cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Life cycle assessment and biodegradability of biodiesel produced using different alcohols and heterogeneous catalysts
Creators: name: Gaide, Ieva
name: Grigas, Andrius
name: Makareviciene, Violeta
name: Sendzikiene, Egle
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: The synthesis of fatty acid methyl (RME) and fatty acid butyl esters (RME) using heterogeneous catalysts (dolomite, eggshells, snail shells) is attractive as more and more legislations about global warming and energy security encourage to pay attention to renewable energy sources. In this study, the impact of six different RME and RBE production scenarios on the environment was investigated, also biodegradability research of RMEs and RBEs and mineral diesel were conducted. To assess life cycle, SimaPro9 software was used and impact to 11 environmental categories were evaluated. The environmental performance was determined based on their midpoint impacts, CML-IA baseline V3.06/EU25 method. Results of LCA showed that the production of RBE using eggshells and snail shells as heterogeneous catalysts had the most adverse impact on the global warming potential (2298.0 and 2266.1 kgCO2eq t−1 respectively). While the lowest impact to global warming potential was obtained for RME production using dolomite as a catalyst (1436.8 kgCO2eqt−1). The production of RME using dolomite had the lowest impact on almost all categories, while the synthesis of RBE using eggshells had the highest impact on the environment. However, conditions under which biodiesel is produced have a huge impact on life cycle assessment results. RMEs showed higher biodegradability compared with RBEs. HIGHLIGHTSLCA on six different biodiesel production scenarios was investigated.FAME production using dolomite has the lowest impact on the environment.Conditions under which biodiesel is produced have a huge impact on LCA results.Biodegradability of RMEs and RBEs was investigated.Biodegradability depends on the type of alcohol, not on the catalyst which was used. LCA on six different biodiesel production scenarios was investigated. FAME production using dolomite has the lowest impact on the environment. Conditions under which biodiesel is produced have a huge impact on LCA results. Biodegradability of RMEs and RBEs was investigated. Biodegradability depends on the type of alcohol, not on the catalyst which was used.
Robopus pygmaeus
Creators: name: Keller, Oliver
name: Branham, Marc A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Lampyridae
Robopus
Robopus pygmaeus

description: Robopus pygmaeus (E. Olivier)
Photinus pygmaeus E. Olivier 1899a: 92 [original combination]
Pygolampis pygmaeus (E. Olivier) [new combination by E. Olivier 1912b: 29]
Photinus pygmaeus (E. Olivier) [revised combination by Leng & Mutchler 1922: 465]
Diphotus pygmaeus (E. Olivier) [new combination by McDermott 1955: 50]
Robopus pygmaeus (E. Olivier) [new combination by McDermott 1964: 7]
DISTRIBUTION: CUBA: Camagüey, Cienfuegos, Granma, Santiago de Cuba (E. Olivier 1899a, 1907, 1910, 1912b; Leng & Mutchler 1914, 1922; Mutchler 1923b; Blackwelder 1945; McDermott 1955, 1966; Blackwelder & Arnett 1974; Peck 2005)
TYPE LOCALITY: Cuba
TYPE DEPOSITORY: MNHN
description: Published as part of Keller, Oliver & Branham, Marc A., 2021, A catalog of the Lampyridae (Coleoptera) of the West Indies, pp. 53-105 in Zootaxa 4970 (1) on page 94, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4970.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4756339
A solventless carbonyl addition reaction as a guided inquiry laboratory activity for second-year undergraduate organic students
Creators: name: Tracey, Matthew P.
name: Nigam, Manisha
name: Pirzada, Elaynah
name: Osman, Tina
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: A less hazardous, environmentally friendly, and energy-efficient Knoevenagel reaction performed using proline as a catalyst has been designed and implemented within a sophomore-level organic chemistry laboratory as a guided inquiry activity. The main learning objective is to enable students to identify and understand various green chemistry principles such as atom economy, use of safer chemicals, design for energy efficiency, and inherently safer chemistry for accident prevention. Students were successful in synthesizing α,β-unsaturated diesters using unknown substituted benzaldehydes (later identified by the students spectroscopically) and Meldrum’s acid at room temperature in the presence of proline as a catalyst without the need for an additional base. By analyzing 1H NMR spectroscopic data, infrared spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry to identify the synthesized product, the unknown benzaldehyde starting material, and the major reaction pathway, students have enhanced their spectroscopy skills and developed a deeper understanding of the mechanism of the reaction that may not be covered in the lecture course.
Seek Out Ideas From Nature
Creators: name: Majumdar, Partha
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Nature
Science
Arts
Business

