cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Investigation of mutations (L41F, F17M, N57E, Y99F_Y134W) effects on the TolAIII-UnaG fluorescence protein's unconjugated bilirubin (UC-BR) binding ability and thermal stability properties
Creators: name: Eczacioglu, Numan
name: Ulusu, Yakup
name: Gokce, İsa
name: Lakey, Jeremy H.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry

description: The UnaG protein is a ligand (unconjugated bilirubin) dependent fluorescence protein isolated from Unagi freshwater eel larvae and expressed as fusion in heterologous expression systems. Bilirubin is a tetrapyrrole molecule mainly produced from heme catabolism by the destruction of erythrocytes in the body. Bilirubin can cause kernicterus, a serious condition associated with permanent neurological damage in neonates with the passage of brain tissue. Different methods have been developed for plasma bilirubin analysis and quantification. The use of UnaG fluorescence protein triggered by bilirubin has become a new approach in bilirubin studies. In this study, we aimed to investigate the biophysical characterization of ligand interactions with the proteins obtained as a result of mutations (UnaGY99F_Y134W, UnaGN57E, UnaGL41F, and UnaGF17M) on the amino acid sequence of TolAIII-UnaG protein. After the purity levels of the expressed proteins have been analyzed by SDS-PAGE, secondary structures and thermal melting temperatures of the proteins have been examined by circular dichroism spectroscopy. Then determination of excitation and emission points by fluorescence spectroscopy, titration studies have been performed with bilirubin, and dissociation constant was calculated. According to the biophysical characterization studies, UnaGL41F has the highest affinity and stability among the mutants.
Newton--Okounkov bodies and minimal models for cluster varieties
Creators: name: Bossinger, Lara
name: Cheung, Man-Wai
name: Magee, Timothy
name: Chávez, Alfredo Nájera
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 14M25, 13F60, 14J33

description: Let $Y$ be a (partial) minimal model of a scheme $V$ with a cluster structure. Under natural assumptions, for every choice of seed we associate a Newton--Okounkov body to every divisor on $Y$ supported on $Y \setminus V$ and show that these Newton--Okounkov bodies are positive sets in the sense of Gross, Hacking, Keel and Kontsevich \cite{GHKK}. This construction essentially reverses the procedure in loc. cit. that generalizes the polytope construction of a toric variety to the framework of cluster varieties.
 In a closely related setting, we consider cases where $Y$ is a projective variety whose universal torsor $\text{UT}_Y$ is a partial minimal model of a scheme with a cluster structure of type $\mathcal A$. If the theta functions parametrized by the integral points of the associated superpotential cone form a basis of the ring of algebraic functions on $\text{UT}_Y$ and the action of the torus $T_{\text{Pic}(Y)^*}$ on $\text{UT}_Y$ is compatible with the cluster structure, then for every choice of seed we associate a Newton--Okounkov body to every line bundle on $Y$. We prove that any such Newton--Okounkov body is a positive set and that $Y$ is a minimal model of a quotient of a cluster $\mathcal A$-variety by the action of a torus.
 Our constructions lead to the notion of the intrinsic Newton--Okounkov body associated to a boundary divisor in a partial minimal model of a scheme with a cluster structure. This provides a wide class of examples of Newton-Okoukov bodies exhibiting a wall-crossing phenomenon in the sense of Escobar--Harada \cite{EH20}.
 This approach includes the partial flag varieties that arise as minimal models of cluster varieties. For the case of Grassmannians, our approach recovers, up to interesting unimodular equivalences, the Newton--Okounkov bodies constructed by Rietsch--Williams in \cite{RW}.
description: 50 pages, comments are welcome
The mitochondrial outer membrane protein assembly machinery of the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans
Creators: name: Hewitt, Victoria Louise
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Mitochondria are essential organelles with protein complexes embedded in their membranes. These act as molecular machines that produce energy and carefully regulate what goes in to and out of the organelle. The outer membrane machinery provides the interface between the mitochondrion and the rest of the cell and coordinates the activity of each mitochondrion in keeping with the metabolic requirements of the cell. Research over the last twenty years has identified many of the components and complexes that assemble this membrane machinery, but many questions remain about how these machines function and how they are assembled. While we have learnt a great deal about these molecular machines in the tractable model system Saccharomyces cerevisiae, its