cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Pinnularia gemella Van de Vijver
Creators: name: Zidarova, Ralitsa
name: Kopalová, Kateŕina
name: Vijver, Bart Van De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Bacillariophyta
Bacillariophyceae
Naviculales
Naviculaceae
Pinnularia
Pinnularia gemella

description: Pinnularia gemella Van de Vijver (in Van de Vijver et al. 2009: 432) (Figs 197–204)
Valves linear with strictly parallel margins and broadly rounded, non-protracted apices. Valve dimensions (n=20): length 43–52 µm, width 7.3–8.8 µm. Axial area moderately broad, linear to linear-lanceolate, not, or only very slightly, widening towards the central area. Central area forming a rectangular, usually asymmetrical fascia. Raphe lateral with deflected proximal raphe endings terminating in weakly expanded pores. Distal raphe fissures bayonet-shaped. Striae almost parallel throughout the entire valve. Longitudinal lines absent. One single row of small spines visible on the primary side, 9–10 in 10 µm. Valves usually found in pairs, connected by linking spines, lying in juxtaposition.
 Habitat:— Pinnularia gemella was found in several larger lakes on the central plateau of Byers Peninsula. All lakes had a pH varying between 7.2 and 7.5 and a very low specific conductance level (<60 µS/ cm). The species seems to be absent from Hurd Peninsula.
 Observations:— Pinnularia gemella cannot be mistaken with any other species of Pinnularia due to the presence of the spines on the primary side. Only a few Pinnularia species have spines or form colonies in juxtaposition. Van de Vijver et al. (2004a, 2009) reviewed all colony- and/or spine-forming species of Pinnularia. Pinnularia subantarctica var. elongata has a similar valve outline but higher stria density and lacks the typical spines of P. gemella.
description: Published as part of Zidarova, Ralitsa, Kopalová, Kateŕina & Vijver, Bart Van De, 2012, The genus Pinnularia (Bacillariophyta) excluding the section Distantes on Livingston Island (South Shetland Islands) with the description of twelve new taxa, pp. 11-37 in Phytotaxa 44 on page 31, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.44.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4894994
The impact of event group and gender on the relationship between sport anxiety and performance in track and field athletes
Creators: name: Powell, Kelly K.
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: This study investigated the impact of precompetition anxiety on athletic performance in track runners. It was found that the nature of the event (sprint, mid-distance, long distance) differentially predicted the relationship between precompetitive anxiety and performance. Results showed that the interpretation of anxiety intensity as either facilitative or debilitative, the 'directional' component of anxiety, is a more sensitive predictor of performance than anxiety intensity alone. Findings indicated that best predictor of performance for sprinters and distance runners were their somatic anxiety direction. The performance of the mid-distance runners was best predicted by self-confidence direction. The results are interpreted as lending support to the multidimensional model of anxiety.
ISAAC/VLT observations of a lensed galaxy at z=10.0
Creators: name: Pello, R.
name: Schaerer, D.
name: Richard, J.
name: Borgne, J. -F. Le
name: Kneib, J. -P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the first likely spectroscopic confirmation of a z 10.0 galaxy from our ongoing search for distant galaxies with ISAAC/VLT. Galaxy candidates at z >~ 7 are selected from ultra-deep JHKs images in the core of gravitational lensing clusters for which deep optical imaging is also available, including HST data. The object reported here, found behind Abell 1835, exhibits a faint emission line detected in the J band, leading to z=10.0 when identified as Ly-a, in excellent agreement with the photometric redshift determination. Redshifts z < 7 are very unlikely for various reasons we discuss. The object is located on the critical lines corresponding to z=9 to 11. The magnification factor μranges from 25 to 100. For this object we estimate SFR(Ly-a) (0.8-2.2) Msun/yr and SFR(UV) (47-75) Msun/yr, both uncorrected for lensing. The steep UV slope indicates a young object with negligible dust extinction. SED fits with young low-metallicity stellar population models yield (adopting mu=25) a lensing corrected stellar mass of M*~8.e+6 Msun, and luminosities of 2.e+10 Lsun, corresponding to a dark matter halo of a mass of typically M_tot>~ 5.e+8 Msun. In general our observations show that under excellent conditions and using strong gravitational lensing direct observations of galaxies close to the ``dark ages'' are feasible with ground-based 8-10m class telescopes.
description: To be published in A&A, Vol. 416, p. L35. Press release information, additional figures and information available at http://obswww.unige.ch/sfr and http://webast.ast.obs-mip.fr/galaxies
Genetic divergence in soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill)
Creators: name: Datta, A. K.
name: Hossain, M. A.
name: Rahman, L.
name: Datta, A. K.
name: Hossain, M. A.
name: Rahman, L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: Genetic diversity
subject: Soybean
subject: Glycine max
subject: Cluster analysis

