cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
GROWTH AND YIELD RESPONSE OF MALABAR SPINACH TO LEVELS OF DEHYDRATED COW MANURE APPLICATION
Creators: name: Palada, M. C.
name: Davis, A. M.
name: Crossman, S. M. A.
name: Palada, M. C.
name: Davis, A. M.
name: Crossman, S. M. A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1999
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries
Farm Management

description: A field experiment was conducted to determine growth and yield response of Malabar spinach (Basella alba L.) to various levels of cow manure application. Malabar spinach seedlings were transplanted in plots containing three rows 5.0 m long. Spacing was 1.0 m between rows and 0.5 m between plants in the row. Dehydrated cow manure (2%N, 1%P, 2%K) was soil-incorporated before planting at rates of 0, 10, 20, and 40 t.ha'1. The trial used a randomized complete block design with four replications. Data on number of stems harvested, length of longest stem, total plant fresh and dry weights, leaf and stem fresh and dry weights, and leaf area index (LAI) were collected from each of the five harvests. All data were taken from a sample of five plants at each harvest. Results indicated significant response to levels of cow manure in terms of all measured parameters. Highly significant (PO.OOOl) linear and quadratic responses to cow manure levels were observed in stem number and length, total plant, leaf, and stem fresh and dry weights. LAI response was both linear (P<0.001) and quadratic (P<0.01). Edible leaf fresh yield increased from 110.4 g planf1 at 0 t ha"1 to 306.8 g plant1 at 40 t ha"1 cow manure application. Optimum cow manure application rate for leaf yield is between 10 to 201 ha"1.
Effects of fixatives on myelin molecular order probed with RP-CARS microscopy
Creators: name: De Vito, Giuseppe
name: Parlanti, Paola
name: Cecchi, Roberta
name: Luin, Stefano
name: Cappello, Valentina
name: Tonazzini, Ilaria
name: Piazza, Vincenzo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Tissues and Organs (q-bio.TO)
subject: Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC)
subject: Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: When live imaging is not feasible, sample fixation allows preserving the ultrastructure of biological samples for subsequent microscopy analysis. This process could be performed with various methods, each one affecting differently the biological structure of the sample. While these alterations were well-characterized using traditional microscopy, little information is available about the effects of the fixatives on the spatial molecular orientation of the biological tissue. We tackled this issue by employing Rotating-Polarization Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering (RP-CARS) microscopy to study the effects of different fixatives on the myelin sub-micrometric molecular order and micrometric morphology. RP-CARS is a novel technique derived from CARS microscopy that allows probing spatial orientation of molecular bonds while maintaining the intrinsic chemical selectivity of CARS microscopy. By characterizing the effects of the fixation procedures, the present work represents a useful guide for the choice of the best fixation technique(s), in particular for polarisation-resolved CARS microscopy. Finally, we show that the combination of paraformaldehyde and glutaraldehyde can be effectively employed as a fixative for RP-CARS microscopy, as long as the effects on the molecular spatial distribution, here characterized, are taken into account.
description: 11 pages, 4 figures. This is the peer reviewed version of an article that has been published in final form by Applied Optics. Please note that the copyright statement on the front page of the article allows posting of this manuscript by authors on arXiv, as specified here: https://www.osapublishing.org/submit/review/copyright_permissions.cfm
L'economia statunitense: debolezza della "forte" ripresa (The U.S. economy: the weakness of the "strong" recovery)
Creators: name: Godley, Wynne
name: Izurieta, Alex
Publisher: name: Moneta e Credito
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: contabilità, settori, Stati Uniti, bilancio finanziario, debito
subject: E62, E66, F32, H3, H62

description: Le prospettive strategiche dell’economia statunitense (o di altri paesi) possono venire valutate analizzando i bilanci finanziari del suoi principali settori, che sono tra loro collegati da un coerente sistema di contabilità. L’espansione del periodo 1992-2000, accompagnata da un crescente avanzo di bilancio, venne accolta da un’ondata di autocompiacimento negli Stati Uniti e si ritenne che potesse durare all’infinito. Tuttavia l’esame dei bilanci rivela che la configurazione delle forze trainanti era insostenibile e che l’orientamento della politica fiscale doveva drasticamente cambiare a un certo punto. Alla fine, vi è stata in effetti un’enorme espansione fiscale che evitò un’imminente recessione. Tuttavia la nuova configurazione dei bilanci finanziari rivela nuovamente una situazione insostenibile, con il debito pubblico, quello estero e quello privato che crescono in modo eccessivamente veloce. La crescita sostenuta nel medio termine può essere raggiunta solo se si verifica una prolungata espansione nella domanda netta di esportazioni, per la quale tuttavia il resto del mondo non sembra ben preparato. The strategic outlook of the U.S. economy (or other countries) can be assessed by analyzing the financial statements of its main sectors, which are connected together by a coherent system of accounting. The expansion of the period 1992-2000, accompanied by a growing surplus, was greeted by a wave of complacency in the United States and it was thought that it could last forever. However, the examination of financial statements reveals that the configuration of the driving forces was unsustainable and that the orientation of fiscal policy was to change dramatically at some point. In the end, there was in fact a huge fiscal expansion that prevented an imminent recession. However, the new configuration of the financial statements reveals again an untenable situation, with the public debt, the foreign and the private grow too quickly. The sustained growth in the medium term can only be achieved if there is a long expansion in the net demand for exports, which, however, the rest of the world does not seem well prepared. JEL Codes: E62, E66, F32, H3, H62
description: Moneta e Credito, V. 62 (2009): nn. 245-248
We The People of Koṁkaṇ
Creators: name: RODRIGUES, TENSING CARLOS
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: History
subject: Anthropology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Archaeology
subject: Geography
subject: Sociology

