cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Reduced auditory evoked gamma band response and cognitive processing deficits in first episode schizophrenia
Creators: name: Leicht, Gregor
name: Andreou, Christina
name: Schöttle, Daniel
name: Mulert, Christoph
name: Polomac, Nenad
name: Lanig, Clarissa
name: Lambert, Martin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience

description: Objectives. Gamma-band oscillations (e.g., the early auditory evoked gamma-band response, aeGBR) have been suggested to mediate cognitive and perceptual processes by driving the synchronization of local neuronal populations. Reduced aeGBR is a consistent finding in patients with schizophrenia and high-risk subjects, and has been proposed to represent an endophenotype for the illness. However, it is still unclear whether this reduction represents a deficit in sensory or cognitive processes, or a combination of the two. The present study investigated this question by manipulating the difficulty of an auditory reaction task in patients with first-episode schizophrenia and healthy controls. Methods. A 64-channel EEG was recorded in 23 patients with first-episode schizophrenia and 22 healthy controls during two conditions of an auditory reaction task: an easy condition that merely required low-level vigilance, and a difficult condition that placed significant demands on attention and working memory. Results. In contrast to healthy controls, patients failed to increase aeGBR power and phase-locking in the difficult condition. In patients, aeGBR power and phase-locking indices were associated with working memory deficits. Conclusions. The observed results confirm the applicability of aeGBR disturbances as a stable endophenotype of schizophrenia, and suggest a cognitive, rather than sensory, deficit at their origin.
Bioprocess development to produce a hyperthermostable S‐methyl‐5′‐thioadenosine phosphorylase in Escherichia coli
Creators: name: Schollmeyer, Julia
name: Waldburger, Saskia
name: Njo, Kendra
name: Yehia, Heba
name: Kurreck, Anke
name: Neubauer, Peter
name: Riedel, Sebastian L.
Publisher: name: Wiley
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie
subject: Escherichia coli
subject: high cell density cultivations
subject: nucleoside phosphorylase
subject: recombinant protein production
subject: S-methyl-5′-thioadenosine phosphorylase
subject: thermophilic enzymes

description: Nucleoside phosphorylases are important biocatalysts for the chemo-enzymatic synthesis of nucleosides and their analogs which are, among others, used for the treatment of viral infections or cancer. S-methyl-5′-thioadenosine phosphorylases (MTAP) are a group of nucleoside phosphorylases and the thermostable MTAP of Aeropyrum pernix (ApMTAP) was described to accept a wide range of modified nucleosides as substrates. Therefore, it is an interesting biocatalyst for the synthesis of nucleoside analogs for industrial and therapeutic applications. To date, thermostable nucleoside phosphorylases were produced in shake flask cultivations using complex media. The drawback of this approach is low volumetric protein yields which hamper the wide-spread application of the thermostable nucleoside phosphorylases in large scale. High cell density (HCD) cultivations allow the production of recombinant proteins with high volumetric yields, as final optical densities >100 can be achieved. Therefore, in this study, we developed a suitable protocol for HCD cultivations of ApMTAP. Initially, optimum expression conditions were determined in 24-well plates using a fed-batch medium. Subsequently, HCD cultivations were performed using E. coli BL21-Gold cells, by employing a glucose-limited fed-batch strategy. Comparing different growth rates in stirred-tank bioreactors, cultivations revealed that growth at maximum growth rates until induction resulted in the highest yields of ApMTAP. On a 500-mL scale, final cell dry weights of 87.1–90.1 g L−1 were observed together with an overproduction of ApMTAP in a 1.9%–3.8% ratio of total protein. Compared to initially applied shake flask cultivations with terrific broth (TB) medium the volumetric yield increased by a factor of 136. After the purification of ApMTAP via heat treatment and affinity chromatography, a purity of more than 90% was determined. Activity testing revealed specific activities in the range of 0.21 ± 0.11 (low growth rate) to 3.99 ± 1.02 U mg−1 (growth at maximum growth rate). Hence, growth at maximum growth rate led to both an increased expression of the target protein and an increased specific enzyme activity. This study paves the way towards the application of thermostable nucleoside phosphorylases in industrial applications due to an improved heterologous expression in Escherichia coli.
Poisson Manifold Reconstruction — Beyond Co‐dimension One
Creators: name: Kohlbrenner, Maximilian
name: Lee, Sing Chun
name: Alexa, Marc
name: Kazhdan, Michael
Publisher: name: Wiley
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 000 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke::000 Informatik, Wissen, Systeme::004 Datenverarbeitung; Informatik
subject: numerical analysis
subject: curve and surface reconstruction
subject: exterior product
subject: sub-manifold reconstruction
subject: polynomial optimization

