cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Thesis Artifacts for: Enabling Dynamic Analysis and Software Visualization in Continuous Integration Platforms
Creators: name: Petersen, Jan Erik
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: Thesis Artifacts for: Enabling Dynamic Analysis and Software Visualization in Continuous Integration Platforms A detailed description can be found in the README.md. The corressponding thesis can be found here. Abstract Software development is moving more and more towards a continuous process, where fast and frequent deployments are a requirement. This is often realized with continuous integration. At the same time, the complexity of applications is rising. Extensive testing of applications by hand is expensive and not feasible, especially when using continuous deployment. Hence the need for automated software analysis arises. Static analysis is well-proven but being based on the source code alone it can only gain superficial knowledge. To get desired insights into application runtime behavior, dynamic analysis must be performed, but that is complex to implement in a fully automated build process, where no user is available to interact with the system. In this thesis we conceptualize and implement an approach that offers dynamic analysis for applications from continuous integration builds. Specifically, it allows developers to visualize each build of the software as a 3D model by utilizing the ExplorViz live trace visualization software.
Treron vernans
Creators: name: Wilson, John-James
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Columbiformes
Columbidae
Treron
Treron vernans

description: 2152 [3641a]. Pink-necked Green Pigeon Treron vernans (Linnaeus, 1771)
 In 1825, Stanley listed a male specimen as Columba vernans and ‘Parrot Pigeon’. Treated as Columba vernans ȱLinnaeusȱbyȱRafflesȱ(1822)ȱandȱasȱ Vinago vernans ȱbyȱVigorsȱ(Rafflesȱ1830).ȱ The skin of the relaxed mount is at NML (accession number D3641a).
 2153 [3636]. Thick-billed Green Pigeon  Treron curvirostra curvirostra (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)  In 1825, Stanley listed an unsexed specimen as Columba curvirostra. The species was listed as ‘ Columba curvirostra, Gmel. [sic]’ȱ byȱ Rafflesȱ (1822)ȱ andȱ underȱ Vinago ȱ byȱ Vigorsȱ(Rafflesȱ 1830). Curiously, the extant skin of the relaxed mount accessioned in NML as D3636 had been incorrectly labelled with a red tag as ‘ Type of Columba curvirostra ȱRaffles’.ȱHowever,ȱ the name ‘ curvirostra ’ȱwasȱusedȱbyȱRafflesȱ(1822)ȱforȱaȱsupposedlyȱnewȱspeciesȱofȱpartridgeȱ (see below).
description: Published as part of Wilson, John-James, 2021, Birds from Sumatra given by Sir Stamford Raffles to Lord Stanley: links to names, types and drawings, pp. 39-49 in Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 141 (1) on page 46
Dendrocygna javanica
Creators: name: Wilson, John-James
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Anseriformes
Anatidae
Dendrocygna
Dendrocygna javanica

description: 2158 [843b] and 2159. Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica (Horsfield, 1821)
 In 1825, Stanley listed two unsexed specimens simply as Anas,ȱwhichȱmatchesȱRafflesȱ(1822).ȱ The only species of Anas ȱlistedȱbyȱVigorsȱ(Rafflesȱ1830)ȱwasȱ Anas arcuata, aȱHorsfieldȱnameȱ from 1824. However, one skin of a relaxed mount (2158) is at NML, accession number D843b, and is a D. javanica. Lack of a second traceable specimen at NML, or a number in Moore’s stock books, suggests it may not have been part of the 1851 bequest.
description: Published as part of Wilson, John-James, 2021, Birds from Sumatra given by Sir Stamford Raffles to Lord Stanley: links to names, types and drawings, pp. 39-49 in Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 141 (1) on page 48
Net Cash Farm Income Trends Over the Past Decade Have Varied By State
Creators: name: Lyons, Greg
name: Litkowski, Carrie
name: Lyons, Greg
name: Litkowski, Carrie
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: farm income
subject: net cash farm income (NCFI)

description: U.S. net cash farm income (NCFI) was $106.9 billion in 2018, 12 percent below its 10-year average of $121.0 billion when adjusted for inflation. NCFI is a measure of farm profitability and the ability of farmers to continue production, invest in new machinery, expand their operations, meet their loan obligations, and provide for family living expenses. Strong commodity prices and agricultural exports from 2011 to 2014 resulted in high NCFI during that period. Since then, NCFI income has trended lower. While NCFI in 2018 remains below average, declines from these recent highs have not been experienced uniformly by all States.
An insight into antimicrobial activity of the freshwater bryozoan Pectinatella magnifica
Creators: name: Pejin, Boris
name: Ciric, Ana
name: Horvatovic, Mladen
name: Jurca, Tamara
name: Glamoclija, Jasmina
name: Milos Nikolic
name: Sokovic, Marina
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plant Biology

