cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Incorporating Rationality in Intelligent Agents
Creators: name: Verma, Vandana
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: An autonomous intelligent agent functions in interaction with its environment. The agent is capable of altering the state of its environment by acting on it. An essential requirement in any goal-oriented system is that these actions should be rational. In this thesis a design is presented for incorporating rationality into the architecture of the agent. The class of autonomous agents discussed maintain an internal model of their world in a revisable belief system (specifically a Justification-based reason Maintenance System, or JRMS). A theory of rational action is developed and represented symbolically as an independent control structure that filters candidate beliefs . The JRMS is extended to maintain information on the type of a belief, which is used by the control structure to ensure that the agent's actions are consistent with its theory of rational action.
Additional file 23 of A heat-sensitive Osh protein controls PI4P polarity
Creators: name: Omnus, Deike J.
name: Cadou, Angela
name: Thomas, Ffion B.
name: Bader, Jakob M.
name: Soh, Nathaniel
name: Chung, Gary H. C.
name: Vaughan, Andrew N.
name: Stefan, Christopher J.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Figure S8. Osh3 regulates the polarized localization of the exocyst subunit Exo70 and polarized secretion of the chitin synthase Chs3. (a) Wild type and temperature conditional stt4-4 mutant cells expressing Exo70-GFP at 26 °C were grown to log phase at 26 °C, shifted 10 min at 32 °C, and then imaged by spinning disk confocal microscopy. Representative confocal sections showing Exo70-GFP localization in wild type and stt4-4 mutant cells and corresponding Nomarski images are provided. Arrows point to non-polarized Exo70-GFP foci in stt4-4 mother cells. Mother (m) and daughter (d) cells are indicated. Scale bar, 2 μm. (b) Exponentially growing wild type or osh3∆ cells expressing Exo70-GFP at 26 °C were imaged by spinning disk confocal microscopy. Representative confocal sections showing Exo70-GFP localization in wild type and osh3∆ mutant cells are provided. Arrows point to non-polarized Exo70-GFP foci in mother cells lacking Osh3 (osh3∆). Mother (m) and daughter (d) cells are indicated. Scale bar, 2 μm. (c) Quantitative analysis of Exo70-GFP polarization in small-budded cells at 26 °C. Total number of cells analyzed: wild type 26 °C n=212, osh3∆ 26 °C n=208. The graph shows the means and standard deviations from three independent experiments (t test, *p< 0.015). (d) Exponentially growing wild type and osh3∆ cells were stained with calcofluor white (a dye that stains cell wall chitin enriched at sites of cell division known as bud scars). Representative Z projections showing bud scar distribution are provided. Arrow shows a non-polarized bud scar in an osh3∆ mutant cell. Scale bar, 2 μm.
Molecular line opacity of LiCl in the mid-infrared spectra of brown dwarfs
Creators: name: Weck, P. F.
name: Schweitzer, A.
name: Kirby, K.
name: Hauschildt, P. H.
name: Stancil, P. C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a complete line list for the X 1Sigma+ electronic ground state of LiCl computed using fully quantum-mechanical techniques. This list includes transition energies and oscillator strengths in the spectral region 0.3-39,640.7 cm-1 for all allowed rovibrational transitions in absorption within the electronic ground state. The calculations were performed using an accurate hybrid potential constructed from a spectral inversion fit of experimental data and from recent multi-reference single- and double-excitation configuration interaction calculations. The line list was incorporated into the stellar atmosphere code PHOENIX to compute spectra for a range of young to old T dwarf models. The possibility of observing a signature of LiCl in absorption near 15.8 microns is addressed and the proposal to use this feature to estimate the total lithium elemental abundance for these cool objects is discussed.
description: 8 pages, 2 figures, 1 table. Accepted for publication in ApJ 613, Sept. 20 2004
A Search for $^6$Li in Lithium-Poor Stars with Planets
Creators: name: Mandell, Avi M.
name: Ge, Jian
name: Murray, Norm
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using high-resolution, high quality spectra we investigate the presence of $^6$Li in two lithium-poor stars that host extrasolar planetary systems. We present improved atomic and molecular line lists for the region in the vicinity of the lithium line at 6707.8 Å, and we produce an excellent fit to the solar spectrum. From line profile fitting, we find results consistent with no $^6$Li in either of the lithium-poor planet-bearing stars or in three comparison stars with and without planets, and 1-$σ$ upper limits of 0.04 for the isotopic ratios of the two lithium-poor stars give an upper limit of 0.3 Jupiter masses of material with primordial abundances that could have been recently deposited in their outer layers. Our results suggest that post-main sequence accretion of planets or planetary material that is undepleted in lithium is uncommon.
description: 31 pages, 10 figures, AJ in press
Basilobelbidae Balogh 1961
Creators: name: Norton, Roy A.
name: Ermilov, Sergey G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Basilobelbidae

