cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Influence of process parameters on the morphology and enzyme production of Trichoderma reesei
Creators: name: Patel, Nilesh
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Engineering, Chemical.

description: The production of cellulase from the filamentous fungus Trichoderma reesei is a critical step in the industrial process leading to cellulose ethanol as it represents a major part of the cost. A research project was initiated in order to understand the intimate relationship that exists between the key process parameters and the morphological characteristics of T. reesei during the course of fermentation and to improve the production of enzymes. Experiments were performed using three types of bioreactors with completely different mixing system: (1) stirred tank bioreactor (STB) with Rushton turbines, (2) reciprocating plate bioreactor (RPB) with six perforated plates, and (3) Couette flow bioreactor (CFB) with outer wall rotating. Fermentations normally followed the protocol that is currently used industrially. It consists of two phases: a growth phase to generate the necessary biomass and the secretion phase where the desired enzymes are produced. A semiautomatic image analysis protocol was developed to characterize the mycelium morphology during the fermentation process. To evaluate the performance of STB and RPB in T. reesei fermentation, series of fed-batch experiments at different agitation speeds were conducted. Due to the limitation in evaluating the effect of shear in conventional bioreactors such as STB, a 5-L Couette flow bioreactor was designed and built to grow the microorganism in a uniform and defined shear conditions. Experiments in CFB were successfully performed in a continuous mode. Oxygen mass transfer coefficient is an important process parameter in fungal fermentation. Therefore, first a review of available techniques to estimate KLa was done. Two new techniques based on neural network, and varying agitation and/or flow rate are presented. Also, two new methods based on image analysis and DNA quantification are developed to estimate the biomass concentration during T. reesei fermentation in the presence of an insoluble substrate. The findings from this study provide new insight into the T. reesei fermentation. Also, the techniques developed can be implemented in large scale industrial bioreactors to better understand and monitor the T. reesei fermentation.
Jona A. Dohrmann: Directive Principles of State Policy in der indischen Verfassung unter Berücksichtigung der Staatszielbestimmungen des deutschen Grundgesetzes
Creators: name: Sauer, Stefan
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2020

description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 88 (2003): ASIEN (Juli)
Clytorhynchus vitiensis subsp. keppeli Mayr 1933
Creators: name: LeCroy, M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Monarchidae
Clytorhynchus
Clytorhynchus vitiensis
Clytorhynchus vitiensis keppeli mayr

description: Clytorhynchus vitiensis keppeli Mayr
 Clytorhynchus vitiensis keppeli Mayr, 1933b: 16 (Keppel Island, Pacific Ocean, between Samoa and Tonga).
 Now Clytorhynchus vitiensis keppeli Mayr, 1933. See Watling, 2001: 156.
 HOLOTYPE: AMNH 250422, adult male, collected on Niuatoputapu (5 Keppel) Island, 15.57S, 173.45W (USBGN, 1956b), Tonga, on 26 August 1925, by Joe Hicks on the Whitney South Sea Expedition (no. 19178).
 COMMENTS: The AMNH number of the holotype was cited in the original description. Paratypes from Niuatoputapu and Tafahi (5 Boscawen) are: AMNH 223966, 250379– 250421, and 250423–250433. Of these, I did not find AMNH 250386, 250411, 250419, and 250421 in the collection, and they may have been exchanged to other museums without the catalog having been so marked. AMNH 250418 was exchanged to ZMB in July 1936.
description: Published as part of LeCroy, M., 2008, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, And Petroicidae, pp. 1-287 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313 (1) on page 197, DOI: 10.1206/313.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13223808
THE IMPACT OF AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION ON POVERTY REDUCTION IN RURAL ETHIOPIA
Creators: name: MESELE, BELAY  ZEGEYE
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2019

description: Poverty has remained to be one of the major development challenges in Ethiopia. This research investigates the impacts of agricultural technology adoption on poverty reduction in rural Ethiopia. To this end, boosting agricultural production and productivity through the adoption of modern agricultural technologies is the main solution. However, in most of the rural areas of Ethiopian farmers adoption rate is very low. As a result, the study focused on analyzing the determinants of adoption of agricultural technologies (such as organic and inorganic fertilizer, herbicide technology packages) and their implied impact on poverty reduction. The study used ESS-LSMS-IAS cross-sectional data which was collected from 2316 rural Ethiopian households from Tigray, Amhara, Oromia, and SNNP regions during 2015/16. The study employed MNL and MESM regression models to achieve the study's objective. The results of MNL showed that farm household's decision to adopt farm technologies is mainly influenced by household socioeconomic characteristics, access to information and infrastructure facility, institutional factors, plot characteristic, and geographic locations. The results obtained from MESM revealed that adopters of any technology packages used in the study have higher per adult food and total consumption per annum, and this confirms that adoption of agricultural technologies has a direct and significant impact on household's consumption and on poverty reduction for the rural poor in Ethiopia. Moreover, the adoption of a combination of alternative technologies provides higher annual per adult food and total consumption as compared to adopting a single agricultural technology. The study recommends the need of a comprehensive policy framework to tackle the socioeconomic, institutional, infrastructure and other constraints to promote the adoption of agricultural technologies and to reduce poverty in rural Ethiopia. The government should also promote a combined adoption of technologies than adoption in single.
Effect of Devaluation of Currency on Ethiopia's Major Export Commodities: The Case of Coffee, Oil Seeds and Hides and Skins
Creators: name: LIBARGACHEW, ATAKURIE SHIMELIS
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2019

