cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Concentrations of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in feed materials in the Netherlands, 2001–11
Creators: name: Adamse, Paulien
name: H.J. (Ine) Van Der Fels-Klerx
name: Schoss, Stefanie
name: Jong, Jacob De
name: Hoogenboom, Ron L.A.P.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Meta Science
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Molecular Biology

description: This study aimed to obtain insights into contamination of feed materials used in the Netherlands with dioxins (polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans) and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Monitoring results from the period 2001–11, covering in total 4938 samples, were statistically analysed and evaluated against the statutory limits set at the beginning or during this period. The percentage of samples exceeding maximum levels set within the European Union for either dioxins or the sum of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs were below 1% for most feed categories, except for fish meal (4.1%), clay minerals (binders and anti-caking agents) (3.4%), and vegetable oils and byproducts (1.7%). For most feed categories, non-compliance with the action threshold (roughly 33% lower than maximum levels) for either dioxins or dioxin-like PCBs was up to three times higher than non-compliance with the respective maximum levels. Exceedance of action thresholds was just above 1% for animal fat, pre-mixtures and feed materials of plant origin excluding vegetable oils. For the categories fish meal, clay minerals, and vegetable oils and byproducts, the action thresholds were exceeded by 5.0%, 9.8% and 3.0% of the samples, respectively. In general, the percentages of samples that exceeded the action thresholds and maximum levels were lower than those reported for the European Union by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). In most of the feed materials, there seems to be a decreasing trend in concentrations of dioxins or dioxin-like PCBs over the years. However, a lowering of the limits of quantification during this period and the low concentrations in most samples precludes drawing strong conclusions.
Activity antifungal of the essential oils; aqueous and ethanol extracts from Citrus aurantium L.
Creators: name: N. Metoui
name: S. Gargouri
name: I. Amri
name: T. Fezzani
name: B. Jamoussi
name: L. Hamrouni
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Microbiology
subject: Biochemistry

description: Our study is about the essential oil of Citrus aurantium L. in Tunisia and its plant extract. The yield of this essential oil is 0, 56% but the yield of the extract of plant was 17.1% for the aqueous extract ant 18.3% for the ethanolic extract. The analysis of chemical composition by using GC and GC/MS showed the essential oil of C. aurantium L. species to be rich in monoterpenes such as α-terpineol, lianolyl acetate, linalool and limonene. The antifungal activity of this oil showed us an inhibition of the germination of mushrooms, in the same way we could note that the biologic activities are generally assigned to the chemotypes high content in oxygenated monoterpene.
Concentrations of dimethylaniline and other metabolites in milk and tissues of dairy cows treated with lidocaine
Creators: name: Hoogenboom, Ron L.A.P.
name: Zuidema, Tina
name: Essers, Martien
name: Vuuren, Ad M. Van
name: Wikselaar, Piet G. Van
name: Eijkeren, Jan C.H. Van
name: Mengelers, Marcel J.B.
name: Zeilmaker, Marco J.
name: Bulder, Astrid S.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Computational Biology
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Genetics
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Microbiology
subject: Medicine
subject: Biochemistry

description: Lidocaine is a topical anaesthetic drug used in dairy cows for laparotomy (caesarean section, abomasal displacement). Because there are no registered drugs for this indication, it can be applied under the so-called Cascade rules (off-label use), with the restriction that the off-label withdrawal periods of 7 days for milk and 28 days for meat are taken into account. In animals, lidocaine is rapidly metabolised into various metabolites, one being 2,6-dimethylaniline (DMA) which is reported to possess carcinogenic and mutagenic properties and detected also in milk. To investigate whether the off-label withdrawal periods are long enough to exclude the presence of lidocaine and DMA, and potential other metabolites, in edible products, a study was performed with eight dairy cows treated with lidocaine by injection in the abdominal muscles. At various time points blood samples, milk and urine were collected. Four animals were slaughtered 3.5 h after treatment, the other four after 48.5 h. The injection site, meat, liver and kidney were analysed for levels of lidocaine, DMA, monoethylglycinexylidide (MEGX) and 3-OH-lidocaine. It was shown that DMA is an important metabolite in dairy cows and can be detected in both meat and milk. In addition, also MEGX, 3-OH-lidocaine and three other metabolites were identified and to some extent quantified. These metabolites were 4-OH-lidocaine, lidocaine-N-oxide and 4-hydroxy-DMA. The latter compound was the most important metabolite in urine. However, levels in milk and meat decreased rapidly after the application. Overall, it can be concluded that the off-label withdrawal times of 7 and 28 days for milk and meat, respectively, guarantee the absence of detectable levels of lidocaine and metabolites.
Mesochorus (Mesochorus) fennicus SCHWENKE 1999
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Mesochorus
Mesochorus fennicus

