cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
An investigation into triple bottom line assessment of eco-friendly office supplies : file folders
Creators: name: Gong, John Zhong Yu
name: Wang, Guanzheng
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: This report investigates how “green” eco-friendly file folders actually are through conducting an in-depth triple-bottom-line (TBL) analysis. As of now, many people are acknowledging the various benefits of eco-friendly office supplies. UBC’s main suppliers for office products, OfficeMax and Staples, are also promoting their most popular file folders. These items are labelled as either “green” or “non-green”. Primary and secondary researches are conducted in this investigation to reveal the various impacts that these products could potentially have on the environment, society, and economy. The analysis is primarily conducted by comparing the “green” and “non-green” labelled file folders from a spreadsheet provided by the stakeholders. For the secondary research, the prices, popularity, durability, green materials, and certifications of the file folders are deterministic indicators for the TBL analysis. Based on the data from the spreadsheet, most of the “green” labelled file folders were much more popular than their “non-green” counterparts, and were surprisingly cheaper too. Also, almost all of the “green” products were made of some percentage of recycled and post-consumer products, and were also third-party certified. Therefore, in all the environmental, economic, and social aspects of the TBL, “green” file folders stands unanimously superior to their “non-green” counterparts. Based on this investigation, “green” labelled file folders did live up to their labels. Currently, UBC already follows a sustainable purchasing plan for office supplies that promotes green products. Therefore, it is highly recommended that UBC should continue to follow this plan, and purchase a lot more “green” file folders and a lot less “non-green” ones Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”
No nitrogen fractionation on 600 au scale in the Sun progenitor analogue OMC-2 FIR4
Creators: name: Fontani, F.
name: Quaia, G.
name: Ceccarelli, C.
name: Colzi, L.
name: Lopez-Sepulcre, A.
name: Favre, C.
name: Kahane, C.
name: Caselli, P.
name: Codella, C.
name: Podio, L.
name: Viti, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show the first interferometric maps of the 14N/15N ratio obtained with the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) towards the Solar-like forming protocluster OMC-2 FIR4. We observed N2H+, 15NNH+, N15NH+ (1-0), and N2D+ (2-1), from which we derive the isotopic ratios 14N/15N and D/H. The target is one of the closest analogues of the environment in which our Sun may have formed. The ALMA images, having synthesised beam corresponding to ~600 au, show that the emission of the less abundant isotopologues is distributed in several cores of ~10" (i.e. ~0.02~pc or 4000 au) embedded in a more extended N2H+ emission. Overall, our results indicate that: (1) 14N/15N does not change across the region at core scales, and (2) 14N/15N does not depend on temperature variations. Our findings also suggest that the 14N/15N variations found in pristine Solar System objects are likely not inherited from the protocluster stage, and hence their reason has to be found elsewhere.
description: 10 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication by MNRAS
Fourier-Mukai transforms and canonical divisors
Creators: name: Toda, Yukinobu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 14E30,14F05,18E30,18G10

description: Let $X$ be a smooth projective variety. We study a relationship between the derived category of $X$ and that of a canonical divisor. As an application, we will study Fourier-Mukai transforms when $κ(X)=dim X-1$.
description: 22pages
title: Adaptation approaches in cashew nut cooperative management in Benin: Lessons from agricultural cooperative applying sufficiency economy philosophy in Thailand
Creators: name: Chutiwalanch Semmahasak
Publisher: name: Faculty of Agriculture
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2025
Subjects: cashew nut
agricultural cooperative
adaptation approaches
Thailand
Benin

description: Khon Kaen Agriculture Journal, 53, 2, 405-415
Cleigastra nitida van der Wulp 1871
Creators: name: Šifner, František
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Scathophagidae
Cleigastra
Cleigastra nitida

