cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Non-monetary and informal compensation in agency settings
Creators: name: Adithipyangkul, Pattarin
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: In the prior agency literature, the optimal compensation contracts generally specify cash payments that are functions of verifiable performance measures, which can be enforced by the courts. However, the compensation we observe in the real world often includes non-cash components like fringe benefits, gifts, etc. In addition, there are often unwritten (informal) contracts based on personal agreements between a boss and an employee, or between colleagues. These unwritten contracts are generally not enforced by the courts, but they can shape employees' expectations, and hence influence their behavior, as long as the agent believes there is positive probability the boss or colleague will abide by the agreement. This dissertation examines the optimal composition and formality of compensation contracts in agency settings. Three assumptions which distinguish it from the prior agency literature based on cash compensation include (i) not all consumption goods are available from the market (the principal is the only source of some goods), (ii) the agent's productivity is affected by her consumption, and (iii) the principal have a cost advantage in providing some goods. The optimal contracts in different settings are derived. The characteristics of the optimal contract are determined by the characteristics of the good, and the characteristic of the principal's cost advantage (if any). If the agent has private, pre-contract information, the optimal contracts are also determined by the kind of private information the agent has. To explain the use of informal contracts, this dissertation relaxes the assumption that all actions can be manipulated or controlled by a formal mechanism, like a written contract, an audit, etc. This dissertation considers an undesirable action that is beneficial to the agent but is costly to the principal, which cannot be deterred by a formal mechanism. Examples of this kind of action include strikes and employee litigation. An employee opportunistically exercises her rights under the labour law, and this cannot be deterred by a formal mechanism. This thesis shows that informal contracting may be able to deter these undesirable actions, so that the principal is better off leaving the contract unwritten.
Supplementary Material to “Removing data and using metafounders alleviates biases for all traits in Lacaune dairy sheep predictions”, FL Macedo, JM Astruc, THE Meuwissen, A Legarra
Creators: name: Macedo, Fernando L
name: Astruc, Jean-Michel
name: H. E. Meuwissen, Theo
name: Legarra, Andres
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 70201 Animal Breeding
subject: FOS: Animal and dairy science

description: Supplementary Material to “Removing data and using metafounders alleviates biasesfor all traits in Lacaune dairy sheep predictions”, FL Macedo, JM Astruc, THE Meuwissen, A Legarra
City-fortresses as multicomponent architectural and urban complexes (the conservation aspect)
Creators: name: PLAMENYTSKA, Olga
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 190102 Art History
subject: FOS: Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music)

description: City-fortresses as multicomponent architectural and urban complexes (the conservation aspect)
Shaping rural development research in Europe: acknowledging the interrelationships between agriculture, regional and ecological development
Creators: name: Dax, Thomas
name: Dax, Thomas
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: research organisation
subject: European Research Area
subject: rural development
subject: regional systems
subject: interdisciplinarity

description: In a context of significant changes and increasing complexity of economic and social systems, new challenges arise for rural research. It is commonplace that many research issues cannot any more be understood by regional or national studies alone but have to be framed in their international setting. A recent ERA-NET, the RURAGRI network, addressed the gap in European research organisation for providing a common research agenda on rural development research. It highlighted that this research field can be covered sufficiently only if the interrelationships between agricultural, ecological and spatial development are addressed appropriately and taken up as core research questions. The Strategic Research Agenda elaborated through the partners of this network, representing research organisations in 20 European countries, indicates the wide scope of issues for respective international research. Some of those aspects, and particularly the aim of increasing our understanding of these interrelationships, are taken up in a fi rst set of selected international studies resulting from the ERA-NET’s call. The intensive discussion on research collaboration and the high status of rural development policy on the political agenda within the European Union also underpins the need for future international collaboration on research organisation of rural development research.
description: http://dx.doi.org/10.7896/j.1408
SAZONALIDADE DA OFERTA DE PRODUTOS HORTÍCOLAS: O MERCADO DE BERINJELA
Creators: name: Anefalos, Lilian Cristina
name: Moreira, Silvia Rocha
name: Cipolli, Katia Maria Vieira Avelar Bittencourt
name: Turco, Patricia Helena Nogueira
name: Tavares, Paulo Eduardo Da Rocha
name: Anefalos, Lilian Cristina
name: Moreira, Silvia Rocha
name: Cipolli, Katia Maria Vieira Avelar Bittencourt
name: Turco, Patricia Helena Nogueira
name: Tavares, Paulo Eduardo Da Rocha
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: hortaliça
subject: sazonalidade
subject: entreposto
subject: produto fitoterápico
subject: vegetable
subject: seasonality
subject: mart
subject: fitoterapeutic product

