cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Additional file 1 of The use of deuterium-labeled gamma-aminobutyric (D6-GABA) to study uptake, translocation, and metabolism of exogenous GABA in plants
Creators: name: Hijaz, Faraj
name: Killiny, Nabil
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Primer used for gene expression analysis of GABA shunt-associated enzymes by real time RT-PCR.
Supplemental information from A proximal–distal difference in bat wing muscle thermal sensitivity parallels a difference in operating temperatures along the wing
Creators: name: Rummel, Andrea D.
name: Swartz, Sharon M.
name: Marsh, Richard L.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Detailed description of passive force calculation, the temperature sensitivity of isometric force, as well as supplemental figures and a discussion of the relationship of intrinsic speed and temperature sensitivity.
Methods and effectiveness of communication between hospital allied health and primary care practitioners: a systematic narrative review
Creators: name: Sheehan, Jacinta
name: K Laver
name: Anoopama Bhopti
name: M Rahja
name: T Usherwood
name: L Clemson
name: Lannin, Natasha
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Background: There is a compelling rationale that effective communication between hospital allied health and primary care practitioners may improve the quality and continuity of patient care. It is not known which methods of communication to use, nor how effectively they facilitate the transition of care when a patient is discharged home from hospital. Our systematic review aims to investigate the methods and effectiveness of communication between hospital allied health and primary care practitioners. Methods: Systematic review of quantitative and qualitative studies with narrative synthesis. Medline, CINAHL, EMBASE, PsycInfo and Proquest Nursing and Allied Health Sources were searched from January 2003 until January 2020 for studies that examined hospital-based allied health professionals communicating with community-based primary care practi-tioners. Risk of bias in the different study designs was appraised using recognized tools and a content analysis conducted of the methodologies used. Results: From the located 12,281 papers (duplicates removed), 24 studies met the inclusion criteria with hospital allied health communicating in some form with primary care practitioners. While none of the included studies specifically investigated the methods or effectiveness of communication between hospital allied health and primary care practitioners, 12 of the 24 studies described processes that addressed components of their discharge communication. Four enablers to effective communication between hospital allied health and primary care practitioners were identified: multidisciplinary care plans, patient and caregiver involvement, health information technology and a designated person for follow up/care management. Conclusion: There is currently no “gold standard” method or measure of communication between hospital allied health and primary care practitioners. There is an urgent need to develop and evaluate multidisciplinary communication with enhanced information technologies to improve collaboration across care settings and facilitate the continuity of integrated people-centered care.
Dairy Policy: An Overview
Creators: name: Leathers, Howard D.
name: Leathers, Howard D.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1981
Subjects: Livestock Production/Industries

description: Milk has been called the most regulated of farm commodities. Price supports, milk market orders, import restrictions, sanitary regulations, and product grading are all ways in which the Government influences the economic environment of decision making in the dairy industry. Rapidly rising food prices, Federal budget costs, and pressure for increased scrutiny of Government regulations have made policy decisions concerning dairy programs an increasingly visible issue.
Εκκλησιαστικές Προσωπικότητες & πολιτική κατά την διάρκεια του αγώνα της εθνεγερσίας (1821 -1829)
Creators: name: Μυλωνάς, Σωτήριος Νικολάου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2021
Subjects: Εκκλησιαστικές
Politics
Personalities
Ecclesiastical
Πολιτική
Προσωπικότητες

description: Αυτή η μεταπτυχιακή διατριβή γίνεται με τη φιλοδοξία να διερευνήσει και να παρουσιάσει τη δράση που έκανε ο Ορθόδοξος Κληρικός, προκειμένου να συνεργαστεί στην προετοιμασία και οργάνωση της Ελληνικής Επανάστασης. Είναι αναμφισβήτητο ότι πολλά σημαντικά άτομα που ανήκαν σε κληρικούς συμμετείχαν στα πιο σημαντικά γεγονότα της Ελληνικής Επανάστασης. Σε αυτό το έργο καταβάλλεται μεγάλη προσπάθεια με την φιλοδοξία να παρουσιαστούν τα ιδιαίτερα χαρακτηριστικά αυτών των προσωπικοτήτων και των ενεργειών τους που συνέβαλαν στην επιτυχία της Ελληνικής Επανάστασης και στη δημιουργία του Νεοελληνικού Κράτους. Ο Ορθόδοξος Κληρικός οφείλει μεγάλη τιμή για την κεντρική συμβολή του στην πρώτη Ελληνική Δήλωση και αυτός είναι ο ακριβής σκοπός αυτού του έργου.
description: This postgraduate dissertation is made with the ambition to investigate and present the action that the Orthodox Clergy took, in order to collaborate in the preparation and organization of the Greek Revolution. It is out of question that many important persons that belonged in clergy participated in the most significant events of the Greek Revolution. Into this project a great deal of effort is put with the aspiration to present the special characteristics of these personalities and their actions that contributed to the success of the Greek Revolution and to the creation of the Modern Greek State. The Orthodox Clergy is owed a great honor for its pivotal contribution to the first Greek Statement and that is the exact purpose of this project.
