cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Design of standalone photovoltaic system at minimum cost in Malaysia
Creators: name: Shen, Weixiang
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: A standalone photovoltaic (SPV) system is usually used to provide electricity for people living in the remote areas, like some areas in Sabah and Sarawak of East Malaysia, where the national electricity grid can neither be accessed nor economically extended. The applications of the SPV systems in these areas range from lighting, radio, television and refrigerator to water pump, vaccine refrigerator and telecommunication. Although the SPV systems are sustainable and environmentally-friendly for electricity generation, high cost is always the barrier to hinder these systems into widespread applications. In order to reduce the system cost as much as possible, a new approach to design the SPV systems is presented. In this approach, the technical and non-technical factors including the selection of the optimal tilt angle of solar array and the maximum battery depth of discharge, life cycle of system, inflation rate and interest rate are taken into account in the system design. The optimal sizes of solar array and battery are determined at the minimum cost for the given load profile and the desired loss of power supply probability.
Mathematical model of a solar module for energy yield simulation in photovoltaic systems
Creators: name: Shen, Weixiang
name: Ding, Yi
name: Choo, Fook Hoong
name: Wang, Peng
name: Loh, Poh Chiang
name: Tan, Kuan Khoon
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper presents a new mathematical model of a solar module. Solar module temperature, solar radiation and its effect on series resistance are taken into account in the model. The experimental data of the solar module under natural environment condition have been obtained to determine the model parameters. Then, the developed model is used to simulate energy yield of the solar module. This energy yield is compared with those obtained from experimental data and conventional approach. The results indicate that the proposed approach can have more accurate energy yield than conventional approach. Thus, it can be useful for the design of PV systems.
Simultaneous multiple allelic replacement in the malaria parasite enables dissection of PKG function.
Creators: name: Koussis, Konstantinos
name: Withers-Martinez, Chrislaine
name: Baker, David A
name: Blackman, Michael J
Publisher: name: The Francis Crick Institute
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Model organisms
subject: Biochemistry & Proteomics
subject: Structural Biology & Biophysics
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Infectious Disease
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Over recent years, a plethora of new genetic tools has transformed conditional engineering of the malaria parasite genome, allowing functional dissection of essential genes in the asexual and sexual blood stages that cause pathology or are required for disease transmission, respectively. Important challenges remain, including the desirability to complement conditional mutants with a correctly regulated second gene copy to confirm that observed phenotypes are due solely to loss of gene function and to analyse structure-function relationships. To meet this challenge, here we combine the dimerisable Cre (DiCre) system with the use of multiple lox sites to simultaneously generate multiple recombination events of the same gene. We focused on the Plasmodium falciparum cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG), creating in parallel conditional disruption of the gene plus up to two allelic replacements. We use the approach to demonstrate that PKG has no scaffolding or adaptor role in intraerythrocytic development, acting solely at merozoite egress. We also show that a phosphorylation-deficient PKG is functionally incompetent. Our method provides valuable new tools for analysis of gene function in the malaria parasite.
On adaptive fuzzy control for combined longitudinal and lateral vehicular control
Creators: name: Ranatunga, Samaranath
name: Cao, Zhenwei
name: Nagarajah, Romesh
name: Rad, Ahmad
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The main quest in this work is to develop a novel combined longitudinal and lateral controller that reliably attends the needs of precise motion control of highway vehicles. In pursuit of this a novel hybrid controller setup consisting of a PD (proportional-derivative) controller and an adaptive fuzzy controller is developed. The PD function is to do the main tracking in the domains of longitudinal and lateral control while the adaptive fuzzy controller is to address the coupling effects, nonlinearity issues and model uncertainties with further refining the output results. A three degrees-of-freedom (DOF) nonlinear vehicle model is used for the development and testing purposes of the controller. The controller is tested for viability in rigorous simulated scenarios subjected to some extreme parametric limitations. The results obtained from these tests proved the effectiveness of the controller that has been developed.
Neadysgonia consobrina Sullivan 2010, comb. n.
Creators: name: Sullivan, J. Bolling
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Noctuidae
Neadysgonia
Neadysgonia consobrina