description: Screened Poisson Surface Reconstruction creates 2D surfaces from sets of oriented points in 3D (and can be extended to co‐dimension one surfaces in arbitrary dimensions). In this work we generalize the technique to manifolds of co‐dimension larger than one. The reconstruction problem consists of finding a vector‐valued function whose zero set approximates the input points. We argue that the right extension of screened Poisson Surface Reconstruction is based on exterior products: the orientation of the point samples is encoded as the exterior product of the local normal frame. The goal is to find a set of scalar functions such that the exterior product of their gradients matches the exterior products prescribed by the input points. We show that this setup reduces to the standard formulation for co‐dimension 1, and leads to more challenging multi‐quadratic optimization problems in higher co‐dimension. We explicitly treat the case of co‐dimension 2, i.e., curves in 3D and 2D surfaces in 4D. We show that the resulting bi‐quadratic problem can be relaxed to a set of quadratic problems in two variables and that the solution can be made effective and efficient by leveraging a hierarchical approach.
In Situ Reconstruction of Helical Iron Borophosphate Precatalyst toward Durable Industrial Alkaline Water Electrolysis and Selective Oxidation of Alcohols
Creators: name: Yang, Hongyuan
name: Vijaykumar, Gonela
name: Chen, Ziliang
name: Hausmann, J. Niklas
name: Mondal, Indranil
name: Ghosh, Suptish
name: Nicolaus, Victor C. J.
name: Laun, Konstantin
name: Zebger, Ingo
name: Driess, Matthias
name: Menezes, Prashanth W.
Publisher: name: Wiley
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::540 Chemie::540 Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften
subject: alcohol oxidation
subject: alkaline water electrolysis
subject: borophosphate
subject: formic acid production
subject: industrial conditions
subject: surface reconstruction

description: Iron-based (pre)catalysts have attracted enormous attention for various electrooxidation reactions due to the low cost, high abundance, and multiple accessible redox states of iron. Herein, a well-defined helical iron borophosphate (LiFeBPO) is developed as an electro(pre)catalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and selective alcohol oxidation. When deposited on nickel foam (NF), LiFeBPO exhibits an exceptional OER performance at ambient conditions attaining a current density of 100 mA cm−2 at ≈276 mV overpotential in 1 m KOH. Notably, this anode sustains durable alkaline water electrolysis at 500 mA cm−2 for over 330 h under industrial conditions (6 m KOH and 85 °C). In –situ and ex situ investigations reveal a deep reconstruction of LiFeBPO during OER, which transforms into a 3D open porous skeleton assembled by ultrasmall, low-crystalline α-FeOOH nanoparticles (interfacing with NiOOH of NF). This structure contributes to exposing accessible surface active sites, as well as accelerating mass transport and bubble detachment. Moreover, this electrode also catalyzes the electrooxidation of alcohols (methanol, ethylene glycol, and glycerol) to formic acid (FA) with high selectivity and full conversion. This study provides promising solutions for designing suitable anodes for the simultaneous production of green hydrogen fuel and value–added FA from electrooxidation reactions.
VAM-aaS: Online cloud services security vulnerability analysis and mitigation-as-a-service
Creators: name: Abdelrazek, Mohamed
name: Grundy, John
name: Ibrahim, Amani S.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Cloud computing introduces a new paradigm shift in service delivery models. However, the potential benefits reaped from the adoption of this model are threatened by public accessibility of the cloud-hosted services and sharing of resources with other service tenants. This increases the potential for exploitation of newly discovered vulnerabilities that usually take a long time to discover and to mitigate. On the other hand, existing cloud platforms do not provide a means to validate the security of offered cloud services or mitigating security vulnerabilities that arise at runtime. We introduce VAM-aaS, Vulnerability Analysis and Mitigation as-a-service, as a novel, integrated, and online cloud-based security vulnerability analysis and mitigation service. VAM-aaS performs online service analysis to pinpoint new vulnerabilities and weaknesses. It then uses this information to generate security control integration and configuration scripts to block these discovered security holes at runtime. Our approach is based on a new vulnerability signature and mitigation-actions specification approach. We introduce our approach, describe implementation details, and describe an evaluation of our prototype on a set of .NET benchmark applications.
A Facile Molecular Approach to Amorphous Nickel Pnictides and Their Reconstruction to Crystalline Potassium‐Intercalated γ‐NiOOHx Enabling High‐Performance Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation and Selective Oxidation of 5‐Hydroxymethylfurfural
Creators: name: Dasgupta, Basundhara
name: Hausmann, Jan Niklas
name: Beltrán‐Suito, Rodrigo
name: Kalra, Shweta
name: Laun, Konstantin
name: Zebger, Ingo
name: Driess, Matthias
name: Menezes, Prashanth Wilfred
Publisher: name: Wiley
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie
subject: amorphous-crystalline
subject: gamma γ-nickel oxyhydroxide
subject: nickel arsenide
subject: nickel phosphide
subject: organic oxidation
subject: oxygen evolution reaction

