cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Influence of Compost Amendment on Shear Properties of Topsoils Used in Highway Slopes
Creators: name: Stewartson, Erin
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2020
Subjects: Civil and Environmental Engineering
CEE
Stewartson
LSAMP
Sustainability
Image Analysis

description: Erosion of highway slopes is of the utmost importance because it can lead to a decreased quality of the soil underneath, reduced water quality, and exacerbated air quality. Current highway slopes are implemented using compacted inorganic topsoil or occasionally by placing a layer of compost above the existing topsoil layer. The single topsoil layer can be susceptible to erosion but, if blended with compost materials, may potentially yield vegetation that reinforces the strength of the soil. The potential implementation of compost-amended topsoil on highway slopes is a sustainable practice due to larger amounts of compost use in construction but requires additional research to evaluate the geotechnical properties of these systems. A research study was undertaken to evaluate the changes in shear strength of topsoil upon amending with two common composts. Four mixtures were prepared at varying percentages of composts and one topsoil. Direct shear tests were performed on pure topsoil, composts, and the blends. Shape properties of the materials were defined using digital image analysis. The results indicate that the drained friction angle increased from 360 to 440, and the angularity increased from 2608 to 3127 due to addition of the compost material. The shape parameters of Form 2D, flatness, sphericity, elongation, angularity, and texture were compared with the respective friction angles; angularity and Form 2D were found to have the greatest correlation displaying high R^2 values ranging from 0.816 to 0.940, regardless of compost type.
Expression of Recombinant Alcohol Dehydrogenase in Escherichia coli Strain BL21 (DE3) and In Planta Agrobacterium Transformation of Tomato Seeds
Creators: name: Mastura Sani
Publisher: name: King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang
Year: 2020
Subjects: Alcohol dehydrogenase, Metroxylon sagu, BL21 (DE3), Agrobacterium tumefaciens, tomato seeds

description: Current Applied Science and Technology, 20, 3, 363-379
Modelo Hipotético de Materia-Luz y su Aplicación en Fenómenos Astrofísicos, Autor Dantte Pacheco Klein
Creators: name: Pacheco, Dantte Mariano Joaquin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: En el presente articulo se presenta el motor para viajar por las galaxias.

Bajo el Modelo de la Luz
title: Education inclusive. La question de l'évaluation
Publisher: name: Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès
Year: 2015

description: L’éducation inclusive est fondée sur le droit à une éducation de qualité pour tous qui réponde aux besoins d’apprentissage fondamentaux et enrichisse l’existence des apprenants. Elle s’inscrit dans un mouvement international qui met en avant les principes de non-discrimination ou de reconnaissance des droits de la personne handicapée, dans le prolongement des principes de la Déclaration universelle des droits de l’homme de 1948. Afin de valoriser l’égalité des chances, les législateurs de différents pays proposent de prendre en compte les besoins des apprenants en situation de handicap en créant des parcours de scolarisation personnalisés et des dispositifs de formation et d’évaluation adaptés. Ces directives impliquent en général d’importants infléchissements et changements tant au niveau des systèmes éducatifs, des dispositifs pédagogiques que des pratiques professionnelles des acteurs.
Interlaboratory study assessing the analysis of supercapacitor electrochemistry data
Creators: name: Gittins, Jamie W.
name: Chen, Yuan
name: Arnold, Stefanie
name: Augustyn, Veronica
name: Balducci, Andrea
name: Brousse, Thierry
name: Frackowiak, Elzbieta
name: Gómez-Romero, Pedro
name: Kanwade, Archana
name: Köps, Lukas
name: Jha, Plawan Kumar
name: Lyu, Dongxun
name: Meo, Michele
name: Pandey, Deepak
name: Pang, Le
name: Presser, Volker
name: Rapisarda, Mario
name: Rueda-García, Daniel
name: Saeed, Saeed
name: Shirage, Parasharam M.
name: Ślesiński, Adam
name: Soavi, Francesca
name: Thomas, Jayan
name: Titirici, Maria-Magdalena
name: Wang, Hongxia
name: Xu, Zhen
name: Yu, Aiping
name: Zhang, Maiwen
name: Forse, Alexander C.
Publisher: name: New York, NY [u.a.] : Elsevier
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Data analysis
subject: Electrochemical energy storage
subject: Supercapacitors
subject: 620

