cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Optical, electrical and thermal responses of near-field thermophotovoltaic cells for thermal energy conversion
Creators: name: Lau, Japheth Zi Jun
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This research is a theoretical investigation of near-field thermophotovoltaic (TPV) systems which convert heat into electricity. Such systems are capable of producing much greater electrical power than conventional solar cells in addition to being more versatile as they can be powered by a variety of heat sources including waste heat; which could potentially revolutionise the clean energy sector. This research analyses the parameters and configurations that affect the behaviour and performance of near-field TPVs, offering engineers greater insight into such devices and allowing them to make more informed design decisions. Moreover, ways to improve performance are also proposed.
Nutritional quality of the food choices of Canadian children
Creators: name: Hack, Salma
name: Jessri, Mahsa
name: L’Abbé, Mary R.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2021

description: Background The release of the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS), Nutrition 2015 provides a unique opportunity since CCHS 2004 to investigate food choices of Canadian children and adolescents at a national level. Objective This study examined the quality and quantity of food choices of children ages 2–8 years and adolescents 9–18 years, using Health Canada’s Surveillance Tool Tier System 2014. It is hypothesized that Canadian children and adolescents are consuming diets poor in nutritional quality based on evidence from the last national nutrition survey in 2004. Design Intakes from CCHS 2015, 24-h dietary recall were categorized into Health Canada’s Tiers 1–4, based on CNF/CFG classification system and thresholds for nutrients to limit i.e., total fat, saturated fats, sugars, and sodium to assess quality of food choices. Additionally, dietary intakes were grouped according to Canada’s 2007 food guide servings as the 2019 food guide was not available. Results Majority of foods reported by children 2–18 years were categorized as Tier 2 and Tier 3 foods. Investigation of energy contributions from the Tier 4 and “other foods” represented 21–25% of daily calorie intake and of these foods, high fat and/or high sugar foods contributed majority of daily calories to these categories. Conclusions This study showed Canadian children 2–18 years are consuming diets high in nutrients recommended to limit. Evidence from this study provides a unique opportunity to improve the nutritional quality of foods, and the food choices of children.
Dynamics of Engineering Labor Markets: Petroleum Engineering and Responsive Supply
Creators: name: Salzman, Hal
name: Kuehn, Daniel
name: Lynn, Leonard
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2011
Subjects: Engineering
Labor supply
Petroleum engineering

description: Engineering shortage claims are based on a number of assumptions that we are able to examine empirically through a “natural experiment” in the case of petroleum engineers. The assumptions are that demand outpaces supply; the increasing offshore supply of scientists and engineers constitutes a “competition” with the U.S.; the size of the stock of engineers drives innovation (which, in turn, drives economic growth and social prosperity); and supply will depend on (a) stimulating interest and achievement of domestic students, and (b) increasing foreign supply/guest workers. In this paper, we examine the common policy assumptions that: (1) the supply of engineers in other countries is a “threat” to U.S. innovation and competitiveness, (2) that labor markets do not function adequately to produce the requisite supply of engineers to meet industry demand, and (3) that guest workers/students are necessary to meet U.S. employer needs for their permanent workforces. Through this study of petroleum engineering, we examine the responsiveness of the educational engineer market.
description: Presented at “U.S. ENGINEERING IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY”, September 26-27, 2011
Fabrication du tambourin provençal : dressage des planches et tirage "au large" à la scie circulaire
Creators: name: Musée National Des Arts Et Traditions Populaires (Paris)
name: Centre D'ethnologie Française
Publisher: name: École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales; Institut  interdisciplinaire d'anthropologie du contemporain (Paris); Laboratoire d'anthropologie et d'histoire de l'institution de la culture (Paris)
Year: 2024

Abstract
title: An Unsettling Déjà-vu: The May 2021 Ceuta Events
Creators: name: Cassarino, Jean-Pierre
Publisher: name: European Papers (www.europeanpapers.eu)
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: interdependence
subject: instrumentalization
subject: Morocco
subject: Spain
subject: reverse conditionalities
subject: community of interests