description: Neadysgonia consobrina (Guenée), comb. n. Figs 3, 8a, b, 12 Ophiusa consobrina Guenée in Boisduval and Guenée, 1852: 267. Type material. Neadysgonia consobrina, like N. similis, was described from an unknown number of specimens from an unknown locality. Th e brief description allows identification of the species and the material probably originated from near Savannah, Georgia. No type has ever been located. Diagnosis. This species is distinguished by a single triangular outward projection on the PM line. In the male genitalia the uncus is spatulate and the projection from the Figures 7–Ι0. Male genitalia of Neadysgonia. a valvea b aedeagus. 7a,b Neadysgonia similis (Gn.). Carteret Co., North Carolina (JBS 2750) 8a,b Neadysgonia consobrina (Gn.). St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana (JBS 2754) 9a,b Neadysgonia smithii (Gn.). Jones Co., North Carolina (JBS 2749). Same data as male valves Ι0a,b Neadysgonia telma Sullivan. Holotype. Columbus Co., North Carolina (JBS 2752). tegumen is rounded. In females the lodix is trapezoidal and the ostial opening forms a horizontal concave line, i.e. smile. Distribution and biology. Neadysgonia consobrina occurs from North Carolina to Louisiana. Specimens have been recorded from all of the southeastern states in the range except Alabama and Tennessee. Th e food plant of the species is unknown. The species is multiple brooded.
description: Published as part of Sullivan, J. Bolling, 2010, A new genus and species for Dysgonia (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Erebinae) from Southeastern United States, pp. 85-97 in ZooKeys 39 (39) on pages 89-90, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.39.434, http://zenodo.org/record/576634
description: {"references": ["Guenee A (1852) Volume 6, Noctuelites. Tome 2. In: Boisduval JBAD de and A. Guenee. Histoire Naturelle de Insectes. Species General des Lepidopteres. Roret, Paris, 444 pp."]}
Hidden barriers to academic staff engaging in Engineering Education Research
Creators: name: Mann, Llew
name: Chang, Rosemary
name: Mazzolini, Alexander
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: At Swinburne University of Technology, the Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences (FEIS) has charged the Engineering and Science Education Research (ESER) group with facilitating change to increase the level of engineering education research within FEIS. This paper reports on the first of a two-stage project, with the research question: How can the barriers to academic staff undertaking engineering education research be usefully conceived and framed to assist academics (and those supporting them) to overcome those barriers? Data was collected using critical reflection and dialogue in reference to the literature. Our findings suggest that barriers can at times be tacit, murky and unnamed-effectively hidden. This paper argues that to support staff to engage in education research and scholarship there is a need to understand and address not only institutional barriers, but also underlying, hidden barriers. This paper proposes an approach to such barriers and describes future research.
Informe Websites del Triángulo del Arte
Creators: name: Recuero-Virto, Nuria
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This report is associated with the following publications:

Garcia-Madariaga, J., Virto, N. R., & López, M. F. B. (2020). Scanning Museumgoers Willingness to Pay More. International Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Administration, 23(1), 88–106. https://doi.org/10.1080/15256480.2019.170822

Garcia-Madariaga, J., Virto, N. R., López, M. F. B., & Manzano, J. A. (2019). Optimizing website quality: the case of two superstar museum websites. International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research, 13(1), 16–36. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijcthr-06-2018-0074

 

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https://doi.org/10.1080/15256480.2019.170822

https://doi.org/10.1108/ijcthr-06-2018-0074
Journal of Language and Aging Research: Information for authors (version 2.0)
Creators: name: Bowie, David
name: Gerstenberg, Annette
Publisher: name: Zenodo, Journal of Language and Aging Research
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Style Sheet
subject: Academic Publishing
subject: Open Access
subject: Linguistics
subject: FOS: Languages and literature
subject: Language and Aging Research

description: The Journal of Language and Aging Research (JLAR) aims to provide a venue for scholars to investigate this fertile topic that has received too little focused attention, but that now has an emerging community of scholars working to discover what actually is happening with language during this varied yet universal process of aging we are all experiencing.

