cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Combining Intra-Risk and Contagion Risk for Enterprise Bankruptcy Prediction Using Graph Neural Networks
Creators: name: Zhao, Yu
name: Wei, Shaopeng
name: Guo, Yu
name: Yang, Qing
name: Chen, Xingyan
name: Li, Qing
name: Zhuang, Fuzhen
name: Liu, Ji
name: Kou, Gang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Risk Management (q-fin.RM)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Predicting the bankruptcy risk of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is an important step for financial institutions when making decisions about loans. Existing studies in both finance and AI research fields, however, tend to only consider either the intra-risk or contagion risk of enterprises, ignoring their interactions and combinatorial effects. This study for the first time considers both types of risk and their joint effects in bankruptcy prediction. Specifically, we first propose an enterprise intra-risk encoder based on statistically significant enterprise risk indicators for its intra-risk learning. Then, we propose an enterprise contagion risk encoder based on enterprise relation information from an enterprise knowledge graph for its contagion risk embedding. In particular, the contagion risk encoder includes both the newly proposed Hyper-Graph Neural Networks and Heterogeneous Graph Neural Networks, which can model contagion risk in two different aspects, i.e. common risk factors based on hyperedges and direct diffusion risk from neighbors, respectively. To evaluate the model, we collect real-world multi-sources data on SMEs and build a novel benchmark dataset called SMEsD. We provide open access to the dataset, which is expected to further promote research on financial risk analysis. Experiments on SMEsD against twelve state-of-the-art baselines demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed model for bankruptcy prediction.
description: 12 pages, 8 figures
Stellar Evolution and Tidal Dissipation in REBOUNDx
Creators: name: Baronett, Stanley A.
name: Ferich, Noah
name: Tamayo, Daniel
name: Steffen, Jason H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: To study the post-main sequence evolution of the Solar system and exoplanetary systems more accurately and efficiently, we introduce two new features to REBOUNDx, an extended library for the N-body integrator REBOUND. The first is a convenient parameter interpolator for coupling different physics and integrators using numerical splitting schemes. The second implements a constant time lag model for tides without evolving spins. We demonstrate various uses of these features using stellar evolution data from MESA (Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics) as an example. The results of our tests agree with several studies in the literature on post-main sequence orbital evolution, and our convergence and performance studies respectively demonstrate our implementations' accuracy and efficiency. These additional effects are publicly available as of REBOUNDx's latest release.
description: Accepted by MNRAS, 9 pages, 6 figures, source code available at https://github.com/dtamayo/reboundx, Jupyter notebooks to reproduce figures available at https://github.com/sabaronett/REBOUNDxPaper
Essays on output and real exchange rate dynamics
Creators: name: Khan, Hashmat Ullah
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: There are two key observations in international macroeconomics which pertain to output and real exchange rate dynamics. First, fluctuations in national output around its long-run growth path are very persistent. Second, fluctuations in real exchange rates are very persistent. The sticky price framework offers an explanation for both phenomena. The first and second essay of this thesis take an empirical approach to test the predictions of this framework. In the first essay I test the prediction of the sticky price model for output dynamics using annual IFS data on 51 countries over the period 1950 -1996. The model predicts that price stickiness should be less important in high inflation countries and therefore output fluctuations less persistent. I find that, this inverse relationship is statistically insignificant in the international data. A similar result holds for OECD countries. In the empirical implementation I explicitly control for the within-country time variation in inflation by first characterizing the inflationary environment using the long-run movements in inflation (trend inflation), and secondly, by excluding episodes of hyperinflation. The analysis shows that when the within-country time variation in inflation is ignored, there is support for the prediction. For instance, the inverse relationship between persistence in deviations of output from its long-run growth path and average inflation is statistically significant in the full sample. However, the exclusion of a few episodes of hyperinflation renders this relationship statistically insignificant. In the second essay I investigate the prediction of the sticky price model for real exchange rate dynamics using annual IFS data on 49 countries over the period 1972-1996. The model predicts that deviations of real exchange rates from purchasing power parity should be less persistent, in high inflation countries. The empirical analysis reveals that the support for such an inverse relationship is extremely fragile. In particular, eliminating episodes of hyperinflation renders this relationship statistically insignificant. The lack of evidence in favour of the two predictions of the sticky price model is problematic since this model is extensively used as a microfoundation for understanding output and real exchange rate fluctuations. In the third essay I take a structural approach to qualitatively explore the role of slow diffusion of new products in propagating the effect of technology shocks on output. I present a multi-sector dynamic general equilibrium model in which the creation of new products requires real resources. These products are beneficial for the economy but only upon complete diffusion. However, this diffusion is not instantaneous. I find that relative to a model in which there is instantaneous diffusion of new products, the qualitative output dynamics are similar to what is observed in the U.S. data. This warrants further quantitative investigation.
Effects of participation in organic markets and farmer-based organizations on adoption of soil conservation practices among small-scale farmers in Honduras
Creators: name: Wollni, Meike
name: Lee, David R.
name: Thies, Janice E.
name: Wollni, Meike
name: Lee, David R.
name: Thies, Janice E.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries
Land Economics/Use