description: Genetic divergence among twenty-one genotypes of soybean using Mahalanobis D2 statistics revealed considerable variability among the genotypes for eight characters. The genotypes were grouped into four distinct clusters. The inter-cluster distances were larger than the intra-cluster distances suggesting wider genetic diversity among the genotypes of different groups. The inter-cluster average D values showed maximum distance between cluster II and I followed by between ll and Ill. The genetically diversed genotypes from these groups could be used as parents in hybridization program for getting desirable seggregants. Germplasms much in use of these characters of respective clusters would offer a good scope of improvement of the crops through rational selection.
Calliopsis (Nomadopsis) hesperia
Creators: name: Pedro, Diego De
name: Ceccarelli, Fadia Sara
name: Sagot, Philippe
name: López-Reyes, Eulogio
name: Mullins, Jessica L.
name: Mérida-Rivas, Jorge A.
name: Falcon-Brindis, Armando
name: Griswold, Terry
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Gardner, Joel
name: Ayala, Ricardo
name: Vides-Borrell, Eric
name: Vandame, Rémy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Andrenidae
Calliopsis
Calliopsis hesperia

description: Calliopsis (Nomadopsis) hesperia (Swenk & Cockerell, 1907) **
[Holotype: UNSM: ♂ Southern California, US]
Calliopsis hesperia is a specialist on plants in the Boraginaceae genus Heliotropium L. (Fowler 2020). This is a new species record for Mexico. The BBPT captured specimens in June 2020 in the Coastal Sage Matorral in the Guadalupe Valley (MABC). See fig. 29.
description: Published as part of Pedro, Diego De, Ceccarelli, Fadia Sara, Sagot, Philippe, López-Reyes, Eulogio, Mullins, Jessica L., Mérida-Rivas, Jorge A., Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Griswold, Terry, Ascher, John S., Gardner, Joel, Ayala, Ricardo, Vides-Borrell, Eric & Vandame, Rémy, 2024, Revealing the Baja California Peninsula's Hidden Treasures: An Annotated checklist of the native bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), pp. 1-391 in Zootaxa 5522 (1) on page 75, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5522.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13920532
Leptogenesis through direct inflaton decay to light particles
Creators: name: Dent, Thomas
name: Lazarides, George
name: de Austri, Roberto Ruiz
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a scenario of nonthermal leptogenesis following supersymmetric hybrid inflation, in the case where inflaton decay to both heavy right handed neutrino and SU(2)_L triplet superfields is kinematically disallowed. Lepton asymmetry is generated through the decay of the inflaton into light particles by the interference of one-loop diagrams with right handed neutrino and SU(2)_L triplet exchange respectively. We require superpotential couplings explicitly violating a U(1) R-symmetry and R-parity. However, the broken R-parity need not have currently observable low-energy signatures. Also, the lightest sparticle can be stable. Some R-parity violating slepton decays may, though, be detectable in the future colliders. We take into account the constraints from neutrino masses and mixing and the preservation of the primordial lepton asymmetry.
description: 11 pages including 3 figures, uses Revtex, minor corrections, references added
Pinnularia subantarctica var. elongata (Manguin in Bourrelly & Manguin) Van de Vijver & Le Cohu in Van de Vijver, Frenot & Beyens
Creators: name: Zidarova, Ralitsa
name: Kopalová, Kateŕina
name: Vijver, Bart Van De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Bacillariophyta
Bacillariophyceae
Naviculales
Naviculaceae
Pinnularia
Pinnularia subantarctica
Pinnularia subantarctica var. elongata (manguin in bourrelly & manguin) van de vijver & le cohu in van de vijver, frenot & beyens

description: Pinnularia subantarctica var. elongata ( Manguin in Bourrelly & Manguin) Van de Vijver & Le Cohu in Van de Vijver, Frenot & Beyens (Figs 206 –217)
Valves linear to weakly linear-lanceolate with parallel to weakly convex valve margins and broadly rounded, subrostrate apices. Valve dimensions (n=25): length 27–59 µm, valve breadth 5.4–7.9 µm. Axial area narrow, near the centre weakly deltoid. Central area forming a broad almost rectangular, sometimes asymmetrical, fascia. Raphe slightly lateral with expanded and weakly deflected central pores. Terminal raphe fissures “?”- shaped. Striae slightly to moderately radiate in the middle, becoming convergent towards the apices, 14–15 in 10 µm. Longitudinal lines clearly present.
 Habitat:— Pinnularia subantarctica var. elongata was most abundant among wet mosses in areas close to the sea and in larger lakes, usually near the shoreline where the presence of animals was clearly visible. PH ranges from 6.9 to 8.4 with a specific conductance varying from 34 to almost 250 µS/cm.
 Observations:— Pinnularia subantarctica var. elongata is one of the smallest Pinnularia taxa presenting a longitudinal line running across its striae due to the partly internal covering of the striae, leaving only a small opening. It cannot be confused with other species. Pinnularia microstauron has a unique valve outline with more rostrate apices and clearly convex margins.
description: Published as part of Zidarova, Ralitsa, Kopalová, Kateŕina & Vijver, Bart Van De, 2012, The genus Pinnularia (Bacillariophyta) excluding the section Distantes on Livingston Island (South Shetland Islands) with the description of twelve new taxa, pp. 11-37 in Phytotaxa 44 on pages 31-32, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.44.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4894994
Redshift estimation of clusters by wavelet decomposition of their Sunyaev-Zel'dovich morphology
Creators: name: Schaefer, Bjoern Malte
name: Pfrommer, Christoph
name: Zaroubi, Saleem
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A method for estimating redshifts of galaxy clusters based solely on resolved Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) images is proposed. Given a high resolution SZ cluster image (with FWHM of approx. 1 arcmin), the method indirectly measures its structure related parameters (amplitude, size, etc.) by fitting a model function to the higher order wavelet momenents of the cluster's SZ morphology. The applicability and accuracy of the wavelet method is assessed by applying it to maps of a set of clusters extracted from hydrodynamical simulations of cosmic structure formation. The parameters, derived by a fit to the spectrum of wavelet moments as a function of scale, are found to show a dependence on redshift z that is of the type x(z) = x_1 exp(-z/x_2) + x_3, where the monotony of this functional behaviour and the non-degeneracy of those parameters allow inversion and estimation of the redshift z. The average attainable accuracy in the z-estimation relative to 1+z is approx. 4-5% out to z = 1.2, which is comparable to photometric redshifts. For single-frequency SZ interferometers, where the ambient fluctuating CMB is the main noise source, the accuracy of the method drops slightly to = 6-7%.
description: 14 pages, 16 figures, submitted to MNRAS, 21.Oct.2003
Rates of change from 2003 to 2007 of abstinence, contraceptive use, and HIV/AIDS infection school-based education among public high school students in the District of Columbia
Creators: name: Enriquez, Ashleigh Rae
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4206
subject: Public health