description: Supercapacitors are fast-charging energy storage devices of great importance for developing robust and climate-friendly energy infrastructures for the future. Research in this field has seen rapid growth in recent years, therefore consistent reporting practices must be implemented to enable reliable comparison of device performance. Although several studies have highlighted the best practices for analysing and reporting data from such energy storage devices, there is yet to be an empirical study investigating whether researchers in the field are correctly implementing these recommendations, and which assesses the variation in reporting between different laboratories. Here we address this deficit by carrying out the first interlaboratory study of the analysis of supercapacitor electrochemistry data. We find that the use of incorrect formulae and researchers having different interpretations of key terminologies are major causes of variability in data reporting. Furthermore we highlight the more significant variation in reported results for electrochemical profiles showing non-ideal capacitive behaviour. From the insights gained through this study, we make additional recommendations to the community to help ensure consistent reporting of performance metrics moving forward.
A printed luminescent flier inspired by plant seeds for eco-friendly physical sensing
Creators: name: Cikalleshi, Kliton
name: Nexha, Albenc
name: Kister, Thomas
name: Ronzan, Marilena
name: Mondini, Alessio
name: Mariani, Stefano
name: Kraus, Tobias
name: Mazzolai, Barbara
Publisher: name: Washington, DC [u.a.] : Assoc.
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Climate
subject: Seeds
subject: Temperature
subject: Wind
subject: Environmental protection
subject: Infrared devices
subject: Luminescence
subject: Seed
subject: Climate challenges
subject: Continuous monitoring
subject: Distributed monitoring
subject: E-wastes
subject: Eco-friendly
subject: Electronics system
subject: Environmental parameter
subject: Plant seeds
subject: State-of-the-art technology
subject: Sustainable strategies
subject: climate
subject: plant seed
subject: temperature
subject: wind
subject: Biocompatibility
subject: 500

description: Continuous and distributed monitoring of environmental parameters may pave the way for developing sustainable strategies to tackle climate challenges. State-of-the-art technologies, made with electronic systems, are often costly, heavy, and generate e-waste. Here, we propose a new generation of self-deployable, biocompatible, and luminescent artificial flying seeds for wireless, optical, and eco-friendly monitoring of environmental parameters (i.e., temperature). Inspired by natural Acer campestre plant seeds, we developed three-dimensional functional printed luminescent seed–like fliers, selecting polylactic acid as a biocompatible matrix and temperature as a physical parameter to be monitored. The artificial seeds mimic the aerodynamic and wind dispersal performance of the natural ones. The sensing properties are given by the integration of fluorescent lanthanide–doped particles, whose photoluminescence properties depend on temperature. The luminescent artificial flying seeds can be optically read from a distance using eye-safe near-infrared wavelengths, thus acting as a deployable sensor for distributed monitoring of topsoil environmental temperatures.
Is there more than one stickiness criterion?
Creators: name: Wang, Anle
name: Müser, Martin H.
Publisher: name: Berlin ; Heidelberg : Springer
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: adhesion
subject: pull-off force
subject: rough contact
subject: stickiness
subject: 500
subject: 600

description: Adhesion between an elastic body and a smooth, rigid substrate can lead to large tensile stresses between them. However, most macroscopic objects are microscopically rough, which strongly suppresses adhesion. A fierce debate has unfolded recently as to whether local or global parameters determine the crossover between small and large adhesion. Here, we report simulations revealing that the dependence of the pull-off force Fn on the surface energy γ does not only have two regimes of high and low adhesion but up to four regimes. They are related to contacts, which at the moment of rupture consist of (i) the last individual Hertzian-shaped contact, in which is linear in γ, (ii) a last meso-scale, individual patches with super-linear scaling, (iii) many isolated contact patches with extremely strong scaling, and (iv) a dominating largest contact patch, for which the pull-off stress is no longer negligible compared to the maximum, microscopic pull-off stress. Regime (iii) can be seen as a transition domain. It is located near the point where the surface energy is half the elastic energy per unit area in conformal contact. A criterion for the transition between regimes (i) and (ii) appears difficult to grasp. [Figure not available: see fulltext.].
Electroactive nanoinjection platform for intracellular delivery and gene silencing
Creators: name: Shokouhi, Ali-Reza
name: Chen, Yaping
name: Yoh, Hao Zhe
name: Murayama, Takahide
name: Suu, Koukou
name: Morikawa, Yasuhiro
name: Brenker, Jason
name: Alan, Tuncay
name: Voelcker, Nicolas H.
name: Elnathan, Roey
Publisher: name: London : Biomed Central
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Gene knockdown
subject: Intracellular delivery
subject: Nanoelectroporation
subject: Nanoinjection
subject: Nanotube
subject: Transfection
subject: 540
subject: 610