description: Devaluation of currency has been stipulated and utilized increasingly as a stabilization device in developing countries, as part of International Monetary Fund (IMF) mainstream adjustment programs. The policy measure of currency devaluation has aimed to make export products more competitive and permutes demand towards domestically produced goods eventually boosting the overall output of the country. The objective of this work is to add to the existing of multiple theoretical and empirical studies that have examined the effect of currency devaluation on the Ethiopian major export commodities using annual time series data for the period 1985-2018. To determine the relation between dependent and the independent variables, both analytical (qualitative) explanations and econometric analysis are used in the study. The key results of the present study revealed that Birr devaluation improve the major export product of Ethiopia in the short run and deteriorates it in the long run. The study also found that the government, through outstanding credit loan availability and political instability, may play a key role in increasing and decreasing exports. Other variables like foreign direct investment and real gross domestic product with expected positive sign are also found to be statistically significant in explaining export in the long-run. The study shows that the country to be on the right truck to increase export earnings in the long run it is better not to devaluate further and the concerned body should work to strengthen and extend political stability and foreign investment polices since it helps to increase the performance of export.
Clytorhynchus nigrogularis subsp. sanctaecrucis Mayr
Creators: name: LeCroy, M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Monarchidae
Clytorhynchus
Clytorhynchus nigrogularis
Clytorhynchus nigrogularis sanctaecrucis mayr

description: Clytorhynchus nigrogularis sanctaecrucis Mayr
 Clytorhynchus nigrogularis sanctaecrucis Mayr, 1933b: 20 (Santa Cruz Island, Santa Cruz Islands).
 Now Clytorhynchus nigrogularis sanctaecrucis Mayr, 1933. See del Hoyo et al., 2006: 301.
 HOLOTYPE: AMNH 217985 bis (5 217985a), adult male, collected on Nendo Island (5 Santa Cruz Island), 10.45S, 165.54E (USBGN, 1974a), Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands, on 24 February 1927, by Rollo H. Beck on the Whitney South Sea Expedition (no. 24741).
COMMENTS: The AMNH number of the holotype was cited in the original description. Mayr had only two specimens; the paratype is AMNH 217985, an immature male collected on the same date.
description: Published as part of LeCroy, M., 2008, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, And Petroicidae, pp. 1-287 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313 (1) on page 197, DOI: 10.1206/313.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13223808
A future chemicals regulation embracing ZeroPM
Creators: name: Berggren, Elisabet
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Elisabet Berggren, Deputy Head of Unit "Systems Toxicology" for Joint Research Center (JRC) of the European Commission, presents on the future of chemicals regulation using aspects substance grouping and NAM aspect explored in ZeroPM for the ZeroPM Prioritization Workshop in Dessau, Sept. 19-20, 2024.  https://zeropm.eu/prioritization-workshop/
Obesity-associated diabetes, the human AMPKgamma3 R225W mutation and skeletal muscle metabolism
Creators: name: Crawford, Sean A
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Chemistry, Biochemistry.

description: The prevalence of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is increasing worldwide at an unprecedented pace. The fundamental understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of these diseases is essential for the development of novel therapeutics. The objective of this work was to characterize skeletal muscle metabolism of obese subjects with a history of T2DM and that of subjects carrying the AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) gamma3 R225W mutation. Primary myotubes from obese subjects with a history of T2DM showed defects in mitochondrial biogenesis, oxidative capacity and in mechanisms known to mitigate oxidative stress. Conversely, primary myotubes from subjects carrying the AMPKgamma3 R225W mutation had elevated mitochondrial content and oxidative capacity relative to matched controls. R225W carriers also showed evidence of increased muscle glucose uptake in vivo and in vitro, leading to the conclusion that AMPKgamma3 may represent an effective novel pharmaceutical target for treatment of T2DM.
Pinarolestes hamlini Mayr
Creators: name: LeCroy, M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Monarchidae
Pinarolestes
Pinarolestes hamlini