description: Mesochorus (Mesochorus) fennicus SCHWENKE, 1999
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap12: 1♀ 15-29.vi.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Western Palaearctic, new record for Georgia and the Caucasus region.
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 109, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
IMPACTS OF INTEREST RATE ON HOUSING PRICES: EVIDENCE FROM HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM
Creators: name: Bui, Toan Ngoc
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2020
Subjects: House price index
Housing market
Lending interest rate
Real estate in Vietnam
ARDL.

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 11, 5, 11A05A: 1-7
Mesochorus (Stictopisthus) formosus BRIDGMAN 1882
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Mesochorus
Mesochorus formosus

description: Mesochorus (Stictopisthus) formosus BRIDGMAN, 1882
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap 7: 2♀♀ 21.ix.-5.x.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Western Palaearctic, new record for Georgia and the Caucasus region.
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 109, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
Structural and mechanistic analysis of engineered trichodiene synthase enzymes from Trichoderma harzianum: towards higher catalytic activities empowering sustainable agriculture
Creators: name: Kumari, Indu
name: Nitika Chaudhary
name: Padmani Sandhu
name: Ahmed, Mushtaq
name: Akhter, Yusuf
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Trichoderma spp. are well-known bioagents for the plant growth promotion and pathogen suppression. The beneficial activities of the fungus Trichoderma spp. are attributed to their ability to produce and secrete certain secondary metabolites such as trichodermin that belongs to trichothecene family of molecules. The initial steps of trichodermin biosynthetic pathway in Trichoderma are similar to the trichothecenes from Fusarium sporotrichioides. Trichodiene synthase (TS) encoded by tri5 gene in Trichoderma catalyses the conversion of farnesyl pyrophosphate to trichodiene as reported earlier. In this study, we have carried out a comprehensive comparative sequence and structural analysis of the TS, which revealed the conserved residues involved in catalytic activity of the protein. In silico, modelled tertiary structure of TS protein showed stable structural behaviour during simulations. Two single-substitution mutants, i.e. D109E, D248Y and one double-substitution mutant (D109E and D248Y) of TS with potentially higher activities are screened out. The mutant proteins showed more stability than the wild type, an increased number of electrostatic interactions and better binding energies with the ligand, which further elucidates the amino acid residues involved in the reaction mechanism. These results will lead to devise strategies for higher TS activity to ultimately enhance the trichodermin production by Trichoderma spp. for its better exploitation in the sustainable agricultural practices.
title: New cathodes for intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells (IT-SOFCs)
Creators: name: Hodgeman, Darren
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2014

description: The work presented in this thesis focuses on the synthesis of long axis A-site ordered perovskites, which have ordered oxygen vacancies. The materials discussed have also been assessed as potential cathodes for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), targeting an intermediate temperature (IT) SOFC operating range of 500 800 °C. In chapter 3 of this thesis, a 16ap phase (ap = 1 perovskite unit, ABO3-δ), Y2.24Ba2.28Ca3.48Fe7.44Cu0.56O21-δ, was first observed in a powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) pattern that resulted from the attempted Cu doping of a 10ap phase (Y0.9Ba1.7Ca2.4Fe5 xCuxO13 δ). This phase was indexed as ap √2 × 16ap × ap √2 by selective area electron diffraction (SAED). Mössbauer spectroscopy identified that Fe3+ existed in three different coordination environments and a Rietveld refinement was carried out using combined powder synchrotron (S) XRD and powder neutron diffraction (ND) data. High Angle Annular Scanning Transmission Electron Diffraction (HAADF-STEM) confirmed the A-site ordering from the refinement. The 16ap phase exhibited good thermal stability, CO2 stability and chemical compatibility with state of the art electrolytes (GDC, SDC and LSGM), as well as a close matching thermal expansion coefficient (TEC) with the same electrolytes. Although possessing low electronic conductivity, 3.5 S.cm-1 at 750 °C, a good area specific resistance (ASR) of 0.12 Ω.cm2 at 750 °C was achieved, within the IT-SOFC operating range. In chapter 4, a 10ap phase, Y0.9Ca2.4Sr1.7Fe5O13-δ (YCSFO), was discussed. The space group Imma was identified from SXRD data, while the structure was closely related to brownmillerite. A Rietveld refinement carried out with the addition of SXRD data collected at the K absorption edge for Sr determined A-site ordering. The ASR of YCSFO was three times higher than that of the 16ap phase, highlighting the ordering of oxygen vacancies. The final phases investigated in chapter 5 of this thesis belong to a family of Co doped 10ap phases (Y0.9Ba1.7Ca2.4Fe5 xCoxO13 δ). A range of compositions were synthesised by varying the cation ratios, in order to obtain high Co content phase pure samples. The highest Co content was x = 1.85 for compositions Y1.24Ba1.85Ca1.91Fe3.15Co1.85O13-δ (annealed in O2) and Y1.6Ba1.8Ca1.6Fe3.15Co1.85O13-δ. AC impedance measurements carried out showed that increased Co content reduced the ASR, with the values at 700 °C of 0.19 Ω.cm2 and 0.23 Ω.cm2 respectively.
title: Scale model testing of tidal stream turbines: wake characterisation in realistic flow conditions
Creators: name: Tedds, Sian
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2014