description: Background: Nanoinjection—the process of intracellular delivery using vertically configured nanostructures—is a physical route that efficiently negotiates the plasma membrane, with minimal perturbation and toxicity to the cells. Nanoinjection, as a physical membrane-disruption-mediated approach, overcomes challenges associated with conventional carrier-mediated approaches such as safety issues (with viral carriers), genotoxicity, limited packaging capacity, low levels of endosomal escape, and poor versatility for cell and cargo types. Yet, despite the implementation of nanoinjection tools and their assisted analogues in diverse cellular manipulations, there are still substantial challenges in harnessing these platforms to gain access into cell interiors with much greater precision without damaging the cell’s intricate structure. Here, we propose a non-viral, low-voltage, and reusable electroactive nanoinjection (ENI) platform based on vertically configured conductive nanotubes (NTs) that allows for rapid influx of targeted biomolecular cargos into the intracellular environment, and for successful gene silencing. The localization of electric fields at the tight interface between conductive NTs and the cell membrane drastically lowers the voltage required for cargo delivery into the cells, from kilovolts (for bulk electroporation) to only ≤ 10 V; this enhances the fine control over membrane disruption and mitigates the problem of high cell mortality experienced by conventional electroporation. Results: Through both theoretical simulations and experiments, we demonstrate the capability of the ENI platform to locally perforate GPE-86 mouse fibroblast cells and efficiently inject a diverse range of membrane-impermeable biomolecules with efficacy of 62.5% (antibody), 55.5% (mRNA), and 51.8% (plasmid DNA), with minimal impact on cells’ viability post nanoscale-EP (> 90%). We also show gene silencing through the delivery of siRNA that targets TRIOBP, yielding gene knockdown efficiency of 41.3%. Conclusions: We anticipate that our non-viral and low-voltage ENI platform is set to offer a new safe path to intracellular delivery with broader selection of cargo and cell types, and will open opportunities for advanced ex vivo cell engineering and gene silencing. Graphical abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.]
Estudio sobre el Comité Nacional de Ética en investigación en salud de El Salvador (CNEIS). Avances y desafíos.
Creators: name: Meléndez Cartagena, Mirian Irene
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: La presente investigación es acerca del Comité Nacional de Ética en la Investigación en Salud, de El Salvador, (CNEIS) su desarrollo, trayectoria, y proceso de institucionalización, con el fin de identificar los avances y desafíos en la gobernanza de la ética de la investigación, para asimismo, mostrar la contribución de dicho enfoque en la actividad científica sanitaria, en específico, en la investigación biomédica que se lleva a cabo en El Salvador.

Entre los antecedentes, se desarrolla un panorama breve de la ética, la bioética como un saber normativo y una ética aplicada, la bioética clínica en Latinoamérica, también una reseña sobre la investigación biomédica. Por otra parte, se desarrolla el tema de los Comités de Ética de la Investigación (CEIS) su importancia social y científica, asimismo, se desarrolla un panorama sobre las pautas e instrumentos internacionales, y las Buenas Prácticas Clínicas. De igual manera, se elabora una sistematización sobre la trayectoria del CNEIS, un análisis sobre sus documentos regulatorios. Para este estudio, se ha elegido una metodología cualitativa de investigación documental sobre el CNEIS, ya que se cuenta con acceso a los archivos y a la información institucional. Es una monografía de compilación, por lo que es un estudio bastante teórico, que implica la búsqueda, análisis crítico, y evaluación de información y documentos. También constituye un conocimiento nuevo, tomando en cuenta aportes teóricos ya existentes, ya sea en literatura bioética, ética de la investigación, y reseñas sobre la experiencia salvadoreña de los primeros comités.
Functional two-dimensional high-entropy materials
Creators: name: Nemani, Srinivasa Kartik
name: Torkamanzadeh, Mohammad
name: Wyatt, Brian C.
name: Presser, Volker
name: Anasori, Babak
Publisher: name: London : Springer Nature
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 600

description: Multiple principal element or high-entropy materials have recently been studied in the two-dimensional (2D) materials phase space. These promising classes of materials combine the unique behavior of solid-solution and entropy-stabilized systems with high aspect ratios and atomically thin characteristics of 2D materials. The current experimental space of these materials includes 2D transition metal oxides, carbides/carbonitrides/nitrides (MXenes), dichalcogenides, and hydrotalcites. However, high-entropy 2D materials have the potential to expand into other types, such as 2D metal-organic frameworks, 2D transition metal carbo-chalcogenides, and 2D transition metal borides (MBenes). Here, we discuss the entropy stabilization from bulk to 2D systems, the effects of disordered multi-valent elements on lattice distortion and local electronic structures and elucidate how these local changes influence the catalytic and electrochemical behavior of these 2D high-entropy materials. We also provide a perspective on 2D high-entropy materials research and its challenges and discuss the importance of this emerging field of nanomaterials in designing tunable compositions with unique electronic structures for energy, catalytic, electronic, and structural applications.
Cytotoxic compounds from the marine-derived fungus Aspergillus sp. recovered from the sediments of the Brazilian coast
Creators: name: Saraiva, Natália N.
name: Rodrigues, Bárbara S.F.
name: Jimenez, Paula C.
name: Guimarães, Larissa A.
name: Torres, Maria C.M.
name: Rodrigues-Filho, Edson
name: Pfenning, Ludwig H.
name: Abreu, Lucas M.
name: Mafezoli, Jair
name: Mattos, Marcos C. De
name: Costa-Lotufo, Letícia V.
name: Oliveira, Maria Da Conceição F. De
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Microbiology
subject: Biochemistry

description: A fungal strain of Aspergillus sp. (BRF 030) was isolated from the sediments collected in the northeast coast of Brazil, and the cytotoxic activity of its secondary metabolites was investigated against HCT-116 tumour cell line. The cytotoxicity-guided fractionation of the extracts from this fungus cultured in potato-dextrose-sea water for 14 days at room temperature yielded the hetero-spirocyclic γ-lactams pseurotin A (1), pseurotin D (2) and pseurotin FD-838 (7), the alkaloids fumitremorgin C (5), 12,13-dihydroxy fumitremorgin C (6), methylsulochrin (4) and bis(dethio)bis(methylthio)gliotoxin (3). Among them, fumitremorgin C (5) and 12,13-dihydroxy fumitremorgin C (6) were the most active. The cytotoxic activities of the extracts from Aspergillus sp. grown from 7 to 28 days were investigated, and they were associated with the kinetic production of the compounds. The most active extracts (14 and 21 days) were those with the highest relative concentrations of the compounds fumitremorgin C (5) and 12,13-dihydroxy fumitremorgin C (6).
Topotaxis of Active Particles Induced by Spatially Heterogeneous Sliding along Obstacles
Creators: name: Sadjadi, Zeinab
name: Rieger, Heiko
Publisher: name: [Ithaca, NY] : Arxiv.org
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: 530