description: Conservation agriculture is often perceived to provide “win-win” outcomes for farmers leading to reduced erosion and off-site sedimentation, as well as improved soil fertility and productivity. However, adoption rates for conservation agriculture in many regions of the world remain below expected levels. This paper looks at the effect of organic markets in providing incentives for farmers to adopt soil conservation practices based on the willingness of consumers to pay a price premium for the use of sustainable production technologies. Farmer-based organizations may help farmers overcome information deficiencies with respect to production processes as well as consumer preferences. Based on original survey data from 241 small-scale farm households in Honduras, we find that both participation in organic markets as well as in farmer-based groups have positive effects on the number of soil conservation practices adopted on the farm. The results indicate that besides supply-oriented policy measures, such as the provision of technical assistance and extension, demand-related factors are likely to play an important role in sustainable soil management. Demand-oriented policy measures can include support for labeling initiatives and consumer education to facilitate value-added product differentiation and market segmentation.
title: Bilateral Posterior Cerebral Artery P2 Infarct With Anton Syndrome In A 77-Year-Old Female Requiring Mechanical Thrombectomy: A Case Report
Creators: name: Patil, Sahil
Publisher: name: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: MR
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Embolism / Thrombosis

description: Learning objectives
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Case Presentation A 77-year-old female with a history of severe obstructive sleep apnea, dyslipidemia, and current smoking status presented to the emergency department following a syncopal episode at home. Upon arrival, she exhibited complete...
Learning Model Predictive Control for Quadrotors
Creators: name: Li, Guanrui
name: Tunchez, Alex
name: Loianno, Giuseppe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Aerial robots can enhance their safe and agile navigation in complex and cluttered environments by efficiently exploiting the information collected during a given task. In this paper, we address the learning model predictive control problem for quadrotors. We design a learning receding--horizon nonlinear control strategy directly formulated on the system nonlinear manifold configuration space SO(3)xR^3. The proposed approach exploits past successful task iterations to improve the system performance over time while respecting system dynamics and actuator constraints. We further relax its computational complexity making it compatible with real-time quadrotor control requirements. We show the effectiveness of the proposed approach in learning a minimum time control task, respecting dynamics, actuators, and environment constraints. Several experiments in simulation and real-world set-up validate the proposed approach.
description: Guanrui Li and Alex Tunchez contributed equally to this paper. This paper has been accepted to the 2022 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. Please cite this paper with the standard IEEE Conference format. Link to the Video: https://youtu.be/-5cIsIM5G7M
Performance of a C4F8O Gas Radiator Ring Imaging Cherenkov Detector Using Multi-anode Photomultiplier Tubes
Creators: name: Artuso, M.
name: Boulahouache, C.
name: Blusk, S.
name: Butt, J.
name: Dorjkhaidav, O.
name: Menaa, N.
name: Mountain, R.
name: Muramatsu, H.
name: Nandakumar, R.
name: Randrianarivony, K.
name: Sia, R.
name: Skwarnicki, T.
name: Stone, S.
name: Wang, J. C.
name: Zhang, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on test results of a novel ring imaging Cherenkov (RICH) detection system consisting of a 3 meter long gaseous C4F8O radiator, a focusing mirror, and a photon detector array based on Hamamatsu multi-anode photomultiplier tubes. This system was developed to identify charged particles in the momentum range from 3-70 GeV/c for the BTeV experiment.
description: 28 pages, 23 figures, submitted to Nuclear Instruments and Methods
ВСПОМОГАТЕЛЬНЫЕ РЕПРОДУКТИВНЫЕ ТЕХНОЛОГИИ: ЗАРУБЕЖНОЕ ЗАКОНОДАТЕЛЬСТВО И ПРАКТИКА ПРИМЕНЕНИЯ
Creators: name: Сёмкина И.А.
Publisher: name: Образование и право
Year: 2021
Subjects: бесплодие
ВРТ
вспомогательные репродуктивные технологии
суррогатное материнство
репродуктивные права
медицинское право
семейное право.

