cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Additional file 5 of The pregnane X receptor drives sexually dimorphic hepatic changes in lipid and xenobiotic metabolism in response to gut microbiota in mice
Creators: name: Barretto, Sharon Ann
name: Lasserre, Frederic
name: Huillet, Marine
name: Régnier, Marion
name: Polizzi, Arnaud
name: Lippi, Yannick
name: Fougerat, Anne
name: Person, Elodie
name: Bruel, Sandrine
name: Bétoulières, Colette
name: Naylies, Claire
name: Lukowicz, Céline
name: Sarra Smati
name: Guzylack, Laurence
name: Olier, Maïwenn
name: Théodorou, Vassilia
name: Mselli-Lakhal, Laila
name: Zalko, Daniel
name: Wahli, Walter
name: Loiseau, Nicolas
name: Gamet-Payrastre, Laurence
name: Guillou, Hervé
name: Ellero-Simatos, Sandrine
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 4 Caecal microbiota comparison of Pxr-/- vs. Pxr+/+ male and female mice. (A) α-diversity at the OTU level in Pxr-/- vs. Pxr+/+ males. (B) α-diversity at the OTU levels in Pxr-/- vs. Pxr+/+ females. (C) PLS-DA at the OTU level. Each dot represents one individual sample. (D) Composition of the bacterial phyla in males. (E) Composition of the bacterial phyla in females. (F) Comparison of caecal microbiota was performed with LDA effect size (LEfSe). The red area indicates the over-abundance in Pxr-/- male microbiota where the green area indicated the over-abundance in Pxr+/+ male microbiota. (G) Comparison of caecal microbiota was performed with LDA effect size (LEfSe). The red area indicates the over-abundance in Pxr-/- female microbiota where the green area indicated the over-abundance in Pxr+/+ female microbiota. (H) Relative abundances of some bacterial genera identified as significantly different between groups using LEfSe analysis. * = Significantly different (p<0.05) according to Mann-Whitney test between Pxr-/- vs. Pxr+/+ in each sex.
CVD grown nitrogen doped graphene is an exceptional visible-light driven photocatalyst for surface catalytic reactions
Creators: name: Kumar, Pawan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 30301 Chemical Characterisation of Materials
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 30701 Quantum Chemistry
subject: 30606 Structural Chemistry and Spectroscopy
subject: 30306 Synthesis of Materials

description:
The photocatalytic potential of large area CVD grown nitrogen doped graphene (NGr) has been explored though the chemical transformation of 4-nitrobenzene thiol into p,p'-dimercaptoazobenzene. Decoration of NGr with Ag nanocubes with rounded edges to form NGr/Ag nanohybrids resulted in a slight increase in the work-function and a decrease in the n-type character of NGr due to ground state transfer of negative charge from NGr to Ag. The Ag nanocubes exhibited a localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) at ~425 nm. When the NGr/Ag nanohybrids were illuminated with visible light of wavelength close to the LSPR peak, Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM) indicated a dramatic change in surface potential of −225 mV and Raman spectra detected electron accumulation in NGr, which are attributed to a high local field enhancement-mediated hot electron injection into NGr and the formation of long-lived charge separated states.
Theory of Half Metal-Superconductor Heterostructures
Creators: name: Eschrig, M.
name: Kopu, J.
name: Cuevas, J. C.
name: Schön, Gerd
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the coupling between two singlet superconductors separated by a half-metallic magnet. The mechanism behind the coupling is provided by the rotation of the quasiparticle spin in the superconductor during reflection events at the interface with the half metal. Spin rotation induces triplet correlations in the superconductor which, in the presence of surface spin-flip scattering, result in an indirect Josephson effect between the superconductors. We present a theory appropriate for studying this phenomenon and calculate physical properties for a superconductor/half metal/superconductor (S/HM/S) heterostructure.
description: replaced with published version
A Comparison of Data Collected through Farm Management Associations and the Agricultural Resource Management Survey
Creators: name: Kuethe, Todd H.
name: Briggeman, Brian C.
name: Paulson, Nicholas D.
name: Katchova, Ani L.
name: Kuethe, Todd H.
name: Briggeman, Brian C.
name: Paulson, Nicholas D.
name: Katchova, Ani L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: Farm Management
subject: Agricultural Finance

description: This study compares the characteristics of farms who participate in farm management associations to the wider population of farms at the state level. Farm-level records obtained from the USDA's Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) are compared to similar data obtained from farm management associations in three states: Illinois, Kansas, and Kentucky. Data collected through farm management associations tend to represent larger farms and a greater share of crop producers as compared to livestock producers. Association data, however, capture a greater share of younger farm operators. This is the first study to compare farm statistics from several farm management associations to ARMS, and the study confirms the findings of existing studies of prior USDA surveys.
description: This staff paper is an electronic version of a journal article, please cite as: Kuethe, T.H., B. Briggeman, N. Paulson, and A.L. Katchova (2014) “A Comparison of Data Collected through Farm Management Associations and the Agricultural Resource Management Survey.” Agricultural Finance Review 74(4):492-500.
