cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Prospects for measurement-based quantum computing with solid state spins
Creators: name: Benjamin, Simon C.
name: Lovett, Brendon W.
name: Smith, Jason M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This article aims to review the developments, both theoretical and experimental, that have in the past decade laid the ground for a new approach to solid state quantum computing. Measurement-based quantum computing (MBQC) requires neither direct interaction between qubits nor even what would be considered controlled generation of entanglement. Rather it can be achieved using entanglement that is generated probabilistically by the collapse of quantum states upon measurement. Single electronic spins in solids make suitable qubits for such an approach, offering long coherence times and well defined routes to optical measurement. We will review the theoretical basis of MBQC and experimental data for two frontrunner candidate qubits -- nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centres in diamond and semiconductor quantum dots -- and discuss the prospects and challenges that lie ahead in realising MBQC in the solid state.
description: Submitted to Laser and Photonics Reviews
NPR - PREPARING GRADUATE STUDENTS FOR FUTURE WORKFORCE IN AGRICULTURE THROUGH INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES
Creators: name: Henneberry, Shida Rastegari
name: Radmehr, Riza
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: international experiences
subject: MIAP
subject: effectiveness

description: Internships have become an increasingly important and inseparable part of many educational degree programs. A good example is the Master of International Agricultural degree Program (MIAP) at Oklahoma State University. The completion of a meaningful hands-on international experience is a critical and required component of the MIAP degree. Understanding the impact of the international experience/internship on enhancing the studentsâ€™ academic and social learning is important in designing a curriculum that well-prepares students for the future workforce needs. Hence, the objective of this study is to measure the impact of the international experience component of the degree on studentsâ€™ preparation for their future career. This study analyzes primary data collected through an online survey instrument. The survey was sent to 120 MIAP Alums and Students. Forty-five usable responses were received, producing a 37% response rate. The results show that the international experience had a positive and significant impact on studentsâ€™ personal, interpersonal (social), academic, employment preparation (job specific), and civil effect.
description: Twenty-Second International Farm Management Congress, Tasmania, Australia, March 3-8, 2019
NoSOCS in SDSS. II. Mass Calibration of Low Redshift Galaxy Clusters with Optical and X-ray Properties
Creators: name: Lopes, P. A. A.
name: de Carvalho, R. R.
name: Kohl-Moreira, J. L.
name: Jones, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use SDSS data to investigate the scaling relations of 127 NoSOCS and 56 CIRS galaxy clusters at low redshift ($z \le 0.10$). We show that richness and both optical and X-ray luminosities are reliable mass proxies. The scatter in mass at fixed observable is $\sim$ 40%, depending on the aperture, sample and observable considered. For example, for the massive CIRS systems $σ_{lnM500|N500}$ = 0.33 $\pm$ 0.05 and $σ_{lnM500|Lx}$ = 0.48 $\pm$ 0.06. For the full sample $σ_{lnM500|N500}$ = 0.43 $\pm$ 0.03 and $σ_{lnM500|Lx}$ = 0.56 $\pm$ 0.06. We estimate substructure using two and three dimensional optical data, verifying that substructure has no significant effect on the cluster scaling relations (intercepts and slopes), independent of which substructure test we use. For a subset of twenty-one clusters, we estimate masses from the M-T$_X$ relation using temperature measures from BAX. The scaling relations derived from the optical and X-ray masses are indeed very similar, indicating that our method consistently estimates the cluster mass and yields equivalent results regardless of the wavelength from which we measure mass. For massive systems, we represent the mass-richness relation by a function with the form ${\rm ln (M_{200}) = A + B \times ln(N_{200}/60)}$, with M$_{200}$ being expressed in units of 10$^{14}$ M$_{\odot}$. Using the virial mass, for CIRS clusters, we find A = (1.39 $\pm$ 0.07) and B = (1.00 $\pm$ 0.11). The relations based on the virial mass have a scatter of $σ_{lnM200|N200}$ = 0.37 $\pm$ 0.05, while $σ_{lnM200|N200}$ = 0.77 $\pm$ 0.22 for the caustic mass and $σ_{lnM200|N200}$ = 0.34 $\pm$ 0.08 for the temperature based mass (abridged).
description: 27 pages, 22 figures, 12 tables, Accepted to MNRAS
NPR - BUSINESS OPERATION STATUS OF CHINESE FARMER COOPERATIVES: A 6-YEAR TRACKING INVESTIGATION OF COOPERATIVE A
Creators: name: Lei, Jia
name: Kiyohide, Morita
name: Lixia, Zhang
name: Xintong, Zhao
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Farmer Cooperative
subject: Family Farm
subject: Agribusiness Model Diversification

