircioğlu, Cihan
name: Özdemir, Esengül
name: Inak, Emre
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Phthiracaridae
Phthiracarus
Phthiracarus ferrugineus

description: Phthiracarus (Phthiracarus) ferrugineus (C.L. Koch, 1841) *
 Material – New record for Turkey. One specimen in Trabzon, N 40° 58′ 24.75′′, E 39° 30′ 25.55′′, alt. = 348 m, Yeşiltepe Forest Area, Akçabat. 06 June 2018, trunk of P. abies .
 Global distribution – Holarctic.
 Ecology – Forest soils.
 Note – The species is known to be generally associated with forest soils (Weigmann 2006), however, is recorded for arboricolar habitats as well. It was found abundantly on twigs and leaves of Rhododendron ponticum L. (Murvanidze and Arabuli 2015).
description: Published as part of Murvanidze, Maka, Cilbircioğlu, Cihan, Özdemir, Esengül & Inak, Emre, 2020, Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of the Central Black Sea basin of Turkey with new records for the country, pp. 255-277 in Persian Journal of Acarology 9 (3) on page 258, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v9i3.61909, http://zenodo.org/record/5236444
Local Government's Resource Commitment to Environmental Sustainability: Capacity, Conservatism, and Contractual Dynamics
Creators: name: Cho, Wonhyuk
name: Kim, D
name: Park, A Y. S.
Publisher: name: Open Access Victoria University of Wellington | Te Herenga Waka
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 120599 Urban and Regional Planning not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Social and economic geography
subject: 160599 Policy and Administration not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: 160499 Human Geography not elsewhere classified

description: Local governments are leading sustainability efforts through a range of initiatives, often voluntarily. While a spate of research exists to explain what drives these voluntary decisions, we are still limited in understanding how localities follow through with the resources to implement their adopted plans. This is particularly the case for environment and climate protection programs that are transboundary in nature and thus require more innovative and longer-term approaches than those that are relatively low-cost and easier to implement with future savings. This research examines local investment in promoting three of these program areas: air quality, biodiversity preservation, and ecological restoration. It investigates how local governments vary according to resource commitment and what factors explain those variations. We find several factors significant, including community capacity, political ideology, and institutional arrangements for service production and delivery. Variations are, however, found across different types of resource commitment, suggesting a more complex picture of local resource availability for advancing sustainability efforts.
Zero-bias anomaly in two-dimensional electron layers and multiwall nanotubes
Creators: name: Mishchenko, E. G.
name: Andreev, A. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The zero-bias anomaly in the dependence of the tunneling density of states $ν(ε)$ on the energy $ε$ of the tunneling particle for two- and one-dimensional multilayered structures is studied. We show that for a ballistic two-dimensional (2D) system the first order interaction correction to DOS due to the plasmon excitations studied by Khveshchenko and Reizer is partly compensated by the contribution of electron-hole pairs which is twice as small and has the opposite sign. For multilayered systems the total correction to the density of states near the Fermi energy has the form $δν/ν_0 = {max} (| ε|, ε^*)/4ε_F$, where $ε^*$ is the plasmon energy gap of the multilayered 2D system. In the case of one-dimensional conductors we study multiwall nanotubes with the elastic mean free path exceeding the radius of the nanotube. The dependence of the tunneling density of states energy, temperature and on the number of shells is found.
description: 8 pages, 3 figures
Ontogeny of the braincase in Stenopterygius (Reptilia, Ichthyosauria) from the Lower Jurassic of Germany
Creators: name: Miedema, Feiko
name: Maxwell, Erin E.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Science Policy

