cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: National Fleet Safety Survey 1996
Creators: name: Federal Highway Administration
Publisher: name: Federal Highway Administration
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/0473rr271
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 1998
Subjects: classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/91993
subject: Motor carriers
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/90602
subject: Highway safety
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/90604
subject: Trucking safety
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/93227
subject: Commercial vehicles
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/97322
subject: Data collection
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/97433
subject: Surveys

description: Approximately 2 million roadside inspections of commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) are conducted annually, primarily through the joint Federal and State Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP). Vehicles and drivers with serious safety problems are placed out-of-service (OOS) and are not allowed to continue operations until the condition is corrected. Inspections are not conducted randomly; inspectors focus on vehicles that pose safety risks. While this is a reasonable enforcement strategy, it limits the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA's) ability to use these data to estimate the "true" OOS rate, i.e., the percentage of vehicles and drivers that would be placed OOS if all vehicles were inspected. To estimate this rate, the FHWA conducted the National Fleet Safety Survey (NFSS) in the summer of 1996, during which a number of States randomly inspected CMVs. The FHWA decided to take advantage of this unique survey to gather information not regularly obtained during inspections, including data on driver training and experience. In addition, because of widespread interest in the safety of hazardous material (HM) shipments, vehicles carrying placardable quantities of HM were oversampled, whereby an extra number of HM vehicles was chosen for inspection. This Analysis Brief presents a summary of the 1996 National Fleet Safety Survey which is fully documented in a separate report (FHWA-MC-98-015).
Geographical change in Tasmanian agriculture during the Great Depression
Creators: name: Kellaway, RG
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: One indicator of a stagnant economy has been a slow rate of population growth . If Tasmania had been able to retain its natural increase between the first postwar census in 1921 and the second in 1933 , the fmal' population would have been 256,170 . The recorded populatIon was only 227,599 . The difference was a result of out-migration during the 1920s . The flow across Bass Strait was sufficient in one period , 192 3 / 24 to 1 926/27 inclusive , to cancel the natural increase and reduce the population of the state . The poor performance of agriculture was seen as the central factor in the process of economic decline . Report after report condemned farming as backward, inefficient and disorganised and called for a restructuring of the rural economy as the first step in overcoming the state 1 s chronic problems of low incomes and population loss . The initial strategy of agricultural reform was defined by Dr . S . S . Cameron , Director of the Victorian Department of Agriculture . Cameron had been brought to Tasmania in 1 92 5 by the Labour government of J . A . Lyons to examine the deteriorating agricultural situation . He concluded that the principal aim of agricultural development should be to increase the output of commodities that had a proven export record from Australia ( e . g . wool , wheat , lamb , fruit and butter ) or that could be worked up into a profitable export trade such as peas or eggs . Efficiency in production and marketing was to be stressed . Crops that were produced primarily for the domestic market ( potatoes , barley , hops ) were to be reduced . The Department of Agriculture was reorganised and given a mandate to bring Tasmanian agriculture up to the Australian norm . It followed the Cameron plan with the exception that livestock enterprises were favoured over cropping in order to restore fertility to the depleted farmlands of the Northwest Coast and North Midlands . Considerable progress was made along these lines before the rural economy was overcome by the collapse of commodity prices in CX:tober 1 929 . This study has been structured as a developmental narrative . Statistical and archival sources have been brought together to investigate the evolution of farming systems between 1 926/27 and 1 936/ 3 7 . The thesis begins with an overview of the agricultural situation in the mid-1 920s . Agricultural reglons are defined for 1 926/27 usmg both the Weaver method and cluster analysis on derived estimates of net farm income at the municipality level . The body of the thesis examines
The structure of maximal zero-sum free Sequences
Creators: name: Bhowmik, Gautami
name: Halupczok, Immanuel
name: Schlage-Puchta, Jan-Christoph
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11B50, 11B75, 05D05

