cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Noncommutative QED corrections to e^+e^-\toγγγat linear collider energies
Creators: name: Devoto, Alberto
name: Di Chiara, Stefano
name: Repko, Wayne W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We compute the total cross section as well as angular and energy distributions for process $e^+e^-\toγγγ$ with both unpolarized and polarized beams in the framework of noncommutative quantum electrodynamics (NCQED). The calculation is performed in the center of mass of colliding electron and positron and is evaluated for energies and integrated luminosities appropriate to future linear colliders. We find that by using unpolarized beams it is possible to probe the Lorentz symmetry violating azimuthal dependence of the cross section. Furthermore, with polarized beams the left-right asymmetry of the CP violating NCQED amplitudes can be used to obtain bounds on the noncommutative scale $Λ_{NC}$ which exceed 1.0 TeV.
description: version accepted by Physical Review
Nychiodes obscuraria
Creators: name: Wanke, Dominic
name: Hausmann, Axel
name: Krogmann, Lars
name: Petrányi, Gergely
name: Rajaei, Hossein
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Geometridae
Nychiodes
Nychiodes obscuraria

description: The obscuraria species-group
 The species of this group can be diagnosed by the following characters (after Müller et al. 2019): In male genitalia, costa of valva is sclerotized up to subapical part, humped medially; apex of ampulla superior covered with setae; ampulla inferior not setose, pointed; sacculus process pointed; tip of aedeagus with acute triangular extension. In female genitalia, ductus bursae long and membranous (same size or longer than corpus bursae); lamella postvaginalis laterally strongly extended, sclerotized.
 The following species are included in this group: N. obscuraria (Villers, 1789), N. ragusaria Millière, 1884, N. andalusiaria Millière, 1865, N. notarioi Expósito, 2005, N. mauretanica Wehrli, 1929, N. hispanica Wehrli, 1929.
 Remarks. All species of this group, except N. mauretanica Wehrli, 1929, have been revised previously (see Redondo et al. 2009; Müller et al. 2019). Therefore, we include here only N. mauretanica.
description: Published as part of Wanke, Dominic, Hausmann, Axel, Krogmann, Lars, Petrányi, Gergely & Rajaei, Hossein, 2020, Taxonomic revision of the genus Nychiodes Lederer, 1853 (Geometridae: Ennominae: Boarmiini) with description of three new species-an integrative approach, pp. 1-61 in Zootaxa 4812 (1) on page 9, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4812.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3944102
Patient preferences and predicted relative uptake for targeted therapies in metastatic colorectal cancer: a discrete choice experiment
Creators: name: Wong, Xin Yi
name: Lim, Andrew Qi Jun
name: Qianyu Shen
name: Chia, John Whay Kuang
name: Chew, Min Hoe
name: Wah Siew Tan
name: Hwee-Lin Wee
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy

description: Ras wild-type metastatic colorectal cancers (mCRC) may be treated with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) or anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) agents. We aim to estimate patients’ preferences for mCRC treatment and relative importance of cost, efficacy improvement, avoidance of side effects and therapy convenience, and relative uptake between profiles that resemble Bevacizumab (anti-VEGF) and Cetuximab (anti-EGFR), two commonly prescribed mCRC targeted therapies. Discrete choice experiment (DCE) was administered to English- or Chinese-speaking Stage 2 or 3 colon cancer patients at the National Cancer Centre Singapore. DCE attributes comprise progression-free survival (PFS), severity of acne-like skin rashes, severity of bleeding, out-of-pocket cost per month and frequency of drug administration. Mixed logit model was used to calculate preference weights for all attribute levels. Subgroup analyses were conducted by interacting attribute levels with selected respondent characteristics. Relative uptake rates for various medication scenarios were studied. 169 respondents aged 61.5 ± 10.5 years completed the survey. They placed the greatest weight on cost, followed by bleeding and skin rashes, then PFS and finally frequency of drug administration. This was similarly observed in the subgroup analyses. A scenario with shorter PFS but less severe side effects has a slightly higher relative uptake at 55%. One quarter of respondents reported that they would not take the treatment they preferred in the choice task. Patients were willing to trade off some degree of efficacy to avoid certain severity of side effects. It is therefore crucial for patients and physicians to discuss patients’ preferences and circumstances to understand which attributes are more important, as well as patients’ views on the trade-offs between treatment benefits and risks.
ECONOMICS OF TARIFF-RATE QUOTA ADMINISTRATION
Creators: name: Skully, David W.
name: Skully, David W.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Tariff-rate quotas
subject: quantitative restrictions
subject: trade barriers
subject: tariffs

