cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Living along an Active Fault: the Households' Perception of Earthquake Risk
Creators: name: Villamil, Charmaine
name: Perez, Jeffrey
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016

description: The Philippines have been beset by destructive earthquakes such as the 1990 M7.8 Luzon earthquake and the recent 2013 M7.2 Bohol earthquake. Because of numerous active faults in the country, they commonly transect both urban and rural areas. The presence and continuous sprawl of communities in areas traversed by active faults intensify the risk and increase the likelihood of a disaster. Through a structured interview of residents living along an active fault, this research determines their level of hazard awareness, perception of risk, and preparedness measures. Study areas are Makati City, a highly urbanized area transected by the West Valley fault but no surface manifestion of movement; and Leyte, Leyte, a rural municipality transected by the Leyte segment of the Philippine fault with prominent evidence of movement like cracks on the wall and floor of houses and road displacements. With two different situations, we compare and contrast the perception of the households specifically their risk from ground rupture hazards. Residents in Makati City know about the fault from media reports, information campaigns, and markers placed by the local government yet most of them are not willing to be relocated. Meanwhile, residents in Leyte attribute the cracks in their houses to the ground shaking during an earthquake and not to the presence of the fault. They have limited awareness but are willing to be transferred. From the survey results, we further analyze the various factors that influence the attitude and behavior of respondents in the context of disaster risk reduction.
Die Konstruktion historischer Epochen durch Vergleichspraktiken: Modernezentrismus und Eurozentrismus in westlichen Periodisierungen
Creators: name: Flüchter, Antje
Publisher: name: Universität Bielefeld
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 900

description: Die Frage nach der Herstellung von Periodisierung, der Konstruktion von Zäsuren und Epochen führt ins Zentrum der Geschichtswissenschaft. Die Beantwortung liegt dabei nicht ‚in der Natur der Sache‘ begründet, sondern hängt sehr von der Position der jeweiligen Historiker*innen ab. Die Bedeutung der Positionalität wird im vorliegenden Aufsatz vergleichstheoretisch erarbeitet. Verschiedene Ansätze der Geschichtswissenschaften wie Sozial- oder Kulturgeschichte setzen andere Schwerpunkte, vergleichen Epochen nach unterschiedlichen Vergleichskriterien. Dies gilt für die in der deutschen Geschichtswissenschaft relativ neue Epoche der Frühen Neuzeit, aber auch dafür, ob man die Grenze zur Moderne um 1500 oder um 1800 setzt. Verstärkt wird das Problem der Periodisierung und der Konstruktion von Epochen, wenn man die europäischen Konzepte auf ihre globale Reichweite abklopft. Können seit dem 19. und 20. Jahrhundert global relevante Prozesse bei aller Vorsicht einbezogen werden, ist dies für frühere Epochen angesichts keiner oder doch sehr dünner Verbindungen mit anderen Weltteilen deutlich schwerer. Hier schlägt das Working-Paper vor, von multiple premodernities auszugehen.
description: The question of the production of periodization, of the construction of caesuras and epochs, leads to the heart of historical scholarship. The answer to this question is not "in the nature of things", but depends very much on the position of the respective historian. The significance of positionality is analyzed in this essay by focusing on the comparisons used. Different approaches to the study of history, such as social or cultural history, focus on different aspects and compare epochs according to different criteria. This applies to the relatively new epoch of the early modern period in German historiography, but also to the question of whether the boundary to modernity should be set around 1500 or 1800. The problem of periodization and the construction of epochs is intensified when European concepts are examined in terms of their global reach. Even though globally relevant processes since the nineteenth and twentieth centuries can be included with due caution, this is much more difficult for earlier epochs, given the lack of close connections to other parts of the world. Here, the working paper suggests the assumption of several premodernities.
title: Liste de mots en jarai occidental lue par une locutrice née à Kaning en 1993
Creators: name: Brunelle, Marc
Publisher: name: COCOON - https://cocoon.huma-num.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Western Jarai
subject: jra

