cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A numerical investigation into the scaling behavior of the longest increasing subsequences of the symmetric ultra-fat tailed random walk
Creators: name: Mendonça, J. Ricardo G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The longest increasing subsequence (LIS) of a sequence of correlated random variables is a basic quantity with potential applications that has started to receive proper attention only recently. Here we investigate the behavior of the length of the LIS of the so-called symmetric ultra-fat tailed random walk, introduced earlier in an abstract setting in the mathematical literature. After explicit constructing the ultra-fat tailed random walk, we found numerically that the expected length $L_{n}$ of its LIS scales with the length $n$ of the walk like $\langle L_{n} \rangle \sim n^{0.716}$, indicating that, indeed, as far as the behavior of the LIS is concerned the ultra-fat tailed distribution can be thought of as equivalent to a very heavy tailed $α$-stable distribution. We also found that the distribution of $L_{n}$ seems to be universal, in agreement with results obtained for other heavy tailed random walks.
description: A brief report on the LIS of ultra-fat tailed random walks, the construction of which may be of independent interest. Accepted for publication in Physics Letters A (2020)
Prediction of age of onset and penetrance and its application to clinical trial design for Huntington Disease
Creators: name: Brinkman, Ryan Remy
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Huntington Disease (HD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative disorder caused by a CAG repeat expansion. The disease presents with motor disturbances, psychiatric symptoms, and cognitive decline. At the start of this thesis, there was no reliable method for predicting the age-specific likelihood of onset of HD. I hypothesized that being able to predict age of onset would be useful for both patients at risk for HD (patients) and clinical studies. For patients it would provide knowledge about their future age of onset, and clinically it would aid creation of clinical risk groups for stratifying patients in clinical trials and in the design of treatment regimes (in the case of a potentially hazardous therapy for HD). I first used data from the University of British Columbia HD clinic to demonstrate the utility of CAG-specific survival analysis. I then assembled what is believed to be the largest cohort of HD patients analyzed to date (3452 individuals from 40 centers worldwide) and developed a novel parametric survival model to estimate the agespecific likelihood of onset. The probability estimates of the model proved to be very accurate with a mean 95% confidence interval of 2%. I also developed a nonparametric survival model to predict the age-specific likelihood of death from HD. I used the parametric model to estimate the age and CAG specific penetrance of HD and demonstrated how my analyses might be used to aid in the design of presymptomatic clinical trials. Specifically I investigated how using the model can reduce sample size, cost and time necessary to conduct a trial. Further my analyses indicated a larger variance in age of onset for lower CAG repeat lengths, which could be of importance in future studies for factors that modify onset of HD.
Critical Nature of Non-Fermi Liquid in Spin 3/2 Multipolar Kondo Model
Creators: name: Hattori, Kazumasa
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A multipolar Kondo model of an impurity spin S_I=3/2 interacting with conduction electrons with spin s_c=3/2 is investigated using boundary conformal field theory. A two-channel Kondo (2CK) -like non-Fermi liquid (NFL) under the particle-hole symmetry is derived explicitly using a ``superspin absorption'' in the sector of a hidden symmetry, SO(5). We discuss the difference between the usual spin-1/2 2CK NFL fixed point and the present one. In particular, we find that, unlike the usual 2CK model, the low temperature impurity specific heat is proportional to temperature.
description: 4 pages, 2 figures
On the meaning and interpretation of Tomography in abstract Hilbert spaces
Creators: name: Man'ko, V. I.
name: Marmo, G.
name: Simoni, A.
name: Stern, A.
name: Sudarshan, E. C. G.
name: Ventriglia, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The mechanism of describing quantum states by standard probability (tomographic one) instead of wave function or density matrix is elucidated. Quantum tomography is formulated in an abstract Hilbert space framework, by means of the identity decompositions in the Hilbert space of hermitian linear operators, with trace formula as scalar product of operators. Decompositions of identity are considered with respect to over-complete families of projectors labeled by extra parameters and containing a measure, depending on these parameters. It plays the role of a Gram-Schmidt orthonormalization kernel. When the measure is equal to one, the decomposition of identity coincides with a positive operator valued measure (POVM) decomposition. Examples of spin tomography, photon number tomography and symplectic tomography are reconsidered in this new framework.