description: The 1996 Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture was a step toward free trade. The Agreement lifts bans and quotas on imports, but allows their conversion into tariff-rate quotas (TRQs), which function like quotas. At present, many of the 1,300 TRQs increased market access to imports, but some have preserved pre-Agreement levels of protection. The World Trade Organization's intent as to the administration of TRQs is open to interpretation. This report analyzes seven administrative methods in light of the principle of nondiscrimination. We conclude that auctions are the best way to administer a TRQ. First-come, first-served and license-on-demand methods present a moderate risk of biased trade. State trading organizations and producer groups that directly administer TRQs can also bias trade. Historical allocation is the method most likely to be discriminatory. Two case studies illustrate our conclusion.
Economically Feasible Crop Production Alternatives to Peanuts in Southwestern Oklahoma
Creators: name: Devkota, Shankar
name: Holcomb, Rodney B.
name: Taylor, Merritt J.
name: Epplin, Francis M.
name: Devkota, Shankar
name: Holcomb, Rodney B.
name: Taylor, Merritt J.
name: Epplin, Francis M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries

description: Changes in the U.S. peanut program have resulted in drastically decreased planted acres and forced many peanut producers in the Southwest to consider alternative crops. This study examined the economic risk associated with producing peanuts and common alternatives to peanuts. Seedless watermelon is an alternative for risk preferring farmers whereas, irrigated peanut is the best choice for risk averse farmers.
MOLECULAR CLONING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF AN AMERICAN ISOLATE OF HUMAN T-CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS TYPE 1
Creators: name: Da Silva, Luis Claudio Moreira
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 1990

description: All the studies that have been done to date on the regulation of gene expression for HTLV-I have been based on observations drawn from subgenomic clones of the virus. In an attempt to reproduce the events in the course of a natural infection, an intact HTLV-I provirus was molecularly cloned. The provirus originated from an HTLV-I-infected human T-cell line, CS-1. The CS-1 DNA was cloned in bacteriophage lambda and the clone was shown to contain the intact virus as well as 5kb and 4kb of 5' and 3' cellular flanking sequences, respectively. The CS-1 restriction map was generated and compared to maps of other isolates (showing similarity to the prototype Japanese isolate). The HTLV-I LTR was subcloned into a plasmid, sequenced and showed a variation of 1-3% in the DNA sequence compared to other HTLV-I isolates. The promoter sequences in the LTR, however, showed no variation. A cloning strategy was employed to subclone the intact provirus into a plasmid vector such that no cellular sequences would be present. Restriction analysis showed no gross alterations of the virus. Functionality of the cloned intact provirus was verified by its ability to produce viral mRNAs and proteins. HeLa cells transfected with the provirus clone were shown to be transcriptionally active by producing all the three viral mRNAs (genomic, the singly-spliced and the doubly-spliced messages), the levels of which were increased by addition of PMA to the transfected cells. Serum from an HTLV-I-infected ATL patient detected the viral structural proteins being produced by the provirus clone. Future studies with the intact HTLV-I clone will contribute to the establishment of a precise phylogenetic relationship of the viruses of this group and will clarify the pathways used by viral regulatory proteins and their involvement in virus infectivity.
Optimal COVID-19 infection spread under low temperature, dry air, and low UV radiation
Creators: name: Asher, Eitan
name: Ashkenazy, Yosef
name: Havlin, Shlomo
name: Sela, Alon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medical Physics (physics.med-ph)
subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, is currently spreading rapidly throughout the world, causing many deaths and severe economic damage. It is believed that hot and humid conditions do not favor the novel coronavirus, yet this is still under debate due to many uncertainties associated with the COVID-19 data. Here we propose surrogate data tests to examine the preference of this virus to spread under different climate conditions. We find that the disease is significantly (above the 95% confidence level) more common when the temperature is $\sim$10$^\circ$C, the specific humidity is $\sim$5 g/kg, and the ultraviolet (UV) radiation is $\sim$80 kJ/m$^2$. The significance of relative humidity is below the 95% confidence level and does not show a preferred value. The results are supported using global and regional data, spanning the time period from January to July 2020. The COVID-19 data includes the daily reported new cases and daily death cases; for both, the population size is either taken into account or ignored.
Two-photon decays of vector mesons and dilepton decays of scalar mesons in dense matter
Creators: name: Radzhabov, A. E.
name: Volkov, M. K.
name: Yudichev, V. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Two-photon decays of vector mesons and dilepton decays of scalar mesons which are forbidden in vacuum and can occur in dense baryonic matter due to the explicit violation of Lorentz symmetry are described within a quark model of the Nambu--Jona-Lasinio type. The temperature and chemical potential dependence of these processes is investigated. It is found that their contribution to the production of photons and leptons in heavy-ion collisions is enhanced near the conditions corresponding to the restoration of chiral symmetry. Moreover, in the case of the a_0 meson and especially the ρ-meson, a resonant behaviour (an additional amplification) is observed due to the degeneration of ρand a_0 masses when a hot hadron matter is approaching a chirally symmetric phase.
description: 20 figures, IOP style
Heterogeneous Production Efficiency of Specialized Swine Producers
Creators: name: Tonsor, Glynn T.
name: Featherstone, Allen M.
name: Tonsor, Glynn T.
name: Featherstone, Allen M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: efficiency
subject: heteroskedastic Tobit
subject: firm specialization
subject: future anticipation
subject: producer heterogeneity
subject: production technology
subject: returns to scale
subject: swine