description: Based on the currently dominant ‘version’ of the spread of modern humans out of Africa somewhere around 60,000 to 40,000 BCE. These humans – technically called the Anatomically Modern Humans (AMH), and closest in semblance to us – are believed to have trudged northwards along the west coast of Africa into the Persian Gulf, and further along the coast to the Kutch peninsula, and then southwards along the west coast of India. [The Journey of Man, 30 Dec 18] We do not know for certain whether they circumnavigated round Kanyakumari or cut across the Indian peninsula short of it; but we have evidence of their passing along the east coast of India. Possibly they took the latter option, some of them remaining behind to populate the southern tip of the Indian peninsula. The current ethnographic map of the peninsula suggests the possibility that the early humans used the Palakkad corridor to cut through the peninsula. [The Vēṭuvan, The Irūlā And The Kurūṁbār, 26 Apr 20] If we step back a little, may be three hundred thousand years earlier, we find evidence of hominin inhabitation at Attirambakkam on the east coast. These are not modern humans. But the finds suggest that perhaps before the modern humans, this region hosted archaic humans. The population in this region therefore could be sharing the ancestries of the AMH who came in later as well as of the archaic humans. Based on the ethnographic map of the peninsula, there is a strong possibility that these could be the ancestors of the vēṭuvan or vēḍār found on the south eastern tip of the Indian peninsula and Sri Lanka, and possibly through them of the modern tāmiḷ.
title: Denn Sie wissen nicht, was wir tun : die Inszenierung von Architekten und Architektinnen im bewegten Bild
Creators: name: Baumgartner, Lena
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Film
subject: Architektur
subject: Film
subject: Architecture
subject: FOS: Civil engineering

description: Diese Masterarbeit untersucht das Rollenbild von ArchitektInnen in populären Filmen und Fernsehserien. Um einen Querschnitt zu erhalten, wurden hierfür, aus einer Liste von 108 bewegten Bildern mit ArchitektInnen, 25 Werke aus unterschiedlichen Jahren und Ländern ausgewählt. Die Darstellungen dieser ArchitektInnen wurden untersucht und etwaige Gemeinsamkeiten oder Unterschiede hervorgehoben, um im Anschluss ihre Ursachen näher zu beleuchten. Durch erkennbare Kongruenzen wurden verschiedene Architektentypen ausgearbeitet, die Filmcharaktere zugeordnet und deren Eigenschaften beschrieben. Darüber hinaus wurden die Darstellungen in Hinblick auf ihre Herkunft, das Geschlecht und die Art der bewegten Bilder verglichen und allgemeine Diskrepanzen und übereinstimmungen mit der Realität analysiert und auf ihre Wirkung auf das Publikum untersucht. Abschließend wurden die deutlichsten Eigenschaften der ArchitektInnen zusammengefasst, um zu erkennen wie ArchitektInnen wahrgenommen werden und was von ihnen erwartet wird. Darüber hinaus wird reflektiert wie ArchitektInnen mit der Erwartungshaltung umgehen und was sie daraus lernen können.
description: This thesis examines how architects are presented in Blockbusters. 25 films and televisions series were selected, out of a list of 108 movies and sitcoms where fictitious architects take part. The general criterias for this selection were the date of publication, the state of production and the gender of the architects. The representations of these architects were examined, similarities and differences were scanned and possible causes described. By recognizable congruences, different architect-types were worked out and their characteristics definded. Furthermore, the different filmcharacters are classified as the respective architect-type. In addition, the representations were compared in terms of their origin , gender and between movies and sitcoms. General differences and similarities with the reality were analyzed and explored for their consequences. Finally, the most obvious characteristics of the architects were summarized to recognise how architects are experienced and what the public is expecting. Furthermore it reflects how architects can deal with the expectations and what they can learn from it.
Semileptonic D->pi/K and B->pi/D decays in 2+1 flavor lattice QCD
Creators: name: Okamoto, M.
name: Aubin, C.
name: Bernard, C.
name: DeTar, C.
name: Di Pierro, M.
name: El-Khadra, A. X.
name: Gottlieb, Steven
name: Gregory, E. B.
name: Heller, U. M.
name: Hetrick, J.
name: Kronfeld, A. S.
name: Mackenzie, P. B.
name: Menscher, D. P.
name: Nobes, M.
name: Oktay, M. B.
name: Osborn, J.
name: Simone, J. N.
name: Sugar, R.
name: Toussaint, D.
name: Trottier, H. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present results for form factors of semileptonic decays of $D$ and $B$ mesons in 2+1 flavor lattice QCD using the MILC gauge configurations. With an improved staggered action for light quarks, we successfully reduce the systematic error from the chiral extrapolation. The results for $D$ decays are in agreement with experimental ones. The results for B decays are preliminary. Combining our results with experimental branching ratios, we then obtain the CKM matrix elements $|V_{cd}|$, $|V_{cs}|$, $|V_{cb}|$ and $|V_{ub}|$. We also check CKM unitarity, for the first time, using only lattice QCD as the theoretical input.
description: Talk presented at Lattice2004(heavy); 3 pages, 3 figures
The Economic Challenge of Mitigating Climate Change through Forestry Activities
Creators: name: Van Kooten, G. Cornelis
name: Van Kooten, G. Cornelis
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
subject: carbon offsets
subject: bioenergy
subject: forest economics

