cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: A Pressure Transducer Using Field Emitter Arrays
Creators: name: Richmond, Mark David
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04zjtrb98
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 1999

description: A new pressure sensing device using field emission from diamond coated silicon tips has been developed. A high electric field applied between a nano-tip array and a diaphragm configured as electrodes produces electron emission governed by the Fowler - Nordheim equation. The electron emission is very sensitive to the separation between the diaphragm and the tips, which is fixed at an initial spacing and bonded such that a cavity is created between them. Pressure applied to the diaphragm decreases the spacing between the electrodes, thereby increasing the number of electrons emitted.

Silicon has been used as a substrate on which arrays of diamond coated sharp tips have been fabricated for electron emission. Also, a diaphragm has been made using wet orientation dependent etching. These two structures were bonded together using epoxy and tested. Current - voltage measurements were made at varying pressures for 1 - 5 V biasing conditions. The sensitivity was found to be 2.13 mVN/psi for a 20 x 20 array, which is comparable to that of silicon piezoresistive transducers.

Thinner diaphragms as well as alternative methods of bonding are expected to improve the electrical characteristics of the device. This transducer will find applications in many engineering fields for pressure measurement.
Reclaiming carbon from waste polymers via thermal decomposition using liquid metal alloys
Creators: name: Schuecker-Rush, Nicolas
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Plastic waste is a defining issue of our age. As plastic waste builds up, the issue of what to do with it becomes an ever-greater concern. In this project, methods were successfully developed to decompose common municipal waste plastics into carbon materials using liquid metal alloys. The project focused on the production of high-value materials with functional applications in a cradle-to-cradle approach to recycling. The resulting properties of the carbon products were characterised in detail.
Gestão Pública e Turismo de Base Comunitária (TBC)
Creators: name: Emmendoerfer, Magnus Luiz
name: Chagas de Almeida, Thiago
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Duas das quatro apresentações realizadas durante a Mesa Redonda Online, parte da Programação do II EITUR - Encontro Internacional de Turismo, realizado em Agosto de 2024, organizada pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Turismo da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). 

Essas duas apresentações (integradas em único PDF) foram elaboradas por membros da Cátedra UNESCO em Economia Criativa e Políticas Públicas (CEPP), a partir da Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV).

Mais informações do EITUR 2024 - https://www.even3.com.br/eitur2024/

 

A gravação integral dessa Mesa Redonda está no Youtube.
Chemical analysis of the quality of water for human consumption
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2013
Subjects: Bestimmungsmethode
Chemische Analyse
Trinkwasser
Wassergüte

description: The following is a proposal for the revision of method-performance characteristics for the chemical analysis of water intended for human consumption under the Drinking Water Directive (DWD) 98/83/EC.According to the proposal, the EN ISO/IEC 17025 Standard should be introduced into the Directive, and the performance characteristics, measurement uncertainty (MU) and limit of quantification (LOQ) should replace or complement those currently in use (i.e. trueness, precision and limit of detection). Minimum performance characteristics for MU and LOQ are also suggested for each chemical parameter.
Quelle: http://www.sciencedirect.com/
Additional file 1 of Protease and gag diversity and drug resistance mutations among treatment-naive Mexican people living with HIV
Creators: name: Climaco-Arvizu, Samantha
name: Flores-López, Víctor
name: González-Torres, Carolina
name: Gaytán-Cervantes, Francisco Javier
name: Hernández-García, María Concepción
name: Zárate-Segura, Paola Berenice
name: Chávez-Torres, Monserrat
name: Tesoro-Cruz, Emiliano
name: Pinto-Cardoso, Sandra María
name: Bekker-Méndez, Vilma Carolina
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Primers used to amplify HIV-1 Gag and Protease genes. Table S2. GenBank accession numbers of the reference strains used in phylogenetic analysis. Figure S1. Sequencing depth of Gag and Protease sequenced genes per sample (n=96). Figure S2. Distribution of HIV Gag and Protease identified mutations from 96 treatment-naive patients. Table S3. Patients switching to second-line ART regimen. Table S4. Patient follow up data after 6 months of ART initiation according to plasma viral load ranges. Table S5. Baseline profile of HIV Gag and Protease drug resistance associated mutations and treatment outcomes in patients failing first line-ART.
Identifying barriers to care for complex airway disease and multidisciplinary solutions to optimize therapy in Canada
Creators: name: Cherukupalli, Abhiram
name: Yong, Michael
name: Chan, Y.
name: Desrosiers, M.
name: Thamboo, Andrew
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2022