description: The antimicrobial activity of five crude extracts of the freshwater bryozoan Pectinatella magnifica (Leidy, 1851) was evaluated in vitro for the first time. P. magnifica acetone extract exhibited the highest antibacterial activity (minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) 0.004–0.350 mg/mL and MBC 0.007–0.500 mg/mL), while its methanol extract showed the most promising antifungal activity (MIC 0.03–0.12 mg/mL and MFC 0.06–0.25 mg/mL). Furthermore, at a concentration of 0.25 MIC, the methanol extract reduced biofilm formation of the bacterial strain Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 in a considerable extent (59.14%). FTIR spectra of the most active extracts indicate the presence of carbonyl compounds, long-chain alcohols and/or sterols. According to the experimental data obtained, P. magnifica methanol extract may be considered as a good resource of novel natural products with potent antibiofilm activity against the bacterium well known for its resistance.
Analyzing the effects of room acoustics in different music recordings
Creators: name: Betancourt, Lina María Villa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Room Acoustics Frequency Response Intelligibility

description: Everyday, in the common activities of life, we experience to listen to music or sounds in different environments (the metro, elevators, the bathroom, etc). Every environment has different acoustic properties that can be preferred or annoying for a determined kind of music or for a different purpose. In this project we analyzed those properties for 4 different rooms, and correlated them with the purpose they have, and with the perceptual opinions of 5 musicians playing the same song in all of them. In this way we show which properties are preferred for each purpose of the room, which characteristics are annoying to the musicians, and why.
Muscular strength after total hip arthroplasty
Creators: name: Winther, Siri B
name: Husby, Vigdis S
name: Foss, Olav A
name: Wik, Tina S
name: Svenningsen, Svein
name: Engdal, Monika
name: Haugan, Kristin
name: Husby, Otto S
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Medicine
subject: Engineering

description: Background and purpose — Minimizing the decrease in muscular strength after total hip arthroplasty (THA) might allow patients to recover faster. We evaluated muscular strength in patients who were operated on using 3 surgical approaches.Patients and methods — In a prospective cohort study, 60 patients scheduled for primary THA were allocated to the direct lateral, posterior, or anterior approach. Leg press and abduction strength were evaluated 2 weeks or less preoperatively, 2 and 8 days postoperatively, and at 6-week and 3-month follow-up.Results — Differences in maximal strength change were greatest after 2 and 8 days. The posterior and anterior approaches produced less decrease in muscular strength than the direct lateral approach. 6 weeks postoperatively, the posterior approach produced greater increase in muscular strength than the direct lateral approach, and resulted in a greater increase in abduction strength than the anterior approach. At 3-month follow-up, no statistically significant differences between the groups were found. The operated legs were 18% weaker in leg press and 15% weaker in abduction than the unoperated legs, and the results were similar between groups.Interpretation — The posterior and anterior approaches appeared to have the least negative effect on abduction and leg press muscular strength in the first postoperative week; the posterior approach had the least negative effect, even up to 6 weeks postoperatively. THA patients have reduced muscle strength in the operated leg (compared to the unoperated leg) 3 months after surgery.
Argusianus argus
Creators: name: Wilson, John-James
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Galliformes
Phasianidae
Argusianus
Argusianus argus

description: 2160. Great Argus Argusianus argus (Linnaeus, 1766)
 In 1825, Stanley listed a specimen as ‘ Argus pheasant’ without a species epithet. Catalogued byȱRafflesȱ(1822)ȱasȱ Phasianus argus Linnaeus, but as Argus giganteus Temminck by Vigors (Rafflesȱ1830).ȱLackȱofȱaȱtraceableȱspecimenȱinȱNML,ȱorȱaȱnumberȱinȱMoore’sȱstockȱbooks,ȱ suggests it was not part of the 1851 bequest.
description: Published as part of Wilson, John-James, 2021, Birds from Sumatra given by Sir Stamford Raffles to Lord Stanley: links to names, types and drawings, pp. 39-49 in Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 141 (1) on page 48
Associated anomalies with neural tube defects in fetal autopsies
Creators: name: Toru, Havva Serap
name: Sanhal, Cem Yasar
name: İnanç Mendilcioğlu
name: Karaveli, Fatma Şeyda
name: Uzun, Özlem Ceren
name: Guzide Ayse Ocak
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: Science Policy
Cancer
Biological Sciences
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Neuroscience
Cell Biology
Medicine