description: European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2022 7(1), 79-85
description: European Forum Insight of 11 May 2022
description: I. The background. - II. The precedents. - III. Reverse conditionalities. - IV. Ceuta: beyond blackmail. - V. A community of interests. - VI. Conclusion.
description: To properly understand the various factors that have been conducive to diplomatic tensions be-tween Spain and Morocco, following the mass arrival of migrants crossing the border of the Ceuta enclave in May 2021, we need to move the debate beyond the recurrent reference to "blackmail". The instrumentalization of migration for political and diplomatic purposes is not uncommon in the his-tory of international relations. Nor is it new in the governance of migration. This Insight argues that the May 2021 events are symptomatic of a now consolidated community of interests between Mo-rocco, on the one hand, and the EU and its Member States, on the other, that has gradually affected their relations, across various issue-areas, for better and for worse.
Ecological Dynamics: An Inspiration for Triggering Epilepsy
Creators: name: Ambreen Kanwal
name: Asima Tayyeb
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 110904 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Epilepsy is a rigorous transmission of electrical impulses across neurons of the brain and reported more prevalent in lower-income countries. A systematic literature review has been performed to implicate the impact of environmental variables on the occurrence of epilepsy using the following keywords: Epilepsy or environmental risk factors or seizures. More than 500 genes have been reported to involve in epilepsy potentially. Moreover, family history with neurological disorders, sleep apnea, depression, alcohol, stress, diet, gestational period of mother, and social involvement are among the risk factors which can reliably predict onset and severity of the disease. Hence, minimizing these factors along with recommended therapies, counseling, and awareness could be a miracle in the life of epileptic patients and can improve societies.
A Review on the Possible Leakage of Electrons through the Electron Transport Chain within Mitochondria
Creators: name: Tabassum, Nafisa
name: Ilora Shabnam Kheya
name: Asaduzzaman, Syed Abdullah Ibn
name: Maniha, Syeda Muntaka
name: Fayz, Abrar Hamim
name: Amayna Zakaria
name: Rashed Noor
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The finding of electron leakage during the electron transport within the mitochondrial membrane (in eukaryotes) or in the cell membrane of the prokaryotes is an important issue for the accumulation of the Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) in the cytosol which in turn induce the probable aging of cells. In eukaryotes, mitochondrion is known to be the major site of the ROS generation in different pathological processes which may further cause cell damages as evident through the ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury, respiratory diseases, cell apoptosis, and even the onset of cancer. Thus, the mitochondrial leakage and the physiological effect of leaked protons and electrons grow up with future interest in energy metabolism. Current review focused on the physiological impact of electron/ proton leakage particularly in the eukaryotic cells based on the previous reports; emphasized on the prospects of the eukaryotic mitochondrion as a modulator of proton and electron leakage; and finally attempted to assess the regulatory mechanisms of such electron/ proton leakage.
Higher Bioavailability and Contamination of Copper in the Eastern Part of Johore Causeway: Will the Pattern Remain the Same Beyond 2020?
Creators: name: Yap, Chee Kong
name: Rosimah Nulit
name: Moslem Sharifinia
name: Peng, Shih Hao Tony
name: Yap, Chee Wah
name: Okamura, Hideo
name: Ismail, Mohamad Saupi
name: Saleem, Muhammad
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: 60102 Bioinformatics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Biotechnology

description: The aim of this paper is to determine and discuss the Concentrations of Copper (Cu) in the different soft tissues of Perna viridis and surface sediments collected from western and eastern parts of Johore Singapore Causeway. In general, it is found that the different tissues of eastern mussel populations were found to have significant (p < 0.05) higher Cu levels than those in the western mussel populations. This indicated higher Cu bioavailability in the eastern part of causeway than that in the western part. The geochemical fractions (except for oxidizable-organic fraction) showed significant (p < 0.05) higher Cu levels in the eastern sediments than those in the western part of the causeway. This indicated higher Cu contamination in the eastern part of causeway than that in the western part. With consistent scientific reports of high metal levels in the eastern part of causeway between 2015-2018, it is predicted that there is a plausible constant source of anthropogenic metal contamination at the eastern part of the causeway beyond 2020 should there is no drastic effective control of the anthropogenic activities.
Effects of Root Bioaccumulation of Arsenic and Mercury on the Expression of the Nramp2b Gene in Prosopis alba (Griseb)
Creators: name: Loyola, Sergio
name: Cárcamo, Claudia
name: Concha, Francisca
name: Becerra, Cristian
name: Pouchucq, Luis
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 60408 Genomics

description: Finding of vegetal species suitable for ecologic restoration in arid climates is a primary goal of most of the governmental and private companies for fighting against the desertification and the recovery of contaminated soils. The Prosopis genus, a desert woody leguminous, with a wide distribution around the world, represents a very interesting source of highly tolerant and adaptable trees for revegetation and bioremediation of soils contaminated with metal and metalloids (metal(loid)s). The aim of the present work was to evaluate the South American representative of this genus, P. alba, as a possible solution for restoration of soils contaminated with mercury and arsenic. For this, we assessed possible tolerance mechanisms against both metal(loid)s by means of the evaluation of bioaccumulation behaviors and expression changes in metal(loid) tolerance genes. The results revealed that P. alba was able to tolerate high metal(loid) concentrations, related with the accumulation of high quantities of arsenic and mercury in the roots, with bioaccumulation factors of 2, 8 and 3, 1 respectively. Moreover, changes in the expression levels of the gene codifying for the metal transporter NRAMP2b was also observed after the exposure to the metal(loid)s, decreasing ten times for arsenic and three times for mercury. All of these results revealed the existence of cellular mechanisms that allow P. alba to tolerate and accumulate high quantities of arsenic and mercury diluted into the substrate, making it a promising prospect for the treatment of contaminated soils.
Dermoid Cyst of the Frontal Bone: A Case Report
Creators: name: Beghdad Mohamed
name: Ballage Amine
name: Mkhatri Amine
name: Chaouki Anas
name: Oukessou Youssef
name: Rouadi Sami
name: Abada Reda
name: Roubal Mohamed
name: Mahtar Mohamed
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: Medicine

description: Introduction: Dermoid cysts are benign tumors that originate from aberrant primordial tissues. About 7% of all dermoid cysts are located in the head and neck region. We present here the case of a periorbital dermoid cyst in a 34 years old patient, involving the frontal bone.Case Report: We report the case of a 34 years old female patient, who has a history of a cystic formation of the superior inner angle of the right orbit, for which she received surgery 3 years prior. Clinical examination found a swelling located in the superior inner angle of the right eye, of hard consistency, painless, without local inflammatory signs, measuringapproximatively 2 cm. A CT-scan was realized, showing images of an encapsulated and limited supraorbital lesion, developed on both sides of the frontal bone, with an external component. Histopathology examination revealed the presence of keratinized squamous cells, confirming the diagnosis of a dermoid cyst.Conclusion: Frontal dermoid cysts are uncommon but need to be considered as a differential diagnosis of any mass in orbital region. CT can help to suggest the diagnosis. Its surgical excision must be complete to avoid recurrence.
Effects of Irradiance and Different Nitrogen and Carbon Concentrations on the Minerals Accumulation in Scenedesmus obliquus Biomass
Creators: name: Jiménez-Veuthey Mariana
name: Zapata Luz Marina
name: Vezzosi-Zoto Gina
name: Sacks Natalia
name: Agustina, Flores
name: Zampedri Patricia
name: Zampedri Carolina
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biotechnology