description: O objetivo deste trabalho foi analisar o mercado de berinjela no período de 2001 a 2006 para estudar a evolução dos índices sazonais de volume e preço comercializados nos principais entrepostos de São Paulo e Minas Gerais. Para isso foram utilizadas séries históricas mensais de preços e volumes comercializados para se determinar seu padrão sazonal anual, a partir do método da média geométrica móvel centralizada. No caso da berinjela, verificou-se elevação da oferta do produto a partir de agosto e setembro, com conseqüente redução nos preços praticados nos entrepostos. Com a aplicação de novas tecnologias, pode ocorrer oferta de produtos de melhor qualidade, influenciando decisivamente a sazonalidade de preços no mercado consumidor.---------------------------------------------The objective of this paper was to analyze the aubergine market during the period from 2001 to 2006 to study the evolution of the seasonal indexes of volume and price commercialized in the main marts of São Paulo e Minas Gerais. It was used historical month series of prices and volumes to establish their annual seasonal pattern, from the method of the centralized average geometric mobile. It was verified in the case of aubergine increase of supply from months of August and September, reducing the prices in these marts from these months. With the application of new technologies, better quality products can be offered, influencing decisively the seasonality of prices in the consumer market.
2745: Harry Lock
Creators: name: Project Team, Lest We Forget
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 430304
subject: British history
classificationCode: 430308
subject: European history (excl. British, classical Greek and Roman)
classificationCode: 430316
subject: International history

description: There are two small pocket diaries dated 1918 and 1919, which belonged to Joan's father Harry Lock. Joan was unclear whether her father served in the Armed Forces during WW1. She seemed to think he was too young , but she mentioned the Honourable Artillery Company and a service number 626811 . It was not possible to check during the discussion whether Harry served but it is probable that he did so.
The diaries were filled with manuscript entries in a very small hand and were notes regarding the progress of the War. Joan believed that her father had made the entries after listening to news of the progress of the war on the radio, but a search suggested that there was no domestic radio service in the UK until the mid 1920's and it was likely that the notes were taken from newspaper articles. Joan was advised of this.
The research data lifecycle: a roadmap to open data and more
Creators: name: Pasquier, Guillaume Antoine
Publisher: name: Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Library
Year: 2025
Subjects: open data
research data management

description: A poster created for Love Data Week 2024, updated for Love Data Week 2025.

"By integrating proper research data management practices throughout a project, your shared open data can be reused in later projects by yourself or other researchers. These good practices also support the replicability of your research."
The research data lifecycle: a roadmap to open data and more
Creators: name: Pasquier, Guillaume
Publisher: name: Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Library
Year: 2024
Subjects: open data
research data management

description: A poster created for Love Data Week 2024.

"By integrating proper research data management practices throughout a project, your shared open data can be reused in later projects by yourself or other researchers. These good practices also support the replicability of your research."
A MULTIFUNCIONALIDADE DA AGRICULTURA E SUAS EXTERNALIDADES POSITIVAS PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO LOCAL
Creators: name: Watanabe, Kassia
name: Schmidt, Carla Maria
name: Watanabe, Kassia
name: Schmidt, Carla Maria
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Instituições
subject: Multifuncionalidade
subject: Externalidades positivas
subject: Institutions
subject: Multifunctionality
subject: Positive Externalities