description: This study examined the trend changes from 2003 to 2007 of D.C. public high school students in sexual activity, contraceptive use, and HIV/AIDS infection school-based education. The data used was from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Literature review covers district and national level. A two-sample proportional t-test was used to compare the proportions of abstinence, contraceptive use, and HIV/AIDS infection school-based education. The results indicated that a significantly greater proportion of students are abstaining from sexual activity (P-value <0.01). Of sexually active students, unprotected sexual intercourse significantly increased (P-value 0.018), while condom use significantly decreased during last sexual encounter (P-value 0.031). All other forms of contraception showed no significant change. HIV/AIDS infection school-based education showed no significant change, while the vast majority received this type of education. These results indicate that D.C. public high schools students are not meeting the Healthy People 2010 national objectives for all three trends researched.
Influence of phosphorus, zinc and molybdenum on nutrient and P-ODAP contents of grasspea (Lathyrus sativus L.) seed
Creators: name: Hossain, M. T.
name: Hossain, M. A.
name: Sattar, M. A.
name: Hossain, M. T.
name: Hossain, M. A.
name: Sattar, M. A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: Phosphorus
subject: Zinc
subject: Molybdenum
subject: Nutriens
subject: B-ODAP
subject: Grasspea seeds

description: A split-split-plot designed pot culture experiment was conducted to evaluate the influence of phosphorus, zinc and molybdenum on nutrient and neurotoxin (13-0DAP) contents of grasspea seeds. Results showed that in most cases the higher doses (P2, Zn2 and Mo2) were statistically similar with the lower doses (P1, Zni and Moi) and the highest response was revealed with lower doses both separately and in combination of P2Zn1 and P2Zn1Mo1 in respect of protein, proline, methionine, 13-carotene, fat and 13-0DAP content.
IMMUNE SYSTEM IN PHYSIOLOGY
Creators: name: Khabibullayeva Gulasal Khurshidovna Student of Zarmed University Nakhalboyev Alisher Aliboyevich Assistant of Zarmed University
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Abstract: The immune system is a network of biological processes that protect the body from diseases. It recognizes various pathogens, from viruses to parasitic worms and dust mites, as well as cancer cells and even wood shavings, mounts an immunological response to them, and distinguishes them from healthy tissues of the body. In most biological species, the immune system consists of two main subgroups. The innate immune system provides protection through pre-formed immune responses to various situations and influences. The adaptive immune system easily recognizes previously encountered molecules and responds to each new stimulus in a customized manner. Both systems use molecules and cells to perform their functions. Almost all organisms have some form of immunity. Bacteria have rudimentary immunity in the form of enzymes that protect against viral infections. Other simple immune mechanisms evolved in ancient plants and animals and have been passed down to their modern descendants. These mechanisms include phagocytosis, antimicrobial peptides called defensins, and the complement system

 

