cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Divisia Monetary Aggregates for a Heterogeneous Euro Area
Creators: name: Brill, Maximilian C.
name: Nautz, Dieter
name: Sieckmann, Lea
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: monetary aggregation
subject: euro area Divisia aggregate
subject: recessions
subject: 300 Sozialwissenschaften::330 Wirtschaft::337 Weltwirtschaft

description: We introduce a Divisia monetary aggregate for the euro area that accounts for the heterogeneity across member countries both, in terms of interest rates and the decomposition of monetary assets. In most of the euro area countries, the difference between the growth rates of the country-specific Divisia aggregate and its simple sum counterpart is particularly pronounced before recessions. The results obtained from a panel probit model confirm that the divergence between the Divisia and the simple sum aggregate has a significant predictive content for recessions in euro area countries.
Effect of feeding different levels of lignocellulose on performance, nutrient digestibility, excreta dry matter, and intestinal microbiota in slow growing broilers
Creators: name: Röhe, I.
name: Metzger, F.
name: Vahjen, W.
name: Brockmann, Gudrun A.
name: Zentek, J.
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: lignocellulose
subject: broiler
subject: performance
subject: digestibility
subject: microbiota
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::630 Landwirtschaft::630 Landwirtschaft und verwandte Bereiche

description: Lignocellulose is a constituent of plant cell walls and might be used as a fiber source in poultry nutrition. The current study investigated the impact of increasing dietary levels of lignocellulose on performance, nutrient digestibility, excreta DM, intestinal microbiota, and bacterial metabolites in slow growing broilers. At an age of 10 wk, 60 male broilers of an intercross line (New Hampshire x White Leghorn) were allocated to cages and fed isoenergetic and isonitrogenous diets containing 0.8% (LC1), 5% (LC2), or 10% (LC3) lignocellulose. After 23 D of feeding, broilers were killed and digesta samples of ileum and excreta analyzed for nutrient digestibility and DM. Cecal contents were analyzed for microbial composition and metabolites. Broiler performance was not affected by feeding dietary lignocellulose. LC3 fed broilers showed reduced ileal digestibility of protein compared to chickens fed LC1 (P=0.003). Moreover, increasing levels of dietary lignocellulose reduced apparent digestibility of organic matter and gross energy (P<0.001). Feeding of lignocellulose had no impact on the excretaDMof broilers. Increasing levels of dietary lignocellulose lowered cecal counts of Escherichia/Hafnia/Shigella (P=0.029) and reduced the total concentration of short-chain fatty acids (P<0.001), lactate (P<0.05), and ammonia (P=0.009). The molar ratio of cecal acetic acid was higher in LC3 fed broilers (P<0.001), while the proportions of cecal propionic acid and n-butyric acid were higher in LC1 and LC2 fed chickens (P<0.001). Correlation analyses indicated that dietary lignocellulose was negatively related to the total concentration of cecal bacterial metabolites (P<0.001). In conclusion, the feeding of lignocellulose did not affect growth performance, but impaired nutrient digestibility of slowgrowing broilers. Whileminor changes in cecal microbial composition were detected, cecal bacterial metabolite concentrations were significantly reduced with increasing levels of dietary lignocellulose. These findings suggest that lignocellulose is not extensively degraded by bacteria residing in the large intestine of broilers.
Dietary fiber and its role in performance, welfare, and health of pigs
Creators: name: Grześkowiak, Łukasz
name: Saliu, Eva-Maria
name: Martínez-Vallespín, Beatriz
name: Aschenbach, Jörg R.
name: Brockmann, Gudrun A.
name: Fulde, Marcus
name: Hartmann, Susanne
name: Vahjen, Wilfried
name: Wessels, Anna Grete
name: Zentek, Jürgen
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Crude fiber
subject: diarrhea
subject: fiber source
subject: intestine
subject: microbiota
subject: piglets
subject: sows
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::630 Landwirtschaft::630 Landwirtschaft und verwandte Bereiche