unusual regulation of mitochondrial function makes it difficult to glean general principles from discoveries in this organism alone. By comparing findings in other organisms we can determine which features are conserved and learn more about the evolutionary origins of the molecular components. The work in this thesis focuses on the protein import machinery of the mitochondrial outer membrane, in particular the sorting and assembly machinery (SAM) complex. My thesis is the first in-depth study of the mitochondrial import machinery of the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans. I outline the mitochondrial protein import pathways with a focus on the roles and partnerships of the SAM complex. Examining the import pathways in C. albicans in comparison to S. cerevisiae revealed interesting examples of rewiring of the protein import pathways into the intermembrane space. These preliminary studies also show that mitochondria from C. albicans more efficiently assembles proteins into the mitochondrial outer membrane, which leads to a more detailed investigation of the composition and behaviour of the SAM complex. This reveals new roles for the SAM complex components; Sam37, Sam35 and Mdm10 and a new component of the C. albicans SAM complex, Sam51. The work presented here describes the functions and interactions of C. albicans SAM complex components, a detailed characterisation of their roles in the import and assembly of outer membrane proteins, and the partnerships between the C. albicans SAM complex and other outer membrane protein complexes.
Sex work, immigration and social difference
Creators: name: Ham, Julie
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Public discourses around ‘migrant sex workers’ are often more confident about what migrant sex workers signify morally (i.e. vulnerability, criminality) but are less clear about who the ‘migrant’ is. This thesis interrogates the implications of the ‘migrant sex worker’ category based on semi-structured interviews with 65 immigrant, migrant and racialised women in sex work and two support staff in Melbourne, Australia and Vancouver, Canada during 2013–2014. Specifically, I employ an intersectional theoretical lens to investigate how this group of sex workers negotiate their security, agency and mobility across contrasting regulatory frameworks in these two cities. Contrary to research, policy and public assumptions (regarding race, ethnicity and language), many interviewees are not ‘migrant sex workers’, but are naturalised citizens or permanent residents whose involvement in the sex industry intersects with diverse ideas and experiences of citizenship and residency in Australia and Canada. Contrasting regulatory frameworks across the two research sites produce both ‘legal’ and ‘illegal’ professional identities in the sex industry that are mobilised in different ways. Lastly, in contrast to public and research discourses, which continue to associate social difference with risk and vulnerability, sex workers’ positioned social difference as business concerns or factors that influenced their success (or lack of) in the sex industry. Theoretically, these findings contribute a more contextual, dynamic understanding of agency beyond the static definitions of agency that endure in current feminist debates around sex work. Empirically, these findings challenge how the ‘migrant’ is defined in sex work discourses and calls for a more nuanced and precise understanding of the ‘migrant’ sex worker in law reform efforts, policy frameworks, and social change strategies.
Additional file 1: Figure S1. of Expression and functional analysis of the Propamocarb-related gene CsDIR16 in cucumbers
Creators: name: Liu, Chunhong
name: Qin, Zhiwei
name: Zhou, Xiuyan
name: Xin, Ming
name: Wang, Chunhua
name: Liu, Dong
name: Li, Shengnan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Amino acid sequence alignment of the DIR family from cucumber, Arabidopsis thaliana (At) and Cucumis melo (Cm). Alignment generated using ClustalW (blosum matrix, gap open and gap extension penalties of 5 and 1.0, respectively) and Boxshade. Conserved similarity shading is based on 50% identity (black) and 50% similarity (gray). Figure S2. Signal peptide prediction of CsDIR16 coding protein Figure S3. Transmembrane analysis of CsDIR16 coding protein, Figure S4. Construction of plant vector CsDIR16-pCXSN(Âą), Table S1. Locations and sequences of cis-elements in the promoter regions of the CsDIR16 genes, Table S2. Identified CsDIR genes in cucumber genome, Table S3. CsDIRs gene that responds to PM stress. (DOCX 433Â kb)
Additional file 2: Table S4. of Expression and functional analysis of the Propamocarb-related gene CsDIR16 in cucumbers
Creators: name: Liu, Chunhong
name: Qin, Zhiwei
name: Zhou, Xiuyan
name: Xin, Ming
name: Wang, Chunhua
name: Liu, Dong
name: Li, Shengnan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology

description: All sequences data in Fig. 2. (DOCX 26Â kb)
Table S1 from A density functional theory study of the role of functionalized graphene particles as effective additives in power cable insulation.
Creators: name: Song, Shuwei
name: Zhao, Hong
name: Zheng, Xiaonan
name: Zhang, Hui
name: Liu, Yang
name: Wang, Ying
name: Han, Baozhong
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2018

description: The key bond lengths and angles for reactants, transition states and products on the H immigration reaction pathways for neutral and ionic states.
Table S1 from A density functional theory study of the role of functionalized graphene particles as effective additives in power cable insulation
Creators: name: Song, Shuwei
name: Zhao, Hong
name: Zheng, Xiaonan
name: Zhang, Hui
name: Liu, Yang
name: Wang, Ying
name: Han, Baozhong
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2018

description: The key bond lengths and angles for reactants, transition states and products on the H immigration reaction pathways for neutral and ionic states.
QED corrections to parton distributions and Altarelli-Parisi splitting functions in the polarized case
Creators: name: de Florian, Daniel
name: Conte, Lucas Palma
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the effect of QED corrections in the evolution of polarized parton distributions. We solve the corresponding evolution equations exactly to ${\cal O}(α)$ and ${\cal O}(α_s^2)$ in Mellin $N$-space, extending the available techniques for pure QCD evolution. To accomplish this, we introduce, for the first time, the Altarelli-Parisi polarized kernels at LO in QED. Furthermore, we perform a phenomenological analysis of the QED effects on polarized parton distributions (pPDFs), proposing different scenarios for the polarized photon density. Finally, we quantify the impact of the corresponding QED contributions to the polarized structure function $g_1$. We show that the relative corrections to both the pPDFs and the $g_1$ structure function are approximately at the few percent level, which is the order of magnitude expected considering the value of $α$.
description: 23 pages, 3 figures
Towards an integrated social media communication model for the not-for-profit sector: a case study of youth homelessness charities
Creators: name: Sutherland, Karen Elizabeth
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Not-for-profit organisations have looked to social media as a less expensive option to build relationships with those they rely on for survival: donors, supporters and volunteers. While recent research has explored ways not-for-profits have used social media to strengthen brands, engagement and relationships, less attention has focused on stakeholders of charities in relation to habits, attitudes and approaches to social media technology, particularly within Australia. To address this gap, a triangulated, mixed-methods approach was used. This included semi-structured interviews, an online survey, and social media content analysis that compared organisational motives and challenges with stakeholder perspectives. This data was contrasted with observations of each party’s interactions in a social media environment. Results indicated that public relations social media activities are generally engaged in as isolated ventures. However, as stakeholder relationships move fluidly between online and offline environments, communication using social and traditional media has the potential for greater impact when integrated. An integrated social media communications model to guide such endeavours is proposed.
Flood vulnerability and responses in urban informal communities in Accra, Ghana
Creators: name: Amoako, Clifford
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Flood events affect millions of poor people living in precarious conditions in African cities every year. However, to date understandings of and responses to flood vulnerability in African cities have been conceptually and practically limited. A dominant focus on the geophysical and biophysical causes of flood events restricts the analyses to the source of flood events and does not pay critical attention to the internal actors, dynamics and processes of informal urbanization where the burden of flood impacts usually fall. Equally problematic is the approach of city authorities in African countries who focus on the informality and illegality of housing and building as the source of the problem. City authorities have used flooding to justify forced evictions, and often limit their response to the distribution of relief items. This thesis challenges both these analyses and approaches to flood vulnerability by approaching the problem of flood vulnerability through an understanding of informal urbanization. In doing so, the thesis argues that vulnerability to flood hazards in urban informal settlements in developing countries is a product of a complex assemblage of the socio-economic factors, political alliances, state activities and local actions that together produce informal urban space. Using the three case studies from Accra, Ghana of Agbogbloshie, Old Fadama and Glefe, I explore how flood vulnerability and responses in these hazard-prone places have been produced and shaped through an assemblage of processes, actors and socio-materialities within the city. The study therefore draws on urban assemblage as the theoretical framework for understanding how flood vulnerabilities and responses are continuously produced through informal urbanisation, political engagements, accumulation of knowledge and capacities by residents and relevant state institutions. Using a mix of qualitative methods including community focus group discussions, interviews with hazard victims and institutional consultations/surveys, the study reveals that flood vulnerability and responses in the three communities have co-evolved with their historical development, dynamics of urban land management, dwelling processes and the role of state and non-state actors. The thesis therefore recommends three important entry points in understanding and addressing flood vulnerability in cities of the global south. First, a rethink of the overall urban planning and development process which places great emphasis on legality and security of tenure, at the expense of land management, housing provision and access to infrastructure. Second is to harness the emerging and accumulated knowledge and capacities of informal communities for flood vulnerability management. And lastly, the study recommends a re-examination of the roles of city authorities and emerging non-state actors through participatory urban governance and improved rights to urban citizenship.
title: Miniaturized photoacoustic detection of organofluorine-based refrigerants
title: Supplementary data
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: El-Safoury, Mahmoud
name: Weber, Christian
Publisher: name: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: photoacoustic sensor
subject: photometer
subject: R134a
subject: R1234yF
subject: refrigerant
subject: DDC::600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::600 Technik::600 Technik, Technologie

description: Microphone raw data of the R134a detector
title: Évaluation 1 HASPUME Histoire et anthropologie du Service public en Méditerranée 2015
Creators: name: LabexMed
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2019

description: Évaluation du projet HASPUME Histoire et anthropologie du Service public en Méditerranée, réalisée en 2015, dans le cadre du programme APRIMED, initié par le LabexMed.
Supplementary Materials from A new stem group echinoid from the Triassic of China leads to a revised macroevolutionary history of echinoids during the end-Permian mass extinction
Creators: name: R. Thompson, Jeffrey
name: Hu, Shi-xue
name: Zhang, Qi-Yue
name: Petsios, Elizabeth
name: J. Cotton, Laura
name: Huang, Jin-Yuan
name: Zhou, Chang-yong
name: Wen, Wen
name: Bottjer, David J.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2018

description: This includes the Geological Setting, details of the Character Scoring, MCMC, and Sensitivity Analyses, and Supplementary Figures and Figure Captions
Causes and Effects of Public Building Closeout Problems (In the Case of Addis Ababa Public Building Projects)
Creators: name: Elsabeth Abreha Abebe
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2020
Subjects: Building project closeout public building

