cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Our carbon, their forest
title: the political ecology of reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) in Papua New Guinea
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Babon, Andrea
Publisher: name: Charles Darwin University
Year: 2014

description: This thesis explores some of the equity dimensions of emerging international markets for environmental services. It does this by analysing how processes to formulate national policies aimed at reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) in Papua New Guinea reflect diverse interests at multiple scales. The research responds to concerns that, in designing REDD+ policies, insufficient attention has been given to the implications for communities who live in, and depend upon, the forests that REDD+ initiatives are designed to conserve. The study employs a political ecology approach and draws on social and political theory and associated analytical methods, including discourse analysis and policy network analysis to identify whose ‘voice’ is being heard in national REDD+ policy processes and whose ‘vision’ is being realised in REDD+ policy outputs. The study finds that a number of actors across multiple scales – international, national, local – have had a ‘voice’ in national REDD+ policy processes in Papua New Guinea. State and civil society actors are found to be especially influential and central in many REDD+ policy networks. These and other actors share an equity discourse that focuses on the rights of forest-dependent communities and form a coalition of actors promoting transformational change in forest policy that can achieve effective, efficient and equitable REDD+. However, a powerful a coalition of actors promoting business-as-usual interests and ideas exert covert influence over REDD+ policy processes and are currently realising their ‘vision’ of REDD+. These actors and the discourses and resources they employ are currently constraining transformational change. These findings highlight the importance of connecting local needs and perspectives in the design of national policies, and for those designing international environmental regimes to take into account unique national contexts in order to achieve effective, efficient and equitable outcomes in practice.
Workshop in Brief - Modeling the Spread and Control of Ebola in W. Africa
Creators: name: Ebola Modeling Workshop At Georgia Tech
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Summary: A workshop-in-brief summarizing panels, talks and discussions that took place on January 22-23, 2015 as part of the workshop: "Modeling the Spread and Control of Ebola in W. Africa". Release date of report: February 5, 2015 Workshop title: Modeling the Spread and Control of Ebola in W. Africa Organizers: Prof. Joshua Weitz (Chair, Georgia Institute of Technology), Prof. Rustom Antia (Emory University), Prof. John M. Drake (University of Georgia-Athens), Prof. Jonathan Dushoff (McMaster), Dr. John Glasser (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Prof. Pinar Keskinocak (Georgia Institute of Technology), Prof. Lauren Meyers (University of Texas-Austin), Prof. Fredrik Vannberg (Georgia Institute of Technology) Website: bit.ly/ebm_gt Mission: A two day-workshop to: report on and discuss the use of dynamical models to support, interpret and enhance public-health practices to stop the spread of Ebola in West Africa. Location: Historic Academy of Medicine at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA Dates: January 22-23, 2015
Allosteric Coextraction of Sodium and Metal Ions with Calix[4]Arene Derivatives 3. Effect of Propyl Groups on Size-Discrimination for the Second Coextracted Ion
Creators: name: Sadamatsu, Hirotoshi
name: Shitaro Morisada
name: Kawakita, Hidetaka
name: Ohto, Keisuke
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Biotechnology
Physics
Engineering
Biochemistry

description: A calix[4]arene derivative containing two propyl groups and two acetic acids at each distal position has been synthesized and investigated for alkali metal extraction in individual and competitive systems. In an individual system, lithium ion simultaneously loads on a single molecule of the extraction reagent up to 200%, while sodium and potassium ions load up to 150% and 100%, respectively. In a competitive system, sodium as the first ion and lithium as the second among three ions each load up to 100%. The peak shift of the extraction reagent by using 1H-NMR spectroscopy was investigated to elucidate the extraction mechanism of alkali metals in individual and competitive systems. The complex structures and extraction reactions for three ions are proposed from the results obtained. Size discrimination is observed not only for extraction of the first ion, but also the second ion as facilitated by an allosteric effect. Coordinatively-inert propyl groups provide a narrow coordination space for the discrimination of the second coextracted ion.
Rh(III) Extraction by Phosphinic Acids from Nitrate Media
Creators: name: Samuels, Alex C.
name: Victor, Emily M.
name: Clark, Aurora E.
name: Wall, Nathalie A.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biochemistry

