cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Personal history, adventures, experience, & observation of David Copperfield, the younger, no. 17
Creators: name: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2018

description: Issued monthly from May, 1849 to November 1850 in blue paper wrappers. Chapters 51-53: Chapter 51. The beginning of a longer journey -- Chapter 52. I assist at an explosion -- Chapter 53. Another retrospect
Il ruolo degli scienziati per la riduzione del  rischio nucleare a settant'anni dal  manifesto di Russell-Einstein
Creators: name: Forti, Francesco
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Il 9 luglio del 1955 veniva pubblicato il manifesto di Russell-Einstein, firmato da eminentiscienziati, che denunciava i pericoli di una guerra nucleare ed esortava i governanti a cercaresoluzione pacifiche ai conflitti, evidenziando il ruolo della scienza e degli scienziati nellariduzione del rischio nucleare e come veicolo di pace.Oggi il sistema dei trattati per il controllo degli armamenti è in profonda crisi e assistiamo auna nuova corsa allo sviluppo delle armi nucleari. In questa presentazione, saranno discussigli aspetti di base delle armi nucleari dal punto di vista tecnico e l’evoluzione storica dei trattatidi controllo degli armamenti fino alla situazione attuale, sottolineando il ruolo che gli scienziatihanno avuto e che dovranno ancora avere per la riduzione del rischio di guerra nucleare, nellospirito della famosa esortazione del manifesto “Ricordatevi della vostra umanità, e dimenticateil resto.”
Multi-Task Zero-Shot Action Recognition with Prioritised Data Augmentation
Creators: name: Xu, Xun
name: Hospedales, Timothy M.
name: Gong, Shaogang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Zero-Shot Learning (ZSL) promises to scale visual recognition by bypassing the conventional model training requirement of annotated examples for every category. This is achieved by establishing a mapping connecting low-level features and a semantic description of the label space, referred as visual-semantic mapping, on auxiliary data. Reusing the learned mapping to project target videos into an embedding space thus allows novel-classes to be recognised by nearest neighbour inference. However, existing ZSL methods suffer from auxiliary-target domain shift intrinsically induced by assuming the same mapping for the disjoint auxiliary and target classes. This compromises the generalisation accuracy of ZSL recognition on the target data. In this work, we improve the ability of ZSL to generalise across this domain shift in both model- and data-centric ways by formulating a visual-semantic mapping with better generalisation properties and a dynamic data re-weighting method to prioritise auxiliary data that are relevant to the target classes. Specifically: (1) We introduce a multi-task visual-semantic mapping to improve generalisation by constraining the semantic mapping parameters to lie on a low-dimensional manifold, (2) We explore prioritised data augmentation by expanding the pool of auxiliary data with additional instances weighted by relevance to the target domain. The proposed new model is applied to the challenging zero-shot action recognition problem to demonstrate its advantages over existing ZSL models.
description: Published in ECCV 2016
Probing early structure and model-independent neutrino mass with high-redshift CMB lensing mass maps
Creators: name: Qu, Frank J.
name: Sherwin, Blake D.
name: Darwish, Omar
name: Namikawa, Toshiya
name: Madhavacheril, Mathew S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: CMB lensing maps probe the mass distribution in projection out to high redshifts, but significant sensitivity to low-redshift structure remains. In this paper we discuss a method to remove the low-redshift contributions from CMB lensing mass maps by subtracting suitably scaled galaxy density maps, nulling the low redshift structure with a model-insensitive procedure that is similar to delensing. This results in a high-$z$-only mass map that can provide a probe of structure growth at uniquely high redshifts: if systematics can be controlled, we forecast that CMB-S4 lensing combined with a Rubin-LSST-like galaxy survey can probe the amplitude of structure at redshifts $z>3.75$ ($z>5$) to within $2.3\%$ ($3.3\%$). We then discuss other example applications of such high-$z$ CMB lensing maps. In standard analyses of CMB lensing, assuming the wrong dark energy model (or wrong model parametrization) can lead to biases in neutrino mass constraints. In contrast, we show with forecasts that a high-$z$ mass map constructed from CMB-S4 lensing and LSST galaxies can provide a nearly model-independent neutrino mass constraint, with only negligible sensitivity to the presence of non-standard dark energy models, irrespective of their parametrization.
description: 19 pages, 11 figures
Personal history, adventures, experience, & observation of David Copperfield, the younger, no. 05
Creators: name: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2018