description: Submitted to Phys. Lett. A
Galaxy-group (halo) alignments from SDSS DR7 and the ELUCID simulation
Creators: name: Zhang, Youcai
name: Yang, Xiaohu
name: Guo, Hong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Based on galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and subhalos in the corresponding reconstructed region from the constrained simulation of ELUCID, we study the alignment of central galaxies relative to their host groups in the group catalog, as well as the alignment relative to the corresponding subhalos in the ELUCID simulation. Galaxies in observation are matched to dark matter subhalos in the ELUCID simulation using a novel neighborhood abundance matching method. In observation, the major axes of galaxies are found to be preferentially aligned to the major axes of their host groups. There is a color dependence of galaxy-group alignment that red centrals have a stronger alignment along the major axes of their host groups than blue centrals. Combining galaxies in observation and subhalos in the ELUCID simulation, we also find that central galaxies have their major axes to be aligned to the major axes of their corresponding subhalos in the ELUCID simulation. We find that the galaxy-group and galaxy-subhalo alignment signals are stronger for galaxies in more massive halos. We find that the alignments between main subhalos and the SDSS matched subhalo systems in simulation are slightly stronger than the galaxy-group alignments in observation.
description: 11 pages, 12 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS
Asymptotic directions, Monge-Ampere equations and the geometry of diffeomorphism groups
Creators: name: Khesin, Boris
name: Misiolek, Gerard
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 58B20 (Primary); 76B03 (Secondary)

description: In this note we obtain the characterization for asymptotic directions on various subgroups of the diffeomorphism group. We give a simple proof of non-existence of such directions for area-preserving diffeomorphisms of closed surfaces of non-zero curvature. Finally, we exhibit the common origin of the Monge-Ampere equations in 2D fluid dynamics and mass transport.
description: 10 pages, 1 fig., to appear in J. of Math. Fluid Mechanics
The Smallholder Advantage: A new way to put climate finance to work
Creators: name: Soma, Chakrabarti
name: Soma, Chakrabarti
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: climate change
subject: smallholder farmers
subject: climate policy

description: IFAD sees smallholder farmers as more than just victims of climate change: they are a vital part of the solution to the ‘wicked’ climate change problem. Smallholders and family farmers produce four fifths of the world’s food supplies. They live and work on the frontline of climate change, yet they are among the least represented groups in national and global climate policy processes.
Farmers Markets: Managers’ Characteristics and Factors Affecting Market Organization
Creators: name: Govindasamy, Ramu
name: Zurbriggen, Marta
name: Italia, John
name: Adelaja, Adesoji O.
name: Nitzsche, Peter
name: VanVranken, Richard
name: Govindasamy, Ramu
name: Zurbriggen, Marta
name: Italia, John
name: Adelaja, Adesoji O.
name: Nitzsche, Peter
name: VanVranken, Richard
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Industrial Organization
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: The resurgence of farmers’ markets in New Jersey has been welcomed by farmers, consumers and municipalities alike. This form of direct marketing has the potential to benefit all three sectors simultaneously. Farmers’ markets allow growers to capture a greater share of the consumer’s food expenditure thus increasing their profitability. Similarly, consumers’ need for fresh, high quality commodities as well as for farm-based recreational experiences are met. Also, drawing customers to downtown areas can contribute to the revitalization of these areas by boosting the business of local retailers. However, despite their rapid spread throughout the state, no study has been conducted on the efficiency of the farmers’ markets in terms of management and organization. This study provides an overview of various characteristics of managers as well as of the factors that have an effect on the organization and well functioning of these direct marketing outlets. Besides demographics, some of the managers’ characteristics analyzed are: source of employment, years of experience, farming expertise, their presence in the facility during selling hours and methods used to recruit producers. With regard to market organization, some factors explored are: location, market layout, criteria for market’s site, methods of promotion and advertisement (including special events), days of operation and fees charged to vendors. In addition, rivalry among farmers and between farmers and local retailers is considered as well. The results show that farmers’ markets managers are employed by several different entities. These are cities, townships, counties, downtown revitalization and special improvement district organizations, farmers’ markets and business associations among others. The majority of the managers supervise the market’s operations during selling hours, have no farming experience and have been working as managers for less than 2 years. Managers recruit farmers either personally, by contacting Ag Extension offices and/or through the North Jersey Farmers’ Markets Council. The average age of the respondents was 45 and the majority were Caucasian, had at least graduated from college and had an annual household income of $70,000 or over.
Measuring the Kondo effect in the Aharonov-Bohm interferometer
Creators: name: Aharony, Amnon
name: Entin-Wohlman, Ora
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The conductance ${\cal G}$ of an Aharonov-Bohm interferometer (ABI), with a strongly correlated quantum dot on one arm, is expressed in terms of the dot Green function, $G_{dd}$, the magnetic flux $ϕ$ and the non-interacting parameters of the ABI. We show that one can extract $G_{dd}$ from the observed oscillations of ${\cal G}$ with $ϕ$, for both closed and open ABI's. In the latter case, the phase shift $β$ deduced from ${\cal G} \approx A+B\cos(ϕ+β)$ depends strongly on the ABI's parameters, and usually $β\ne π/2$. These parameters may also reduce the Kondo temperature, eliminating the Kondo behavior.
