cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Die schwermetalltoleranten Moose Mielichhoferia elongata und Pohlia drummondii und ihre Reaktion gegenüber Schwermetallstress
Creators: name: Wernitznig, Stefan
Year: 2009

description: Die beiden Moose Mielichhoferia elongata und Pohlia drummondii kommen in der Natur auf schwermetallhaltigen Böden vor. Es ist auch bekannt, dass sie Schwermetalle aufnehmen können. Um die beiden Laubmoose näher untersuchen zu können, wurden von ihnen sterile in vitro Kulturen angelegt. Dies sollte ermöglichen, die reine Aufnahme von Kupfer und Eisen aus dem Substrat zu bestimmen. Für eine optimale Kultivierung wurde aus 5 verschiedenen Nährmedien das modifizierte Benecke-Medium ermittelt. Auf diesem wurden die Wachstumsgrenzen bei Schwermetallstress mit Cu- und Fe-EDTA festgestellt. Bei P. drummondii lagen diese für Kupfer zwischen 10 mM und 0,1 M und bei Eisen zwischen 1 mM und 10 mM. M. elongata überlebte sogar eine Kupferkonzentration von 0,1 M. Die Grenze bei Eisen war die gleiche wie bei P. drummondii. Die Aufnahme der Schwermetalle wurde mithilfe des EDX-Systems im REM untersucht. Die Aufnahme von Kupfer für beide Moose konnte ab einer Konzentration von 1 mM nachgewiesen werden. Bei P. drummondii konnte eine maximale Aufnahme bei 16 mM festgestellt werden. Hingegen war bei M. elongata bei den Konzentrationen zwischen 1 mM und 0,1 M eine gleich hohe Aufnahme auszumachen. Eine Eisenaufnahme war bei beiden Moosen nicht nachweisbar, nur bei 1 mM zeigte M. elongata eine deutliche Aufnahme. Die Auswirkungen des Kupferstresses auf das Wachstum der Protonemata von M. elongata und P. drummondii wurde durch den Vergleich der Zelllängen untersucht. Das Protonema von M. elongata zeigte bei Chloronema und Caulonema eine Zunahme der Zelllängen, wenn diese in einem Medium mit 10 mM Cu-EDTA kultiviert wurden. Hingegen zeigte bei P. drummondii nur das Chloronema eine Zunahme der Zelllängen.
“What true project has been lost?”: Towards a social ontology of improvised sound work.
Creators: name: Russell, Bruce
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 360299
subject: Creative and professional writing not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 470207
subject: Cultural theory
classificationCode: 500321
subject: Social and political philosophy

description: In my research towards this degree I have tried to understand both the determining characteristics and the social value of the “mis-competent improvised sound work” (ISW) which I have developed. The originality of my contribution lies not only in my practical work, but also in my work towards a new theory of improvisation. The theoretical work avoids relying on ethno-musicological genealogies of technique, and instead focuses on a close analysis of the experience of improvisation framed within a context of social and political theory. This theoretical framework has arisen from my own reflections on practice, both instrumental and technical, and is integral to the way my artistic work has been performed in society.

I have sought to explain my own predilection for obsolete technologies, and why these have such widespread appeal; as well as why so many other artists coming from underground rock music are adopting this improvisational freedom. One of the key virtues of this practice is in its insistent foregrounding of its own (inevitable) failure to attain the ‘authenticity’ towards which it nevertheless strives: the project of recovering ‘true communication’ in a social space for autonomous self-expression. This I argue represents a Kraussian ‘reinvention of the medium’ (Krauss, 1999, p.296). Its value lies in the subjective experience of the work within this resolutely un-recuperated ‘field of restricted practice’.
A Network Topology Approach To Bot Classification
Creators: name: Cornelissen, Laurenz A.
name: Barnett, Richard J
name: Schoonwinkel, Petrus
name: Eichstadt, Brent D.
name: Magodla, Hluma B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018

description: Automated social agents, or bots are increasingly becoming a prob- lem on social media platforms. There is a growing body of literature and multiple tools to aid in the detection of such agents on online social networking platforms. We propose that the social network topology of a user would be sufficient to determine whether the user is a automated agent or a human. To test this, we use a pub- licly available dataset containing users on Twitter labelled as either automated social agent or human. Using an unsupervised machine learning approach, we obtain a detection accuracy rate of 70%.
Supplemental Material - Analyzing the Finnish University funding system through system-based simulation
Creators: name: Rissanen, Miia
name: Savolainen, Jyrki
name: Collan, Mikael
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2024
Subjects: Education