description: Nature has been a source of inspiration for humans for centuries, influencing the art, science, technology, and business sectors. From Object-Oriented Programming, mimicking the modular and reusable principles of living systems, to neural networks designed after the brain’s nuanced strategies for sampling and decision-making, natural systems take us on innovation journeys. Design and art borrow from the vivid colours and forms found in butterflies, flowers and ferns, and business does the same, learning from the cost-efficiency and collaborative nature of bees, ants and trees. Respecting nature's lessons — ecosystems without waste, flexibility and diversity — we find long-lasting alternatives congruent with the environment and enrich our lives by empowering future generations.
An Enhanced Text Compression Approach Using Transformer-based Language Models
Creators: name: Rahman, Chowdhury Mofizur
name: Sobhani, Mahbub E
name: Rodela, Anika Tasnim
name: Shatabda, Swakkhar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Text compression shrinks textual data while keeping crucial information, eradicating constraints on storage, bandwidth, and computational efficacy. The integration of lossless compression techniques with transformer-based text decompression has received negligible attention, despite the increasing volume of English text data in communication. The primary barrier in advancing text compression and restoration involves optimizing transformer-based approaches with efficient pre-processing and integrating lossless compression algorithms, that remained unresolved in the prior attempts. Here, we propose a transformer-based method named RejuvenateForme for text decompression, addressing prior issues by harnessing a new pre-processing technique and a lossless compression method. Our meticulous pre-processing technique incorporating the Lempel-Ziv-Welch algorithm achieves compression ratios of 12.57, 13.38, and 11.42 on the BookCorpus, EN-DE, and EN-FR corpora, thus showing state-of-the-art compression ratios compared to other deep learning and traditional approaches. Furthermore, the RejuvenateForme achieves a BLEU score of 27.31, 25.78, and 50.45 on the EN-DE, EN-FR, and BookCorpus corpora, showcasing its comprehensive efficacy. In contrast, the pre-trained T5-Small exhibits better performance over prior state-of-the-art models.
Silver(I)-induced anisotropy in the plasmon-driven growth of nanoscale gold
Creators: name: Siegel, Asher L.
name: Mallott, Arren J.
name: Patel, Devanshi N.
name: Polo-Parada, Luis
name: Baker, Gary A.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: The plasmon-mediated synthesis of anisotropic gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) has only recently been investigated and achieved. This process typically utilizes the surface plasmon resonances (SPRs) of the nanoparticles themselves to drive metal deposition and growth. Many of the traditional methods for shape control, including use of functional surfactants and etchants, have yet to be utilized within the context of light-driven synthesis. Here, the underpotential deposition of Ag(I) is utilized as a shape-controlling strategy in a hot electron-driven photochemical synthesis to grow anisotropic gold nanoparticles. The strategy also relies on L-pyroglutamic acid, a natural amino acid metabolite, as a photochemical relay aiding in the transport and localization of plasmon-generated hot electrons. By carefully adjusting reagent concentrations, the morphologies of the resulting nanoparticles can be facilely tuned from spheres to nanostars and nanoflowers. The high extinction in the NIR region of the ‘ideal’ gold nanostars synthesized advocates their use as photothermal therapy agents, supported by a sufficient photothermal conversion efficiency (η = 30.8%) under 808 nm CW laser irradiation. This contribution expands the repertoire of gold nanostructures accessible to visible-light-driven plasmonic photochemistry. Different gold nanoparticle shapes have been accessed using a plasmon-mediated growth technique. Ag(I) ions induce symmetry breaking, yielding nano-sized gold spheres, stars, and flowers. A specialized photoreactor, equipped with 505 nm LED illumination, facilitates the transfer of hot electrons from a pre-made gold nanocube seed surface. Gold reduction and deposition occur, and anisotropic structures grow with the aid of L-pyroglutamic acid and Triton X-100 as coordinating and shape-directing agents.
Robopus roseicollis Motschulsky 1854
Creators: name: Keller, Oliver
name: Branham, Marc A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Lampyridae
Robopus
Robopus roseicollis