description: Family Basilobelbidae   Basilobelba africana Wallwork, 1961
 Deutonymph: Wallwork 1961 (FB, FEx)
 Tritonymph: Wallwork 1961 (FB, FEx)
 Basilobelba parmata Okayama, 1980
 Larva: Okayama 1980 (FEx)
 Protonymph: Okayama 1980 (Ds, FB, FLg, FEx, LSF)
 Deutonymph: Okayama 1980 (Ds, FB, FLg, FEx)
 Tritonymph: Okayama 1980 (Ds, FB, FLg, FEx)
 Basilobelba pacifica Hammer, 1971
 Larva: Hammer 1971 (Ds, FB)
 Protonymph: Hammer 1971 (Ds, FB)
 Deutonymph: Hammer 1971 (Ds, FB)
 Tritonymph: Hammer 1971 (Ds, FEx)
 Basilobelba retiaria (Warburton, 1912)
 Deutonymph: Wallwork 1961 (FB)
description: Published as part of Norton, Roy A. & Ermilov, Sergey G., 2014, Catalogue and historical overview of juvenile instars of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida), pp. 1-132 in Zootaxa 3833 (1) on page 53, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3833.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5122134
Incorporating Rationality in Intelligent Agents
Creators: name: Verma, Vandana
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 46
subject: Information and computing sciences

description: An autonomous intelligent agent functions in interaction with its environment. The agent is capable of altering the state of its environment by acting on it. An essential requirement in any goal-oriented system is that these actions should be rational. In this thesis a design is presented for incorporating rationality into the architecture of the agent. The class of autonomous agents discussed maintain an internal model of their world in a revisable belief system (specifically a Justification-based reason Maintenance System, or JRMS). A theory of rational action is developed and represented symbolically as an independent control structure that filters candidate beliefs . The JRMS is extended to maintain information on the type of a belief, which is used by the control structure to ensure that the agent's actions are consistent with its theory of rational action.
Magnetic and all-optical switching properties of amorphous Tb$_x$Co$_{100-x}$ alloys
Creators: name: Ciuciulkaite, Agne
name: Mishra, Kshiti
name: Moro, Marcos V.
name: Chioar, Ioan-Augustin
name: Rowan-Robinson, Richard M.
name: Parchenko, Sergii
name: Kleibert, Armin
name: Lindgren, Bengt
name: Andersson, Gabriella
name: Davies, Carl
name: Kimel, Alexey
name: Berritta, Marco
name: Oppeneer, Peter M.
name: Kirilyuk, Andrei
name: Kapaklis, Vassilios
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Amorphous Tb$_{x}$Co$_{100-x}$ magnetic alloys exhibit a list of intriguing properties, such as perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, high magneto-optical activity and magnetization switching using ultrashort optical pulses. Varying the Tb:Co ratio in these alloys allows for tuning properties such as the saturation magnetic moment, coercive field and the performance of the light-induced magnetization switching. In this work, we investigate the magnetic, optical and magneto-optical properties of various Tb$_{x}$Co$_{100-x}$ thin film alloy compositions. We report on the effect the choice of different seeding layers has on the structural and magnetic properties of Tb$_{x}$Co$_{100-x}$ layers. We also demonstrate that for a range of alloys, deposited on fused silica substrates, with Tb content of 24-30 at.$\%$, helicity dependent all-optical switching of magnetization can be achieved, albeit in a multi-shot framework. We explain this property to arise from the helicity-dependent laser induced magnetization on the Co sublattice due to the inverse Faraday effect. Our study provides an insight into material aspects for future potential hybrid magneto-plasmonic TbCo-based architectures.
description: 17 pages, 18 figures
MANAGERIAL PERFORMANCE AND INCOME VARIABILITY FOR A SAMPLE OF ILLINOIS CASH GRAIN PRODUCERS
Creators: name: Sonka, Steven T.
name: Hornbaker, Robert H.
name: Hudson, Michael A.
name: Sonka, Steven T.
name: Hornbaker, Robert H.
name: Hudson, Michael A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1986
Subjects: Agricultural Finance
Crop Production/Industries
Farm Management