description: In this thesis the effect of uniform and profiled (non-uniform) steady flows on a scale-model tidal stream turbine (0.5m diameter) are experimentally investigated using the University of Liverpool high-speed recirculating water-channel. The power and thrust coefficients of the turbine with numbers of blades between two and six and various blade-pitch-angles are measured in uniform flow with low levels of turbulence at velocities ranging from 0.45m/s to 1.34m/s. With a three-bladed turbine at optimum blade-pitch-angle the power and thrust coefficients are compared in three different flow conditions of uniform flow with low turbulence intensity (2%), uniform flow with high turbulence intensity (5%) and non-uniform flow with high turbulence intensity (5%). Using an Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter (ADV) measurements of three-dimensional velocities are taken, initially, around the three-bladed turbine with optimum blade-pitch-angle. The velocities at five different heights and up to 7D downstream are probed where the upstream velocity is uniform with low turbulence levels and mean upstream velocity of 0.9m/s. Further ADV measurements are taken downstream of the three-bladed turbine through a horizontal centre-plane at lower velocities of 0.45m/s and 0.68m/s to probe the effect of Reynolds number on the turbine's wake. In addition wake measurements are taken downstream of the two-bladed turbine with optimum and non-optimum blade-pitch-angles to study the effect of differing tip-speed-ratios, thrust and power coefficients. Also the wake of the turbine support structure without blades is investigated. In a flow with high turbulence and mean velocity of 0.9m/s the wake of the three-bladed turbine is studied through a centre-plane equal to the turbine hub height. Further in a profiled flow, representative of a 1/5th velocity power law and upstream integral average velocity of 0.82m/s (over the turbine's swept area), characterisation of the flow downstream of the three-bladed turbine with optimum blade-pitch-angle is taken at five depths up to 5D downstream. These velocities are then compared in detail to those in uniform flow. Finally the ADV technique is used extensively throughout this thesis and, indeed, in most studies concerned with tidal turbine wakes. As issues regarding certain aspects of the ADV came to light during this study, the robustness of this technique is investigated by using two different ADV probe orientations and a comparison to 1D Laser Doppler Velocimetry is made.
title: An investigation into reducing the uncertainties associated with the leading order hadronic contributions to the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon
Creators: name: Carroll, Andrew
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2014

description: Comparison between theoretical calculations of the anomalous magnetic dipole moment of the muon and its experimentally measured value provide one of the most accurate tests of the standard model and possibly the only current indication of beyond the standard model physics. The disagreement between theory and experiment at the time of writing is 3.4 standard deviations. The errors in the theoretical calculation of the anomalous magnetic moment are dominated by those arising from the hadronic sector. Due to asymptotic freedom, perturbative QCD is inapplicable at low energies, meaning that calculations at these energies must utilise experimental cross sections. This requires processing and synthesising data from many different experiments and using this data to predict a low energy, hadronic contribution to the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon. In order to investigate this discrepancy further, one must examine and attempt to reduce the uncertainties in the data. Many of these uncertainties are unavoidable experimental or statistical errors, but a large proportion of the errors arise as a result of the combination of different data sets from different experiments, in particular how the different experiments accounted for radiative corrections. In this project an investigation is undertaken into how the various experiments dealt with the radiative corrections and how one might decrease the uncertainty in the anomalous magnetic moment measurement by formulating a procedure to categorise which data sets should be included and which not.
Mesochorus (Mesochorus) gemellus HOLMGREN 1860
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Mesochorus
Mesochorus gemellus