description: Supplemental Material for Analyzing the Finnish University funding system through system-based simulation by Miia Rissanen, Jyrki Savolainen, Mikael Collan in Policy Futures in Education
STM Open Day flyer IMM HUP Undergrad 2024.pdf
Creators: name: Teteris, Simon
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 320401
subject: Allergy
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
classificationCode: 320408
subject: Transplantation immunology
classificationCode: 320407
subject: Innate immunity
classificationCode: 320405
subject: Humoural immunology and immunochemistry
classificationCode: 320404
subject: Cellular immunology
classificationCode: 320403
subject: Autoimmunity
classificationCode: 320220
subject: Pathology (excl. oral pathology)
classificationCode: 320101
subject: Cardiology (incl. cardiovascular diseases)
classificationCode: 320102
subject: Haematology

description: Flyer for School of Translational Medicine undergraduate course in Immnology and Human Pathology for Monash Open Day.
Assessing the utility of DMSP-OLS night-time images to propose surrogate census
Creators: name: Roychowdhury, Koel
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: Countries, such as India, conduct a census collection every ten years. Currently census in India is carried out manually with enumerators visiting every household in the country. Being such a vast country (in terms of area) and with a population of more than 1 billion, manual data collection is a laborious and an expensive process. This thesis proposes a surrogate method for collecting key census metrics using satellite images which help overcome some of the problems such as inconsistency issues, the Modifiable Areal Unit Problem (MAUP) and large temporal acquisition timeframes. Satellite images from the Operational Linescan System (OLS) onboard the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) group of satellites were used for the study. The data processing section of the thesis describes the pre-processing of the census and satellite datasets used in this research and the various data quality issues that were encountered. The next part of the research examines models to propose census metrics from non – composited fixed gain radiance calibrated images. The next section of the study used the global composite stable light images and brightness images for the year 2001 to propose surrogate census for areas at different spatial scales. Linear regression and multivariate analyses were subsequently performed and models proposed for each of the selected census metrics with results ranging from r2 of 0.8 to 0.9 at the 95% confidence interval. At Taluks the adjusted r2 values range from 0.2 to 0.8 at the 95% confidence interval, with the majority of the metrics being moderately correlated (with r2 between 0.4 and 0.7). Generally it was found that the observed lights and brightness of big rural settlements from DMSP-OLS images have the potential for predicting certain census metrics. Census metrics unavailable at spatial scales lower than districts were also predicted using the proposed models and maps were derived showing the predicted measures. The thesis concludes with a comparative assessment of the models and the utility of the DMSP-OLS night-time images in proposing census. The method proposed in this research will enable prediction of census metrics more frequently and determine the trends of change over the inter-censal periods.
The impact of life changes on social media practices: An ethnographic study of young Chinese adults living in Australia
Creators: name: Chen, Xinru
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 360599
subject: Screen and digital media not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 470102
subject: Communication technology and digital media studies

description: There are mainstream research focuses on how social media affect people's lives, the present study explores how people use social media when confronted with life changing events or circumstances, especially when living overseas. Being exposed to a new living environment in Australia, many young adults from other countries are faced with a range of challenges. These may include cultural barriers, language limitations, employment difficulties, and academic pressures. The interpersonal relationships of young adults and their technological mediations shift as they experience life changes.

Drawing from long-term ethnographic research among young adults who moved from mainland China to Australia for further education or employment, I argue that social media are crucial in assisting young adults to navigate their life transitions. However, this plays out differently depending on the type of relationship and social context (friendship, love, family and work). I propose that with the affordances and the integrated communicative environment that polymedia (Madianou & Miller's 2013) provides, young adults living overseas present themselves and their life changes to diverse groups of people in different ways in order to mediate different types of ongoing relationships. This thesis contributes to the scholarship of interpersonal relationships and social media studies by exploring the digitally mediated communication of young adults going through life changes.
Understanding the design of breathing exercise games
Creators: name: Patibanda, Satya Sai Rakesh Bharadwaj
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 330310
subject: Interaction and experience design
classificationCode: 360502
subject: Computer gaming and animation
classificationCode: 360504
subject: Interactive media

description: For leading a healthy life, regular breathing exercises can be beneficial. Digital games may have the potential to help people practice breathing exercises in an engaging way. However, not much understanding exists to design such breathing exercise games. To contribute to such an understanding, I created three Virtual Reality (VR) prototype games that used breathing as the primary control mechanism. I selected virtual reality head-mounted display technology because it allows players to focus on the virtual environment and limit external distractions, which is beneficial for breathing exercises. I conducted a formal analysis of gameplay on my three prototypes to develop my final game Life Tree. Life Tree is a single player VR game in which a player controls the growth of a virtual tree by practicing pursed-lip breathing technique. Thirty-two participants were interviewed and filled out a questionnaire after playing Life Tree.