description: Background Complex airway disease such as Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Asthma or Aspirin Exacerbated Respiratory Disease requires a multidisciplinary approach to management and treatment. Many centers in the USA have created collaborative multidisciplinary clinics to support the management of these patients; however, similar structures do not appear to exist in Canada. Methods This mixed methods study used a combination of structured interviews and a cross-sectional national survey. Interviewees included members of the Canadian Rhinology Working Group and survey participants were a combination of academic and community Rhinologists, Respirologists and Allergists. All participation was voluntary and selection criteria was based on their involvement in treating complex airway disease. Our objective was to identify the current state of diagnosis and treatment of complex airway patients in Canada between Rhinology, Respirology and Allergy and understand the barriers, challenges and propose solutions to establishing a multidisciplinary airway clinic in Canada. Results Four Rhinologists participated in qualitative interviews and a convenience sample of 42 specialists through our known network responded to our quantitative survey. From our survey, 54.8% believed multidisciplinary clinics were necessary in the management of complex airway disease, providing better outcomes and cost-savings (69%, 45.2%). Most specialties agreed that history, physical, pulmonary function and skin prick testing was important for diagnosis (92.9%, 92.9%, 88.1%). If clinicians were to participate in a multidisciplinary clinic, they would be willing to forego an average of 14.2% of their mean daily income for that clinic. The ideal clinic location was split between a neutral shared location vs. a Rhinology clinic space (38.1%, 45.2%). Conclusions Complex airway diseases are currently managed in subspecialty silos resulting in fragmented care. Our study highlights gaps in management, areas for improvement and support for establishing multidisciplinary complex airway disease clinics in Canada to better treat this population.
Additional file 1 of Remote online global health education among U.S. medical students during COVID-19 and beyond
Creators: name: Moschovis, Peter P.
name: Dinesh, Anupama
name: Boguraev, Anna-Sophia
name: Nelson, Brett D.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 20199 Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1.
Understanding Customer Engagement in Participant Sports
Creators: name: Chifamba, Clive
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The study investigated customer engagement in participant sports, defining the investments made by sports participants in their chosen sport as customer engagement. Marathons served as the choice of sport, prompted by increased competition and declining participation rates in such sports. Furthermore, the global physical inactivity pandemic added importance to the need for increasing physical activity. Five antecedents to customer engagement emerged: socialization, competition, mental well-being, health and fitness, and weight. Notably, marathon participants displayed emotional and behavioral engagement exclusively. The resultant impacts of customer engagement in participant sports encompassed word-of-mouth promotion and the expressed intention to participate again.
Additional file 2 of Remote online global health education among U.S. medical students during COVID-19 and beyond
Creators: name: Moschovis, Peter P.
name: Dinesh, Anupama
name: Boguraev, Anna-Sophia
name: Nelson, Brett D.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 20199 Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 2.
Additional file 3 of Remote online global health education among U.S. medical students during COVID-19 and beyond
Creators: name: Moschovis, Peter P.
name: Dinesh, Anupama
name: Boguraev, Anna-Sophia
name: Nelson, Brett D.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 20199 Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 3.
Spicules and their on-disk counterparts - the main driver for solar chromospheric heating?
Creators: name: Puschmann, Klaus Gerhard
Publisher: name: SMN - The ScienceMedia Network
Year: 2016
Subjects: Natural Sciences
Astronomy

description: The question how the outer solar atmosphere is heated from solar photospheric
temperatures of about 5800K up to solar chromospheric and coronal temperatures of about
20.000K and millions of degrees respectively, remained without any satisfying answer for
centuries. On 4 May 2005, I recorded several time series of Hα line scans with the GREGOR
Fabry-Pérot Interferometer, still deployed at the German Vacuum Tower Telescope (VTT), for
different solar limb and on-disk positions as well as for quiet sun at solar disk center. The
spatially and temporally highly resolved time series of Hα line parameters reveal the entire
and detailed complexity as well as the overwhelming dynamics of spicules covering the entire
solar disk, thus apparently confirming spicules as the potential driver of chromospheric
heating for both the Sun and sun-like stars, with an expected mass flux larger than 100 times
that of the solar wind.
Divergent selection in a Mediterranean pine on local spatial scales
Creators: name: Budde, Katharina Birgit
name: Rellstab, Christian
name: Heuertz, Myriam
name: Gugerli, Felix
name: Hanika, Tom
name: Verdu, Miguel
name: Pausas, Juli
name: Gonzalez-Martinez, Santiago C
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: candidate genes
subject: FST outlier
subject: local adaptation
subject: paired sampling design
subject: Pinus pinaster
subject: south‐ versus north‐facing slopes
subject: 570 Biologie