Deformations of Four Dimensional Lie Algebras
Creators: name: Fialowski, Alice
name: Penkava, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 17B56 (Primary); 14D15,13D10,14B12,16S80,16E40 (Secondary)

description: We study the moduli space of four dimensional ordinary Lie algebras, and their versal deformations. Their classification is well known; our focus in this paper is on the deformations, which yield a picture of how the moduli space is assembled. Surprisingly, we get a nice geometric description of this moduli space essentially as an orbifold, with just a few exceptional points.
description: 41 pages, 1 figure
X-ray quasi-periodic oscillations in Lense-Thirring precession model -- II. variability of relativistic iron K$α$ line
Creators: name: You, Bei
name: Życki, Piotr T.
name: Ingram, Adam
name: Bursa, Michal
name: Wang, Wei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Reprocessing of primary X-ray emission in the accretion disk of black hole X-ray binaries (BHXRBs) produces the reflection spectrum, with the characteristic Fe K$α$ fluorescence line. Strong low frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) are observed from BHXRBs, and the dependence of QPO properties (e.g., phase-lag) on the inclination angle suggests that the observed QPO may be associated with a geometrical effect, e.g., the precession of the X-ray source due to frame-dragging near the spining black hole. Here, in the scenario of Lense-Thirring precession of the X-ray source, we use a Monte-Carlo simulation of radiative transfer to study the irradiation/reflection and the resultant spectral properties including the Fe K$α$ line, as a function of precession phase (time). We found that the reflection fraction, i.e., the ratio of the incident flux towards the disk and the direct flux towards to the observer at infinity, is modulated with the precession phase, which depends on the truncation radius (i.e., the spectral state in the truncated disk model) and the inclination angle. The Fe K$α$ line profile also changes as the primary X-ray source precesses, with the line luminosity and the flux-weighted centroid energy varying with the precession phase. The periodically modulated 2-10 keV continuum flux could apparently lag the line luminosity in phase, if the truncation radius is small enough for Doppler effects due to disk orbital motion to significantly affect the observed radiation.
description: 12 pages, 18 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ. Animations of the simulation results can be downloaded from: http://202.127.29.4/AGN/beiyou/QPO/index_QPO.html
Farmers Markets: Producers Characteristics and Status of Their Businesses
Creators: name: Govindasamy, Ramu
name: Zurbriggen, Marta
name: Italia, John
name: Adelaja, Adesoji O.
name: Nitzsche, Peter
name: VanVranken, Richard
name: Govindasamy, Ramu
name: Zurbriggen, Marta
name: Italia, John
name: Adelaja, Adesoji O.
name: Nitzsche, Peter
name: VanVranken, Richard
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: The purpose of this study was to provide an overview of the attributes of producers who participate in farmers’ markets and to examine different aspects of their operations. In addition to demographics, the characteristics explored in this report include farm size, acreage grown, wholesale and retail activities, location, and personnel employed. Data related to business development, ownership status, days of operation, products sold, marketing and organic production was also collected. The results show that the majority of New Jersey growers who retail through farmers’ markets began this type of activity since 1990 and while their businesses were still in a state of growth. However, the average number of acres planted and workers employed characterized farmers’ markets as small scale operations. The income from these facilities represented, in general, less than 40 percent of the total retail gross sales. Most producers indicated that they were satisfied with the profit margin obtained. Farmers usually attended 1 market per day and traveled an average of 54 miles daily. In particular, farmers chose farmers’ markets as a retail channel because they could obtain higher prices, target a greater volume of people, interact with customers and lower overhead costs. Tomatoes, corn, herbs, peaches, flowers, apples and greens were the most important farm products sold based on dollar value. Although the majority of the farmers sold value-added products, only 23 percent of those surveyed offered organic produce. Prices were usually determined by comparison with chain stores or based on cost accounting, market reports or experience. In general, participants believed that their farmers’ market operations would continue to expand over the next five years. The descriptive results presented in this report help identify the characteristics that contribute towards growers’ participation in the farmers’ markets and the factors that make these operations a viable marketing alternative. These findings may be especially useful for those in charge of the planning and coordination of farmers’ markets.