description: A idéia do conceito da Multifuncionalidade da Agricultura é: agricultura é multifuncional porque além da função central de fornecimento de alimento e fibra, também fornece outras funções ou serviços para toda sociedade, produzindo externalidades positivas. Este conceito pode ser relevante para construir políticas públicas de desenvolvimento para o Brasil, internalizando as externalidades positivas. A questão é: “Como as externalidades positivas podem ser internalizadas?” Um modo para internalizar as externalidades positivas da agricultura seria adicionar valor aos produtos locais através das certificações, considerando que atividades agrícolas têm um papel essencial para o desenvolvimento da área rural e preservação das tradições culturais. Será apresentada a Nova Economia Institucional para interpretar a necessidade das formas organizacionais para a produção territorial e do ambiente institucional, reduzindo os custos de transação. Outro aspecto a ser considerado é sobre a assimetria de informação. A certificação dos produtos pode diminuir a assimetria de informação, conseqüentemente os custos de transação podem ser diminuídos.----------------------------------------------------The basic idea of Agriculture Multifunctionality concept is: agriculture is multifunctional because besides the key function of providing food and fiber, it provides other functions or services to the whole society, producing positive externalities. This concept can be relevant for building Brazilian public development policy, internalizing the positive externalities. The question is: “How the positive externalities can be internalized?” One way for internalizing the positive externalities of agriculture would be adding value to the local products through the certification, considering that agricultural activities have an essential role for developing the rural area and preserving the cultural traditions. It will present the New Institution Economics in order to interpret the need of organizational forms for territorial production and the institutional environment, reducing the transaction costs. The other aspect to be considered is about the information asymmetry. The certification of products can diminish the information asymmetry; consequently, the transaction costs can be diminished.
Fast Neutrino Flavor Conversion at Late Time
Creators: name: Bhattacharyya, Soumya
name: Dasgupta, Basudeb
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the fully nonlinear fast flavor evolution of neutrinos in 1+1 dimensions. Our numerical analysis shows that at late time the system reaches an approximately steady state. Using the steady state approximation we analytically show that the spatial variation of the polarization vectors is given by their precession around a common axis, which itself has a motion reminiscent of a gyroscopic pendulum. We then show that the steady state solution to the equations of motion cannot be separated in position and velocity, that is the motion is not collective in the usual sense. However, the fast evolution allows spectral-swap-like dynamics leading to partial decoherence over a range of velocities, constrained by conservation of lepton number(s). Finally, we numerically show that at late time the transverse components of the polarization vectors become randomly oriented at different spatial locations for any velocity mode and lepton asymmetry.
description: 15 pages, 9 figures
Gravitational waves from brane-world inflation with induced gravity
Creators: name: Bouhmadi-Lopez, Mariam
name: Maartens, Roy
name: Wands, David
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate the amplitude of gravitational waves produced by inflation on a de Sitter brane embedded in five-dimensional anti-de Sitter bulk spacetime, extending previous calculations in Randall-Sundrum type cosmology to include the effect of induced gravity corrections on the brane. These corrections arise via a term in the brane action that is proportional to the brane Ricci scalar. We find that, as in the Randall-Sundrum case, there is a mass gap between the discrete zero-mode and a continuum of massive bulk modes, which are too heavy to be excited during inflation. We give the normalization of the zero-mode as a function of the Hubble rate on the brane and are thus able to calculate the high energy correction to the spectrum of gravitational wave (tensor) modes excited on large scales during inflation from initial vacuum fluctuations on small scales. We also calculate the amplitude of density (scalar) perturbations expected due to inflaton fluctuations on the brane, and show that the usual four-dimensional consistency relation for the tensor/scalar ratio remains valid for brane inflation with induced gravity corrections.
description: 8 pages, 2 figures
NBFTP: A Dedicated Data Transfer System for Remote Astronomical Observation at Dome A
Creators: name: Huang, Siyuan
name: Yu, Ce
name: Sun, Chao
name: Hu, Yi
name: Shang, Zhaohui
name: Ma, Bin
name: Che, Ming
name: Lu, Xiaoxiao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Dome A, Antarctica has been thought to be one of the best astronomical sites on the earth since decades ago. From it was first visited by astronomers in 2008, dozens of facilities for astronomical observation and site testing were deployed. Due to its special geographical location, the data and message exchange between Dome A and the domestic control center could only depend on Iridium. Because the link bandwidth of Iridium is extremely limited, meanwhile the network traffic cost is quite expensive and the network is rather unstable, the commonly used data transfer tools, such as rsync and scp, are not suitable in this case. In this paper, we design and implement a data transfer tool called NBFTP (narrow bandwidth file transfer protocol) for the astronomical observation of Dome A. NBFTP uses a uniform interface to arrange all types of data and matches specific transmission schemes for different data types according to rules. Break-point resuming and extensibility functions are also implemented. Our experimental results show that NBFTP consumes 60% less network traffic than rsync when detecting the data pending to be transferred. And when transferring small files of 1KB, the network traffic consumption of NBFTP is 40% less than rsync. However, as the file size increases, the network traffic consumption of NBFTP tends to approach rsync, but it is still smaller than rsync.
Interferențe culturale în arta națională
Creators: name: Olguța PÂȚU
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 190102 Art History
subject: FOS: Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music)