Brittle crack propagation intersecting a contact interface within the framework of Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian description of motion
Creators: name: Athanasiadis, Ignatios
name: Shvarts, Andrei G.
name: Lukasz Kaczmarczyk
name: Pearce, Chris J.
Publisher: name: Loughborough University
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Configurational mechanics provides the theoretical basis for modelling thermodynamically consistent crack propagation in brittle materials. Using the Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) formulation, material kinematics that describe crack surface increment are coupled with spatial kinematics that describe elastic body deformation. To include the contact interaction into the model, a mortar-like formulation was exploited. While the crack surface is distant from the contact interface, contact elements act only in the spatial domain. However, once the crack surface is in the proximity of the contact zone, additional considerations are needed. Firstly, mesh cutting and mesh smoothing due to evolution of the crack surface affect the position of nodes in the material domain, requiring reconstruction of contact elements. Secondly, once the crack front reaches the contact interface, contact pressure provides an additional contribution to configurational forces driving the crack propagation. Therefore, topological changes due to crack propagation and evolution of contact surfaces are strongly coupled. Here we present for the first time the solution of this coupled problem using a monolithic approach. Examples are considered demonstrating the robustness of the proposed framework and evaluating the effect of the contact loading on the crack propagation.
Lyman Break Galaxies at z~5: Luminosity Function
Creators: name: Iwata, I.
name: Ohta, K.
name: Tamura, N.
name: Ando, M.
name: Wada, S.
name: Watanabe, C.
name: Akiyama, M.
name: Aoki, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: (abridged) We present results of a search for Lyman break galaxies (LBGs) at z ~ 5 in a 618 square-arcmin field including the HDF-N taken by Subaru Prime Focus Camera. Utilizing the published redshift data of the HDF-N and its flanking fields, the color selection criteria are chosen so that LBGs are picked out most efficiently and least contaminated by foreground objects. The numbers of LBG candidates detected are 310 in 23.0 < I_c < 25.5. The rest-frame UV luminosity function(LF) of LBGs at z ~ 5 is derived statistically. The fraction of contamination is estimated to be ~50% in the faintest magnitude range. The completeness of the survey is ~80% at the bright part of the sample, and ~20% in the faintest magnitude range (25.0 < I_c <= 25.5). The LF of LBG candidates at z ~ 5 does not show a significant difference from those at z ~ 3 and 4, though there might be a slight decrease in the fainter part. The UV luminosity density within the observational limit is 0.56 - 0.69 times smaller than that obtained for LBGs at z ~ 3, depending on the adopted cosmology and the integration range of the LF. The similarity of the LFs at redshifts 5 to 3 implies that most of LBGs at z ~ 5 should have faded out at z ~ 3 and LBGs at z \~ 5 are different galaxies from those seen at z ~ 3, if we take face values for ages of the LBGs at z ~ 3 obtained by the SED fitting in which a continuous star formation in an individual galaxy is assumed. However, if the star formation in LBGs is sporadic, the similarity of the LF at z ~ 3 and 5 would be explained. Such sporadic star formation has been suggested by hydrodynamical simulations and semi-analytic models with collisional starbursts, and the trend of the cosmic star formation history predicted by these studies resembles to that estimated from the UV luminosity density within the observational limit.
description: 21 pages, 11 figures. Accepted for Publication in PASJ. Higher resolution images are available at http://www.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/%7Eiwata/preprint/
Patient compliance and satisfaction using web-based glucose monitoring for the management of pregnant women with pregestational diabetes
Creators: name: Qureshey, Emma
name: Rochon, Meredith
name: Hesham, Helai
name: Cohen, Joshua
name: MacFarlan, Jennifer
name: Smulian, John C.
name: Vengrove, Marc A.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Optimal glycemic control is vital in decreasing the risk of congenital birth defects and perinatal complications in women with diabetes. Although frequent blood glucose (BG) monitoring is essential during pregnancy, studies have highlighted poor compliance and falsification of glucose readings. We designed this study to assess whether a web-based glucose monitor improves compliance, glycemic control, and patient satisfaction. This was a prospective study of 30 women with pre-gestational diabetes. After 4 weeks of using paper logs, patients were given a web-based glucose monitor. The primary outcome of interest was the average number of BG readings prior to and during web-based implementation. Secondary outcomes included glycemic control and patient satisfaction as determined by a pre- and post-study survey. The number of BG readings after 2 months using the web-based meter was similar to baseline. Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) significantly improved and there was a trend toward improved overall glycemic values. Survey results demonstrated satisfaction with the new system, although 20% of patients felt uncomfortable with glucose values being available to providers in real time. Compliance with BG monitoring was similar when comparing a web-based system with written logs. Since other studies have highlighted that some glucose data from written logs are falsified, actual compliance using the web-based monitor may be improved. This study demonstrates potential patient concerns using a web-based system. Further studies should explore patient reactions to providers having real-time access to online glycemic data given our survey results.
Ochrilidia gracilis Most
Creators: name: Usmani, Mohammad Kamil
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Baissogryllidae
Ochrilidia
Ochrilidia gracilis

description: 47. Ochrilidia gracilis (Krauss, 1902)
 Diagnosis: It can be identified by its temporal foveolae very narrow, elongate and slit like, invisible from above; vertex as long as wide; antennal segments 2–8 widened and flattened, straight lateral pronotal carinae; hind femur without black spots on inner side of knees.