description: Σε συνεργασία με: Κοινωνικής Θεολογίας (Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο) Αθηνών
description: To Tμήμα Ποιμαντικής και Kοινωνικής Θεολογίας του Α.Π.Θ. μετονομάστηκε σε Τμήμα Κοινωνικής Θεολογίας και Χριστιανικού Πολιτισμού σύμφωνα με το ΦΕΚ 5710/24-12-2020
Investigation of the molecular basis of halogenated Schiff base derivative by combined crystallographic and computational studies
Creators: name: Siddesh, M.
name: Sharanya, R.
name: Spoorthy, L.
name: Bhat, Dhruva
name: Kumar, A. H. Udaya
name: Mahesha
name: Hema, M. K.
name: Lokanath, N. K.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biophysics
Biochemistry
Pharmacology
Biotechnology
Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Halogenated Schiff base derivatives are gaining more popularity in supramolecular chemistry due to the synergistic effect of hydrogen and halogen-based noncovalent interactions, which helps to design novel therapeutic materials. In this work, we have examined the nature of molecular interactions to investigate the structure-functional relationship of a halogen-based derivative. The FTIR, HRMS and NMR spectroscopic techniques confirmed the formation of the desired novel Schiff base compound. Further, crystal structure studies showed an infinite 1D supramolecular chain formed by type-I halogen…halogen interaction. The Hirshfeld surface and enrichment ratio analyses were performed to visualize and assess the role of diverse interactions involved in crystal packing. The QTAIM, NCI, LOL and ELF studies were conducted extensively to comprehend the strength of interaction constructed based on electron density distribution. The global and local reactive indices were determined using DFT studies to analyze the molecular properties of the compound. Antibacterial activity against MRSA bacteria was performed and showed a good zone of inhibition. The docking analysis was performed for 1mwt protein and validated. The in silico molecular docking studies of the halogenated Schiff base structure with the penicillin-binding protein showed a good docking affinity of −7.5 kcal/mol and supported by in vitro studies. The ligand binding stability within the protein’s active site was further demonstrated by molecular dynamics (MD) simulation studies for the Schiff base molecule.
Can flexible timing of harvest for translocation reduce the impact on fluctuating source populations?
Creators: name: Verdon, Simon
name: Mitchell, William F
name: Clarke, Michael
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 31
subject: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 3103
subject: Ecology
classificationCode: 41
subject: Environmental sciences
classificationCode: 4101
subject: Climate change impacts and adaptation

description: Abstract: Context. Species translocations are used in conservation globally. Although harvest for translocation may have
negative impacts on source populations, translocation programs rarely explore ways of minimising those impacts. In
fluctuating source populations, harvest timing may affect its impact because population size and trajectory vary among
5 years.
Aims. We explored whether the timing and scale of harvest can be altered to reduce its impact on a fluctuating source
population of Mallee Emu-wrens, Stipiturus mallee; an endangered passerine in south-eastern Australia. Mallee Emuwren populations fluctuate with ,5–10-year drought–rain cycles.
Methods. We used population viability analysis (PVA) to compare the impact of five harvest scales (no harvest, 100,
10 200, 300 or 500 individuals) under three population trajectories (increasing, stable or decreasing) and two initial
population sizes (our model-based estimate of the population size and the lower 95% confidence interval of that estimate).
To generate a model-based estimate of the population size, we surveyed 540 sites (9 ha), stratified according to
environmental variables known to affect Mallee Emu-wren occurrence. We used an information-theoretic approach with
N-mixture models to estimate Mallee Emu-wren density, and extrapolated results over all potential habitat.
15 Key Results. We estimate that in spring 2019, the source population consisted of 6449 individuals, with a minimum of
1923 individuals (lower 95% confidence interval). Of 48 harvest scenarios, only seven showed no impact of harvest within
5 years (15%). Those seven all had increasing population trajectories and carrying capacity set to equal initial population
size. Twenty-six populations showed no impact of harvest within 25 years (54%). These were either increasing populations
that had reached carrying capacity or decreasing populations nearing extinction.
20 Conclusions. Initial population size, carrying capacity, harvest scale and population trajectory were all determinants of
harvest impact. Given the importance of carrying capacity, further research is required to determine its role in the Mallee
Emu-wren source population.
Implications. Harvesting Mallee Emu-wrens after high-rainfall years will have the least impact because source
populations are likely to be large with increasing trajectories. For fluctuating source populations, flexibility in the timing of
25 harvest can reduce its impact and should be considered during translocation planning.
