cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Inhomogeneous CuO_{6} Tilt Distribution and Charge/Spin Correlations in La_{2-x-y}Nd_{y}Sr_{x}CuO$_{4} around commensurate hole concentration
Creators: name: Gozar, A.
name: Dennis, B. S.
name: Siegrist, T.
name: Horibe, Y.
name: Blumberg, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Phononic and magnetic Raman scattering are studied in La$_{2-x-y}$Nd$_{y}$Sr$_{x}$CuO$_{4}$ with three doping concentrations: x ~ 1/8, y = 0; x ~ 1/8, y = 0.4; and x = 0.01, y = 0. We observe strong disorder in the tilt pattern of the CuO_{6} octahedra in both the orthorhombic and tetragonal phases which persist down to 10 K and are coupled to bond disorder in the cation layers around 1/8 doping independent of Nd concentration. The weak magnitude of existing charge/spin modulations in the Nd doped structure does not allow us to detect the specific Raman signatures on lattice dynamics or two-magnon scattering around 2200 cm-1.
description: to be published in Phys. Rev. B
Development and Peace: Cause, Consequence and Effects
Creators: name: Kibriya, Shahriar R.
name: Zhang, Yu
name: Bessler, David A.
name: Price, Edwin
name: Kibriya, Shahriar R.
name: Zhang, Yu
name: Bessler, David A.
name: Price, Edwin
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
Research Methods/ Statistical Methods

description: Conflicts push back development endeavors of a society by many years. The authors attempt to investigate the dynamic effects of conflicts on development, as well as the causal relationships among conflicts, development and foreign assistance, by using Panel-VAR and directed acyclic graphs (DAG) methods.
Rhinolaemus maculatus Steel. A 2016
Creators: name: Thomas, Michael C.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Laemophloeidae
Rhinolaemus
Rhinolaemus maculatus

description: Rhinolaemus maculatus Steel 1954: 144
Fig. 1, 5, 6, 20, 21
 Type: Holotype, female, in BMNH, with label data: “ Type ” [red-margined circle]/ “ FIJI IS. Taveuni Waiyevo 27.x.1923. Dr. H.S. Evans. ”/ “337.10.23”/ “Pres. By Imp. Inst. Ent. B.M. 1933-451”/ “ Rhinolaemus maculatus Steel TYPE Gen. Et Sp.” Palps and right middle tarsus removed and mounted between cellophane below specimen; right hind leg glued to card.
 Diagnosis. The combination of the following character states distinguishes individuals of this species from other members of Rhinolaemus: Head with distinct rostrum (Fig. 5–6); antennal scape distinctly sinuate, antennal insertion visible in dorsal view (Fig. 5–6); some punctures on head not arranged in oblique rows; dark coloration of body, middle third of elytra immaculate (Fig. 1). Length of female holotype, 3.0mm. Males range in length from 2.8mm to 3.0mm.
 Distribution. The type locality is a village on the northeast coast of Taveuni, an island located northeast of Viti Levu, the largest of the Fiji Islands. The specimens listed below from Viti Levu and the single female from “ Western Samoa ” (now simply Samoa) comprise a new island record and a new country record, respectively.
 Material examined. Four specimens in addition to the holotype, as follows: FIJI: Viti Levu: Nukurua (2m); Nukurua Teilevu (1m); SAMOA: Upolo: Falefa (1f (partial specimen)). All in NZAC.
 Discussion. As noted in the introduction, this species was represented by a single known female specimen for more than 60 years and its relationships were unknown. Discovery of additional specimens, including males, has somewhat clarified its position, but it remains a very rarely collected species, being represented by only five known specimens.
description: Published as part of Thomas, Michael C., 2016, A revision of the genus Rhinolaemus Steel (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae), pp. 1-17 in Insecta Mundi 2016 (505) on pages 3-4, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5170825
A unified energy optimality criterion predicts human navigation paths and speeds
Creators: name: Brown, Geoffrey L.
name: Seethapathi, Nidhi
name: Srinivasan, Manoj
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC)
subject: Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Navigating our physical environment requires changing directions and turning. Despite its ecological importance, we do not have a unified theoretical account of non-straight-line human movement. Here, we present a unified optimality criterion that predicts disparate non-straight-line walking phenomena, with straight-line walking as a special case. We first characterized the metabolic cost of turning, deriving the cost landscape as a function of turning radius and rate. We then generalized this cost landscape to arbitrarily complex trajectories, allowing the velocity direction to deviate from body orientation (holonomic walking). We used this generalized optimality criterion to mathematically predict movement patterns in multiple contexts of varying complexity: walking on prescribed paths, turning in place, navigating an angled corridor, navigating freely with end-point constraints, walking through doors, and navigating around obstacles. In these tasks, humans moved at speeds and paths predicted by our optimality criterion, slowing down to turn and never using sharp turns. We show that the shortest path between two points is, counterintuitively, often not energy optimal, and indeed, humans do not use the shortest path in such cases. Thus, we have obtained a unified theoretical account that predicts human walking paths and speeds in diverse contexts. Our model focuses on walking in healthy adults; future work could generalize this model to other human populations, other animals, and other locomotor tasks.
title: Scheitern im Paradies. Die filmische Repräsentationsfigur der Sextouristin in Paradies: Liebe und Vers le sud
Creators: name: Weichselbaumer, Doris
name: Kapfer, Leonie
name: Fitz-Klausner, Sebastian
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Film
subject: Filmanalyse
subject: Globalisierungskritik
subject: Paradies: Liebe
subject: Vers le sud
subject: Weiblicher Sextourismus
subject: ddc:502