 Analysis of the data identified four key themes of affecting the experience of participants: 1) Designing Breathing Feedback; 2) Increasing Self-awareness of Breathing and Body; 3) Facilitating Focused Immersion and, 4) Engagement with Breathing Hardware. I used these themes to articulate a set of breathing exercise game design strategies. Game designers may consider these design strategies to develop engaging breathing exercise games.
Additional file 15 of Identification and characterization of a new potent inhibitor targeting CtBP1/BARS in melanoma cells
Creators: name: Filograna, Angela
name: De Tito, Stefano
name: Monte, Matteo Lo
name: Oliva, Rosario
name: Bruzzese, Francesca
name: Roca, Maria Serena
name: Zannetti, Antonella
name: Greco, Adelaide
name: Spano, Daniela
name: Ayala, Inmaculada
name: Liberti, Assunta
name: Petraccone, Luigi
name: Dathan, Nina
name: Catara, Giuliana
name: Schembri, Laura
name: Colanzi, Antonino
name: Budillon, Alfredo
name: Beccari, Andrea Rosario
name: Del Vecchio, Pompea
name: Luini, Alberto
name: Corda, Daniela
name: Valente, Carmen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 15: Supplementary Fig. 15. Relative mRNA levels of the reported genes measured by real time PCR in A375MM cells A and B, and in B16F10 cells C and D, after 24 h of treatment with DMSO (Ctr) or MTOB (5 mM) or HIPP (50 μM) or PPγ (5 μM) or Comp.11 (15 μM). GAPDH is used as housekeeping gene. Data are means ± SD of three independent experiments. *P ≤ 0.05, ***P ≤ 0.001 versus DMSO (Ctr) or non-targeting (Student’s t-tests)
Sureal-23 D2.1 Super-Continuum Laser Multiwavelength Photoacoustic Aerosol Spectrometer (Scl-Mpas)
Creators: name: Vlachos, Nickolas
name: Melas, Anastasios
name: Softas, Christos
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: sub-23 nm particle emissions
multi-wavelength photoacoustic spectrometer

description: This report aims to document the delivered demonstrator “D2.1 Super-continuum laser multi-wavelength photoacoustic spectrometer setup”, a prototype instrument developed in the frame of WP2 “Technology development”, Task 2.1 “Multi-wavelength photoacoustic technology for composition analysis” of the SUREAL-23 project. It describes the principle of operation of the chosen concept, the main SCL-MPAS system components developed/selected as well as an initial conceptual/physical system layout. This prototype will continue to undergo improvements and will be available for sub-23 nm combustion aerosol characterisation in the SUREAL-23 project.
Competition and the euro: market structure and firm profitability
Creators: name: Schulze, Alex
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 380109
subject: Industry economics and industrial organisation
classificationCode: 380204
subject: Panel data analysis
classificationCode: 380304
subject: Microeconomic theory

description: Fundamentally, what is of interest in this thesis is whether the currency union of the European region has actually delivered with respect to removing barriers to entry and hence creating a more open market. Consequently, this should result in enhanced competition and therefore a decrease in market concentration and firm profitability.

Significant research has been undertaken with respect to country and therefore macroeconomic impacts. However firm and industry behaviour on a microeconomic level has been largely ignored. Most analysis to date focuses specifically on industries within countries and not across countries in general. Furthermore, there has been no research to date that specifically investigates pre and post impacts of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU).

The determinants of market concentration and firm profitability are explored at length; leveraging the Cournot model. The Herfindahl-Hirschman index (HHI) is constructed across eight different market definitions, in order to capture the impact of the EMU on market structure. The models generated for market concentration (i.e. HHI) and firm profitability (i.e. ROS, ROA and ROE) deploy panel data estimation techniques.

According to the models estimated the creation of the EMU has resulted in a reduction in market concentration and firm profitability, consequently suggesting an increase in competition. In light of recent events, policy makers need to be very careful when considering potentially breaking-up the EMU, as there may be direct negative consequences pertaining to the levels of competition across the European landscape.
A dynamic codebook parallel vector quantizer for image compression and transmission
Creators: name: GREGORY, Mark
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: This document details research into the development of a Parallel Vector Quantiser using a Dynamic Codebook. To enable this objective to be reached the research has incorporated the development of a “real time” simulation evaluation system for such a quantiser. The complexities of modern parallel coding techniques make it such that direct comparison of new techniques with existing techniques is a time and facility consuming task that can often be inconclusive due to the use of different hardware and software. The simulation evaluation system has been developed to provide a platform for the efficient implementation of different parallel coding techniques and to permit conclusive comparison of the cost, complexity and fidelity retention of a parallel processing technique. The system is based upon a multiprocessor/shared memory architecture and the system‟s software kernel has been developed using a Graphical User Interface to permit the operator to simultaneously view the data stream “before” coding and “after” decoding in different display windows. The simulation evaluation system was used to develop and validate a Waveform Vector Quantiser using a Dynamic Codebook. Comparative results with other parallel coding techniques, based upon the use of a predetermined communication bandwidth, are presented and show that this technique produces higher fidelity with a slight computational and hardware complexity cost.
The impact of national library associations on their members, employing organisations and the profession
Creators: name: Henczel, Susan
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: Over recent years professional associations have experienced declining membership and participation levels across the professions globally. This is true for the national library associations that operate as the peak bodies for the profession of librarianship in their respective countries. As peak bodies they have responsibility for the accreditation of education for the profession, national advocacy and representation of the profession to government, funders, employers and to society in general. For national library associations to be sustainable and remain an important connection between the profession and employers, education, research, policy makers and funders, evidence is needed of the difference they make to the individuals within the profession, to libraries and other employing organisations and to the profession itself. This study aimed to provide that evidence.