description: The aim of this study was to assess the causes of closeout problems, their effects, identifying
 responsible parties, and suggesting controlling remedies to alleviate such related problems of
 public building projects located at Addis Ababa. The study was examined on 24 public
 building projects which were awarded by Ethiopian construction design and supervision works
 corporation building and urban design supervision works in the last ten years. Survey on these
 projects was made using document exploration and interview with professionals involved on
 those projects. Furthermore, a questionnaire was distributed for different groups such as
 employer, consultants and contractors that are role players in the public construction industry.
 The data was analyzed using mean score method.
 The findings of the study revealed that poor punch list (remark) coordination and
 execution(with a mean score 3.88), resource shortage (manpower, material and equipment)
 (with a mean score 3.75), diversion of effort to a new project (difficulty of keeping closeout a
 priority) (with a mean score 3.54), excessive and unreasonable variation order (with a mean
 score 3.63) and poor communication b/n client, consultant and contractor (with a mean score
 3.42) were identified as major causes public building closeout problems. The study further
 revealed that in most situations building closeout problems have resulted mainly in cost
 overrun (32%), time overrun (28%), quality degradation (16%), disputes (13%) and bad
 reputation (11%). The contractor was identified to be the most responsible for building
 closeout problems with 34%. Followed by the consultant by a 30%, the client by 22% and
 other factors such as force majeure, weather condition, state of emergency, problems with
 suppliers and subcontractors and many others were found to be the least causes of closeout
 problems with a 14%.From the study, controlling mechanisms for closeout problems were
 identified and making closeout a priority 22%, accurate punch list coordination and execution
 19%, good workmanship, good quality material, & quality work 17% and good resource
 management 14% were identified as the most effective mechanisms to minimize closeout
 problems. Therefore it is recommended that building closeout stage should not be neglected
 and get a proper management in order to complete the project within the contract time, planned
 cost and within the intended quality
Zheng_table_figures_ESM from Reinterpretation of a previously described Jehol bird clarifies early trophic evolution in the Ornithuromorpha
Creators: name: Zheng, Xiaoting
name: K. O'Connor, Jingmai
name: Wang, Xiaoli
name: Wang, Yan
name: Zhou, Zhonghe
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2018

description: Supplemental figures and a table of measurements
Evidence of a second-order phase transition in the six-dimensional Ising spin glass in a field
Creators: name: Aguilar-Janita, Miguel
name: Martin-Mayor, Victor
name: Moreno-Gordo, Javier
name: Ruiz-Lorenzo, Juan Jesus
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The very existence of a phase transition for spin glasses in an external magnetic field is controversial, even in high dimensions. We carry out massive simulations of the Ising spin-glass in a field, in six dimensions (which, according to classical -- but not generally accepted -- field-theoretical studies, is the upper critical dimension). We obtain results compatible with a second-order phase transition and estimate its critical exponents for the simulated lattice sizes. The detailed analysis performed by other authors of the replica symmetric Hamiltonian, under the hypothesis of critical behavior, predicts that the ratio of the renormalized coupling constants remain bounded as the correlation length grows. Our numerical results are in agreement with this expectation.
description: 17 pages, 12 figures
A study on wake vortex alleviation of a wing with a reverse delta type add-on device using particle image velocimetry (PIV)
Creators: name: Altaf, Afaq
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The hazardous consequences of a following aircraft encountering the wake turbulence of a large lead aircraft has been well documented and current practice of mandatory separation is less than ideal. The motivation of this project is to develop improved passive add-on devices that are both practical and efficient in alleviating this problem. Particle Image Velocimetry was used in a closed loop low speed wind tunnel to investigate the vortex structures of a half-span wing model with a slender reverse delta type add-on device in the landing configuration. The experimental setup is repeated for various angles of attack and roll angles, and different dimensions of the reverse delta type add-on device. This work investigates the characteristics of the resultant vortices produced by the reverse delta type add-on device, and the wingtip/flap-tip of the half-span wing model by analyzing the flow field in downstream planes perpendicular to the free stream direction. The vortex characteristics dependence on angle of attack and roll, at mean chord based Reynolds number is also analyzed. The peak tangential velocity, peak vorticity and the circulation magnitude of the resultant vortices produced downstream of the half-span wing model are explored. The results are analyzed thoroughly in order to determine if there is any significant decay in the resultant vortex structures. It was found that the reverse delta type add-on device reduces significantly the tangential velocity, vorticity and circulation magnitude by up to 82.9%, 92.6% and 42.8%, respectively and increases the resultant vortex core radius by a factor of 6.57. As it is desirable that add-on devices have a minimal impact on the overall wing, a six component force balance was used to obtain the aerodynamic performance of the half-span wing model. It was found that the reverse delta type add-on device causes a maximum lift reduction of 4.9% and a maximum drag increment of 15.2%.
Combining Household Income and Asset Data to Identify Livelihood Strategies and Their Dynamics
Creators: name: Walelign, Solomon Zena
name: Mariève Pouliot
name: Larsen, Helle Overgaard
name: Smith-Hall, Carsten
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Current approaches to identifying and describing rural livelihood strategies, and household movements between strategies over time, in developing countries are imprecise. Here we: (i) present a new statistical quantitative approach combining income and asset data to identify household activity choice variables, characterise livelihood strategy clusters, and analyse movements between strategies, and (ii) apply the approach using an environmentally-augmented three-wave household (n = 427) level panel dataset from Nepal. Combining income and asset data provides a better understanding of livelihood strategies and household movements between strategies over time than using only income or asset data. Most households changed livelihood strategy at least once over the two three-year periods. A common pathway out of poverty included an intermediate step during which households accumulate assets through farming, petty trading, and migratory work.
Additional file 1: Table S1. of Body condition score prior to parturition is associated with plasma and adipose tissue biomarkers of lipid metabolism and inflammation in Holstein cows
Creators: name: Alharthi, Abdulrahman
name: Zhou, Zheng
name: Lopreiato, Vincenzo
name: Trevisi, Erminio
name: Loor, Juan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Virology

