cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The Central Pacific El Niño and its impact on weather and forest fire patterns in western North America
Creators: name: Banholzer, Sandra
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: The El Niño/ Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is known to influence the weather in western North America through teleconnections. Several studies have established a relationship between ENSO and forest fire occurrence. However, a recently discovered variant of ENSO, called Central Pacific El Niño, may cause a different teleconnection and forest fire pattern. Investigating and classifying past El Niño events and their possible influence on weather and forest fire patterns in western North America from 1981-2010 was the objective of this study. The analysis revealed that current El Niño classification methods are suboptimal and that a binary distinction leads to misclassification of events. It, however, confirms that the two types show a different warming pattern as well as different wind and precipitation patterns. These characteristics of the Central Pacific El Niño can cause different extra tropical teleconnections in western North America than the canonical El Niño. Variation of teleconnections within the events and the limited amount of events, however, complicate a clear conclusion. Further, other oscillations such as the Arctic Oscillation play a major role in impacting the climate in western North America. Exploratory analysis of natural forest fires of North America identified hot spots of annual area burned in central Alaska, north-west and central Canada and western United States. Further, singular value decomposition and spatial correlation analysis revealed a different teleconnection response in summer drought patterns over western North America related to the two types of El Niño. The drought pattern is significantly related with forest fire frequency and area burned in certain regions across western North America. A clear connection between the different El Niño types and the forest fire pattern however remains inconclusive.
The Nature of Extremely Red H-[4.5]>4 Galaxies revealed with SEDS and CANDELS
Creators: name: Caputi, Karina I.
name: Dunlop, James S.
name: McLure, Ross J.
name: Huang, Jiasheng
name: Fazio, Giovanni G.
name: Ashby, Matthew L. N.
name: Castellano, Marco
name: Fontana, Adriano
name: Cirasuolo, Michele
name: Almaini, Omar
name: Bell, Eric F.
name: Dickinson, Mark
name: Donley, Jennifer L.
name: Faber, Sandra M.
name: Ferguson, Henry C.
name: Giavalisco, Mauro
name: Grogin, Norman A.
name: Kocevski, Dale D.
name: Koekemoer, Anton M.
name: Koo, David C.
name: Lai, Kamson
name: Newman, Jeffrey A.
name: Somerville, Rachel S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have analysed a sample of 25 extremely red H-[4.5]>4 galaxies, selected using 4.5 micron data from the Spitzer SEDS survey and deep H-band data from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) CANDELS survey, over ~180 square arcmin of the UKIDSS Ultra Deep Survey (UDS) field. Our aim is to investigate the nature of this rare population of mid-infrared (mid-IR) sources that display such extreme near-to-mid-IR colours. Using up to 17-band photometry (U through 8.0 microns), we have studied in detail their spectral energy distributions, including possible degeneracies in the photometric redshift/internal extinction (zphot-Av) plane. Our sample appears to include sources of very different nature. Between 45% and 75% of them are dust-obscured, massive galaxies at 3300 microJy, which at 35) sources at zphot<1. Finally, we analyse in detail two zphot~6 galaxy candidates, and discuss their plausibility and implications. Overall, our red galaxy sample contains the tip of the iceberg of a larger population of z>3 galaxies to be discovered with the future James Webb Space Telescope.
description: Accepted for publication in the ApJL, 6 pages including 1 table and 4 figures. Table 1 has been expanded to provide information for all galaxies in the sample
title: Spatial differences in natural mortality of North Sea gadoids
Creators: name: Rindorf, A.
name: Andersen, N. G.
name: Vinther, M.
Publisher: name: ASC 2010 - Theme session C
Year: 2024
Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture
Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.The natural mortality of fish in the North Sea is often assumed to be higher in northern areas where the abundance of predatory fish is largest. Investigations based directly on observed stomach contents, however, have not been performed and it remains unknown whether the effect of higher density of predators in northern areas is at least partly abated by higher autumn temperatures in southern areas, leading to higher consumption rates of individual predators. To investigate the spatial differences in natural mortality caused by the combined effect of differences in consumption of individual predators and predator density, we investigated the consumption of cod, whiting, and saithe in different areas of the North Sea. We used the stomach data sampled in the years 1981–1991 under the coordination of ICES, accounting for the effects on estimated consumption of temperature, energy content of the prey, the presence of other prey, and size of the predator. The consumptions by predator length group and area was raised to an index of total consumption in the area using survey catch rates, and this index was compared with the IBTS catch rates of gadoid prey species. This resulted in an area-specific index of mortality. Maps of predation mortality indices were compared with estimates derived assuming consumption and food composition to be constant for all predators. The results demonstrate the importance of accounting for changes in temperature as well as for changes in predator–prey overlap when attempting to predict the effects of a warming climate on natural mortality.