description: Robopus roseicollis Motschulsky
Robopus roseicollis Motschulsky 1854b: 42
Photinus decorus E. Olivier 1907: 35 syn. [McDermott 1966: 52]
Robopus roseicollis Motschulsky [revised combination by McDermott 1966: 52]
DISTRIBUTION: HAITI: (E. Olivier 1907, 1910; Leng & Mutchler 1914). HISPANIOLA: (Gemminger & de Harold 1869; Leng & Mutchler 1922; Blackwelder 1945?; McDermott 1966; Blackwelder & Arnett 1974?). PUER- TO RICO: Barranquitas, Bayamón, Cayey, Cidra, Coamo, Corozal, Naguabo, San Juan, Vega Alta (Motschulsky 1853; Motschulsky 1854b; Lacordaire 1857; E. Olivier 1910, 1912b; Leng & Mutchler 1914, 1922; Wolcott 1923, 1936; Blackwelder 1945; Wolcott 1948; McDermott 1966; Blackwelder & Arnett 1974; Kazantsev 2007; Kazantsev 2008). NO LOCALITY: (McDermott 1955)
TYPE LOCALITY: Portorico
TYPE DEPOSITORY: lost (pers. comm. M. Ivie)
REMARKS: Gemminger & de Harold (1869), E. Olivier (1910), and Blackwelder (1945) use Photinus decorus and P. roseicollis. They also consider Photinus decorus as the valid name with P. roseicollis as a synonym. Wolcott (1923, 1936) uses Lucidiota [sic] decorus Gemminger & de Harold. Wolcott (1936) reported this species to be eaten by Anolis evermanni and A. cristatelus (Reptilia: Dactyloidae). Wolcott (1923, 1936) also reports this species collected on coffee leaves, grapefruit leaves, Solanum torvum, potato, and pomarrosa.
description: Published as part of Keller, Oliver & Branham, Marc A., 2021, A catalog of the Lampyridae (Coleoptera) of the West Indies, pp. 53-105 in Zootaxa 4970 (1) on page 94, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4970.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4756339
Triethyl phosphate (TEP) as a green solvent for solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS)
Creators: name: Nandhini, K.P.
name: Cele, Nosipho
name: de la Torre, Beatriz G.
name: Albericio, Fernando
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Triethyl phosphate (TEP) is a new member of the Green Solid-Phase Peptide Synthesis (GSPPS) toolbox. TEP shows almost no toxicity and no carcinogenic or mutagenic properties. It degrades, giving the rather innocuous phosphoric acid and ethanol. TEP has a low viscosity, which makes it appealing for solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS), where the reagents delivered by the solvent should penetrate the polymeric matrix. TEP dissolves most Fmoc-amino acids and key coupling reagents and additives. The use of TEP has allowed the SPPS of several model peptides using the most conventional polystyrene resin at room temperature, while other green solvents required more sophisticated resins and/or elevated temperatures. In conclusion, TEP is an excellent contender to become the green solvent of choice.
An Incremental Clustering Baseline for Event Detection on Twitter
Creators: name: Ray, Marjolaine
name: Wang, Qi
name: Mélanie-Becquet, Frédérique
name: Poibeau, Thierry
name: Mazoyer, Béatrice
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Event detection in text streams is a crucial task for the analysis of online media and social networks. One of the current challenges in this field is establishing a performance standard while maintaining an acceptable level of computational complexity. In our study, we use an incremental clustering algorithm combined with recent advancements in sentence embeddings. Our objective is to compare our findings with previous studies, specifically those by Cao et al. (2024) and Mazoyer et al. (2020). Our results demonstrate significant improvements and could serve as a relevant baseline for future research in this area.
Blockchain in Environmental Sustainability Measures: a Survey
Creators: name: Vladucu, Maria-Victoria
name: Wu, Hailun
name: Medina, Jorge
name: Salehin, Khondaker M.
name: Dong, Ziqian
name: Rojas-Cessa, Roberto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Real and effective regulation of contributions to greenhouse gas emissions and pollutants requires unbiased and truthful monitoring. Blockchain has emerged not only as an approach that provides verifiable economical interactions but also as a mechanism to keep the measurement, monitoring, incentivation of environmental conservationist practices and enforcement of policy. Here, we present a survey of areas in what blockchain has been considered as a response to concerns on keeping an accurate recording of environmental practices to monitor levels of pollution and management of environmental practices. We classify the applications of blockchain into different segments of concerns, such as greenhouse gas emissions, solid waste, water, plastics, food waste, and circular economy, and show the objectives for the addressed concerns. We also classify the different blockchains and the explored and designed properties as identified for the proposed solutions. At the end, we provide a discussion about the niches and challenges that remain for future research.
description: This is an extended version of "Blockchain in Environmental Sustainability Measures: a Review," Blockchains, 2(3), pp.334-365
S1: Details on Synchrotron Radiation X-ray Tomography Microscopy (srXTM) measurements from Morphogenesis of pteraspid heterostracan oral plates and the evolutionary origin of teeth
Creators: name: Grohganz, Madleen
name: Johanson, Zerina
name: Keating, Joseph Neil
name: Donoghue, Philip Conrad James
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 370506
subject: Palaeontology (incl. palynology)

description: srXTM investigations were performed at the X02DA TOMCAT beamline of the Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute (Villigen, Switzerland) following a standard acquisition approach with the rotation axis located in the middle of the field of view and the acquisition of 1501 projections equiangularly distributed over 180° of rotation. Projections were post-processed and rearranged into flat- and dark-field-corrected sinograms, and reconstruction was performed on a 60-core Linux PC farm. Slice data derived from the scans were analysed and manipulated using Avizo software for computed tomography, at the University of Bristol.
Robopus roseinotatus Kazantsev 2006
Creators: name: Keller, Oliver
name: Branham, Marc A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Lampyridae
Robopus
Robopus roseinotatus