Participants for this study were from four national library associations: the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), the American Library Association (ALA), the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) and the UK’s Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP). A modified form of the impact assessment framework provided by ISO 16439:2014 Methods and Procedures for Assessing the Impact of Libraries (International Organization for Standardization, 2014) was used to explore and gather evidence of impact across three categories: impact on the individual, impact on the employing organisation and impact on the profession.

The study focused on obtaining rich and detailed descriptions of the participants’ experiences to facilitate the development of an in-depth understanding of the perceived impacts and their causes. Data was gathered through 55 semi-structured interviews and analysed with the use of Atlas.ti. Predefined codes and categories from the Standard were applied, as were additional codes through open coding processes.

Twelve impacts were identified that reflected how association membership was perceived to impact on individuals, employing organisations and the profession of librarianship. For individuals, the perceived impacts related to improved skill and competence, attitude and behaviour, career success and individual well-being. For employing organisations the impacts related to corporate reputation, professional awareness and the understanding of the value of the profession to the organisation. The perceptions of impact that related to the profession were social inclusion and cohesion, information and education, promotion and sustainability. Three perceived causes of impact were identified. They were association participation, professional community and leadership.
Environmental Justice, Marine Protected Areas, & Ocean Access in California -- Ocean_Justice
Creators: name: Daniels, Ariel
name: Flavin, Kennedy
name: Vezard, Melissa
name: Plummer, Morgan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: subsistence fishers
MPAs
Ocean Access
Water pollution
Beaches
Racism
Environmental justice
bren
BrenMESMProject

description: Coastal California is home to a network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) that aim to safeguard the state's marine resources and ecosystems. Little is known about who is served and not served by California's MPAs, with large gaps in environmental justice implications. Our study aimed to investigate access to MPAs across communities in California using multiple lines of evidence, with a focus on subsistence fishers (pier fishers and others who do not sell their catch) who are often indirectly marginalized by MPAs. To address this, we 1) conducted a literature review on equity and environmental justice (EEJ) in California's ocean management policies, 2) compared time traveled to MPAs for zip codes of different demographics, 3) conducted a literature review on subsistence fishing in California, and 4) compared demographics of subsistence fishers with intensity of ocean-based pollution linked to fished species. Our EEJ literature review highlighted a gap in policies addressing equitable ocean access. Our spatial analysis revealed disparities in coastal access by age, race, and income. Our subsistence fishing literature review highlighted that little is known about California's current subsistence fishing, though biophysical aspects are better studied than socioeconomic aspects. Our analysis of pollution and subsistence fishing suggested that many subsistence fishers from disadvantaged communities are fishing in areas with high pollution. State and federal agencies can utilize our results to develop effective future management strategies for equitable access to California's MPAs that take disadvantaged communities into account, especially subsistence fishers, to increase their representation in the decision-making process.
description: Data Collection:

Data included in this repository includes: A literature review on subsistence fishers in Californina, a literature review on equity and environmental justice as it relates to ocean access, GIS data used for spatial analysis as it related to subsistence fishers and environmental justice indicators, previously collected data from CalEnviroScreen, and pollution data sourced from the NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary.

Data Processing:

This repository includes subsets of databases from RStudio and Arc Pro. In the data which is relevant to environmental justice and access to California MPAs, including for example percentage of poverty, age of people 65 and older, race, and overall score of disadvantage per zip code. 

A link to the subsistence data process: Work_Log_Notes.pdf
Network, transcriptomic and genomic features differentiate genes relevant for drug response
Creators: name: Piñero, Janet
name: Gonzalez-Perez, Abel
name: Guney, Emre
name: Aguirre-Plans, Joaquim
name: Sanz, Ferran
name: Oliva, Baldo
name: Furlong, Laura I.
Publisher: name: F1000 Research Limited
Year: 2018

