cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Additional file 1 of Genome-wide DNA methylation profile changes associated with shell colouration in the Yesso scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis) as measured by whole-genome bisulfite sequencing
Creators: name: Yuan, Changzi
name: Mao, Junxia
name: Sun, Hongyan
name: Wang, Yiying
name: Guo, Ming
name: Wang, Xubo
name: Tian, Ying
name: Hao, Zhenlin
name: Ding, Jun
name: Chang, Yaqing
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. Sequence preferences for DNA methylation in different sequence contexts in two shell colour Yesso scallops. A. Sequence preference analysis in CG context. For this type, sites with methylation level >75% were defined as high methylation level sites and others were low methylation level sites. B. Sequence preference analysis in CHG context. C. Sequence preferences in CHH context. For CHG and CHH context, sites with methylation level >25% were defined as high methylation level sites and others were low methylation level sites. Table S1. Statistical results of methylated cytosines in different sequence contexts. Table S5. Primers for quantitative real-time PCR used in this study.
JFDE Special Issue ICAE2018
Creators: name: Astudillo, Julen
name: Chica, Jose Antonio
name: Knaack, Ulrich
name: Klein, Tillmann
Publisher: name: Journal of Facade Design and Engineering
Year: 2018

description: Dear Scientists, Engineers, and Designers, With this new edition we continue the collaboration with our funding member Tecnalia and the International Congress on Architectural Envelopes (www.icae2018.eu), which they organise every 3 years in San Sebastian (Basque Country, Spain). The eleven articles found in this new issue were carefully selected from 50 abstracts that will be presented during the scientific section of the congress. The final selected papers were subjected to the regular double-blind review process of the journal. With this selection of papers, we want to give an overview of the traditional technologies that are normally discussed in the context of façades, while also making some mention of new technologies, which, some time ago, existed only in the realm of the laboratory but which have begun to appear in real buildings and construction in recent years. In fact, the main topic of the conference this year is the Envelope 4.0, and consequently the aim of the magazine. Under this title, the aim is to unify two elements: the architectural envelope, due to it being the main reason for holding the conference, and the term “Industry 4.0” as a representation of the need to improve the manufacturing, assembly, distribution, and installation processes of many of the products included in today’s envelopes in order to be competitive in the market. We hope that with this selection we can provide you with new ideas and possibilities. An interesting set of approaches to new technologies is demonstrated (using robotics systems to install façades), new materials for the envelope (biocomposites, smart and multifunctional materials, and new types of membranes), use of BIM from design to manufacturing, 3D printed façades for thermal regulation, solar heating and cooling technologies in the envelope, characterisation of the thermal performance in roof solutions, and numerical and experimental performance assessment of structural thermal bridges. In conclusion, we want to thank our special editors, Julen Astudillo and Jose Antonio Chica from Tecnalia, for their effort in making this partnership happen. The editors of this special edition, Julen Astudillo Jose Antonio Chica Ulrich Knaack Tillmann Klein
description: Journal of Facade Design and Engineering, Vol. 6 No. 2 (2018): Special Issue ICAE2018
Personal Inflation Calculator
Creators: name: Phaswana, Malilimalo
name: Willows, Gizelle
name: Sagnelli, Darian
Publisher: name: University of Cape Town
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 150201 Finance
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Economics

description: Inflation rates experienced by different groups of consumers within a country vary. This is because the prices of goods and services and the expenditure patterns of consumers differ. The published inflation rate is used for important decisions regarding the preservation of consumer purchasing power. These include the adjustment of social grants and minimum wages by government and the benchmarking of returns by investors when making investment decisions. It is thus vital that inflation is measured accurately to ensure the purchasing power of consumers is preserved. Current measures of inflation published by Stats SA are applicable to typical consumers and are not relevant to each individual. This resource supplements a study that seeks to provide a publicly available model that can be used by consumers to calculate their personal rate of inflation.
This model is the 2021 update of the original Personal Inflation Calculator published in the link shown under "References".
New Biocomposites for Innovative Construction Facades and Interior Partitions
Creators: name: Astudillo, Julen
name: García González, Miriam
name: Sacristán, Javier
name: Uranga, Nayra
name: Leivo, Markku
name: Mueller, Michaella
name: Roig, Inma
name: Langer, Sarka
name: Gemignani, Gianluca
name: Vilkki, Markku
name: Gijzen, Ger
name: Silva, Susana
name: Nuñez, Miguel Ángel
name: Dąbek, Michał
name: Sprenger, Marius
name: Ortiz De Elgea, Alberto
Publisher: name: Journal of Facade Design and Engineering
Year: 2018