 Habitats: This species is most predominant in wet grasslands. It is also found in coastal and salt marshes in Libya. Light trap catches are commonly recorded. It indicates that this species is probably highly mobile. Times of capture in Egypt and Libya indicate the possibility of seasonal movement between these regions. It has been recorded feeding on wheat and cotton.
 Material examined: Al Shati Region: Qirah, 3 ♂, 2 ♀, on alfalfa, 12.xi.1992; Ququm, l ♂, 1 ♀, on alfalfa, 29.x.1992; Tamzawah, 1 ♂, on alfalfa, 4.xi.1992. Ghat Region: Al Barkat, 2 ♂, 4 ♀, on alfalfa- vegetable, 11.vii.1995; Ghat, 3 ♂, 3 ♀, on grass, 18.vii.1995. Murzuk region: Agar-Atabah, 4 ♂, on grass & millet, 23.vi.1993; Bani-Hilal, 1 ♂, on grass, 23.vi.1993; Fungul, 1 ♂, on grass, 27.iv.1993; Murzuq, 4 ♂, 3 ♀, on tomato and marrow, 5.v.1993; Traghan, 5 ♂, on barley, 13.iv.1993; 3 ♀, on grass, 27.v.1993. Sebha Region: Ghodwa, 5 ♂, 10 ♀, on alfalfa- grass, 13.iv.1993; Samnu, 1 ♂, 2 ♀, on vegetable, 18.v.1994; Sebha, 3 ♂, 8 ♀, on alfalfa, 8.vi.1995. Wadi Haya Region: Al Abyad, 15 ♂, 2 ♀, on alfalfa-grass, 2.xi.1992; Al Hamarah, l0 ♂, 3 ♀, on wild grass, 2.xi.1992; Ben Hareth, 5 ♂, 1 ♀, on grape-grass, 16.xi.1992; Bint Bayyah, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, on alfalfa- wild grass, 16.xi.1992; Khalayf, 13 ♂, 1 ♀, on grape- grass, 16.xi.1992; Garagra, 2 ♂, on alfalfa, 27.xi.1992; Sidi Ali, 1 ♂, on wild grass, 7.xii.1992.
 Localities: Cyrenaica: Cufra, Gialo, Marada, Marmarica, Rebiana; Tripolitania: Ain Zara, Bianchi, Bu Kamesh, Gargarese, Logo di Beuma, Taguira, Tripoli; Fezzan: Agar Atabah, Al Abyyad, Al Barkat, Al Hamarah, Ben Hareth, Beni Hilal, Bint Bayyah, Fungul, Garagra, Ghat, Ghodwa, Khaliayf, Murzuk, Qirah, Ququm, Samnu, Sebha, Sidi Ali, Tamzawah, Traghan.
 Distribution: Mali, Algeria, Niger, Mouretania, Nigeria, Libya, Sahara, Hoggar, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Rio de Oro, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somali Republic, Turkey, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Aden, Iraq, Iran, India.
 Remarks: This species is most abundant. Earlier recorded from Libya by Salfi (1929, 1931), Jannone (1938), and Chopard (1943).This species has been reported from Fezzan by Salfi (1935a), Jago (1977) and Ajaili et al. (1989).
description: Published as part of Usmani, Mohammad Kamil, 2008, Studies on Acridoidea (Orthoptera) with some new records from Fezzan, Libya, pp. 1-41 in Zootaxa 1946 on pages 37-38
Do local food supply chains meet the targets of sustainable livelihood? A case study in Central Finland
Creators: name: Jokinen, Pekka
name: Jarvela, Marja
name: Paloviita, Ari
name: Puupponen, Antti
name: Jokinen, Pekka
name: Jarvela, Marja
name: Paloviita, Ari
name: Puupponen, Antti
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: social resilience
subject: rural sustainability
subject: local food production
subject: small scale entrepreneurship
subject: food networks
subject: central Finland

description: Community resilience refers to a community’s capacity to actively adapt and evolve by balancing internal and external driving forces in a sustainable way. In this paper, emerging local food supply networks are analysed in terms of social capital and community resilience. Firstly, the links embodying trust or the lack of trust in the local food networks are studied. Secondly, we examine how social resilience is created at the community level. Our empirical case study on Central Finland combines quantitative and qualitative approaches. The core data are drawn from the survey exploring farmers’ collaboration and networks and from in-depth interviews with four local stakeholder groups representing different positions in the local food chain. It is concluded that in Central Finland the community resilience is advancing with slow steps of adaptation to external challenges. Yet, there are several peculiar challenges in the Northern Model of local food system.