description: Wir diskutieren die Darstellung von Sextouristinnen anhand der in diesem Kontext zentralen Filme Vers le sud (FR/CA/BE 2005) und Paradies: Liebe (AT/DE/FR 2012). Trotz formaler Unterschiede werden in beiden Filmen zahlreiche Differenzen zwischen Touristinnen und lokalen Männern (u. a. hinsichtlich race, age, economic background) eingesetzt, um zu suggerieren, dass die dargestellten Beziehungen ausschließlich monetär und zum Scheitern verurteilt wären. Statt auf die sexuelle und geschlechtliche Transgression der Touristinnen zu fokussieren, rekurrieren die Filme so auf vergeschlechtlichte Narrative des Scheiterns. Damit werden im Bestreben, globale Beziehungen als ambivalentes Machtgefüge kritisch auszustellen, konventionelle Geschlechterbilder einmal mehr affirmiert.
Pollution Haven Effect with Heterogeneous Firms
Creators: name: Zhang, Hongliang
name: Zhang, Hongliang
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Heterogeneous firms
subject: Pollution Haven Effect
subject: Environmental regulation

description: I developed a heterogeneous firm model to examine pollution haven effect within the industry. Environmental regulation reduces the number of domestic firms in the industry by forcing the least productive firms out, and shifts the domestic firms into the foreign country. Although there are resource allocations between firms, total welfare is decreasing due to the stringency of regulation. The impact of environmental regulation on the competitiveness is dependent on the relative size of abatement cost to marginal production cost and regulation regimes.
Interface-mediated pairing in field effect devices
Creators: name: Koerting, V.
name: Yuan, Qingshan
name: Hirschfeld, P. J.
name: Kopp, T.
name: Mannhart, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the pairing induced in a strictly 2D electron gas (2DEG) by a proximate insulating film with polarizable localized excitations. Within a model of interacting 2D electrons and localized two-level systems, we calculate the critical temperature $T_c$ as a function of applied voltage and for different materials properties. Assuming that a sufficient carrier density can be induced in a field-gated device, we argue that superconductivity may be observable in such systems. $T_c$ is found to be a nonmonotonic function of both electric field and the excitation energy of the two-level systems.
description: 11 pages, 11 figures, text and figures updated to published version
Deep learning for Sunyaev-Zel'dovich detection in Planck
Creators: name: Bonjean, Victor
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Planck collaboration has extensively used the six Planck HFI frequency maps to detect the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect with dedicated methods, e.g., by applying (i) component separation to construct a full sky map of the y parameter or (ii) matched multi-filters to detect galaxy clusters via their hot gas. Although powerful, these methods may still introduce biases in the detection of the sources or in the reconstruction of the SZ signal due to prior knowledge (e.g., the use of the GNFW profile model as a proxy for the shape of galaxy clusters, which is accurate on average but not on individual clusters). In this study, we use deep learning algorithms, more specifically a U-Net architecture network, to detect the SZ signal from the Planck HFI frequency maps. The U-Net shows very good performance, recovering the Planck clusters in a test area. In the full sky, Planck clusters are also recovered, together with more than 18,000 other potential SZ sources, for which we have statistical hints of galaxy cluster signatures by stacking at their positions several full sky maps at different wavelengths (i.e., the CMB lensing map from Planck, maps of galaxy over-densities, and the ROSAT X-ray map). The diffuse SZ emission is also recovered around known large-scale structures such as Shapley, A399-A401, Coma, and Leo. Results shown in this proof-of-concept study are promising for potential future detection of galaxy clusters with low SZ pressure with this kind of approach, and more generally for potential identification and characterisation of large-scale structures of the Universe via their hot gas.
description: 11 pages, 11 figures, accepted in A&A
CL 1358+62: Characterizing the Physical Properties of Cluster Galaxies at z=0.33
Creators: name: Tran, Kim-Vy
name: Simard, Luc
name: Illingworth, Garth
name: Franx, Marijn