description: Robopus roseinotatus Kazantsev
Robopus roseinotatus Kazantsev 2007: 383
DISTRIBUTION: PUERTO RICO: Fajardo, Rio Grande (Kazantsev 2007, 2008)
TYPE LOCALITY: Puerto Rico, Sierra de Luquillo
TYPE DEPOSITORY: ICM
description: Published as part of Keller, Oliver & Branham, Marc A., 2021, A catalog of the Lampyridae (Coleoptera) of the West Indies, pp. 53-105 in Zootaxa 4970 (1) on page 94, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4970.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4756339
Knoevenagel reaction promoted by functional ionic liquids with primary and tertiary amines
Creators: name: Zhao, Sanhu
name: Fan, Yindi
name: Wang, Zhijun
name: Qiao, Yongsheng
name: Jia, Xiaoli
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biophysics
Biochemistry
Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biotechnology
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Functional ionic liquids have been widely used in the fields of synthetic chemistry, analytical chemistry, electrochemistry and material chemistry owing to their excellent properties such as easy structure modification and adjustable properties. In this work, a series of basic functionalized ionic liquids were prepared from 1, 4-diazabicyclo [2.2.2] octane (DABCO) or hexamethylenetetramine (HMTA) with various halogenated hydrocarbons, then these functional ionic liquids and water were used as solvent-catalyst system in the Knoevenagel reaction of various aldehydes with ethyl cyanoacetate or malononitrile, the influence of the structure of the ionic liquid and the content of water was investigated. The results showed that the composite solvent-catalyst system mixed by the functional ionic liquid N-(3-aminopropyl)-1,4-diazabicyclo [2.2.2] octane bromide with water can effectively promote the Knoevenagel reaction and the alkalinity of amine and hydrogen bond play an important role. Aromatic aldehydes with electron-donating or electron-withdrawing groups can obtain the target product at an excellent yield (79-99%). It is worth noting that the polycyclic aromatic aldehydes with high steric hindrance, 86%-95% yields of the object products were also obtained after 15 h-25 h. Furthermore, the catalyst could be reused for 6 times without any loss in its catalytic activity. The composite solvent-catalyst system mixed by the Functional ionic liquid N-(3-aminopropyl)-1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane bromide with water can effectively promote the Knoevenagel reaction, even for the electron-rich aromatic aldehydes with poor reactivity, high yields of the target products and fast reaction rate were also obtained at room temperature.
Supporting data, analyses, and figures from Ecosystem-engineered infections: beaver-modified wetlands are associated with conflicting drivers of amphibian pathogen prevalence
Creators: name: Fischer, Leah Marie
name: Luis, Angie
name: Hossack, Blake
name: McMahon, Taegan A
name: Lowe, Winsor
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310399
subject: Ecology not elsewhere classified

description: This file contains amphibian data from each study site as well as physical and water chemistry characteristics for each site. There is also a PCA plot showing relationships between confounding variables used in the analysis. It also includes an analysis of the combined effects of canopy cover, hydroperiod, and density on Bd prevalence in Columbia spotted frogs and western toads.
title: Salat :
title: Richtlinien für die Durchführung der Prüfung auf Unterscheidbarkeit, Homogenität und Beständigkeit.
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: (:Unas)
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2021

description: Zweck dieser Richtlinien („Prüfungsrichtlinien“) ist es, die in der Allgemeinen Einführung (Dokument TG/1/3) und deren verbundenen TGP-Dokumenten enthaltenen Grundsätze in detaillierte praktische Anleitung für die harmonisierte Prüfung der Unterscheidbarkeit, der Homogenität und der Beständigkeit (DUS) umzusetzen und insbesondere geeignete Merkmale für die DUS-Prüfung und die Erstellung harmonisierter Sortenbeschreibungen auszuweisen.
Robopus semifuscus
Creators: name: Keller, Oliver
name: Branham, Marc A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Lampyridae
Robopus
Robopus semifuscus

description: Robopus semifuscus (Barber)
Diphotus semifuscus Barber 1941: 13 [original combination]
Robopus semifuscus (Barber) [new combination by McDermott 1964: 7]
DISTRIBUTION: JAMAICA: Portland, St. Andrew (Barber 1941; Buck 1941, 1942; Blackwelder 1945; Mc- Dermott 1955; McDermott & Buck 1959; Seliger et al. 1964b; McDermott 1966; Blackwelder & Arnett 1974)
TYPE LOCALITY: Jamaica, Catherines Peak
TYPE DEPOSITORY: NMNH
description: Published as part of Keller, Oliver & Branham, Marc A., 2021, A catalog of the Lampyridae (Coleoptera) of the West Indies, pp. 53-105 in Zootaxa 4970 (1) on page 95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4970.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4756339
Simultaneous and sequential enzymatic cascades for asymmetric synthesis of chiral beta-hydroxyamide derivatives promoted by alcohol dehydrogenases and nitrile hydratases
Creators: name: Tordato, Everton A.
name: Castilho, Shirley A.
name: Milagre, Humberto M. S.
name: Milagre, Cintia D. F.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Asymmetric synthesis of optically pure (S)-3-hydroxy-3-phenylpropanamide derivatives from o-, m- and p-substituted benzoylacetonitrile was achieved by two enzymatic one-pot protocols, the simultaneous and the sequential two-step linear cascade promoted by alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and nitrile hydratase (NHase). A set of commercially available ADHs and NHases were individually screened, followed by the investigation of the impact of the order of the biocatalyst addition and the effect of the substrate’s substituent. While NHases were able to hydrate o-, m-, and p-substituted electron withdrawing and electron donating substituents, the ADH was selective for the p-substituted ones. To overcome the absence of ADH catalytic activity towards beta-ketoamides, a less active NHase was employed, and the desired p-substituted products were obtained in high conversions (>99%) and ee (>99%) in the simultaneous and sequential cascade modes. Both strategies lead to optically pure (S)-3-hydroxy-3-phenylpropanamide p-substituted derivatives without the isolation of intermediates, minimizing the environmental impact and offering a greener approach.
Supplementary Data, Figures and Tables Supplementary Material from: Adaptation in a keystone grazer under novel predation pressure from Adaptation in a keystone grazer under novel predation pressure.
Creators: name: Kontou, Danai
name: Paterson, Andrew M
name: Favot, Elizabeth J
name: Grooms, Christopher
name: Smol, John P.
name: Tanentzap, Andrew J
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310399
subject: Ecology not elsewhere classified