description: Pinarolestes hamlini Mayr
 Pinarolestes hamlini Mayr, 1931a: 23 (Rennell Island).
 Now Clytorhynchus hamlini (Mayr, 1931). See Mayr and Diamond, 2001: 393.
HOLOTYPE: AMNH 226254, adult male, collected on Rennell Island, Solomon Islands, on 29 August 1928, by Hannibal Hamlin on the Whitney South Sea Expedition (no. 35321).
COMMENTS: The AMNH number of the holotype was cited in the original description. Paratypes are specimens from Rennell Island collected in August 1928 and May 1930: AMNH 226255–226268 and 226461–226475. Of these, AMNH 226257 and 226465 were exchanged to ANSP, AMNH 226266 and 226464 to ZMB in July 1936, and AMNH 226475 to J. Berlioz on 26 October 1932 (now in MHNP).
 On Rennell Island, the Whitney Expedition vessel France was anchored in Kanggava Bay, 11.40S, 160.17E (USBGN, 1974a) (5 Lughu Bay, Hannibal Hamlin, Vol. T, unpublished journals of the Whitney South Sea Expedition, AMNH Department of Ornithology Archives).
description: Published as part of LeCroy, M., 2008, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, And Petroicidae, pp. 1-287 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313 (1) on page 197, DOI: 10.1206/313.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13223808
Introduction to the Risk Matrix as a prioritization tool for persistent and mobile substances
Creators: name: Hamers, Timo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Timo Hamers (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) introduces the Risk Matrix as a prioritization tool for the ZeroPM Prioritization Workshop in Dessau, Sept. 19-20, 2024.  https://zeropm.eu/prioritization-workshop/
Cell volume regulation and organic osmolytes in post-compaction stage mouse embryos
Creators: name: Richards, Tiffany
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Biology, Molecular.

description: It has previously been shown that high osmolarity is detrimental to cleavage-stage mouse embryo development in vitro, and that the presence of several organic osmolytes can provide protection against the detrimental effects of raised osmolarity. Whether the same is true for post-compaction stage embryos is unknown. In the present work, it was found that mouse post-compaction stage embryo development was inhibited by raised osmolarity. However, inhibition of embryo development from the 8-cell to the blastocyst stage occurred only at much higher osmolarities than that which inhibited development from the 1-cell stage. Glutamine, glycine, L-alanine and beta-alanine, which have been proven to function as organic osmolytes providing protection against increased osmolarity in cleavage-stage embryos (during the 1-cell through 4-cell stages), also protected post-compaction stage embryos from the detrimental effects of high osmolarity. Two other organic osmolytes, betaine and proline, which are effective in pre-compaction embryos, were not effective in providing protection against raised osmolarity in embryos developing in vitro from the 8-cell stage, nor were myo-inositol and taurine, which have been shown to be ineffective in cleavage-stage embryos. In addition, cleavage-stage embryos and post-compaction stage embryos were found to use different transport mechanisms to accumulate the four organic osmolytes that provided them with osmoprotection. When assessed in morulae, the amino acid transport system beta was found to be responsible for beta-alanine transport, while transport system B0+ mediated transport of glutamine, glycine and L-alanine. Glutamine, glycine, L-alanine and beta-alanine supported post-compaction stage embryo development, higher embryo cell number in blastocysts, and greater embryo volume at higher osmolarities. The four compounds identified do not share metabolic pathways or other such properties in common, and thus it is likely that post-compaction mouse embryos utilize them, in large part, as organic osmolytes.
Monarcha cinerascens subsp. disjuncta Meise
Creators: name: LeCroy, M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Monarchidae
Monarcha
Monarcha cinerascens
Monarcha cinerascens disjuncta meise

description: Monarcha cinerascens disjuncta Meise
 Monarcha cinerascens disjuncta Meise, 1929: 455 (Kalao tua).
 Now Monarcha cinerascens cinerascens (Temminck, 1827). See Mees, 1965: 184–186, White and Bruce, 1986: 368, Filardi and Smith, 2005, and del Hoyo et al., 2006: 303.
 HOLOTYPE: AMNH 266554, adult male, collected on Kalaotoa (5 Kalao tua), 07.23S, 121.49E (Times Atlas), Flores Sea, south of Sulawesi Island, Indonesia, on 16 June 1927, by Baron Victor von Plessen (no. 366).
COMMENTS: In the original description, Meise noted that the holotype was in AMNH and bore Plessen’s no. 366. Half of Plessen’s collection is in ZMB and half was purchased by AMNH. He collected 18 specimens of this form on Djampea, Kalao, Bonerate, Kalaotoa, and Madu islands, and additional specimens of the taxon from Djampea, and Tambora peninsula of Sumbawa Island, collected by others, were noted as being in the Rothschild Collection (Meise, 1929: 456). Seven paratypes were received with the purchase of Plessen’s collection: AMNH 266548–266553 and 266555; and four paratypes came to AMNH with the Rothschild Collection: AMNH 652554, Tambora peninsula, and AMNH 652040–652042, Djampea.
 Watson et al. (1986c: 502) recognized disjuncta; del Hoyo et al. (2006: 303) accepted the synonymy of disjuncta with nominate cinerascens. Plessen (1929) published a daily account of his expedition.
description: Published as part of LeCroy, M., 2008, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, And Petroicidae, pp. 1-287 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313 (1) on page 198, DOI: 10.1206/313.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13223808
Regionale Bevölkerungsdynamik und Urbanisierung auf den Philippinen
Creators: name: Bronger, Dirk
name: Gebhardt, Wilfried
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2020