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: [Abridged] We examine the physical properties of 173 cluster members in CL1358+62 (z=0.33) from HST WFPC2 imaging taken in the F606W & F814W filters (rest-frame B & V) over a 2.2x2.2 Mpc^2 field. Structural parameters are measured for each member by fitting a PSF-convolved, two component model to their 2D surface brightness distribution. We examine bulge+disk models using three different bulge profiles (de Vaucouleurs, Sersic, and exponential), and rigorously test the robustness of our results by analyzing several thousand artificial galaxies in the same manner as the cluster data. Combining structural parameters with ground-based spectroscopy, we test for correlations between morphological characteristics, current star formation, total galaxy colors, and cluster substructure. We find that: (1) Using a de Vaucouleurs bulge, bulge-to-total ratios and Hubble type (-5
description: Accepted by ApJ; includes extensive discussion on reliability of fitting 2D bulge/disk models. Higher resolution images available at http://www.exp-astro.phys.ethz.ch/vy/astronomy/cl1358.ps.gz
Geometry of D-branes for general N=(2,2) sigma models
Creators: name: Zabzine, Maxim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We give a world-sheet description of D-brane in terms of gluing conditions on T+T^*. Using the notion of generalized Kahler geometry we show that A- and B-types D-branes for the general N=(2,2) supersymmetric sigma model (including a non-trivial NS-flux) correspond to the (twisted) generalized complex submanifolds with respect to the different (twisted) generalized complex structures however.
description: 12 pages, typos corrected, version to appear in Lett.Math.Phys
Pulse Propagation in Chains with Nonlinear Interactions
Creators: name: Rosas, Alexandre
name: Lindenberg, Katja
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Pulse propagation in nonlinear arrays continues to be of interest because it provides a possible mechanism for energy transfer with little dispersion. Here we show that common measures of pulse dispersion might be misleading; in strongly anharmonic systems they tend to reflect a succession of extremely narrow pulses traveling at decreasing velocities rather than the actual width of a single pulse. We present analytic estimates for the fraction of the initial energy that travels in the leading pulses. We also provide analytic predictions for the leading pulse velocity in a Fermi-Pasta-Ulam beta-chain.
Phenomenology of Lorentz-Conserving Noncommutative QED
Creators: name: Conroy, Justin M.
name: Kwee, Herry J.
name: Nazaryan, Vahagn
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recently a version of Lorentz-conserving noncommutative field theory (NCFT) has been suggested. The underlying Lie algebra of the theory is the same as that of Doplicher, Fredenhagen, and Roberts. In Lorentz-conserving NCFT the matrix parameter {theta}^{mu nu} which characterizes the canonical NCFT's is promoted to an operator {theta hat}^{mu nu} that transforms as a Lorentz tensor. In this paper, we calculate phenomenological consequences of the QED version of this theory by looking at various collider processes. In particular we calculate modifications to Moller scattering, Bhabha scattering, e^+e^- --> mu^+ mu^- and e^+e^- --> gamma gamma. We obtain bounds on the noncommutativity scale from the existing experiments at LEP and make predictions for what may be seen in future collider experiments.
description: 21 pages, revtex4, 4 figures, 2 tables
Evolutionary models for cool brown dwarfs and extrasolar giant planets. The case of HD 20945
Creators: name: Baraffe, I.
name: Chabrier, G.
name: Barman, T.
name: Allard, F.
name: Hauschildt, P. H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present evolutionary models for cool brown dwarfs and extra-solar giant planets. The models reproduce the main trends of observed methane dwarfs in near-IR color-magnitude diagrams. We also present evolutionary models for irradiated planets, coupling for the first time irradiated atmosphere profiles and inner structures. We focus on HD 209458-like systems and show that irradiation effects can substantially affect the radius of sub-jovian mass giant planets. Irradiation effects, however, cannot alone explain the large observed radius of HD 209458b. Adopting assumptions which optimise irradiation effects and taking into account the extension of the outer atmospheric layers, we still find $\sim$ 20% discrepancy between observed and theoretical radii. An extra source of energy seems to be required to explain the observed value of the first transit planet.
description: 14 pages, Latex file, uses aa.cls, accepted for publication in A&A
Improving Our Understanding of the Conduct and Performance of Cooperative Businesses Using Directed Acyclic Graphs
Creators: name: Pancharatnam, Padmaja
name: Park, John
name: Hagarman, Amy
name: Murch, Matt
name: Pancharatnam, Padmaja
name: Park, John
name: Hagarman, Amy
name: Murch, Matt
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: Agribusiness
Industrial Organization
Research Methods/ Statistical Methods