description: 1. The effects of selection on an organism's genome are hard to detect on small spatial scales, as gene flow can swamp signatures of local adaptation. Therefore, most genome scans to detect signatures of environmental selection are performed on large spatial scales; however, divergent selection on the local scale (e.g. between contrasting soil conditions) has also been demonstrated, in particular for herbaceous plants. 2. Here, we hypothesised that in topographically complex landscapes, microenvironment variability is strong enough to leave a selective footprint in the genomes of long-lived organisms. To test this, we investigated paired south- versus north-facing Pinus pinaster stands on the local scale, with trees growing in close vicinity (≤820 m distance between paired south- and north-facing stands), in a Mediterranean mountain area. While trees on north-facing slopes experience less radiation, trees on south-facing slopes suffer from especially harsh conditions, particularly during the dry summer season. 3. Two outlier analyses consistently revealed five putatively adaptive loci (out of 4034), in candidate genes two of which encoded non-synonymous substitutions. Additionally, one locus showed consistent allele frequency differences in all three stand pairs indicating divergent selection despite high gene flow on the local scale. Permutation tests demonstrated that our findings were robust. 4. Functional annotation of these candidate genes revealed biological functions related to abiotic stress response, such as water availability, in other plant species. 5. Synthesis. Our study highlights how divergent selection in heterogeneous microenvironments shapes and maintains the functional genetic variation within populations of long-lived forest tree species, being the first to focus on adaptive genetic divergence between south- and north-facing slopes within continuous forest stands. This is especially relevant in the current context of climate change, as this variation is at the base of plant population responses to future climate.
Additional file 2 of CD47xCD19 bispecific antibody triggers recruitment and activation of innate immune effector cells in a B-cell lymphoma xenograft model
Creators: name: Chauchet, Xavier
name: Cons, Laura
name: Chatel, Laurence
name: Daubeuf, Bruno
name: Didelot, Gérard
name: Moine, Valéry
name: Chollet, Didier
name: Malinge, Pauline
name: Pontini, Guillemette
name: Masternak, Krzysztof
name: Ferlin, Walter
name: Buatois, Vanessa
name: Shang, Limin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Additional file 2. Supplementary methods.
Entwicklung von Instrumenten zur Vermeidung von Lebensmittelabfällen
Creators: name: Jepsen, Dirk
name: Vollmer, Annette
name: Eberle, Ulrike
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Nahrungsmittelabfall
subject: Abfallvermeidung
subject: Lebensmittelabfall
subject: Umweltauswirkungen
subject: orientierende Ökobilanz
subject: Abfall | Ressourcen
subject: Waste | Resources

description: Entlang der Lebensmittelwertschöpfungskette entstehen teils systemgetrieben, teils konsumstilbedingt große Mengen an Lebensmittelabfällen, die erhebliche Umweltauswirkungen haben. Die Vermeidung von Lebensmittelabfällen birgt insbesondere mit Blick auf die Erreichung der Ziele im Bereich des Klimaschutzes und der Ressourcenschonung erhebliche Potentiale wie die Analyse und die Bewertung der Studie zeigt.
Comparison of Unsupervised Machine Learning Approaches for Cluster Analysis to Define Subgroups of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction with Different Outcomes
Creators: name: Nouraei, Hirmand
name: Nouraei, Hooman
name: Rabkin, Simon
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2022

description: Heart failure with preserved ejection (HFpEF) is a heterogenous condition affecting nearly half of all patients with heart failure (HF). Artificial intelligence methodologies can be useful to identify patient subclassifications with important clinical implications. We sought a comparison of different machine learning (ML) techniques and clustering capabilities in defining meaningful subsets of patients with HFpEF. Three unsupervised clustering strategies, hierarchical clustering, K-prototype, and partitioning around medoids (PAM), were used to identify distinct clusters in patients with HFpEF, based on a wide range of demographic, laboratory, and clinical parameters. The study population had a median age of 77 years, with a female majority, and moderate diastolic dysfunction. Hierarchical clustering produced six groups but two were too small (two and seven cases) to be clinically meaningful. The K-prototype methods produced clusters in which several clinical and biochemical features did not show statistically significant differences and there was significant overlap between the clusters. The PAM methodology provided the best group separations and identified six mutually exclusive groups (HFpEF1-6) with statistically significant differences in patient characteristics and outcomes. Comparison of three different unsupervised ML clustering strategies, hierarchical clustering, K-prototype, and partitioning around medoids (PAM), was performed on a mixed dataset of patients with HFpEF containing clinical and numerical data. The PAM method identified six distinct subsets of patients with HFpEF with different long-term outcomes or mortality. By comparison, the two other clustering algorithms, the hierarchical clustering and K-prototype, were less optimal.
An Exploratory Study to Assess How to Conceptualise Digital Twins for Cancer Care
Creators: name: Kaul, Rohit
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Digital twins are gaining significant attention in several areas, including healthcare. The use of digital twins in healthcare has the potential to provide enhanced clinical decision support and enable more patient-centric and simultaneously more precise and individualised care to ensue. While the use of digital twins has matured in areas such as manufacturing, in healthcare it is still emerging. This thesis explores the concept of digital twins in healthcare, specifically around diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment selection for cancer care.
Deep Learning with Knowledge Graphs
Creators: name: Leskovec, Jure
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: graph deep learning
graph neural networks
deep learning
knowldge graphs