description: Cleigastra nitida van der Wulp, 1871
 Cleigastra nitida van der Wulp, 1871: 186. HOLOTYPE: ♀, Netherlands, Noord-Brabant, Breda, F. J. M. Heylaerts leg. (depository unknown, see DE JONG (2000: 149-151) for details).
 Note. VAN DER WULP (1871) wrote: ‘Wings with greyish brown, at the base reddish yellow tint, […]’. This character is typical for Gonatherus planiceps. In my opinion, it is possible that C. nitida could be a synonym of the latter species. This is an unclear species (see also DE JONG 2000: 149-151).
description: Published as part of Šifner, František, 2008, A catalogue of the Scathophagidae (Diptera) of the Palaearctic region, with notes on their taxonomy and faunistics, pp. 111-196 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48 (1) on page 178, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5342493
Additional file 6 of Long-read transcriptome sequencing provides insight into lignan biosynthesis during fruit development in Schisandra chinensis
Creators: name: Hong, Chang Pyo
name: Kim, Chang-Kug
name: Lee, Dong Jin
name: Jeong, Hee Jeong
name: Lee, Yi
name: Park, Sin-Gi
name: Kim, Hyo-Jin
name: Kang, Ji-Nam
name: Ryu, Hojin
name: Kwon, Soo-Jin
name: Kang, Sang-Ho
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 6: Table S5. Primers used for qRT-PCR validation.
A genetic algorithm for finding pulse sequences for NMR quantum computing
Creators: name: Rethinam, M. J.
name: Javali, A. K.
name: Behrman, E. C.
name: Steck, J. E.
name: Skinner, S. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a genetic algorithm for finding a set of pulse sequences, or rotations, for a given quantum logic gate, as implemented by NMR. We demonstrate the utility of the method by showing that shorter sequences than have been previously published can be found for both a CNOT and for the central part of Shor's algorithm (for N=15.) Artificial intelligence techniques like the genetic algorithm here presented have an enormous potential for simplifying the implementation of working quantum computers.
description: 10 pages. Submitted to PRA
Fog Computing on Constrained Devices: Paving the Way for the Future IoT
Creators: name: Pisani, Flavia
name: de Oliveira, Fabiola M. C.
name: Gama, Eduardo S.
name: Immich, Roger
name: Bittencourt, Luiz F.
name: Borin, Edson
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In the long term, the Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to become an integral part of people's daily lives. In light of this technological advancement, an ever-growing number of objects with limited hardware may become connected to the Internet. In this chapter, we explore the importance of these constrained devices as well as how we can use them in conjunction with fog computing to change the future of the IoT. First, we present an overview of the concepts of constrained devices, IoT, and fog and mist computing, and then we present a classification of applications according to the amount of resources they require (e.g., processing power and memory). After that, we tie in these topics with a discussion of what can be expected in a future where constrained devices and fog computing are used to push the IoT to new limits. Lastly, we discuss some challenges and opportunities that these technologies may bring.
description: http://ebooks.iospress.nl/volumearticle/53823
DESIGN OF 150,000 TONS OF 2-ETHYLHEXANOL PER ANNUM PLANT. .docx
Creators: name: OKe Caleb
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 90403 Chemical Engineering Design
subject: FOS: Chemical engineering

description: The stated objective in this case is the design of 150,000 tonnes per annum capacity of a 2-ethylhexanol plant. Many processes exist as producing 2-ethylhexanol such as Acetaldehyde route, aldox route and oxo process route utilizing synthesis gas and proplylene as feed component. given route for this design work is oxo process.The oxo synthesis began by reacting propylene feed with synthesis gas in a cobalt carbonyl catalysed hydroformylation reaction. The hydroformation reactor was at operating condition of 130oc and 350 bar (temperature and pressure respectively). The main product of Oxo reactor was butyraldehyde .2-Ethylhexanol is not widely used as a solvent. Its main application is as a feedstock in the manufacture of low-volatility esters, the most important of which is di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, which is an all-purpose plasticizer for PVC and vinyl chloride copolymers. Other plasticizers that can be used to obtain specific properties are the corresponding esters of 2-ethylhexanol and adipic acid, para-hydroxybenzoic acid, sebacic acid e.t.c.The justification for the Oxo process to be selected is based on general comparison between the three processes, economic feasibility and other considerations such as quality of product, efficiency of the conversion.
SOCIAL CHANGE AND THE FAMILY: NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, 1860-1880
Creators: name: Carroll, Walter Francis
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4410
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: This is a study of the relationships between changes in the social organization of production and the social organization of reproduction. It examines the impact of rapid capitalist industrialization in New Bedford from 1860 to 1880 on household and family organization, conceptualized as aspects of the social organization of reproduction. To elucidate this relationship, three research questions were asked: (1) which aspects of household organization changed? (2) how much did they change? and (3) why did they change?; Changes in household organization were related to the changes in the access of households to the resources necessary for the reproduction of the household. Over the period studied, various aspects of household organization, such as household type, fertility, and the number of wage earners, became more closely correlated to the level of resources of the household, as indicated by the household head's occupation, personal wealth, and real estate wealth. Personal wealth holdings became more concentrated, real estate wealth became more evenly distributed, and wage labor became the major source of access to resources. The patterns of changes in household organization are consistent with an interpretation which emphasizes how changes in the social organization of production affect families and households by altering the access of households to resources. Patterns of family and household organization are interpreted as outcomes of family strategies through which families and households adjust to and resist the changes in their access to resources brought about by capitalist industrialization. Other specific findings include: (1) a doubling of the percentage of extended households, (2) a decline in household size, (3) a decrease in boarding, (4) an increase in the number of wage earners per household, (5) an increase in child labor, and (6) a decline in fertility levels, with immigrant fertility being significantly higher than native-born fertility. It is also suggested that real estate wealth may actually be an indicator of disaccumulation for working-class households. Comparisons to other areas are made, especially western Massachusetts. This research is based on random samples of households drawn from the Federal Census Manuscripts for 1860 and 1880, which were linked to city directories, and the 1880 tax rolls. Data analysis was carried out with cross-tabulations and Multiple Classification Analysis.
title: Approach to adapting Bhutan's One Gewog One Product (OGOP) initiative by learning from Thailand's One Tambon One Product (OTOP) model
Creators: name: Naksit Panyoyai
Publisher: name: Faculty of Agriculture
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2025
Subjects: Sufficiency Economy Philosophy
OGOP
OTOP
Well-being
Rural Development

