cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
[Documentation for Master of Fine Arts]
Creators: name: Oakford, Dawn
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: ON THE ROLE OF CLEMENT GREENBERG IN MODERN CRITICISM Ultimately my work is concerned with the enjoyment I derive from the physicality of clay - in both its raw and fired states. The pieces I produce have underlying references to the history of art and ceramics but their existence is not dependent on any specific historical, political or social context. My work, however, does require dialogue with my audience largely through its functionality but also its aesthetic nature - its appeal to the visual, and the tactile senses. As a result of these concerns taking priority in my art practice I became interested in the theories of Clement Greenberg, particularly those that focused on the sensory experience of art as a measure of its worth (n.b. Greenberg in concerning himself primarily with the visual arts in fact refers to the exclusivity of visual experience. My interest in the application of his theories to the field of ceramics has led me to take certain liberties with his definitions.) The significant role that Greenberg assigns the art audience also prompted further research on my part into his writings and the motivation behind them. Perhaps some desire to \set the record straight\" also underlined my choice - given Greenberg's blatant dismissal of what he labelled \"minor\" art - a category which to his mind most certainly encompassed ceramics. Prior to embarking on any investigation of the relevance of formalism to an understanding of contemporary ceramics I think it necessary to examine in more detail the writings of Greenberg particularly those of the period 1939-49 - the years in which he was primarily concerned with establishing a focal point in contemporary art. In light of this my first paper is concerned not only with what Greenberg wrote in his formative years as a critic and theoretician but how he wrote and the motivations that lay behind his reviews and critiques. The appropriateness of his theories to today's contemporary art scene will also be discussed with a view to \"setting the scene\" in general art terms in preparation for the discussion that takes place in my second paper on the specific applications of formalist principles in the field of ceramics."
Chiral symmetry, the angular content of the vector current in QED and QCD, and the holographic description of hadrons
Creators: name: Glozman, L. Ya.
name: Nefediev, A. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We perform a general chiral symmetry and unitarity based analysis of a local process of the fermion-antifermion creation from the vacuum by a high-energy photon as well as an explicit partial wave analysis of the vector current in QED and QCD. It turns out that such a local process proceeds necessarily via a certain superposition of the $S$- and $D$-wave contributions. These constraints from chiral symmetry and unitarity are confronted then with the well-known theoretical and experimental results on $e^+e^-\toγ\to e^+e^-$, $e^+e^-\toγ\to μ^+μ^-$, and $e^+e^-\toγ\to q\bar{q}$ in the ultrarelativistic limit. It is shown that these well-known results are consistent with the $S+D$-wave structure of the vertex and are inconsistent with the pure $S$-wave interpretation of the vertex. Then a free quark loop in the $1^{--}$ channel, representing the leading term in the Operator Product Expansion, contains both $S$-wave and $D$-wave contributions. This fact rules out the possibility that there is only one radial trajectory for the $ρ$-mesons with the fixed $S$-wave content. It also implies that all holographic models that assume a pure $S$-wave content of the $ρ$-meson have to fail to satisfy the matching conditions at the ultraviolet border $z=0$.
description: 4 pp. The title has been changed. Implications for OPE and holographic description of mesons have been added. To appear in PRD
Semi-device-independent certification of quantum non-Markovianity using sequential Random Access Codes
Creators: name: Roy, Abhinash Kumar
name: Srivastava, Varun
name: Mahanti, Soumik
name: Giarmatzi, Christina
name: Gilchrist, Alexei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The characterization of multi-time correlations in open quantum systems is of fundamental importance. In this work, we investigate multi-time processes using the process matrix formalism and show that the presence of a quantum non-Markovian environment plays a significant role in enhancing the communication capacity in sequential prepare-transform-measure Quantum Random Access Codes (QRAC). The correlated environment enables a quantum advantage to multiple parties, even with projective measurements. In particular, we show that the Markovian and classical non-Markovian processes, i.e. quantum processes with classical feedback from the environment, do not yield sequential quantum advantage. In contrast, it is possible to achieve an advantage in the presence of a quantum non-Markovian environment. Therefore this approach allows a semi-device-independent certification of quantum non-Markovianity. As opposed to entanglement-detection criteria which require the knowledge of the complete process, this method allows to certify the presence of a quantum non-Markovian environment from the observed measurement statistics. Moreover, quantum memory ameliorates the unambiguous certifiable region of unsharp instruments in a semi-device-independent manner.
description: 16 Pages, 9 figures
title: Essen und Trinken als Ausdruck von Identität und Diversität im (rabbinischen) Judentum
Creators: name: Langer, Gerhard
Publisher: name: Universität Graz
Year: 2021

description: Speisegebote sind ein bedeutender Teil der jüdischen Tradition. Sie basieren
auf den biblischen Geboten. Schutz des Lebens, Rücksicht auf die
Schöpfung, vor allem aber die Aspekte Heiligkeit und Reinheit, die aus
dem kultischen Bereich stammen, stehen dabei im Vordergrund. Auch medizinische
Begründungen finden sich im Laufe der Zeit. Entscheidend ist
jedoch, dass Speisegebote die Beziehung zwischen Gott und seinem Volk
festigen. Sie dienen auch als Identitätsmarker gegenüber Nichtjuden und
gegen Juden, die es mit der Einhaltung der Gebote nicht so streng nehmen.