description: Heterogeneous knowledge graphs are emerging as an abstraction to represent complex data, such as social networks, knowledge graphs, molecular graphs, biomedical networks, as well as for modeling 3D objects, manifolds, and source code. Machine learning, especially deep representation learning, on graphs is an emerging field with a wide array of applications from protein folding and fraud detection, to drug discovery and recommender systems. In this talk I will discuss recent methodological advancements that automatically learn to encode graph structure into low-dimensional embeddings. I will also discuss industrial applications, software frameworks, benchmarks, and challenges with scaling-up graph learning systems.
Misdiagnose tick-borne pathogens in domestic dogs in Khon Kaen province,demonstrated using molecular identification
Creators: name: Amornrat Juasook
name: Thidarut Boonmars
name: Pranee Sriraj
name: Ratchadawan Aukkanimart
name: Pakkayanee Sudsan
name: Natchanan Wonkchalee
name: Sirintip Boonjaraspinyo
name: Porntip Laummaunwai
name: Wanchai Maleewong
name: Trasida Ployngam
name: Preenun Jitasombuti
name: Panaratana Ratanasuwan
Publisher: name: คณะสัตวแพทยศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่
Year: 2559
Subjects: Tick, Babesia, Hepatozoon, Ehrlichia, Domestic dogs, เห็บ, บาบิเซีย, เฮปาโตซูน, เออร์ลิเคีย, สุนัขบ้าน

description: 1, 14, เชียงใหม่สัตวแพทยสาร
Validation of the BC-Brain Patient-Reported Outcome Questionnaire for Patients with Central Nervous System Tumours Treated with Radiotherapy
Creators: name: Yan, Ling
name: Nichol, Alan
name: Olson, Robert
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2022

description: The BC-brain questionnaire was developed by BC Cancer to detect health problems in patients with central nervous system (CNS) tumours in routine clinical care, treated with radiotherapy (RT), as part of the Prospective Outcomes and Support Initiative (POSI). This study aimed to present and validate the BC-brain questionnaire in patients with brain metastases (BrM) treated with RT. The BC-brain questionnaire was constructed with three subscales: mobility, thinking and CNS symptoms. Patients with BrM from five BC Cancer centres completed this questionnaire at first visit and subsequent follow-up appointments. A total of 365 patients finished the first and 105 finished the follow-up questionnaire. Summary scores of each subscale were calculated. Mobility, thinking and subtotal score showed good reliability with Cronbach’s α > 0.7. Multitrait scaling analysis showed good convergent and divergent validity. The correlations between subscales ranged from 0.262 to 0.456 for baseline and from 0.378 to 0.597 for follow-up. Patients on dexamethasone had worse performance. Patients with a KPS of 70. In general, this BC-brain questionnaire has good reliability and validity, and is proper to use as an option for a patient-reported outcome (PRO) instrument to measure the quality of life in BrM patients treated with RT.
Intensity Based Image Mosaicing
Creators: name: DS, Vinod
name: M., ShivaPrakash
name: Bhat, Akshatha R.
name: Prakash, Vidyullatha
name: Kannan, Shanmugam
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: Computer Engineering

description: D.S. Vinod, Akshatha R Bhat, Vidyullatha Prakash, Shiva Prakash M and Shanmugam Kannan, Intensity Based Image Mosaicing, International Journal of Computers,Volume 1, issue 4, page 285 to 290, December 2007. ISSN: 1998 − 4308. Published by NAUN.
The Stable Climate of Ultra-hot Jupiter KELT-9b
Creators: name: Jones, Kathryn
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: Even among the most irradiated gas giants, so-called ultra-hot Jupiters, KELT-9b stands out as the hottest planet thus far discovered with a dayside temperature of over 4500K. At these extreme irradiation levels we expect an increase in heat redistribution efficiency and a low Bond albedo owed to an extended atmosphere with molecular hydrogen dissociation occurring on the planetary dayside. We present photometric observations of the KELT-9 system throughout 4 full orbits and 9 separate occultations obtained by the 30cm space telescope CHEOPS. The CHEOPS bandpass, located at optical wavelengths, captures the peak of the thermal emission spectrum of KELT-9b. In this work we simultaneously analyse CHEOPS phase curves as well as public phase curves from TESS and Spitzer to infer joint constraints on the phase curve variation, gravity-darkened transits and occultation depth in three bandpasses. We derive 2D temperature maps of the atmosphere at three different depths, finding that temperature increases at higher probed altitudes, i.e. a thermal inversion. The day-night heat redistribution of ~0.3 confirms expectations of enhanced energy transfer to the planetary nightside due to dissociation and recombination of molecular hydrogen. We also find a Bond albedo consistent with zero. We find no evidence of variability of the brightness temperature of the planet, excluding variability greater than 1% (1 sigma).
title: Petrology and Geochronology of foidites and melilitites in SW Germany and E France
Creators: name:  Binder ,  Thomas
name:  Walter,  Benjamin F.
name:  Marks,  Michael A. W.
Publisher: name: Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft - Geologische Vereinigung e.V. (DGGV)
Year: 2021