description: Conforms to: doi:10.34847/cocoon.49aefa90-8c1f-3ba8-a099-0ebefc6a2aa7
The Spanish 2023 general elections: unexpected snap elections to survive in power
Creators: name: Vall-Prat, Pau
name: Rodon, Toni
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: The 2023 Spanish general election was a snap election called unexpectedly by the PM Pedro Sánchez the day after the local and regional elections in May 2023. Turnout was higher than expected (66.6%) and the result confirmed the high degree of multi-dimensional polarisation in Spanish society. Right-wing parties improved their position: the mainstream conservative PP increased its support mainly at the expense of Ciudadanos and the far-right VOX. Yet, parties on the left, especially the incumbent PSOE, performed better than predicted by polls and, together with the seats won by regional parties, were able to keep a dominant position in Congress. A left-wing minority coalition cabinet was ultimately formed with two parties in government (PSOE and Sumar) and the parliamentary support of several regional parties. Parliamentary support was reached after an agreement that includes decentralisation measures and an amnesty to repair the judiciary consequences of the 2017 independence referendum in Catalonia, which showcases the multilevel and multidimensional complexity of Spanish politics.
Effects of Soil Characteristics on Spring Harvested Switchgrass Biomass Composition
Creators: name: Delaquis, Erik
name: Seguin, Philippe
name: Mustafa, Arif F.
name: Samson, Roger
name: Martel, Huguette
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) is a promising bioenergy crop for temperate regions. Overwintering has been used to improve biomass quality resulting in a more efficient combustion, partially due to a reduction in minerals concentration. This study examines the effects of soil composition on overwintered switchgrass composition. Samples were collected in the spring from 58 environments in Southern Quebec to determine possible relationships between soil composition and biomass quality. Principal component analysis and stepwise regressions were used to identify relationships between soil and biomass compositions. Soil parameters monitored explained 74% of the variation in biomass silicon (Si) concentration, 45% of the variation in ash, and 32% of the variation in magnesium (Mg). Soil composition had limited effects on the concentration of other elements in switchgrass biomass. Switchgrass biomass quality is influenced by soil composition and appears well suited to biomass combustion when overwintered and harvested in the spring.
A modified CTAB method for high-molecular-weight DNA preparation from deep-sea holothurians
Creators: name: Pu, Yujin
name: Liu, Jun
name: Zhang, Nannan
name: Liu, Shanshan
name: Zhang, Haibin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: With the features as global distribution and all depths dwelling, holothurians function an ideal model for the study of deep-sea adaptation. Acquisition of high-molecular-weight DNA is the basic requirement for molecular biology analyses. However, extraction of high-molecular-weight DNA from deep-sea holothurians is difficult by degradation and contamination. Here, we presented a modified CTAB (lysis buffer with cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide) method and compared its extraction efficiency for deep-sea holothurians with other five common methods, i.e. the Tiangen Biotech kit, Qiagen kit, Omega Bio-tek kit, Sangon Biotech kit, and SDS (lysis buffer with sodium dodecyl sulfate). Based on the results of yield, integrity, and purity, we found that the modified CTAB method is more suitable to extract high-quality DNA for deep-sea holothurians, with a large amount of yield, minimized degradation, and higher purity. This study provides a high-quality DNA of deep-sea holothurians for genome sequencing and further studies.
Riobé (Guy-Marie), Pasion por el evangelio. Textos y palavras recogidos por un grupo de amigos, Ediciones Sígueme, Salamanca, 1980, p. 152
Creators: name: Ribeiro, Manuel António
Publisher: name: Humanística e Teologia
Year: 1981

description: Humanística e Teologia, v. 2 n. 1 (1981)
Silicon ameliorates chromium toxicity through phytochelatin-mediated vacuolar sequestration in the roots of Oryza sativa (L.)
Creators: name: A.K.M. Nazmul Huda
name: Haque, Mohammad Anwarul
name: Zaman, Reshma
name: A M Swaraz
name: Kabir, Ahmad Humayan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Plant Biology

description: High chromium (Cr) in rice causes reduced yield and health hazards. This work investigates how Si alleviates Cr toxicity in rice. Addition of Si under Cr stress restored the growth parameters, total protein content, and membrane stability along with reduced Cr content in shoots, confirming that Si plays critical roles in Cr detoxification in rice. However, Si supplementation under Cr stress caused no significant changes in root Cr content but decreased shoot Cr concentrations compared with Cr-stressed plants, indicating that alleviation of Cr toxicity might be associated with Cr sequestration in roots. Further, concentration of Fe and expression of Fe transporter (OsIRT1) showed no significant changes due to Si supplementation under Cr stress, implying that Fe regulation is not involved with Si-mediated mitigation of Cr toxicity in rice. Further, phytochelatin accumulation and OsPCS1 (phytochelatin synthase) transcripts strongly induced due to the dual treatment of Si and Cr compared with Cr-stressed plants, suggesting that phytochelatin might bind to Cr, which leads to vacuolar sequestration in roots. Furthermore, increased glutathione reductase activity in roots implies that active involvement of ROS scavenging partially ameliorates Cr toxicity in rice plants. The study illustrates first evidences on the effect of Si alleviating Cr toxicity in rice plants.
Silicon Ameliorates Chromium Toxicity Through Phytochelatin Mediated Vacuolar Sequestration in Roots of Oryza sativa (L.)
Creators: name: Abul Kashem Mohammad Nazmul Huda
name: Haque, Mohammad Anwarul
name: Zaman, Reshma
name: A M Swaraz
name: Kabir, Ahmad Humayan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Plant Biology