description: Aus dem gesamten Ursachenbündel fur die prekäre wirtschaftliche und soziale Lage der erdrückenden Mehrheit der Menschen in den Ländern der "Dritten" Welt einen einzelnen Kausalfaktor herauszunehmen ist stets gewagt und fragwürdig zugleich. Dennoch: Fragt man nach den Ursachen für die insgesamt wenig befriedigende wirtschaftliche und soziale Entwicklung der Philippinen, so ist die Bevölkerungsdynamik als die entwicklungspolitisch entscheidende Einzeldeterminante anzusehen. Ihre Brisanz sei hier nur an einigen Feldern angedeutet.
description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 38 (1991): ASIEN (Januar)
STUDY OF THE PUBLICATION OF THE WORKS OF ALISHER NAVOI
Creators: name: Abdulkhayrov, Manzar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: As we said above, in Uzbek textology, considerable scientific and practical experience has been accumulated in the study of literary sources, transliteration into the current script, and their publication. In particular, practical efforts to transliterate the great heritage of Mir Alisher Navoi were carried out in several stages. The first research works on the scientific study of the text of Navoi’s works started mainly in 1938 . Until this, there was no notable research work except for the collection "Examples of Uzbek Literature" published in 1928 . Initially, a shortened version of “Khamsa” was published in connection with the 500th anniversary of the birth of Alisher Navoi. Then the transliterated text of the poet's works such as “Chor devan” (“Four divans”), “Muhokamat al-lughatayn” (“The Trial of the Two Languages”), “Mahbub al-qulub” (“Beloved of hearts”) was published .
Monarcha cinerascens subsp. harterti Meise
Creators: name: LeCroy, M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Monarchidae
Monarcha
Monarcha cinerascens
Monarcha cinerascens harterti meise

description: Monarcha cinerascens harterti Meise
 Monarcha cinerascens harterti Meise, 1929: 457 (Ternate).
 Now Monarcha cinerascens cinerascens (Temminck, 1827). See Mees, 1965: 184–186, White and Bruce, 1986: 368, Filardi and Smith, 2005, and del Hoyo et al., 2006: 303.
LECTOTYPE: AMNH 654054, adult male, collected on Ternate Island, 00.48S, 127.20E (White and Bruce, 1986: 491), Moluccas, Indonesia, in September 1896 by William Doherty. From the Rothschild Collection.
 COMMENTS: In the original description, the type was said to be an adult male collected on Ternate in September 1896 by Doherty and to have ‘‘subsp. nova’’ written on the label of the type. There are three adult male specimens collected in September 1896 by Doherty. In addition to Doherty’s label, two of them have a Rothschild Museum label on which is written ‘‘subsp.’’, but there is no Rothschild Museum label still attached to AMNH 654054. However, it bears a ZMB type label on which Meise has written his new name and a Rothschild type label with reference to the original description. Meise’s entire type series is in AMNH and there is no doubt that AMNH 654054 is Meise’s intended type. I therefore designate it the lectotype of Monarcha cinerascens harterti. Meise’s type series comprised five adult specimens from Ternate and one adult from Buru. Paralectotypes are AMNH 654023 from Kayeli, Buru, and AMNH 654055–654058 from Ternate.
 Watson et al. (1986c: 503) recognized harterti; del Hoyo et al. (2006: 303) placed it in synonymy.
description: Published as part of LeCroy, M., 2008, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, And Petroicidae, pp. 1-287 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313 (1) on page 198, DOI: 10.1206/313.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13223808
Working Capital Management Practice (With Special Reference to Manufacturing Companies in North Shewa Zone)
Creators: name: Getiye, Mamo
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2019

description: The purpose of the study was to investigate working capital management practice of manufacturing companies in north Shewa zone. Both theoretical and empirical review of WCMP related literatures were used to clearly identify and understand the concerned issue of this research. The target population of the study was 136 employees of 34 manufacturing companies, and they have been purposively selected as respondents. Purposive sampling method was selected as a sampling technique to distribute the designed questionnaire for purposively selected sample respondents. The collected primary data have been coded and entered in to statistical package for social science (SPSS) version 20 for analysis and results of the analysis were presented using frequencies, percentages and tables. Results of the analysis show that manufacturing companies in NSZ give accelerating collection of cash from credit customers the at most importance in their working capital management practice. Management of companies also allotted much of their time for working capital management decisions with the objective of achieving liquidity, profitability and efficient use of current assets, considering cash as a highly sensitive current asset. It was also found that there is no practice by which companies can invest their idle cash on convertible securities. The study revealed that most of the companies do not carry out age analysis of inventories & receivables, and do not use such reports as input for decision makings at the top. There is also a limitation on having a written working capital & credit policy. Many of the companies failed in assigning a responsible personnel & having written working manuals for each component working capital management practice. Thus, to strengthen the best practices and overcome the constraints, the study recommended that the companies should have a written working capital & credit policy, and assign responsible personnel for each WCM components, and make them well equipped with a full of working manuals to achieve better working capital management practice.
Monarcha cinerascens subsp. impediens Hartert 1926
Creators: name: LeCroy, M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Monarchidae
Monarcha
Monarcha cinerascens
Monarcha cinerascens impediens hartert