description: Khon Kaen Agriculture Journal, 53, 2, 416-428
Homotopy properties of Hamiltonian group actions
Creators: name: Kedra, Jarek
name: McDuff, Dusa
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Symplectic Geometry (math.SG)
subject: Algebraic Topology (math.AT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 53C15, 53D05, 55R40, 57R17

description: Consider a Hamiltonian action of a compact Lie group H on a compact symplectic manifold (M,w) and let G be a subgroup of the diffeomorphism group Diff(M). We develop techniques to decide when the maps on rational homotopy and rational homology induced by the classifying map BH --> BG are injective. For example, we extend Reznikov's result for complex projective space CP^n to show that both in this case and the case of generalized flag manifolds the natural map H_*(BSU(n+1)) --> H_*(BG) is injective, where G denotes the group of all diffeomorphisms that act trivially on cohomology. We also show that if lambda is a Hamiltonian circle action that contracts in G = Ham(M,w) then there is an associated nonzero element in pi_3(G) that deloops to a nonzero element of H_4(BG). This result (as well as many others) extends to c-symplectic manifolds (M,a), ie, 2n-manifolds with a class a in H^2(M) such that a^n is nonzero. The proofs are based on calculations of certain characteristic classes and elementary homotopy theory.
description: Published by Geometry and Topology at http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/gt/GTVol9/paper3.abs.html
Coniosternum milani Sifner 1981
Creators: name: Šifner, František
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Scathophagidae
Coniosternum
Coniosternum milani

description: Coniosternum milani Šifner, 1981
 Coniosternum milani Šifner, 1981: 98. HOLOTYPE: J, Albania, ‘ Durazzo [= Durrës], [19]17, Karny leg.’ (NHMW).
 Distribution. Albania (ŠIFNER 1981: 98).
description: Published as part of Šifner, František, 2008, A catalogue of the Scathophagidae (Diptera) of the Palaearctic region, with notes on their taxonomy and faunistics, pp. 111-196 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48 (1) on page 158, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5342493
Covariant hamiltonian for supergravity in $d=3$ and $d=4$
Creators: name: Castellani, Leonardo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We extend the covariant canonical formalism recently discussed in ref. [1] to geometric theories coupled to both bosonic and fermionic $p$-forms. This allows a covariant hamiltonian treatment of supergravity theories. As examples we present the covariant hamiltonian formulation for $d=3$ anti-De Sitter supergravity and for the "new minimal" $d=4$, $N=1$ supergravity (with $1$-form and $2$-form auxiliary fields). Form-Poisson brackets and form-Dirac brackets are defined, and used to find the form-canonical generators of all gauge symmetries via an algorithmic procedure.
description: 24 pages, LaTeX. v2: added Notes in Section 2 and Section 3. A summary of the covariant hamiltonian formalism, included in Section 2 for self-consistency, produces some overlap with arXiv:1906.11852
AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE UNITED STATES DEMAND FOR DISTILLED SPIRITS, WINE, AND BEER INCORPORATING TASTE CHANGES THROUGH DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS, 1960-1981 (BEVERAGE ALCOHOL)
Creators: name: Fauntleroy, Phylicia Ann
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 38
subject: Economics