description: High chromium (Cr) in rice causes reduced yield and health hazards. This work investigates how Si alleviates Cr toxicity in rice. Addition of Si under Cr-stress restored the growth parameters, total protein content, membrane stability along with reduced Cr content in shoots, confirming that Si plays critical roles in Cr detoxification in rice. However, Si supplementation under Cr stress caused no significant changes in root Cr content but decreased shoot Cr concentrations compared with Cr-stressed plants, indicating that alleviation of Cr toxicity might be associated with Cr sequestration in roots. Further, concentration of Fe and expression of Fe transporter (OsIRT1) showed no significant changes due to Si supplementation under Cr stress, implying that Fe regulation is not involved with Si mediated mitigation of Cr toxicity in rice. Further, phytochelatin accumulation and OsPCS1 (phytochelatin synthase) transcripts strongly induced due to the dual treatment of Si and Cr compared with Cr-stressed plants, suggesting that phytochelatin might bind to Cr leading to vacuolar sequestration in roots. Furthermore, increased glutathione reductase activity in roots implies active involvement of ROS scavenging partially ameliorate Cr toxicity in rice plants. The study illustrates first evidences on the effect of Si alleviating Cr toxicity in rice plants.
title: Liste de mots en jarai occidental lue par une locutrice née à Kaning en 1985
Creators: name: Brunelle, Marc
Publisher: name: COCOON - https://cocoon.huma-num.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Western Jarai
subject: jra

description: Conforms to: doi:10.34847/cocoon.49aefa90-8c1f-3ba8-a099-0ebefc6a2aa7
An Inland Bronze Age: Excavations at SA Multi-period Landscape at Wadlow Farm, West Wratting
Creators: name: Woodley, Nuala C
name: Abrams, Joe
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2015