Effects of CeO2 geometry on corrosion resistance of epoxy coatings
Creators: name: Zhang, Wenbo
name: Wang, Huaiyuan
name: Lv, Chongjiang
name: Chen, Xixi
name: Zhao, Zhiqiang
name: Qu, Yongquan
name: Zhu, Yanji
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology

description: Effects of CeO2 geometry, including functionalised CeO2 nanospheres (FCNS) and nanorods (FCNS), on corrosion resistance of organic silicon epoxy (EP) composite coatings were investigated. The CeO2 nanoparticles were functionalised with γ-(2,3-epoxypropoxy)propytrimethoxysilane and characterised by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The corrosion resistance of EP composite coatings was evaluated by polarisation curve analysis, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and salt spray test. It was found the incorporation with CeO2 nanoparticles improved the corrosion resistance of EP coatings, and the optimum dosage was 3 wt-%. FCNR outperformed FCNS in enhancing corrosion resistance.
Islamification vs. Islamophobia: A Message to the Youth in the Occident: Critical & Rhetorical Inquiries
Creators: name: Kazemian, Bahram
name: Qaiwer, Shatha Naiyf
name: Mohammadian, Shafigeh
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 200302 English Language
subject: FOS: Languages and literature
subject: 200403 Discourse and Pragmatics

description: Drawing upon the recent theoretical framework of Burkean concept of identification (ID), the current study aims at probing the interaction of content and form in two letters penned by Iran’s Supreme Leader and addressed to the Youth on Jan. and Nov. 2015. To this end, the study seeks (i) to determine a role ID takes in the conveyance of intended assumptions to the targeted readers; and (ii) to observe if the writer’s objectives, i.e. to identify himself with the readers and to realize his politically-religiously-infused creeds, result in success or failure; moreover, (iii) it seeks to deftermine how he achieved his end to attenuate the impacts of blazing inferno of Islamophobia and anti-Islam sentiments in his addressees. The whole corpus (about 3000 words), in light of van Dijk’s Socio-cognitive approach, is critically perused to seek out contextually-coded expressions. The study tries to set out a manner in which political text/talk could be analyzed rhetorically employing ID concept. It was found that ID as a two-way process is a key component for both parties to identify with. It makes the readers align themselves with the writer and helps the writer to associate with the readers and accomplish his goals.
title: Life history strategies of Oithona brevicornis from Muttukadu backwaters of Chennai, Tamilnadu
Creators: name: Devi, R. Ramanibai and N. S. Bharathi
Publisher: name: ASC 2010 - Theme session C
Year: 2024
Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture
Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.Laboratory experiments were conducted to determine the effect of salinity, temperature, pH, and light exposure on the survival, development, and reproduction of Oithona brevicornis. Seven different temperatures (5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40°C), five pH ranges (5, 6, 7, 8, and 9), five salinity variations (0, 2, 4, 6, and 8 ppt), and four different photoperiods (8L:8D; 12L:12D; 16L:16D; 0L:24D) were employed to study the responses of O. brevicornis. The copepods were subjected to varying food concentrations (70 × 104 cells/ml, 50 × 104 cells/ml, 35 × 104 cells/ml) at two constant temperatures of 25 and 30°C. Survival rate and morphometric measurements of naupliar, copepodite, adult stages, clutch size, and egg diameter were calculated. O. brevicornis demonstrated highest life expectancy of 100% under 25–30 ppt salinity. Maximum reproduction occurred at a temperature of 30°C (84.61%), pH 8.0 (90.90%), and photoperiod exposure of 8L:8D (76.66%). In 50 ml medium of 70 × 104 cells/ml algal concentration, the survival of O. brevicornis was 90.7% and they attained their maximum length (prosome + urosome) of 0.71 mm in males and 0.87 mm in females, and produced clutch sizes of 0.58 mm (in diameter). The main aim of our paper was to describe the reproductive characteristics of O. brevicornis in Muttukadu backwater. There is little information, however, concerning the life cycles and reproductive dynamics of other copepods, especially those with small body sizes.
title: Increase in natural mortality of the Icelandscallop (Chlamys islandica) in West Icelandand collapse of the fishery in the early 2000s
Creators: name: Eiríksson, Hrafnkell
name: Thorarinsdottir, Gudrun G.