description: Let n be an integer, and consider finite sequences of elements of the group Z/nZ x Z/nZ. Such a sequence is called zero-sum free, if no subsequence has sum zero. It is known that the maximal length of such a zero-sum free sequence is 2n-2, and Gao and Geroldinger conjectured that every zero-sum free sequence of this length contains an element with multiplicity at least n-2. By recent results of Gao, Geroldinger and Grynkiewicz, it essentially suffices to verify the conjecture for n prime. Now fix a sequence (a_i) of length 2n-2 with maximal multiplicity of elements at most n-3. There are different approeaches to show that (a_i) contains a zero-sum; some work well when (a_i) does contain elements with high multiplicity, others work well when all multiplicities are small. The aim of this article is to initiate a systematic approach to property B via the highest occurring multiplicities. Our main results are the following: denote by m_1 >= m_2 the two maximal multiplicities of (a_i), and suppose that n is sufficiently big and prime. Then (a_i) contains a zero-sum in any of the following cases: when m_2 >= 2/3n, when m_1 > (1-c)n, and when m_2 < cn, for some constant c > 0 not depending on anything.
description: 27 pages, 3 figures
Class of Einstein-Maxwell Phantom Fields: Rotating and Magnetised Wormholes
Creators: name: Matos, Tonatiuh
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using a new ansatz for solving the Einstein equations with a scalar field with the sign of the kinetic term inverted, I find a series of formulae to derive axial symmetric stationary exact solutions of the Phantom scalar field in general relativity. We focus on the solutions which represent wormholes. The procedure presented in this work allows to derive new exact solutions up to very simple integrations. Among other results, I find exact rotating solutions containing magnetic monopoles, dipoles, etc., coupled to Phantom scalar and to gravitational multipole fields.
description: 15 pages, no figures
title: Rhizosphere N2 Fixation in a Forest Ecosystem in situ Assays and Evaluation of the Acetylene Reduction Technique
Creators: name: Börjesson, Inger
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1983

description: In situ assays of N2 fixation activity, using the acetylene reduction technique, were performed in four successional stages of a Northern Wasatch Mountain subalpine forest ecosystem, elevation 2,800 m. Emphasis was made on rhizosphere fixation in association with Antennaria microphylla and Achillea millefolium. The vegetation period was approximately 100 days.
Assays were performed in Saran bags. A defined amount of propane was injected at initiation of the assay and acetylene was generated from CaC2. Samples were analyzed for ethylene and propane. Data were evaluated assuming that the ethylene production was directly proportional to the increase in the ratio of ethylene to propane in the samples.
Input of N by soil free-living N2 fixers in the meadow, the aspen, the fir and the spruce was 0.5, 0.3, 0.2 and 0.3 kg N ha-1 y-1, respectively. A higher activity in the presence of plant, as compared to the soil activity, was measured in 10 of the 16 assays, however, the increase was significant at three testings only. This might indicate a contribution by rhizosphere N2 fixation, but to an extent lower than was expected and therefore not detectable with the method used
Leakage of gases from the test device was not corrected for in the method used for evaluation of data. This introduces and overestimation of the obtained activities that increases exponentially with a more rapid effusion rate. Correction for effusion from a closed device can be made provided quantitative analyses of the tracer gas. To determine a small difference between enclosures with and without plants the accuracies in the effusion rates must be high. Quantitative analyses were not required for evaluation according to the method used and therefore, the obtained effusion rates have too wide standard deviations for correction of the effusion rate. It was shown that the determined effusion rates with corresponding standard deviations might obscure a low rhizosphere N2 fixation activity.
Acetylene reduction assays performed in open devices can not easily be corrected for diffusion of gases. The initial very rapid diffusion from an open device leads to a vastly overestimated acetylene reduction activity, when the diffusion is not corrected for.
Estimation of ionospheric reflection height using long wave propagation
Creators: name: Keuer, D.
Publisher: name: Göttingen : Copernicus GmbH
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Ionosphere
subject: Surface waves
subject: Wave propagation
subject: Atmospheric layers
subject: Height Measurement
subject: Long-term variability
subject: Low-frequency
subject: Measuring method
subject: Phase relation
subject: Reflection points
subject: Standard-phase
subject: Radio waves
subject: 550

description: Phase height measurements of low frequency radio waves are used to study the long-term variability of the mesosphere over Europe. Phase height measurements use a characteristic pattern in field strength registration of radio waves interpreted as phase relations between sky wave and surface wave to obtain the apparent height of the reflection point, the Standard Phase Height (SPH). Based on this SPH-method a homogenized daily series was generated since 1959 at Kühlungsborn. Improvements of the measuring method show that the signal is significantly influenced by lower atmospheric layers. Mesospheric reflection is not the exclusive source of the measured behavior. Tropospheric influence can not be neglected. Taking this into account one has to conclude that the strong coherency of the SPH data to mesospheric heights is not as significant as previously assumed. © Author(s) 2019.
Properties of Quantum Systems via Diagonalization of Transition Amplitudes I: Discretization Effects
Creators: name: Vidanovic, Ivana
name: Bogojevic, Aleksandar
name: Belic, Aleksandar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze the method for calculation of properties of non-relativistic quantum systems based on exact diagonalization of space-discretized short-time evolution operators. In this paper we present a detailed analysis of the errors associated with space discretization. Approaches using direct diagonalization of real-space discretized Hamiltonians lead to polynomial errors in discretization spacing $Δ$. Here we show that the method based on the diagonalization of the short-time evolution operators leads to substantially smaller discretization errors, vanishing exponentially with $1/Δ^2$. As a result, the presented calculation scheme is particularly well suited for numerical studies of few-body quantum systems. The analytically derived discretization errors estimates are numerically shown to hold for several models. In the followup paper [1] we present and analyze substantial improvements that result from the merger of this approach with the recently introduced effective-action scheme for high-precision calculation of short-time propagation.
description: 8 pages, 7 figures, uses revtex4
Power Relations, Some Positive Workplace Outcomes , and Non-Managerial Hotel Employees Responses: Evidence from Nigeria
Creators: name: Bello Kayode Alausa
Publisher: name: Assumption University
Year: 2021
Subjects: uncertainty
exchange
environmental determinis
inclusion
power relations