In der Neuzeit haben vor allem liberale Strömungen die biblisch-rabbinischen
Speisegebote
auf ihre Aktualität hin befragt und sie zu einem gewissen
Teil als überholt betrachtet, während orthodoxe und konservative
Juden weiterhin an ihnen festhalten.
description: Food and drink as an expression of identity and diversity in (rabbinical) Judaism
Jewish dietary laws form an essential cornerstone of the Jewish tradition and
are based on Biblical commandments. They are centred on the principles of protecting
life, respecting Creation, and in particular, aspects of holiness and purity
in connection to rituals. Over time, food laws have also been justified on
medicinal grounds. First and foremost, however, these dietary laws strengthen
the relationship between God and the Jewish people. They also serve as an
identity marker that distinguishes Jews from non-Jews and those who do not
strictly observe the commandments. Liberal movements in the modern era have
questioned the reason behind and the applicability of Biblical rabbinical dietary
laws, viewing them as outdated, whereas orthodox and conservative Jews
maintain their validity.
description: KEY WORDS: jüdische Speisevorschriften; koscher; Schächten
description: LIMINA Grazer theologische Perspektiven |
4:2, 2021, 34–64 |
www.limina-graz.eu
Application of electromagnetic waves as a solution to some agricultural problems
Creators: name: Ida Idayu Bt., Muhamad,
name: Ashayer Soltani, Maryam
name: Enayati, Amin
name: Aliakbarian, Hadi
name: Ameri, Hossein
name: Moghavvemi, M
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 400801
subject: Circuits and systems
classificationCode: 400807
subject: Engineering electromagnetics
classificationCode: 400899
subject: Electrical engineering not elsewhere classified

description: The exploration of electromagnetic wave applications in agriculture reveals a diverse landscape with numerous possibilities. This comprehensive review delineates these applications, segregating them into two primary categories: post-harvest indoor applications and pre-harvest outdoor applications. In the realm of post-harvest indoor applications, various methodologies have been documented in the existing literature. These encompass techniques aimed at enhancing post-harvest preservation, quality maintenance, and pest management. However, despite the wealth of proposed applications, there exists a notable gap between theoretical propositions and their industrial implementation. The need for further research and development persists, aiming to bridge this chasm and facilitate the practical industrialization of these methods. Conversely, within the domain of pre-harvest outdoor applications, electromagnetic waves find use in diverse capacities. These applications span crop management, soil treatment, and pest control, among others. Despite the existing array of suggested methodologies, there remains substantial untapped potential. Refinement and standardization of these methods could vastly benefit agricultural practices, contributing to increased efficiency and sustainability. It's evident that while electromagnetic wave applications in agriculture hold promise, their widespread industrial adoption is still in progress. However, these methods exhibit particular promise in scenarios where alternative techniques pose higher costs or hazards. The potential for leveraging electromagnetic waves in agriculture, especially in specialized contexts, presents an avenue for optimizing agricultural practices and addressing challenges where conventional methods fall short. Further exploration and refinement of these applications could lead to significant strides in agricultural innovation and sustainability.
PR - Basic Routine Sourcing Strategies For Price Hedging Of White Maize In South Africa
Creators: name: Venter, M.M.
name: Strydom, D.B.
name: Willemse, B.J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: basic routine procurement strategies
subject: CDF

description: Maize Milling firms use complex procurement strategies to procure their raw materials which include price hedging strategies. In this, study basic routine price hedging strategies were analysed as part of the procurement of white maize over a ten year period ranging from 2002-2012. Part of the pricing strategies used to procure white maize over the period of ten years were a call and collar strategy. These strategies were compared to the baseline futures (spot) market. The data was obtained from the Johannesburg Stock Exchangeâ€™s Agricultural Products Division better known as SAFEX. The data was analysed by using descriptive statistics and a Cumulative Distribution Function. However these routine price hedging strategies were used, by using the real (Not taking inflation into account) costs incurred were over the ten year,period is also revealed in the paper for implementation in each of the strategies. The results obtained from the study prove that by using basic routine price hedging strategies to procure white maize, it is more beneficial to do so then by procuring from the future (spot) market. Thus it can be concluded that it is not necessary to use a complex method of sourcing white maize through SAFEX, to be efficient, by implementing a basic routine price hedging strategy year on year it can be better than procuring from the futures (spot) market.
description: Nineteenth International Farm Management Congress, Warsaw, Poland, 2013
Memristive switching of MgO based magnetic tunnel junctions
Creators: name: Krzysteczko, P.
name: Reiss, G.
name: Thomas, A.