description: Dietary fiber (DF) is receiving increasing attention, and its importance in pig nutrition is now acknowledged. Although DF for pigs was frowned upon for a long time because of reductions in energy intake and digestibility of other nutrients, it has become clear that feeding DF to pigs can affect their well-being and health. This review aims to summarize the state of knowledge of studies on DF in pigs, with an emphasis on the underlying mode of action, by considering research using DF in sows as well as suckling and weaned piglets, and fattening pigs. These studies indicate that DF can benefit the digestive tracts and the health of pigs, if certain conditions or restrictions are considered, such as concentration in the feed and fermentability. Besides the chemical composition and the impact on energy and nutrient digestibility, it is also necessary to evaluate the possible physical and physiologic effects on intestinal function and intestinal microbiota, to better understand the relation of DF to animal health and welfare. Future research should be designed to provide a better mechanistic understanding of the physiologic effects of DF in pigs.
Supplemental Material - Who Gets Caught in the Web of Lies?: Understanding Susceptibility to Phishing Emails, Fake News Headlines, and Scam Text Messages
Creators: name: Sarno, Dawn M.
name: Black, Jeffrey
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 99999 Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Other engineering and technologies
subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Supplemental Material for Who Gets Caught in the Web of Lies?: Understanding Susceptibility to Phishing Emails, Fake News Headlines, and Scam Text Messages by Dawn M. Sarno and Jeffrey Black in Human Factors
Modelling Privacy Compliance in Cross-border Data Transfers with Bigraphs
Creators: name: Althubiti, Ebtihal
name: Sevegnani, Michele
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Advancements in information technology have led to the sharing of users' data across borders, raising privacy concerns, particularly when destination countries lack adequate protection measures. Regulations like the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) govern international data transfers, imposing significant fines on companies failing to comply. To achieve compliance, we propose a privacy framework based on Milner's Bigraphical Reactive Systems (BRSs), a formalism modelling spatial and non-spatial relationships between entities. BRSs evolve over time via user-specified rewriting rules, defined algebraically and diagrammatically. In this paper, we rely on diagrammatic notations, enabling adoption by end-users and privacy experts without formal modelling backgrounds. The framework comprises predefined privacy reaction rules modelling GDPR requirements for international data transfers, properties expressed in Computation Tree Logic (CTL) to automatically verify these requirements with a model checker and sorting schemes to statically ensure models are well-formed. We demonstrate the framework's applicability by modelling WhatsApp's privacy policies.
description: In Proceedings GCM 2023 and 2024, arXiv:2503.19632
Boosting Offline Optimizers with Surrogate Sensitivity
Creators: name: Dao, Manh Cuong
name: Nguyen, Phi Le
name: Truong, Thao Nguyen
name: Hoang, Trong Nghia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Offline optimization is an important task in numerous material engineering domains where online experimentation to collect data is too expensive and needs to be replaced by an in silico maximization of a surrogate of the black-box function. Although such a surrogate can be learned from offline data, its prediction might not be reliable outside the offline data regime, which happens when the surrogate has narrow prediction margin and is (therefore) sensitive to small perturbations of its parameterization. This raises the following questions: (1) how to regulate the sensitivity of a surrogate model; and (2) whether conditioning an offline optimizer with such less sensitive surrogate will lead to better optimization performance. To address these questions, we develop an optimizable sensitivity measurement for the surrogate model, which then inspires a sensitivity-informed regularizer that is applicable to a wide range of offline optimizers. This development is both orthogonal and synergistic to prior research on offline optimization, which is demonstrated in our extensive experiment benchmark.
sj-docx-2-pie-10.1177_09544089231169646 - Supplemental material for Surface pre-reacted glass reinforced dental composite: Performance assessment of physicochemical, static mechanical, dynamic mechanical and wear properties
Creators: name: Kumar, Shiv Ranjan
name: Sharma, Ajay
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 99999 Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Other engineering and technologies
subject: 91299 Materials Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Materials engineering

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-2-pie-10.1177_09544089231169646 for Surface pre-reacted glass reinforced dental composite: Performance assessment of physicochemical, static mechanical, dynamic mechanical and wear properties by Shiv Ranjan Kumar and Ajay Sharma in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering
sj-docx-1-jcn-10.1177_08830738231168973 - Supplemental material for Use of Thalamus L-Sign to Differentiate Periventricular Leukomalacia From Neurometabolic Disorders
Creators: name: Yuzkan, Sabahattin
name: Emecen Sanli, Merve
name: Balci, Merve
name: Cennetoglu, Pakize
name: Kafadar, Ihsan
name: Kocak, Burak
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 110904 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111403 Paediatrics
subject: Neuroscience