description: Managerial ability is thought to be a key determinant of success in farming. This analysis evaluates managerial performance for a sample of 179 Illinois cash grain producers from 1976-83. Characteristics of the top performing groups are presented and the variability of performance is assessed. Further research needs are suggested.
Detached white dwarf main-sequence star binaries
Creators: name: Willems, B.
name: Kolb, U.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We considered the formation of detached white dwarf main-sequence star (WDMS) binaries through seven evolutionary channels subdivided according to the evolutionary process that gives rise to the formation of the white dwarf or its helium-star progenitor: dynamically stable Roche-lobe overflow (Algol-type evolution), dynamically unstable Roche-lobe overflow (common-envelope evolution), or stellar winds (single star evolution). We examine the sensitivity of the population to changes in the amount of mass lost from the system during stable Roche-lobe overflow, the common-envelope ejection efficiency, and the initial mass ratio or initial secondary mass distribution. In the case of a flat initial mass ratio distribution, the local space density of WDMS binaries is of the order of 10^{-3}/pc^3. This number decreases to 10^{-4}/pc^3 when the initial mass ratio distribution is approximately proportional to the inverse of the initial mass ratio. More than 75% of the WDMS binary population stems from wide systems in which both components evolve as if they were single stars. The remaining part of the population is dominated by systems in which the white dwarf is formed in a common-envelope phase. The birthrate of WDMS binaries forming through a common-envelope phase is about 10 times larger than the birthrate of WDMS binaries forming through a stable Roche-lobe overflow phase. The ratio of the number of helium white dwarf systems to the number of carbon/oxygen or oxygen/neon/magnesium white dwarf systems derived from large samples of observed WDMS binaries by, e.g., future planet-search missions such as SuperWASP, COROT, and Kepler may furthermore constrain the common-envelope ejection efficiency.
description: 22 pages, accepted for publication in A&A
Exploring QOL while working from home in the US by age, gender and race
Creators: name: D'Abundo, Michelle
name: Franco, Paul
name: DeLuca, Deborah
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Working from home is becoming more common, but little is known about quality of life (QOL) and the remote working experience. QOL is frequently applied to understanding the well-being of individuals, but there is little agreement about how to define and measure QOL particularly in terms of the home-workplace. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore QOL while working from home in the US participants by age, gender and race. Methods: The comments of 169 online US respondents to the Quality of Life Home Workplace Questionnaire (QOLHWQ) were analyzed illustrating contributing factors associated with QOL while working from home. A qualitative study using the Quality of Life Home Workplace Questionnaire (QOLHWQ) was conducted online via SurveyMonkey® between July-September 2020. The instrument consisted of demographic items and 11 open-ended questions including the following, which is the focus of this abstract: Please describe your current quality of life and how it relates to working from home. Data were exported into Excel for data analysis including preparing data, open-coding, sorting codes, and organizing themes. Results: Preliminary coding indicated more participants (68) felt working from home increased QOL, 39 described decreased QOL, 27 cited pro/cons, 7 wrote fine, basic, or ok, 6 reported QOL was the same, 1 stated no relationship, and 20 comments were categorized as other. There were a variety of reasons for increased QOL (more time, less stress, decreased commute) and decreased QOL was primarily due to a lack of socializing. After coding is refined, the associations of age, gender, and race with QOL while working from home will be presented. Conclusions: If the trend of more people working from home continues, home-workplace QOL will likely play an essential role in health promotion in the US. Understanding what promotes QOL at home could aid in creating evidenced-based programs that could optimize the home-workplace for both employees and employers. For example, if the issue of socializing could be addressed for people working from home, it seems that QOL could be improved. Furthermore, understanding the relationship between age, gender, and race could further inform tailoring of home-workplace initiatives to create more effective measurement and programming. Funding: N/A.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Clone flow analysis for a theory inspired Neutrino Experiment planning
Creators: name: Donini, A.
name: Meloni, D.
name: Rigolin, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The presence of several clone solutions in the simultaneous measurement of ($θ_{13},δ$) has been widely discussed in literature. In this letter we write the analytical formulae of the clones location in the ($θ_{13},δ$) plane as a function of the physical input pair ($\barθ_{13},\barδ$). We show how the clones move with changing $\barθ_{13}$. The "clone flow" can be significantly different if computed (naively) from the oscillation probabilities or (exactly) from the probabilities integrated over the neutrino flux and cross-section. Using our complete computation we compare the clone flow of a set of possible future neutrino experiments: the CERN SuperBeam, BetaBeam and Neutrino Factory proposals. We show that the combination of these specific BetaBeam and SuperBeam does not help in solving the degeneracies. On the contrary, the combination of one of them with the Neutrino Factory Golden and Silver channel can be used, from a theoretical point of view, to solve completely the eightfold degeneracy.
description: 23 pages, using epsfig
HBI Institutional Responsibility : Reading Nutritional Labels : Higher Health Awareness on Beverage Choice
Creators: name: Lin, Cindy
name: Lok, Jessy
name: Fei, Yilu
name: Ma, XiaoQian
name: Wei, Tina
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2018