description: The demand for platinum group metals (PGMs), such as rhodium, continues to rise at a rate that could exceed current mining yields. An alternative source for rhodium is present in spent nuclear fuel as a fission product. This work examines the use of phosphinic acids, diphenylphosphinic acid (DPPA), and diphenyldithiophosphinic (DPDTPA) acid, to extract Rh(III) from nitrate media. The results suggest that extraction of Rh(III) using DPPA and DPDTPA is non-spontaneous at room temperature. Lowering the pH and/or increasing the nitrate ion concentration in solution suppressed extraction.
Analyse des mécanismes de gestion de la performance des salariés en milieu hospitalier : cas du CHU de Gabriel TOURE
Creators: name: Alhousseiny Samba TRAORE
name: Amara NIMAGA
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: La gestion de la performance des salariés dans le secteur hospitalier est un enjeu crucial, particulièrement dans le contexte malien, où les défis en matière de santé publique sont nombreux, notamment l’insuffisance de ressources matérielles, la surcharge de travail et des conditions de travail parfois précaires. Cette étude se concentre sur le Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Gabriel TOURE, une institution phare au Mali, pour analyser comment les pratiques de gestion des ressources humaines influencent la performance des employés et, par conséquent, la qualité des soins fournis. L’objectif général de cette étude est d’améliorer la performance du personnel soignant afin de donner une grande satisfaction aux usagers. Un entretien semi-directif a été mené auprès de huit 08 salariés de la structure composés de professionnels RH. Nous avons adopté une approche inductive et notre positionnement est interprétative. La mise en œuvre des recommandations formulées pourraient non seulement améliorer la satisfaction des employés, mais également garantir une meilleure qualité de soins aux patients, contribuant ainsi à l'amélioration globale du système de santé malien.
A Computational Investigation on Boron Clusters with W Impurity
Creators: name: Run-Ning Zhao
name: Yanhong Yuan
name: Ju-Guang Han
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: Cancer
Information and Computing Sciences
Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Cell Biology
Physics
Biochemistry
Biophysics

description: Geometries associated with relative stabilities and charge-transfer as well as growth patterns and energy gaps of the W-doped boron clusters have been investigated systematically by using density functional theory. The critical size of W-encapsulated Bn structures emerges as n = 9 and 10, the evaluated relative stabilities in term of the calculated fragmentation energies reveal that the WB8 has enhanced stabilities over their neighboring clusters. Furthermore, the calculated polarities of the WBn reveal that the hypercoordinated planar WB10 wheels are the weakened polar molecules, and WB9 and WB11 rings are non polar molecules. Additionally, the WB9 and WB10 clusters with smaller highest occupied molecular orbital-lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (HOMO-LUMO) gaps are supposed to be stronger chemical activity, while WB11 has large HOMO-LUMO gap with stronger geometrical stabilities. Moreover, the recorded natural populations show that the charges transfer from boron framework to W atom and W stabilizes the WBn (n = 8–11). It should be pointed out that the remarkable charge-transfer features of WBn clusters are quite similar to those of transitional metal (TM) doped Sin clusters. In addition, the formation of TM@Bn depends on the TM impurity.
Sustainable Extensification as an Alternative Model For Reducing GHG Emissions From Agriculture. The Case of an Extensively Managed Organic Farm in Denmark
Creators: name: Bluwstein, Jevgeniy
name: Braun, Martin
name: Henriksen, Christian Bugge
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology

description: GHG emissions of an extensively managed Danish organic farm were estimated upstream and on-farm. The results were compared to Danish national levels based on land area and output. Overall, the farm emitted 2.12 t CO2eq ha−1 yr−1. Excluding land use, land use change, and forestry (LULUCF) related emissions, the combined GHG emissions from energy- and agriculture-based activities at the case farm were 47% lower (per unit area) and 12% higher (per unit output), than GHG emissions from Danish agriculture. With current livestock density (0.64 LU ha−1) and crop production area, the case study farm would supply at average 1,466 kcal per inhabitant per day in Denmark, if the farm was scaled up to Danish national level. With a reduction of livestock density to 0.36 LU ha−1 and proportional cropland area expansion for food production (ceteris paribus), the case study farm could supply around 4,940 kcal person−1 day−1, matching Danish national levels (including Danish net food export surplus of 41.5%). Simultaneously, the case study farm would have a better GHG balance per unit area and unit output in food, compared to the rest of Denmark. Hence, the case study farm system could serve as an alternative model for Danish agriculture under a sustainable extensification scenario with lower GHG emissions, while maintaining sufficient output for human consumption.
title: Signatures for a nuclear quantum phase transition from E0 and E2 observables in Gd isotopes
Creators: name: Wiederhold, J.
name: Kern, R.
name: Lizarazo, C.
name: Pietralla, N.
name: Werner, V.
name: Jolos, R.V.
name: Bucurescu, D.
name: Florea, N.
name: Ghita, D.
name: Glodariu, T.
name: Lica, R.
name: Marginean, N.
name: Marginean, R.
name: Mihai, C.
name: Mihai, R.
name: Mitu, I.O.
name: Negret, A.
name: Nita, C.
name: Olacel, A.
name: Pascu, S.
name: Stroe, L.
name: Toma, S.
name: Turturica, A.
Publisher: name: IOP Publishing
Year: 2024