Pressure-induced suppression of charge density wave and emergence of Superconductivity in 1T-VSe2
Creators: name: Sahoo, S.
name: Dutta, U.
name: Harnagea, L.
name: Sood, A. K.
name: Karmakar, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report pressure evolution of charge density wave (CDW) order and emergence of superconductivity (SC) in 1T-VSe2 single crystal by studying resistance and magnetoresistance behavior under high pressure. With increasing quasi-hydrostatic pressure the CDW order enhances with increase ofthe ordering temperature up to 240K at 12 GPa. Upon further increase of pressure, the resistance anomaly due to CDW order gets suppressed drastically and superconductivity emerges at ~15 GPa, with the onset critical temperature (Tc) ~ 4K. The pressure dependence of Tc is found negligible, different from the significant increase or a dome-shape seen in iso-structural layered diselenide superconductors. The high pressure magnetoresistance and Hall measurements suggest successive electronic structural changes with Fermi surface modifications at 6 GPa and 12GPa. From the observed negative magnetoresistance in this pressure range and absence of coexisting CDW and SC phases, we propose that intra-layer spin-fluctuation can play a role in the emergence of superconductivity in the high pressure phase.
description: 6 pages
A regional survey evaluating patient experience seeking trial of labor after cesarean
Creators: name: Davidson, Christina
name: Walker, Caroline Haley
name: Sangi-Haghpeykar, Haleh
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Mental Health

description: To evaluate access to trial of labor after cesarean (TOLAC) in a large metropolitan city. In 2012, a public tertiary care hospital in Houston, TX promoted its TOLAC services on social media, resulting in a surge of self-referrals. In 2018, an electronic survey was distributed by email to 200 women who had previously contacted the hospital regarding TOLAC and posted on 2 local social media TOLAC sites. Women were asked to participate if they ever sought TOLAC in the Houston area. Data were analyzed for trends in patient experience seeking TOLAC and comparisons were made based on number of prior cesarean deliveries (CD) and race/ethnicity. The survey was open for responses for 1 month, with 128 completed surveys by the end of the study time period. Of the respondents, most (64%) had 1 prior CD and identified as White (63%). Most (60%) of all women reported contacting ≥3 providers before finding one that offered TOLAC, with no difference reported for women with 1 vs 2 prior CD (p = .2). Over half (52%) reported their experience seeking TOLAC to be difficult with more difficulty noted by those with 2 vs 1 prior CD, (61.8% vs 42.7%,) but not statistically significant (p = .06). White women were more likely to report an easier experience seeking TOLAC compared to Black women (55.6% vs 30%, p = .04). Overall, 37% attempted TOLAC at the reference hospital. Black (50%) and Hispanic (68.2%) women were significantly more likely to have delivered at the reference hospital than White women (24%) (p < .05) Our results suggest that women seeking TOLAC have difficulty finding providers who offer the service. This may be especially true for Black and Hispanic women and women with >1 prior CD. Women may utilize social media forums for resources and recommendations and such platforms may represent an underutilized opportunity to identify regional TOLAC services.
Ferromagnetism and disorder: A dynamical mean-field study
Creators: name: Meyer, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate ferromagnetism in the periodic Anderson model with diagonal disorder. Using dynamical mean-field theory in combination with the modified perturbation theory, the disorder can be included in the calculation consistently, which turns out to be equivalent to the CPA method. Disorder generally reduces the Curie temperature and can for certain configurations completely suppress ferromagnetic order. This can be ascribed to the enhanced quasiparticle damping and the special structure of the density of states.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures
Diversification of economic effects of milk production in selected group of organic and conventional farms in Poland in 2006-2007
Creators: name: Zmarzlowski, Krzysztof
name: Zekalo, Marcin
name: Zmarzlowski, Krzysztof
name: Zekalo, Marcin
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Production Economics
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: economic results
subject: organic milk production

description: Apart from the social and environmental elements of development, an economic aspect of organic production proves to be very important. Strong and weak points of organic milk production can be identified on the basis of a detailed analysis of accounting data at farm and product (milk) level. The main objective of the study was to compare the competitiveness of cow’s milk production in organic and conventional farms in the years 2006-2007. The results obtained do not prove significant intensification of milk production in the surveyed organic farms. In comparison with conventional holdings, milk yield per dairy cow was much lower, as well as the selling price for milk. It should be emphasised, however, that milk production in organic farms was a profitable activity, but with a very high share of subsidies in this income.
Ochrilidia tibialis This
Creators: name: Usmani, Mohammad Kamil
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Baissogryllidae
Ochrilidia
Ochrilidia tibialis

description: 48. Ochrilidia tibialis (Fieber, 1853)
 Diagnosis: It can be distinguished by its pronotum with prozona slightly longer or equal in length to metazona; antennae very slender, with segments 2-flattened but hardly widened; hind femur with small brown spot on inner side of knees; tibial spines and spurs are crimson.
 Habitats: This species is found in grassland. Probably graminivorous and multivorous. Light trap catches in many countries suggest night migration of this species. It has been observed feeding on new sorghum shoots and on cotton.