description: The low-temperature molecular precursor approach can be beneficial to conventional solid-state methods, which require high temperatures and lead to relatively large crystalline particles. Herein, a novel, single-step, room-temperature preparation of amorphous nickel pnictide (NiE; EP, As) nanomaterials is reported, starting from NaOCE(dioxane)n and NiBr2(thf)1.5. During application for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), the pnictide anions leach, and both materials fully reconstruct into nickel(III/IV) oxide phases (similar to γ-NiOOH) comprising edge-sharing (NiO6) layers with intercalated potassium ions and a d-spacing of 7.27 Å. Remarkably, the intercalated γ-NiOOHx phases are nanocrystalline, unlike the amorphous nickel pnictide precatalysts. This unconventional reconstruction is fast and complete, which is ascribed to the amorphous nature of the nanostructured NiE precatalysts. The obtained γ-NiOOHx can effectively catalyse the OER for 100 h at a high current density (400 mA cm−2) and achieves outstandingly high current densities (>600 mA cm−2) for the selective, value-added oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF). The NiP-derived γ-NiOOHx shows a higher activity for both processes due to more available active sites. It is anticipated that the herein developed, effective, room-temperature molecular synthesis of amorphous nickel pnictide nanomaterials can be applied to other functional transition-metal pnictides.
Two‐scale computational homogenization of calcified hydrogels
Creators: name: Aygün, Serhat
name: Klinge, Sandra
Publisher: name: Wiley
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::510 Mathematik::510 Mathematik
subject: calcification
subject: hydrogels
subject: micromechanical theories
subject: multiscale FEM
subject: nonlinear elasticity
subject: polymers

description: The development of new type of hydrogels featuring enhanced properties is a recent topic and of particular interest for a wide range of industrial applications, especially in biomedical sector. The present contribution focuses on the mutliscale modeling of hydrogels that are treated by the enzymatic mineralization and thus enriched with calcium phosphate. More specifically, the calcium phosphate forms spherical or honeycomb structures in the hydrogel matrix, which significantly improves effective material properties such as stiffness and strength. The chosen multiscale finite element method (FEM) homogenization strategy uses the Hill–Mandel macrohomogeneity condition for bridging two scales: the macroscopic boundary value problem (BVP) simulates the specimen behavior, whereas the microscopic BVP investigates the representative volume element (RVE) depicting the heterogeneous multiphase microstructure. The approach proposed uses the Ogden model to simulate the hydrogel and the neo‐Hooke model for the calcium phosphate phase. It varies the RVE type and the macroscopic tests in order to study the influence of the microstructure on the effective behavior and uses experimental data to determine missing microscopic material parameters. Chosen numerical examples demonstrate the applicability of the numerical tool for the estimation of the optimal microscopic arrangement of phases.
Polyoxometalate (POM) boosting the light-harvesting ability of graphitic carbon nitride for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen production
Creators: name: Djoko Tameu, Simon Yves
name: Njoyim T., Estella
name: Nguyen, Anh Dung
name: Yang, Jin
name: Küçükkeçeci, Hüseyin
name: Kutorglo, Edith Mawunya
name: Radhakrishnan, Babu
name: Schwarzburg, Klaus
name: Huseyinova, Shahana
name: Das, Prasenjit
name: Tasbihi, Minoo
name: Schwarze, Michael
name: Thomas, Arne
name: Schomäcker, Reinhard
Publisher: name: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::540 Chemie::540 Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften
subject: polyoxometalate
subject: POM
subject: graphitic carbon nitride
subject: hydrogen production
subject: PMA

description: Phosphomolybdic acid (PMA) was used to achieve simultaneously P-doping and heterojunction construction of graphitic carbon nitride (gCN). P-gCN/PMAx composites were obtained via post-thermal annealing of bulk gCN/PMAx and characterized in detail using different techniques including XRD, XPS, SEM, and DRS. As an in situ hard templating agent and doping source, the loaded PMA helps to provide porous structured materials and reinforced electronic properties whereby many transitions are enhanced resulting in the improvement of light-harvesting. The electronic properties of gCN are improved strongly with the increased amount of PMA loaded, but the crystallinity becomes worse and the material becomes much more amorphous and disordered. The materials were investigated for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) showing the highest H2 evolution performance of 625 μmol g−1 h−1 for the P-gCN/PMA1.5 sample, which is almost 4 times higher than that of gCN with 167 μmol g−1 h−1. The P-gCN/PMA1.5 sample was investigated under long-term irradiation and in recycling tests indicating the good photocatalytic stability of this material. The apparent quantum efficiency (AQE) exhibited by P-gCN/PMA1.5 (0.7%) is 7 times higher than the AQE measured exhibited by gCN. This is evidence of the boosting effect exhibited by the loading of PMA onto the surface of gCN (0.1%). Thus, this study aims to offer a novel strategy to improve the activity of gCN by applying polyoxometalates as modifiers for better light harvesting.
Unveiling the origin of the efficient photocatalytic degradation of nitazoxanide over bismuth (oxy)iodide crystalline phases
Creators: name: Hojamberdiev, Mirabbos
name: Vargas, Ronald
name: Madriz, Lorean
name: Yubuta, Kunio
name: Kadirova, Zukhra C.
name: Shaislamov, Ulugbek
name: Sannegowda, Lokesh Koodlur
name: Jędruchniewicz, Katarzyna
name: Typek, Rafał
name: Teshima, Katsuya
name: Czech, Bożena
Publisher: name: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::540 Chemie::540 Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften
subject: efficient photocatalytic degradation
subject: wastewater treatment
subject: heterogeneous photocatalysis
subject: oxidative phase transition
subject: bismuth iodide

