cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Networks and Transaction Costs
Creators: name: Henning, Christian H.C.A.
name: Henningsen, Geraldine
name: Henningsen, Arne
name: Henning, Christian H.C.A.
name: Henningsen, Geraldine
name: Henningsen, Arne
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: Based on the well-known fact that social networks can provide effective mechanisms that help to increase the trust level between two trade partners, we apply a simple game-theoretical framework to derive transaction costs as a high risk of opportunistic behavior in a repeated trade relation determined by the density and size of trading networks. In the empirical part of the paper we apply a two stage procedure to estimate the impact of social network structures on farm’s transaction costs observed for different input and output markets. At a first stage we estimate a multiple input-multiple output stochastic Ray production function to generate relative shadow prices of three inputs and two outputs traded by farms. At a second stage a structural equation system is derived from the first order conditions of farm’s profit maximization to estimate simultaneously the of commodity specific transaction cost functions for all traded farm inputs and outputs. Estimation results based on a sample of 315 Polish farms imply a significant influence of social network structures on farm’s transaction costs. Moreover, estimated transaction costs correspond to a reasonable amount of farm specific shadow prices.
European farming and post-2013 CAP measures. A quantitative impact assessment
Creators: name: Helming, John F.M.
name: Van Meijl, Hans
name: Woltjer, Geert B.
name: Jansson, Torbjorn
name: Nowicki, Peter
name: Tabeau, Andrzej A.
name: Helming, John F.M.
name: Van Meijl, Hans
name: Woltjer, Geert B.
name: Jansson, Torbjorn
name: Nowicki, Peter
name: Tabeau, Andrzej A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy

description: Following the paradigm for reforming the current CAP, the first objective of this study is to give insights into the economic impact of post-2013 CAP measures at different levels of aggregation (e.g. EU, Member State and region). The post-2013 CAP measures included are directed towards income for the farmers, competitiveness, valuable areas and ecosystem services. The second objective is to analyse the impact of a scenario that combines the above mentioned post-2013 CAP measures. This study can be seen as a first attempt to quantify the transition to a CAP with more targeted measures at the European level and reveals considerable methodological and data challenges. A key finding is that the impact of the various measures is very different with regard to various economic indicators.
Charged perfect fluid configurations with a dilaton field
Creators: name: Yazadjiev, Stoytcho S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We examine static charged perfect fluid configurations in the presence of a dilaton field. A method for construction of interior solutions is given. An explicit example of an interior solution which matches continuously the external Gibbons-Maeda-Garfinkle-Horowitz-Strominger solution is presented. Extremely charged perfect fluid configurations with a dilaton are also examined. We show that there are two types of extreme configurations. For each type the field equations are reduced to a single nonlinear equation on a space of a constant curvature. In the particular case of a perfect fluid with a linear equation of state, the field equations of the first type configurations are reduced to a Helmlotz equation on a space with a constant curvature. An explicit example of an extreme configuration is given and discussed.
description: 9 pages, LaTex, v2 typos corrected
title: Investigation of advanced nanomagnetic elements in nanomagnetic logic
Creators: name: Reichenpfader, Manuel
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Nanomagnetic logic
subject: magnet
subject: FEBID

description: Nanomagnetic logic uses a magnetic phenomenon, which allows to encode and digitally process bits. To do this, elongated single domain ferromagnets are storing the binary “0” or “1” value in one of their two possible magnetic states. Due to dipolar magnetic coupling, two or more magnets can not only save, but process digital values, if the distance between those magnets is below a value dependent on the stray field. A big advantage of this technology is the elimination of stand-by power consumption and reduction of power for logic operations, compared to CMOS technology. In this thesis these concepts are reevaluated, and the properties of ring-shaped elements are investigated, which could broaden the horizon of this technique and bring new possibilities, as well as increase the data density by having more than two magnetic states. When nanoscale technology is considered, it conventionally uses to go hand in hand with a multi-step lithography process that consists of resist spinning, exposing to partially masked light and applying diverse layers of material which get structured by the previous steps. Here, the so-called focused electron beam induced deposition (FEBID) is used. This technique provides a direct-write fabrication, without the use of either photoresists or masks. Therefore, a precursor is injected into a vacuum chamber, where a focused electron beam is present, which allows to control geometric structuring of the deposition. Because the precursor gas Fe(CO)5 provides a high Fe content and good control over processed shapes it is used in this work.
Economic evaluation of a weed-activated sprayer for herbicide application to patchy weed populations
Creators: name: Bennett, Anne L.
name: Pannell, David J.
name: Bennett, Anne L.
name: Pannell, David J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1998
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries

description: Spatial distribution of weeds in a crop is patchy. Traditional boom sprayers waste herbicide by applying it to areas where weed density is already low. A new technology, Weed Activated Spray Process (WASP), uses sensors to detect the presence of weeds and control spray nozzles accordingly. The economic benefits of this technology to extensive crop farmers in Western Australia are investigated using a model based on the economics of information. Existing technology is likely to reduce profits because the weed density at which it switches off spraying is too high. Even if sensitivity to low densities could be improved, likely benefits of pre‐crop usage would still be very low or negative.
Normal vs. Inverted Hierarchy in Type I Seesaw Models
Creators: name: Albright, Carl H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate that, for every grand unified model based on a conventional type I seesaw mechanism leading to a normal light neutrino mass hierarchy, one can easily generate a corresponding model with an inverted hierarchy which yields the same neutrino oscillation parameters. However, the latter type model has several unattractive instabilities which will disfavor any grand unified type I seesaw model, if an inverted neutrino mass hierarchy is observed experimentally. This should be contrasted with the softly-broken $L_e - L_μ- L_τ$ flavor symmetry models which are eliminated, if the data favors a normal mass hierarchy.
description: 10 pages including 1 figure; improved version with additional illustration of results for whole class of models with charged lepton mass matrices diagonal in flavor space; accepted for publication in Physics Letters B
Additional file 2 of Birthweight measurement processes and perceived value: qualitative research in one EN-BIRTH study hospital in Tanzania
Creators: name: Gladstone, Miriam E.
name: Nahya Salim
name: Karama Ogillo
name: Shamba, Donat
name: Gore-Langton, Georgia R.
name: Day, Louise T.
name: Blencowe, Hannah
name: Lawn, Joy E.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 2: In-depth interview guides, EN-BIRTH study.
Valuing the benefits and costs of improved food safety and nutrition
Creators: name: Caswell, Julie A.
name: Caswell, Julie A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1998
Subjects: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety

description: Assuring the quality of food products, especially their safety and nutrition levels, is an increasing focus for governments, companies, and international trade bodies. In choosing quality assurance programs, public and private decision‐makers must assess the benefits and costs of expected improvements in food safety and nutrition. This article discusses methods for measuring these benefits and costs as well as how these valuations are related to the mix of voluntary and mandatory quality management systems used in particular countries or trading blocs. These relationships are illustrated by a short case study of safety assurance systems for meat and poultry products.
Exponential stability of 3D stochastic primitive equations driven by fractional noise
Creators: name: Wang, Lidan
name: Zhou, Guoli
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this article, we study the stability of solutions to 3D stochastic primitive equations driven by fractional noise. Since the fractional Brownian motion is essentially different from Brownian motion, lots of stochastic analysis tools are not available to study the exponential stability for the stochastic systems. Therefore, apart from the standard method for the case of Brownian motion, we develop a new method to show that 3D stochastic primitive equations driven by fractional noise converge almost surely exponentially to the stationary solutions. This method may be applied to other stochastic hydrodynamic equations and other noises including Brownian motion and Lévy noise.
Do International Interventions Prolong Civil Conflicts?: Direct and Indirect Effects of Third-Party Interventions
Creators: name: Anonymous Under Review
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 220208 History and Philosophy of the Social Sciences
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: 160607 International Relations
subject: FOS: Political science

description: This contains Appendix, dataset and do file of the article.
Do International Interventions Prolong Civil Conflicts?: Direct and Indirect Effects of Third-Party Interventions
Creators: name: Watanabe, Tsukasa
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 220208 History and Philosophy of the Social Sciences
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion

description: This contains Appendix, dataset and do file of the article.
Additional file 3 of Birthweight measurement processes and perceived value: qualitative research in one EN-BIRTH study hospital in Tanzania
Creators: name: Gladstone, Miriam E.
name: Nahya Salim
name: Karama Ogillo
name: Shamba, Donat
name: Gore-Langton, Georgia R.
name: Day, Louise T.
name: Blencowe, Hannah
name: Lawn, Joy E.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 3: Qualitative coding themes.
Photon and nucleon induced production of Theta^+
Creators: name: Nam, Seung-Il
name: Hosaka, Atsushi
name: Kim, Hyun-Chul
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate Theta^+ production via photon and nucleon induced reactions. We observe that the positive parity Theta^+ production provides about ten times larger total cross sections than those of the negative parity one in both photon and nucleon induced reactions due to P-wave enhancement of the K-N-Theta vertex. We also consider the model independent method in the nucleon induced reaction to determine the parity of Theta^+ and show clearly distinguishable signals for the two parities.
description: 4 pages, 8 figures, Talk given at International Workshop on PENTAQUARK04, Spring-8, Hyogo, Japan, 20-23 Jul 2004
Additional file 4 of Birthweight measurement processes and perceived value: qualitative research in one EN-BIRTH study hospital in Tanzania
Creators: name: Gladstone, Miriam E.
name: Nahya Salim
name: Karama Ogillo
name: Shamba, Donat
name: Gore-Langton, Georgia R.
name: Day, Louise T.
name: Blencowe, Hannah
name: Lawn, Joy E.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 4: Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (COREQ) checklist, EN-BIRTH study.
(En)planting Israel : Jewish national fund forestry and the naturalisation of Zionism
Creators: name: Long, Joanna Claire
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: This thesis discusses Jewish National Fund (JNF) forestry initiatives and the ways in which they have worked to naturalise the Zionist colonisation of Palestine by constructing the discursive and physical invisibility of the Palestinians in the landscape. Trees are widely perceived as being sources of incontrovertible good, ideas which JNF has played on and actively mobilised to garner support for its activities and to conceal their deeply ideological and political work. Afforestation schemes have been central to Zionist settlement in Palestine since the early twentieth century, with tree-planting promoted as central to 'developing' the 'barren and neglected landscape.' Through primary analysis of Jewish children's literature, historical newspaper articles published in Jerusalem, and literature produced by JNF and its representatives, I demonstrate how the previously marginal Jewish holiday of Tu B'Shvat was resurrected and co-opted in order to mobilise moral and financial support for these afforestation initiatives, particularly among children. With the declaration of Israel and the opening of the Knesset, I also show how imagery surrounding trees and the Tu B'Shvat themes of 'rooting' and 'awakening' resonate with other notions of the Jewish people being rooted in the soil of Palestine and in History, as well as being awakened from Diaspora dormancy along with the Middle East, which is perceived as awakening from pre-modern ignorance. Finally I argue that the trees themselves, particularly those planted over the. remains of Palestinian villages depopulated and demolished during the 1948 war, construct the physical invisibility of the Palestinians by literally obscuring evidence of their previous existence on the same land. I suggest that all of this work is undertaken out of a desire to resurrect an idealised, fetishised, ancient Israeli subject using the tree as a fetish object.
Additional file 5 of Birthweight measurement processes and perceived value: qualitative research in one EN-BIRTH study hospital in Tanzania
Creators: name: Gladstone, Miriam E.
name: Nahya Salim
name: Karama Ogillo
name: Shamba, Donat
name: Gore-Langton, Georgia R.
name: Day, Louise T.
name: Blencowe, Hannah
name: Lawn, Joy E.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 5: EN-BIRTH study respondent characteristics.
Wind reversals in turbulent Rayleigh-Benard convection
Creators: name: Araujo, Francisco Fontenele
name: Grossmann, S.
name: Lohse, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The phenomenon of irregular cessation and subsequent reversal of the large-scale circulation in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection is theoretically analysed. The force and thermal balance on a single plume detached from the thermal boundary layer yields a set of coupled nonlinear equations, whose dynamics is related to the Lorenz equations. For Prandtl and Rayleigh numbers in the range $10^{-2} \leq \Pr \leq 10^{3}$ and $10^{7} \leq \Ra \leq 10^{12}$, the model has the following features: (i) chaotic reversals may be exhibited at Ra $\geq 10^{7}$; (ii) the Reynolds number based on the root mean square velocity scales as $\Re_{rms} \sim \Ra^{[0.41 ... 0.47]}$ (depending on Pr), and as $\Re_{rms} \sim \Pr^{-[0.66 ... 0.76]}$ (depending on Ra); and (iii) the mean reversal frequency follows an effective scaling law $ω/ (νL^{-2}) \sim \Pr^{-(0.64 \pm 0.01)} \Ra^{0.44 \pm 0.01}$. The phase diagram of the model is sketched, and the observed transitions are discussed.
description: 4 pages, 5 figures
On the need for more economic assessment of quarantine/SPS policies
Creators: name: James, Sallie
name: Anderson, Kym
name: James, Sallie
name: Anderson, Kym
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1998
Subjects: International Relations/Trade