Model-Free Control as a Service in the Industrial Internet of Things: Packet loss and latency issues via preliminary experiments
Creators: name: Join, Cédric
name: Fliess, Michel
name: Chaxel, Frédéric
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: C.2.6
subject: 93Cxx

description: Model-Free Control (MFC), which is easy to implement both from software and hardware viewpoints, permits the introduction of a high level control synthesis for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and the Industry 4.0. The choice of the User Diagram Protocol (UDP) as the Internet Protocol permits to neglect the latency. In spite of most severe packet losses, convincing computer simulations and laboratory experiments show that MFC exhibits a good Quality of Service (QoS) and behaves better than a classic PI regulator.
description: 28th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED'2020), 16-19 June, 2020 -- Saint-Rapha\"{e}l, France
Effectiveness of adherence therapy in adults with type 2 diabetes: a systematic review
Creators: name: Alenazi, Fatimah
name: Bressington, Daniel
name: Shrestha, Monika
name: Peddle, Monica
name: Gray, Richard
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 3202
subject: Clinical sciences

description: Adherence therapy has been shown to be an effective adjunct treatment in long-term conditions including hypertension. The purpose of this study is to review and critically appraise evidence on the effectiveness of adherence therapy as an intervention in adults with type 2 diabetes. A systematic search of clinical trials published between 2005 and January 2020 in databases was undertaken in October 2018 and updated in August 2020. Inclusion criteria were any clinical trials where the population under investigation was adults with type 2 diabetes and the experimental intervention was adherence therapy. Version 2 of the Cochrane risk of bias was used to determine the quality of the included studies. No studies met our inclusion criteria. However, four studies that we excluded at full text screening tested some of the components (e.g., problem solving) of adherence therapy. As is recommended when reporting empty reviews, those studies were synthesized to determine if useful information can be extracted. That no trials of adherence therapy have been reported in type 2 diabetes establishes a potentially important gap in knowledge. This review was registered in PROSPERO (registration number: CRD42019115216) after the initial searches were completed.
Σημασιολογική κατάτμηση εικόνας με εκμετάλλευση της εικονιζόμενης γεωμετρίας
Creators: name: Παπαδόπουλος, Σωτήριος Αναστασίου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2021
Subjects: Υπολογιστική όραση
Μηχανική μάθηση
Σημασιολογική κατάτμηση
Computer vision
Machine learning
Semantic segmentation

description: Τα σύγχρονα βαθιά νευρωνικά δίκτυα (ΒΝΔ) σημασιολογικής κατάτμησης εικόνας επεξεργάζονται τρικαναλικές τρικαναλικές εικόνες, εκτιμώντας σημασιολογικές κλάσεις σε επίπεδο εικονοστοιχείων. Παρ' όλα αυτά, ο συμπερασμός μόνο από τρικαναλικές εικόνες εισόδου υστερεί σε ορισμένες περιπτώσεις, όπως στην ομοιογένεια χρώματος μεταξύ δυο γειτονικών αλλά διαφορετικών σημασιολογικά αντικειμένων, σκιάσεις κ.ο.κ. Οι χάρτες βάθους είναι ήδη ένας δημοφιλής τύπος δεδομένων, η παρουσία του οποίου μπορεί να συνεισφέρει στην ακρίβεια πολλών εφαρμογών τεχνητής όρασης, εάν συνοδεύει τις προαναφερθείσες τρικαναλικές εικόνες. Παρότι, τυπικά, το βάθος χρησιμοποιείται ως ένα επιπρόσθετο κανάλι εισόδου, συμπληρώνοντας τις τρικαναλικές εικόνες, δείκνυται ότι υπάρχουν εναλλακτικές επιλογές ως προς τον τρόπο εκμετάλλευσης του βάθους. Εκτός από την χρήση του βάθους ως επιπλέον είσοδο, εξετάζεται η χρήση του υπό το πλαίσο ενός καινοτόμου κανονικοποιητή, ο οποίος ποινικοποιεί τις διαφορές μεταξύ των εκτιμήσεων της σημασιολογίας και της γεωμετρίας. Επιπλέον, προτείνεται ένα δίκτυο πολλαπλών εργασιών για την ταυτόχρονη εκτίμηση σημασιολογικού χάρτη και χάρτη βάθους, για έμμεση εκμετάλλευση του βάθους κατά την σημασιολογική κατάτμηση εικόνας. Η αξιολόγηση στο σύνολο δεδομένων Apolloscape υποδεικνύει ότι αυτή η καινοτόμος συνάρτηση κόστους μπορεί να ενισχύσει την ακρίβεια της σημασιολογικής κατάτμησης.
description: Modern Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) for semantic image segmentation process input RGB images and predict per-pixel semantic classes. However, inference from RGB-only input suffers in the presence of certain hard cases, such as color homogeneity across semantically distinct objects. Depth maps are already a popular prior that, when paired with image data, may result in better accuracy in many computer vision applications. Although depth is typically used as an additional input channel complementing RGB images, this work demonstrates that alternative options exist for making good use of scene geometry. Apart from using depth as input, depth is explored in the context of a novel regularizer that penalizes difference between semantic and depth predictions. Moreover, a multitask network for simultaneous semantic and depth map estimation is proposed for implicitly integrating depth information into semantic image segmentation. Evaluation on the Apolloscape scene parsing dataset indicates that this loss function can enhance semantic segmentation accuracy.