description: The number of farmer cooperatives in China increased dramatically after implementation of the Farmer Cooperative Law in 2007. Based on a 6-year tracking investigation of Cooperative A in Zhejiang Province, we employ a descriptive and case study approach to provide an in-depth understanding of the operation status of farmer cooperatives after introduction of the Cooperative Law, and attempt to discover how cooperative directors seek diversified development paths while regarding the farmer cooperative as the basis. This paper finds that obtaining subsidies from the government is one of the main objectives for the establishment of farmer cooperatives. Farmer cooperatives are not operated in accordance with traditional cooperative principals after establishment and there are operational problems, such as the cooperative director holding substantial power over common members and the lack of profit distribution mechanisms. Cooperatives implement diversified business models to achieve greater benefits (e.g. agritourism and fruit stores). Additionally, changes in organizational type from farmer cooperatives to family farms, to align with new policies, has also become increasingly prevalent. Finally, we conclude that most farmer cooperatives in Zhejiang Province are not true cooperatives, existing in name only. Both farmer cooperatives and family farms are Family-controlled Agribusiness Company-like Entities.
description: Twenty-Second International Farm Management Congress, Tasmania, Australia, March 3-8, 2019
NPR - HOW FARMERS ADD INCOME
Creators: name: Gough, Rosalind M.
name: Easterbrooke, John
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Risk and Uncertainty
subject: Family Farm
subject: Farm Business
subject: Profit

description: This paper is a review of on-farm diversification projects as practised by family farms in the South West of England and covers just a few of the options that are being used to reduce risk and ensure the workable profits that are needed for a family to remain solvent and competitive in the modern farming environment.
description: Twenty-Second International Farm Management Congress, Tasmania, Australia, March 3-8, 2019
NPR - FARMING FOR OUR FUTURE: COMMUNICATION IS KEY TO BRIDGING THE GAP
Creators: name: Holmes, S.
name: Watson, H.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
subject: succession
subject: transition
subject: communication

description: The next generation are the future of farming and lifeblood of the agriculture and agri-food industry. Farm transition is arguably the most critical time in the lifecycle of the farm and family as the legacy of one generation converges with the goals, dreams and desires of the next. A farm transition plan helps create clarity and certainty for everyone around the future of the farm and how they fit into the plan. However, transition planning can involve uncomfortable conversations where personal, family and business goals and roles often become muddled. Currently, only 8.4% of Canadaâ€™s farms have a written succession plan. Without a plan, farmers face uncertainty and the future is in jeopardy. Farm Management Canada launched the Bridging the Gap: Transition Planning for Farm Families Workshop to address the growing disconnect between the current and future generation of farmers in Canada and the resulting lack of succession and business transition on Canadaâ€™s farms. This paper focuses on the Bridging the Gap Workshop as a practical approach to improving farm succession and transition planning on Canadaâ€™s farms. This program is helping bridge the gap between generations of farmers, stimulating better communication and business skills development to provide farmers with the best chance for continuing success.
description: Twenty-Second International Farm Management Congress, Tasmania, Australia, March 3-8, 2019
MOESM6 of Comprehensive analysis of miRNA profiles reveals the role of Schistosoma japonicum miRNAs at different developmental stages
Creators: name: Yu, Jie
name: Yu, Ying
name: Li, Qing
name: Chen, Muxin
name: Shen, Haimo
name: Zhang, RuiXiang
name: Song, Mingxin
name: Hu, Wei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 6. Validation of miRNAs expression in miRNAs sequencing by qRT-PCR. A: the expression of 12 random miRNAs in sequencing normalized data. B: the relative expression of random 12 miRNAs by qRT-PCR.
NPR - THE UK GOVERNMENTâ€™S ROLE IN POST BREXIT FARM INCOME SUPPORT AND TRADE POLICY
Creators: name: Ward, Simon
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Government policy
subject: Brexit
subject: CAP