description: ABAC ODI JOURNAL VISION. ACTION. OUTCOME, 8, 1, 25-40
Quantum to classical transition via fuzzy measurements on high gain spontaneous parametric down-conversion
Creators: name: Vitelli, C.
name: Spagnolo, N.
name: Toffoli, L.
name: Sciarrino, F.
name: De Martini, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the high gain spontaneous parametric down-conversion in a non collinear geometry as a paradigmatic scenario to investigate the quantum-to-classical transition by increasing the pump power, that is, the average number of generated photons. The possibility of observing quantum correlations in such macroscopic quantum system through dichotomic measurement will be analyzed by addressing two different measurement schemes, based on different dichotomization processes. More specifically, we will investigate the persistence of non-locality in an increasing size n/2-spin singlet state by studying the change in the correlations form as $n$ increases, both in the ideal case and in presence of losses. We observe a fast decrease in the amount of Bell's inequality violation for increasing system size. This theoretical analysis is supported by the experimental observation of macro-macro correlations with an average number of photons of about 10^3. Our results enlighten the practical extreme difficulty of observing non-locality by performing such a dichotomic fuzzy measurement.
description: 15 pages, 18 figures
Farming as vocation and mission :addresses ...
Creators: name: John XXIII, Pope, 1881-1963.
Publisher: name: University of Notre Dame
Year: 2023

description:
 Addresses to delegates attending the 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th Congresses of the Italian National Confederation of Independent Farmers and to delegates of the 1959 biennial Food and Agricultural Organization conference.
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title: Effect of Time and Rate of Application of Nitrogen on The Yield of the Mexican Wheat under the Semi-arid Conditions of Tunisia
Creators: name: Halila, Habib M.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1971

description: The effect of the time and rate of application of nitrogen on the yield of high yielding varieties of wheat was studied under the semiarid conditions of Northern Tunisia.
Analysis of the experimental data showed that nitrogen increased the yield of wheat in most locations which were chosen for this experiment.
In high rainfall areas, late application of nitrogen (tillering, jointing stages) was more effective than early applications. The optimum yield was obtained by applying 90 kilograms of nitrogen per hectare.
In the medium to low rainfall area, early applications (seeding time) were more effective than the late ones. The optimum yield was obtained by applying 67 kilograms of nitrogen per hectare.
The yields varied from one location to another. This variability was found to be very dependent on the amount and distribution of the rainfall, thus moisture in the soil and the residual nitrogen.
What Research Guides the HIV Response in Papua, Indonesia?
Creators: name: Munro, Jenny
Publisher: name: Canberra, ACT : Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University
Year: 2014

description: This In-Brief considers what research, if any, informs the HIV response in Papua, and suggests that a local, collaborative research base providing specific, grounded evidence is needed to guide HIV interventions.
Cytotoxicity of dendrimers
Creators: name: Janaszewska, Anna
name: Lazniewska, Joanna
name: Trzepiński, Przemysław
name: Klajnert-Maculewicz, Barbara
Publisher: name: Basel : MDPI
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Cytotoxicity
subject: Dendrimers
subject: Drug delivery
subject: Macromolecules
subject: Nanoparticles
subject: Toxicity
subject: 570

