cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
{\textit{Ab initio} determination of pseudospin for paramagnetic defects in SiC
Creators: name: Csóré, András
name: Gali, Adam
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Paramagnetic point defects in solids may exhibit a rich set of interesting and not yet fully resolved physics. In particular, character of wavefunctions and electron-phonon coupling in these defects may highly influence their interaction with external magnetic fields. Complex interplay between the electronic orbitals, phonons and electron spin determines the effective pseudospin of the system that we demonstrate on vanadium and molybdenum defects in hexagonal silicon carbide (SiC) by means of \textit{ab initio} calculations. In this Rapid Communication, we find a giant anisotropy in the $g$-tensor of these defects with Kramers doublet spin ground state, resulting in reduced and vanishing interaction with the magnetic field in parallel and transverse directions, respectively. The consequences of our finding in the application of these defects for quantum information processing are briefly discussed.
description: 5 pages, 1 figure, 3 tables
Corporate Governance in Jamaica, with a Focus on GraceKennedy Limited
Creators: name: Crawford, Monifa
name: Crawford, Monifa
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: International Development
subject: board members
subject: corporate governance
subject: GraceKennedy
subject: Jamaica
subject: transparency

description: The problems of corruption, fraud, and greed amongst corporate entities and persons with fiduciary responsibilities have intensified the expectation of the general public for corporations to demonstrate greater levels of accountability, transparency, and integrity in the way they do business. The speedy pace of globalization makes it essential to reform corporate governance in the Caribbean. In Jamaica, businesses must persuade investors and creditors that they can confidently invest in the island. This means displaying clearer relationships between participation and control, transparency, consistent and detailed financial statements, as well as maintaining good relations with financial markets. Although Jamaica has not always been a leader in transparency and corporate governance, GraceKennedy Limited has managed to be a leader in corporate governance and has gained public confidence over the years. GraceKennedy Limited is a Jamaica-based group that provides a large array of services, ranging from food manufacturing and distribution to financial and cambio (foreign exchange/currency) services. The first part of this article explores the current environment of corporate governance in Jamaica, while the second half examines the corporate governance of GraceKennedy Limited and how the company has implemented its corporate governance framework in Jamaica.
RDA AI in Action - What is the (potential) role of generative AI in Research Software Engineering (RSE) training/practice? Opportunities, Challenges, and Outlook
Creators: name: Utrilla Guerrero, Carlos
name: Dace, Halford
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Slides for the RDA AI in Action webinar February 13 @ 16:00 UTC – 17:30 UTC: https://www.rd-alliance.org/event/ai-in-action-how-researchers-leverage-ai-europe-americas-friendly-time/

Abstract:

Arguments for using Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in developing research software (RS), have mostly been based on perceived benefits such as productivity and efficiency in Research Software Engineering (RSE). Yet effective adoption that enhances software quality requires validation and broader considerations of consistency, reliability, reproducibility and maintainability. In this talk, we report on experiences conducting the GenAI4RS workshop [1], held at TU Delft’s AI Initiative Symposium (June 2024) [2], where educators and researchers explored GenAI’s role and impact in the sustainability of RS. Topics included code assistance, responsible use, and practical sessions with Copilot for RS documentation. Discussions identified three core challenges: i) technical tools lack maturity for validating and replicating outputs, ii) educational approaches do not sufficiently address domain-specific best practices and skills needed for RS sustainability, and iii) financial resources remain inadequate for experimentation, implementation, and tool development. These challenges call for a rethink on how universities integrate GenAI into RSE training, and how we recommend both software engineering and research best practices. By disclosing these experiences, we hope to contribute to the ongoing discussion in the RSE community in Europe and elsewhere. We propose establishing a RSE community of practice where educators and researchers collaborate to assess and validate GenAI model’s responses, exchange insights, and share both successes and failures.

 

[1]: https://zenodo.org/records/11492084

[2]: https://www.tudelft.nl/evenementen/2024/delft-ai/spring-symposium-ai-education
The Effects of Panama Canal Expansion on US Dairy Trade Flows: West, East, and Gulf District Regions
Creators: name: Vorotnikova, Ekaterina
name: Devadoss, Stephen
name: Vorotnikova, Ekaterina
name: Devadoss, Stephen
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: dairy products trade
subject: regional trade analysis
subject: Spatial Equilibrium Model

description: In the last two decades, many trends and policy developments impacted the course of the US dairy industry. Since the mid-1990s two important trade agreements, NAFTA and Uruguayn Round have increased international trade for the dairy industry. As of 2015, a major transportation improvement is expected to be achieved by to the expansion of the Panama Canal. The canal is expected to lower transportation costs for many exporters. In this study, we develop a world dairy trade model to analyze dairy product export quantity from the three dairy producing US regions: west coast, gulf coast, and east coast and great lakes combined. We assess the effect of the Panama Canal expansion on the trade of the US regions. We find that the west coast, which includes California, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho states, is one of the biggest beneficiaries of the expansion. The competitive advantages of this region aid in harnessing the most benefits from the transportation improvements and international demand growth for dairy products.
description: The IFAMR is published quarterly my IFAMA. For more information visit: www.ifama.org.
Price Transmission in Global Dairy Markets
Creators: name: Newton, John
name: Newton, John
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: International Development
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: Risk and Uncertainty
subject: dairy trade
subject: vector error correction
subject: vector autoregression

