cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Stavovi i percepcije o održivom marketingu u visokom obrazovanju
Creators: name: Bagaric, Lidija
name: Mestrovic, Dunja
name: Loncaric, Dina
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 150504 Marketing Measurement
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 150505 Marketing Research Methodology
subject: Economics
subject: 130103 Higher Education
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: Koncept održivosti u posljednje vrijeme dobiva sve veći značaj pa današnje planiranje razvoja u pravilu podrazumijeva i održivost. Održivi razvoj može se definirati kao razvojni put u kojem maksimalizacija današnjeg blagostanja čovječanstva ne ugrožava blagostanje čovječanstva u budućnosti i podrazumijeva dugoročni sklad ekonomske, društvene i okolišne dimenzije ljudskog blagostanja (Organisation for Economic Co- operation and Development, OECD, 2001). Koncept održivog marketinga razvio se iz koncepata zelenog marketinga i ekonomije održivog razvoja. Održivi marketing podrazumijeva uravnoteživanje integriranih ekonomskih, ekoloških i društvenih ciljeva te se stoga smatra širokim konceptom upravljanja koji istovremeno zadovoljava više dionika. Visoka učilišta imaju velik potencijal za razvoj i primjenu održivog marketinga kao preduvjeta za stvaranje i povećanje konkurentnosti, uz istovremeno postizanje triju ciljeva: ekonomskih, ekoloških i društvenih. Glavni dionici visokih učilišta nisu samo studenti kao korisnici, već i fakulteti, poslodavci, društvo, vlada i lokalna zajednica te društvo u cjelini. Temeljna uloga visokih učilišta je kreiranje i isporuka znanja i inovacija te doprinos društvenim, gospodarskim i ekološkim izazovima (Stephens i dr., 2008). Pružajući potrebno znanje i ugrađujući ekološki pristup, visokoškolske ustanove doprinose razvoju kapaciteta i vještina dionika za uspješnu provedbu ekoloških strategija (Papadas i sur., 2017.), no još uvijek ne postoji opće prihvaćeni stav o značenju održivog razvoja u visokom obrazovanju i kako ga implementirati kao organizacijsku kulturu (Adams i sur., 2018. ; Velazquez i sur., 2006.). Svrha istraživanja ovoga rada bila je dobiti širu sliku o stavovima i percepciji odabranih skupina dionika visokog obrazovanja o manifestnim oblicima održivog marketinga u visokom obrazovanju, kako bi se stekao bolji uvid u razumijevanje koncepta održivog marketinga u visokom obrazovanju.
Untitled ItemStavovi i percepcije o održivom marketingu u visokom obrazovanjuStavovi i percepcije o održivom marketingu u visokom obrazovanju
Creators: name: Bagaric, Lidija
name: Mestrovic, Dunja
name: Loncaric, Dina
name: 0000-0002-1203-0050
name: 0000-0002-5848-3135
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 150504 Marketing Measurement
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 150505 Marketing Research Methodology
subject: Economics
subject: 130103 Higher Education
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: Koncept održivosti u posljednje vrijeme dobiva sve veći značaj pa današnje planiranje razvoja u pravilu podrazumijeva i održivost. Održivi razvoj može se definirati kao razvojni put u kojem maksimalizacija današnjeg blagostanja čovječanstva ne ugrožava blagostanje čovječanstva u budućnosti i podrazumijeva dugoročni sklad ekonomske, društvene i okolišne dimenzije ljudskog blagostanja (Organisation for Economic Co- operation and Development, OECD, 2001). Koncept održivog marketinga razvio se iz koncepata zelenog marketinga i ekonomije održivog razvoja. Održivi marketing podrazumijeva uravnoteživanje integriranih ekonomskih, ekoloških i društvenih ciljeva te se stoga smatra širokim konceptom upravljanja koji istovremeno zadovoljava više dionika. Visoka učilišta imaju velik potencijal za razvoj i primjenu održivog marketinga kao preduvjeta za stvaranje i povećanje konkurentnosti, uz istovremeno postizanje triju ciljeva: ekonomskih, ekoloških i društvenih. Glavni dionici visokih učilišta nisu samo studenti kao korisnici, već i fakulteti, poslodavci, društvo, vlada i lokalna zajednica te društvo u cjelini. Temeljna uloga visokih učilišta je kreiranje i isporuka znanja i inovacija te doprinos društvenim, gospodarskim i ekološkim izazovima (Stephens i dr., 2008). Pružajući potrebno znanje i ugrađujući ekološki pristup, visokoškolske ustanove doprinose razvoju kapaciteta i vještina dionika za uspješnu provedbu ekoloških strategija (Papadas i sur., 2017.), no još uvijek ne postoji opće prihvaćeni stav o značenju održivog razvoja u visokom obrazovanju i kako ga implementirati kao organizacijsku kulturu (Adams i sur., 2018. ; Velazquez i sur., 2006.). Svrha istraživanja ovoga rada bila je dobiti širu sliku o stavovima i percepciji odabranih skupina dionika visokog obrazovanja o manifestnim oblicima održivog marketinga u visokom obrazovanju, kako bi se stekao bolji uvid u razumijevanje koncepta održivog marketinga u visokom obrazovanju.
Amastus picata Rothschild 1910
Creators: name: Vincent, Benoît
name: Laguerre, Michel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Amastus
Amastus picata