KEYWORDS: Immune system, innate immunity, adaptive immunity, humoral immunity, cellular immunity, antigen, antibody (immunoglobulins: IgA, IgG, IgM, IgE, IgD), phagocytosis, T-lymphocytes, B-lymphocytes, Natural killer cells (NK cells), immune memory, allergic reactions, anaphylactic shock, histamine, autoimmune diseases
Hodge ideals for the determinant hypersurface
Creators: name: Perlman, Michael
name: Raicu, Claudiu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 14M12, 14J17, 14E15, 13D45

description: We determine explicitly the Hodge ideals for the determinant hypersurface as an intersection of symbolic powers of determinantal ideals. We prove our results by studying the Hodge and weight filtrations on the mixed Hodge module O_X(*Z) of regular functions on the space X of n x n matrices, with poles along the divisor Z of singular matrices. The composition factors for the weight filtration on O_X(*Z) are pure Hodge modules with underlying D-modules given by the simple GL-equivariant D-modules on X, where GL is the natural group of symmetries, acting by row and column operations on the matrix entries. By taking advantage of the GL-equivariance and the Cohen-Macaulay property of their associated graded, we describe explicitly the possible Hodge filtrations on a simple GL-equivariant D-module, which are unique up to a shift determined by the corresponding weights. For non-square matrices, O_X(*Z) is naturally replaced by the local cohomology modules H^j_Z(X,O_X), which turn out to be pure Hodge modules. By working out explicitly the Decomposition Theorem for some natural resolutions of singularities of determinantal varieties, and using the results on square matrices, we determine the weights and the Hodge filtration for these local cohomology modules.
description: 16 pages, v2: updated discussion of generation level, and added Remark 4.2 on alternate approach to calculation of weight filtration
title: Characterisation of human H⁺-ATPase a4 subunit
Creators: name: Su, Ya
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2004

description: The vacuolar H+-ATPase (or V-ATPases) are a family of ATP-dependent proton pumps that move protons across the plasma membrane at specialised sites such as kidney epithelial cells and osteoclasts, as well as acidifying intracellular compartments. The 100 kDa polytopic a subunit of this group of ATPases is suggested to play important roles in proton translocation, assembly, and targeting as well as coupling of ATP hydrolysis and proton transport of the V-ATPase. In man, different a subunit paralogues are encoded by four genes. ATP6V0A4 encodes a4, which is dominantly expressed apically in a-intercalated cells in both human and mouse kidney. I sought binding partners for a4 in order to address its potential role in the V-ATPase complex. Random peptide phage display analysis using a4's C terminus as a target protein revealed a consensus motif (WLELRP) with almost complete homology to part of the enzyme phosphofructokinase 1 (PFK-1). Activity of this enzyme is the rate-limiting step in glycolysis. Specificity of a4 binding to this peptide was confirmed by phage ELISA. Protein-protein interaction was further demonstrated by co-immunoprecipitation of a4 with PFK-1 from human kidney membrane proteins. An in vitro PFK-1 pull-down assay showed that this interaction is also true for the ubiquitously expressed a1 subunit. Finally, PFK-1 co-immunolocalised with a4 in α-IC in the collecting ducts of human kidney. These findings indicate a direct link between V-ATPase and glycolysis, via the C-terminus of the pump's a subunit, and suggest a novel regulatory mechanism between V-ATPase function and energy supply. This interaction between the a subunit and PFK-1 also provides new evidence that the C-terminus of this subunit lies cytoplasmically in vivo. Finally, SPR analysis suggests a possible alteration of the a4/PFK-1 interaction by the mutation (G820R) within the a4(C) region identified from a patient with rdRTA, providing a potential mechanism for disease.
Chiral and isospin breaking in the two-flavor Schwinger Model
Creators: name: Albandea, David
name: Hernández, Pilar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Schwinger model with two massive fermions is a nontrivial theory for which no analytical solution is known. The strong coupling limit of the theory allows for different semiclassical approximations to extract properties of its low-lying spectrum. In particular, analytical results exist for the fermion condensate, the fermion mass dependence of the pseudoscalar meson mass or its decay constant. These approximations, nonetheless, are not able to quantitatively predict isospin breaking effects in the light spectrum, for example. In this paper we use lattice simulations to test various analytical predictions, and study isospin breaking effects from nondegenerate quark masses. We also introduce a low-energy effective field theory based on a nonlinear $σ$ model with a dilaton field, which leads to the correct fermion mass dependence of the pion mass, the correct $σ$-to-$π$ mass ratio and a prediction of the isospin breaking effects, which we test numerically.
description: 10 pages, 4 figures, 3 tables. v2 and v3: edit to match published version
Does The Granary County Subsidy Policy Lead to Manipulation of Grain Production Data in China? Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Creators: name: Yu, X.
name: Zhang, X.
name: You, L.
name: Yu, X.
name: Zhang, X.
name: You, L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy

description: Manipulation of food production data could lead to catastrophic social and economic consequences. The accuracy of official agricultural statistics has long been questioned in China. As a natural experiment, this paper studies the linkage between agricultural production data manipulation and the Granary Country Subsidy Policy (GCSP). Chinese government gave subsidies to the counties with annual grain production more than 200 thousand tons to encourage these local governments to give priority on grain production from 2005. In order to obtain the subsidies, the prospective counties with food production slightly below the threshold may have incentives to over-report their grain production. Based on the McCrary (2008) s density test, our empirical results confirm that the GCSP results in over-reporting of grain production in those countries. Furthermore, data manipulations are more likely to happen in major-grain-production, low-income and mid-western counties. The policy implication would be that the fiscal distribution rules of a central government should avoid data manipulation incentives in local governments, particularly should cut the linkage to the data which are self-reported by the local governments. Acknowledgement : Thanks
Calliopsis (Nomadopsis) linsleyi
Creators: name: Pedro, Diego De
name: Ceccarelli, Fadia Sara
name: Sagot, Philippe
name: López-Reyes, Eulogio
name: Mullins, Jessica L.
name: Mérida-Rivas, Jorge A.
name: Falcon-Brindis, Armando
name: Griswold, Terry
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Gardner, Joel
name: Ayala, Ricardo
name: Vides-Borrell, Eric
name: Vandame, Rémy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Andrenidae
Calliopsis
Calliopsis linsleyi