description: Many biological active agents respond to gradients of environmental cues by redirecting their motion. Besides the well-studied prominent examples such as photo- and chemotaxis, there has been considerable recent interest in topotaxis, i.e.\ the ability to sense and follow topographic environmental cues. We numerically investigate the topotaxis of active agents moving in regular arrays of circular pillars. While a trivial topotaxis is achievable through a spatial gradient of obstacle density, here we show that imposing a gradient in the characteristics of agent-obstacle interaction can lead to an effective topotaxis in an environment with a spatially uniform density of obstacles. As a proof of concept, we demonstrate how a gradient in the angle of sliding around pillars -- as e.g.\ observed in bacterial dynamics near surfaces -- breaks the spatial symmetry and biases the direction of motion. We provide an explanation for this phenomenon based on effective reflection at the imaginary interface between pillars with different sliding angles. Our results are of technological importance for design of efficient taxis devices.
Nature of the antimicrobial activity of Lactobacillus caseiBifidobacterium bifidum and Bifidobacterium animalis against foodborne pathogenic and spoilage microorganisms
Creators: name: Cybelle Pereira De Oliveira
name: Silva, João Andrade Da
name: Siqueira-Júnior, José Pinto De
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biochemistry

description: The antimicrobial activities as well as the nature of the inhibitory compounds obtained from Lactobacillus casei, Bifidobacterium bifidum and Bifidobacterium animalis strains were assayed on foodborne pathogenic – Staphyloccoccus aureus subsp. aureus (CCUG ATCC® 25926™) and Escherichia coli (ATCC® 25922™) – and spoilage microorganisms – Pseudomonas aeruginosa (ATCC® 27853™). Test producer strains showed inhibitory effect on all indicator microorganisms in diffusion of cell-free concentrated supernatant by agar in well methods (10.0–22.5 mm) in periods of 24, 48 and 72 h. Inhibitory compounds showed no sensitivity to the action of proteolytic enzyme trypsin and were completely inactivated by adjusting the pH of the cell-free 20 × concentrated supernatant to 7.0. The results demonstrated that antimicrobial substances do not have proteinaceous nature and are caused by the action of organic acids with decreasing medium pH.
A Novel, Eco-Friendly Bioremediation of Lead-Contaminated Water
Creators: name: Plichta, Amanda
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2020
Subjects: Chemistry
CoAS
Plichta
Bioremediation
lead-contaminated water
Purifying lead-contaminated water

description: Lead exposure is a global problem, especially in developing countries where lead poisoning accounts for 853,000 annual deaths. The objective of this experiment was to design an eco-friendly method for the bio-remediation of lead-contaminated water which would alleviate this problem. The Moringa Oleifera (MO) seeds were the main component of the bio-remediation system because they are locally available and have adsorbing properties that could be used in purifying heavy metal-contaminated water. It was hypothesized that with this method it would be possible to significantly reduce lead in effluent water. The procedure included designing and constructing a filter, de-oiling Moring seeds, preparing heavy metal-contaminated water, experimenting with Moringa treatment and sand filtration, and testing samples with an AA-Spectrometer. The variables tested were dosage of Moringa, pH, treatment time, and effects of initial concentration and 2-Stage Filtration. The hypothesis was supported by results. The pre-treatment with Moringa and filtration through the sand filter was most efficient - 100% removal of lead after one treatment and filtration. The treatment with only Moringa seeds was also very effective – over 96% of lead removal. The optimal conditions for lead removal are 3g/100mL of Moringa at pH=8 and 20min pre-treatment time. Moreover, this pre-treatment/filtration method for lead removal is simple, extremely cost-effective, and environmentally-friendly. It has great potential to be the ultimate bio-remediation method for lead removal in developing countries.
Museums, Resilience, and Public Service: The Organizational Implications of Socially Purposeful Practice
Creators: name: Chavis, Miranda L.
Publisher: name: University of Leicester
Year: 2024