description: The price relationships governing dairy commodity price transmission among the US, Oceania, and EU markets are considered using vector autoregressive (VAR) and vector error correction (VECM) models. Results demonstrate a one-way price relationship for US dry milk powders as price shocks in Oceania and the European Union spread to the United States while US price shocks do not spread into those markets. US prices for cheddar and butter are impacted by price shocks in Oceania and the EU. However, US price shocks also spread into the Oceania market and may reflect potential arbitrage opportunities. Historically thought to be shielded from international prices through low import quotas and high out-of-quota tariffs, these results are the first to empirically demonstrate that US dairy commodity prices are influenced in both the long-run and short-run by international dairy commodity prices.
description: The IFAMR is published quarterly my IFAMA. For more information visit: www.ifama.org.
Potential Impacts of Trans-Pacific Partnership on Japanese Cheese Imports
Creators: name: Davis, Christopher G.
name: Davis, Christopher G.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Financial Economics
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Production Economics
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: cheese
subject: demand
subject: imports
subject: trade
subject: TPP
subject: tariff rate

description: Japan is a major importer of cheese—second only to the United States in both volume and value. In 2015, the US accounted for 15% of Japan’s total volume of imported cheese. If the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), is ratified by Congress, US and other major cheese exporters stand to benefit from duty free or reduced tariff rates. An import demand model is used in estimating Japan’s demand for imported cheese. Estimates from this analysis are then used to project Japanese cheese imports in volume and value as a result of TPP. Findings suggest that the own-price elasticities for cheese from the EU–28, US, and the ROW are more sensitive to changes in prices than cheese from Australia. Given a 29.8% reduction in the tariff rate on Japan’s fresh cheese imports, Japan is projected to import from the US, New Zealand, and Australia a total of 29.2 million kilograms more cheese. Cheese exporting companies can benefit from the research results that indicate potential export market share changes for competing countries, increases in overall Japanese cheese imports, and price sensitivity of individual country exports of cheese.
description: The IFAMR is published quarterly my IFAMA. For more information visit: www.ifama.org.
Pandalus jordani Rathbun 1902
Creators: name: Wicksten, Mary K.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Pandalidae
Pandalus
Pandalus jordani