description: Amastus picata Rothschild, 1910
Amastus picata Rothschild, 1910c: 188.
TYPE LOCALITY. — Peru, [Pasco], Huancabamba.
TYPE SPECIMEN. — Holotype female (BMNH).
description: Published as part of Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 137-533 in Zoosystema 36 (2) on page 307, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344
APPLICATION OF IOT TOOLS IN FINGERPRINT VOTING SYSTEM
Creators: name: Jovbekov Sirojiddin To'lqin o'g'li
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: The research paper presents the design and implementation of a fingerprint-based electronic voting system using the Arduino Uno microcontroller and DY50 fingerprint module. The primary goal is to improve the security, efficiency, and reliability of elections by leveraging biometric technology. Traditional paper-based voting systems are prone to errors, manipulation, and time-consuming processes, whereas this digital solution ensures authenticity, prevents fraudulent activities, and simplifies the voting procedure. By utilizing unique biometric data, such as fingerprints, the system effectively registers, verifies, and authorizes voters, thereby eliminating the possibility of duplicate votes. The proposed system stores and processes vote counts in EEPROM memory and delivers the results on an LCD display. While offering significant improvements in election management, the system also faces challenges related to hardware vulnerabilities, software glitches, and the need for extensive voter education.
Multiple siRNAs against HCV and host genes are more effective in inhibition of HCV replication
Creators: name: Anirban Mandal
name: Ganta, Krishna Kumar
name: Binay Chaubey
Publisher: name: F1000Research
Year: 2016

description: In the present study, we have designed siRNAs targeted against cellular factors La autoantigen, PSMA7, hVAP-A and viral factor HCV NS5B, all crucial for viral life cycle. We demonstrated that down regulation of appropriate cellular factors along with viral genes in combinations can very effectively inhibit the viral replication. Therefore, a cocktail of siRNAs directed against different viral steps is likely to be a more potent approach in the treatment of chronic hepatitis C.
STUDENTS' SATISFACTION SURVEY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA AND ITS CONSTITUENTS
Creators: name: Mestrovic, Dunja
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 150504 Marketing Measurement
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 150599 Marketing not elsewhere classified
subject: 150505 Marketing Research Methodology
subject: 130103 Higher Education
subject: FOS: Educational sciences
subject: 150313 Quality Management

description: Students are key stakeholders of the higher education system, while higher education services quality represents the fundamental determinant factor for students' satisfaction. The University of Rijeka (UNIRI) systematically and continuously conducts graduating students' satisfaction surveys using a two-scale questionnaire as a source to determine the composite students' satisfaction index, which allows measuring and monitoring the level of graduate students' satisfaction in a given period, in order to improve policies, objectives and procedures. Despite all the challenges and temptations faced by all societies and their stakeholders during the pandemic situation, descriptive and inferential statistical analysis methods revealed that the value of the students’ satisfaction index statistically significantly increased in the sample of 89,54 % (N = 3151) of UNIRI graduates who completed their studies in the academic year 2020./2021., compared to previous academic years. It was found that most students are satisfied with the availability of learning resources, the relationship with their teachers, the contribution of the study programmes to their personal development and with the support of academic and administrative staff, while the opportunity to acquire practical skills, the training of students for professional activities, and the teaching methods are the areas and opportunities for future improvement.
Peoples-uni – online public health capacity building for developing countries
Creators: name: Abbas, Kaja
name: Buettner, Petra
name: Heller, Richard
name: Strobl, Judith
Publisher: name: F1000Research
Year: 2016

description: The need for capacity building in public health in developing countries is well recognised. The People's Open Access Education Initiative (Peoples-uni – http: //peoples-uni.org) was registered as a charity in 2007 to provide a low cost, masters-level educational programme aimed at health professionals in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Validation of Machine Learning-Aided and Power Line Communication-Based Cable Monitoring Using Measurement Data
Creators: name: Huo, Yinjia
name: Wang, Kevin
name: Lampe, Lutz
name: Victor Chung Ming, 1955-
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2024

description: The implementation of power line communications (PLC) in smart electricity grids provides us with exciting opportunities for real-time cable monitoring. In particular, effective fault classification and estimation methods employing machine learning (ML) models have been proposed in the recent past. Often, the research works presenting PLC for ML-aided cable diagnostics are based on the study of synthetically generated channel data. In this work, we validate ML-aided diagnostics by integrating measured channels. Specifically, we consider the concatenation of clustering as a data pre-processing procedure and principal component analysis (PCA)-based dimension reduction for cable anomaly detection. Clustering and PCA are trained with measurement data when the PLC network is working under healthy conditions. A possible cable anomaly is then identified from the analysis of the PCA reconstruction error for a test sample. For the numerical evaluation of our scheme, we apply an experimental setup in which we introduce degradations to power cables. Our results show that the proposed anomaly detector is able to identify a cable degradation with high detection accuracy and low false alarm rate.
Campi Flegrei 2011-2012 dMODELS - archive
Creators: name: Romaniello, Vito
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: errors
subject: California
subject: Maurizio Battaglia
subject: GPS
subject: space
subject: present Ro
subject: U.S. Geological Survey
subject: dMODELS, Campi Flegrei
subject: Source
subject: model
subject: input parameter
subject: software package
subject: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
subject: geology
subject: surface
subject: system
subject: inversion standard deviations
subject: volcano
subject: Augustine Volcano
subject: deformation
subject: GPS data
subject: mathematics
subject: ascii file
subject: spheroid
subject: http://eurovoc.europa.eu/6383