description: Understanding the mechanisms underlying drug therapeutic action and toxicity is crucial for the prevention and management of drug adverse reactions, and paves the way for a more efficient and rational drug design. The characterization of drug targets, drug metabolism proteins, and proteins associated to side effects according to their expression patterns, their tolerance to genomic variation and their role in cellular networks, is a necessary step in this direction. In this contribution, we hypothesize that different classes of proteins involved in the therapeutic effect of drugs and in their adverse effects have distinctive transcriptomics, genomics and network features. We explored the properties of these proteins within global and organ-specific interactomes, using multi-scale network features, evaluated their gene expression profiles in different organs and tissues, and assessed their tolerance to loss-of-function variants leveraging data from 60K subjects. We found that drug targets that mediate side effects are more central in cellular networks, more intolerant to loss-of-function variation, and show a wider breadth of tissue expression than targets not mediating side effects. In contrast, drug metabolizing enzymes and transporters are less central in the interactome, more tolerant to deleterious variants, and are more constrained in their tissue expression pattern. Our findings highlight distinctive features for proteins related to drug effects, which could be applied to prioritize drugs with fewer probabilities of causing side effects.
Additional file 16 of Identification and characterization of a new potent inhibitor targeting CtBP1/BARS in melanoma cells
Creators: name: Filograna, Angela
name: De Tito, Stefano
name: Monte, Matteo Lo
name: Oliva, Rosario
name: Bruzzese, Francesca
name: Roca, Maria Serena
name: Zannetti, Antonella
name: Greco, Adelaide
name: Spano, Daniela
name: Ayala, Inmaculada
name: Liberti, Assunta
name: Petraccone, Luigi
name: Dathan, Nina
name: Catara, Giuliana
name: Schembri, Laura
name: Colanzi, Antonino
name: Budillon, Alfredo
name: Beccari, Andrea Rosario
name: Del Vecchio, Pompea
name: Luini, Alberto
name: Corda, Daniela
name: Valente, Carmen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 16: Supplementary Fig. 16. Relative mRNA levels of epithelial markers (E-cadherin, plakoglobin, β-cathenin, Desmoglein 2, Occludin, JAM-1, ZO1) and mesenchymal markers (N-cadherin, Vimentin and Versican) in A375MM cells A, and in B16F10 cells B, measured by real time PCR after 24 h of treatment with DMSO (Ctr) or MTOB (5 mM) or HIPP (50 μM) or PPγ (5 μM) or Comp.11 (15 μM). GAPDH is used as housekeeping gene. Data are means ± SD of three independent experiments performed in triplicate. *P ≤ 0.05, **P ≤ 0.01, ***P ≤ 0.001 versus DMSO (Ctr) or non-targeting (Student’s t-tests).
Effective intereventions for individuals with borderline personality disorder.
Creators: name: King, Peter
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 440901
subject: Clinical social work practice
classificationCode: 520304
subject: Health psychology
classificationCode: 520502
subject: Gender psychology

description: The research seeks to identify the location, mode of therapeutic intervention and the type of clinician most effective in meeting the treatment needs of individuals diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. It is anticipated that the research will offer a platform to inform further research to work towards evidence based approaches for the therapeutic management of Borderline Personality Disorder.

The research adopts a three-phase approach identifying the location, mode of therapeutic intervention and type of clinician effective in meeting the treatment needs of individuals with BPD. The first phase is the establishment of a stakeholder advisory group comprising 6 to 12 participants. The second phase involved running focus groups comprising mental health professionals and consumer consultants. The third phase was an online survey of mental health professionals with expertise in working with people diagnosed with BPD.
Climate model shows large-scale wind and solar farms in the Sahara increase rain and vegetation
Creators: name: Li, Yan
name: Kalnay, Eugenia
name: Motesharrei, Safa
name: Rivas, Jorge
name: Kucharski, Fred
name: Kirk-Davidoff, Daniel
name: Bach, Eviatar
name: Zeng, Ning
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2018
Subjects: Solar Energy
Wind Farms
Sahara
Sahel
Sustainability
Albedo
Land Surface Friction
Precipitation
Vegetation
Feedback
Energy–Water–Food Nexus
Agriculture
Land Cover Change
Climate
Rainfall
Charney Feedback Mechanism
Sud Feedback Mechanism