description: Osirys is a European Research Project where a holistic solution for façades and interior partitions ready to be applied in building retrofitting and new construction has been developed. The project uses biocomposites as the base material to define different products: a multilayer façade, a curtain wall, a window, and an interior partition. The biocomposites developed have different functionalities able to meet the strictest requisites of the European Building Codes in relation to fire and structural performance, improve indoor air quality through the elimination of VOCs (volatile organic compounds) and microorganisms, increase thermal insulation, and increase the durability of construction elements. The new systems are lighter than traditional ones, leading to reductions in overall weight, thereby reducing implementation costs during both manufacturing and assembly processes, thanks to an industrialised concept that utilises modular elements. The project was developed with the collaboration of 18 European partners (5 research centres, 9 SMEs, 2 large industries, and 2 public bodies). The main activities were devoted to the establishment of requirements, the development of materials, the design of products, the integration of materials into products, the verification of properties by simulation and testing according to EU standards, the integration of products into real buildings, and economic and environmental assessment. The scope of this paper is to provide a general overview of the entire project work and results to demonstrate the feasibility of using biocomposites in envelope solutions with the aim of solving some of the main problems that exist in façade traditional solutions. The project finishes with the implementation of the developments in real buildings as prototypes; further research is required before industrial scale manufacturing of the systems can be launched into the market.
description: Journal of Facade Design and Engineering, Vol. 6 No. 2 (2018): Special Issue ICAE2018
Entanglement growth via splitting of a few thermal quanta
Creators: name: Laha, Pradip
name: Moore, Darren W.
name: Filip, Radim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quanta splitting is an essential generator of Gaussian entanglement, exemplified by Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen states and apparently the most commonly occurring form of entanglement. In general, it results from the strong pumping of a nonlinear process with a highly coherent and low-noise external drive. In contrast, recent experiments involving efficient trilinear processes in trapped ions and superconducting circuits have opened the complementary possibility to test the splitting of a few thermal quanta. Stimulated by such small thermal energy, a strong degenerate trilinear coupling generates large amounts of nonclassicality, detectable by more than 3 dB of distillable quadrature squeezing. Substantial entanglement can be generated via frequent passive linear coupling to a third mode present in parallel with the trilinear coupling. This new form of entanglement, outside any Gaussian approximation, surprisingly grows with the mean number of split thermal quanta; a quality absent from Gaussian entanglement. Using distillable squeezing we shed light on this new entanglement mechanism for nonlinear bosonic systems.
Scalable parallel physical random number generator based on a superluminescent LED
Creators: name: Li, Xiaowen
name: Cohen, Adam B
name: Murphy, Thomas E
name: Roy, Rajarshi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We describe an optoelectronic system for simultaneously generating parallel, independent streams of random bits using spectrally separated noise signals obtained from a single optical source. Using a pair of non-overlapping spectral filters and a fiber-coupled superluminescent light-emitting diode (SLED), we produced two independent 10 Gb/s random bit streams, for a cumulative generation rate of 20 Gb/s. The system relies principally on chip-based optoelectronic components that could be integrated in a compact, economical package.
description: 3 pages, 4 figures
Exploring the potential of Smart and Multifunctional Materials in Adaptive Opaque Facade Systems
Creators: name: Juaristi, Miren
name: Monge-Barrio, Aurora
name: Sánchez-Ostiz, Ana
name: Gómez-Acebo, Tomás
Publisher: name: Journal of Facade Design and Engineering
Year: 2018