description: Brexit has provided impetus to discuss the UK governmentâ€™s role in policy with the knowledge that a new agricultural policy will be introduced. Decisions on income support are likely to have a bigger influence on farmers than trade issues, in general. However, support levels are within the control of the UK while trade issues may not be. While the UK government expects to reach new agreement with the EU on trade this may not be achieved. In the absence of agreement the UK would be subject to EU tariffs on exports but would be left with a decision on whether current import tariff levels should remain or be removed unilaterally. Imposition of tariffs would raise many UK consumer and farmer prices. Unilateral reduction would lower prices in some farm sectors and make it difficult to exclude hormone-treated beef and other practices. Support measures that have been applied by the EU are examined from a practionerâ€™s view point. Decisions that have been made (or at the time of writing are likely to be made) are classified according to how they relate to Brexit. Argument is presented to remove income support measures and improve design of schemes to deliver public goods. Since the UK is a net contributor to the EU budget the UK tax payer will benefit when the UK leaves the EU. In the longer term, it is likely that expenditure will increasingly be directed away from agriculture. Initially EU and UK partners trading through TRQs look likely to be largely unaffected or worse off. However, in the longer term the UK may well lower tariffs unilaterally in exchange for access for non-farming goods or simply to lower food prices.
description: Twenty-Second International Farm Management Congress, Tasmania, Australia, March 3-8, 2019
Weak $\mathbb{Z}_2$ Supertopology
Creators: name: Parshukov, Kirill
name: Hirschmann, Moritz M.
name: Schnyder, Andreas P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Crystal symmetries can enforce all bands of a material to be topological, a property that is commonly referred to as ``supertopology". Here, we determine the symmetry-enforced $\mathbb{Z}_2$ supertopologies of non-magnetic centrosymmetric materials with weak and strong spin-orbit coupling (SOC). For weak (i.e., negligible) SOC, crystal symmetries can enforce Dirac nodal lines protected by a $π$-Berry phase, while for strong SOC, crystal symmetries can give rise to nontrival weak $\mathbb{Z}_2$ topologies in 2D subplanes of the 3D Brillouin zone. We catalogue all centrosymmetric space groups whose symmetries enforce these $\mathbb{Z}_2$ supertopologies. Suitable material realizations are identified and experimental signatures of the supertopologies, such as quantum spin Hall states, are being discussed.
description: 12 pages, 10 figures, 3 tables
Additional file 2: of Elucidating the transcriptional program of feline injection-site sarcoma using a cross-species mRNA-sequencing approach
Creators: name: Wei, Qi
name: Ramsey, Stephen
name: Larson, Maureen
name: Berlow, Noah
name: Ochola, Donasian
name: Shiprack, Christopher
name: Kashyap, Amita
name: SĂŠguin, Bernard
name: Keller, Charles
name: LĂśhr, Christiane
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Supplementary Note 1: This file contains the cDNA sequence used for the qPCR assay design for the gene LATS1. (PDF 42 kb)
Why Autonomous Navigation is a Success?
Creators: name: Perera, Lokukaluge Prasad
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Maritime Technology
Autonomous Ship
AI
Machine Learning

description: This presentation will focus on the topic of Why Autonomous Navigation is a Success?. That will discuss the success of autonomous navigation in land-based vehicles and the challenges that will be encountered by autonomous ships in relation to environmental and technological considerations. The subtopics of this presentation consist of Autonomous Ship Navigation, Birth of Autonomous Navigation, Why Autonomous Navigation is a Success, Structured & Steady Environmental Conditions, Real-World Cleaner Navigation Data Sets, Understanding & Simplicity in Human-Technology Interactions, Adequate & Faster Safety Measures, and Wrong Maneuvers in Autonomous Shipping. Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjaeWdpihcw&list=PL49Getv-Fm6quBeEaUoHx0-RFJD110-v0
description: Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjaeWdpihcw&list=PL49Getv-Fm6quBeEaUoHx0-RFJD110-v0
All coordinates transformations that separate the center of mass kinetic energy, their group structure and geometry
Creators: name: Fortunato, Lorenzo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The most general coordinates transformations that allow for the exact separation of the kinetic energy operator of a quantum many-body system into total center of mass kinetic energy and internal kinetic energy are found and discussed. We find i) that the suitable transformations, depending on the number of particles, have a certain number of free parameters and this allows for the generalization of the Jacobi coordinates to a much larger class of coordinates with the same properties and ii) that there is a new, uncommon, additive group structure hidden in the transformation matrices that is connected to certain geometric properties of the set of coordinates.
Dynamics of Ionized Gas at the Galactic Center: VLA Observations of the 3D Velocity Field and Location of the Ionized Streams in Sagittarius A West
Creators: name: Zhao, Jun-Hui
name: Morris, Mark R.
name: Goss, W. M.
name: An, Tao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present new results based on high-resolution observations of Sgr A West at the Galactic center with the VLA at 1.3 cm. We measured proper motions for 71 compact HII components. We also investigated radial velocities in the LSR velocity using the H92a line data. Combining proper motion and radial velocity measurements, we have determined the 3D velocity distribution in Sgr A West. We find that the three ionized streams (Northern Arm, Eastern Arm, and Western Arc) can be modeled with three bundles of Keplerian orbits around Sgr A*. We determined the five orbital parameters for each of them using LSQ fitting to the locii of the streams. Our results confirm earlier results on the streams in the Western Arc and the Northern Arm to be in Keplerian orbits, suggesting that the stream in the Eastern Arm is also consistent with an elliptical orbit. Both the Northern and Eastern Arm streams have high eccentricities, while the Western Arc stream is nearly circular. All three streams orbit around Sgr A* in a counterclockwise sense (viewed from the Earth). We also report an ionized nebula associated with IRS 8, including a bow shock in radio continuum emission which shows excellent agreement with near IR observations. From the H92a line data, we find evidence for interaction between the IRS 8 nebula and the Northern Arm stream. Other new morphological features revealed in our high-resolution image include: 1) a helical structure in the Northern Arm, suggesting that MHD plays an important role in the motion of the ionized gas, in addition to the dynamics determined by the central gravitational field and 2) a linear feature in the IRS 16 region, suggesting the compressed edge of the Northern Arm may result from the collective winds and radiation pressure from the high mass stars in the IRS16 cluster.
description: 62 pages, 22 figures, ApJ in press
Thermodynamic uncertainty relations in superconducting junctions
Creators: name: Ohnmacht, David Christian
name: Cuevas, Juan Carlos
name: Belzig, Wolfgang
name: López, Rosa
name: Lim, Jong Soo
name: Kim, Kun Woo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum conductors attached to metallic reservoirs have been demonstrated to overcome the thermodynamic uncertainty relation (TUR), a trade-off relation between the amount of dissipation and the absence of charge and heat current fluctuations. Here, we report large TUR violations when superconducting reservoirs replace metallic ones. The coexistence of different transport processes, namely (multiple) Andreev reflection, where electrons and their retro-reflected holes create Cooper pairs, in addition to the normal quasiparticle transport is identified as the source for such TUR breakdowns. The large TUR violation is a remarkable advantage for building low dissipative and highly stable quantum thermal machines.
description: 6 pages, 2 figures
Kamimuria nigrita Wu
Creators: name: Stark, Bill P.
name: Sivec, Ignac
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Plecoptera
Perlidae
Kamimuria
Kamimuria nigrita