description: Drug delivery systems are molecular platforms in which an active compound is packed into or loaded on a biocompatible nanoparticle. Such a solution improves the activity of the applied drug or decreases its side effects. Dendrimers are promising molecular platforms for drug delivery due to their unique properties. These macromolecules are known for their defined size, shape, and molecular weight, as well as their monodispersity, the presence of the void space, tailorable structure, internalization by cells, selectivity toward cells and intracellular components, protection of guest molecules, and controllable release of the cargo. Dendrimers were tested as carriers of various molecules and, simultaneously, their toxicity was examined using different cell lines. It was discovered that, in general, dendrimer cytotoxicity depended on the generation, the number of surface groups, and the nature of terminal moieties (anionic, neutral, or cationic). Higher cytotoxicity occurred for higher-generation dendrimers and for dendrimers with positive charges on the surface. In order to decrease the cytotoxicity of dendrimers, scientists started to introduce different chemical modifications on the periphery of the nanomolecule. Dendrimers grafted with polyethylene glycol (PEG), acetyl groups, carbohydrates, and other moieties did not affect cell viability, or did so only slightly, while still maintaining other advantageous properties. Dendrimers clearly have great potential for wide utilization as drug and gene carriers. Moreover, some dendrimers have biological properties per se, being anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, or toxic to cancer cells without affecting normal cells. Therefore, intrinsic cytotoxicity is a comprehensive problem and should be considered individually depending on the potential destination of the nanoparticle. © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
title: Hybrid Computer Modeling of the Hydro-Salinity Flow System Within a River Basin
Creators: name: Jensen, Duane R.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1972

description: As demands upon available water supplies increase, there is an accompanying increase in the need to assess the downstream consequences resulting from changes in the upstream hydrologic system and salinity flow system.
Since the burden of water quantity and quality maintenance must be shared by the users, predictions are needed for quantity and quality changes which might result from contemplated development at any specified location within the river system. A close relationship between the hydrologic and salinity flow systems exist, thus making it necessary for an understanding of both systems in order to properly manage the salinity system.
This study reports the development of a hybrid computer simulation model of the water and salinity flow systems . The validity of the mode l is demonstrated by applying it to the Sigurd-Sevier subbasin of the Se vier River Basin, Utah.
title: Cougar Exploitation Levels in Utah: Implications for Demographic Structure, Metapopulation Dynamics, and Population Recovery
Creators: name: Stoner, David C.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2004

description: Presently, eleven western states and two Canadian provinces utilize sport hunting as the primary mechanism for managing cougar (Puma concolor) populations. However, the impacts of sustained harvest on population dynamics and demographic structure arc not well understood. Additionally, the lack of cost-effective enumeration techniques and strongly conflicting societal values complicate effective management of this species. Given these concerns, the primary goals of this study were (I) to determine the effects of sustained harvest on cougar populations, and (2) estimate the level and extent of cougar harvest statewide.
I monitored cougar populations on Monroe Mountain in south-central Utah, and in the Oquirrh Mountains of north-central Utah from 1999 to 2003. Over this interval the Monroe population was subjected to heavy annual removals and was characterized demographically by a younger age structure. low survival and fecundity, and declining density. In contrast , the Oquirrh Mountain population was partially protected and exhibited an older age distribution, relatively high survival and fecundity, and static density.
To examine the statewide distribution of sport hunting, I mapped the locations of all cougars legally harvested from I 996-200 I, and calculated harvest rates by watershed (# cougars killed I yr I I 00 km2) . Population trends derived on the st udy sites under known harvest regimes were used as benchmarks and compared with rates calculated for occupied cougar habitat across the state. This provided an index of where cougar populations were stable or declining as a result of hunting pressure.
Results from this research suggest heavy, sustained harvest can have significant impacts on cougar population dynamics and demographics. Patterns of recruitment resemble a source-sink population structure due in part to spatially variable management strategies. Moreover, these results indicate during the later I 990s, most of the statewide population was exploited at levels equal to or surpass ing those measured on Monroe Mountain. Because cougar density and habitat characteristics vary across management units, the temporal scale of population recovery will most likely depend on the interaction of harvest regime, productivity of unexploited populations, and landscape connectivity.
title: Greenstrip Establishment and Management in the Intermountain West
Creators: name: Younkin-Kury, Brenda Kristine
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2004

description: Greenstrips were established at two sites in Utah to determine if seeded, grazed cool-season, perennial grasses would change fire behavior characteristics in areas currently dominated by Bromus tectorum. Frequency data were collected for both grazed and ungrazed seeded species and resident weed species. Moderate spring grazing did not negatively impact the establishment of seeded species at Camp Williams. Grazing at Promontory Point decreased Agropyron desertorum frequency and increased the frequency of Pascopyrum smithii. Biomass data collected for grazed and ungrazed treatments in both years indicated that moderate spring or winter grazing the first two years of establishment did not negatively impact seeded species. Modeled fire behavior in grazed plots indicated that fires occurring under most fire weather conditions could be managed with hand crews at Camp Williams. Simulated fire behavior at both sites indicated that management (i.e., grazing) was necessary to realize the desired fire behavior from the established greenstrips.
title: Performance-Based Brake Testers - Round Robin Study
Creators: name: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Publisher: name: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/01jt5mq34
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2000
Subjects: classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/90414
subject: Inspection
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/93722
subject: Brakes
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/93227
subject: Commercial vehicles
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/93513
subject: Braking performance