description: Issued monthly from May, 1849 to November 1850 in blue paper wrappers. Chapters 13-15: Chapter 13. The sequel of my resolution -- Chapter 14. My aunt makes up her mind about me -- Chapter 15. I make another beginning
Some problems in time series analysis and forecasting
Creators: name: Peiris., M. Shelton
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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Exotic Black Hole Thermodynamics in Third-Order Lovelock Gravity
Creators: name: Hull, Brayden R.
name: Simovic, Fil
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The generalization of Birkhoff's theorem to higher dimensions in Lovelock gravity allows for black hole solutions with horizon geometries of non-constant curvature. We investigate thermodynamic aspects of these `exotic' black hole solutions, with a particular emphasis on their phase transitions. We consider an extended phase space where the cosmological constant acts as a thermodynamic pressure, and examine both uncharged and $U(1)$ charged solutions. In $d=7$, black hole solutions are restricted to having constant-curvature horizon base manifolds. Uncharged $d=7$ black holes possess novel triple point phenomena analogous to those recently uncovered in exotic $d=6$ black holes in Gauss-Bonnet gravity, while their charged counterparts generically undergo small-large black hole phase transitions. In $d=8$, we find that both charged and uncharged black holes exhibit triple point behaviour and small-large black hole transitions. We also show that a wide range of `exotic' horizon geometries can be ruled out due to the appearance of naked singularities.
description: 24 pages, 9 Figures
Male Involvement in Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV in the Context of Partner HIV Testing and Associated Factors at Antenatal Care in Goba Town, Bale Zone Oromia Region, South East Ethiopia
Creators: name: Teshome, Mulusew
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2015

description: Background: Prevention of mother to child transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (PMTCT) programme requires great male participation to attain Ethiopia's new plan to elimination of mother to child transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus by 2015. In this regard, antenatal care is one of the areas where male couple is expected to participate through voluntary counselling and testing. Currently, studies showed that male involvement and support in the program is critical to improving women's uptake of the services. Objectives: To assesses male involvement in prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in the context to partner testing and associated factors at antenatal care in Goba town, Bale zone, and Oromia region. Methods: A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted. A total of 422 male partners, whose spouses were attending antenatal care at Goba hospital were enrolled through systematic sampling method. The study was also supplemented by two focus group discussions. The data were cleaned and coded then analyzed using SPSS for windows version 16. Odds ratio were computed to assess the presence and degree of association between dependent and independent variables. Logistic regression analysis was carried out to see independent effect of each variable on the outcome. Qualitative data was also analyzed by thematic content. Result: Only 22.7% of male partners accompanied their spouses for HIV testing and counselling at antenatal clinic. Men having no formal education was 90% less likely to be tested as compared to those who had completed the higher education [AOR=0.1, 95%CI: 0.023-0.050, P=0.004]. Identified barriers to male involvement in the PMTCT programme were individual factors such as being busy, proxy testing, fear of being tested and neglecting importance, inadequate knowledge about the program, health system factors and absence of legally enforced law that makes male to participate. Conclusion and Recommendation: Majority of male partners had not participated in prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) program at antenatal clinic. To promote uptake of the service by male partner, there is a need to raise awareness of the program among community through behavioral change and communication, develop a new strategy for promoting male participation in the program and couple HIV testing laws should be revised to get HIV free generation.
Erratum: Asymptotic Manipulations of Entanglement Can Exhibit Genuine Irreversibility [Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 4260 (2000)]
Creators: name: Horodecki, Michal
name: Horodecki, Pawel
name: Horodecki, Ryszard
Publisher: name: The American Physical Society
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: 530