description: Calliopsis (Nomadopsis) linsleyi (Rozen, 1958)
[Holotype: SEMC; ♂ Andreas Canyon, Palm Springs, California, US; April 10, 1936]
This species is a specialist on flowering shrubs in the genus Eriodictyon Benth. (Fowler 2020). This species was reported in BCS by Ayala et al. (1996), but there is no public access to that record’s information. The BBPT collected C. linsleyi in Chaparral and the Baja California Mountains in BC in May 2022. Voucher specimens are in MABC (19 ♀, 29 ♂) and ECOAB (6 ♀, 5 ♂). See fig. 29.
description: Published as part of Pedro, Diego De, Ceccarelli, Fadia Sara, Sagot, Philippe, López-Reyes, Eulogio, Mullins, Jessica L., Mérida-Rivas, Jorge A., Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Griswold, Terry, Ascher, John S., Gardner, Joel, Ayala, Ricardo, Vides-Borrell, Eric & Vandame, Rémy, 2024, Revealing the Baja California Peninsula's Hidden Treasures: An Annotated checklist of the native bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), pp. 1-391 in Zootaxa 5522 (1) on page 76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5522.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13920532
Rates of change from 2003 to 2007 of abstinence, contraceptive use, and HIV/AIDS infection school-based education among public high school students in the District of Columbia
Creators: name: Enriquez, Ashleigh Rae
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This study examined the trend changes from 2003 to 2007 of D.C. public high school students in sexual activity, contraceptive use, and HIV/AIDS infection school-based education. The data used was from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Literature review covers district and national level. A two-sample proportional t-test was used to compare the proportions of abstinence, contraceptive use, and HIV/AIDS infection school-based education. The results indicated that a significantly greater proportion of students are abstaining from sexual activity (P-value <0.01). Of sexually active students, unprotected sexual intercourse significantly increased (P-value 0.018), while condom use significantly decreased during last sexual encounter (P-value 0.031). All other forms of contraception showed no significant change. HIV/AIDS infection school-based education showed no significant change, while the vast majority received this type of education. These results indicate that D.C. public high schools students are not meeting the Healthy People 2010 national objectives for all three trends researched.
The Limitations of European Comparative Studies in Vocational Education and Training Research and the Development of a Perspective to their Reduction
Creators: name: Isacsson, Annica
name: Brevik, Birger
name: Struck, Philipp
name: Juan, Andrea Pons
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: VET
comparative studies
vocational teacher education

description: Some challenges were spotted in a recent comparative VET study and questionnaire (by Kaiser, Struck & Frind, 2020) related to the number of respondents, and the random distribution of the online questionnaire in the two countries in question. For example, the fact that in Finland or Sweden, the average age of vocational teacher students is between early and mid-40s, was not taken into account. In the follow-up extended study aiming at comparing teachers´ multiple tasks and innovative potential in a changing world within six European countries, the contexts and variations will better be taken into consideration. The duration of the study program, and entry requirements vary: In Germany, the duration of studies usually take 5 years, whereas in the Scandinavian countries or in Spain it is usually shorter. There are also differences in the interest in or recruitment of new teachers within the countries. In Spain, many trainers or workers from industry have switched to the state school system since the financial crisis, whereas in Germany and Norway there is a relevant need for well-trained teachers in VET, also in the industry. In Finland, the demand for VET teacher education is four times higher than the supply. Without understanding or given an explanation regarding context many comparisons and/or results finally do not make sense.
Three Hundred Sunflowers
Creators: name: Rahmeh, Tala Abu
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This book is about, perhaps not in all instances laughing, but opening your mind up to possibilities of fascination, tenderness and humanity during the heaviest times. More importantly, this book is exploring the space past survival, and what people do after trauma ends, at least in its immediate gravity. What does the body feel like after letting go? What happens after those loved are let go and buried? What happens during the journey and upon arrival? This book might not give substantial answers, but it definitely investigates the emotional investments and discoveries. Through telling stories, and observing unexpected beauty in a world that is devoured by destruction, this manuscript is unleashing a voice that was misplaced between a society's understandable harshness, and a mind's blockade in the middle of crises, and eventually, providing little spaces of self-cultivated freedom.
Three Hundred Sunflowers
Creators: name: Rahmeh, Tala Abu
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 47
subject: Language, communication and culture
classificationCode: 4705
subject: Literary studies