description: Although distilled spirits, wine, and beer are categories of beverage alcohol, their consumption has grown at very different rates since the early 1960s. Distilled spirits consumption rose by only 75 percent while beer consumption doubled and wine consumption tripled. Moreover, in the 1970s, wine and beer consumption accelerated but distilled spirits consumption slowed. The purpose of this study is to explain these differential trends. Microeconomic theory suggests three relevant factors--prices (both own and related), income, and tastes and preferences. In this study, taste and preferences are measured by changes in the age structure of the adult population, women's share of the civilian labor force, marrieds' (or nonmarrieds') share of the adult population, advertising expenditures, and habits. Three types of analyses were undertaken. First, industry-based cross-sectional studies were reviewed to (1) identify correlations between consumption patterns and demographic factors and (2) determine how these patterns may have changed over the last two decades. Second, existing econometric demand analyses of beverage alcohol and its sub-categories and types were critiqued. Third, original econometric analysis was conducted. Several econometric methods were employed. A non-linear, simultaneous equation demand system (generalized linear expenditure model) for nine types of distilled spirits, table wine, and beer was derived from a pre-specified utility function. The price and income elasticities were then compared to the results from standard, ad hoc, linear, single equation demand functions. The linear equations were estimated using OLS, first difference, and principal components and analyses. The analyses suggest the relative importance of explanatory factors vary considerably among the types of beverage alcohol. However, similar patterns were evident for non-whiskeys, table wine, and beer. Consumption of these beverages was stimulated by the rapid growth of persons age 18-34 and 65 and over, the number of non-marrieds, women in the labor force, and, to a lesser extent, income. Substitution did occur from whiskeys to table wine and non-whiskeys, but demographic factors rather than prices seemed to be the cause. Thus, the hypothesis that taste changes (attributed to demographic factors) contributed most to the differential trends among the beverages was confirmed.
METHOD OF SPATIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF UNDERWATER TRAJECTORY OF PADDLE MOTION AS A BASIS THEORETICAL AND APPLIED RESEARCH IN CANOEING [in Russian:Методика пространственной реконструкции подводной траектории движения весла как основа теоретических и прикладных исследований в гребном спорте]
Creators: name: Pomerantsev, Andrey
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 150404 Sport and Leisure Management
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 170114 Sport and Exercise Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 110699 Human Movement and Sports Science not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: New methodology of canoeing dimensional structure is represented in the paper. Only one stroke made by international class master of sports Kirill Luchkin is taken as an object of study. The book reveals all the complexity & beauty of this motion as well as difficulty related to its research. There is detailed & stepped addressing algorithmization of the stroke dimensional reconstruction with the use of contemporary computer technologies. The presented algorithm has unlimited potential for stroke kinematics research in canoeing as well as other types of rowing. The research is done at the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport of Lipetsk State Pedagogical University. The suggested algorithm & methodology can be used to perform visual & calculation tasks in biomechanics at physical education faculties as well as to make profound stroke research at the departments of rowing sport theory & mythology of physical training universities.В работе представлена новая методика изучения пространственной структуры гребли. В содержании работы открывается вся сложность и красота этого движения, а также трудности, связанные с его познанием. В тексте приводится подробная и пошаговая алгоритмизация пространственной реконструкции гребка с применением современных компьютерных технологий. Пространственная реконструкция гребка и предлагаемый метод открывают широкие возможности для познания и осмысления техники выполнения движений. Исследователи получают в свое распоряжение универсальный инструмент для изучения биомеханики гребка, а тренеры – возможность проведения строгого количественного биомеханического анализа техники, взамен качественной визуальной оценки. Для специалистов в области физической культуры и спорта, преподавателей и студентов, тренеров по водным видам спорта.
Scathophaga staryi Sifner 2000
Creators: name: Šifner, František
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Scathophagidae
Scathophaga
Scathophaga staryi