description: Climate Adaptive Facades are considered promising breakthroughs for the reduction of energy consumption, as energy exchange is enabled when the weather conditions offer benefits instead of threats. So far, conventional building envelops enhance thermal performance through opaque façade components and static insulations. Therefore, natural resources from the building environment remain untapped. Little research has been done in Adaptive Opaque Facades, even if their dynamic behaviour shows a strong potential to exploit environmental resources. For the successful development of these innovative façade systems, a balance between sophistication and benefit is necessary. To manage this objective, the implementation of Smart and Multifunctional Materials in the envelopes seems promising, as they are able to repeatedly and reversibly change some of its functions, features or behaviour over time in response to environmental condition. Consequently, to trigger the response of the envelope, no external actuator or complex software management would be necessary. Nevertheless, these materials do not fulfil all the façade requirements by themselves. Thus, they need to be combined with other adaptive technologies and building elements. This paper shows an initial definition of different façade configurations that include reactive materials which enable the adaptiveness of Opaque Façade Systems. The desired results are new facade roles suitable for a temperate climate, according to the potential of these multi-performance materials in the external layer of the envelope: the dynamic temperature change of the external cladding through the solar reflectance change and the enhancement or prevention of thermal loses through Shape Changing Ventilated Facades. To achieve these new high performances, an ideal approach to the thermal behaviour of each façade layer was done and required physical properties of each elements were highlighted. As a result, we propose a mapping of potentially suitable combination of reactive materials with other building elements that might enable the holistic adaptive thermal performance.
description: Journal of Facade Design and Engineering, Vol. 6 No. 2 (2018): Special Issue ICAE2018
Additional file 1 of Transgenic plant generated by RNAi-mediated knocking down of soybean Vma12 and soybean mosaic virus resistance evaluation
Creators: name: Luan, Hexiang
name: Liao, Wenlin
name: Song, Yingpei
name: Niu, Haopeng
name: Hu, Ting
name: Zhi, Haijian
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1: Fig. S1. Schematic diagram of T-DNA region of recombinant plasmid pB7GWIWG2(II)-GmVma12i,Fig. S2. The morphology of Fig. S3. The transcript levels of two isforms of GmVma12 by qRT-PCR in T1 RNAi silenced transgenic plants qRT-PCR. X-axes indicate T1 transgenic plants and non-transformed (Mock) plants. Data are expressed as the means of three biological replicates with error bars indicating the SD (n = 3). Asterisks denote significant difference from mock, as determined by the t- test, p < 0.001. Each result is representative of three biological repeats. wild type and GmVma12 transgenic plants at (a) true leaf period stage and (b) pod setting stage. Table S1. Primer sequence. Table S2. Components in medium used for soybean transformation. Table S3. DAS-ELISA analyses of T2 plants at 30 dpi of SMV infection
METHODOLOGY OF CONSTRUCTION AND TREND SHAPING FOR ECONOMIC PROFILE OF POVERTY
Creators: name: Milyausha R. Zainullina
Publisher: name: TUENGR Group
Year: 2019
Subjects: Economic portrait
Economic activity indices
Social stratum
Development method.
Reliability of indicators of variables.

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 10, 1, 27-35
Development and prototyping of an integrated 3D-printed façade for thermal regulation in complex geometries
Creators: name: Sarakinioti, Maria-Valentini
name: Konstantinou, Thaleia
name: Turrin, Michela
name: Tenpierik, Martin
name: Loonen, Roel
name: De Klijn-Chevalerias, Marie L.
name: Knaack, Ulrich
Publisher: name: Journal of Facade Design and Engineering
Year: 2018

description: Currently, several research projects investigate Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology as a possible construction method for future buildings. AM methods have some advantages over other production processes, such as great freedom of form, shape complexity, scale, and material use. These characteristics are relevant for façade applications, which demand the integration of several functions. Given the established capacity of AM to generate complex geometries, most existing research focuses on mechanical material properties and mainly in relation to the load-bearing capacity and the construction system. The integration of additional aspects is often achieved with post processing and the use of multiple materials. Research is needed to investigate properties for insulation, thermal storage, and energy harvesting, combined in one component and one production technology. To this end, the research project “SPONG3D” aimed at developing a 3D-printed façade panel that integrates insulating properties with heat storage in a complex, mono-material geometry. This paper gives an overview of the panel development process, including aspects of material selection, printing process, structural properties, energy performance, and thermal heat storage. The development process was guided by experiments and simulations and resulted in the design and manufacturing of a full-scale façade element prototype using FDM printing with PETG. The project proved the possibility of the integration of functions in 3D-printed façades, but also highlighted the limitations and the need for further developments.
description: Journal of Facade Design and Engineering, Vol. 6 No. 2 (2018): Special Issue ICAE2018
ANALYSIS OF CLIENT DEPENDENCE (CD) AND VENDOR INNOVATION (VI) AND THE MODERATING ROLE OF THE CORPORATE CULTURE
Creators: name: Hojjat JOUDAKI
Publisher: name: TUENGR Group
Year: 2019
Subjects: Client dependency
Corporate culture
SPSS
PLS.
Reliability of indicators of variables.
Risk analysis Risk passport
Risk assessment
Types of risk
Risk minimization measures
Risk management approach