description: Interferențe culturale în arta națională
Partial wave decomposition of pion and photoproduction amplitudes
Creators: name: Anisovich, A. V.
name: Klempt, E.
name: Sarantsev, A.
name: Thoma, U.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Partial wave amplitudes for production and decay of baryon resonances are constructed in the framework of the operator expansion method. The approach is fully relativistically invariant and allow us to perform combined analyses of different reactions imposing directly analyticity and unitarity constraints. All formulas are given explicitly in the form used by the Crystal Barrel collaboration in the (partly forthcoming) analyses of the electro-, photo- and pion induced meson production data.
description: 18 pages, 5 figures
The effect of Ginkgo Biloba extract on valproic acid metabolism by human liver microsomes from donors with the CYP2C9*1/*1 genotype
Creators: name: Numa, Andres Masato
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Ginkgo biloba extract (GBE) is a popular herbal preparation used primarily in the treatment of dementia, peripheral vascular diseases, and neurosensory problems. In this study, the effect of GBE on the oxidative metabolism of the anti-epileptic valproic acid (VPA) was investigated. Human liver microsomes (HLM) from donors with the CYP2C9*1/*1 genotype were incubated with VPA and GBE, and the formation of 4-ene-VPA, 4-OH-VPA, 5-OH-VPA, and 3-OH-VPA were monitored by GC/MS in NICI mode. GBE inhibited the formation of all four metabolites in a dose-dependent manner. GBE from three different sources showed similar inhibition of metabolite formation. Pre-incubation of H LM with a monoclonal antibody against CYP2C9 significantly reduced the formation of 4-ene-VPA, 4-OH-VPA, and 5-OH-VPA, demonstrating that CYP2C9 is the major isoform responsible for their formation. Pre-incubation of H L M with monoclonal antibodies against CYP2B6 and CYP2A6 reduced their formation by a smaller amount, suggesting that they are minor isoforms involved in their formation. Pre-incubation of H LM with monoclonal antibodies against CYP2B6 and CYP2A6 followed by incubation with VPA and GBE dramatically reduced their formation. These results show that the inhibition of 4-ene-VPA, 4-OH-VPA, and 5-OH-VPA formation in H LM by GBE is due mostly to inhibition of CYP2C9. These results were confirmed by incubations with recombinant enzymes. GBE inhibited 4-ene-VPA, 4-OH-VPA, and 5-OH-VPA formation by recombinant CYP2C9; 4-ene-VPA, 4- OH-VPA, and 5-OH-VPA formation by recombinant CYP2B6; and 3-OH-VPA formation by recombinant CYP2A6. To elucidate which constituents of GBE are responsible for the inhibition seen with the whole extract, individual terpene trilactones (bilobalide and ginkgolides A, B, C, and J) and flavonol glycosides (isorhamnetin-3-O-nitinoside, kaempferol-3-O-rutinoside, and quercetin-3- O-rutinoside) were incubated with VP A. However, at the concentrations present in GBE, these constituents failed to inhibit VPA metabolism. The aglycones of isorhamnetin, kaempferol, and quercetin inhibited VPA metabolism. Although the aglycones were not detected in GBE, they may be of importance in vivo, as flavonol glycosides are hydrolyzed to their respective aglycones in the small intestine. In conclusion, GBE inhibited the CYP2C9-, CYP2B6-, and CYP2A6-mediated metabolism of VPA. However, the effect could not be explained by the individual terpene trilactones or flavonol glycosides tested.
Flume modeling of debris flows
Creators: name: Choi, Clarence Edward
Publisher: name: HKU Data Repository
Year: 2022
Subjects: Civil geotechnical engineering

description: This chapter is from "Choi CE Ng CWW Liu H 2023 Flume modelling of debris flow in the 2nd edition of Debris-flow Hazards and Related Phenomena (Eds. Jakob, M., McDougal S., Santi, P.), which is in press now.
 Importantly, this file has been used as the key reference in our new funding proposal, and we want it public and upload it in our page and google scholar, so the reviewers could see it. This chapter provides an overview of the fundamental principles, scaling considerations, commonly adopted setups (e.g., flumes and geotechnical centrifuge), and the state-of-the-art in instrumentation and image analysis for modeling debris flows.
2751: The Bygrave family
Creators: name: Project Team, Lest We Forget
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 430304
subject: British history
classificationCode: 430308
subject: European history (excl. British, classical Greek and Roman)
classificationCode: 430316
subject: International history

description: Ronald's grandfather and three brothers all died in service during WW1. His other grandfather (George Prior-Royal Marines ) served and survived. The names of the four casualties were James Bernard Bygrave, Wilfred Bertram Bygrave, Ernest Herbert Bygrave, and Arthur William Bygrave (Ronald's grandfather). Ronald has carried out in-depth research into the five people named above and has amassed a voluminous research folder which he brought in to show and explain. The folder contained copy documents, photographs, press cuttings, and so on.
Diffusion of hard sphere fluids in disordered porous media: Enskog theory description
Creators: name: Holovko, M. F.
name: Korvatska, M. Ya.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use the Enskog theory for the description of the self-diffusion coefficient of hard sphere fluids in disordered porous media. Using the scaled particle theory previously developed by us for the description of thermodynamic properties of hard sphere fluids, simple analytical expressions for the contact values of the fluid-fluid and fluid-matrix pair distribution functions are obtained and used as the input of Enskog theory. The expressions obtained for the contact values are described only by the geometric porosity and do not include the dependence on other types of porosity that are important for the description of thermodynamic properties. It is shown that the application of such contact values neglects the effects of trapping of fluid particles by a matrix and at least the probe particle porosity $ϕ$ should be included in the Enskog theory for a correct description of the matrix influence. In this paper we extend the Enskog theory by changing the contact values of the fluid-matrix and the fluid-fluid pair distribution functions with new properties which include the dependence not only on geometric porosity but also on probe particle porosity $ϕ$. It is shown that such semi-empirical improvement of the Enskog theory corresponds to SPT2b1 approximation for the description of thermodynamic properties and it predicts correct trends for the influence of porous media on the diffusion coefficient of a hard sphere fluid in disordered porous media. Good agreement with computer simulations is illustrated. The effects of fluid density, fluid to matrix sphere size ratio, matrix porosity and matrix morphology on the self-diffusion coefficient of hard sphere fluids are discussed.
description: 10 pages, 5 figures
Open Access Policies: SNSF vs UNIGE vs IHEID
Creators: name: Pasquier, Guillaume Antoine
name: Brendow, Catherine
Publisher: name: Geneva Graduate Institute
Year: 2023
Subjects: open access