description: Mesochorus (Mesochorus) gemellus HOLMGREN, 1860
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap4: 1♀ 1♁ 15-29.vi., 1♀ 29.vi.-13.vii.; trap 7: 1♀ 13-27.vii., 1♀ 27.vii.-10.viii.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Holarctic, new record for Georgia and the Caucasus region.
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 110, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
Mesochorus (Mesochorus) giberius
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Mesochorus
Mesochorus giberius

description: Mesochorus (Mesochorus) giberius (THUNBERG, 1822)
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap 4: 1♀ 1-15.vi., 1♀ 15-29.vi., 1♀ 29.vi.-13.vii., 1♀ 27.vii.- 10.viii.; trap 7: 1♀ 13-27.vii., 1♀ 21.ix.-5.x.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Holarctic, Neotropical and Oriental region, known from Georgia (RIEDEL et al. 2018).
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 110, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
Mesochorus (Mesochorus) globulator
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Mesochorus
Mesochorus globulator

description: Mesochorus (Mesochorus) globulator (THUNBERG, 1822)
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap2: 1♀ 20.v.-1.vi., 1♀ 27.vii.-10.viii.; trap 8: 2♀♀ 15-29.vi.; trap 15: 1♀ 30.vi.-14.vii.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Holarctic, new record for Georgia and the Caucasus region.
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 110, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
title: Vibroacoustic modelling of a dowelled-joist timber floor using finite element methods
Creators: name: Filippoupolitis, Marios
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2015

description: Timber floor systems are often used as separating floors between dwellings in multi-storey buildings as they are a sustainable, economical, lightweight solution. However, compared to concrete floors, typical timber joist floor systems tend to provide lower impact sound insulation in the low-frequency range (below 200 Hz). The research in this thesis forms part of a project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation to develop a new dowelled-joist timber floor using Swiss hardwood with the aim of improving the impact sound insulation below 200Hz. This floor consists of dowel-connected joists that form an assembly which can then be connected to other assemblies using metal screws. It is sufficiently complex that numerical models are required to give insight into its dynamic response and its sound radiation; hence in this thesis, finite element models are developed and validated to carry out this modelling. Finite element models have been developed and validated against experimental modal analysis in terms of eigen-frequencies and mode shapes for individual beam assemblies and a complete dowelled-joist timber floor formed from three assemblies. Models of increasing complexity have been developed to find an approach that provides good agreement with experimental results. This has resulted in a model that use spring connections at the dowel positions combined with precise modelling of the boundary conditions at the two ends of the assemblies. Close agreement has been achieved between this model and results from experimental modal analysis with the differences between the eigen-frequencies in the majority of the mode pairs being less than 10 %. Close agreement has also been achieved in terms of modeshapes with MAC values greater than 80 % for the majority of the mode pairs. For sound radiation from a rectangular plate into a rectangular room, a finite element model has been developed for fluid-structure interaction. The finite element model has been validated against a normal mode model for both a 140 mm and 180 mm concrete plate. This validated approach to modelling has then been used to predict sound radiation from the dowelled-joist timber floor into a rectangular room. In order to accommodate a finite element model of the dowelled-joist floor which had ‘virtual gaps’ between the joists it was necessary to introduce a ‘transfer plate’ to transfer the motion from the dowelled-joist timber floor to the acoustic medium. This approach appears to be novel as no mention of it has been found in the literature. Use of this transfer plate was validated in terms of both vibration and sound radiation. Compared to the concrete floors the dowelled-joist floor was found to have significant sound radiation around the 16Hz band (near the lowest eigen-frequency). The work carried out in this thesis will enable future research to make a more detailed assessment of the impact sound insulation for the dowelled-joist timber floor.
Mesochorus (Mesochorus) macrophyae SCHWENKE 1999
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Mesochorus
Mesochorus macrophyae