description: Nuclei are complex quantum objects due to complex nucleon-nucleon interactions. They can undergo rather rapid changes in structure as a function of nucleon number. A well known region of such a shape transition is the rare-earth region around N = 90, where accessible nuclei range from spherical nuclei at the closed neutron shell at N = 82 to deformed nuclei. For a better understanding of this phenomenon, it is of interest to study empirical signatures like the E2 transition strength B(E2;2₁⁺→0₁⁺) or the E0 excitation strength ρ²(E0;0₁⁺→0₂⁺). The nuclide ¹⁵²Gd with 88 neutrons is located close to the quantum phase transition at N = 90. The lifetime τ(0₂⁺) of ¹⁵²Gd has been measured using fast electronic scintillation timing (FEST) with an array of HPGe- and LaBr₃- detectors. Excited states of ¹⁵²Gd were populated via an (α,n)-reaction on a gold-backed ¹⁴⁹Sm target. The measured lifetime of τ(0₂⁺)=96(6)ps corresponds to a reduced transition strength of B(E2;0₂⁺→2₁⁺)=111(7) W.u. and an E0 transition strength of ρ²(E0) = 39(3) · 10⁻³ to the ground state. This result provides experimental support for the validity of a correlation between E0 and E2 strengths that is a novel indicator for a quantum phase transition. This work was published as J. Wiederhold et al., Phys. Rev. C 94, 044302 (2016).
Korrelation des hirnsonografischen Befundes der Hyperechogenität der Substantia nigra mit Blutbild- und Laborparametern beim idiopathischen Parkinson-Syndrom
Creators: name: Witt, Rike
Publisher: name: Universität Rostock
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences Medicine

description: Beim idiopathischen Parkinson-Syndrom wurde der hirnsonografische Befund der Hyperechogenität der Substantia nigra (SN-HE) sowohl mit einer Eisenakkumulation als auch mit mikroglialer Aktivierung assoziiert. In dieser Arbeit wurden klinische und laborchemische Parameter mit der SN-HE korreliert. Die SN-HE korrelierte signifikant mit niedrigeren Serum-CRP- und Eisen-Spiegeln. Zudem wiesen Patienten mit positiver Familienanamnese niedrigere Serum-Eisen-Spiegel auf. Die Befunde stützen die Hypothese, dass die SN-HE das Korrelat einer hereditären Störung des Eisenstoffwechsels darstellt.
Reproducibility of a fractionation procedure for fish muscle proteomics
Creators: name: Tomé Silva
name: Cordeiro, Odete
name: Jessen, Flemming
name: Dias, Jorge P.
name: Rodrigues, Pedro M. L.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Biological Techniques

description: The goal of this study was to assess whether the amount of noise introduced by a specific muscle fractionation procedure, previously described by Kjærsgård and Jessen for the analysis of rainbow trout muscle [doi:10.1021/jf049573b and doi:10.1021/jf061885m], is significant by comparing it to the technical noise introduced by the different steps of the entire procedure, using the gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata), a marine teleost species, as a model. It was also important to verify the presence of any relevant interbatch bias that could hamper the detection of the biological responses to be measured (response to preslaughter stress), in order to determine the validity of this fractionation method for large-scale comparative muscle proteome analysis. American Biotechnology Laboratory, 28(4), 8-13. doi:10/zxk
Genetic characterization of Vibrio vulnificus strains isolated from oyster samples in Mexico
Creators: name: Guerrero, Abraham
name: Rodríguez, Bruno Gómez Gil
name: Wong-Chang, Irma
name: Lizárraga-Partida, Marcial Leonardo
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Microbiology

description: Vibrio vulnificus strains were isolated from oysters that were collected at the main seafood market in Mexico City. Strains were characterized with regard to vvhA, vcg genotype, PFGE, multilocus sequence typing (MLST), and rtxA1. Analyses included a comparison with rtxA1 reference sequences. Environmental (vcgE) and clinical (vcgC) genotypes were isolated at nearly equal percentages. PFGE had high heterogeneity, but the strains clustered by vcgE or vcgC genotype. Select housekeeping genes for MLST and primers that were designed for rtxA1 domains divided the strains into two clusters according to the E or C genotype. Reference rtxA1 sequences and those from this study were also clustered according to genotype. These results confirm that this genetic dimorphism is not limited to vcg genotyping, as other studies have reported. Some environmental C genotype strains had high similarity to reference strains, which have been reported to be virulent, indicating a potential risk for oyster consumers in Mexico City.
Sustainable Extensification as an Alternative Model For Reducing GHG Emissions From Agriculture. The Case of an Extensively Managed Organic Farm in Denmark
Creators: name: Bluwstein, Jevgeniy
name: Braun, Martin
name: Henriksen, Christian Bugge
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology

description: GHG emissions of an extensively managed Danish organic farm were estimated upstream and on-farm. The results were compared to Danish national levels based on land area and output.Overall, the farm emitted 2.12 t CO2eq ha-1 yr-1. Excluding LULUCF related emissions, the combined GHG emissions from energy- and agriculture-based activities at the case farm were 47% lower (per unit area) and 12% higher (per unit output), than GHG emissions from Danish agriculture. With current livestock density (0.64 LU ha−1) and crop production area, the case study farm would supply at average 1466 kcal per inhabitant per day in Denmark, if the farm was scaled up to Danish national level. With a reduction of livestock density to 0.36 LU ha−1 and proportional cropland area expansion for food production (ceteris paribus), the case study farm could supply around 4940 kcal person−1 day−1, matching Danish national levels (including Danish net food export surplus of 41.5%). Simultaneously, the case study farm would have a better GHG balance per unit area and unit output in food, compared to the rest of Denmark. Hence, the case study farm system could serve as an alternative model for Danish agriculture under a sustainable extensification scenario with lower GHG emissions, while maintaining sufficient output for human consumption.
Efficient Green Protocol for the Synthesis of Novel Dihydroindeno[1,2-b]pyrroles
Creators: name: Veerappan Jeyachandran
name: Muthumani Muthu
name: Kumar, Raju Ranjith
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics
subject: Science Policy
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: A simple and ecofriendly protocol has been developed for the expedient synthesis of novel dihydroindeno[1,2-b]pyrrol-4(3aH)-ones from the reaction of ninhydrin and (E)-N-methyl-1-(methylthio)-2-nitroethenamine or (E)-N-(1-(methylthio)-2-nitrovinyl)anilines.
Framing evidence: policy design for the zero-carbon home
Creators: name: Schweber, Libby
name: Lees, Tim
name: Torriti, Jacopo
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Cell Biology

description: In 2006 the UK Government announced a move to zero-carbon homes by 2016. The demand posed a major challenge to policy-makers and construction professionals entailing a protracted process of policy design. The task of giving content to this target is used to explore the role of evidence in the policy process. Whereas much literature on policy and evidence treats evidence as an external input, independent of politics, this paper explores the ongoing mutual constitution of both. Drawing on theories of policy framing and the sociology of classification, the account follows the story of a policy for Zero Carbon Homes from the parameters and values used to specify the target. Particular attention is given to the role of regulatory impact assessments (RIAs) and to the creation of a new policy venue, the Zero Carbon Hub. The analysis underlines the way in which the choices about how to model and measure the aims potentially transforms them, the importance of policy venues for transparency and the role of RIAs in the authorization of particular definitions. A more transparent, open approach to policy formulation is needed in which the framing of evidence is recognized as an integral part of the policy process.
An Efficient Green Protocol for the Synthesis of Novel Dihydroindeno[1,2-b]pyrroles
Creators: name: Veerappan Jeyachandran
name: Muthumani Muthu
name: Kumar, Raju Ranjith
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics
subject: Science Policy
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: A simple and eco-friendly protocol has been developed for the expedient synthesis of novel dihydroindeno[1,2-b]pyrrol-4(3aH)-ones from the reaction of ninhydrin and (E)-N-methyl-1-(methylthio)-2-nitroethenamine or (E)-N-(1-(methylthio)-2-nitrovinyl)anilines.
Linkage of greenhouse gas emissions trading systems: learning from experience
Creators: name: Ranson, Matthew
name: Stavins, Robert N.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: The last ten years have seen the growth of linkages between many of the world's cap-and-trade systems for GHGs, both directly between systems, and indirectly via connections to credit systems such as the Clean Development Mechanism. If nations have tried to act in their own self-interest, this proliferation of linkages implies that for many nations, the expected benefits of linkage outweighed expected costs. In this article, we draw on the past decade of experience with carbon markets to examine why systems have demonstrated this revealed preference for linking. Linkage is a multi-faceted policy decision that can be used by political jurisdictions to achieve a variety of objectives, and we find qualitative evidence that many economic, political, and strategic factors – ranging from geographic proximity to integrity of emissions reductions – influence the decision to link. We also identify some potentially important effects of linkage, such as loss of control over domestic carbon policies, which do not appear to have deterred real-world decisions to link. Policy relevance These findings have implications for the future role that decentralized linkages may play in international climate policy architecture. The Kyoto Protocol has entered what is probably its final commitment period, covering only a small fraction of global GHG emissions. Under the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action, negotiators may now gravitate toward a hybrid system, combining top-down elements for establishing targets with bottom-up elements of pledge-and-review tied to national policies and actions. The incentives for linking these national policies are likely to continue to produce direct connections among regional, national, and sub-national cap-and-trade systems. The growing network of decentralized, direct linkages among these systems may turn out to be a key part of a future hybrid climate policy architecture.
Developments of Routes to Access and Functionalise [1,2,4]Triazolo[4,3-a]pyrazine Amides as New Antimalarials
Creators: name: Macdonald, Thomas
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Organic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: A thesis submitted by Thomas MacDonald in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science (Honours) in the School of Chemistry at The University of Sydney
THE CONCEPT OF AN INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT
Creators: name: Salimova Diyoraxon Bakhtiyorjon kizi Teacher of the Department of Specialist Sciences Law Technicum of Ferghana region
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This article delves into the intricacies of international construction contracts, examining their legal frameworks, key elements, and practical implications. It explores the necessity of such contracts in the context of globalization and the increasing frequency of cross-border construction projects. The article outlines the standard forms used in international construction contracts, scientific opinions of some civilists regarding this matter.