description: Quarantine policy reviews are becoming more sophisticated yet they still focus primarily on the effects of restrictions solely on import‐competing producers. A fuller analysis that includes the consumers demonstrates that even if imported diseases were to wipe out a local industry, the gains to consumers might outweigh the losses to import‐competing producers from removing a ban on imports. This article provides the simplest partial equilibrium framework for thinking more about the economics of quarantine policy measures using an empirical analysis of Australia’s ban on imports of bananas.
Reflection features in the X-ray spectrum of Fairall 9 and implications for tests of general relativity
Creators: name: Liu, Honghui
name: Wang, Haiyang
name: Abdikamalov, Askar B.
name: Ayzenberg, Dimitry
name: Bambi, Cosimo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: X-ray reflection spectroscopy is potentially a powerful tool to probe the spacetime geometry around astrophysical black holes and test general relativity in the strong field regime. However, precision tests of general relativity are only possible if we employ the correct astrophysical model and we can limit the systematic uncertainties. It is thus crucial to select the sources and the observations most suitable for these tests. In this work, we analyze simultaneous observations of XMM-Newton and NuSTAR of the supermassive black hole in Fairall 9. This source has a number of properties that make it a promising candidate for tests of general relativity using X-ray reflection spectroscopy. Nevertheless, we find that with the available data there is not a unique interpretation of the spectrum of Fairall 9, which prevents, for the moment, to use this source for robust tests of general relativity. This issue may be solved by future X-ray missions with a higher energy resolution near the iron line.
description: 10 pages, 7 figures
Synthesis and structure of 1,1,2,2-tetrakis(thieno[3,2-b]thiophen-2-YL)ethane
Creators: name: Nguyen, Hien
name: Pham Quoc, Long
name: Nguyen Van, Dat
name: Le Thi Hoai, Thuong
name: Duong Quoc, Hoan
name: Tran Viet, Hung
Publisher: name: Journal of Analytical Sciences
Year: 2021
Subjects: 1,1,2,2-tetrakis(thieno[3,2-b]thiophen-2-YL)ethane
TTE
McMurry reaction
Stille reaction
Corey-Fush reaction

description: The Stille reaction between 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane (2) and TT-SnBu₃ (3) yielded only derivatives 4 and 5, where the thieno[3,2-b]thiophene group was substituted onto ethane two or three times. In contrast, the reaction starting from dibromoethane (6) via the Stille reaction resulted in the monosubstitution of the bromine atom on the aromatic ring, yielding compound 7a. The target compound, 1,1,2,2-tetrakis(thieno[3,2-b]thiophen-2-yl)ethane (TTE), was successfully synthesized for the first time via a McMurry reaction directly from the corresponding ketone 7 with a yield of 55%. The structure of TTE was confirmed by NMR, MS, and X-ray spectroscopy.
Response to Cohen and Mauzerall
Creators: name: Jarzynski, Chris
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In a recent paper [ J. Stat. Mech. P07006 (2004)], E.G.D. Cohen and David Mauzerall (CM) have argued that the derivation of the nonequilibrium work relation given in [C. Jarzynski, Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2690 (1997)] is flawed. Here I attempt to answer their criticisms, both by presenting a detailed version of that derivation and by addressing specific objections raised by CM. The derivation presented here is in fact somewhat stronger than the one I gave in 1997, as it does not rely on the assumption of a weak coupling term between the system of interest and its thermal environment.
description: 16 pages, no figures, added appendix; published in J.Stat.Mech: Theor.Exp. as "Nonequilibrium work theorem for a system strongly coupled to a thermal environment"
Pratek & Rakshit.pdf
Creators: name: Pratek Agarwal
name: Rakshit Sharma
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 70101 Agricultural Land Management
subject: FOS: Other agricultural sciences
subject: Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This research paper aims at understanding the behaviour of peopletowards artificial intelligence. Research has demonstrated concussivelythat from the study it is evident that majority of respondents know veryfew about artificial intelligence and they think that it would withdangerous for them. That’s why they don’t accept artificial intelligence.Various websites visited to collect the views of the people towardsartificial intelligence to identify the major problem why people are notaccepting artificial intelligence and after analysing all the data, somesuggestions recommended to tackle the problem.The main reason identified is that people don’t have proper education,knowledge and training about artificial intelligence. That’s why problemarises in implementing artificial intelligence.So, to remove this barrier, it is recommended that communicate withpeople and educate them and provide training that how artificialintelligence works and beneficial for them. After that, they would adoptartificial intelligence which assists them in their work and make theirwork faster, easier and accurate.
Power Integrity Challenges in Large Scale Quantum Computers and Solutions
Creators: name: Cabrera Galicia, Alfonso Rafael
name: Ashok, Arun
name: Vliex, Patrick
name: Schreckenberg, Lea
name: Chava, Phanish
name: Baje Shankarakrishna Bhat, Swasthik
name: Kruth, Andre
name: Zambanini, Andre
name: van Waasen, Stefan
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2023