description: As the museum sector examines its role in society and the communities served, public service has broadened to include social development and community well-being, classified within this work as socially purposeful practice. Existing scholarship demonstrates that socially purposeful public service can explore and directly address contemporary societal themes to foster social welfare. Museological research broadly establishes the opportunities and challenges associated with socially purposeful public service: including the benefits, such as public support, and the potential challenges, like community backlash. However, research surrounding socially purposeful practice reveals a scholastic gap regarding the potential interplay of organizational resilience and such forms of public service. Grounded in interdisciplinary research, this work deepens the scholarship surrounding the relationship between the museum, resilience, and socially purposeful public service. With a qualitative approach reflective of the contextual nature of real-world settings and interplay of variables preventing isolation of the central research concepts, two case study museums - The Levine Museum of the New South (Charlotte, North Carolina, USA) and The North Carolina Museum of Art (Raleigh, North Carolina, USA) - are examined. Through rich data from interviews, primary sources, and documents, the research questions are applied to inductively determine the potential organizational implications of socially purposeful practice in terms of resilience. From the data, this thesis has clarified the nuanced nature of socially purposeful public service, with the identification of implicit and explicit forms of socially purposeful practice. Furthermore, this research reveals that potential organizational benefits and disadvantages to such forms of public service tend to reflect both sides of loss and gain in terms of audience, stakeholder support, and financial development. Finally, the research also demonstrates the adaptive organizational strategy of each case study museum, which are structured within each respective institution’s policies and internal systems to optimize socially purposeful practice and overall resilience.
Research and conservation of the larger parrots of Africa and Madagascar: a review of knowledge gaps and opportunities
Creators: name: Asamoah, Augustus
name: Maisels, Fiona
name: Reuleaux, Anna
name: Waltert, Matthias
name: Martin, Rowan O
name: Perrin, Michael R
name: Rutledge S Boyes
name: Yilma D Abebe
name: Annorbah, Nathaniel D
name: Bizimana, Dieudonné
name: Kadiri S Bobo
name: Bunbury, Nancy
name: Brouwer, Joost
name: Diop, Moussa S
name: Ewnetu, Mihret
name: Fotso, Roger C
name: Garteh, Jerry
name: Hall, Philip
name: Holbech, Lars H
name: Madindou, Ireene R
name: Mokoko, Jérôme
name: Mulwa, Ronald
name: Symes, Craig
name: Tamungang, Simon
name: Taylor, Stuart
name: Valle, Simon
name: Mengistu Wondafrash
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Statistics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences

description: Parrot populations in Africa and Madagascar are declining and the need for conservation actions to address threats is increasingly recognised. Effective conservation requires a robust knowledge base on which decisions over appropriate actions can be made, yet at present there is no current and readily accessible synthesis of the status of populations, the threats they face and knowledge gaps. Here we begin to address this shortfall for the larger species in the region belonging to the genera Coracopsis, Poicephalus, Psittacus and Psittacula. We review developments since the production of the IUCN Parrot Action Plan published in 2000, identify areas where critical knowledge is lacking and highlight opportunities to address them. While advances have been made over the last decade, progress has not been evenly spread, with a strong bias towards populations in southern Africa. To date much research has focused on describing aspects of ecology and behaviour and there remains a need for studies determining the current status of populations and the factors limiting distributions and abundance. This review aims to provide a basis upon which progress towards an improved understanding of the conservation needs of the larger parrots of Africa and Madagascar can be made.
title: A TYPE I HALF LOGISTIC TOPP-LEONE INVERSE LOMAX DISTRIBUTION WITH APPLICATIONS IN SKINFOLDS ANALYSIS
Creators: name: Akeem Ajibola Adepoju
name: Sauta S. Abdulkadir
name: Danjuma Jibasen
name: Jamiu S. Olumoh
Publisher: name: Reliability: Theory & Applications
Year: 2024
Subjects: Type I Half Logistic Topp-leone-G family
Inverse Lomax
Maximum Likelihood Estimation

description: This paper proposed a novel distribution parameterized by four parameters. This is achieved by compounding the potentials properties of the Type I half logistic topp-leone generalized distribution family with the properties of the inverse lomax distribution to form the novel Type I half logistic topp-leone inverse lomax distribution. The novel distribution is potentially capable of extending classical inverse lomax distribution. The potentiality of the shape of the probability density function of the novel distribution is worth recognizing since it produces right skewed, approximately normal, left skewed and a reverted J-shaped. Decreasing life failure shape is also observed. Distinctive features of the novel distribution such as moments, entropy, moment generating function, reliability and hazard function were derived. The estimation method explored in this study is maximum likelihood estimation. It is adopted to estimate the novel distribution unknown parameters. Real life data set was adopted to investigate the potentiality and applicability of the novel model. The type I half logistic topp-leone inverse lomax distribution outperform the recent models.
Open science and open data: Introduction, motivations and how to do it
Creators: name: Gould van Praag, Cassandra
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: Presentation for University of Oxford MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit Training and Career Development Event, April 2022. Gives an introduction to the reproducibility crisis, and some of the practical and policy solutions which have been developed to combat issues of reproducibility. Attendees are then invited to work through the questions about data sharing on the Open WIN Community Pages and consider what issues they may face in sharing data from one of their own projects.
Constraint Analysis for Minimization of Multiple Inputs Logic Programming
Creators: name: Roy, Sahadev
name: Bhunia, Chandan Tilak
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Education
subject: Computer Software
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Computation Theory and Mathematics

