cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Towards multispecies urbanism: Negotiating space for and with wildlife in design practice
Creators: name: De Lima Hutchison, Cathel
Publisher: name: University of Dundee
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/03h2bxq36
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Urban habitats are driving global ecological crisis (Apfelbeck et al. 2020). Thus, researchers (Kay et al. 2022), policy-makers (London Rewilding Taskforce 2023), practitioners (C40Cities & Arup 2023), and the public (GCC 2020a) are increasingly concerned with how they can work for and with, rather than against nature. A key aspect of this is a need to focus more critically on how cities can be designed to foster ‘human co-existence’ with wildlife (Beatley 2015), bringing stronger human empathy to bear in providing for nonhuman habitat, mobility and resource needs. For this to happen, a better understanding of how wildlife is negotiated in and through design is required, as well as factors that facilitate or constrain beneficial wildlife outcomes to emerge.

This thesis aimed to provide a coupled social, ecological and technical examination of how to design for urban wildlife, in ways that supports nonhuman species to flourish alongside us. It has done so, by first reviewing literature in four fields that offer disciplinary distinct but practically overlapping perspectives on the intersection of urban wildlife and design: urban ecology, urban design, systems thinking, and ecofeminist philosophy. Interviews were then conducted with a multi-disciplinary sample of researchers and practitioners, drawing from their experiences and expertise to distil qualities needed to deliver effective urban wildlife design solutions, as well as constraints towards doing so. These insights informed but did not overprescribe case study analysis of two green infrastructure projects, which analysed how wildlife concerns and outcomes are negotiated in place-based practice.

The main findings highlight that for design to be effective, wildlife concerns must be integrally considered, appropriately targeted, well informed, planned to wildlife spatial concerns and with their capacity to adapt, and supported to perform well beyond the end of formal design work. Nevertheless, the capacity of individuals and organisations to deliver for wildlife, is significantly impinged upon by the broader economic and development paradigms they operate within, as well as siloed cultures within and between academia, practice and public authorities.

Ultimately, better informed and tailored urban design is crucial but not sufficient to deliver meaningful wildlife outcomes. Rather, effective wildlife design requires the financial resourcing and social infrastructure to perform. To realise a more transformative multispecies urban vision, more holistic recognition and accounting of urban wildlife is needed, as well as co-centring wildlife promotion within the infrastructural transformations required to meet the climate and resource challenges faced by cities in the 21st century.
Rare disorders have many faces: in silico characterization of rare disorder spectrum
Creators: name: Frederiksen, Simona D.
name: Avramović, Vladimir
name: Maroilley, Tatiana
name: Lehman, Anna
name: Arbour, Laura
name: Tarailo-Graovac, Maja
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2022

description: Background The diagnostic journey for many rare disease patients remains challenging despite use of latest genetic technological advancements. We hypothesize that some patients remain undiagnosed due to more complex diagnostic scenarios that are currently not considered in genome analysis pipelines. To better understand this, we characterized the rare disorder (RD) spectrum using various bioinformatics resources (e.g., Orphanet/Orphadata, Human Phenotype Ontology, Reactome pathways) combined with custom-made R scripts. Results Our in silico characterization led to identification of 145 borderline-common, 412 rare and 2967 ultra-rare disorders. Based on these findings and point prevalence, we would expect that approximately 6.53%, 0.34%, and 0.30% of individuals in a randomly selected population have a borderline-common, rare, and ultra-rare disorder, respectively (equaling to 1 RD patient in 14 people). Importantly, our analyses revealed that (1) a higher proportion of borderline-common disorders were caused by multiple gene defects and/or other factors compared with the rare and ultra-rare disorders, (2) the phenotypic expressivity was more variable for the borderline-common disorders than for the rarer disorders, and (3) unique clinical characteristics were observed across the disorder categories forming the spectrum. Conclusions Recognizing that RD patients who remain unsolved even after genome sequencing might belong to the more common end of the RD spectrum support the usage of computational pipelines that account for more complex genetic and phenotypic scenarios.
title: How algal caused ultrafiltration fouling depends on type and growth phase of algae
Creators: name: Laksono, Sucipta
name: Kouchaki Shalmani, Arman
name: Jansen, J.
name: Staaks, Christian
name: Panglisch, Stefan
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: ultrafiltration
subject: fouling
subject: capillary membranes
subject: algae
subject: cell lysis
subject: chemical cleaning
subject: 62
subject: 620

description: Depending on algae’s type and concentration, algae often have undesirable effects on water treatment procedures like ultrafiltration (UF) membrane processes, especially during algae blooms (Henderson et al., 2008). The presence of algae and algae by-products can cause severe fouling and cake deposition on the membrane due to its accumulation (Babel & Takizawa, 2010). In surface water, the typical algal condition can be found in the three states lag phase, exponential phase, stationary phase and death phase in diverging portions. Various types of algae produce different amount of algal organic matter (AOM) and also cause different fouling behaviour in UF membrane applications. This research work focused on the comprehensive comparison between the two cell samples, “intact-living” (mostly present in exponential phase) and “lysed” (mostly present in death phase), in terms of membrane fouling potential, hydraulic backwash-ability, and chemical enhanced cleaning ability.
Siccia kibale Volynkin, 2023, sp. n.
Creators: name: Volynkin, Anton V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Siccia
Siccia kibale

