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1. Physics at the e+ e- Linear Collider [2015]

  • Moortgat-Pick, G., Baer, H., Battaglia, M., Belanger, G., Fujii, K., Kalinowski, J., Heinemeyer, S., Kiyo, Y., Olive, K., Simon, F., Uwer, P., Wackeroth, D., Zerwas, P. M., Arbey, A., Asano, M., Bagger, J., Bechtle, P., Bharucha, A., Brau, J., Brummer, F., Choi, S. Y., Denner, A., Desch, K., Dittmaier, S., Ellwanger, U., Englert, C., Freitas, A., Ginzburg, I., Godfrey, S., Greiner, N., Grojean, C., Grunewald, M., Heisig, J., Hocker, A., Kanemura, S., Kawagoe, K., Kogler, R., Krawczyk, M., Kronfeld, A. S., Kroseberg, J., Liebler, S., List, J., Mahmoudi, F., Mambrini, Y., Matsumoto, S., Mnich, J., Monig, K., Muhlleitner, M. M., Poschl, R., Porod, W., Porto, S., Rolbiecki, K., Schmitt, M., Serpico, P., Stanitzki, M., Stål, O., Stefaniak, T., Stockinger, D., Weiglein, G., Wilson, G. W., Zeune, L., Moortgat, F., and Xella, S.
Subjects
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology and High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract
A comprehensive review of physics at an e+e- Linear Collider in the energy range of sqrt{s}=92 GeV--3 TeV is presented in view of recent and expected LHC results, experiments from low energy as well as astroparticle physics.The report focuses in particular on Higgs boson, Top quark and electroweak precision physics, but also discusses several models of beyond the Standard Model physics such as Supersymmetry, little Higgs models and extra gauge bosons. The connection to cosmology has been analyzed as well.
Comment: 179 pages, plots and references updated, version to be published at EPJC