description: Monarcha cinerascens impediens Hartert
 Monarcha cinerascens impediens Hartert, 1926a: 40 (Feni Island).
 Now Monarcha cinerascens impediens Hartert, 1926. See Mayr and Diamond, 2001: 393, and Filardi and Smith, 2005.
HOLOTYPE: AMNH 654140, adult male, collected on the Feni Islands, 04.05S, 153.40E (Papua New Guinea, 1984), New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, on 19 May 1924, by Albert F. Eichhorn (no. 9275). From the Rothschild Collection.
 COMMENTS: Eichhorn’s unique field number of the holotype was given in the original description. Hartert had eight specimens of impediens from Feni collected in May and June (Hartert, 1926a: 40) and eight from Nissan collected in July and August (Hartert, 1926a: 46), as well as specimens from Credner and Choiseul islands. There are seven paratypes from Feni, AMNH 654139 and 654141–654146; eight from Nissan, AMNH 654147–654154; one from Credner, AMNH 654157; and two from Choiseul, AMNH 654158 and 654159. Hartert did not list this type in any of his lists of types in the Rothschild Collection, although it bears a Rothschild type label.
description: Published as part of LeCroy, M., 2008, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, And Petroicidae, pp. 1-287 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313 (1) on page 199, DOI: 10.1206/313.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13223808
Application of a multimedia activity model for evaluating the fate of persistent and mobile substances in soil
Creators: name: Gouin, Todd
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Todd Gouin (TGER) presents how to apply multimedia activity modeling for evaluating the fate and exposure of persistent and mobile substances for the ZeroPM Prioritization Workshop in Dessau, Sept. 19-20, 2024.  https://zeropm.eu/prioritization-workshop/
Design and development of a virtual reality haptic-based rehabilitation framework for post-stroke patients
Creators: name: Shakra, Ismail
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences, Rehabilitation and Therapy.
subject: Engineering, Biomedical.
subject: Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.

description: The recovery of hand functions in post-stroke patients relies on the length of therapy that is available to them. Rehabilitation exercises supervised by occupational therapists are characterized by repetitiveness and a constant increase in intensity. The facilities and time allocated to recovering stroke patients restrict the maximum level of rehabilitation that can be attained. Various efforts have been materialized into rehabilitation themes set in virtual environments and carried out via haptic devices. This thesis carries forward in that direction by implementing virtual reality, haptic-based exercises for the purposes of hand rehabilitation. This building step aspires to catalyze the motion to bring about a haptic-based rehabilitation system that can be set in the patient's own house to provide him/her with treatment that is not restricted by time and facilities and that offers continuous evaluation of the patient's improvement. This thesis presents a framework that implemented virtual reality exercises carried out with the use of haptic devices with the aim of being used by recovering stroke patients. The exercises were tested with healthy subjects to collect information pertaining to the hand performance; namely about the movement and grip of the hand. The information collected was extracted from data recorded during the exercise, like position of the hand in the virtual space, and angles made by fingers when grasping objects. By analyzing the data carefully, the research effort deduced certain analysis patterns that would provide occupational therapists with a means to continuously evaluate a patient's performance, and hence provide him/her with adaptive recovery courses.
THE IMPACT OF CREDIT RISK MANAGEMENT ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE COMMERCIAL BANKS OF ETHIOPIA
Creators: name: SHMENDI, ABRHA
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2019