description: Siccia kibale sp. n.
https://zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 1ECBCE6D-F8F1-46FE-9BBD-1BD28CFE0A62
(Figs 136, 137, 373)
 Type material. Holotype (Figs 136, 373): male, “ Uganda, Kibale | National Park | Biol Field Station [0°33'44.6''N 30°21'24.7''E, 1510m] | 19.–24.XI.[X]2014, LF [light trap] | leg. W. Mey ” / “Slide | AV5330 ♂ | A. Volynkin ” (MfN).
 Paratype. REPUBLIC OF CONGO: 1 male, Odzala Nat. Park, 400–500m, 0°23'N 14°50'E, 29.i.– 3.iii.1997, Sinyaev & Murzin leg., gen. prep. No. AV 7152 (GMF-B).
 Diagnosis. The forewing length is 12.0 mm in the male holotype. Siccia kibale is one of the largest Afrotropical species in the genus externally distinguished from the similar congeners such as S. megista by the creamy white forewing with smaller spots of the pattern, and the unicolorous pale creamy hindwing. The male genital capsule of the new species is similar to S. cretata but differs in the distally tapered valva (it has almost parallel margins in the congener) with a markedly narrower cucullus bearing shorter spike-like processes, and the trapezoidal ventral lobe of the costa bearing four robust denticles on its ventral margin and a number of sparse tiny denticles on its inner surface proximally. The phalli of the two species are alike. The vesica of S. kibale is distinguished from S. cretata by the broader dorsal chamber having markedly shorter and narrower subbasal and medio-lateral diverticula.
The female is unknown.
 Molecular data. Currently unavailable for this species.
 Distribution. The species is known from Uganda and Republic of Congo.
 Etymology. The specific epithet is homonymic of Kibale National Park, where the holotype was collected. The name is a noun in the nominative singular in apposition.
description: Published as part of Volynkin, Anton V., 2023, Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Siccia Walker (= Aemene Walker, syn. n.) in the Afrotropics with descriptions of seventy-three new species, three new subspecies, and a check-list of Asiatic taxa of the genus (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), pp. 1-184 in Ecologica Montenegrina 64 on pages 57-58, DOI: 10.37828/em.2023.64.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13248512
title: Investigating the Filterability of Oil Containing Waste Waters Using Polymeric Membranes
Creators: name: Idrees, Hasan
name: ElSherbiny, Ibrahim
name: Panglisch, Stefan
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Membrane fouling
subject: Oily waste water
subject: Produced water
subject: fouling mechanism
subject: 62
subject: 620

description: In the last years membrane filtration emerged as an attractive technology for the treatment of oily wastewater, especially, as polishing step after extensive pre-treatment. We assume that this kind of treated oily wastewater is mainly composed of oil droplets in the range of nanometres which are able to plug the pores of porous membranes and thus cause severe fouling. This paper investigates crucial filtration parameters (such as the droplet size distribution, oil concentration and chemical composition) and fouling mechanisms while filtrating oil/water emulsion made from crude oil. For this purpose, stable emulsions with nano-sized oil droplets but different droplet size distributions were produced and filtrated through flat sheet polymeric MF and UF membranes in lab scale filtration units. It could clearly be shown that emulsions with oil droplets in the size range of membrane pores could cause higher initial fouling rate in comparison to emulsions where these droplets were missing. Furthermore, we found different removal ratios of UF for different components of the crude oil. Moreover, it was noticed that oil removal by MF increased with filtration time, which was not seen for UF membranes.
Siccia mbeli Volynkin, 2023, sp. n.
Creators: name: Volynkin, Anton V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Siccia
Siccia mbeli