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: Here we demonstrate that both, tunnel magneto resistance (TMR) and resistive switching (RS), can be observed simultaneously in nano-scale magnetic tunnel junctions. The devices show bipolar RS of 6 % and TMR ratios of about 100 %. For each magnetic state, multiple resistive sates are created depending on the bias history which provides a method for multi-bit data storage and logic. The electronic transport measurements are discussed in the framework of a memristive system. Differently prepared MgO barriers are compared to gain insight into the switching mechanism.
title: The Taste of Truth
Creators: name: De Cesaris, Alessandro
Publisher: name: Universität Graz
Year: 2021

description: The article aims at developing a theoretical framework for analysing the
cultural significance of taste. Instead of reviewing the relevance of taste
and of eating for culture – cooking, eating rituals – the paper focuses on
the importance of taste as a cultural metaphor. The paper proposes a mediological
approach to the domain of taste, and identifies three different
dimensions: a physiology, an aesthetic and a symbology of taste. In this
analysis, the paper argues that Christian culture is a very rich source of
taste-based cultural metaphors, and that taste does play a major role in the
way Christianity has developed its own understanding of knowledge, ethics
and human life in general.
description: Der Geschmack der Wahrheit. Eine mediologische Annäherung an das Essen
In diesem Beitrag soll ein theoretischer Rahmen für die Analyse der kulturellen
Bedeutung des Geschmacks entwickelt werden. Somit wird nicht die Relevanz
des Geschmacks und des Essens für die Kultur – Kochen, Essensrituale – untersucht,
sondern es wird auf die Bedeutung des Geschmacks als kulturelle Metapher
fokussiert. Anhand eines mediologischen Ansatzes werden drei verschiedene
Dimensionen des Geschmacks identifiziert: eine Physiologie, eine Ästhetik
und eine Symbologie des Geschmacks. In dieser Analyse wird argumentiert, dass
die christliche Kultur eine sehr reiche Quelle geschmacksbasierter kultureller
Metaphern ist und dass der Geschmack eine wesentliche Rolle darin spielt, wie
das Christentum ein eigenes Verständnis von Wissen, Ethik und menschlichem
Leben im Allgemeinen entwickelt hat.
description:  KEY WORDS: aesthetics; media theory; mediology; religion; taste
description: LIMINA Grazer theologische Perspektiven | 4:2, 2021, 15–33 /www.limina-graz.eu
UAV Position Estimation using a LiDAR-based 3D Object Detection Method
Creators: name: Olawoye, Uthman
name: Gross, Jason N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper explores the use of applying a deep learning approach for 3D object detection to compute the relative position of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) from an Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) equipped with a LiDAR sensor in a GPS-denied environment. This was achieved by evaluating the LiDAR sensor's data through a 3D detection algorithm (PointPillars). The PointPillars algorithm incorporates a column voxel point-cloud representation and a 2D Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) to generate distinctive point-cloud features representing the object to be identified, in this case, the UAV. The current localization method utilizes point-cloud segmentation, Euclidean clustering, and predefined heuristics to obtain the relative position of the UAV. Results from the two methods were then compared to a reference truth solution.
PR - Potential Profitability Of Strip Intercropping With Corn And Soybeans
Creators: name: Ward, Barry
name: Roe, Brian E.
name: Batte, Marvin T.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: strip intercropping
subject: Partial Budget Analysis
subject: farm management

description: Strip intercropping, the planting narrow strips of different crops side by side in the same field, can generate greater crop yields and total revenue than planting the equivalent number of acres in large, monoculture fields. Although experimental data have shown yield advantages are possible, few studies have considered the cost implications of intercropping implementation. We develop a systematic comparison of the relative net revenue differences for a large-scale (2,157 hectare) corn-soybean operation under conventional and strip intercropping production practices. Results suggest that because the yield premiums for strip intercropped corn were relatively larger than the yield penalty for soybeans, the intercropping practice generated more revenue per unit land than the same crops grown in monoculture within the field. When costs of machine ownership and operation were incorporated into the analyses, the total wage bill estimate was nearly double for strip intercropping, and machinery ownership costs were 90% higher with strip intercropping. A key conclusion is that strip intercropping would lead to net revenue improvements over a conventional production system only for high base prices for crops and for normal moisture conditions with the most favorable result occurring when corn has the highest relative price, wages are lowest and fuel is most expensive.