description: Mesochorus (Mesochorus) macrophyae SCHWENKE, 1999
Material examined: 1♀ 14-28.vii.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Western Palaearctic, new record for Georgia and the Caucasus region.
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 110, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
Serbian Artemisia species – chemical composition, acute toxicity and larvicidal activity of the essential oils
Creators: name: Ickovski, Jovana D.
name: Cvetković, Vladimir J.
name: Jovanović, Nikola M.
name: Mitrović, Tatjana Lj.
name: Stojanović, Gordana S.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: The chemical composition and biological activities of the essential oils obtained from Serbian Artemisia species (A. alba, A. absinthium, A. annua, A. vulgaris, and A. scoparia) were analysed. The essential oil was obtained by merging several samples (same plant species, different localities) and the chemical composition was compared with pre-merging results. In the merged A. scoparia sample four components were not found in any pre-merging sample and one of those is present in the highest percentage (capillin 35.7%). The least toxic essential oil in Artemia salina test was A. annua, followed by A. alba (both showing medium toxicity), while A. absinthium, A. vulgaris, and A. scoparia showed strong toxicity. All tested samples showed activity against Drosophila melanogaster larvae in descending order ΣAS > ΣAN > ΣAV > ΣAB > ΣAA. The essential oil of A. scoparia has exceptional larvicidal activity (in concentrations of 2% and 1% causes complete mortality).
Valorisation of olive pomace: phenolic prospecting and biological potential
Creators: name: Böhmer-Maas, Bruna Wendt
name: Otero, Deborah Murowaniecki
name: Alves, Pâmela Inchauspe Corrêa
name: Pedra, Nathalia Stark
name: Radünz, Marjana
name: Gandra, Eliézer Ávila
name: Zambiazi, Rui Carlos
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Phenolic compounds were extracted from biphasic olive pomace and their biological potential was characterised. Two different extracts were prepared, E1 (40% methanol) and E2 (80% methanol), both subjected to agitation (180 min) and 70 °C. LC–ESI-qTOF–MS was used for individual quantification of the extracted phenolic compounds. The antioxidant activity was determined using different methods, including nitric oxide, DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl) and hydroxyl radical. The enzymes α-amylase and α-glucosidase were used to evaluate the antihyperglycemic potential and sulforhodamine B and MTT (tetrazolium salt) for antitumor activity. To evaluate the antimicrobial activity, minimum inhibitory concentration and minimum bactericidal concentration of the extracts, the disc diffusion technique was used. Among the phenolic compounds present, tyrosol was highlighted in both extracts, as well as the anti-hyperglycemic effects, antitumor action and antioxidant activity. The antimicrobial activity found in the extracts was considered moderate to weak.
Highly selective alkylcoumarates and diterpenoids isolated from leaves of Baccharis quitensis: a search for new hit compounds against Trypanosoma cruzi
Creators: name: Peres, Nathalia
name: Silva, Matheus L.
name: Ueno, Anderson K.
name: Antar, Guilherme M.
name: Levatti, Erica V. C.
name: Tempone, Andre G.
name: Lago, João Henrique G.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biochemistry
Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Medicine
Pharmacology
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Information Systems not elsewhere classified

description: In the present work, the hexane extract of aerial parts of Baccharis quitensis Kunth. was subjected to chromatographic fractionation to afford two alkyl phenylpropanoids: n-docosyl (E)-p-coumarate (1) and n-tetracosyl (E)-p-coumarate (2) as well as five diterpenes: ent-kaurenoic acid (3), grandifloric acid (4), 15β-senecioyl-oxy-ent-kaur-16-en-19-oic acid (5), and 15-oxo-ent-kaurenoic acid (6). Using an ex-vivo assay with macrophages infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, compounds 1 and 2 demonstrated high potency against intracellular amastigotes, with EC50 values of 7.5 and 6.9 µM, respectively. Compound 6 revealed a moderate potency against T. cruzi, with an EC50 of 25.6 µM, and compounds 3–5 showed no effectiveness. Additionally, compounds 1–6 compounds presented no toxicity for mammalian cells to the highest tested concentration of 200 µM. Based on potency and the selectivity indexes of 1, 2 and 6, these compounds could be future candidates for optimisation studies for the design of prototypes against Chagas disease.
Mesochorus (Mesochorus) marginatus THOMSON 1886
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Mesochorus
Mesochorus marginatus

description: Mesochorus (Mesochorus) marginatus THOMSON, 1886
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap4: 1♀ 20.v.-1.vi.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Western Palaearctic, known from Georgia (RIEDEL et al. 2018, RIEDEL & JAPOSHVILI 2021).
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 110, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
Mesochorus (Mesochorus) pallipes BRISCHKE 1880
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Mesochorus
Mesochorus pallipes

