cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Emissions, Performance and Design of UK Passenger Vehicles
Creators: name: N P D Martin
name: J D K Bishop
name: A M Boies
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: Consumer, legal and technological factors influence the design, performance and emissions of light duty vehicles. This work examines how design choices made by manufacturers for the UK market result in emissions and performance of vehicles throughout the past decade (2001–2011). Light-duty vehicle (LDV) fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and performance is compared across different combinations of air and fuel delivery system using vehicle performance metrics of power density and time to accelerate from rest to 100 km/h (62 mph, tz-62). Increased adoption of direct injection and turbocharging technologies helped reduce spark ignition (SI, gasoline vehicles) and compression ignition (CI, diesel vehicles) fuel consumption by 22% and 19%, respectively over the decade. These improvements were largely achieved by increasing compression ratios in SI vehicles (3.6%), turbocharging CI vehicles and engine downsizing by 5.7–6.5% across all technologies. Simultaneously, vehicle performance improved, through increased engine power density resulting in greater acceleration. Across the decade, tz-62 fell 9.4% and engine power density increased 17% for SI vehicles. For CI vehicles, tz-62 fell 18% while engine power density rose 28%. Greater fuel consumption reductions could have been achieved if vehicle acceleration was maintained at 2001 levels, applying drive train improvements to improved fuel economy and reduced CO2 emissions. Fuel consumption and CO2 emissions declined at faster rates once the European emissions standards were introduced with SI CO2 emissions improving by 3.4 g/km/year for 2001–2007 to 7.8 g/km/year thereafter. Similarly, CI LDVs declined by 2.0 g/km/year for 2001–2007 and 6.1 g/km/year after.
Identifying and understanding the contextual factors that shaped mid-implementation outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic in organizations implementing mental health recovery innovations into services
Creators: name: Piat, Myra
name: Wainwright, Megan
name: Cherkas, Danielle
name: Leblanc, Sébastien
name: Sofouli, Eleni
name: Rivest, Marie-Pier
name: Albert, Hélène
name: Casey, Regina
name: O’Rourke, Joseph J.
name: Labonté, Lise
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2021

description: Background Seven housing and health services organizations were guided through a process of translating Chapter Six of the Canadian Guidelines for Recovery-Oriented Practice into a recovery-oriented innovation and plan for its implementation. At the time of the COVID-19 outbreak and lockdown measures, six of the seven organizations had begun implementing their chosen innovation (peer workers, wellness recovery action planning facilitator training, staff training and a family support group). This mid-implementation study used the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) to identify contextual factors that influenced organizations to continue or postpone implementation of recovery-oriented innovations in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods Twenty-seven semi-structured 45-min interviews were conducted between May and June 2020 (21 implementation team members and six providers of the innovation (trainers, facilitators, peer workers). Interview guides and analysis were based on the CFIR. Content analysis combined deductive and inductive approaches. Summaries of coded data were given ratings based on strength and valence of the construct’s impact on implementation. Ratings were visualized by mid-implementation outcome and recovery innovation to identify constructs which appear to distinguish between sites with a more or less favorable mid-implementation outcomes. Results Four mid-implementation outcomes were observed at this snapshot in time (from most to least positive): continued implementation with adaptation (one site), postponement with adaptation and estimated relaunch date (four sites), indefinite postponement with no decision on relaunch date (one site), and no implementation of innovation yet (one site). Two constructs had either a negative influence (external policies and incentives—renamed COVID-19-related external policy for this study) or a positive influence (leadership engagement), regardless of implementation outcome. Four factors appeared to distinguish between more or less positive mid-implementation outcome: adaptability, implementation climate and relative priority, available resources, and formally appointed internal implementation leaders (renamed “engaging implementation teams during the COVID-19 pandemic” for this study). Conclusions The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented outer setting factor. Studies that use the CFIR at the mid-implementation stage are rare, as are studies focusing on the outer setting. Through robust qualitative analysis, we identify the key factors that shaped the course of implementation of recovery innovations over this turbulent time.
A Comprehensive Design Framework for UE-side and BS-Side RIS Deployments
Creators: name: Raeisi, Mahmoud
name: Khaleel, Aymen
name: Ilter, Mehmet Cagri
name: Gerami, Majid
name: Basar, Ertugrul
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Integrating reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) in emerging communication systems is a fast-growing research field that has recently earned much attention. While implementing RISs near the base station (BS), i.e., BS-side RIS, or user equipment (UE), i.e., UE-side RIS, exhibits optimum performance, understanding the differences between these two deployments in terms of the system design perspective needs to be clarified. Critical design parameters, such as RIS size, phase shift adjustment, control link, and element type (passive/active), require greater clarity across these scenarios. Overlooking the intricacies of such critical design parameters in light of 6G demands endangers practical implementation, widening the gap between theoretical insights and practical applications. In this regard, our study investigates the impact of each RIS deployment strategy on the anticipated 6G requirements and offers tailored RIS design recommendations to fulfill these forward-looking requirements. Through this, we clarify the practical distinctions and propose a comprehensive framework for differentiating between BS-side and UE-side RIS scenarios in terms of their design parameters. Highlighting the unique needs of each and the potential challenges ahead, we aim to fuse the theoretical underpinnings of RIS with tangible implementation considerations, propelling progress in both the academic sphere and the industry.
description: Submitted in IEEE
Myiasis In Livestock
Creators: name: Manaswini Dehuri
Publisher: name: veterinary today
Year: 2024