description: Nineteenth International Farm Management Congress, Warsaw, Poland, 2013
PR - Treasuring Trees For Agricultural Transformation
Creators: name: Wibberley, E. John
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: trees
subject: treasuring
subject: agro-ecological

description: Trees are vital to earthâ€™s ecosystem. In many places, loss of trees is faster than their replacement. With particular reference to sub-Saharan Africa, this paper seeks to review in outline the value of trees in order to encourage better understanding, appreciation and practical management response. A treasury is a store of wealth, a treasurer its custodian, and the act of treasuring is a positive response to the value of that wealth. Trees are a multi-faceted source of wealth. Not just foresters and forest communities but especially farmers, and also civil societies, families and individuals at large need to care about and for trees. The paper briefly indicates the global status of forests, their ecological and economic significance, and proposes tree-treasuring strategies and practices together with their integration in agro-ecological systems for global food security. While recognising the excellent work that is being done in some places, it is a wider call for deeper appreciation and fresh endeavours concerning trees and their integral management within farming systems. The paper also reports responses to practical field workshops on trees held in Malawi in 2012.
description: Nineteenth International Farm Management Congress, Warsaw, Poland, 2013
A potential including Heaviside function in 1+1 dimensional hydrodynamics by Landau
Creators: name: Mizoguchi, T.
name: Miyazawa, H.
name: Biyajima, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In 1+1 dimensional hydrodynamics originally proposed by Landau, we derive a new potential and distribution function including Heaviside function and investigate its mathematical and physical properties. Using the original distribution derived by Landau, a distribution function found by Srivastava et al., our distribution function, and the Gaussian distribution proposed by Carruthers et al., we analyze the data of the rapidity distribution on charged pions and K mesons at RHIC energies (sqrt(s_NN) = 62.4 GeV and 200 GeV). Three distributions derived from the hydrodynamics show almost the same chi-squared values provided the CERN MINUIT is used. We know that our calculations of hadron's distribution do not strongly depend on the range of integration of fluid rapidity, contrary to that of Srivastava et al. Finally the roles of the Heaviside function in concrete analyses of data are investigated.
PR - Scope Of The Firm And Management Information In Large-scale Rice Farms
Creators: name: Yagi, Hironori
name: Howitt, Richard
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: management information
subject: scope of the firm
subject: integration

description: Using results of a questionnaire survey of large farms in California, this study investigated the relation between information management and the scope of firms, especially integration into drying and warehousing. First, the majority of large farms are equipped with information communication technologies (ICT) such as global positioning systems (GPS) guidance systems and auto-steering. Integrated farms adopted precision agriculture technologies including Real Time Kinematic (RTK) GPS more than specialist producers did. Secondly, integrated farms accumulate more data related to yield and output inventory. They also provide video instruction and visual manuals for employee education. Farms with hierarchical structures monitor the input inventory and working time more intensively than simple structure farms do. Thirdly, large farms keep a record of input flow and input price. They also acquire information related to output rice quality. Operation schedules are well-planned in large farms. It is noteworthy that no significant adverse relation was observed despite the small sample size. Accordingly, rice farm expansion in the information age is expected in two directions. i) Integration using yield and output stock information to coordinate between upstream and downstream processes. Input inventory and working time should be monitored carefully. Yield monitors, RTK and other ICT will be used intensively to achieve uniform quality over farm fields. Employee education is also enhanced by visual ICT. ii) Scale expansion can be pursued with access to input flow and price information. Rice quality is important because it reflects the sale price to millers. A well-organized operation schedule within the farm is also important to manage farmland expansion geographically. It is noteworthy that integration and farm size are correlated strongly with each other in the California case. Both directions are therefore presumed to proceed simultaneously where land resources are abundant.
description: Nineteenth International Farm Management Congress, Warsaw, Poland, 2013
Can the X(4350) narrow structure be a $1^{-+}$ exotic state?
Creators: name: Albuquerque, Raphael M.
name: Dias, Jorgivan M.
name: Nielsen, Marina
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using the QCD sum rules we test if the new narrow structure, the X(4350) recently observed by the Belle Collaboration, can be described as a $J^{PC}=1^{-+}$ exotic $D_s^*D_{s0}^*$ molecular state. We consider the contributions of condensates up to dimension eight, we work at leading order in $α_s$ and we keep terms which are linear in the strange quark mass $m_s$. The mass obtained for such state is $m_{D_s^*{D}_{s0}^*}=(5.05\pm 0.19)$ GeV. We also consider a molecular $1^{-+}, D^{*}{D}_0^{*}$ current and we obtain $m_{D^*{D}_0^*}=(4.92\pm 0.08)$ GeV. We conclude that it is not possible to describe the X(4350) structure as a $1^{-+} D_s^*{D}_{s0}^*$ molecular state.
