122 research outputs found
Protected Culture for Vegetable and Small Fruit Crops: Types of Structures
No full textA protective structure is defined as any structure designed to modify the environment in which plants are grown. Protective structures, such as greenhouses, screen houses, and tunnels, are known worldwide as production systems for high-quality vegetable and fruit crops.
This minor revision by Shinsuke Agehara adds updated information regarding 2015 revisions to the Worker Protection Standards in the last paragraph, and removes one former author no longer affiliated with UF.
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/hs1224
Previous version: Santos, Bielinski, Gary Vallad, and Emmanuel Torres-Quezada. 2013. “Protected Culture for Vegetable and Small Fruit Crops: Types of Structures”. EDIS 2013 (7). https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/121080
Correction to: Comparison of glycyrrhizin content in 25 major kinds of Kampo extracts containing Glycyrrhizae Radix used clinically in Japan
No full textThe article Comparison of glycyrrhizin content in 25 major kinds of Kampo extracts containing Glycyrrhizae Radix used clinically in Japan, written by Mitsuhiko Nose, Momoka Tada, Rika Kojima, Kumiko Nagata, Shinsuke Hisaka, Sayaka Masada, Masato Homma and Takashi Hakamatsuka, was originally published Online First without open access. After publication in volume 71, issue 4, page 711–722 the author decided to opt for Open Choice and to make the article an open access publication. Therefore, the copyright of the article has been changed to © The Author(s) 2018 and the article is forthwith distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, duplication, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.</jats:p
Long-Range Atom–Ion Rydberg Molecule: A Novel Molecular Binding Mechanism
No full textWe present a novel binding mechanism where a neutral Rydberg atom and an atomic ion form a molecular bound state at a large internuclear distance. The binding mechanism is based on Stark shifts and level crossings that are induced in the Rydberg atom due to the electric field of the ion. At particular internuclear distances between the Rydberg atom and the ion, potential wells occur that can hold atom–ion molecular bound states. Apart from the binding mechanism, we describe important properties of the long-range atom–ion Rydberg molecule, such as its lifetime and decay paths, its vibrational and rotational structure, and its large dipole moment. Furthermore, we discuss methods of how to produce and detect it. The unusual properties of the long-range atom–ion Rydberg molecule give rise to interesting prospects for studies of wave packet dynamics in engineered potential energy landscapes
<Articles>Malaysian Evolution of "Mudaraba Consensus": Challenges for the Islamic Capital Market
No full textThe Malaysian practice of Islamic finance has greatly contributed to the rapid growth of the industry in the first decade of the twenty-first century and so the term ‘Malaysia' is widely recognized as symbolizing the development of Islamic finance. However, this term is also mentioned negatively in criticisms of the current practices. The critics, known as the "Mudaraba Consensus School", who aspire to the ideals of Islamic economics and finance, have used the term of "Malaysia" to allegedly symbolize the prevalence of "bad" practices in the industry. This study focuses on the development of the Islamic capital market in Malaysia and explains how Malaysia has responded to the criticism from the "Mudaraba Consensus School". From the analysis, it can be observed that the Malaysian Islamic capital market has positively addressed this criticism by involving the consensus. Specifically, it has initiated the following three measures: 1) "equitization" of debt-based financial products as a direct response, 2) diversification of asset classes in the Islamic capital market, and 3) visualization of Sharia-compliant corporate assets which have a great potential to universalize the consensus. Such challenges by the Malaysian Islamic capital market pave the way for bridging the dichotomy between theory and practice in Islamic economics and finance. They also provide an alternative development blueprint for future Islamic economics and finance, which is different from that proposed by what the author refers to as the "New Horizon‘s' in Islamic Economics and Finance
Realization of Fast Rabi Oscillations in Radio Frequency Magnetic Resonance of Ground Zeeman States of <sup>40</sup>Ca<sup>+</sup>
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We excited a transition between ground-state Zeeman sublevels in 40Ca+ using a radio frequency (RF) magnetic field. We discuss methods for generating an RF magnetic field of sufficiently large amplitude and for estimating the amplitude of the RF field to observe Rabi oscillations with high Rabi frequencies. A maximum Rabi frequency of ∼250 kHz was obtained. We also demonstrate a simple quantum gate operation on a combined system using the S1/2–D5/2 transition in 40Ca+.
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Arbitrage Asset Pricing under Exchange Risk.
No full textThis paper extends the arbitrage pricing theory to an international setting. Specifying a linear factor return-generating model in local currency terms, the author shows that the usual risk-diversification rule in the arbitrage pricing theory does not yield a riskless portfolio unless currency fluctuations obey the same factor model as asset returns. The author then considers an arbitrage portfolio whose exchange risk is hedged by foreign riskless bonds. Under the resulting no-arbitrage conditions, the expected returns are not on the same hyperplane, unlike the closed-economy arbitrage pricing theory, unless they are adjusted by the cost of exchange risk hedging. Copyright 1991 by American Finance Association.
Finding a Balance between Diversity and Target Language: A Case of a Japanese Language Program in a Private University
No full textOne of the challenges that language professionals face in our increasingly diverse communities is establishing a balance between diversity and language standards. While Standard Japanese can be considered a common language to interact with the majority of Japanese speakers who may not be accustomed to nonnative speech (ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines, 2012), the strict requirement to follow the monolingual standard may disregard the legitimacy of multilingual speakers, including nonstandard dialect speakers. This article discusses pros and cons of setting standards in language programs and relevant findings concerning the native speaker fallacy (Author, 2019). Then the author will share his shifting perspectives on errors, interlanguage, dialectal differences, and certain “nonstandard” practices (e.g. translanguaging) in his experience of training, hiring, and supervising teaching assistants at Brigham Young University
Finding a Balance between Diversity and Target Language: A Case of a Japanese Language Program in a Private University
No full textOne of the challenges that language professionals face in our increasingly diverse communities is establishing a balance between diversity and language standards. While Standard Japanese can be considered a common language to interact with the majority of Japanese speakers who may not be accustomed to nonnative speech (ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines, 2012), the strict requirement to follow the monolingual standard may disregard the legitimacy of multilingual speakers, including nonstandard dialect speakers. This article discusses pros and cons of setting standards in language programs and relevant findings concerning the native speaker fallacy (Author, 2019). Then the author will share his shifting perspectives on errors, interlanguage, dialectal differences, and certain “nonstandard” practices (e.g. translanguaging) in his experience of training, hiring, and supervising teaching assistants at Brigham Young University
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