description: Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 102, 7-28
description: Investigations were undertaken by Headland Archaeology in 2009--11 ahead of the construction of a windfarm at Wadlow Farm, West Wratting. The results indicated that the landscape was exploited for its flint during the Neolithic period and for its agricultural potential during the Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age. An isolated Anglo-Saxon feature was also found, comprising a sunken featured building containing an assemblage of loom weights. The later prehistoric field system had been previously identified by cropmark evidence and the fieldwork confirmed associated agricultural activity. Notably there is a paucity of known flint quarries in the area (partly due to the difficulty in their recognition), and the results provide insight into Neolithic flint extraction.
Anti-biofilm potential of phenolic acids: the influence of environmental pH and intrinsic physico-chemical properties
Creators: name: Silva, Sara
name: Costa, Eduardo M.
name: Horta, Bruno
name: Calhau, Conceição
name: Morais, Rui M.
name: M. Manuela Pintado
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Phenolic acids are a particular group of small phenolic compounds which have exhibited some anti-biofilm activity, although the link between their activity and their intrinsic pH is not clear. Therefore, the present work examined the anti-biofilm activity (inhibition of biomass and metabolic activity) of phenolic acids in relation to the environmental pH, as well as other physico-chemical properties. The results indicate that, while Escherichia coli was not inhibited by the phenolic acids, both methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis were susceptible to the action of all phenolic acids, with the pH playing a relevant role in the activity: a neutral pH favored MRSE inhibition, while acidic conditions favored MRSA inhibition. Some links between molecular polarity and size were associated only with their potential as metabolic inhibitors, with the overall interactions hinting at a membrane-based mechanism for MRSA and a cytoplasmic effect for MRSE.
The influence of chronotype on the academic achievement of children and adolescents – evidence from Russian Karelia
Creators: name: Kolomeichuk, Sergey N.
name: Randler, Christoph
name: Shabalina, Irina
name: Fradkova, Ludmila
name: Borisenkov, Mikhail
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: The inter-individual differences of human time-of-day preferences could divide population into “morning”, “intermediate” and “evening” types. This variety of sleep patterns is accompanied by differences in the timing of peak cognitive performance. The morningness–eveningness trait, also known as chronotype, is distributed on a continuum, with unequivocal early morning and night owl types at the opposite extremes of the distribution while most of the population shows an intermediate or neither type weak sleep pattern. Obviously, the discrepancy between biological and the social clocks has a distinct impact on physiological processes in humans with different chronotype. It is known that natural light regime in circumpolar regions influences human performance. Most work focused on the relationship between academic achievement and chronotype in students from middle latitudes. The primary aim of our study is to investigate the relationship between chronotype and academic achievement in schoolchildren (6th–11th grade) from north-west Russia (Russian Karelia). The Munich chronotype questionnaire was used in the study, and all participants were required to answer a question about their school achievement. Early midpoint of sleep and longer average sleep duration were associated with better grades. Large social jetlag was associated with worse grades. In a linear regression, gender was the most important predictor of grades, followed by midpoint of sleep and age. This is the first study that has been carried out among school pupils from Russian Karelia, and it shows that evening orientation linked with poorer academic grades at this high latitude.
ZnO nanoparticles and organic chemical UV-filters are equally well tolerated by human immune cells
Creators: name: O’Keefe, Sean J.
name: Feltis, Bryce N.
name: Piva, Terrence J.
name: Turney, Terence W.
name: Wright, Paul F. A.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: An important part of assessing the toxic potential of nanoparticles for specific applications should be the direct comparison of biological activities with those of alternative materials for the same application. Nanoparticulate inorganic ultraviolet (UV) filters, such as zinc oxide (ZnO), are commonly incorporated into transparent sunscreen and cosmetic formulations. However, concerns have been raised about potential unwanted effects, despite their negligible skin penetration and inherent advantages over organic chemical UV-filters. To provide useful application-relevant assessments of their potential hazard with/without UVA co-exposure, we directly compared cytotoxic and immune response profiles of human THP-1 monocytic cells to ZnO nanoparticles (30 nm) with bulk ZnO particulates (200 nm) and five conventional organic chemical UV-filters – butylmethoxydibenzoylmethane (avobenzone), octylmethoxycinnamate, octylsalicylate, homosalate and 4-methylbenzylidene camphor. High exposure concentrations of both organic and particulate UV-filters were required to cause cytotoxicity in monocyte and macrophage cultures after 24 h. Co-exposure with UVA (6.7 J/cm2) did not alter cytotoxicity profiles. Particle surface area-based dose responses showed that ZnO NPs were better tolerated than bulk ZnO. Organic and particulate UV-filters increased apoptosis at similar doses. Only particulates increased the generation of reactive oxygen species. Interleukin-8 (IL-8) release was increased by all particulates, avobenzone, homosalate and octylsalicylate. IL-1β release was only increased in macrophages by exposure to avobenzone and homosalate. In conclusion, direct effects were caused in monocytes and macrophages at similar concentrations of both organic UV-filters and ZnO nanoparticulates – indicating that their intrinsic cytotoxicity is similar. With their lower skin penetration, ZnO nanoparticles are expected to have lower bioactivity when used in sunscreens.
Differential effects of OATP2B1 on statin accumulation and toxicity in a beta cell model
Creators: name: Kwon, Jihoon
name: Kim, Michelle S.
name: Blagojevic, Christina
name: Mailloux, Jaymie
name: Medwid, Samantha
name: Tirona, Rommel G.
name: Wang, Rennian
name: Schwarz, Ute I.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
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: An increased risk of new-onset diabetes mellitus has been recently reported for statin therapy, and experimental studies have shown reduced glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) and mitochondrial dysfunction in beta cells with effects differing among agents. Organic anion transporting polypeptide (OATP) 2B1 contributes to hepatic uptake of rosuvastatin, atorvastatin and pravastatin, three known substrates. Since OATP2B1 is present in beta cells of the human pancreas, we investigated if OATP2B1 facilitates the local accumulation of statins in a rat beta cell model INS-1 832/13 (INS-1) thereby amplifying statin-induced toxicity. OATP2B1 overexpression in INS-1 cells via adenoviral transduction showed 2.5-, 1.8- and 1.4-fold higher cellular retention of rosuvastatin, atorvastatin and pravastatin, respectively, relative to LacZ control, while absolute intracellular concentration was about twice as high for the lipophilic atorvastatin compared to the more hydrophilic rosuvastatin and pravastatin. After 24 h statin treatment at high concentrations, OATP2B1 enhanced statin toxicity involving activation of intrinsic apoptosis (caspase 3/7 activation) and mitochondrial dysfunction (NADH dehydrogenase activity) following rosuvastatin and atorvastatin, which was partly reversed by isoprenoids. OATP2B1 had no effect on statin-induced reduction in GSIS, mitochondrial electron transport chain complex expression or caspase 9 activation. We confirmed a dose-dependent reduction in insulin secretion by rosuvastatin and atorvastatin in native INS-1 with a modest change in cellular ATP. Collectively, our results indicate a role of OATP2B1, which is abundant in human beta cells, in statin accumulation and statin-induced toxicity but not insulin secretion of rosuvastatin and atorvastatin in INS-1 cells.
title: Liste de mots en jarai occidental lue par une locutrice née à Kaning en 2000
Creators: name: Brunelle, Marc
Publisher: name: COCOON - https://cocoon.huma-num.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Western Jarai
subject: jra