description: 7 pages, 4 figures
PR - Risk Adjusted Cost Efficiency Indices
Creators: name: Yeager, Elizabeth
name: Langemeier, Michael
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: Risk and Uncertainty
subject: benchmarks
subject: cost efficiency
subject: downside risk

description: This paper examines the impact of downside risk on cost efficiency for a sample of farms. Cost efficiency was estimated using traditional input and output measures, and then re-estimated including each farmâ€™s downside risk score. Comparisons were made with and without a change in efficiency when each farmâ€™s downside risk score was included in the analysis. As expected, downside risk plays an important role in explaining farm inefficiency. Failure to account for downside risk overstates inefficiency, particularly for farms with low downside risk scores.
description: Nineteenth International Farm Management Congress, Warsaw, Poland, 2013
Emotions, diffusive emotional control and the motivational problem for autonomous cognitive systems
Creators: name: Gros, Claudius
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: All self-active living beings need to solve the motivational problem: The question what to do at any moment of their live. For humans and non-human animals at least two distinct layers of motivational drives are known, the primary needs for survival and the emotional drives leading to a wide range of sophisticated strategies, such as explorative learning and socializing. Part of the emotional layer of drives has universal facets, being beneficial in an extended range of environmental settings. Emotions are triggered in the brain by the release of neuromodulators, which are, at the same time, the agents for meta-learning. This intrinsic relation between emotions, meta-learning and universal action strategies suggests a central importance for emotional control for the design of artificial intelligences and synthetic cognitive systems. An implementation of this concept is proposed in terms of a dense and homogeneous associative network (dHan).
description: Chapter contribution
PR - Farm Income Risk Analysis At The Sector Level
Creators: name: Zgajnar, Jaka
name: Kavcic, Stane
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Risk and Uncertainty
subject: risk
subject: income losses
subject: simulation

description: Macroeconomic developments on international agricultural commoditiesâ€™ markets have in recent years considerably amplified interest of income risk management in agriculture. In EU countries this is also new prospective of further agricultural policy development. Therefore, there is a need for empirical analysis and tools aimed at providing in depth insight into the topic. For preliminary decisions and for efficient and effective agricultural policy planning, magnitude and characteristics of income risk that agricultural holdings face, have to be analysed from different viewpoints. Indirect income risk analyses demands high quality microeconomic data at farm level, which are in most cases not available. This paper presents possible theoretical approach how different sources of data at farm level, national statistics and analytical models could be merged and utilised in simulation process to analyse income losses at the sector level. It is grounded on production structure resumed out of annual subsidy applications as key information per each agricultural holding. Presented approachâ€™s utilises potential of random number generator and random distributions of Monte Carlo to roughly reconstruct different sources of risks in different states of nature that may occur with diverse probabilities at the particular farm. In such a manner income situation at the farm level is analysed. The developed approach is tested on dairy farms in Slovenia. Obtained results suggest that this could be useful approach for rough estimation of income risk and points on some limitations and drawbacks that could be further improved.
description: Nineteenth International Farm Management Congress, Warsaw, Poland, 2013
Red Clump stars in the Bootes III stellar system
Creators: name: Correnti, M.
name: Bellazzini, M.
name: Ferraro, F. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on the detection of a population of Red Clump (RC) stars probably associated with the recently discovered stellar system Bootes III. The RC is identified as a 3 sigma peak in the Luminosity Function (LF) of colour-selected stars extracted from the SDSS database. The peak is consistently detected in the g,r,i and z LFs at the expected luminosity of a typical RC at the distance of Bootes III. Moreover the stars around the LF peak show a maximum of surface density nearly coincident with the reported center of the system. Assuming that the detected feature is the genuine RC of Bootes III, we find that the system has the HB morphology typical of old and metal-poor dwarf spheroidals, it has an integrated magnitude M_V=-5.8 pm 0.5 and an ellipticity epsilon about 0.5, quite typical of the recently identified new class of very faint dwarf galaxies.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS Letters
PR - Requirements For Feedlot Site Selection
Creators: name: Van Zyl, J.H.
name: Strydom, D.B.