description: Pandalus jordani Rathbun, 1902
(Fig. 25 F)
 Pandalus jordani Rathbun, 1902a: 900; 1904: 40. — Schmitt 1921: 41, pl. 14, fig. 1. — Kozloff 1974: 163. — Word & Charwat 1976: 183. — Butler 1980: 133, pl. 4D. — Wicksten 1989b: 313.
 Diagnosis. Body slender, surface smooth. Rostrum as long as carapace, with 4–17 dorsal spines, teeth; 7–10 ventral teeth, apex acute or bifid. Eye large. Stylocerite of first antennae short, both flagella longer than carapace. Length of scaphocerite of second antenna about half length of rostrum length, lateral tooth, blade equal; basicerite with moderate upper lateral, strong lower spines, flagellum longer than body. Third maxilliped with antepenultimate segment having slight lamina, epipod present. Pereopods 1–4 with epipods. Pereopod 1 slender, proximal end of merus with slight lamina. Pereopods 2 unequal, left longer, with 58–62 articles; right shorter, with 19–22 articles. Pereopods 3–5 slender, with slender dactyls bearing 4–7 spinules, propodus with 8–23 spinules, carpus with 2 or 3 spines, merus with 7–11 spines, ischium with 0 or 1 spine, decreasing in number from pereopod 3–5. Abdominal somite 3 with dorsal posterior part compressed, with carina. Posterolateral margin of pleuron 4 with moderate ventral point, pleuron of somite 5 with strong posterolateral point. Somite 6 shorter than telson. Telson with 8–13 pairs dorsolateral spines, 3 pairs distal spines. Male total length to 125 mm, female to 175 mm.
 Color in life. Fine red dots on translucent grayish background. Proximal part of antennal flagellum pale pink (Butler 1980).
 Habitat and depth. Offshore green mud or mixed sand, 36–457 m.
 Range. Iliuliuk Harbor, Unalaska I. to San Nicolas I., California. Type locality off Santa Cruz I., California.
 Remarks. Pandalus jordani is fished from Vancouver I. to Morro Bay, California, but the highest population density is off central Oregon. Catches are highest at 110– 183 m.
description: Published as part of Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, pp. 1-307 in Zootaxa 3371 on page 101
Spatially resolved STIS spectra of the gravitationally lensed BAL quasar APM08279+5255: the nature of component C and evidence for microlensing
Creators: name: Lewis, Geraint F.
name: Ibata, Rodrigo A.
name: Ellison, Sara L.
name: Aracil, Bastien
name: Petitjean, Patrick
name: Pettini, Max
name: Srianand, Raghunathan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: While gravitationally lensed quasars are expected to display an odd number of images, invariably systems are observed with an even number of quasars. For this, lensing galaxies must have very small core radii; this provides strong demagnification of one of the images. High resolution imaging of the gravitationally lensed BAL quasar, APM08279+5255, reveals three point-like images. As these images possess similar colours, it has been suggested that each represents a lensed image. Here, spatially resolved spectra of the individual components, obtained with STIS on the HST, are presented, clearly revealing that each is an image of the quasar. This confirms that APM08279+5255 represents the first example of an odd-image gravitationally lensed system. The implications for the properties of the lensing galaxy are discussed. It is also found that the individual images possess spectral differences indicative of the influence of gravitational microlensing in this system.
description: 5 pages, accepted for publication as a letter in MNRAS
Non-extensive entropy from incomplete knowledge of Shannon entropy?
Creators: name: Sattin, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we give an interpretation of Tsallis' nonextensive statistical mechanics based upon the information-theoretic point of view of Luzzi et al. [cond-mat/0306217; cond-mat/0306247; cond-mat/0307325], suggesting Tsallis' entropy to be not a fundamental concept but rather a derived one, stemming from an incomplete knowledge of the system, not taking properly into account its interaction with the environment. This interpretation seems to avoid some problems occurring with the original interpretation of Tsallis statistics.
description: v.4. 11 pages. Title changed. Content substantially changed: added discussion of several points raised by various referees and readers; Also reference made to work by Luzzi, Vasconcellos, Galvao Ramos. Physica Scripta, to appear
Dust and Nebular Emission in Star Forming Galaxies
Creators: name: Panuzzo, Pasquale
name: Bressan, Alessandro
name: Granato, Gian Luigi
name: Silva, Laura
name: Danese, Luigi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Star forming galaxies exhibit a variety of physical conditions, from quiescent normal spirals to the most powerful dusty starbursts. In order to study these complex systems, we need a suitable tool to analyze the information coming from observations at all wavelengths. We present a new spectro-photometric model which considers in a consistent way starlight as reprocessed by gas and dust. We discuss preliminary results to interpret some observed properties of VLIRGs.
description: 8 pages, to be published in "The link between stars and cosmology", 26-30 March, 2001, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, by Kluwer, eds. M. Chavez, A. Bressan, A. Buzzoni, and D. Mayya
Implications of Trans-Pacific Partnership for the US Dairy Industry
Creators: name: Asci, Serhat C.
name: Paggi, Mechel
name: Yamazaki, Fumiko
name: Asci, Serhat C.
name: Paggi, Mechel
name: Yamazaki, Fumiko
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Production Economics
subject: Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
subject: US dairy trade
subject: Spatial Equilibrium Model

description: The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement would reduce or eliminates tariff and nontariff barriers to trade and increase investment among the parties. Dairy exporting countries in the TPP, including the United States, will compete for market share. This study aims to investigate the possible change in dairy trade flows if the TPP agreement is enacted and the implications for the US dairy industry. An empirical trade simulation model is developed focusing on US dairy trade to analyze the potential impacts.
description: The IFAMR is published quarterly my IFAMA. For more information visit: www.ifama.org.
Supplementary document for Quantum and quasi-classical effects in the strong field ionization and subsequent excitation of nitrogen molecules - 5939627.pdf
Creators: name: Xu, Liang
name: Lu, Qi
name: Tikhonchuk, Vladimir
name: Zhou, Bin
name: Yang, Runzhe
name: Liang, Qingqing
name: Feng, He
name: Danylo, Rostyslav
name: Houard, Aurelien
name: Mysyrowicz, Andre
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document
BUSINESS ORGANIZATION OF FARMERS IN THE TIMES OF SOCIALAND ECONOMIC INSTABILITY: NEEDS END LIMITATIONS
Creators: name: Pejcic, Hristivoje
name: Pejcic, Hristivoje
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Farm Management
subject: Industrial Organization
subject: agricultural
subject: instability
subject: cooperative movement

description: Numerous limitations of a successful economic activity make up our current reality. In these circumstances, farmers are insufficiently organized. On the other side, there are needs and possibilities to change this current situation. However, the basic causes of stagnation in this particular case are ignorance and irresponsibility. Political parties can use this state of things with the purpose of defining their offers to a part of the electorate. They can improve their reputation in one part of the electorate by contributing to a better organization of farmers.
CONSUMERS ATTITUDES TOWARDS MARINATED AND PASTEURISED VEGETABLE
Creators: name: Rodic, Vesna
name: Vlahovic, Branislav
name: Rodic, Vesna
name: Vlahovic, Branislav
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: vegetable
subject: marinated
subject: pasteurised
subject: consumer
subject: market