description: Бесплодие и методы его лечения – один из самых острых вопросов здравоохранения на сегодняшний день, что обуславливает актуальность данного исследования. В статье анализируются подходы зарубежных законодателей к регулированию вспомогательных репродуктивных технологий, а также распространенные юридические и морально-этические проблемы, связанные с практикой их применения. По итогам работы авторы приходят к выводу о необходимости совершенствования законодательства в Российской Федерации, а также создания международных актов с целью устранения пробелов и разрешения существующих противоречий.
Solution of the Conformable Angular Equation of the Schrodinger Equation
Creators: name: Rabei, Eqab. M.
name: Al-Masaeed, Mohamed.
name: Al-Jamel, Ahmed
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work, the conformable Schrodinger equation in spherical coordinates is separated into two parts; radial and angular part, the angular part of the Schrodinger equation is solved. The normalized Spherical harmonics function is obtained as a solution of the angular part
Demographic and Management Factors Affecting the Perceived Benefit of Winter Cover Crops in the Southeast
Creators: name: Bergtold, Jason S.
name: Duffy, Patricia A.
name: Hite, Diane
name: Raper, Randy L.
name: Bergtold, Jason S.
name: Duffy, Patricia A.
name: Hite, Diane
name: Raper, Randy L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Cover Crops
subject: Conservation
subject: Adoption Process
subject: Tobit Model
subject: Value of Information
subject: Farmer

description: The inclusion of cover crops in cropping systems brings both direct and indirect costs and benefits. Farmers will adopt and continue to utilize cover crops in their production systems as long as the perceived benefit of using cover crops (e.g. increased yield, higher profits, and improved soil productivity) is positive. The perceived benefits, while partially based on actual changes, may be influenced by demographic, economic and management factors. The purpose of this paper is to examine the demographic and management factors affecting the perceived benefit, in terms of improved crop yield, of using winter annual cover crops. A tobit model is estimated using survey data of Alabama farmers examining cover crop use and management. The model examines the potential effect of different agronomic, demographic and management factors on the perceived yield gain from using winter cover crops of Alabama row crop producers. Estimation results indicated that growing peanuts, growing soybeans, high debt, high gross farm sales, use of conservation tillage, increased application of N to the cash crop after a legume cover crop, and applying N to the cover crop had a positive and statistically significant impact on farmers’ perceived yield gain from using a cover crop. In contrast, number of years farming, farm size, and high cover crop costs had a negative and statistically significant impact on farmers’ perceived yield gain from using a cover crop. Understanding the perceived benefits of using winter cover crops and the factors that shape these perceptions can provide insight into the decision making process farmers make in deciding to adopt and/or retain the use of cover crops on their farm.
Universal intensity statistics of multifractal resonance states
Creators: name: Clauß, Konstantin
name: Kunzmann, Felix
name: Bäcker, Arnd
name: Ketzmerick, Roland
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We conjecture that in chaotic quantum systems with escape the intensity statistics for resonance states universally follows an exponential distribution. This requires a scaling by the multifractal mean intensity which depends on the system and the decay rate of the resonance state. We numerically support the conjecture by studying the phase-space Husimi function and the position representation of resonance states of the chaotic standard map, the baker map, and a random matrix model, each with partial escape.
Quota Deregulation and Organic versus Conventional Milk – A Bayesian Distance Function Approach
Creators: name: Sauer, Johannes
name: Sauer, Johannes
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Livestock Production/Industries

description: Milk quota trading rules differ across EU member countries. In Denmark a biannual milk quota exchange was set up in 1997 to promote a more efficient reallocation of milk quotas as well as to reduce transaction costs related to the searching and matching of sellers and buyers. Using two comprehensive panel data sets on organic and conventional milk farms this study attempts to disentangle the effects of the introduction of quota transferability on the production structure of those farms as well as the probability of market entry/exit. Bayesian estimation techniques are used to estimate an input oriented generalized Leontief distance function as well as a curvature constrained specification. The results suggest that the deregulation in the quota allocation mechanism led to an increased allocative efficiency of organic as well as conventional milk production as well as a relative shift of the PPF in favor of the production of organic milk.
title: Enhancing Safety in Liver Microwave Ablation: Thermoprotection Techniques Under US Guidance
Creators: name: Di Muzio, Bruno
Publisher: name: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Interventional non-vascular
subject: CT
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Ablation procedures
subject: Cirrhosis
subject: Metastases
subject: Neoplasia