description: Gene accession number, symbol, and forward and reverse sequences. Table S2. Sequencing results obtained from PCR products. Table S3. qPCR performance of genes measured in subcutaneous adipose tissue. (DOCX 19Â kb)
Learning and Behavioural Spillovers of Nutritional Information
Creators: name: Prakarsh Singh
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: This paper provides evidence for informational spillovers within urban slums in Chandigarh, India. I identify three groups, a treatment group, a neighbouring spillover group, and a non-adjacent pure control group. Mothers of children (aged three to six years) enrolled in government day-care centres are given recipe books in the treatment group to reduce malnutrition in their children. Spillovers to neighbouring (untreated) mothers can be through social learning or imitation. Results from a difference-in-differences analysis show that nutritional knowledge measured through a quiz increases among neighbouring untreated mothers relative to a control group. Neighbouring mothers exhibit learning spillovers, changes in dietary behaviour and a reduction in food expenditure regardless of their level of literacy. Spillovers not only raise the cost effectiveness of health information programmes but are important to consider when designing an experiment as causal effects of treatments can be attenuated if the spillover group is used as a control group.
Grassmannian Sigma Models
Creators: name: Bykov, Dmitri
name: Krivorol, Viacheslav
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We show that sigma models with orthogonal and symplectic Grassmannian target spaces admit chiral Gross-Neveu model formulations, thus extending earlier results on unitary Grassmannians. As a first application, we calculate the one-loop $β$-functions in this formalism, showing that they are proportional to the dual Coxeter numbers of the respective symmetry algebras.
description: 51 pages, 7 figures
Additional file 1: of Psychometric properties and measurement equivalence of the Multidimensional Fatigue Syndrome Inventory- Short Form (MFSI-SF) amongst breast cancer and lymphoma patients in Singapore
Creators: name: Chan, Alexandre
name: Lew, Claire
name: Wang, Xiao
name: Ng, Terence
name: Chae, Jung-woo
name: Yeo, Hui
name: Shwe, Maung
name: Gan, Yan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Supplementary Data. (DOCX 23Â kb)
Increasing the Human Capital of Children in Latin American Countries: The Role of Parents’ Time in Childcare
Creators: name: Campaña, Juan Carlos
name: J. Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal
name: Molina, Jose Alberto
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: In this paper, we focus on the relationship between parents’ education and activities aimed at increasing the human capital of children (for example, educational childcare). Using time use surveys from Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia we find that in Mexico, Peru, and Colombia the level of education of both father and mother has a positive association with the time devoted to educational childcare, while in Ecuador only fathers’ level of education has a positive association with father’s time devoted to educational childcare. Furthermore, we find that the time devoted to educational childcare by parents is positively related in all four countries.
Μοντελοποιώντας τη δυναμική των εθνικών συστημάτων καινοτομίας
Creators: name: Απόστολος Βέτσικας
name: Γεώργιος Σταμπουλής
Publisher: name: Το Βήμα των Κοινωνικών Επιστημών
Year: 2022

description: Στην παρούσα εργασία αντιλαμβανόμαστε τα εθνικά συστήματα καινοτομίας (ΕΣΚ) ως αποτελούμενα από πέντε αλληλεπιδρούσες έλικες: Κυβέρνηση, Ακαδημία, Βιομηχανία, Κοινωνία και Χρηματοπιστωτικό Σύστημα. Αυτοί οι ετερογενείς δρώντες αναπτύσσουν τη συμπεριφορά τους, που αφορά στη δέσμευση-κατανομή πόρων, στο πλαίσιο αλληλεξαρτήσεων και αλληλεπιδράσεων που καθορίζουν την αποτελεσματικότητα και την αποδοτικότητα των ενεργειών τους. Αναπτύσσουμε ένα μοντέλο Συστημικής Δυναμικής (System Dynamics) που υπερβαίνει τη στατικότητα των πινάκων επιδόσεων καινοτομίας (innovation scoreboards) και τα γραμμικά μοντέλα καινοτομίας (τεχνολογικής ώθησης ή έλξης ζήτησης). Το μοντέλο δείχνει πώς οι αλλαγές σε μεμονωμένες παραμέτρους - σε μία έλικα - μπορεί να επιφέρουν μη-γραμμικές επιδράσεις σε όλο το σύστημα. Χρησιμοποιούμε διάγραμμα αιτιότητας για να απεικονίσουμε τις αλληλεπιδράσεις μεταξύ διαφόρων στοιχείων των ΕΣΚ και διάγραμμα συσσώρευσης-ροής για να διερευνήσουμε την αναδυόμενη συμπεριφορά τους. Στόχος μας είναι να εντοπίσουμε τις προεξοχές (πιο αποτελεσματικά στοιχεία) και τις ανάστροφες προεξοχές (στοιχεία που υστερούν από άποψη αποτελεσματικότητας) που προκύπτουν μέσω της εξέλιξης των ΕΣΚ, όσον αφορά την απόδοση. Στη συνέχεια μπορούν να προσδιοριστούν σημεία μόχλευσης, όπου η παρέμβαση ή η αλλαγή θα πρέπει να επιφέρουν τη μέγιστη επίδραση στην απόδοση του συστήματος.
description: Το Βήμα των Κοινωνικών Επιστημών, Vol. 19 No. 74 (2021): ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ ΤΩΝ ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΚΩΝ ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΩΝ
Additional file 1: of A novel algorithm for finding optimal driver nodes to target control complex networks and its applications for drug targets identification
Creators: name: Guo, Wei-Feng
name: Zhang, Shao-Wu
name: Shi, Qian-Qian
name: Zhang, Cheng-Ming
name: Zeng, Tao
name: Chen, Luonan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Supplementary material of A novel algorithm for finding optimal driver nodes to target control complex networks and its applications for drug targets identification. (DOC 2101Â kb)
Women’s Empowerment and Wellbeing: Evidence from Africa
Creators: name: Fielding, David
name: Lepine, Aurélia
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: We use household survey data from Senegal to model the effects of empowerment within the home on married women’s wellbeing. The estimated effects of empowerment are at least as large as more conventional development indicators, such as household income. The size of the empowerment effect is robust to alternative estimation techniques, including an Instrumental Variables estimator.
ΒΙΒΛΙΟΚΡΙΤΙΚΗ: Γιάννη Στεφανίδη “Ψυχρός Πόλεμος” Εκδόσεις: ΕΑΠ
Creators: name: Στεργίου, Ανδρέας
Publisher: name: Το Βήμα των Κοινωνικών Επιστημών
Year: 2021