description: Microalgae are capable of absorbing and concentrating constituent elements that have a wide variety of applications in agriculture, food industry, and medicine. Microalgae chemical composition change according to internal and external factors. In this study, the effect of irradiance, sodium nitrate and sodium acetate concentration on the accumulation of essential minerals in Scenedesmus obliquus biomass were evaluated using 23 factorial screening designs. The simultaneous effect of the three experimental factors was studied using three levels for each parameter (irradiance: 36.71, 69.50, 102.30 μE m-2 s-1, sodium nitrate: 0.27, 44.00, 87.73 g L-1 and sodium acetate: 0.00, 2.50, 5.02 g L-1). The response variables were the minerals concentration of Na, K, Ca, Mg, Fe, Zn and Mn. Results show that each mineral has an optimal operation condition in order to improve its concentration in the microalgae biomass. A significant interaction between the variables was observed, which has direct effects on the minerals accumulation in the microalgae biomass. Under these conditions, the maximum concentration of K (1515.77 [mg (100gdw)-1]), Ca (2744.24 [mg (100gdw)-1]), Mg (9697.65 [mg (100gdw)-1]), Fe (2932.42 [mg (100gdw)-1]), Mn (38.48 [mg (100gdw)-1]), Zn (324.00 [mg (100gdw)-1]) and the minimum concentration of Na (5607.20 [mg (100gdw)-1]) were obtained from the microalga biomass. Thus, Scenedesmus obliquus biomass was characterized as good essential mineral source and confirmed to be potentially valuable ingredient for utilization in the food industry.
Cinnamomum verum and its Effects on the Visual Motor Speed in Humans
Creators: name: Ranyah Khan
name: Patterson, Anna
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 90803 Food Nutritional Balance
subject: FOS: Other engineering and technologies
subject: 90899 Food Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Cinnamon is used in a variety of cuisines, herbal supplements, teas, and other unique variations. Use of it as a spice dates back thousands of years and is primarily found in the lower regions of Asia in places like Sri Lanka and India. This experiment was designed to examine the effects of cinnamon on visual motor reflexes. It was hypothesized that the longer a participant smelt cinnamon the faster their reflex time would be. Participants were used as an internal control to check their base reflexes when initially unexposed to cinnamon, before repeating the experiment with the smell of cinnamon diffusing through the air. This was recorded using an online computer program provided by Washington University that functions as a click the button test. Participants had to press the button every time they saw a computerized traffic light turn green. We then calculated the changes in visual motor response time in intervals of two minutes for ten minutes. The means and standard deviation of each trial for each participant was calculated through both a calculator and the computer program. Most participants showed similar trends in their results with only a few outliers. Afterwards, the means were compared which revealed a gradual decrease in reflex time and statistically significant data with a P value of 0.0026, which supports our hypothesis that the smell of cinnamon decreases reflex response time. This can support the idea that cinnamon may be utilized in everyday activities to enhance mental abilities and may act as a significant stimulant to prevent drowsy driving. The experiment did not account for reflex acclimation however, which may provide a possible source of error in our data set.
Acropora halmaherae Wallace & Wolstenholme 1998
Creators: name: Licuanan, Wilfredo Y.
name: Capili, Emmi B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2004
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Acroporidae
Acropora
Acropora halmaherae