description: Neural tube defects (NTD), the consequences of aberrant neural tube closure during embryogenesis, have been mostly investigated in terms of their high prevalence, rate of mortalities and serious morbidities. A proper prenatal outcome counseling of couples coming across a fetal anomaly necessitates the detection and categorization of the primer abnormality, all the co-existing malformations. The aim of this work is to study the incidence and relevance of associated malformations in order to offer a complete pathology report with a true diagnosis. In this study, among 542 fetal autopsy 62 (%11.4) cases with NTD was recorded by the Akdeniz University Pathology Department between January 2006 and June 2012. Twenty (32.4%) NTD cases were associated with anomaly. Twelve cases of associated groups consisted of a congenital syndrome/association, spondylothoracic dysplasia, amniotic band syndrome, Meckel–Gruber syndrome, schisis association. The frequency of associated NTD was 32%, this result was higher than previous reports. NTDs have a significant genetic component to their etiology that interacts with environmental risk factors, which might pose Turkey to be a country with high prevalence of NTD. We want to emphasize that intensive screening, documentation of co-existent abnormalities of NTD, should be conducted in order to exhibit certain diagnosis, to perform proper prenatal genetic counseling of parents for on-going/future pregnancies.
Proton therapy and helical tomotherapy result in reduced dose deposition to the pancreas in the setting of cranio-spinal irradiation for medulloblastoma: Implications for reduced risk of diabetes mellitus in long-term survivors
Creators: name: Brower, Jeffrey V.
name: Shae Gans
name: Hartsell, William F.
name: Goldman, Stewart
name: Fangusaro, Jason R.
name: Patel, Neha
name: Rishi R. Lulla
name: Smiley, Natasha Pillay
name: Chang, John Han-Chih
name: Vinai Gondi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Physics

description: Proton therapy and helical tomotherapy result in reduced dose deposition to the pancreas in the setting of cranio-spinal irradiation for medulloblastoma: Implications for reduced risk of diabetes mellitus in long-term survivors
BMGF & ECO-SAN SOUTH AFRICA SANITATION ASSESSMENT: RTTC CALTECH
Creators: name: Sandia Pillay
name: , Bill
Publisher: name: Gates Open Research
Year: 2022

description: The Foundation made a grant to Yixing Eco-Sanitary Manufacture Co., Ltd ("EcoSan") to support prototype development and field-testing of reinvented toilet concepts for the purpose of demonstrating scale and feasibility of standalone toilet designs.

 In support of this grant, the Foundation engaged SP Investment Holdings to provide technical assistance to EcoSan for the following:
 • Assess and verify the local sanitation market potential for schools in South Africa,
 • Investigate, identify and assess the potential lnvestor/s and their budget plan and cycles,
 • Investigate, identify, assess, short list & verify potential suitable local manufacturing partners.

 The basic goal of this consulting service is to develop a feasible operation plan to get the potential order of 300 reinvented toilet units or more for local schools in South Africa.
Review on adjuvant chemotherapy for rectal cancer – why do treatment guidelines differ so much?
Creators: name: Qvortrup, Camilla
name: Pfeiffer, Per
name: Yilmaz, Mette
name: Sorbye, Halfdan
name: Poulsen, Laurids Ø.
name: Falkmer, Ursula
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Cancer
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Background. The use of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy is controversial for rectal adenocarcinoma. Both international and national guidelines display a great span varying from recommending no adjuvant chemotherapy at all, over single drug 5-fluororuacil (5-FU), to combinations of 5-FU/oxaliplatin.Methods. A review of the literature was made identifying 24 randomized controlled trials on adjuvant treatment of rectal cancer based on about 10 000 patients. The trials were subdivided into a number of clinically relevant subgroups.Results. As regards patients treated with preoperative (chemo) radiotherapy, four randomized studies were found where use of adjuvant chemotherapy showed no benefit in survival. Three trials were found in which a subset of patients received preoperative (chemo) radiotherapy. Two of these trials showed a statistically significant benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy. Twenty trials were identified in which the patients did not receive preoperative (chemo) radiotherapy, including five Asian studies in which a statistically significant benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy was reported.Conclusions. Most of the data found did not support the use of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy for patients already treated with preoperative (chemo) radiotherapy. For patients not treated preoperatively, several studies support the use of single agent 5-FU chemotherapy. Treatment guidelines seem to differ according to if preoperative chemoradiation is considered of importance for use of adjuvant chemotherapy and if adjuvant colon cancer studies are considered transferrable to rectal cancer patients regardless of the molecular differences.
IN03189 Magul-maha-vihāra Fragmentary Pillar Inscription of Vihāra-mahā-devī
Creators: name: Paranavitana, S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: IN03189
Epigraphia Zeylanica
Magul-maha-vihāra
Vihāra-mahā-devī

description: IN03189 Magul-maha-vihāra Fragmentary Pillar Inscription of Vihāra-mahā-devī - Transcript and Translation Source: Paranavitana, S. (1934–41). ‘No. 19. Two Inscriptions of Vihāra-Mahā-Devī from Magul-Maha-Vihāra,’ Epigraphia Zeylanica 4, pp. 161–169.
SPIH summary of sanitation findings to date for South African government public schools, Mar-May 2017 interviews
Creators: name: Sandia Pillay
name: , Bill
Publisher: name: Gates Open Research
Year: 2022

description: The Foundation made a grant to Yixing Eco-Sanitary Manufacture Co., Ltd ("EcoSan") to support prototype development and field-testing of reinvented toilet concepts for the purpose of demonstrating scale and feasibility of standalone toilet designs.