description: Lake sampling and chemistry data, sediment isotope dating data, DNA sequencing results and statistics
Robopus simplex
Creators: name: Keller, Oliver
name: Branham, Marc A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Lampyridae
Robopus
Robopus simplex

description: Robopus simplex (E. Olivier)
Pygolampis vitiosus var. simplex E. Olivier 1912b: 28 [original combination]
Photinus simplex (E. Olivier) [new combination by Leng & Mutchler 1922: 468]
Diphotus simplex (E. Olivier) [new combination by McDermott 1955: 50]
Robopus simplex (E. Olivier) [new combination by McDermott 1964: 7]
Photinus geographicus Blackwelder 1945: 358 syn. [McDermott 1966: 53]
DISTRIBUTION: DOMINICA: St. George (Leng & Mutchler 1922; Mutchler 1923b; Blackwelder 1945; Mc- Dermott 1955; Blackwelder & Arnett 1974; Peck 2006). DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: (Blackwelder 1945?; McDermott 1966; Blackwelder & Arnett 1974?). HAITI: (E. Olivier 1912b). HISPANIOLA: (Peck 2006). U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS: St. Croix (Blackwelder 1945; McDermott 1966; Blackwelder & Arnett 1974; Peck 2006)
TYPE LOCALITY: Saint-Domingue
TYPE DEPOSITORY: MNHN
REMARKS: Blackwelder (1945), Blackwelder & Arnett (1974) and Peck (2006) used Photinus geographicus
description: Published as part of Keller, Oliver & Branham, Marc A., 2021, A catalog of the Lampyridae (Coleoptera) of the West Indies, pp. 53-105 in Zootaxa 4970 (1) on page 95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4970.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4756339
Supplementary information from The role of the jasmonate signalling transcription factors MYC2/3/4 in circadian clock mediated regulation of immunity in Arabidopsis
Creators: name: Joseph, Rageema
name: Odendaal, Jessica
name: Ingle, Robert
name: Roden, Laura Catherine
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 3105
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Supplementary Materials and Methods; Figure S1
Robopus singularis
Creators: name: Keller, Oliver
name: Branham, Marc A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Lampyridae
Robopus
Robopus singularis

description: Robopus singularis (Leng & Mutchler)
Photinus singularis Leng & Mutchler 1922: 477 [original combination]
Diphotus singularis (Leng & Mutchler) [new combination by McDermott 1955: 50]
Robopus singularis (Leng & Mutchler) [new combination by McDermott 1964: 7]
DISTRIBUTION: CUBA: Matanzas, Santiago de Cuba (Leng & Mutchler 1922; Blackwelder 1945; McDermott 1955, 1966; Blackwelder & Arnett 1974; Peck 2005)
TYPE LOCALITY: Cuba, Oriente, Sta. Maria de Loreto
TYPE DEPOSITORY: AMNH
description: Published as part of Keller, Oliver & Branham, Marc A., 2021, A catalog of the Lampyridae (Coleoptera) of the West Indies, pp. 53-105 in Zootaxa 4970 (1) on page 95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4970.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4756339
Recent advances in the green synthesis of indole and its derivatives using microwave irradiation and the role of indole moiety in cancer
Creators: name: Almalki, Faisal A.
name: Baryyan, Alaa O.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Indole moiety is widely present in several natural bioactive products and medicinally important compounds. It is an essential scaffold for the development of novel leads. Nowadays, the synthesis of indoles by conventional methods is replaced with greener ones. The dynamic growth in green organic synthetic approaches for different heterocyclic scaffolds has markedly contributed to the field of medicinal chemistry over the last few decades. This review article compiled the last seven years’ results in the green synthesis of indole and its derivatives using microwave irradiations from 2018 to 2024. Microwave (MW) assisted reactions are very rapid, environment-friendly, proficient, and convenient methodologies for the synthesis of organic compounds. This review contains synthetic procedures, reaction conditions, and greener features in synthesizing indole and its derivatives. This review article aims to promote greener synthesis methods and guide the researchers to design, develop, and synthesize indole-based derivatives using a microwave irradiation technique. This article also discusses the anticancer potential of indole-containing compounds reported in recent literature.
Surface Modification and Subsequent Fermi Density Enhancement of Bi(111)
Creators: name: Zhussupbekov, Kuanysh
name: Walshe, Killian
name: Walls, Brian
name: Ionov, Andrei
name: Bozhko, Sergei I.
name: Ksenz, Andrei
name: Mozhchil, Rais N.
name: Zhussupbekova, Ainur
name: Fleischer, Karsten
name: Berman, Samuel
name: Zhilyaev, Ivan
name: O'Regan, David D.
name: Shvets, Igor V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Defects introduced to the surface of Bi(111) break the translational symmetry and modify the surface states locally. We present a theoretical and experimental study of the 2D defects on the surface of Bi(111) and the states that they induce. Bi crystals cleaved in ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) at low temperature (110 K) and the resulting ion-etched surface are investigated by low-energy electron diffraction (LEED), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS), and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) as well as spectroscopy (STS) techniques in combination with density functional theory (DFT) calculations. STS measurements of cleaved Bi(111) reveal that a commonly observed bilayer step edge has a lower density of states (DOS) around the Fermi level as compared to the atomic-flat terrace. Following ion bombardment, the Bi(111) surface reveals anomalous behavior at both 110 and 300 K: Surface periodicity is observed by LEED, and a significant increase in the number of bilayer step edges and energetically unfavorable monolayer steps is observed by STM. It is suggested that the newly exposed monolayer steps and the type A bilayer step edges result in an increase to the surface Fermi density as evidenced by UPS measurements and the Kohn-Sham DOS. These states appear to be thermodynamically stable under UHV conditions.
description: 10 pages, 7 figures. See publisher's website for Supporting Information
Robopus sublateralis
Creators: name: Keller, Oliver
name: Branham, Marc A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Lampyridae
Robopus
Robopus sublateralis