 Material examined: Al Shati Region: Brack fish pond, 1 ♂, on grass, 2.xii.1992; Brack, H.I. T., 2 ♀, on grass, 5.xii.1992; Qattah, 1 ♂, on alfalfa, 15.xii.1992; Qirah, 2 ♂, 3 ♀, on alfalfa, 12.xi.1992; Ququm, 2 ♂, 1 ♀, on alfalfa, 29.x.1992; 1 ♀, on mint 4.xi.1992; Tamzawah, 1 ♀, on alfalfa, 4.xi.1992; 1 ♀, on vine, 4.xi.1992. Ghat Region: Al Awaynat, 3 ♂, 5 ♀, on alfalfa-grass, 20.vii.1995; Ghat, 1 ♂, 2 ♀, on vine, 18.vii.1995. Murzuk region: Agar-Atabah, 5 ♂, on alfalfa and grass, 23.iv.1993; Fungul, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, on on alfalfa and grass, 27.iv.1993; Marhaba, 1 ♂, 2 ♀, on alfalfa & grass, 11.xii.1993; Murzuq, 12 ♂, 10 ♀, on vegetable, 5.v.1993; Traghan, 16 ♂, 3 ♀, on barley and grass, 13.iv.1993; Eddisah, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, on alfalfa, 27.iv.1993; Tsawah, 3 ♂, on grass, 11.xii.1993. Sebha Region: Al Zighan, 4 ♂, on grass, 18.v.1994; Samnu, 4 ♂, 1 ♀, on alfalfa, 18.v.1994; Sebha, 5 ♂, 3 ♀, on grass & vine, 8.vi.1995; Tamanhant, 5 ♂, 6 ♀, on alfalfa-grass, 1 8.v.1994.
 Localities: Cyrenaica: Barca, Bengasi, Cufra, Gialo, Giarabub, Marmarica, Tolmetta; Tripolitania: Ain Zara, Engila, Tripoli; Fezzan: Agar Atabah, Al Awaynat, Al Zighan, Brak, Ed Disah, Fungul, Ghat, Marhaba, Murzuk, Qattah, Qirah, Ququm, Samnu, Sebha, Tamanhant, Tamzawah, Tibesti, Traghan, Tsawah, Uadi Tenezzufi.
 Distribution: Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Mouretania, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Libya, Sudan, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Aden, French Somaliland, Ethiopia, Somali Republic, Iran, W. Pakistan.
 Remarks: This species is found rarely in this area. Earlier recorded from Libya by Werner (1908), Ghigi (1913), I. Bolivar (1915), Giglio-Tos (1923), Salfi (1925) and Jago (1977).
description: Published as part of Usmani, Mohammad Kamil, 2008, Studies on Acridoidea (Orthoptera) with some new records from Fezzan, Libya, pp. 1-41 in Zootaxa 1946 on page 38
Local spectroscopy of a proximity superconductor at very low temperature
Creators: name: Moussy, N.
name: Courtois, H.
name: Pannetier, B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We performed the local spectroscopy of a Normal-metal--Superconductor (N-S) junction with the help of a very low temperature (60 mK) Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM). The spatial dependence of the local density of states was probed locally in the vicinity of the N-S interface. We observed spectra with a fully-developed gap in the regions where a thin normal metal layer caps the superconductor dot. Close to the S metal edge, a clear pseudo-gap shows up, which is characteristic of the superconducting proximity effect in the case of a long normal metal. The experimental results are compared to the predictions of the quasiclassical theory.
description: 7 pages, 3 figures
ART: A machine learning Automated Recommendation Tool for synthetic biology
Creators: name: Radivojević, Tijana
name: Costello, Zak
name: Workman, Kenneth
name: Martin, Hector Garcia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Biology has changed radically in the last two decades, transitioning from a descriptive science into a design science. Synthetic biology allows us to bioengineer cells to synthesize novel valuable molecules such as renewable biofuels or anticancer drugs. However, traditional synthetic biology approaches involve ad-hoc engineering practices, which lead to long development times. Here, we present the Automated Recommendation Tool (ART), a tool that leverages machine learning and probabilistic modeling techniques to guide synthetic biology in a systematic fashion, without the need for a full mechanistic understanding of the biological system. Using sampling-based optimization, ART provides a set of recommended strains to be built in the next engineering cycle, alongside probabilistic predictions of their production levels. We demonstrate the capabilities of ART on simulated data sets, as well as experimental data from real metabolic engineering projects producing renewable biofuels, hoppy flavored beer without hops, and fatty acids. Finally, we discuss the limitations of this approach, and the practical consequences of the underlying assumptions failing.
Coupled Micromechanics -embedded strong discontinuity model for quasi-brittle fracture: a variational appraisal
Creators: name: C. X. Azua-Gonzalez
name: I. C. Mihai
name: A. D. Jefferson
Publisher: name: Loughborough University
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Recently, a variational principle [1, 2] has been exploited as a means to couple rigorously Computational Continuum-Micromechanics [3, 4] and the Embedded Strong Discontinuity approach [5], in a seamless fashion. The method enables minimal remeshing at the global-scale upon macroscopic fracture, while directional diffuse microcracking can evolve at the material-scale. Macrocrack nucleation occurs upon substantial development of directional microcracking. In this regard, macrocrack detection is underpinned by the philosophy of microcracks coalescing onto sharp macrocracks [6]. Element-wise treatment of macrocrack evolution, opposed to traditional global treatment [7], is turned possible by means of finding the optimal energetic state including micro and macro components simultaneously, which allows to condensate quasi-statically additional macrocrack dofs. Such methodology has been successfully tested for multiscale fracture propagation analysis in cementitious composites. Attention is given to the variationally-consistent nature of the numerical framework, which enforces weakly traction continuity along embedded macrocracks within the Micromechanical continua, and provides a least-energy solution. Such rigorous variational appraisal has proved to be pivotal for developing these new theories on multiscale fracture mechanics.