description: Scathophaga staryi Šifner, 2000
 Scathophaga staryi Šifner, 2000: 195. HOLOTYPE: J, Iraq, Salahuddin env., Shaglavah, riverine forest, 36.21N 44.10E, 11.vii.1968, P. Starý leg. (FSPC).
 Distribution. Iraq (ŠIFNER 2000: 195).
description: Published as part of Šifner, František, 2008, A catalogue of the Scathophagidae (Diptera) of the Palaearctic region, with notes on their taxonomy and faunistics, pp. 111-196 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48 (1) on page 170, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5342493
Additional file 1 of Fragmentation in mitochondrial genomes in relation to elevated sequence divergence and extreme rearrangements
Creators: name: Feng, Shiqian
name: Pozzi, Andrea
name: Stejskal, Vaclav
name: Opit, George
name: Yang, Qianqian
name: Shao, Renfu
name: Dowling, Damian K.
name: Li, Zhihong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1: Fig. S1. The sketch map for NGBs counting. (A) A schematic representation of the rationale behind the calculation of NGBs. We counted only the adjacent genes with the same relative transcription direction as one gene boundary. (B) An example of NGBs counting. The circular chromosome A and B have five genes (gene A, gene B, gene C, gene D, gene E). The gene boundaries for species A are A-B, B-C, C-D, D-E, E-A while those for species B are A-B, B-C, C-E, E-D, D-A. The only matched gene boundary between the two species is A-B. So the NGBs between A and B is 1. We used the same method to calculate the NGBs between two mitochondrial genomes. Fig. S2. Newly constructed phylogenies of booklice. We inferred the phylogenetic relationship of Liposcelis species using mt-genome sequences with four datasets and three softwares. Details were introduced in “Materials and Methods” section. The numbers in each node represents BI posterior probability or ML boostrap value for each datasets/methods: PCG123rRNA/MrBayes+PCG123/MrBayes+PCG12rRNA/MrBayes+PCG12/MrBayes+PCG123rRNA/IQtree+PCG123/IQtree+PCG12rRNA/IQtree+PCG12/IQtree+PCG123rRNA/PhyML+PCG123/PhyML+PCG12rRNA/PhyML+PCG12/PhyML. The best substitution models for different methods are listed in Additional file 3: Table S4. All three methods supported the same topology among booklice species. Fig. S3. Agarose gel electrophoresis Long-PCR products of the three booklice. (A) Agarose gel electrophoresis PCR products of L. corrodens KS strain. Amplicons 1-6 are from LcCZLF/LcCZLR, LcCZC1F/LcCZLF, LcCZC1R/LcCZLR, LcCZLF/LcCZLR, LcCZC1F/LcCZLF and LcCZC1R/LcCZLR. Marker (M): 1 kb DNA ladder marker: 10 kb, 8 kb, 6 kb, 5 kb, 4 kb, 3 kb, 2.5 kb, 2 kb, 1.5 kb, 1 kb, 700 bp, 500 bp, 300 bp. 1 μL Long-PCR product was used for every sample of each run. (B) Agarose gel electrophoreses PCR products of L. pearmani KS strain. Amplicons 1-3, 5-8 are from LpearC1F/LpearC1R, LpearLF/LpearLR, LpearSF/LpearSR, LpearLF/LpearSF, LpearLR/LpearSR, LpearC1F/LpearSR and LpearC1R/LpearSF. (C) Agarose gel electrophoreses PCR products of L. rufa KS strain. Amplicons 1-5 are from LruLF/LruLR, LruLF/LruSR, LruLR/LruSF, LruC1F/LruSF and LruC1R/LruSR.
The World's Columbian Dental Congress to be held in Chicago, August 14th to 19th inclusive, 1893
Creators: name: World's Columbian Dental Congress (1893 : Chicago, Ill.). Finance Committee for Illinois
Publisher: name: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center
Year: 1893
Subjects: subject: Dentistry
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: World's Columbian Dental Congress (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
subject: Dentistry

description: A form letter addressed to dentists in Illinois soliciting their support for the Congress. Prepared by the Finance Committee for Illinois.
Stochastic optimal transport revisited
Creators: name: Mikami, Toshio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 93E20, 60J60