2. Handbook of LHC Higgs Cross Sections: 4. Deciphering the Nature of the Higgs Sector [2016]

  • de Florian, D., Grojean, C., Maltoni, F., Mariotti, C., Nikitenko, A., Pieri, M., Savard, P., Schumacher, M., Tanaka, R., Aggleton, R., Ahmad, M., Allanach, B., Anastasiou, C., Astill, W., Badger, S., Badziak, M., Baglio, J., Bagnaschi, E., Ballestrero, A., Banfi, A., Barducci, D., Beckingham, M., Becot, C., Bélanger, G., Bellm, J., Belyaev, N., Bernlochner, F. U., Beskidt, C., Biekötter, A., Bishara, F., Bizon, W., Bomark, N. E., Bonvini, M., Borowka, S., Bortolotto, V., Boselli, S., Botella, F. J., Boughezal, R., Branco, G. C., Brehmer, J., Brenner, L., Bressler, S., Brivio, I., Broggio, A., Brun, H., Buchalla, G., Burgard, C. D., Calandri, A., Caminada, L., Armadans, R. Caminal, Campanario, F., Campbell, J., Caola, F., Calame, C. M. Carloni, Carrazza, S., Carvalho, A., Casolino, M., Cata, O., Celis, A., Cerutti, F., Chanon, N., Chen, M., Chen, X., Nejad, B. Chokoufé, Christensen, N., Ciuchini, M., Contino, R., Corbett, T., Costa, R., Curtin, D., Dall'Osso, M., David, A., Dawson, S., de Blas, J., de Boer, W., Manzano, P. de Castro, Degrande, C., Delgado, R. L., Demartin, F., Denner, A., Di Micco, B., Di Nardo, R., Dittmaier, S., Dobado, A., Dorigo, T., Dreyer, F. A., Dührssen, M., Duhr, C., Dulat, F., Ecker, K., Ellis, K., Ellwanger, U., Englert, C., Espriu, D., Falkowski, A., Fayard, L., Feger, R., Ferrera, G., Ferroglia, A., Fidanza, N., Figy, T., Flechl, M., Fontes, D., Forte, S., Francavilla, P., Franco, E., Frederix, R., Freitas, A., Freitas, F. F., Frensch, F., Frixione, S., Fuks, B., Furlan, E., Gadatsch, S., Gao, J., Gao, Y., Garzelli, M. V., Gehrmann, T., Gerosa, R., Ghezzi, M., Ghosh, D., Gieseke, S., Gillberg, D., Giudice, G. F., Glover, E. W. N., Goertz, F., Gonçalves, D., Gonzalez-Fraile, J., Gorbahn, M., Gori, S., Gottardo, C. A., Gouzevitch, M., Govoni, P., Gray, D., Grazzini, M., Greiner, N., Greljo, A., Grigo, J., Gritsan, A. V., Gröber, R., Guindon, S., Haber, H. E., Han, C., Han, T., Harlander, R., Harrendorf, M. A., Hartanto, H. B., Hays, C., Heinemeyer, S., Heinrich, G., Herrero, M., Herzog, F., Hespel, B., Hirschi, V., Hoeche, S., Honeywell, S., Huber, S. J., Hugonie, C., Huston, J., Ilnicka, A., Isidori, G., Jäger, B., Jaquier, M., Jones, S. P., Juste, A., Kallweit, S., Kaluza, A., Kardos, A., Karlberg, A., Kassabov, Z., Kauer, N., Kazakov, D. I., Kerner, M., Kilian, W., Kling, F., Köneke, K., Kogler, R., Konoplich, R., Kortner, S., Kraml, S., Krause, C., Krauss, F., Krawczyk, M., Kulesza, A., Kuttimalai, S., Lane, R., Lazopoulos, A., Lee, G., Lenzi, P., Lewis, I. M., Li, Y., Liebler, S., Lindert, J., Liu, X., Liu, Z., Llanes-Estrada, F. J., Logan, H. E., Lopez-Val, D., Low, I., Luisoni, G., Maierhöfer, P., Maina, E., Mansoulié, B., Mantler, H., Mantoani, M., Marini, A. C., Outschoorn, V. I. Martinez, Marzani, S., Marzocca, D., Massironi, A., Mawatari, K., Mazzitelli, J., McCarn, A., Mellado, B., Melnikov, K., Menari, S. B., Merlo, L., Meyer, C., Milenovic, P., Mimasu, K., Mishima, S., Mistlberger, B., Moch, S. -O., Mohammadi, A., Monni, P. F., Montagna, G., Llácer, M. Moreno, Moretti, N., Moretti, S., Motyka, L., Mück, A., Mühlleitner, M., Munir, S., Musella, P., Nadolsky, P., Napoletano, D., Nebot, M., Neu, C., Neubert, M., Nevzorov, R., Nicrosini, O., Nielsen, J., Nikolopoulos, K., No, J. M., O'Brien, C., Ohl, T., Oleari, C., Orimoto, T., Pagani, D., Pandini, C. E., Papaefstathiou, A., Papanastasiou, A. S., Passarino, G., Pecjak, B. D., Pelliccioni, M., Perez, G., Perrozzi, L., Petriello, F., Petrucciani, G., Pianori, E., Piccinini, F., Pierini, M., Pilkington, A., Plätzer, S., Plehn, T., Podskubka, R., Potter, C. T., Pozzorini, S., Prokofiev, K., Pukhov, A., Puljak, I., Queitsch-Maitland, M., Quevillon, J., Rathlev, D., Rauch, M., Re, E., Rebelo, M. N., Rebuzzi, D., Reina, L., Reuschle, C., Reuter, J., Riembau, M., Riva, F., Rizzi, A., Robens, T., Röntsch, R., Rojo, J., Romão, J. C., Rompotis, N., Roskes, J., Roth, R., Salam, G. P., Salerno, R., Sampaio, M. O. P., Santos, R., Sanz, V., Sanz-Cillero, J. J., Sargsyan, H., Sarica, U., Schichtel, P., Schlenk, J., Schmidt, T., Schmitt, C., Schönherr, M., Schubert, U., Schulze, M., Sekula, S., Sekulla, M., Shabalina, E., Shao, H. S., Shelton, J., Shepherd-Themistocleous, C. H., Shim, S. Y., Siegert, F., Signer, A., Silva, J. P., Silvestrini, L., Sjodahl, M., Slavich, P., Slawinska, M., Soffi, L., Spannowsky, M., Speckner, C., Sperka, D. M., Spira, M., Stål, O., Staub, F., Stebel, T., Stefaniak, T., Steinhauser, M., Stewart, I. W., Strassler, M. J., Streicher, J., Strom, D. M., Su, S., Sun, X., Tackmann, F. J., Tackmann, K., Teixeira, A. M., de Lima, R. Teixeira, Theeuwes, V., Thorne, R., Tommasini, D., Torrielli, P., Tosi, M., Tramontano, F., Trócsányi, Z., Trott, M., Tsinikos, I., Ubiali, M., Vanlaer, P., Verkerke, W., Vicini, A., Viliani, L., Vryonidou, E., Wackeroth, D., Wagner, C. E. M., Wang, J., Wayand, S., Weiglein, G., Weiss, C., Wiesemann, M., Williams, C., Winter, J., Winterbottom, D., Wolf, R., Xiao, M., Yang, L. L., Yohay, R., Yuen, S. P. Y., Zanderighi, G., Zaro, M., Zeppenfeld, D., Ziegler, R., Zirke, T., and Zupan, J.
Subjects
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology and High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract
This Report summarizes the results of the activities of the LHC Higgs Cross Section Working Group in the period 2014-2016. The main goal of the working group was to present the state-of-the-art of Higgs physics at the LHC, integrating all new results that have appeared in the last few years. The first part compiles the most up-to-date predictions of Higgs boson production cross sections and decay branching ratios, parton distribution functions, and off-shell Higgs boson production and interference effects. The second part discusses the recent progress in Higgs effective field theory predictions, followed by the third part on pseudo-observables, simplified template cross section and fiducial cross section measurements, which give the baseline framework for Higgs boson property measurements. The fourth part deals with the beyond the Standard Model predictions of various benchmark scenarios of Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model, extended scalar sector, Next-to-Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model and exotic Higgs boson decays. This report follows three previous working-group reports: Handbook of LHC Higgs Cross Sections: 1. Inclusive Observables (CERN-2011-002), Handbook of LHC Higgs Cross Sections: 2. Differential Distributions (CERN-2012-002), and Handbook of LHC Higgs Cross Sections: 3. Higgs properties (CERN-2013-004). The current report serves as the baseline reference for Higgs physics in LHC Run 2 and beyond.
Comment: 869 pages, 295 figures, 248 tables and 1645 citations. Working Group web page: https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LHCPhysics/LHCHXSWG