 In support of this grant, the Foundation engaged SP Investment Holdings to provide technical assistance to EcoSan for the following:

 For that purpose, You will perform the following services for Recipient:
 • Assess and verify the local sanitation market potential for schools in South Africa,
 • Investigate, identify and assess the potential lnvestor/s and their budget plan and cycles,
 • Investigate, identify, assess, short list & verify potential suitable local manufacturing partners.
 The basic goal of this consulting service is to develop a feasible operation plan to get the potential order of 300 reinvented toilet units or more for local schools in South Africa.
MASK R-CNN: A UNIFIED FRAMEWORK FOR OBJECT INSTANCE  SEGMENTATION AND BEYOND
Creators: name: Singh, Amit
name: Dubey, Anush
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This paper presents a comprehensive evaluation of the Mask R-CNN framework for object detection and instance segmentation, with a focus on its implementation within the Detectron 2 library. By examining the architecture—including the Region Proposal Network, Feature Pyramid Network, and mask prediction head—the study highlights the model’s ability to perform accurate object localization and fine-grained segmentation. The research also explores how Detectron 2 enhances Mask R-CNN’s usability, performance, and flexibility for real-world applications such as autonomous driving and medical imaging. Through experiments on benchmark datasets, the paper demonstrates improvements in speed, precision, and scalability. Additionally, the paper proposes model enhancements within Detectron 2, showcasing its potential for customization and domain-specific optimization. This study serves as a valuable guide for researchers and practitioners aiming to leverage Mask R-CNN and Detectron 2 in advanced computer vision tasks.
Multi-modality optimisation in radiotherapy treatment planning using composite objective values
Creators: name: Petersson, Kristoffer
name: Nilsson, Per
name: Engström, Per
name: Knöös, Tommy
name: Ceberg, Crister
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Computational Biology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Information and Computing Sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Medicine
subject: Physics

description: Multi-modality optimisation in radiotherapy treatment planning using composite objective values
Docetaxel-induced neuropathy: A pharmacogenetic case-control study of 150 women with early-stage breast cancer
Creators: name: Knoop, Ann S.
name: Ewertz, Marianne
name: Eckhoff, Lise
name: Feddersen, Søren
name: Bergmann, Troels K.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology

description: Background. Docetaxel is a highly effective treatment of a wide range of malignancies but is often associated with peripheral neuropathy. The genetic variability of genes involved in the transportation or metabolism of docetaxel may be responsible for the variation in docetaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy (DIPN). The main purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of genetic variants in GSTP1 and ABCB1 on DIPN.Material and methods. DNA was extracted from whole blood from 150 patients with early-stage breast cancer who had received adjuvant docetaxel from February 2011 to May 2012. Two polymorphisms in GSTP1 and three in ABCB1 were selected for the primary analysis, and a host of other candidate genes was explored and compared between 75 patients with clinician-reported DIPN grade ≥ 2 and 75 patients without DIPN.Results. Patients with the genetic variants GSTP1 rs1138272 C/T or T/T (114Ala/114Val or 114Val/114Val) genotype had an adjusted odds ratio of 3.82; 95% confidence interval 1.34–11.09 of developing DIPN. This result was confirmed in both analysis of cumulated docetaxel dose and haplotype analysis. None of the explorative genes investigated were significantly correlated with DIPN. Patients with a BMI ≥ 30 were five-fold more likely to have DIPN than patients with BMI < 25.Conclusion. We found that GSTP1 Ala114Val polymorphism is associated with occurrence of DIPN. This supports the theory that oxidative stress is involved in DIPN pathophysiology. If confirmed, this may be helpful in the risk assessment of DIPN and perhaps help to achieve better management of neurotoxicity.
The Public Perception of Urban Stormwater Ponds as Environmental Amenities
Creators: name: Heller, Charlotte
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2020
Subjects: stormwater ponds
green space
blue space
sustainability
cultural ecosystem services

description: Integrating green or blue space into cities can provide environmental and public health benefits which maximize urban sustainability. One type of green/blue infrastructure that has been understudied is urban stormwater ponds, which are used to manage stormwater runoff. Their performance is typically only evaluated in terms of hydrological functions, with little focus on their capacity to provide ancillary benefits to communities. In this exploratory study, an online survey was distributed to six neighbourhoods in the City of Ottawa, ON to gain insight into the social value of urban stormwater ponds. The results revealed that despite some disadvantages, most respondents visited their neighbourhood stormwater ponds regularly and largely appreciated the cultural ecosystem services provided by these ponds, such as opportunities for experiencing nature, especially wildlife, and outdoor recreation. These findings can be used to improve the multifunctionality of stormwater ponds and optimize both environmental and social sustainability outcomes.
Unemployment Insurance and USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Together Cushioned the Great Recession
Creators: name: Ver Ploeg, Michele
name: O’Leary, Christopher J.
name: Ver Ploeg, Michele
name: O’Leary, Christopher J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Financial Economics
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: Food Security and Poverty
subject: Health Economics and Policy
subject: unemployment insurance
subject: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
subject: safety-net programs
subject: recession