description: The analytical model of deformation dMODELS was applied to the Campi Flegrei case study for the period 2011-2012. This RO contains the source parameters and the estimated errors committed in modeling the geophysical source by inverting GPS data; the shape of the source is considered as a sphere. More details are available in the 'documents' folder within the 'Content' section (see 'Description dModels_Campi_Flegrei.docx').
description: Research Object in rohub2020: https://w3id.org/ro-id/2fffce25-2c19-4ad0-8c39-7a612af10327
Une nouvelle approche de la série de Leibniz pour π via la fonction de Dirichlet η(n)
Creators: name: Idiomathik
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: mathematical identity
Leibniz series
pi
Dirichlet
analytic number theory

description: Dans le cadre de mes recherches pour ma chaine Youtube Idiomathik (@idiomathik), je me suis amusé à jouer avec la formule de Leibniz pour pi/4 en remplaçant les termes de la somme par les séries géométriques associées.

La fonction Eta de Dirichclet apparait très simplement, dans une nouvelle version de la formule assez élégante. 

Je ne l'ai pas trouvée sur le net, mais je la trouve importante donc je la partage donc ici au cas où.
Pont naturel entre la célèbre formule de Leibniz pour pi/4 et l'émergence de la fonction η de Dirichlet
Creators: name: Idiomathik
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: mathematical identity
Leibniz series
pi
Dirichlet
analytic number theory

description: Dans le cadre de mes recherches pour ma chaine Youtube Idiomathik (@idiomathik), je me suis amusé à explorer la formule de Leibniz pour π/4 en remplaçant ses termes par les séries géométriques associées. (Voir version 2 pour l'approche avec Leibniz)

De façon naturelle, la fonction η de Dirichlet est apparue dans une nouvelle version de la formule, à la fois simple et élégante.

[Mise à jour] Il s’avère que la formule que je présente ici avait manifestement déjà été trouvée, récemment, il y a environ 6 mois…

Je pensais être le premier à la découvrir (dommage !), mais je laisse cette publication accessible, dans la mesure où :

Pour l'instant, je n’ai trouvé aucune source qui établit un lien direct entre la série de Leibniz et la somme apparaissant dans cette publication, via la méthode que j’ai décrite.Il se peut donc que l’idée — le chemin pour y parvenir — soit, elle, originale et plus naturelle.

Voici l'occurence antérieure de la formule, retrouvée également par Antonio Gracia Llorente: OEIS A003881
Campi Flegrei 2011-2012 dMODELS - snapshot
Creators: name: Romaniello, Vito
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: errors
subject: California
subject: Maurizio Battaglia
subject: GPS
subject: space
subject: present Ro
subject: U.S. Geological Survey
subject: dMODELS, Campi Flegrei
subject: Source
subject: model
subject: input parameter
subject: software package
subject: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
subject: geology
subject: surface
subject: system
subject: inversion standard deviations
subject: volcano
subject: Augustine Volcano
subject: deformation
subject: GPS data
subject: mathematics
subject: ascii file
subject: spheroid
subject: http://eurovoc.europa.eu/6383

description: The analytical model of deformation dMODELS was applied to the Campi Flegrei case study for the period 2011-2012. This RO contains the source parameters and the estimated errors committed in modeling the geophysical source by inverting GPS data; the shape of the source is considered as a sphere. More details are available in the 'documents' folder within the 'Content' section (see 'Description dModels_Campi_Flegrei.docx').
description: Research Object in rohub2020: https://w3id.org/ro-id/c95cc6ce-8201-47d3-9a2c-d44b0b9d0149
Towards the colonization of Mars by in-situ resource utilization: Slip cast ceramics from Martian soil simulant
Creators: name: Karl, David
name: Kamutzki, Franz
name: Zocca, Andrea
name: Görke, Oliver
name: Günster, Jens
name: Gurlo, Aleksander
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik
subject: ceramics
subject: Martian resources
subject: in-situ

description: Here we demonstrate that by applying exclusively Martian resources a processing route involving suspensions of mineral particles called slurries or slips can be established for manufacturing ceramics on Mars. We developed water-based slurries without the use of additives that had a 51 wt. % solid load resembling commercial porcelain slurries in respect to the particle size distribution and rheological properties. These slurries were used to slip cast discs, rings and vases that were sintered at temperatures between 1000 and 1130 °C using different sintering schedules, the latter were set-up according the results of hot-stage microscopic characterization. The microstructure, porosity and the mechanical properties were characterized by SEM, X-ray computer tomography and Weibull analysis. Our wet processing of minerals yields ceramics with complex shapes that show similar mechanical properties to porcelain and could serve as a technology for future Mars colonization. The best quality parts with completely vitrificated matrix supporting a few idiomorphic crystals are obtained at 1130 °C with 10 h dwell time with volume and linear shrinkage as much as ~62% and ~17% and a characteristic compressive strength of 51 MPa.
Long-Term Impact of Childhood Adversity on the Gut Microbiome of Nursing Students
Creators: name: Kazemian, Negin
name: Zhou, Tony
name: Chalasani, Naveen
name: Narayan, Apurva
name: Cedeño Laurent, Jose Guillermo
name: Olvera Alvarez, Hector A.
name: Pakpour, Sepideh
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2024