description: Kamimuria nigrita Wu Kamimuria nigrita Wu 1962:140. Kamimuria nigita Wu 1962:144. Misspelling Kamimuria nigrita: Illies, 1966:632. Perla nigrita: Zwick, 1973:264. Comments. In Wu’s (1962) original description, this species is referred to as K. nigrita in the list on page 140, and as K. nigita on page 144 in association with the original description. Illies (1966), as first reviser, and Zwick (1973) both use the species name, nigrita.
description: Published as part of Stark, Bill P. & Sivec, Ignac, 2013, Kamimuria Gressitti, A New Stonefly Species From China (Plecoptera: Perlidae), And New Records Of K. Atra From Vietnam, pp. 116-121 in Illiesia 9 (11) on page 120, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4753305
description: {"references": ["Wu, C. F. 1962. Results of the zoologico-botanical expedition to southwest China, 1955 - 1957 (Order Plecoptera). Acta Entomologica Sinica, Supplement, 11: 139 - 160.", "Illies, J. 1966. Katalog der rezenten Plecoptera. Das Tierreich, Lieferung 82: 1 - IXXX; 1 - 632.", "Zwick, P. 1973. Insecta Plecoptera. Phylogenetisches System und Katalog. Das Tierreich 94: 1 - XXXII, 1 - 465."]}
NPR - FARM INNOVATION AND PROPOSED SYSTEM FOR ENTREPRENEURS AND FARMERS TO OPERATE FOR MUTUAL BENEFITWard, S.
Creators: name: Ward, Simon
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Farm Management
subject: Farm innovation
subject: Farm entrepreneurs
subject: Joint Ventures

description: Innovation is crucial to economic growth and the alleviation of poverty. It does not just concern new production technology but also new business structures and marketing techniques. UK farmers tend not to maximise financial profit but wellbeing, which includes amenity and social gains. Where these objectives are met exposure to new risk is often considered unnecessary. However, this is only where profit is sufficient for cash needs. The removal of subsidy in the UK increases the need for new thinking. Imaginative joint ventures can enable new products to be developed while minimising production cost. UK farmers need to move away from commodity production and commodity markets in order to achieve price premiums. Marketing mechanisms, contracts and branding have a role at least equal to the production of unique products. A system is described allowing the entrepreneur to provide ideas, specialist skills and specialist equipment and the farmer to provide land, buildings and general equipment, livestock and, most importantly, economies of scale. The division of return reflects relative risk.
description: Twenty-Second International Farm Management Congress, Tasmania, Australia, March 3-8, 2019
Elastic and Inelastic Electron Scattering Cross Sections of Trichlorofluoromethane
Creators: name: Dinger, Mareike
name: Park, Yeunsoo
name: Baek, Woon Yong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Differential elastic electron scattering cross sections of trichlorofluoromethane $\mathrm{(CCl_3F)}$ were measured for the first time over a broad energy range spanning 30 eV to 800 eV in the angular range of 20$^\circ$ to 150$^\circ$. The experimental results were compared with calculations using the IAM-SCAR+I model. Satisfactory agreements between both data sets were found for electron energies above 200 eV within experimental uncertainties, whereas significant deviations of up to 100% were observed at electron energies below 60 eV. In addition to the measurements of differential elastic scattering cross sections, total inelastic scattering cross sections of $\mathrm{CCl_3F}$ were calculated using the spherical complex optical potential (SCOP) model. These calculations closely match experimental total ionization cross sections available in the literature for energies below 50 eV. The sum of the experimental total elastic and the theoretical total inelastic scattering cross sections align very well with the total electron scattering cross sections of $\mathrm{CCl_3F}$ measured by other groups across the entire energy range (30 eV to 800 eV), demonstrating the consistency among these three cross sections.
description: 16 pages, 4 figures, post-peer-review, pre-copyedit for an article published in Physical Review A
NPR - A THOUGHT EXPERIMENT IN BENCHMARKING AND OPTIMISATION
Creators: name: Ward, Simon
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: optimisation
subject: benchmarking
subject: farm