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-jcn-10.1177_08830738231168973 for Use of Thalamus L-Sign to Differentiate Periventricular Leukomalacia From Neurometabolic Disorders by Sabahattin Yuzkan, Merve Emecen Sanli, Merve Balci, Pakize Cennetoglu, Ihsan Kafadar and Burak Kocak in Journal of Child Neurology
Comparing Deterministic and Stochastic Methods in Geospatial Analysis of Groundwater Fluoride Concentration
Creators: name: Brindha, Karthikeyan
name: Taie Semiromi, Majid
name: Boumaiza, Lamine
name: Mukherjee, Subham
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: fluoride
subject: drinking water
subject: health risk
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Dental and skeletal fluorosis caused by consuming high-fluoride groundwater has been reported over several decades globally. Prediction maps to estimate the fluoride contaminated area rely on interpolation methods. This study presents a comparison of the accuracy of nine spatial interpolation methods in predicting the fluoride in groundwater. Leave-one-out cross-validation (LOOCV), hold-out validation and validation with an independent dataset were used to assess the precision of the interpolation methods. This is the first study on fluoride with a large dataset (N = 13,585) applied at the regional level in India. Our findings showed that the inverse distance weighted (IDW) algorithm outperformed other methods in terms of less discrepancy between measured and predicted fluoride. IDW and local polynomial interpolation (LPI) were the only methods to predict contaminated areas (fluoride > 1.5 mg/L). However, the area estimated by the typical assessment of the percentage of unsuitable samples was much higher (6.1%) compared to that estimated by IDW (0.2%) and LPI (0.2%). LOOCV provided viable results than the other two validation methods. Interpolation methods are accompanied with uncertainty which are regulated by the sample size, sample density, sample distribution, minimum and maximum measured concentrations, smoothing and border effects. Drawing a comparison among variegated interpolation methods capturing a wide range of prediction uncertainty is suggested rather than relying on one method exclusively. The high-fluoride areas identified in this study can be used by the Government in planning remediation actions.
Thermoelectric fluctuations of interfering Majorana bound states
Creators: name: Smirnov, Sergey
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Nonequilibrium states produced by electric and thermal voltages ($V$, $V_T$) provide a straightforward insight into underlying degrees of freedom of composite nanostructures and are of particular interest to probe Majorana bound states. Here we explore fluctuations of thermoelectric currents at finite frequencies $ω$ in a quantum dot coupled to two interfering Majorana bound states. At small $V$ we find that in the emission spectra the differential thermoelectric quantum noise $\partial S^>/\partial V_T$ shows an antiresonance whereas in the absorption spectra Majorana interference induces an antiresonance-resonance pair. At large $V$ this pair is preserved whereas the emission antiresonance turns into an antiresonance-resonance pair identical to the absorption one making $\partial S^>/\partial V_T$ antisymmetric in the frequency $ω$. This antisymmetry distinguishes Majorana behavior from the one induced by Andreev bound states and does not break at higher temperatures making it attractive for experiments on Majorana interference via thermoelectric fluctuation response.
description: 16 pages, 10 figures
sj-docx-1-jht-10.1177_10963480231168609 – Supplemental material for How Do Customers React to Technology in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry?
Creators: name: Arici, Hasan Evrim
name: Saydam, Mehmet Bahri
name: Koseoglu, Mehmet Ali
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 150310 Organisation and Management Theory
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 150402 Hospitality Management

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-jht-10.1177_10963480231168609 for How Do Customers React to Technology in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry? by Hasan Evrim Arici, Mehmet Bahri Saydam and Mehmet Ali Koseoglu in Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research
Surprising Existence Of Massive And Large Molecular Gas Reservoirs In A Distant Protocluster
Creators: name: Dannerbauer, Helmut
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017

description: We know that environment has a critical impact on galaxy growth and evolution. What we do not know is when it starts to have an impact and how it does it. I present results of our on-going survey of low surface brightness emission of cold molecular gas in protoclusters galaxies and their halos with the Australian Telescope Compact Array (ATCA). These findings alter our view of the important topics of the development and gas phase distribution of the "proto-intracluster medium": how ram pressure stripping may operate in protoclusters, how the galaxies may contribute to the proto-intracluster medium and how their star formation may be limited by dynamics. Finally, I present our new ATCA Large Program, COALAS (CO ATCA Legacy Archive of Star-Forming Galaxies), which will extend significantly our study of environmental effects on cluster and field galaxies.
sj-pdf-1-jpp-10.1177_08971900211064444 – Supplemental Material for Onset of Transient Sadness Following the Concomitant Use of a Triptan and Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor/Serotonin Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors Therapy: A Case Report
Creators: name: Meng, Yuki
name: Yuen, Jamie
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 111199 Nutrition and Dietetics not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 111702 Aged Health Care
subject: 111599 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-jpp-10.1177_08971900211064444 for Onset of Transient Sadness Following the Concomitant Use of a Triptan and Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor/Serotonin Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors Therapy: A Case Report by Yuki Meng, and Jamie Yuen in Journal of Pharmacy Practice
Linear-Time Graph Programs without Preconditions
Creators: name: Alaoui, Ziad Ismaili
name: Plump, Detlef
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Programming Languages (cs.PL)
subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: Performance (cs.PF)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: D.3.4; F.2

description: We report on a recent breakthrough in rule-based graph programming, which allows us to reach the time complexity of imperative linear-time algorithms. In general, achieving the complexity of graph algorithms in conventional languages using graph transformation rules is challenging due to the cost of graph matching. Previous work demonstrated that with rooted rules, certain algorithms can be executed in linear time using the graph programming language GP 2. However, for non-destructive algorithms that retain the structure of input graphs, achieving linear runtime required input graphs to be connected and of bounded node degree. In this paper, we overcome these preconditions by enhancing the graph data structure generated by the GP 2 compiler and exploiting the new structure in programs. We present three case studies, a cycle detection program, a program for numbering the connected components of a graph, and a breadth-first search program. Each of these programs runs in linear time on both connected and disconnected input graphs with arbitrary node degrees. We give empirical evidence for the linear time complexity by using timings for various classes of input graphs.
description: In Proceedings GCM 2023 and 2024, arXiv:2503.19632. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:2501.09144
Effect of a progesterone-releasing intravaginal device (PRID) for 8 days during a modified Ovsynch protocol on pregnancy outcomes in lactating Holstein cows
Creators: name: Hölper, M.
name: Bretzinger, Lukas
name: Randi, F.
name: Heuwieser, W.
name: Borchardt, S.
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: progesterone-releasing intravaginal device
subject: PRID
subject: 7-day Ovsynch protocol
subject: pregnancy
subject: Holstein cows
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::630 Landwirtschaft::630 Landwirtschaft und verwandte Bereiche