description: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) encompass negative, stressful, and potentially traumatic events during childhood, impacting physical and mental health outcomes in adulthood. Limited studies suggest ACEs can have short-term effects on children’s gut microbiomes and adult cognitive performance under stress. Nevertheless, the long-term effects of ACEs experienced during adulthood remain unexplored. Thus, this study aimed to assess the long-term effects of ACEs on the gut microbiota of adult nursing students. We employed a multidimensional approach, combining 16S rRNA sequencing, bioinformatics tools, and machine learning to predict functional capabilities. High-ACE individuals had an increased abundance of Butyricimonas spp. and Prevotella spp. and decreased levels of Clostridiales, and Lachnospira spp. Prevotella abundance correlated negatively with L-glutamate and L-glutamine biosynthesis, potentially impacting intestinal tissue integrity. While nursing students with high ACE reported increased depression, evidence for a direct gut microbiota–depression relationship was inconclusive. High-ACE individuals also experienced a higher prevalence of diarrhea. These findings highlight the long-lasting impact of ACEs on the gut microbiota and its functions in adulthood, particularly among nursing students. Further research is warranted to develop targeted interventions and strategies for healthcare professionals, optimizing overall health outcomes.
Supplementary document for Backward jet-propulsion of particles by femtosecond pulses in hollow core photonic crystal fiber - 5655981.pdf
Creators: name: Romodina, Maria
name: Xie, Shangran
name: Tani, Francesco
name: Russell, Philip
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document
Extended Poisson-Kac theory: A unifying framework for stochastic processes with finite propagation velocity
Creators: name: Giona, Massimiliano
name: Cairoli, Andrea
name: Klages, Rainer
Publisher: name: The Francis Crick Institute
Year: 2022
Subjects: Structural Biology & Biophysics
Computational & Systems Biology

description: Stochastic processes play a key role for modeling a huge variety of transport problems out of equilibrium, with manifold applications throughout the natural and social sciences. To formulate models of stochastic dynamics, the conventional approach consists in superimposing random fluctuations on a suitable deterministic evolution. These fluctuations are sampled from probability distributions that are prescribed a priori, most commonly as Gaussian or Lévy. While these distributions are motivated by (generalized) central limit theorems, they are nevertheless unbounded, meaning that arbitrarily large fluctuations can be obtained with finite probability. This property implies the violation of fundamental physical principles such as special relativity and may yield divergencies for basic physical quantities like energy. Here, we solve the fundamental problem of unbounded random fluctuations by constructing a comprehensive theoretical framework of stochastic processes possessing physically realistic finite propagation velocity. Our approach is motivated by the theory of Lévy walks, which we embed into an extension of conventional Poisson-Kac processes. The resulting extended theory employs generalized transition rates to model subtle microscopic dynamics, which reproduces nontrivial spatiotemporal correlations on macroscopic scales. It thus enables the modeling of many different kinds of dynamical features, as we demonstrate by three physically and biologically motivated examples. The corresponding stochastic models capture the whole spectrum of diffusive dynamics from normal to anomalous diffusion, including the striking "Brownian yet non-Gaussian"diffusion, and more sophisticated phenomena such as senescence. Extended Poisson-Kac theory can, therefore, be used to model a wide range of finite-velocity dynamical phenomena that are observed experimentally.
Epidemiology and ecology of rickettsial infections
Creators: name: Premaratna, Ranjan
Publisher: name: F1000Research
Year: 2016