description: Myiasis, derived from the Greek word "mya" meaning fly, was originally introduced to describe diseases in humans caused by dipterous larvae. It is now defined as the infestation of living vertebrates, including humans and animals, by these larvae. Flies that cause myiasis remain among the most destructive insects globally, leading to severe impacts on livestock, with economic consequences such as decreased milk production, weight loss, fertility problems, and lower hide quality. The dipterous larvae may feed on living or dead tissue, bodily fluids, or ingested food, leading to a variety of infestations depending on the location on the body and their interaction with the host. Myiasis can occur in various parts of the body, such as the eyes, intestines, mouth, nose, urogenital tract, and brain, where the larvae feed on dead or living tissues, ingested food, or body fluids. The calliphorid fly Chrysomya bezziana is the commonest etiologic agent, along with other blow flies. The treatment comprises mechanical removal of maggots, surgical debridement of the infested wound, intensive rinsing with antiseptic solutions, and dressing.
Disease-induced changes in plant microbiome assembly and functional adaptation
Creators: name: Gao, Min
name: Xiong, Chao
name: Gao, Cheng
name: Tsui, Clement K. M.
name: Wang, Meng-Meng
name: Zhou, Xin
name: Zhang, Ai-Min
name: Cai, Lei
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2021

description: Background The plant microbiome is an integral part of the host and increasingly recognized as playing fundamental roles in plant growth and health. Increasing evidence indicates that plant rhizosphere recruits beneficial microbes to the plant to suppress soil-borne pathogens. However, the ecological processes that govern plant microbiome assembly and functions in the below- and aboveground compartments under pathogen invasion are not fully understood. Here, we studied the bacterial and fungal communities associated with 12 compartments (e.g., soils, roots, stems, and fruits) of chili pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) using amplicons (16S and ITS) and metagenomics approaches at the main pepper production sites in China and investigated how Fusarium wilt disease (FWD) affects the assembly, co-occurrence patterns, and ecological functions of plant-associated microbiomes. Results The amplicon data analyses revealed that FWD affected less on the microbiome of pepper reproductive organs (fruit) than vegetative organs (root and stem), with the strongest impact on the upper stem epidermis. Fungal intra-kingdom networks were less stable and their communities were more sensitive to FWD than the bacterial communities. The analysis of microbial interkingdom network further indicated that FWD destabilized the network and induced the ecological importance of fungal taxa. Although the diseased plants were more susceptible to colonization by other pathogenic fungi, their below- and aboveground compartments can also recruit potential beneficial bacteria. Some of the beneficial bacterial taxa enriched in the diseased plants were also identified as core taxa for plant microbiomes and hub taxa in networks. On the other hand, metagenomic analysis revealed significant enrichment of several functional genes involved in detoxification, biofilm formation, and plant-microbiome signaling pathways (i.e., chemotaxis) in the diseased plants. Conclusions Together, we demonstrate that a diseased plant could recruit beneficial bacteria and mitigate the changes in reproductive organ microbiome to facilitate host or its offspring survival. The host plants may attract the beneficial microbes through the modulation of plant-microbiome signaling pathways. These findings significantly advance our understanding on plant-microbiome interactions and could provide fundamental and important data for harnessing the plant microbiome in sustainable agriculture. Video abstract
title: Leveraging Community Health Workers’ Expertise in the Community to Address Food Insecurity in Appalachia
Creators: name: Scott, Alexis Kimbro
Publisher: name: University of Kentucky Libraries
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: FOS: Health sciences
valueUri: http://www.oecd.org/science/inno/38235147.pdf

description: Residents of the Appalachian region of Kentucky are disproportionately affected by poor social determinants of health that contribute to the persistence of food insecurity and diet related diseases in this region. Poverty levels persist in rural areas of the Appalachian region while they improve throughout the rest of the United States. As this further perpetuates food insecurity in rural Appalachia, it is critical to identify culturally sensitive solutions to food insecurity. Utilizing Community Health Workers (CHWs), lay members of the community who have deep understanding of the communities they live in and serve, may be the answer to this problem. The purpose of this mixed-methods study is to describe the knowledge and cultural expertise of CHWs in rural Appalachia to better understand factors influencing food insecurity. Specifically, we aimed to identify successful, sustainable services as well as gaps in services that address food insecurity and diet quality where CHWs are uniquely poised to intervene. Characteristics, skills, and knowledge of CHWs related to nutrition needs were assessed through interviews, questionnaires, and a cultural competence assessment. This study demonstrated the importance of obtaining knowledge from CHWs in rural communities of Appalachia to address problems related to food security. As well as providing recommendations for future programs, grants, and policies focusing on reducing food insecurity in rural Appalachian communities. Implications for future research include training of CHWs on existing food assistance programs and integration of CHWs into medical teams.
description: © 2022 Alexis Kimbro Scott
Librarian for Latin American and Caribbean Studies in U.S. Academic and Research Libraries: A Content Analysis of Position Announcements, 1970-2007
Creators: name: Alonso-Regalado, Jesús
name: Van Ullen, Mary
Publisher: name: IUPUI University Library
Year: 2009
Subjects: Latin American studies librarians
Area studies librarians
Job adversiting
Job descriptions