description: Agricultural benchmarking and input optimisation are ripe for further development using tools that are now freely available for manipulating larger volumes of data. These new systems will not replace existing benchmarking methods but, used carefully, add another dimension to help improve profitability. These techniques are beginning to merge systems used to derive agronomic optimums, such as random block replicated trials, and farm management analysis based on use of comparative data to relate inputs and outputs to target metrics, such as profit. However, mapped data while providing considerable scope for improving farm management practice is often badly analysed allowing incorrect conclusions to be reached. Data analysis is not a substitute for innovation.
description: Twenty-Second International Farm Management Congress, Tasmania, Australia, March 3-8, 2019
Second-order critical lines of spin-S Ising models in a splitting field with Grassmann techniques
Creators: name: Fortin, Jean-Yves
name: Clusel, Maxime
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a method to study the second-order critical lines of classical spin-$S$ Ising models on two-dimensional lattices in a crystal or splitting field, using an exact expression for the bare mass of the underlying field theory. Introducing a set of anticommuting variables to represent the partition function, we derive an exact and compact expression for the bare mass of the model including all local multi-fermions interactions. By extension of the Ising and Blume-Capel models, we extract the free energy singularities in the low momentum limit corresponding to a vanishing bare mass. The loci of these singularities define the critical lines depending on the spin S, in good agreement with previous numerical estimations. This scheme appears to be general enough to be applied in a variety of classical Hamiltonians.
NPR - USING BENCHMARKING AND KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS TO COMMUNICATE BETWEEN MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE IN LARGE FARMING ENTERPRISES
Creators: name: Stevens, David
name: Cottrell, Bob
name: Kingi, Tanira
name: Maag, Weo
name: Whaata, Tony
name: Hemana, Clinton
name: Beijeman, Andrew
name: Casey, Marie
name: Comer, Fiona
name: Frengley, Shona
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: Benchmarking
subject: Complex ownership
subject: Key performance indicators

description: One of the challenges faced by MÄori Trusts and Incorporations is complex ownership and the resulting need for timely and useful information to be available to all levels of the organisation that can facilitate good decision-making. A pilot programme involving 6 MÄori corporate farming enterprises, used benchmarking, KPIâ€™s and whole farm review as tools to inform changes to meet future objectives. Twenty nine responses were documented highlighting changes from simple examination of current farm practice. Benchmarking provided a set of data to examine the current state of the farm and highlight where changes may be made. However, the group identified many issues with using industry production and profitability benchmarks, mainly due to different governance and management structures, scale and farm objectives. The tools used had the power to provide an appropriate way of communicating both the needs and direction of change between the layers of management and governance.
description: Twenty-Second International Farm Management Congress, Tasmania, Australia, March 3-8, 2019
NPR - CATALYSING SUCCESSION CONVERSATIONS
Creators: name: Soffe, Richard
name: Lobley, Matt
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: Farm Management

description: The topic of handing on the family farm to the next generation does not appear to become any easier. Many techniques have been used to aid discussions, tax and legal planning. The use of simulations with professional actors role playing difficult scenarios has been tried with success across four countries of the UK over a two year period. The presentations and workshops resulted in increased uptake up of professional services to discuss the details of succession planning. The events used a package of videos, powerpoint and discussion to catalyse succession discussion.
description: Twenty-Second International Farm Management Congress, Tasmania, Australia, March 3-8, 2019
Phonon dispersions and vibrational properties of monolayer, bilayer, and trilayer graphene
Creators: name: Yan, Jia-An
name: Ruan, W. Y.
name: Chou, M. Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The phonon dispersions of monolayer and few-layer graphene (AB bilayer, ABA and ABC trilayers) are investigated using the density-functional perturbation theory (DFPT). Compared with the monolayer, the optical phonon $E_{2g}$ mode at $Γ$ splits into two and three doubly degenerate branches for bilayer and trilayer graphene, respectively, due to the weak interlayer coupling. These modes are of various symmetry and exhibit different sensitivity to either Raman or infrared (IR) measurements (or both). The splitting is found to be 5 cm$^{-1}$ for bilayer and 2 to 5 cm$^{-1}$ for trilayer graphene. The interlayer coupling is estimated to be about 2 cm$^{-1}$. We found that the highest optical modes at K move up by about 12 cm$^{-1}$ for bilayer and 18 cm$^{-1}$ for trilayer relative to monolayer graphene. The atomic displacements of these optical eigenmodes are analyzed.
description: 8 pages, 10 figures
NPR - TRANSPORTATION DISTANCE EFFECTS ON APPLICATION COSTS IN TWO DIFFERENT LIQUID MANURE TRANSPORT AND APPLICATION SYSTEMS
Creators: name: Arora, Kapil
name: Leibold, Kelvin
name: Anderson, Daniel
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Industrial Organization
subject: Manure management
subject: land application
subject: method