description: Rickettsiae are obligatory intracellular bacteria, transmitted to vertebrates by arthropod vectors, primarily by fleas and ticks. A rapid increase in the incidence of four endemic rickettsioses; Rocky Mountain spotted fever,  Mediterranean spotted fever, North Asian tick typhus, and Queensland tick typhus was noted since 1970s and for Japanese spotted fever, since its discovery in mid-1980s. As a result, spotted fever group of rickettsiae (SFG) currently include over 25 formally recognized species. Elevated attention to rickettsial diseases, advent and adaptation of new molecular tools used for field and laboratory studies in the 1990s and increase in funding support have lead to this second pronounced increase in the discovery of novel species and the increase in incidence of tick-borne rickettsial diseases in the last 40 years. Change in ecological factors which determine the vector species and their behaviour, particularly those driven by climate change or human activities such as deforestation, human behavioural changes such as recreative activities that involve close association with nature, human population increases and the improvements in surveillance methodologies may contribute to the change in rickettsial disease ecology and epidemiology. Since the use of molecular technologies, numerous rickettsiae from kown to unknown or variable degrees of pathogenicity for humans are being found to co-circulate in overlapping geographic regions and demonstrated in the same tick species.  Furthermore, the discovery and description of novel nosological entities caused by previously unknown SFG rickettsiae,  ability of most rickettsiae to circulate in diverse sylvatic or peridomestic reservoirs without having obvious impacts on their vertebrate hosts or affecting humans, occurance of rickettsiae  in association with a wide range of hard and soft ticks which feed on very different species of large and small animals, their mmaintenance in these vector systems by both vertical and horizontal transmission has lead to a degree where the traditional views of tick-borne rickettsioses as endemic diseases with largely focal distributions, limited host and geographic ranges, predetermined seasonality and defined tick associations to become obsolete or at least very incomplete. Therefore, continuous vigilance, survailance, research and funding are warranted in order to understand the changing ecology and epidemiology of rickettsial diseases.
Presentación editorial del Dossier: El Pasado nos Convoca. Arqueologías Sudamericanas en Diálogo, segunda parte
Creators: name: Carboni, Bárbara Sofía
name: Labrone, Sabrina Anabel
name: Ocampo, Amanda Eva
name: Saletta, María José
name: Salerno, Virginia M.
name: Sokol, Olivia Lucia
name: Mazzia, Natalia
name: Galligani, Paula Elisabet
name: Fiel, María Victoria
name: Lozano, Magdalena
name: Balducci, Fernando Luis
name: Catella, Luciana
Publisher: name: AAPRA
Year: 2024

description: Segundo número del dossier de El pasado nos convoca.
title: Fostering Self-Regulated Learning in Online Environments: Positive Effects of a Web-Based Training With Peer Feedback on Learning Behavior
Creators: name: Bellhäuser, Henrik
name: Liborius, Patrick
name: Schmitz, Bernhard
Publisher: name: Frontiers Media S.A.
Year: 2022

description: Although training in self-regulated learning (SRL) is effective in improving performance, human trainers can reach only a few people at a time. We developed a web-based training for potentially unlimited numbers of participants based on the process model of SRL by Schmitz and Wiese (2006). A prior study (Bellhäuser et al., 2016) observed positive effects on self-reported SRL and self-efficacy. In the present randomized controlled trial, we investigated an improved version of the web-based training, augmented by the application of peer feedback groups. Prospective university students in an online mathematics preparation course were assigned randomly to one of four experimental conditions: Group D (diary), group TD (training + diary), group TDP (training + diary + peer feedback group), and group C (control). Complete data was obtained for 136 participants (78.8% male; M = 19.8 years). The learning diary was intended to trigger goal setting, planning, and self-motivation in the morning and reflection in the evening. The web-based training consisted of three lessons (approximately 90 min each) with videos, presentations, self-tests, and exercises. In the peer feedback condition, participants were randomly assigned to groups of five persons each and used a bulletin board to discuss pre-defined topics related to the content of the web-based training. Outcome measures included a test of declarative SRL knowledge, an SRL questionnaire, a general self-efficacy scale, log file data, and a mathematics test. Results showed positive effects for the web-based training, particularly when combined with peer feedback on both SRL knowledge and SRL questionnaires, self-efficacy, and on objective time-investment, but not on the mathematics test. The learning diary did not exhibit positive effects. We conclude that additional peer-feedback seems to be a useful supplement to web-based trainings with comparably low organizational costs.
The role of autophagy in cancer chemotherapy drug resistance
Creators: name: Asoudeh, Monireh
name: Dalhaimer, Paul
Publisher: name: Scientific Letters
Year: 2022

description: About 650,000 cancer patients are treated with chemotherapy drugs each year. There have been tremendous advances in this field over the past several decades. However, major obstacles remain. One of these obstacles is that cancer cells become drug resistant. 90% of clinical failures in chemotherapy treatment are because of drug resistance. In this review, we focus on the role of autophagy in cancer cell drug resistance. In non-cancerous cells, autophagy is constitutively active, but can be augmented by nutrient deprivation, reactive oxygen species (ROS), and pathogen invasion. It can either keep cells alive or trigger apoptosis, depending on the degree of disruption of cell homeostasis. These are critical considerations in cancer treatment: autophagy can either kill cells or it can keep cancer cells alive, furthering drug resistance. In cancer cells, chemotherapy typically triggers ROS. ROS then activate autophagy through several pathways. Thus, understanding how autophagy works in cancer cells that have been exposed to drugs can be a valuable weapon to combat drug resistance.
description: Scientific Letters, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2022)
Supplementary document for Backward jet-propulsion of particles by femtosecond pulses in hollow core photonic crystal fiber - 5655981.pdf
Creators: name: Romodina, Maria
name: Xie, Shangran
name: Tani, Francesco
name: Russell, Philip
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document
title: Grabbing the Bull by Both Horns: Bovine Ultralong CDR-H3 Paratopes Enable Engineering of ‘Almost Natural’ Common Light Chain Bispecific Antibodies Suitable For Effector Cell Redirection
Creators: name: Klewinghaus, Daniel
name: Pekar, Lukas
name: Arras, Paul
name: Krah, Simon
name: Valldorf, Bernhard
name: Kolmar, Harald
name: Zielonka, Stefan
Publisher: name: Frontiers Media S.A.
Year: 2022