description: In this study, the price of carbon offset credits is used for incentivizing a reduction in the release of CO2 emissions and an increase in sequestration of CO2 through forestry activities. A forest management model representative of the southern interior of British Columbia is described. The objective is to maximize net discounted returns to commercial timber operations plus the benefits of managing carbon fluxes. The model tracks carbon in living trees, organic matter, and post-harvest carbon pools. The decision about which forestry activities generate carbon offset credits and how many is essentially a political and not a scientific one.
Voretigene Neparvovec: A Review in RPE65 Mutation-Associated Inherited Retinal Dystrophy
Creators: name: Kang, Connie
name: Scott, Lesley J.
Publisher: name: Adis Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 111301 Ophthalmology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Compliance with Ethical Standards
Disclosure: The preparation of this review was not supported by any external funding.
Conflicts of interest: Connie Kang and Lesley J. Scott are salaried employees of Adis/Springer, are responsible for the article content and declare no relevant conflicts of interest.
Additional information about this Adis Drug Review can be found here
AbstractVoretigene neparvovec (Luxturna®), a recombinant adeno-associated virus vector-based gene therapy, delivers a functioning copy of the human retinal pigment epithelium-specific 65 kDa (RPE65) gene into retinal cells of patients with reduced or absent levels of RPE65 protein, providing the potential to restore the visual cycle. A single-dose subretinal injection of voretigene neparvovec administered in each eye is approved in several countries worldwide for the treatment of vision loss in adult and paediatric patients with confirmed biallelic RPE65 mutation-associated inherited retinal dystrophy (IRD) and with sufficient viable retinal cells. In the pivotal phase III trial, significant improvements from baseline were seen in the mean bilateral multi-luminance mobility test scores in the voretigene neparvovec group compared with the control group at 1 year. The beneficial effects of voretigene neparvovec treatment were maintained after up to 4 years of follow-up (with follow-up continuing for 15 years). Control recipients were eligible to receive voretigene neparvovec at 1 year, and showed improvements at subsequent follow-ups (≤ 3 years post injection) onsistent with those in patients who received voretigene neparvovec at baseline. Most adverse reactions in voretigene neparvovec recipients were transient, asymptomatic and nonserious, and resolved without sequelae (may have been related to voretigene neparvovec, the subretinal injection procedure, concomitant corticosteroid use or a combination thereof). Retinal detachment occurred in one patient at year 4. Although ongoing additional long-term efficacy and safety data are required, voretigene neparvovec is an important novel gene therapy for patients with RPE65 mutation-associated IRD and sufficient viable retinal cells.
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The pre-main sequence spectroscopic binary UZ Tau East: improved orbital parameters and accretion phase dependence
Creators: name: Martín, Eduardo L.
name: Magazzù, Antonio
name: Delfosse, Xavier
name: Mathieu, Robert D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present radial-velocity measurements obtained using high- and intermediate-resolution spectroscopic observations of the classical T Tauri star UZ Tau East obtained from 1994 to 1996. We also provide measurements of H$α$ equivalent widths and optical veiling. Combining our radial-velocity data with those recently reported by Prato et al. (2002), we improve the orbital elements for this spectroscopic binary. The orbital period is 18.979$\pm$0.007 days and the eccentricity is e=0.14. We find variability in the H$_α$ emission and veiling, signposts of accretion, but at periastron passage the accretion is not as clearly enhanced as in the case of the binary DQ Tau. The difference in the behaviour of these two binaries is consistent with the hydrodynamical models of accretion from circumbinary disks because UZ Tau East has lower eccentricity than DQ Tau. It seems that enhanced periastron accretion may occur only in systems with very high eccentricity (e$>$0.5).
description: accepted for publication in A&A
Resource-efficient adaptive Bayesian tracking of magnetic fields with a quantum sensor
Creators: name: Craigie, K.
name: Gauger, E. M.
name: Altmann, Y.
name: Bonato, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Single-spin quantum sensors, for example based on nitrogen-vacancy centres in diamond, provide nanoscale mapping of magnetic fields. In applications where the magnetic field may be changing rapidly, total sensing time is crucial and must be minimised. Bayesian estimation and adaptive experiment optimisation can speed up the sensing process by reducing the number of measurements required. These protocols consist of computing and updating the probability distribution of the magnetic field based on measurement outcomes and of determining optimized acquisition settings for the next measurement. However, the computational steps feeding into the measurement settings of the next iteration must be performed quickly enough to allow for real-time updates. This article addresses the issue of computational speed by implementing an approximate Bayesian estimation technique, where probability distributions are approximated by a finite sum of Gaussian functions. Given that only three parameters are required to fully describe a Gaussian density, we find that in many cases, the magnetic field probability distribution can be described by fewer than ten parameters, achieving a reduction in computation time by factor 10 compared to existing approaches. For T2* = 1 micro second, only a small decrease in computation time is achieved. However, in these regimes, the proposed Gaussian protocol outperforms the existing one in tracking accuracy.
description: 14 pages, 4 figures
Implicazioni di Basliea II per la stabilità finanziaria. Le nuvole si addensano sui paesi in via di sviluppo (Implications of Basel II for financial stability. The clouds are gathering on the countries in the developing)
Creators: name: Tonveronachi, Mario
Publisher: name: Moneta e Credito
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: regolamentazione finanziaria, Basilea II, parità, sviluppo
subject: E44, F53, G21, G28, O16