description: IEEE Workshop on Quantum Computing: Devices, Cryogenic Electronics and Packaging, IEEE QC-DCEP, Milpitas, Universität Duisburg-Essen, USA, 24 Oct 2023 - 25 Oct 2023
description: The ICs belonging to a quantum computer need stable and regulated supply voltages for proper operation, e.g. the phase noise of RF oscillators is dependent on their power supply quality. Moreover, the power supply needs of a large scale QC will be challenging to satisfy by simply using supply lines connecting the ICs inside the cryostat with the power sources at room temperature. This is because voltage ripples (e.g. pulse tube vibration induced noise), ground loops induced noise and dynamic load currents may affect the ICs supply lines and compromise the QC power integrity. Furthermore, it is expected that the connection lines available in large scale QCs be scarce due to the limited cryostat space. Therefore, the usage of several lines to set different supply domains may not be possible and be a restricting factor for the QCs scalability.This presentation will address the cryogenic power integrity topic by providing:— A review of the power integrity challenges faced by cryogenic ICs. — Solution approaches focused on the cryogenic setup and the use of cryogenic voltage regulators. — Cryogenic characterization and modelling of FDSOI technology (22 nm) for ICs design. — Design and test of cryogenic voltage references, based on cryogenic Vth saturation and Vth difference. — Design and test of a cryogenic voltage regulator. — Design of Digital LDOs for cryogenic applications. — An application case: cryogenic voltage regulator applied to power the reference circuit of a cryogenic DAC used for the DC voltage setting of a Single Electron Transistor Quantum Dot
Additional file 6 of Birthweight measurement processes and perceived value: qualitative research in one EN-BIRTH study hospital in Tanzania
Creators: name: Gladstone, Miriam E.
name: Nahya Salim
name: Karama Ogillo
name: Shamba, Donat
name: Gore-Langton, Georgia R.
name: Day, Louise T.
name: Blencowe, Hannah
name: Lawn, Joy E.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 6: Ethical approval of local institutional review boards, EN-BIRTH study.
title: Designing for privacy : design patterns for making online products GDPR compliant
Creators: name: Avdosieva, Nataliia
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Privacy
subject: GDPR
subject: personal data
subject: design patterns.

description: Having come into force on May 25, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) sets a new standard for processing, storing and protecting the personal data and privacy of EU citizens. The law requires businesses that operate online take actions to ensure that they process customer data in a fair way, that they clearly explain to customers how long their personal data will be used and stored, and that they receive valid consent from their customers to do so. As follows, in order to achieve GDPR compliance, companies need to rethink strategies for dealing with customer personal data and designing user privacy. While simple in theory, the GDPR turns out to be quite difficult to interpret and understand. In this thesis, we present the aid to guide designers through the process of creating GDPR compliant and privacy-friendly online systems. We began by examining existing approaches to achieving GDPR compliance. As the further step, we conducted the workshop with five privacy and design experts. The results of the workshop helped to define the set of aspects that should be highlighted while creating design patterns. The first paper prototype of the card deck ‘Designing for Privacy was evaluated by privacy experts. After having made changes according to the experts feedback, the design patterns were visualized and evaluated by four designers. To define if designed patterns are also understandable for the end users, we conducted a qualitative informal evaluation of the privacy-friendly web prototype with three participants. Received positive feedback from the experts and end users demonstrate expediency and effectiveness of the concept suggested in this thesis.
Machine Learning Approach to Integral Field Unit Spectroscopy Observations: I. HII Region Kinematics
Creators: name: Rhea, Carter L.
name: Rousseau-Nepton, Laurie
name: Prunet, Simon
name: Hlavacek-larrondo, Julie
name: Fabbro, Sebastien
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: SITELLE is a novel integral field unit spectroscopy instrument that has an impressive spatial (11 by 11 arcmin), spectral coverage, and spectral resolution (R=1-20000). SIGNALS is anticipated to obtain deep observations (down to 3.6x10-17ergs s-1cm-2) of 40 galaxies, each needing complex and substantial time to extract spectral information. We present a method that uses Convolution Neural Networks (CNN) for estimating emission line parameters in optical spectra obtained with SITELLE as part of the SIGNALS large program. Our algorithm is trained and tested on synthetic data representing typical emission spectra for HII regions based on Mexican Million Models database(3MdB) BOND simulations. The network's activation map demonstrates its ability to extract the dynamical (broadening and velocity) parameters from a set of 5 emission lines (e.g. Hα, N[II] doublet, and S[II] doublet) in the SN3 (651-685 nm) filter of SITELLE. Once trained, the algorithm was tested on real SITELLE observations in the SIGNALS program of one of the South West fields of M33. The CNN recovers the dynamical parameters with an accuracy better than 5 km s-1 in regions with a signal-to-noise ratio greater than 15 over the Hαline. More importantly, our CNN method reduces calculation time by over an order of magnitude on the spectral cube with native spatial resolution when compared with standard fitting procedures. These results clearly illustrate the power of machine learning algorithms for the use in future IFU-based missions. Subsequent work will explore the applicability of the methodology to other spectral parameters such as the flux of key emission lines.
description: 14 pages, 11 figures Accepted in ApJ
$Δ$-scaling and heat capacity in relativistic ion collisions
Creators: name: Ma, Y. G.
name: Ma, G. L.
name: Cai, X. Z.
name: Chen, J. G.
name: Chen, J. H.
name: Fang, D. Q.
name: Guo, W.
name: He, Z. J.
name: Huang, H. Z.
name: Long, J. L.
name: Ma, C. W.
name: Sa, B. H.
name: Shen, W. Q.
name: Su, Q. M.
name: Wang, K.
name: Wei, Y. B.
name: Yan, T. Z.
name: Zhong, C.
name: Zuo, J. X.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The $Δ$-scaling method has been applied to the total multiplicity distribution of the relativistic ion collisions of p+p, C+C and Pb+Pb which were simulated by a Monte Carlo package, LUCIAE 3.0. It is found that the $Δ$-scaling parameter decreases with the increasing of the system size. Moreover, the heat capacities of different mesons and baryons have been extracted from the event-by-event temperature fluctuation in the region of low transverse mass and they show the dropping trend with the increasing of impact parameter.
description: version 2: major change: 4 pages, 3 figures; Proceeding of International Conference on "Strangeness in Quark Matter" (SQM2004), Cape Town, South Africa, Spet. 2004 (Submitted to J. Phys. G.)
title: Crowdsourcing als Anreiz für die Partizipation in der Grundlehre
Creators: name: Schefberger, Stefan
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Crowdsourcing
subject: Aurora
subject: Crowdsourcing
subject: Aurora