description: Our objective was to evaluate the effect of a progesterone-releasing intravaginal device (PRID) in a 7-d Ovsynch protocol on pregnancy per artificial insemination (P/AI) and pregnancy loss, compared with a standard 7-d Ovsynch protocol without progesterone supplementation. We hypothesized that progesterone supplementation during an Ovsynch protocol would increase P/AI and decrease pregnancy loss. Data were collected on lactating Holstein cows (n = 716) that either received a 7-d Ovsynch protocol (control: d 0, 100 µg of GnRH; d 7, 500 µg of cloprostenol; d 9, µg of GnRH; n = 360) or a modified Ovsynch protocol with addition of a PRID (PRIDsynch; d 0, 100 µg of GnRH + PRID; d 7, 25 mg of dinoprost; d 8, PRID removal; d 9, 100 µg of GnRH; n = 356). All cows received timed artificial insemination (TAI) approximately 16 h after the second GnRH treatment. Pregnancy diagnosis was performed via ultrasonography on d 38 ± 3 after TAI and rechecked on d 80 ± 7 after TAI. Reproductive performance differed between treatments, with PRIDsynch cows having greater (38.9%) P/AI compared with control cows (31.7%) at d 38 ± 3 and also at d 80 ± 7 (34.6% vs. 28.9%, for PRIDsynch and control cows, respectively). Pregnancy loss did not differ among treatments.
title: Simulationstudy of Autostore-systems
Creators: name: Trost, Philipp
name: Kartnig, Georg
name: Eder, Michael
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2022
Subjects: RCS/RS
Automated small-parts warehouse
Goods-to-person-picking
Discrete event simulation
Tier-captive autonomous vehicle

description: Robot-based compact storage and retrieval systems (RCS/RS) such as the Autostore-system are fully automatically operated by robots from above. The goods are stored in plastic bins that are stacked on top of each other, applying the 'Last-In-First-Out' storage strategy within each stack. This ensures very high degrees of space utilization compared to other storage systems. RCS/R-systems can typically be found in e-commerce or pharmaceutical industry, but also in the food or the spare parts trade. If containers located further down are required, the robots relocate them. Besides the system parameters, there are many other factors, such as the number of used robots or picking stations, that influence the system behavior. With a discrete event simulation (DES) in the Simio simulation program, insights into design variants and operating modes were gained.
Evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of a point-of-care device to measure concentrations of nonesterified fatty acids in serum and whole blood
Creators: name: Venjakob, Peter L.
name: Bretzinger, Lukas
name: Borchardt, Stefan
name: Weber, Corinna
name: Heuwieser, Wolfgang
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: nonesterified fatty acids
subject: NEFA
subject: handheld NEFA meter
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::630 Landwirtschaft::630 Landwirtschaft und verwandte Bereiche

description: The objective of this study was to compare measurements of nonesterified fatty acids (NEFA) between the gold standard diagnostic laboratory method and a handheld NEFA meter (Qucare Pro meter, DFI Co. Ltd.). Three experiments were conducted to study the usability of the meter. In experiment 1 we compared results of the meter obtained from measurements in serum and whole blood with results of the gold standard method. Based on the results of experiment 1 we compared the results measured by the meter in whole blood with results obtained from the gold standard method on a larger scale, as we wanted to omit the step of centrifugation with the cow-side test. In experiment 3 we determined the influence of ambient temperature on measurements. Overall, blood samples of 231 cows were collected between 14 and 20 d in milk. The Spearman correlation coefficients (ρ) were calculated and Bland-Altman plots were created to compare the accuracy of the NEFA meter with the gold standard. In addition, in experiment 2 receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analyses were performed, to define thresholds for the NEFA meter to detect cows with a NEFA concentration above 0.3, 0.4, and 0.7 mEq/L. In experiment 1, there was a high correlation between NEFA concentrations in whole blood and serum determined by the NEFA meter and the gold standard (ρ = 0.90 for measurement in whole blood; ρ = 0.93 for measurement in serum). In experiment 2, the measurement in whole blood with the NEFA meter was compared with the gold standard. Despite a lower correlation (ρ = 0.79) the ROC curve analyses revealed a high specificity and a moderate sensitivity for lower cut-points (i.e., 0.3 and 0.4 mEq/L). The NEFA meter underestimated especially high concentration of >0.7 mEq/L. Considering thresholds of 0.3, 0.4, and 0.7 mEq/L measured by the gold standard test, sensitivity and specificity were 59.1% and 96.7%, 79.0% and 95.4%, and 86.4% and 95.6%, respectively, when using 0.3, 0.3, and 0.4 mEq/L as thresholds for the NEFA meter. Accuracy was 74.1%, 88.3%, and 93.8% for the 3 thresholds tested. Experiment 3 showed that measurements should be conducted at approximately 21°C (ρ = 0.73) as correlations were poor at 6.2°C and 15.1°C (ρ = 0.18 and 0.22, respectively).
“If I were the mother…”: fostering perspective taking in German teacher education
Creators: name: Pöhler, Maike
name: Briese, Fiona J.
name: Kinder, Annette
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: perspective taking
subject: parents counseling
subject: teacher education
subject: social emotional competence
subject: willingness
subject: attitude
subject: emotions
subject: empathy
subject: 300 Sozialwissenschaften::370 Bildung und Erziehung::370 Bildung und Erziehung