name: Kristmundsson, Árni
Publisher: name: ASC 2010 - Theme session C
Year: 2024
Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture
Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.The Iceland scallop (Chlamys islandica) fishery started in Breidafjordur, western Iceland, in 1970 and was conducted until 2003 when a fishery closure was recommended by the Marine Research Institute, Reykjavík. The annual landings totalled ca. 9000 t from 1993 to 2000. Survey indices declined drastically between 2001 and 2008, resulting in indices in 2008 amounting to only 13% of the average for 1993–2000. The downward trend in the stock abundance is considered to be mainly owing to mass mortality, caused by an unknown apicomplexan parasite in adult scallops, with nearly 100% prevalence observed in larger shells (>60 mm shell height). The adductor muscles were most heavily infected and gonad development was hampered in infected individuals. The Iceland scallop is distributed within the subarctic transitional zone where maximum sea temperatures of 12–15°C have been recorded. In Iceland, the annual bottom sea temperature during the period 1970–1995 ranged from 0 to 10°C on the various scallop grounds. The period from 1993 to 2003, however, is characterized by a steady increase in summer sea surface temperature, reaching the highest estimated level of the previous century in Iceland in 2003. More recent temperature data from the Breidafjordur scallop grounds have shown recordings from 11 to 12+°C at 15–25-m depths in August–September for most of the last decade. An experimental study demonstrated that scallops collected during late summer can tolerate temperatures up to 13°C, at least for up to 21 days, but there is considerable mortality at 14°C. The rising temperature in Breidafjordur in recent years has therefore brought the summer maximum temperature close to the apparent temperature tolerance of the stock (e.g. the 12.2°C measured in August 2003). It does not appear, however, that the direct effects of temperature are the sole factor responsible for the dramatic decline in Iceland scallop stocks in recent years. Other factors that are often temperaturedependent, such as disease, may be equally or even more responsible. Thus, the increased temperature since around the mid-1990s may have made the scallops more susceptible to infection. Furthermore, it could have created more favourable conditions for the apicomplexan parasite to proliferate inside the shells, resulting in the observed mass mortality and recruitment failure in the Iceland scallop stock.
Wave Functions, Quantum Diffusion, and Scaling Exponents in Golden-Mean Quasiperiodic Tilings
Creators: name: Thiem, Stefanie
name: Schreiber, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the properties of wave functions and the wave-packet dynamics in quasiperiodic tight-binding models in one, two, and three dimensions. The atoms in the one-dimensional quasiperiodic chains are coupled by weak and strong bonds aligned according to the Fibonacci sequence. The associated d-dimensional quasiperiodic tilings are constructed from the direct product of d such chains, which yields either the hypercubic tiling or the labyrinth tiling. This approach allows us to consider rather large systems numerically. We show that the wave functions of the system are multifractal and that their properties can be related to the structure of the system in the regime of strong quasiperiodic modulation by a renormalization group (RG) approach. We also study the dynamics of wave packets to get information about the electronic transport properties. In particular, we investigate the scaling behaviour of the return probability of the wave packet with time. Applying again the RG approach we show that in the regime of strong quasiperiodic modulation the return probability is governed by the underlying quasiperiodic structure. Further, we also discuss lower bounds for the scaling exponent of the width of the wave packet and propose a modified lower bound for the absolute continuous regime.
description: 25 pages, 13 figures
Agrilus celti Knull 1920
Creators: name: Carlton, Christopher E.
name: MacRae, Ted C.
name: Tishechkin, Alexey K.
name: Bayless, Victoria L.
name: Johnson, Wood
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Buprestidae
Agrilus
Agrilus celti

description: 72. Agrilus (s. str.) celti Knull, 1920 Parish records (n = 6): Avoyelles, Bossier, East Baton Rouge, St. Landry, and West Baton Rouge Parishes (LSAM, TAMU). Potential larval hosts in Louisiana: Celtis laevigatus and Celtis occidentalis. Adults reported also on Celtis tenuifolia, Cercis canadensis, Corylus americana, and Gleditsia triacanthos. Collection date range: 2 April–25 May. Comments: New state record: Avoyelles Parish, 25 May 1979 (n = 1); Bossier Parish, near Flag Lake, Barksdale AFB, 21 May 1996, E. G. Riley (n = 1); East Baton Rouge Parish, Bayou Fountain Apts., 30.3622N, 91.1247W, hand collected, 9 May 2006, A. K. Tishechkin (n = 2); St. Landry Parish, Thistlethwaite Wildlife Management Area, 30.6623N, 91.9983W, 7 May 1989, D. Rider (n = 1); West Baton Rouge Parish, 30.4581N, 91.3239W, 2 May 1973, boll weevil pheromone trap (n = 1).
description: Published as part of Carlton, Christopher E., MacRae, Ted C., Tishechkin, Alexey K., Bayless, Victoria L. & Johnson, Wood, 2018, Annotated Checklist of the Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from Louisiana, pp. 351-367 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (2) on page 361, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-72.2.351, http://zenodo.org/record/5382706
Femtosecond Population Inversion and Stimulated Emission of Dense Dirac Fermions in Graphene
Creators: name: Li, T.
name: Luo, L.
name: Hupalo, M.
name: Zhang, J.
name: Tringides, M. C.
name: Schmalian, J.
name: Wang, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that strongly photoexcited graphene monolayers with 35fs pulses quasi-instantaneously build up a broadband, inverted Dirac fermion population. Optical gain emerges and directly manifests itself via a negative optical conductivity for the first 200fs, where stimulated emission completely compensates absorption loss in the graphene layer. Our experiment-theory comparison with two distinct electron and hole chemical potentials reproduce absorption saturation and gain at 40fs, revealing, particularly, the evolution of the transient state from a hot classical gas to a dense quantum fluid with increasing the photoexcitation.