description: In the early 1990s, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration initiated research to evaluate various types of performance-based brake testing technologies for application to commercial vehicle inspections. The purpose of the research was to determine if performance-based brake testers (PBBTs) could be used to evaluate commercial vehicle braking capability. A PBBT is a device that assesses the braking capability of a vehicle through quantitative measure of individual wheel brake forces or overall vehicle brake performance in a controlled test. They are widely used for brake inspection in Europe and Australia and are beginning to emerge as both an enforcement tool and diagnostic aid for private sector maintenance and repair shops. This tech brief summarizes a study based on a series of "round robin" tests (i.e., tests in which a single standard is used to evaluate the consistency of various test apparatuses) conducted in July 1998 to assess the suitability of PBBTs for use in law enforcement. 4 p.
A pyrazolone-based dinuclear Cu(II) Schiff-base complex: DFT studies on the rate-determining steps of the tautomerism in the ligand and molecular docking modelling with COVID-19 main protease (6LU7)
Creators: name: Ghasemi, Liana
name: Behzad, Mahdi
name: Gharib, Azar
name: Arab, Ali
name: Abbasi, Alireza
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Cancer

description: A new dinuclear Schiff-base complex, [Cu2L'2(μ-OAc)2], was synthesized and characterized by various spectroscopic methods and single-crystal X-ray diffraction (SCXRD). The symmetrical H2L ligand was synthesized from the reaction between 4-acetyl-3-methyl-1-phenyl-2-pyrazoline-5-one (or acylpyrazolone) with 1,3-propanediamine, but upon reaction with a metal salt, it gave the unsymmetrical HL'. The transition states and rates of interconversion between different tautomeric forms of HL' were studied by DFT computations. The imine-one (Z) in the gas phase and imine-ol (Z) in the solution were the most stable forms, most probably due to better hydrogen bonding. We also applied molecular docking modeling on the various tautomeric forms of the ligand as well as the complex with the main protease (6LU7) of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Based on the obtained results, the complex had better interactions with the receptor. The order of the interactions was [Cu2L2(μ-OAc)2] > amine-one (Z) > imine-one (E) > imine-ol (Z) > amine-one (E) > imine-one (Z) > imine-ol (E).
Quantum router based on ac control of qubit chains
Creators: name: Zueco, David
name: Galve, Fernando
name: Kohler, Sigmund
name: Hänggi, Peter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the routing of quantum information in qubit chains. This task is achieved by suitably chosen time-dependent local fields acting on the qubits. Employing the physics of coherent destruction of tunneling, we demonstrate that a driving-induced renormalization of the coupling between neighboring qubits provides the key for controlling the transduction of quantum information between permanently coupled qubits. We employ this idea for building a quantum router. Moreover, we discuss the experimental implementation with Penning traps, and study the robustness of our protocol under realistic experimental conditions, such as fabrication uncertainties and decoherence.
description: 10 pages, 9 figures
A smart polymer for sequence-selective binding, pulldown, and release of DNA targets
Creators: name: Krieg, Elisha
name: Gupta, Krishna
name: Dahl, Andreas
name: Lesche, Mathias
name: Boye, Susanne
name: Lederer, Albena
name: Shih, William M.
Publisher: name: London : Springer Nature
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: DNA
subject: methanol-responsive polymer (MeRPy)
subject: double-stranded DNA targets
subject: single-stranded DNA targets
subject: 570

description: Selective isolation of DNA is crucial for applications in biology, bionanotechnology, clinical diagnostics and forensics. We herein report a smart methanol-responsive polymer (MeRPy) that can be programmed to bind and separate single- as well as double-stranded DNA targets. Captured targets are quickly isolated and released back into solution by denaturation (sequence-agnostic) or toehold-mediated strand displacement (sequence-selective). The latter mode allows 99.8% efficient removal of unwanted sequences and 79% recovery of highly pure target sequences. We applied MeRPy for the depletion of insulin, glucagon, and transthyretin cDNA from clinical next-generation sequencing (NGS) libraries. This step improved the data quality for low-abundance transcripts in expression profiles of pancreatic tissues. Its low cost, scalability, high stability and ease of use make MeRPy suitable for diverse applications in research and clinical laboratories, including enhancement of NGS libraries, extraction of DNA from biological samples, preparative-scale DNA isolations, and sorting of DNA-labeled non-nucleic acid targets. © 2020, The Author(s).
title: Effects of Sleep Schedules on Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Performance - Part 1 [Tech Brief]
Creators: name: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Publisher: name: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/01jt5mq34
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2000
Subjects: classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/90692
subject: Sleep deprivation
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/91741
subject: Commercial drivers
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/97423
subject: Field studies
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/91798
subject: Human factors