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 10, 1, 37-45
MOESM24 of siRNAs regulate DNA methylation and interfere with gene and lncRNA expression in the heterozygous polyploid switchgrass
Creators: name: Yan, Haidong
name: Bombarely, Aureliano
name: Xu, Bin
name: Frazier, Taylor
name: Wang, Chengran
name: Chen, Peilin
name: Chen, Jing
name: Hasing, Tomas
name: Cui, Chenming
name: Zhang, Xinquan
name: Zhao, Bingyu
name: Huang, Linkai
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 24: Table S13. Annotation of targets of miR169 and miR171.
CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES TO ECONOMIC RISK MANAGEMENT AT THE ENTERPRISES OF AGRO-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IN BELGOROD REGION
Creators: name: Golubyatnikova, Yulia Y.
Publisher: name: TUENGR Group
Year: 2019
Subjects: Risk profile
Economic risk
Agrarian sector
Risk register
Risk management algorithm
Risk analysis Risk passport
Risk assessment
Types of risk
Risk minimization measures
Risk management approach

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 10, 1, 47-60
The Nature and Properties of a Repulsive Fermi Gas in the "Upper Branch"
Creators: name: Shenoy, Vijay B.
name: Ho, Tin-Lun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We generalize the Noziéres-Schmitt-Rink (NSR) method to study the repulsive Fermi gas in the absence of molecule formation, i.e., in the so-called "upper branch". We find that the system remains stable except close to resonance at sufficiently low temperatures. With increasing scattering length, the energy density of the system attains a maximum at a positive scattering length before resonance. This is shown to arise from Pauli blocking which causes the bound states of fermion pairs of different momenta to disappear at different scattering lengths. At the point of maximum energy, the compressibility of the system is substantially reduced, leading to a sizable uniform density core in a trapped gas. The change in spin susceptibility with increasing scattering length is moderate and does not indicate any magnetic instability. These features should also manifest in Fermi gases with unequal masses and/or spin populations.
description: 4 pages, 5 figures, number of typos corrected
Top quark mass and properties in ATLAS and CMS
Creators: name: Wuchterl, Sebastian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: For standard model (SM) processes involving top quarks, such as top quark-antiquark pair production or single top quark production, the theoretical predictions depend on fundamental parameters of the SM like the top quark mass. Using the large data sample collected at the CERN LHC in the second data-taking period by the ATLAS and CMS experiments, these parameters can be extracted in experimental measurements with high precision. Furthermore, properties of the production processes such as quark polarization or asymmetries can be measured. Exploiting the large luminosity of the data set, new kinematic regimes and methods are explored, as for events in which the top quarks have a very large transverse momentum. In these proceedings, recent measurements of SM parameters and top quark properties are presented. Individual results are also interpreted in terms of effective field theory extensions of the SM.
description: To appear in the Proceedings of the The Tenth Annual Conference on Large Hadron Collider Physics - LHCP2022, online, 16-20 May 2022
title: An exploration of novice compilation behaviour in BlueJ
Creators: name: Jadud, Matthew C.
Publisher: name: University of Kent
Year: 2021

description: Our research explores the process by which beginning programmers go about writing programs. We have focused our explorations on what we call compilation behaviour: the programming behaviour a student engages in while repeatedly editing and compiling their programs in an attempt to make them syntactically, if not semantically, correct. The students whose behaviour we have observed were engaged in learning to program in an objects-first style using BlueJ, an environment designed for supporting novice programmers just starting out with the Java programming language. The significant results of our work are two-fold. First, we have developed tools for visualising the process by which students write their programs. Using these tools, we can quickly obtain valuable information about their process, and use that information to inform further research regarding their behaviour, or apply it immediately in a classroom context to better support the struggling learner. Second, we have proposed a quantification of novice compilation behavior which we call the error quotient. Using this metric, we can determine how well (or poorly) a student fares with syntax errors while learning to program. This quantity, like our tools for visualisation, provides a powerful indicator for how much or little a student is struggling with the language while programming, and correlates significantly with traditional indicators for academic progress.
On the development of a façade-integrated solar water storage
Creators: name: D'Antoni, Matteo
name: Bonato, Paolo
name: Fedrizzi, Roberto
Publisher: name: Journal of Facade Design and Engineering
Year: 2018