description: In this study, we aimed to examine whether UBC students who read the nutritional labels on beverages are more likely to make a healthier beverage choice. Specifically, we were interested in finding out the relationship between reading labels and healthy beverages choice. Survey data accessed participants’ action of reading labels and other characteristics that may be relevant to healthy lifestyles. We intended to use recipient data to measure what labels do students normally read and their lifestyles. We predicted that students who read labels on beverages are more likely to choose healthy beverage than students who do not read labels. Among students who read labels, those who read ingredients labels are more likely to choose healthy beverages compare to students who only read nutrition facts labels. We collected data over 2 weeks; each participants filled out the survey based on their preferences and consumption on beverages. Our results did not support our hypothesis, as reading labels do not predict a healthier beverage choice among students on UBC campus. However, we have a number of limitations that may affect our survey results. In future research, experimental study can be conducted to further investigate why the act of reading labels does not predict the preference and consumption of healthy beverages. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”
Gamma-rays from the pulsar wind nebulae
Creators: name: Bednarek, W.
name: Bartosik, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the radiation processes inside supernova remnants which are powered by young pulsars. Using recent model for particle acceleration by the pulsar wind nebulae, we obtain the equilibrium spectra of leptons and nuclei inside the nebula as a function of time. We calculate the multiwavelength photon spectra produced by leptons and nuclei and compare them with the observations of the PWNe, i.e. the Crab Nebula, the Vela Supernova Remnant, and the nebula around PSR 1706-44. It is found that the emission from the Crab Nebula can be well fitted by the composition of the gamma-ray emission produced by leptons and nuclei. The model is further tested by successful fitting of the high energy spectrum from the Vela SNR. However, considered model does not give good fitting to the emission from PSR1706-44, for the likely parameters of this source, unless additional target for relativistic leptons is present inside the nebula, e.g. the thermal infrared emission. Based on the knowledge obtained from these fittings, we predict the gamma-ray fluxes in the TeV energy range from other PWNe, i.e. MSH15-52 (PSR 1509-58), 3C58 (PSR J0205+6449), and CTB80 (PSR 1951+32).
description: 15 pages, 11 figures, A&A style, will be published in A&A
The Influence of Girolamo Frescobaldi on Keyboard Music in the Baroque Era
Creators: name: Montgomery, Catherine D.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: The major purpose of this study is to establish the importance of the keyboard compositions of Girolamo Frescobaldi as an outstanding influence on We development of keyboard music in the Baroque Era* This will be done mainly by analysis of the keyboard works of Frescobaldi as well as representative works of succeeding composers and the comparison of the later compositions with those of Frescobaldi.
Caleremaeidae Grandjean 1965
Creators: name: Norton, Roy A.
name: Ermilov, Sergey G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Caleremaeidae

description: Family Caleremaeidae   Caleremaeus monilipes (Michael, 1882)
 Larva: Michael 1882 (FEx); Michael 1888 (FEx)
 Protonymph: Michael 1882 (FEx); Michael 1888 (FEx)
 Deutonymph: Michael 1882 (FEx); Michael 1888 (FEx)
 Tritonymph: Michael 1882 (Ds, FB); Michael 1888 (Ds, FB)
 Veloppia kananaskis Norton, 1978
 Larva: Norton 1978a (Ds, FB, LSA)
 Protonymph: Norton 1978a (Ds, LSA)
 Tritonymph: Norton 1978a (Ds, FB, LSA)
description: Published as part of Norton, Roy A. & Ermilov, Sergey G., 2014, Catalogue and historical overview of juvenile instars of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida), pp. 1-132 in Zootaxa 3833 (1) on page 53, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3833.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5122134
Returns to Capital in Agriculture: A Historical View Using Portfolio Theory
Creators: name: Sherrick, Bruce J.
name: Irwin, Scott H.
name: Forster, D. Lynn
name: Sherrick, Bruce J.
name: Irwin, Scott H.
name: Forster, D. Lynn
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1986
Subjects: Agribusiness
Agricultural and Food Policy
Farm Management

description: Returns from various U.S. capital assets are used to construct efficient investment portfolios for four time periods in the post-WWII era. These efficient portfolios show a higher proportion of farm real estate than are actually observed. Conclusions are that returns to farm real estate may have been high relative to their risk.
Pore formation in fluctuating membranes
Creators: name: Farago, Oded
name: Santangelo, Christian D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the nucleation of a single pore in a fluctuating lipid membrane, specifically taking into account the membrane fluctuations, as well as the shape fluctuations of the pore. For large enough pores, the nucleation free energy is well-described by shifts in the effective membrane surface tension and the pore line tension. Using our framework, we derive the stability criteria for the various pore formation regimes. In addition to the well-known large-tension regime from the classical nucleation theory of pores, we also find a low-tension regime in which the effective line and surface tensions can change sign from their bare values. The latter scenario takes place at sufficiently high temperatures, where the opening of a stable pore of finite size is entropically favorable.
description: 9 pages, 3 figures
PEASANT PRODUCTIVITY AND DIFFERENTIATION: A MICROECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF SMALL FARM CREDIT IN NICARAGUA
Creators: name: Carter, Michael R.
name: Carter, Michael R.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1986
Subjects: Farm Management
International Development
Production Economics