JLAR invites the submission of original research reports. The submission must be unpublished original work and may not simultaneously be under consideration for publication in another journal or in a book. Manuscripts that have appeared in an earlier version in a working papers volume may be submitted to the journal. In cases where all or part of a submission is an English translation of an article or chapter that was previously published in another language, please contact the editors prior to submission. Manuscripts should be submitted online using the portal available on the journal’s website. There are two parts to the submission, one of them the manuscript itself and the other an informational document.

Submissions to JLAR should conform to the guidelines as outlined in this paper, "Information for authors".
A new iridoid diglucoside from Harpagophytum procumbens
Creators: name: Tomassini, Lamberto
name: Serafini, Mauro
name: Foddai, Sebastiano
name: Ventrone, Antonio
name: Nicoletti, Marcello
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biochemistry

description: A new iridoid diglucoside has been isolated from an aqueous extract of Harpagophytum procumbens secondary roots, together with six known compounds. Its structure has been assigned as 6′-O-glucopyranosyl-8-O-trans-coumaroylharpagide by spectroscopic means.
Multicomponent strongly attractive Fermi gas: A color superconductor in a one-dimensional harmonic trap
Creators: name: Liu, Xiaji
name: Hu, Hui
name: Drummond, Peter
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Recent advances in ultracold atomic Fermi gases make it possible to achieve a fermionic superfluid with multiple spin components. In this context, any mean-field description is expected to fail, owing to the presence of tightly bound clusters or molecules that consist of more than two particles. Here we present a detailed study of a strongly interacting multicomponent Fermi gas in a highly elongated or quasi-one-dimensional harmonic trap, which could be readily obtained in experiment. By using the exact Bethe ansatz solution and a local density approximation treatment of the harmonic trap, we investigate the equation of state of the multicomponent Fermi gas in both a homogeneous and trapped environment, as well as the density profiles and low-energy collective modes. The binding energy of multicomponent bound clusters is also given. We show that there is a peak in the collective mode frequency at the critical density for a deconfining transition to a many-body state that is analogous to the quark color superconductor state expected in neutron stars.
Variational theory of two-fluid hydrodynamic modes at unitarity
Creators: name: Taylor, E.
name: Hu, Hui
name: Liu, Xiaji
name: Griffin, A.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We present the results of a variational calculation of the frequencies of the low-lying Landau two-fluid hydrodynamic modes in a trapped Fermi superfluid gas at unitarity. Landau's two-fluid hydrodynamics is expected to be the correct theory of Fermi superfluids at finite temperatures close to unitarity, where strong interactions give rise to collisional hydrodynamics. Two-fluid hydrodynamics predicts the existence of in-phase modes in which the superfluid and normal fluid components oscillate together, as well as out-of-phase modes where the two components move against each other. We prove that, at unitarity, the dipole and breathing in-phase modes are locally isentropic. Their frequencies are independent of temperature and are the same above and below the superfluid transition, a feature due as much to the harmonic trapping potential as to the thermodynamic properties at unitarity. The out-of-phase modes, in contrast, are strongly dependent on temperature and hence can be used to test the thermodynamic properties and superfluid density of a Fermi gas at unitarity. We give numerical results for the frequencies of these modes as function of temperature in an isotropic trap at unitarity.
The natural product prodigiosin binds G-quadruplex DNA
Creators: name: Soumya Rastogi
name: Daoning Zhang