description: We prove the Duality Theorems for the stochastic optimal transportation problems with a convex cost function without a regularity assumption that is often supposed in the proof of the lower semicontinuity of an action integral. In our new approach, we prove that the stochastic optimal transportation problems with a convex cost function are equivalent to a class of variational problems for the Fokker-Planck equation, which lets us revisit them. It is done by the so-called superposition principle and by an idea from the mather theory. The superposition principle is the construction of a semimartingale from the Fokker-Planck equation and can be considered a class of the so-called marginal problems that construct stochastic processes from given marginal distributions. It was first considered in stochastic mechanics by E. Nelson, called Nelson's problem, and was proved by E. Carlen first. The semimartingale is called the Nelson process, provided it is Markovian. We also consider the Markov property of a minimizer of the stochastic optimal transportation problem with a nonconvex cost in a one-dimensional case. In the proof, the superposition principle and the minimizer of an optimal transportation problem with a concave cost function play crucial roles. Lastly, we prove the semiconcavity and the Lipschitz continuity of Schrodinger's problem that is a typical example of the stochastic optimal transportation problem.
description: 34 pages. This is a final version
The Properties of Satellite Galaxies in External Systems. II. Photometry and Colors
Creators: name: Gutierrez, C. M.
name: Azzaro, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this second paper dedicated to the study of satellite galaxies we present broad-band photometry in the B, V, R and I filters of 49 satellite galaxies orbiting giant isolated spiral galaxies. First analysis of the properties of these objects are presented by means of color--color and color--magnitude diagrams for early- and late-type satellites. Although we find differences in the slope of the V-I vs. Mv color magnitude diagram, as a whole, the relations are in agreement with the trends known to date for galaxies of similar magnitudes in nearby clusters of galaxies. Comparison with the relations found for satellites in the Local Group allows us to sample better the bright end of the luminosity function of satellite galaxies and extends for brighter objects the validity of the color--magnitude relation found for dwarf galaxies in the Local Group. Most of the E/S0 galaxies in our sample show a negative color gradient with values similar to those known for early type galaxies in other environments.
description: 16 pages, 4 figures, Accepted for publication in Astrophys. Journal Supp. Ser
AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE UNITED STATES DEMAND FOR DISTILLED SPIRITS, WINE, AND BEER INCORPORATING TASTE CHANGES THROUGH DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS, 1960-1981 (BEVERAGE ALCOHOL)
Creators: name: Fauntleroy, Phylicia Ann
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Although distilled spirits, wine, and beer are categories of beverage alcohol, their consumption has grown at very different rates since the early 1960s. Distilled spirits consumption rose by only 75 percent while beer consumption doubled and wine consumption tripled. Moreover, in the 1970s, wine and beer consumption accelerated but distilled spirits consumption slowed. The purpose of this study is to explain these differential trends. Microeconomic theory suggests three relevant factors--prices (both own and related), income, and tastes and preferences. In this study, taste and preferences are measured by changes in the age structure of the adult population, women's share of the civilian labor force, marrieds' (or nonmarrieds') share of the adult population, advertising expenditures, and habits. Three types of analyses were undertaken. First, industry-based cross-sectional studies were reviewed to (1) identify correlations between consumption patterns and demographic factors and (2) determine how these patterns may have changed over the last two decades. Second, existing econometric demand analyses of beverage alcohol and its sub-categories and types were critiqued. Third, original econometric analysis was conducted. Several econometric methods were employed. A non-linear, simultaneous equation demand system (generalized linear expenditure model) for nine types of distilled spirits, table wine, and beer was derived from a pre-specified utility function. The price and income elasticities were then compared to the results from standard, ad hoc, linear, single equation demand functions. The linear equations were estimated using OLS, first difference, and principal components and analyses. The analyses suggest the relative importance of explanatory factors vary considerably among the types of beverage alcohol. However, similar patterns were evident for non-whiskeys, table wine, and beer. Consumption of these beverages was stimulated by the rapid growth of persons age 18-34 and 65 and over, the number of non-marrieds, women in the labor force, and, to a lesser extent, income. Substitution did occur from whiskeys to table wine and non-whiskeys, but demographic factors rather than prices seemed to be the cause. Thus, the hypothesis that taste changes (attributed to demographic factors) contributed most to the differential trends among the beverages was confirmed.
Topological Properties of SnSe/EuS and SnTe/CaTe Interfaces
Creators: name: Yang, Shuyang
name: Wu, Chunzhi
name: Marom, Noa
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use density functional theory calculations to study the electronic structure of epitaxial (111) interfaces of the topological crystalline insulators SnSe and SnTe with the magnetic insulator EuS and the non-magnetic insulator CaTe, respectively. We consider both interface slab models with a vacuum region and periodic heterostructures without vacuum. We find that gaps of 21 meV at the $Γ$ point and 9 meV at the M point arise in the topological state at the SnSe/EuS interface, due to the magnetic proximity effect, which breaks the time reversal symmetry. The surface state at $Γ$ is shifted below the Fermi level by 88 meV and the surface state at M is shifted above the Fermi level by 47 meV, owing to band bending at the interface. By comparison, the topological state at the interface of SnTe/CaTe is unperturbed by the presence of non-magnetic CaTe.
Delina sellata
Creators: name: Šifner, František
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Scathophagidae
Delina
Delina sellata

description: Delina sellata (Hackman, 1956)
 Chylizosoma sellatum Hackman, 1956: 15. HOLOTYPE: J, Finland, Salla, Pyhäkuru, 30.vi.1936, R. Frey leg., No. D 41067 (MZHF).
 Distribution. Finland (HACKMAN 1956: 15).
description: Published as part of Šifner, František, 2008, A catalogue of the Scathophagidae (Diptera) of the Palaearctic region, with notes on their taxonomy and faunistics, pp. 111-196 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48 (1) on page 176, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5342493
Cleigastra bicolor Macquart 1835
Creators: name: Šifner, František
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Scathophagidae
Cleigastra
Cleigastra bicolor

description: Cleigastra bicolor Macquart, 1835
 Cleigastra bicolor Macquart, 1835: 387. HOLOTYPE: J, France, ‘ De Bordeaux [= from Bordeaux]’; no additional data quoted in the original paper (depository unknown).
 Note. This species was inaccurately included in the genus Delina by GORODKOV (1986: 38) based on the colour of the body, especially of the antennae and head. The identity of this species remains unclear.
description: Published as part of Šifner, František, 2008, A catalogue of the Scathophagidae (Diptera) of the Palaearctic region, with notes on their taxonomy and faunistics, pp. 111-196 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48 (1) on page 177, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5342493
Variable fusion for Bayesian linear regression via spike-and-slab priors
Creators: name: Wu, Shengyi
name: Shimamura, Kaito
name: Yoshikawa, Kohei
name: Murayama, Kazuaki
name: Kawano, Shuichi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In linear regression models, fusion of coefficients is used to identify predictors having similar relationships with a response. This is called variable fusion. This paper presents a novel variable fusion method in terms of Bayesian linear regression models. We focus on hierarchical Bayesian models based on a spike-and-slab prior approach. A spike-and-slab prior is tailored to perform variable fusion. To obtain estimates of the parameters, we develop a Gibbs sampler for the parameters. Simulation studies and a real data analysis show that our proposed method achieves better performance than previous methods.
description: 19 pages
Nonparametric pairwise multiple comparisons in independent groups using Dunn's test
Creators: name: Dinno, Alexis
name: Dinno, Alexis
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: dunntest
subject: kwallis
subject: Dunn's test
subject: Kruskal–Wallis test
subject: multiple comparisons
subject: familywise error rate
subject: Bonferroni
subject: Sidák
subject: Holm
subject: Holm–Sidák
subject: false discovery rate