description: Siccia mbeli sp. n.
https://zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: FFF10C89-3A18-4C70-AED7-41EA732027A4
(Figs 134, 135, 374)
 Type material. Holotype (Figs 134, 374): male, “ Republic of Congo 372m | Nouabale-Ndoki National Park, | Mbeli camp | 02°14'23.8''N, 16°23'52.1''E | 14–20.ii.2023, MV light trap | Bakala, N., M., Dérozier, V., | Kirk-Spriggs, A., László, G. leg. | ANHRT:2023.3” / “ANHRTUK | 00312136” / “Slide | AV7156 ♂ | A. Volynkin ” (ANHRT).
 Paratype. REPUBLIC OF CONGO: 1 male, D’Ozala [Odzala-Kokoua] Parc National, 400–500m, 1°00'N 15°00'E, 29 January – 3 March 1997, S. Murzin & V. Sinyaev leg., ex coll. A. Schintlmeister, gen. prep. No.: ZSM Arct. 2020-025 (prepared by Volynkin) (MWM/ ZSM).
 Diagnosis. The forewing length is 9.5–10.0 mm males. Siccia mbeli is externally very similar to S. rarita, S. megista and S. cretata, and identification requires the examination of the genitalia structures. The male genital capsule of the new species is reminiscent of S. kibale but distinguished by the shorter and narrower valva with a cucullus bearing two short, swollen and claw-like, inwardly curving distal processes with spine-like tips. The ventral costal lobe of S. mbeli is broad, semielliptical, and with a densely serrulate inner surface and ventral margin whereas it is trapezoidal and ventrally and inwardly dentate in S. kibale. Additionally, the juxta of the new species is markedly shorter and the vinculum is longer than those structures in S. kibale. The phallus of S. mbeli is longer than in S. kibale and is medially upcurved whereas it is almost straight in the congener. The vesica of the new species differs clearly from the similar congeners in the markedly longer medio-lateral and distal diverticula.
The female is unknown.
 Molecular data. Currently unavailable for this species.
 Distribution. The new species is known from two localities in Republic of the Congo.
 Etymology. The specific epithet is homonymic of the type locality, Mbeli camp, Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park. The name is a noun in the nominative singular in apposition.
description: Published as part of Volynkin, Anton V., 2023, Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Siccia Walker (= Aemene Walker, syn. n.) in the Afrotropics with descriptions of seventy-three new species, three new subspecies, and a check-list of Asiatic taxa of the genus (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), pp. 1-184 in Ecologica Montenegrina 64 on page 58, DOI: 10.37828/em.2023.64.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13248512
title: PAC-UF treatment for micropollutant removal in municipal wastewater treatment
Creators: name: Hoffmann, Grit
name: Boekels, Angelika
name: Antakyalı, Demet
name: Lange, R.
name: Panglisch, Stefan
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 62
subject: 620

description: Objective: reducing emission of micropollutants (MPs) into the aquatic environment. Approach: hybride ultrafiltration and powdered activated carbon dosage (PAC-UF) for advanced tertiary treatment in waste water treatment plants (WWTP). Labscale investigations already revealed the importance of PAC characteristics and beneficial adjustment of dosing parameters. Pilot study further shows that upscaling the process is quite challenging.
Characteristics of Complex Systems in Sports Injury Rehabilitation: Examples and Implications for Practice
Creators: name: Yung, Kate K.
name: Ardern, Clare
name: Serpiello, Fabio R.
name: Robertson, Sam
Publisher: name: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2022

description: Complex systems are open systems consisting of many components that can interact among themselves and the environment. New forms of behaviours and patterns often emerge as a result. There is a growing recognition that most sporting environments are complex adaptive systems. This acknowledgement extends to sports injury and is reflected in the individual responses of athletes to both injury and rehabilitation protocols. Consequently, practitioners involved in return to sport decision making (RTS) are encouraged to view return to sport decisions through the complex systems lens to improve decision-making in rehabilitation. It is important to clarify the characteristics of this theoretical framework and provide concrete examples to which practitioners can easily relate. This review builds on previous literature by providing an overview of the hallmark features of complex systems and their relevance to RTS research and daily practice. An example of how characteristics of complex systems are exhibited is provided through a case of anterior cruciate ligament injury rehabilitation. Alternative forms of scientific inquiry, such as the use of computational and simulation-based techniques, are also discussed—to move the complex systems approach from the theoretical to the practical level.
title: MABMEM – a material toolbox for the modification of ultrafiltration membranes
Creators: name: Gronwald, Oliver
name: Weber, Martin
name: Handge, Ulrich
name: Gruenig, Lara
name: Heijnen, Martin
name: Panglisch, Stefan
name: Kouchaki Shalmani, Arman
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 620

description: The focus of the MABMEM project funded by the German federal ministry of education and research (BMBF) is the development of novel materials and material combinations for Multibore® ultrafiltration membranes. Multibore® membranes are being employed for the treatment for surface water but also for waste water treatment. New additives were synthesized and transported as polymer dope additiEves during the phase inversion process into the Multibore® separation layer. Their presence in the separation layer influences membrane parameters such as pure water permeability, molecular weight cut off and fouling propensity.
“Life is Vanilla”: Reconceptualising recovery and recovery-oriented practice in a hospital-based mental health service
Creators: name: Lorien, Leonie
Publisher: name: CQUniversity
Year: 2022
Subjects: Clinical Psychology