description: Conventional wastewater treatment has been found to be ineffective at fully removing various antiviral drugs and emerging pollutants from wastewater. As an advanced oxidation process, heterogeneous photocatalysis is promising for detoxifying such water pollutants due to its mild operating conditions and efficiency. In this study, we explore the oxidative phase transition from bismuth iodide to bismuth oxyiodides by altering the temperature and time of thermal treatment. The influence of the temperature change from 350 °C to 450 °C on the phase transition from bismuth iodide to bismuth oxyiodides is more pronounced compared with the impact of time. This results in the formation of different bismuth oxyiodide crystalline phases with varying optoelectronic properties and photocatalytic activity. The effect of the bismuth iodide-to-bismuth oxyiodide phase transition on the efficiency of the photocatalytic removal of nitazoxanide is investigated in this study. The significant role of the BiOI/Bi4O5I2 heterostructure is established in facilitating the rapid photocatalytic degradation of nitazoxanide, with respective rate constants of k1 (0.051 min−1) and k2 (4.225 mg g−1 min−1) obtained for the photocatalyst sample thermally treated at 375 °C for 1 h. Trapping experiments provide evidence that photoexcited holes and hydroxyl radicals play a crucial role in the photocatalytic degradation of nitazoxanide. The photodegradation of nitazoxanide in aqueous solution over crystalline bismuth (oxy)iodide proceeds via hydrolysis into acetylsalicylic acid and the respective aminonitrothiazol, followed by the deacetylation and decarboxylation processes. Molecular dynamics simulation confirms that the high photocatalytic activity of BiOI/Bi4O5I2 is correlated to the higher adsorption energy due to the formation of a network of close contacts (<3.5 Å) between nitazoxanide molecules and iodine atoms.
Reversible microstructuring of lithium niobate by direct laser write technique
Creators: name: Mizeikis, Vygantas
name: Paipulas, Domas
name: Purlys, Vytautas
name: Buividas, Richard
name: Juodkazis, Saulius
name: von Freymann, Georg
name: Schoenfeld, Winston V.
name: Rumpf, Raymond C.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Versatility of femtosecond direct laser writing (DLW) technique for non-destructive and reversible micro-structuring of lithium niobate crystals is demonstrated. Persistent photorefractive modification induced by the focused laser beam without structural damage to the host crystal has refractive index modulation on the order of 10-5-10-2, and can be optically erased or modified. Application of this mechanism for realization of diffractive optical elements is demonstrated.
Gene expression analysis in blood of ultra-high risk subjects compared to first-episode of psychosis patients and controls
Creators: name: Gadelha, Ary
name: Brietzke, Elisa
name: Sintia Iole Belangero
name: Santoro, Marcos Leite
name: Ota, Vanessa K
name: Graccielle R Cunha
name: Elson Asevedo
name: Noto, Cristiano S
name: Spindola, Leticia M
name: Pan, Pedro M
name: Talarico, Fernanda
name: Mansur, Rodrigo B
name: Silva, Patricia N
name: Cordeiro, Quirino
name: Bressan, Rodrigo A
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Genetics

description: Objectives. This study aimed to investigate peripheral blood gene expression in ultra-high-risk subjects (UHR) compared to first-episode psychosis individuals (FEP) and healthy controls (HC). Methods. We enrolled 22 UHR, 66 FEP and 67 HC and investigated the expression of 12 genes using Taqman assays. We used the Univariate General Linear Model, as well as Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons. Results. We found that UFD1L (ubiquitin fusion degradation 1 like (yeast)) gene was upregulated in UHR group compared to HC and FEP (P = 3.44 × 10–6 ; P = 9.41 × 10–6). MBP (myelin basic protein) was downregulated in UHR compared to FEP (P = 6.07 × 10–6). DISC1 (disrupted in schizophrenia 1) was also upregulated in UHR compared to FEP but lost statistical significance when corrected for age. Conclusions. These genes are directly related to neurodevelopmental processes and have been associated to schizophrenia. Recent findings described that DISC1 overexpression can disrupt MBP expression, thus, we think that these alterations in UHR individuals could be associated with a common process. UFD1L showed a different pattern of expression only for UHR group, suggesting that they can be under an acute endoplasmatic reticulum stress, demanding elevated levels of Ufd1. Further studies can improve knowledge on disease progression and putative targets to preventive strategies.
Oxynoemacheilus kiabii Golzarianpour, Abdoli & Freyhof 2011
Creators: name: Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz
name: Esmaeili, Hamid Reza
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Cypriniformes
Nemacheilidae
Oxynoemacheilus
Oxynoemacheilus kiabii