description: An endogenous switching regressions framework is used to structure and identify the impact of credit on small farm food production in Nicaragua. The results which emerge suggest that credit had a positive impact on production. However, the estimated impact is of a form which implies a process of peasant differentiation and unequal growth in the wake of the new opportunities afforded by credit.
Probing Dark Energy with Baryonic Acoustic Oscillations from Future Large Galaxy Redshift Surveys
Creators: name: Seo, Hee-Jong
name: Eisenstein, Daniel J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that the measurement of the baryonic acoustic oscillations in large high redshift galaxy surveys offers a precision route to the measurement of dark energy. The cosmic microwave background provides the scale of the oscillations as a standard ruler that can be measured in the clustering of galaxies, thereby yielding the Hubble parameter and angular diameter distance as a function of redshift. This, in turn, enables one to probe dark energy. We use a Fisher matrix formalism to study the statistical errors for redshift surveys up to z=3 and report errors on cosmography while marginalizing over a large number of cosmological parameters including a time-dependent equation of state. With redshifts surveys combined with cosmic microwave background satellite data, we achieve errors of 0.037 on Omega_x, 0.10 on w(z=0.8), and 0.28 on dw(z)/dz for cosmological constant model. Models with less negative w(z) permit tighter constraints. We test and discuss the dependence of performance on redshift, survey conditions, and fiducial model. We find results that are competitive with the performance of future supernovae Ia surveys. We conclude that redshift surveys offer a promising independent route to the measurement of dark energy.
description: submitted to ApJ, 24 pages, LaTeX
Lattice regularized chiral perturbation theory
Creators: name: Borasoy, Bugra
name: Lewis, Randy
name: Ouimet, Pierre-Philippe A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Chiral perturbation theory can be defined and regularized on a spacetime lattice. A few motivations are discussed here, and an explicit lattice Lagrangian is reviewed. A particular aspect of the connection between lattice chiral perturbation theory and lattice QCD is explored through a study of the Wess-Zumino-Witten term.
description: 7 pages, 1 figure, presented at the Workshop on Lattice Hadron Physics (LHP2003), Cairns, Australia
Characteristics of Implied Volatilities of Options on Live-Cattle Futures
Creators: name: Eales, James S.
name: Hauser, Robert J.
name: Eales, James S.
name: Hauser, Robert J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1986
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Livestock Production/Industries
Production Economics

description: Implied volatilities as variance forecasts are discussed in terms of expected biases caused by differences between option-valuation theory and practice. An empirical analysis of the 1985 live-cattle options market indicates that the implied volatility was generated by different underlying processes, depending on option type and contract.
Orange Juice Coupon Redemption
Creators: name: Brown, Mark G.
name: Brown, Mark G.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1986
Subjects: subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: The Poisson regression model was used to estimate the relationship between the number of times a household uses orange juice coupons annually and selected household variables -- education, employment, family composition, race, and income. The estimated model reflects the consumption - leisure choice involved with using coupons and preferences for shopping frequency.
Ctenobelbidae Grandjean 1965
Creators: name: Norton, Roy A.
name: Ermilov, Sergey G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Ctenobelbidae

description: Family Ctenobelbidae   Ctenobelba pectinigera (Berlese, 1908)
 Larva: Grandjean 1943 (DsP); Grandjean 1949 (DsP); Grandjean 1951b (DsP); Grandjean 1965c (Ds) Protonymph: Grandjean 1943 (DsP); Grandjean 1949 (DsP); Grandjean 1951b (DsP); Grandjean 1965c (Ds, FB)
 Deutonymph: Grandjean 1943 (DsP); Grandjean 1949 (DsP); Grandjean 1951b (DsP); Grandjean 1965c (Ds, FB)
 Tritonymph: Grandjean 1943 (DsP); Grandjean 1949 (DsP); Grandjean 1951b (DsP); Grandjean 1965c (Ds, FGn)
 N.B. As Elapheremaeus obsoleta (Koch) in Grandjean 1943 and 1951b. Later, Grandjean (1965c and cited papers) noted that Murcia obsoleta Koch was conspecific with C. pectinigera, but declined to recognize the rule of priority. Only one species of Ctenobelba is present in Germany but authors vary in considering C. obsoleta a senior synonym of C. pectinigera or a nomen inquirendum (see Subías 2004; Weigmann 2006), so we list it separately, below.
 Ctenobelba obsoleta (Koch, 1841)
 Nymph: Koch 1841b (FB)
description: Published as part of Norton, Roy A. & Ermilov, Sergey G., 2014, Catalogue and historical overview of juvenile instars of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida), pp. 1-132 in Zootaxa 3833 (1) on pages 53-54, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3833.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5122134
The Influence of Girolamo Frescobaldi on Keyboard Music in the Baroque Era
Creators: name: Montgomery, Catherine D.
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 3603
subject: Music
classificationCode: 4303
subject: Historical studies