description: Acropora halmaherae Wallace & Wolstenholme
(Fig. 4)
 Acropora halmaherae Wallace & Wolstenholme, 1998: 258-260; Wallace 1999: 296-297.
 Acropora parilis Veron, 2000 Vol 1: 410
 Material examined. – One sample (30.3 cm long by 30.4 cm wide by 14.2 cm tall) (P1L01202), northern Lianga Bay, Surigao del Sur, (8.66666 N, 126.2 E, Depth: 8m), coll. Wilfredo Y. Licuanan, 22 Jan.2002.
 Description. – Corallum arborescent with widely-spaced fine branches, 8-11 mm in diameter at the base tapering to branchlets 5-6 mm near the tips. Incipient branches are common, and form almost perpendicular to the main branch near the corallum base. Axial corallites 1.0 mm outer diameter, 0.6 mm inner diameter with primary septa extending from one-half to three-fourths the corallite radius. Secondary septa are reduced to ridges or absent. Radial corallites about the same diameter as the axial corallite. These are crowded but not touching, tubular round to nariform in shape, but mostly the former. Radials usually with prominent directives that may extend past the calice center. Coenosteum reticulate, with simple to elaborate spinules arranged in neat rows. Wallace & Wolstenholme (1998) describes this species as being similar to A. derawanensis Wallace, 1997 except for the latter’s smaller branch diameter, shorter branches with more widely spaced radials and a coenosteum with finer spinules. Veron (2000) synonymizes A. halmaherae with A. parilis (Quelch, 1886) but the latter is distinct in that it has larger and more exsert axial corallites, and radial corallites that grow longer near the branch tips.
description: Published as part of Licuanan, Wilfredo Y. & Capili, Emmi B., 2004, New Records Of Stony Corals From The Philippines Previously Known From Peripheral Areas Of The Indo-Pacific, pp. 285-288 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (2) on pages 287-288, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13244106
Interaction of spherical particles owing to steady streaming induced by ultrasound
Creators: name: Jalal, Javeria
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Steady streaming is generated in a fluid when sound is applied. In this thesis, theoretical and computational methods were developed to study the role of steady streaming in attraction or repulsion between two spheres, once they come close to each other. The ultrasonic separation of cream from milk is among the many applications of this work. When ultrasound is applied, the micron-sized, spherical, Milk Fat Globules (MFGs) attract, touch and rapidly rise out of milk. This thesis explains why smaller MFGs remain behind after most of the cream separation, potentially re-creating traditional dairy products but much faster.
Antibiogram Pattern of Potential Pathogenic Bacteria Associated with Domestic Dog Faecal Matter in Port Harcourt Metropolis
Creators: name: Azuonwu Obioma
name: Ihua Nnenna
name: Ahiakwo Christian
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111504 Pharmaceutical Sciences
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: This study was aimed at investigating the Antibiogram pattern of Potential Pathogenic Bacteria that are associated with Domestic dog faecal matter in Port Harcourt Metropolis. Convenient sampling techniques were explored for sample collection. A total of fifty samples were collected from domestic dogs from different locations (Agip estates, Rumuokoro, GRA, Sandfill, Town, RSU lecturers’ quarters) within Port Harcourt metropolis, Rivers State, Nigeria. The bacteriological analysis was determined using standard microbiological procedures and identification techniques. Potential pathogens associated with domestic dog faecal matter that were isolated include; Escherichia coli, Klebsiella species, Pseudomonas species, Proteus species, Bacillus species, Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus species. However other species of Staphylococcus were also isolated respectively. The study showed that among the seven antibiotics used, tarivid was the most sensitive (96%), while peflacin was the most resistant (62%). The correlation analysis showed the relationship between isolates and bacterial count with antibiogram revealed that only Ciproflaxacin showed significant correlation with the isolates (r = 0.322, p = 0.02). This study strongly suggests that domestic dogs carry potential pathogenic organisms present in the faecal matter that can serve as sources of infection to the pet owners, especially the strains showing resistance to antibiotics. These pose a community health threat, thus putting the general public at risk of contracting infections. It is, therefore, important that these domestic dogs including the ones used as pets should be treated and possibly vaccinated frequently, even as faecal matter from domestic dogs should be well disposed to prevent possible zoonotic infections to man from the contaminated environment.
Intention to receive a COVID-19 vaccine: results from a population-based survey in Canada
Creators: name: Ogilvie, Gina
name: Gordon, Shanlea
name: Smith, Laurie
name: Albert, Arianne
name: Racey, C. Sarai
name: Booth, Amy
name: Gottschlich, Anna
name: Goldfarb, David M.
name: Murray, Melanie C. M.
name: Galea, Liisa A. M.
name: Kaida, Angela
name: Brotto, Lori A.
name: Sadarangani, Manish
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2021

description: Background The success of any COVID-19 vaccine program ultimately depends on high vaccine uptake. This study determined overall intention to receive a COVID-19 vaccine and identified factors that predict intentions to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in Canada, specifically in key priority groups identified by the American Committee on Immunization Practice (ACIP) and the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) for early immunization. Methods Individuals from research cohorts from the general population of British Columbia aged 25–69 were invited complete an online survey based on validated scales and theoretical frameworks to explore intention to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Two multivariable logistic regression models were conducted to determine factors associated with intention to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Results Of 4948 respondents, 79.8% intended to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. In multivariable modeling, respondents who intended to receive the vaccine had higher vaccine attitudinal scores (p <  0.001), reported greater influence of direct social norms (p = 0.001), and indirect social norms, including their family physician (p = 0.024), and Provincial Health Officer (p = 0.011). Older individuals (> 60 years) were more likely to intend to receive the vaccine, while females (95%CI 0.57,0.93), those with less than high school education (95%CI 0.5,0.76), those who self-identified as non-white (95%CI 0.60,0.92), self-identified as Indigenous (95%CI 0.36,0.84) and essential non-health care workers (95%CI 0.59,0.86) had lower adjusted odds of intending to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Conclusions To optimize vaccine coverage, public health should focus on key messages around vaccine safety and benefit, and leverage trusted practitioners for messaging. As certain key populations identified by NACI and ACIP for early immunization report a lower intention to vaccinate, there is a need for in-depth education and support for these communities to ensure optimal uptake.
Approximation Schemes For Maximum Cardinality Matching
Creators: name: Kalantari, Bahman
name: Shokoufandeh, Ali
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1995

description: Let G = (V ; E) be an undirected graph. Given an odd number k = 2l + 1, a matching M is said to be k-optimal if it does not admit an augmenting path of length less than or equal to k. We prove jMj jM j(l+ 1)=(l+ 2), where M is a maximum cardinality matching. If M is not already (k + 2)-optimal, using M, in O(jEj) time we compute a (k + 2)-optimal matching. We show that starting with any matching, repeated k-optimizations result in an optimal matching in O( p jM jjEj) time. This approximation scheme extends to the minimum weight perfect matching, and the minimum weight uncapacitated perfect 2-matching problems over complete graphs, and complete bipartite graphs with edge weights of one and two. In particular, we obtain a fast approximation algorithm for the traveling salesman problem over complete graphs with edge weights of one and two.
Lagria Fabricius 1775
Creators: name: Ferrer, Julio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Tenebrionidae
Lagria