description: More energy, more rain
Energy generation by wind and solar farms could reduce carbon emissions and thus mitigate anthropogenic climate change. But is this its only benefit? Li et al. conducted experiments using a climate model to show that the installation of large-scale wind and solar power generation facilities in the Sahara could cause more local rainfall, particularly in the neighboring Sahel region. This effect, caused by a combination of increased surface drag and reduced albedo, could increase coverage by vegetation, creating a positive feedback that would further increase rainfall.
description: Wind and solar farms offer a major pathway to clean, renewable energies. However, these farms would significantly change land surface properties, and, if sufficiently large, the farms may lead to unintended climate consequences. In this study, we used a climate model with dynamic vegetation to show that large-scale installations of wind and solar farms covering the Sahara lead to a local temperature increase and more than a twofold precipitation increase, especially in the Sahel, through increased surface friction and reduced albedo. The resulting increase in vegetation further enhances precipitation, creating a positive albedo–precipitation–vegetation feedback that contributes ~80% of the precipitation increase for wind farms. This local enhancement is scale dependent and is particular to the Sahara, with small impacts in other deserts.
Additional file 17 of Identification and characterization of a new potent inhibitor targeting CtBP1/BARS in melanoma cells
Creators: name: Filograna, Angela
name: De Tito, Stefano
name: Monte, Matteo Lo
name: Oliva, Rosario
name: Bruzzese, Francesca
name: Roca, Maria Serena
name: Zannetti, Antonella
name: Greco, Adelaide
name: Spano, Daniela
name: Ayala, Inmaculada
name: Liberti, Assunta
name: Petraccone, Luigi
name: Dathan, Nina
name: Catara, Giuliana
name: Schembri, Laura
name: Colanzi, Antonino
name: Budillon, Alfredo
name: Beccari, Andrea Rosario
name: Del Vecchio, Pompea
name: Luini, Alberto
name: Corda, Daniela
name: Valente, Carmen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 17: Supplementary Fig. 17. Analysis of CtBP1/BARS and CtBP2 depletion in A375MM and B16F10 melanoma cells subjected to wound closure assays and to Matrigel invasion assays reported in Fig. 8. Representative Western blotting with anti-CtBP1/BARS, anti-CtBP2 and anti-GAPDH antibodies (as indicated) of A375MM cells and B16F10 cells treated for 24 h with DMSO (vehicle control) or Comp.11 (15 μM) or transfected for 48 h with non-targeting or with CtBP1/BARS siRNAs or CtBP2 siRNAs. Molecular weight standards (kDa) are indicated on the left of each panel.
U Tsikbalilo’ob k Kaajo’ob: Intergenerational Maya Peninsular Narratives on Identity, Community, and Futures
Creators: name: May Can, Jackeline
Publisher: name: Stanford Digital Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: Maya
Yucatan Peninsula
Migration
Identity
Community
Intergenerational

description: For decades, the United States has been composed of a diverse migrant population from across Latin America. However, within these broader migrant groups, there exists a vast population of Indigenous migrants whose migration stories often entail experiences of displacement due to political violence, climate change, or racial/ethnic discrimination. Studies have indicated that up to 20% of the 1.5 million farm workers in the U.S. are estimated to be Indigenous immigrants. From the 2000 census, 407,000 people identified themselves with communities such as Mixtec, Zapotec, Triqui, P’urépecha, and Maya. While there have been advancements in research illuminating the experiences of Latin American migrants, there has only recently been a growth towards magnifying the narratives of migrant, Indigenous peoples. Within this premise, I center this thesis on the intergenerational experience of the Maya Peninsular community within the United States. As social and political contexts shift across the Yucatan Peninsula and in the U.S., I emphasize the need to interrogate how diasporic Maya communities are navigating their identities and communities. Through a Critical Latinx Indigeneities framework, this thesis examines how intergenerational Maya Peninsular communities 1) explicitly define and reflect on their identities’ influence on their ways of life in the U.S. and 2) conceptualize their diasporic futures. To center these narratives, I conduct 7 semi-structured interviews with Mayas who encompass first-generation and second-generation experiences. First-generation migrants are defined as those who were born in Yucatán Peninsula and second-generation migrants are defined as those born in the United States and who have at least one Maya parent. I argue that by illuminating the experiences of the diasporic Maya community, the findings from this study will serve to magnify the need to uplift Indigenous migrant communities across the U.S. and will highlight multiple areas for future research studies.
sj-pdf-2-imr-10.1177_03000605221135147 - Supplemental material for Automatic detection of the mental foramen for estimating mandibular cortical width in dental panoramic radiographs: the seventh survey of the Tromsø Study (Tromsø7) in 2015–2016
Creators: name: Edvardsen, Isak Paasche
name: Teterina, Anna
name: Johansen, Thomas
name: Myhre, Jonas Nordhaug
name: Godtliebsen, Fred
name: Bolstad, Napat Limchaichana
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 111708 Health and Community Services
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Cardiology
subject: 110599 Dentistry not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110305 Emergency Medicine
subject: 110306 Endocrinology
subject: 110308 Geriatrics and Gerontology
subject: 110904 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified
subject: 111199 Nutrition and Dietetics not elsewhere classified
subject: 111299 Oncology and Carcinogenesis not elsewhere classified
subject: 110314 Orthopaedics
subject: 110604 Sports Medicine
subject: 110315 Otorhinolaryngology
subject: 111702 Aged Health Care
subject: 111403 Paediatrics
subject: 111599 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 110319 Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy)
subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: 110203 Respiratory Diseases
subject: 160807 Sociological Methodology and Research Methods
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 110323 Surgery