description: The integration of active solar thermal technologies into building envelopes has recently received a rising attention, promoted within international projects as IEA Task 56 or Cost Action 1403. Although the façade integration of solar thermal collectors is a long debated topic, less attention is paid to the building integration of solar water storages. The scope of the paper is to highlight the main barriers experienced in the development of a façade-integrated solar water storage. This activity is a part of the SunRise project that aims to develop new unitized curtain wall element for tertiary office buildings. The façade element integrates a complete solar thermal system consisting of a solar collector, a hot water storage, a radiant panel and all the required operation components. A mock-up of the solar facade is manufactured to identify practical constructive issues. The thermal behaviour of the tank is analysed through FEM simulations and laboratory tests.
description: Journal of Facade Design and Engineering, Vol. 6 No. 2 (2018): Special Issue ICAE2018
title: Unbeugsame Frauen in der Politik?! : Dokumentarfilm zur Bundestagswahl 2021
Creators: name: Schlüter, Anne
name: Schmitz, Petra
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications Online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: FOS: Political science
valueUri: http://www.oecd.org/science/inno/38235147.pdf

description: Politische Macht von Frauen ist allen möglichen politischen und sozialen Wechselfällen ausgesetzt. Der Erzählbogen des dokumentarischen Films Die Unbeugsamen von Torsten Körner lässt sichtbar werden, wie unsicher Positionen und Einfluss sind und unter welchen Bedingungen sich politisch etwas bewegen lässt. Aktuell bezieht sich der Film auf die Bundestagswahl 2021 und auf den niederschmetternden Frauenanteil von nur 31 Prozent im 19. Bundestag von 2017 bis 2021.
Revista Diálogos Interdisciplinarios en Red,Выпуск 1 (10) 2023
Creators: name: Escuela Internacional De Negocios Y Desarrollo Empresarial De Colombia
Publisher: name: Escuela Internacional de Negocios y Desarrollo Empresarial de Colombia
Year: 2023

description: Revista Diálogos Interdisciplinarios en Red,Выпуск 1 (10) 2023
Tuning perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in (Ga,Mn)(As,P) by thermal annealing
Creators: name: Casiraghi, A.
name: Rushforth, A. W.
name: Wang, M.
name: Farley, N. R. S
name: Wadley, P.
name: Hall, J. L.
name: Staddon, C. R.
name: Edmonds, K. W.
name: Campion, R. P.
name: Foxon, C. T.
name: Gallagher, B. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have investigated the effects of post growth low temperature annealing on the magnetic, electrical and structural properties of (Ga_0.94,Mn_0.06)(As_0.9,P_0.1) layers grown by molecular beam epitaxy. By controlling the annealing time we are able to tune the magnetic anisotropy between an easy axis in the plane for the as-grown samples, to an easy axis perpendicular to the plane for fully annealed samples. The increase of the carrier density, as a result of annealing, is found to be the primary reason for the change in magnetic anisotropy, in qualitative agreement with theoretical predictions.
description: 13 pages, 3 figures, submitted to Applied Physics Letters
An analysis of the potential of envelope-integrated solar heating and cooling technologies for reducing energy consumption in European climates
Creators: name: Elguezabal, Peru
name: Arregi, Beñat
Publisher: name: Journal of Facade Design and Engineering
Year: 2018