Instanton Number of Noncommutative U(n) gauge theory
Creators: name: Sako, Akifumi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We show that the integral of the first Pontrjagin class is given by an integer and it is identified with instanton number of the U(n) gauge theory on noncommutative ${\bf R^4}$. Here the dimension of the vector space $V$ that appear in the ADHM construction is called Instanton number. The calculation is done in operator formalism and the first Pontrjagin class is defined by converge series. The origin of the instanton number is investigated closely, too.
description: 6 color figures, 27 pages, some comments and references are added,typos fixed
Commercialising Agriculture in Africa: Social, Economic and Environmental Impacts
Creators: name: Innocent, Chamisa
name: Aaron, Mapupa
name: Innocent, Chamisa
name: Aaron, Mapupa
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: Agribusiness
Agricultural and Food Policy

description: Given the changes taking place in the world today, farmers are confronted with a number of challenges such as climate change, variations in input usages, need for quality products, limited resources, and need to conform to legal and compliance issues. Sadly, the agricultural extension approach in Zimbabwe has been more “production oriented” than “business oriented. Thus, Farming as a Business (FaaB) concept aims to help farmers to improve their farming business skills in farming, with the aim of increasing their incomes by viewing farming as business. Therefore this provides some insights into to the Farming as a Business farmer trainings concept and is intended for use by individuals/institutions, private companies, NGOs involved in agricultural development work focused on the sustainable economic development of farming enterprises. A collection of various agro business development resource materials to enhance the understanding, appreciation and interpretation of smallholder agricultural commercialisation and business aspects among agricultural extension staff is crucial in this sense.. This concept has been deliberately designed to address numerous areas of agricultural commercialisation by focusing on how best an extension agent can help a farmer integrate business concepts in their farming activities. It also aims to provide practical advice and information on management aspects to help farmers run successful farming businesses. The primary outcome will be knowledge, understanding and skills to farmers for them to become more market and business oriented from subsistence oriented mentality.
Refinement of Metrics: Erdős Number, a Case Study
Creators: name: Lock, K.
name: Pong, W. Y.
name: Wittmond, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: History and Overview (math.HO)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05C12, 05C90

description: We introduce a concept called refinement and develop two different ways of refining metrics. By applying these methods we produce several refinements of the shortest-path distance on the collaboration graph and hence a couple new versions of the Erdős number.
description: 13 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables
The expression of heparanase in term and preterm human placentas
Creators: name: Naeh, Amir
name: Hantisteanu, Shay
name: Meisel-Sharon, Shilhav
name: Boyango, Ilanit
name: Hallak, Mordechai
name: Gabbay-Benziv, Rinat
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Heparanase is an endo-β-glucuronidase that cleaves side chains of heparan-sulfate proteoglycans, an integral constituent of the extra cellular matrix. The abundance of heparanase in placental trophoblast cells implies its role in the processes of placentation and trophoblast invasion. This study aims to explore the involvement of heparanase in parturition and preterm deliveries (PTD). Sixteen human placentas were collected following singleton spontaneous onset term vaginal deliveries (n = 6), spontaneous onset preterm vaginal deliveries (n = 7) and term elective cesarean sections (n = 3). Placentas were excluded in case of any maternal chronic illness, pregnancy or delivery complications apart from PTD. Placental tissue samples were dissected, homogenized and proteins were extracted. Additionally, cryosections were prepared from the placental tissues. Heparanase expression was evaluated utilizing western blot analysis and immunofluorescence staining using heparanase specific antibodies. Heparanase expression was compared between the study groups qualitatively and quantitatively. Western blot analysis results demonstrated higher expression of both pro-heparanase and heparanase in PTD placentas compared to term vaginal placentas. Accordingly, immunofluorescence staining shows elevated heparanase expression in PTD placentas compared to term vaginal placentas (5.1 ± 0.92 vs. 1.2 ± 0.18, p < .005). Expression level of heparanase was higher in term cesarean section placentas as compared to term vaginal deliveries placentas, but did not reach statistical significance (1.8 ± 0.39 vs. 1.2 ± 0.18, p = .06). This study demonstrates for the first time that preterm vaginal deliveries are associated with higher expression of heparanase in placental tissue. This may imply a direct effect of heparanase on preterm labor. Further studies should evaluate the functional role by which heparanase influence preterm delivery.