description: A subset of antibodies found in cattle comprises ultralong CDR-H3 regions of up to 70 amino acids. Interestingly, this type of immunoglobulin usually pairs with the single germline VL gene, V30 that is typically very conserved in sequence. In this work, we have engineered ultralong CDR-H3 common light chain bispecific antibodies targeting Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) on tumor cells as well as Natural Cytotoxicity Receptor NKp30 on Natural Killer (NK) cells. Antigen-specific common light chain antibodies were isolated by yeast surface display by means of pairing CDR-H3 diversities following immunization with a single V30 light chain. After selection, EGFR-targeting paratopes as well as NKp30-specific binders were combined into common light chain bispecific antibodies by exploiting the strand-exchange engineered domain (SEED) technology for heavy chain heterodimerization. Biochemical characterization of resulting bispecifics revealed highly specific binding to the respective antigens as well as simultaneous binding to both targets. Most importantly, engineered cattle-derived bispecific common light chain molecules elicited potent NK cell redirection and consequently tumor cell lysis of EGFR-overexpressing cells as well as robust release of proinflammatory cytokine interferon-γ. Taken together, this data is giving clear evidence that bovine bispecific ultralong CDR-H3 common light chain antibodies are versatile for biotechnological applications.
Barriers and facilitators to improving the cascade of HIV care in Ontario : a mixed method study
Creators: name: Mbuagbaw, Lawrence
name: Fernando, Saranee
name: Lee, Chloe
name: Owino, Maureen
name: Youssef, Cynthia
name: Snow, M. Elizabeth
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2024

description: Background: Engagement in care is important for people living with HIV (PLH) to achieve optimal outcomes. Several strategies have been developed to improve client flow through the HIV care cascade, specifically targeting initiation of treatment, adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART), retention in care, and engagement in care. We have previously identified effective care cascade strategies in a systematic review. Initiation of ART could be improved by mobile health interventions, and changes in healthcare delivery. Adherence to ART could be improved by mobile health interventions, incentives, counselling, and psychotherapy. Retention in care could be improved by mobile health interventions, incentives, education, and electronic interventions. The aim of this study was to investigate barriers and facilitators to implementing these effective interventions in HIV clinics in Ontario, Canada. Methods: We conducted a sequential explanatory mixed methods study. In the quantitative strand, we administered a survey to health workers who provide care to PLH to identify barriers and facilitators. In the qualitative strand, we conducted in-depth interviews informed by the theoretical domains framework (TDF) with health workers and with PLH to explain our quantitative findings. Qualitative and quantitative data were merged to create meta-inferences. Results: Twenty health workers from 8 clinics in 9 cities in Ontario took the survey. Nine PLH and 10 health workers participated in the qualitative interviews. Clinics in Ontario implemented all the effective interventions identified from the literature for initiation of treatment, adherence to ART, and retention in care despite concerns about resources. Barriers to physical and financial access to care, the workload for tailored care, and expertise were identified by both health workers and PLH. Key facilitators were virtual care and client preparedness through education and peer support. Conclusion: Clinics in Ontario appear to implement several evidence-based strategies to improve PLH engagement. There is a need for more health workers with skills to address unique PLH needs. Virtual care is beneficial to both health workers and PLH.
Limits to dynamic range in GHz-THz single-dish planetary spectra
Creators: name: Greaves, J S
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: When bright solar-system objects are observed by GHz-THz regime telescopes, off-axis signals bounce around locally and re-enter the signal path with a time delay, causing sinusoidal ripples in output spectra. Ripples that are unstable over time are challenging to remove. A typical detection limit for planetary spectral lines is a fraction of order 0.001 of continuum signal, restricting searches for minor atmospheric trace-gases. Modern wideband spectra of Venus demonstrate a plethora of effects, at three example telescopes spanning nearly a factor of 50 in frequency. Characterisation of instrumental effects as families of pure sine-waves via Fourier-analysis is shown to improve dynamic range by factors of a few. An example upper limit on sulphuric acid vapour in the Venusian mesosphere, from fully-automated data-cleaning of a 3.5 GHz band containing 10 line components, goes as deep as the best previously-published limit. The most challenging cases are searches for single lines of width comparable to ripple periods. Traditional polynomial-fitting approaches can be deployed to test for false positives, to demonstrate robustness at a level of zero 'fake lines' in more than 1000 comparisons. Fourier-based data-cleaning avoids subjectivity and can be fully automated, and synthetic spectra can be injected before processing to test to what degree signals are lost in cleaning. An ideal robustness strategy is mitigation at the data-acquisition stage, e.g. using slow drifts in target-velocity with respect to the telescope to isolate a planetary line from a quasi-static instrumental ripple pattern.
description: Accepted in RAS Techniques and Instruments (RASTI) on 4 Nov 2024; 12 pages and 13 figures
Headspace Solid-Phase Micro-Extraction Method Optimization and Evaluation for the Volatile Compound Extraction of Bronchoalveolar Lung Lavage Fluid Samples
Creators: name: Gao, Antao
name: Nouri, Nina
name: Stevenson, Keisean
name: Zemanick, Edith T.
name: Nick, Jerry A.
name: Hill, Jane Emily
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2024