description: Higher perspective taking skills are associated with better social functioning and improved social relationships. Generally, teachers are willing to take the perspective of their students, but it is unclear whether the same is true for the perspective of parents. As communication and conflicts with parents are pervasive, the motivation and willingness to adopt the perspective of parents in counseling situations should be promoted during university teacher training. Therefore, we investigated the promotion of perspective taking among teachers in training and focused mainly on perspective taking toward parents. We developed a case-based learning task in which teachers in training from Freie Universität Berlin ( N  = 515) prepared for a fictitious upcoming consultation with a mother about her son. Because it is unclear if direct instruction for perspective taking is necessary in order to promote it, we also used indirect instruction to investigate whether preparing for the consultation under these instructions fostered the willingness to adopt the perspective of students and parents. In the direct instruction participants were directly told to take the perspective of the fictitious mother when evaluating and developing formulations for the consultation. The indirect instruction did not mention the concept of perspective taking but asked participants to focus on the comprehensibility of the formulations. We obtained three measures: the willingness to take a perspective, the attitude toward another person, and the emotional and empathic language used in written texts. With our main result we demonstrated that the willingness to adopt the perspective of both students and parents could be significantly promoted by both instructions. We further demonstrated that a higher willingness to take another’s perspective is associated with a more positive attitude toward the mother, as well as increased positive emotions and empathic concern. Additionally, we replicated results of a previous study showing a generally higher willingness to take the student perspective prior to the intervention. Results are discussed regarding the benefits of promoting perspective taking, especially toward parents, in teacher education.
Natural Hazards in a Changing World: Methods for Analyzing Trends and Non-Linear Changes
Creators: name: Vogel, K.
name: Sieg, T.
name: Veh, G.
name: Fiedler, B.
name: Moran, Thomas
name: Peter, Madlen
name: Rottler, E.
name: Bronstert, Axel
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: non-stationary hazard models
subject: European winter windstorms
subject: extreme precipitation in Germany
subject: river runoff in European Alps
subject: Himalayan glacier lake outburst floods
subject: induced seismicity in Oklahoma
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::550 Geowissenschaften, Geologie::550 Geowissenschaften

description: Estimating the frequency and magnitude of natural hazards largely hinges on stationary models, which do not account for changes in the climatological, hydrological, and geophysical baseline conditions. Using five diverse case studies encompassing various natural hazard types, we present advanced statistical and machine learning methods to analyze and model transient states from long-term inventory data. A novel storminess metric reveals increasing European winter windstorm severity from 1950 to 2010. Non-stationary extreme value models quantify trends, seasonal shifts, and regional differences in extreme precipitation for Germany between 1941 and 2021. Utilizing quantile sampling and empirical mode decomposition on 148 years of daily weather and discharge data in the European Alps, we assess the impacts of changing snow cover, precipitation, and anthropogenic river network modifications on river runoff. Moreover, a probabilistic framework estimates return periods of glacier lake outburst floods in the Himalayas, demonstrating large differences in 100-year flood levels. Utilizing a Bayesian change point algorithm, we track the onset of increased seismicity in the southern central United States and find correlation with wastewater injections into deep wells. In conclusion, data science reveals transient states for very different natural hazard types, characterized by diverse forms of change, ranging from gradual trends to sudden change points and from altered seasonality to overall intensity variations. In synergy with the physical understanding of Earth science, we gain important new insights into the dynamics of the studied hazards and their possible mechanisms.
Water Insecurity and Rights Erosion: A Comprehensive Analysis of Rohingya Refugee Camps in New Delhi
Creators: name: Dasgupta, Abesh
name: Kar, Surajit
name: Sundberg, Trude
name: Gautam, Atul
name: Mukherjee, Subham
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Rohingya refugees
subject: water access
subject: environmental justice
subject: human rights violations
subject: New Delhi refugee camps
subject: 300 Sozialwissenschaften::360 Soziale Probleme, Sozialdienste::361 Soziale Probleme und Sozialhilfe im Allgemeinen
subject: 900 Geschichte und Geografie::910 Geografie, Reisen::915 Geografie Asiens und Reisen in Asien