description: Conforms to: doi:10.34847/cocoon.49aefa90-8c1f-3ba8-a099-0ebefc6a2aa7
Limonene and its ozone-initiated reaction products attenuate allergic lung inflammation in mice
Creators: name: Hansen, Jitka S.
name: Nørgaard, Asger W.
name: Koponen, Ismo K.
name: Sørli, Jorid B.
name: Paidi, Maya D.
name: Hansen, Søren W. K.
name: Clausen, Per Axel
name: Nielsen, Gunnar D.
name: Wolkoff, Peder
name: Larsen, Søren Thor
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Physiology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Plant Biology

description: Inhalation of indoor air pollutants may cause airway irritation and inflammation and is suspected to worsen allergic reactions. Inflammation may be due to mucosal damage, upper (sensory) and lower (pulmonary) airway irritation due to activation of the trigeminal and vagal nerves, respectively, and to neurogenic inflammation. The terpene, d-limonene, is used as a fragrance in numerous consumer products. When limonene reacts with the pulmonary irritant ozone, a complex mixture of gas and particle phase products is formed, which causes sensory irritation. This study investigated whether limonene, ozone or the reaction mixture can exacerbate allergic lung inflammation and whether airway irritation is enhanced in allergic BALB/cJ mice. Naïve and allergic (ovalbumin sensitized) mice were exposed via inhalation for three consecutive days to clean air, ozone, limonene or an ozone–limonene reaction mixture. Sensory and pulmonary irritation was investigated in addition to ovalbumin-specific antibodies, inflammatory cells, total protein and surfactant protein D in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and hemeoxygenase-1 and cytokines in lung tissue. Overall, airway allergy was not exacerbated by any of the exposures. In contrast, it was found that limonene and the ozone–limonene reaction mixture reduced allergic inflammation possibly due to antioxidant properties. Ozone induced sensory irritation in both naïve and allergic mice. However, allergic but not naïve mice were protected from pulmonary irritation induced by ozone. This study showed that irritation responses might be modulated by airway allergy. However, aggravation of allergic symptoms was observed by neither exposure to ozone nor exposure to ozone-initiated limonene reaction products. In contrast, anti-inflammatory properties of the tested limonene-containing pollutants might attenuate airway allergy.
The race to save banana
Creators: name: Kernot, Irene
name: Kernot, Irene
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2021
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries
Food Security and Poverty