description: The present research investigates the evolving requirements, roles, and responsibilities of the Latin American and Caribbean studies librarian. Content analysis was used to study 94 position announcements published from 1970 to 2007. Variables were examined from the following categories: position description, educational background, work experience, technology skills, languages, personal traits, duties, and subject responsibilities. Cross tabulations and chi-square tests were executed to determine the statistical significance of relationships between variables. An advanced degree in a related subject field is expected by employers. Strong Spanish language abilities are required, and a working knowledge of Portuguese is highly desirable. The average number of duties per announcement has increased over time, reflecting the evolution of the position from being narrowly specialized to being more diversified. The Latin American and Caribbean studies librarian may also be responsible for additional subjects, in particular Iberian studies.
PEDAGOGICAL CONDITIONS OF EDUCATION OF PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN THROUGH MUSIC
Creators: name: Haydarova, M.I.
name: Akbarov, Babur
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Small school age of children's personal, social and emotional development, music, science through train efficiency depends. Music, children's sensitivities, aesthetic appearance and creative abilities in the development of an important role plays. In addition, music education is important in the formation of children's social skills and their integration into society. In this article, a small school for young children music science through educating pedagogical conditions of the review is out.
title: EVALUATING RESTORATION OUTCOMES
title: RED SPRUCE REFORESTATION IN THE WEST VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Rhodes, Benjamin
Publisher: name: University of Kentucky Libraries
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: FOS: Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries
valueUri: http://www.oecd.org/science/inno/38235147.pdf

description: Red spruce (Picea rubens) is the keystone species of the red spruce-northern hardwood forest, a unique high-elevation plant community that supports hundreds of animal species in the Central Appalachians. These forests were devastated by the Industrial Logging Era of the late 1800s and early 1900s, and they remain in a degraded and fragmented state. Current restoration efforts include red spruce plantings on old field sites and reclaimed coal mines. This project seeks to aid those efforts by evaluating restoration outcomes for vegetation and soils along a ten-year chronosequence. Specifically, the study aims to determine whether restoration site soils and vegetation are trending towards reference conditions, and how those trends vary between old field and reclaimed mine planting sites. Analysis revealed several promising trends in vegetation and soils. Additionally, red spruce planted on mined lands perform as well or better than those planted on old fields, owing in part to greater availability of soil nutrients on reclaimed surface mines.
description: © 2022 Benjamin Rhodes
Beitrag zur Beschreibung des Bewegungsverhaltens von Kleinsendungen und Polybags mit Hilfe von Regressionsmodellen
Creators: name: Kröpfl, Patrick
Publisher: name: Graz University of Technology
Year: 2022
Subjects: Regressionsmodell
Versuchsplan
Durchsatz
DoE
statistische Versuchsplanung
Sortierkonzept
Polybag
Sortieranlage
Durchlaufzeit

description: In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird die Entwicklung einer Methodik für die Ermittlung der Durchlaufzeit von Stückgütern in Sortieranlagen auf Basis von Regressionsmodellen behandelt. Die Aufgabenstellung leitet sich aus der Durchsatzberechnung des Free-Fall-Sorters (FFS) ab. Der FFS ist ein neuartiges Sortierkonzept, bei dem Sendungen schwerkraftgetrieben die Sortieranlage durchlaufen. Da das Stückgut nicht wie bei herkömmlichen Sortieranlagen durch ein Fördermittel angetrieben wird, müssen für eine analytische Berechnung der Durchlaufzeit (wodurch auf den Durchsatz geschlossen werden kann) eine Vielzahl an Vereinfachungen angenommen werden, durch welche es zu großen Fehlern in der Berechnung kommt.

Abgeleitet aus den Problemen bei der analytischen Berechnung hat sich die Fragestellung für eine alternative Methode zur Bestimmung der Durchlaufzeit ergeben. Dabei ist die Wahl auf einen statistischen Ansatz gefallen, in dem Regressionsmodelle als Werkzeug verwendet werden. Für die Erzeugung des Regressionsmodells ist im Zuge dieser Arbeite eine Methodik entwickelt worden, welche in neun Schritten den Ablauf von der Vorbereitung bis zur Validierung beinhaltet. Die ersten Schritte befassen sich dabei mit der Analyse der Sortieranlage und des dazugehörigen Stückguts. Mit Hilfe von Versuchsplänen werden die Einflüsse der Eigenschaften des Stückgutes sowie der Sortieranlage auf die Durchlaufzeit untersucht.

Anschließend folgt die Erzeugung der Regressionsmodelle. Dabei wird eine Logik implementiert, welche es erlaubt gesamte Anlagenlayouts aus einzelnen Submodellen aufzubauen. Diese ermöglicht es beliebige Anlagenlayouts modular nachzubilden. Am Ende der Methodik wird eine Validierung und Optimierung des vorliegenden Predictionmodells durch Realversuche durchgeführt.