On the Smallness Condition in Linear Inviscid Damping: Monotonicity and Resonance Chains
Creators: name: Deng, Yu
name: Zillinger, Christian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the linearized Euler equations around a smooth, bilipschitz shear profile $U(y)$ on $\mathbb{T}_L \times \mathbb{R}$. We construct an explicit flow which exhibits linear inviscid damping for $L$ sufficiently small, but for which damping fails if $L$ is large. In particular, similar to the instability results for convex profiles for a shear flow being bilipschitz is not sufficient for linear inviscid damping to hold. Instead of an eigenvalue-based argument the underlying mechanism here is shown to be based on a new cascade of resonances moving to higher and higher frequencies in $y$, which is distinct from the echo chain mechanism in the nonlinear problem.
description: 14 pages
Not getting over it: the impact of Sara Ahmed’s work within Critical University Studies
Creators: name: Khoo, Tseen
name: Burford, James
name: E Henderson
name: H Liu
name: Z Nicolazzo
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This forum-style paper presents contributions by scholars from the area of Critical University Studies (CUS). It articulates the ways that particular concepts from Sara Ahmed’s scholarship have influenced or been useful in CUS. Across her scholarship, Ahmed offers intersectional perspectives on exclusionary practices and structures that many within CUS have drawn upon. The contributors to this paper hail from and research across a diverse range of fields that include cultural studies, queer studies, education, critical race studies, and organisational studies.
Test of patch cosmology with WMAP
Creators: name: Kim, Kyong Hee
name: Myung, Yun Soo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate the power spectrum, spectral index, and running spectral index for inflationary patch cosmology arisen from Gauss-Bonnet braneworld scenario using the Mukhanov equation. This patch cosmology consists of Gauss-Bonnet(GB), Randall-Sundrum (RS-II), and four dimensional (4D) cosmological models. There exist several modifications in higher order calculations. However, taking the power-law inflation by choosing different potentials depending on the model, there exist minor changes up to second order corrections. Since second order corrections are rather small in the slow-roll limit, we could not choose a desired power-law model which explains the WMAP data. Finally we discuss the reliability of high order calculations based on the Mukhanov equation by comparing the perturbed equation including 5D metric perturbations. It turns out that first order corrections are reliable, while second order corrections are not proved to be reliable.
description: 20 pages, 3 figures, final version to appear in IJMPD
A Cost-Effective and Environmentally Friendly Approach in Using Green Tea Extracts for The Determination of Iron Ion with PiCOEXPLORER
Creators: name: Yaowalak Khanhuathon
Publisher: name: สถาบันวิจัยและพัฒนา มหาวิทยาลัยเทคโนโลราชมงคลธัญบุรี
Year: 2021
Subjects: green analytical method
green reagent
green tea extracts
PiCOEXPLORER device
pharmaceutical products

description: วารสารวิจัย มหาวิทยาลัยเทคโนโลราชมงคลธัญบุรี, 20, 1, 103-113
Implementing a smooth exact penalty function for general constrained nonlinear optimization
Creators: name: Estrin, Ron
name: Friedlander, Michael
name: Orban, Dominique
name: Saunders, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We build upon Estrin et al. (2019) to develop a general constrained nonlinear optimization algorithm based on a smooth penalty function proposed by Fletcher (1970, 1973b). Although Fletcher's approach has historically been considered impractical, we show that the computational kernels required are no more expensive than those in other widely accepted methods for nonlinear optimization. The main kernel for evaluating the penalty function and its derivatives solves structured linear systems. When the matrices are available explicitly, we store a single factorization each iteration. Otherwise, we obtain a factorization-free optimization algorithm by solving each linear system iteratively. The penalty function shows promise in cases where the linear systems can be solved efficiently, e.g., PDE-constrained optimization problems when efficient preconditioners exist. We demonstrate the merits of the approach, and give numerical results on several PDE-constrained and standard test problems.
description: 25 pages. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1910.04300
Oreodera vulgata Monne & Fragoso 1988
Creators: name: Monné, Miguel A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Oreodera
Oreodera vulgata

description: 87. Oreodera vulgata Monné & Fragoso, 1988
Type locality — Brazil, Bahia: Encruzilhada (Estrada Rio­Bahia km 965, Motel da Divisa). (MNRJ). Distribution — Brazil (Goiás, Bahia to Santa Catarina), Paraguay.
 Oreodera vulgata Monné & Fragoso, 1988: 827, fig. 20; Julio et al., 2000: 46 (holotype).