description: Fusarium wilt of banana caused by the soil borne fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense was first recorded in Australia in 1874, but its spread to Panama in 1890 was the start of the first global epidemic. The disease affected a susceptible variety dominant at the time, Gros Michel. By the 1950s Gros Michel was replaced by a variety resistant to the disease: the Cavendish banana. A silver bullet solution was rapidly adopted around the world. Then in 1967 symptoms of Fusarium wilt appeared on Cavendish in Taiwan. Tropical Race 4, the race that affects Cavendish in any environment, was named in the 1990s. In 2019 it appeared in Colombia, establishing it in every banana-growing region globally. This is a race the disease is winning in turtle-like fashion. Despite this, banana remains an important export and also provides nutrition and livelihood benefits to growers and communities around the tropics. What can we learn from our biosecurity responses to races 1 and 4 to provide a competitive advantage against any future race? Both technical and behavioural strategies are necessary, to be prepared for inevitable change. Solutions must offer hope to growers and smallholders that production can be maintained despite the presence of the disease as the return to business as usual becomes a distant dream.
Unleakable carbon†
Creators: name: Hendrick, Margaret F.
name: Cleveland, Shanna
name: Phillips, Nathan G.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Unleakable carbon, or the uncombusted methane and carbon dioxide associated with fossil fuel systems, constitutes a potentially large and heretofore unrecognized factor in determining use of Earth’s remaining fossil fuel reserves. Advances in extraction technology have encouraged a shift to natural gas, but the advantage of fuel switching depends strongly on mitigating current levels of unleakable carbon, which can be substantial enough to offset any climate benefit relative to oil or coal. To illustrate the potential warming effect of methane emissions associated with utilizable portions of our remaining natural gas reserves, we use recent data published in peer-reviewed journals to roughly estimate the impact of these emissions. We demonstrate that unless unleakable carbon is curtailed, up to 59–81% of our global natural gas reserves must remain underground if we hope to limit warming to 2°C from 2010 to 2050. Successful climate change mitigation depends on improved quantification of current levels of unleakable carbon and a determination of acceptable levels of these emissions within the context of international climate change agreements. Policy relevance It is imperative that companies, investors, and world leaders considering capital expenditures and policies towards continued investment in natural gas fuels do so with a complete understanding of how dependent the ultimate climate benefits are upon increased regulation of unleakable carbon, the uncombusted carbon-based gases associated with fossil fuel systems, otherwise referred to as ‘fugitive’, ‘leaked’, ‘vented’, ‘flared’, or ‘unintended’ emissions. Continued focus on combustion emissions alone, or unburnable carbon, undermines the importance of assessing the full climate impacts of fossil fuels, leading many stakeholders to support near-term mitigation strategies that rely on fuel switching from coal and oil to cleaner burning natural gas. The current lack of transparent accounting of unleakable carbon represents a significant gap in the understanding of what portions of the Earth’s remaining global fossil fuel reserves can be utilized while still limiting global warming to 2°C. Successful climate change mitigation requires that stakeholders confront the issue of both unburnable and unleakable carbon when considering continued investment in and potential expansion of natural gas systems as part of a climate change solution.
Unleakable carbon†
Creators: name: Hendrick, Margaret F.
name: Cleveland, Shanna
name: Phillips, Nathan G.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Unleakable carbon, or the uncombusted methane and carbon dioxide associated with fossil fuel systems, constitutes a potentially large and heretofore unrecognized factor in determining use of Earth’s remaining fossil fuel reserves. Advances in extraction technology have encouraged a shift to natural gas, but the advantage of fuel switching depends strongly on mitigating current levels of unleakable carbon, which can be substantial enough to offset any climate benefit relative to oil or coal. To illustrate the potential warming effect of methane emissions associated with utilizable portions of our remaining natural gas reserves, we use recent data published in peer-reviewed journals to roughly estimate the impact of these emissions. We demonstrate that unless unleakable carbon is curtailed, up to 80–100% of our global natural gas reserves must remain underground if we hope to limit warming to 2°C from 2010 to 2050. Successful climate change mitigation depends on improved quantification of current levels of unleakable carbon and a determination of acceptable levels of these emissions within the context of international climate change agreements. Policy relevance It is imperative that companies, investors, and world leaders considering capital expenditures and policies towards continued investment in natural gas fuels do so with a complete understanding of how dependent the ultimate climate benefits are upon increased regulation of unleakable carbon, the uncombusted carbon-based gases associated with fossil fuel systems, otherwise referred to as ‘fugitive’, ‘leaked’, ‘vented’, ‘flared’, or ‘unintended’ emissions. Continued focus on combustion emissions alone, or unburnable carbon, undermines the importance of assessing the full climate impacts of fossil fuels, leading many stakeholders to support near-term mitigation strategies that rely on fuel switching from coal and oil to cleaner burning natural gas. The current lack of transparent accounting of unleakable carbon represents a significant gap in the understanding of what portions of the Earth’s remaining global fossil fuel reserves can be utilized while still limiting global warming to 2°C. Successful climate change mitigation requires that stakeholders confront the issue of both unburnable and unleakable carbon when considering continued investment in and potential expansion of natural gas systems as part of a climate change solution.
Psychometric Properties of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) in a Cohort of Peruvian Pregnant Women
Creators: name: Repositorio Academico UPC
name: Zhong, Qiu-Yue
name: Bizu Gelaye
name: Sánchez, Sixto
name: Williams, Michelle
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: STUDY OBJECTIVES: We sought to evaluate the construct validity and factor structure of the Spanish-language version of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) among pregnant Peruvian women. METHODS: A cohort of 642 women were interviewed at ≤ 16 weeks of gestation. During interview, we ascertained information about lifestyles, demographics, sleep characteristics, and mood symptoms. Stress induced sleep disturbance, depressive symptoms, and anxiety symptoms were evaluated using the Ford Insomnia Response to Stress Test (FIRST), Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), and Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) assessment scales, respectively. Consistency indices, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, correlations, and logistic regressions were used. RESULTS: Both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses indicated a three-factor solution: sleep quality, sleep efficiency, and sleep medication. We observed significantly positive correlations of the PSQI with the FIRST (0.42), the PHQ-9 (0.49), and the GAD-7 (0.46). Poor sleepers (PSQI global score > 5) had significantly increased odds of experiencing stress-induced sleep disturbance (odds ratio, OR = 3.57; 95% CI: 2.40, 5.31), depression (OR = 5.48; 95% CI: 3.58, 8.37), and generalized anxiety disorder (OR = 4.57; 95% CI: 3.08, 6.76). CONCLUSION: The Spanish-language version of the PSQI instrument was found to have good construct validity among pregnant Peruvian women. Consistent with some other studies, the PSQI was found to have a three-factor structure. Further assessment and validation studies are needed to determine whether the three, factor-specific scoring of the PSQI is favored over the PSQI global score in diverse populations.
AUTOR(ES): Zhong, Qiu-Yue; Gelaye, Bizu; Sánchez, Sixto E; Williams, MichelleAEDITORIAL: American Academyof Sleep MedicineREVISTA: Journal ofclinical sleep medicine (J Clin Sleep Med)FECHA DE PUBLICACIÓN: AGOSTO-2015PDF: FULLTEXT / TEXTO COMPLETOURL: http://hdl.handle.net/10757/611656DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.4936IDENTIDAD PUBMED: 25845902ENLACES ADICIONALES: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25845902
From didactic to dialogue: Assessing the use of an innovative classroom resource to support decision-making about cannabis use
Creators: name: Moffat, Barbara M.
name: Haines-Saah, Rebecca J.
name: Johnson, Joy L.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Pharmacology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Aims: In most countries, cannabis use rates are highest among young people. Efforts invested in cannabis prevention programmes have had limited success. In part, this may be attributed to a dearth of meaningful discussion in classroom settings on the topic and scarcity of credible resources. Although young people want opportunities to engage in dialogue focussed on cannabis, educators often feel unprepared to facilitate such discussions. Methods: In this knowledge translation study based on recent ethnographic findings, a film was created to explore decision-making and cannabis use among young people. Accompanying curricular materials were developed to support adult facilitators in leading group discussions. Findings: The film-based resource was used in 55 sites across Canada by 48 facilitators (school staff, public health professionals and youth workers); the film was viewed by more than 2500 students. Qualitative content analysis of facilitator evaluations along with telephone interviews revealed the impact of using the innovation. Facilitators adapted the resource in a variety of classes where in-depth discussions occurred, generating critical self-reflection. Conclusions: The diffusion of this drug education innovation underscores the importance of youth engagement in prevention programmes. Prevention approaches that accommodate inclusive and balanced discussion about cannabis use can support young people in their decision-making.
title: Cebolla, Echalion; Chalota; Chalota Gris :
title: Directrices para la ejecución del examen de la distinción, la homogeneidad y la estabilidad.
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: (:Unas)
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008