Agrilus concinnus Horn 1891
Creators: name: Carlton, Christopher E.
name: MacRae, Ted C.
name: Tishechkin, Alexey K.
name: Bayless, Victoria L.
name: Johnson, Wood
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Buprestidae
Agrilus
Agrilus concinnus

description: 74. Agrilus (s. str.) concinnus Horn, 1891 Parish records (n = 2): East Baton Rouge Parish (LSAM). Potential larval hosts in Louisiana: Hibiscus laevis All. and Hibiscus lasiocarpos Cav. Collection date range: 11–13 May. Comments: New state record: East Baton Rouge Par., Highland Rd. Park, 11,13 May 2011, collected as  C. fumipennis prey, 30.3491°N, 91.0741°W, W. Virgets (n = 2).
description: Published as part of Carlton, Christopher E., MacRae, Ted C., Tishechkin, Alexey K., Bayless, Victoria L. & Johnson, Wood, 2018, Annotated Checklist of the Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from Louisiana, pp. 351-367 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (2) on page 361, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-72.2.351, http://zenodo.org/record/5382706
Navigating childhood hearing loss: the experiences of parents, grandparents and siblings
Creators: name: Loh, Denise Siying
name: Packer, Rebecca L.
name: Scarinci, Nerina A.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: This study aimed to explore the impact of childhood hearing loss on the family unit and their resulting intervention needs. Qualitative descriptive methodology was used, with in-depth interviews analysed using reflexive thematic analysis. Four family units of children with hearing loss participated in the study, including parents (n = 5), grandparents (n = 7), and siblings (n = 5). Five themes were developed from interview data: (1) the daily grind; (2) we’re all in this together; (3) family dynamics; (4) the early intervention experience and (5) personal growth and adaptations. Family members were impacted in multi-faceted ways and identified informational and emotional intervention needs, with an integrative theme highlighting the emotional toll of childhood hearing loss on families. Early intervention services have a crucial role in addressing third-party disability through a multi-disciplinary service delivery model that addresses the needs of all family members, beyond the child with hearing loss. The diagnosis and management of childhood hearing loss takes an emotional toll on the entire family unit including parents, grandparents, and siblings.Parents, grandparents, and siblings experience a broad ranging and pervasive impact to daily functioning and family dynamics because of hearing loss.It is essential to move beyond a child-centred approach and adopt a truly family-centred approach which both assesses and targets the unique needs of all family members. The diagnosis and management of childhood hearing loss takes an emotional toll on the entire family unit including parents, grandparents, and siblings. Parents, grandparents, and siblings experience a broad ranging and pervasive impact to daily functioning and family dynamics because of hearing loss. It is essential to move beyond a child-centred approach and adopt a truly family-centred approach which both assesses and targets the unique needs of all family members.
TeleGate: Immersive multi-user collaboration for mixed reality 360°video
Creators: name: Kim, H
name: Young, Jacob
name: Medeiros, D
name: Thompson, S
name: Rhee, Taehyun
Publisher: name: Open Access Victoria University of Wellington | Te Herenga Waka
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: When collaborating on virtual content within 360° mixed reality environments it is often desirable for collaborators to fully immerse themselves within the task space, usually by means of a head-mounted display. However, these socially isolate any co-located collaborators, removing the ability to communicate through important gestural, facial, and body language cues. We present TeleGate, a system that instead utilises a shared immersive display to allow collaboration within remote environments between an arbitrary number of users, keeping collaborators visible while allowing immersive and interactive collaboration within remote environments.
Upper Bounds on Asymmetric Dark Matter Self Annihilation Cross Sections
Creators: name: Ellwanger, Ulrich
name: Mitropoulos, Pantelis
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Most models for asymmetric dark matter allow for dark matter self annihilation processes, which can wash out the asymmetry at temperatures near and below the dark matter mass. We study the coupled set of Boltzmann equations for the symmetric and antisymmetric dark matter number densities, and derive conditions applicable to a large class of models for the absence of a significant wash-out of an asymmetry. These constraints are applied to various existing scenarios. In the case of left- or right-handed sneutrinos, very large electroweak gaugino masses, or very small mixing angles are required.
description: 13 pages, 3 Figures, Reference added, improved notation
LIBER Open Access Working Group: Statement on Plan S guidelines
Creators: name: van Otegem, Matthijs
name: Wennström, Sofie
name: Anglada, Lluís
name: Manista, Frank
name: Campbell, Colleen
name: Kalaitzi, Vasso
name: Tuuliniemi, Arja
name: Siegert, Olaf
name: Macan, Bojan
name: Losada, Marina
name: Ekanger, Aysa
name: Eellend, Beate
name: Casella, Maria
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: open access, plan s

description: The recently published guidance for the implementation of Plan S offers welcome new details on how full and immediate Open Access to research publications would be achieved under this new initiative.