Investissement socialement responsable pour la résilience du système productif: une analyse des effets chocs sur les secteurs d'activité au sénégal, un cas de l'UEMOA
Creators: name: Ndiouma NDOUR
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: L’intérêt de cette étude se justifie par le contexte actuel des économies de la zone UEMOA[1] marqué par des crises en répétitions (santé, finance et économique) qui affecte les secteurs productifs à travers les coûts d’investissement trop élevés induit par les marchés financiers. C’est ainsi que nous nous proposons d’analyser la dimension des Investissement Socialement Responsables (ISR) porteur de facteur ESG (environnement-Sociale-Gouvernance) dans les secteurs d’activité primaire et secondaire au Sénégal. Puis nous avons simulé un choc positif sur le taux de croissance de ces secteurs pour étudier leurs répercussions sur les ISR sectoriels et d’enduire le comportement de résilience en termes de politiques de gestion des crises sur le long terme. Les résultats montrent qu’en période de crise il n’existe pas de relation de causalité directe entre les ISR et le taux de croissance de la valeur ajoutée des secteurs. Ains, l’étude des chocs positifs sur le taux de croissance de la valeur ajouté induit par les crises économiques et financières, montrent qu’il existe une relation d’équilibre sur le long terme, entrainées par les ISR orientées dans l’agriculture et l’agrobusiness. En fin, l’analyse de la sensibilité dans le long terme entre les ISR et le taux de croissance des secteurs, montrent qu’il existe une relation d’influence positive mais non significative pour les activités consacrées aux énergie renouvelable et positivement significative pour les activités agricoles. Donc, il est admis que les ISR disposent d’une potentialité de résilience sur le long terme plus particulièrement pour les secteur primaire et secondaire.

[1] UEMOA : Union Économique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine. Il comprend 8 pays que sont : Sénégal, Burkina-Faso, Togo, Mali, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinée-Bissau, Bénin et Niger
Lyapunov Generation of Entanglement and the Correspondence Principle
Creators: name: Petitjean, C.
name: Jacquod, Ph.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show how a classically vanishing interaction generates entanglement between two initially nonentangled particles, without affecting their classical dynamics. For chaotic dynamics, the rate of entanglement is shown to saturate at the Lyapunov exponent of the classical dynamics as the interaction strength increases. In the saturation regime, the one-particle Wigner function follows classical dynamics better and better as one goes deeper and deeper in the semiclassical limit. This demonstrates that quantum-classical correspondence at the microscopic level requires neither high temperatures, nor coupling to a large number of external degrees of freedom.
Brevveksling mellom Peder Bredal og Petter Dass
Creators: name: Dass, Petter
name: Bredal, Peder
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1680

description: Bl. 7-10 er sannsynligvis skrevet med Dass' hånd.
description: P. Bredal, sønn av biskop Bredal, var fra 1677 til 1714 sogneprest i Brønnøy prestegjeld i Nordland.
description: Kopi.
Wigner function for discrete phase space: exorcising ghost images
Creators: name: Argüelles, Arturo
name: Dittrich, Thomas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We construct, using simple geometrical arguments, a Wigner function defined on a discrete phase space of arbitrary integer Hilbert-space dimension that is free of redundancies. ``Ghost images'' plaguing other Wigner functions for discrete phase spaces are thus revealed as artifacts. It allows to devise a corresponding phase-space propagator in an unambiguous manner. We apply our definitions to eigenstates and propagator of the quantum baker map. Scars on unstable periodic points of the corresponding classical map become visible with unprecedented resolution.
description: 6 pages, two figures
Usia, Hypostasis und verwandte Begriffe in den Bekenntnisschriften des Petros Mogilas und des Dositheos von Jerusalem
Creators: name: Hammerschmidt, Ernst
Publisher: name: Oriens christianus : Hefte für die Kunde des christlichen Orients
Year: 2024

description: Oriens christianus : Hefte für die Kunde des christlichen Orients, Bd. 42 (1958): Oriens christianus, Band 42
Multiple magnetic ordering phenomena in multiferroic o-HoMnO3
Creators: name: Windsor, Y. W.
name: Ramakrishnan, M.
name: Rettig, L.
name: Alberca, A.
name: Lippert, T.
name: Schneider, C. W.
name: Staub, U.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Orthorhombic HoMnO3 is a multiferroic in which Mn antiferromagnetic order induces ferroelectricity. A second transition occurs within the multiferroic phase, in which a strong enhancement of the ferroelectric polarization occurs concomitantly to antiferromagnetic ordering of Ho 4f magnetic moments. Using the element selectivity of resonant X-ray diffraction, we study the magnetic order of the Mn 3d and Ho 4f moments. We explicitly show that the Mn magnetic order is affected by the Ho 4f magnetic ordering transition. Based on the azimuthal dependence of the (0 q 0) and (0 1-q 0) magnetic reflections, we suggest that the Ho 4f order is similar to that previously observed for Tb 4f in TbMnO3, which resembles an ac-cycloid. This is unlike the Mn order, which has already been shown to be different for the two materials. Using non-resonant diffraction, we show that the magnetically-induced ferroelectric lattice distortion is unaffected by the Ho ordering, suggesting a mechanism through which the Ho order affects polarization without affecting the lattice in the same manner as the Mn order.