description: This book is about, perhaps not in all instances laughing, but opening your mind up to possibilities of fascination, tenderness and humanity during the heaviest times. More importantly, this book is exploring the space past survival, and what people do after trauma ends, at least in its immediate gravity. What does the body feel like after letting go? What happens after those loved are let go and buried? What happens during the journey and upon arrival? This book might not give substantial answers, but it definitely investigates the emotional investments and discoveries. Through telling stories, and observing unexpected beauty in a world that is devoured by destruction, this manuscript is unleashing a voice that was misplaced between a society's understandable harshness, and a mind's blockade in the middle of crises, and eventually, providing little spaces of self-cultivated freedom.
Impacts of energy use nexus on inter- and intra-heterogeneous households: the case of Uttar Pradesh, India
Creators: name: Djanibekov, U.
name: Gaur, V.
name: Djanibekov, U.
name: Gaur, V.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Consumer/Household Economics

description: This study analyzes the nexus issues of energy use, agricultural production, income and employment among heterogeneous and interdependent rural households in Uttar Pradesh, India. We use an agricultural household dynamic programming model that includes two types of households differentiated by their socio-economic characteristics and linked through agricultural contracts. Households are also differentiated by their membership in terms of men, women and children. The model simulates the effects of policies such as state subsidies for the purchase of solar panels, improvement in non-agricultural employment opportunities, and combinations of the two. Our main data source is a survey of 400 rural Uttar Pradesh households. The model results indicate that households improve energy use patterns by using solar panels; yet, adoption of such technology is conditional on state subsidy levels of 50% and 80% for the purchase of solar panels for farming and domestic purposes respectively. Subsidies for solar panels together with improvement of off-farm work increases off-farm employment and income of the poorer household and reduces rural income inequality, however, agricultural production is reduced. In addition, the wealthier household incurs losses from improvement in non-agricultural employment opportunities due to reduced labor availability for farming. Acknowledgement :
Bose-Einstein Condensation of Particle-Hole Pairs in Ultracold Fermionic Atoms Trapped within Optical Lattices
Creators: name: Lee, Chaohong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC, superfluidity) of particle-hole pairs in ultracold Fermionic atoms with repulsive interactionsand arbitrary polarization, which are trapped within optical lattices. Near a Feshbach resonance, the dynamics of particle-hole pairs can be described by a hard-core Bose-Hubbard model. The insulator - superfluid and charge-density-wave (CDW) - superfluid phase transitions can be induced by decreasing and increasing the potential depths with controlling the trapping laser intensity, respectively. The parameter and polarization dependence of the critical temperatures for the ordered states (BEC and/or CDW) is discussed simultaneously.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures, Accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters
Soil conservation behavior among annual crop farmers: the moderating role of intrinsic on extrinsic motivations.
Creators: name: Bopp, C.
name: Engler, A.
name: Poortvliet, M.
name: Jara-Rojas, R.
name: Bopp, C.
name: Engler, A.
name: Poortvliet, M.
name: Jara-Rojas, R.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries

description: This article examines the influence of intrinsic and extrinsic motivations, as well as the interplay between the two, on the adoption intensity of soil conservation agriculture (SCA). It seeks to understand the drivers of SCA among annual crop farmers using three conservation practices subject to be financed by an economic incentive for degraded soils in Chile; namely conservation tillage, stubble incorporation, and use of organic manure. The incentive to conservation represents an extrinsic motivation, while intrinsic motivations was represented by several beliefs about SCA based on the Planned Behavior Approach. To account for selection bias on unobservable factors between the incentive and behavior, a two-step model was performed to estimate the intensity of SCA adoption. Farm/farmers characteristics and control variables were also included in the model. Results of the econometric analysis show that attitudes and the exogenous incentive are both significant, but also the interaction with each other. Farmers with low intrinsic motivation are heavily dependent on extrinsic motivation to adopt SCA, while those intrinsically motivated seem to act in a sustainable way regardless the existence of external rewards. Finally, soil degradation was also found to play a key role on the intensity of SCA adoption. Acknowledgement : This work was supported by the Chilean National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT), through its Programme Becas Chile for Phd studies 2016.
Dynamical heating of the X-ray emitting intracluster medium: the roles of merger shocks and turbulence dissipation
Creators: name: Shi, Xun
name: Nagai, Daisuke
name: Aung, Han
name: Wetzel, Andrew
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The diffuse plasma inside clusters of galaxies has X-ray emitting temperatures of a few keV. The physical mechanisms that heat this intracluster medium (ICM) to such temperatures include the accretion shock at the periphery of a galaxy cluster, the shocks driven by merger events, as well as a somewhat overlooked mechanism -- the dissipation of intracluster turbulent motions. We study the relative role of these heating mechanisms using galaxy clusters in Lagrangian tracer particle re-simulations of the Omega500 cosmological simulation. We adopt a novel analysis method of decomposing the temperature increase at each time step into the contribution from dissipative heating and that from adiabatic heating. In the high-resolution spatial-temporal map of these heating rates, merger tracks are clearly visible, demonstrating the dominant role of merger events in heating the ICM. The dissipative heating contributed by each merger event is extended in time and also occurs in the rarefaction regions, suggesting the importance of heating by the dissipation of merger-induced turbulence. Quantitative analysis shows that turbulence heating, rather than direct heating at merger shocks, dominates the temperature increase of the ICM, especially at inner radii $r < r_{\rm 500c}$. In addition, we find that many merger shocks can propagate with almost constant velocity to very large radii $r \gg r_{\rm 500c}$, some even reach and join with the accretion shock and becoming the outer boundary of the ICM. Altogether, these results suggest that the ICM is heated more in an `inside-out' fashion rather than `outside-in' as depicted in the classical smooth accretion picture.
description: 12 pages, 13 figures, published in MNRAS
Comparing VET Teacher Education at University Level in Six European Countries
Creators: name: Hoppe, Melanie
name: Kaiser, Franz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: VET-system
VET-teacher
professionalisation
international comparison