description: La finalidad de estas directrices (“directrices de examen”) es elaborar los principios que figuran en la Introducción General (documento TG/1/3) y sus documentos TGP conexos, con objeto de que sirvan de orientación práctica y detallada para el examen armonizado de la distinción, homogeneidad y estabilidad (DHE) y en particular, para identificar los caracteres apropiados para el examen DHE y producir descripciones armonizadas de variedades.
title: Liste de mots en jarai occidental lue par une locutrice née à Kaning en 2004
Creators: name: Brunelle, Marc
Publisher: name: COCOON - https://cocoon.huma-num.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Western Jarai
subject: jra

description: Conforms to: doi:10.34847/cocoon.49aefa90-8c1f-3ba8-a099-0ebefc6a2aa7
The Identification of a Later Bronze Age Hoard at Barway, and Consideration of the Association between Metalwork and Causeways
Creators: name: Barrowclough, David
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2015

description: Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 102, 29-36
description: A metalwork hoard dated to the Wilburton phase of the later Bronze Age, found at Barway close to the Isle of Ely in the Cambridgeshire Fens, is reported. Consideration of the hoard, in the context of later prehistoric hoarding in the local landscape, reveals that particular sorts of artefact were associated with particular places in the landscape. In particular a strong association between later Bronze Age hoards and causeways connecting the Isle of Ely to the outside world is identified, and an interpretation suggested. This study demonstrates the potential of a detailed contextual approach for providing a more nuanced understanding of later Bronze Age metalwork deposition that moves away from a simplistic wet'dry dichotomy.
A Late Roman Well or Cistern and Ritual Deposition at Bretton Way, Peterborough
Creators: name: Pickstone, Alexandra
name: Drummond-Murray, James
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2015