As LIBER stated in September, when Plan S was first announced, we fully support the ambitions of Plan S. It aligns with LIBER’s 2018-2022 Strategy — specifically our goal to make Open Access the main form of publishing — and our Open Science Roadmap.

Within this new guidance, we are pleased to see that multiple routes to Open Access have been acknowledged. This is especially important as the transition to an open, transparent research infrastructure can only take place if as many stakeholders as possible are invited to participate. Clear demands and a concrete timeline will push the process, yet it can inadvertently exclude some who are willing to participate but not yet fully able to comply. LIBER therefore calls for an inclusive approach. The success of Open Access rests on participation on a global scale.
title: The impact of fishing pressure on natural mortality and underlying ecosystem structure
Creators: name: Houle, Jennifer E.
Publisher: name: ASC 2010 - Theme session C
Year: 2024
Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture
Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.This research uses a model based on the multispecies size-spectrum theory of Andersen and Beyer to address how a temperate marine community responds to changes in fishing pressure in terms of natural mortality, underlying ecosystem structure, and possibilities for recovery. This model is used rather than other models, such as Ecopath with Ecosim, because it is built from individuallevel, mechanistic processes that combine to form a community of individuals of different functional species defined by a single parameter—maturation size. Ecosystem and population level properties, such as size-spectrum community structure, production, and biomass, are emergent properties rather than explicit inputs. The model represents the primary aspects of marine ecosystems: that natural mortality is mostly from predation, that individuals grow over many orders of magnitude during their lifetimes, and that predation is size-based. From these, individual body size rather than species identity defines an individualʹs trophic position, and the maturation size of a species rather than its name becomes more important. The model includes densitydependent recruitment and has been extended to include additional scaling of predation mortality and reproduction/recruitment with maturation size. Fishing pressure is added to an undisturbed ecosystem in the form of size-specific mortality mimicking those size classes caught in fishing gears. The results of changing fishing pressure on natural mortality and underlying ecosystem structure are analysed, along with the possibility for a disturbed ecosystem to recover its original structure. This research contributes to the understanding of the mechanisms behind the alterations of ecosystems by fisheries.
Influence of entrance-channel magicity and isospin on quasi-fission
Creators: name: Simenel, Cédric
name: Hinde, D. J.
name: Rietz, R. Du
name: Dasgupta, M.
name: Evers, M.
name: Lin, C. J.
name: Luong, D. H.
name: Wakhle, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The role of spherical quantum shells in the competition between fusion and quasi-fission is studied for reactions forming heavy elements. Measurements of fission fragment mass distributions for different reactions leading to similar compound nuclei have been made near the fusion barrier. In general, more quasi-fission is observed for reactions with non-magic nuclei. However, the $^{40}$Ca+$^{208}$Pb reaction is an exception, showing strong evidence for quasi-fission, though both nuclei are doubly magic. Time-dependent Hartree-Fock calculations predict fast equilibration of $N/Z$ in the two fragments early in the collision. This transfer of nucleons breaks the shell effect, causing this reaction to behave more like a non-magic one in the competition between fusion and quasi-fission. Future measurements of fission in reactions with exotic beams should be able to test this idea with larger $N/Z$ asymmetries.
description: accepted for publication in Physics Letters B
Four superhard carbon allotropes: First-principle study
Creators: name: He, Chaoyu
name: Sun, L. Z.
name: Zhang, C. X.
name: Zhang, K. W.
name: Peng, Xiangyang
name: Zhong, Jianxin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using a generalized genetic algorithm, we propose four new sp3 carbon allotropes with 5-6-7 (5-6-7-type Z-ACA and Z-CACB) or 4-6-8(4-6-8-type Z4-A3B1 and A4-A2B2) carbon rings. Their stability, mechanical and electronic properties are systematically studied using first-principles method. We find that all these four carbon allotropes show amazing stability in comparison with recently proposed carbon phases. Both ZACA and Z-CACB are direct-band-gap semiconductors with band gaps of 2.261 eV and 4.196 eV, respectively. Whereas Z4-A3B1 and A4-A2B2 are indirect-band-gap semiconductors with band gaps of 3.105 eV and 3.271 eV, respectively. Their mechanical properties reveal that all these four carbon allotropes are superhard materials comparable to diamond.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures, submit to PCCP on 21-Feb-2012
Multiple high-pressure phase transitions in BiFeO3
Creators: name: Guennou, Mael
name: Bouvier, Pierre
name: Chen, Grace S.