description: Nella prospettiva della più generale tendenza che caratterizza la regolamentazione finanziaria, il lavoro analizza l’efficacia e l’efficienza di Basilea II come strumento per promuovere la resilienza finanziaria. Nel valutare le critiche al Nuovo Accordo particolare attenzione è posta al caso dei paesi in via di sviluppo. Basilea II appare non essere condizione necessaria né sufficiente per raggiungere la stabilità finanziaria sistemica, specie in condizioni di debolezza delle istituzioni e delle politiche macroeconomiche. Anche considerando la complessità e l’onerosità dello schema, si conclude che i paesi in via di sviluppo dovrebbero mirare alla creazione di nuovi accordi internazionali basati su condizioni di parità (level playing field) definiti in termini di stabilità. In the context of a more general trend that characterizes the financial regulation, the paper analyzes the effectiveness and efficiency of Basel II as a tool to promote financial resilience. In assessing the criticisms of the New Accord, special attention is given to the case of countries in the developing world. Basel II does not appear to be necessary nor a sufficient condition to reach the systemic financial stability, especially under conditions of weak institutions and macroeconomic policies. Even considering the complexity and the burden of the scheme, it is concluded that the developing countries should aim at the creation of new international agreements based on an equal footing (level playing field) defined in terms of stability. JEL Codes: E44, F53, G21, G28, O16
description: Moneta e Credito, V. 62 (2009): nn. 245-248
Anni di formazione nella Chicago d'un tempo (Beginnings)
Creators: name: Minsky, Hyman P.
Publisher: name: Moneta e Credito
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Hyman Minsky, biography, retrospective
subject: B31

description: Articolo originariamente pubblicato in Moneta e Credito, vol. 39, n. 153, marzo 1982, pp. 3-14. Tra il 1937 e il 1942 l’Università di Chicago era un ottimo posto dove cominciare a diventare un economista. Gli economisti dell’Università coprivano un ampio spettro di pensiero; non c’era nessuna scuola di Chicago predominante. L’accento sul rigore intellettuale e sulla serietà era unito a una definizione ampia della materia di studio. Tra i più importanti docenti solo Lange, e forse Douglas, avevano simpatia per le idee di Keynes; ciò però era forse dovuto alla precedente accettazione, da parte degli altri docenti, della necessità di una politica fiscale fortemente espansiva durante la depressione. Avendo raggiunto conclusioni “keynesiane” sulla politica economica semplicemente osservando l’economia, gli economisti ortodossi di Chicago non sentivano la necessità di rivoluzionare la teoria economica. JEL Codes: B31
description: Moneta e Credito, V. 62 (2009): nn. 245-248
On the potassium-rotation connection in late-type Alpha Persei stars
Creators: name: Martin, Eduardo L.
name: Magazzu, Antonio
name: Lopez, Ramon J. Garcia
name: Randich, Sofia
name: Navascues, David Barrado y
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present measurements of the \ion{K}{i} $λ7699$ line from spectra of 19 late-type members of the $α$Persei cluster obtained with the Intermediate Dispersion Spectrograph at the Isaac Newton Telescope. These stars span a narrow range of $T_\mathrm{eff}$, from 5091 K to 4771 K, and a wide range of $v \sin i$ values (9 $\mathrm{km s}^{-1}$--170 $\mathrm{km s}^{-1}$). We find empirically that larger rotational broadening increases the equivalent width of \ion{K}{i} $λ7699$ linearly for $v \sin i$ values from 15 $\mathrm{km s}^{-1}$ to 75 $\mathrm{km s}^{-1}$. This correlation breaks down for $v \sin i >$ 75 $\mathrm{km s}^{-1}$. After correction for this effect, we show that the potassium line equivalent widths do not correlate with $v \sin i$.}
description: accepted for publication in A&A
Interplay between $k$-core and community structure in complex networks
Creators: name: Malvestio, Irene
name: Cardillo, Alessio
name: Masuda, Naoki
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The organisation of a network in a maximal set of nodes having at least $k$ neighbours within the set, known as $k$-core decomposition, has been used for studying various phenomena. It has been shown that nodes in the innermost $k$-shells play a crucial role in contagion processes, emergence of consensus, and resilience of the system. It is known that the $k$-core decomposition of many empirical networks cannot be explained by the degree of each node alone, or equivalently, random graph models that preserve the degree of each node (i.e., configuration model). Here we study the $k$-core decomposition of some empirical networks as well as that of some randomised counterparts, and examine the extent to which the $k$-shell structure of the networks can be accounted for by the community structure. We find that preserving the community structure in the randomisation process is crucial for generating networks whose $k$-core decomposition is close to the empirical one. We also highlight the existence, in some networks, of a concentration of the nodes in the innermost $k$-shells into a small number of communities.
description: 34 pages, 4 tables, and 15 figures. Main + supplementary. Final version accepted for publication
National Fertilizer Policy - Uganda
Creators: name: MAAIF
name: EPRC
name: MAAIF
name: EPRC
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Agricultural chemicals
subject: Agricultural growth
subject: Fertilizers