description: 38. Oxynoemacheilus kiabii Golzarianpour, Abdoli & Freyhof, 2011
Common name. Kiabi stone loach
Taxonomy. Original description: Oxynoemacheilus kiabii Golzarianpour, Abdoli & Freyhof, 2011: 202, figs. 1-3 [Stream Dehnoo, 3 km west of Nahavand on road from Nahavand to Sarab-e-Gamasiab, 34°10'N, 48°24'E, Hamadan Province, Iran; holotype: ZFMK 41847].
Revisions. None.
Illustrations. Golzarianpour et al. (2011: 202, fig. 1).
Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Tigris.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates.
Status in Iran. [Endemic].—Loch mahi-e Kiabi. Listed in previous checklists from Iraq by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022).—Iran material: ZFMK, ZM-CBSU.
Conservation. —IUCN: NE.
description: Published as part of Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz & Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, 2024, Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022), pp. 1-99 in Zootaxa 5402 (1) on page 19, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5402.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10524097
On-Demand Generation of Indistinguishable Photons in the Telecom C-Band Using Quantum Dot Devices
Creators: name: Vajner, Daniel A.
name: Holewa, Paweł
name: Zięba-Ostój, Emilia
name: Wasiluk, Maja
name: Von Helversen, Martin
name: Sakanas, Aurimas
name: Huck, Alexander
name: Yvind, Kresten
name: Gregersen, Niels
name: Musiał, Anna
name: Syperek, Marcin
name: Semenova, Elizaveta
name: Heindel, Tobias
Publisher: name: American Chemical Society (ACS)
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::620 Ingenieurwissenschaften::620 Ingenieurwissenschaften und zugeordnete Tätigkeiten
subject: lasers
subject: neurophysiology
subject: power
subject: quantum dots
subject: quantum mechanics

description: Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) enable the generation of single and entangled photons, which are useful for various applications in photonic quantum technologies. Specifically for quantum communication via fiber-optical networks, operation in the telecom C-band centered around 1550 nm is ideal. The direct generation of QD-photons in this spectral range with high quantum-optical quality, however, remained challenging. Here, we demonstrate the coherent on-demand generation of indistinguishable photons in the telecom C-band from single QD devices consisting of InAs/InP QD-mesa structures heterogeneously integrated with a metallic reflector on a silicon wafer. Using pulsed two-photon resonant excitation of the biexciton–exciton radiative cascade, we observe Rabi rotations up to pulse areas of 4π and a high single-photon purity in terms of g(2)(0) = 0.005(1) and 0.015(1) for exciton and biexciton photons, respectively. Applying two independent experimental methods, based on fitting Rabi rotations in the emission intensity and performing photon cross-correlation measurements, we consistently obtain preparation fidelities at the π-pulse exceeding 80%. Finally, performing Hong–Ou–Mandel-type two-photon interference experiments, we obtain a photon-indistinguishability of the full photon wave packet of up to 35(3)%, representing a significant advancement in the photon-indistinguishability of single photons emitted directly in the telecom C-band.
XR4HUMAN D8.1: Report on the Dissemination and Communication Plan
Creators: name: Kavouras, Panagiotis
name: Stavridi, Vaia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: ABSTRACT

This report presents the central strategy of dissemination and communication of XR4HUMAN. In addition, it describes in detail the tools and channels, which will be used to make the dissemination, communication effective and efficient, targeting at the maximisation of the project's impact. The success of the XR4HUMAN project, being a Coordination and Support Action, heavily depends on the quality of dissemination and communication. The efficiency of these two activities increases the visibility of XR4HUMAN findings and outputs and facilitates the engagement strategy and plan, explicated in D1.1. This in turn is largely dependent on the extent to which its  communications are received and acted upon by our specific types of beneficiaries as described in the DoA.
Volumetric modifications in fused silica using Gaussian and Bessel femtosecond laser beams
Creators: name: Paipulas, Domas
name: Mikutis, Mindaugas
name: Sirutkaitis, Valdas
name: Juodkazis, Saulius
name: Shao, Jianda
name: Jitsuno, Takahisa
name: Rudolph, Wolfgang
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In this work we present the results on volumetric fused silica modifications using femtosecond Gaussian and Gaussian-Bessel laser beams. We show that for specific photonic device, like volume Bragg grating, fabrication, Bessel beams are more superior to Gaussian, as the recording process is much faster and fabricated devices have better efficiencies. Also Gaussian beam tend to be more efficient in formation of nanogratings that causes the appearance of birefringence in modified zones. This reduces optical quality of fabricated device and limits overall recording velocity. We have successfully fabricated volume Bragg gratings in the bulk of fused silica that had absolute diffraction efficiencies reaching ~90% using femtosecond Gaussian-Bessel beam, while gratings made with Gaussian beam reached only 60%.
Detecting anomalies and de-noising monitoring data from sensors: A smart data approach
Creators: name: Fang, Weili
name: Shao, Yixiao
name: Love, Peter E.D.
name: Hartmann, Timo
name: Liu, Wenli
Publisher: name: Elsevier BV
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::620 Ingenieurwissenschaften::620 Ingenieurwissenschaften und zugeordnete Tätigkeiten
subject: anomaly
subject: deep pit foundations
subject: de-noise
subject: detection
subject: smart data
subject: safety risks