Zum Papyrus 465 der John Rylands Library zu Manchester
Creators: name: Engberding, Hieronymus
Publisher: name: Oriens christianus : Hefte für die Kunde des christlichen Orients
Year: 2024

description: Oriens christianus : Hefte für die Kunde des christlichen Orients, Bd. 42 (1958): Oriens christianus, Band 42
Consumer Response to Integrated Pest Management and Organic Agriculture: An Econometric Analysis
Creators: name: Govindasamy, Ramu
name: Italia, John
name: Govindasamy, Ramu
name: Italia, John
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1997
Subjects: Consumer/Household Economics
Crop Production/Industries
Farm Management

description: While several studies have presented aggregate, descriptive illustrations of consumer response to IPM, the willingness-to-purchase and willingness-to-pay for IPM produce as a function of demographic characteristics has not received the exhaustive research attention that has focused on organic produce. The objective of this study was to empirically evaluate which demographic characteristics cause consumers to be more likely to purchase IPM grown produce. A hypothetical willingness-to-purchase model for IPM produce as well as willingness-to-pay models for both IPM and organic produce are presented. A non-hypothetical analysis also predicts consumers who strictly purchase only conventional produce. Income was found to be the most significant determinant of willingness-to-purchase IPM grown produce. Participants with higher annual incomes were more likely to express an interest in purchasing IPM produce and also appeared less likely to strictly purchase conventional produce. Those whose frequently purchase organic produce, those who visit farmers markets and those who live in suburban areas were all found to be more likely to purchase IPM grown produce. The results also indicate that females, those with higher annual incomes, younger individuals, and those who frequently purchase organic produce are all more likely to pay a premium for both IPM and organically grown produce. Overall, the results of this survey give insight into the likely consumer response to produce that is labeled as “IPM Grown.” However, before the average consumer exhibits the same level of interest in IPM as the sample in this study, some mechanism must be developed to educate the public about IPM.
Teaching Social Media as an Interdisciplinary Experiential Program Supplemental Material.docx
Creators: name: Alhouti, Sarah
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 200102 Communication Technology and Digital Media Studies
subject: FOS: Media and communications

description: The Benjamin Family Social Media Fellowship is implemented and designed to help students learn by managing a brand’s social media presence. Students from across multiple disciplines were guided through a framework that defines roles, incorporates internal and external stakeholders, and provides templates that enhances peer learning, self-directed learning, reflection, and critical thinking. The program is a win-win situation where students learn through experiential and interdisciplinary learning and the university is able to produce engaging content that relates to various stakeholders.
Returns to the Jersey Fresh Promotional Program: The Impacts of Promotional Expenditures on Farm Cash Receipts in New Jersey
Creators: name: Govindasamy, Ramu
name: Schilling, Brian J.
name: Sullivan, Kevin P.
name: Turvey, Calum G.
name: Brown, Logan
name: Puduri, Venkata S.
name: Govindasamy, Ramu
name: Schilling, Brian J.
name: Sullivan, Kevin P.
name: Turvey, Calum G.
name: Brown, Logan
name: Puduri, Venkata S.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: In 1984, the Jersey Fresh program was implemented by the New Jersey Department of Agriculture and was the first state-funded marketing campaign for agricultural products produced in New Jersey. In an effort to spur demand for New Jersey farm products, this program was designed to increase consumer awareness of the state’s agricultural products as well as to encourage food retailers to promote Jersey Fresh products. With funding from the USDA’s Federal-State Marketing Improvement Program, the New Jersey Department of Agriculture commissioned this study to determine the impact of Jersey Fresh promotion on farmer cash receipts in New Jersey. The econometric analysis was focused on the fruit and vegetable sectors, the primary commodity areas expected to benefit most directly from Jersey Fresh promotion. Study results show that: • For every dollar spent on the Jersey Fresh Promotional Program through 2000, New Jersey’s agricultural fruit and vegetable sector revenues increased by $31.54 (2003 dollars). • The additional economic activity created in the agricultural industry also had impacts on other parts of the economy, namely agricultural suppliers and service providers. In fact, each dollar spent on Jersey Fresh promotion resulted in an additional $22.95 of sales in agricultural support industries and other related industries. • In total, each dollar spent on Jersey Fresh promotion resulted in $54.49 of increased economic output in the State. Adjusting all dollars to 2003 levels, this means that the $1.16 million spent on the Jersey Fresh program in 2000 increased fruit and vegetable cash receipts by $36.6 million and created an additional $26.6 million in economic activity within agricultural support industries. The total statewide economic impact of the Jersey Fresh program was therefore an estimated $63.2 million. The economic activity generated through Jersey Fresh promotion also impacts local, state, and federal taxes. An analysis of these tax impacts shows that New Jersey’s State and local tax revenues increased by $2.2 million in 2000 due to the increased economic activity attributable to Jersey Fresh promotion. Comparing this return to the 2000 program budget of $1.16 million, the Jersey Fresh program appears to be better than revenue-neutral.