description: Mesochorus (Mesochorus) pallipes BRISCHKE, 1880
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap 2: 1♀ 5-20.v., 1♀ 1-15.vi.; trap 7: 1♀ 27.vii.-20.viii.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Western Palaearctic, known from Georgia (RIEDEL et al. 2018, RIEDEL & JAPOSHVILI 2021).
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 110, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
title: Parallel diffractive multi-beam ultrafast laser micro-processing
Creators: name: Kuang, Z
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2011

description: During the last decade, ultrashort pulse lasers have been employed for high precision surface micro-structuring of materials such as metals, semiconductors and dielectrics with little thermal damage. Due to the ultra high intensity of focussed femtosecond pulses (I > 1012W/cm2), nonlinear absorption can be induced at the focus leading to highly localised material ablation or modification. This is now opening up applications ranging from integrated optics, through multi-photon induced refractive index engineering to precision surface modification for silicon scribing and solar cell fabrication. To ensure non thermal material processing, the input fluence (F) of the ultrashort pulse laser must be kept in the low regime (F ∼ 1Jcm-2), a few times above the well defined ablation threshold. Accordingly, μJ (10-6J) level pulse energy input is often required for ultrashort pulse laser fine micro/nano-surface structuring. Running at one kilohertz repetition rate, many current ultrashort pulse laser systems can provide mJ (10-3J) level output pulse energy. Accordingly, significant attenuation of the laser output is required for many applications and hence causes a great deal of energy loss. With this limitation in mind, holographic multiple beam ultrashort pulse laser processing, where the mJ pulse energy is split into many desired diffracted beams with arbitrary geometric arrangement, is proposed in this thesis. The multi-beam patterns are generated by phase modulation using computer generated holograms (CGHs) which are displayed on a Spatial Light Modulator (SLM). The ability to address these devices in real time and synchronize with scanning methods adds an additional flexibility to the processing. The results obtained in this thesis demonstrate high precision micro-fabrication of different kinds of materials with greatly increased processing efficiency and throughput, showing many potential industrial applications.
Mesochorus (Mesochorus) pictilis HOLMGREN 1860
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Mesochorus
Mesochorus pictilis

description: Mesochorus (Mesochorus) pictilis HOLMGREN, 1860
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap2: 1♀ 1-15.vi.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Holarctic, known from Georgia (RIEDEL et al. 2018).
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 110, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
A comparative approach to determining the growth of productivity of the New Zealand construction industry
Creators: name: Abbott, Malcolm
name: Carson, Chris
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In recent years there has been increasing interest in the productivity and efficiency of the construction industry in New Zealand. In part this interest has manifested itself in the increased use of numerous statistical techniques to determine the productivity and efficiency of the industry. These efforts have, however, some degree of controversy. The purpose of this paper is, therefore, threefold. First it summarises the key structural findings that have been determined from past research into the construction industry in New Zealand. Secondly it makes some comparisons between the construction industry's productivity in New Zealand with that of the six states of Australia. Finally it also considers potential areas for potential future research.
Mesochorus (Mesochorus) politus GRAVENHORST 1829
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Mesochorus
Mesochorus politus

description: Mesochorus (Mesochorus) politus GRAVENHORST, 1829
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap 2: 1♀ 7-21.ix.; trap 7: 1♀ 1-25.vi.; trap 12: 1♀ 15-29.vi., 2♀♀ 29.vi.-13.vii., 3♀♀ 13-27.vii., 3♀♀ 27.vii.-10.viii., 3♀♀ 10-24.viii., 1♀ 24.viii.-7.ix.; trap 15: 1♁ 30.vi.-14.vii., 1♀ 14-28.vii., 1♀ 11-25.viii.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Transpalaearctic and Oriental, known from Georgia (RIEDEL et al. 2018, RIEDEL & JAPOSHVILI 2021).
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 110, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
Quantifying the benefits of narrated screen capture videos
Creators: name: Walker, Lyndon
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This article provides a quantitative analysis of student results for an Excel-based statistics assignment in a first year statistics course, before and after the implementation of narrated screen capture teaching videos as the primary method of teaching the statistical functions of Excel in the course. It describes the production of the videos and then examines how student performance changed after their implementation. A two-sample t-test found a significant difference between the mean assignment mark before and after the implementation of the videos. This was followed up with a multiple regression model which controlled for other factors that may have influenced the assignment marks. Once these factors were controlled for, the implementation of the videos still showed a positive effect on the assignment marks of the students.
title: Investigation of the MUC1-independent action of circulating galectins in metastasis promotion
Creators: name: Chen, Chen
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2014