Heterojunctions of halogen-doped carbon nitride nanosheets and BiOI for sunlight-driven water-splitting
Creators: name: Kumar, Pawan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 30601 Catalysis and Mechanisms of Reactions
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 30301 Chemical Characterisation of Materials
subject: 39901 Environmental Chemistry (incl. Atmospheric Chemistry)
subject: Environmental Chemistry
subject: 30306 Synthesis of Materials

description: A fluorine-doped, chlorine-intercalated carbon nitride (CNF-Cl) photocatalyst has been synthesized for simultaneous improvements in light harvesting capability along with suppression of charge recombination in bulk g-C3N4. The formation of heterojunctions of these CNF-Cl nanosheets with low bandgap, earth abundant bismuth oxyiodide (BiOI) was achieved, and the synthesized heterojunctions were tested as active photoanodes in photoelectrochemical water splitting experiments. BiOI/CNF-Cl heterojunctions exhibited extended light harvesting with a band-edge of 680 nm and generated photocurrent densities approaching 1.3 mA cm−2 under AM1.5 G one sun illumination. Scanning Kelvin probe force microscopy under optical bias showed a surface potential of 207 mV for the 50% BiOI/CNF-Cl nanocomposite, while pristine CNF-Cl and BiOI had surface photopotential values of 83 mV and 98 mV, respectively, which in turn, provided direct evidence of superior charge separation in the heterojunction blends. Enhanced charge carrier separation and improved light harvesting capability in BiOI/CNF-Cl hybrids were found to be the dominant factors in increased photocurrent, compared to the pristine constituent materials.
Manajemen Operasi Internasional
Creators: name: Ihsansyach Hukama
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: manajemen
operasi
internasional

description: Manajemen internasional sangat penting karena pertumbuhan yang cepat telah terjadi dalam perdagangan dunia, perusahaan di seluruh dunia kini menemukan bahwa negaranya dalam serangan pesaing internasional. Lingkungan global yang kompetitif menjadi sesuatu yang sulit untuk menjalankan bisnis. Namun, sekarang perusahaan memiliki akses ke pasar yang sebelumnya tidak dapat mereka masuki. Perusahaan internasional dibangun dengan dasar dan fungsi inti, yaitu kemampuan dalam penelitian dan pengembangan, pemasaran, manufaktur, dan lain sebagainya, sehingga perusahaan dapat menembus pasar luar negeri.
Multifractal detrended fluctuation analysis of nonstationary time series
Creators: name: Kantelhardt, Jan W.
name: Zschiegner, Stephan A.
name: Koscielny-Bunde, Eva
name: Bunde, Armin
name: Havlin, Shlomo
name: Stanley, H. Eugene
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We develop a method for the multifractal characterization of nonstationary time series, which is based on a generalization of the detrended fluctuation analysis (DFA). We relate our multifractal DFA method to the standard partition function-based multifractal formalism, and prove that both approaches are equivalent for stationary signals with compact support. By analyzing several examples we show that the new method can reliably determine the multifractal scaling behavior of time series. By comparing the multifractal DFA results for original series to those for shuffled series we can distinguish multifractality due to long-range correlations from multifractality due to a broad probability density function. We also compare our results with the wavelet transform modulus maxima (WTMM) method, and show that the results are equivalent.
description: 14 pages (RevTex) with 10 figures (eps)
Determinants of Relief Seed Use and Crop Productivity among Vulnerable Households in Zimbabwe
Creators: name: Murendo, Conrad
name: Mazvimavi, Kizito
name: Kunzekweguta, Machiweyi
name: Murendo, Conrad
name: Mazvimavi, Kizito
name: Kunzekweguta, Machiweyi
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Zimbabwe
subject: Tobit
subject: households
subject: maize
subject: seed
subject: utilization.

description: The study quantifies factors affecting use of relief maize seed and implications on productivity in Zimbabwe. It uses Tobit and multiple regression models to analyze data collected from relief recipient households in 2010. Regression analysis showed that time of seed receipt, land area, rainfall and hybrid seed had strong influence on relief seed utilization rates. This underscores the need for timely input distribution before the onset of the rainy season. Rainfall, basal fertilizers, use of hybrid seed and conservation agriculture were significant in increasing relief maize yield. These results are consistent with the current thrust on the green revolution for Africa, centered on promoting increased fertiliser use, conservation of soil and water and modern varieties as interventions for increasing agricultural productivity in Africa. Increased policy efforts should be placed on increasing access to hybrid maize seed and fertilizers as well as promoting conservation agriculture.
Ochrilidia alshatiensis Usmani & Ajaili 1991
Creators: name: Usmani, Mohammad Kamil
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Baissogryllidae
Ochrilidia
Ochrilidia alshatiensis

description: 49. Ochrilidia alshatiensis Usmani & Ajaili, 1991
 Diagnosis: It differs from O. tibialis in the longer antennae with flattened, moderately expanded antennal segments 3–8 and prozona 1.5 times longer than pronotal metazoan. Black spot on inner side of knees of posterior femur. The hind tibial spines are crimson, in O. geniculata, the spines are blue or violet.
 Habitats: It is found in grassland, probably graminivorous. It was collected from alfalfa, barley, grasses, millet and mint.