description: A great deal of effort is devoted to the exploration of agribusiness firm behavior through survey instruments. Mainly in an attempt to understand the needs and desires of firms, such studies can improve the information available to marketers and other decision makers within an industry. The implications drawn from these studies might elicit discussions on “best practices” employed by successful firms. The data involved are typically a mixture of qualitative and quantitative variables and, not surprisingly, empirical analyses can give mixed results that are open to interpretation. A better understanding of the relationship among variables might improve structural analysis, however business theory is often vague in that regard. To help, we suggest the use of a less known methodology in the analysis of survey data, namely, the directed acyclic graph (DAG). We demonstrate its potential with an analysis of agricultural cooperative firms.
Additional file 2 of Relationship between patellofemoral finite helical axis and femoral trans-epicondylar axis using a static magnetic resonance-based methodology
Creators: name: Yu, Zhenguo
name: Cai, Hong
name: Yang, Bin
name: Yao, Jie
name: Zhang, Ke
name: Tian, Hua
name: Liu, Zhongjun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Additional file 2. The calculation formulas of patellar tracking and FHA.
Dileptons from hot heavy static photons
Creators: name: Aurenche, P.
name: Carrington, M. E.
name: Marchal, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We compute the production rate of lepton pair by static photons at finite temperature at two-loop order. We treat the infrared region of the gluon phase space carefully by using a hard thermal loop gluon propagator. The result is free of infrared and collinear divergences and exhibits an enhancement which produces a result of order $\sim e^2 g^3$ instead of $\sim e^2 g^4$ as would be expected from ordinary perturbation theory.
description: 14 pages, 2 figures
Low EVI1 expression at diagnosis predicted poor outcomes in pediatric Ph-negative B cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients
Creators: name: Yang, Lu
name: Dao, Feng-Ting
name: Lu, Ai-Dong
name: Chen, Wen-Min
name: Li, Ling-Di
name: Long, Ling-Yu
name: Liu, Yan-Rong
name: Liu, Kai-Yan
name: Zhang, Le-Ping
name: Qin, Ya-Zhen
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Abnormally high ecotropic viral integration site 1 (EVI1) expression has been recognized as a poor prognostic factor in acute myeloid leukemia patients. However, its prognostic impact in B cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (BCP-ALL) remains unknown. A total of 176 pediatric Ph-negative BCP-ALL patients who received at least 1 course of chemotherapy and received chemotherapy only during follow-up were retrospectively tested for EVI1 transcript levels by real-time quantitative PCR at diagnosis, and survival analysis was performed. Clinical and EVI1 expression data of 129 pediatric BCP-ALL patients were downloaded from therapeutically applicable research to generate effective treatments (TARGET) database for validation. In our cohort, the median EVI1 transcript level was 0.33% (range, 0.0068–136.2%), and 0.10% was determined to be the optimal cutoff value for patient grouping by receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. Low EVI1 expression (<0.10%) was significantly related to lower 5-year relapse-free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS) rates (P = 0.017 and 0.018, respectively). Multivariate analysis showed that EVI1 expression <0.10% was an independent adverse prognostic factor for RFS and OS. TARGET data showed that low EVI1 expression tended to be related to a lower 5-year OS rate (P = 0.066). In conclusion, low EVI1 expression at diagnosis could predict poor outcomes in pediatric Ph-negative BCP-ALL patients receiving chemotherapy. Supplemental data for this article is available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/08880018.2021.1939818 .
Obesity is a Chronic Disease! A Nurse Practitioner’s Look at Raising Awareness and Addressing Self-Efficacy in Obesity Self- Management in Rural New Brunswick
Creators: name: Henry, Stephanie L
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2023

Background: The Canadian health care system is drowning in efforts to provide adequate services. One in three Canadians are considered overweight or obese. It is essential to recognize obesity as a chronic disease as it can be a leading precursor to subsequent multi-complex conditions. Attributing to this epidemic is not recognizing the importance for obesity related discussions and offering obesity structured programs. Purpose: To increase awareness obesity is a chronic disease and to raise one’s self-efficacy in obesity self-management of healthy lifestyles to improve in primary care outcomes. Methods: A Nurse practitioner led quality improvement project in Southern New Brunswick Canada; trained staff at a rural community health center in Obesity Canada’s 5AsT framework, recruited overweight or obese participants to participate in an obesity self-management online program using the evidence-based Heart and Stroke Foundation toolkit ‘Healthy Weight Action Plan' and offered weekly telephone/email support. Each weekly session focused on increasing one’s self-efficacy to motivate participants towards long-term self-management of lifestyle changes. Results: A paired t test showed a significant improvement in the pre and post intervention scores of the General Self-Efficacy scale (p=.006), the Eating Self-Efficacy Brief scale (pConclusion:Directing focus towards increasing one’s self-efficacy through structured, self-management practices, along with telephone support can improve health outcomes, effectively help address the obesity epidemic and its health care related complications. Nurse practitioners are ideal professionals to link evidence-based practices to clinical settings.
Additional file 5: of A metabolomics and proteomics study of the Lactobacillus plantarum in the grass carp fermentation
Creators: name: Ming, Tinghong
name: Han, Jiaojiao
name: Li, Yanyan
name: Lu, Chenyang
name: Qiu, Dihong
name: Li, Ye
name: Zhou, Jun
name: Su, Xiurong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: 16S rRNA gene sequence of Lactobacillus plantarum. The strain with high productivity of protease was determined by 16S rRNA sequencing. (DOCX 14 kb)
Fractional strong matching preclusion for Cartesian product graphs
Creators: name: Zhu, Bo
name: Ma, Tianlong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05C05, 05C12, 05C76