description: Headspace solid-phase micro-extraction (HS-SPME) is a prevalent technique in metabolomics and volatolomics research. However, the performance of HS-SPME can vary considerably depending on the sample matrix. As a result, fine-tuning the parameters for each specific sample matrix is crucial to maximize extraction efficacy. In this context, we conducted comprehensive HS-SPME optimization for bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) samples using two-dimensional gas chromatography with time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC×GC-ToFMS). Our exploration spanned several HS-SPME parameters, including vial size, dilution factor, extraction time, extraction temperature, and ionic strength. The 10 mL vial size, no sample dilution, extraction time of 50 min, extraction temperature of 45 °C, and 40% salt were identified as the optimized parameters. The optimized method was then evaluated by a pair-wise comparison of ten sets of samples. The results revealed that the optimized method yielded an increase of 340% in total peak area and an increase of 80% in total peak number. Moreover, enhancements were observed across nine major chemical classes in both peak area and number. Notably, the optimized method also doubled the number of volatile compounds consistently detected across BALF samples, from 52 to 108.
Amastus cerdai Toulgoet 1996
Creators: name: Vincent, Benoît
name: Laguerre, Michel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Amastus
Amastus cerdai

description: Amastus cerdai Toulgoët, 1996
Amastus cerdai Toulgoët, 1996c: 82.
TYPE LOCALITY. — Bolivia, [La Paz], Inquisivi, Quimé, Villa Bélen PK 4.
TYPE SPECIMEN. — Holotype male (MNHN).
description: Published as part of Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 137-533 in Zoosystema 36 (2) on page 308, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344
Mestrovic_Bagaric_JakominicMarot - ACCEPTANCE OF E-BOOK READING APPLICATIONS.pdf
Creators: name: Mestrovic, Dunja
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: Economics

description: Purpose – The paper develops and validates an instrument that explores users’ attitudes and intentions to use mobile e-book reading applications (Apps) on smartphones and tablets and appraises users’ perceptions of such Apps as a value-added service complementing travel experience. Design/Methodology/Approach – The process of development, purification and psychometric validation of the proposed measurement scale is presented. The scale is an extension of the Technology Adoption Model integrating the Innovation Diffusion Theory, Theory of Planned Behaviour and value-added service. After the pilot testing and scale purification, quantitative data were collected using an online highly structured self-administered questionnaire. Statistical tests were applied to analyse the proposed measurement scale's validity, reliability and dimensionality. Findings – The applied confirmatory factor analyses yielded in 15 innovation attributes items, categorised under different dimensions, confirming the scale’s psychometric characteristics. Given that it is an exclusively student-centred study, its application and interpretation of the obtained results should be treated within its limitations. Originality of the research - The study proposes a useful measurement instrument assessing users’ attitudes and intentions to use e-book reading Apps on mobile devices. This study is intended to stimulate further research which should include larger samples and further develop and validate the proposed measurement instrument by including the relevant aspects that were not administered within this study, but might be useful to provide deeper understanding of the multiple contributions of mobile Apps, which could benefit Croatia as a tourist destination and all its stakeholders. Keywords e-book, mobile reading applications, mobile devices, scale development, quantitative research
title: ExGenNet: Learning to Generate Robotic Facial Expression Using Facial Expression Recognition
Creators: name: Rawal, Niyati
name: Koert, Dorothea
name: Turan, Cigdem
name: Kersting, Kristian
name: Peters, Jan
name: Stock-Homburg, Ruth
Publisher: name: Frontiers Media S.A.
Year: 2022

description: The ability of a robot to generate appropriate facial expressions is a key aspect of perceived sociability in human-robot interaction. Yet many existing approaches rely on the use of a set of fixed, preprogrammed joint configurations for expression generation. Automating this process provides potential advantages to scale better to different robot types and various expressions. To this end, we introduce ExGenNet, a novel deep generative approach for facial expressions on humanoid robots. ExGenNets connect a generator network to reconstruct simplified facial images from robot joint configurations with a classifier network for state-of-the-art facial expression recognition. The robots’ joint configurations are optimized for various expressions by backpropagating the loss between the predicted expression and intended expression through the classification network and the generator network. To improve the transfer between human training images and images of different robots, we propose to use extracted features in the classifier as well as in the generator network. Unlike most studies on facial expression generation, ExGenNets can produce multiple configurations for each facial expression and be transferred between robots. Experimental evaluations on two robots with highly human-like faces, Alfie (Furhat Robot) and the android robot Elenoide, show that ExGenNet can successfully generate sets of joint configurations for predefined facial expressions on both robots. This ability of ExGenNet to generate realistic facial expressions was further validated in a pilot study where the majority of human subjects could accurately recognize most of the generated facial expressions on both the robots.
Supplementary document for Conformal frequency conversion for arbitrary vectorial structured light - 5656256.pdf
Creators: name: Wu, Hai-Jun
name: Yu, Bing-Shi
name: Zhu, Zhihan
name: Gao, Wei
name: Ding, Dong-Sheng
name: Zhou, Zhiyuan
name: Hu, Xiaopeng
name: Rosales, Carmelo
name: Shen, Yijie
name: Shi, Bao-Sen
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplement 1
title: Denman Islander [December, 1989]
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University
Year: 1989
Subjects: subject: Newspapers and periodicals