description: A multi-State project funded by ERS looked at the interaction between the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and unemployment insurance during and following the 2007-09 recession. Participation overlap for the two programs varied for States with different labor market conditions. There is evidence that reduction in access or benefit levels in one program can increase use in the other.
Planetary Priorities Rubik's Cube Icon print-sheet
Creators: name: Cornell, Sarah E.
name: Palm, Celinda
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sustainability sciences
subject: Globalization
subject: planetary boundaries framework
subject: Educational sciences
subject: FOS: Educational sciences
subject: Business

description: This print-sheet consists of six icon images representing six planetary priorities for sustainable business action, and a short explainer of how to use them. 

The planetary priorities are the human-driven environmental processes in the planetary boundaries framework that are already beyond the 'safe operating space', where present-day trends are worsening, and where business can already act directly using existing impact assessment and accountability tools in a strategic and systemic combined approach.

The icons can be cut out and stuck onto the faces of a standard Rubik's Cube to make a useful thinking toy that increases awareness of today's complex interacting global environmental changes. It also makes most people understand just how challenging it can be to act on one front without undermining efforts on another.
Peripheral neuropathy in colorectal cancer survivors: The influence of oxaliplatin administration. Results from the population-based PROFILES registry
Creators: name: Poll-Franse, Lonneke V. Van De
name: Antoinetta J. M. Beijers
name: Mols, Floortje
name: Tjan-Heijnen, Vivianne C. G.
name: Faber, Catharina G.
name: Vreugdenhil, Gerard
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Hematology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Cancer
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Medicine

description: Background. Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is a dose-limiting side effect of oxaliplatin which can negatively influence quality of life. We aimed to study the influence of cumulative dose, dose schedule and dose reductions of adjuvant oxaliplatin on long-term severity and prevalence of CIPN among colorectal cancer (CRC) survivors.Material and methods. In total 207 patients, diagnosed with CRC between 2000 and 2009 who underwent adjuvant treatment with oxaliplatin, were included. They completed the EORTC QLQ-CIPN20 2–11 years after diagnosis. Data on oxaliplatin administration and acute neuropathy during treatment were extracted from the medical files. Subscales were analyzed with analysis of covariance and neuropathy symptoms with logistic regression analysis.Results. Patients who received cumulative oxaliplatin dose of ≥ 842 mg/m2 had a significantly worse EORTC QLQ-CIPN20 sensory score compared to those who received a low cumulative dose of < 421 mg/m2 (mean 19 vs. 8; p = 0.02). They more often reported tingling toes/feet (13% vs. 2%, respectively; p = 0.01). Dose intensity and time delay did not influence the occurrence of CIPN. Patients receiving a dose reduction because of neuropathy (N = 50) reported a significantly worse sensory score at very similar cumulative doses, than those who did not receive a dose reduction because of neuropathy (N = 96) (mean 21 vs. 15; p = 0.01).Conclusion. Cumulative dose of oxaliplatin is associated with long-term CIPN. The risk of developing long-term CIPN could only be reduced by decreasing the cumulative dose, whereas delay probably is not beneficial. Patients receiving a dose reduction because of acute neuropathy are still at risk of developing long-term CIPN. Future studies should focus on identifying patients who are at risk of developing CIPN.
Evaluating technology-enhanced learning: A comprehensive framework
Creators: name: Cook, David A.
name: Ellaway, Rachel H.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Medicine
subject: Engineering

description: Background: The absence of a standard, comprehensive approach to evaluating technology-enhanced learning (TEL) limits the utility of individual evaluations, and impedes the integration and synthesis of results across studies.Purpose: To outline a comprehensive framework for approaching TEL evaluation in medical education, and to develop instruments for measuring the perceptions of TEL learners and instructors.Methods and results: Using both theoretical constructs of inquiry in education and a synthesis of existing models and instruments, we outlined a general model for evaluation that links utility, principles, and practices. From this we derived a framework for TEL evaluation that identifies seven data collection activities: needs analysis; documentation of processes, decisions, and final product; usability testing; observation of implementation; assessment of participant experience; assessment of learning outcomes; and evaluation of cost, reusability, and sustainability. We then used existing quality standards and approaches to develop instruments for assessing the experiences of learners and instructors using TEL.Conclusions: No single evaluation is likely to collect all of this information, nor would any single audience likely find all information elements equally useful. However, consistent use of a common evaluation framework across different courses and institutions would avoid duplication of effort and allow cross-course comparisons.
Into the groove: instructive silk-polypyrrole films with topographical guidance cues direct DRG neurite outgrowth
Creators: name: Hardy, John G.
name: Zin Z. Khaing
name: Kaplan, David L.
name: Schmidt, Christine E.
name: Shangjing Xin
name: Tien, Lee W.
name: Ghezzi, Chiara E.
name: Mouser, David J.
name: Rushi C. Sukhavasi
name: Preda, Rucsanda C.
name: Gil, Eun S.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Microbiology
subject: Medicine
subject: Engineering
subject: Biochemistry