description: The adoption of credit risk management is becoming a crucial factor for every commercial bank around the world. This study aimed at examining the impact of credit risk management on profitability of banks in Ethiopia. Other objectives included, to determine bank specific, Industry specific and macroeconomic factors that affect banks financial performance. This study is primarily based on both primary and secondary data for eight banks. The primary data was collected mainly through an interview. The relevant authorities were interviewed personally in order to have their views on the problems and solutions. The secondary data were obtained from various sources such as Annual Reports of the selected commercial banks, relevant articles, books and magazines, National Bank annual report and MoFED. In this study correlation and multiple regression analysis done with random effect model and EView software used to regress the data. Return on equity was dependent variable while nonperforming loan, capital adequacy, bank size, loan and advance to deposit ratio, inflation and GDP have taken as independent variables. As a result the study concluded that the credit risk which is measured by nonperforming loan ratio had a significant inverse impact on banks financial performance and capital adequacy also same impact on profitability. In addition, loan to deposit ratio and bank size have a positive significant impact on banks financial performance. In general, Bank Specific factors have a significant impact on banks profitability and also external factors both macroeconomic (GDP and INF) have a significant impact on profitability while industry specific factors (Interest Spread) have no significant impact in Ethiopia banks profitability.
The SREBP-Dependent Regulation of Cyclin D1 Links Lipid Metabolism to Cell Proliferation
Creators: name: Aldaalis, Arwa A. H.
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: The sterol regulatory-element binding protein (SREBP) family of transcription factors regulates cholesterol, fatty acid, and triglyceride synthesis and metabolism. However, they are also targeted by the ubiquitin ligase Fbw7, a major tumor suppressor, suggesting that they could regulate cell growth. Indeed, enhanced lipid synthesis is a hallmark of many human tumors. Thus, the SREBP pathway has recently emerged as a potential target for cancer therapy. We have previously demonstrated that one of these transcription factors, SREBP1, is stabilized and remains associated with target promoters during mitosis, suggesting that the expression of these target genes could be important as cells enter G1 and transcription is restored. Activation of cyclin D-CDK4/6 complexes is critical for the phosphorylation and inactivation of the retinoblastoma protein (Rb) family of transcriptional repressors and progression through the G1 phase of the cell cycle. Importantly, the cyclin D-CDK4/6-Rb regulatory axis is frequently dysregulated in human cancer. In the current work, we demonstrate that SREBP1 activates the expression of cyclin D1, a coactivator of CDK4 and CDK6, by binding to an E-box in the cyclin D1 promoter. Consequently, inactivation of SREBP1 in human liver and breast cancer cell lines reduces the expression of cyclin D1 and attenuates Rb phosphorylation. Rb phosphorylation in these cells can be rescued by restoring cyclin D1 expression. On the other hand, expression of active SREBP1 induced the expression of cyclin D1 and increased the phosphorylation of Rb in a manner dependent on cyclin D1 and CDK4/6 activity. Inactivation of SREBP1 resulted in reduced expression of cyclin D1, attenuated phosphorylation of Rb, and reduced proliferation. Inactivation of SREBP1 also reduced the insulin-dependent regulation of the cyclin D1 gene. At the same time, SREBP1 is known to play an important role in supporting lipid synthesis in cancer cells. Thus, we propose that the SREBP1-dependent regulation of cyclin D1 coordinates cell proliferation with the enhanced lipid synthesis required to support cell growth.
KI im Spracherwerb der historischen Sprache Latein
Creators: name: Beyer, Andrea
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Latin
Language Acquisition
AI
Historical Language

description: Der Vortrag befasst sich mit der Rolle und den Einsatzmöglichkeiten von Künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) beim Erwerb der historischen Sprache Latein. Die Präsentation gliedert sich in vier Abschnitte:

Grundlagen: Es erfolgt eine Einführung in die Termini KI, Spracherwerb und Latein. Dabei werden die Besonderheiten des Lateinischen als historische Sprache und die spezifischen Herausforderungen beim Spracherwerb dargestellt.

KI-Bildung (Bildungswissenschaft): Es werden verschiedene Kompetenzbereiche der KI-Bildung vorgestellt und anhand eines Fallbeispiels für den Lateinunterricht konkretisiert.

Spracherwerb (Psycholinguistik): Es werden Möglichkeiten aufgezeigt, wie KI zur Modellierung des lateinischen Spracherwerbs genutzt werden kann, etwa durch den Transfer moderner Erwerbsstufenmodelle oder die Entwicklung von Personas zur Generierung synthetischer Sprachdaten.

KI als Tutor (Didaktik): Es erfolgt ein knapper Überblick über den Einsatz von KI-Chatbots als Tutor und Intelligente Tutoring Systeme (ITS). Dabei werden Themen wie individualisierte Lernunterstützung, adaptives Feedback und personalisierte Lernpfade angeschnitten.
ASSESSMENT OF FACTORS AFFECTING ACCESS TO FORMAL CREDIT FOR SMALL FARM HOLDERS "The case of BasonaWerana District in North Shoa Zone of AmharaRegionEthiopia"
Creators: name: Wondwosen, Tefera
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2019

description: In Ethiopia, among other things, lack of finance is one of the fundamental problems hampering production, productivity and income of rural poor farm households. Since access to institutional finance is very limited, the majority of the poor are forced to search financial services through informal channels so forced them to remain in the vicious circle of poverty. The study was sought to ascertain use of formal financial credit and factors that affect smallholder farmer's access to formal credit. A multistage sampling method was employed to select ten out of thirty rural kebeles in BasonaWerana district and 422 farm households. Structured interview schedule was developed, pre-tested and used for collecting quantitative data for the study from the sampled household heads. Focus group discussion, and key informant interview were held to generate qualitative data. Descriptive statistics and logit model were used for analyzing quantitative data and the qualitative data was analyzed thematically. The output from the study indicates that 103 (24.41%) of the sampled farm households were formal financial credit users, whereas the remaining (75.59%) were non-users. However, among the credit users 89(86.40%) reported as they were not satisfied with the credit amount. Farmers acknowledge group lending solves the problem of collateral requirement, but also mentioned as it has a sort of limitations in affecting the credit demand negatively. Moreover, the analysis using the logit model revealed that the demographic factors, age, sex and education status of the household heads, and majority of the institutional factors such as, lending procedure, interest rates, rigid repayment period and distance, as well attitude of household heads towards credit risk were the statistically significant determinants that affect smallholder farmers' access to formal financial credit. Therefore, policy aimed to accelerate agricultural development in the area could be successful if these factors and problems are taken into consideration to enhance access of credit from formal financial sources by poor smallholder farmers
A world-class city in the middle of the Steppe: Place marketing and the construction of an image of place in Astana, Kazakhstan
Creators: name: Hobbs, Tatiana Skok
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Landscape Architecture.
subject: Middle Eastern Studies.
subject: Urban and Regional Planning.