description: Poster presenting open access policies of various institutions and highlighting the lack of policy of the Geneva Graduate Institute and the existing services provided by its Library. Prepared for International Open Access Week 2023 and derived from previous work by the University of Geneva Library (Bibliothèque de l'Université de Genève, CC BY-SA 2023)
The Black Hole- Bulge Relations in Active Galactic Nuclei
Creators: name: Wandel, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that Massive Black Holes of AGNs follow the same approximately linear relation with the luminosity of the host spheroid (bulge) found in normal (quiescent) galaxies, with the black hole mass being ~0.002 that of the bulge. We also demonstrate that Narrow line AGNs seem to have a significantly lower Mbh/Lbulge ratio, which implies a new strong correlation between Mbh/Lbulge and the width of the broad emission lines of AGNs. Combining existing data, new observations and extrapolation schemes based on the Faber-Jackson relation, the relation between the BH mass and the stellar velocity dispersion in the host bulge of AGNs is constructed. It too agrees with the relation found in quiescent galaxies.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures, Proc. of IAU Symp. 222, Black Holes, Stars and ISM in Galactic Nuclei
Arhitectura clădirii din situl Orheiul Vechi în raport cu versiunile destinației sale, de la ”palatul pârcălabului” la ”hanaca” misticilor sufi
Creators: name: NESTEROVA, Tamara
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 190102 Art History
subject: FOS: Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music)

description: Arhitectura clădirii din situl Orheiul Vechi în raport cu versiunile destinației sale, de la ”palatul pârcălabului” la ”hanaca” misticilor sufi
Resolving the soft X-ray ultra fast outflow in PDS 456
Creators: name: Reeves, James
name: Braito, Valentina
name: Chartas, George
name: Hamann, Fred
name: Laha, Sibasish
name: Nardini, Emanuele
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Past X-ray observations of the nearby luminous quasar PDS 456 (at $z=0.184$) have revealed a wide angle accretion disk wind (Nardini et al. 2015), with an outflow velocity of $\sim-0.25c$, as observed through observations of its blue-shifted iron K-shell absorption line profile. Here we present three new XMM-Newton observations of PDS 456; one in September 2018 where the quasar was bright and featureless, and two in September 2019, 22 days apart, occurring when the quasar was five times fainter and where strong blue-shifted lines from the wind were present. During the second September 2019 observation, three broad ($σ=3000$ km s$^{-1}$) absorption lines were resolved in the high resolution RGS spectrum, which are identified with blue-shifted OVIII Ly$α$, NeIX He$α$ and NeX Ly$α$. The outflow velocity of this soft X-ray absorber was found to be $v/c=-0.258\pm0.003$, fully consistent with iron K absorber with $v/c=-0.261\pm0.007$. The ionization parameter and column density of the soft X-ray component ($\logξ=3.4$, $N_{\rm H}=2\times10^{21}$ cm$^{-2}$) outflow was lower by about two orders of magnitude, when compared to the high ionization wind at iron K ($\logξ=5$, $N_{\rm H}=7\times10^{23}$ cm$^{-2}$). Substantial variability was seen in the soft X-ray absorber between the 2019 observations, declining from $N_{\rm H}=10^{23}$ cm$^{-2}$ to $N_{\rm H}=10^{21}$ cm$^{-2}$ over 20 days, while the iron K component was remarkably stable. We conclude that the soft X-ray wind may originate from an inhomogeneous wind streamline passing across the line of sight and which due to its lower ionization, is located further from the black hole, on parsec scales, than the innermost disk wind.
description: 13 pages, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal
2766: Button Shield
Creators: name: Project Team, Lest We Forget
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 430304
subject: British history
classificationCode: 430308
subject: European history (excl. British, classical Greek and Roman)
classificationCode: 430316
subject: International history

description: A brass button shield, impressed RGA 1412226. Such items were used to slide under brass buttons on uniforms so that the button could be polished while the cloth of the uniform was protected from staining. The contributor had no information about the provenance of the item, and she thought it might have been in the possession of an ancestor with the surname GLYNN or GOLDEN, and believed it might date from WW2. The impressed "RGA" is almost certainly an abbreviation for ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY, a unit which related to WW1. Taken with the appearance of age and considerable use it is therefore more likely that the item is from WW1 rather than WW2.
INTERNACIONALIZAÇÃO SOB A ÓTICA DAS TEORIAS ECONÔMICAS: ANÁLISE DAS ABORDAGENS PRATICADAS PELOS FRIGORÍFICOS BRASILEIROS
Creators: name: Pozzobon, Daniela Maria
name: Schmidt, Carla Maria
name: Pozzobon, Daniela Maria
name: Schmidt, Carla Maria
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: nternacionalização de empresas
subject: teorias econômicas da internacionalização
subject: frigoríficos
subject: Internationalization
subject: internationalization economic theories
subject: slaughter houses