description: The major purpose of this study is to establish the importance of the keyboard compositions of Girolamo Frescobaldi as an outstanding influence on We development of keyboard music in the Baroque Era* This will be done mainly by analysis of the keyboard works of Frescobaldi as well as representative works of succeeding composers and the comparison of the later compositions with those of Frescobaldi.
Sketch-to-Art: Synthesizing Stylized Art Images From Sketches
Creators: name: Liu, Bingchen
name: Song, Kunpeng
name: Elgammal, Ahmed
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: We propose a new approach for synthesizing fully detailed art-stylized images from sketches. Given a sketch, with no semantic tagging, and a reference image of a specific style, the model can synthesize meaningful details with colors and textures. The model consists of three modules designed explicitly for better artistic style capturing and generation. Based on a GAN framework, a dual-masked mechanism is introduced to enforce the content constraints (from the sketch), and a feature-map transformation technique is developed to strengthen the style consistency (to the reference image). Finally, an inverse procedure of instance-normalization is proposed to disentangle the style and content information, therefore yields better synthesis performance. Experiments demonstrate a significant qualitative and quantitative boost over baselines based on previous state-of-the-art techniques, adopted for the proposed process.
description: 24 pages
Impact of COVID-19 on physical activity behaviour and cognitions of Canadian adolescents: A longitudinal analysis
Creators: name: Kovacevic, Dusan
name: Brown, Denver
name: Bray, Steven
name: Kwan, Matthew
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: To prevent the spread of COVID-19, Canada imposed restrictions requiring physical distancing, limiting social gatherings, and closing recreational amenities, likely leading to significant changes in the daily lives of many. While some evidence suggests that COVID-19 has had a negative impact on youth physical activity (PA) behaviour, less research has examined how COVID-19 has impacted PA cognitions. Purpose: To investigate the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on adolescents’ PA behaviour and PA cognitions based on the Multi-Process Action Control (M-PAC) framework. Methods: Our sample included late adolescents recruited from a large school board in Southern Ontario (N=1238, Mage=15.91±0.50 years, 53% female) who completed data collection in the Fall prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic as part of the ADAPT study. Participants completed questionnaires that included self-reported measures of moderate-to-vigorous PA and variables derived from the M-PAC model. Mixed effects models were conducted with individuals nested within schools to examine changes in PA behaviour and cognitions. Results: After adjusting for potential cofounders, results demonstrated a significant decline in PA (Estimate=-56.62, p
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
FORMULATION AND EVALUATION OF IMMEDIATE RELEASE TABLETS OF CLOBAZAM BY USING WET GRANULATION METHOD
Creators: name: Aukunuru Jithan, Sravani Marripalli
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: An Orally disintegrating tablet disperses readily in saliva and the drug is available in solution or suspension form for the immediate absorption and resulting in rapid onset of action. In the present research work Clobazam Orally disintegrating tablet were prepared by intra and extra granulation technique method using varying concentrations of Fenugreek Gum, Karaya Gum and  Crospovidoneas super disintegrants. The formulations prepared were evaluated for precompression & post compression parameters. Form the drug excipient compatibility studies we observe that there are no interactions between the pure drug (Clobazam) and optimized formulation (Clobazam + excipients) which indicates there are no physical changes. Post compression parameters was found to be within the limits. Among the formulation prepared the tablet containing concentration of Crospovidone shows 99.72% of the drug release within 60 min & follows first order kinetics. The overall result indicated that the formulation F12 containing Crospovidone is better and fulfilling of the needs of the Orally disintegrating tablet.                                                

Crucial words: Orally disintegrating tablet, Clobazam, Crospovidone, FTIR.
A Defense of the Thesis Painting, "The White Shelf"
Creators: name: Summerford, Ben Long
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 3601
subject: Art history, theory and criticism
classificationCode: 3606
subject: Visual arts