description: There is a clear trend towards the increased contribution of renewable energy at European level, and EU policies are oriented towards that direction. The building sector is no exception and presents an urgent necessity for increasing the share of renewable energy sources (RES) to reduce the impact on the environment. The aim of this paper is to examine the potential of solar heating and cooling technologies in reducing energy consumption by incorporating solar thermal and PV collectors within the building’s envelope. Although generally envisaged to be integrated in the roof, preferably oriented to the south, this study explores also their potential for integration into the façades. External climate influences both the demand for space heating and cooling (influenced by temperature) and the potential from solar renewable energy (incident global irradiation). However, a time lag exists since supply and demand peak at different times within the day as well as during the year. This study assesses the interplay of solar energy supply with heating and cooling energy demand. An analysis is performed over climate data files for five European locations, based on daily weather data. Besides the extent of incident solar irradiation, its seasonal usability is assessed with regard to the thermal demand. The impact of the inclination of solar collector devices is assessed by comparing their placement on a horizontal plane, on the inclination of maximum exposure for each climate, and on vertical planes for the four cardinal directions. As a conclusion, the utilization of solar energy for different scenarios is assessed and a discussion on the integration of solar thermal and PV collectors over façades is presented, building on the potential of these technologies for developing innovative solutions that could significantly upgrade the buildings’ energy performance in the near future.
description: Journal of Facade Design and Engineering, Vol. 6 No. 2 (2018): Special Issue ICAE2018
Accuracy of professional judgments for dermal exposure assessment using deterministic models
Creators: name: Sahmel, Jennifer
name: Arnold, Susan F.
name: Ramachandran, Gurumurthy
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: The accuracy of exposure judgments, particularly for scenarios where only qualitative information is available or a systematic approach is not used, has been evaluated and shown to have a relatively low level of accuracy. This is particularly true for dermal exposures, where less information is generally available compared to inhalation exposures. Relatively few quantitative validation efforts have been performed for scenarios where dermal exposures are of interest. In this study, a series of dermal exposure judgments were collected from 90 volunteer U.S. occupational health practitioners in a workshop format to assess the accuracy of their judgments for three specific scenarios. Accuracy was defined as the ability of the participants to identify the correct reference exposure category, as defined by the quantitative exposure banding categories utilized by the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA®). The participants received progressively additional information and training regarding dermal exposure assessments and scenario-specific information during the workshop, and the relative accuracy of their category judgments over time was compared. The results of the study indicated that despite substantial education and training in exposure assessment generally, the practitioners had very little experience in performing dermal exposure assessments and a low level of comfort in performing these assessments. Further, contrary to studies of practitioners performing inhalation exposure assessments demonstrating a trend toward underestimating exposures, participants in this study consistently overestimated the potential for dermal exposure without quantitative data specific to the scenario of interest. Finally, it was found that participants were able to identify the reference or “true” category of dermal exposure acceptability when provided with relevant, scenario-specific dermal and/or surface-loading data for use in the assessment process. These results support the need for additional training and education of practitioners in performing dermal exposure assessments. A closer analysis of default loading values used in dermal exposure assessments to evaluate their accuracy relative to real-world or measured dermal loading values, along with consistent improvements in current dermal models, is also needed.
Characterization of perceived biohazard exposures, personal protective equipment, and training resources among a sample of formal U.S. solid waste workers: A pilot study
Creators: name: Le, Aurora B.
name: Shkembi, Abas
name: Tadee, Anupon
name: Sturgis, Anna C.
name: Gibbs, Shawn G.
name: Neitzel, Richard L.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: In the United States, the majority of waste workers work with solid waste. In solid waste operations, collection, sorting, and disposal can lead to elevated biohazard exposures (e.g., bioaerosols, bloodborne and other pathogens, human and animal excreta). This cross-sectional pilot study aimed to characterize solid waste worker perception of biohazard exposures, as well as worker preparedness and available resources (e.g., access to personal protective equipment, level of training) to address potential biohazard exposures. Three sites were surveyed: (1) a family-owned, small-scale waste disposal facility, (2) a county-level, recycling-only facility, and (3) an industrial-sized, large-scale facility that contains a hauling and landfill division. Survey items characterized occupational biohazards, resources to mitigate and manage those biohazards, and worker perceptions of biohazard exposures. Descriptive statistics were generated. The majority of workers did not report regularly coming into contact with blood, feces, and bodily fluids (79%). As such, less than one-fifth were extremely concerned about potential illness from biological exposures (19%). Yet, most workers surveyed (71%) reported an accidental laceration/cut that would potentially expose workers to biohazards. This study highlights the need for additional research on knowledge of exposure pathways and perceptions of the severity of exposure among this occupational group.
Chemical characterization of combustion engine exhaust and assessment of helicopter deck operator occupational exposures on an offshore frigate class ship
Creators: name: Hammer, Stine Eriksen
name: Daae, Hanne Line
name: Kåsin, Karoline
name: Helmersmo, Kristin
name: Simensen, Vincent
name: Skaugset, Nils Petter
name: Hassel, Erlend
name: Zardin, Erika
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
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: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Diesel engine exhaust (DE) consists of a complex mixture of gases and aerosols, originating from sources such as engines, turbines, and power generators. It is composed of a wide range of toxic compounds ranging from constituents that are irritating to those that are carcinogenic. The purposes of this work were to characterize DE originating from different engine types on a ship operating offshore and to quantify the potential exposure of workers on the ship’s helicopter deck to select DE compounds. Sampling was conducted on a Norwegian Nansen-class frigate that included helicopter operations. Frigate engines and generators were fueled by marine diesel oil, while the helicopter engine was fueled by high flash point kerosene-type aviation fuel. Exhaust samples were collected directly from the stack of the diesel engine and one of the diesel generator exhaust stacks, inside a gas turbine exhaust stack, and at the exhaust outlet of the helicopter. To characterize the different exhaust sources, non-targeted screening of volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds was performed for multiple chemical classes. Some of the compounds detected at the sources are known irritants, such as phthalic anhydride, 2,5-dyphenyl-p-benzoquinone, styrene, cinnoline, and phenyl maleic anhydride. The exhaust from the diesel engine and diesel generator was found to contain the highest amounts of particulate matter and gaseous compounds, while the gas turbine had the lowest emissions. Personal exposure samples were collected outdoors in the breathing zone of a helicopter deck operator over nine working shifts, simultaneously with stationary measurements on the helicopter deck. Elemental carbon, nitrogen dioxide, and several volatile organic compounds are known to be present in DE, such as formaldehyde, acrolein, and phenol were specifically targeted. Measured DE exposures of the crew on the helicopter deck were variable, but less than the current European occupational exposure limits for all compounds, except elemental carbon, in which concentration varied between 0.5 and 37 µg/m3 over nine work shifts. These findings are among the first published for this type of working environment.
Towards New Metrics for the Characterisation of the Dynamic Performance of Adaptive Façade Systems
Creators: name: Bianco, Lorenza
name: Cascone, Ylenia
name: Avesani, Stefano
name: Vullo, Pascal
name: Bejat, Timea
name: Koenders, Stefan
name: Loonen, Roel C.G.M
name: Goia, Francesco
name: Serra, Valentina
name: Favoino, Fabio
Publisher: name: Journal of Facade Design and Engineering
Year: 2018