description: This research evaluates the efficiency of swine firms differing by specialization type and employed technologies. Measures of technical, allocative, scale, economic, and overall efficiency are separately and jointly estimated for farrow-to-finish, farrow-to-feeder, feeder-to-finish, farrow-to-weanling, weanling-to-feeder, and mixed operations. Findings confirm appreciable differences in efficiency and causes of efficiency. Results suggest that overall efficiency of farrow-to-finish and farrow-to-weanling operations is on average lower than farrow-to-feeder, feeder-to-finish, and weanling-to-feeder operations. In addition, Tobit models examining how demographic factors, farm type, and input expenses influence efficiency indicate additional variation across firm specializations. This information can help aid in making more appropriate decisions such as producers altering their input mixes or researchers evaluating the existence and implications of firm heterogeneity in an industry.
Survey # 87
Creators: name: Institut Für Demoskopie Allensbach
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2021

description: Television (7); commercials on TV (1); atomic research in Germany (2); prisoners of war in Russia (5); preferred housing style (1); support for Konrad Adenauer's policies (3); Adenauer's spare time activities (1); Adenauer Moscow visit (2); Russian cooperation (1); Russia converting all of Germany to communism (1); personal trips to Russia (1); democracies and communism coexisting (1); quiz contests (4); newspapers and magazines read (2); taking pictures (8); European Council (2); possible European union (3); business with banks (5); financial advice (1); likelihood of reunification (1); West German army (1); Saar question (2); advertisements seen (10); listening to radio (2); buying TV set (1); sweating and deodorants (23); soap (7).
TESS Hunt for Young and Maturing Exoplanets (THYME) II: A 17 Myr Old Transiting Hot Jupiter in the Sco-Cen Association
Creators: name: Rizzuto, Aaron C.
name: Newton, Elisabeth R.
name: Mann, Andrew W.
name: Tofflemire, Benjamin M.
name: Vanderburg, Andrew
name: Kraus, Adam L.
name: Wood, Mackenna L.
name: Quinn, Samuel N.
name: Zhou, George
name: Thao, Pa Chia
name: Law, Nicholas M.
name: Ziegler, Carl
name: Briceno, Cesar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the discovery of a transiting hot Jupiter orbiting HIP 67522 ($T_{eff}\sim5650$ K; $M_* \sim 1.2 M_{\odot}$) in the 10-20 Myr old Sco-Cen OB association. We identified the transits in the TESS data using our custom notch-filter planet search pipeline, and characterize the system with additional photometry from Spitzer, spectroscopy from SOAR/Goodman, SALT/HRS, LCOGT/NRES, and SMARTS/CHIRON, and speckle imaging from SOAR/HRCam. We model the photometry as a periodic Gaussian process with transits to account for stellar variability, and find an orbital period of 6.9596$^{+0.000016}_{-0.000015}$ days and radius of 10.02$^{+0.54}_{-0.53}$ R$_\oplus$. We also identify a single transit of an additional candidate planet with radius 8.01$^{+0.75}_{-0.71}$ R$_\oplus$ that has an orbital period of $\gtrsim23$ days. The validated planet HIP 67522 b is currently the youngest transiting hot Jupiter discovered and is an ideal candidate for transmission spectroscopy and radial velocity follow-up studies, while also demonstrating that some young giant planets either form in situ at small orbital radii, or else migrate promptly from formation sites farther out in the disk.
description: Submitted to AAS Journals, 19 pages, 10 figures, 6 tables
Nychiodes waltheri Wagner 1919
Creators: name: Wanke, Dominic
name: Hausmann, Axel
name: Krogmann, Lars
name: Petrányi, Gergely
name: Rajaei, Hossein
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Geometridae
Nychiodes
Nychiodes waltheri

description: The waltheri species-group
 The species of this group can be diagnosed by the following characters (after Müller et al. 2019): In male genitalia, the costa of the valva is sclerotized up to the subapical part, humped medially (in most species); apex of ampulla superior and ampulla inferior spinose; sacculus process strongly pronounced, slender and pointed (Müller et al. 2019); tip of aedeagus with digitiform extension (straight or curved). In female genitalia, ductus bursae shorter than half length of corpus bursae; lamella postvaginalis conically broadened, strongly sclerotized.
 The following species are included in this group: N. waltheri Wagner, 1919, N. palaestinensis Wagner, 1919, N. muelleri Hausmann, 1991 and N. aphrodite Hausmann & Wimmer, 1994.
 Remarks. Two species, N. dalmatina and N. waltheri were included in the recent revision of European species (Müller et al. 2019). However, as N. waltheri is the iconic species of this group and mainly distributed outside Europe, we included this species also to the present study.
description: Published as part of Wanke, Dominic, Hausmann, Axel, Krogmann, Lars, Petrányi, Gergely & Rajaei, Hossein, 2020, Taxonomic revision of the genus Nychiodes Lederer, 1853 (Geometridae: Ennominae: Boarmiini) with description of three new species-an integrative approach, pp. 1-61 in Zootaxa 4812 (1) on page 11, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4812.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3944102
Resolutions of small sets of fat points
Creators: name: Francisco, Christopher
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Commutative Algebra (math.AC)
subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 13D02; 14C99