name: Dkhil, Brahim
name: Haumont, Raphaël
name: Garbarino, Gaston
name: Kreisel, Jens
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the high-pressure phase transitions in BiFeO3 by single crystal and powder x-ray diffraction, as well as single crystal Raman spectroscopy. Six phase transitions are reported in the 0-60 GPa range. At low pressures, up to 15 GPa, 4 transitions are evidenced at 4, 5, 7 and 11 GPa. In this range, the crystals display large unit cells and complex domain structures, which suggests a competition between complex tilt systems and possibly off-center cation displacements. The non polar Pnma phase remains stable over a large pressure range between 11 and 38 GPa, where the distortion (tilt angles) changes only little with pressure. The two high-pressure phase transitions at 38 and 48 GPa are marked by the occurence of larger unit cells and an increase of the distorsion away from the cubic parent perovskite cell. We find no evidence for a cubic phase at high pressure, nor indications that the structure tends to become cubic. The previously reported insulator-to-metal transition at 50 GPa appears to be symmetry breaking.
description: 11 pages, 8 figures
An investigation of the relationship between parenting stress and anxiety disorders in young children
Creators: name: Yu, Christine Margaret Shung-Bun
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health disorder among children (Merikangas et al., 2010). If left untreated, anxiety disorders can cause significant impairment in functioning and persist into adolescence and adulthood (Ehrenreich & Santucci, 2009; Öst & Treffers, 2001). Although anxiety disorders are often responsive to psychological intervention and the literature suggests that they can be preventable with early detection and intervention (Hirshfeld-Becker et al., 2010), they often remain undetected and untreated. In order to contribute to early intervention efforts, it is important to understand risk factors associated with childhood anxiety disorders. Current theoretical models of childhood anxiety underscore the importance of reciprocal interactions between parents, their children, and environmental stressors. Specific factors, such as marital discord and parental anxiety, have been hypothesized to influence the development of anxiety disorders in children (Ginsburg, Siqueland, Masia-Warner, & Hedtke, 2004), and may highlight the association between family environment, parenting, and child anxiety disorders. Parental and family factors account for the intergenerational transmission of anxiety. Maternal stress has been indicated as a predictor of both internalizing and externalizing problems in children (Bayer, Hiscock, Ukoumunne, Price, & Wake, 2008). A significant body of research links children’s externalizing behaviour problems and parenting stress. Research has not focused as much attention on the connection between parenting stress and children’s internalizing problems, specifically anxiety disorders. This study proposes to explore the relationship between parenting stress and anxiety disorders in young children through a secondary analysis of data collected from a larger study.
S-matrix elements from T-duality
Creators: name: Velni, Komeil Babaei
name: Garousi, Mohammad R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recently it has been speculated that the S-matrix elements satisfy the Ward identity associated with the T-duality. This indicates that a group of S-matrix elements is invariant under the linear T-duality transformations on the external states. If one evaluates one component of such T-dual multiplet, then all other components may be found by the simple use of the linear T-duality. The assumption that fields must be independent of the Killing coordinate, however, may cause, in some cases, the T-dual multiplet not to be gauge invariant. In those cases, the S-matrix elements contain more than one T-dual multiplet which are intertwined by the gauge symmetry. In this paper, we apply the T-dual Ward identity on the S-matrix element of one RR $(p-3)$-form and two NSNS states on the world volume of a D$_p$-brane to find its corresponding T-dual multiplet. In the case that the RR potential has two transverse indices, the T-dual multiplet is gauge invariant, however, in the case that it has one transverse index the multiplet is not gauge invariant. We find a new T-dual multiplet in this case by imposing the gauge symmetry. We show that the multiplets are reproduced by explicit calculation, and their low energy contact terms at order $α'^2$ are consistent with the existing couplings in the literature.
description: 33 pages, Latex file, the version appears in NPB
Agrilus vittaticollis
Creators: name: Carlton, Christopher E.
name: MacRae, Ted C.
name: Tishechkin, Alexey K.
name: Bayless, Victoria L.
name: Johnson, Wood
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Buprestidae
Agrilus
Agrilus vittaticollis

description: 95. Agrilus (s. str.) vittaticollis (Randall, 1838) Parish records (n = 2): East Baton Rouge and St. Tammany Parishes (LSAM). Potential larval hosts in Louisiana: Amelanchier arborea, Aronia arbutifolia (L.) Pers., Crataegus sp., Malus sp., and Pyrus communis L. Adults reported also on Malus sylvestris (L.) Mill., Oxydendrum arboreum, Prunus virginiana L., and Quercus velutina. Collection date range: 4–29 April. Comments: New state record: East Baton Rouge Par., Baton Rouge, at light, 30.4505°N, 91.1544°W; St. Tammany Parish, E. Fk. Lit. Bogue Falaya R., LA 1082 NE of Covington, 29 April 1980 sweeping foliage, 30.4901°N, 90.0686°W, D. A. Rossman (n = 1).