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-2-imr-10.1177_03000605221135147 for Automatic detection of the mental foramen for estimating mandibular cortical width in dental panoramic radiographs: the seventh survey of the Tromsø Study (Tromsø7) in 2015–2016 by Isak Paasche Edvardsen, Anna Teterina, Thomas Johansen, Jonas Nordhaug Myhre, Fred Godtliebsen and Napat Limchaichana Bolstad in Journal of International Medical Research
title: Gewichtsstatus, Ernährungsgewohnheiten und Freizeitverhalten von Kindern zwischen 2 und 6 Jahren in Abhängigkeit von sozioökonomischen Parametern
Creators: name: Stiskal, Julia
Year: 2009

description: In der vorliegenden Studie über den Gewichtsstatus und die Ernährungs- und Freizeitverhalten von Kindern zwischen 2 und 6 Jahren wurden anthropometrische Daten von 150 Kindern zwischen 1 und 13 Jahren erfasst. Das Durchschnittsalter der Kinder betrug 4 Jahre. An der Studie nahmen 47 Mädchen und 46 Buben teil. Die Sammlung der Daten fand in Wien, Niederösterreich und dem Burgenland statt, in ausgewählten Kinderarztpraxen und Kindergärten. Anhand von Daten aus Fragebögen an die Eltern wurden Ernährungsgewohnheiten und Freizeitverhalten der Kinder verglichen. Die Mädchen neigten tendenziell häufiger zu Übergewicht und Adipositas als Buben derselben Altersgruppe. Die Ausübung von Sport in der Freizeit und das Auftreten von Übergewicht und Adipositas korrelierten positiv. Es zeigten sich signifikante Unterschiede der Geschlechter in der Auswahl der ausgeübten Sportarten. Die Annahme dass der Gewichtstatus der Kinder von sozioökonomischen Parametern abhängt konnte teilweise bestätigt werden. Der Zusammenhang von Adipositas und Übergewicht im Kindesalter und dem Herkunftsland der Eltern konnte nur für den Vater nachgewiesen werden. Bei den Müttern zeigte sich ein Trend dahingehend, dass adipöse Kinder vor allem bei Frauen aus den „klassischen“ Migrationsländern auftreten. Die Ausbildung der Eltern, sowie die finanzielle Situation der Familie beeinflusste den Gewichtsstatus der Kinder allerdings signifikant. Je höher die abgeschlossene Ausbildung der Eltern und je besser die finanzielle Situation, desto weniger Übergewicht und Adipositas trat bei den Kindern als auch bei den Eltern auf.
description: In the present study about eating habits and leisure time activities from children between 2 and 6 years, anthropometric data from 150 children was collected. The children were from 1 year to 13 years old. The average was 4 years. 47 girls and 46 boys participated in this study. The data collection took place in Vienna, lower Austria and the Burgenland. The questionary was distributed at pediatricians practices and kindergardens. Obesity and overweight was found predominantly at the girls. There was a positive correlation found between sport activities and the appearance of overweight. Moreover there was significance in the choice of the preferred sport and the sex of the children. As to be expected, the prevalence rates of overweight and obesity were connected to socioeconomic parameters. The influence of the origin of the parents and overweight could be confirmed for the fathers. Obese and overweight children could be mainly related to mothers from former Yugoslavia and turkey.The financial situation and the educational background of the parents had a significant influence of the weight situation of the children. The better the educational background and the financial situation of the parents was, the less overweight and obesity was found at the children.
sj-docx-2-srd-10.1177_23780231221138719 – Supplemental material for A Visualization of U.S. Couples’ Money Arrangements
Creators: name: Pepin, Joanna R.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-2-srd-10.1177_23780231221138719 for A Visualization of U.S. Couples’ Money Arrangements by Joanna R. Pepin in Socius
Additional file 18 of Identification and characterization of a new potent inhibitor targeting CtBP1/BARS in melanoma cells
Creators: name: Filograna, Angela
name: De Tito, Stefano
name: Monte, Matteo Lo
name: Oliva, Rosario
name: Bruzzese, Francesca
name: Roca, Maria Serena
name: Zannetti, Antonella
name: Greco, Adelaide
name: Spano, Daniela
name: Ayala, Inmaculada
name: Liberti, Assunta
name: Petraccone, Luigi
name: Dathan, Nina
name: Catara, Giuliana
name: Schembri, Laura
name: Colanzi, Antonino
name: Budillon, Alfredo
name: Beccari, Andrea Rosario
name: Del Vecchio, Pompea
name: Luini, Alberto
name: Corda, Daniela
name: Valente, Carmen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 18: Supplementary Fig. 18. Analysis of CtBP1/BARS and CtBP2 depletion in A375MM and B16F10 melanoma cells subjected to wound closure assays and to Matrigel invasion assays reported in Fig. 8. Representative Western blotting with anti-CtBP1/BARS, anti-CtBP2 and anti-GAPDH antibodies (as indicated) of A375MM cells and B16F10 cells treated for 24 h with DMSO (vehicle control) or Comp.11 (15 μM) or transfected for 48 h with non-targeting or with CtBP1/BARS siRNAs or CtBP2 siRNAs. Molecular weight standards (kDa) are indicated on the left of each panel.
Black Hole Architecture
Creators: name: Reed, Toby
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 330102
subject: Architectural design
classificationCode: 330103
subject: Architectural heritage and conservation