description: Foidites and melilitites are strongly SiO2-undersaturated rocks that form by extremely low degrees of partial melting of the metasomatically overprinted lithospheric mantle. In Central Europe, they occur in volcanic fields, dike swarms or as isolated stocks and diatremes. Our detailed study on foidites from SW Germany indicates two distinct age groups with marked differences in mineralogy and mineral chemistry: Based on in-situ U Pb age data (apatite, perovskite, zircon) a Miocene cohort (~ 9–19 Ma) of predominantly olivine melilitites and melilite-bearing nephelinites can be distinguished from a much older Upper Cretaceous to Lower Eocene group (~ 48–68 Ma) of melilite-free nephelinites and nepheline basanites. This contrasts with previous K-Ar whole-rock and mineral data suggesting continuous magmatism between 90 and 6 Ma. The older group is characterized by the frequent occurrence of green core pyroxenes, hydroxyapatite, and minor feldspar, whereas the younger group contains melilite, late magmatic fluorapatite, Ba- and F-rich mica and occasionally perovskite, but no feldspar. It crops out in the Freiburger Bucht and the Bonndorf Graben, the Vosges (France), the Odenwald and Kraichgau region, in the Taunus and the Lower Main Plain, whereas the younger group is represented by occurrences in the Hegau, the Urach region and the Central Upper Rhine Graben including the Kaiserstuhl. As part of the Central European Volcanic Province, the spatial distribution and age of these rocks reflect regional tectonic events, while the petrologic contrasts between the two age groups indicate heterogeneous crystallization conditions and/or magma source variations such as different formation depths.
title: Research Information System for a Smart Lab - Use Case Scaling Up of Bio-Fuel Plant Models
Creators: name: Grzymek, Aleksander Kamil
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Research Information System
subject: Knowledge model
subject: Smart Lab
subject: Software Engineering für Verfahrenstechnik
subject: Information System Design
subject: Digitalization
subject: Chemical Process Engineering

description: In the research of biomass-based technologies, engineers and scientists develop models of industrial plants to produce bio-fuels.The goals of the research is to reduce the environmental impact and improve the process efficiency.To conduct the research, the knowledge about the input fuel is essential.However, the sources of this knowledge are very limited, stored in heterogeneous formats and need cross organizational data exchange. A reliable source of fuel characteristics data are accredited labors that conduct fuel analysis which is however a costly operation and in many cases conducted manually, leading to comprehensive paper documentation.To improve the processes and workflows, laboratories want to undergo a transformation towards Smart Labs where automation and interoperability are high priority goals.Therefore, chemical process engineering on fuels requires a solution to support efficient data management and availability.To improve the research workflows for the investigation of biomass-based technologies and build a base for digitalization of fuel laboratory towards a Smart Lab, this thesis introduces a method for designing a Research Information System (RIS).The thesis discusses the capabilities of software engineering to describe a complex domain knowledge, requirements elicitation, data collection and representation to improve research processes.The proposed improvement could be adopted by other disciplines to analyze complex use cases and advance digitalization processes.The research in this thesis follows the Design Science Cycle.To examine the problem arising from our use case, we conducted a literature analysis as well as interviews and workshops with domain experts.Based on the gathered knowledge, we created a domain knowledge model and derived requirements for the improvements.We propose the RIS Design Method to address the identified problems.To evaluate the RIS Design Method, we implemented a proof-of-concept prototype FuelRIS and conducted a user study with domain experts.The results of this thesis provide various solutions to problems of chemical process by applying software engineering. We provide description of use cases fuel transformation process and fuel analysis.Then we present a knowledge model to represent cause-effect relationships in fuel transformation process; the knowledge model scales with the project size.Furthermore we provide a method for designing information systems for research within Smart Labs to support and automate workflows specific to chemical engineers but probably applicable to other research domains.
COMPARISON OF ETHANOLIC EXTRACT OF COLEUS AMBOINICUS AND COLEUS BLUMEI LEAVES FOR EVALUATION OF ANTIOXIDANT AND ANTI BACTERIAL ACTIVITY
Creators: name: Rangam Chariitha*, Polaky Samuel, M. Aishwarya, Sara Naaz, Madiha Fathima
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: To evaluate & compare the antioxidant and antibacterial activity of ethanolic extract of Coleus amboinicus and Coleus blumei leaves.The ethanoic extract of Coleus amboinicus and Coleus blumei leaves was prepared by maceration and were screened for the presence of various phytochemical constituents. The antioxidant activity of ethanolic extract of Coleus amboinicus and Coleus blumei leaves was determined by Hydroxyl radical scavenging assay, Nitric oxide radical scavenging assay and H2O2 radical scavenging assay. And the antibacterial activity was evaluated by Agar well diffusion method for determining mean diameter of inhibition zone and Broth dilution method for determining minimum inhibitory concentration. The results showed that direct crude extract of Coleus amboinicus having good antioxidant activity than Coleus blumei. And it is also having antibacterial activity against the gram-positive bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae than the gram- negative bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa. But whereas, Coleus blumei shows less antibacterial activity towards the both bacteria. Coleus amboinicus showed better antioxidant activity and antibacterial activity and this justifies its better use in ethnomedicine.