Collisions among Clouds inside Dusty Torus in Active Galactic Nuclei: Observational Consequences
Creators: name: Wang, Jian-Min
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A geometrically thick dusty torus in NGC 1068 has been unambiguously resolved by an infrared interferometry telescope. This implies clouds composing the dusty torus are undergoing supersonic collisions with each other. We show that the collisions form strong non-relativistic shocks, which accelerate populations of relativistic electrons. Torus reprocesses emission from accretion disk into infrared band. We show that the energy density of the infrared photons inside the torus is much higher than that of the magnetic field in the clouds and the seed photons of inverse Compton scattering are mainly from the infrared ones. The maximum energy of the relativistic electrons can reach a Lorentz factor of $10^5$. We calculate the spectrum of the synchrotron and inverse Compton scattering radiation from the electrons in the torus. The relativistic electrons in the torus radiate non-thermal emission from radio to $γ$-ray, which isotropically diffuses in the region of the torus. We find the most prominent character is a peak at $\sim 0.5-1$ GeV. We apply this model to NGC 1068 and find that the observed radio emission from the core component $S_1$ can be explained by the synchrotron emission from the relativistic electrons. We predict that there is a $γ$-ray emission with a luminosity of $10^{40}$ erg/s peaking at $\sim 1$ GeV from the torus, which could be detected by {\em Gamma-Ray Large-Array Space Telescope} in the future. This will provide a new clue to understand the physics in the torus. The non-thermal radiation from dusty torus may explain the radio emission from Seyfert galaxies. The cosmological implications of the non-thermal emission to the $γ$-ray background radiation have been discussed.
description: 4 pages in emulateapj5.sty; 1 figure
A comparative analysis of U.S. and Canadian implementation of the 1978 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
Creators: name: Thorp, Jed William
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: This year, 2002, marks the thirtieth anniversary of the signing of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement between the United States and Canada. Over the past thirty years, there has been much written, and even more said, about the successes and failures of that Agreement. The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement has been successful in bringing attention to many pollution issues surrounding the Great Lakes. However, many of the goals that the Agreement intended to achieve have still not been realized on either side of the border. This thesis will explore several issues affecting successful implementation of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. Although much has been written as to the areas where the two countries have fallen short in implementing the Agreement, little has been written which analyzes the full range of variables affecting implementation. Using the framework for implementation analysis laid out by Daniel Mazmanian and Paul Sabatier, this thesis will examine two of the biggest issues facing the Great Lakes, and determine the specific variables that have most hindered the Agreement's success. Furthermore, this thesis will determine which country - the United States or Canada - has done a better job implementing the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. The thesis begins with a thorough description of Mazmanian and Sabatier's variables for analysis. After looking at necessary background information about the Agreement, we will examine two specific case studies. Chapter 3 will examine the issue of contaminated bottom sediment. Chapter 4 will look at how each country has addressed the issue of airborne toxic substances in the Lakes. We will conclude by reapplying the Mazmanian and Sabatier variables to our case studies, and coming to a conclusion as to which country has performed better, and why. As we will see by the end of this thesis, neither, country has fully -met the objectives of the Agreement. However, the United States has come further, faster. This is due to differences in allocation of financial resources, regulatory strength and initiative of sovereigns and implementing officials.
Spin-orbit-torque magnonics
Creators: name: Demidov, V. E.
name: Urazhdin, S.
name: Anane, A.
name: Cros, V.
name: Demokritov, S. O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The field of magnonics, which utilizes propagating spin waves for nano-scale transmission and processing of information, has been significantly advanced by the advent of the spin-orbit torque. The latter phenomenon can allow one to overcome two main drawbacks of magnonic devices - low energy efficiency of conversion of electrical signals into spin wave signals, and fast spatial decay of spin waves in thin-film waveguiding structures. At first glance, the excitation and amplification of spin waves by spin-orbit torques can seem to be straightforward. Recent research indicates, however, that the lack of the mode-selectivity in the interaction of spin currents with dynamic magnetic modes and the onset of dynamic nonlinear phenomena represent significant obstacles. Here, we discuss the possible route to overcoming these limitations, based on the suppression of nonlinear spin-wave interactions in magnetic systems with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. We show that this approach enables efficient excitation of coherent magnetization dynamics and propagating spin waves in extended spatial regions, and is expected to enable practical implementation of complete compensation of spin-wave propagation losses.
1876-1881-16(2)2019BR19-180.pdf
Creators: name: Sayed, Dalia El
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 110317 Physiotherapy
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Combination therapy between Kineso-taping and Pneumatic Compression Pump is recommended to achieve better improvement.