description: This thesis reconceptualises recovery and recovery-oriented practice in the context of admission to a hospital-based mental health service. While mental health reform in Australia introduced policies to support recovery-oriented practice, little has changed in inpatient settings focused on managing risk and remediating acute symptoms. Previous studies indicated that consumers’ recovery experiences in this context may not mirror that of consumers living in the community. Using a Participatory Health Research approach, eight mental health professionals, a consumer advocate and an academic researcher formed a research partnership to understand recovery better and enhance recovery-oriented practice in a hospital-based mental health service. The methods comprised consumer focus groups (n = 17 participants), an online survey for staff (n = 17), and interviews with managers (n = 7). Co-researchers analysed the feedback from the consultations using inductive thematic analysis, identifying eight themes under three meta-themes: the conceptualisation of recovery, relational recovery, and recovery interventions. Three primary findings reflect the experience of recovery during an inpatient admission: 1) Recovery can be reconceptualised as a spectrum of experience from challenges to living well, including the existing CHIME processes and a new process, everyday living; 2). Relational recovery, encompassing connectedness, empowerment and hope, is key to recovery during a hospital admission; and 3) Interventions that enhance connectedness or reduce symptoms support recovery. Staff co-researchers actioned changes to their practice based on the findings, including introducing activities of everyday living, creating a visitors’ book for consumers to share messages of hope, improved identification and support for carers, and commencing recovery planning earlier in an admission. Further research is required to validate the reconceptualisation of recovery as a spectrum, confirm the vital recovery processes during a hospital admission, and explore how Participatory Health Research can facilitate practice changes.
Supplementary document for Attention mechanism based locally connected network for accurate and stable reconstruction in Cerenkov luminescence tomography - 5452020.pdf
Creators: name: Zhang, Xiaoning
name: Cai, Meishan
name: Guo, Lishuang
name: Zhang, Zeyu
name: Shen, Biluo
name: zhang, xiaojun
name: Hu, Zhenhua
name: Tian, Jie
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The research process and supplementary experimental results
title: Treatment of Wastewater containing Powdered Activated Carbon with Inside-to-Out Ultrafiltration Membranes
Creators: name: Staaks, Christian
name: Hoffmann, Grit
name: Buchta, Patrick
name: Panglisch, Stefan
name: Berg, Peter
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Powdered Activated Carbon
subject: Ultrafiltration
subject: Waste Water
subject: Micro Pollutants
subject: Organic Compounds
subject: 62
subject: 620

description: This study presents the results of filtration tests with inside-to-out polyethersulfone ultrafiltration membranes combined with coagulant and powdered activated carbon addition to polish wastewater before discharge. Long-term follow-up of the operation demonstrates that such membranes can be used as a polishing step and that the membranes do not suffer from any performance or integrity loss. Results show that organic content is reduced by approximately 33 % for DOC, 54 % for COD and that an overall reduction of 80% of the micropollutants can be reached with such hybrid process. The study finally presents reductions of the operational expenditures which can be achieved by discontinuous coagulant dosing.
Rethinking Fairness: An Interdisciplinary Survey of Critiques of Hegemonic ML Fairness Approaches
Creators: name: Weinberg, Lindsay
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This survey article assesses and compares existing critiques of current fairness-enhancing technical interventions into machine learning (ML) that draw from a range of non-computing disciplines, including philosophy, feminist studies, critical race and ethnic studies, legal studies, anthropology, and science and technology studies. It bridges epistemic divides in order to offer an interdisciplinary understanding of the possibilities and limits of hegemonic computational approaches to ML fairness for producing just outcomes for society's most marginalized. The article is organized according to nine major themes of critique wherein these different fields intersect: 1) how "fairness" in AI fairness research gets defined; 2) how problems for AI systems to address get formulated; 3) the impacts of abstraction on how AI tools function and its propensity to lead to technological solutionism; 4) how racial classification operates within AI fairness research; 5) the use of AI fairness measures to avoid regulation and engage in ethics washing; 6) an absence of participatory design and democratic deliberation in AI fairness considerations; 7) data collection practices that entrench "bias," are non-consensual, and lack transparency; 8) the predatory inclusion of marginalized groups into AI systems; and 9) a lack of engagement with AI's long-term social and ethical outcomes. Drawing from these critiques, the article concludes by imagining future ML fairness research directions that actively disrupt entrenched power dynamics and structural injustices in society.
description: 35 pages
title: The relation of ultrafiltration membrane fouling caused by algae to algal growth phase
Creators: name: Laksono, Sucipta
name: Kouchaki Shalmani, Arman
name: Jansen, J.
name: Staaks, Christian
name: Panglisch, Stefan
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Ultrafiltration (UF)
subject: Capillary Membranes
subject: Algae Fouling
subject: Algal Organic Matter
subject: Membrane Cleaning
subject: Algae Lysis
subject: 620