description: Taking into account the importance that marinated and pasteurized vegetables have in human nutrition, particulary in the seasons when needs for vitamins can not be provided from fresh vegetable, authors in the paper analyze consumers attitudes and motives, which are obtained on the bases of conducted survey. Achieved results can be used by decision makers, both on micro, and macro levels, if their objective is to provide adequate assortment and quality of these products in order to increase their consumption, which is consistent with WHO recommendations.
THE SPATIAL AND SECTORAL CONCENTRATION OF THE FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS IN ROMANIA
Creators: name: Voicilas, Marius
name: Voicilas, Marius
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Financial Economics
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Romania
subject: Investments
subject: Regions
subject: Sectors of activity

description: A territorial analysis of the foreign direct investments (FDI) in Romania shows major differences at all levels and in many fields. Among the eight Romanian economic development regions, there are a few which have closer indicators with the level of other countries in European Union (EU), but still many other far from the requirements of a member state of EU. A sectoral analysis of the FDI in Romania demonstrates a big imbalance between branches. Some of them were more attractive compared with the others. The investments generally and the investments in rural area and agri-food sector especially, acquire a special importance, as they are closely linked to the natural environment and the population. In the context of the transformations in the last years, the agriculture needs major investments in order to recover the lost capital due to the lack of stability and clear policy in the first years of transition. The lack of domestic capital claims for international funds and foreign investments. These are only a part of the arguments supporting the idea that, the foreign capital in Romania is welcome and necessary for the recovery of some sectors of activity, for improvement of the state of regions and for evening out of the disparities between them. The analysis of the Romanian sectors and regions, together with the investment policy and foreign capital flow’s evolution in economy will strengthen the above-mentioned arguments and reveal the present drawbacks and the need to accelerate the investment process.
Where May Ultra-Fast Rotating Neutron Stars Be Hidden?
Creators: name: Burderi, L.
name: Possenti, A.
name: D'Antona, F.
name: Di Salvo, T.
name: Burgay, M.
name: Stella, L.
name: Menna, M. T.
name: Iaria, R.
name: Campana, S.
name: d'Amico, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The existence of ultra-fast rotating neutron stars (spin period P < 1 ms) is expected on the basis of current models for the secular evolution of interacting binaries, though they have not been detected yet. Their formation depends on the quantity of matter accreted by the neutron star which, in turn, is limited by the mechanism of mass ejection from the binary. An efficient mass ejection can avoid the formation of ultra-fast pulsars or their accretion induced collapse to a black hole. We propose that significant reductions of the mass-transfer rate may cause the switch-on of a radio pulsar phase, whose radiation pressure may be capable of ejecting out of the system most of the matter transferred by the companion. This can prevent, for long orbital periods and if a sufficiently fast spin has been reached, any further accretion, even if the original transfer rate is restored, thus limiting the minimum spin period attainable by the neutron star. We show that close systems (orbital periods P_orb \sim 1 hr are the only possible hosts for ultra-fast spinning neutron stars. This could explain why ultra-fast radio pulsars have not been detected so far, as the detection of pulsars with very short spin periods in close systems is hampered, in current radio surveys, by strong Doppler modulation and computational limitations.
description: 6 pages, including 1 figure. To appear in ApJL
WHEAT AS A SOURCE OF RAW MATERIAL IN PASTE FOODS PRODUCTION ON TERRITORY OF VOJVODINA AUTONOMOUS PROVINCE
Creators: name: Kuzman, Boris
name: Cvijanovic, Drago
name: Subic, Jonel
name: Kuzman, Boris
name: Cvijanovic, Drago
name: Subic, Jonel
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Production Economics
subject: wheat
subject: paste foods production
subject: VAP

description: Importance of this research is to realize real production of wheat as a basic element for paste foods production in last period and paste foods consumption in VAP. Such analysis helps us see market investiture and possibility of penetration in it. Market its self becomes more selectively and turbulent. However, there is no only present competition among the producers who produce the same products or give the same services, but also is present so-called generic competition among the products and services which satisfy the same needs of consumers. Such competition could be prevented by detailed analysis of the market and it enables absolute long-term business. In order to realize changes in consumption, certain occurrences were compared with earlier periods. Gathered data were presented by graphs and tables and processed with standard mathematics and statistical methods.
The role of Non-State Actors in the Implementation of Social Protection Policies and Programme in Uganda
Creators: name: Okello, Julius J.
name: Okello, Julius J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Food Security and Poverty
subject: Public Economics
subject: Social Protection
subject: Poverty
subject: Household Vulnerability to Poverty
subject: State
subject: Non-State Actors