description: Galectins are galactoside-binding proteins that are expressed by various types of human cells. Recent studies have shown that the levels of circulating galectins are significantly higher in the bloodstream of cancer patients and promote cancer cell adhesion and aggregation by interaction with the cancer-associated mucin protein MUC1. However, previous studies have also shown that circulating galectins have MUC1-independent actions in metastasis promotion. This thesis further explores these MUC-1 independent actions. The studies reported here show that galectin-2, 3, -4 and -8, whose serum concentrations are all increased in cancer patients, induce secretion of various cytokines from endothelial cells in vitro and in vivo: (G-CSF, GM-CSF, IL-6 and sICAM-1 by galectin-3; G-CSF, IL-6 and GROα/CXCL1 by galectin-2; G-CSF, IL-6, GROα/CXCL1 and MCP-1/CCL2 by galectin-4 and -8). The secretion of these cytokines autocrinely/paracrinely enhances the endothelial expression of cell surface adhesion molecules, causing adhesion of cancer cells to the blood vascular endothelium. The galectin-induced secretion of cytokines is also shown to promote endothelial cell migration and tubule formation in angiogenesis. Intravenous introduction of a pathological galectin concentration into nude mice resulted in significant increase of circulating cytokine concentrations within 24 or 48 hours. Higher serum levels of these galectins correlated with higher serum levels of these cytokines in colon and breast cancer patients. Thus the increased circulation of galectins in the bloodstream of cancer patients promotes secretion from the blood vascular endothelium of metastasis-promoting cytokines that enhance circulating cancer cell adhesion and angiogenesis. These MUC1-independent actions of circulating galectins likely make an important contribution to the metastasis-promoting action of circulating galectins. Targeting the actions of circulating galectins in cancer patients therefore represents a promising therapeutic strategy to reduce metastasis and improve survival.
Vertex-to-Self Trajectories on the Platonic Solids
Creators: name: Athreya, Jayadev S.
name: Aulicino, David
Publisher: name: Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach
Year: 2020

description: We consider the problem of walking in a straight line on the surface of a Platonic solid. While the tetrahedron, octahedron, cube, and icosahedron all exhibit the same behavior, we find a remarkable difference with the dodecahedron.
description: Snapshots of modern mathematics from Oberwolfach;
Effect of Collagen type-I on the rate of osseointegration of Ca-containing biodegradable Mg-Zr based alloys
Creators: name: Mushahary, D.
name: Wen, Cuie
name: Kumar, J. M.
name: Harishankar, N.
name: Pande, G.
name: Hodgson, P.
name: Li, Yuncang
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Mg-Zr based biodegradable implants alloyed with Ca were investigated to assess their biocompatibility and efficacy in bone formation and osseointegration. Bare alloys, containing Ca, exhibited low surface energy, poor corrosion-resistance, reduced osteoinduction and bone integration activity. Upon coating with Collagen type-I, these alloys demonstrated enhanced performance as an implant material that are suitable for rapid and efficient new bone tissue induction with optimal mineral content and cellular properties.
title: Structure-borne sound transmission between isotropic, homogeneous plates and periodic ribbed plates
Creators: name: Yin, Jianfei
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2013

description: The prediction of sound and vibration transmission in built-up structures is important for human comfort, health and safety. For structural reasons, engineering structures often incorporate periodic ribbed plates to increase stiffness and stability whilst reducing the weight. However, vibration propagation on periodic ribbed plates is complex due to the existence of stop/pass bands. This thesis is concerned with predicting vibration transmission between isotropic, homogeneous plates and periodic ribbed plates. The objectives are to investigate the use of Statistical Energy Analysis (SEA) and develop and validate advanced SEA (ASEA) using ray tracing to incorporate tunnelling mechanisms. Two approaches were considered for modelling the periodic ribbed plate: either representing it as a single subsystem or representing each bay as a single subsystem in the high-frequency range (above the fundamental local mode of the bay). In the low-frequency range (below the fundamental local mode of the bay) Finite Element Methods (FEM) and laboratory experiments show that the periodic ribbed plate can be adequately modelled in SEA using wave approaches from periodic structure and orthotropic plate theories. In the high-frequency range a significant decrease in energy along successive bays was identified using FEM leading to the conclusion that it is not appropriate to model a periodic plate as a single subsystem. SEA models were therefore investigated that treated each bay as an individual subsystem using wave theory. For different L-junctions formed from an isotropic, homogeneous plate and a periodic ribbed plate, SEA significantly underestimated the response in the bays. Experimental SEA (ESEA) was used to investigate these discrepancies which confirmed the existence of tunnelling mechanisms between physically unconnected subsystems. In contrast to SEA which gave errors up to 60 dB for the furthest bay from the junction, ASEA gave errors less than 6 dB when the mode count for the bay was greater than five. A range of two- and three- plate structures with different periodic ribbed plates or periodic folded plate have been modelled with ASEA. The results all lead to the conclusion that ASEA can successfully incorporate tunnelling mechanisms and provide a significantly more accurate approach to predicting high-frequency vibration transmission across periodic ribbed plates than SEA.
The Impact of Green Areas on Mitigating Urban Heat Island Effect: A Review [Published in 2014]
Creators: name: Shishegar, Nastaran
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: Design
Climate Science