description: Physical Review Letters
Organizational and Systems Factors Impacting the Adaptation of a Child Welfare Practice Model from the UK to Finland
Creators: name: Isokuortti, Nanne
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: The study focuses on a government-initiated project designed to implement the Systemic Practice Model (SPM) in Finland. The SPM is an adaptation of the UK Reclaiming Social Work (RSW) model, which aims to deliver systemic practice in children’s services. Interviews with key change agents were used to examine how and why the RSW model was adapted to Finland and the potential factors influencing its implementation at system and organizational levels. The findings indicate that challenges associated with central government’s adaptation and dissemination of the model percolated down to implementing agencies. The results emphasize careful preparation and academic-practice-collaboration in future initiatives. Careful preparation, including identifying potential barriers to change, and high-quality implementation support are crucial for achieving the desired change in practice.Considering the need for adaptation before implementing new innovations is important; more specifically, it is necessary to identify which components can be altered and which should never be modified.Active collaboration between intervention developers, practice stakeholders, and researchers can improve the quality of implementation processes.Change efforts should begin with small-scale testing and proceed to wider implementation only if supported by evaluation results.Identifying outer context factors, such as large service reforms, that might impede change in local settings is important. Careful preparation, including identifying potential barriers to change, and high-quality implementation support are crucial for achieving the desired change in practice. Considering the need for adaptation before implementing new innovations is important; more specifically, it is necessary to identify which components can be altered and which should never be modified. Active collaboration between intervention developers, practice stakeholders, and researchers can improve the quality of implementation processes. Change efforts should begin with small-scale testing and proceed to wider implementation only if supported by evaluation results. Identifying outer context factors, such as large service reforms, that might impede change in local settings is important.
Atom Interferometric Imaging of Differential Potentials Using an Atom Laser
Creators: name: Mossman, Maren E.
name: Corbin, Ryan A.
name: Forbes, Michael McNeil
name: Engels, Peter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Interferometry is a prime technique for modern precision measurements. Atoms, unlike light, have significant interactions with electric, magnetic, and gravitational fields, making their use in interferometric applications particularly versatile. Here, we demonstrate atom interferometry to image optical and magnetic potential landscapes over an area exceeding $240 μm \times 600 μm$. The differential potentials employed in our experiments generate phase imprints in an atom laser that are made visible through a Ramsey pulse sequence. We further demonstrate how advanced pulse sequences can enhance desired imaging features, e.g. to image steep potential gradients. A theoretical discussion is presented that provides a semiclassical analysis and matching numerics.
description: Updated to match published version. 13 pages, 9 figures
Novel 7-chloro-(4-thioalkylquinoline) derivatives: synthesis and antiproliferative activity through inducing apoptosis and DNA/RNA damage
Creators: name: E. Gutiérrez, Joyce
name: Fernandez-Moreira, Esteban
name: Rodríguez, Miguel A.
name: Mijares, Michael R
name: De Sanctis, Juan Bautista
name: Gurská, Soňa
name: Džubák, Petr
name: Hajdůch, Marián
name: BRUNO- COLMENAREZ, JULIA ESMERALDA
name: Rojas, Luis
name: Deffieux, Denis
name: Pouységu, Laurent
name: Quideau, Stéphane
name: Charris, Jaime
name: Ramírez, Hegira
Publisher: name: University of Limerick
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 34
subject: Chemical sciences
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: A series of 78 synthetic 7-chloro-(4-thioalkylquinoline) derivatives were investigated for cytotoxic activity against eight human cancer as well as 4 non-tumor cell lines. The results showed, with some exceptions, that sulfanyl 5–40 and sulfinyl 41–62 derivatives exhibited lower cytotoxicity for cancer cell lines than those of well-described sulfonyl N-oxide derivatives 63–82. As for compound 81, the most pronounced selectivity (compared against BJ and MRC-5 cells) was observed for human cancer cells from HCT116 (human colorectal cancer with wild-type p53) and HCT116p53−/− (human colorectal cancer with deleted p53), as well as leukemia cell lines (CCRF-CEM, CEM-DNR, K562, and K562-TAX), lung (A549), and osteosarcoma cells (U2OS). A good selectivity was also detected for compounds 73 and 74 for leukemic and colorectal (with and without p53 deletion) cancer cells (compared to MRC-5). At higher concentrations (5 × IC50) against the CCRF-CEM cancer cell line, we observe the accumulation of the cells in the G0/G1 cell phase, inhibition of DNA and RNA synthesis, and induction of apoptosis. In addition, X-ray data for com?pound 15 is being reported. These results provide useful scientific data for the development of 4-thioalkylquinoline derivatives as a new class of anticancer candidates.
Leptogenesis in the superstring inspired E 6 model
Creators: name: Kartavtsev, Alexander
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Leptogenesis
subject: E 6
subject: Supersymmetry
subject: Sphaleron
subject: Inhomogeneous universe
subject: 530