description: Published as part of Monné, Miguel A., 2005, Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Neotropical Region. Part II. Subfamily Lamiinae, pp. 1-760 in Zootaxa 1023 (1) on pages 1-760, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.946.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5049553
Identification of promising small-molecule inhibitors targeting STK17B for cancer therapeutics: molecular docking and molecular dynamics investigations
Creators: name: Akinboade, Modinat Wuraola
name: Egbemhenghe, Abel Ujaigbe
name: Abdulkareem, Teslim Oluwaseyi
name: Ibrahim, Ismail Abiola
name: Omotara, Bamidele Samson
name: Aderemi, Olajide Enoch
name: Egejuru, Winner Amaka
name: Ajala, Chinedum Favour
name: Kanu, Ihunanya Meejay
name: Oluwafemi, Oluwatosin Oluwafunmilola
name: Aderemi, Christiana Oluwaseun
name: Ddamulira, Christopher
name: Afuape, Akinwumi Raphael
name: Adekola, Adedayo Toluwanimi
name: Ojeyemi, Toluwalase
name: Otuomagie, Osasenaga Israel
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Cancer is a complex disease characterized by the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells, leading to the formation of tumours. STK17B, a member of the DAPK family, has been implicated in various cancers and is considered a potential therapeutic target. However, no drug in the market has been approved for the treatment of STK17 B-associated cancer disease. This research aimed to identify direct inhibitors of STK17B using computational techniques. Ligand-based virtual screening and molecular docking were performed, resulting in the selection of three lead compounds (CID_135698391, CID_135453100, CID_136599608) with superior binding affinities compared to the reference compound dovitinib. While molecular docking simulation revealed specific interactions between the lead compounds and key amino acid residues at the binding pocket of STK17B, molecular dynamics simulations demonstrated that CID_135453100 and CID_136599608 exhibit stable conformations and comparable flexibility to dovitinib. However, CID_135698391 did not perform well using this metric as it displayed poor stability. Overall, small-molecule compounds CID_135453100 and CID_136599608 showed promising binding interactions and stability, suggesting their potential as direct inhibitors of STK17B. These findings could contribute to the exploration of novel therapeutic options targeting STK17B in cancer treatment.
Finite size effect in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O(8+d) and YBa2Cu3O6.7 probed by the in-plane and out of plane penetration depths
Creators: name: Schneider, T.
name: Di Castro, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on a systematic finite size scaling analysis of in-plane penetration depth data taken on Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$CaCu$_{2}$O$_{8+δ}$ epitaxially-grown films and single crystals, and of in-plane and out of plane data taken on YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{6.7}$ aligned powder. It is shown that the tails in temperature dependence of the penetration depths, appearing around the transition temperature, are fully consistent with a finite size effect. This uncovers the granular nature of these cuprates, consisting of superconducting homogeneous domains of nanoscale extent, embedded in a non-superconducting matrix.
description: 9 pages, 8 figures
Possible Contribution of Magnetized White Dwarf Binaries to Type Ia Supernova Populations
Creators: name: Ablimit, Iminhaji
name: Maeda, Keiichi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The evolution of an accreting white dwarf (WD) with strong magnetic field toward a type Ia supernova (SN Ia) may differ from the classical single-degenerate (SD) channel. In this paper, we perform binary population synthesis (BPS) simulations for the SD channel with a main-sequence (MS) companion, including the strongly magnetized WD accretion. Under a reasonable assumption that the fraction of such systems is $\sim 15$%, the resulting delay time distribution (DTD) roughly follows the $t^{-1}$ power-law distribution. Within the (WD/MS) SD channel, the contribution from the highly magnetized WD is estimated to be comparable to that from the classical, non-magnetized WD channel. The contribution of the SD channel toward SNe Ia can be at least $\sim 30$% among the whole SN Ia population. We suggest that the SNe Ia resulting from the highly-magnetized WD systems would not share observational properties expected for the classical SD channel; for every (potentially peculiar) SN observationally associated with the SD channel, we expect a comparable number of the `hidden' SD population in the normal class.
description: 19 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in the ApJ
Advertising: A Measure of Product Quality?
Creators: name: MacDonald, James M.
name: MacDonald, James M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1981
Subjects: subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: Consumers rely on several methods to acquire information about product quality. The most straightforward, of course, is to "experience" the product-eat it or use it. Low-priced, frequently purchased products require the experience approach, but some goods have "search" characteristics. Information on search goods can be obtained by inspection, asking one's friends, or even reading technical reports. Some consumers rely on price as an indicator of quality, though there seems to be little agreement on the exact price/quality relationship. Some consumers, when faced with new product choices, consistently choose high-priced brands, others feel they get the best value by selecting a medium priced alternative, while many choose the unbranded option. Philip Nelson, an economist at the State University of New York at Binghamton has suggested advertising intensity as yet another index of product quality. Based largely on the experience and search characteristics and rational behavior by consumers, his theory is noteworthy in light of the widespread controversy over the information content of advertising.
Effectiveness of adherence therapy in adults with type 2 diabetes: a systematic review
Creators: name: Alenazi, Fatimah
name: D Bressington
name: Shrestha, Monika
name: Peddle, Monica
name: Gray, Richard
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Adherence therapy has been shown to be an effective adjunct treatment in long-term conditions including hypertension. The purpose of this study is to review and critically appraise evidence on the effectiveness of adherence therapy as an intervention in adults with type 2 diabetes. A systematic search of clinical trials published between 2005 and January 2020 in databases was undertaken in October 2018 and updated in August 2020. Inclusion criteria were any clinical trials where the population under investigation was adults with type 2 diabetes and the experimental intervention was adherence therapy. Version 2 of the Cochrane risk of bias was used to determine the quality of the included studies. No studies met our inclusion criteria. However, four studies that we excluded at full text screening tested some of the components (e.g., problem solving) of adherence therapy. As is recommended when reporting empty reviews, those studies were synthesized to determine if useful information can be extracted. That no trials of adherence therapy have been reported in type 2 diabetes establishes a potentially important gap in knowledge. This review was registered in PROSPERO (registration number: CRD42019115216) after the initial searches were completed.