description: Manure application costs were evaluated for tank wagon applicators (TWA) and drag line applicators (DLA) for transport distance increments of 1.6, 3.2, 4.8, 6.4, and 8.0 km. Certain fixed and variable costs were analyzed for three application rates of 37,416, 46,770, and 56,124 liters per hectare to calculate the total operating costs. Increase in transport distance caused the variable cost to increase for both transport methods leading to increase in total operating costs, although the increase was stair-stepped in case of DLA system mainly due to addition of booster pump, fuel, and an employee at 3.2 km and 6.4 km transport distance. Increase in application rate caused the TWA system cost to drop more than the DLA system at any given distance mainly due to the variable cost being higher for the TWA system. Overall, the total operating costs were lower for the DLA system when compared to the TWA system for the three corresponding manure application rates. Data presented in this paper is a partial analysis of the total costs as it only considers transport and application costs, and does not include several additional incidental costs.
description: Twenty-Second International Farm Management Congress, Tasmania, Australia, March 3-8, 2019
The input stage of a TV-computer reading system for the blind
Creators: name: Tsang, Robert Chuen Bong
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The input stage of a TV-computer reading system has been built using state-of-the-art integrated circuits. A stroboscopic sampling method is used. Programs are developed to rearrange the input data for later processing. The system is also available to work as an image enlarger for people with low-vision. Judging from the appearance of the final displays, the signal-to-noise ratio is acceptable. The possibility of incorporating an automatic focus device is examined and an algorithm is developed to this end. Best focus is obtained by adjusting the camera's lens to maximize the ‘T’ function which is related to the differences in the greyness between samples. The hardware and software are developed for the TV camera to work with a PDP-12 computer as an input system. Suggestions for further improvements of the system are also included.
Optical Experiments on a Crystallizing Hard Sphere - Polymer Mixture at Coexistence
Creators: name: Stipp, Andreas
name: Schoepe, Hans-Joachim
name: Palberg, Thomas
name: Eckert, Thomas
name: Bartsch, Eckhard
name: Biehl, Ralf
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on the crystallization kinetics in an entropically attractive colloidal system using a combination of time resolved scattering methods and microscopy. Hard sphere particles are polystyrene microgels swollen in a good solvent (radius a=380nm, starting volume fraction 0.534) with the short ranged attractions induced by the presence of short polymer chains (radius of gyration rg = 3nm, starting volume fraction 0.0224). After crystallization, stacking faulted face centred cubic crystals coexist with about 5% of melt remaining in the grain boundaries. From the Bragg scattering signal we infer the amount of crystalline material, the average crystallite size and the number density of crystals as a function of time. This allows to discriminate an early stage of conversion, followed by an extended coarsening stage. The small angle scattering (SALS) appears only long after completed conversion and exhibits Furukawa scaling for all times. Additional microscopic experiments reveal that the grain boundaries have a reduced Bragg scattering power but possess an increased refractive index. Fits of the Furukawa function indicate that the dimensionality of the scatterers decreases from 2.25 at short times to 1.65 at late times and the characteristic length scale is slightly larger than the average crystallite size. Together this suggests the SALS signal is due scattering from a foam like grain boundary network as a whole.
description: 33 pages, 11 figures
NPR - AN ONLINE MAPPING TOOL TO GUIDE VITICULTURE EXPANSION IN TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA
Creators: name: Webb, Mathew A.
name: Kidd, Darren
name: Stickler, Rhys
name: Pirie, Andrew
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Suitability
subject: Climate
subject: Map