3. Prospects for charged Higgs searches at the LHC [2016]

  • Akeroyd, A. G., Aoki, M., Arhrib, A., Basso, L., Ginzburg, I. F., Guedes, R., Hernandez-Sanchez, J., Huitu, K., Hurth, T., Kadastik, M., Kanemura, S., Kannike, mK., Khater, W., Krawczyk, M., Mahmoudi, F., Moretti, S., Najjari, S., Osland, P., Pruna, G. M., Purmohammadi, M., Racioppi, A., Raidal, M., Santos, R., Sharma, P., Sokołowska, D., Stål, O., Yagyu, K., and Yildirim, E.
  • Eur.Phys.J. C77 (2017) no.5, 276
Subjects
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
The goal of this report is to summarize the current situation and discuss possible search strategies for charged scalars, in non-supersymmetric extensions of the Standard Model at the LHC. Such scalars appear in Multi-Higgs-Doublet models (MHDM), in particular in the popular Two-Higgs-Doublet model (2HDM), allowing for charged and additional neutral Higgs bosons. These models have the attractive property that electroweak precision observables are automatically in agreement with the Standard Model at the tree level. For the most popular version of this framework, Model~II, a discovery of a charged Higgs boson remains challenging, since the parameter space is becoming very constrained, and the QCD background is very high. We also briefly comment on models with dark matter which constrain the corresponding charged scalars that occur in these models. The stakes of a possible discovery of an extended scalar sector are very high, and these searches should be pursued in all conceivable channels, at the LHC and at future colliders.
Comment: 65 pages, revised version to appear in EPJ C

4. Handbook of LHC Higgs Cross Sections: 3. Higgs Properties [2013]

  • The LHC Higgs Cross Section Working Group, Heinemeyer, S., Mariotti, C., Passarino, G., Tanaka, R., Andersen, J. R., Artoisenet, P., Bagnaschi, E. A., Banfi, A., Becher, T., Bernlochner, F. U., Bolognesi, S., Bolzoni, P., Boughezal, R., Buarque, D., Campbell, J., Caola, F., Carena, M., Cascioli, F., Chanon, N., Cheng, T., Choi, S. Y., David, A., de Aquino, P., Degrassi, G., Del Re, D., Denner, A., van Deurzen, H., Diglio, S., Di Micco, B., Di Nardo, R., Dittmaier, S., Duhrssen, M., Ellis, R. K., Ferrera, G., Fidanza, N., Flechl, M., de Florian, D., Forte, S., Frederix, R., Frixione, S., Gangal, S., Gao, Y., Garzelli, M. V., Gillberg, D., Govoni, P., Grazzini, M., Greiner, N., Griffiths, J., Gritsan, A . V., Grojean, C., Hall, D. C., Hays, C., Harlander, R., Hernandez-Pinto, R., Hoche, S., Huston, J., Jubb, T., Kadastik, M., Kallweit, S., Kardos, A., Kashif, L., Kauer, N., Kim, H., Klees, R., Kramer, M., Krauss, F., Laureys, A., Laurila, S., Lehti, S., Li, Q., Liebler, S., Liu, X., Logan, H. E., Luisoni, G., Malberti, M., Maltoni, F., Mawatari, K., Maierhofer, F., Mantler, H., Martin, S., Mastrolia, P., Mattelaer, O., Mazzitelli, J., Mellado, B., Melnikov, K., Meridiani, P., Miller, D. J., Mirabella, E., Moch, S. O., Monni, P., Moretti, N., Muck, A., Muhlleitner, M., Musella, P., Nason, P., Neu, C., Neubert, M., Oleari, C., Olsen, J., Ossola, G., Peraro, T., Peters, K., Petriello, F., Piacquadio, G., Potter, C. T., Pozzorini, S., Prokofiev, K., Puljak, I., Rauch, M., Rebuzzi, D., Reina, L., Rietkerk, R., Rizzi, A., Rotstein-Habarnau, Y., Salam, G. P., Sborlini, G., Schissler, F., Schonherr, M., Schulze, M., Schumacher, M., Siegert, F., Slavich, P., Smillie, J. M., Stal, O., von Soden-Fraunhofen, J. F., Spira, M., Stewart, I. W., Tackmann, F. J., Taylor, P. T. E., Tommasini, D., Thompson, J., Thorne, R. S., Torrielli, P., Tramontano, F., Tran, N. V., Trocsanyi, Z., Ubiali, M., Vanlaer, P., Acosta, M. Vazquez, Vickey, T., Vicini, A., Waalewijn, W. J., Wackeroth, D., Wagner, C., Walsh, J. R., Wang, J., Weiglein, G., Whitbeck, A., Williams, C., Yu, J., Zanderighi, G., Zanetti, M., Zaro, M., Zerwas, P. M., Zhang, C., Zirke, T. J . E., and Zuberi, S.
Subjects
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology and High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract
This Report summarizes the results of the activities in 2012 and the first half of 2013 of the LHC Higgs Cross Section Working Group. The main goal of the working group was to present the state of the art of Higgs Physics at the LHC, integrating all new results that have appeared in the last few years. This report follows the first working group report Handbook of LHC Higgs Cross Sections: 1. Inclusive Observables (CERN-2011-002) and the second working group report Handbook of LHC Higgs Cross Sections: 2. Differential Distributions (CERN-2012-002). After the discovery of a Higgs boson at the LHC in mid-2012 this report focuses on refined prediction of Standard Model (SM) Higgs phenomenology around the experimentally observed value of 125-126 GeV, refined predictions for heavy SM-like Higgs bosons as well as predictions in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model and first steps to go beyond these models. The other main focus is on the extraction of the characteristics and properties of the newly discovered particle such as couplings to SM particles, spin and CP-quantum numbers etc.
Comment: 404 pages, 139 figures, 162 tables. Updated for author names and minor corrections in the figures and tables. Working Group web page: https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LHCPhysics/CrossSections