Key words: construction projects, construction contract, foreign element, purchase of goods, legally binding, final result, legal framework, local regulations, Choice of Law.
Reviewing Practice-Based Design Research—The Pursuit of a Disciplinary Destination
Creators: name: Hagan, Susan M.
name: Barron, Deirdre
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Bloomsbury Publishing describes Practice-Based Design Research as “a companion to master's and PhD programs in design research through practice.” But the companionship offered is one where many conflicting perspectives, presented as replicable methods, are uncomfortably woven into a tradition that has often found its strength in isolated moments of genius. This volume includes chapters that move design toward the synthesis of theory and artifact. Even so, core claims fall short on many points, especially when authors rush to find solutions without support from evidence. These inconsistencies seem to reflect external demands, which the authors suggest are not impossible to overcome.
VCIOM-SPUTNIK Poll: February 2022
Creators: name: VCIOM (Russian Public Opinion Research Center)
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2022

description: President of Russia approval (1); Prime Minister approval (1); State Duma of Russia (2); political party preference (2); mass protests (2); Internet usage (1); watch TV (1); trade unions (1); judicial system (1); Russian Orthodox church (1); personal financial situation (2); employment (2); sources of income (1); most important problems (5); rise in prices, inflation (2); Russian ruble and US dollar exchange rate fluctuations (3); unemployment (2); take out loans (2); spend or save money (1); savings (1); economic policy (1); social policy (1); foreign policy (1); direction of country (1); life satisfaction (2).
Statistical analysis of notational AFL data using continuous time Markov Chains
Creators: name: Meyer, Denny
name: Forbes, Don
name: Clarke, Stephen R.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Animal biologists commonly use continuous time Markov chain models to describe patterns of animal behaviour. In this paper we consider the use of these models for describing AFL football. In particular we test the assumptions for continuous time Markov chain models (CTMCs), with time, distance and speed values associated with each transition. Using a simple event categorisation it is found that a semi-Markov chain model is appropriate for this data. This validates the use of Markov Chains for future studies in which the outcomes of AFL matches are simulated.
Maximal invariant likelihood based testing of semi-linear models
Creators: name: Bhowmik, Jahar
name: King, Maxwell L.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In this paper, we use a maximal invariant likelihood (MIL) to construct two likelihood ratio (LR) tests in the context of a semi-linear regression model. The first involves testing for the inclusion of a non-linear regressor and the second involves testing a linear regressor against the alternative of a non-linear regressor. We report the results of a Monte Carlo experiment that compares the size and power properties of the traditional LR tests with those of our proposed MIL based LR tests. Our simulation results show that in both cases, the MIL based tests have more accurate asymptotic critical values and better behaved (i.e., better centred) power curves than their classical counterparts.
Absence of DOA Effect but No Proper Test of the Lumberjack Effect
Creators: name: Wickens, Christopher
name: Onnasch, Linda
name: Sebok, Angelina
name: Manzey, Dietrich
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: human–automation interaction
subject: level of automation
subject: situation awareness
subject: complex systems
subject: failure response
subject: 150 Psychologie

description: Objective: The aim was to evaluate the relevance of the critique offered by Jamieson and Skraaning (2019) regarding the applicability of the lumberjack effect of human–automation interaction to complex real-world settings. Background: The lumberjack effect, based upon a meta-analysis, identifies the consequences of a higher degree of automation—to improve performance and reduce workload—when automation functions as intended, but to degrade performance more, as mediated by a loss of situation awareness (SA) when automation fails. Jamieson and Skraaning provide data from a process control scenario that they assert contradicts the effect. Approach: We analyzed key aspects of their simulation, measures, and results which we argue limit the strength of their conclusion that the lumberjack effect is not applicable to complex real-world systems. Results: Our analysis revealed limits in their inappropriate choice of automation, the lack of a routine performance measure, support for the lumberjack effect that was actually provided by subjective measures of the operators, an inappropriate assessment of SA, and a possible limitation of statistical power. Conclusion: We regard these limitations as reasons to temper the strong conclusions drawn by the authors, of no applicability of the lumberjack effect to complex environments. Their findings should be used as an impetus for conducting further research on human–automation interaction in these domains. Applications: The collective findings of both Jamieson and Skraaning and our study are applicable to system designers and users in deciding upon the appropriate level of automation to deploy.
Supplementary Figures and Tables from Evolution of bioluminescence in Anthozoa with emphasis on Octocorallia
Creators: name: DeLeo, Danielle M.
name: Bessho-Uehara, Manabu
name: Haddock, Steven H.D.
name: McFadden, Catherine S.
name: Quattrini, Andrea M.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310399
subject: Ecology not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 310499
subject: Evolutionary biology not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 310509
subject: Genomics

description: Includes field photos of bioluminescent activity in octocorals, proportion of bioluminescent octocorals by depth, supporting phylogenetic trees with ancestral state reconstruction of bioluminescence and depth, and a list of luminous anthozoans.
Feed and Pasture Management Practices of Dairy Farms in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
Creators: name: Khaing, Aye Aye
name: Than, Hla
name: Hom, Nang Hseng
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: dairy sector
pasture management
agronomic practices
feed
Myanmar