description: Dunn's test is the appropriate nonparametric pairwise multiple-comparison procedure when a Kruskal–Wallis test is rejected, and it is now implemented for Stata in the dunntest package. dunntest produces multiple comparisons following a Kruskal–Wallis k-way test by using Stata's built-in kwallis command. It includes options to control the familywise error rate by using Dunn's proposed Bonferroni adjustment, the Šidák adjustment, the Holm stepwise adjustment, or the Holm–Šidák stepwise adjustment. There is also an option to control the false discovery rate using the Benjamini–Hochberg stepwise adjustment.
Paper 1.pdf
Creators: name: Agdal, Youssef
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 200205 Culture, Gender, Sexuality
subject: FOS: Other humanities
subject: 200204 Cultural Theory
subject: 200299 Cultural Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: 209999 Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Languages and literature
subject: 200525 Literary Theory
subject: 200599 Literary Studies not elsewhere classified

description: This paper examines how women’s mobility is hindered by their economic dependence on men. It explores how the Georgian era played an essential role in shaping gender roles in the novel, taking into consideration the point of view of Jane Austen as a woman of the English gentry in rural England at the turn of the 19th century. This paper questions how different events, decisions, and actions, related to mobility, are expected based on what Jane Austen sees as natural difference between males and females. The focus is on events that stress how mobility fosters men’s empowerment and deepens women’s passivity.
Generating nonnegatively correlated binary random variates
Creators: name: Chen, Minxing
name: Chen, Minxing
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: rbinary
subject: correlated binary random data
subject: Monte Carlo simulation
subject: drawnorm
subject: multivariate normal distribution

description: In this article, I discuss the methods for generating nonnegatively correlated binary random variates. I provide a new command, rbinary, with examples showing how the command can be used.
Review of Alan Acock's Discovering Structural Equation Modeling Using Stata, Revised Edition
Creators: name: Williams, Richard
name: Williams, Richard
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: structural equation models

description: In this article, I review Discovering Structural Equation Modeling Using Stata, Revised Edition, by Alan Acock (2013 [Stata Press]).
Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University Policy of Open Science
Creators: name: Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University
name: Korniienko, Tetiana
name: Yakubiv, Valentyna
name: Hrynyshak, Tetiana
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University is a leading higher education institution in Ukraine that actively promotes the development and implementation of progressive educational and scientific practices. The university places a strong emphasis on responsible and fair research evaluation as a core institutional value. In alignment with its commitment to transparency and collaboration, the university integrates these principles into its research and educational processes, fostering an environment that encourages open and accessible science. This approach is further supported by the university's efforts to implement an Open Science Policy as part of its Development Strategy for 2020-2027
POVERTY, INCOME REDISTRIBUTION, AND BASIC NEEDS: A CASE STUDY OF IRAN
Creators: name: Hashemi, Mehdi Emami
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Disillusionment with the results of the past three decades of economic development in the Third World countries has led many economists to advocate a development strategy which emphasizes satisfaction of basic needs as a primary goal of development. One of the the important means to achieve this end, however, is income redistribution, which is in direct contrast to the traditional thinking of "grow now, redistribute later.". The main purpose of this study is to show that income redistribution--to the extent that the basic needs of the population are satisfied--in an oil-rich country such as Iran would have very little, if any, adverse effect upon economic growth. The specific objectives of this study are: (1) To show the extent of poverty in Iran in terms of income inequality, malnutrition, education, shelter, health, and distribution of such essential services as piped water and electricity, and to find out the number of people living in absolute poverty. (2) To investigate the impact of income redistribution upon economic growth, employment, and imports, and to inquire into the subsequent trade-offs between growth and equity. In evaluating the nutritional status of the population, the Reutlinger-Selowsky methodology is used to estimate the average calorie deficiency of each decile of population in different regions. The estimate of the savings effect of income redistribution upon growth is based on the Cline methodology. A Leontief input-output analysis is used to simulate the effect of different alternatives of income distribution upon employment and imports. And finally, the "redistribution with growth" model of Chenery et al. is used to simulate the effects of different development strategies in the eradication of poverty. Despite a remarkable rate of economic growth during the 1960s and early 1970s, the empirical results of this study point to the worsening of income distribution and growing unemployment in Iran. The simulation results suggest that income redistribution could have a substantial positive effect upon employment, and point out the superiority of a basic needs strategy of development to a "trickle down" approach, both in terms of growth and equity.
POVERTY, INCOME REDISTRIBUTION, AND BASIC NEEDS: A CASE STUDY OF IRAN
Creators: name: Hashemi, Mehdi Emami
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 38
subject: Economics