Efficacy of heel lifts versus calf muscle eccentric exercise for mid-portion Achilles tendinopathy (the HEALTHY trial): Study protocol for a randomised trial
Creators: name: Rabusin, Chantel
name: Menz, Hylton
name: McClelland, Jodie
name: Evans, Angela
name: Landorf, Karl
name: Malliaras, Peter
name: Docking, Sean
name: Munteanu, Shannon
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Background: Mid-portion Achilles tendinopathy is a common musculoskeletal condition characterised by degeneration of the Achilles tendon, which causes pain and disability. Multiple non-surgical treatments have been advocated for this condition including calf muscle eccentric exercise and in-shoe heel lifts. Although adherence is challenging, there is evidence to suggest that calf muscle eccentric exercise is effective in decreasing pain and improving function in people with Achilles tendinopathy. Heel lifts reduce ankle joint dorsiflexion and Achilles tendon strain, however their efficacy in the management of Achilles tendinopathy is unclear. This article describes the design of a parallel-group randomised trial comparing the efficacy of heel lifts to calf muscle eccentric exercise for Achilles tendinopathy. Methods: Ninety-two participants with Achilles tendinopathy will be randomised to one of two groups: (i) a heel lift group that will receive pre-fabricated 12 mm in-shoe heel lifts (Clearly Adjustable®), or (ii) an exercise group that will be advised to carry out a calf muscle eccentric exercise program (twice a day, 7 days a week, for 12 weeks). Outcome measures will be obtained at baseline, 2, 6 and 12 weeks; the primary endpoint for assessing efficacy being 12 weeks. The primary outcome measure will be the total score of the Victorian Institute of Sport Assessment - Achilles (VISA-A) questionnaire. Secondary outcome measures will include thickness and integrity of the Achilles tendon (using ultrasound tissue characterisation [UTC]), participant perception of treatment effect on pain and function (using the 7-point Patient Global Impression of Change scale), severity of pain at the Achilles tendon (using a 100 mm visual analogue scale) in the previous week, health status (using the EuroQol-5D-5L™ questionnaire), physical activity levels (using the 7-day Recall Physical Activity Questionnaire) and calf muscle function (using the standing heel rise test). Data will be analysed using the intention to treat principle. Discussion: The HEALTHY trial (Heel lifts versus calf muscle eccentric Exercise for AchiLles TendinopatHY) is the first randomised trial to compare the efficacy of heel lifts to calf muscle eccentric exercise in reducing pain and improving function in people with Achilles tendinopathy. A pragmatically designed trial was developed to ensure that if the interventions are found to be effective, the findings can be readily implemented in clinical practice. Trial registration: Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry: ACTRN12617001225303. Registered on August 22nd, 2017.
Metal$/BaTiO_{3}/β-Ga_{2}O_{3}$ Dielectric Heterojunction Diode with 5.7 MV/cm Breakdown Field
Creators: name: Xia, Zhanbo
name: Chandrasekar, Hareesh
name: Moore, Wyatt
name: Wang, Caiyu
name: Lee, Aidan
name: McGlone, Joe
name: Kalarickal, Nidhin Kurian
name: Arehart, Aaron
name: Ringel, Steven
name: Yang, Fengyuan
name: Rajan, Siddharth
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Wide and ultra-wide band gap semiconductors can provide excellent performance due to their high energy band gap, which leads to breakdown electric fields that are more than an order of magnitude higher than conventional silicon electronics. In materials where p-type doping is not available, achieving this high breakdown field in a vertical diode or transistor is very challenging. We propose and demonstrate the use of dielectric heterojunctions that use extreme permittivity materials to achieve high breakdown field in a unipolar device. We demonstrate the integration of a high permittivity material BaTiO3 with n-type $β$-Ga2O3 to enable 5.7 MV/cm average electric field and 7 MV/cm peak electric field at the device edge, while maintaining forward conduction with relatively low on-resistance and voltage loss. The proposed dielectric heterojunction could enable new design strategies to achieve theoretical device performance limits in wide and ultra-wide band gap semiconductors where bipolar doping is challenging.