 Material examined: Al Shati Region: Ashkidah, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, on alfalfa, 21.xi.1992; Brack H.I. T., 5 ♂, on grass, 12.xi.1992; 5 ♂, 22 ♀, on grass, 15.vi.1993; Mahruqah, 1 ♂, on alfalfa, 6.viii.1992; Qardah, 1 ♀, on barley, 1 ♀, on alfalfa, 15.xii.1992; Qirah, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, on mint, 29.x.1992; Ququm, 6 ♀, on alfalfa, millet & mint, 29.x.1992; Tmzawah, 1 ♀, on alfalfa, 15.xii.1992; Tarut, 1 ♂, 3 ♀, on alfalfa, 6.vii.1993; Zahra, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, on dry grass, 15.xii.1992; Zalwaz, 1 ♀, on alfalfa, 15.v.1993.
 Localities: Fezzan: Ashkidah, Brack, Mahrugah, Qardah, Qirah, Ququm, Tamzawah, Tarut, Zahra, Zalwaz.
 Distribution: Libya: Fezzan.
 Remarks: The species was described by smani & Ajaili in 1991 from Al-Shati region of Fezzan. It has wide distribution in this area.
description: Published as part of Usmani, Mohammad Kamil, 2008, Studies on Acridoidea (Orthoptera) with some new records from Fezzan, Libya, pp. 1-41 in Zootaxa 1946 on pages 38-39
The core structure of presolar graphite onions
Creators: name: Fraundorf, P.
name: Wackenhut, Martin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics (physics.ao-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Of the ``presolar particles'' extracted from carbonaceous chondrite dissolution residues, i.e. of those particles which show isotopic evidence of solidification in the neighborhood of other stars prior to the origin of our solar system, one subset has an interesting concentric graphite-rim/graphene-core structure. We show here that single graphene sheet defects in the onion cores (e.g. cyclopentane loops) may be observable edge-on by HREM. This could allow a closer look at models for their formation, and in particular strengthen the possibility that growth of these assemblages proceeds atom-by-atom with the aid of such in-plane defects, under conditions of growth (e.g. radiation fluxes or grain temperature) which discourage the graphite layering that dominates subsequent formation of the rim.
description: 4 pages, 7 figures, 11 refs, see also http://www.umsl.edu/~fraundor/isocore.html
Additional file 8 of The pregnane X receptor drives sexually dimorphic hepatic changes in lipid and xenobiotic metabolism in response to gut microbiota in mice
Creators: name: Barretto, Sharon Ann
name: Lasserre, Frederic
name: Huillet, Marine
name: Régnier, Marion
name: Polizzi, Arnaud
name: Lippi, Yannick
name: Fougerat, Anne
name: Person, Elodie
name: Bruel, Sandrine
name: Bétoulières, Colette
name: Naylies, Claire
name: Lukowicz, Céline
name: Sarra Smati
name: Guzylack, Laurence
name: Olier, Maïwenn
name: Théodorou, Vassilia
name: Mselli-Lakhal, Laila
name: Zalko, Daniel
name: Wahli, Walter
name: Loiseau, Nicolas
name: Gamet-Payrastre, Laurence
name: Guillou, Hervé
name: Ellero-Simatos, Sandrine
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 7 Effect of PXR deletion on sexually-dimorphic gene expression. (A) Number of male-biased genes (established in Pxr+/+ mice, see methods) that remain male-biased in Pxr-/- mice. (B) Number of female-biased genes (established in Pxr+/+ mice, see methods) that remain female-biased in Pxr-/- mice. (C) Hierarchical clustering of all genes significantly different for at least one comparison between the 4 experimental groups (Pxr+/+ males, Pxr+/+ females, Pxr-/- males, Pxr-/- females. (D) Average expression Z-scores over gene clusters defined in (C). (E) Pathway enrichment analysis of the 1419 hepatic genes from cluster 1.
AJAE Appendix: The Commodity Terms of Trade, Unit Roots, and Nonlinear Alternatives
Creators: name: Balagtas, Joseph Valdes
name: Holt, Matthew T.
name: Balagtas, Joseph Valdes
name: Holt, Matthew T.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Nonlinear model
subject: Primary commodities
subject: Smooth transition autoregression
subject: Timevarying autoregression
subject: Unit root tests

description: This appendix contains diagnostic test results and supplemental regression results from an evaluation of the Prebisch-Singer Hypothesis that applies smooth transition autoregressions (STARs) to relative prices for 24 primary commodities.
Demonstration of Two-Color X-ray Free-Electron Laser Pulses with a Sextupole Magnet
Creators: name: Dijkstal, Philipp
name: Malyzhenkov, Alexander
name: Reiche, Sven
name: Prat, Eduard
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present measurements of two-color X-ray free electron laser (FEL) pulses generated with a novel scheme utilizing a sextupole magnet. The sextupole, in combination with a standard orbit control tool, is used to suppress the radiation from the bunch core, while keeping the head and the tail of the beam lasing, each at a different photon energy. The method is simple, cost-effective and applicable at any repetition rate. We demonstrate the tunability of the scheme and discuss its advantages and practical limitations.
description: Accepted at Physicale Review Accelerators and Beams
Reply to Comment on "Weak anisotropy and disorder dependence of the in-plane magnetoresistance in high mobility (100) Si-inversion layers"
Creators: name: Pudalov, V. M.
name: Brunthaler, G.
name: Prinz, A.
name: Bauer, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Reply to the Comment by V.T. Dolgopolov and A.V. Gold [cond-mat/0203276].
description: 2 pages