description: The fossil record of the ichthyosaur genus Stenopterygius comprises a large number of specimens of all ontogenetic stages. This makes the taxon a good model for ontogenetic studies in a Mesozoic marine reptile. Here, we describe the morphology of the braincase elements of Stenopterygius over ontogeny and compare it with that of other known ichthyosaur braincases. Substantial ontogenetic changes were observed in most elements. These included negative allometry of the exoccipitals relative to the basioccipital, changes in the morphology of the parabasisphenoid and proportional reduction of the ridge separating the right and left internal carotid arteries, variable relative length of the paroccipital process of the opisthotic in juvenile specimens, and relative ossification of the basioccipital peg. Furthermore, we observed variability in relative braincase ossification between embryos within a single gravid female.
Additional file 20 of Validation and test–retest repeatability performance of parametric methods for [11C]UCB-J PET
Creators: name: Tuncel, Hayel
name: Boellaard, Ronald
name: Coomans, Emma M.
name: Hollander-Meeuwsen, Marijke den
name: de Vries, Erik F. J.
name: Glaudemans, Andor W. J. M.
name: Feltes, Paula Kopschina
name: García, David Vállez
name: Verfaillie, Sander C. J.
name: Wolters, Emma E.
name: Sweeney, Steven P.
name: Ryan, J. Michael
name: Ivarsson, Magnus
name: Lynch, Berkley A.
name: Schober, Patrick
name: Scheltens, Philip
name: Schuit, Robert C.
name: Windhorst, Albert D.
name: De Deyn, Peter P.
name: van Berckel, Bart N. M.
name: Golla, Sandeep S. V.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Additional file 20. Coefficients of determination (r2) and slopes of parametric [11C]UCB-J BPND and R1 against corresponding SRTM estimates using 90 minutes data. All the Hammers ROIs were included for this analysis.
Finite element modeling of micropolar-based phononic crystals
Creators: name: Guarín-Zapata, Nicolás
name: Gomez, Juan
name: Valencia, Camilo
name: Dargush, Gary F.
name: Hadjesfandiari, Ali Reza
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science (cs.CE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 74B99, 74J99, 74S05

description: The performance of a Cosserat/micropolar solid as a numerical vehicle to represent dispersive media is explored. The study is conducted using the finite element method with emphasis on Hermiticity, positive definiteness, principle of virtual work and Bloch-Floquet boundary conditions. The periodic boundary conditions are given for both translational and rotational degrees of freedom and for the associated force- and couple-traction vectors. Results in terms of band structures for different material cells and mechanical parameters are provided.
description: 30 pages, 11 figures
Does the Swiss Car Market Reward Fuel Efficient Cars?
Creators: name: Alberini, Anna
name: Bareit, Markus
name: Filippini, Massimo
name: Alberini, Anna
name: Bareit, Markus
name: Filippini, Massimo
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Fuel Economy
subject: CO2 Emissions
subject: Passenger Vehicles
subject: Hedonic Pricing Model
subject: Matching Estimator
subject: Regression Discontinuity Design
subject: Fuel Efficiency Premium
subject: Discounted Future Fuel Costs

description: To correct market failures due to the presence of negative externalities associated with energy consumption, governments have adopted a variety of policies, including taxes, subsidies, regulations and standards, and information-based policies. For example, labels that clearly convey energy consumption rates, associated costs, and emissions of conventional pollutants and CO2, have been devised and used in the last two decades in several countries. In 2003, Switzerland introduced a system of fuel economy labels, based on grades ranging from A to G, where is A best and G is worst, to assist consumers in making decisions that improve the fleet’s fuel economy and lower emissions. We use a dataset documenting all passenger cars approved for sale in Switzerland each year from 2000 to 2011 to answer three key research questions. First, what is the willingness to pay for fuel economy? Second, do Swiss drivers—or Swiss auto importers on their behalf—appear to do a one-to-one tradeoff between car purchase price and savings on fuel costs over the lifetime of the car? Third, does the label have an additional effect on price, all else the same, above and beyond that of fuel efficiency alone? Hedonic pricing regressions that exploit the variation in fuel economy across make-models, and over time within make-models, suggest that there is a (modest) capitalization of fuel economy into car prices. The diesel premium, however, exceeds the future fuel cost savings made possible by diesel cars, even at zero discount rates. An alternate calculation suggests that the fuel economy premium is consistent with a very low discount rate (2.5%). We use a sharp regression discontinuity design (RDD) based on the mechanism used by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy to assign cars to the fuel economy label to see if the label has an independent effect on price, above and beyond that of the fuel economy. The RDD approach estimates the effect to be 6-11%. To broaden the fuel economy range over which we assess the effect of the A label, we also deploy matching estimators, and find that the effect of an A label on car price is approximately 5%.