description: The strong matching preclusion number of a graph, introduced by Park and Ihm in 2011, is the minimum number of vertices and edges whose deletion results in a graph that has neither perfect matchings nor almost perfect matchings. As a generalization, the fractional strong matching preclusion number of a graph is the minimum number of edges and vertices whose deletion leaves the resulting graph without a fractional perfect matching. In this paper, we obtain the fractional strong matching preclusion number for Cartesian product graphs. As an application, the fractional strong matching preclusion number for torus networks is obtained.
description: In this paper, there are many situations in the proof of Cartesian product of a graph and a cycle that have not been considered
Additional file 11 of Genomic analysis of worldwide sheep breeds reveals PDGFD as a major target of fat-tail selection in sheep
Creators: name: Dong, Kunzhe
name: Yang, Min
name: Han, Jiangang
name: Ma, Qing
name: Han, Jilong
name: Song, Ziyi
name: Luosang, Cuicheng
name: Gorkhali, Neena Amatya
name: Yang, Bohui
name: He, Xiaohong
name: Ma, Yuehui
name: Jiang, Lin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 11 Figure S5. Expression of the top candidate genes in tail tissues of fat-tailed sheep during embryonic development revealed by RNA-seq. E60: embryonic day 60. E70: embryonic day 70. E80: embryonic day 80.
Farmer Preferences for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Hybrid versus Inbred Rice: Evidence from Bihar, India
Creators: name: Ward, Patrick S.
name: Ortega, David L.
name: Spielman, David J.
name: Singh, Vartika
name: Magnan, Nicholas
name: Ward, Patrick S.
name: Ortega, David L.
name: Spielman, David J.
name: Singh, Vartika
name: Magnan, Nicholas
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Institutional and Behavioral Economics
subject: International Development
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: choice experiments
subject: drought tolerance
subject: rice
subject: India

description: Recent efforts to develop rice cultivars with drought-tolerance (DT) traits have resulted in the release of several varieties that demonstrate significant resiliency to drought stresses. In this paper, we use discrete choice experiments to examine farmers’ preferences for DT traits and explore heterogeneity in these preferences using primary data collected in rural Bihar, India. We evaluate farmers’ preference for yield performance under different weather scenarios, duration, seed reusability and seeding rate. Our results show that farmers value the reduction in yield variability offered by DT cultivars, but are willing to pay even more for cultivars that offer yield advantages even under normal conditions. Rice farmers were found to prefer short duration cultivars, which provide an alternative pathway by which farmers can manage drought risk. Finally, we find that farmers highly value seed-reusability, and would, other things equal, demand a discount on hybrid seeds that do not have this characteristic.
Interview with Rosalina Vazquez, UASLP
Creators: name: Cardoso, Ana
name: Vázquez, Rosalina
Publisher: name: ORCID
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Information Systems
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this blog post, Rosalina Vázquez Tapia, Director of the Virtual University Library at the Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi (UASLP) shares with us their experience integrating with ORCID.
Oregano: A potential alternative to antibiotics as growth promoter within the broiler industry
Creators: name: Bauer, Benjamin
Publisher: name: CQUniversity
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 70201 Animal Breeding
subject: FOS: Animal and dairy science