description: The observed baryon asymmetry of the Universe is elegantly explained in the framework of the baryogenesis via leptogenesis scenario. We analyze various aspects of this scenario including the influence of perturbations of the energy density and space–time metric perturbations on the generation of the lepton and baryon asymmetries. We also consider conversion of the lepton asymmetry into the baryon asymmetry and investigate the effects associated with the fact, that the lepton asymmetry induces nonzero chemical potentials of the other species. We estimate upper bound on the asymmetry in the Standard Model and in the superstring inspired E6 model. Properties of this model relevant for leptogenesis are discussed in detail. The baryogenesis via leptogenesis scenario predicts nonzero masses of the neutrinos, measured in the oscillation experiments. We calculate cross sections of the charged and neutral current coherent pion production by neutrino scattering off nuclei relevant for the interpretation of the experimental results.
Reconstruction of tokamak plasma safety factor profile using deep learning
Creators: name: Wei, Xishuo
name: Dong, Ge
name: Sun, Shuying
name: Tang, William
name: Lin, Zhihong
name: Du, Hongfei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In tokamak operations, accurate equilibrium reconstruction is essential for reliable real-time control and realistic post-shot instability analysis. The safety factor (q) profile defines the magnetic field line pitch angle, which is the central element in equilibrium reconstruction. The motional Stark effect (MSE) diagnostic has been a standard measurement for the magnetic field line pitch angle in tokamaks that are equipped with neutral beams. However, the MSE data are not always available due to experimental constraints, especially in future devices without neutral beams. Here we develop a deep learning-based surrogate model of the gyrokinetic toroidal code for q profile reconstruction (SGTC-QR) that can reconstruct the q profile with the measurements without MSE to mimic the traditional equilibrium reconstruction with the MSE constraint. The model demonstrates promising performance, and the sub-millisecond inference time is compatible with the real-time plasma control system.
Biology, life history, and secondary production of the mayfly Austrophlebioides marchanti parnrong and campbell (ephemoptera: leptophlebiidai) from forest and pasture sites of two Victorian streams : the influence of land use
Creators: name: Parnrong., Supatra
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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Quantum Hysteresis in Coupled Light-Matter Systems
Creators: name: Gómez-Ruiz, F. J.
name: Acevedo, O. L.
name: Quiroga, L.
name: Rodríguez, F. J.
name: Johnson, N. F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the non-equilibrium quantum dynamics of a canonical light-matter system, namely the Dicke model, when the light-matter interaction is ramped up and down through a cycle across the quantum phase transition. Our calculations reveal a rich set of dynamical behaviors determined by the cycle times, ranging from the slow, near adiabatic regime through to the fast, sudden quench regime. As the cycle time decreases, we uncover a crossover from an oscillatory exchange of quantum information between light and matter that approaches a reversible adiabatic process, to a dispersive regime that generates large values of light-matter entanglement. The phenomena uncovered in this work have implications in quantum control, quantum interferometry, as well as in quantum information theory.
description: 9 pages and 4 figures
Personal history, adventures, experience, & observation of David Copperfield, the younger, no. 16
Creators: name: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2018

description: Issued monthly from May, 1849 to November 1850 in blue paper wrappers. Chapters 47-50: Chapter 47. Martha -- Chapter 48. Domestic -- Chapter 49. I am involed in mystery -- Chapter 50. Mr. Peggotty's dream comes true
Catalogue de la Boîte à Outils des Technologies sur le Mil et Sorgho. TAAT Clearinghouse. Série de Rapports Techniques 014
Creators: name: TAAT Clearinghouse
Publisher: name: Gates Open Research
Year: 2022

description: Ce catalogue décrit une suite de technologies liées à la modernisation de la production de sorgho et de mil en Afrique. Il est basé sur les efforts combinés de la Plateforme de Produits pour les Solutions Agricoles (ProPAS), un site Internet d'information et des Technologies pour la transformation de l’agriculture africaine, un vaste programme collaboratif qui déploie des solutions agricoles à travers le continent. Les deux activités sont basées sur l'impératif de mieux connecter les technologies éprouvées à ceux qui en ont besoin, mais chacune entreprend cet objectif d'une manière très différente. Le mil et le sorgho sont l'un des produits prioritaires de TAAT en raison de leur importance considérable pour la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle et le développement rural en général à travers l'Afrique. Ils sont 2 également ciblés comme culture agro-industrielle pour la transformation et le commerce au sein des marchés régionaux. Au cours de sa compilation, ProPAS a accumulé plusieurs technologies qui traitent spécifiquement de ces produits et nous les avons compilées dans un « Catalogue de Technologies » conçu pour faire progresser la compréhension et encourager l'adoption et l'investissement dans les solutions agricoles éprouvées qui font avancer ces cultures. Il s'agit de l'un des nombreux catalogues produits dans le cadre d'une activité conjointe ProPAS-TAAT. Pour plus d'informations sur les technologies présentées ou d'autres solutions pour un impact transformateur sur la production de petites cultures céréalières en Afrique subsaharienne, contactez le responsable du Compact, le Dr Dougbedji Fatondji de l'Institut International de Recherche sur les Cultures des Zones Tropicales Semi-Arides (ICRISAT) par courriel électronique à: d.fatondji@cgiar.org.
What Quantum Strings can tell us about Quantum Gravity
Creators: name: Makeenko, Yuri
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: I describe the recent progress in resolving two problems of nonperturbative bosonic string inherited from 1980's. Both the lattice and KPZ-DDK no-go theorems can be bypassed thanks to specific features of the theory with diffeomorphism invariance.
description: 12 pages, 2 figures. Talk at the International Conference on Quantum Field Theory, High-Energy Physics and Cosmology, Dubna July 18--21, 2022; v2: reduced to 8 pages
Searching For Fossil Evidence of AGN Feedback in WISE-Selected Stripe-82 Galaxies By Measuring the Thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect With the Atacama Cosmology Telescope
Creators: name: Spacek, Alexander
name: Scannapieco, Evan
name: Cohen, Seth
name: Joshi, Bhavin
name: Mauskopf, Philip
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We directly measure the thermal energy of the gas surrounding galaxies through the thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (tSZ) effect. We perform a stacking analysis of microwave background images from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope, around 1179 massive quiescent elliptical galaxies at 0.5 <= z <= 1.0 ('low-z') and 3274 galaxies at 1.0 <= z <= 1.5 ('high-z'), selected using data from the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer All-Sky Survey and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) within the SDSS Stripe-82 field. The gas surrounding these galaxies is expected to contain energy from past episodes of active galactic nucleus (AGN) feedback, and after using modeling to subtract undetected contaminants, we detect a tSZ signal at a significance of 0.9-sigma for our low-z galaxies and 1.8-sigma for our high-z galaxies. We then include data from the high-frequency Planck bands for a subset of 227 low-z galaxies and 529 high-z galaxies and find low-z and high-z tSZ detections of 1.0-sigma and 1.5-sigma, respectively. These results indicate an average thermal heating around these galaxies of 5.6(+5.9/-5.6) x 10^60 erg for our low-z galaxies and 7.0(+4.7/-4.4) x 10^60 erg for our high-z galaxies. Based on simple heating models, these results are consistent with gravitational heating without additional heating due to AGN feedback.
description: 17 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ. Updated to reflect the final changes made for the published paper. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1601.01330
Magnetic Relaxation of a Voigt-MHD System
Creators: name: Constantin, Peter
name: Pasqualotto, Federico
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We construct solutions of the magnetohydrostatic (MHS) equations in bounded domains and on the torus in three spatial dimensions, as infinite time limits of Voigt approximations of viscous, non-resistive incompressible magnetohydrodynamics equations. The Voigt approximations modify the time evolution without introducing artificial viscosity. We show that the obtained MHS solutions are regular, nontrivial, and are not Beltrami fields.
description: 16 pages
Personal history, adventures, experience, & observation of David Copperfield, the younger, no. 11
Creators: name: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2018