description: Der Begriff Crowdsourcing ist nicht nur im Bereich Software Entwicklung angesiedelt. In den letzten Jahren wurden vermehrt Plattformen entwickelt, die sich genau diesem Konzept bedienen. Bekannte Beispiele wie iStock (früher iStockphoto) oder TopCoder machen sich diese Vorgehensweise zunutze und sind damit sehr erfolgreich. Diese Diplomarbeit beschäftigt sich genau mit diesem Konzept und deren Auswirkung auf die Lehrveranstaltung Denkweisen der Informatik. Es soll untersucht werden, ob Crowdsourcing dafür verwendet werden kann, um die Beteiligung in der Grunlehre zu erhöhen. Studentinnen sowie Studenten soll eine Möglichkeit geschaffen werden, dass sie sich aktiv in die Gestaltung der Lehrveranstaltung einbringen können. Dazu wird ein Modul für die Plattform Aurora entwickelt, dass es den Studierenden ermöglicht, interessante Artikel zum Thema Best or Worst of Informatics zu publizieren. Der Fokus soll dabei auf besonders gute oder schlechte Errungenschaften in der Welt der Informatik gelegt werden. In einem weiteren Schritt werden die Veröffentlichungen einer Abstimmung unterzogen. Die höchstbewerteten Publikationen werden daraufhin in einer der nächsten Einheiten besprochen.
description: Crowdsourcing is one of the biggest phenomenon in the digital era. During the last years a lot of different companies based their strategy on this concept. Varying kinds of examples where crowdsourcing is a successful business model can be found. iStock (former iStockphoto) as well as TopCoder are only two examples in this respective area. This master thesis tries to analyse the concept regarding the lecture “Ways of thinking in informatics”. Is there a possibillity using crowdsourcing in order to increase the participation of students during the semester? Crowdsourcing is used to decide which topics should be covered in a short amount of time during the individual lectures. Therefore, a modul for the plattform Aurora should get developed to enable such a behaviour for students. In multiple phases, there should be the possibility to submit important topics regarding best or worst of informatics. Beside that specific area there are no additional restrictions to it. After a predefined amount of time, all topics need to get voted by students. After the poll, the top rated publications will be discussed during one of the next lectures.
Percy Broughton journal
Creators: name: Broughton, Percy
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: Personal journal of an Anglican missionary who served the Church Missionary Society at Lake Harbour (Kimmirut) on Baffin Island from 1911 to 1912. Descriptions of everyday life, including the hardships of Inuit and mission life, of sickness, lack of food and the perils of travel on Baffin life early in the 20th century, are featured. The journal also records Percy Broughton's experiences, expenses, trips taken through Europe, East Asia, South Africa, Australia, the South Pacific and various parts of Canada. It includes biblical notations for sermons, lists of names of sick people with dates, baptismal records, and commentary on World War I.
Mechanical properties of the lower extremity muscles in individuals with chronic stroke
Creators: name: Lomaglio, Melanie Jane
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Lower extremity muscle weakness in individuals with stroke plays a significant role in limiting functional performance. In order to design more effective rehabilitation interventions to counteract this weakness, a better understanding of how stroke affects mechanical muscle properties is needed. The purpose of this thesis was to 1) quantify isometric torque and temporal parameters of torque production (times to develop and reduce torque), 2) assess isometric torqueangle relationships, and 3) determine whether concentric torque was more impaired than eccentric torque in the paretic and nonparetic legs of individuals with chronic stroke and the nondominant leg of control subjects. A dynamometer was used to assess the abovementioned muscle properties of the ankle, knee, and hip flexors and extensors. The results revealed reduced isometric torque throughout the paretic leg (ankle, knee, and hip) but only ankle plantarflexion was reduced in the nonparetic leg. Times to develop and reduce isometric torque were impaired bilaterally (ankle, knee, and hip). The paretic knee extensors revealed exaggerated weakness near terminal extension (short muscle lengths), whereas the nonparetic knee extensors and flexors were selectively stronger as the knee assumed a flexed position. Lastly, a relative preservation of eccentric torque in both the paretic and nonparetic legs was found, thus concentric torque was more affected by stroke than eccentric torque. The work of this thesis has identified muscle impairments in both the paretic and nonparetic legs of individuals with chronic stroke. Based on these findings, clinicians are encouraged to assess bilateral leg strength across joint range of motion. When designing strength training programs, exercises at high contraction speeds should be incorporated. Lastly, due to the relative preservation of eccentric torque, the 1- repetition maximum should be determined for both concentric and eccentric contractions to avoid underloading the muscle during the lengthening phase of movement.
Pratek & Rakshit.pdf
Creators: name: Pratek Agarwal
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 70101 Agricultural Land Management
subject: FOS: Other agricultural sciences
subject: Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This research paper aims at understanding the behaviour of peopletowards artificial intelligence. Research has demonstrated concussivelythat from the study it is evident that majority of respondents know veryfew about artificial intelligence and they think that it would withdangerous for them. That’s why they don’t accept artificial intelligence.Various websites visited to collect the views of the people towardsartificial intelligence to identify the major problem why people are notaccepting artificial intelligence and after analysing all the data, somesuggestions recommended to tackle the problem.The main reason identified is that people don’t have proper education,knowledge and training about artificial intelligence. That’s why problemarises in implementing artificial intelligence.So, to remove this barrier, it is recommended that communicate withpeople and educate them and provide training that how artificialintelligence works and beneficial for them. After that, they would adoptartificial intelligence which assists them in their work and make theirwork faster, easier and accurate.
Australian quarantine post the Nairn Review
Creators: name: Tanner, Carolyn
name: Nunn, Mike J.
name: Tanner, Carolyn
name: Nunn, Mike J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1998
Subjects: International Relations/Trade