description: The Uganda National Fertiliser Policy (NFP) brings together all the related fragmented regulations into a single and comprehensive policy framework on fertiliser. In the past, Government served as the central agency responsible for fertiliser importation and delivery to designated points in the country, until the liberalisation policy was adopted in 1990. During this period and thereafter, there have been policy and regulatory frameworks to control agricultural chemicals. Currently, the law in place is the Agricultural Chemical (Control) Act, 2006, which controls and regulates the manufacture, storage, distribution and trade in, use, importation and exportation of agricultural chemicals. However, this Act is broad and hence the need for a specific policy to guide stakeholders in increasing availability and sustainable use of fertilisers.
A pathway to social protection development in Uganda: a synthesis report
Creators: name: Guloba, Madina
name: Ssewanyana, Sarah
name: Birabwa, Elizabeth
name: Guloba, Madina
name: Ssewanyana, Sarah
name: Birabwa, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: Community/Rural/Urban Development
Demand and Price Analysis
Political Economy

description: Social protection is at the heart of attaining the Global Agenda 2030’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Africa’s Agenda 2063. This synthesis reviews the institutions, policies, laws, implementation plans and evidence that are aligned to support social protection in Uganda. Evidence shows that there are many vulnerabilities within the economy and that females are at a greater disadvantage than males. Hence, there is a need for multi-faceted interventions from both state and non-state actors. Policy frameworks, particularly the National Social Protection Policy, are in place. However, the extent to which this policy is being implemented was not ascertained because it is still new. The funds allocated to social protection in Uganda are still small and insufficient. Actions taken by the institutions responsible for spearheading social protection are not adequate, as vulnerability is still high and uncoordinated interventions continue to proceed with no operational guidelines. Limitations on the harmonization and financial commitment of the government with regard to the national rollout of cash transfer grants to all elderly eligible persons will result in a failure to achieve social inclusiveness. For successful policy action, it is important to ensure institutional coordination, engage stakeholders at the onset of programme conceptualization, include the informal sector, liberalise the pension sector, and strengthen non-financial social protection initiatives.
Moneta e Credito: storia e prospettive di una rivista (Money And Credit: History And Prospects Of A Magazine)
Creators: name: Roncaglia, Alessandro
Publisher: name: Moneta e Credito
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quarterly Review, Associazione Paolo Sylos Labini, Moneta e Credito
subject: E44, G01

description: Con questo numero speciale si apre una nuova stagione della storia della nostra rivista. In una fase di ristrutturazioni interne, la Banca Nazionale del Lavoro ha concordato la cessione della proprietà della rivista stessa e della sua consorella Quarterly Review all' Associazione Paolo Sylos Labini, mantenendo un collegamento tramite una sponsorizzazione. In questo modo è stato possibile salvare due riviste con una storia lunga e prestigiosa, conservandone intatto l'orientamento verso la ricerca e il dibattito scientifico nel campo della teoria e della politica economica, con attenzione particolare ma non esclusiva per gli aspetti monetari e finanziari e senza alcuna preconcetta scelta di campo tra le diverse scuole di pensiero. With this special issue opens a new era in the history of our magazine. In a period of internal restructuring, the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro agreed on the transfer of ownership of the magazine itself and all of its sister Quarterly Review 'Association Paolo Sylos Labini, while maintaining a connection via a sponsorship. In this way it was possible to save two magazines with a long and prestigious history, keeping intact the orientation towards research and scientific debate in the field of economic theory and policy, with particular but not exclusive attention to the monetary and financial aspects and without any preconceived choice of field between the different schools of thought. JEL Codes: E44, G01
description: Moneta e Credito, Vol. 61 nn. 241-244
title: Combinatorial r-species and their substitution
Creators: name: Braunsteiner, Judith
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: kombinatorische Spezies
subject: Plethysmus
subject: combinatorial species
subject: plethysm