Consumer Awareness of the Jersey Fresh Promotional Program
Creators: name: Govindasamy, Ramu
name: Sullivan, Kevin P.
name: Puduri, Venkata S.
name: Schilling, Brian J.
name: Brown, Logan
name: Govindasamy, Ramu
name: Sullivan, Kevin P.
name: Puduri, Venkata S.
name: Schilling, Brian J.
name: Brown, Logan
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: The Jersey Fresh marketing program, one of the nation’s leading examples of state-sponsored agricultural marketing promotion, enables consumers to easily identify quality fresh produce from New Jersey by promoting locally grown fruits and vegetables in the market with Jersey Fresh’s logos. This study utilizes a consumer survey to evaluate the effectiveness of the Jersey Fresh Program in terms of the impact the promotional logos have on consumers. The results of this study provide valuable information that may be used to improve the Jersey Fresh Program, and also may be used in the promotion of other New Jersey farm products as well as products in other states which have similar promotional programs. Among other things, this study demonstrated that the Jersey Fresh promotional program has created significant brand awareness among New Jersey consumers and that consumers are willing to purchase Jersey Fresh produce when it’s available. Consumers reported seeing the Jersey Fresh logo most frequently on in-store produce displays. What’s more, women were more likely than men to be aware of Jersey Fresh, as were married people. Survey participants believed Jersey Fresh produce to be better than produce in other states in terms of quality and freshness. Moreover, consumers associate the Jersey Fresh logo with locally grown, quality produce. Suggestions that emerged from the study include increasing the availability of Jersey Fresh produce during the production seasons would ensure continued consumer patronage. Also, increasing promotions of Jersey Fresh produce in supermarkets may further increase the popularity of Jersey Fresh produce. The study showed that a vii majority of consumers were willing to pay only a small percentage premium for Jersey Fresh produce over the market prices for other fresh produce; therefore, significant price differentials are not recommended for Jersey Fresh produce. The results of this study lead to a better understanding of New Jersey consumers’ shopping behavior, their preferences towards local produce and their demographic composition. The results may be especially encouraging to those developing marketing strategies for Jersey Fresh produce or for other similar New Jersey consumer products.
On the algebraic classification of spacetimes
Creators: name: Pravda, V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We briefly overview the Petrov classification in four dimensions and its generalization to higher dimensions.
description: Submitted to Journal of Physics, conference series, proceedings of 4th meeting on constrained dynamics and quantum gravity, 12-16 September 2005, Sardinia, Italy
Consumer Response to State-Sponsored Marketing Programs: The Case of Jersey Fresh
Creators: name: Govindasamy, Ramu
name: Pingali, Aruna
name: Italia, John
name: Thatch, Daymon W.
name: Govindasamy, Ramu
name: Pingali, Aruna
name: Italia, John
name: Thatch, Daymon W.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: The Jersey Fresh Program is a leading example of state sponsored agricultural promotion. The program attempts to create consumer awareness through billboards, radio and television advertising, special promotions, and distribution of attractive point-of-purchase materials. This study empirically evaluates the effectiveness of the Jersey Fresh Program in terms of the impact the promotional logos have on consumers. This report includes a descriptive and logit analysis performed to predict the likelihood of consumers patronizing Jersey Fresh produce given certain behavioral and demographic characteristics. Participants exhibited a clear preference for Jersey Fresh produce and indicated that they believed it to be better than other produce in terms of quality and freshness. The study indicates that the Jersey Fresh Logo is perceived with a positive attitude among consumers. Awareness of Jersey Fresh was also found to be high among consumers and participants indicated that they would be willing to purchase Jersey Fresh produce if available. Produce displays in stores and television advertisements were most often cited to be the places in which the logos were seen. Consumers who frequently shop at direct marketing facilities such as farmers’ markets and roadside stands were more likely to be aware of Jersey Fresh, more likely to have bought Jersey Fresh labeled produce, and more willing to buy Jersey Fresh produce in the future. Consumers who read food advertisements in newspapers or brochures and who shop at more than one place in order to buy advertised specials, were more likely to be aware of Jersey Fresh than consumers who do not. Females, those who were over 35 years of age, and those had completed high school or higher levels of education were more likely to have purchased Jersey Fresh labeled produce. The results of this study may provide valuable information that can be applied not only to improve the Jersey Fresh Program but also in the promotion of other products of the state and in other states which have similar promotional programs.
Public health and degrowth working synergistically: what leverage for public health?