description: We investigate the minimal graded free resolutions of ideals of at most n+1 fat points in general position in P^n. Our main theorem is that these ideals are componentwise linear. This result yields a number of corollaries, including the multiplicity conjecture of Herzog, Huneke, and Srinivasan in this case. On the computational side, using an iterated mapping cone process, we compute formulas for the graded Betti numbers of ideals associated to two fat points in P^n, verifying a conjecture of Fatabbi, and at most n+1 general double points in P^n.
description: 15 pages; very minor revisions plus some additional references; to appear in JPAA
Analyzing Arkansas' Economic Growth: Need for Future Rural Development Strategies
Creators: name: Das, Biswaranjan
name: Rainey, Daniel V.
name: Das, Biswaranjan
name: Rainey, Daniel V.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: Community/Rural/Urban Development

description: A shift-share analysis was conducted for the 75 counties of Arkansas to determine the changing structure of the states' economy for the period 1980-2000. The analysis reveals a lack of overall comparative advantage in the majority of rural counties due to their inability to obtain higher paying jobs in manufacturing and professional sectors.
Comment on "First-order phase transitions: equivalence between bimodalities and the Yang-Lee theorem"
Creators: name: Touchette, Hugo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: I discuss the validity of a result put forward recently by Chomaz and Gulminelli [Physica A 330 (2003) 451] concerning the equivalence of two definitions of first-order phase transitions. I show that distributions of zeros of the partition function fulfilling the conditions of the Yang-Lee Theorem are not necessarily associated with nonconcave microcanonical entropy functions or, equivalently, with canonical distributions of the mean energy having a bimodal shape, as claimed by Chomaz and Gulminelli. In fact, such distributions of zeros can also be associated with concave entropy functions and unimodal canonical distributions having affine parts. A simple example is worked out in detail to illustrate this subtlety.
description: 3 pages, revtex4, 1 figure
Continuous-wave 6-dB-squeezed light with 2.5-THz-bandwidth from single-mode PPLN waveguide
Creators: name: Kashiwazaki, Takahiro
name: Takanashi, Naoto
name: Yamashima, Taichi
name: Kazama, Takushi
name: Enbutsu, Koji
name: Kasahara, Ryoichi
name: Umeki, Takeshi
name: Furusawa, Akira
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Terahertz (THz)-bandwidth continuous-wave (CW) squeezed light is essential for integrating quantum processors with time-domain multiplexing (TDM) by using optical delay line interferometers. Here, we utilize a single-pass optical parametric amplifier (OPA) based on a single-spatial-mode periodically poled ZnO:LiNbO3 waveguide, which is directly bonded onto a LiTaO3 substrate. The single-pass OPA allows THz bandwidth, and the absence of higher-order spatial modes in the single-spatial-mode structure helps to avoid degradation of squeezing. In addition, the directly bonded ZnO-doped waveguide has durability for high-power pump and shows small photorefractive damage. Using this waveguide, we observe CW 6.3-dB squeezing at 20-MHz sideband by balanced homodyne detection. This is the first realization of CW squeezing with a single-pass OPA at a level exceeding 4.5 dB, which is required for the generation of a two-dimensional cluster state. Furthermore, the squeezed light shows 2.5-THz spectral bandwidth. The squeezed light will lead to the development of a high-speed on-chip quantum processor using TDM with a centimeter-order optical delay line.
description: 12pages, 5 figures
Certainty Equivalent Farm Returns from Bt and Non-Bt Cotton
Creators: name: Banerjee, Swagata (Ban)
name: Martin, Steven W.
name: Banerjee, Swagata (Ban)
name: Martin, Steven W.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Farm Management
subject: Bt cotton
subject: certainty equivalent
subject: insecticide
subject: refuge
subject: returns
subject: risk
subject: simulated yield
subject: spray