description: Myanmar has potential for the development of the livestock sector, particularly in the dairy sector. Pasture enables the farmers to reduce the cost of producing milk through better forage and its quality. However, most of the dairy farms do not get aware of the role of pasture in dairy farming, and no information on pasture is documented in Myanmar. The milk is primarily produced in Mandalay region, Yangon region, and around the capital Naypyitaw. The study was carried out to observe feed and pasture management systems of dairy farms in Nay Pyi Taw. A total of twenty dairy farms including almost all of the middle scale dairy farms around Nay Pyi Taw area were surveyed in 2019-2020 to observe the feed and pasture management practices in the farms. The dairy farms relied on agricultural by-products and feed concentrates. Agricultural by-products were purchased and stored in advance in the farms to overcome feed shortage during the dry period. Most of the farms used more concentrate ratio in the feed ration. Roughage-concentrate ratio should be adjusted with improved quality pasture to reduce feed cost in the farms. Although pasture was grown in a few farms, it was cultivated in small areas with poor agronomic practices. Fodder scarcity is one of the major constraints, and limitations for pasture cultivation in the farms were lack of access to improved pasture varieties, poor knowledge on pasture cultivation, and water scarcity.  Feed availability and quality should be improved by using improved pasture cultivars with suitable agronomic practices.
Antioxidant activity of some Turkish medicinal plants
Creators: name: A. Karadeniz
name: İ. Çinbilgel
name: S.Ş. Gün
name: A. Çetin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Cancer
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biochemistry

description: DPPH, superoxide and nitric oxide radical scavenging activities and total phenolic content (TPC) of some less known plants, distributed in Burdur-Antalya provinces and consumed both as food and for the medicine, Asplenium ceterach L. (golden herb), Valeriana dioscoridis Sm. (valerian), Doronicum orientale Hoffm. (tiger herb), Cota pestalozzae (Boiss.) Boiss. (camomile), Eremurus spectabilis M. Bieb. (foxtail lily), Asphodeline lutea (L.) Rchb. (asphodel) and Smyrnium connatum Boiss. and Kotschy (hemlock) were investigated. As a result, the highest 2,2-diphenyl-1-picril hydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity was determined in C. pestalozzae extract (IC50 = 18.66 μg mL− 1), the highest superoxide and nitric oxide radical scavenging activity was determined in A. ceterach extract (IC50 = 145.17 and 372.03 μg mL− 1). The highest TPC was determined in A. ceterach extract (59,26 μg mL− 1) as gallic acid equivalent. Further bioactivity and phytochemistry studies on these plants may enlighten new drug discovery researches.
A network-patch methodology for adapting agent-based models for directly transmitted disease to mosquito-borne disease
Creators: name: Manore, Carrie A.
name: Hickmann, Kyle S.
name: Hyman, James M.
name: Foppa, Ivo M.
name: Davis, Justin K.
name: Wesson, Dawn M.
name: Mores, Christopher N.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cancer
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology

description: Mosquito-borne diseases cause significant public health burden and are widely re-emerging or emerging. Understanding, predicting, and mitigating the spread of mosquito-borne disease in diverse populations and geographies are ongoing modelling challenges. We propose a hybrid network-patch model for the spread of mosquito-borne pathogens that accounts for individual movement through mosquito habitats, extending the capabilities of existing agent-based models (ABMs) to include vector-borne diseases. The ABM are coupled with differential equations representing ‘clouds’ of mosquitoes in patches accounting for mosquito ecology. We adapted an ABM for humans using this method and investigated the importance of heterogeneity in pathogen spread, motivating the utility of models of individual behaviour. We observed that the final epidemic size is greater in patch models with a high risk patch frequently visited than in a homogeneous model. Our hybrid model quantifies the importance of the heterogeneity in the spread of mosquito-borne pathogens, guiding mitigation strategies.
[Nachrufe auf:] Ernst Köpf, Volker Klement, Max Cretschmar, Hans Schwarz, Robert Wetzel, Hermann Zimmerle, Paul Hahn. Weitere Sterbefälle
Creators: name: - CREATOR UNKNOWN -
Publisher: name: - NO PUBLISHER DEFINED -
Year: 1962

description: Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg : zugl. Jahrbuch d. Staatlichen Museums für Naturkunde in Stuttgart
description: Bd. 117, 1962
Examining Social Trends: Health Care Coverage in the United States. A Contemporary Analysis Through an Historical Lens
Creators: name: Ponzini, Robert
Publisher: name: Economia Aziendale Online -
Year: 2024
Subjects: Progressive Era, Medicare, Medicaid, Health Maintenance Organization, Preferred Provider Organization, Point of Service plans, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the Great Society, ..