description: The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration sponsored a study to gather and analyze data on commercial motor vehicle (CMV) driver rest and recovery cycles, effects of partial sleep deprivation, and prediction of subsequent performance. The study began in July 1994 and was completed in May 2000. Parts 1 and 2 of this tech brief summarize the study final report, "Effects of Sleep Schedules on Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Performance" (Report DOT-MC-00-133). Part 1 of this tech brief describes the study background, purpose, and the methodology and results from the field portion of the study. 4 p.
How's My English? The English Communication Needs ofWellness Spa Therapists' in Thailand
Creators: name: Jidapha Kraisri
Publisher: name: Assumption University
Year: 2021
Subjects: English communication needs
English for spa therapists
needs analysis
wellness spa therapist
spa therapists in Thailand

description: ABAC ODI JOURNAL VISION. ACTION. OUTCOME, 8, 1, 62-81
Magnetic reconnection at 3D null points: effect of magnetic field asymmetry
Creators: name: Al-Hachami, A. K.
name: Pontin, D. I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The aim of this paper is to investigate the properties of magnetic reconnection at a 3D null point, with respect to their dependence on the symmetry of the magnetic field around the null. In particular we examine the rate of flux transport across the null point with symmetric/asymmetric diffusion regions, as well as how the current sheet forms in time, and its properties. Mathematical modelling and finite difference resistive MHD simulations are used. It is found that the basic structure of the mode of magnetic reconnection considered is unaffected by varying the magnetic field symmetry, that is, the plasma flow is found cross both the spine and fan of the null. However, the peak intensity and dimensions of the current sheet are dependent on the symmetry/ asymmetry of the field lines. As a result, the reconnection rate is also found to be strongly dependent on the field asymmetry.
description: 23 pages, 9 figures
One-pot synthesis, characterization, photocatalytic activity and biological studies of Co(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II) complexes of a tetraazamacrocyclic Schiff base
Creators: name: Remiya, J. P.
name: Shyni, B.
name: Sikha, T. S.
name: Parvathy, U. R.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 20199 Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Cancer

description: Template condensation between pentane-1,5-dial and triethylenetetramine in the presence of divalent metal salts in methanolic solution resulted in mononuclear 15-membered tetraazamacrocyclic Schiff base metal complexes, [M(C11H22N4)X2], where M = Co(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II), X = Cl− and C11H22N4 is the tetradentate macrocyclic ligand. The bonding and overall geometry of the complexes are inferred through elemental analysis, FT-IR, UV–vis, 1H/13C NMR, ESI-mass, molar conductance, magnetic susceptibility and TG measurements. On the basis of the absorption bands in UV–vis spectra and magnetic moment analyses, a six-coordinate octahedral geometry is proposed for all the metal complexes. The formulation of the metal chelates is compatible with the thermal decomposition profiles. Photocatalytic efficiency of the macrocyclic Ni(II) complex was studied using solar water-splitting. The in vitro antimicrobial activity of metal complexes has been tested against certain bacterial and fungal species. The scavenging ability of DPPH free radicals was used to test the antioxidant activity of the complexes. In addition, MTT assay was used to assess the cytotoxicity of Cu(II) chloro complex against L929 mouse fibroblast cell lines.
Exploring Phage Immunity Systems with a Scientific Reading and Communication Activity
Creators: name: Coleman, Sean
name: Dean, Natasha
name: Klyczek, Karen
name: Anders, Kirk
name: Pandey, Sumali
Publisher: name: QUBES Educational Resources
Year: 2020

description: This jigsaw assignment is designed to increase students’ understanding of phage immunity systems, through reading primary literature and communicating key aspects.
Enhanced growth of lapine anterior cruciate ligament-derived fibroblasts on scaffolds embroidered from poly(L-lactide-co-ε-caprolactone) and polylactic acid threads functionalized by fluorination and hexamethylene diisocyanate cross-linked collagen foams
Creators: name: Gögele, Clemens
name: Hahn, Judith
name: Elschner, Cindy
name: Breier, Annette
name: Schröpfer, Michaela
name: Prade, Ina
name: Meyer, Michael
name: Schulze-Tanzil, Gundula
Publisher: name: Basel : Molecular Diversity Preservation International
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: ACL
subject: Cross-linked collagen foam
subject: Embroidered scaffold
subject: Fluorine
subject: Ligament tissue engineering
subject: Poly(l-lactide-co-ε-caprolactone (P(LA-CL))
subject: Polylactic acid (PLA)
subject: 570
subject: 540