description: Annual mean returns and certainty equivalent returns for 1983-2003 were calculated for specified non-Bt cotton (refuge) percentages for a cotton farm of average size in the Mississippi Delta. Certainty equivalents indicate sprays influence mean profits more than the percentage of refuge in a cotton producer's portfolio. This supports an earlier study where returns calculated from both observed and simulated yields indicated, for any given refuge percentage, mean returns were higher with less risk when insecticides were sprayed compared to no insecticide sprays.
description: Replaced with revised version of paper 02/14/06.
title: Особенности реализации ведомственного проекта «Социальная юридическая служба» на территории Новгородской области
Creators: name: Баринова, А.
Publisher: name: Новгородский государственный университет имени Ярослава Мудрого (НовГУ)
Year: 2021

description: В статье рассматриваются особенности реализации на территории Новгородской области ведомственного проекта «Социальная юридическая служба», целью которого является реализация права получателей социальных услуг и иных лиц на получение юридической помощи при обращении в организации социального
обслуживания. В статье рассмотрены основные понятия, особенности реализации проекта. Автором описываются главные достижения реализации проекта на территории Новгородской области при участии региональных министерства труда и социальной защиты населения, управления министерства юстиции, Адвокатской палаты, иных органов и организаций, к полномочиям которых относится оказание правовой помощи. Автор также акцентирует внимание на продуктах реализации проекта (виды юридических услуг, предоставляемых гражданам). Раскрываются дальнейшие перспективы реализации проекта.
Valuing House and Landscape Attributes: Application of the Hedonic Pricing Technique
Creators: name: Coley, Madison C.
name: Florkowski, Wojciech J.
name: Coley, Madison C.
name: Florkowski, Wojciech J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: Land Economics/Use

description: Hedonic pricing is used to determine the effect of a landscape element such as the lawn area on the home selling price of single-family homes in Athens, Georgia. Results show that lawn area and the use of zoysiagrass as the dominant species positively and significantly influenced the selling price.
FIBER CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY MIXTURES BASED ON LOCAL MATERIALS
Creators: name: Ergashov, J.D.
name: Usmanova, D.A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: For successful application of basalt fiber concrete in monolithic construction , there must be an available efficient technology for frequently used compositions of such concrete. This article presents the results of research and recommendations on efficient technology of basalt fiber concrete.
Economics of Management Zone Delineation in Cotton Precision Agriculture
Creators: name: Velandia, Margarita M.
name: Rejesus, Roderick M.
name: Segarra, Eduardo
name: Bronson, Kevin
name: Velandia, Margarita M.
name: Rejesus, Roderick M.
name: Segarra, Eduardo
name: Bronson, Kevin
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Management Zones
subject: Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis
subject: Site-Specific Nitrogen Management
subject: Cotton Precision Agriculture.

description: This paper develops a management zone delineation procedure based on a spatial statistics approach and evaluates its economic impact for the case of Texas cotton production. With the use of an optimization model that utilizes a yield response function estimated through spatial econometric methods, we found that applying variable N rates based on the management zones delineated would result in higher cotton yields and higher net returns, above Nitrogen cost, relative to uniformly applying a single N rate for the whole field. In addition, a variable rate N application using the delineated management zones produced higher net returns, above Nitrogen cost, relative to a variable N rate system where the zones are based solely on landscape position. This is indicative of the potential economic value of using a spatial statistics approach to management zone delineation.
A Choice-Based Conjoint Experiment with Genetically Engineered Cotton in the Mississippi Delta
Creators: name: Banerjee, Swagata (Ban)
name: Martin, Steven W.
name: Hudson, Darren
name: Banerjee, Swagata (Ban)
name: Martin, Steven W.
name: Hudson, Darren
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries

description: Producers' preferences for cottonseed are examined using a willingness-to-pay (WTP) approach via mail surveys. Results indicate a positive WTP for yield, technology and fiber quality, and it increases with the level of technology and quality, respectively. WTP varies directly with farm size and inversely with farm labor.
Humanity And AI:friends with benefits?
Creators: name: Sebin Joseph
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 220199 Applied Ethics not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: 210102 Archaeological Science
subject: FOS: History and archaeology

description: We have been reading about it in SciFi novels and watching it in SciFi films but none of us ever imagined that it would dawn on us so soon. Yes, the time of the AI has finally arrived and it is going to stay here with us. This totally unprecedented situation has given rise to several questions as well such as, What is likely to happen to our future as we are, whether we like it or not, increasingly being controlled by the AI? Or Is there a future for humanity at all ? Or Is there something called as the free will ? Or Can the man-machine combination ensure our survival? and many more. This article is a serious exploration of the above mentioned questions.
Maximum Value of a Precise Nitrogen Application System for Wheat
Creators: name: Biermacher, Jon T.
name: Epplin, Francis M.
name: Brorsen, B. Wade
name: Solie, John B.
name: Raun, William R.
name: Biermacher, Jon T.
name: Epplin, Francis M.
name: Brorsen, B. Wade
name: Solie, John B.
name: Raun, William R.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries

description: Research is ongoing to develop sensor-based systems to determine crop nitrogen needs. The objective is to determine the expected maximum value of an in season precision nitrogen application system for winter wheat. Farmers could not afford to pay much more than $9 per acre for a precision system.
Hidden but real: new relativistic "paradox" exposing the ubiquity of hidden momentum
Creators: name: Vanzella, Daniel A. Turolla
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The tight connection between mass and energy unveiled by Special Relativity, summarized by the iconic formula $E = mc^2$, has revolutionized our understanding of nature and even shaped our political world over the past century through its military application. It is certainly one of the most exhaustively-tested and well-known equations of modern science. Although we have become used to its most obvious implication -- mass-energy equivalence --, it is surprising that one of its subtle -- yet, inevitable -- consequences is still a matter of confusion: the so-called hidden momentum. Often considered as a peculiar feature of specific systems or as an artifact to avoid paradoxal situations, here we present a new relativistic "paradox" which exposes the true nature and ubiquity of hidden momentum. We also show that hidden momentum can be forced to reveal itself through observable effects, hopefully putting an end to decades of controversy about its reality.
description: Revised, extended version: 9 pages, 6 figures
An evaluation of plastic flow stress models for the simulation of high-temperature and high-strain-rate deformation of metals
Creators: name: Banerjee, Biswajit
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Phenomenological plastic flow stress models are used extensively in the simulation of large deformations of metals at high strain-rates and high temperatures. Several such models exist and it is difficult to determine the applicability of any single model to the particular problem at hand. Ideally, the models are based on the underlying (subgrid) physics and therefore do not need to be recalibrated for every regime of application. In this work we compare the Johnson-Cook, Steinberg-Cochran-Guinan-Lund, Zerilli-Armstrong, Mechanical Threshold Stress, and Preston-Tonks-Wallace plasticity models. We use OFHC copper as the comparison material because it is well characterized. First, we determine parameters for the specific heat model, the equation of state, shear modulus models, and melt temperature models. These models are evaluated and their range of applicability is identified. We then compare the flow stresses predicted by the five flow stress models with experimental data for annealed OFHC copper and quantify modeling errors. Next, Taylor impact tests are simulated, comparison metrics are identified, and the flow stress models are evaluated on the basis of these metrics. The material point method is used for these computations. We observe that the all the models are quite accurate at low temperatures and any of these models could be used in simulations. However, at high temperatures and under high-strain-rate conditions, their accuracy can vary significantly.
description: 43 pages, 19 figures, 12 tables
Risk Efficient Strategies for Using Winter Wheat Pasture
Creators: name: Taylor, Karen W.
name: Epplin, Francis M.
name: Peel, Derrell S.
name: Taylor, Karen W.
name: Epplin, Francis M.
name: Peel, Derrell S.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries
Risk and Uncertainty