description: Issued monthly from May, 1849 to November 1850 in blue paper wrappers. Chapters 32-34: Chapter 32. The beginning of a long journey -- Chapter 33. Blissful -- Chapter 34. My aunt astonishes me
Catalogue de Mécanisation Agricole à Petit Échelle. TAAT Clearinghouse. Série de Rapports Techniques 015
Creators: name: TAAT Clearinghouse
Publisher: name: Gates Open Research
Year: 2022

description: La mécanisation à petite échelle est la clé pour réduire la pénibilité du travail et augmenter la productivité des agriculteurs africains. Pendant trop longtemps, l'agriculture en Afrique a été considérée comme une voie vers la pauvreté plutôt que comme une activité agroalimentaire rentable. Cela est dû en grande partie à la dépendance à l'égard d'un travail manuel fastidieux, à la faible rentabilité des efforts et au manque d'investissement dans les systèmes agricoles. Une large gamme d'équipements à petite échelle est disponible pour améliorer le rendement du travail et changer cette mauvaise image de l'agriculture. Ces équipements comprennent des motoculteurs, des désherbeurs à moteur, des pulvérisateurs à moteur, des tarières de sol, des systèmes d'irrigation, des batteuses multicultures et une multitude d'autres équipements qui deviennent disponibles dans le commerce pour la première fois. L'utilisation rentable de ces équipements n'est cependant pas garantie car leur utilisation exige de nouvelles compétences, un entretien rigoureux et des précautions de sécurité. Dans le même temps, la dépendance accrue à l'égard de ces équipements offre des opportunités économiques grâce à leur distribution et à la fourniture de services. Ce catalogue donne un aperçu de ces équipements agricoles utiles.

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Ultrastructural investigations of macropodidae and human enamel
Creators: name: Palamara., J. E. A.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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Deuteron charge radius and Rydberg constant from spectroscopy data in atomic deuterium
Creators: name: Pohl, Randolf
name: Nez, François
name: Udem, Thomas
name: Antognini, Aldo
name: Beyer, Axel
name: Fleurbaey, Hélène
name: Grinin, Alexey
name: Hänsch, Theodor W.
name: Julien, Lucile
name: Kottmann, Franz
name: Krauth, Julian J.
name: Maisenbacher, Lothar
name: Matveev, Arthur
name: Biraben, François
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We give a pedagogical description of the method to extract the charge radii and Rydberg constant from laser spectroscopy in regular hydrogen (H) and deuterium (D) atoms, that is part of the CODATA least-squares adjustment (LSA) of the fundamental physical constants. We give a deuteron charge radius Rd from D spectroscopy alone of 2.1415(45) fm. This value is independent of the measurements that lead to the proton charge radius, and five times more accurate than the value found in the CODATA Adjustment 10. The improvement is due to the use of a value for the 1S->2S transition in atomic deuterium which can be inferred from published data or found in a PhD thesis.
description: 9 pages, 7 Tables and 3 Figures. Values of the Rydberg constant and discussion of the deuteron structure radius added
Optimizing Livestock Health and Productivity Through Mineral Block Supplementation
Creators: name: 1Salur Srihitha, 2Sikhamoni Haloi and 3M Bindu Pushpa
Publisher: name: trends in Agriculture Science
Year: 2024