description: El género Lagria Fabricius, 1775 en la Península Ibérica
  La tribu Lagriini Latreille, 1804 cuenta en la Península Ibérica un sólo género con representantes subgenéricos, los subgéneros Lagria Fabricius, 1775 y Apteronympha Seidlitz, 1898. dos
  El subgénero Lagria F. ha sido correctamente estudiado por Seidlitz (1898) y por Borchmann (1915, 1937). La especie típica del género y del subgénero es Chrysomela hirta L. y en la Península Ibérica se compone de siete especies: L. lata Fabricius, 1801, L. grenieri Brisout de Barneville, 1867, L. atripes Mulsant & Guillebeau, 1855, L. puncticollis Seidlitz, 1898 stat. nov., L. limbata Desbrochers des Loges, 1881 stat. nov., L. spadicea (Scopoli, 1763) comb. nov. y L. depilis Mulsant, 1856. Lagria lata, presente también en el norte de África representa, por sus diferencias morfológicas y moleculares, un conglomerado superespecífico a estudiar. Por el momento nos limitamos a separar esta especie de Lagria rugata Desbrochers des Loges, 1881, puesta en sinonimia de forma sucesiva, a partir del error de Borchmann (1937), por los citados autores sin sentido crítico. La verdadera Lagria hirta (L.) es sumamente rara y probablemente extraña a la Península Ibérica.
  El subgénero Apteronympha ha sido recientemente estudiado (Bensusan et al., 2010) y cuenta con dos especies: L. rugosula Rosenhauer, 1856 (especie típica) y L. rubida Graells, 1858.
description: Published as part of Ferrer, Julio, 2020, El género Lagria Fabricius, 1775 en la Península Ibérica. El embrollo de Lagria hirta (Linnaeus, 1758), sus sinonimias y su composición. (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Lagriini)., pp. 445-496 in Arquivos Entomolóxicos 22 on pages 451-452, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13244368
Malignant Cerebral Ischemic Stroke Associated with COVID-19 Infection
Creators: name: Fuente, Pablo J De La
name: Iñigo C Pomposo
name: Zabalo, Gorka
name: Altamirano, Javier E
name: Paternain, Clara
name: Inigo Sistiaga
name: Iglesias, Jone M
name: Bilbao, Gaizka
name: Carrasco, Alejandro
name: Carbayo, Guillermo
name: Catalan, Gregorio
name: Gopegui, Edurne Ruiz De
name: Galbarriatu, Lara
name: Garazi Bermudez
name: Guio, Laura
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 110904 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Introduction: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) originating from Wuhan, China, is spreading around the world. Apart from respiratory, cardiac and vascular complications, acute neurological symptoms and acute cerebrovascular disease have also been observed.Methods: A 36 year old female with severe cerebral stroke and COVID pneumonia and its clinical characteristics and evolution are described. Results of two retrospective studies about the incidence of Cerebrovascular Disease (CVD) amongst the positive cases for the new coronavirus are shown. An evaluation of the relationship between CVD and previous infections, their stational distribution, and the possible causes of this damage out of the brain is described.Result: Yanan Li, et al found a 6% of CVD. Ling Mao, et al showed a 5% only amongst the patients defined as severe. Non-severe patients had a 0.8 % incidence. These authors found that in patients with more risk factors that could present more often a severe disease and CVD, some of these factors could in fact be common for a pneumonia or stroke.We could observe that respiratory infections are described risk factors for CVD, especially for cervico-cerebral Artery Dissections (CAD). The seasonal variation also suggests a possible association.It is not well known how the new coronavirus spreads through the human body from the lungs. A possible triggering mechanism might be through the interaction with the Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme-2 (ACE-2) or the cytokine cascade that could create blood coagulation disorders.Conclusion: At this stage of the pandemic, we do not yet know much about the ability of the new coronavirus to produce CVD. This single case report only suggests a possible association between COVID-19 and CVD. More cases with epidemiological data are required to confirm and measure this association, although the role of infections in CVD through a not well-defined mechanism has been described frequently.
Exploring the Structure of Incremental Algorithms
Creators: name: Berman, A. Michael
name: Cheng, Charles Ching-an
name: Paull, Marvin C.
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1984

description: A study of the general properties of incremental algorithms is presented. First, it is shown that within certain limitations it is not possible for an incremental algorithm to be of complexity less than 11n of that of the best non-incremental algorithm for any given function. Next we describe a model theorem for any given function. Next we describe a model for incremental algorithms based on a generalization of finite state machines. It is demonstrated that all finite state machines have either constant or linear complexity, and this is extended to a subclass of incremental algorithms. Then the requirements for machines with good incremental algorithms or discussed, and two classes are presented, one which can be updated in constant time, and one in V_n time, when averaged over a sequence of changes.
Heavy Metal Accumulation in Veli Lake Sediments - Kerala Coast of India
Creators: name: Beslin, Leena Grace
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: Toxicology