5. ELVIS - ELectromagnetic Vector Information Sensor [2005]

  • Bergman, J. E. S., Åhlén, L., Stål, O., Thidé, B., Ananthakrishnan, S., Wahlund, J. -E., Karlsson, R. L., Puccio, W., Carozzi, T. D., and Kale, P.
Subjects
Astrophysics
Abstract
The ELVIS instrument was recently proposed by the authors for the Indian Chandrayaan-1 mission to the Moon and is presently under consideration by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The scientific objective of ELVIS is to explore the electromagnetic environment of the moon. ELVIS samples the full three-dimensional (3D) electric field vector, E(x,t), up to 18 MHz, with selective Nyqvist frequency bandwidths down to 5 kHz, and one component of the magnetic field vector, B(x,t), from a few Hz up to 100 kHz.As a transient detector, ELVIS is capable of detecting pulses with a minimum pulse width of 5 ns. The instrument comprises three orthogonal electric dipole antennas, one magnetic search coil antenna and a four-channel digital sampling system, utilising flexible digital down conversion and filtering together with state-of-the-art onboard digital signal processing.
Comment: 8 pages, 3 figures. Submitted to the DGLR Int. Symposium "To Moon and Beyond", Bremen, Germany, 2005. Companion paper to arXiv:astro-ph/0509210

6. Physics at the e(+) e(-) linear collider [2015]

  • Moortgat-Pick, G., Baer, H., Battaglia, M., Belanger, G., Fujii, K., Kalinowski, J., Heinemeyer, S., Kiyo, Y., Olive, K., Simon, F., Uwer, P., Wackeroth, D., Zerwas, P. M., Arbey, A., Asano, M., Bagger, J., Bechtle, P., Bharucha, A., Brau, J., Bruemmer, F., Choi, S. Y., Denner, A., Desch, K., Dittmaier, S., Ellwanger, U., Englert, C., Freitas, A., Ginzburg, I., Godfrey, S., Greiner, N., Grojean, C., Gruenewald, M., Heisig, J., Hoecker, A., Kanemura, S., Kawagoe, K., Kogler, R., Krawczyk, M., Kronfeld, A. S., Kroseberg, J., Liebler, S., List, J., Mahmoudi, F., Mambrini, Y., Matsumoto, S., Mnich, J., Moenig, K., Muehlleitner, M. M., Poschl, R., Porod, W., Porto, S., Rolbiecki, K., Schmitt, M., Serpico, P., Stanitzki, M., Stål, Oscar, Stoecfaniak, T., Stockinger, D., Weiglein, G., Wilson, G. W., Zeune, L., Moortgat, F., Xella, S., Ellis, J. d, Komamiya, S., Peskin, M., Schlatter, D., Wagner, A., Yamamoto, H., Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Fysikum, and Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Oskar Klein-centrum för kosmopartikelfysik (OKC)
  • European Physical Journal C. 75(8)
Subjects
Natural Sciences, Physical Sciences, Naturvetenskap, and Fysik
Abstract
A comprehensive review of physics at an e(+) e(-) linear collider in the energy range of root s = 92 GeV-3 TeV is presented in view of recent and expected LHC results, experiments from low-energy as well as astroparticle physics. The report focusses in particular on Higgs-boson, top-quark and electroweak precision physics, but also discusses several models of beyond the standard model physics such as super-symmetry, little Higgs models and extra gauge bosons. The connection to cosmology has been analysed as well.