description: The Commonwealth government has accepted the basic tenets of the report of the Australian Quarantine Review (the ‘Nairn Review’), except for the recommendations to establish a statutory authority. Australia will maintain its existing high standards of quarantine and enhance activities such as community awareness, manageable risk (based on science), protection of Australia’s unique environment, external input to policy formulation, and recognition of the continuum of quarantine (pre‐border, border and post‐border). Greater emphasis will be given to improved consultation in risk analysis, increased monitoring for pests and diseases, and enhanced national preparedness and response capacity (especially for plants and aquatic animals).
Maser action in methanol transitions
Creators: name: Voronkov, M. A.
name: Sobolev, A. M.
name: Ellingsen, S. P.
name: Ostrovskii, A. B.
name: Alakoz, A. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the detection with the ATCA of 6.7 GHz methanol emission towards OMC-1. The source has a size between 40'' and 90'', is located to the south-east of Ori-KL and may coincide in position with the 25 GHz masers. The source may be an example of an interesting case recently predicted in theory where the transitions of traditionally different methanol maser classes show maser activity simultaneously. In addition, results of recent search for methanol masers from the 25 and 104.3 GHz transitions are reported.
description: To appear in the Proceedings of the 2004 European Workshop: "Dense Molecular Gas around Protostars and in Galactic Nuclei", Eds. Y.Hagiwara, W.A.Baan, H.J. van Langevelde, 2004, a special issue of ApSS, Kluwer; author list has been corrected, text is unchanged
Factors affecting investment decision in Nepalese derivatives market
Creators: name: Dr. Himal Bhattrai
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 150205 Investment and Risk Management
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: Investors invest in derivatives market with the help of knowledge components such as technical knowledge and fundamental knowledge. Similarly, training, experience and intuition are other factors that are considered by investors while investing in derivatives market. This study basically deals with the identification of various factors that affects investment decision in Nepalese derivatives market. The study is based on primary sources of data. Stratified and judgmental sampling method is used for selecting the sampling unit. Further, the study focuses on the descriptive and causal research designs by using structured questionnaire to deal with the issues raised as well as the inferential analysis to support the significance of the relationship between different variables. There is positive correlation between return on investment and technical knowledge, fundamental knowledge, training, experience and intuition and the relationship is significant. International politics, international economy, national legal environment, knowledge on derivatives and economic data and reports are the most important factors that affect investment decision in derivatives investors. Advanced information communication technology (ICT), natural calamities and provision of physical delivery are the moderately affecting variables. Similarly, national politics and national economy are the least important factors affecting investment decision in Nepalese derivatives market. The most important factors for selecting a particular commodity for trading Nepalese derivatives market are expected return, past trend, risk appetite, investment horizon, and investment objectives. Moderately important factors are volatility and portfolio. Similarly, least important factors are contract size and price, liquidity and investible surplus. Key words: Investment, Economy, Price, Liquidity, Investment Decision, Derivatives Market, Nepal
Unambiguous scattering matrix for non-Hermitian systems
Creators: name: Novitsky, Andrey
name: Lyakhov, Dmitry
name: Michels, Dominik
name: Pavlov, Alexander
name: Shalin, Alexander
name: Novitsky, Denis
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry is a unique platform for light manipulation and versatile use in unidirectional invisibility, lasing, sensing, etc. Broken and unbroken $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric states in non-Hermitian open systems are described by scattering matrices. A multilayer structure, as a simplest example of the open system, has no certain definition of the scattering matrix, since the output ports can be permuted. The uncertainty in definition of the exceptional points bordering $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric and $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetry-broken states poses an important problem, because the exceptional points are indispensable in applications as sensing and mode discrimination. Here we derive the proper scattering matrix from the unambiguous relation between the $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric Hamiltonian and scattering matrix. We reveal that the exceptional points of the scattering matrix with permuted output ports are not related to the $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry breaking. Nevertheless, they can be employed for finding a lasing onset as demonstrated in our time-domain calculations and scattering-matrix pole analysis. Our results are important for various applications of the non-Hermitian systems including encircling exceptional points, coherent perfect absorption, $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric plasmonics, etc.
description: 7 pages, 5 figures
title: Rural Policy - The Research Bulletin of the Center for Rural Pennsylvania, Vol. 3 No. 1 (2024): Rural Policy
title: Rural Policy
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Rural Policy-The Research Bulletin Of The Center For Rural Pennsylvania
Publisher: name: Rural Policy - The Research Bulletin of the Center for Rural Pennsylvania
Year: 2025