Creators: name: Ouimet, Marie-Jo
name: Turcotte, Pier-Luc
name: Rainville, Louis-Charles
name: Abraham, Yves-Marie
name: Kaiser, David
name: Badillo-Amberg, Icoquih
Publisher: name: Visions for Sustainability
Year: 2021

description: The climate crisis represents the biggest public health threat of our time. It interacts with the rising inequalities, chronic diseases and mental illness widely associated with our dominant economic system. Though degrowth and public health approaches differ, both share common values. The former proposes a new paradigm intended to halt the destruction of life-supporting systems by infinite economic growth, while improving social justice and cohesion. The latter aims to maximize health and well-being while reducing health inequities, using strategies ranging from health protection to health promotion. In various jurisdictions, public health is legally mandated to act when population health is threatened. Some have also adopted a “Health in all Policies” approach. Though public health has leadership for climate change and health adaptation planning, decisions and efforts on mitigation strategies are often left to other sectors; several tools such as health impact assessments, healthy public policy development, socio-economic and ecological determinants of health frameworks, and theories of behavior and social change, are often ignored. Using theoretical analysis and practical examples from Canada, including Indigenous jurisdictions, we discuss barriers and facilitators to achieving synergy between public health and degrowth goals. We argue that public health has an ethical and legal duty to lead debates around sustainable living, and to unequivocally use its leverage to support the degrowth movement. However, as long as public health networks are embedded in governmental bodies, it may be difficult to fully support transition towards degrowth to the extent required by the biggest challenge of our time.
description: Visions for Sustainability, No 14 (2020) - "Health and Degrowth" (Special Issue)
Towards the continuum coupling in nuclear lattice effective field theory I: A three-particle model
Creators: name: Wu, J. -J.
name: Meißner, Ulf-G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Weakly bound states often occur in nuclear physics. To precisely understand their properties, the coupling to the continuum should be worked out explicitely. In a first step, we use a simple nuclear model in the continuum and on a lattice to investigate the influence of a third particle on a loosely bound state of a particle and a heavy core.
description: 14 pages, 6 figures, enlarged version, accepted for publication in Chin. Phys. C
Enhanced Conductance Through Side-Coupled Double Quantum Dots
Creators: name: Zitko, Rok
name: Bonca, Janez
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Conductance, on-site and inter-site charge fluctuations and spin correlations in the system of two side-coupled quantum dots are calculated using the Wilson's numerical renormalization group (NRG) technique. We also show spectral density calculated using the density-matrix NRG, which for some parameter ranges remedies inconsistencies of the conventional approach. By changing the gate voltage and the inter-dot tunneling rate, the system can be tuned to a non-conducting spin-singlet state, the usual Kondo regime with odd number of electrons occupying the dots, the two-stage Kondo regime with two electrons, or a valence-fluctuating state associated with a Fano resonance. Analytical expressions for the width of the Kondo regime and the Kondo temperature are given. We also study the effect of unequal gate voltages and the stability of the two-stage Kondo effect with respect to such perturbations.
description: 11 pages, 12 figures
In Situ Study of the Impact of Aberration-Corrected Electron-Beam Lithography on the Electronic Transport of Suspended Graphene Devices
Creators: name: Mizuno, Naomi
name: Camino, Fernando
name: Du, Xu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The implementation of aberration-corrected electron beam lithography (AC-EBL) in a 200 keV scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) is a novel technique that could be used for the fabrication of quantum devices based on 2D atomic crystals with single nanometer critical dimensions, allowing to observe more robust quantum effects. In this work we study electron beam sculpturing of nanostructures on suspended graphene field effect transistors using AC-EBL, focusing on the in situ characterization of the impact of electron beam exposure on device electronic transport quality. When AC-EBL is performed on a graphene channel (local exposure) or on the outside vicinity of a graphene channel (non-local exposure), the charge transport characteristics of graphene can be significantly affected due to charge doping and scattering. While the detrimental effect of non-local exposure can be largely removed by vigorous annealing, local-exposure induced damage is irreversible and cannot be fixed by annealing. We discuss the possible causes of the observed exposure effects. Our results provide guidance to the future development of high-energy electron beam lithography for nanomaterial device fabrication.
Kibble-Zurek scaling in quantum speed limits for shortcuts to adiabaticity
Creators: name: Puebla, Ricardo
name: Deffner, Sebastian
name: Campbell, Steve
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Geometric quantum speed limits quantify the trade-off between the rate with which quantum states can change and the resources that are expended during the evolution. Counterdiabatic driving is a unique tool from shortcuts to adiabaticity to speed up quantum dynamics while completely suppressing nonequilibrium excitations. We show that the quantum speed limit for counterdiabatically driven systems undergoing quantum phase transitions fully encodes the Kibble-Zurek mechanism by correctly predicting the transition from adiabatic to impulse regimes. Our findings are demonstrated for three scenarios, namely the transverse field Ising, the Landau-Zener, and the Lipkin-Meshkov-Glick models.
description: 6+5 pages, v2 close to published version