description: Drawing from the quantitative and qualitative data collected from the two districts of Uganda, the paper examines the extent to which social protection initiatives in particular the formal and informal policies, regulations and accountability mechanisms of selected social protection interventions influences the demand, design and implementation of programs and consequently the degree of effectiveness it has in addressing gendered vulnerability to poverty. The findings indicate that social protection has become an important strategy for reducing household vulnerability to poverty. Social protection is not only provided by the state but also nonstate actors of various categories are increasingly playing a significant role in addressing the different aspects of vulnerability employing different strategies or approaches. The study has shown that governance of non-state actors (NSAs), in particular formal and informal policies and regulations as well as the accountability mechanisms have significant implications for effective delivery of social protection services in particular ensuring that vulnerable poor needs, interest, concerns and priorities are addressed. Therefore, this study explores key ideas needed in the current debate on the development and implementation of social protection policies and programmes against household gendered vulnerability to poverty in Uganda and proposes the development of innovative development policies and programmes that strengthens the pro-poor implementation of social protection along with more comprehensive schemes on poverty reduction.
EDAQuino-supported experiments in science education
Creators: name: Lang, Ágota
name: Trauer, János
name: Makan, Gergely
name: Kopasz, Katalin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: Computational Physics

description: Arduino board is a widely known and used intelligent electronic tool, which can be variously applied in education. EDAQuino system, developed by our HAS Research Group of Technical Informatics Methodology, is based on an Arduino board and supports experiment-based physics teaching. Our EDAQuino development, presented first at the 2018 GIREP MPTL conference, has been tested in several high schools in the last year. We present here some of our recently developed experiments in detail.
Can the Implementation of Social Protection Policies and Programme Reducing Households and Community Vulnerability to Poverty in Uganda?
Creators: name: Okello, Julius J.
name: Okello, Julius J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Food Security and Poverty
subject: Public Economics
subject: poverty
subject: vulnerability
subject: vulnerable households and communities

description: The existence of disconnected and overlapping research findings on who are the vulnerable groups in postconflict communities of Uganda continues to mingle around the mind of scholarly researchers, policy and decision makers. Most of these groups have had specific research studies conducted and strategic policies designed to address the findings. This article tries to provide an approach to understanding of the concept of vulnerability from social protection perspective. In this regards, the paper looks at and reviews available text on who are vulnerable group in Ugandan context and then focus on more general issues of poverty and vulnerability at household and community level. It further examines the causes of household and community vulnerability to poverty and suggests what social protection interventions provided by the state and non-state actors in reducing their vulnerability to poverty can do. The vulnerable communities reviewed are those households and communities members emerging from inter-intra-conflicts in northern and eastern Uganda. The article begins with an overview of poverty trends and distribution and identifies who are the vulnerable poor in the context of Uganda. For this paper, we define or identify vulnerable households as those persons living in one roof of a home and are always susceptible to shocks and risks such as limited access to education, health facilities, shelter, safe and clean drinking waters, while the paper identifies vulnerable communities as those communities with no or existing poor social infrastructures such as medical facilities, bad roads and old building school structures.
Pandalus platyceros Brandt 1851
Creators: name: Wicksten, Mary K.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Pandalidae
Pandalus
Pandalus platyceros

description: Pandalus platyceros Brandt,1851
(Fig. 25G–I, Pl. 4D)
 Pandalus platyceros Brandt, 1851: 123. — Holmes 1900: 210. — Rathbun 1904: 44. — Schmitt 1921: 43, pl. 14, fig. 3. — Kozloff 1974: 163. — Word & Charwat 1976: 187. — Butler 1980: 139, pl. 2A. — Wicksten 1980c: 364; 1989b: 313. — Jensen 1995: 55, fig. 102.
 Pandalus pubescentulus Dana, 1852: 24. — Stimpson 1857b: 501. — Kingsley 1878b: 63.
 Diagnosis. Body stout, carapace pubescent. Length of rostrum 1.2–2.0 times carapace length, with 4–17 dorsal spines, teeth; 6–8 ventral rostral teeth, usually one tooth dorsal, proximal to rostral apex. Carapace with antennal, pterygostomian teeth. Eye large. First antenna with short stylocerite, inner flagellum longer than outer, both longer than carapace. Length of scaphocerite slightly longer than 0.5 times rostrum length, spine slightly exceeding blade, basicerite with moderate upper lateral spine, strong lower spine, flagellum equaling or exceeding body length. Third maxilliped stout, antepenultimate segment with slight lamina, epipod present. Pereopods 1–4 with epipods. Pereopod 1 with minute chela, ischium with slight lamella. Pereopods 2 chelate, left longer than right, left with 27–31 articles, right with 8 or 9 articles. Pereopods 3–5 with dactyls having 4–7 spinules, propodus with 8–23 spinules, carpus with 3 spines, merus with 7–11 spines, ischium with one spine. Dorsal posterior margin of abdominal somite 3 slightly produced. Pleuron of abdominal somite 4 with strong ventral point, pleuron of somite 5 with strong posterolateral point. Somite 6 shorter than telson. Telson with 4–6 pairs dorsolateral spines. Male total length to 230 mm, female to 253 mm.
 Color in life. Dull red to fawn or tan, with 3 or 4 lateral white stripes on carapace. Pair of conspicuous white spots on dorsolateral surface of abdominal somites 1, 5. Third maxillipeds, pereopods, antennal flagella banded with red, white. Juveniles camouflaged with brown, green or red color similar to algae, eelgrass (Butler 1980).
 Habitat and depth. Juveniles usually shallower than adults, among sea grasses or algae, adults usually among rocks or on steep slopes, intertidal zone to 487 m.
 Range. Unalaska I. to off San Diego; Sea of Japan north along Asiatic Pacific coast. Type locality Unalaska I.
 Remarks. Observations off British Columbia suggest that the shrimp are primarily nocturnal, and may move into shallower waters during the night (Butler 1980). Records from California usually come from deeper subtidal waters, often at the shelf break (about 185 m).
description: Published as part of Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, pp. 1-307 in Zootaxa 3371 on page 103
Astronotus ocellatus
Creators: name: Hui, Tan Heok
name: Peng, Kelvin Lim Kok
name: Huan, Liew Jia
name: Wei, Low Bi
name: Hing, Rayson Lim Bock
name: Beng, Jeffrey Kwik Teik
name: Yeo, Darren C. J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Cichlidae
Astronotus
Astronotus ocellatus