7. Prospects for Lunar Satellite Detection of Radio Pulses from Ultrahigh Energy Neutrinos Interacting with the Moon [2006]

  • Stål, O., Bergman, J. E. S., Thidé, B., Daldorff, L. K. S., and Ingelman, G.
  • Phys.Rev.Lett.98:071103,2007
Subjects
Astrophysics
Abstract
The Moon provides a huge effective detector volume for ultrahigh energy cosmic neutrinos, which generate coherent radio pulses in the lunar surface layer due to the Askaryan effect. In light of presently considered lunar missions, we propose radio measurements from a Moon-orbiting satellite. First systematic Monte Carlo simulations demonstrate the detectability of Askaryan pulses from neutrinos with energies above 10^{20} eV, i.e. near and above the interesting GZK limit, at the very low fluxes predicted in different scenarios.
Comment: RevTeX (4 pages, 2 figures). v2 includes updated results and extended discussion

8. Prospects for charged Higgs searches at the LHC [2017]

  • Akeroyd, A. G., Aoki, M., Arhrib, A., Basso, L., Ginzburg, I. F., Guedes, R., Hernandez-Sanchez, J., Huitu, K., Hurth, T., Kadastik, M., Kanemura, S., Kannike, K., Khater, W., Krawczyk, M., Mahmoudi, F., Moretti, S., Najjari, S., Osland, P., Pruna, G. M., Purmohammadi, M., Racioppi, A., Raidal, M., Santos, R., Sharma, P., Sokolowska, D., Stål, Oscar, Yagyu, K., Yildirim, E., Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Fysikum, and Stockholms universitet, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, Oskar Klein-centrum för kosmopartikelfysik (OKC)
  • European Physical Journal C. 77(5)
Subjects
Natural Sciences, Physical Sciences, Naturvetenskap, and Fysik
Abstract
The goal of this report is to summarize the current situation and discuss possible search strategies for charged scalars, in non-supersymmetric extensions of the Standard Model at the LHC. Such scalars appear in Multi-HiggsDoublet models, in particular in the popular Two-HiggsDoublet model, allowing for charged and additional neutral Higgs bosons. These models have the attractive property that electroweak precision observables are automatically in agreement with the Standard Model at the tree level. For the most popular version of this framework, Model II, a discovery of a charged Higgs boson remains challenging, since the parameter space is becoming very constrained, and the QCD background is very high. We also briefly comment on models with dark matter which constrain the corresponding charged scalars that occur in these models. The stakes of a possible discovery of an extended scalar sector are very high, and these searches should be pursued in all conceivable channels, at the LHC and at future colliders.

9. Providing Books to Rural Schools through Mobile Libraries [2016]

  • Jacobs, Lynette, Stals, Ernst L. P., and Leroy, Lieve
  • Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, Paper presented at the Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (14th, Sofia, Bulgaria, Jun 14-17, 2016). 7 pp.
Subjects
Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Rural Areas, Libraries, Transportation, At Risk Students, Participatory Research, Action Research, Interviews, Qualitative Research, Focus Groups, Observation, Workshops, Program Effectiveness, and South Africa
Abstract
International literacy tests, such as PIRLS show that South African primary school learners compare negatively with their peers in other parts of the world. Added to this, learners in rural schools in the country perform significantly worse than their peers who attend schools in urban areas, with the former learners also having other challenges, such as poverty and poorly resourced schools. In order to support literacy in South Africa, SAPESI and other partners initiated a project where mini-buses are converted into mobile libraries, and books are provided to schools without permanent libraries. This paper reports on research that was commissioned by the Free State Department of Education, and sponsored by the Flemish Association for Development Cooperation and Technical assistance, to appraise the work of these mobile libraries. Findings show a commitment by the staff involved to contribute to the development of marginalised learners attending rural schools. [For the complete Volume 14, Number 1 proceedings, see ED568088.]