description: Two objectives were pursued. The first was to determine the expected value of two monensin supplementation strategies for steers and heifers pastured on fall-winter wheat with alternative beginning weights. The second was to determine the expected value of extending the fall-winter wheat pasture grazing season by one or two weeks.
description: Replaced with revised version of paper 08/31/06.
Analysis_of_Students_Marks_2020
Creators: name: Downing, Tim
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 10401 Applied Statistics
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Rmd file with R code to analyse 1st and 2nd year DCU students taking BE114 (an introductory module in Biostatistics) and BE205 (a module in Statistics).
Level of glycemic control among US type 2 diabetes mellitus patients on dual therapy of metformin and sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor: a retrospective database study
Creators: name: Lautsch, Dominik
name: Iglay, Kristy
name: Lingfeng Yang
name: Bansal, Neha
name: Riddhi Markan
name: Niranjan Kathe
name: Swapnil Rajpathak
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: To assess the level of glycemic control among type 2 diabetes patients on sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor (SGLT2i) and metformin dual therapy. Observational, retrospective database study in adult type 2 diabetes mellitus patients from the IQVIA Electronic Medical Record (EMR) database was conducted. The observation period was June 2015 to June 2018. Patient’s earliest encounter in the observation period while on SGLT2i and metformin dual therapy served as the index date. Patients were required to have at least one HbA1c measure in the 12 months prior to the index date and be on SGLT2i and metformin dual therapy and no other antihyperglycemic treatment as of the HbA1c measurement date or any time during the 90 days prior. The associations between sociodemographic factors and clinical burden on achievement of HbA1c <8% were assessed using multivariable logistic regression with backward stepwise selection. Of 3491 patients, 2176 (62.3%) achieved HbA1c <8%, with a median distance to goal of 1.1% (IQR 0.5–2.3%) for those not at glycemic target. Mean age was 56.5 years and 52.6% were male. At baseline, 28.3% of patients had established cardiovascular disease/chronic kidney disease, and of those 63.8% had HbA1c <8%. African American patients had lower odds of attaining HbA1c <8% when compared with white patients [OR 0.69], while older patients had marginally higher odds [OR 1.01]. Approximately 3 out of 5 patients on metformin and SGLT2i dual therapy achieved HbA1c <8%, with African Americans having a lower likelihood of achieving this glycemic goal.
Conservation of resonant periodic solutions for the one-dimensional nonlinear Schroedinger equation
Creators: name: Gentile, Guido
name: Procesi, Michela
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We consider the one-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger equation with Dirichlet boundary conditions in the fully resonant case (absence of the zero-mass term). We investigate conservation of small amplitude periodic-solutions for a large set measure of frequencies. In particular we show that there are infinitely many periodic solutions which continue the linear ones involving an arbitrary number of resonant modes, provided the corresponding frequencies are large enough and close enough to each other (wave packets with large wave number).
Accretion Flow Properties of XTE J1118+480 During Its 2005 Outburst
Creators: name: Debnath, Dipak
name: Chatterjee, Debjit
name: Jana, Arghajit
name: Chakrabarti, Sandip K.
name: Chatterjee, Kaushik
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study spectral and temporal properties of Galactic short orbital period transient black hole XTE J1118+480 during its 2005 outburst using archival data of RXTE PCA and HEXTE instruments in the combined energy range of $3-100$ keV. Spectral analysis with the physical two-component advective flow (TCAF) model allows us to understand the accretion flow properties of the source. We found that this outburst of XTE J1118+480 is an unconventional outburst as the source was only in the hard state (HS). Our spectral analysis suggests that during the entire outburst, the source was highly dominated by the low angular momentum sub-Keplerian halo rate. Since the source was active in radio throughout the outburst, we make an effort to estimate X-ray contribution of jets in total observed X-ray emissions from the spectral analysis with the TCAF model. The total X-ray intensity shows a similar nature of evolution as of radio and jet X-ray fluxes. This allowed us to define this `outburst' also as a jet dominated `outburst'. Total X-ray flux also found to subside when jet activity disappears. Our detailed spectral analysis also showed that although the source was only in the HS during the outburst, in the late declining phase spectrum became slightly softer due to the slow rise in the Keplerian disk rate.
description: 12 Pages, 3 Figures, 2 Tables, Accepted for publication in RAA
Additional file 1 of Geological structures controlled the rupture process of the 2011 M9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake in the Northeast Japan Arc
Creators: name: Baba, Kei
name: Yoshida, Takeyoshi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Geophysics

description: Additional file 1. The details of the stratigraphy and geological structure are described in additional file 1 using regional stratigraphic chart (Figure S1), time contour map of the surrounding oceans of the NE Japan arc (Figure S2), typical seismic sections (Figure S3A and S3B), and schematic cross section of the NE Japan arc (Figure S4). The fault movement history of large NW-SE trending transcurrent faults is summarized in Figure S5. The details of lateral displacement, total length, maximum cross-strike width, and tectonic history of each transcurrent fault are described in Section 3 in the additional file 1. Figure S6 shows that the southern margin of the dense distribution of earthquakes for the 80 years period proceding the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake was limited by Faults N to T. The coseismic slip in Block B may have occurred after those in Blocks C to D at the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake (Figure S7). And, Figure S8 shows the relationship between the large transcurrent faults and the back slip rate distribution.
Non Gaussianity of General Multiple-Field Inflationary Models
Creators: name: Sun, C. Y.
name: Zhang, D. H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using the "$δN$-formalism", We obtain the expression of the non-Gaussianity of multiple-field inflationary models with the nontrivial field-space metric. Further, we rewritten the result by using the slow-rolling approximation.
description: 10 pages, no figure, references is added; mistakes is corrected
Managing Electronic Resources through Open Source Software Calibre
Creators: name: Ahmed, Jamil
name: Kataria, Sanjay
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Library and Information Studies
subject: FOS: Media and communications