description: Kombinatorische Spezies wurden von Joyal als Methode zur konzeptuellen Behandlung von kombinatorischen Strukturen entwickelt. Wir betrachten eine Verallgemeinerung davon für die Wirkung des Kranzproduktes einer zyklischen Gruppe der Ordnung r und einer symmetrischen Gruppe, auch r-Spezies genannt. Einige Aspekte von r-Spezies wurden bereits von Henderson, Hetyei und Choquette untersucht. In dieser Arbeit geben wir einen Überblick über das Thema, wobei wir dem Verhalten der Zyklenindikatorreihe unter verschiedenen Operationen von r-Spezies, wie zum Beispiel Produkt und Substitution, besondere Aufmerksamkeit schenken. Das letzte Kapitel beschäftigt sich mit der Berechnung der Zyklenindikatorreihe von drei verschieden Arten der Substitution, von denen eine neu ist.
description: Combinatorial species were introduced by Joyal as a device for computing conceptually with combinatorial structures. We study a generalization of this concept for actions of the wreath product of a cyclic group of order r and a symmetric group, called r-species. Some aspects of r-species were previously considered by Henderson, Hetyei and Choquette. We give an overview of the topic, concentrating on the behavior of the cycle index series and its specializations under various operations on r-species, including product and substitution. The final chapter is concerned with the computation of the cycle index series of three kinds of substitution, one of them is new.
Productivity in Kenyan Agriculture: 1964-1989
Creators: name: Njue, Evelyn
name: Fox, Glenn
name: Njue, Evelyn
name: Fox, Glenn
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1993
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Productivity Analysis

description: Th􀀚is paper reports the results of a study of productivity change in Kenyan agriculture. The data span the period from Kenyan independence in 1964 to 1989. Until now, no estimates of productivity for agriculture in Kenya have been available. Both multi-factor and labour productivity measures were constructed. Laspeyres indexing procedures were used. Our results indicate that while total production and input use have grown in the sector, productivity has stagnated through the period. Recent years have witnessed declining productivity. Attempts to use Cline's model to explain variations in productivity were unsuccessful. Coefficients of resear.ch and extension expenditures, education and weather variables were found to be statistically insignificant when these variables were regressed on productivity.
Crisi internazionale e crisi nazionale (National and International Crises)
Creators: name: Ferrari, Sergio
Publisher: name: Moneta e Credito
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Italy, growth, crisis, innovation
subject: O31, G01, O40

description: L'articolo considera la situazione dell'Italia sulla scia della crisi finanziaria ed economica internazionale.Si sottolinea in particolare che l'Italia era già in una posizione critica prima del 2007-2008, principalmente a causa dell'insufficiente crescita economica.Il motivo principale delle basse performance del paese è individuato nell'insufficiente spesa per ricerca e sviluppo, che ha rallentato l'innovazione. The article considers the situation of Italy in the wake of the international financial and economic crisis. It is in particular stressed that Italy was already in a critical position before 2007-2008, mainly due to insufficient economic growth. The main reason for the country's low performance is identified in the insufficient expenditure on research and development, which caused innovation to slow down. JEL: O31, G01, O40
description: Moneta e Credito, V. 65, N. 257 (2012)
Identification of signaling molecules involved in mediating the anti-proliferative effects of gonadotropin releasing hormone-I and -II on ovarian cancer cell lines
Creators: name: Kim, Ki Yon
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: In addition to its well-established role as a neuroendocrine regulator at the level of the pituitary gland, gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH; GnRH-I) and a second form of GnRH have received consideration for therapeutic use in gynecological cancers. The objective of this thesis was to explore the signal transduction of GnRH-induced antiproliferative effects in ovarian cancer cells. It has been hypothesized that the action of GnRH-II may be mediated by the GnRH-I receptor, which is expressed in OVCAR-3 and SKOV-3 ovarian cancer cells. GnRH-I and II induced the activation of ERK1/2 and antiproliferative effect on on ovarian cancer cells and antide, a GnRH-I receptor antagonist, and transfection of short-interfering RNA (siRNA) of the GnRH-I receptor abolished GnRH-I and Il-induced anti-proliferation and extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase-1 and -2 (ERK1/2) phosphorylation. In addition, the GnRH-induced ERK1/2 activation was mimicked by phorbol-12-myristate 13-acetate, a protein kinase C (PKC) activator, and pretreatment with GF109203X, an inhibitor of PKC, blocked GnRH-induced ERK1/2 activation and anti-proliferation. There is accumulating evidence that activation of mitogenactivated protein kinases (MAPKs) by GnRH-I is important for cell proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis. In this study, the role of GnRH-II in activating MAPKs was investigated in ovarian cancer cells. ERK1/2 and p38 MAPK were activated following GnRH-II treatment. The activation of ERK1/2 by GnRH-II led to the phosphorylation of Elk-1, which was not blocked by PD98059, an inhibitor of MAPK/ERK kinase (MEK). In addition, the transcription factor, AP-1 was activated by GnRH-II and attenuated in the presence of SB203580, an inhibitor of p38 MAPK. Moreover, PD98059 and SB203580 reversed the GnRH-II-induced anti-proliferation. Treatments with GnRH-I or II resulted in the induction of apoptosis in ovarian cancer cells. Moreover, GnRH-induced apoptosis was blocked by SB203580, but not by PD98059. Treatment with genistein, a protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) inhibitor, reversed GnRH-induced anti-proliferation in ovarian cancer cells. In summary, having demonstrated the functional involvement of the signaling pathways described above in GnRH-I and Il-induced anti-proliferation and apoptosis, our studies support the hypothesis that GnRH-I and II elicit anti-proliferative effects in ovarian cancer cells via GnRH-I receptor, ERK1/2, p38, PKC and PTK.
Self-gravitating dark matter gets in shape
Creators: name: Wagner, Jenny
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In our current best cosmological model, the vast majority of matter in the Universe is dark, consisting of yet undetected, non-baryonic particles that do not interact electro-magnetically. So far, the only significant evidence for dark matter has been found in its gravitational interaction, as observed in galaxy rotation curves or gravitational lensing effects. The inferred dark matter agglomerations follow almost universal mass density profiles that can be reproduced well in simulations, but have eluded an explanation from a theoretical viewpoint. Forgoing standard (astro-)physical methods, I show that it is possible to derive these profiles from an intriguingly simple mathematical approach that directly determines the most likely spatial configuration of a self-gravitating ensemble of collisionless dark matter particles.
description: 6 pages, honorable mention at the 2020 Gravity Research Foundation essay competition, extended physical explanations, matches published IJMPD-version
Can Increasing Returns Occur in Pest Management?
Creators: name: Fox, Glenn
name: Weersink, Alfons
name: Fox, Glenn
name: Weersink, Alfons
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1993
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Farm Management