name: MarÃ©, F.A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: site selection
subject: feedlot

description: A large variety of feedlots can be found throughout the country (SA), but locations differ for various reasons. According to the theory, the location decision for a start-up venture is a timeconsuming exercise and the following seven factors or conditions need to be part of the consideration (Wickham, 2004): The business environment conditions, availability of resources like water, power and other municipal services, site availability and cost of the services, government (local, provincial and national) regulations and other legislation, availability of markets, and personal preferences in terms of what the role players want, can also influence such decision. Because each of the mentioned factors can comprise many smaller components, and assuming that there is no specific indication methods to be used to compare different localities with each other to make the best location decision, the authors had to find a scientific way to incorporate all the abovementioned as well as other practical aspects and still consider apples with apples to find the optimum location. The specific study area for this research is the former homeland of Transkei which forms part of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The region consists of four different municipality boundaries and in order to set up a decision matrix for each region, data were used from secondary data sources. To compare the different locations with each other a SWOT analysis was done by using weights describing the importance of each element and a score to rate each element. This was done to quantify the results from the SWOT analysis. The analysis was divided into two parts, namely to identify the Strengths and Weaknesses and the Opportunities and Threats. Every factor in the analysis was judged based on the information obtained from the situational analysis. After identifying the most suitable macro area, more or less the same method was used to determine the micro environment, except that the various stakeholders of the feedlot took part in this process. The methodology used in the workshop to develop the strategies, is based on the balance scorecard theory namely Logical Framework Analysis. Objectives and action plans were developed in order to do effective planning of the establishment of the feedlot in a specific micro area.
description: Nineteenth International Farm Management Congress, Warsaw, Poland, 2013
An experimental study to evaluate the effectiveness of a diabetic teaching tool
Creators: name: Skelton, Judith Mary
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The purpose of this study was to answer the question, 'Will diabetic patients taught by means of a "Diabetic Teaching Tool" demonstrate a higher level of learning about self-care, than patients taught in the institution's usual manner?' The answer to the question was sought by comparing the self-care knowledge and skills of two groups of diabetic patients admitted to a suburban general hospital which, prior to the study, offered no planned programme of diabetic patient education. All diabetic patients admitted to this hospital over a six month period were screened for eligibility to participate in the study according to criteria stated by the researcher. Eligible patients admitted in the first three months were designated as control subjects; those in the last three months as experimental subjects. The twenty subjects in the control group were taught in an unplanned manner, based upon whether and/or what instructions were deemed pertinent by their nurses. A "Diabetic Teaching Tool"-- designed by the researcher and administered by each patient's own nurse(s)-- was used to instruct the twenty experimental subjects. After discharge, each of the forty subjects was visited by the researcher, at which time a profile sheet was completed and a test of diabetic learning administered. Demographic and diabetic characteristics of the subjects-obtained from the patient profile sheets-- were analyzed and described in terms of distributions, medians and/or means. The test results were subjected to t-test analyses on several dimensions. And a number of demographic and diabetic traits were compared with their respective test scores by means of the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The data supported the following conclusions: 1. Diabetic patients taught by means of the "Diabetic Teaching Tool" demonstrated a significantly higher level of learning about self-care than did patients taught in the unplanned manner. 2. Statistically significant differences were found between test scores of patients taught with the "Diabetic Teaching Tool" and those receiving unplanned instruction regardless of the duration of their diabetes. Thus 'old' diabetics were able to derive as much benefit from the teaching tool as were 'new' diabetics. 3. The level of learning demonstrated by patients taught with the "Diabetic Teaching Tool" appeared to be independent of the following factors: age at time of teaching and testing, previous education, and age at onset of diabetes; each of these factors was significantly related to the level of learning of patients receiving unplanned instruction. 4. Diabetic patients taught by means of the "Diabetic Teaching Tool" cited the nurse as a valuable source of information regarding diabetic management more than five times as frequently as did patients receiving unplanned instruction. Based upon these findings, several implications for nursing practice and recommendations for further research were suggested.
Revealing the Microscopic Mechanism of Displacive Excitation of Coherent Phonons in a Bulk Rashba Semiconductor
Creators: name: Fischer, Peter
name: Baer, Julian
name: Cimander, Moritz
name: Wiechert, Volker
name: Tereshchenko, Oleg
name: Bossini, Davide
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Changing the macroscopic properties of quantum materials by optically activating collective lattice excitations has recently become a major trend in solid state physics. One of the most commonly employed light-matter interaction routes is the displacive mechanism. However, the fundamental contribution to this process remains elusive, as the effects of free-carrier density modification and raised effective electronic temperature have not been disentangled yet. Here we use time-resolved pump-probe spectroscopy to address this issue in the Rashba semiconductor BiTeI. Exploring the conventional regime of electronic interband transitions for different excitation wavelengths as well as the barely accessed regime of electronic intraband transitions, we answer a long-standing open question regarding the displacive mechanism: the lattice modes are predominantly driven by the rise of the effective electronic temperature. In the intraband regime, which allows to increase the effective carrier temperature while leaving their density unaffected, the phonon coherence time does not display significant fluence-dependent variations. Our results thus reveal a pathway to displacive excitation of coherent phonons, free from additional scattering and dissipation mechanisms typically associated with an increase of the free-carrier density.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures
Creativity and linguistic theory : a study of the creative aspect of language
Creators: name: Onsman, HJ
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: The notion of creativity has been used by many theorists to describe that aspect of language which enables a language user to use language in a novel way or to devise new forms of language. Chomsky especially uses the \creative aspect of language use\" to describe the innovative uses of language. This study explores the notion of creativity in linguistic theory. An examination is made of its application by Chomsky from his earliest work on. At least two different notions are distinguishable: rule-governed creativity and rule-changing creativity. The former is shown to be a formal property of the syntactic system and creative in a mechanical sense only. The latter is an aspect of the semantic system but is left largely unexplored by Chomsky. An assessment is made of comments by other theorists on the notion of creativity and these are related to the Chomskian analysis. The distinction between rule-governed and rule-changing creativity is confirmed. Den Ouden (1975) is criticised in some detail as a superficial treatment of the topic. The semantic nature of creativity in language is confirmed. The theory of metaphor is treated as an example of creativity in language. Metaphor is clearly a meaning-based language device and has traditionally been described as a creative mechanism. The range of metaphor theories is reviewed and a synthesis is attempted based on the Mooij (1976) model with some assistance from Ricoeur (1978). The psycho-linguistic literature on metaphor is reviewed in the light of this model and a working description derived based on Ortony's (1979) concept of non-literal similarity. This description implies that there exists a capacity in language to move beyond the literal rules of syntax and semantics as described in standard linguistic theory and still produce a comprehensible utterance. Therefore the existing models of language are based on rules of syntax and semantics which are too restrictive and there may exist a supra syntactic-semantic device which enables comprehension of syntactically or semantically anomalous utterances. This is the creative capacity of language. The work of De Beaugrande is considered as an attempt to build this creative capacity into the formal description of language. Language is characterised as an intersystem in which various systems of rules and elements interact. This interaction produces meaning bearing texts. The rules and elements are subject to modification; only the meaning function of the text is immutable. Creativity then is the formal capacity for intersystem modification."
The role of executive function in activities of daily living of Parkinson's disease patients
Creators: name: Oosterloo, CB
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: This study sought to investigate whether specific areas of cognitive ability shared a relationship with an individual with Parkinson's ability to perform activities of daily living (ADLs). Previous research has indicated that executive functioning ability shares the strongest correlation with functional independence. Memory, visuo-spatial sldlls and performance on the Trails B executive test have also been shown previously to share moderate to strong relationships with ADL performance. Based on this, it was hypothesised that Executive functioning, memory, visuo-spatial ability, and performance on the Trails B subtest would all share significant correlations with ability to perform ADL tasks. Participants included 39 patients (23 males and 16 females) at the Royal Hobart Hospital all with a diagnosis of idiopathic onset Parkinson' s disease. Cognitive ability was assessed using the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neurological Status (RBANS), the FAS, the Brixton Spatial Anticipation Test, the Trail Making test and a speed of information processing test from the Birt Memory and Information Processing Battery (BMIPB). ADL performance was measured using the Functional Independence Measure (FIM). There was moderate/strong support for the hypotheses that executive functioning and the Trails B test shared a significant relationship with the ability to perform AD Ls. There was weak/moderate support for the hypotheses that memory and visuo-spatial ability would also share a significant correlation with ADL performance. The findings of this study, added to the field of research regarding the relationship shared between tests of executive functioning. More specifically, this study did so utilising a Parkinson' s disease specific population, and found that the Trails B subtest shared the strongest relationship with ADL proficiency. This provides clinicians with greater knowledge of which tests of executive functioning share the strongest link with ability to perform ADL tasks. Future studies may seek to expand on this research by utilising a larger sample size and controlling for durations between medications taken by patients. Future investigation could also further clarify the role of specific executive functioning subtests in determining functional independence by including regression analyses to determine the amount of variance accounted for in ADL proficiency by the Trails B task, and other subtests of executive functioning.
Aktive Unterstützung beim schulischen Lernen durch die Erziehungsberechtigten - Ein Vergleich von Schüler*innen mit dem sonderpädagogischen Unterstützungsbedarf im Förderschwerpunkt geistige Entwicklung oder dem sonderpädagogischen Unterstützungsbedarf im Förderschwerpunkt Lernen
Creators: name: Horstmann, Julia
Publisher: name: TU Dortmund
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 360

description: Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, neue Erkenntnisse zur Einschätzung von Lehrkräften zu Lernenden, die an einer Förderschule mit dem Förderschwerpunkt geistige Entwicklung bzw. dem Förderschwerpunkt Lernen beschult werden, im Hinblick auf die Unterstützung von Erziehungsberechtigten im schulischen Kontext zu generieren. Bisher gibt es wenig Erkenntnisse, wie Erziehungsberechtigte von Kindern und Jugendlichen mit sonderpädagogischen Unterstützungsbedarf die Lernorganisation oder das häusliche Üben gestalten und schulisches Lernen unterstützen. Dies ist ein relevanter Aspekt, da Erziehungsberechtigte „mit vermehrte[m] Unterstützungsverhalten auf die schulischen Probleme ihres Kindes zu reagieren zu versuchen“ (Brandenburg & Huschka, 2021, S. 117). Ungeklärt ist jedoch, wie und in welcher Quantität sie dieses tun. Um die Einschätzungen von Lehrkräften zu erhalten, wurden im Rahmen einer quantitativen Online-Fragebogenerhebung Daten erhoben und anschließend analysiert.