description: Organisms inhabiting in water require little amount of trace elements. At finest level they are favorable and further than that edge it affected the ecosystem. Continuous dumping of impurities like heavy metals from various supplies in significant quantities are constantly discharged into the rivers reaches estuaries and oceans. For the reason of this unwanted human liberation oceanic biosphere is recognized to hold heaviness of heavy metals. For most of the heavy metals estuarine sediments form the ultimate catch. The metals entering the system through various sources may associate with the sediment particles either by absorption are gradually sink with sediment or they may get released when mixed with marine water due to altered physico-chemical environment. Veli Lake is polluted by different means which is situated in the south west coast of India (Kerala). The additional quantities of heavy metals come from agricultural, industrial and domestic wastes. Hence sediments are indicators of the quality of overlying water, for the present study five different heavy metals were analyzed from the sediments of Veli Lake. Monthly collection of sediments and analysis were carried out for a period of one year (April-2017 to March-2018). The five metals analyzed were copper, lead, manganese, nickel and zinc. Low levels of copper were observed in all the stations while comparing other metals. The seasonal variations were also noted for all the five metals and discussed.
Aves de la Cuenca del río Grande, Celendín, Cajamarca
Creators: name: Roncal-Rabanal, Manuel
name: Cinthia, Chávez
name: Saldaña, Irwing S.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 60207 Population Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Se presenta la guía de campo de las aves de la cuenca del río Grande en Celendín, Cajamarca
Lymphoma Presenting as a Mass of the Vulva: report of a case of a rare vulvar neoplasm not treated by surgery
Creators: name: Wang, Qing
name: Cracchiolo, Bernadette
name: Heller, Debra
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Vulvar neoplasms
Lymphoma
Vulva

description: Vulvar lymphoma is exceedingly rare, and must be considered in the differential diagnosis of a blue cell tumor.
Omophlus pubescens Ferrer & Novak 2008
Creators: name: Ferrer, Julio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Tenebrionidae
Omophlus
Omophlus pubescens

description: Omophlus pubescens (Linnaeus, 1767) (Ferrer & Novak, 2008)
  = Chrysomela pubescens Linnaeus, 1767: 603
  = Cistela rufitarsis Leske, 1785: 5, tab. A. fig. 4
  = Omophlus pubescens (Linnaeus, 1767) Mulsant, 1856: 19; Mulsant, 1856: 84
  = Chrysomela pubescens L. Mulsant & Guillebeau, 1855 a: 72
  = Omophlus rufitarsis (Leske) Seidlitz, 1898: 349
  NON Lagria pubescens Fabricius, 1775: 125; 1781: 160; 1787: 93; 1792: 79; 1801: 70; Chrysomela pubescens L. Panzer, 1795: 107; Lagria pubescens Olivier, 1792: 446; Latreille, 1804: 351; Gyllenhal, 1810: 504; Chrysomela pubescens L. Perris, 1877: 258; Lagria pubescens Borchmann, 1910: 10; Borchmann, 1937: 49; Lagria hirta Viñolas & Cartagena, 2005: 270; Merkl, 2006: 223; Merkl, 2008: 114; Martínez Fernández, 2018: 46
 Depositario del tipo: Colección Linnaeus, The Linnean Society, Londres (CLSL).
 Localidad típica: Europa.
 Material examinado:
  En la colección de Linnaeus, conservada en The Linnean Society, Londres, existe un ejemplar típico que lleva la etiqueta manuscrita original con la mención “ pubescens ”.
  El tipo de Chrysomela pubescens L., un macho mutilado, sin el tarso y la protibia y mesotibia izquierdos, es un Alleculini: Cistela rufitarsis Leske, 1785, correctamente interpretado como Omophlus pubescens (Linnaeus, 1767) = Chrysomela pubescens L. por Mulsant & Guillebeau (1855 a: 72). Su examen, minuciosamente realizado por la Dra. Sharon Shute, ha permitido su identificación como Omophlus rufitarsis (Leske, 1785), confirmando la opinión de Mulsant (1856), que identificó Chrysomela pubescens como una especie del género Omophlus.
  Chrysomela pubescens Linnaeus, 1767 no es una Lagria, sino un Alleculini del género Omophlus, un poco mayor que L. hirta descrito, sin dar localidad precisa, “ de las plantas de Europa ”. Insecto que hA sido mal interpretado, porque a partir de Fabricius (1775, 1781, 1787, 1792, 1801), que describió la hembra de una Lagria pubescens diferente de la Chrysomela hirta, creyeron ciertos autores erróneamente que se trataba de la Lagria pubescens de su ilustre maestro. Por ello, estos insectos han sido erróneamente tratados como sinónimo de Lagria hirta (L.), sea como el macho de Lagria hirta, sea como la hembra. Embrollo tenaz de Tigny (1801), Latreille (1804), Laporte de Castelnau (1840), Perris (1876), Reitter (1911), Borchmann (1910, 1937) y Merkl (2004, 2006), así como de todas las Faunas, desde Panzer (1795) y K̡ster (1850) hasta Viñolas & Cartagena (2005).
description: Published as part of Ferrer, Julio, 2020, El género Lagria Fabricius, 1775 en la Península Ibérica. El embrollo de Lagria hirta (Linnaeus, 1758), sus sinonimias y su composición. (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Lagriini)., pp. 445-496 in Arquivos Entomolóxicos 22 on pages 457-458, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13244368
Does Anyone Have A Quarter?
Creators: name: Anderson, Katie Elson
Publisher: name: Open Court
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Popular culture
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: SpongeBob SquarePants (Fictitious character)