description: Learning objectives
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Imaging findings OR Procedure details
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description: Learning objectives:
To explore fundamental principles and techniques of the most common thermoprotection techniques used in ultrasound (US) guided percutaneous liver microwave ablation (MWA) for hepatocellular carcinoma...
Random coordinate descent methods for nonseparable composite optimization
Creators: name: Chorobura, Flavia
name: Necoara, Ion
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper we consider large-scale composite optimization problems having the objective function formed as a sum of two terms (possibly nonconvex), one has (block) coordinate-wise Lipschitz continuous gradient and the other is differentiable but nonseparable. Under these general settings we derive and analyze two new coordinate descent methods. The first algorithm, referred to as coordinate proximal gradient method, considers the composite form of the objective function, while the other algorithm disregards the composite form of the objective and uses the partial gradient of the full objective, yielding a coordinate gradient descent scheme with novel adaptive stepsize rules. We prove that these new stepsize rules make the coordinate gradient scheme a descent method, provided that additional assumptions hold for the second term in the objective function. We present a complete worst-case complexity analysis for these two new methods in both, convex and nonconvex settings, provided that the (block) coordinates are chosen random or cyclic. Preliminary numerical results also confirm the efficiency of our two algorithms on practical problems.
description: 30 pages. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2104.13370
Increasing Cotton Farmers Incomes in Mali West Africa: Eliminate Subsidies in Developed Countries or Productivity Increase in Mali?
Creators: name: Baquedano, Felix G.
name: Sanders, John H.
name: Baquedano, Felix G.
name: Sanders, John H.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Crop Production/Industries
Productivity Analysis

description: In a WTO battle and the press the argument is often made that eliminating US cotton subsidies would have a large effect on the incomes and competitive position of farmers in developing countries. In Francophone West African cotton production productivity has stagnated after rapid gains in the first two decades after independence (1960-1980). Constructing a farm model based upon farmers’ definition of their decision making framework we compare the effects of the elimination of US subsidies with various productivity increasing measures for cotton and diversification in Mali. In the farm model we take into account the elasticity of transmission of a change in the world cotton price to the farm gate price. The gains to eliminating US subsides are very small unless the transmission elasticities of world cotton price to the farm gate price are substantially increased. In contrast the various technological alternatives including Bt cotton introduction, the use of higher and more regionally defined fertilization levels for cotton, and the introduction of a new technology and marketing package for sorghum all have substantially higher returns for the cotton farmers in the West African site of Dioila, Mali. Even with substantial improvement in the mechanisms enabling farmers to benefit from the higher prices of the elimination of US subsidies, there are still much higher returns to the various types of productivity increases. Maybe West Africa needs to act more now on increasing their productivity as protracted trade negotiations continue.
description: Replaced with revised version of paper 07/21/08.
ВЫБОР СУДЕБНЫХ СПОСОБОВ ЗАЩИТЫ ОТ РАСПРОСТРАНЕНИЯ НЕДОСТОВЕРНОЙ, ПОРОЧАЩЕЙ ИНФОРМАЦИИ В СЕТИ ИНТЕРНЕТ
Creators: name: Багыллы С.Т.
name: Петручак Р.К.
Publisher: name: Образование и право
Year: 2021
Subjects: защита чести
достоинства и деловой репутации
сведения в Интернете
порядок защиты
способы судебной защиты.

description: Статья посвящена актуальной теме защите деловой репутации в условиях провозглашения со стороны государства свободы слова и мысли и одновременно активного развития возможностей сети Интернет . Цель: выявить основные тенденции в порядке и способах защиты лиц от информации диффамационного характера в сети Интернет . Методологию исследования составляют общенаучный аналитический метод познания и такие частнонаучные методы, как системно-структурный, сравнительно-правовой, формально-логический. На примерах судебной практики, авторы делают выводы о выборе порядка и о способах судебной защиты предмета исследования. В этой связи важно отметить субъектов (надлежащих ответчиков и других участников) рассматриваемых правоотношений, среди которых оператор поисковой системы, администратор сайта, администратор доменного имени и др. Обращено внимание на препятствия, возникающие у заявителей до обращения в суд за защитой своих прав и невозможность удовлетворения требований о порочащей информации в сети Интернет непосредственно при рассмотрении заявлений в суде. Авторы приходят к выводу, что заявитель вправе рассчитывать исходя из ситуации на удаление спорной информации, ее опровержение, уничтожение (включая носители), а также на материальную компенсацию, выраженную в причиненных убытках и моральном вреде.
Minority-centric meta-analyses of blood lipid levels identify novel loci in the Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) study
Creators: name: Kullo, I.J.
name: Almoguera, B.
name: Petty, L.E.
name: Haessler, J.
name: O'Donnell, C.J.
name: Stram, D.O.
name: Do, R.
name: Dikilitas, O.
name: Peters, U.
name: Assimes, T.L.
name: Damrauer, S.M.
name: Rasmussen-Torvik, L.J.
name: Tsao, P.S.
name: Kosel, M.L.
name: Cho, K.
name: Correa, A.
name: Martin, L.W.
name: Zubair, N.
name: Sleiman, P.M.
name: Wilkens, L.R.
name: Matise, T.C.
name: Cheng, I.
name: Larson, E.B.
name: Ambite, J.L.
name: Kooperberg, C.
name: Hindorff, L.A.
name: Chang, K.-M.
name: VA Million Veteran Program
name: Graff, M.
name: Feng, Q.
name: Buyske, S.
name: Schaid, D.J.
name: Carlson, C.S.
name: Below, J.E.
name: Hu, Y.
name: Klarin, D.
name: Hilliard, A.T.
name: Wei, W.-Q.
name: Tao, R.
name: Bien, S.A.
name: Ho, Y.-L.
name: Loos, R.J.F.
name: Daviglus, M.
name: Wilson, P.W.F.
name: Jarvik, G.P.
name: Nishimura, K.K.
name: Highland, H.M.
name: Raffield, L.M.
name: Lu, Y.
name: Haiman, C.
name: North, K.E.
name: Verbanck, M.
name: Le Marchand, L.
name: Mentch, F.D.
Publisher: name: Public Library of Science
Year: 2020