description: Astronotus ocellatus (Agassiz, in Spix & Agassiz)
(Fig. 82, SA)
 References. Lim & Ng, 1990; Ng et al., 1993; Ng & Lim, 1997b; Liew et al., 2012.
 Distribution. Singapore Botanic Gardens (Liew et al., 2012), Bishan Park (Tan HH, pers. obs., March 2017).
 Remarks. This is a popular species in the ornamental fish trade, available in several colour varieties.
description: Published as part of Hui, Tan Heok, Peng, Kelvin Lim Kok, Huan, Liew Jia, Wei, Low Bi, Hing, Rayson Lim Bock, Beng, Jeffrey Kwik Teik & Yeo, Darren C. J., 2020, The non-native freshwater fishes of Singapore: an annotated compilation, pp. 150-195 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 68 on page 175, DOI: 10.26107/RBZ-2020-0016, http://zenodo.org/record/5343987
Agricultural development policy debates: who has the better story?
Creators: name: Mockshell, Jonathan
name: Birner, Regina
name: Mockshell, Jonathan
name: Birner, Regina
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Agricultural support policies
subject: Narrative policy analysis
subject: Advocacy coalition framework
subject: Cluster analysis
subject: Senegal

description: While there is renewed interest to promote agricultural development, there is a lively policy debate on the appropriate instruments to achieve this goal. While some actors argue that agricultural development requires strong government support and input subsidies, others criticize those state-focused instruments and favor market-oriented approaches. Applying a narrative policy analysis approach, this paper addresses the question: Who has a better story-line? The study aims to contribute to a better understanding of contested policy debates using the case of Senegal as an example. The study applies the Advocacy Coalition Framework, and combines quantitative cluster analysis with qualitative narrative policy analysis. Transcripts of in-depth interviews conducted with policy stakeholders in Senegal are the primary data source. The empirical analysis reveals that, there are two coalitions with opposing policy narratives: a large “agricultural support” coalition and a small “agricultural support critique” coalition. The story-line of the agricultural support critique emphasizes that, the government provision of input subsidies is ineffective while story-line of the proponents of such policies consider support essential to promote agricultural development. The analysis of the narratives suggests that, the agricultural coalition has a convincing story-line with a clear beginning (low productivity caused by lack of inputs), middle (providing subsidized inputs) and end (increased productivity). In contrast, the agricultural support critique essentially presents “non-stories” (focusing on what should not be done without providing a convincing alternative story-line of what should be done). Based on the proposition that a more consensus-oriented approach will ultimately lead to more effective agricultural policies, the study explores strategies to achieve a “discursive turn” and examines the role of policy brokers in this context.
Microgels Adsorbed at Liquid-Liquid Interfaces: A Joint Numerical and Experimental Study
Creators: name: Camerin, Fabrizio
name: Fernandez-Rodriguez, Miguel Angel
name: Rovigatti, Lorenzo
name: Antonopoulou, Maria-Nefeli
name: Gnan, Nicoletta
name: Ninarello, Andrea
name: Isa, Lucio
name: Zaccarelli, Emanuela
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Soft particles display highly versatile properties with respect to hard colloids, even more so at fluid-fluid interfaces. In particular, microgels, consisting of a cross-linked polymer network, are able to deform and flatten upon adsorption at the interface due to the balance between surface tension and internal elasticity. Despite the existence of experimental results, a detailed theoretical understanding of this phenomenon is still lacking due to the absence of appropriate microscopic models. In this work, we propose an advanced modelling of microgels at a flat water/oil interface. The model builds on a realistic description of the internal polymeric architecture and single-particle properties of the microgel and is able to reproduce its experimentally observed shape at the interface. Complementing molecular dynamics simulations with in-situ cryo-electron microscopy experiments and atomic force microscopy imaging after Langmuir-Blodgett deposition, we compare the morphology of the microgels for different values of the cross-linking ratios. Our model allows for a systematic microscopic investigation of soft particles at fluid interfaces, which is essential to develop predictive power for the use of microgels in a broad range of applications, including the stabilization of smart emulsions and the versatile patterning of surfaces.
Fluctuation Theorem of Information Exchange within an Ensemble of Paths Conditioned on Correlated-Microstates
Creators: name: Jinwoo, Lee
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 82C05