description: Published as part of Carlton, Christopher E., MacRae, Ted C., Tishechkin, Alexey K., Bayless, Victoria L. & Johnson, Wood, 2018, Annotated Checklist of the Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from Louisiana, pp. 351-367 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (2) on page 364, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-72.2.351, http://zenodo.org/record/5382706
title: Survival rate of brown crab (Cancer pagurus) discarded from the pot fishery on the west coast of Scotland
Creators: name: Dawson, Matthew W.
name: Northridge, Simon
Publisher: name: ASC 2010 - Theme session C
Year: 2024
Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture
Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.A robust knowledge of the causes and rates of mortality is essential to providing sound management advice for a population. In the realm of commercially harvested marine species it is often relatively straightforward to find an accurate value for the direct fishing mortality (F) inflicted on a population. Indirect effects that contribute to the natural mortality of a population are harder to provide, however. Discard mortality is an anthropogenic factor that contributes to natural mortality (M) in many species, including the brown crab (Cancer pagurus). This study identifies the proportion of target species bycatch in the Scottish west coast brown crab fishery (28% of total catch) and quantifies the rate of anthropogenically induced mortality (24% of discarded crabs). To investigate, samples of the discarded crabs were kept in keep pots in the vessels vivier tank and checked daily for 7 days to remove and record any dead. The mortality rate was considered to be the percentage of the sample that had died during the week. Sampling focused on random samples made up of all discard groups, and then split samples which contained only one of three discard groups: undersized, sick, and soft-shelled individuals. Control samples of healthy marketable crabs were used to identify the experimentally induced mortality. This could then be subtracted to give a more realistic figure for discards returned to the sea under normal fishing operations. The figure obtained is then used to calculate the discard mortality of 639 tonnes for the Scottish fleet in 2008.
On the Fixation Probability of Superstars
Creators: name: Diaz, Josep
name: Goldberg, Leslie Ann
name: Mertzios, George B.
name: Richerby, David
name: Serna, Maria
name: Spirakis, Paul G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science (cs.CE)
subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The Moran process models the spread of genetic mutations through a population. A mutant with relative fitness $r$ is introduced into a population and the system evolves, either reaching fixation (in which every individual is a mutant) or extinction (in which none is). In a widely cited paper (Nature, 2005), Lieberman, Hauert and Nowak generalize the model to populations on the vertices of graphs. They describe a class of graphs (called "superstars"), with a parameter $k$. Superstars are designed to have an increasing fixation probability as $k$ increases. They state that the probability of fixation tends to $1-r^{-k}$ as graphs get larger but we show that this claim is untrue as stated. Specifically, for $k=5$, we show that the true fixation probability (in the limit, as graphs get larger) is at most $1-1/j(r)$ where $j(r)=Θ(r^4)$, contrary to the claimed result. We do believe that the qualitative claim of Lieberman et al.\ --- that the fixation probability of superstars tends to 1 as $k$ increases --- is correct, and that it can probably be proved along the lines of their sketch. We were able to run larger computer simulations than the ones presented in their paper. However, simulations on graphs of around 40,000 vertices do not support their claim. Perhaps these graphs are too small to exhibit the limiting behaviour.
description: Technical content remains the same but we have revised our interpretation of the experimental data and changed the title accordingly. We have included, as ancillary files, our c code (superstar.c) and also documentation demonstrating its correctness (superstarfixprob-ancillary.pdf): download the paper source package to view these
title: Size-based assessment of ecosystem effects of fisheries management decisions
Creators: name: Andersen, Ken H.
name: Berg, Casper
Publisher: name: ASC 2010 - Theme session C
Year: 2024
Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture
Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.Within an ecosystem approach to fishery management, development of management plans should include consideration of the expected consequences of the management action of the target species on the rest of the marine community. Using a size- and trait-based community model, we make general assessments of the direct and indirect ecological consequences of management plans based on a changes in fishing mortality on industrial, pelagic, and/or demersal fisheries. The assessment covers the temporal development of the fish and zooplankton community and the effects on the target groups of species as well as on other species in the ecosystem. The model quantifies how management actions targeted on one group of species propagates to the rest of the community. The model is simple and fast, and is implemented with a web-based interface.
Brachys fasciferus Schwartz 1878
Creators: name: Carlton, Christopher E.
name: MacRae, Ted C.
name: Tishechkin, Alexey K.
name: Bayless, Victoria L.
name: Johnson, Wood
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Buprestidae
Brachys
Brachys fasciferus

description: 97. Brachys fasciferus Schwartz, 1878 Parish records (n = 1): St. Landry Parish (LSAM). Potential larval hosts in Louisiana: Unknown. Adults reported on Quercus virginiana and Rubus trivialis Michx. Collection date: 27 April. Comments: New state record: St. Landry Parish, 3 mi. E. of Washington, 27 April 1986, 30.6300°N, 92.0062°W, D. A. Rider and E. G. Riley (n = 1).