description: As part of the Tasmanian governmentâ€™s AgriVision 2050 plan and a means to facilitate expansion of the Tasmanian wine industry, a comprehensive climate based assessment of the state was implemented to delineate new areas suitable for wine grape production. This paper details how climate variables concerning Frost Risk (FR), Growing Degree Days (GDD) Growing Season Temperature (GST) and Rainfall (Rfall) were spatially quantified at high spatial resolutions (30m grid spacing) and combined to form suitability maps for delineating areas accommodative to table wine grape and sparkling wine grape production (Chardonnay and Pinot Noir cultivars). Evaluation of the climate mapping showed the methods were highly accurate in delineating each climate variable with validation statistics consistent with previous studies. The resulting suitability maps also aligned to the existing arrangements of operating vineyards as well expert knowledge provided by industry. The maps were made publically available through the Tasmanian government online mapping portal, LISTmap https://maps.thelist.tas.gov.au/listmap allowing for spatial interaction and querying. Since April 2018, the maps have received in excess of 27,000 â€˜hitsâ€™ in the six months to September. Further updates are scheduled into the future to include soil and climate change information into the assessment framework.
description: Twenty-Second International Farm Management Congress, Tasmania, Australia, March 3-8, 2019
Decoupling of the superconducting and magnetic (structural) phase transitions in electron-doped BaFe2As2
Creators: name: Canfield, P. C.
name: Bud'ko, S. L.
name: Ni, N.
name: Yan, J. Q.
name: Kracher, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Study and comparison of over 30 examples of electron doped BaFe2As2 for transition metal (TM) = Co, Ni, Cu, and (Co/Cu mixtures) have lead to an understanding that the suppression of the structural/antiferromagnetic phase transition to low enough temperature in these compounds is a necessary condition for superconductivity, but not a sufficient one. Whereas the structural/antiferromagnetic transitions are suppressed by the number of TM dopant ions (or changes in the c-axis) the superconducting dome exists over a limited range of values of the number of electrons added by doping (or values of the {a/c} ratio). By choosing which combination of dopants are used we can change the relative positions of the upper phase lines and the superconducting dome, even to the extreme limit of suppressing the upper structural and magnetic phase transitions without the stabilization of low temperature superconducting dome.
NPR - CLOUD BENCHMARKING FOR FARM MANAGEMENT
Creators: name: Nankivell, Eric
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: Farming
subject: Benchmarking
subject: Profit

description: Benchmarking is used widely in farm management helping managers identify key opportunities for business improvement. The Farmanco Profit Series is a numbered benchmarking service. Each number represents a farming business. The detail of each business can be followed on each graph, enabling detailed comparisons from capital position through to machinery investment, enterprise mix, variable costs, production and profit of each enterprise. This benchmarking service is provided via an on-line portal to all growers in Australia, and by default has worldwide implications. This has become a new layer in BIG DATA, although the output is only available to those contributing data. A key concern with benchmarking and big data is data security, which has been addressed through client facing password protection and backend encryption. Another key concern with benchmark data is being thoroughly checked and accurate. This portal has tolerances and flags for all measures highlighting areas that may be inaccurate or need to be checked by professional staff. The key step-change for farm managers is that this benchmarking service is accessible from a smartphone or office computer simply by contributing data into the portal. Feedback in many forms is available on an almost instantaneous basis once data is submitted.
description: Twenty-Second International Farm Management Congress, Tasmania, Australia, March 3-8, 2019
Additional file 8: of Elucidating the transcriptional program of feline injection-site sarcoma using a cross-species mRNA-sequencing approach
Creators: name: Wei, Qi
name: Ramsey, Stephen
name: Larson, Maureen
name: Berlow, Noah
name: Ochola, Donasian
name: Shiprack, Christopher
name: Kashyap, Amita
name: Séguin, Bernard
name: Keller, Charles
name: Löhr, Christiane
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Table S5. Quantification of protein expression of FN1 in fibroblasts and FISS cells. Columns as follows: “220 kDA FN1”, integrated intensity of the FN1 band at 220 kDa; “40 kDa Memcode”, integrated intensity of the normalization control chain at 40 kDa; “FN1/Mem”, ratio of intensity of the band at 220 kDa to the intensity of the band at 40 kDa, for the indicated row; “FISS/fibrobl”, ratio of “FN1/Mem” for the indicated row, to “FN1/Mem” for the first row (“cat01 fibrob.”). Rows as follows: “cat01 fibrobl.”, fibroblasts from skin sample from cat01; “cat04 FISS”, cells derived from FISS tumor sample from cat04; “cat05 FISS”, cells derived from FISS tumor sample from cat05. (DOCX 38 kb)
Revista de Ciências da Computação, v. 18 (2023)
Creators: name: Revista De Ciências Da Computação
Publisher: name: Revista de Ciências da Computação
Year: 2023

description: Editorial n.18...i-vi
Desenvolvimento ágil com o método SCRUM...1-16
IT Service Management: Conceitos e Processos...17-42
Feature Engineering: Técnicas e Aplicações...43-54
Modelação de um Sistema de Informação de um Clube de Basquetebol...55-66
Uma proposta de uma variante otimizada do algoritmo A* para sistemas multi-núcleo...67-88
title: Ανάπτυξη επιχειρηματικού σχεδίου σε μεταπτυχιακά προγράμματα σχολών μηχανικών
Creators: name: Γιανναδακης Μαριος
Publisher: name: Technical University of Crete
Year: 2020