description: Understanding the historical road an important policy issue has taken is important not just as a theoretical exercise in public policy formation but also as a (hopefully) useful prescriptive tool to identify and anticipate obstacles moving forward to suggest realistic, concrete alternatives for progressive reform. This is especially true today in a country like the United States, where extreme political and ideological polarization often leads to dysfunctional governmental paralysis. The present article examines the health care debate adopting a historical narrative perspective, from the Progressive Era to the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). The article argues that the history of health care in the U.S. can be usefully viewed as passing through various phases, which were not always linear from a reform perspective, characterized by the political, economic, and ideological context, as well as by certain societal factors such as the power of important stakeholders regarding health care, for example, unions, health care providers, and insurance companies. Underlying the entire discussion is the complex and often misunderstood nature of health care in the country, even among those inside the sector. An explanation of the various types of public and private insurance programs will also be presented as well as a brief look at some key health care statistics.
description: Economia Aziendale Online -, Vol 15, No 1 (2024): ISSUE 1/2024
Geomorphology of the Hérens valley (Swiss Alps)
Creators: name: Lambiel, Christophe
name: Maillard, Benoît
name: Kummert, Mario
name: Reynard, Emmanuel
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plant Biology

description: This paper presents a geomorphological map of the Hérens valley in the Western Swiss Alps. With an area of 270 km2 and altitudes ranging from 470 to 4357 m a.s.l., this valley is one of the main secondary catchments of the Upper Rhône valley. The high differences in altitudes, combined with a varied geology, create an important geomorphic diversity. The main processes active in mountain areas, that is, glacial, periglacial, gravitational and fluvial processes, are well represented. The map was produced in ArcGIS using a specific legend developed at the University of Lausanne.
Professor Dr. Ferdinand von Krauß zum 150. Geburtstag am 9. Juli 1962
Creators: name: Schüz, Ernst
name: Lampert, Kurt
Publisher: name: - NO PUBLISHER DEFINED -
Year: 1962

description: Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg : zugl. Jahrbuch d. Staatlichen Museums für Naturkunde in Stuttgart
description: Bd. 117, 1962
Der Braune Jura δ in der weiteren Umgebung von Boll (Württemberg)
Creators: name: Fritz, Peter
Publisher: name: - NO PUBLISHER DEFINED -
Year: 1962

description: Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg : zugl. Jahrbuch d. Staatlichen Museums für Naturkunde in Stuttgart
description: Bd. 117, 1962
Geomorphology of the Hérens valley (Swiss Alps)
Creators: name: Lambiel, Christophe
name: Maillard, Benoît
name: Kummert, Mario
name: Reynard, Emmanuel
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plant Biology

description: This paper presents a geomorphological map of the Hérens valley in the Western Swiss Alps. With an area of 270 km2 and altitudes ranging from 470 to 4357 m a.s.l., this valley is one of the main secondary catchments of the Upper Rhône valley. The high differences in altitudes, combined with a varied geology, create an important geomorphic diversity. The main processes active in mountain areas, that is, glacial, periglacial, gravitational and fluvial processes, are well represented. The map was produced in ArcGIS using a specific legend developed at the University of Lausanne.
Zur Deutung pleistozäner Sedimente und Formen I
Creators: name: German, Rüdiger
Publisher: name: - NO PUBLISHER DEFINED -
Year: 1962

description: Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg : zugl. Jahrbuch d. Staatlichen Museums für Naturkunde in Stuttgart
description: Bd. 117, 1962
Bemerkungen zu einem konchylienführenden Lehm an der Basis der mindelzeitlichen Vorstoßschotter des Rheingletschers im Riedlinger Becken (Oberschwaben)
Creators: name: Graul, Hans
name: Brunnacker, Karl
name: Brunnacker, Margrit
Publisher: name: - NO PUBLISHER DEFINED -
Year: 1962

description: Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg : zugl. Jahrbuch d. Staatlichen Museums für Naturkunde in Stuttgart
description: Bd. 117, 1962
ISDR Visit Questionnaire
Creators: name: Sampson, Christopher
name: James, Marilyn
name: ISDR Study Team
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: Health Care

description: Administered when people attend screening or follow-up appointments. It concerns travel costs and productivity losses associated with attendance. The questionnaire was designed for use in a randomised controlled trial of individualised screening for diabetic retinopathy. The questionnaire fits on one side of A4 and satisfies clear print guidelines. The questionnaire is based on independent research funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) under the Programme Grants for Applied Research programme (RP-PG-1210-12016).
Über schwarze Kalkspäte auf Weiß-Jura-Kalken der mitteleren Schwäbischen Alb
Creators: name: Hiller, Karl
Publisher: name: - NO PUBLISHER DEFINED -
Year: 1962

description: Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg : zugl. Jahrbuch d. Staatlichen Museums für Naturkunde in Stuttgart
description: Bd. 117, 1962
Neuer Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Ceratodontiden der germanischen Trias
Creators: name: Linck, Otto
Publisher: name: - NO PUBLISHER DEFINED -
Year: 1962