description: Robopus sublateralis (Mutchler)
Photinus sublateralis Mutchler, 1923b: 6 [original combination]
Diphotus sublateralis (Mutchler) [new combination by McDermott 1955: 50]
Robopus sublateralis (Mutchler) [new combination by McDermott 1964: 7]
DISTRIBUTION: CUBA: Santiago de Cuba (Mutchler 1923b; Blackwelder 1945; McDermott 1955; McDermott 1966; Blackwelder & Arnett 1974; Peck 2005; Branham 2006). Puerto Rico: (McDermott 1955)
TYPE LOCALITY: Cuba, Pico Turquino
TYPE DEPOSITORY: AMNH
description: Published as part of Keller, Oliver & Branham, Marc A., 2021, A catalog of the Lampyridae (Coleoptera) of the West Indies, pp. 53-105 in Zootaxa 4970 (1) on page 95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4970.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4756339
Non-equatorial scalar rings supported by rapidly spinning Gauss-Bonnet black holes
Creators: name: Hod, Shahar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Black-hole spacetimes that possess stationary equatorial matter rings are known to exist in general relativity. We here reveal the existence of black-hole spacetimes that support {\it non}-equatorial matter rings. In particular, it is proved that rapidly-rotating Kerr black holes in the dimensionless large-spin regime ${\bar a}>{\bar a}_{\text{crit}}= \sqrt{\big\{{{7+\sqrt{7}\cos\big[{1\over3}\arctan\big(3\sqrt{3}\big)\big]- \sqrt{21}\sin\big[{1\over3}\arctan\big(3\sqrt{3}\big)\big]}\big\}/12}}\simeq0.78$ can support a pair of non-equatorial massive scalar rings which are negatively coupled to the Gauss-Bonnet curvature invariant of the spinning spacetime (here ${\bar a}\equiv J/M^2$ is the dimensionless angular momentum of the central supporting black hole). We explicitly prove that these non-equatorial scalar rings are characterized by the dimensionless functional relation $-{{57+28\sqrt{21}\cos\big[{1\over3}\arctan\big({{1}\over{3\sqrt{3}}}\big)\big]} \over{8(1+\sqrt{1-{\bar a}^2})^6}} \cdot{{\barη}\over{{\barμ}^2}}\to 1^{+}$ in the large-mass ${\barμ}\equiv Mμ\gg1$ regime (here $\{{\barη}<0,μ\}$ are respectively the non-trivial coupling parameter of the composed Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet-massive-scalar field theory and the proper mass of the supported non-minimally coupled scalar field).
description: 7 pages
Robopus unicus
Creators: name: Keller, Oliver
name: Branham, Marc A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Lampyridae
Robopus
Robopus unicus