description: This study presents a comprehensive analysis of the critical issue of water insecurity and its multifaceted impact on and relationship to the human rights and environmental justice conditions within Rohingya refugee camps located in New Delhi, India. A comprehensive mixed-methods approach was employed to investigate water-related challenges within a refugee camp in Madanpur Khadar, region in Delhi. Qualitative methods including focused group discussions and one-on-one household interviews were conducted to allow residents’ perceptions from diverse groups and examine their experiences. Structured surveys were administered to gather quantitative data on water access, sanitation, health, and socio-economic factors. Additionally,, literature surveys and document archival research provided contextual insights. This study underscores the pressing water, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH) challenges faced by Rohingya refugees in the area, revealing irregular water supply, impacting residents’ daily lives and hygiene practices. The majority of families in the camp, with an average of 6 members in each family, can only collect 30–40 L of water to meet all their needs, from consumption to personal hygiene, which is significantly insufficient. This situation has resulted in severe health consequences for the camp residents. Alarmingly, over 90% of the female respondents reported experiencing issues such as urinary infections. This paper gives a comprehensive analysis of the multidimensionality of rights that intersect with and are affected by WaSH issues. The poor WaSH conditions in the camp directly hinder the fulfillment of fundamental human rights. It not only disrupts the basic sanitation need but has negative economic repercussions and causes mental distress. This study concludes by targeted recommendations aimed at improving the conditions prevailing within the camp.
sj-doc-3-jbm-10.1177_03936155231204391 - Supplemental material for Association of hypoxia-inducible factor 1α expression with susceptibility to hepatitis B virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma: A meta-analysis
Creators: name: Wang, Lei
name: Peng, Jin-lin
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2023
Subjects: Oncology and Carcinogenesis not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental material, sj-doc-3-jbm-10.1177_03936155231204391 for Association of hypoxia-inducible factor
1α expression with susceptibility to hepatitis B virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma: A meta-analysis by Lei Wang and Jin-lin Peng in The International Journal of Biological Markers
White Gaussian Noise Generation with a Vacuum State Quantum Entropy Source Chip
Creators: name: Qiao, Guan-Ru
name: Bai, Bing
name: Weng, Zi-Xuan
name: Wu, Jia-Ying
name: Nie, You-Qi
name: Zhang, Jun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: White Gaussian noise (WGN) is widely used in communication system testing, physical modeling, Monte Carlo simulations, and electronic countermeasures. WGN generation relies heavily on random numbers. In this work, we present an implementation of WGN generation utilizing a quantum entropy source chip for the first time. A photonic integrated chip based on the vacuum state scheme generates quantum random numbers at a real-time output rate of up to 6.4 Gbps. A hardware-based inversion method converts uniform quantum random numbers into Gaussian random numbers using the inverse cumulative distribution function. Subsequently, the WGN signal is generated through a digital-to-analog converter and amplifiers. The WGN generator is characterized by a bandwidth of 230 MHz, a crest factor as high as 6.2, and an adjustable peak-to-peak range of 2.5 V. This work introduces a novel approach to WGN generation with information-theory provable quantum random numbers to enhance system security.
description: 7 pages, 4 figures. Accepted by IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
15 dreistimmige Inventionen : für Violine, Viola [od. Violine II] und Violoncell mit Stricharten und Fingersatz versehen und als Unterrichtsmaterial für das Zusammenspiel übertragen
Creators: name: Bach, Johann Sebastian
Publisher: name: Siegel
Year: 1881

description: III. Instrumentalmusik. 9. Für Klavier
description: von Richard Hofmann
title: Polnische Bürgermeister und der Holocaust
title: Besatzung, Verwaltung und Kollaboration
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Rossoliński-Liebe, Grzegorz
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Holocaust
subject: Bürgermeister
subject: Kollaboration
subject: Generalgouvernement
subject: 900 Geschichte und Geografie::900 Geschichte::900 Geschichte und Geografie

description: Polnische Bürgermeister waren eine wichtige Beamtengruppe im Verwaltungsapparat des Generalgouvernements. Gemeinsam mit den deutschen Kreis- und Stadthauptmännern gestalteten sie Kommunalpolitik und waren an der Verfolgung und Ermordung polnischer und europäischer Juden sowie an der Ausbeutung des Generalgouvernements maßgeblich beteiligt. Auf der Grundlage umfangreicher Archivrecherchen und neuer Kontextualisierungen stellt dieses Buch ausgewählte polnische Bürgermeister vor und zeigt, wie diese sich während des Zweiten Weltkriegs verhielten. In die Analyse werden kleine Städte wie Otwock, mittelgroße wie Tschenstochau und Metropolen wie Warschau einbezogen. Mit dieser Studie legt Grzegorz Rossoliński-Liebe ein Standardwerk vor, das eine unverzichtbare Grundlage für die Erforschung von Kommunalverwaltungen im Holocaust darstellt.
title: Krafttraining als Trend
Creators: name: Haberl, Dominic
Year: 2021