description: When monitoring safety levels in deep pit foundations using sensors, anomalies (e.g., highly correlated variables) and noise (e.g., high dimensionality) exist in the extracted time series data, impacting the ability to assess risks. Our research aims to address the following question: How can we detect anomalies and de-noise monitoring data from sensors in real time to improve its quality and use it to assess geotechnical safety risks? In addressing this research question, we develop a hybrid smart data approach that integrates Extended Isolation Forest and Variational Mode Decomposition models to detect anomalies and de-noise data effectively. We use real-life data obtained from sensors to validate our smart data approach while constructing a deep pit foundation. Our smart data approach can detect anomalies with a root mean square error and signal-to-noise ratio of 0.0389 and 24.09, respectively. To this end, our smart data approach can effectively pre-process data enabling improved decision-making and the management of safety risks.
Training of Affect Recognition impacts electrophysiological correlates of facial affect recognition in schizophrenia: Analyses of fixation-locked potentials
Creators: name: Stroth, Sanna
name: Kamp, Daniel
name: Drusch, Katharina
name: Frommann, Nicole
name: Wölwer, Wolfgang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Engineering

description: Objectives. Training of Affect Recognition (TAR) is a useful approach to restoring cognitive function in schizophrenic patients. Along with improving visual exploration of faces and altering central information processing in relevant brain areas, TAR attenuates impairments in facial affect recognition. In the present study, we investigate the effects of TAR on early electrophysiological correlates of facial affect recognition in schizophrenia. Methods. The study population comprised 12 schizophrenic patients and 14 healthy controls. In each individual, we carried out EEG, concomitant measurements of scanning eye movements and fixation-based low resolution electromagnetic tomography (sLORETA) analyses of brain electric activity. All analyses were performed at baseline and after participation in TAR. Results. In patients, brain activation patterns significantly changed after completing the TAR. Functional improvements were particularly pronounced in the superior parietal and inferior parietal lobes, where trained patients showed a larger increase in activation than untrained healthy controls. Conclusions. The TAR activates compensatory brain processes involved in the perception, attention and evaluation of emotional stimuli. This may underlie the established behavioral effects of the TAR in schizophrenic patients, which include improvements in facial affect recognition and alterations of visual exploration strategies.
Attitudinal and Behavioral Loyalty Amongst Casino Players in Macau
Creators: name: Prentice, Catherine
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Since delivering high quality service tends to improve the loyalty of valued customers, operators should have an understanding of how such customers react to the provision of such experiences. The current investigation was undertaken in Macau casinos and explored the relationship between service quality and customer loyalty, with the latter operationalized on the basis of attitudinal and behavioural dimensions. The researchers used a quantitative method to explore this relationship amongst gamblers characterised by low, medium or high visiting frequency. The segments that were chosen for analysis purposes were consistent with a commonly used approach to segmentation within the survey casinos. Service quality was measured by using a newly developed four dimensional scale (CASERV). The results indicate that service quality explains significant variance in customer loyalty. In particular, service environment and service delivery make substantial contributions to both attitudinal and behavioural loyalty. However, when analysing the relationship separately for VIP and non-VIP players, service quality has minimal influence on the behavioural loyalty of the latter group. Implications of these findings are provided for practitioners and researchers.
Oxynoemacheilus kurdistanicus Kamangar, Prokofiev, Ghaderi & Nalbant 2014
Creators: name: Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz
name: Esmaeili, Hamid Reza
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Cypriniformes
Nemacheilidae
Oxynoemacheilus
Oxynoemacheilus kurdistanicus