Neben der allgemeinen Darstellung der Methodik werden in dieser Arbeit die einzelnen Schritte anhand des Free-Fall-Sorters angewandt und in weiterer Folge validiert. Dadurch lässt sich eine allgemeine Gültigkeit der Methodik für Sortieranlagen von Stückgütern nachweisen. Als abschließender Punkt werden noch Erweiterungsmöglichkeiten und Denkanstöße für weitere Anwendungen angeführt.
title: A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF REDDIT COMMENTS DISCUSSING FIBROADENOMA APPRAISAL AND DECISION MAKING
Creators: name: Stahl, Hayley
Publisher: name: University of Kentucky Libraries
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: FOS: Media and communications
valueUri: http://www.oecd.org/science/inno/38235147.pdf

description: Though fibroadenomas are clinically benign in most cases, clinical research suggests that these lesions can cause diagnosis-related physical health complications and psychological distress. However, this research is limited and should be investigated further. Thus, this study aimed to explore how patients appraise their fibroadenoma diagnosis uncertainty. Additionally, this study sought to determine if a correlation existed between appraisal and decision making as well as identify the factors that influence the most common treatment decision: removal. Data was retrieved from Reddit discussions for a content analysis. These discussions were then qualitatively analyzed using codebooks associated with this study’s research questions. Findings revealed that 1) most patients negatively appraise their diagnosis, 2) no current correlation exists between appraisal and removal, and 3) several factors, both present and not present in the existing literature, influence removal. The conceptual and practical implications of these findings are discussed. Moreover, this study’s findings may assist providers and patients in managing patients’ uncertainty regarding their diagnosis. Further, they may help to improve patients’ treatment decision-making in light of their diagnosis uncertainty. Limitations and future directions as they relate to these findings are elaborated on.
description: © 2022 Hayley Marie Kay Stahl
Camanda Curumba Prabhu
Creators: name: RODRIGUES, TENSING CARLOS
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: History
subject: Anthropology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Archaeology
subject: Geography
subject: Sociology

description: Many years after, the Curumbars arose in the Carnāta country: they had a certain kind of religion ; they were murderers. They derived the name of Curumbar from their cruelty. Some of them spread into the Drāviḍa Dēsam, as far as the Tondamandala country. … They chose a man who had some knowledge of books, who was chief of the Drāviḍa country, and was called Camanda Curumba Prabhu, and Pulāl Raja; he built a fort in Puralūr. He divided the Curumba land into twenty-four-parts, and constructed a fort in each district. Of these, the names of ten are Puralūr, the royal fort, Callatūr, Amūr, Puliyūr, Chembūr, Uttrikādu, Kaliyam, Venguna, Icattukottai, Paduvūr. While they were ruling, there was a commerce carried on by ships. As the merchants of Cāveripūmpatnam, sought trading intercourse with them, the Curumbars built the following forts (stations) for trade : Patti pulam, Salacupam, Salapākam, Meyūr, Cadalūr, Alampari, Maracānam ; whence, by means of merchants from Cāveripūmpatnam and the Curumbar, a commercial intercourse by vessels was carried on.
title: Safety in the Woods
title: Studying the Effectiveness of the Kentucky Master Logger Program
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Leake, Austin
Publisher: name: University of Kentucky Libraries
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: FOS: Other agricultural sciences
valueUri: http://www.oecd.org/science/inno/38235147.pdf

description: Logging is a dangerous field; in this study the researcher looks to see the knowledge both before and after professional loggers participate in the Kentucky Master Logger Program. This information was used to see the overall effectiveness of the Kentucky Master Logger Program. The researcher found an overall improvement in logging professionals’ perceptions and understanding of logging safety. The researcher recommends creating an emphasis on a safe work culture through safety incentives and a greater focus on less used personal protective equipment such as insecticide
description: © 2022 Austin Winn Leake
Structural separation for the new National Broadband Network? And operational integration of TSA and ACS?
Creators: name: Gerrand, Peter
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: An access regime that does not care whether an access provider is vertically integrated or structurally separated is blind to a significant factor in successfully achieving open access - Ross Kelso, TJA Vol 58 No. 1.
Time trends of acrylamide exposure in Europe: combined analysis of published reports and current HBM4EU Studies
Creators: name: Hahn, Domenica
name: Poteser, Michael
name: Kolossa-Gehring, Marike
name: Laguzzi, Federica
name: Schettgen, Thomas
name: Vogel, Nina
name: Weber, Till
name: Zimmermann, Philipp
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Acrylamid
Beurteilungspegel
Human-Biomonitoring