description: In water treatment industry, ultrafiltration (UF) membrane technology is receiving more and more attention in treatment of algae laden eutrophic source waters. However, fouling of the membrane due to accumulation of algal organic matter on the membrane surface or in membrane pores is the main obstacle to the smooth operation of membrane filtration plants. This drawback is mainly due to the presence of the algae-rich and the algae-derived substances which are well known as algae organic matter (AOM). Membrane fouling behavior can varry as a result of different amount of AOM being produced by algae at different phases (lag phase, exponential phase, stationary phase, and death phase). A series of comprehensive membrane filtration experiments were performed in order to compare the two algae cell conditions, “intact” (mostly present in exponential phase) and “lysed” (mostly present in death phase), in terms of membrane fouling potential and membrane cleaning. Three types of marine algae were used as model water for filtration process: Chlorella Sorokiniana (CS), Arthrospira Platensis (AP), and Thalassiosira Rotula (TR). The results showed that the differences in size and shape of algae in “intact” condition resulting in the different filterability by the membrane. Additionally, moderate and severe fouling was observed in TR and CS in “lysed” condition compared to “intact” condition. In contrast, in case of AP, ”lysed” condition was slightly better in term of filterability. A chemical cleaning procedure close to usual chemical enhanced backwash was applied with which about 85 to 90% of the initial permeability could be recovered for all types of algae in both “intact” and “lysed” condition.
title: Hybrid systems based on ultrafiltration membranes and powdered activated carbon for advanced waste water treatment
Creators: name: Hoffmann, Grit
name: Koti, Juliane
name: Berg, P.
name: Panglisch, Stefan
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 62
subject: 620

description: Adaptation of membrane-based purification processes and/or combination with other treatment processes has been recently the focus of engineering research also in water reuse. In practice, ultrafiltration (UF) and microfiltration (MF) membranes are no longer a stand-alone process; instead, they become a part of a processing chain that is defined by the treatment objective. For instance, UF / MF membranes could be combined with powdered activated carbon (PAC) adsorption in order to achieve advanced water purification as required in water reuse, i.e. removal of organic micropollutants (via PAC adsorption) as well as separation of pollutants particles (besides PAC) and bacteria (via membrane filtration). Utilization of synergetic effects of such a hybrid process and scaling up from bench-scale experiments to the technical scale, taking into account the different boundary conditions, are the main objectives of this study.
title: Fouling mitigation in ultrafiltration for wastewater treatment using zinc oxide nanoparticles
Creators: name: Ong, Chin
name: Laksono, Sucipta
name: Panglisch, Stefan
name: Mohammad, Abdul Wahab
name: Wittmar, A.
name: Ulbricht, M.
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Fouling
subject: Ultrafiltration
subject: Zinc Oxide
subject: Natural organic matter
subject: 62
subject: 620

description: Natural organic matter (NOM) is a common organic material present in natural water. NOM fouling is a main concern in membrane processes. This could be attributed to the gel layer formation on membrane surface and pore blocking. NOM is hard to be removed by chemical cleaning or backwashing and tend to cause irreversible fouling (Yamamura et al., 2014). Recent development of nanomaterial has shown a great potential of advanced treatment technology in wastewater treatment. Hybrid adsorption-membrane process has been introduced to be a reliable process in membrane fouling mitigation in wastewater treatment. Potential of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticle as nano-absorbent in hybrid adsorption-membrane process has been studied in this work. ZnO has advantages over conventional absorbent such as powdered activated carbon due to their regenerable properties (Liqiang et al., 2004). ZnO nanoparticle (0.5 g/l) is well-mixed with the targeted natural organic pollutant surrogate - flower soil (FS) extract (1:500 dilution) - and was used as feed solution. Three ultrafiltration (UF) membranes with different nominal molecular weight cut-off (MWCO) (4 kDa, 5 kDa and 10 kDa) were used in a low pressure cross-flow ultrafiltration membrane system. The main objective in this work is to assess the membrane performance and fouling propensity when dealing with organic pollutant with or without the adsorption by ZnO. Further, this work also acts as a preliminary study prior to the fouling mitigation under UV irradiation.
Supplementary document for Multi-beam interference Metasurface Generating 3D Vector Optical Field Arrays for Chiral Sensing - 7384360.pdf
Creators: name: Zheng, Kaiyuan
name: Liu, Kangping
name: Liu, Jiefei
name: Cui, Chaomeng
name: Hu, Chai
name: Xu, Xingsheng
name: Sun, X
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Optical Technology

description: supplement document of Formula derivation
Escape the fake : un escape game pédagogique sur la fake science et les fake news
Creators: name: Jardin, Nicolas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Fake science
Fake news
Escape game
Gamification
Ludification

description: Escape the fake est un escape game pédagogique créé par la bibliothèque Michel Serres de l'Ecole Centrale de Lyon en 2022. Il s'agit du 4e escape game créé par la bibliothèque, et du second dont les éléments sont partagés sur Zenodo, après Closed Access, qui portait sur l'accès ouvert aux publications scientifiques.

L'escape game traite de la thématique des fake news, et plus spécifiquement de la fake science : il y est question de fausses revues et de faux articles scientifiques, de course à la publication ("publish or perish"), de manipulation d'images... il a été organisé dans le cadre d'un événement autour des fake news et de la fake science organisé par la bibliothèque.