description: Minimization of logic functions by computer programs are considered traditionally to be difficult and tedious as the incorporation of full logic negation tends to super-exponential time complexity. The paper presents constrains for minimization of logic circuits. Using these analysis minimized sum of products terms may be generating from any given sum of product terms of multiple input variables. For a new algorithm for minimization using computer programming must be overcome these problem presented. We also discuss the scope heuristic minimization technique over the exact minimization technique.
title: “Juden unter sich”. The Propaganda Companies and the Jewish Ghettos in Occupied Poland
Creators: name: Uziel, Daniel
Publisher: name: ZZF - Centre for Contemporary History: Visual History
Year: 2020

description: One of the most influential anti-Semitic propaganda actions produced in the “Third Reich” in the years 1939-1941 was based on images and reports from various ghettos in occupied Poland. Large portion of the raw material required for the anti-Semitic propaganda was collected and delivered by the Propagandakompanien (PK) of the Wehrmacht. In order to analyze and understand the significance of this contribution, it is necessary to look not only at the propaganda materials, but also at the historical contexts in which they were produced. This includes organizational aspects, local conditions, general propaganda strategies and the given general and local war situation. This article will examine the contribution of the Wehrmacht to the anti-Semitic propaganda of the “Third Reich” during three periods: The invasion of Poland, the establishment of a new order in the occupied Polish territories and the months preceding “Operation Barbarossa” in 1941. It will focus on the way PK materials were used mainly in the visual media in order to support the propaganda strategies and their subsequent goals set by the Nazi leadership.
title: Water over skin
title: a postcolonial analysis of the transformation of cultural identity
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Cazalet, Daphne Geraldine
Publisher: name: Charles Darwin University
Year: 2009

description: My research project is grounded in my personal experience of migration and diaspora as an ‘Anglo-Indian’ woman of mixed-race descent. The research for my studio practice explores the metaphor of water over skin. My quest for identity is a journey resembling water that flows over lines of demarcation. The female body is a recurring theme. I see the female body inscribed within personal, psychological and physical boundaries involving landscape, domesticity and clothing. The studio practice employs a range of media including painting and screenprinting. Imagery is appropriated from Indian art and mythology; colonial history and family photographs from India and England. The work incorporates text from my own writing and a personal imaginative language based on Hindustani script. During the course of my doctorate the studio practice has shifted from individual paintings and printmaking to installations that are intended to evoke the experience of identity in transformation. The work has resulted in a major exhibition entitled Water Over Skin II. The exegesis embraces an interdisciplinary approach including history, cultural studies and autobiography. I draw upon the work of both visual artists from non western and Indigenous ethnic minorities and from film theory and literature. Embarked on a struggle for self discovery I have drawn on personal memory and history to engage in a critical interrogation of cultural identity from a postcolonial perspective. Issues of difference both racial and cultural form the basis of my research focused around the key themes of shame, the ‘third space’ of hybridity, race and gender. By referring to certain autobiographical elements and experiences from childhood, the transformation from a political assimilationist perspective is explored, deeply shaped by personal shame. Grounded in postmodernism and postcolonialism the exegesis draws upon wide ranging theoretical perspectives to provide a framework and context for my studio practice.
Constraint Analysis for Minimization of Multiple Inputs Logic Programming
Creators: name: Roy, Sahadev
name: Bhunia, Chandan Tilak
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Education
subject: Computer Software
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Computation Theory and Mathematics

description: Constraint Analysis for Minimization of Multiple Inputs Logic Programming http://www.elsevierst.com/conference_book_download_chapter.php?id=4436&file=9789351072676_ICSSP_11.pdf
Metal Organic Framework based PVDF-separators for high rate cycling lithium-ion batteries
Creators: name: Valverde, Ainara
name: Gonçalves, Renato
name: Silva, M. M.
name: Wuttke, S
name: Fidalgo, A
name: Costa, C. M.
name: Vilas-Vilela, J. L.
name: Laza, J. M.
name: Arriortua, M. I
name: Lanceros-Mendez, S.
name: Fernandez de Luis, Roberto
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Metal Organic Frameworks
Batteries
PVDF
Separators

description: Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) and MOF-808 based separators for lithium-ion
 batteries (LIBs) have been prepared and fully characterized in terms of morphological
 and thermal properties, electrolyte uptake and retention, and surface hydrophility. The
 effect of PVDF/MOF-808 separators on the electrochemical performance of LIBs has
 been evaluated. The PVDF/MOF-808 membranes exhibit well-defined porous structure
 with an uniform distribution of interconnected macro- to mesopores. The inclusion of the
 Zr-based MOF increases the porosity and surface area of the separator and enhancing the
 electrolyte uptake and the ionic conductivity. Finally, the presence of MOF-808 fillers
 improves the liquid electrolyte retention, which prevents the capacity fading at high Crates
 cycling. Indeed, charge-discharge tests performed in Li/C-LiFePO4 half-cells reveal
 a discharge capacity of 68 mAh.g-1 at 2C-rate for PVDF/MOF-808 membranes, in
 comparison with the 0 mAh.g-1 obtained for pure PVDF. The PVDF/10 wt% MOF-808
 sample shows a long-term stable cycling behavior with a coulombic efficiency close to
 100%. Thus, it is shown that the composite membranes represent an improvement with
 respect to conventional separators for lithium ion battery applications, since they coupled
 the polymer meso and macro porous structure with the well-ordered microporous system
 of the MOFs, which improve significantly the electrolyte affinity.
The Role of Gestational Management and use of LMWH and Aspirin in Patients with Inherited thrombophilia
Creators: name: Zlatko Kirovakov
name: Emiliana Konova
name: Nadezhda Hinkova
name: Stefani Markova
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: pre-gestational management, recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL), Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin (LMH), inherited thrombophilia, Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin (LMH), Aspirin