description: Chapter 12 of: SpongeBob SquarePants and Philosophy: Soaking up Secrets Under the Sea, edited by Joseph Foy
Open Learner Model visualisations in task-oriented portfolio teaching: student and teacher perspectives
Creators: name: Law, Check Yee
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Dr Law investigated Open Learner Model visualisations in task-oriented portfolio teaching from student and teacher perspectives. This led to the design and development of a new independent open learner model tool called Doubtfire++. The teaching staff found that it helped them in creating a supportive learning environment that facilitated student self-regulated learning and students felt supported and rewarded for learning in a self-regulated manner. Both user groups have had a very positive experience using Doubtfire++.
Trends in volumes and survival after hematopoietic cell transplantation in racial/ethnic minorities
Creators: name: Beitinjaneh, Amer
name: Jacobs, Benjamin
name: Rangarajan, Hemalatha G.
name: Munker, Reinhold
name: Hahn, Theresa
name: Patel, Jinalben
name: Badawy, Sherif M.
name: Arnold, Staci D.
name: Steinberg, Amir
name: Hong, Sanghee
name: Wood, William A.
name: Lehmann, Leslie E.
name: Agrawal, Vaibhav
name: Sharma, Akshay
name: Perez, Miguel Angel Diaz
name: Ciurea, Stefan
name: Hashmi, Shahrukh
name: Seo, Sachiko
name: Ballen, Karen
name: Brazauskas, Ruta
name: Khera, Nandita
name: Cerny, Jan
name: Hashem, Hasan
name: Kindwall-Keller, Tamila
name: Yared, Jean A.
name: Schears, Raquel M.
name: Hossain, Nasheed M.
name: Bhatt, Neel S.
name: Fingrut, Warren B.
name: Aljurf, Mahmoud
name: Knight, Jennifer M.
name: Kelkar, Amar H.
name: Saber, Wael
name: Winestone, Lena E.
name: Lazarus, Hillard M.
name: Abid, Muhammad Bilal
name: Ustun, Celalettin
name: Al-Homsi, A. Samer
name: LeMaistre, C. Fred
name: Ailawadhi, Sikander
name: Preussler, Jaime M.
name: Wirk, Baldeep
name: Savani, Bipin N.
Publisher: name: American Society of Hematology
Year: 2024

description: ABSTRACT: There has been an increase in volume as well as an improvement in overall survival (OS) after hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) for hematologic disorders. It is unknown if these changes have affected racial/ethnic minorities equally. In this observational study from the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research of 79 904 autologous (auto) and 65 662 allogeneic (allo) HCTs, we examined the volume and rates of change of autoHCT and alloHCT over time and trends in OS in 4 racial/ethnic groups: non-Hispanic Whites (NHWs), non-Hispanic African Americans (NHAAs), and Hispanics across 5 2-year cohorts from 2009 to 2018. Rates of change were compared using Poisson model. Adjusted and unadjusted Cox proportional hazards models examined trends in mortality in the 4 racial/ethnic groups over 5 study time periods. The rates of increase in volume were significantly higher for Hispanics and NHAAs vs NHW for both autoHCT and alloHCT. Adjusted overall mortality after autoHCT was comparable across all racial/ethnic groups. NHAA adults (hazard ratio [HR] 1.13; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.04-1.22; P = .004) and pediatric patients (HR 1.62; 95% CI 1.3-2.03; P < .001) had a higher risk of mortality after alloHCT than NHWs. Improvement in OS over time was seen in all 4 groups after both autoHCT and alloHCT. Our study shows the rate of change for the use of autoHCT and alloHCT is higher in NHAAs and Hispanics than in NHWs. Survival after autoHCT and alloHCT improved over time; however, NHAAs have worse OS after alloHCT, which has persisted. Continued efforts are needed to mitigate disparities for patients requiring alloHCT.
Lagria spadicea Ferrer 2020
Creators: name: Ferrer, Julio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Tenebrionidae
Lagria
Lagria spadicea

description: Lagria spadicea (Scopoli, 1763) (Figs. 6-10, 76, 80, 96, 106, 108, 110-114, 117-118)
  Cantharis spadicea Scopoli, 1763: 43, tab. 5, fig. 137
  Cantharis sp. Geoffroy, 1762: 344
  Lagria pubescens Fabricius, 1775: 125; 1781: 160; 1787: 93; 1792: 79; 1801: 70
  Cantharis flava Geoffroy, 1785: 155; Lagria flava (Geoffroy) Olivier, 1792: 446
  Lagria pubescens Panzer, 1795: 201; Tigny, 1801: 143, fig. 5 en p. 117; Latreille, 1804: 351; Laporte de Castelnau, 1840: 256; Lagria hirta K̡ster, 1850, 23: fig. 1; Reitter, 1911: 413, pl. 128: 1; Español, 1964: 285
  NON Lagria spadicea Scopoli, Borchmann, 1937: 49; Viñolas & Cartagena, 2005: 270; Merkl, 2008: 114; Martínez Fernández, 2018: 46
  Bona species. NON sinonimia de Lagria hirta (L.)
  Depositario del tipo: Desconocido. La colección de Johann Anton Scopoli se perdió casi en su totalidad y el tipo puede considerarse desaparecido (Horn et al., 1990).
 Localidad típica: Regio Carniolica.
 Material no típico examinado:
  Alemania: Saxein, Pfaffstein a K̂nigstein, 11.VII.1910, Enderlein leg. (3, MIZ).
  España: A Coruña, 2015, J.P. Valcárcel leg. (CJF); Barcelona, La Roca del Vallés, 7.VII.2000 (3 ejemplares, n. 2813-2815, coll. JJLP); Huelva, Palos de la Frontera, 7.VII. 2007 (1 ejemplar, n. 3939, CJJLP); Zalamea la Real, 18.V.2012, J.J. López Pérez leg. (1 ejemplar, n. 8108 CJJLP).
  Francia: A esta especie pertenecen todos los ejemplares franceses de la colección Guillebeau (CECC, Lyon), de Cette, de Sorez y de Nantue, con etiquetas que rezan: " emarginata " Guillebeau y " laeviceps" Guillebeau.
  Serbia: Syrmien, Fr̡ska Gora, F. Kessel leg. (3, MIZ).
  Suecia: simpátrica con L. hirta: Dalarna, Vera, 23.VII.1978, O. Trottestam leg. (NRMS); Värmland: Karlskoga, 25.VII.2008, Magnus Larsson leg. (NRMS); ídem, Linnebäcke, JB 380 (NRMS); Närke, Magetorp, 25.VIII.2008, (NRMS); ídem / JB378 (NRMS); ídem leg. / JB379 (NRMS); ídem, 26.VII. 2008, Magnus Larsson leg. / JB256 (NRMSS); Värmland, Karlskoga, L ̂nnebacken / JB380 (NRMS); Uppland: Estocolmo, Rakota träsk, 2.VII.1981, Arne Anderberg coll. (NRMS); Västmanaland, Nora, Grecksåsen / J261 (NRMS); ídem / JB382 (NRMS).
description: Published as part of Ferrer, Julio, 2020, El género Lagria Fabricius, 1775 en la Península Ibérica. El embrollo de Lagria hirta (Linnaeus, 1758), sus sinonimias y su composición. (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Lagriini)., pp. 445-496 in Arquivos Entomolóxicos 22 on page 458, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13244368
Could a global pandemic defeat the rule of European difference?
Creators: name: Böröcz, József
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: pandemic
subject: global sociology
subject: historical sociology
subject: rule of European difference
subject: Postcolonial Theory
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: European Union
subject: European Studies
subject: Europe