Reproducibility of foot dimensions measured from 3-dimensional foot scans in children and adolescents with down syndrome
Creators: name: Nirmeen Hassan
name: Buldt, Andrew
name: Shields, Nora
name: Landorf, Karl
name: Menz, Hylton
name: Munteanu, Shannon
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Background: Children and adolescents with Down syndrome have a distinctive foot shape (such as wide and flat feet) that often leads to difficulty with footwear fitting. 3-dimensional (3D) scanning can accurately measure the foot dimensions of individuals with Down syndrome, which may assist shoe fit. However, the reproducibility of measuring foot dimensions using 3D scans in children and adolescents with Down syndrome is unknown. The aim of this study was to determine the intra- and inter-rater reproducibility of measuring foot dimensions of children and adolescents with Down syndrome using 3D scanning. Methods: 3D foot scans of 30 participants with Down syndrome aged 5 to 17 years were obtained using the FotoScan 3D scanner. Foot dimensions assessed were foot length, ball of foot length, outside ball of foot length, diagonal foot width, horizontal foot width, heel width, ball girth, instep girth, first and fifth toe height, and instep height. Additionally, the Wesjflog Index and forefoot shape were determined. Measurements were completed by two raters independently on two separate occasions, 2 weeks apart. Intra- and inter-rater reliability were assessed using intra-class coefficients (ICCs) and Gwet's AC1 statistics with 95% confidence intervals. Agreement was determined by calculating limits of agreement (LOA) and percentage agreement. Results: Eighteen participants were female and 12 were male (mean age 10.6 [3.9] years). Intra-rater reproducibility (ICCs ranged from 0.74 to 0.99, 95% LOA from - 13.7 mm to 16.3 mm) and inter-rater reproducibility (ICCs ranging from 0.73 to 0.99, 95% LOA from - 18.8 mm to 12.7 mm) was good to excellent, although some measurements (ball of foot length, outside ball of foot length, heel width and girth measurements) displayed wider LOAs indicating relatively poorer agreement. Forefoot shape displayed substantial to almost perfect reliability (Gwet's AC1 0.68 to 0.85) and percentage agreement ranged from 73 to 87%, indicating acceptable agreement. Conclusions: The measurement of specific foot dimensions of children and adolescents with Down syndrome using 3D scans is reproducible. Findings of this study may be used to support future research measuring specific foot dimensions of children and adolescents with Down syndrome using 3D foot scans.
Using experimental trials to improve translocation protocols for a cryptic, endangered passerine
Creators: name: Mitchell, William F
name: Boulton, Rebecca L
name: Ireland, Luke
name: Hunt, Thomas J
name: Verdon, Simon
name: Olds, Liberty GM
name: Hedger, Chris
name: Clarke, Rohan H
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: No description supplied
A study protocol for a feasibility trial of telephone delivered Adherence Therapy for adults with type two diabetes
Creators: name: Alenazi, Fatimah
name: Peddle, Monica
name: Bressington, Daniel
name: Mahzari, Moeber
name: Gray, Richard
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Aims: Adherence therapy is a candidate intervention to improve medication adherence and clinical outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes. The feasibility of conducting a trial of adherence therapy in this population has not been established. The objective of this study is therefore to test the feasibility of conducting a randomized controlled trial of adherence therapy in a Middle Eastern context. Design: A single-centre randomized controlled feasibility trial of adherence therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods: We will undertake an initial cultural adaptation of a telephone-delivered form of adherence therapy in four patients in a Middle Eastern context. Our subsequent feasibility trial will aim to recruit 40 non-adherent diabetic patients that will be randomly allocated to receive eight weekly 30-min telephone adherence therapy sessions delivered by a diabetes educator versus treatment as usual. Key outcomes of interest include the number of patients invited to take part in the trial that consent to participate and then go on to complete treatment. Result: The findings of this study will determine the feasibility of undertaking a full randomized controlled trial of adherence therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes.
An Examination of Mechanically Deboned Meat and Poultry
Creators: name: McNiel, Douglas
name: Wetzel, Howard
name: McNiel, Douglas
name: Wetzel, Howard
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1981
Subjects: Livestock Production/Industries

description: The Food Safety and Quality Service (FSQS) of USDA wants to standardize rules for the labeling, use, and quality control of two quite similar but differently regulated products-mechanically deboned meat (MOM) and mechanically deboned poultry (MOP). Both are the result of the process introduced years ago that mechanically separates and removes most of the bone from any attached muscle tissue. The development enables meat processors to increase the output of food by over a billion pounds a year. But the full potential has not been realized because of the rules governing the use of labeling of the products. This article discusses the regulations that ensure that MOM and MOP are safe, that the process does not adversely affect the quality of meat products, and that products containing either MOM or MDP are appropriately labeled.
Bioprospecting of Meliaceae family phytomolecules for the treatment of monkeypox virus infection: a QSAR modeling and MD simulation approach
Creators: name: Rabaan, Ali A.
name: Halwani, Muhammad A.
name: Alshehri, Ahmad A.
name: Al-Subaie, Maha F.
name: Almansour, Zainab H.
name: AlShehail, Bashayer M.
name: Alotaibi, Nouf
name: Khamis, Faryal
name: Al Kaabi, Nawal A.
name: Alsomali, Ghaneema
name: Alqahtani, Ali S.