description: 39. Oxynoemacheilus kurdistanicus Kamangar, Prokofiev, Ghaderi & Nalbant, 2014
Common name. Loach
Taxonomy. Original description: Oxynoemacheilus kurdistanicus Kamangar, Prokofiev, Ghaderi & Nalbant, 2014: 38, fig. 3 [Choman River (Tajaban, sta. 6) Baneh, Kurdistan, 35°56’53"N, 45°41’40"E, Iran; holotype: FCFUK 146].
Revisions. None.
Illustrations. Kamangar et al. (2014: 38, fig. 3).
Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Tigris.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates.
Status in Iran. [Native].—Loch mahi-e Kurdistan.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022).—Iran material: ZM-CBSU.
Conservation. —IUCN: NE.
description: Published as part of Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz & Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, 2024, Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022), pp. 1-99 in Zootaxa 5402 (1) on pages 19-20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5402.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10524097
A patron, a referral and why in Macau casinos-The case of mainland Chinese gamblers
Creators: name: Zeng, Zhong Lu
name: Prentice, Catherine
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Delivering high quality service tends to improve the loyalty of valued customers. Operators should have an understanding of how customers react to the service provision. The current investigation is undertaken in Macau casinos and explores the relationship between service quality and loyalty of casino members and non-members with a focus on gamblers from the mainland China. Gamble loyalty is operationalized on the basis of attitudinal and behavioral dimensions. A quantitative method is used to explore these relationships. Casino service quality is measured by using a newly developed four dimensional scale named CASERV. The results indicate that service quality explains significant variance in gambler attitudinal loyalty but not behavioral loyalty for casino members and non-members. In particular, service delivery contributes substantially to gambler attitudinal loyalty. Surprisingly, non-members report higher level of service quality perceptions and are more likely to act as referral for the casino and to spread positive word-of-mouth communications; whereas members do appear to patronize the casino more frequently and to play longer in the casino of their first choice during their visit in Macau. Implications of these findings are provided for practitioners and researchers.
Experimental models for cancellous bone healing in the rat
Creators: name: Aspenberg, Per
name: Bernhardsson, Magnus
name: Sandberg, Olof
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Hematology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Cancer
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Biophysics

description: Background and purpose — Cancellous bone appears to heal by mechanisms different from shaft fracture healing. There is a paucity of animal models for fractures in cancellous bone, especially with mechanical evaluation. One proposed model consists of a screw in the proximal tibia of rodents, evaluated by pull-out testing. We evaluated this model in rats by comparing it to the healing of empty drill holes, in order to explain its relevance for fracture healing in cancellous bone. To determine the sensitivity to external influences, we also compared the response to drugs that influence bone healing.Methods — Mechanical fixation of the screws was measured by pull-out test and related to the density of the new bone formed around similar, but radiolucent, PMMA screws. The pull-out force was also related to the bone density in drill holes at various time points, as measured by microCT.Results — The initial bone formation was similar in drill holes and around the screw, and appeared to be reflected by the pull-out force. Both models responded similarly to alendronate or teriparatide (PTH). Later, the models became different as the bone that initially filled the drill hole was resorbed to restore the bone marrow cavity, whereas on the implant surface a thin layer of bone remained, making it change gradually from a trauma-related model to an implant fixation model.Interpretation — The similar initial bone formation in the different models suggests that pull-out testing in the screw model is relevant for assessment of metaphyseal bone healing. The subsequent remodeling would not be of clinical relevance in either model.
PENGARUH UMM AL-BARAHIN KARANGAN AL-SANUSI DALAM PENULISAN KARYA AKIDAH DI ALAM MELAYU
Creators: name: Engku Ku Hassan Engku Wok Zin
name: Mohd Fauzi Hamat
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009

description: This article attempts to discuss the influence of Umm al-Barahin on the writings of al-Sanusi in creating an expression of theology in Malay world. The biography of al-Sanusi as writer of Umm al-Barahin kitab expounded in this article concisely. He is al-Asya`irah prominent figure who has been respected in the ninth century Hijrah. His writing, Umm al-Barahin influenced most of the writings on theology after his demise especially in the Malay world. The expressions of theology in the Malay world can be construed as bound with this Umm al-Barahin framework. The content of this debate, the arrangement of the content together with method of arguments are the same as used by al-Sanusi in Umm al-Barahin kitab.
Oxynoemacheilus longipinnis
Creators: name: Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz
name: Esmaeili, Hamid Reza
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Cypriniformes
Nemacheilidae
Oxynoemacheilus
Oxynoemacheilus longipinnis

description: 40. Oxynoemacheilus longipinnis (Coad & Nalbant, 2005)
Common name. Meymeh loach
Taxonomy. Original description: Ilamnemacheilus longipinnis Coad & Nalbant, 2005: 552, figs. 1–4 [Meymeh River (formerly tributary of Tigris River), Tigris–Euphrates drainage, 17 kilometers west of Dehloran City, about 21 kilometers east of Iraqi border, 32°45’30"N, 47°05’30"E, Iran; holotype: CMNFI 1979–0366 (ex NMC 79–966)].
Revisions. Sayyadzadeh et al. (2017).
Illustrations. Coad & Nalbant (2005: 304, figs. 1, 3) as Ilamnemacheilus longipinnis.
Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Tigris.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates.
Status in Iran. [Endemic].—Loch mahi-e Ilam.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022).— Iran material: ZM-CBSU.
Conservation. —IUCN: NE.
description: Published as part of Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz & Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, 2024, Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022), pp. 1-99 in Zootaxa 5402 (1) on page 20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5402.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10524097
Approaches to Delivery in Pregnant Women with Lumbar Disc Herniation: An In-Depth Review of Management Strategies and a Case Report
Creators: name: Svetoslav K. Todorov
name: Zlatko Kirovakov
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Pregnant Women, Low Back Pain, Lumbar Disc Herniation, Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs), Postpartum, Discectomy Procedure.