description: Βιβλιοκριτική
description: Το Βήμα των Κοινωνικών Επιστημών, Vol. 19 No. 73 (2021)
Are There Gender Differences in Demand for Index-Based Livestock Insurance?
Creators: name: Bageant, Elizabeth R.
name: Barrett, Christopher B.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Risk management plays a role in avoiding and escaping chronic poverty throughout the world, particularly for women, who are disproportionately negatively affected by shocks. Using three years of household survey data, administrative records and qualitative interviews, this paper examines the relationship between gender and demand for index-based livestock insurance (IBLI) among pastoralists in southern Ethiopia. IBLI appears to be equitably accessed by men and women alike and we find limited evidence of gender-differentiated demand for IBLI. We also find only modest differences associated with age and share of income from livestock.
MOESM2 of Comparative salivary proteomics analysis of children with and without dental caries using the iTRAQ/MRM approach
Creators: name: Wang, Kun
name: Wang, Yufei
name: Wang, Xiuqing
name: Ren, Qian
name: Han, Sili
name: Ding, Longjiang
name: Li, Zhongcheng
name: Zhou, Xuedong
name: Li, Wei
name: Zhang, Linglin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 2: Figure S1. The correlation analysis between each experimental group and its replicate in iTRAQ quantification. Figure S2. Log ratio of relative intensity for differentially expressed proteins in HDC vs NDC (A), LDC vs NDC (B) and HDC vs LDC (C) groups. Figure S3. Functional annotation of down-regulated proteins for biological process, cellular component and molecular function in HDC vs NDC, LDC vs NDC, and HDC vs LDC groups. Figure S4. Pathway analysis of up-regulated and down-regulated proteins based on KEGG in HDC vs NDC (A), LDC vs NDC (B) and HDC vs LDC (C) groups. Figure S5. Hierarchical Clustering analysis of differentially expressed proteins found commonly in HDC vs NDC, LDC vs NDC, and HDC vs LDC groups. Saliva samples are shown in the columns, and proteins are shown in the rows.
Θεραπευτικές Πρακτικές και Χρόνιος Πόνος: Οι Σχέσεις Μεταξύ Ιατρών και Ασθενών με Μυοσκελετικά Προβλήματα
Creators: name: Σαββάκης, Μάνος
Publisher: name: Το Βήμα των Κοινωνικών Επιστημών
Year: 2021

description: Η διάγνωση και θεραπεία των μυοσκελετικών παθήσεων ενέχει πολλαπλές δυσκολίες διότι αρκετά συχνά η αιτιολογία ορισμένων συχνών και σοβαρών προβλημάτων τέτοιου τύπου που τις περισσότερες φορές προκαλούν χρόνιο πόνο εξαρτάται όχι μόνο από αμιγώς ιατρικούς παράγοντες ή βιολογικές προδιαθέσεις αλλά και από κοινωνικές παραμέτρους. Σκοπός της παρούσας εμπειρικής έρευνας είναι να αναζητηθούν οι παράγοντες που διαμεσολαβούν τις σχέσεις ανάμεσα σε ιατρό και ασθενή, αναφορικά με τη διάγνωση και αντιμετώπιση των χρόνιων μυοσκελετικών παθήσεων.Για τη διεξαγωγή της έρευνας χρησιμοποιήθηκε η ημιδομημένη συνέντευξη και συμμετείχαν δώδεκα άτομα. Ο τρόπος που τα υποκείμενα/συμμετέχοντες στην έρευνα αξιολογούν τη σχέση με το ιατρό τους και τις μεταξύ τους συναντήσεις θέτει δυνητικά ένα πλαίσιο κατανόησης για την πληρέστερη θεραπευτική αντιμετώπιση του χρόνιου πόνου.
description: Το Βήμα των Κοινωνικών Επιστημών, Vol. 19 No. 73 (2021)
Η σταδιακή παρακμή του Βυζαντίου και η σύγχρονη Ελλάδα
Creators: name: Οικονόμου, Εμμανουήλ-Μάριος
name: Κυριαζής, Νικόλαος
Publisher: name: Το Βήμα των Κοινωνικών Επιστημών
Year: 2021