description: Reconstruction of ruptured anterior cruciate ligaments (ACLs) is limited by the availability and donor site morbidity of autografts. Hence, a tissue engineered graft could present an alternative in the future. This study was undertaken to determine the performance of lapine (L) ACL-derived fibroblasts on embroidered poly(l-lactide-co-e-caprolactone) (P(LA-CL)) and polylactic acid (PLA) scaffolds in regard to a tissue engineering approach for ACL reconstruction. Surface modifications of P(LA-CL)/PLA by gas-phase fluorination and cross-linking of a collagen foam using either ethylcarbodiimide (EDC) or hexamethylene diisocyanate (HMDI) were tested regarding their influence on cell adhesion, growth and gene expression. The experiments were performed using embroidered P(LA-CL)/PLA scaffolds that were seeded dynamically or statically with LACL-derived fibroblasts. Scaffold cytocompatibility, cell survival, numbers, metabolic activity, ultrastructure and sulfated glycosaminoglycan (sGAG) synthesis were evaluated. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (QPCR) revealed gene expression of collagen type I (COL1A1), decorin (DCN), tenascin C (TNC), Mohawk (MKX) and tenomodulin (TNMD). All tested scaffolds were highly cytocompatible. A significantly higher cellularity and larger scaffold surface areas colonized by cells were detected in HMDI cross-linked and fluorinated scaffolds compared to those cross-linked with EDC or without any functionalization. By contrast, sGAG synthesis was higher in controls. Despite the fact that the significance level was not reached, gene expressions of ligament extracellular matrix components and differentiation markers were generally higher in fluorinated scaffolds with cross-linked collagen foams. LACL-derived fibroblasts maintained their differentiated phenotype on fluorinated scaffolds supplemented with a HMDI cross-linked collagen foam, making them a promising tool for ACL tissue engineering. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
Exact functional integration of radial and complex slave-boson fields: thermodynamics and dynamics of the two-site extended Hubbard model
Creators: name: Dao, V. H.
name: Frésard, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The functional integral formulation of the Hubbard model when treated in its Kotliar-Ruckenstein representation in the radial gauge involves fermionic, as well as complex and radial slave boson fields. In order to improve on the understanding of the interplay of the three types of fields, and on the nature of the latter, we perform a comprehensive investigation of an exactly solvable two-site cluster, as it entails all pitfalls embodied in this approach. It is first shown that the exact partition function is recovered, even when incorporating in the calculation the square root factors that are at the heart of the representation, when suitably regularized. We show that using radial slave boson fields allows to overcome all hurdles following from the normal ordering procedure. We then demonstrate that this applies to the Green's function as well, and to the correlation functions of physical interest, thereby answering the criticisms raised by Schönhammer [K. Schönhammer, Phys. Rev. B 1990, 42, 2591]. In addition, the investigation generalizes the calculations to the Hubbard model extended by a non-local Coulomb interaction.
description: 18 pages, 1 figure
Developing Student Leadership Readiness, Core Leadership Skills to Enhance Student Engagement through Organization Development Intervention: Action Research at Zhejiang Yuexiu University of Foreign Languages in Zhejiang Province, The People's Republic of China
Creators: name: Li, Bing
Publisher: name: Assumption University
Year: 2021
Subjects: leadership readiness
core leadership skills
student engagement
leadership
organization development intervention

description: ABAC ODI JOURNAL VISION. ACTION. OUTCOME, 8, 1, 82-103
title: Influence of Compaction and Freezing on the Structure and Permeability of Some Selected Horizons from Northern Utah Soils
Creators: name: Nagmoush, Samir Ramzy
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1961

description: Frequently, in evaluating plant deficiencies, one considers only those soil factors which are associated with the fertility of the soil-- mainly the levels of phosphorus, potash, nitrogen, and organic matter. A certain level of nutrition is essential for plant growth, but in order for the nutrients to exert their maximum influence on the productivity of the soil, it is equally important that a good soil environment be provided and maintained. A good environment requires that good physical conditions of soil, sir, and water be in balance.
Hydroxybenzoate salts of cobalt(II), manganese(II), and nickel(II): synthesis, crystal structure, Hirshfeld surface analyses, and thermal behavior
Creators: name: Santana, Francielli Sousa
name: de Lima, Bruno Ramos
name: Iwaya, Eduardo Mariano
name: Miorim, Avany Judith Ferraro
name: Baptistella, Gabriel Barros
name: de Sá, Eduardo Lemos
name: Nunes, Giovana Gioppo
name: Reis, Dayane Mey
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Inorganic Chemistry