description: Rural Policy - The Research Bulletin of the Center for Rural Pennsylvania features research sponsored by the Center, which is a bipartisan, bicameral legislative agency that serves as a resource for rural policy within the Pennsylvania General Assembly.


The Center shares its sponsored research with the Pennsylvania General Assembly and others interested in rural policy specific to Pennsylvania.


To bring the Center's research to a wider audience, it publishes Rural Policy twice a year.


To learn more about the Center and its Research Grant Program, visit the Center's website.
description: Inventory and Analysis of Short-Term Rentals in Pennsylvania...458
Caring for Pennsylvanians with Dementia and Related Disorders: An Analysis of Needs and Capacity in Rural Areas, 2024 to 2034...360
Roadblocks to Reporting: Examining Barriers that Deter Domestic Violence Victim-Survivors from Reporting to Law Enforcement in Rural Communities of Pennsylvania...302
Connecting the Dots: Rural Public Libraries as Partners for Small Business and Workforce Growth...243
Understanding and Addressing the Impact of Solar Development on Pennsylvania Farmland...162
Baseline Assessment, Development Process, and Regulatory Context of Solar Power in Rural Pennsylvania...98
Examination of Emergency Food Supply and Distribution in Pennsylvania...1
Editor-In-Chief's Foreword...I
Homo politicus. Społeczno-polityczne wartości współczesnego człowieka
Creators: name: (:Unav)
Publisher: name: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jana Kochanowskiego w Kielcach
Year: 2021

description: Monografia zbiorowa jest kolejną edycją efektów prac badawczych przeprowadzonych przez zespół interdyscyplinarny z Polski, Ukrainy i Rosji nad problemem wartości społeczno-politycznych współczesnego człowieka w ramach Międzynarodowego Projektu Integracyjnego "Szkoła Otwartego Umysłu". Wyniki badań doktorantów i studentów zostały przedstawione w pierwszych trzech częściach monografii pt. „Społeczno-polityczne wartości w mediach i życiu publicznym", „Społeczno-polityczne wartości w aspekcie historyczno-kulturowym" oraz „Społeczno-polityczne wartości w aspekcie artystycznym". Ostatnia część – „Zdanie ekspertów" – przedstawia refleksje opiekunów naukowych młodzieży nad tematem monografii.
Low and intermediate mass star yields: The evolution of carbon abundances
Creators: name: Gavilan, M.
name: Buell, J. F.
name: Molla, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a set of low and intermediate mass star yields based on a modeling of the TP--AGB phase which affects the production of nitrogen and carbon. These yields are evaluated by using them in a Galaxy Chemical Evolution model, with which we analyze the evolution of carbon abundances. By comparing the results with those obtained with other yield sets, and with a large amount of observational data, we conclude that the model using these yields combined with those from Woosley & Weaver (1995) for massive stars properly reproduce all the data. The model reproduces well the increase of C/O with increasing O/H abundances. Since these massive star yields do not include winds, it implies that these stellar winds might have a smoother dependence on metallicity than usually assumed and that a significant quantity of carbon proceeds from LIM stars.
description: 21 pages, 11 figures. To be published in Astronomy and Astrophysics