description: Very few comparisons on VET teacher education and their impact on the VET system exist (Barabasch & Fischer, 2019, p. 2). This paper aims to compare the main training and qualification pathways of teachers in VET schools in five European countries (Finland, Sweden, Norway, Spain, Germany, and Switzerland) according to pre-defined criteria, based on a previous study that compared two countries (Kaiser & Lindberg 2019). It wants to illustrate and contrast the main differences in VET teacher education (VET TE) at Universities and education isntitutions in these countries. The article shares first findings of the Erasmus project “VETteach”, which animates the partners to share, compare, learn and disseminate their knowledge, experience and practice on academic VET teacher education.
Gains and losses: Does farmland expropriation harm farmers welfare?
Creators: name: Wang, D.
name: Qian, W.
name: Wang, D.
name: Qian, W.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods

description: Based on the data of China Household Income Project 2013(CHIP 2013), this paper empirically studies the impact of land expropriation on the objective and subjective welfare of farmers and explores its influence mechanisms. We firstly estimate the net effect of land expropriation on land-lost farmers individual income and happiness. The result shows that although the land expropriation improves their individual income, it significantly reduces their happiness scores. After we use another dataset CFPS2010 to solve endogeneity of geographical selection and apply propensity score matching (PSM) method to solve self-selection bias, the results are also robust. Then, the mechanism analysis shows that off-farm employment plays a mediation effect role so that land expropriation promotes rural labor transfer to non-agricultural employment market and increase their income, but higher occupation switching costs and the lack of social security is one of the important reasons resulting in the decrease of the landless farmers' happiness. To trace the institutional reason, China s splitted land system and its characteristic land expropriation compensation system not only deprived of farmers' land value-added income opportunities, but also failed to fully consider the occupational transformation and long-term security of landless farmers. Acknowledgement : The main funding source for the research is the National Natural Science Foundation of China(71673241).Thanks to Prof. Lu Ming for giving us advice during the research.
Social Capital and Sustainability in International VET Cooperation
Creators: name: Gessler, Michael
name: Siemer, Christine
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: social capital
international VET cooperation
social network analysis

description: Germany is one of the largest donors in international VET cooperation. Here, a central question is and not only after the completion of a project: How can the sustainability of funded international VET cooperation be adequately captured and measured? Based on Bourdieu's concept of capital and the social network analysis, a research approach is outlined which might answer this question.
Immigration and the growth of the far right in Europe
Creators: name: Stokes, Candice Eraina
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This paper will build upon existing literature concerning Europe's post integration identity crisis to explore how, as sovereignty is pooled at the EU level, immigration increasingly is a mobilizing factor at the national level and a basis for national identity. This trend threatens to securitize the EU's political agenda and bring further integration to a screeching halt. The countries in the EU most concerned about immigration---Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Malta, Spain, and the United Kingdom---are selected from existing polling and quantitative analysis is conducted to assess why these countries appear more concerned about immigration than their neighbors. Country analysis will reveal the presence of practical challenges in some countries, particularly efforts to adjust to new immigration trends. In other countries examined that have not experienced significant changes in immigration flows in recent years, the growth of anti-immigrant sentiment may be a response to recent national traumas and the global security agenda. A common denominator between all of the countries reviewed, however, is negative media coverage of immigration and minorities, suggesting that comprehensive media reform is needed. Comparative analysis across countries indicates that far right parties do not necessarily do best in the most xenophobic environments. Instead, a variety of factors, including the country's political system and history appear to play a role in the development of the far right. Nonetheless, where political norms preclude far right parties from exercising power in any official capacity, increasing electoral success will allow far right parties to influence policy from the periphery.
Calliopsis (Nomadopsis) puellae
Creators: name: Pedro, Diego De
name: Ceccarelli, Fadia Sara
name: Sagot, Philippe
name: López-Reyes, Eulogio
name: Mullins, Jessica L.
name: Mérida-Rivas, Jorge A.
name: Falcon-Brindis, Armando
name: Griswold, Terry
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Gardner, Joel
name: Ayala, Ricardo
name: Vides-Borrell, Eric
name: Vandame, Rémy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Andrenidae
Calliopsis
Calliopsis puellae