description: Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 102, 37-66
description: Excavation of a small Romano-British settlement at Bretton Way, Peterborough, was undertaken by Oxford Archaeology East in 2010, in advance of construction. The site was unexceptional apart from one extraordinary feature ' a well or cistern, dating from the late 3rd to early 4th century AD and constructed from massive stone blocks reused from a monumental building. The labour required to construct such a structure strongly suggests more than a purely utilitarian function. The late-4th century deposits it contained indicate various possible ritual elements, alongside more conventional rubbish disposal, but a definitive interpretation remains elusive. Evidence of late Iron Age settlement and an early Roman period enclosure system was also recorded at the site, as well as an aisled barn adjacent to and contemporary with the well. Au/LD
Medieval Archaeology at the Old Great North Road, Water Newton, Cambridgeshire
Creators: name: Newton, Andrew A S
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2015

description: Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 102, 67-72
description: Excavation in 2012 by Archaeological Solutions Ltd in Water Newton revealed features dated as 10th to 13th century, a partial horse burial of the post-medieval period, and later post-medieval features associated with use of the site as semi-agricultural land or gardens attached to the adjacent farmstead at 2 Old Great North Road. In addition, residual Neolithic, Roman and Romano-British artefacts were recovered. The medieval features represented activity within a plot defined by a boundary, possibly a toft-and-croft type peasant holding. Although the site was small and the evidence somewhat inconclusive, its identification is a significant addition to the corpus of information regarding Water Newton in the early medieval period. Au/LD
Some Splendid Rooms: Further Archaeological and Architectural Investigations in Jesus College, Cambridge, 1998-2011
Creators: name: Newman, Richard
name: Dickens, Alison
name: Evans, Christopher
Publisher: name: Archaeology Data Service
Year: 2015

description: Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 102, 73-92
description: Representing both the best-preserved monastic site and the most thoroughly investigated collegiate site in Cambridge, the archaeology of Jesus College is of national importance. Between 1998 and 2011 the Cambridge Archaeological Unit undertook ten campaigns of archaeological and architectural investigation within the grounds of the college. This revealed new information pertaining to both the pre- and post-conversion design of two of the college's most important buildings: the eastern range of Cloister Court and the chapel. Discoveries included the identification of a probable vaulted undercroft within the nuns' dayroom, the exposure of a portion of the former nave-aisle arcade, and a reconstruction of the steeply pitched nave roof of 1510.
Supplementary Material for: The RESCueH Programme: Testing New Non-Pharmacologic Interventions for Alcohol Use Disorders: Rationale and Methods
Creators: name: Søgaard Nielsen, A.
name: Nielsen, B.
name: Andersen, K.
name: Roessler, K.K.
name: Bühringer, G.
name: Bogenschutz, M.
name: Ekstrøm, C.T.
name: Søgaard, J.
name: Group, The RESCueH Research
Publisher: name: Karger Publishers
Year: 2016
Subjects: Medicine

description: Excessive alcohol consumption is one of the most important lifestyle factors affecting the disease burden in the Western world. The results of treatment in daily practice are modest at best. The aim of the RESCueH programme is to develop and evaluate methods, which are as practice-near as possible, and therefore can be implemented quickly and easily in everyday clinical practice. It is the first clinical alcohol programme to be transatlantic in scope, with implementation in treatment centers located in Denmark, Germany and the US. The RESCueH programme comprises 5 randomized controlled trials, and the studies can be expected to result in (1) more patients starting treatment in specialized outpatient clinics, (2) a greater number of elderly patients being treated, (3) increased patient motivation for treatment and thus improved adherence, (4) more patients with stable positive outcomes after treatment and (5) fewer patients relapsing into harmful drinking. The aim of this paper is to discuss the rationale for the RESCueH programme, to present the studies and expected results.
Report on two Cross-Swafs  Stakeholder Forum workshops
Creators: name: Jost, François
name: Sorren, Paul
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This report provides an overview of the Cross-SwafS Stakeholder Forum workshops conducted within the framework of the ROSIE project. The Cross-SwafS Stakeholder Forum for Responsible Open Science served as a platform for collaboration among stakeholders from various EU-funded projects focusing on open science, responsible research and innovation (RRI), and citizen science. The workshops aimed to leverage the diverse expertise and perspectives within the SwafS community to enhance the ROSIE project's efforts in incorporating publicly available results and feedback into its framework development work. Key objectives included obtaining feedback on framework development, transferring knowledge of ROSIE outcomes, and encouraging stakeholders to integrate ROSIE outcomes into their own practices. Through these workshops, the ROSIE project fostered collaboration, and shared knowledge, and strengthened the foundation of research ethics and integrity in open science practices.