description: Instructive biomaterials capable of controlling the behaviour of the cells are particularly interesting scaffolds for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Novel biomaterials are particularly important in societies with rapidly aging populations, where demand for organ/tissue donations is greater than their supply. Herein we describe the preparation of electrically conductive silk film-based nerve tissue scaffolds that are manufactured using all aqueous processing. Aqueous solutions of Bombyx mori silk were cast on flexible polydimethylsiloxane substrates with micrometer-scale grooves on their surfaces, allowed to dry, and annealed to impart β-sheets to the silk which assures that the materials are stable for further processing in water. The silk films were rendered conductive by generating an interpenetrating network of polypyrrole and polystyrenesulfonate in the silk matrix. Films were incubated in an aqueous solution of pyrrole (monomer), polystyrenesulfonate (dopant) and iron chloride (initiator), after which they were thoroughly washed to remove low molecular weight components (monomers, initiators, and oligomers) and dried, yielding conductive films with sheet resistances of 124 ± 23 kΩ square−1. The micrometer-scale grooves that are present on the surface of the films are analogous to the natural topography in the extracellular matrix of various tissues (bone, muscle, nerve, skin) to which cells respond. Dorsal root ganglions (DRG) adhere to the films and the grooves in the surface of the films instruct the aligned growth of processes extending from the DRG. Such materials potentially enable the electrical stimulation (ES) of cells cultured on them, and future in vitro studies will focus on understanding the interplay between electrical and topographical cues on the behaviour of cells cultured on them.
Tin-derivative sandwich-type polyoxometalates supported on Nd-doped TiO2 nanoparticles as efficient and reusable catalysts in the oxidation of sulfides and alcohols
Creators: name: Liela Bahrami
name: Roushan Khoshnavazi
name: Rostami, Amin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Engineering
subject: Biochemistry

description: New nanocomposites, including different loading levels of sandwich-type polyoxometalates [(HOSnIVOH)3(XW9O34)2]n− (X = As (1), P (2) n = 12 and Si (3) n = 14) on Nd-doped TiO2 nanoparticles were prepared by a simple impregnation method. The nanocomposites were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. Compounds 1–3 were successfully loaded on Nd-doped crystallized anatase-phase TiO2 nanoparticles of 20–25 nm. Catalytic activities of nanocomposites were examined by carrying out the oxidation of sulfides and alcohols with H2O2. Simple synthesis method, reusability, and low amounts of the heterogeneous catalysts with a slight excess of H2O2 and mild reaction conditions make these oxidation reactions an environmentally benign chemical process.
Una visión general de las investigaciones arqueológicas subacuáticas llevadas a cabo en los cenotes de la Rivera Maya, Quintana Roo, México.
Creators: name: Del Río, Octavio
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 210110 Maritime Archaeology
subject: FOS: History and archaeology
subject: Archaeology
subject: Paleontology

description: En el interior de los cenotes de la Riviera Maya, yacen vestigios que cuentan historias sobre algunos de nuestros antepasados más remotos, no solo de México, sino además del resto del continente americano. Fue en las cuevas de esta peculiar región geográfica de la península de Yucatán, donde algunos de los primeros pobladores de América encontraron las condiciones ideales para la sobrevivencia de la especie y evolución de su cultura.
Una visión general de las investigaciones arqueológicas subacuáticas llevadas a cabo en los cenotes de la Rivera Maya; resultados y riesgos por el paso del Tren Maya.
Creators: name: Del Río, Octavio
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 210110 Maritime Archaeology
subject: FOS: History and archaeology
subject: Archaeology
subject: Paleontology

description: En el interior de los cenotes de la Riviera Maya, yacen vestigios que cuentan historias sobre algunos de nuestros antepasados más remotos, no solo de México, sino además del resto del continente americano. Fue en las cuevas de esta peculiar región geográfica de la península de Yucatán, donde algunos de los primeros pobladores de América encontraron las condiciones ideales para la sobrevivencia de la especie y evolución de su cultura.
Epidemiological voice health map of the teaching population of Granollers (Barcelona) developed from the EVES questionnaire and the VHI
Creators: name: Godall, Pere
name: Gassull, Cecília
name: Godoy, Anna
name: Amador, Miquel
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Medicine