description: More than 20 years ago, acrylamide was added to the list of potential carcinogens found in many common dietary products and tobacco smoke. Consequently, human biomonitoring studies investigating exposure to acrylamide in the form of adducts in blood and metabolites in urine have been performed to obtain data on the actual burden in different populations of the world and in Europe. Recognizing the related health risk, the European Commission responded with measures to curb the acrylamide content in food products. In 2017, a trans-European human biomonitoring project (HBM4EU) was started with the aim to investigate exposure to several chemicals, including acrylamide. Here we set out to provide a combined analysis of previous and current European acrylamide biomonitoring study results by harmonizing and integrating different data sources, including HBM4EU aligned studies, with the aim to resolve overall and current time trends of acrylamide exposure in Europe. Data from 10 European countries were included in the analysis, comprising more than 5500 individual samples (3214 children and teenagers, 2293 adults). We utilized linear models as well as a non-linear fit and breakpoint analysis to investigate trends in temporal acrylamide exposure as well as descriptive statistics and statistical tests to validate findings. Our results indicate an overall increase in acrylamide exposure between the years 2001 and 2017. Studies with samples collected after 2018 focusing on adults do not indicate increasing exposure but show declining values. Regional differences appear to affect absolute values, but not the overall time-trend of exposure. As benchmark levels for acrylamide content in food have been adopted in Europe in 2018, our results may imply the effects of these measures, but only indicated for adults, as corresponding data are still missing for children. © 2022 by the authors
Structural and functional separation: The experience in Europe so far
Creators: name: Nicoletti, Stefano
name: Holmes, Jim
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Functional separation is one of the hottest topics on the regulatory agenda, and is likely to continue to be so for some time, given the prospects of re-monopolisation associated with the increased economies of scope and scale of next generation networks, and given the significant investment levels required to provide broadband access to all users. This article provides a scan of European experience since the UK embarked on the creation of Openreach two years ago. In this paper our main emphasis is with the development of the concepts and the practice of structural and operational separation to achieve pro-competitive regulatory objectives. We are not especially concerned with structural separation as a result of initiatives to realise increased shareholder value and, for that reason, we have provided only a short commentary on the situation with eircom, the Irish incumbent operator. Our conclusion should be no surprise - structural and functional separation models are still a work in progress in Europe and the European Commission still has some way to go to fully lay out and codify the approach that it may consider appropriate for the Member States. At present, the initiative is with individual countries, and this in itself raises issues for future harmonisation.
Tarsozeuzera kochi
Creators: name: Yakovlev, Roman V.
name: Hulsbosch, Ramon
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Cossidae
Tarsozeuzera
Tarsozeuzera kochi

description: Tarsozeuzera kochi (Semper, 1896)
 Zeuzera kochi Semper, 1896: 439–440.
Type locality: Mittel Luzon.
Type material (61 syntypes) in Senckenberg Mus., Frankfurt and CMNH.
Distribution: Philippines.
description: Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V. & Hulsbosch, Ramon, 2023, New species of genus Tarsozeuzera Schoorl, 1990 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae: Zeuzerinae) from Andaman Islands (India) with world catalogue of the Genus, pp. 79-85 in Ecologica Montenegrina 63 on pages 82-83, DOI: 10.37828/em.2023.63.7, http://zenodo.org/record/13246077
Partial confinement in a quantum-link simulator
Creators: name: Tang, Zheng
name: Zhu, Fei
name: Luo, Yi-Fan
name: Zheng, Wei
name: Chen, Li
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Confinement/deconfinement, captivating attributes of high-energy elementary particles, have recently garnered wide attention in quantum simulations based on cold atoms. Yet, the partial confinement, an intermediate state between the confinement and deconfinement, remains underexplored. The partial confinement encapsulates the phenomenon that the confining behavior of charged particles is contingent upon their relative positions. In this paper, we demonstrate that the spin-1 quantum link model provides an excellent platform for exploring partial confinement. We conduct a comprehensive investigation of the physics emerging from partial confinement in both the context of equilibrium and non-equilibrium dynamics. Potential experimental setups using cold atoms are also discussed. Our work offers a simple and feasible routine for the study of confinement-related physics in the state-of-the-art artificial quantum systems subject to gauge symmetries.
Endosomal traffic and glutamate synapse activity are increased in VPS35 D620N mutant knock-in mouse neurons, and resistant to LRRK2 kinase inhibition
Creators: name: Kadgien, Chelsie A.
name: Kamesh, Anusha
name: , Austen
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2021