description: In defending the thesis painting, "The White Shelf", I will confine myself to three major points: the general philosophic attitude that has lead to the use of the object as an abstract form; the mechanical construction of the painting, evolved not through specific rules of contraction but through the act of adjustments of relationships arising in the visual process and its pictorial expression; and the use of color as an organic form- and space-making element, Of the three points, the first, that of the philosophic or esthetic idea, is the most important for it gives character to the representation.
Do all "Canadians" have equal access to outdoor physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Creators: name: Lim, Heejun
name: Pabayo, Roman
name: Lee, Eun-Young
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Immigrants may face different challenges in participating in social and health-related activities, including physical activity (PA), during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly with the upsurge of violence towards immigrant and racialized communities. Purpose: To examine the associations between social class and outdoor and indoor PA, with the immigrant status as the key variable. Methods: National-level, cross-sectional data from 4,052 Canadians aged 25+ yrs (50.7% women) who participated in the Canadian Perspective Survey Series–Impacts of COVID-19 were used. Exposures included immigrant status, educational attainment, employment status, and financial impacts due to COVID-19. Outcomes were outdoor/indoor PA. Covariates included sex, age, household size, presence of a child <18 yrs, and marital status. Decision tree analyses and logistic regressions were used. Results: Regardless of education and employment, immigrants to Canada were far less likely to participate in outdoor PA than their Canadian counterparts during COVID-19 (72% vs 52%). Furthermore, immigrant status appears to be compounded with no employment status due to COVID-19 in participating in outdoor PA. For both outdoor and indoor PA, no post-secondary education appears to serve as a deterrent among Canadian-born individuals only. Conclusions: This study highlights the complexity of how social class variables intersect and manifest in PA participation. Disparities may exist in accessing outdoor spaces for PA across different social class groups during COVID-19, particularly among those who immigrated. Within the Canadian-born population group, disparities existed by educational attainment. Future research should investigate ways that could equitably promote access to PA during and beyond the pandemic era. Funding: The author(s) received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this work.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Additional file 21 of A heat-sensitive Osh protein controls PI4P polarity
Creators: name: Omnus, Deike J.
name: Cadou, Angela
name: Thomas, Ffion B.
name: Bader, Jakob M.
name: Soh, Nathaniel
name: Chung, Gary H. C.
name: Vaughan, Andrew N.
name: Stefan, Christopher J.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Figure S7. The PI4P-binding ORD region of Osh proteins is heat sensitive in vitro. (a) (Top panel) Schematic representations of full length Osh3, Osh4, Osh6 and Osh7. Abbreviations: GOLD, Golgi dynamics domain; PH, pleckstrin homology domain; HD, helical domain; FFAT, two phenyalanines in an acidic tract; ORD, OSBP-related domain. (Bottom panels) The ORD region of Osh proteins sediments at elevated temperature. Purified Osh3588–996, his-Osh4, Osh6 and his-Osh7 were subjected to incubation at the indicated temperatures for 10 min prior to ultracentrifugation. P, pellet fraction; S, supernatant fraction. Quantitations of fractions are the averages and standard deviations from three independent experiments. (b) NBD-labelled Osh3588-996 sediments at elevated temperature. Purified NBD-labelled Osh3588-996 (see Figure 7) was subjected to incubation at the indicated temperatures for 10min prior to ultracentrifugation. P, pellet fraction; S, supernatant fraction.
Eremulidae Grandjean 1965
Creators: name: Norton, Roy A.
name: Ermilov, Sergey G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Eremulidae

description: Family Eremulidae   Eremulus flagellifer Berlese, 1908
 Larva: Grandjean 1965c (Ds)
 Protonymph: Grandjean 1965c (Ds)
 Deutonymph: Grandjean 1965c (Ds)
 Tritonymph: Grandjean 1965c (Ds, FB)
description: Published as part of Norton, Roy A. & Ermilov, Sergey G., 2014, Catalogue and historical overview of juvenile instars of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida), pp. 1-132 in Zootaxa 3833 (1) on page 54, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3833.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5122134
AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF COMMODITY PROGRAM OPTIONS ON THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF REPRESENTATIVE INDIANA CROP FARMS
Creators: name: Edelman, Mark A.
name: Martin, Marshall A.
name: Baker, Timothy G.
name: Edelman, Mark A.
name: Martin, Marshall A.
name: Baker, Timothy G.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1981
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy

description: Financial positions of four Indiana crop farms were analyzed with an annualized L-P model. Commodity programs that distribute payments based on the volume of production did not differentially influence income, net worth, and risk exposure across farm size. Furthermore, program options had less impact on farm growth than firm-level investment decisions.
Physical activity, screen time, and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic among U.S. children
Creators: name: Johnson, Ashleigh
name: Tandon, Pooja
name: Zhou, Chuan
name: Schoenfelder Gonzalez, Erin
name: Kroshus, Emily
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Children’s physical activity (PA) and screen time (ST) were likely suboptimal during the COVID-19 pandemic, which may influence mental health. Purpose: To describe the relationship between PA and ST with mental health among U.S. children during COVID-19. Methods: Cross-sectional, nationally representative survey conducted October-November 2020 among 500 parents of 6 to 10-year-olds and 500 parent-child dyads with 11 to 17-year-olds. Child PA, ST, and mental health was parent-report for ages 6-10, self-report for ages 11-17. COVID-19 stressors were parent-report. Associations between mental health, COVID-19 stressors, PA, and ST were examined using weighted linear regression. Results: Among 1000 children (mean [SD] age,10.83 [3.51] years, 47.43% female), 20.88% reported meeting PA guidelines. Children reported 3.89 [2.23] days/week with ≥60 minutes of PA and 4.41 [2.53] hours/day of ST. COVID-19 impact was significantly associated with higher total difficulties, externalizing, and internalizing symptoms (all p<0.001). Accounting for COVID-19 stressors, for younger children, engaging in 7 (versus 0) days/week of PA was associated with lower externalizing symptoms (β =-1.95, p<0.001). For older children, engaging in any days of PA (versus 0) was associated with lower total difficulties, externalizing, and internalizing symptoms (all p<0.001). More ST was correlated with higher total difficulties, externalizing, and internalizing symptoms (all p<0.05). Conclusions: Children are engaging in suboptimal amounts of PA and ST. More PA and less ST are associated with better mental health for children, even when accounting for COVID-19 stressors. Funding: Study funded by Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Research Integration Hub.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
HBI Institutional Responsibility : Sugar-Sweetened Beverages : Factors that Influence Motivation and Consumption, Correlates, and Interventions among University Students
Creators: name: Lee, Ashley
name: Yu, David
name: Whang, Josh
name: Yu, Qian (Lynn)
name: Yang, Zhi (Zee)
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2018