description: Calliopsis (Nomadopsis) puellae (Cockerell, 1933)
[Holotype: AMNH; ♀ Borrego, San Diego Co., California, US; April 3, 1932]
This species occurs in the southwestern USA and northwestern Mexico (Rozen 1958) and specializes on pollen from plants in a broad range of genera in the family Asteraceae (Fowler 2020). BBSL reports digitized records from the Magdalena Plains (GBIF 2023). Additionally, we identified four specimens captured in the Central Desert in March 2014 (1 ♀; CNIN), March 1973 (2 ♂) and April 1973 (1 ♀; EMEC). The BBPT collected Calliopsis puellae in La Rumorosa within the Baja California Mountains in May 2022 (3 ♂, 1 ♀), and the Succulent Coastal Matorral in April 2023 (6 ♀; MABC). See fig. 30.
description: Published as part of Pedro, Diego De, Ceccarelli, Fadia Sara, Sagot, Philippe, López-Reyes, Eulogio, Mullins, Jessica L., Mérida-Rivas, Jorge A., Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Griswold, Terry, Ascher, John S., Gardner, Joel, Ayala, Ricardo, Vides-Borrell, Eric & Vandame, Rémy, 2024, Revealing the Baja California Peninsula's Hidden Treasures: An Annotated checklist of the native bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), pp. 1-391 in Zootaxa 5522 (1) on page 79, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5522.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13920532
title: Molecular detection methods for the investigation of potential sources of Campylobacter infection
Creators: name: Best, Emma Louisa
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2004

description: The rapid detection and identification of Campylobacter jejuni isolates to probable strain level would significantly inform the epidemiological investigation of C.jejuni infection. At the outset of this project the molecular fingerprinting techniques PFGE and AFLP were proven to be equally discriminatory for identification of outbreak strains of Campylobacter, however both techniques were time consuming and not directly applicable to potential sources of infection. Real time PCR approaches were pursued for the purpose of developing methods, which would be specific and robust for the detection of specific strains of Campylobacter. A duplex real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for speciation of Campylobacter jejuni and C.coli using real time platforms was developed. This enabled a turnaround time of three hours and was applied for direct spéciation from sources of infection including meat samples. The development of real time PCR assays for allelic discrimination of strain associated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) based upon MLST locus alleles offered a possible approach for rapid strain detection. Single nucleotide polymorphisms defining key alleles diagnostic for six major clonal complexes were identified, following a detailed analysis of the available MLST data. Allelic discrimination assays based on real time PCR systems were designed to detect the SNPs and be specific for clonal complexes ST-21, ST-45, ST-48, ST-61 ST-206 and ST-257. SNP based assays were evaluated using panels of isolates from human infections, poultry, the environment, and the MLST reference collection, which had previously been characterized by MLST. Real time allelic discrimination assays allowed the rapid detection of C.jejuni isolates and preliminary strain identification directly from foods and environmental specimens. The ability to combine detection with the identification of epidemiologically important information beyond genus or species identification represents a major new concept in the use of nucleic acid amplification techniques for the improved detection of pathogens particularly pathogens of major public health importance such as C.jejuni.
Calliopsis (Nomadopsis) obscurella Cresson 1879
Creators: name: Pedro, Diego De
name: Ceccarelli, Fadia Sara
name: Sagot, Philippe
name: López-Reyes, Eulogio
name: Mullins, Jessica L.
name: Mérida-Rivas, Jorge A.
name: Falcon-Brindis, Armando
name: Griswold, Terry
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Gardner, Joel
name: Ayala, Ricardo
name: Vides-Borrell, Eric
name: Vandame, Rémy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Andrenidae
Calliopsis
Calliopsis obscurella

description: Calliopsis (Nomadopsis) obscurella Cresson, 1879
[Lectotype: ANSP; ♀ California, US]
This species specializes on pollen from Eschscholzia Cham. (Fowler 2020). There are records for this species from Ensenada City (UCRC). Additionally, the BBPT collected this species in the Succulent Coastal Matorral region in March 2021 (1 ♀), in Coastal Sage Matorral in April (2 ♀) and May 2022 (1 ♀), and April 2023 (1 ♂), and in the Central Desert in April 2023 (2 ♂). Voucher specimens are in MABC (3 ♂, 2 ♀) and ECOAB (2 ♀). See fig. 30.
description: Published as part of Pedro, Diego De, Ceccarelli, Fadia Sara, Sagot, Philippe, López-Reyes, Eulogio, Mullins, Jessica L., Mérida-Rivas, Jorge A., Falcon-Brindis, Armando, Griswold, Terry, Ascher, John S., Gardner, Joel, Ayala, Ricardo, Vides-Borrell, Eric & Vandame, Rémy, 2024, Revealing the Baja California Peninsula's Hidden Treasures: An Annotated checklist of the native bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), pp. 1-391 in Zootaxa 5522 (1) on page 78, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5522.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13920532