10. Identification of biogenic volatile organic compounds for improved border biosecurity

  • Nixon, Laura
Subjects
Halyomorpha halys, Pentatomidae, (E)-2-decenal, 4-oxo-(E)-2-hexenal, border biosecurity, invasive invertebrates, brown marmorated stink bug, detection, volatile organic compounds, tridecane, dodecane, gas-chromatography mass-spectrometry (GC-MS), and risk management
Abstract
Effective border biosecurity is a high priority in New Zealand. A fragile and unique natural ecosystem combined with multiple crop systems, which contribute substantially to the New Zealand economy, make it essential to prevent the establishment of invasive pests. Trade globalisation and increasing tourism have facilitated human-assisted movement of invasive invertebrates, creating a need to improve pest detection in import pathways and at the border. The following works explore a potential new biosecurity inspection and monitoring concept, whereby unwanted, invasive insects may be detected by the biogenic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) they release within contained spaces, such a ship containers. The brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys Stål, is an agricultural and urban pest that has become widely established as an invasive species of major concern in the USA and across Europe. This species forms large aggregations when entering diapause, and it is often these aggregations that are found by officials conducting inspections of internationally shipped freight. Stink bug species are known to emit defensive odours, making H. halys a suitable candidate as model species for this study. Undisturbed aggregations of diapausing H. halys were found to emit tridecane and (E)-2-decenal. Mechanical agitation of diapausing H. halys was used to induce emissions of defensive odours, and the full VOC profile was confirmed through GC-MS analysis as: tridecane (41.7 ± 11.8 µg per bug), (E)-2-decenal (18.2 ± 4.2 µg), 4-oxo-(E)-2-hexenal (15.8 ± 6.3 µg), and dodecane (1.5 ± 0.6 µg). Testing the role of conspecific bugs on VOC release, it was found that H. halys required the presence of another bug as well as mechanical agitation to elicit a defensive odour response. From this, the effect of conspecific defence compounds were individually tested on single H. halys. One component, 4-oxo-(E)-2-hexenal, was found to cause individual bugs to both move further distances after exposure, and also release their own defensive odour. Thus, the agitation of aggregations, as it might occur during freight shipping, could facilitate an amplification effect for release of odours; were one bug to emit defensive VOCs in an aggregation, more would be likely to emit. This may increase the likelihood of detection of these VOCs within an enclosed space such as shipping containers. Experiments were performed to simulate the effects of two variables introduced by the act of shipping, ship movement and journey temperature fluctuations, upon aggregations of diapausing H. halys. Aggregations exposed to simulated shipping movement, using a 6-axis VS-6577G-B Denso robot arm, were not found to be any more likely to release VOCs than aggregations which remained stationary, nor did it cause any bugs to become mobile. Simulated temperature changes as they would be experienced during a voyage over 26 days from a port in the north-east USA to New Zealand were found to have a significant effect on the mobility of H. halys. However, towards the end of the simulated voyage, most H. halys died, probably from a lack of food or moisture in the shipping scenario. The high mortality observed in these aggregations prompted the collection of headspace samples from dead H. halys over the same time period and experiencing the same temperatures. This revealed that dead and decaying H. halys release the full VOC profile of tridecane, (E)-2-decenal, 4-oxo-(E)-2-hexenal, and dodecane over three weeks, although in smaller quantities than when actively releasing defensive odours. Theoretical calculations showed that the GC-MS analytical method combined with active sampling volatile collection traps was not sensitive enough to detect volatiles released by aggregations of living, dead, or combined H. halys within a 20 foot (38,000 l) shipping container. However, there are more sensitive technologies available which can detect VOCs to the parts per trillion level, which would be capable of detecting the expected VOCs concentrations associated with the presence of H. halys in shipping containers.

11. Education Provision to Every One: Comparing Perspectives from around the World. BCES Conference Books, Volume 14, Number 1 [2016]