description: The new trend of e-collections with new technologies has given readers ample alternatives to experience the novel ways of reading it. Where an ease for users has been produced with e-resources; the challenge arises for managing e-collections has puzzled for libraries. It becomes more complicated when libraries need to develop E-Resource Management Systems (ERMS) not only for carrying off e-collections throughout their life cycle but also for aiding collection-development decision making. Therefore to provide a resolution to libraries based on cost effectiveness for managing e-collections and an easy way for users to utilize it, this paper introduces an open source software Calibre as an ERMS. Calibre helps to acquire, create, manage and also assists user to read open books on any eReader.
UV Exoplanet Transmission Spectral Features as Probes of Metals and Rainout
Creators: name: Lothringer, Joshua D.
name: Fu, Guangwei
name: Sing, David K.
name: Barman, Travis S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The low-resolution transmission spectra of ultra-hot Jupiters observed shortward of 0.5 microns indicate strong absorption at short-wavelengths. Previous explanations have included scattering, photochemistry, escaping metals, and disequilibrium chemistry. In this Letter, we show that slopes and features shortward of 0.5 microns can be caused by opacity not commonly considered in atmosphere models of exoplanets but guaranteed to be present if conditions are near chemical equilibrium including Fe I, Fe II, Ti I, Ni I, Ca I, Ca II, and SiO. Even relatively trace species (e.g., Cr I and Mn I) can contribute through strong lines in the UV and blue-optical. Using the PHOENIX atmosphere model, we describe how the short-wavelength transit spectrum varies with equilibrium temperature between 1000 K and 4000 K, as well as the effect that the rainout of condensates has at these wavelengths. We define two spectral indices to quantify the strength of the NUV and blue absorption compared to that in the red-optical, finding that the NUV transit depth will significantly exceed the transit depth from Rayleigh scattering alone for all hot Jupiters down to around 1000 K. In the blue-optical, hot Jupiters warmer than 2000 K will have transit depths larger than that from Rayleigh scattering, but below 2000 K, Rayleigh scattering can dominate, if present. We further show that these spectral indices may be used to trace the effects of rainout. We then compare our simulated transit spectra to existing observations of WASP-12b, WASP-33b, WASP-76b, and WASP-121b.
description: 9 pages, 5 figures. Submitted to ApJL
Patient preferences and predicted relative uptake for targeted therapies in metastatic colorectal cancer: a discrete choice experiment
Creators: name: Wong, Xin Yi
name: Lim, Andrew Qi Jun
name: Shen, Qian Yu
name: Chia, John Whay Kuang
name: Chew, Min Hoe
name: Wah Siew Tan
name: Hwee-Lin Wee
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy

description: Objective Ras wild-type metastatic colorectal cancers (mCRC) may be treated with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) or anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) agents. We aim to estimate patients’ preferences for mCRC treatment and relative importance of cost, efficacy improvement, avoidance of side effects and therapy convenience, and relative uptake between profiles that resemble Bevacizumab (anti-VEGF) and Cetuximab (anti-EGFR), two commonly prescribed mCRC targeted therapies. Methods Discrete choice experiment (DCE) was administered to English- or Chinese-speaking Stage 2 or 3 colon cancer patients at the National Cancer Centre Singapore. DCE attributes comprise progression-free survival (PFS), severity of acne-like skin rashes, severity of bleeding, out-of-pocket cost per month and frequency of drug administration. Mixed logit model was used to calculate preference weights for all attribute levels. Subgroup analyses were conducted by interacting attribute levels with selected respondent characteristics. Relative uptake rates for various medication scenarios were studied. Results 169 respondents aged 61.5 ± 10.5 years completed the survey. They placed the greatest weight on cost, followed by bleeding and skin rashes, then PFS and finally frequency of drug administration. This was similarly observed in the subgroup analyses. A scenario with shorter PFS but less severe side effects has a slightly higher relative uptake at 55%. One quarter of respondents reported that they would not take the treatment they preferred in the choice task. Conclusion Patients were willing to trade off some degree of efficacy to avoid certain severity of side effects. It is therefore crucial for patients and physicians to discuss patients’ preferences and circumstances to understand which attributes are more important, as well as patients’ views on the trade-offs between treatment benefits and risks.
Minor bleeding in patients with atrial fibrillation using a non-vitamin-K antagonist oral anticoagulant
Creators: name: Mitrovic, Darko
name: Folkeringa, Richard
name: Veeger, Nic
name: Roon, Eric Van
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Hematology

description: We sought to investigate the magnitude of minor bleeding and identify risk factors for minor bleeds during non-vitamin-K antagonist oral anticoagulant (NOAC) therapy. This was an observational cohort study of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) referred to a regional NOAC outpatient clinic between February 2013 and October 2017. The study population consisted of 875 consecutive patients with AF who visited the NOAC outpatient unit to initiate treatment with apixaban (N = 303), dabigatran (N = 267) or rivaroxaban (N = 305) for long-term ischemic stroke prophylaxis. Minor bleed was defined as every overt bleeding that does not fulfil the criteria of major or non-major clinically relevant bleeding according to the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis. Overall rate of minor bleeds was 19.2 per 100 patient years of follow-up. Bleeding rates for apixaban, dabigatran and rivaroxaban were 26, 8.3 and 23 per 100 patient-years of follow-up. Next to the type of NOAC, the main risk indicators for minor bleedings during NOAC therapy were a HAS-BLED score of 3 or higher and novel anticoagulant use (no history of vitamin K antagonist use). This was a retrospective observational study evaluating NOAC treatment in a non-randomized setting. Our data showed that minor bleeds are common in novel NOAC users, especially when using apixaban and rivaroxaban. In the latter two NOACs, hematoma (bruises) and nose bleeds were more frequently observed and accounted for the difference with dabigatran. Besides type of NOAC, a higher HAS-BLED score and novel anticoagulant drug use were associated with an increased risk of minor bleeding.