description: Vacuolar protein sorting 35 (VPS35) regulates neurotransmitter receptor recycling from endosomes. A missense mutation (D620N) in VPS35 leads to autosomal-dominant, late-onset Parkinson’s disease. Here, we study the basic neurobiology of VPS35 and Parkinson’s disease mutation effects in the D620N knock-in mouse and the effect of leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) inhibition on synaptic phenotypes. The study was conducted using a VPS35 D620N knock-in mouse that expresses VPS35 at endogenous levels. Protein levels, phosphorylation states, and binding ratios in brain lysates from knock-in mice and wild-type littermates were assayed by co-immunoprecipitation and western blot. Dendritic protein co-localization, AMPA receptor surface expression, synapse density, and glutamatergic synapse activity in primary cortical cultures from knock-in and wild-type littermates were assayed using immunocytochemistry and whole-cell patch clamp electrophysiology. In brain tissue, we confirm VPS35 forms complexes with LRRK2 and AMPA-type glutamate receptor GluA1 subunits, in addition to NMDA-type glutamate receptor GluN1 subunits and D2-type dopamine receptors. Receptor and LRRK2 binding was unaltered in D620N knock-in mice, but we confirm the mutation results in reduced binding of VPS35 with WASH complex member FAM21, and increases phosphorylation of the LRRK2 kinase substrate Rab10, which is reversed by LRRK2 kinase inhibition in vivo. In cultured cortical neurons from knock-in mice, pRab10 is also increased, and reversed by LRRK2 inhibition. The mutation also results in increased endosomal recycling protein cluster density (VPS35-FAM21 co-clusters and Rab11 clusters), glutamate transmission, and GluA1 surface expression. LRRK2 kinase inhibition, which reversed Rab10 hyper-phosphorylation, did not rescue elevated glutamate release or surface GluA1 expression in knock-in neurons, but did alter AMPAR traffic in wild-type cells. The results improve our understanding of the cell biology of VPS35, and the consequences of the D620N mutation in developing neuronal networks. Together the data support a chronic synaptopathy model for latent neurodegeneration, providing phenotypes and candidate pathophysiological stresses that may drive eventual transition to late-stage parkinsonism in VPS35 PD. The study demonstrates the VPS35 mutation has effects that are independent of ongoing LRRK2 kinase activity, and that LRRK2 kinase inhibition alters basal physiology of glutamate synapses in vitro.
Why vertical structural separation is in the interests of incumbent telcos, and why they don't see it
Creators: name: Havyatt, David
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Vertical separation of incumbent telecommunications providers has been a popular topic in regulatory discussion. This paper addresses the question from the interests of the integrated firm itself, and though the case made is general, the case of Telstra is specifically considered. Opportunities for international growth, cheaper cost of capital, the opportunity to simplify systems costs and simpler regulatory arrangements are identified as benefits not sufficiently considered by firms. Bounded rationality, agency problems and misunderstanding strategic management are discussed as reasons for the benefits being insufficiently considered. Lawmakers interested in achieving separation could consider actively engaging the investment banks to study the benefits.
title: Energie- und Ressourceneffizienz digitaler Infrastrukturen
title: Energie- und Ressourceneffizienz digitaler Infrastrukturen
titleType: AlternativeTitle
title: Politische Handlungsempfehlungen „Green Cloud-Computing“
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Köhn, Marina
name: Gröger, Jens
name: Stobbe, Lutz
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Digitalisierung
subject: Telekommunikation
subject: Mobilfunk
subject: Datenaustausch
subject: cloud computing
subject: Cloud-Dienste
subject: Rechenzentren
subject: Datennetz
subject: Videostreaming
subject: Klima | Energie
subject: Wirtschaft | Konsum
subject: Abfall | Ressourcen
subject: Digitalisierung

description: Rechenzentren und Telekommunikationsnetzwerke bilden gemeinsam die digitale Infrastruktur und damit die technische Basis der Informationsgesellschaft. Ihre Auswirkungen auf den Energie- und Ressourcenverbrauch sind nicht vernachlässigbar. Das vorliegende Papier enthält Handlungsempfehlungen für die Politik, aber auch Hintergrundinformationen zu den Umweltwirkungen digitaler Infrastrukturen, zum Ausbau von Breitband- und Mobilfunknetzen, zu Planung, Betrieb und Entsorgung von Rechenzentren sowie zu Einsparmöglichkeiten in Privathaushalten. Quelle: Umweltbundesamt
description: Rechenzentren und Telekommunikationsnetzwerke bilden gemeinsam die digitale Infrastruktur und damit die technische Basis der Informationsgesellschaft. Ihre Auswirkungen auf den Energie- und Ressourcenverbrauch sind nicht vernachlässigbar. Das vorliegende Papier enthält Handlungsempfehlungen für die Politik, aber auch Hintergrundinformationen zu den Umweltwirkungen digitaler Infrastrukturen, zum Ausbau von Breitband- und Mobilfunknetzen, zu Planung, Betrieb und Entsorgung von Rechenzentren sowie zu Einsparmöglichkeiten in Privathaushalten.
Considerations for prostheses choice in multiple valve surgery
Creators: name: Poostizadeh, Ahmad
name: Jamieson, William
name: Munro, A. Ian
name: Miyagishima, Robert T.
name: Ling, Hilton
name: Fradet, Guy J.
name: Janusz, Michael T.
name: Burr, Lawrence H.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2021