description: Traditional façade characterisation metrics such as U-value and g-value are of limited value in the design process of buildings with adaptive façades. This issue is particularly important for adaptive façade components that have the capability of controlling thermal energy storage in the construction thermal mass. Building performance simulations can help to analyse the performance of buildings with adaptive façades, but such studies usually only provide information about the energy and comfort performance at room level. Consequently, there is a need for development and testing of new façade-level performance metrics that can be used to compare the performance of different adaptive façade components. This paper presents experiences and lessons learned from four European R&D projects that have introduced novel metrics to capture the dynamic performance of adaptive opaque façades. Characteristics of the different metrics are described, and their similarities and differences are compared and contrasted. The paper highlights the main benefits of metrics that can capture dynamic effects, and concludes by providing directions for future work.
description: Journal of Facade Design and Engineering, Vol. 6 No. 3 (2018): Special Issue FAÇADE 2018 – Adaptive!
Modelling Envelope Components Integrating Phase Change Materials (PCMs) with Whole- Building Energy Simulation Tools: a State of the Art
Creators: name: Castell, Albert
name: Medrano, Marc
name: Goia, Francesco
Publisher: name: Journal of Facade Design and Engineering
Year: 2018

description: Building envelope systems that integrate Phase Change Materials (PCMs) are solutions aimed at increasing the thermal energy storage potential of the building envelope while keeping its mass reasonably low. Building envelope components with PCMs can be either opaque or transparent and can be based on different types of PCMs and integration methods. In opposition to conventional building components, these elements present thermal and optical properties that are highly non-linear and depend to a great extent on the boundary conditions. Such a characteristic requires the system development and optimisation process during the design phase to be carried out with particular care in order to achieve the desired performance. In this paper, a review of the existing modelling capabilities of different building energy simulation (BES) tools for PCM-based envelope components is reported, and the main challenges associated with the modelling and simulation of these systems through the most popular BES tools (among them, EnergyPlus, IDA-ICE, TRNSYS, IES-VE, and ESP-r) are highlighted. The aim of this paper is to summarise the evidence found in the literature of the latest development in the successful use of BES to replicate the thermal and optical behaviour of opaque and transparent components integrating PCMs, in order to provide the community of professionals with an overview of the tools available and their limitations.
description: Journal of Facade Design and Engineering, Vol. 6 No. 3 (2018): Special Issue FAÇADE 2018 – Adaptive!
Paul and the body in I Corinthians
Creators: name: Iddon, Miranda
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: The purpose of my thesis is to understand the way Paul of Tarsus uses notions of the human body in I Corinthians. Paul's theories of the body have strong links to the Judaism of the late Second Temple Period and first-century Greek culture. These became strong influences in the way he regarded the human body and its application to resolving issues in his undisputed letters. The main themes concern the immaterial aspects of the body, and the individual body as a reflection of the greater social body. Within Greek culture, immaterial aspects of the body were highly regarded, which often caused the material fleshly body to be disregarded. However, Proto-Rabbinic Jewish perceptions towards the body heavily influenced Paul to take the opposite stance from the Greek and argue for a different view of the body. Paul also used the metaphor of a united-individual body to reflect the importance of the united social body for the purpose of eliminating arguments and divisions within the Corinthian community. Three of Paul’s central themes regarding the perception of the body are unity, purity, and bodily control. Unity related to whether the body is itself united and how it relates with other individual bodies as part of the social body, which is created and maintained through control and purity. Paul indicates that when the physical body is controlled and kept pure, all aspects of the body, both material and immaterial, can then honour God. Through this communication, Paul argues against the duality of body and soul and advocates a unity between the material and immaterial parts of the body. Purity can be regarded as a form of protection and control; however, it does take on different forms when related to aspects of the body. Purity is concerned with maintaining the holiness of the body and thus producing a reflection of God. Control of the body is necessary for abstaining from sins that will negatively affect the body. Paul's teachings concerning the body affect the individual body, but have a greater purpose in maintaining the cohesiveness of the social body.