description: This paper analyses the role of damage control inputs in production. Damage control inputs differ from conventional inputs in that they act indirectly or conditionally on output. Their productivity depends on the presence of a damage agent. Examples of damage control inputs include crime and fire protection, flood control and irrigation, disease prevention in people, plarits and animals, and national defense. Agricultural economists, other agricultural researchers and foresters have also studied damage control inputs in pest management models. The indirect action of damage control inputs means that the marginal productivity of this class of inputs depends on their effectiveness in controlling the damage agent, the level of damage agent and the degree of production loss caused by a given level of damage agent. Our analysis shows that increasing returns to the damage control input, in terms of its effect on production, can occur even when the control and damage functions are concave.
Decay of the vacuum energy into CMB photons
Creators: name: Opher, Reuven
name: Pelinson, Ana
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We examine the possibility of the decay of the vacuum energy into cosmic microwave background (CMB) photons. It is shown that observations of the primordial density fluctuation spectrum put strong limits on the possible decay rate. When photon creation due to the vacuum energy decay takes place, the standard linear temperature dependence, T(z)=T_0(1+z), where T_0 is the present CMB temperature, is modified. The decay is described by a generic temperature dependence, T(z)=T_0(1+z)^{1-β}, of the CMB photons. A strong limit on the maximum value of the decay rate is obtained by placing a maximum value on the βparameter: β_{max}\approx 3\times 10^{-3}.
Una riconsiderazione degli studi di Kalecki sull’economia statunitense.(A Reconsideration of Kalecki’s Studies on the US Economy)
Creators: name: López Gallardo, Julio
Publisher: name: Moneta e Credito
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Kalecki, applied research, crisis, USA
subject: E12, B31, G01, B50