description: Objectives The prosthesis type for multiple valve surgery (replacement of two or more diseased native or prosthetic valves, replacement of two diseased valves with repair/reconstruction of a third, or replacement of a single diseased valve with repair/reconstruction of a second valve) remains inadequately evaluated. The clinical performance of multiple valve surgery with bioprostheses (BP) and mechanical prostheses (MP) was assessed to compare patient survival and composites of valve-related complications. Methods Between 1975 and 2000, 1245 patients had multiple valve surgery (BP 785, mean age 62.0 ± 14.7 years; and MP 460, mean age 56.9 ± 12.9 years). There were 1712 procedures performed [BP 969(56.6%) and MP 743(43.4%). Concomitant coronary artery bypass (conCABG) was BP 206(21.3%) and MP 105(14.1%) (p = 0.0002). The cumulative follow-up was BP 5131 years and MP 3364 years. Independent predictors were determined for mortality, valve-related complications and composites of complications. Results Unadjusted patient survival at 12 years was BP 52.1 ± 2.1% and MP 54.8 ± 4.6% (p = 0.1127), while the age adjusted survival was BP 48.7 ± 2.3% and MP 54.4 ± 5.0%. The predictors of overall mortality were age [Hazard Ratio (HR) 1.051, p < 0.0001], previous valve (HR 1.366, p = 0.028) and conCABG (HR 1.27, p = 0.021). The actual freedom from valve-related mortality at 12 years was BP 85.6 ± 1.6% and MP 91.0 ± 1.6% (actuarial p = 0.0167). The predictors of valve-related mortality were valve type (BP > MP) (2.61, p = 0.001), age (HR 1.032, p = 0.0005) and previous valve (HR 12.61, p < 0.0001). The actual freedom from valve-related reoperation at 12 years was BP 60.8 ± 1.9% and MP85.6 ± 2.1% (actuarial p < 0.001). The predictors of valve-related reoperation were valve type (MP > BP) (HR 0.32, p < 0.0001), age (HR 0.99, p = 0.0001) and previous valve (HR 1.38, p = 0.008) Conclusions Overall survival (age adjusted) is differentiated by valve type over 10 and 12 years and valve-related mortality and valve-related reoperation favours the use of mechanical prostheses, overall for multiple valve surgery.
The dynamics of leadership and success in software development teams
Creators: name: Betti, Lorenzo
name: Gallo, Luca
name: Wachs, Johannes
name: Battiston, Federico
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: From science to industry, teamwork plays a crucial role in knowledge production and innovation. Most studies consider teams as static groups of individuals, thereby failing to capture how the micro-dynamics of collaborative processes and organizational changes determine team success. Here, we leverage fine-grained temporal data on software development teams from three software ecosystems -- Rust, JavaScript, and Python -- to gain insights into the dynamics of online collaborative projects. Our analysis reveals an uneven workload distribution in teams, with stronger heterogeneity correlated with higher success, and the early emergence of a lead developer carrying out the majority of work. Moreover, we find that a sizeable fraction of projects experience a change of lead developer, with such a transition being more likely in projects led by inexperienced users. Finally, we show that leadership change is associated with faster success growth. Our work contributes to a deeper understanding of the link between team evolution and success in collaborative processes.
title: Industrieansiedlung im Bäratal 1860 bis 2006
Creators: name: Hermann, Willi
name: Schiele, Ingrid
name: Zerr, Michael
Publisher: name: Heimatkreis Fridingen e.V.
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: 330 Wirtschaft

description: "Eines der interessantesten Industrieunternehmen im Kreis Tuttlingen liegt im Bäratal. Viele sind schon durch das enge Tal der Bära gefahren oder
gewandert, doch wenige wissen um das Interieur des Hammerwerkes und wenn, nur die, die sich beruflich damit befassen kennen die Produkte
die in diesem Werk unter "Donner und Blitz" in der Hitze geboren werden. Dabei sind sie alltäglich und begegnen einem auf Schritt und Tritt und
wer sich die Mühe macht, die Motorhaube seines Kraftfahrzeuges zu lüften, der kann, wenn er auch nur ein klein wenig technisches Verständnis
aufbringt, leicht neugierig werden und fragen, woher eigentlich die vielen bewegliche Teile seines Autos kommen und wo sie hergestellt werden.
(Anmerkung: Heute werden im Hammerwerk geschmiedete Teile sogar in supermodernen Flugzeugen, wie dem Airbus A 380 verwendet). Genau
diese Neugier trieb mich ins Bäratal. Dabei fiel mir Schillers Ballade vom "Gang zum Eisenhammer" ein, was wiederum nicht so abwegig war, denn während ich durch die mächtigen Hallen schlenderte, um mir ein Bild von Produktionsgang und den Ausmaßen des Werkes zu machen, hatte ich noch einige Male Gelegenheit, an den "frommen Knecht Fridolin" zu denken, der seinerzeit - allerdings aus ganz anderen Gründen - zum Eisenhammer pilgerte ..." So ist in einem Zeitungsbericht aus dem Jahr 1970 zu lesen. In der Tat ist es erstaunlich, was sich in den vergangenen 146 Jahren an
industrieller Entwicklung hier vollzogen hat und wie viele Menschen hier Arbeit und Brot gefunden haben, aber auch wie viel Schweiß bei der
schweren Arbeit vergossen wurde. Viele mutige Entscheidungen von Männern und Frauen waren notwendig, um das Unternehmen in seiner
heutigen Größe entstehen zu lassen. Galt es doch immer wieder die Herausforderungen der jeweiligen Zeit anzunehmen und die richtigen Mittel
und Wege zu finden, das Unternehmen der neuen Zeit anzupassen. Möge diese Entwicklung auch in den kommenden Jahrzehnten zum Wohle
der Menschen und der Stadt Fridingen anhalten. Diese industrielle Entwicklung möchte ich für die Nachwelt festhalten.
Tarsozeuzera livingstoni Yakovlev 2006
Creators: name: Yakovlev, Roman V.
name: Hulsbosch, Ramon
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Cossidae
Tarsozeuzera
Tarsozeuzera livingstoni