description: Lipid levels are important markers for the development of cardio-metabolic diseases. Although hundreds of associated loci have been identified through genetic association studies, the contribution of genetic factors to variation in lipids is not fully understood, particularly in U.S. minority groups. We performed genome-wide association analyses for four lipid traits in over 45,000 ancestrally diverse participants from the Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) Study, followed by a meta-analysis with several European ancestry studies. We identified nine novel lipid loci, five of which showed evidence of replication in independent studies. Furthermore, we discovered one novel gene in a PrediXcan analysis, minority-specific independent signals at eight previously reported loci, and potential functional variants at two known loci through fine-mapping. Systematic examination of known lipid loci revealed smaller effect estimates in African American and Hispanic ancestry populations than those in Europeans, and better performance of polygenic risk scores based on minority-specific effect estimates. Our findings provide new insight into the genetic architecture of lipid traits and highlight the importance of conducting genetic studies in diverse populations in the era of precision medicine.
title: An 18-month Audit on the Complications of Vascular Lines Inserted in the Radiology Department in a Regional Centre
Creators: name: Foong, Michelle
Publisher: name: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Interventional vascular
subject: Vascular
subject: Veins / Vena cava
subject: Fluoroscopy
subject: Audit and standards
subject: Outcomes analysis
subject: Venous access
subject: Infection
subject: Obstruction / Occlusion

description: Purpose
Methods and materials
Results
Conclusion
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description: Purpose:
This is a retrospective audit to evaluate any infections or complications that may have arisen from vascular line insertion in the Radiology department of Tweed Hospital for eighteen months between June 2022 to November 2023. Three vascular lines...
Quantum State Readout, Collapses, Probes and Signals
Creators: name: Kent, Adrian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Theories involving localized collapse allow the possibility that classical information could be obtained about quantum states without using POVMS and without allowing superluminal signalling. We can model this by extending quantum theory to include hypothetical devices that read out information about the local quantum state at a given point, defined by considering only collapses in its past light cone. Like Popescu-Rohrlich boxes, these hypothetical devices would have practical and scientific implications if realisable. These include signalling through opaque media, probing the physics of distant or opaque systems without needing a reflected signal and giving detailed information about collapse dynamics without requiring direct observation of the collapsing system. These potential applications motivate systematic searches for possible signatures of these nonstandard extensions of quantum theory, and in particular for relevant gravitational effects, such as the validity of semi-classical gravity on small scales.
description: Further References, comments and figure added
The Psychology of Mineral Wealth: Empirical Evidence from Kazakhstan
Creators: name: Pappyrakis, Elissaios
name: Parcero, Osiris Jorge
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: General Economics (econ.GN)
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: Despite rapidly-expanding academic and policy interest in the links between natural resource wealth and development failures (commonly referred to as the resource curse) little attention has been devoted to the psychology behind the phenomenon. Rent-seeking and excessive reliance on mineral revenues can be attributed largely to social psychology. Mineral booms (whether due to the discovery of mineral reserves or to the drastic rise in commodity prices) start as positive income shocks that can subsequently evolve into influential and expectation-changing public and media narratives; these lead consecutively to unrealistic demands that favor immediate consumption of accrued mineral revenues and to the postponement of productive investment. To our knowledge, this paper is the first empirical analysis that tests hypotheses regarding the psychological underpinnings of resource mismanagement in mineral-rich states. Our study relies on an extensive personal survey (of 1977 respondents) carried out in Almaty, Kazakhstan, between May and August 2018. We find empirical support for a positive link between exposure to news and inflated expectations regarding mineral availability, as well as evidence that the latter can generate preferences for excessive consumption, and hence, rent-seeking.
description: 26 pages, 7 tables
title: Платформенная экономика на рынке финансов
title: Platform Economy in the Financial Market
Creators: name: Макоев, Сослан Русланович
Publisher: name: Издательский центр СурГУ
Year: 2019