description: The aim of this research project was to carry out an epidemiological study on the voice health of the teaching population in Granollers (Barcelona) using the EVES questionnaire and to relate the collected data to the VHI results. The study sample consisted of 233 teachers from Granollers (Barcelona). The EVES questionnaire, which includes the VHI-10, was conducted online. A high percentage of the teachers consulted suffered voice disorders, which ranged from minor to more serious cases. In regard to the data obtained using the VHI, in 28.77% of the cases there was a moderate or a serious perception of voice problems. Out of these cases only one person, who had a moderate perception of their problem, was undergoing voice therapy with a speech therapist. There are three questions in the EVES questionnaire that can efficiently indicate the existence of a voice disorder in a straightforward manner, and the results for these were similar to those recorded for the VHI group of questions. Therefore, it may be argued that questions that refer to the perception of the degree of pleasantness of one's own voice should be included, because they would provide a useful way to indicate whether there is a voice problem at a preliminary screening stage.
Carnet nº 4, commencé à Novorossiïsk (p. 115)
Creators: name: Péraire, Lucien
name: CNRS
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2023

description: created: 16-8-1929
Harpocrates at The European AI Cybersecurity Network (EASINET) CrossTalk
Creators: name: HARPOCRATES Consortium
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This is a special edition newsletter of the HARPOCRATES project focused on its participation in the The European AI Cybersecurity Network (EASINET) CrossTalk.It summarizes HARPOCRATES' contributions to secure multi-party machine learning, highlights key technical insights, and presents the project's role in advancing privacy-preserving collaboration through CrossTalk activities.
Trends in hot carrier distribution for disordered noble-transition metal alloys
Creators: name: Thareja, Eklavya
name: McPeak, Kevin M.
name: Sprunger, Phillip T.
name: Vekhter, Ilya
name: Shelton, William A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We developed and tested an approach for predicting trends for efficient hot carrier generation among disordered metal alloys. We provide a simple argument for the importance of indirect transitions in the presence of disorder, thus justifying the use of Joint Density of States (JDOS)-like quantities for exploring these trends. We introduce a new JDOS-like quantity, JDOSK, which heuristically accounts for longer lifetimes of quasiparticles close to the Fermi energy. To demonstrate the efficacy of this new quantity, we apply it to the study of Cu50X50 where X = Ag, Au, Pd and Y50Pd50 where Y = Au, Ni. We predict that Ni50Pd50 produces the most hot carriers among the alloys considered. The improvement in the density of excited photocarriers over the base alloy used, Cu50Ag50, is 3.4 times for 800 nm and 19 times for 1550 nm light. This boost in hot-carrier generation is consequence of the ferromagnetic nature of the Ni alloy. We argue that our method allows efficient material-specific predictions for low bias photoconductivity of alloys.
FEHM source code modifications and executables for use with ocean-world gravity
Creators: name: Fisher, Andrew
name: Dickerson, Kristin
name: Blackman, Donna
name: Randolph-Flagg, Noah
name: German, Christopher
name: Sotin, Christophe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Ocean worlds
Seafloor
FEHM
Numerical Simulation
hydrothermal
Europa
Enceladus
Planetary sciences

description: This is a repository for compiled codes, source code, and input files used in this paper:

Fisher, A. T., K. D. Dickerson, D. K. Blackman, N. Randolph-Flagg, C. R. German, and C. Sotin (2024), Sustained hydrothermal circulation under ocean-world gravity, J. Geophys. Res. - Planets, submitted and in review.

Plain language summary from paper: Ocean worlds are planetary bodies that have a liquid ocean, often under an icy shell or within the rocky interior. In Earth's solar system, several moons of Jupiter and Saturn are ocean worlds. Some ocean worlds are thought to have hydrothermal circulation, where water, rocks, and heat combine to drive fluids in and out of the seafloor. Hydrothermal circulation would impact the chemistry of the water and rock of ocean worlds and could help life to develop deep below the icy surface. This study shows results from computer simulations of hydrothermal circulation, based on a well-understood system on Earth, to measure the influence of lower gravity like that appropriate for ocean worlds smaller than Earth. The simulations with ocean world (lower) gravity result in fluid circulation much like that occurring on and below Earth's seafloor, but with several important differences. Lower gravity reduces buoyancy, meaning warmed fluids don't become as light when heated. Lower buoyancy tends to reduce flow rates in a hydrothermal system, and this raises the temperatures of the circulating fluid, which would allow more extensive chemical reactions. Lower flow means less heat transport, and this could help these flows last longer in an ocean world.
description: Funding provided by: National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationCrossref Funder Registry ID: https://ror.org/027ka1x80Award Number: 80NSSC19K1427
Funding provided by: National Science FoundationCrossref Funder Registry ID: https://ror.org/021nxhr62Award Number: OCE-0939564
description: There is a README file with information on files posted, and a Supporting Information document that goes with the paper that discusses modifications to code in some detail. The main research paper also discussed how the code was used.
Operational Diamond OA Criteria for Journals
Creators: name: Armengou, Clara
name: Bargheer, Margo
name: Gingold, Arnaud
name: Holsinger, Sy
name: Laakso, Mikael
name: Mitchell, Dominic
name: Mounier, Pierre
name: Pölönen, Janne
name: Rooryck, Johan
name: Ševkušić, Milica
name: Souyioultzoglou, Irakleitos
name: Varachkina, Hanna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: The DIAMAS and CRAFT-OA projects are happy to present their operational criteria for selecting Diamond OA journals to the community. This set of criteria has been issued to facilitate the identification of Diamond OA journals within the projects’ framework and services.
FEHM source code modifications and executables for use with ocean-world gravity
Creators: name: Fisher, Andrew
name: Dickerson, Kristin
name: Blackman, Donna
name: Randolph-Flagg, Noah
name: German, Christopher
name: Sotin, Christophe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Ocean worlds
Seafloor
FEHM
Numerical Simulation
hydrothermal
Europa
Enceladus
Planetary sciences