description: Minerals play a critical role in the nutrition of livestock, particularly for dairy cattle and buffaloes. They are essential for maintaining health, promoting growth, ensuring reproductive success, and maximizing milk production. However, many natural feeds do not provide adequate amounts of these vital nutrients, leading to deficiencies that can negatively impact animal health and productivity. To address these gaps, mineral supplementation is necessary, with mineral blocks offering a more efficient and cost-effective alternative to traditional powder supplements. This guide explores the importance of minerals in livestock nutrition, the consequences of deficiencies, and the benefits of using mineral blocks, as well as providing detailed instructions on how to make them.
Poultry technology toolkit catalogue. TAAT Clearinghouse. Technical report series 016
Creators: name: TAAT Clearinghouse
Publisher: name: Gates Open Research
Year: 2022

description: This catalogue describes a suite of proven poultry technologies that advance increased productivity of animal enterprise in Africa. It was developed through a collaborative effort between the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Program of the African Development Bank and its Small Livestock Compact coordinated by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). The compilation was also supported by the Project Platform for Agricultural Solutions (ProPAS), an information portal where innovations are systematically characterized for open access over the internet. Both activities are addressing the imperative to better connect proven technologies to those who need them, but each undertakes this goal in a very different 2 manner. Small livestock is one of nine commodity compacts with proven technologies that ensure greater self-sufficiency in protein for food and nutrition security in Africa. Poultry is also targeted as an agro-industrial commodity for processing and trading on domestic and regional markets. The Compact supports a wide variety of stakeholders through capacity development and technological outreach, and this catalogue contributes to that mandate. During the first Phase of the TAAT Program (2018-2021), the Compact introduced and reinforced these technologies in several countries including Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe, and plans to expand its reach into 2022 and beyond.

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title: Comparative investigation of 11 Achillea collina Becker accessions concerning phenological, morphological, productional features and active agent content
Creators: name: Kindlovits, Sára
name: Cserháti, Beatrix
name: Inotai, Katalin
name: Rajhárt, Péter
name: Németh- Zámbori, Éva
Publisher: name: Julius Kühn-Institut
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Achillea collina
subject: azulene
subject: production
subject: drug quality
subject: essential oil
subject: flowering horizon

description: Julius-Kühn-Archiv 453
description: Eleven Achillea collina Becker accessions of different origin were tested in open field plots during three years for their phenological, morphological, productional features and active material content in Budapest, Hungary. Among the tested plant materials European selected cultivars, Hungarian cultivated stocks and populations from wild growing habitats were investigated. Concerning flowering time, two types (early and late) were distinguished. Flowering time of the less abundant late type, represented by Hungarian variety ‘Azulenka’ and ‘Gb22’, started approximately 2 weeks later than that of the early flowering type. Plant height and length of flowering horizon varied only slightly among taxa, and increased after the first year of cultivation. The proportion of useful plant organs in the drug was stable. Biomass and drug production of the investigated genotypes was variable, late flowering types providing higher yields. Essential oil, proazulene, total phenolic and flavonoid content varied on a large scale among accessions and years. Results demonstrate the high intraspecific variability of A. collina and also the role of valuable genotypes in drug production. Selected cultivars may provide stable and good yields and drug quality under particular environmental conditions, while genotypes of wild origin may be valuable sources of future breeding programs.
AlN-buffered superconducting NbN nanowire single-photon detector on GaAs
Creators: name: Schmidt, E.
name: Ilin, K.
name: Siegel, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigated the suitability of AlN as a buffer layer for NbN superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) on GaAs. The NbN films with a thickness of 3.3 nm to 20 nm deposited onto GaAs substrates with AlN buffer layer, demonstrate a higher critical temperature, critical current density and lower residual resistivity in comparison to films deposited onto bare substrates. Unfortunately, the thermal coupling of the NbN film to the substrate weakens. SNSPDs made of 4.9 nm thick NbN films on buffered substrates (in comparison to detectors made from NbN films on bare GaAs) demonstrate three orders of magnitude lower dark count rates and about ten times higher detection efficiency at 900 nm being measured at 90% of the critical current. The system timing jitter of SNSPDs on buffered substrates is 72 ps which is 36 ps lower than those on bare substrate. However, a weaker thermal coupling of NbN nanowire to the buffered substrate leads to a latching effect at bias currents > 0.97 IC.
description: 5 pages, 5 figures, ASC 2016
Personal history, adventures, experience, & observation of David Copperfield, the younger, no. 14
Creators: name: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2018