description: В статье рассмотрены процессы в экономике, связанные с переходом от классической модели финансиализации к платформенной экономике, и их влияние на финансовый сектор. По результатам анализа исследований ученых, а также современной конъюнктуры рынка сделан вывод о том, что финансиализация только укрепляет свои позиции через становление и развитие платформенных компаний, технологии блокчейн и стартапов, деятельность которых направлена на упрощение процессов накопления и распределения финансовых ресурсов.
description: The article discusses the processes in the economy associated with the transition from the classical model of financialisation to the platform economy and their impact on the financial sector. After analyzing the research of scientists, as well as the current market conditions, the author concludes that financialisation only strengthens its position through the formation and development of platform companies, blockchain technology and start-ups, whose activities are aimed at simplifying the processes of accumulation and distribution of financial resources.
Steering edge currents through a Floquet topological insulator
Creators: name: Drüeke, Helena
name: Meschede, Marcus
name: Bauer, Dieter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Periodic driving may cause topologically protected, chiral transport along edges of a 2D lattice that, without driving, would be topologically trivial. We study what happens if one adds a different on-site potential along the diagonal of such a 2D grid. In addition to the usual bulk and edge states, the system then also exhibits doublon states, analogous to two interacting particles in one dimension. A particle initially located at an edge propagates along the system's boundary. Its wavefunction splits when it hits the diagonal and continues propagating simultaneously along the edge and the diagonal. The strength of the diagonal potential determines the ratio between both parts. We show that for specific values of the diagonal potential, hopping onto the diagonal is prohibited so that the system effectively separates into two triangular lattices. For other values of the diagonal potential, we find a temporal delay between the two contributions traveling around and through the system. This behavior could enable the steering of topologically protected transport of light along the edges and through the bulk of laser-inscribed photonic waveguide arrays.
title: Diagnosis and endovascular management of varicocele
Creators: name: Lukies, Matthew
Publisher: name: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genital / Reproductive system male
subject: Interventional vascular
subject: Urinary Tract / Bladder
subject: Catheter venography
subject: Fluoroscopy
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Embolisation
subject: Sclerosis
subject: Other

description: Learning objectives
Background
Imaging findings OR Procedure details
Conclusion
Personal information
References
description: Learning objectives:
To review existing imaging modalities used in the diagnosis of varicocele. To review the endovascular embolisation technique for management of varicocele and briefly review outcomes compared to surgical...
Estimating a Demand System with Seasonally Differenced Data
Creators: name: Harri, Ardian
name: Muhammad, Andrew
name: Anderson, John D.
name: Harri, Ardian
name: Muhammad, Andrew
name: Anderson, John D.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: Demand and Price Analysis

description: Researchers estimating demand systems have often used annual data even though monthly or quarterly data are available. Monthly data may be avoided because with monthly data it becomes more difficult to specify seasonality, autocorrelation is more likely to be significant, and there is a greater chance of finding significant dynamics in demand. This paper shows how to obtain consistent and asymptotically efficient estimates of a demand system using seasonal differenced data. It also shows that several alternative estimators are either inefficient or implausible for demand systems.
Learning-based State Reconstruction for a Scalar Hyperbolic PDE under noisy Lagrangian Sensing
Creators: name: Barreau, M.
name: Liu, J.
name: Johansson, K. H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: The state reconstruction problem of a heterogeneous dynamic system under sporadic measurements is considered. This system consists of a conversation flow together with a multi-agent network modeling particles within the flow. We propose a partial-state reconstruction algorithm using physics-informed learning based on local measurements obtained from these agents. Traffic density reconstruction is used as an example to illustrate the results and it is shown that the approach provides an efficient noise rejection.
[Elicitation of basic sentences and names, conversation]
Creators: name: Santiago Francisco, José
name: Santiago Francisco, Miguel
name: McFarland, Teresa
Publisher: name: California Language Archive, University of California, Berkeley
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: tlp

description: 4 WAV files. Corresponds to pp. 11-24 of related field notes. Conversation is file 003, with transcription and translation on pp. 15-17, 48-49, and 73-75.
Household Food Purchase Patterns: The Case of Vegetables
Creators: name: Dong, Diansheng
name: Stewart, Hayden
name: Dong, Diansheng
name: Stewart, Hayden
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety

description: A household’s purchase pattern for food can be described along three dimensions: how much food is bought, what types of food are bought, and how often food is bought. We have proposed a model in which these three facets of purchase behavior are simultaneously determined. Among other things, our model allows us to ask whether a household’s frequency of purchase influences how much food is bought on any shopping occasion. This was not possible with past studies. We find that, in fact, the more time has elapsed between purchases, the greater the quantity of product a household will buy on its next shopping occasion.
title: Assessing the performance of a commercially available AI software in the detection of acute ischaemic strokes on non-contrast CT Brain
Creators: name: Ling, Lisa
Publisher: name: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence
subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: CT
subject: CT-Angiography
subject: Decision analysis
subject: Embolism / Thrombosis

description: Purpose
Methods and materials
Results
Conclusion
Personal information
References
description: Purpose:
Radiologist assessment of acute ischaemic stroke (IS) on non-contrast CT Brain imaging (NCCTB) may have poor sensitivity, particularly in the first few hours where early changes can be subtle [1]. Ischaemic strokes are a major cause of death and...
Polarization analysis of gravitational-wave backgrounds from the correlation signals of ground-based interferometers: measuring a circular-polarization mode
Creators: name: Seto, Naoki
name: Taruya, Atsushi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Stokes V parameter characterizes asymmetry of amplitudes between right- and left-handed waves, and non-vanishing value of the V parameter yields a circularly polarized signal. Cosmologically, V parameter may be a direct probe for parity violation in the universe. In this paper, we theoretically investigate a measurement of this parameter, particularly focusing on the gravitational-wave backgrounds observed via ground-based interferometers. In contrast to the traditional analysis that only considers the total amplitude (or equivalently $Ω_{GW}$), the signal analysis including a circular-polarized mode has a rich structure due to the multi-dimensionality of target parameters. We show that, by using the network of next-generation detectors, separation between polarized and unpolarized modes can be performed with small statistical loss induced by their correlation.
description: 27 pages
Importance of Genetic Studies of Cardiometabolic Disease in Diverse Populations
Creators: name: North, K.E.
name: Love, S.-A.M.
name: Young, K.L.
name: Petty, L.E.
name: Raffield, L.M.
name: Okello, S.
name: Graff, M.
name: Highland, H.M.
name: Lilly, A.G.
name: Divaris, K.
name: Fernández-Rhodes, L.
name: Agler, C.
name: Below, J.E.
name: Wojcik, G.L.
Publisher: name: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Year: 2020

description: Genome-wide association studies have revolutionized our understanding of the genetic underpinnings of cardiometabolic disease. Yet, the inadequate representation of individuals of diverse ancestral backgrounds in these studies may undercut their ultimate potential for both public health and precision medicine. The goal of this review is to describe the imperativeness of studying the populations who are most affected by cardiometabolic disease, to the aim of better understanding the genetic underpinnings of the disease. We support this premise by describing the current variation in the global burden of cardiometabolic disease and emphasize the importance of building a globally and ancestrally representative genetics evidence base for the identification of population-specific variants, fine-mapping, and polygenic risk score estimation. We discuss the important ethical, legal, and social implications of increasing ancestral diversity in genetic studies of cardiometabolic disease and the challenges that arise from the (1) lack of diversity in current reference populations and available analytic samples and the (2) unequal generation of health-associated genomic data and their prediction accuracies. Despite these challenges, we conclude that additional, unprecedented opportunities lie ahead for public health genomics and the realization of precision medicine, provided that the gap in diversity can be systematically addressed. Achieving this goal will require concerted efforts by social, academic, professional and regulatory stakeholders and communities, and these efforts must be based on principles of equity and social justice.
RotorTM: A Flexible Simulator for Aerial Transportation and Manipulation
Creators: name: Li, Guanrui
name: Liu, Xinyang
name: Loianno, Giuseppe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Low-cost autonomous Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) have the potential to help humans by simplifying and speeding up complex tasks that require their interaction with the environment, such as construction, package delivery, and search and rescue. These systems, composed of single or multiple vehicles, can be endowed with passive connection mechanisms such as rigid links or cables to perform transportation and manipulation tasks. However, they are inherently complex since they are often underactuated and evolve in nonlinear manifold configuration spaces. In addition, the complexity of systems with cable-suspended load is further increased by the hybrid dynamics depending on the cables' varying tension conditions. This paper presents the first aerial transportation and manipulation simulator incorporating different payloads and passive connection mechanisms with full system dynamics, planning, and control algorithms. Furthermore, it includes a novel general model accounting for the transient hybrid dynamics for aerial systems with cable-suspended load to closely mimic real-world systems. The availability of a flexible and intuitive interface further contributes to its usability and versatility. Comparisons between simulations and real-world experiments with different vehicles' configurations show the fidelity of the simulator results with respect to real-world settings. The experiments also show the simulator's benefit for the rapid prototyping and transitioning of aerial transportation and manipulation systems to real-world deployment.
description: This paper has been accepted for publication in the IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO), 2024. Please cite the paper using appropriate formats
Space- and time-like electromagnetic form factors of the nucleon
Creators: name: Bijker, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent experimental data on space- and time-like form factors of the nucleon are analyzed in terms of a two-component model with a quark-like intrinsics structure and a meson cloud. A good overall agreement is found for all electromagnetic form factors with the exception of the neutron magnetic form factor in the time-like region.
description: 15 pages, 1 table, 13 figures, invited talk at XXVIII Symposium on Nuclear Physics, Cocoyoc, Mexico, January 4-7, 2005, to be published in Revista Mexicana de Fisica. Modified conclusions and updated references
title: Accuracy of MRI post-neoadjuvant therapy for locally advanced rectal adenocarcinoma
Creators: name: Koh, Tannia
Publisher: name: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Oncology
subject: Pelvis
subject: MR
subject: Chemotherapy
subject: Radiation therapy / Oncology
subject: Surgery
subject: Cancer