description: Laufende Optimierung und Erneuerung haben sich in der heutigen westlichen Gesellschaft längst als Maxime postuliert. Der Körper eignet sich dabei als ideales Instrument, diesem Credo Ausdruck zu verleihen. Noch in keiner Epoche unserer Zeitrechnung haben sich so viele Menschen so stark mit ihrem Körper und seiner Gesundheit beschäftigt wie heute. Ein gesundheits- und fitnessorientierter Lebensstil wird von immer mehr Menschen in ihren Alltag integriert und als erfüllende Lebensführung angesehen. Um diese Entwicklung verstehen zu können, wird im ersten Teil der vorliegende Masterarbeit der Versuch unternommen, sich an das Wesen des Menschen anzunähern und zu verstehen, wie sich seine Situation in dieser Welt gestaltet. Weiters wird eine Charakterisierung für den gegenwärtigen Fitnesstrend, insbesondere im Hinblick auf sein Krafttraining, erarbeitet. Anschließend werden mögliche Erklärungsansätze diskutiert und analysiert, welche es für einen solchen rudimentären Trend geben könnte. Hierbei wird phänomenologisch gearbeitet. Schließlich werden ethische Überlegungen im Hinblick auf die körperliche Selbstoptimierung in Folge des Fitnesstrends diskutiert. Fragen über Gerechtigkeit und Freiheit stehen dabei im Mittelpunkt.
Development of novel inorganic nanocrystals for delivery of pDNA and siRNA to breast cancer cells
Creators: name: Bakhtiar, Athirah
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Genetic manipulation of human cells through the delivery of functional genes such as plasmid DNA (pDNA) and short-interfering RNA (siRNA) is an attractive approach to treat many critical diseases with single or multiple gene defects, including carcinoma; precisely and efficiently. Despite their potential effect, naked therapeutic genes are rapidly degraded by nucleases, non-specific to the target cells; in addition to exhibiting low cellular uptake, and poor transfection efficiency. Hence, the development of safe and efficient gene carriers is undeniably crucial for the success of gene therapy. Recent studies have been focused on developing smart nanoparticles for excellent delivery of transgenes and siRNAs into cancerous cells of an animal model through active and passive targeting. The precipitation reaction is one of the facile and convenient ways to synthesize nanoparticles, which an insoluble salt is formed upon the mixture of two water-soluble salts. In this study, we aim to develop the potential salt crystals with nano-size diameters having the capacity of adsorbing negatively charged plasmid DNA and siRNA, effectively carrying them across the plasma membrane and finally leading to efficient gene expression and silencing of the target (reporter as well as endogenous) gene(s), respectively, in mammary carcinoma of mammalian cells. The generated insoluble salts have been subjected to a rigorous screening process based on observation of particle morphology under optical microscope, determination of growth kinetics, particle diameters and electrostatic affinity towards the negatively charged pDNA/siRNA, qualitative and quantitative estimation of cellular endocytosis rate and finally assessment of transfection efficacy in case of transgene expression and knockdown by target siRNAs. Among the screened precipitates, strontium sulfite, strontium fluoride, and magnesium sulfite have shown the best potency in aiding cellular delivery of reporter gene/siRNA, in addition to proficient transgene expression and silencing effect into both mice and human mammary carcinoma cells. Our in vivo discoveries revealed efficiency of nanocrystals with the ability to efficiently transport pDNA as well as siRNA into 4T1-induced tumor model through biodistribution assays and tumor regression activities. Strontium sulfite, strontium fluoride, and magnesium sulfite improve the genetic material delivery, demonstrated through regression of tumor growth activity. Protein coating enhances the nanocarrier activity through the involvement of active targeting via ligand-receptor interactions. It is hoped that the potential nanoparticles can be applied for conceivable nano-vector application in the clinical setting for cancer treatment in the future.
ANALYZING HOW LOSS OF TRIM9 AFFECTS Neuroinflammation IN AN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE MODEL MOUSE
Creators: name: Cooduvalli, Surbhi
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2024

description: Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is characterized by the decline in cognitive abilities, behavior, and social skills. AD is the most common type of dementia with 6 million Americans having this disease. That is why it is essential to find alternative treatment pathways for AD. CD68 is a microglia inflammatory protein which can be a marker of neuroinflammation. TRIM9 is a ligase enzyme and a lower amount of TRIM9 may potentially be associated with Alzheimer's Disease. There was no statistical significance found between the four groups (Wildtype mice (WT), mice lacking TRIM9 (KO or Trim9-/- ) an AD mouse model (PS19), and PS19 mice lacking (Trim9-/- :PS19 or KO:PS19)). However, mice lacking Trim9 (Trim9-/- ) appear to have more disease-associated microglia compared to WT (wildtype) mice. :  Although this needs to be researched further through other methods such as immunohistochemistry, TRIM9 may have a role in neuroinflammation, which would exacerbate Alzheimer’s Disease pathology, and could provide a potential novel target for Alzheimer’s Disease Therapeutics.
sj-docx-1-jtt-10.1177_1357633X231201877 - Supplemental material for Telehealth competencies for allied health professionals: A scoping review
Creators: name: Anil, Krithika
name: Bird, Adam R
name: Bridgman, Kate
name: Erickson, Shane
name: Freeman, Jennifer
name: McKinstry, Carol
name: Robinson, Christie
name: Abey, Sally
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2023
Subjects: Health and Community Services
Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-jtt-10.1177_1357633X231201877 for Telehealth competencies for allied health professionals: A scoping review by Krithika Anil, Adam R Bird, Kate Bridgman, Shane Erickson, Jennifer Freeman, Carol McKinstry, Christie Robinson and Sally Abey in Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
Role of Protected Proteins In the diet of Ruminants
Creators: name: Nikhil Kumar1, Pulkit Chugh2*,Nikita1and SushilKumar3
Publisher: name: veterinary today
Year: 2024