description: Issued monthly from May, 1849 to November 1850 in blue paper wrappers. Chapters 41-43: Chapter 41. Dora's aunts -- Chapter 42. Mischief -- Chapter 43. Another retrospect
The functional domains of SPATULA, a bHLH transcription factor involved in carpel development of Arabidopsis thaliana
Creators: name: Paicu., Teodora
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Plasmarons in high-temperature cuprate superconductors
Creators: name: Yamase, Hiroyuki
name: Bejas, Matias
name: Greco, Andres
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Metallic systems exhibit plasmons as elementary charge excitations. This fundamental concept was reinforced also in high-temperature cuprate superconductors recently, although cuprates are not only layered systems but also strongly correlated electron systems. Here, we study how such ubiquitous plasmons leave their marks on the electron dispersion in cuprates. In contrast to phonons and magnetic fluctuations, plasmons do not yield a kink in the electron dispersion. Instead, we find that the optical plasmon accounts for an emergent band -- plasmarons -- in the one-particle excitation spectrum; acoustic-like plasmons typical to a layered system are far less effective. Because of strong electron correlations, the plasmarons are generated by bosonic fluctuations associated with the local constraint, not by the usual charge-density fluctuations. Apart from this physical mechanism, the plasmarons are similar to those discussed in alkali metals, Bi, graphene, monolayer transition-metal dichalcogenides, semiconductors, diamond, two-dimensional electron systems, and SrIrO3 films, establishing a concept of plasmarons in metallic systems in general. Plasmarons are realized below (above) the quasiparticle band in electron-doped (hole-doped) cuprates, including a region around (pi,0) and (0,pi) where the superconducting gap and the pseudogap are most enhanced.
description: 27 pages, 9 figures
Η Οικογένεια και το σχολείο ως φορείς Διαπαιδαγώγησης στα έργα του Παπαδιαμάντη
Creators: name: Παπακωστοπούλου, Σοφία Δημητρίου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2022
Subjects: Αλέξανδρος Παπαδιαμάντης
Η Οικογένεια ως φορέας Διαπαιδαγώγησης
Το Σχολείο ως φορέας Διαπαιδαγώγησης
Alexandros Papadiamantis
The Family as medium of Education
The School as medium of Education

description: Σκοπός του πονήματος αυτού είναι να προσεγγίσουμε την παιδευτική λειτουργία των δύο θεμελιωδών φορέων της αγωγής, της οικογένειας και του σχολείου, χωρίς ωστόσο να παραβλέψουμε τη μεγάλη και εξίσου σημαντική παιδαγωγική αξία φορέων, όπως η εκκλησία, η λαϊκή παράδοση, το φυσικό και κοινωνικό περιβάλλον, που λειτουργούν μαζί με την οικογένεια και το σχολείο, επηρεάζοντας σημαντικότατα την παιδαγωγική τους δυναμική. Αρχικά παρουσιάζονται συνοπτικά τα βιογραφικά στοιχεία του Αλέξανδρου Παπαδιαμάντη, η εργογραφία του καθώς και το ευρύτερο πλαίσιο της εποχής του. Εν συνεχεία, το ενδιαφέρον εστιάζεται στις παιδαγωγικές θέσεις του Παπαδιαμάντη και στις επιρροές που τις διαμόρφωσαν. Στο τρίτο κεφάλαιο παρουσιάζεται ο ρόλος της οικογένειας στην διαπαιδαγώγηση των παιδιών. Εισάγεται μια πολύ σύντομη αναφορά στην ελληνική οικογένεια του 19ου αιώνα, και ακολουθεί παρουσίαση θετικών και αρνητικών προτύπων οικογενειακής ζωής. Στο τέταρτο και τελευταίο κεφάλαιο παρουσιάζεται το σχολείο ως φορέας διαπαιδαγώγησης στα έργα του Παπαδιαμάντη, με μια μικρή εισαγωγή στο εκπαιδευτικό σύστημα της Ελλάδας του 19ου αιώνα.
description: This thesis aims at exploring the pedagogical role of two fundamental means of education, namely the family and school, in the works of Alexandros Papadiamantis. The thesis also examines the great and equally important pedagogical value of institutions, such as the church, the folk tradition, and the natural and social environment, as they influence the pedagogical dynamics of the family and school. Firstly, the biographical data of Alexandros Papadiamantis, his ethnography, and the wider context of his time are briefly presented. Secondly, this thesis focuses on the pedagogical position of Papadiamantis and the influences that shaped them. The third chapter analyzes the role of the family in the education of children. In this chapter, there is a brief introduction of the Greek family of the 19th century, followed by a presentation of positive and negative standards of family life. The last chapter focuses on how the school is portrayed as an educational institution in the works of Papadiamantis, while the educational system of the 19th century is also briefly introduced.
description: Σε συνεργασία με: Κοινωνικής Θεολογίας (Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών)
Personal history, adventures, experience, & observation of David Copperfield, the younger, no. 13
Creators: name: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2018