description: Published as part of Carlton, Christopher E., MacRae, Ted C., Tishechkin, Alexey K., Bayless, Victoria L. & Johnson, Wood, 2018, Annotated Checklist of the Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from Louisiana, pp. 351-367 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (2) on page 364, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-72.2.351, http://zenodo.org/record/5382706
NODES_Inndiana_Z61_Efficacy of zinc and Myo-inositol supplementation on metabolic parameters in a pediatric population with obesity: a randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Prodam, Flavia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Spoke 5 - Industry for Health and Silver Economy
INNDIANA Project
Eco healthcare
ECS00000036

description: poster presentation ENDO
Wangka Maya, the Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre
Creators: name: Sharp, Janet (Ed.)
name: Thieberger, Nick (Ed.)
Publisher: name: Pacific Linguistics
Year: 2001

description: 21 Wangka Maya, the Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre. 325Map 1: Approximate location of indigenous languages of the Pilbara region (Wangka Maya) 326
Families of stable and metastable solitons in coupled system of scalar fields
Creators: name: Riazi, Nematollah
name: Peyravi, Marzieh
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we obtain stable and metastable soliton solutions of a coupled system of two real scalar fields with five five discrete points of vacua. These solutions have definite topological charges and rest energies and show classical dynamical stability. From a quantum point of view, however, the V-type solutions are expected to be unstable and decay to D-type solutions. The induced decay of a V-type soliton into two D-type ones is calculated numerically, and shown to be chiral, in the sense that the decay products do not respect left-right symmetry.
description: 9 pages and 5 figures
Depletion-induced biaxial nematic states of boardlike particles
Creators: name: Belli, Simone
name: Dijkstra, Marjolein
name: van Roij, René
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: With the aim of investigating the stability conditions of biaxial nematic liquid crystals, we study the effect of adding a non-adsorbing ideal depletant on the phase behavior of colloidal hard boardlike particles. We take into account the presence of the depletant by introducing an effective depletion attraction between a pair of boardlike particles. At fixed depletant fugacity, the stable liquid crystal phase is determined through a mean-field theory with restricted orientations. Interestingly, we predict that for slightly elongated boardlike particles a critical depletant density exists, where the system undergoes a direct transition from an isotropic liquid to a biaxial nematic phase. As a consequence, by tuning the depletant density, an easy experimental control parameter, one can stabilize states of high biaxial nematic order even when these states are unstable for pure systems of boardlike particles.
title: Revista Lusófona de Educação, v. 64 n. 64 (2024): Revista Lusófona da Educação
title: Revista Lusófona da Educação
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Revista Lusófona De Educação
Publisher: name: Revista Lusófona de Educação
Year: 2025

description: Editorial
O uso de portefólios como instrumento de ensino e aprendizagem em métodos de investigação em educação
A Escrita no Ensino Superior: as crenças dos estudantes
Autorregulação para a aprendizagem no contexto da educação brasileira: uma revisão integrativa
Bullying na adolescência e ansiedade: uma revisão integrativa
Pesquisa Formativa nas Universidades Peruanas: Análise de Tendências e Desafios em Documentos Institucionais
Revisão narrativa sobre feedback sustentável comparado a outros conceitos
Metodologias ativas e inovação no ensino da fonética portuguesa como língua estrangeira
A fábrica de cretinos digitais: O perigo dos ecrãs para os nossos filhos
The record of the lonely house : sharing the embodied song
Creators: name: Leger, Claire Elizabeth
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: Expanding upon initial explorations in the interdisciplinary medium of choral theatre as practiced by Halifax’s Camerata Xara Young Women’s Choir, this dissertation details the process and production of my thesis performance, The Record of the Lonely House. The paper examines the current practice of choral theatre and the potential for choral music to further hybridize with theatrical performance, particularly via devised theatre practice. Specifically, the work is situated within the history of feminist collective performance created for and among communities of women, as well as within the practicing history of devised performance in Canada. Throughout, there is an emphasis on ways of knowing via individual and collective embodied experience, and the archival abilities of the body and voice to act as wells of material to draw from in the process of performance creation. The influence of place on art-making is central to the research, in particular concerning my own childhood in Lower Economy, Nova Scotia, and examines how the impression of landscape can evoke narrative. Inspired by the conflict between recorded history and lived memory, the source materials for the performance including pieces of choral music, found text, archival records, object work, and physical action, are analyzed in depth. The discussion includes a detailed account of the rehearsal process and the experience of site-specific performance both in an historic Halifax house and at the Mackie Lake House in Coldstream, British Columbia. Drawing on feedback from colleagues as well as personal testimonials from the performers, I examine the methodology of a devised choral theatre practice, as well as the potential of choral theatre for identity-shaping and community building. In conclusion, the paper reflects on the process both personally and within the scope of the art form, and offers further provocations for deepening and expanding the practice of choral theatre in terms of content and methodology.