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[Liebe Frau Handler].
No full textPersonal letter from Dr. Rudolf R. Ehrmann to Kathe Handler, including brief discussion of the Baal Shem of Michelstadt.Ehrlich, FredThe original German-language inventory is available in the folderProcessed for digitizationSent for digitizationReturned from digitizationLinked to online manifestationdigitize
FACTORS INFLUENCING FARMERS' SELECTION OF A MILK HANDLER
No full textA structural probit model is estimated to determine the change in the probability of selecting a milk handler. Cooperatives are thought to have lower prices and higher deductions than independent milk handlers and these factors reduce the probability that a farmer will select a cooperative by 0.39 and 0.32. Cooperatives are thought to have better services and an assured market and payment than independent mile handlers and these factors increase the probability that a farmer will select a cooperative by 0.20 and 0.26. This indicates that many cooperative members value monetary characteristics over non-monetary characteristics.Cooperatives, Processors, Attributes, Selection, Probit, Dairy, Livestock Production/Industries,
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
No full textWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dog-handler dynamics influence avalanche search team's performance.
No full textAvalanche search dogs represent an irreplaceable resource in case of environmental disasters. The “Alpine Rescue of Guardia di Finanza Project” is a broad research project aimed to identify limiting factors affecting teams’ performance. This work focused on behavioral dynamics between dog and handler during a simulated avalanche search trial. A warmed up scent article was randomly buried under the snow (-20cm), avoiding olfactory pollution, in fields prepared to resemble an avalanche fall environment (10mt x 15mt; 2170masl). Twelve dog-handler Units were individually video recorded and videos were analyzed through focal animal sampling of behavioral categories related to the dog-handler relationship (dog-handler tactile and visual communication, reciprocal position and distance). Nine of the 20 trials analyzed (45%) were successful with a mean latency of 148s. Principal component analysis included 15 behavioral traits and extracted three principal components (PCs) explaining 71% of the variation. PC1 mainly included items describing orientation of the dog compared with the handler and vice versa. PC2 included items related to dog’s spatial position within the field in relation to its handler. PC3 included handler-directed behaviors of the dog. High score of PC3, indicating frequent visual and physical contacts, reduced the likelihood of success (odd ratio= 0.144; 95% CI= 0.034–0.612; p=0.009). These findings suggest the dog’s behaviors directed to the handler may indicate insecurity during an avalanche search and negatively affect team’s performance. Dogs less dependent on their handlers spent more time interacting with the environment and performed better during the avalanche search trial.
Keywords: avalanche dog; dog-handler relationship; search performanc
An overview of the ATLAS High Level Trigger Dataflow and Supervision.
No full textThe ATLAS high-level trigger (HLT) system provides software-based event selection after the initial LVL1 hardware trigger. It is composed of two stages, the LVL2 trigger and the event filter (EF). The LVL2 trigger performs event selection with optimized algorithms using selected data guided by Region of Interest pointers provided by the LVL1 trigger. Those events selected by LVL2 are built into complete events, which are passed to the EF for a further stage of event selection and classification using off-line algorithms. Events surviving the EF selection are passed for off-line storage. The two stages of HLT are implemented on processor farms. The concept of distributing the selection process between LVL2 and EF is a key element in the architecture, which allows it to be flexible to changes (luminosity, detector knowledge, background conditions, etc.) Although there are some differences in the requirements between these subsystems there are many commonalities. An overview of the dataflow (event selection) and supervision (control, configuration, monitoring) activities in the HLT is given, highlighting where commonalities between the two subsystems can be exploited and indicating where requirements dictate that implementations differ. An HLT prototype system has been built at CERN. Functional testing is being carried out in order to validate the HLT architecture
"Closing the R&D Gap, Evaluating the Sources of R&D Spending"
No full textBoth spending and tax policies have been implemented in the United States with the goal of stimulating private sector research and development (R&D). Karier questions whether current R&D policy, especially the research and experimentation tax credit, can contribute to closing the gap between nondefense expenditures on R&D in the United States and such expenditures in other countries, such as Japan and Germany. He also explores possible changes to our current R&D policy to make it more effective.
Effect of adrenal steroids on vasopressin-stimulated PGE synthesis and water flow
No full text Page F532: R. M. Zusman, H. R. Keiser, and J. S. Handler. “Effect of adrenal steroids on vasopressin-stimulated PGE synthesis and water flow.” Page F536: The illustration in Figure 3 should have appeared as Figure 4. The illustration in Figure 4 should have appeared as Figure 3. </jats:p
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
A virtual hardware handler for RTR systems
No full textThe design of a Virtual Hardware Handler for run-time reconfiguration is presented. A windows-based system that works with the VCC Hotworks board has been implemented and results are presented.</p
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