The Effect of Cosmological Background Dynamics on the Spherical Collapse in MOND
Creators: name: Malekjani, M.
name: Haghi, H.
name: Jassur, D. M. Z
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The effect of background dynamics of the universe on formation of large scale structures in the framework of Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) is investigated. A spherical collapse model is used for modeling the formation of the structures. This study is done in two extreme cases: ({\it i}) assuming a universe with a low-density baryonic matter without any cold dark matter and dark energy; ({\it ii}) a dark energy dominated universe with baryonic matter, without cold dark matter. We show that for the case ({\it ii}) the structures virialize at lower redshifts with larger radii compared to the low-density background universe. The dark energy slow downs the collapse of the structures. We show that our results are compatible with recent simulations of the structure formation in MOND.
description: 16 pages, 4 Figures, accepted by New Astronomy
The relationship between ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) and relative strength for a fatiguing dynamic upper extremity task: A consideration of multiple cycles and conditions
Creators: name: Vahedi, Zahra
name: Kheiri, Setareh Kazemi
name: Hajifar, Sahand
name: Lamooki, Saeb Ragani
name: Sun, Hongyue
name: Megahed, Fadel M.
name: Cavuoto, Lora A.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: The goal of this study was to evaluate the relationship between ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) and relative strength with respect to baseline for a fatiguing free dynamic task targeting the upper extremity, namely simulated order picking, and determine whether the relationship remains the same for different conditions (i.e., pace and weight) and with fatigue. Fourteen participants (seven males, seven females) performed four sessions that included two 45-min work periods separated by 15 min of rest. The work periods involved picking weighted bottles from shoulder height and packaging them at waist height for four combinations of bottle mass and picking rate: 2.5 kg–15 bottles per minute (bpm), 2.5 kg–10 bpm, 2.5 kg–5 bpm, and 1.5 kg–15 bpm. Participants reported their RPEs every 5 min and performed a maximum isometric shoulder flexion exertion every 9 min. Pearson product-moment correlation was used to evaluate the linear relationship between RPE and relative strength for each subject and work period. Then, the effects of condition and work period on the average relationship were assessed using a repeated-measures analysis of variance (ANOVA). For the first 45-min period, there were no significantly different correlations between RPE and relative strength across conditions (average r = −0.62 (standard deviation = 0.38); p = 0.57). There was a significant decrease in average correlation for the second work period (r = −0.39 (0.53)). These results suggest that individual subjective responses consistently increase while relative strength declines when starting from a non-fatigued state. However, correlations are weaker when re-engaging in work following incomplete recovery. Thus, starting fatigue levels should be accounted for when considering the expected relationship between RPE and relative strength.
Classicality, Markovianity and local detailed balance from pure state dynamics
Creators: name: Strasberg, Philipp
name: Winter, Andreas
name: Gemmer, Jochen
name: Wang, Jiaozi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: When describing the effective dynamics of an observable in a many-body system, the repeated randomness assumption, which states that the system returns in a short time to a maximum entropy state, is a crucial hypothesis to guarantee that the effective dynamics is classical, Markovian and obeys local detailed balance. While the latter behaviour is frequently observed in naturally occurring processes, the repeated randomness assumption is in blatant contradiction to the microscopic reversibility of the system. Here, we show that the use of the repeated randomness assumption can be justified in the description of the effective dynamics of an observable that is both slow and coarse, two properties we will define rigorously. Then, our derivation will invoke essentially only the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis and typicality arguments. While the assumption of a slow observable is subtle, as it provides only a necessary but not sufficient condition, it also offers a unifying perspective applicable to, e.g., open systems as well as collective observables of many-body systems. All our ideas are numerically verified by studying density waves in spin chains.
description: Final version