Keywords: Coleus amboinicus, Coleus blumei, Antioxidant activity, Antibacterial activity, Chloramphenicol
Biocontrol Activity of Trichoderma Species Isolated from Grapevines in British Columbia against Botryosphaeria Dieback Fungal Pathogens
Creators: name: Pollard-Flamand, Jinxz
name: Boulé, Julie
name: Hart, Miranda
name: Úrbez-Torres, José Ramón
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2022

description: Botryosphaeria dieback (BD) is a grapevine trunk disease (GTD) causing significant yield losses and limiting the lifespan of vineyards worldwide. Fungi responsible for BD infect grapevines primarily through pruning wounds, and thus pruning wound protection, using either synthetic chemicals or biological control agents (BCAs), is the main available management strategy. However, no products to control GTDs are currently registered in Canada. With a focus on more sustainable grapevine production, there is an increasing demand for alternatives to chemical products to manage GTDs. Accordingly, the objective of this study was to identify Trichoderma species from grapevines in British Columbia (BC) and evaluate their potential biocontrol activity against BD fungi Diplodia seriata and Neofusicoccum parvum. Phylogenetic analyses identified seven species, including T. asperelloides, T. atroviride, T. harzianum, T. koningii, T. tomentosum, and two novel species, T. canadense and T. viticola. In vitro dual culture antagonistic assays showed several isolates to inhibit fungal pathogen mycelial growth by up to 75%. In planta detached cane assays under controlled greenhouse conditions identified T. asperelloides, T. atroviride and T. canadense isolates from BC as providing 70% to 100% pruning wound protection against BD fungi for up to 21 days after treatment. In addition, these isolates were shown to provide similar or better control when compared against commercial chemical and biocontrol products. This study demonstrates the potential that locally sourced Trichoderma species can have for pruning wound protection against BD fungi, and further supports the evaluation of these isolates under natural field conditions.
Primary Epiploic appendagitis :a rare cause of acute abdomen
Creators: name: Bouchra, Zhari
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Abdomen
subject: CT
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous
subject: Acute

description: Clinical History Image Findings Discussion Find Diagnosis Differential Diagnosis
description: female, 36 years
description: Clinical History: A 36 years old woman presented in emergency room with sharp and acute onset abdominal pain,and nausea without fever. She had tenderness of left iliac fossa on deep palpation. Her lab investigations, including white cell count,were in normal limits. Final Diagnosis: Primary epiploic appendagitis
Superior mesenteric vein aneurysm
Creators: name: Tricarico, Eleonora
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Gastrointestinal tract
subject: Veins / Vena cava
subject: CT
subject: CT-Angiography
subject: Computer Applications-3D
subject: Computer Applications-General
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous
subject: Aneurysms
subject: Diverticula

description: Clinical History Image Findings Discussion Find Diagnosis Differential Diagnosis
description: male, 65 years
description: Clinical History: A 65-year-old male patient presented with mild postprandial discomfort for 2 years. Blood laboratory tests were normal and there was no history of pancreatitis, hepatic disease or abdominal trauma.Following the ultrasound diagnosis of a pancreatic c... Final Diagnosis: Superior mesenteric vein aneurysm.
Tunable Origami-Inspired Phononic Structures and Acoustic Metamaterials
Creators: name: Zhang, Xi
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This thesis develops a research framework exploring the combination of origami structures with acoustic materials. It introduces novel methods for sound control through tunable structures, whose acoustic properties change in response to their folding state. This research contributes to the advancement of tunable and programmable acoustic solutions, including noise reduction, sound focusing, and sound cloaking. These innovations have the potential to benefit sectors such as architecture, automotive engineering, and the medical field by enhancing sound control and manipulation.
“We need to build a better bridge”: findings from a multi-site qualitative analysis of opportunities for improving opioid treatment services for youth
Creators: name: Marchand, Kirsten
name: Fogarty, Oonagh
name: Pellatt, Katrina M.
name: Vig, Kayly
name: Melnychuk, Jordan
name: Katan, Christina
name: Khan, Faria
name: Turuba, Roxanne
name: Kongnetiman, Linda
name: Tallon, Corinne
name: Fairbank, Jill
name: Mathias, Steve
name: Barbic, Skye
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2022