description: Tarsozeuzera livingstoni Yakovlev, 2006
Yakovlev, 2006: 211.
Type locality: Rep. Pop. Congo, Dimonica.
Type material (holotype) in MNHN, examined.
Distribution: Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Zambia (Yakovlev, 2006, 2011; Yakovlev & Murphy, 2013; Yakovlev et al. 2018, 2019a, b, c).
description: Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V. & Hulsbosch, Ramon, 2023, New species of genus Tarsozeuzera Schoorl, 1990 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae: Zeuzerinae) from Andaman Islands (India) with world catalogue of the Genus, pp. 79-85 in Ecologica Montenegrina 63 on page 83, DOI: 10.37828/em.2023.63.7, http://zenodo.org/record/13246077
Supplementary material for Association between mixed exposure to dioxins and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls and obesity among U.S. adults.
Creators: name: Gao, Zhao-Xing
name: Zhang, Peng
name: Xu, Shu-Zhen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 420205
subject: Epidemiological modelling
classificationCode: 420203
subject: Environmental epidemiology
classificationCode: 320208
subject: Endocrinology

description: Supplementary material for Association between mixed exposure to dioxins and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls and obesity among U.S. adults.
Fighting the monopoly bogeyman: The mythical basis for structural separation
Creators: name: Warren, Tony
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Structural separation is a tool available to regulators when it is apparent access regulation and competition policy are failing. In Australia there is prolific competition, but because of ACCC pricing policies, that competition is clustered in high-value suburban areas, and is still reliant on access to Telstra's local loops. Competitors have failed to move up the 'ladder of investment' because lower rungs have been under-priced. That is history. We now need massive investment in next generation networks. Out with the ladder, and in with a high-cost escalator! An FTTN investor not only takes on a much higher risk, without sufficient demand signals, confidence in a commercial return, and a stable regulatory environment, there won't be an FTTN investment. Structural separation not only increases the commercial risk, it decreases the chances of the investment ever taking place by separating the demand and supply sides of a company.
'In an alien land': Finding Solace from Librarian-Led Digital Humanities Pedagogy in a Pandemic
Creators: name: Giannetti, Francesca
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: pedagogy
minimal edition
documentary editing

description: The turn to working from home in March 2020 required a shift in how librarians and student employees and interns worked together. At Rutgers University--New Brunswick, the professional training offered by librarians to graduate students in the Master of Information (MI) program included preparation for reference, instruction, and special projects. In practice, those special projects had usually involved processing print gift collections, which were inaccessible during the COVID-19 pandemic. Finding meaningful work for MI students preparing for careers in academic librarianship required flexibility and a bit of scrambling. In this presentation, I will discuss the adaptation of an assignment originally crafted for a semester-long course into an ongoing, librarian-led digital project. The Correspondence of the Rutgers College War Service Bureau is a minimal documentary edition of correspondence sent to and from Rutgers alumni serving in World War I. The library's stake in this project was clear from the onset: transcription and encoding using the Text Encoding Initiative markup make this collection of university records more accessible to the public. As the work unfolded, I learned that it satisfied other priorities as well, not least of which was an emerging sense of solidarity with these Rutgers men from over a century ago whose loneliness and urgency to communicate came through their letters despite implicit social codes that precluded frank assessments of their experiences. I will address how the project evolved over the course of the past year and a half, touching upon issues of workflow, software, aspirational as well as practical goals, and make recommendations for librarians and academics considering similar projects.
Tarsozeuzera miklukhomaklayi Yakovlev 2011
Creators: name: Yakovlev, Roman V.
name: Hulsbosch, Ramon
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Cossidae
Tarsozeuzera
Tarsozeuzera miklukhomaklayi

description: Tarsozeuzera miklukhomaklayi Yakovlev, 2011
Yakovlev, 2011: 64.
Type locality: Indien, Andaman Islands, [North Andaman], Ramnagar.
Type material (holotype) in NHMUK, examined
Distribution: New Guinea.
description: Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V. & Hulsbosch, Ramon, 2023, New species of genus Tarsozeuzera Schoorl, 1990 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae: Zeuzerinae) from Andaman Islands (India) with world catalogue of the Genus, pp. 79-85 in Ecologica Montenegrina 63 on page 83, DOI: 10.37828/em.2023.63.7, http://zenodo.org/record/13246077
Tomorrow's technology starts with today's spectrum planning
Creators: name: Chapman, Chris
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Spectrum is an exciting field, albeit that it has been somewhat of a comparative 'sleeper'. Now its time has come as we (the government, the Department, the regulator and industry participants), collectively, embark on various initiatives, reforms and developments that will ensure that spectrum delivers for Australia the maximum benefit possible from a scarce national resource. ACMA is committed to delivering on this legislative objective. At the last RadComms conference, I spoke of a typical day in my life and how it was affected by spectrum. In a similar vein, on this occasion I would like to look at the seemingly 'small' things my spectrum planners do and how these 'small' things may make a material contribution to enabling momentous change in the world of tomorrow: be it 10 or 20 years hence. Please bear in mind that these are things I think may eventuate; there are no guarantees, nor are they intended as any pre-emption. In setting some context for discussions over the next few days, I simply wish to explore the role of spectrum and its management in the greater scheme of things. So, let's have some fun for a moment, cast ourselves into the future, and take a peek at the effect of today's decisions many years down the track.