description: Το παρόν Επιχειρηματικό Σχέδιο αποσκοπεί, στην τεκμηριωμένη ανάλυση και παρουσίαση της παρούσας κατάστασης, στηριζόμενη στις αναλύσεις εξωγενών (ανταγωνιστικά προγράμματα, αγορά, κατηγορίες σπουδαστών) και ενδογενών (πόροι, υπηρεσίες, προοπτικές) παραγόντων των ΠΜΣ.
Στα επόμενα κεφάλαια, παρουσιάζεται αναλυτικά η δομή και η ανάλυση (εσωτερική, εξωτερική και SWOT) κάθε μεταπτυχιακού προγράμματος που καλύπτει η σχολή Μηχανικών Παραγωγής και Διοίκησης, για την πλήρη κατανόηση και ενημέρωση ενδιαφερόμενων σπουδαστών και αναγνωστών του Business Plan.
Στην συνέχεια, καθορίζονται οι στόχοι και οι τρόποι επίτευξης ανάπτυξης και λειτουργίας των μεταπτυχιακών προγραμμάτων, με την εφαρμογή πλάνου Μάρκετινγκ (Marketing Plan).
Τέλος, συγκροτείται η Οικονομική Ανάλυση (Δαπάνες, Σενάρια, Παραδοχές), εκτιμώντας την οικονομική εξέλιξη κάθε μεταπτυχιακού προγράμματος της σχολής έως το έτος 2023-24, με κύριο σκοπό την επιτυχή συνέχιση λειτουργίας και ανάπτυξης τους.
Exploring Scalability in Large-Scale Time Series in DeepVATS framework
Creators: name: Santamaria-Valenzuela, Inmaculada
name: Rodriguez-Fernandez, Victor
name: Camacho, David
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Visual analytics is essential for studying large time series due to its ability to reveal trends, anomalies, and insights. DeepVATS is a tool that merges Deep Learning (Deep) with Visual Analytics (VA) for the analysis of large time series data (TS). It has three interconnected modules. The Deep Learning module, developed in R, manages the load of datasets and Deep Learning models from and to the Storage module. This module also supports models training and the acquisition of the embeddings from the latent space of the trained model. The Storage module operates using the Weights and Biases system. Subsequently, these embeddings can be analyzed in the Visual Analytics module. This module, based on an R Shiny application, allows the adjustment of the parameters related to the projection and clustering of the embeddings space. Once these parameters are set, interactive plots representing both the embeddings, and the time series are shown. This paper introduces the tool and examines its scalability through log analytics. The execution time evolution is examined while the length of the time series is varied. This is achieved by resampling a large data series into smaller subsets and logging the main execution and rendering times for later analysis of scalability.
description: Admitted pending publication in Lecture Notes in Network and Systems (LNNS) series (Springer). Code available at https://github.com/vrodriguezf/deepvats
Canary in the Coal Mine: A Profile of Staff COVID Deaths in the Texas Prison System
Creators: name: Jones, Alexi
name: Deitch, Michele
name: Welch, Alycia
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 2022
Subjects: COVID
Texas
Prison
Deaths

description: “Canary in the Coal Mine: A Profile of Staff COVID Deaths in the Texas Prison System” reveals the devastating impact of the COVID pandemic on prison workers in Texas. Produced by the Prison and Jail Innovation Lab, a policy resource center at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, the report finds that, as of January 31, 2022, Texas has had more staff deaths (78) from COVID than any other prison system in the country, at a rate more than three times the national average for prison employees. Most of those who died were custodial workers in direct contact with incarcerated people, and the agency lost over 1000 years of staff experience. COVID deaths and infections are also exacerbating an already severe understaffing crisis in the prison agency. Low vaccination rates among staff and rolled-back protective measures are making matters worse. Given the agency’s lack of transparency about COVID deaths of incarcerated people in Texas, these staff deaths and infections provide a window into the impact that COVID is having in Texas prisons. They serve as a proverbial “canary in the coal mine,” warning that the pandemic is still far from over for people who live and work in prisons. The report recommends strategies to mitigate the continued spread of COVID in custodial settings and to help save lives.
NPR - MANAGING WALLABIES ON KING ISLAND: MANAGEMENT THAT WORKS
Creators: name: Freeman, Ellen
name: Keeler, Shane
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Management integrated agriculture production
subject: wallaby macropod

description: Since 1995 populations of wallabies, predominantly Bennetts wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus), and to a lesser degree Tasmanian pademelon (Thylogale billardierii), have been abundant in King Island landscapes, impacting natural and agricultural environments. King Island lies between Tasmania and mainland Australia, encompassing 110 000 ha of predominantly flat landscapes, some plateau country, and a large extent of cleared pasture land with remnant bushland. The island boasts quality beef and dairy production, and pristine natural environments. To manage wallabies, and their browsing impacts on natural and agricultural environments in 2013 a Wallaby Management Coordinator was employed by the Tasmanian Governmentâ€™s Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment. Management encompasses wallaby-proof fencing, shooting, education and neighbour co-operation. Seven properties initially engaged in wallaby management. Today thirty-one properties engage in wallaby management, and eighty have Crop Protection Permits. In six years an average of 71 667 wallabies have been culled per year, and 240 kilometres of wallaby-proof fencing has been installed. Properties engaged in wallaby management are reaping the rewards, with one property reporting a 75% increase in production in three years of wallaby management. The future profitability of agricultural production relies on continual management of these species.
description: Twenty-Second International Farm Management Congress, Tasmania, Australia, March 3-8, 2019