description: Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg : zugl. Jahrbuch d. Staatlichen Museums für Naturkunde in Stuttgart
description: Bd. 117, 1962
Eine Flexur im Oberen Muschelkalk bei Schwieberdingen (Glems)
Creators: name: Schönenberg, Reinhard
Publisher: name: - NO PUBLISHER DEFINED -
Year: 1962

description: Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg : zugl. Jahrbuch d. Staatlichen Museums für Naturkunde in Stuttgart
description: Bd. 117, 1962
Südalb und Ostalb in landschaftsgeschichtlich-vegetationskundlicher Sicht
Creators: name: Baur, Karl
Publisher: name: - NO PUBLISHER DEFINED -
Year: 1962

description: Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg : zugl. Jahrbuch d. Staatlichen Museums für Naturkunde in Stuttgart
description: Bd. 117, 1962
Der Mammutbaum des württembergischen Allgäu
Creators: name: Bertsch, Karl
Publisher: name: - NO PUBLISHER DEFINED -
Year: 1962

description: Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg : zugl. Jahrbuch d. Staatlichen Museums für Naturkunde in Stuttgart
description: Bd. 117, 1962
Die Algenflora stehender Gewässer der Umgebung von Crailsheim. Teil I. Gewässer des Gipskeupers
Creators: name: Mattern, Hans
Publisher: name: - NO PUBLISHER DEFINED -
Year: 1962

description: Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg : zugl. Jahrbuch d. Staatlichen Museums für Naturkunde in Stuttgart
description: Bd. 117, 1962
Beiträge und neue Ergebnisse zur Verbreitung der Schneckengattung Bythiospeum in Württemberg
Creators: name: Dobat, Klaus
Publisher: name: - NO PUBLISHER DEFINED -
Year: 1962

description: Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg : zugl. Jahrbuch d. Staatlichen Museums für Naturkunde in Stuttgart
description: Bd. 117, 1962
Beiträge zur württembergischen Käferfauna. II. Curculionidae
Creators: name: Harde, Karl Wilhelm
name: Köstlin, Rudolf
Publisher: name: - NO PUBLISHER DEFINED -
Year: 1962

description: Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg : zugl. Jahrbuch d. Staatlichen Museums für Naturkunde in Stuttgart
description: Bd. 117, 1962
Noch 100 Weißstörche in Württemberg 1961
Creators: name: Hornberger, Friedrich
Publisher: name: - NO PUBLISHER DEFINED -
Year: 1962

description: Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg : zugl. Jahrbuch d. Staatlichen Museums für Naturkunde in Stuttgart
description: Bd. 117, 1962
Geomorphology of the Hérens valley (Swiss Alps)
Creators: name: Lambiel, Christophe
name: Maillard, Benoît
name: Kummert, Mario
name: Reynard, Emmanuel
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Cancer
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences

description: This paper presents a geomorphological map of the Hérens valley in the Western Swiss Alps. With an area of 270 km2 and altitudes ranging from 470 to 4357 m a.s.l., this valley is one of the main secondary catchments of the Upper Rhône valley. The high differences in altitudes, combined with a varied geology, create an important geomorphic diversity. The main processes active in mountain areas, that is, glacial, periglacial, gravitational and fluvial processes, are well represented. The map was produced in ArcGIS using a specific legend developed at the University of Lausanne.
Zur Kenntnisa der Rädertiere (Rotatoria) des Favorite-Parkes
Creators: name: Klement, Volker
Publisher: name: - NO PUBLISHER DEFINED -
Year: 1962

description: Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg : zugl. Jahrbuch d. Staatlichen Museums für Naturkunde in Stuttgart
description: Bd. 117, 1962
New C20-gibberellin diterpene from the leaves of Schefflera sessiliflora De P. V.
Creators: name: Nguyen, Tan Phat
name: Tran, Thi Thao Vy
name: Mai, Dinh Tri
name: Le, Tien Dung
name: Phan, Nhat Minh
name: Bui, Trong Dat
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biochemistry

description: From the leaves of Schefflera sessiliflora De P. V., one new C20-gibberellin diterpene 2β,12β-dihydroxygibberellin (12β-hydroxy-GA110 or 2β-hydroxy-GA112) (1), together with three known compounds, trans-tiliroside (2), kaempferol 3-O-β-d-glucuronopyranoside (3), 5-p-trans-coumaroylquinic acid (4), was isolated for the first time from the genus Schefflera by various chromatography methods. Their structures were elucidated by IR, UV, HR-ESI-MS, NMR 1D and 2D experiments and comparison with previous reported data. The α-glucosidase inhibitory activity of all compounds was measured. The isolates (2, 3) showed better α-glucosidase inhibitory activity (IC50 = 134.60, 147.10 μM, respectively) than the standard drug acarbose (IC50 = 214.50 μM).
Die vorzeitlichen Frösche und Salamander, ihre Gattungen und Familien
Creators: name: Kuhn, Oskar
Publisher: name: - NO PUBLISHER DEFINED -
Year: 1962

description: Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg : zugl. Jahrbuch d. Staatlichen Museums für Naturkunde in Stuttgart
description: Bd. 117, 1962