description: Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) is multiple pregnancy losses. Inherited thrombophilia, which increases blood clot risk, contributes to RPL. Pre-gestational therapy with Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin (LMH) and Aspirin may improve pregnancy outcomes in these patients. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of pre-gestational management and the combination of LMH and Aspirin in patients with RPL and inherited thrombophilia. A hereditary thrombophilia test was performed on each of the 459 pregnant research participants, whose gestational ages ranged from 6 to 38 gestational week Medical center - Prime Clinic and KIRM- Pleven in Bulgaria period from January 2021- May 2023 were collected. Based on the treatment method, patients in a dataset with RPL and hereditary thrombophilia were split into three groups. Group I (Control) patients did not get any pre-gestational care or anticoagulant treatment. Group II: Patients who only received aspirin treatment with 100 mg. Group III: Patients receiving LMH and aspirin therapy. Compared to the treated groups (Group II and Group III), the pregnancy success rate was noticeably lower among the patients in Group I (Control). In addition, Group I experienced more thrombotic events than the groups that received treatment. Pre-gestational therapy with aspirin alone or in combination improves pregnancy outcomes and reduces thrombotic events in RPL and hereditary thrombophilia patients. LMH combined with aspirin may increase pregnancy success more than aspirin alone. These findings need further investigation and larger trials to maximize treatment for this patient population.
Urinary steroid profiling differentiates adrenocortical adenoma from carcinoma
Creators: name: Diaz-Cano, Salvador J.
name: Royce Vincent1, Lea Ghataore1
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pathology
subject: Medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Biological Techniques
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: At King’s, increasing referrals of adult patients with endocrine neoplasms – effective team approach
Heeded call at 2011 BES meeting to share findings. Here we compare findings on ACC v. ACA in King’s patients
Methods:
- Urinary steroid profiling (USP) by GC up to 2005 and by GC-MS (with cyclic scanning) thereafter. Values for 19 steroids in standard report but significant additional steroids added as appropriate
- Interpretation of tumour steroidogenic activity is based on relative increase of both common and unusual steroids
- All data accessible, so newly noted steroid markers can be looked for retrospectively in both GC & MS records
Patients:
Patients selected on basis of referral for USP during investigation of an adrenal mass
- ACC n=23: 22 with histology, 1 without – palliative care; 12 with no metastases at presentation; 3 with signs of androgen excess, 7 with signs of Cushing’s
- ACA n=15: 9 with histology, 6 without – no surgery; 2 with signs of androgen excess,10 with signs of Cushing’s
Summary:
- USP reliably differentiates ACC from ACA
- Steroid markers on USP display great variety – beneficial to examine profile in detail & identify the best markers for follow up of each patient
- No detectable correlations of USP with tumour size or presence of metastases
- Monitoring of markers continues to be informative during hydrocortisone and mitotane treatment
Troublesome Parents? An Exploration of the Relationship between Anxiety, Parenting, and Ethnicity
Creators: name: Farooq, Tayyiaba
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2020
Subjects: Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology
CMNS
Farooq
child psychology
anixety
ethnicity
parenting

description: The role parents play in their children’s lives has been debated for quite some time now, as paralleled by the nature vs. nurture debate. In this investigation, we look at the relationship between parenting and anxiety during adolescence in order to understand the potential consequences and differences in parenting style later in life. Based on the current literature there is a consensus to the fact parenting plays some role in the manifestation of the anxiety of their children during adolescence, the however full extent of this is not known. The link between ethnicity on parenting and anxiety during adolescence as well have not been well-established among this sample. For this analysis, we looked at the relationship between parental restrictiveness within the Temperament Over Time Study; 366 subjects (169 male, 197 female; 122 minority, 244 Caucasian/White) participated. Data were collected when participants were 12 and 15-years of age. It was concluded there is a statistically significant relationship between ethnicity and parental restrictiveness within the sample. Specifically, minority parents indicated more restrictive parenting strategies than do Caucasian or white families, F(14, 141)=2.442, p = .004. For future research, other confounding variables affecting adolescent anxiety should be measured as well as taking into account cultural implications when studying parenting style, as well as the limitations of the sample population used for this investigation.
ПРОФИЛАКТИКА ИНСПЕКТОРИНИНГ ТАРБИЯСИ ОҒИР БЎЛГАН ВОЯГА ЕТМАГАНЛАР БИЛАН ИШЛАШ ФАОЛИЯТИНИ ТАШКИЛ ЕТИШ БЎЙИЧА ИЛҒОР ХОРИЖИЙ ДАВЛАТЛАР ТАЖРИБАСИ
Creators: name: Бабаханов, Ҳамдам
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Ушбу мақола профилактика инспекторининг тарбияси оғир бўлган вояга етмаганлар билан ишлаш фаолиятини ҳуқуқий ва ташкилий жиҳатлари, ушбу тоифадаги вояга етмаганлар билан амалга ошириладиган профилактик чора-тадбирлар тизимига доир хорижий давлатларнинг тажрибаси ҳамда такомиллаштириш масалалари ёритилган.
Exploring the Feasibility of Establishing a Core Set of Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health Indicators in Humanitarian Settings: Results from a Case Study in Afghanistan
Creators: name: Ashna, Manizha
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2022
Subjects: Reproductive Health
Maternal Health
Child and adolescent health