description: Issued monthly from May, 1849 to November 1850 in blue paper wrappers. Chapters 38-40: Chapter 38. A dissolution of partnership -- Chapter 39. Wickfield and Heep -- Chapter 40. The wanderer
Teleconnected warm and cold extremes of North American wintertime temperatures
Creators: name: Krock, Mitchell L.
name: Monahan, Adam H.
name: Stein, Michael L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Current models for spatial extremes are concerned with the joint upper (or lower) tail of the distribution at two or more locations. Such models cannot account for teleconnection patterns of two-meter surface air temperature ($T_{2m}$) in North America, where very low temperatures in the contiguous Unites States (CONUS) may coincide with very high temperatures in Alaska in the wintertime. This dependence between warm and cold extremes motivates the need for a model with opposite-tail dependence in spatial extremes. This work develops a statistical modeling framework which has flexible behavior in all four pairings of high and low extremes at pairs of locations. In particular, we use a mixture of rotations of common Archimedean copulas to capture various combinations of four-corner tail dependence. We study teleconnected $T_{2m}$ extremes using ERA5 reanalysis of daily average two-meter temperature during the boreal winter. The estimated mixture model quantifies the strength of opposite-tail dependence between warm temperatures in Alaska and cold temperatures in the midlatitudes of North America, as well as the reverse pattern. These dependence patterns are shown to correspond to blocked and zonal patterns of mid-tropospheric flow. This analysis extends the classical notion of correlation-based teleconnections to considering dependence in higher quantiles.
WHEN POLICY MEETS POLITICS: BORDER DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION IN CENTRAL AMERICA
Creators: name: ORDONEZ, JOHNATHAN
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2018

description: This research explores new dynamics of integration in Central America through studying the implementation of cross-border development policies. By implementing development policies at the border level, local communities from different countries engage in new forms of social, political and economic cooperation with each other. Therefore, this research explores the causal conditions that .are either necessary or sufficient to create cross-border development policies in Central America. The study included macro and micro context analysis of 20 cities (paired in 10 dyads or cases) across six countries. Furthermore, the research used fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fs/QCA) in the two-step approach to explain the existence of cross-border development policies. By analyzing cross-border cooperation at two levels, the research found that cross-border policies are created when background contexts (remote conditions) and proximate factors (proximate conditions) interact with each other. Two background or ?outcome-enabling? conditions were found in the first-step analysis. Six causal paths were found in the second-step analysis as the result of combining both remote and proximate conditions, complying with the rules of equifinality and conjunctural causation in the two-step approach. The results of the research show that specific political configurations at the macro level are necessary to implement certain types of policies at the border level. This is the area where policy meets politics.
Superradiant Phase Transition in the Strong Coupling Regime
Creators: name: Huang, Jin-Feng
name: Tian, Lin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Dicke model can exhibit quantum phase transition between the normal and the superradiant phases when the strength of the light-matter coupling exceeds the ultrastrong coupling regime. However, it is challenging to observe this phase transition in practical systems due to limited coupling strength or finite two-photon $A^{2}$ terms. Here we show that by applying a periodic modulation to the frequency of the two-level systems in a standard Dicke model in the strong coupling regime, an anisotropic Dicke model with tunable rotating and counter-rotating terms in the ultrastrong coupling regime can be achieved. We calculate the ground state and the excitation spectrum of this model in terms of the modulation parameters. Our result shows that the superradiant phases can be observed in cavity- or circuit-quantum electrodynamics systems with strong coupling.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures
Personal history, adventures, experience, & observation of David Copperfield, the younger, no. 10
Creators: name: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2018

description: Issued monthly from May, 1849 to November 1850 in blue paper wrappers. Chapters 28-31: Chapter 28. Mr Micawber's gauntlet -- Chapter 29. I visit Steerforth at his home, again -- Chapter 30. A loss -- Chapter 31. A greater loss