description: [Published in 2014]Urban Heat Island (UHI) is considered as one of the major problems in the 21st century as a consequence of urbanisation and industrialisation of human civilisation. The main source of UHI is the large amount of heat produced from urban structures, as they absorb and re-radiate solar radiations. Therefore, Urban Heat Islands develop in areas with a high percentage of non-reflective, water-resistant surfaces and a low percentage of vegetation. Specifically, a lack of vegetation reduces heat lost due to evapotranspiration. Vegetation, particularly in the presence of high moisture levels, plays a vital role in the regulation of surface temperatures, even more than may non- reflective or low-albedo surfaces. There are different ways of reducing the effects of UHI. However, a common measure to mitigate Urban Heat Island is to increase urban green spaces such as parks, street trees and green roofs. This paper discusses the current literature and knowledge about the impacts of green spaces on mitigating UHI. Studies conducted on the influence of greenery on mitigating UHI have indicated that all green spaces help urban areas adapt to the impact of UHI regardless of whether they are parks, street trees or green roofs.
Mesochorus (Mesochorus) punctipleuris THOMSON 1886
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Mesochorus
Mesochorus punctipleuris

description: Mesochorus (Mesochorus) punctipleuris THOMSON, 1886
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap 7: 2♀♀ 5-19.x.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Holarctic, new record for Georgia and the Caucasus region.
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 111, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
Structural and mechanistic analysis of engineered trichodiene synthase enzymes from Trichoderma harzianum: towards higher catalytic activities empowering sustainable agriculture
Creators: name: Kumari, Indu
name: Nitika Chaudhary
name: Ahmed, Mushtaq
name: Akhter, Yusuf
name: Padmani Sandhu
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Computational Biology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Information and Computing Sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Meta Science
subject: Ecology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: Trichoderma spp. are well-known bioagents for the plant growth promotion and pathogen suppression. The beneficial activities of the fungus Trichoderma spp. are attributed to their ability to produce and secrete certain secondary metabolites (SM) such as trichodermin that belongs to trichothecene family of molecules. The initial steps of trichodermin biosynthetic pathway in Trichoderma are similar to the trichothecenes from Fusarium sporotrichioides. Trichodiene synthase (TS) encoded by tri5 gene in Trichoderma catalyses the conversion of farnesyl pyrophosphate (FPP) to trichodiene as reported earlier. In the present study, we have carried out a comprehensive comparative sequence and structural analysis of the TS, which revealed the conserved residues involved in catalytic activity of the protein. In silico modelled tertiary structure of TS protein showed stable structural behaviour during simulations. Two single substitution mutants i.e. D109E, D248Y and one double substitution mutant (D109E and D248Y) of TS with potentially higher activities are screened out. The mutant proteins showed more stability than the wild type, an increased number of electrostatic interactions and better binding energies with the ligand, which further elucidates the amino acid residues involved in the reaction mechanism. These results will lead to devise strategies for higher TS activity to ultimately enhance the trichodermin production by Trichoderma spp. for its better exploitation in the sustainable agricultural practices.
From Betti numbers to ℓ²-Betti numbers
Creators: name: Kammeyer, Holger
name: Sauer, Roman
Publisher: name: Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach
Year: 2020

description: We provide a leisurely introduction to ℓ²-Betti numbers, which are topological invariants, by relating them to their much older cousins, Betti numbers. In the end we present an open research problem about ℓ²-Betti numbers.
description: Snapshots of modern mathematics from Oberwolfach;2020,01