description: The consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) has been linked to negative consequences such as obesity, type II diabetes, elevated blood pressure, and coronary heart disease (5). Moreover, young adults consume the most SSBs compared to any other age group (3). These negative consequences and the high rates of SSB consumption among young adults show the need for interventions targeted at reducing SSB consumption. In order to facilitate these interventions, this study sought to examine what factors influence university students’ motivation and consumption of SSB. We distributed an online survey to 105 undergraduate students from the University of British Columbia (UBC) through social media platforms and in-person administration. Results demonstrate that seventy-eight students indicated taste as their primary motivator for SSB consumption while fourteen students indicated convenience/ease of access. Few students chose caffeine (n=4), nutritional content (n=2), and price (n=2) as their primary motivator. Moreover, students who consumed SSBs primarily for the taste had the highest levels of SSB consumption compared to any other condition. Correlates were also observed and there was a significant positive relationship between stress level and SSB consumption, a significant negative relationship between sleep duration and SSB consumption, and a nonsignificant relationship between perceived ill effects of SSB consumption and SSB consumption. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”
Hungarobelbidae Miko & Trave 1996
Creators: name: Norton, Roy A.
name: Ermilov, Sergey G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Hungarobelbidae

description: Family Hungarobelbidae   Hungarobelba pyrenaica Miko & Travé, 1996
 Larva: Miko & Travé 1996 (Ds, FB, FLg, LSA)
 Protonymph: Miko & Travé 1996 (Ds, LSA)
 Deutonymph: Miko & Travé 1996 (Ds, LSA)
 Tritonymph: Miko & Travé 1996 (Ds, FB, FLg, LSA)
description: Published as part of Norton, Roy A. & Ermilov, Sergey G., 2014, Catalogue and historical overview of juvenile instars of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida), pp. 1-132 in Zootaxa 3833 (1) on page 55, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3833.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5122134
Additional file 19 of A heat-sensitive Osh protein controls PI4P polarity
Creators: name: Omnus, Deike J.
name: Cadou, Angela
name: Thomas, Ffion B.
name: Bader, Jakob M.
name: Soh, Nathaniel
name: Chung, Gary H. C.
name: Vaughan, Andrew N.
name: Stefan, Christopher J.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Figure S6. The Osh3 GOLD and ORD regions aggregate upon brief heat stress conditions. (a) Schematic representations and cellular localization of full length Osh3-GFP and the C-terminal Osh3 truncation protein GOLD-GFP. The truncation was performed by homologous recombination and both proteins were expressed from the OSH3 promoter. Abbreviations shown are: GOLD, Golgi dynamics domain; PH, pleckstrin homology domain; HD, helical domain; FFAT, two phenyalanines in an acidic tract; ORD, OSBP-related domain; GFP, green fluorescent protein. Cells expressing full length Osh3-GFP or GOLD-GFP were grown at 26 °C and then shifted to 37 °C or 42 °C for 10 min prior to imaging by spinning disk confocal microscopy. Scale bar, 2 μm. (b) Schematic representations and cellular localization of full length Osh3-GFP and the N-terminal Osh3 truncation protein ORD-GFP. The truncation was performed by homologous recombination and both proteins were expressed from the ADH1 promoter. Abbreviations are the same as in Figure S6a. Cells expressing full length Osh3-GFP or ORD-GFP were grown at 26 °C and then shifted to 37 °C or 42 °C for 10 min prior to imaging by spinning disk confocal microscopy. Scale bar, 2 μm. (c) Localization of the PI4P reporter mCherry-P4C FLARE (magenta) in cells expressing either full length Osh3-GFP (green) or a truncated Osh3 protein lacking the ORD domain (GOLD-PH-HD-FFAT-GFP, green). The truncation was performed by homologous recombination and both proteins were expressed from the OSH3 promoter. Corresponding Fd/Fm ratios for the cells shown are indicated in each image. Arrow points to PI4P at the PM in a mother cell. Abbreviations are the same as in Figure S6a. Cells were grown at 26 °C to mid-log phase prior to imaging by spinning disk confocal microscopy. Scale bar, 2 μm.