description: This thesis presents the investigation of the effects of oregano supplementation on broiler microbiota and intestinal health presented as literature review (Chapter 1) followed by four published manuscripts (Chapters 2 to 5) and final conclusions (Chapter 6). The initial in vitro assay uses specially designed microbiological media that could sustain a large proportion of chicken intestinal ileal and cecal bacteria. 16S rRNA gene sequencing was used to investigate the overall changes to the microbial community as well as individual taxa. This was followed by in vivo effects of different concentrations of oregano on microbiota structure of broilers, including alpha and beta diversity, pathogen presence and abundance, effects on beneficial microbiota and dosage effects. Different sections of the gut were investigated for a complete understanding of where the oregano has significant effects due to the fast absorption of phytogens. Short-chain fatty acids and histological analysis of the different gut sections were also investigated. The investigation of the influence oregano on the development and maturation of intestinal microbiota followed. Surprisingly, even a high concentration of oregano did not result in very different mature microbiota; the differences were small and variable from week to week. Lastly, the change of functional abilities of microbiota from the gut of broilers supplemented with 2% oregano powder was investigated. The 16S amplicon sequencing was used in combination with PiCrust algorithm to predict the genes and functions present in microbiota of control and oregano. The data suggested significant changes in function rather than in microbiota. Oregano reduced the abundance of genes involved in the ability of bacteria to invade epithelia, make toxins and move. It also reduced a range of infection and disease-related genes and reduced abundance of genes involved in carbohydrate and lipid metabolism and steroid synthesis. Finally, in the last chapter, a discussion of the outcome of the thesis and the possibility of oregano and other phytogens causing and selecting for antimicrobial resistance on farms, which was absurdly the very reason the antibiotics were replaced with phytogens. And a proposition of future work and directions recommended from the outcomes of this thesis.
Prevention and Management of Hypertension among African-Americans Adult in a Church Based Education Program
Creators: name: Dick, Victoria C.
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2021

Background: African Americans are twice as likely to suffer from hypertension as compared to whites at any age. Seventy-five percent of African Americans develop hypertension as compared to 40% white women and 55% white males. Physical exercise, a healthy diet and integrating family support should be part of a cultural-specific intervention prevention strategy for hypertension.
Purpose: This project implemented a church-based culturally tailored education program to enhance African-Americans adult’s knowledge and awareness on prevention and management of hypertension.
Methods: Classes were held at the church function hall after screening of the participants to determine eligibility. A pre and post questionnaires were administered to obtain the participants’ baseline knowledge and the effect of the educational program post intervention. Hypertension prevention and lifestyle modifications were presented.
Results: Seven African American adults with the diagnoses of hypertension were enrolled initially in the project and six participants completed the culturally tailored education program. The result revealed a 100% increase in knowledge and 33% increase in adherence to prescribed medications in those completing the program.
Conclusion: The culturally tailored education program consisting of teaching on lifestyle modifications. This small church-based project demonstrated effectiveness in increasing the knowledge and awareness on the prevention and management of hypertension among African American adults.
Additional file 9 of Genome-wide promoter analysis of histone modifications in human monocyte-derived antigen presenting cells
Creators: name: Tserel, Liina
name: Kolde, Raivo
name: Rebane, Ana
name: Kisand, Kai
name: Org, Tõnis
name: Peterson, Hedi
name: Vilo, Jaak
name: Pärt Peterson
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Authors’ original file for figure 7
Additional file 4 of Genomic analysis of worldwide sheep breeds reveals PDGFD as a major target of fat-tail selection in sheep
Creators: name: Dong, Kunzhe
name: Yang, Min
name: Han, Jiangang
name: Ma, Qing
name: Han, Jilong
name: Song, Ziyi
name: Luosang, Cuicheng
name: Gorkhali, Neena Amatya
name: Yang, Bohui
name: He, Xiaohong
name: Ma, Yuehui
name: Jiang, Lin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 4 Table S4. Positively selected SNPs identified in comparison of Chinese fat-tailed sheep vs South Asian thin-tailed sheep.
Transport in armchair graphene nanoribbons and in ordinary waveguides
Creators: name: Zubair, M.
name: Bahrami, M.
name: Vasilopoulos, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study dc and ac transport along armchair graphene nanoribbons using the ${\bf k\cdot p}$ spectrum and eigenfunctions and general linear-response expressions for the conductivities. Then we contrast the results with those for transport along ordinary waveguides. In all cases we assess the influence of elastic scattering by impurities, describe it quantitatively with a Drude-type contribution to the current previously not reported, and evaluate the corresponding relaxation time for long- and short-range impurity potentials. We show that this contribution dominates the response at very low frequencies. In both cases the conductivities increase with the electron density and show cusps when new subbands start being occupied. As functions of the frequency the conductivities in armchair graphene nanoribbons exhibit a much richer peak structure than in ordinary waveguides: in the former intraband and interband transitions are allowed whereas in the latter only the intraband ones occur. This difference can be traced to that between the corresponding spectra and eigenfunctions.
The Measurement of the Light Deflection from Jupiter: Experimental Results
Creators: name: Fomalont, E. B.
name: Kopeikin, S. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have determined the relativistic light deflection of the quasar J0842+1835 as Jupiter passed within 3.7' on 2002 September 8, by measuring the time delay using the VLBA and Effelsberg radio telescopes at 8.4 GHz. At closest approach, General Relativity (GR) predicts a radial (static) deflection of 1190 microarcsec, and tangential (retarded) deflection in the direction of Jupiter's motion of 51 microarcsec. Our experiment achieved an rms position error of <10 microarcsec, and measured this retarded deflection to be 0.98 +/- 0.19 (rms error) times that predicted by GR. The increase positional accuracy for this VLBI phase referencing experiment was achieved by using two calibrator sources. Comments on the interpretation of this experiment are given.
Supply of Insurance for Specialty Crops and its Effect on Yield and Acreage
Creators: name: Olen, Beau
name: Wu, Junjie
name: Olen, Beau
name: Wu, Junjie
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Production Economics
subject: federal crop insurance program
subject: specialty crops
subject: yield
subject: acreage
subject: input-risk relationship