description: Στο άρθρο αυτό εστιάζουμε στο ζήτημα των αρνητικών διενθοπολιτικών επιπτώσεων που είναι δυνατόν να προκύψουν για μια χώρα όταν αυτή επιλέξει να αθετήσει τις δανειακές οφειλές της έναντι τρίτων, που μπορεί να είναι είτε άλλες χώρες, είτε ιδιώτες πλούσιοι δανειστές, ή όπως θα αναλυθεί εδώ, πολυεθνικές συγκεντρώσεις στρατιωτικών δυνάμεων (σταυροφόροι) και ιδιωτικές εταιρείες μισθοφόρων. Εστιάζουμε σε δυο κομβικές περιόδους της τελευταίας φάσης της Βυζαντινής Περιόδου, την Δ΄ Σταυροφορία (1203-1204) και την δράση της Καταλανικής Εταιρίας (για την περίοδο 1303-1305) και έχοντας υπόψη μας την πρόσφατη σύγχρονη δημοσιονομική αστοχία των ελληνικών κυβερνήσεων έναντι των διεθνών δανειστών (που συνετέλεσε στην υπαγωγή της χώρας στα μνημόνια και την διεθνή επιτήρηση), προβαίνουμε σε μια συνολική κριτική αποτίμηση καταλήγοντας σε κοινά διαχρονικά συμπεράσματα.
description: Το Βήμα των Κοινωνικών Επιστημών, Vol. 19 No. 73 (2021)
Πολιτική παιδεία και πολιτική συμπεριφορά: Εμπειρική έρευνα σε δείγμα μαθητών
Creators: name: Παπαοικονόμου, Αντώνης
Publisher: name: Το Βήμα των Κοινωνικών Επιστημών
Year: 2021

description: Η εργασία αυτή έχει ως στόχο τη διερεύνηση των στάσεων δείγματος μαθητών ανα-φορικά με το μάθημα της πολιτικής παιδείας και τη συνεισφορά του συγκεκριμένου μαθήματος στην πολιτική τους συμπεριφορά. Το δείγμα το αποτελούν μαθητές γυμνα-σίων της κεντρικής Μακεδονίας. Στα συμπεράσματα της έρευνας συγκαταλέγεται η διαφοροποίηση ανάμεσα στα φύλα αναφορικά με το περιεχόμενο και τον επιθυμητό τρόπο διδασκαλίας του μαθήματος αλλά και την έμφαση που πρέπει να δοθεί. Το ζη-τούμενο το οποίο διαφαίνεται από την έρευνα είναι η ανάγκη ριζικής αναμόρφωσης του μαθήματος εφόσον αυτό που διακυβεύεται είναι η ενεργή πολιτική συμμετοχή, ένας αδιαμφισβήτητος παράγοντας της δημοκρατίας.
description: Το Βήμα των Κοινωνικών Επιστημών, Vol. 19 No. 73 (2021)
Extended straightforward current control for permanent magnet synchronous machines
Creators: name: Liske, Andreas
name: Hofmeier, Philipp
name: Braun, Michael
Publisher: name: Karlsruhe
Year: 2013

description: This paper presents a direct, adaptive and parameter-free current control scheme for synchronous machines with excellent control quality and high dynamics. For magnetic anisotropic synchronous machines (L d = L q ), it automatically allows easy identification of the rotor position angle in the whole speed range, making it particularly suitable for sensorless control.
Κοινωνική και συναισθηματική επάρκεια μαθητών με και χωρίς ΔΕΠ/Υ που εμπλέκονται σε περιστατικά εκφοβισμού
Creators: name: Γάκης, Κωνσταντίνος
name: Αντωνίου, Αλέξανδρος-Σταμάτιος
Publisher: name: Το Βήμα των Κοινωνικών Επιστημών
Year: 2021

description: Ο σχολικός εκφοβισμός αποτελεί ένα φαινόμενο με σημαντικές αρνητικές επιπτώσεις για την ψυχοκοινωνική επάρκεια των εμπλεκόμενων μαθητών. Σκοπός της παρούσας έρευνας ήταν η διερεύνηση της κοινωνικής και συναισθηματικής επάρκειας και των επιμέρους διαστάσεών τους σε μαθητές με και χωρίς ΔΕΠ/Υ σε σχέση με φαινόμενα εκφοβισμού. Το δείγμα της έρευνας αποτελείτο από 302 μαθητές Δημοτικού και Γυμνασίου, εκ των οποίων οι 43 είχαν διάγνωση ΔΕΠ/Υ από Ιατροπαιδαγωγικό κέντρο ή Κ.Ε.Σ.Υ. Τα αποτελέσματα της έρευνας έδειξαν ότι οι μαθητές με ΔΕΠ/Υ εμφανίζουν χαμηλότερα επίπεδα κοινωνικής και συναισθηματικής επάρκειας και εμπλέκονται σε μεγαλύτερο βαθμό σε περιστατικά εκφοβισμού και θυματοποίησης συγκριτικά με την oμάδα ελέγχου. Ομοίως, χαμηλά επίπεδα κοινωνικής και συναισθηματικής επάρκειας εκδήλωσαν οι μαθητές του δείγματος που ασκούσαν ή υφίσταντο εκφοβισμό, είτε ως θύτες είτε ως θύματα ή θύτες-θύματα. Τέλος, προέκυψε ότι όλες οι μορφές εκφοβισμού και θυματοποίησης συνδέονται αρνητικά με την κοινωνική και συναισθηματική επάρκεια τόσο για τους μαθητές με ΔΕΠ/Υ όσο και για τους μαθητές με την ομάδα ελέγχου. Συμπερασματικά, τα ευρήματα της έρευνας καταδεικνύουν την ανάγκη για έγκαιρη πρόληψη των εκφοβιστικών φαινομένων και υπογραμμίζουν τη σημασία ενίσχυσης της κοινωνικής και συναισθηματικής επάρκειας όλων των μαθητών και ιδιαίτερα των ομάδων υψηλού κινδύνου εμπλοκής στο φαινόμενο.
description: Το Βήμα των Κοινωνικών Επιστημών, Vol. 19 No. 73 (2021)
ΜΕΤΑΦΡΑΣΗ: Η ΕΦΑΡΜΟΣΜΕΝΗ ΗΘΙΚΗ ΣΥΝΘΕΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΔΙΕΘΝΟΥΣ ΑΝΑΠΤΥΞΗΣ
Creators: name: Αστρουλάκης, Νίκος
Publisher: name: Το Βήμα των Κοινωνικών Επιστημών
Year: 2021