description: Place marketing has become one of the most popular methods used by urban elites and civic boosters to revitalize and re-image cities in order to project a world-class city image. However, case studies examined in the literature have primarily focused upon Western cities and thus conclusions with respect to place marketing's mechanisms and effects are limited. This thesis seeks to broaden the application of place marketing as a concept by using Astana, Kazakhstan as a case study. The thesis focuses upon evaluating place marketing as a concept to determine whether the construction and projection of a world-class city image of place through spectacular developments and entertainment facilities is truly a global practice. The research indicates that Astana is following the place marketing model seen in case studies of Western cities, especially with respect to the construction and projection of a world-class city image.
Monarcha canescens subsp. claudia Mathews
Creators: name: LeCroy, M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Monarchidae
Monarcha
Monarcha canescens
Monarcha canescens claudia mathews

description: Monarcha canescens claudia Mathews
 Monarcha canescens claudia Mathews, 1917a: 71 (Claudie River, North Queensland).
 Now Monarcha frater canescens Salvadori, 1876. See Watson et al., 1986c: 505–506, Schodde and Mason, 1999: 497–498, and Filardi and Smith, 2005.
HOLOTYPE: AMNH 654214, adult male, collected on the Claudie River, 12.45S, 143.17E (Storr, 1984: 181), Queensland, Australia, on 16 February 1914. From the Mathews Collection via the Rothschild Collection.
COMMENTS: Mathews gave sex, locality, and date of collection of the holotype in the original description, and AMNH 654214 is the only specimen with matching data that came to AMNH with the Rothschild Collection. In addition to the original field label, it bears Mathews and Rothschild type labels. It was not entered in Mathews’ catalog.
description: Published as part of LeCroy, M., 2008, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, And Petroicidae, pp. 1-287 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313 (1) on page 201, DOI: 10.1206/313.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13223808
Hazard profiling of persistent and mobile substances using new approach methodologies
Creators: name: Carlier|, Maxim
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Maxim Carlier presents his work on hazard profiling of persistent and mobile substrances using new approach methodologies (NAMs) for the ZeroPM Prioritization Workshop in Dessau, Sept. 19-20, 2024.  https://zeropm.eu/prioritization-workshop/
DETERMINANTS OF CHILD MALNUTRITION IN THE RURAL AREA OF KIMBIBIT WOREDA, OROMIA, ETHIOPIA.
Creators: name: BELAYNEH, ABDO
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2019

description: This study consider the determinants of child malnutrition in the rural areas of Kimbibit Woreda Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia. The objective of the study were to examine the status of child malnutrition and to identify its socio-economic determinants of child malnutrition in the study area. A sample of 425 children under five years was selected from the households using the systematic sampling method. Children were selected from each kebeles by simple random sampling. The logistic regression models with corresponding 95% confidence interval were used to establish the association between the child malnutrition and explanatory variables. The analysis of this study found that there is high rate of malnutrition in the woredas and It also revealed the prevalence of stunting, underweight and wasting in this study were found to be 65.65%, 48.71% and 32.71% respectively. This study also revealed that, prevalence of malnutrition was high and it was high list among the health problem in Kimbibit Woreda. The prevalence of child malnutrition of this study were higher than the regional and national figures found from EDHS, 2016 National report. The main determinants of stunting were age of child, sex of child, education of mother, family, income, shortage of food, complementary food, incidence (diarrhea, fever, cough), duration of breast feeding, immunization, ANC, source of drinking water and availability functional toilet. The main determinants of underweight were age of child, income, food shortage, complementary food, diarrhea, breast feeding, immunization status of child and ANC. The main associated factors of wasting were income, food shortage, complementary food and diarrhea. The findings show that the level of statistically significance was p<0.05.From the finding of the study, it is concluded that child malnutrition is still the problem of under five year children and so special attention must be given on intervention of child malnutrition in the study area.
Survey of Paralympic Games Impact
Creators: name: Du, Peng
name: Wang, Shui-Xiong
name: Zhang, Wen-Juan
name: Li, Jian-Fei
name: Li, Li-Lin
name: Tang, Dan
name: He, Hong
name: Li, Shu-Wang
name: Wu, Qing-Jun
name: Yang, Yan-Ping
name: Yin, Shang-Jing
name: Zhang, Yao-Jun
Publisher: name: "The Paralympic Games Impact" Research Group.  Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
Year: 2014