Dans cet escape game, Les joueurs incarnent un groupe de nouveaux employés de la Faketory, une société spécialisée dans la fabrication de fausses informations. Mais leur première journée de travail ne va pas se dérouler comme prévu...

L'escape game ne demande aucune connaissance préalable et peut être proposé à tous les publics de l'enseignement supérieur.

Vous trouverez dans les fichiers déposés toutes les informations et éléments nécessaires à l'organisation de cet escape game :

- un document général qui détaille le pitch narratif, le matériel nécessaire, l'installation de la salle, la construction des énigmes et fournit des documents utiles aux game masters (liste des solutions et codes, check-list de rangement de la salle...) ;

- un ensemble de fichiers utilisés dans l'escape game : vidéos, lien Genially, consignes des énigmes, documents à disposer dans la salle, éléments de décor...

Notre intention était de ne pas de faire une formation ou un atelier déguisé, mais bien de proposer un véritable escape game respectant les codes et mécaniques de ce type de jeu, et proposant à la fois une expérience ludique et un vrai challenge aux participants. Mais sentez-vous libre de l'adapter et de le simplifier en fonction de vos besoins et de votre contexte.

Le jeu vidéo étant plus lourd et sa compression posant problème, il n'est pas déposé ici mais est disponible à la demande ; mon contact est disponible dans le préambule de la documentation.
Escape the fake : un escape game pédagogique sur la fake science et les fake news
Creators: name: Jardin, Nicolas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Fake science
Fake news
Escape game
Gamification
Ludification

description: Escape the fake est un escape game pédagogique créé par la bibliothèque Michel Serres de l'Ecole Centrale de Lyon en 2022. Il s'agit du 4e escape game créé par la bibliothèque, et du second dont les éléments sont partagés sur Zenodo, après Closed Access, qui portait sur l'accès ouvert aux publications scientifiques. L'escape game traite de la thématique des fake news, et plus spécifiquement de la fake science : il y est question de fausses revues et de faux articles scientifiques, de course à la publication ("publish or perish"), de manipulation d'images... il a été organisé dans le cadre d'un événement autour des fake news et de la fake science organisé par la bibliothèque. Dans cet escape game, Les joueurs incarnent un groupe de nouveaux employés de la Faketory, une société spécialisée dans la fabrication de fausses informations. Mais leur première journée de travail ne va pas se dérouler comme prévu... L'escape game ne demande aucune connaissance préalable et peut être proposé à tous les publics de l'enseignement supérieur. Vous trouverez dans les fichiers déposés toutes les informations et éléments nécessaires à l'organisation de cet escape game : - un document général qui détaille le pitch narratif, le matériel nécessaire, l'installation de la salle, la construction des énigmes et fournit des documents utiles aux game masters (liste des solutions et codes, check-list de rangement de la salle...) ; - un ensemble de fichiers utilisés dans l'escape game : vidéos, lien Genially, consignes des énigmes, documents à disposer dans la salle, éléments de décor... Notre intention était de ne pas de faire une formation ou un atelier déguisé, mais bien de proposer un véritable escape game respectant les codes et mécaniques de ce type de jeu, et proposant à la fois une expérience ludique et un vrai challenge aux participants. Mais sentez-vous libre de l'adapter et de le simplifier en fonction de vos besoins et de votre contexte.
Architectural Partitioning and Deployment Modeling on Hybrid Clouds
Creators: name: Venkateswaran, Sreekrishnan
name: Sarkar, Santonu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The hybrid cloud idea is increasingly gaining momentum because it brings distinct advantages as a hosting platform for complex software systems. However, there are several challenges that need to be surmounted before hybrid hosting can become pervasive and penetrative. One main problem is to architecturally partition workloads across permutations of feasible cloud and non-cloud deployment choices to yield the best-fit hosting combination. Another is to predict the effort estimate to deliver such an advantageous hybrid deployment. In this paper, we describe a heuristic solution to address the said obstacles and converge on the ideal hybrid cloud deployment architecture, based on properties and characteristics of workloads that are sought to be hosted. We next propose a model to represent such a hybrid cloud deployment, and demonstrate a method to estimate the effort required to implement and sustain that deployment. We also validate our model through dozens of case studies spanning several industry verticals and record results pertaining to how the industrial grouping of a software system can impact the aforementioned hybrid deployment model.
description: Published in the Journal of Software: Practice and Experience (Feb 2018, Volume 48, Issue 2)
title: Impact of algae type and cell condition on fouling and cleanability of capillary ultrafiltration membranes
Creators: name: Laksono, Sucipta
name: Kouchaki Shalmani, Arman
name: Jansen, J.
name: Staaks, Christian
name: Panglisch, Stefan
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: ultrafiltration
subject: fouling
subject: capillary membranes
subject: algae
subject: cell lysis
subject: chemical cleaning
subject: 62
subject: 620