description: Background Adolescence and young adulthood is an important period for substance use initiation and related harms. In the context of the ongoing opioid crisis, the risks for youth (ages 16–29) who use opioids are particularly heightened. Despite recommendations to adopt a developmentally appropriate and comprehensive approach to reduce opioid-related harms among youth, data continue to show that youth are not adequately engaged in opioid treatments and encounter many barriers. The aim of this study is to identify youth-centered opportunities for improving opioid treatment services. Methods This paper reports multi-site qualitative findings from youth participating in the ‘Improving Treatment Together’ project, a community-based participatory project being conducted in British Columbia and Alberta, two western Canadian provinces that have been dramatically impacted by the opioid crisis. Qualitative data were collected during three workshops with youth who used opioids and accessed opioid treatment services in the prior 12 months. These workshops were conducted in three communities following the core elements of human-centered co-design. A multi-site qualitative analysis was conducted to identify within- and between-site themes surrounding youths’ needs for improving opioid treatment service experiences and outcomes. Results Three overarching needs themes were identified from across the communities. The first reflected youths’ difficulties finding and staying connected to opioid treatment services, with the overarching need theme suggesting opportunities to reduce organizational and systems-related barriers to care, such as waiting times and wider information about service availability. The second area of need was rooted in youths’ feelings of judgment when accessing services. Consequently, opportunities to increase respectful and empathic interactions were the overarching need. The final theme was more nuanced across communities and reflected opportunities for an individualized approach to opioid treatment services that consider youths’ unique basic safety, social, and health needs. Conclusions This study identifies fundamental directions for the operationalization and implementation of youth-centered opioid treatment services. These directions are contextualized in youths’ lived experiences accessing services in their local communities, with overarching themes from across sites strengthening their transferability to other settings.
Communicating perceptions of pedestrian comfort and safety : Structural topic modeling of open response survey comments
Creators: name: Bardutz, Emily
name: Bigazzi, Alexander York
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: Purely quantitative or qualitative studies of perceived comfort and safety have different strengths and limitations related to scope, reliability, and generalizability. To pursue new insights about perceptions of pedestrian comfort and safety, this study uses the novel approach of Structural Topic Modeling to organize open-response comments into prominent topics, or themes, and explore the factors affecting the prevalence and content of topics. The study data come from a survey in which participants rated short video clips of pedestrians interacting with motor vehicles or bicycles at unsignalized crosswalks, and then provided optional open-response comments about each video. Modeling results identified six topics in the text data: (1) driver behaviour and pedestrian risk, (2) pedestrian risk assessment and mitigation, (3) pedestrians not waiting before crossing, (4) cyclists leaving the bicycle lane, (5) cyclists’ yielding necessity, and (6) and cyclists’ speed modifications. The prevalence of the topics was significantly affected by attributes of the interaction (vehicle type—bicycle or car—and its proximity), and attributes of the perceiver (travel habits and self-reported risk aversion). Topic prevalence was unrelated to participants’ comfort and safety ratings for the same interactions, indicating that topic modeling provides a fundamentally different source of information than quantitative severity ratings. The findings help to illuminate why pedestrian-cyclist interactions may attract disproportionate attention from the travelling public, despite their relatively lower risk than interactions with motor vehicle drivers.
Comment on Ádám et al. (2023): Large fraction of already known systems reported
Creators: name: Zasche, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work, I report that large fraction of stars detected by Ádám et al. (2023, A&A, 674, A170, arXiv:2304.08394) and noted in that work as new discoveries are in fact known systems. This is especially true for the dense bulge fields with large blending of nearby sources. Among the published 245 stars determined to be doubly eclipsing (i.e. containing two eclipsing signals), I identified 53 blends. In other words, about a quarter of the systems noted by Ádám et al. (2023, A&A, 674, A170) are not actually doubly eclipsing; rather, these are contaminations of known nearby sources that have already been detected by OGLE. Such a high proportion of reported false positives should not be readily ignored and ought to be addressed in future studies.
description: Comment on: (2023, A&A, 674, A170, arXiv:2304.08394), 2 pages, 1 table, published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 688, id.A41, 2 pp., 2024A&A...688A..41Z
Social, political, commercial, and corporate determinants of rural health equity in Canada : an integrated framework
Creators: name: Leimbigler, Betsy
name: Li, Eric Ping Hung, 1978-
name: Rush, Kathy L.
name: Seaton, Cherisse Lynn
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: People in rural and remote areas often experience greater vulnerability and higher health-related risks as a result of complex issues that include limited access to affordable health services and programs. During disruptive events, rural populations face unique barriers and challenges due to their remoteness and limited access to resources, including digital technologies. While social determinants of health have been highlighted as a tool to understand how health is impacted by various social factors, it is crucial to create a holistic framework to fully understand rural health equity. In this commentary, we propose an integrated framework that connects the social determinants of health (SDOH), the political determinants of health (PDOH), the commercial determinants of health (ComDOH), and the corporate determinants of health (CorpDOH) to address health inequity in rural and remote communities in Canada. The goal of this commentary is to situate these four determinants of health as key to inform policy-makers and practitioners for future development of rural health equity policies and programs in Canada.
Development of a system to remove TCA from cork stoppers using adsorbents  and biosorbents
Creators: name: Colell, Aitor
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Cork stoppers
aroma removal
biosorbents
wine quality

description: The project focuses on enhancing cork stopper production by developing innovative systems to remove undesirable aromas that affect wine quality. Utilizing adsorbents and biosorbents, the methods improve competitiveness and sustainability in the cork industry while addressing market challenges from alternative stoppers.
title: Folgen für mehrfach benachteiligte Jugendliche am Übergang von der Schule zum Beruf im Kontext der Covid-19-Pandemie
Creators: name: Luka, Agnieszka
Year: 2022