description: Disillusionment with the results of the past three decades of economic development in the Third World countries has led many economists to advocate a development strategy which emphasizes satisfaction of basic needs as a primary goal of development. One of the the important means to achieve this end, however, is income redistribution, which is in direct contrast to the traditional thinking of "grow now, redistribute later.". The main purpose of this study is to show that income redistribution--to the extent that the basic needs of the population are satisfied--in an oil-rich country such as Iran would have very little, if any, adverse effect upon economic growth. The specific objectives of this study are: (1) To show the extent of poverty in Iran in terms of income inequality, malnutrition, education, shelter, health, and distribution of such essential services as piped water and electricity, and to find out the number of people living in absolute poverty. (2) To investigate the impact of income redistribution upon economic growth, employment, and imports, and to inquire into the subsequent trade-offs between growth and equity. In evaluating the nutritional status of the population, the Reutlinger-Selowsky methodology is used to estimate the average calorie deficiency of each decile of population in different regions. The estimate of the savings effect of income redistribution upon growth is based on the Cline methodology. A Leontief input-output analysis is used to simulate the effect of different alternatives of income distribution upon employment and imports. And finally, the "redistribution with growth" model of Chenery et al. is used to simulate the effects of different development strategies in the eradication of poverty. Despite a remarkable rate of economic growth during the 1960s and early 1970s, the empirical results of this study point to the worsening of income distribution and growing unemployment in Iran. The simulation results suggest that income redistribution could have a substantial positive effect upon employment, and point out the superiority of a basic needs strategy of development to a "trickle down" approach, both in terms of growth and equity.
Superdeterministic hidden-variables models I: nonequilibrium and signalling
Creators: name: Sen, Indrajit
name: Valentini, Antony
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This is the first of two papers which attempt to comprehensively analyse superdeterministic hidden-variables models of Bell correlations. We first give an overview of superdeterminism and discuss various criticisms of it raised in the literature. We argue that the most common criticism, the violation of `free-will', is incorrect. We take up Bell's intuitive criticism that these models are `conspiratorial'. To develop this further, we introduce nonequilibrium extensions of superdeterministic models. We show that the measurement statistics of these extended models depend on the physical system used to determine the measurement settings. This suggests a fine-tuning in order to eliminate this dependence from experimental observation. We also study the signalling properties of these extended models. We show that although they generally violate the formal no-signalling constraints, this violation cannot be equated to an actual signal. We therefore suggest that the so-called no-signalling constraints be more appropriately named the marginal-independence constraints. We discuss the mechanism by which marginal-independence is violated in superdeterministic models. Lastly, we consider a hypothetical scenario where two experimenters use the apparent-signalling of a superdeterministic model to communicate with each other. This scenario suggests another conspiratorial feature peculiar to superdeterminism. These suggestions are quantitatively developed in the second paper.
description: Post-print version
AN ASSESSMENT OF FAMILY CENTERED CARE IN ACUTE CARE PEDIATRIC HEALTH FACILITIES (HOSPITALIZATION)
Creators: name: Jeppson, Elizabeth Seale
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: The overall purpose of this study was to assess family centered care in acute care pediatric health facilities in the United States. This purpose was accomplished by completing three discrete but interrelated substudies. First, the study identified a set of interventions, services and policies that support the philosophy of family centered care and determined the points on the developmental continuum when those interventions were critically important. Second, based on those age dependent critical interventions, the study proposed a model for optimum support at and across the first five developmental levels. Finally, the study surveyed all acute care pediatric health facilities nationally in order to determine the extent to which family centered care services and policies existed in those institutions. Questionnaires were sent to the Director of Nursing in 301 hospitals in the United States. Responses were received from 264 (86%) of them. Analyses of the frequency and patterns with which family centered care services existed in those institutions determined the current availability of services and provided a measure of the degree of commitment to a philosophy of family centered care in those hospitals. The frequency with which certain family centered care services were reported by the sample has increased dramatically in the last 30 years and indicates a growing awareness of the efficacy of psychosocial support services in the treatment of hospitalized children. However, in spite of reported policy changes there is evidence that the attitudinal changes necessary to insure full implementation of psychosocial support for children and their families have not occurred. Three findings--the limited frequency of quality services, the low incidence of comprehensive practices and the disparity between patient needs and services provided--support the conclusion that hospitals that serve children in the United States today have not typically adopted a philosophy of family centered care in the treatment of their patients. Specific policies that address the emotional and developmental needs of children and families have been established, but the findings indicate that those policies exist on a random basis and not as part of an overall philosophy of care.