description: Buildings are like black holes within the urban fabric, channelling us through to alternate built realities, helping to create a universe experienced as multiple viewpoints or ‘worlds’. These worlds or realities are to a degree created by each individual’s perception and understanding of, and interaction with, the physical environment. Architects design buildings to fit into, or help manifest the world as they see it, or as the possibility of the world (or fragment of reality), they see that could exist, or does exist, but is often hidden (or not noticed). Architects do not build representations of reality. Through the act of designing and building, architects disrupt and change the surface of physical reality. These multiple scattered objects are manifestations of the real, and form nodal points which can, on occasion, reveal aspects of reality. By changing the surface of reality, these architectural objects can shift our relation to, and awareness of, the real. Each building becomes a mini reality-monad in this heterogeneous reality of multiple shifting points of view, like screen-vortices in the urban fabric. This is what we design and build, intentionally or not. This is the situation, which our design actions insert into, much like space junk landing in the urban sprawl. The environments we design and build allow people to heighten their experience and awareness of the real and their relation to it. How do architectural objects affect our understanding and experience of reality? How do we experience and understand architectural space and surface that, like a screen-vortex in the urban fabric, mediates the internal with the wider field of reality?
Additional file 19 of Identification and characterization of a new potent inhibitor targeting CtBP1/BARS in melanoma cells
Creators: name: Filograna, Angela
name: De Tito, Stefano
name: Monte, Matteo Lo
name: Oliva, Rosario
name: Bruzzese, Francesca
name: Roca, Maria Serena
name: Zannetti, Antonella
name: Greco, Adelaide
name: Spano, Daniela
name: Ayala, Inmaculada
name: Liberti, Assunta
name: Petraccone, Luigi
name: Dathan, Nina
name: Catara, Giuliana
name: Schembri, Laura
name: Colanzi, Antonino
name: Budillon, Alfredo
name: Beccari, Andrea Rosario
name: Del Vecchio, Pompea
name: Luini, Alberto
name: Corda, Daniela
name: Valente, Carmen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional File 19: Supplementary Fig. 19. A. Waterfall plot of the fold-change in tumor volume compared with baseline [determined by caliper and calculated as (length $$\times$$ × width2)/2] of A375MM xenograft tumors after 2 week of Comp.11 treatment. B. Representative High Frequency Ultrasound (HFUS) images of tumors (yellow arrow) at 2 weeks of Comp.11 (20 mg/kg body weight) or vehicle treatment (3 mice for each treatment group). Tumor volumes are expressed as mean ± SEM, *P=0.04, Test Kruskal-Wallis followed by post hoc Tukey.
sj-docx-1-srd-10.1177_23780231231171097 – Supplemental material for Roles, Relationships, Resources, and Renal Exchange: Applying Social Capital Theory to Role Effects on Living Kidney Donation Behaviors
Creators: name: Daw, Jonathan
name: Verdery, Ashton M.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-srd-10.1177_23780231231171097 for Roles, Relationships, Resources, and Renal Exchange: Applying Social Capital Theory to Role Effects on Living Kidney Donation Behaviors by Jonathan Daw and Ashton M. Verdery in Socius
Swelling pressure and retaining wall design in expansive soils
Creators: name: Tan, Ya
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 400502
subject: Civil geotechnical engineering

description: A retaining wall constructed on expansive soil can be subjected to lateral swelling pressures due to soil swelling, which may cause a significant horizontal deformation and bending of the retaining wall. In Australia, it is generally assumed that the backfill behind a retaining wall is non-expansive material. Therefore lateral swelling pressures induced by expansive soils are ignored in routine design. However in cases where expansive soils are present behind a retaining wall, swelling pressure should be evaluated based on soil properties and/or laboratory tests so that the wall can be designed properly to withstand these swelling pressures, which can be significant.

In this study, a retaining wall model, 1 m 1.415 m 1 m, was set up for the laboratory experiment. Expansive soils were filled into the box in 5 layers to achieve the required soil density. Six load cells were installed on the back of the retaining walls to measure the lateral pressures developed along the depth of the wall. A laser level was placed on a top concrete block to measure any vertical movement of soil. Two LVDT devices placed at the rear of the retaining wall were used to monitor the lateral movement of the retaining wall. Soil suction changes were monitored using psychrometer and the filter paper method. Two laboratory experiments were conducted to evaluate how swelling pressures were developed behind a retaining wall backfilled with expansive soils with different densities. Each test was run for 80 days.

A series of oedometer tests were also carried out to measure swelling pressures developed within soil samples with different initial suctions and densities. The results of oedometer swelling tests indicate that swelling pressures increase with the initial suction and dry densities. In addition to retaining wall model tests and oedometer tests, a series of other laboratory tests were performed which include shear box test, shrink-swell test, soil-water characteristic curve, liquid limit, plastic limit, linear shrinkage, soil suction measurement, and X-ray diffraction (XRD) test. Based on the laboratory tests, a new method/equation is developed for the prediction of the lateral swelling pressure of unsaturated expansive soils behind of retaining walls.