description: Purpose
Methods and materials
Results
Conclusion
Personal information
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description: Purpose:
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become mainstay in the restaging of rectal adenocarcinomas following neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy and has an important role in determining whether a patient goes down a surgical or non-surgical pathway. With a...
ГРАЖДАНСКО-ПРАВОВАЯ ОТВЕТСТВЕННОСТЬ СОБСТВЕННИКОВ ПОМЕЩЕНИЙ В МНОГОКВАРТИРНОМ ДОМЕ И УПРАВЛЯЮЩИХ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЙ
Creators: name: Пермяков М.А.
Publisher: name: Образование и право
Year: 2021
Subjects: общее имущество
многоквартирный дом
правомочия собственников
гражданско-правовое сообщество
управляющие организации
гражданско-правовая ответственность.

description: В статье рассматриваются вопросы гражданско-правовой ответственности собственников помещений в многоквартирном доме, прежде всего, как единого субъекта – гражданско-правового сообщества. Проводится анализ взаимоотношений собственников и организации, управляющей многоквартирным домом. Обсуждаются пределы ответственности названных субъектов за причиненный вред.
Impact of GMO Crop Adoption on Quality-Adjusted Pesticide Use in Corn and Soybeans: A Full Picture
Creators: name: Vialou, Alexandre
name: Nehring, Richard F.
name: Fernandez-Cornejo, Jorge
name: Grube, Arthur
name: Vialou, Alexandre
name: Nehring, Richard F.
name: Fernandez-Cornejo, Jorge
name: Grube, Arthur
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries
Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies

description: Controversies over genetically engineered (henceforth GE or GMO) crops still remain because of uncertainties regarding their long term impact on pesticide use and on the environment if weeds and insects develop resistance to them. Updated USDA data on pesticide use and GMO adoption rates enable us to present a comprehensive analysis that spans 20 years –from 1986 to 2006- for two major crops that have benefited from intensive bioengineering research in the United States: corn and soybeans. After adjusting for the inherent heterogeneity across states and over time in the composition of herbicides and insecticides applied, results suggest that GE crops have lead to a decrease in the use of quality-adjusted pesticides with significant differences between herbicides and insecticides.
description: Replaced with revised version of paper 07/15/08.
ДЕЛИБЕРАТИВНАЯ ЦИФРОВАЯ ДЕМОКРАТИЯ В БРАЗИЛИИ
Creators: name: Ильин Н.С.
Publisher: name: Образование и право
Year: 2021
Subjects: делиберативная демократия
цифровая демократия
законотворчество
законодательный процесс
демократия
общество
политическое участие.

description: Актуальность исследования связана анализом зарубежных делиберативных моделей участия населения при решении публичных проблем. Целью исследования является анализ делиберативной модели цифровой демократии в Бразилии. При написании настоящей работы были использованы методы анализа и синтеза. В результате проведённого исследования можно сделать вывод, что власти Бразилии обеспечивают участие населения в обсуждении законопроектов на интернет-платформах, а также активно поощряют депутатов на конструктивный диалог с избирателями, но в то же время этот метод имеет ряд недостатков, связанных с технической составляющей процесса.