  • Popov, Nikolay, Wolhuter, Charl, Kalin, Jana, Hilton, Gillian, Ogunleye, James, Niemczyk, Ewelina, and Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES)
  • Bulgarian Comparative Education Society. 336 pp.
Subjects
Conference Papers, Conferences (Gatherings), Comparative Education, Educational History, International Education, Productivity, Partnerships in Education, International Educational Exchange, Rural Schools, Curriculum Development, Citizenship, Energy Education, Educational Opportunities, Educational Practices, Adult Education, Unemployment, Epistemology, Preservice Teacher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Teaching Styles, Teacher Characteristics, Cognitive Style, Teacher Role, Educational Policy, Educational Administration, Lifelong Learning, Social Integration, Educational Legislation, Inclusion, Child Safety, Civil Rights, Interdisciplinary Approach, Research Skills, Research Methodology, Active Learning, Student Projects, Intervention, Action Research, Learning Experience, Student Attitudes, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Objectives, Private Financial Support, Majors (Students), Teaching Methods, Educational Resources, Foreign Countries, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, European Union, Finland, Iceland, Japan, Latvia, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Russia, Serbia, South Africa, Sweden, Texas, Turkey, and United Kingdom (England)
Abstract
Papers from the proceedings of the 14th Annual Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society was submitted in two volumes. Volume 1 contains papers submitted at the conference held in Sofia, Bulgaria, June 14-17, 2016. Volume 2 contains papers submitted at the 4th International Partner Conference of the International Research Centre (IRC) "Scientific Cooperation," Rostov-on-Don, Russia. The overall conference theme was "Education Provision to Every One: Comparing Perspectives from Around the World" and included six thematic sections: (1) Comparative Education & History of Education; (2) Pre-service and In-service Teacher Training & Learning and Teaching Styles; (3) Education Policy, Reforms and School Leadership; (4) Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and Social Inclusion; (5) Law and Education: Legislation and Inclusive Education, Child Protection & Human Rights Education; and (6) Research Education: Developing Globally Competent Researchers for International and Interdisciplinary Research. The book contains a Preface: "Bulgarian Comparative Education Society: 25 Years of Being International" (Nikolay Popov); an Introduction: "Education Provision to Everyone: Comparing Perspectives from Around the World" (Lynette Jacobs) and papers divided into the respective thematic sections. Part 1: "Comparative Education & History of Education": (1) Jullien: Founding Father of Comparative and International Education Still Pointing the Way (Charl Wolhuter); (2) Presentation of Marc-Antoine Jullien's Work in Bulgarian Comparative Education Textbooks (Teodora Genova & Nikolay Popov); (3) "Teach Your Children Well": Arguing in Favor of Pedagogically Justifiable Hospitality Education (Ferdinand J. Potgieter); (4) Theory for Explaining and Comparing the Dynamics of Education in Transitional Processes (Johannes L. van der Walt); (5) Nordic Internationalists' Contribution to the Field of Comparative and International Education (Teodora Genova); (6) International Research Partners: The Challenges of Developing an Equitable Partnership between Universities in the Global North and South (Karen L. Biraimah); (7) Providing Books to Rural Schools through Mobile Libraries (Lynette Jacobs, Ernst Stals & Lieve Leroy); (8) South African Curriculum Reform: Education for Active Citizenship (Juliana Smith & Agnetha Arendse); (9) Universities Response to Oil and Gas Industry Demands in South Texas (USA) and Tamaulipas (Mexico) (Marco Aurelio Navarro); (10) Goals That Melt Away. Higher Education Provision in Mexico (Marco Aurelio Navarro & Ruth Roux); (11) How the Issue of Unemployment and the Unemployed Is Treated in Adult Education Literature within Polish and U.S. Contexts (Marzanna Pogorzelska & Susan Yelich Biniecki); (12) Contribuciones de un Modelo Multiniveles para el Análisis Comparado de Impactos de Políticas Educativas en la Educación Superior (Mirian Inés Capelari) [title and paper are provided in Spanish, abstract in English]; and (13) Internationalization, Globalization and Relationship Networks as an Epistemological Framework Based on Comparative Studies in Education (Amelia Molina García & José Luis Horacio Andrade Lara). Part 2: "Pre-service and In-service Teacher Training & Learning and Teaching Styles": (14) The Goals and Conditions of Qualitative Collaboration between Elementary Schools and Community -- A Challenge for the Professional Development (Jana Kalin & Barbara Šteh); (15) South African Heads of Department on Their Role in Teacher Development: Unexpected Patterns in an Unequal System (André du Plessis); (16) Do Teachers, Students and Parents Agree about the Top Five Good Teacher's Characteristics? (Marlena Plavšic & Marina Dikovic); and (17) Personality Traits and Learning Styles of Secondary School Students in Serbia (Gordana Djigic, Snežana Stojiljkovic & Andrijana Markovic). Part 3: "Education Policy, Reforms & School Leadership": (18) Routes into Teaching: Does Variety Aid Recruitment or Merely Cause Confusion? A Study of Three Different Programmes for Teacher Training in England (Gillian Hilton); (19) The Status of Teaching as a Profession in South Africa (Corene de Wet); (20) Initial and Continuing Professional Development of Adult Educators from an Educational - Policy Perspective: Rethinking from Croatia (Renata Cepic & Marijeta Mašic); (21) Educational Reform from the Perspective of the Student (Claudio-Rafael Vasquez-Martinez, Felipe Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Jose-Gerardo Cardona-Toro, MaríaGuadalupe Díaz-Renteria, Maria-Ines Alvarez, Hector Rendon, Isabel Valero, Maria Morfin, Miguel Alvarez); (22) Leadership and Context Connectivity: Merging Two Forces for Sustainable School Improvement (Nylon Ramodikoe Marishane); (23) Approaches to In-servicing Training of Teachers in Primary Schools in South Africa (Vimbi P. Mahlangu); (24) Social Justice and Capacity for Self-development in Educational Systems in European Union (Bo-Ruey Huang); (25) Social Justice and Capacity for Self-Development in Educational System in Japan (Yu-Fei Liu); and (26) Emotions in Education Generated by Migration (Graciela Amira Medecigo Shej). Part 4: "Higher Education, Lifelong Learning & Social Inclusion": (27) Ambivalent Community: International African Students in Residence at a South African University (Everard Weber An); (28) Internationalization of Higher Education Institutions in Latvia and Turkey: Its Management and Development during the Last Decade (Sibel Burçer & Ilze Kangro); (29) Lifelong Learning: Capabilities and Aspirations (Petya Ilieva-Trichkova); (30) Where Have All the Teachers Gone: A Case Study in Transitioning (Amanda S. Potgieter); (31) An Overview of Engineering Courses in Brazil: Actual Challenges (Alberto G. Canen, Iara Tammela & Diogo Cevolani Camatta); (32) Multiculturalism and Peace Studies for Education Provision in Time of Diverse Democracies (Rejane P. Costa & Ana Ivenicki); (33) Social Inclusion of Foreigners in Poland (Ewa Sowa-Behtane); (34) An Autistic Child Would Like to Say "Hello" (Maria Dishkova); (35) Research Approaches for Higher Education Students: A Personal Experience (Momodou M Willan); (36) Social Networks Use, Loneliness and Academic Performance among University Students (Gordana Stankovska, Slagana Angelkovska & Svetlana Pandiloska Grncarovska); and (37) The Personal Characteristics Predictors of Academic Success (Slagana Angelkoska, Gordana Stankovska & Dimitar Dimitrovski). Part 5: "Law and Education: Legislation and Inclusive Education, Child Protection & Human Rights Education": (38) An Exploration of the Wider Costs of the Decision by the Rivers State Government in Nigeria to Revoke International Students' Scholarships (Elizabeth Achinewhu-Nworgu & Queen Chioma Nworgu); (39) Strategies for Improving the Employability Skills and Life Chances of Youths in Nigeria (Elizabeth Achinewhu-Nworgu, Steve Azaiki, Shade Babalola & Chinuru Achinewhu); (40) Examining the Role, Values, and Legal Policy Issues Facing Public Library Resources in Supporting Students to Achieve Academic Success (Elizabeth Achinewhu-Nworgu, Steve Azaiki & Queen Chioma Nworgu); (41) Peer Exclusion at Physical Education (Gorazde Sotosek); (42) Exclusion and Education in South Africa: An Education Law Perspective of Emerging Alternative Understandings of Exclusion (Johan Beckmann); and (43) Educational and Social Inclusion of Handicapped Children. Polish Experiences (Anna Czyz). Part 6: "Research Education: Developing Globally Competent Researchers for International and Interdisciplinary Research": (44) Observations about Research Methodology during 15 Years of Presenting Capacity-Building Seminars (Johannes L. van der Walt); and (45) Using a Play-Based Methodology in Qualitative Research: A Case of Using Social Board to Examine School Climate (Anna Mankowska). Following the presentation of the complete conference papers, the following abstracts are provided: (1) Project-Based Learning in Polish-American Comparative Perspective (Marzanna Pogorzelska); (2) Teaching and Researching Intervention and Facilitation in a Process of Self-reflection: Scrutinity of an Action Research Process (Juliana Smith); (3) Investigating Perceptions of Male Students in Early Childhood Education Program on Learning Experiences (Ayse Duran); (4) Teacher Professional Development and Student Achievement in Turkey: Evidence from TIMSS 2011 (Emine Gumus & Mehmet Sukru Bellibas); (5) The Usage of CBT and Ayeka Approach at the Kedma School (Yehuda Bar Shalom & Amira Bar Shalom); (6) Factors Affecting Turkish Teachers' Use of ICT for Teaching: Evidence from ICILS 2013 (Mehmet Sukru Bellibas & Sedat Gumus); (7) Application of Big Data Predictive Analytics in Higher Education (James Ogunleye); (8) The Pursuit of Excellence in Malaysian Higher Education: Consequences for the Academic Workplace (David Chapman, Sigrid Hutcheson, Chang Da Wan, Molly Lee, Ann Austin, Ahmad Nurulazam); (9) Challenging the Value and Missions of Higher Education: New Forms of Philanthropy and Giving (Pepka Boyadjieva & Petya Ilieva-Trichkova); (10) The Effects of Major-changing between Undergraduates and Postgraduates on the Major Development of Postgraduates (Jinmin Yu & Hong Zhu); (11) Spotlight on Canadian Research Education: Access of Doctoral Students to Research Assistantships (Ewelina Kinga Niemczyk); (12) Regulation or Freedom? Considering the Role of the Law in Study Supervision (J. P. Rossouw & M. C. Rossouw); (13) The Subjectivity-Objectivity Battle in Research (Gertrude Shotte); and (14) Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching Chemistry: Electrochemical Biosensors Case Study (Margarita Stoytcheva & Roumen Zlatev). A Name Index is included. (Individual papers contain references.) [For Volume 2, "Education Provision to Every One: Comparing Perspectives from around the World. BCES Conference Books, Volume 14, Number 2" see ED568089.]

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