description: The reaction of hydroxybenzoates with divalent first row transition metal ions afforded four mononuclear complexes, [M(OH2)6](dhbzc)2·2H2O (M = Co2+, 1 or Mn2+, 2), [Ni(OH2)6](hbzc)2·2H2O (3) and [Ni(OH2)5(hbzc)](hbzc)·3H2O (4) (where dhbzc− = 2,6-dihydroxybenzoate and hbzc− = 4-hydroxybenzoate). The complexes were characterized by single crystal and powder X-ray diffraction analyses, infrared spectroscopy, and thermogravimetric analysis. Results showed that the hydrogen bonds present in dhbzc− impaired its coordination to Co2+ and Mn2+. Thereafter, Hirshfeld surface analyses (HS) and 2D fingerprint plots were used to investigate the intermolecular contacts in 1–4. The offset π···π stacking of the dhbzc− counterions in 1 and 2 lead to C···C close contacts over C···H/H···C ones. Complexes 3 and 4 presented the usual herringbone aromatic-based packing for the hbzc− rings with a predominance of C···H/H···C close contacts. The existence of water molecules in the crystal lattices of 1–4 was determined by TG analyses, which proved the presence of coordinated and uncoordinated water molecules. The thermal decomposition patterns were analyzed in light of the percentage of the strongest intermolecular close contacts.
Universal fluctuations in subdiffusive transport
Creators: name: Sokolov, I. M.
name: Heinsalu, E.
name: Hanggi, P.
name: Goychuk, I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Subdiffusive transport in tilted washboard potentials is studied within the fractional Fokker-Planck equation approach, using the associated continuous time random walk (CTRW) framework. The scaled subvelocity is shown to obey a universal law, assuming the form of a stationary Levy-stable distribution. The latter is defined by the index of subdiffusion alpha and the mean subvelocity only, but interestingly depends neither on the bias strength nor on the specific form of the potential. These scaled, universal subvelocity fluctuations emerge due to the weak ergodicity breaking and are vanishing in the limit of normal diffusion. The results of the analytical heuristic theory are corroborated by Monte Carlo simulations of the underlying CTRW.
Additional file 11 of Wide crossing diversify mitogenomes of rice
Creators: name: Yang, Weilong
name: Zou, Jianing
name: Wang, Jiajia
name: Li, Nengwu
name: Luo, Xiaoyun
name: Jiang, Xiaofen
name: Li, Shaoqing
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 11 Supplementary information 1
title: Effects of Temperature on Moisture Conductivity in Unsaturated Soil
Creators: name: Meeuwig, Richard O'Bannon
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1964

description: Water moves in soil in response to potential gradients. The basic equation for this movement is the generalized flow equation: v = - KV0 in which v is volume of water passing through a unit area in unit time, K is the conductivity coefficient, V is the gradient operator (vector), and V 0 is the potential gradient.
JRP26 WP1.1: Detailed work plan
Creators: name: Franz, Eelco
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: During the kickoff meeting (Jan 15/16 2020) the ADONIS project team worked, under the lead of the
 WP leaders, on a more detailed workplan. This was done in the form of X-matrices per WP where goals,
 tasks and actions to be taken are connected. These X-matrices form the basis of the work to be
 conducted and the related distribution of responsibilities over partners. I also provides a tool for planning
 and progress monitoring (result oriented steering).
title: The Course or Behavior of Applied Zinc to Soil Containing Different Levels of Freshly Applied Organic Matter
Creators: name: Henry, Artnel Samuel
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1966

description: Soil organic matter consists of a heterogenous mixture of plant, animal, and microbial material in various stages of decomposition. It possesses characteristics which at present are not very well known. Careful studies have been directed towards the behavior of organic matter as it affects plants directly and man indirectly. Consequently, much tire is devoted to its study from the point of metal inactivation and chelation, the earlier investigations failed to produce results worthy of the efforts expended, so a loss of interest in the continued pursuit of knowledge resulted, about two decades ago when it was learned that many polyvalent metals in the soil exist as insoluble metallo-organic complexes, an interest was renewed in the study of soil organic matter interaction and chelation.
Properties of Quantum Systems via Diagonalization of Transition Amplitudes II: Systematic Improvements of Short-time Propagation
Creators: name: Vidanovic, Ivana
name: Bogojevic, Aleksandar
name: Balaz, Antun
name: Belic, Aleksandar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, building on a previous analysis [1] of exact diagonalization of the space-discretized evolution operator for the study of properties of non-relativistic quantum systems, we present a substantial improvement to this method. We apply recently introduced effective action approach for obtaining short-time expansion of the propagator up to very high orders to calculate matrix elements of space-discretized evolution operator. This improves by many orders of magnitude previously used approximations for discretized matrix elements and allows us to numerically obtain large numbers of accurate energy eigenvalues and eigenstates using numerical diagonalization. We illustrate this approach on several one and two-dimensional models. The quality of numerically calculated higher order eigenstates is assessed by comparison with semiclassical cumulative density of states.
description: 12 pages, 10 figures, uses revtex4