description: We exploit variation in the timing of specialty crop insurance supply to different crops and counties in California to assess its effect on output as decomposed into yield and harvested acreage. Four woody-perennial crops and one field-annual crop are used to represent this effect. We find that the supply of crop insurance has a significant positive effect on output for several perennial crops and the field crop, but it only has a significant positive effect on yield for certain perennial crops. These findings suggest that even for disparate crops the supply of insurance reduces production risks for the insured crops and causes harvested acreage to expand. The positive significant effect of insurance supply on yield for several of the woody-perennial crops suggests that, regardless of the effect on acreage, it accelerates growers’ adoption of improved tree/vine varieties and rootstocks, which are likely to be risk-increasing inputs due to the their relatively high cost of investment.
Size diversity of old Large Magellanic Cloud clusters as determined by internal dynamical evolution
Creators: name: Ferraro, F. R.
name: Lanzoni, B.
name: Dalessandro, E.
name: Cadelano, M.
name: Raso, S.
name: Mucciarelli, A.
name: Beccari, G.
name: Pallanca, C.
name: -
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The distribution of size as a function of age observed for star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is very puzzling: young clusters are all compact, while the oldest systems show both small and large sizes. It is commonly interpreted as due to a population of binary black holes driving a progressive expansion of cluster cores. Here we propose, instead, that it is the natural consequence of the fact that only relatively low-mass clusters have formed in the last ~3 Gyr in the LMC and only the most compact systems survived and are observable. The spread in size displayed by the oldest (and most massive) clusters, instead, can be explained in terms of initial conditions and internal dynamical evolution. To quantitatively explore the role of the latter, we selected a sample of five coeval and old LMC clusters with different sizes, and we estimated their dynamical age from the level of central segregation of blue straggler stars (the so-called dynamical clock). Similarly to what found in the Milky Way, we indeed measure different levels of dynamical evolution among the selected coeval clusters, with large-core systems being dynamically younger than those with small size. This behaviour is fully consistent with what expected from internal dynamical evolution processes over timescales mainly set by the structure of each system at formation.
description: In press in Nature Astronomy, 9 September 2019 issue. 24 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables
Improving Diabetes in the Latino Population: A Culturally Sensitive Approach
Creators: name: Green, Veronica M.
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2021

Background: Latinos in the United States suffer higher rates of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and need culturally sensitive approaches to diabetes self-management education (DSME).
Purpose: To implement a culturally sensitive DSME program to Latino adults by integrating a community health worker, clinic support, and digital technology.
Methods: This project was implemented over 8 weeks in an internal medicine clinic in El Paso, Texas. It included online DSME group sessions delivered by a community health worker, with primary care support, and key topic reinforcement through text messaging. Concluding hemoglobin A1c levels were drawn and compared with the patient’s baseline hemoglobin A1C level, and the Clinicians' Cultural Sensitivity Survey pre- and post-tests were compared.
 Results: Significant improvements were noted in Hba1c levels, with a median reduction of 0.60%, the sensitivity to cultural beliefs and practice domain increased by 24.7%; and sensitivity to language subdomain increased by 28.7%. The discrimination domain and discrimination due to language subdomain were not improved; however, the participants ranked these processes as superior in the initial surveys. No improvements were noted in the immigrant domain, but the participant's scores offered valuable insight into improving immigrant health in the future.
Conclusion: This online CHW led culturally tailored DSME demonstrated overall effectiveness in improving diabetes outcomes. Utilizing similar digital technology to deliver DSME may assist in bridging gaps in diabetes care in rural underserved Latino populations in the future. 
Educating Primary Care Providers in Dual Diagnosis Disorders of  Mental Health and Substance Use
Creators: name: Stout, Sarah
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2021