description: Robopus unicus (Mutchler)
Photinus unicus Mutchler 1923b: 4 [original combination]
Diphotus unicus (Mutchler) [new Combination by McDermott 1955: 50]
Robopus unicus (Mutchler) [new combination by McDermott 1964: 7]
DISTRIBUTION: JAMAICA: Portland, St. Andrew, St. Thomas (Mutchler 1923b; Barber 1941; Buck 1941, 1942; Blackwelder 1945; McDermott 1955; McDermott & Buck 1959; Seliger et al. 1964b; McDermott 1966; Blackwelder & Arnett 1974). PUERTO RICO: (McDermott 1966)
TYPE LOCALITY: Jamaica
TYPE DEPOSITORY: NHM
description: Published as part of Keller, Oliver & Branham, Marc A., 2021, A catalog of the Lampyridae (Coleoptera) of the West Indies, pp. 53-105 in Zootaxa 4970 (1) on page 95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4970.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4756339
Ionogel hybrid polymer electrolytes encompassing room-temperature ionic liquids for 4V-class Li-metal batteries operating at ambient temperature
Creators: name: Zhang, Ying
name: Noè, Camilla
name: Elia, Giuseppe Antonio
name: Gerbaldi, Claudio
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: In this study, we prepare ionogels composed of bisphenol A ethoxylate dimethacrylate, poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate, lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide, and 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide or 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide ionic liquids via rapid, scalable, solvent-free UV-induced polymerization. The various hybrid polymer electrolyte formulations are thoroughly characterized using a comprehensive set of physico-chemical and electrochemical methods, including gel content, FTIR, rheology, DTMA, TGA, SEM, cycling voltammetry, impedance spectroscopy, and galvanostatic cycling in laboratory-scale Li-metal cells. We particularly focus on the influence of using two different ionic liquids as reaction medium on the properties of the resulting materials and their electrochemical behaviors. Our results indicate that viscosity affects the polymerization kinetics of the ionogels, which in turn might affect their thermal stability and galvanostatic cycling behavior. In the purpose of promoting overall performance of solid-state batteries, we also present the results of composite electrolytes obtained by introducing Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO) into ionogels and following in-situ UV-polymerisation. The addition of LLZO ceramic results in more porous solid networks, leading to enhanced charge/discharge stability at ambient temperature and higher C-rates featuring 4V-class NMC cathodes, enlightening the promising prospects of the developed materials to be successfully implemented as stable, durable, and efficient electrolytes in next-generation Li-metal cells.
Enhanced light absorption and charge carrier’s separation in g-C3N4-based double Z-scheme heterostructure photocatalyst for efficient degradation of navy-blue dye
Creators: name: Muhammad, Wali
name: Khan, Abbas
name: Hussain, Sajjad
name: Khan, Hammad
name: Abumousa, Rasha A.
name: Bououdina, Mohamed
name: Khan, Iltaf
name: Iqbal, Sikandar
name: Humayun, Muhammad
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Science Policy

description: Effective wastewater treatment is essential due to the dye environmental threats. Photocatalysis offers an eco-friendly dye degradation solution. Herein, we report a double Z-scheme photocatalyst, i.e. LaFeO3/Boron-doped g-C3N4/Fe2O3 (LFO/B-CN/FO), fabricated via a hydrothermal method. The formation of this ternary system is supported by structural, surface, and morphological analyses. Differential scanning calorimetry and thermal gravimetric analysis demonstrated the crystallization behavior of the composite. Because of synergetic effects in the ternary composite and boron doping, the optical band gap energy is reduced to 1.6 eV. Under visible light irradiation, the LFO/B-CN/FO nanocomposite degraded navy-blue dye by 98% in 130 min at neutral pH, surpassing CN, B-CN, and binary composites of B-CN with LFO and FO. The degradation process was rationalized using pseudo-first- and pseudo-second-order kinetic models, which confirmed high catalytic efficiency. The double Z-scheme heterojunction enhanced light absorption, charge separation, and carrier lifetime, hence improving the photocatalytic activity. Overall, the as-fabricated LFO/B-CN/FO ternary composite outperformed reference catalysts in terms of chemical reactivity, optical characteristics, and electrical performance. This work opens up a new route for the design and fabrication of double Z-scheme ternary composite photocatalysts for potential wastewater treatment and renewable energy applications.
Valeriana jatamansi root extract a potent source for biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles and their biomedical applications, and photocatalytic decomposition
Creators: name: Prem, Pradisha
name: Naveenkumar, Selvam
name: Kamaraj, Chinnaperumal
name: Ragavendran, Chinnasamy
name: Priyadharsan, Arumugam
name: Manimaran, Kumar
name: Alharbi, Naify S
name: Rarokar, Nilesh
name: Cherian, Tijo
name: Sugumar, Vimal
name: Thiruvengadam, Muthu
name: Kumarasamy, Vinoth
name: Subramaniyan, Vetriselvan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: This study aimed to synthesize silver nanoparticles (VJ@AgNPs) using Valeriana jatamansi root extract and assess their antibacterial, antioxidant, and antibiofilm properties against Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and Streptococcus mutans. Various chemical and physical characterization methods were employed to analyze the synthesized VJ@AgNPs. UV-Visible spectroscopy confirmed the presence of VJ@AgNPs with a peak absorption at 426 nm, while FT-IR results indicated the involvement of phyto-compounds from V. jatamansi in the reduction and stabilization of these nanoparticles. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy revealed well-dispersed spherical nature with an average size of 29.1 ± 2.06 nm, and X-ray diffraction confirmed their crystalline structure. The biosynthesized VJ@AgNPs exhibited significant antibacterial activity against all tested pathogens, with substantial inhibition zones at 50 and 100 μg/mL concentrations. Additionally, VJ@AgNPs displayed potent antibiofilm activity and antioxidant capacity in scavenging assays. Furthermore, these VJ@AgNPs showed promise in photocatalytic degradation, effectively removing 95% of RhB dye within 75 minutes under solar light irradiation, following pseudo-first-order kinetics. This suggests their potential application in wastewater treatment for organic dye removal. The biocompatible and environmentally friendly nature of VJ@AgNPs underscores their potential as therapeutic agents against bacterial infections and oxidative stress-related diseases.
Toward sustainable solid-phase peptide synthesis strategy – in situ Fmoc removal
Creators: name: Mthethwa, Ndumiso
name: Nandhini, K. P.
name: Kumar, Ashish
name: Sharma, Anamika
name: de la Torre, Beatriz G.
name: Albericio, Fernando
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biochemistry
Biotechnology