description: Este artigo compreende um estudo das abordagens de internacionalização praticadas pelos frigoríficos brasileiros sob a ótica das teorias econômicas, tendo como objetivos: (i) analisar: os modos de entrada no exterior; os motivos econômicos de internacionalização sob o impacto dos diferentes ambientes institucionais; o grau de diversificação ou especialização possibilitado pelos investimentos realizados no exterior; como a coordenação da firma é organizada no exterior; (ii) verificar a aderência dos processos de internacionalização dos frigoríficos brasileiros com as teorias econômicas de internacionalização. As principais conclusões foram de que os processos de internacionalização dos frigoríficos brasileiros corroboram não só a teoria econômica de Dunning (1993), que sugere a busca de mercados, ativos, recursos e eficiência; e o Paradigma Eclético (DUNNING, 1980), que alude para a busca de três tipos de vantagens: propriedade, localização e internalização, principalmente, mas também confirmam as teorias de Hymer (1968), Aliber (1970), McManus (1972), Knickerbocker (1973), Buckley e Casson (1976), Grahan (1978; 1985; 1990).--------------------------------------------This paper includes the analysis of the approaches practiced by Brazilian slaughter houses under the internationalization economic theories. The objectives are (i) to analyze the foreign entry modes; the economic purposes under the impact of different institutional environment; the diversification or specialization degree allowed by investments made abroad; how the firm coordination is organized abroad; (ii) to verify if the firms internalization processes are adherent with the economic theories of the internalization. The main conclusions are: besides the Brazilian slaughter houses internationalization process confirms the economic theory of Dunning (1993) when he suggests marketing, asset, resource and efficiency seeking and the Eclectic Paradigm (DUNNING, 1980) which allude to seek three advantages types: ownership, location and internalization, mainly, it also confirms the theories of Hymer (1968), Aliber (1970), McManus (1972), Knickerbocker (1973), Buckley e Casson (1976), Grahan (1978; 1985; 1990).
Semi-Inclusive DIS and Transversity
Creators: name: Ratcliffe, Philip G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A review is presented of some aspects of semi-inclusive deeply inelastic scattering and transversity. In particular, the role of $k_T$-dependent and higher-twist (or multi-parton) distributions in generating single-spin asymmetries is discussed.
description: 8 pages, uses aipproc.cls, feynmp, psfrag, and some personal packages (included); invited talk presented at HiX 2004, Marseille, 26-28 July 2004
Algorithmic Approaches to Reconfigurable Assembly Systems
Creators: name: Costa, Allan
name: Jenett, Benjamin
name: Kostitsyna, Irina
name: Abdel-Rahman, Amira
name: Gershenfeld, Neil
name: Cheung, Kenneth
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Multiagent Systems (cs.MA)
subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: J.6

description: Assembly of large scale structural systems in space is understood as critical to serving applications that cannot be deployed from a single launch. Recent literature proposes the use of discrete modular structures for in-space assembly and relatively small scale robotics that are able to modify and traverse the structure. This paper addresses the algorithmic problems in scaling reconfigurable space structures built through robotic construction, where reconfiguration is defined as the problem of transforming an initial structure into a different goal configuration. We analyze different algorithmic paradigms and present corresponding abstractions and graph formulations, examining specialized algorithms that consider discretized space and time steps. We then discuss fundamental design trades for different computational architectures, such as centralized versus distributed, and present two representative algorithms as concrete examples for comparison. We analyze how those algorithms achieve different objective functions and goals, such as minimization of total distance traveled, maximization of fault-tolerance, or minimization of total time spent in assembly. This is meant to offer an impression of algorithmic constraints on scalability of corresponding structural and robotic design. From this study, a set of recommendations is developed on where and when to use each paradigm, as well as implications for physical robotic and structural system design.
CAPre: Code-Analysis based Prefetching for Persistent Object Stores
Creators: name: Touma, Rizkallah
name: Queralt, Anna
name: Cortes, Toni
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Databases (cs.DB)
subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Data prefetching aims to improve access times to data storage systems by predicting data records that are likely to be accessed by subsequent requests and retrieving them into a memory cache before they are needed. In the case of Persistent Object Stores, previous approaches to prefetching have been based on predictions made through analysis of the store's schema, which generates rigid predictions, or monitoring access patterns to the store while applications are executed, which introduces memory and/or computation overhead. In this paper, we present CAPre, a novel prefetching system for Persistent Object Stores based on static code analysis of object-oriented applications. CAPre generates the predictions at compile-time and does not introduce any overhead to the application execution. Moreover, CAPre is able to predict large amounts of objects that will be accessed in the near future, thus enabling the object store to perform parallel prefetching if the objects are distributed, in a much more aggressive way than in schema-based prediction algorithms. We integrate CAPre into a distributed Persistent Object Store and run a series of experiments that show that it can reduce the execution time of applications from 9% to over 50%, depending on the nature of the application and its persistent data model.
30925: Message announcing the end of the war
Creators: name: Project Team, Lest We Forget
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 430304
subject: British history
classificationCode: 430308
subject: European history (excl. British, classical Greek and Roman)
classificationCode: 430316
subject: International history