description: Die vorliegende Masterarbeit stellt dar, welche negativen Folgen sozioökonomisch benachteiligte Jugendliche am Übergang von der Schule zum Beruf beziehungsweise in eine Ausbildung im Zuge der Pandemiemaßnahmen zu tragen haben. Die Beschäftigung mit dieser Thematik ist notwendig, da speziell diese Gruppe nicht ausreichend berücksichtigt wird und zu-dem übersehen wird, mit welchen verschränkten Benachteiligungen die Jugendlichen bereits vor der Pandemie zu kämpfen hatten. Die referierten Ergebnisse der Studien zum Thema Covid-19 und Bildung sind im Kontext der sozialen Ungleichheit eingewoben. Hierbei liegt der Fokus auf die intersektionale Perspektive und die Interpretation nach Pierre Bourdieu. Es kann gesagt werden, dass es für sozioökonomisch benachteiligte Jugendliche zu gravierenden Folgen in psychosozialen, schulischen und persönlichen Bereichen gekommen ist. Die mangelnde schulische und/oder elterliche Unterstützung im Zuge von Distance Learning schlägt sich auf das Leben der Jugendlichen nieder. Davon ausgehend wäre es einerseits von Bedeutung zu erforschen, wie die Jugendlichen am Übergang das Distance Learning in seiner psychosozialen Auswirkung erlebt haben, und andererseits zu eruieren, wie die Schulen den pandemiebelasteten Jugendlichen adäquat begegnen können. Offen bleibt, wie die sozioökonomisch benachteiligten Jugendlichen am besten erreicht werden könnten, aber auch, ob es politische Maßnahmen geben wird, die den Jugendlichen tatsächlich zugutekommen.
Invisible Consumption Information Sheet
Creators: name: Byrne, Angela
Publisher: name: University of Salford
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 479999
subject: Other language, communication and culture not elsewhere classified

description: The influence of gender on consumption of cosmetics.Article reproduced under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Byrne, A., & Milestone, K. (2023). ‘He wouldn’t be seen using it…’ Men’s use of male grooming products as a form of invisible consumption. Journal of Consumer Culture, 23(1), 146-167. SAGE. doi.org/10.1177/14695405211066314
Learning to walk the wire : preparing students for precarious life
Creators: name: Taylor, Alison, 1959-
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2023

description: University students today are preparing for a more precarious future than previous generations, and the global pandemic has exacerbated their sense of insecurity and vulnerability. Drawing on data from a longitudinal study of undergraduate students at a large Canadian university, this paper examines the narratives of working students, before and since the pandemic lockdowns began in early 2020. Narratives focus on students’ attempts to handle the diverse rhythms of multiple activities, and how they respond to precariousness in work, family, and academic studies. Findings illustrate intractable tensions within higher education between logics of competition and care, and between access and selectivity. Further, universities, as well as employers, can be seen to contribute to the precarity of students, and to a ‘crisis of care’ in society more generally. Our analysis suggests the need for a more expansive and generous vision for higher education, which recognizes and supports students in their diversity.
Reconstitution of surface lipoprotein translocation through the Slam translocon.
Creators: name: Huynh, Minh Sang
name: Hooda, Yogesh
name: Li, Yuzi Raina
name: Jagielnicki, Maciej
name: Lai, Christine Chieh-Lin
name: Moraes, Trevor F
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2022
Subjects: Research Article
Microbiology and Infectious Disease
surface lipoprotein
Gram negative
bacteria
membrane proteins
protein translocation
Neisseria
E. coli

description: Surface lipoproteins (SLPs) are peripherally attached to the outer leaflet of the outer membrane in many Gram-negative bacteria, playing significant roles in nutrient acquisition and immune evasion in the host. While the factors that are involved in the synthesis and delivery of SLPs in the inner membrane are well characterized, the molecular machinery required for the movement of SLPs to the surface are still not fully elucidated. In this study, we investigated the translocation of a SLP TbpB through a Slam1-dependent pathway. Using purified components, we developed an in vitro translocation assay where unfolded TbpB is transported through Slam1-containing proteoliposomes, confirming Slam1 as an outer membrane translocon. While looking to identify factors to increase translocation efficiency, we discovered the periplasmic chaperone Skp interacted with TbpB in the periplasm of Escherichia coli. The presence of Skp was found to increase the translocation efficiency of TbpB in the reconstituted translocation assays. A knockout of Skp in Neisseria meningitidis revealed that Skp is essential for functional translocation of TbpB to the bacterial surface. Taken together, we propose a pathway for surface destined lipoproteins, where Skp acts as a holdase for Slam-mediated TbpB translocation across the outer membrane.
Supplementary document for Refined Prefrontal Working Memory Network as a Neuromarker for Alzheimer’s Disease - 5477390.pdf
Creators: name: Kim, Eunho
name: Yu, Jin-Woo
name: Kim, Bomin
name: Lim, Sung-Ho
name: Lee, Sang-Ho
name: Kim, Kwangsu
name: Son, Gowoon
name: Jeon, Hyeon-Ae
name: Moon, Cheil
name: Sakong, Joon
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supp.Text, Fig S1-2, and Table S1-S4