name: Davis, Jeffery T.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Prodigiosin, a metabolite isolated from Serratia bacteria, is a potent anti-cancer agent. The goal of this research was to determine if prodigiosin could bind to G-quadruplex DNA. We found by using UV–vis spectroscopy that the G-quadruplex K+√d[TG4T]4, but not the single-stranded Li+√d[TG4T], increased the water solubility of prodigiosin. In addition, we found that prodigiosin's fluorescence was strongly enhanced in the presence of K+√d[TG4T]4, further evidence for quadruplex-ligand binding. Using 1H and 31P NMR experiments, we confirmed that prodigiosin binds at the 3′-end of K+√d[TG4T]4. Saturation transfer difference NMR experiments, done by irradiating the G5 H8 signal in K+√d[TG4T]4, indicated specific interactions between the G-quadruplex and prodigiosin's A and B rings. This study raises the possibility that G-quadruplex DNA may well be a target for the anti-cancer agent prodigiosin.
A new curvularin glycoside and its cytotoxic and antibacterial analogues from marine actinomycete Pseudonocardia sp. HS7
Creators: name: Xuewei Ye
name: Komal Anjum
name: Tengfei Song
name: Wenling Wang
name: Siran Yu
name: Haocai Huang
name: Lian, Xiao-Yuan
name: Zhizhen Zhang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
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: Ecology
subject: Cancer
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Five curvularin macrolides (1–5) were isolated from the cultured broth of marine actinomycete Pseudonocardia sp. HS7 that was obtained from the cloacal aperture of sea cucumber Holothuria moebii. The structures of these isolates were characterized as (11S,15R)-11-hydroxycurvularin (1), (11R,15R)-11-hydroxycurvularin (2), curvularin-7-O-α-D-glucopyranoside (3), trans-dehydrocurvularin (4) and curvularin (5) based on their NMR and HRESIMS data as well as chemical degradation. Compound 3 is a new macrolide with a rare α-D-glucopyranose substituent. Compounds 1–4, 5a and 5c (the acyl products of 5), suppressed the proliferation of all six tested cancer cell lines and 4 is the most active compound with IC50 values ranging from 0.59 to 3.39 μM. The 11-hydroxycurvularins 1 and 2 also showed antibacterial activity inhibiting the growth of Escherichia coli.
Comparative study of strong-coupling theories of a trapped Fermi gas at unitarity
Creators: name: Hu, Hui
name: Liu, Xiaji
name: Drummond, Peter
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We present a systematic comparison of the most recent thermodynamic measurements of a trapped Fermi gas at unitarity with predictions from strong-coupling theories and quantum Monte Carlo (MC) simulations. The accuracy of the experimental data, of the order of a few percent, allows a precise test of different many-body approaches. We find that a Nozie?res and Schmitt-Rink treatment of fluctuations is in excellent agreement with the experimental data and available MC calculations at unitarity.
Lota lota
Creators: name: Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz
name: Esmaeili, Hamid Reza
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Gadiformes
Lotidae
Lota
Lota lota

description: 229. Lota lota (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common name. Burbot
Taxonomy. Original description: Gadus lota Linnaeus, 1758: 255 [European lakes; Linnaean specimens: LS 37 and 38 (2, left half-skins)].
Revisions. Coad (2016).
Illustrations. Coad (2016, 231, fig. 2).
Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Caspian Sea.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 434-Kura-South Caspian Drainages.
Status in Iran. [Native].—Charb mahi.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018) and Eagderi et al. (2022).—Iran material: None.
Conservation. —IUCN: LC.
description: Published as part of Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz & Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, 2024, Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022), pp. 1-99 in Zootaxa 5402 (1) on page 72, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5402.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10524097
Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, 2 Inc.s.a. 780, fol. 261r-264v, transcription diplomatique (Gregorius Digital D7-1)
Creators: name: Andersen, Peter
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2025