description: Ultrafiltration membranes have a great potential to retain different types of algae with high efficiency. Nevertheless, the membrane fouling propensity, the cleanability, and consequently, the membrane lifespan are revealed to be significantly influenced by the algae type, cell condition and the operating parameters. Therefore, the fouling mechanisms of commercial ultrafiltration (UF) capillary membranes during dead-end filtration of various fresh water and marine algae types, in different cell condition, i.e., “intact” or “lysed”, are analyzed. Moreover, the potential of chemical enhanced backwashing approach and the permeability recovery are investigated. According to the results, the membranes showed different fouling behavior depending on the algae cell condition, which was also interestingly limited to the algae type. Furthermore, the fouled membranes by marine algae types exhibited better cleanability than those fouled by fresh water algae types. The differences in the fouling mechanisms and the cleanability were successfully correlated to the algae’s characteristics that were found to differ, for the same algae type, according to the cell condition.
Escape the fake : un escape game pédagogique sur la fake science et les fake news
Creators: name: Jardin, Nicolas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Fake science
Fake news
Escape game
Gamification
Ludification

description: Escape the fake est un escape game pédagogique créé par la bibliothèque Michel Serres de l'Ecole Centrale de Lyon en 2022. Il s'agit du 4e escape game créé par la bibliothèque, et du second dont les éléments sont partagés sur Zenodo, après Closed Access, qui portait sur l'accès ouvert aux publications scientifiques.

L'escape game traite de la thématique des fake news, et plus spécifiquement de la fake science : il y est question de fausses revues et de faux articles scientifiques, de course à la publication ("publish or perish"), de manipulation d'images... il a été organisé dans le cadre d'un événement autour des fake news et de la fake science organisé par la bibliothèque.

Dans cet escape game, Les joueurs incarnent un groupe de nouveaux employés de la Faketory, une société spécialisée dans la fabrication de fausses informations. Mais leur première journée de travail ne va pas se dérouler comme prévu...

L'escape game ne demande aucune connaissance préalable et peut être proposé à tous les publics de l'enseignement supérieur.

Vous trouverez dans les fichiers déposés toutes les informations et éléments nécessaires à l'organisation de cet escape game :

- un document général qui détaille le pitch narratif, le matériel nécessaire, l'installation de la salle, la construction des énigmes et fournit des documents utiles aux game masters (liste des solutions et codes, check-list de rangement de la salle...) ;

- un ensemble de fichiers utilisés dans l'escape game : vidéos, lien Genially, consignes des énigmes, documents à disposer dans la salle, éléments de décor...

Notre intention était de ne pas de faire une formation ou un atelier déguisé, mais bien de proposer un véritable escape game respectant les codes et mécaniques de ce type de jeu, et proposant à la fois une expérience ludique et un vrai challenge aux participants. Mais sentez-vous libre de l'adapter et de le simplifier en fonction de vos besoins et de votre contexte.
title: Influence of interactions between NOM and zinc oxide nanoparticles on ultrafiltration membrane fouling
Creators: name: Ong, Chin
name: Mohammad, Abdul
name: Panglisch, Stefan
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Fouling
subject: Ultrafiltration
subject: Zinc oxide
subject: Natural organic matter
subject: Zeta potential
subject: 62
subject: 620

description: Natural organic matter (NOM) fouling has been known as a significant challenge in membrane applications. In this work, Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles were utilized as nano-absorbent to mitigate the NOM fouling in ultrafiltration. The main objective of this work is to investigate the influence of interaction between NOM and ZnO nanoparticles on membrane fouling propensity. In this context, ZnO was added into an ultrafiltration system used to treat flower soil surrogate extract rich in NOM. Additional run of ultrafiltration with ZnO suspension and flower soil extract each alone as feed solution were also performed. This was intended to study the membrane fouling behavior caused by single pollutants as well as their combination. It was observed that fouling was mitigated with the addition of ZnO, probably due to the interaction between NOM and ZnO nanoparticles.
A tunable quantum random number generator based on a fiber-optical Sagnac interferometer
Creators: name: Argillander, Joakim
name: Alarcón, Alvaro
name: Xavier, Guilherme B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum random number generators (QRNG) are based on the naturally random measurement results performed on individual quantum systems. Here, we demonstrate a branching-path photonic QRNG implemented with a Sagnac interferometer with a tunable splitting ratio. The fine-tuning of the splitting ratio allows us to maximize the entropy of the generated sequence of random numbers and effectively compensate for tolerances in the components. By producing single-photons from attenuated telecom laser pulses, and employing commercially-available components we are able to generate a sequence of more than 2 gigabytes of random numbers with an average entropy of 7.99 bits/byte directly from the raw measured data. Furthermore, our sequence passes randomness tests from both the NIST and Dieharder statistical test suites, thus certifying its randomness. Our scheme shows an alternative design of QRNGs based on the dynamic adjustment of the uniformity of the produced random sequence, which is relevant for the construction of modern generators that rely on independent real-time testing of its performance.
description: 13 pages, 9 figures
title: How cake enhanced concentration polarization can decrease the membrane resistance
Creators: name: Keller, Mathis
name: Melang, Christian
name: Panglisch, Stefan
Publisher: name: DuEPublico: Duisburg-Essen Publications online, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Nanofiltration
subject: colloidal fouling
subject: hydraulic resistance
subject: solute retention mechanism
subject: cake-enhanced concentration polarization
subject: 62
subject: 620