description: In this essay I define the _rule of European difference_ as the widespread practice of placing west European societies, cultures and politics above all others, including the rest of geographical Europe, and ask to what extent it is possible that the last few years’ shocks, from Brexit to the global coronavirus pandemic, might have made it easier to bring the European conversation to a more equal footing. Of special interest to me is the chatter about, and involving, the “other Europe,” the erstwhile state-socialist societies outside western Europe.
Lay social workers implementing a task-sharing approach to managing depression in Vietnam
Creators: name: Chau, Leena W.
name: Murphy, Jill K.
name: Nguyen, Vu C.
name: Lou, Hayami
name: Khanh, Huyen
name: Thu, Trang
name: Minas, Harry
name: O’Neil, John
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2021

description: Background While depression is a leading contributor to burden of disease in Vietnam, there is a critical gap in depression care due to the shortage of mental health specialists and extremely limited mental health services in general health care settings. We have previously reported the effectiveness of a supported self-management (SSM) task-sharing intervention for depression, delivered by social collaborators (lay social workers). The purpose of this study was to identify factors influencing the effectiveness of delivery of SSM by social collaborators and delineate areas for further attention that are relevant for scale-up. Methods A hundred and ten (110) key informant interviews were conducted with three stakeholder groups (patients, social collaborators, experts) from eight provinces in Vietnam. Participants were identified through records from a recently completed randomized trial that showed the effectiveness of SSM in community-based settings in Vietnam. Qualitative descriptive methods and thematic analysis were used to examine the interviews. A coding framework and corresponding themes were developed deductively, based on the findings from the randomized trial and the literature, and through inductive analysis, to describe the contextual factors that impacted the social collaborators’ role in successfully implementing the SSM intervention. Results Our analysis identified the following benefits of working with social collaborators: (1) increased awareness of mental health in the family and community; (2) reduced stigma; (3) a better understanding that depression is treatable; (4) increased help-seeking; and (5) improved access to care. There were also significant challenges, including social collaborator characteristics (age, education, pre-existing training and skills) and contextual factors influencing their work (roles and responsibilities, training, compensation, support from government). Conclusions Engaging social collaborators in the delivery of SSM in the community can help fill a critical gap in depression care in Vietnam. However, several contextual challenges that are an impediment to increased engagement and sustainable integration into health and social systems need to be resolved through policy change to regulate their practice, define their scope of work, and provide adequate remuneration.
Lagria nudipennis Mulsant 1856, syn. nov.
Creators: name: Ferrer, Julio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Tenebrionidae
Lagria
Lagria nudipennis

description: Lagria nudipennis Mulsant, 1856 syn. nov.
  Lagria nudipennis Mulsant, 1856: 20
  Lagria hirta var. nudipennis Mulsant, Reitter, 1889: 259
 NON Viñolas & Cartagena, 2005: 270; Merkl, 2008: 114; Martínez Fernández, 2018: 46
 DepositArio del tipo: Muséum nAtionAl d’Histoire Naturelle (coll. Mulsant, MNHN, París).
 Localidad típica: alrededores de Fréjus, Francia.
 Material examinado:
  Los tipos de Lagria nudipennis, L. depilis y L. atripes se han salvado de la destrucción (originada por Anthrenus) de la mayor parte de los insectos descritos por Mulsant (1856). Fueron afortunadamente salvados por Paulian (1944) durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial y se encuentran conservados en el Museo de París (MNHN). Sin embargo, como no fue descrito el macho, consideramos por prudencia Lagria nudipennis como una sinonimia de la Lagria spadicea francesa, no de Lagria hirta, por la pubescencia rala pero perceptible y por la conformación del segundo antenómero como la hembra de L. spadicea.
description: Published as part of Ferrer, Julio, 2020, El género Lagria Fabricius, 1775 en la Península Ibérica. El embrollo de Lagria hirta (Linnaeus, 1758), sus sinonimias y su composición. (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Lagriini)., pp. 445-496 in Arquivos Entomolóxicos 22 on page 461, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13244368