description: Collecting and aggregating timely and rigorous data for sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (SRMNCAH) services and outcomes evaluation in humanitarian settings is essential for accountability and transparency. However, reliable SRMCNAH data are scarce in such settings, and the quality of available data often varies across different humanitarian settings. Establishing a core set of SRMNCAH indicators that are feasible to collect in all humanitarian settings is the first step in developing and implementing a common core framework for monitoring SRMNCAH programs in such settings. Led by the World Health Organization, in 2018 a group of global experts in the SRMNCAH field proposed a core list of indicators for inclusion in routine data collection systems. In 2019-2022, a team at the University of Ottawa in partnership with local investigators led multi-method feasibility assessments in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Jordan to understand the feasibility, relevance, and acceptability of the proposed core indictors. In this thesis I report on the results from the multi-methods assessment in Afghanistan. Based on a desk review, key informant interviews, facility assessments, facility observation sessions, and focus group discussions in three provinces, we explored national stakeholders’ perspectives on SRMNCAH data collection, in general, and the proposed indicator list, in particular. The findings of this assessment and the results from the other three countries will help stakeholders reach a consensus on the final list of SRMNCAH indicators that are feasible for collection in all humanitarian settings.
Kit modular de ferramentas para suporte aos professores.
Creators: name: Scheuer, Claude
name: Heck, Sandra
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: motor competence
children
teacher
support toolkit
promotion
assessment

description: No quadro do projeto BMC-EU (Competências motoras básicas na Europa), foi desenvolvida um kit modular de ferramentas de suporte para os professores para o desenvolvimento das competências motoras básicas, baseado nos resultados da colheita de dados realizada na fase 1 do projeto, como parte do seu output intelectual 3. O objetivo deste kit de ferramentas é ser implementado principalmente ao nível das aulas regulares de Educação Física, para apoiar as decisões dos professores em relação ao conteúdo e aos métodos no ensino de Educação Física. Numa primeira etapa, a estrutura de suporte foi desenvolvida para permitir avaliar e realizar o diagnóstico das competências motoras básicas dos alunos nos seus pontos fortes e fracos, e apoiar intervenções concretas. Como base dessa estrutura, foram desenvolvidos folhetos de suporte sob a forma de um kit modular de ferramentas de suporte, prontos para serem implementados em situações educacionais concretas, para apoiar o desenvolvimento de algumas competências básicas dos alunos. O kit modular de ferramentas de suporte inclui as diretrizes para a interpretação dos resultados dos testes MOBAK (Motorische Basiskompetenzen; expressão alemã para competências motoras básicas), que são a estrutura de suporte do MOBAK, um glossário, bem como o kit modular de ferramentas de suporte com materiais para professores de Educação Física sob a forma de cartões com a descrição das tarefas do forma de MOBAK e de cartões de atividade MOBAK baseados em princípios da variação e de uma abordagem por competências.
description: Project "Basic Motor Competencies in Europe – Assessment and Promotion" (BMC-EU); Funder: European Commission - Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union; Programme: Erasmus+ Sport: Collaborative Partnerships - 2017; Reference: 590777-EPP-1-2017-1-DE-SPO-SCP; Timeline: January 2018 - December 2019; Project Sheet: https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/projects/eplus-project-details/#project/590777-EPP-1-2017-1-DE-SPO-SCP
Additional file 1 of Repeatability quantification of brain diffusion-weighted imaging for future clinical implementation at a low-field MR-linac
Creators: name: Rabe, Moritz
name: Dietrich, Olaf
name: Forbrig, Robert
name: Niyazi, Maximilian
name: Belka, Claus
name: Corradini, Stefanie
name: Landry, Guillaume
name: Kurz, Christopher
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 1: Fig. S1. Exemplary diffusion-weighted images and ADC maps for the diffusion phantom to support the observations regarding the diffusion phantom results, discussed in the Discussion section.
Bootstrapping the Meanings of Each & Every
Creators: name: Griffith, Meagan
name: Knowlton, Tyler
name: Lidz, Jeffrey
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2020
Subjects: linguisticschild language acquisition
ARHU
Griffith
children's project on language learning
psycholinguistics
semantics
child language acquisition

description: The universal quantifiers "each" & "every" have similar truth conditions, but differ slightly in representation. "Each" often has an individual-based representation, while "every" has a set-based representation. In this study, we investigate not only how learners might arrive at these representations, but also whether or not there may be signal in the distributional differences in parents' speech that kids may use to learn the meanings of "each" & "every". To do this, we conducted a corpus investigation of child directed speech, that included the quantifier's "each" and "every", in the CHILDES corpus.