description: Low back pain is a prevalent symptom experienced by a significant proportion of pregnant women, impacting over 50% of this population. Nevertheless, severe disc herniation is exceedingly uncommon and most patients experience recovery without the need for surgical intervention. The objective of this study is, to present a comprehensive analysis of conservative treatment approaches and delivery methods for pregnant individuals experiencing Lumbar Disc Herniation (LDH), excluding those with significant neurological impairments necessitating immediate surgical intervention. We conducted a study of the existing research using the PubMed database. This case report details the clinical progress of a pregnant woman who developed a lumbar hernia (L4-L5) at 34 weeks of gestation and exhibited symptoms of excruciating pain in the right lumbar region and lower limb. Until 36 weeks of pregnancy, the patient had conservative treatment with intravenous corticosteroids and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). At that point, the patient spontaneously gave birth to a healthy baby who weighed 3.75 kilograms and measured 53 cm. The patient had a successful discectomy treatment to treat the herniated disc three months after giving birth, which resulted in a full recovery. The necessity of multidisciplinary care for pregnant women with lumbar hernias is highlighted in this example and conservative therapy followed by prompt surgical surgery might provide positive results.
Effects of Oversized Motors on Power Costs in Ginning Cotton
Creators: name: Wilmot, Charles A.
name: Alberson, David M.
name: Wilmot, Charles A.
name: Alberson, David M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1964
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries
Production Economics
Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: Excerpts from the report: A study of southwestern cotton gins during the 1961-62 season revealed that there were wide variations but general excesses in total connected loads among gins. The average operating load ranged from 77 to 85 percent of average connected load among the three specific areas studied. Likewise, in a 1962-63 study of gins in Mississippi, average operating load was found to be approximately 80 percent of average connected load. Since unused capacity in electric motors means unnecessarily high initial costs and continually higher operating costs, the present study was initiated to: (1) Determine the extent of, reasons for, and effects of overmotoring in cotton gins; (2) ascertain the interrelationships between overmotoring and power costs; (3) develop a simplified means by which individual ginners can measure actual power requirements and determine power factors; and (4) determine the means and advisability of correcting overmotoring and low power factors in cotton gins, and the economic benefits to be derived.
Eye-tracking in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A longitudinal study of saccadic and cognitive tasks
Creators: name: Proudfoot, Malcolm
name: Menke, Ricarda A.L.
name: Sharma, Rakesh
name: Berna, Claire M.
name: Hicks, Stephen L.
name: Kennard, Christopher
name: Talbot, Kevin
name: Turner, Martin R.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Cell Biology

description: A relative preservation of eye movements is notable in ALS, but saccadic functions have not been studied longitudinally. ALS overlaps with FTD, typically involving executive dysfunction, and eye-tracking offers additional potential for the assessment of extramotor pathology where writing and speaking are both impaired. Eye-tracking measures (including anti-saccade, trail-making and visual search tasks) were assessed at six-monthly intervals for up to two years in a group of ALS (n = 61) and primary lateral sclerosis (n = 7) patients, compared to healthy age-matched controls (n = 39) assessed on a single occasion. Task performance was explored speculatively in relation to resting-state functional MRI (R-FMRI) network connectivity. Results showed that ALS patients were impaired on executive and visual search tasks despite normal basic saccadic function, and impairments in the PLS patients were unexpectedly often more severe. No significant progression was detected longitudinally in either group. No changes in R-FMRI network connectivity were identified in relation to patient performance. In conclusion, eye-tracking offers an objective means to assess extramotor cerebral involvement in ALS. The relative resistance of pure oculomotor function is confirmed, and higher-level executive impairments do not follow the same rate of decline as physical disability. PLS patients may have more cortical dysfunction than has been previously appreciated.
Handling inelastic traffic in wireless sensor networks
Creators: name: Jin, Jiong
name: Sridharan, Avinash
name: Krishnamachari, Bhaskar
name: Palaniswami, Marimuthu
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The capabilities of sensor networking devices are increasing at a rapid pace. It is therefore not impractical to assume that future sensing operations will involve real time (inelastic) traffic, such as audio and video surveillance, which have strict bandwidth constraints. This in turn implies that future sensor networks will have to cater for a mix of elastic (having no bandwidth constraint requirements) and inelastic traffic. Current state of the art rate control protocols for wireless sensor networks, are however designed with focus on elastic traffic. In this work, by adapting a recently developed theory of utilityproportional rate control for wired networks to a wireless setting, and combining it with a stochastic optimization framework that results in an elegant queue backpressure-based algorithm, we have designed the first-ever rate control protocol that can efficiently handle a mix of elastic and inelastic traffic in a wireless sensor network. We implement this novel protocol in a real world sensor network stack, the TinyOS-2.x communication stack for IEEE 802.15.4 radios and evaluate the real-world performance of this protocol through comprehensive experiments on 20 and 40-node subnetworks of USC's 94-node Tutornet wireless sensor network testbed.