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9. Tagung des Münsteraner Asien-Pazifik-Forums (MAPF) "50 Jahre Kriegsende — Der Koreakrieg und die Folgen"
Creators: name: Fritsche, Claudia
name: Raya, Yasmin
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2020

description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 88 (2003): ASIEN (Juli)
BOBBY LUNCH IS DARKNESS expanded complementary PAR statement
Creators: name: Matthews, Alison Elizabeth
Publisher: name: University of Salford
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 360403
subject: Drama, theatre and performance studies
classificationCode: 460299
subject: Artificial intelligence not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 360201
subject: Creative writing (incl. scriptwriting)

description: Expanded complementary writing reflecting on the multi-output PAR project, including insights assembled and gleaned for a presentation for Storytellers and Machines (2024 conference at Manchester Metropolitan University) and the overall, 3-stage process of BOBBY....'s development (2019, 2021 and 2024).
Grouping Concepts in toxicokinetics: Assess the bioavailability of PM compounds using PBK modelling
Creators: name: Laxmanan Ravi Shankar, Abishek
name: Irwan, Jenny
name: Spänig, Max
name: Carlier, Maxim
name: Hamers, Timo
name: Zümbulte, Nicole
name: Gouin, Todd
name: Baranczewski, Pawel
name: Hansen, Tanja
name: Escher, Sylvia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Abishek Laxmanan presents on grouping concepts in toxicokinetics for assessing the bioavailability of persistent and mobile substances using physiologically based kinetic (PBK) modelling for the ZeroPM Prioritization Workshop in Dessau, Sept. 19-20, 2024.  https://zeropm.eu/prioritization-workshop/
Observations on oospore production by Plasmopara viticola in floating leaf discs in artifii cal culture
Creators: name: Lehoczky, János
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2017

description: Oospore formation by the grape downy mildew fungus, Plasmopara viticola (BERK. et CURT.) BERL. et de TONI was observed for the first time in inoculated leafdiscs floated on chemically pure water. The technique described here should prove useful in the resolution of problems c oncerning oospore formation which are presently not clearly understood.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 5 No. 1 (1965): Vitis
Über die Bildung von organischen Säuren durch Weinhefen I. Quantitative Beziehungen zwischen Stickstoffquelle, Hefestamm und L-Äpfelsäurebildung in Modellgärversuchen
Creators: name: Drawert, F.
name: Rapp, A.
name: Ulrich, W.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2017

description: Weinhefen bilden in dicar,bonsäurefreien Nährmedien Äpfelsäure, Weinsäure und Bernsteinsäure. Eine genauere Analyse (enzymatisch) der L-Äpfelsäure in Modellgäransätzen zeigt, daß quantitative Beziehungen zwischen Stickstoffquelle, Hefestamm und L-Äpfelsäurebildung bestehen. Von besonders starkem Einfluß sind dabei die Aminosäuren Prolin und Methionin, insbesondere das Gemisch von beiden. Versuche mit 14C-Glucose und 14C-Aminosäuren weisen im Zusammenhang mit den beschriebenen Experimenten darauf hin, daß L-Äpfelsäure aus Glucose bzw. Aminosäuren gebildet werden kann.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 5 No. 1 (1965): Vitis
ASIAN RESOURCES ON THE WWW - Die ’’Greater Mekong Subregion” - eine Region zwischen hemmungslosem Raubbau und nachhaltiger Entwicklung (I)
Creators: name: Wischermann, Jörg
name: Sander, Ingvar
name: Förster, Renate
Publisher: name: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia
Year: 2020

description: Vorbemerkung: Mit diesem auf drei Folgen konzipierten Artikel betreten wir Neuland. Erstmals geht es uns nicht um die Ermittlung und Bewertung von länderbezogenen Internet-Ressourcen oder allgemein um Ressourcen für Südostasien-Studien, sondern um die Darstellung und Bewertung von Internet-basierten Informationsquellen, die sich mit einem für die gesamte Region Südostasien wichtigen Thema befassen. Dabei widmen wir uns den politischen, sozialen und ökologischen Problemen und möglichen inner- wie interstaatlichen Konflikten, die sich aus der Nutzung einer knappen Ressource ergeben können - dem Wasser des Mekongs in der von diesem gebildeten Subregion.
description: ASIEN: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr. 88 (2003): ASIEN (Juli)
From Nature-Based Solutions to the Nature-Based Economy - Consultation Report
Creators: name: Kooijman, E.D.
name: McQuaid, S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: nature-based solutions, nature-based economy, nature-positive economy

description: The draft White Paper for Consultation ''From Nature-Based Solutions to the Nature-Based Economy (download here) proposes a paradigm shift regarding the economic potential of nature and recommends a series of transformative change actions and immediate actions to boost the nature-based economy. This document contains an overview of the consultation process, an analysis of the stakeholder groups engaged, and a summary of the responses and feedback received from the different consultation activities.
Thin-layer chromatography on silica gel G of some phenol carboxylic acids
Creators: name: Pifferi, P. G.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2017

description: Kurzmitteilung
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 5 No. 1 (1965): Vitis