Abstract
Purpose: Many adults in the United States suffer from mental health and substance use disorders. Due to personal and structural barriers, care is not always received by those who suffer with a dual diagnosis. Lack of education among primary care healthcare providers is a barrier to dual diagnosis treatment. The aim of this project was to present and summarize evidence to increase the providers knowledge, assessment, and confidence levels in treatment of these disorders. Methods: This project was designed using a quality improvement (QI) approach to increase the knowledge, and confidence of primary care healthcare providers through an educational PowerPoint presentation. Pre- and posttest surveys were utilized to assess confidence, skills, and knowledge gained. Results: Three participants from one family medical practice in western Massachusetts participated in an education intervention that included a pretest, presentation with toolkit, and posttest. An increase occurred in the knowledge-based portion of the survey, pretest scores (M = 50.00), and posttest scores (M = 86.67). Confidence levels were not found to have increased significantly for mental health or substance use disorder treatment. Conclusion: Providers were found to have improvement in the knowledge-based portions of the survey. However, the project’s small sample size and time frame may have contributed to the lack of change in the confidence levels. Further study with a larger sample size may be helpful to determine if the intervention would be beneficial for education in the primary care health care setting.
            Keywords: dual diagnosis, mental health disorders, substance use disorders, primary care providers, education, interventions
THE SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES OF SHONAZAR SHOABDURAHMONOV
Creators: name: Qodirov, Umarjon
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Throughout his academic career, Academician Shonazar Shoabdurahmonov conducted research on the language of literary and folklore works, orthography, punctuation, modern Uzbek language, dialectology, and linguistic geography. This article provides an overview of the scientist’s life path and his scientific research in these areas. His contributions to the field of Uzbek philology are highlighted.
title: Fiche de présentation de Aylin De Tapia
Creators: name: LabexMed
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2017

description: Fiche de présentation de Aylin De Tapia, post-doctorante LabexMed 2017 accueillie à l'IDEMEC
Galois module structure of Milnor K-theory in characteristic p
Creators: name: Bhandari, Ganesh
name: Lemire, Nicole
name: Minac, Jan
name: Swallow, John
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: K-Theory and Homology (math.KT)
subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 19D45; 12F10

description: Let E be a cyclic extension of degree p^n of a field F of characteristic p. Using arithmetic invariants of E/F we determine k_mE, the Milnor K-groups K_mE modulo p, as Fp[Gal(E/F)]-modules for all m in N. In particular, we show that each indecomposable summand of k_mE has Fp-dimension a power of p. That all powers p^i, i=0,1,...,n, occur for suitable examples is shown in a subsequent paper [MSS2], where additionally the main result of this paper becomes an essential induction step in the determination of K_mE/p^sK_mE as (Z/p^sZ)[Gal(E/F)]-modules for all m, s in N.
description: v5 (10 pages); revised introduction and shortened paper; incorporated and acknowledged suggestions by readers of earlier versions
A One-Loop Test of the near-AdS$_2$/near-CFT$_1$ Correspondence
Creators: name: Charles, Anthony M.
name: Larsen, Finn
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze quantum fluctuations around black hole solutions to the Jackiw-Teitelboim model. We use harmonic analysis on Euclidean AdS$_2$ to show that the logarithmic corrections to the partition function are determined entirely by quadratic holomorphic differentials, even when conformal symmetry is broken and harmonic modes are no longer true zero modes. Our quantum-corrected partition function agrees precisely with the SYK result. We argue that our effective quantum field theory methods and results generalize to other theories of two-dimensional dilaton gravity.
description: 47 pages, 2 figures
New physics effects in rare Z decays
Creators: name: Perez, M. A.
name: Tavares-Velasco, G.
name: Toscano, J. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Virtual effects induced by new physics in rare Z decays are reviewed. Since the expected sensitivity of the giga-Z linear collider is of the order of $10^{-8}$, we emphasize the importance of any new physics effect that gives a prediction above this limit. It is also pointed out that an improvement on the known experimental constraints on rare Z decays will provide us with a critical test of the validity of the standard model at the loop level.
description: 16 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Int. J. Mod. Phys. A
Trinucleon photonuclear reactions with $Δ$-isobar excitation: Processes below pion-production threshold
Creators: name: Deltuva, A.
name: Yuan, L. P.
name: Adam, J.
name: Fonseca, A. C.
name: Sauer, P. U.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Radiative nucleon-deuteron capture and two- and three-body photo disintegration of the three-nucleon bound state are described. The description uses the purely nucleonic charge-dependent CD-Bonn potential and its coupled-channel extension CD Bonn + $Δ$. The $Δ$-isobar excitation yields an effective three-nucleon force and effective two- and three-nucleon currents besides other $Δ$-isobar effects; they are mutually consistent. Exact solutions of three-particle equations are employed for the initial and final states of the reactions. The current has one-baryon and two-baryon contributions and couples nucleonic with $Δ$-isobar channels. $Δ$-isobar effects on the observables are isolated. Shortcomings of the theoretical description are discussed and their consequence for the calculation of observables is estimated.
description: 18 pages (RevTex4), 15 figures, resubmitted to Phys. Rev. C