description: Solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) is the method of choice for the synthesis of peptides for research and production purposes. Despite having several positive features, it remains a challenge to reduce the amount of solvent waste generated during the synthesis. We proposed a 3-step protocol (in-situ Fmoc removal) where washing after coupling was eliminated. Here, the in-situ Fmoc removal protocol was optimized by adding an extra 4-methylpiperidine (4-MP) treatment to ensure the removal of the Fmoc. Additionally, a second addition of the carbodiimide during the coupling step is performed to form an in situ more active ester of the Fmoc-amino acid. The number of washings has been kept to a minimum of three adding in two of them 1% of OxymaPure to ensure the total removal of the 4-MP. This strategy, which saves up to 60% of solvent, was successfully demonstrated in two important Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs), angiotensin II and afamelanotide synthesis, with high purity. This strategy will be added to the green toolbox of SPPS making the approach more sustainable.
GeoPro-Net: Learning Interpretable Spatiotemporal Prediction Models through Statistically-Guided Geo-Prototyping
Creators: name: An, Bang
name: Zhou, Xun
name: Zhou, Zirui
name: Ragodos, Ronilo
name: Xu, Zenglin
name: Luo, Jun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The problem of forecasting spatiotemporal events such as crimes and accidents is crucial to public safety and city management. Besides accuracy, interpretability is also a key requirement for spatiotemporal forecasting models to justify the decisions. Interpretation of the spatiotemporal forecasting mechanism is, however, challenging due to the complexity of multi-source spatiotemporal features, the non-intuitive nature of spatiotemporal patterns for non-expert users, and the presence of spatial heterogeneity in the data. Currently, no existing deep learning model intrinsically interprets the complex predictive process learned from multi-source spatiotemporal features. To bridge the gap, we propose GeoPro-Net, an intrinsically interpretable spatiotemporal model for spatiotemporal event forecasting problems. GeoPro-Net introduces a novel Geo-concept convolution operation, which employs statistical tests to extract predictive patterns in the input as Geo-concepts, and condenses the Geo-concept-encoded input through interpretable channel fusion and geographic-based pooling. In addition, GeoPro-Net learns different sets of prototypes of concepts inherently, and projects them to real-world cases for interpretation. Comprehensive experiments and case studies on four real-world datasets demonstrate that GeoPro-Net provides better interpretability while still achieving competitive prediction performance compared with state-of-the-art baselines.
Cocos nucifera-mediated electrochemical synthesis and coating of CuO/ZnO nanostructures on Fe ship strips for marine application
Creators: name: Vanangamudi, Aravindhan
name: Punniyakoti, Sathyanarayanan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Copper oxide and zinc oxide nanoparticles (Nanostructures) were synthesized using a greener electrochemical approach using Cocos nucifera (Coir) extract and deposited on Fe ship strip (FSS). These corrosion inhibitor films were characterized by XRD, SEM, BET, Raman Spectroscopy, FTIR spectroscopy, and TGA analysis. An electrochemical corrosion test was performed for the coated samples with 3.5% NaCl as electrolyte and compared with uncoated samples. The corrosion rate was tested using the Tafel slope and the interpolation between the log of current and voltage proves that the corrosion rate in the CuO-coated sample was lower than that of the ZnO-coated sample which can be attributed to the porosity of the ZnO film showing 0.8–0.95 P/P0 as observed for 6 cm2 as inferred from BET analysis. The Nyquist plot suggests the corrosion inhibition rate of the CuO-coated film in 3.5% NaCl is improved by a factor of 3 compared to the uncoated sample (0.9 mA/year for FSS where for the CuO-coated samples 0.3 mA/year). The result of the antifouling behavior of CuO/ZnO coatings using the BIOVIA simulation tool showed the repulsion of homology-modeled protein Aacp20k, an attachment protein found in Amphibalanus Amphitrite which is a most prominent foul species. Greener electrochemical synthesis and coating of CuO/ZnO NPs on Fe ship strips.