description: December calendar -- Hall fundraiser an overwhelming success -- Denman seniors -- Church news -- Demmn Island United Community Church --- Church of the Holy Saviour -- Thank you from the Devereaux's -- From Mikie's desk -- Island Trust news -- Original Christmas play -- 1st recycling drop-off day -- Parent education lecture -- Stamps for Oxfam -- Announcing an evening of music -- Among islanders -- In a medical emergency -- Other happenings -- Classified
title: Denman Island [October 1993]
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Newspapers and periodicals

description: Concerts Denman -- Drugs, alcohol & the family -- Conservancy Association -- Health Fair Oct 30th -- Fall programs At Heron Rocks Friendship Centre -- The Wednesday brown bag lunch series -- A mini workshop on "Making sense of transitions" -- Dealing with transitions -- Flu clinic seniors -- Home support news -- Ratepayers' Association -- Upcoming meetings -- Recycling news -- Christmas craft faire -- Jazz night Oct 7th -- Old school report -- Seniors news -- DIRCS news -- St. Saviour's Anglican Church -- United Church news -- Bible study for all -- [Calendar]
Amastus melas
Creators: name: Vincent, Benoît
name: Laguerre, Michel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Amastus
Amastus melas

description: Amastus melas (Dognin, 1902)
Opharus melas Dognin, 1902: 232.
Hyperthaema elysiusa Schaus, 1933: 570. — Type locality: Ecuador, [Cañar], Azoques [Azogues]. — Type specimen: Holotype female no. 34 365 (USNM).
TYPE LOCALITY. — Colombia, [Cauca], Popayán.
TYPE SPECIMEN. — Holotype female no. 30 410 (USNM).
description: Published as part of Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 137-533 in Zoosystema 36 (2) on page 308, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344
title: Human Intervention Study: Alkylresorcinol Metabolites as Potential Biomarkers for Grain Intake and the Occurrence of Alkylresorcinols in Commonly Consumed Foods in the German Retail Sector
Creators: name: Frank, Amelie
name: Greve, Hanna
name: Hübner, Florian
name: Humpf, Hans-Ulrich
Publisher: name: University of Muenster, Institutional Repository MIAMI
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 540 Chemistry and allied sciences

description: Grains are one of the primary nutrients and are associated with many health benefits. To reflect the intake of grain-based products, two promising potential biomarkers are alkylresorcinol (AR) metabolites 3,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid (3,5-DHBA) and 3-(3,5-dihydroxyphenyl)-propanoic acid (3,5-DHPPA). The aim of this study was to validate the occurrence of AR in food samples and investigate the suitability of their metabolites as potential biomarkers in human intervention studies. In the first step, the AR content in different grain products from the German retail sector was analyzed by GC–MS. ARs were found in higher concentrations in whole grain products and in moderate contents in refined grains and quinoa. Based on these results, human intervention studies were performed in the next step, and the AR metabolites 3,5-DHBA and 3,5-DHPPA were analyzed by LC-MS/MS in urine samples. The intake of only whole grain products leads to an increasing level of both potential biomarkers, while a refined grain diet shows decreasing levels of the AR metabolites. The excretion of 3,5-DHBA after a whole grain-rich diet differs significantly (p = 0.043) from no grain intake.
description: Finanziert durch den Open-Access-Publikationsfonds der Universität Münster.
ACCEPTANCE OF E-BOOK READING APPLICATIONS – SCALE DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION
Creators: name: Mestrovic, Dunja
name: Bagaric, Lidija
name: Jakominic Marot, Natasa
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: Economics

description: Purpose – The paper develops and validates an instrument that explores users’ attitudes and intentions to use mobile e-book reading applications (Apps) on smartphones and tablets and appraises users’ perceptions of such Apps as a value-added service complementing travel experience. Design/Methodology/Approach – The process of development, purification and psychometric validation of the proposed measurement scale is presented. The scale is an extension of the Technology Adoption Model integrating the Innovation Diffusion Theory, Theory of Planned Behaviour and value-added service. After the pilot testing and scale purification, quantitative data were collected using an online highly structured self-administered questionnaire. Statistical tests were applied to analyse the proposed measurement scale's validity, reliability and dimensionality. Findings – The applied confirmatory factor analyses yielded in 15 innovation attributes items, categorised under different dimensions, confirming the scale’s psychometric characteristics. Given that it is an exclusively student-centred study, its application and interpretation of the obtained results should be treated within its limitations. Originality of the research - The study proposes a useful measurement instrument assessing users’ attitudes and intentions to use e-book reading Apps on mobile devices. This study is intended to stimulate further research which should include larger samples and further develop and validate the proposed measurement instrument by including the relevant aspects that were not administered within this study, but might be useful to provide deeper understanding of the multiple contributions of mobile Apps, which could benefit Croatia as a tourist destination and all its stakeholders.