description: This is a repository for compiled codes, source code, and input files used in this paper:

Fisher, A. T., K. D. Dickerson, D. K. Blackman, N. Randolph-Flagg, C. R. German, and C. Sotin (2024), Sustained hydrothermal circulation under ocean-world gravity, J. Geophys. Res. - Planets, submitted and in review.

Plain language summary from paper:

Ocean worlds are planets, moons, and other rocky bodies that have a liquid ocean, often under an icy shell or within the rocky interior. In our solar system, ocean worlds include several moons of Jupiter and Saturn. Some of these ocean worlds are thought to have active hydrothermal circulation, where water, rocks, and heat combine to drive fluids in and out of the seafloor. Hydrothermal circulation could impact the chemistry of the water, rock, and ice of ocean worlds and provide chemical energy that allows life to develop deep below the icy surface. This study shows results from computer simulations of hydrothermal circulation, using a well-understood system on Earth as the basis for comparison to conditions on an ocean world that has much lower gravity (because it is smaller than Earth). The simulations show that fluid flow much like that occurring at seafloor sites on Earth could occur under ocean world gravity, but with several important differences. Lower gravity results in less buoyancy, where warmed fluid expands and becomes lighter than nearby cold fluid. Less buoyancy tends to reduce flow rates in a hydrothermal system, and this can result in higher temperatures of the circulating fluid, and more extensive chemical reactions. Lower gravity can also result in hydrothermal systems transporting less heat, and this could allow these systems to last longer on an ocean world.
description: Funding provided by: National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationCrossref Funder Registry ID: https://ror.org/027ka1x80Award Number: 80NSSC19K1427
Funding provided by: National Science FoundationCrossref Funder Registry ID: https://ror.org/021nxhr62Award Number: OCE-0939564
description: There is a README file with information on files posted, and a Supporting Information document that goes with the paper that discusses modifications to code in some detail. The main research paper also discussed how the code was used.
Tin-derivative sandwich type polyoxometalates supported on Nd-doped TiO2 nanoparticles as efficient and reusable catalysts in the oxidation of sulfides and alcohols
Creators: name: Liela Bahrami
name: Roushan Khoshnavazi
name: Rostami, Amin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Engineering
subject: Biochemistry

description: New nanocomposites, including different loading levels of sandwich type polyoxometalates [(HOSnIVOH)3(XW9O34)2]n- (X = As (1), P (2) n = 12 and Si (3) n = 14) on Nd-doped TiO2 nanoparticles were prepared by a simple impregnation method. The nanocomposites were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), FT-IR and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). Compounds 1-3 were successfully loaded on Nd-doped crystallized anatase phase TiO2 nanoparticles of 20-25 nm. Catalytic activities of nanocomposites were examined by carrying out the oxidation of sulfides and alcohols with H2O2. Simple synthesis method, reusability and low amounts of the heterogeneous catalysts with a slight excess of H2O2 and mild reaction conditions make these oxidation reactions an environmentally benign chemical process.
ASPECTS Data Management Plan
Creators: name: Mitchison, Mark
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: quantum technologies

description: This report outlines the key aspects of the Data Management Plan ( for the ASPECTS project. We follow the template provided by the European Commission for the development of a DMP.

 

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Commission. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them
Climate Change Projected To Increase Cost of the Federal Crop Insurance Program due to Greater Insured Value and Yield Variability
Creators: name: Crane-Droesch, Andrew
name: Marshall, Elizabeth
name: Rosch, Stephanie
name: Wallander, Steven
name: Crane-Droesch, Andrew
name: Marshall, Elizabeth
name: Rosch, Stephanie
name: Wallander, Steven
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Farm Management
subject: Production Economics
subject: climate change
subject: Federal Crop Insurance Program (FCIP)

description: The Federal Crop Insurance Program (FCIP) insures participating farmers against adverse production or market conditions. Under the FCIP, the Federal Government pays a portion of farmers’ premiums; these premium subsidies represent the costs to the Government of the FCIP. The cost of administering the FCIP rises in years with adverse weather events, such as droughts, when insurance claims outpace premiums paid for insurance coverage. Recent ERS research used statistical, geophysical, and economic models to explore how climate change could affect yields and the cost of the FCIP.