description: The message was sent to the contributor's great uncle, Brigadier General Charles Armstrong, Chief Engineer of the Canadian Force. He sent the message enclosed in a letter to his wife, Flora, and asked her to keep it safe. The contributor found it, still in the envelope with the letter, among some documents of their Grandfather's (Flora's brother).
Quantum seals
Creators: name: Singh, Sudhir Kumar
name: Srikanth, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: A quantum seal is a way of encoding a message into quantum states, so that anybody may read the message with little error, while authorized verifiers can detect that the seal has been broken. We present a simple extension to the Bechmann-Pasquinucci majority-voting scheme that is impervious to coherent attacks, and further, encompasses sealing quantum messages by means of quantum encryption. The scheme is relatively easy to implement, requiring neither entanglement nor controlled operations during the state preparation, reading or verification stages.
description: To appear in Physica Scripta, 4 pages
ANÁLISE DAS POLITICAS PÚBLICAS DE INCENTIVO À OVINOCULTURA
Creators: name: Bitencourt, Mayra Batista
name: Sorio, Andre Macieira
name: Cruzetta, Eduardo
name: Bitencourt, Mayra Batista
name: Sorio, Andre Macieira
name: Cruzetta, Eduardo
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: carne ovina
subject: políticas públicas
subject: competitividade
subject: abate clandestino
subject: lamb meat
subject: public policy
subject: competitiveness
subject: clandestine slaughter

description: Este estudo tem o objetivo de demonstrar se a política de incentivos adotada por Mato Grosso do Sul para apoiar a ovinocultura conseguiu provocar os efeitos positivos planejados na cadeia produtiva da carne ovina do estado. Foi feita uma pesquisa qualitativa, através de entrevistas com elementos-chave da cadeia produtiva, observação direta dos estágios da cadeia e uso de informações de fontes secundarias. A análise das características dos incentivos concedidos ao longo dos últimos anos para a ovinocultura em MS, mostra que estes incentivos não incorporam mecanismos de estímulo à modernização tecnológica das empresas, nem ao treinamento da mão-de-obra empregada. Os programas existentes não parecem possuir mecanismos capazes de estimular a incorporação do desenvolvimento tecnológico nem a busca de atuação coordenada por parte dos produtores e empresas locais. No entanto, podem ser observados avanços na organização da cadeia produtiva da ovinocultura em MS, como o aumento da organização dos produtores e o aumento do abate com inspeção sanitária. --------------------------------------------This research aims to show whether the incentives policy adopted by Mato Grosso do Sul to support sheep husbandry has cause the positive effects planned in the productive chain of lamb meat. It was made a qualitative research, through interviews with key elements of the production chain, direct observation of the chain stages and use of information from secondary sources. The analysis of incentives characteristics granted in recent years for the sheep husbandry in Mato Grosso do Sul, shows that these incentives do not incorporate mechanisms to stimulate companies technological modernization nor the employees training. The existent programs do not seem to have mechanisms able to stimulate the technology incorporation nor the search for coordinated action by both local producers and companies. However, progress can be seen in the productive chain organization of sheep husbandry in Mato Grosso do Sul, such as producers organization improvement and the increase of slaughter with health inspection.
Simulations of the Population of Centaurs I: The Bulk Statistics
Creators: name: Horner, J.
name: Evans, N. W.
name: Bailey, M. E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Large-scale simulations of the Centaur population are carried out. The evolution of 23328 particles based on the orbits of 32 well-known Centaurs is followed for up to 3 Myr in the forward and backward direction under the influence of the 4 massive planets. The objects exhibit a rich variety of dynamical behaviour with half-lives ranging from 540 kyr (1996 AR20) to 32 Myr (2000 FZ53). The mean half-life of the entire sample of Centaurs is 2.7 Myr. The data are analyzed using a classification scheme based on the controlling planets at perihelion and aphelion, previously given in Horner et al (2003). Transfer probabilities are computed and show the main dynamical pathways of the Centaur population. The total number of Centaurs with diameters larger than 1 km is estimated as roughly 44300, assuming an inward flux of one new short-period comet every 200 yrs. The flux into the Centaur region from the Edgeworth-Kuiper belt is estimated to be 1 new object every 125 yrs. Finally, the flux from the Centaur region to Earth-crossing orbits is 1 new Earth-crosser every 880 yrs
description: 15 pages, 2 figures, MNRAS in press
Reinterpretarea subiectelor sacre şi alte teme în creaţia sculptorului Valeriu Bâtca
Creators: name: Mariana, Ana
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 190102 Art History
subject: FOS: Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music)