description: Colloidal fouling (cake layer formation) and the related increase in the hydraulic resistance is, besides biofouling, one of the main causes of energetic performance loss in membrane based desalination processes. Although this loss is economically highly relevant, physicochemical mechanisms behind the fouling related increase of hydraulic resistance are still poorly understood. Relevant interactions between simultaneously occurring membrane phenomena like concentration polarization (CP), surface charge screening, and coupled fluxes through membranes are insufficiently investigated. This particularly applies to membranes with only partial salt retention like nanofiltration (NF) or in parts brackish water reverse osmosis (BWRO) membranes as the salt can intrude into and interact with the membrane material which potentially affects mass transfer across the membrane. One important reason for the knowledge gap is the lack of differentiated experimental methods by means of which contributions of specific types of resistances to the overall resistance could be explicitly determined. The derivation of such relationships is highly complex since the formation of a cake layer, with its associated fouling layer resistance (RF), also influences the resistance of the concentration polarization layer (RCP) and the resistance of the membrane (RM) by a variety of potentially unknown coupling mechanisms. Therefore, the measured fouling related increase of the overall hydraulic resistance (OHR) is not necessarily equivalent to RF but may also be due to co-existing variations of RCP and/or RM. Within the performed study a combination of dead-end and cross-flow filtration experiments was applied to achieve a differentiated quantitative assessment of the cake layer related resistance mechanisms. Unexpectedly it was found that the simultaneous determination of RM, RF and RCP resulted in an OHR smaller than the sum of the individually measured values although, according to conductivity measurements, the cake obviously increases CP and should thus also increase feed side osmotic pressure. Moreover, dead-end experiments revealed that RF of a fully consolidated colloidal cake either stays constant or increases with CP. Consequently the most likely explanation for the reduced OHR at simultaneous measurement is a significant decrease in RM when CP exceeds a certain level as a result of cake formation. However, when changes in CP were induced by performing flux variations, parallel determination of apparent retention showed that the complex salt retention mechanism of the applied NF membrane is largely independent of the membrane fouling status.
Hemorrhagic Transformation in Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Quantitative Systematic Review
Creators: name: Honig, Asaf
name: Percy, Jennifer
name: Sepehry, Amir
name: Gomez, Alejandra G.
name: Field, Thalia
name: Benavente, Oscar R
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2022

description: The prevalence and risk factors of hemorrhagic transformation (HT) after acute ischemic stroke HT have not been adequately delineated. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to identify English-language prospective observational MEDLINE and EMBASE-listed reports of acute ischemic stroke with HT published from 1985–2017. Studies that used the ECASS-2 definitions of hemorrhagic transformation subtypes, hemorrhagic infarction (HI), and parenchymal hematoma (PH) were included. Patients treated with intravenous thrombolysis with tissue plasminogen activator (IV-tPA) were compared with those who did not receive thrombolysis. A total of 65 studies with 17,259 patients met inclusion criteria. Overall, HT prevalence was 27%; 32% in patients receiving IV-tPA vs. 20% in those without. Overall PH prevalence was 9%; 12% in IV-tPA treated patients vs. 5% in those without. HT was associated with a history of atrial fibrillation (OR 2.94) and use of anticoagulants (OR 2.47). HT patients had higher NIHSS (Hedge’s-G 0.96) and larger infarct volume (diffusion-weighted MRI, Hedge’s-G 0.8). In IV-tPA treated patients, PH correlated with antiplatelet (OR 3) and statin treatment (OR 4). HT (OR 3) and PH (OR 8) were associated with a poor outcome at 90-day (mRS 5–6). Hemorrhagic transformation is a frequent complication of acute ischemic stroke and is associated with poor outcome. Recognition of risk factors for HT and PH may reduce their incidence and severity.
Nonlinear Model Predictive Control Based on Constraint-Aware Particle Filtering/Smoothing
Creators: name: Askari, Iman
name: Zeng, Shen
name: Fang, Huazhen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) has gained widespread use in many applications. Its formulation traditionally involves repetitively solving a nonlinear constrained optimization problem online. In this paper, we investigate NMPC through the lens of Bayesian estimation and highlight that the Monte Carlo sampling method can offer a favorable way to implement NMPC. We develop a constraint-aware particle filtering/smoothing method and exploit it to implement NMPC. The new sampling-based NMPC algorithm can be executed easily and efficiently even for complex nonlinear systems, while potentially mitigating the issues of computational complexity and local minima faced by numerical optimization in conventional studies. The effectiveness of the proposed algorithm is evaluated through a simulation study.
description: Published in 2021 American Control Conference (ACC)