description: Στη παρούσα ανάλυση, η εφαρμοσμένη ηθική τοποθετείται στο μάκρο-κοινωνικό επίπεδο της παγκόσμιας ηθικής, ενώ μια συγκεκριμένη αναλυτική ταξινόμηση επιχειρείται, κατηγοριοποιώντας τη διεθνή ανάπτυξη, βάσει της διαρθρωτική της σύνθεσης, σε τρία αναλυτικά επίπεδα: Πρώτον, η διαρθρωτική σύνθεση – σχετιζόμενη με το πλαίσιο της υφιστάμενης διεθνούς αναπτυξιακής πολιτικής – μπορεί να ιδωθεί στις διαμορφωμένες «σχέσεις αγοράς». Δεύτερον, η ανάλυση προσδιορίζει τις πολιτικές που εφαρμόζονται σε εθνικό επίπεδο και τον ρόλο της πολιτικής του έθνους-κράτους. Τρίτον, η ανάλυση πραγματεύεται τις πολιτικές των διεθνών αναπτυξιακών θεσμών. Σε κάθε ένα από τα επίπεδα που αναφέρθηκαν παραπάνω, η ανάλυση αποκαλύπτει τα θεμελιώδη ζητήματα της θεωρίας και της πολιτικής της νεοκλασικής οικονομικής, ως τον βασικό διανοητικό υπερασπιστή των οικονομικών της ελεύθερης αγοράς.
description: Το Βήμα των Κοινωνικών Επιστημών, Vol. 19 No. 73 (2021)
Βιβλιοκριτική: Θανάση Χρήστου, Πέτρος Σωκράτους Κόκκαλης (1896-1962). Ο Αστός Επαναστάτης, Ιατρός. Από τον Βενιζελισμό στον Λενινισμό.
Creators: name: Στεργίου, Ανδρέας
Publisher: name: Το Βήμα των Κοινωνικών Επιστημών
Year: 2020

description: Βιβλιοκριτική
description: Το Βήμα των Κοινωνικών Επιστημών, Vol. 18 No. 72 (2020)
Βιβλιοκριτική: Ηλία Ι. Σοφιώτη “Die Staats- und Grundrechtslehre von Rhigas Velestinlis. übernationaler Menschenrechtskonstitutionalismus im Europa des 18. Jahrhunderts”
Creators: name: Κυριαζής, Νικόλαος Κ.
Publisher: name: Το Βήμα των Κοινωνικών Επιστημών
Year: 2020

description: Βιβλιοκριτική
description: Το Βήμα των Κοινωνικών Επιστημών, Vol. 18 No. 72 (2020)
Διεξάγοντας μια ποιοτική έρευνα στο πεδίο των εξαρτήσεων: διλήμματα και προκλήσεις
Creators: name: Κασσέρη, Ζαχαρούλα
Publisher: name: Το Βήμα των Κοινωνικών Επιστημών
Year: 2020

description: Το παρόν άρθρο θέτει μια σειρά μεθοδολογικών ζητημάτων με τα οποία αντιπαρατίθενται οι ερευνητές κατά τη διεξαγωγή μιας ποιοτικής μελέτης στο πεδίο των εξαρτήσεων. Ειδικότερα, παρουσιάζει ορισμένα διλήμματα και προκλήσεις που καλούνται να αντιμετωπίσουν και να διαχειριστούν οι ερευνητές στις έρευνες που συμμετέχουν χρήστες ψυχοδραστικών ουσιών ή άτομα που βρίσκονται σε θεραπεία απεξάρτησης. Tα κυριότερα ζητήματα που εξετάζονται είναι η πρόσβαση στο πεδίο, το χτίσιμο συναισθηματικού δεσμού ανάμεσα στον ερευνητή και στους συμμετέχοντες, η ευαλωτότητα του ερευνητή, η αποκάλυψη πληροφοριών γύρω από τον εαυτό του και η αμοιβαιότητα στα ερευνητικά οφέλη. Η καλλιέργεια της αναστοχαστικότητας σε σχέση με τα παραπάνω ζητήματα μπορεί να συμβάλει στον πληρέστερο σχεδιασμό και στην καλύτερη προετοιμασία των ερευνητών, που πραγματοποιούν ποιοτικές μελέτες στο συγκεκριμένο πεδίο.
description: Το Βήμα των Κοινωνικών Επιστημών, Vol. 18 No. 72 (2020)