description: Kalecki ha ideato un nuovo metodo di analisi, che è stato utilizzato anche da alcuni dei suoi collaboratori.Sfortunatamente, tuttavia, quel metodo non ha avuto l'impatto che merita sulla ricerca applicata, nemmeno tra i suoi seguaci.L'obiettivo del presente lavoro è di rivisitare gli studi applicati di Kalecki.In primo luogo, spiegherò e discuterò la prospettiva e la metodologia di Kalecki.In secondo luogo, lo userò per vedere quanto può aiutare a capire la recente evoluzione dell'economia statunitense.Nell'attuale crisi degli Stati Uniti, la politica monetaria, sotto forma di allentamento quantitativo e tassi di interesse storicamente bassi, è stata salutata dai pubblicitari e dagli esperti come soluzione per affrontare il declino della spesa privata e il rallentamento dell'attività.I risultati sono stati piuttosto deludenti.Utilizzando l'approccio e la metodologia di Kalecki, ho verificato che è stata la spesa pubblica ad aver giocato il ruolo chiave per evitare una crisi più profonda di quella effettivamente avvenuta. Kalecki devised a novel method of analysis, which was also used by some of his collaborators. Unfortunately however, that method has not had the impact it deserves on applied research, not even among his followers. The objective of the present paper is to revisit Kalecki’s applied studies. I will in the first place explain and discuss Kalecki’s outlook and methodology. In the second place, I will use it to see how much it can help to understand the recent evolution of the US economy. In the current US crisis, monetary policy, in the shape of quantitative easing and historically low rates of interest, has been hailed by publicists and pundits as the solution to confront the decline of private spending and the business downswing. The results of have been rather disappointing. Using Kalecki’s approach and methodology, I have verified that it has been public spending that has played the key role to avoid a deeper crisis than the one that actually took place. JEL: E12, B31, G01, B50
description: Moneta e Credito, V. 65, N. 257 (2012)
Free-Electron Shaping Using Quantum Light
Creators: name: Di Giulio, Valerio
name: de Abajo, F. Javier García
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Controlling the wave function of free electrons is important to improve the spatial resolution of electron microscopes, the efficiency of electron interaction with sample modes of interest, and our ability to probe ultrafast materials dynamics at the nanoscale. In this context, attosecond electron compression has been recently demonstrated through interaction with the near fields created by scattering of ultrashort laser pulses at nanostructures followed by free electron propagation. Here, we show that control over electron pulse shaping, compression, and statistics can be improved by replacing coherent laser excitation by interaction with quantum light. We find that compression is accelerated for fixed optical intensity by using phase-squeezed light, while amplitude squeezing produces ultrashort double-pulse profiles. The generated electron pulses exhibit periodic revivals in complete analogy to the optical Talbot effect. We further reveal that the coherences created in a sample by interaction with the modulated electron are strongly dependent on the statistics of the modulating light, while the diagonal part of the sample density matrix reduces to a Poissonian distribution regardless of the type of light used to shape the electron. The present study opens a new direction toward the generation of free electron pulses with additional control over duration, shape, and statistics, which directly affect their interaction with a sample.
description: 10 pages, 5 figures, 62 references
Come difendere la globalizzazione e salvaguardare i sistemi bancari dal contagio?(How to Defend Globalization while Safeguarding Banking Systems from Contagion?)
Creators: name: Sarcinelli, Mario
Publisher: name: Moneta e Credito
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: globalization, banking systems, contagion, crisis, sistemi bancari, contagio, crisi, globalizzazione
subject: G01, G18, G28

description: Il lavoro riassume la letteratura principale sull'impatto della globalizzazione e della crisi sui sistemi bancari.La conclusione principale è che un approccio più convincente alla regolamentazione finanziaria appare necessario, anche se la completa omogeneizzazione dei sistemi finanziari non è un obiettivo da perseguire.Gli attuali approcci nei paesi anglosassoni, basati sulla segmentazione delle attività bancarie, sembrano una scelta giusta, a causa sia delle difficoltà politiche nell'attuare una regolamentazione più rigorosa delle finanze sia della difficoltà pratica di regolamentare un settore pervaso dall'innovazione finanziaria.Tuttavia, sia la regola Volcker sia l'approccio britannico della ring-fencing, soffrono di due limitazioni: il rischio di trasferire ancora più rischi al sistema bancario ombra e la difficoltà nella pratica di distinguere tra attività di copertura legittime e attività speculative proibite. The work summarises the main literature on the impact of globalisation and of the crisis on banking systems. The main conclusion is that a more compelling approach to financial regulation appears as necessary, though the complete homogenisation of financial systems is not a goal to be sought. The current approaches in the Anglo-Saxon countries, based on the segmentation of banking activities seems a right choice, due to both the political difficulties in enacting a stricter regulation of finance and the practical difficulty of regulating a sector pervaded by financial innovation. However, both the Volcker rule and the British approach of ring-fencing, suffer from two limitations: the risk of transferring even more risk to the shadow banking system, and the difficulty in practice to distinguish between legitimate hedging activities and forbidden speculative activities. JEL: G01, G18, G28
description: Moneta e Credito, V. 65, N. 257 (2012)
Collective oscillations of one-dimensional Bose-Einstein gas in a time-varying trap potential and atomic scattering length
Creators: name: Abdullaev, F. Kh.
name: Garnier, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The collective oscillations of 1D repulsive Bose gas with external harmonic confinement in two different regimes are studied. The first regime is the mean field regime when the density is high. The second regime is the Tonks-Girardeau regime when the density is low. We investigate the resonances under periodic modulations of the trap potential and the effective nonlinearity. Modulations of the effective nonlinear coefficient result from modulations of the atomic scattering length by the Feshbach resonance method or variations of the transverse trap frequency. In the mean field regime we predict the bistability in the nonlinear oscillations of the condensate. In the Tonks-Girardeau regime the resonance has the character of a linear parametric resonance. In the case of rapid strong modulations of the nonlinear coefficient we find analytical expressions for the nonlinearity managed soliton width and the frequency of the slow secondary oscillations near the fixed point.
description: 16 pages, 7 figures
title: Poisson approximation for structure floors
Creators: name: Eder, Alexander
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Poisson approximation
subject: Chen-Stein method
subject: structured note
subject: structure floor
subject: coupling

description: This thesis is about the approximation of the price for structure floors. The underlying structured note consists of an arbitrary number of double barrier options. For a small number of options, it's numerically shown by a Monte Carlo simulation that they fulfill a special dependency criterium. To approximate the distribution of the structured note's payoff, the Chen-Stein method is used. Using this approximation, bounds for the exact price of a structure floor are given. These results are implemented using the coding language Mathematica. With this implementation, several examples are given to illustrate the results.