description: Fluctuation theorems are a class of equalities that express universal properties of the probability distribution of a fluctuating path functional such as heat, work or entropy production over an ensemble of trajectories during a non-equilibrium process with a well-defined initial distribution. Jinwoo and Tanaka (Jinwoo, L.; Tanaka, H. Sci. Rep. 2015, 5, 7832) have shown that work fluctuation theorems hold even within an ensemble of paths to each state, making it clear that entropy and free energy of each microstate encode heat and work, respectively, within the conditioned set. Here we show that information that is characterized by the point-wise mutual information for each correlated state between two subsystems in a heat bath encodes the entropy production of the subsystems and heat bath during a coupling process. To this end, we extend the fluctuation theorem of information exchange (Sagawa, T.; Ueda, M. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2012, 109, 180602) by showing that the fluctuation theorem holds even within an ensemble of paths that reach a correlated state during dynamic co-evolution of two subsystems.
description: 8 pages, 2 figures
Additional file 5 of Multimodal-based machine learning strategy for accurate and non-invasive prediction of intramedullary glioma grade and mutation status of molecular markers: a retrospective study
Creators: name: Ma, Chao
name: Wang, Liyang
name: Song, Dengpan
name: Gao, Chuntian
name: Jing, Linkai
name: Lu, Yang
name: Liu, Dongkang
name: Man, Weitao
name: Yang, Kaiyuan
name: Meng, Zhe
name: Zhang, Huifang
name: Xue, Ping
name: Zhang, Yupeng
name: Guo, Fuyou
name: Wang, Guihuai
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Additional file 5. Feature selection with LASSO in the WHO grading task.Feature selection in the SAG group. Twenty-four features with non-zero coefficients were selected using the minimum criteria.LASSO coefficient profiles of the features in the SAG group. Each colored line represents the coefficient of each feature.Feature selection in the TRA group. Six features with non-zero coefficients were selected using the minimum criteria.LASSO coefficient profiles of the features in the TRA group.Feature selection in the SAG+TRA group. Twenty features with non-zero coefficients were selected using the minimum criteria.LASSO coefficient profiles of the features in the SAG+TRA group. LASSO, least absolute shrinkage and selection operator; SAG, sagittal; TRA, transverse; WHO, World Health Organization.
Delisle, Léopold, Recueil de jugements de l'Echiquier de Normandie au XIIIe siècle (1207-1270) : suivi d'un mémoire sur les anciennes collections de ces jugements, Paris, impr. impériale, 1864
Creators: name: Delisle, Léopold
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2019

description: Source: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k56904981.texteImage
description: Relation: vignette : https://www.nakala.fr/data/11280/e3bad022
Pandalus stenolepis Rathbun 1902
Creators: name: Wicksten, Mary K.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Pandalidae
Pandalus
Pandalus stenolepis