Zusammenarbeit zwischen den Erziehungsberechtigten und der Schule aus der Perspektive der Lehrkräfte - Ein Vergleich von Schüler*innen mit sonderpädagogischem Förderbedarf im Förderschwerpunkt Lernen und mit sonderpädagogischem Förderbedarf im Förderschwerpunkt geistige Entwicklung
Creators: name: Vogt, Johanna
Publisher: name: TU Dortmund
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 360

description: Die Zusammenarbeit zwischen Erziehungsberechtigten und der Schule ist ein zentraler Aspekt der Schulzeit (Doppke & Gisch, 2005) und wird als wichtig und notwendig aufgefasst (Syriopoulou-Delli et al., 2016; Žužek Lackovič & Pšunder, 2019). Die Zusammenarbeit ist umso wichtiger, wenn bei Schüler*innen ein sonderpädagogischer Förderbedarf vorliegt (Balli, 2016). Das Ziel der vorliegenden Abschlussarbeit ist es, die Zusammenarbeit zwischen den Erziehungsberechtigten und der Schule aus der Perspektive der Lehrkräfte im Förderschwerpunkt Lernen und im Förderschwerpunkt geistige Entwicklung zu untersuchen. Daher wird folgende Forschungsfrage beantwortet: Wie ist die Zusammenarbeit zwischen den Erziehungsberechtigten und der Schule im Förderschwerpunkt Lernen und im Förderschwerpunkt geistige Entwicklung aus der Perspektive der Lehrkräfte gestaltet? Um die Forschungsfrage zu beantworten, wurde eine quantitative Online-Fragebogenerhebung zu der Zusammenarbeit zwischen den Erziehungsberechtigten und der Schule durchgeführt. Der Fragebogen erfasste unter anderem Daten zu der Kooperation zwischen den Erziehungsberechtigten und der Schule. Im Rahmen dieser wurden einerseits die Zusammenarbeit zwischen den Erziehungsberechtigten und der Schule und andererseits die Qualität dieser Zusammenarbeit erfasst. Der Fragebogen richtete sich an Lehrkräfte an Förder-schulen mit den Förderschwerpunkten Lernen und geistige Entwicklung in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Die Ergebnisse der Fragebogenerhebung zeigen, dass die Zusammenarbeit sowohl im Förderschwerpunkt geistige Entwicklung als auch im Förderschwerpunkt Lernen als sehr positiv von den Lehrkräften eingeschätzt wird und dass in beiden Förderschwerpunkten die Lehrkräfte häufig mit den Erziehungsberechtigten in Kontakt stehen. Allerdings ist die Zusammenarbeit im Förderschwerpunkt geistige Entwicklung enger und besser als im Förderschwerpunkt Lernen. Auch die Qualität der Zusammenarbeit zwischen den Erziehungsberechtigten und der Schule ist trotz positiver Ergebnisse in beiden Förderschwerpunkten im Förderschwerpunkt geistige Entwicklung besser als im Förderschwerpunkt Lernen.
Temperley-Lieb Algebra: From Knot Theory to Logic and Computation via Quantum Mechanics
Creators: name: Abramsky, Samson
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Category Theory (math.CT)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Our aim in this paper is to trace some of the surprising and beautiful connections which are beginning to emerge between a number of apparently disparate topics: Knot Theory, Categorical Quantum Mechanics, and Logic and Computation. We shall focus in particular on the following two topics: - The Temperley-Lieb algebra has always hitherto been presented as a quotient of some sort: either algebraically by generators and relations as in Jones' original presentation, or as a diagram algebra modulo planar isotopy as in Kauffman's presentation. We shall use tools from Geometry of Interaction, a dynamical interpretation of proofs under Cut Elimination developed as an off-shoot of Linear Logic, to give a direct description of the Temperley-Lieb category -- a "fully abstract presentation", in Computer Science terminology. This also brings something new to the Geometry of Interaction, since we are led to develop a planar version of it, and to verify that the interpretation of Cut-Elimination (the "Execution Formula", or "composition by feedback") preserves planarity. - We shall also show how the Temperley-Lieb algebra provides a natural setting in which computation can be performed diagrammatically as geometric simplification -- "yanking lines straight". We shall introduce a "planar lambda-calculus" for this purpose, and show how it can be interpreted in the Temperley-Lieb category.
description: 45 pages