description: Abstract: - One tactic to increase productivity and improve protein use in cattle nutrition is to supplement with dietary protected proteins. Because protected proteins are made to withstand rumen breakdown, the animal gains direct benefit from the absorption of vital amino acids in the small intestine. Improved growth, better reproductive outcomes, and less nitrogen excretion—all of which support environmental sustainability—are just a few benefits of this strategy. However, difficulties like exorbitant expenses and possible digestibility problems need to be handled with caution. All things considered, animal productivity and economic viability can be greatly increased by the strategic use of protected proteins.
title: Future consequences and challenges for dairy cow production systems arising from climate change in Central Europe
title: a review
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Gauly, M.
name: Bollwein, H.
name: Breves, Gerhard
name: Brügemann, K.
name: Dänicke, S.
name: Daş, G.
name: Demeler, J.
name: Hansen, H.
name: Isselstein, J.
name: König, S.
name: Lohölter, M.
name: Martinsohn, M.
name: Meyer, U.
name: Potthoff, M.
name: Sanker, C.
name: Schröder, B.
name: Wrage, N.
name: Meibaum, B
name: Samson-Himmelstjerna, Georg Von
name: Stinshoff, H.
name: Wrenzycki, C.
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: global warming
subject: cow comfort
subject: heat stress
subject: heat tolerance
subject: functional traits
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::630 Landwirtschaft

description: It is well documented that global warming is unequivocal. Dairy production systems are considered as important sources of greenhouse gas emissions; however, little is known about the sensitivity and vulnerability of these production systems themselves to climate warming. This review brings different aspects of dairy cow production in Central Europe into focus, with a holistic approach to emphasize potential future consequences and challenges arising from climate change. With the current understanding of the effects of climate change, it is expected that yield of forage per hectare will be influenced positively, whereas quality will mainly depend on water availability and soil characteristics. Thus, the botanical composition of future grassland should include species that are able to withstand the changing conditions (e.g. lucerne and bird's foot trefoil). Changes in nutrient concentration of forage plants, elevated heat loads and altered feeding patterns of animals may influence rumen physiology. Several promising nutritional strategies are available to lower potential negative impacts of climate change on dairy cow nutrition and performance. Adjustment of feeding and drinking regimes, diet composition and additive supplementation can contribute to the maintenance of adequate dairy cow nutrition and performance. Provision of adequate shade and cooling will reduce the direct effects of heat stress. As estimated genetic parameters are promising, heat stress tolerance as a functional trait may be included into breeding programmes. Indirect effects of global warming on the health and welfare of animals seem to be more complicated and thus are less predictable. As the epidemiology of certain gastrointestinal nematodes and liver fluke is favourably influenced by increased temperature and humidity, relations between climate change and disease dynamics should be followed closely. Under current conditions, climate change associated economic impacts are estimated to be neutral if some form of adaptation is integrated. Therefore, it is essential to establish and adopt mitigation strategies covering available tools from management, nutrition, health and plant and animal breeding to cope with the future consequences of climate change on dairy farming.
Evaluation of Four Different Automated Activity Monitoring Systems to Identify Anovulatory Cows in Early Lactation
Creators: name: Bretzinger, Lukas
name: Hölper, Marvin
name: Tippenhauer, Christie Marie
name: Plenio, Jan-Lukas
name: Madureira, Augusto
name: Heuwieser, Wolfgang
name: Borchardt, Stefan
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: anovulation
subject: estrous expression
subject: automated activity monitoring
subject: reproductive performance
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::630 Landwirtschaft::636 Viehwirtschaft
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: The objective of this study was to evaluate four different automated activity monitoring (AAM) systems to identify anovulatory cows in early lactation. A total of 852 lactating Holstein cows (221 primiparous and 631 multiparous cows) from four commercial dairy herds were enrolled. On each farm, cows were equipped with a respective AAM system (SB: Smartbow; HT: Heatime; DP: Delpro; and CM: CowManager). Each cow was sampled three times within the voluntary waiting period (VWP) in a two-week interval to detect the blood progesterone (P4) concentration. Cows were classified based on the concentration of P4 as follows: (1) none of the three blood P4 concentrations exceeded 1.0 ng/mL (anovulatory); (2) at least one of the three blood P4 concentrations was above 1.0 ng/mL (ovulatory). Cows were classified based on estrus alerts as follows: (1) no estrus alert was detected by an AAM system from 7 to 60 DIM (anestrus); (2) at least one estrus alert was detected by an AAM system from 7 to 60 DIM (estrus). Accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value were calculated for each AAM system for anovulatory cows [(SB: 77.6%; 26.8%; 89.3%; 36.7%; and 84.1%); (HT: 79.2%; 63.6%; 83.6%; 52.8%; and 88.9%); (DP: 47.2%; 78.8%; 41.5%; 19.5%; and 91.6%); (CM: 80.5%; 23.7%; 92.7%; 39.1%; and 85.3%)].