description: Reinterpretarea subiectelor sacre şi alte teme în creaţia sculptorului Valeriu Bâtca
COREQ-32 item checklist for ‘I am happy because I am pregnant, but becoming a mother is not easy,’ the experience of pregnancy and antenatal depression and perception of yoga in rural pregnant women in Maharashtra, a qualitative study’.
Creators: name: Shidhaye, Rahul
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 420403
subject: Psychosocial aspects of childbirth and perinatal mental health

description: COREQ-32 item checklist for ‘’I am happy because I am pregnant, but becoming a mother is not easy,’ the experience of pregnancy and antenatal depression and perception of yoga in rural pregnant women in Maharashtra, a qualitative study’
2701: Stanley Ward
Creators: name: Project Team, Lest We Forget
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 430304
subject: British history
classificationCode: 430308
subject: European history (excl. British, classical Greek and Roman)
classificationCode: 430316
subject: International history

description: Stanley Ward was a Submariner and Bomb Disposal Operator in the 2nd World War after being recalled due to his service in the 1st World War. His sister, Evelyn Ward, of Ward Bakery London, exchanged Postcards with him during the war. In the wedding photo he is in the Submarine Service and he served on HMS Vanguard, HMS Ganges,HMS Caesar in 1910, HMS Natal in 1911 and HMS Arrogant in 1915 as an able rate. He was mentioned in dispatches for defusing German Torpedoes. He married Louie in 1917.
Social movements, contentious politics and transnational resistance : a structural analysis of Falun Gong
Creators: name: Noakes, Stephen W.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: This thesis shows how Falun Gong, as a transnational social movement, uses a horizontal structure to coordinate its campaign against the Chinese communist party. It presents the results of survey research conducted in Vancouver, British Columbia, illustrating that the group's horizontal structure promotes the growth of social capital, which it then applies to its struggle. In 1999, the Chinese government initiated a crackdown on the movement, denouncing it as an evil sect and a threat to single-party rule. Continuing repression has prompted Falun Gong practitioners in over forty countries worldwide to demonstrate against the Chinese government in an attempt to end the persecution. Traditionally, proponents of resource mobilization theories have focused on how social movements use centralized, vertically-arranged hierarchies to overcome collective action challenges and apply pressure on their targets. Strong central leadership, it is argued, allows movements to control flows of money, information and human resources that result in useful, effective forms of activism. This thesis does not reject the viability of vertical structures or resource mobilization theory writ large, but demonstrates the inability of these to account for political activism in an under-explored case.
تقييم المحتوى الرقمي العربي على شبكة الإنترنت
Creators: name: خليفة, بسمة الشيشني
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011

description: يتناول هذا البحث تقييم للمحتوى الرقمي العربي على شبكة الإنترنت وبالأخص دوريات إلكترونية عربية من خلال تطبيق مجموعه من المعايير على الدوريات الإلكترونية محل الدراسة والتي تتمثل في تسع دوريات كالتالى : Cybrarians Journal ، العربية 3000 ، المعلوماتية ، librarian net ، مجلة الاحياء ، نشرة أخبار مكتبة مجلس الوزراء المصرى ، مجلة مكتبة الملك فهد الوطنية ، دورية مكتبات نت ، دراسات المعلومات .
Welche Werkzeuge nutzt Text+ zur Kommunikation, Kollaboration und Arbeitsorganisation?
Creators: name: Buddenbohm, Stefan
name: Weimer, Lukas
name: Wienert, Annika
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: NFDI
Text+
Textplus
Text+ Plenary 22
Infrastructure
Operations
IO

description: Poster presented at the plenary meeting of the NFDI consortium Text+ on September 12, 2022 in Mannheim, Germany.
description: Text+ receives a funding grant from the DFG under the grant agreement number 460033370. Text+ is contributing to the NFDI, the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI).
Elemente inspirate din arhitectură și reflectate în mobilierul țărănesc de pe teritoriul Republicii Moldova
Creators: name: MADAN, Elena
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 190102 Art History
subject: FOS: Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music)

description: Elemente inspirate din arhitectură și reflectate în mobilierul țărănesc de pe teritoriul Republicii Moldova
2722: Joseph Leonard Dix
Creators: name: Project Team, Lest We Forget
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 430304
subject: British history
classificationCode: 430308
subject: European history (excl. British, classical Greek and Roman)
classificationCode: 430316
subject: International history

description: The contributor inherited the records from her grandfather on her fathers side, who died aged 85 surviving the war. He joined the Army in 1916 and was mad a 1st Class Signaller, he was sent to Arras and was based in a cave bigger than a Cathedral. He was captured by the Germans in March 1918 and probably worked on a farm in Germany. His family were told he was killed but then received a postcard in January 1919 showing he was alive but he had been ill so he hadn't written earlier. The Germans gave prisoners the food they could give, he never said anything bad about the Germans.