name: Alissa, Mohammed
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Recent monkeypox virus (MPXV) infections show the risk of MPXV transmission that persists today and the significance of surveillance and quick response methods to stop the virus’s spread. Currently, the monkeypox virus infection is not specifically treated. In this study, QSAR models were designed using known inhibitors of cysteine proteinase from the vaccinia virus, where the Random Forest model and Ridge model had showed the best correlation between predicted and observed EC50. These models were used to screen Maliaceae family phytochemicals against MPXV cysteine proteinase. The compound, IMPHY010637 was detected in top 5 from both the QSAR screening models and showed best docked score (-8.6 kcal/mol) and thus selected for further investigation. Further, the IMPHY010637 showed interaction with the catalytic residue His241 of the protein as reported in earlier studies. The ADMET analysis of the compound showed the acceptable drug-like properties of IMPHY010637. However, these properties could be improved after experimental validation of protein-ligand binding. Both docked complex and poses created in 100 ns MD simulation of the protein-ligand complex showed the presence of multiple hydrogen bonds. RMSD and conformation analysis showed stable binding of IMPHY010637 with the cysteine proteinase of MPXV at its active site. Compared to the known inhibitor, IMPHY010637 showed better binding with the protein as observed by the PCA and MM/GBSA analysis. This study concluded IMPHY010637 as a potential inhibitor for the cysteine proteinase of MPXV using computational methods that could be tested in in-vitro experiments.
Classical-trajectory Monte Carlo calculations of differential electron emission in fast heavy-ion collisions with water molecules
Creators: name: Jorge, Alba
name: Horbatsch, Marko
name: Illescas, Clara
name: Kirchner, Tom
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A classical description of electron emission differential ionization cross sections for highly-charged high-velocity ions ($\sim$ 10 a.u.) impinging on water molecules is presented. We investigate the validity of the classical statistical mechanics description of ionization ($\hbar=0$ limit of quantum mechanics) in different ranges of electron emission energy and solid angle, where mechanisms such as soft and binary collisions are expected to contribute. The classical-trajectory Monte Carlo method is employed to calculate doubly and singly differential cross sections for C$^{6+}$, O$^{8+}$ and Si$^{13+}$ projectiles, and comparisons with Continuum Distorted Wave Eikonal Initial State theoretical results and with experimental data are presented. We implement a time-dependent screening effect in our model, in the spirit of mean-field theory to investigate its effect for highly charged projectiles. We also focus on the role of an accurate description of the molecular target by means of a three-center potential to show its effect on differential cross sections. Very good agreement with experiments is found at medium to high electron emission energies.
Spontaneous soliton formation and modulational instability in Bose-Einstein condensates
Creators: name: Carr, L. D.
name: Brand, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The dynamics of an elongated attractive Bose-Einstein condensate in an axisymmetric harmonic trap is studied. It is shown that density fringes caused by self-interference of the condensate order parameter seed modulational instability. The latter has novel features in contradistinction to the usual homogeneous case known from nonlinear fiber optics. Several open questions in the interpretation of the recent creation of the first matter-wave bright soliton train [Strecker {\it et al.} Nature {\bf 417} 150 (2002)] are addressed. It is shown that primary transverse collapse, followed by secondary collapse induced by soliton--soliton interactions, produce bursts of hot atoms at different time scales.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures. Phys. Rev. Lett. in press
Oreodera wappesi McCarty 2001
Creators: name: Monné, Miguel A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Oreodera
Oreodera wappesi

description: 88. Oreodera wappesi McCarty, 2001
Type locality — Mexico, Veracruz: Estación de Biologia, Los Tuxtlas. (EMEC). Distribution — Mexico (Veracruz, Chiapas), Honduras.
 Oreodera wappesi McCarty, 2001: 27, fig. 10.
description: Published as part of Monné, Miguel A., 2005, Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Neotropical Region. Part II. Subfamily Lamiinae, pp. 1-760 in Zootaxa 1023 (1) on pages 1-760, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.946.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5049553
Η ελευθέρωση του εγγυητή σε τραπεζικές πιστωτικές συμβάσεις
Creators: name: Κασάπη, Ελένη Πλουμή
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2021
Subjects: Εγγύηση
Απελευθέρωση
Τραπεζικό δίκαιο
Quarantee
Liberalisation
Banking law

description: Σκοπός της διατριβής ήταν η μελέτη των υφιστάμενων τρόπων προστασίας του εγγυητή και ειδικότερα η εκτενής ανάλυση των προβλεπόμενων τρόπων απελευθέρωσής του από τις συνέπειες της αναληφθείσας εγγυητικής ευθύνης, με στόχο την εξασφάλιση της ομαλότητας των συναλλαγών. Ειδικότερα αναπτύχθηκαν οι τρόποι προστασίας του εγγυητή τόσο μέσω των διατάξεων του Αστικού Κώδικα, όσο και με την εφαρμογή των διατάξεων του Δικαίου του Καταναλωτή.
description: The aim of the present thesis was to study the existing ways of protecting the guarantor and in particular to analyse extensively the planned ways of freeing him from the consequences of the guarantee liability assumed, with a view to ensuring the smoothness of transactions. In particular, the ways of protecting the guarantor were developed both through the provisions of the Civil Code and through the application of the provisions of consumer law.
Additional file 1 of Who can we reach and who can we keep? Predictors of intervention engagement and adherence in a cluster randomized controlled trial in South Africa
Creators: name: Rabie, Stephan
name: Bantjes, Jason
name: Gordon, Sarah
name: Almirol, Ellen
name: Stewart, Jackie
name: Tomlinson, Mark
name: Rotheram-Borus, Mary
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1. The results for the unadjusted analyses