description: Pandalus stenolepis Rathbun, 1902
(Fig. 25J–L)
 Pandalus stenolepis Rathbun, 1902a: 901; 1904: 49, fig. 14. — Johnson & Snook 1927: 303, fig. 257c. — Kozloff 1974: 163. — Butler l980: 145, pl. 2C. — Wicksten 1989b: 313. — Jensen 1995: 55, fig. 103.
 Diagnosis. Body stout. Rostrum with distal 0.66 ascending sharply, 8–12 dorsal teeth, spines; 5–7 ventral teeth, apex bifid. Carapace with strong antennal, moderate to weak pterygostomian teeth, patch of pubescence on cardiac region. Eyes large, cornea almost spherical. Antennular peduncle short, stylocerite short, round. Scaphocerite narrow, lateral tooth exceeding blade, peduncle short. Third maxilliped moderately stout, antepenultimate segment with slight lamina, epipod present. Pereopods 1–4 with epipods. Pereopod 1 slender, ischium with slight lamina. Pereopod 2 chelate, left leg longer, more slender than right, carpus with about 50 articles; carpus of right leg with l0–13 articles. Pereopod 3 moderately stout, with 0 or l ischial spines, merus with 5–7 spines, carpus with 1 or 2 spines, propodus with l8–22 spinules, dactyl stout, spinose. Pereopod 4 about as stout as third pereopod, with 1 ischial spine, 5–7 meral spines, carpus with l–2 spines, propodus with 14–18 spinules, stout dactyl. Pereopod 5 with 0 or 1 meral spine, merus with 3–5 spines, carpus with 2 spines, propodus with 15–23 spinules, stout dactyl. Abdominal somite 2 with distinct transverse dorsal sulcus, somite 3 with dorsal posterior margin moderately produced. Pleuron of somite 4 with weak ventral point, somite 5 with strong posterolateral point, somite 6 with moderate posteroventral point. Telson moderately wide, tapering to blunt apex, with 4–5 pairs dorsolateral spines. Male total length about 76 mm, female 82 mm.
 Color in life. Grayish to whitish, with patches of red on carapace, abdomen, appendages; blue dots on abdominal somites.
 Habitat and depth. Muddy bottoms, 49–229 m.
 Range. Unalaska I. to Hecata Bank, Oregon. Type locality Strait of Juan de Fuca.
description: Published as part of Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, pp. 1-307 in Zootaxa 3371 on pages 103-104
Are seed distributions effective? Evidence from a randomly controlled experiment with improved bean seeds in rural Madagascar.
Creators: name: Bosch, Christine
name: Zeller, Manfred
name: Deffner, Domenica
name: Bosch, Christine
name: Zeller, Manfred
name: Deffner, Domenica
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries
Production Economics
Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies

description: This paper studies access to and adoption of improved seeds and the diffusion of this information in a remote area in central Madagascar. The analysis is based on panel data gathered from 2009 to 2014 for 390 households in three villages. In 2013 a randomized treatment control design was applied in which 50% randomly selected households from the panel received 1.5 kapoaka (0.6 kg) of improved bean seeds (Pois du Cap/Morombe/Phaseolus lunatus). The beans were especially bred for dry regions and purchased at Fofifa (National Center of Applied Research and Rural Development). Of those households receiving, 50% randomly selected households were given information on how to store, plant and cultivate the seeds, as the distributed variety was unknown in the region and not available in the villages. These three groups are compared with respect to baseline characteristics, bean adoption, cultivation, information exchange with other farmers and diet diversity. 55% of the households that received seeds cultivated them, with an average yield of 3 kg. As non-compliance and spillovers exist, next to the average treatment effect on the treated (ATT), intention-to-treat (ITT) and local average treatment effect (LATE) is estimated. Additionally, willingness to pay (WTP) for improved bean seeds is estimated via the contingent valuation method (CVM). In order to ask the WTP, households were explained the benefits of improved bean seeds, which resulted in a WTP of 171% of the price of beans purchased on the local market.
description: This is a working draft. Please do not cite. Link to formally published article will be added when available.
Post-T Tauri Stars in the Nearest OB Association
Creators: name: Mamajek, Eric E.
name: Meyer, Michael R.
name: Liebert, James
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present results of a spectroscopic survey of X-ray- and proper motion-selected samples of late-type stars in the Lower Cen-Cru (LCC) and Upper Cen-Lup (UCL) subgroups of the nearest OB association: Sco-Cen. The primary goals of the survey are to determine the star-formation history of the OB subgroups, and to assess the frequency of accreting stars in a sample dominated by ``post-T Tauri'' pre-MS stars. We investigate two samples: (1) ACT and TRC proper motion candidates with X-ray counterparts in the ROSAT All-Sky Survey BSC, and (2) G and K-type Hipparcos candidate members (de Zeeuw et al. 1999). We obtained optical spectra of 130 candidates with the MSSSO 2.3-m DBS. Pre-MS stars were identified by (1) strong Li 6707A absorption, (2) subgiant surface gravities, (3) proper motions consistent with Sco-Cen membership, and (4) HRD positions consistent with being pre-MS. We demonstrate that measuring the gravity-sensitive band-ratio of Sr II 4077A to Fe I 4071A is a valuable means of discriminating pre-MS and ZAMS stars. Depending on the choice of evolutionary tracks, we find the mean pre-MS ages to range between 17-23 Myr (LCC), and 15-22 Myr (UCL). Accounting for observational uncertainties, it appears that 95% of the low-mass star-formation in each subgroup occurred in less than 8 Myr (LCC) and 12 Myr (UCL). We find main sequence turn-off ages for Hipparcos B-type members to be 16+-1 Myr (LCC) and 17+-1 Myr (UCL). Contrary to previous findings, it appears that LCC is coeval with, or slightly older than, UCL. Only 1 out of 110 (0.9^+2.1_-0.8 %) pre-MS solar-type stars in the sample with ages of 13+-1 (s.e.)+-6 (1sigma) Myr and masses of 1.3+-0.2 Msun shows both enhanced Halpha emission and a K-band excess indicative of accretion from a truncated circumstellar disk. (abridged)
description: 40 pages, 10 figures, AJ, in press, see http://etacha.as.arizona.edu/~eem/scocen/index.html