description: Ce document Word est une transcription diplomatique de l'exemplaire Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, 2 Inc.s.a. 780, fol. 261r-264v, de l'édition « Der Heiligen Leben », [Lübeck, Lucas Brandis, 1478/1480], contient le récit du Bon Pécheur et est édité dans le cadre du projet Gregorius Digital sous le sigle D7-1 (dir. Peter Andersen – ARCHE UMR 3400 – Université de Strasbourg)
The effect of HIV-associated tuberculosis, tuberculosis-IRIS and prednisone on lung function.
Creators: name: Stek, Cari
name: Allwood, Brian
name: Bruyn, Elsa Du
name: Jozefien Buyze
name: Schutz, Charlotte
name: Thienemann, Friedrich
name: Lombard, Adele
name: Wilkinson, Robert J
name: Meintjes, Graeme
name: Lutgarde Lynen
Publisher: name: The Francis Crick Institute
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Model organisms
subject: Infectious Disease
subject: Human Biology & Physiology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Residual pulmonary impairment is common after treatment for tuberculosis. Lung function data in patients with HIV-associated tuberculosis are scarce, especially in the context of paradoxical tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (TB-IRIS) and prophylactic prednisone. We aimed to determine the prevalence of lung function abnormalities in patients with HIV-associated tuberculosis and CD4 counts≤100 cells·μL-1 and assess the effect of prophylactic prednisone and the development of paradoxical TB-IRIS on pulmonary impairment.We performed spirometry, six-minute walk test, and chest radiography at baseline (week 0), week 4, 12, and 28 in participants of the PredART trial, which evaluated a 28-day course of prednisone to prevent TB-IRIS in patients with HIV-associated tuberculosis commencing antiretroviral therapy.153 participants underwent spirometry and/or six-minute walk test at one or more time points. Abnormal spirometry measurements were present in 66% of participants at week 0 and 50% at week 28; low forced vital capacity was the commonest abnormality. Chest radiographs showed little or no abnormalities in the majority of participants.Prednisone use resulted in a 42 meters greater six-minute walk distance and a 4.9% higher percentage of predicted forced expiratory volume in 1 s at week 4; these differences were no longer significantly different from week 12 onwards. TB-IRIS did not significantly impair lung function outcome.Residual pulmonary impairment is common in HIV-associated tuberculosis. In patients with low CD4 counts, neither prophylactic prednisone as used in our study nor the development of TB-IRIS significantly affected week 28 pulmonary outcome.
Adjunctive cenobamate for the treatment of focal onset seizures in adults with epilepsy: a critical review
Creators: name: Wheless, James W.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Uncontrolled epilepsy has persisted despite development of numerous antiseizure medications (ASMs) over the past 25 years, and more effective treatments are needed. Cenobamate is a new ASM approved in the US for treatment of adults with focal onset seizures. This review outlines cenobamate study results from preclinical animal models through phase 2 and 3 clinical studies. Topics include mechanisms of action, pharmacokinetics, efficacy, and safety of cenobamate. Information on dosing, tolerability, and special populations are included to help healthcare providers understand this new ASM. Adjunctive cenobamate shows a high level of efficacy in patients with refractory focal epilepsy compared to that reported for other ASMs. Most notable are reductions in monthly seizure frequency (up to 55%) and unprecedented seizure-free rates (up to 28%) with cenobamate in patients with refractory epilepsy despite the concomitant use of 1-3 ASMs. Cenobamate was generally safe and well-tolerated, with a safety profile similar to other ASMs. Due to 3 early cases of DRESS, however, the cenobamate starting dose was lowered and titration rate slowed; no additional cases occurred. If efficacy responses in real-world use reflect what have been observed in clinical studies, cenobamate would be a welcome new treatment option.
The natural product prodigiosin binds G-quadruplex DNA
Creators: name: Soumya Rastogi
name: Daoning Zhang
name: Davis, Jeffery T.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Prodigiosin, a metabolite isolated from Serratia bacteria, is a potent anti-cancer agent. The goal of this research was to determine if prodigiosin could bind to G-quadruplex DNA. We found by using UV–vis spectroscopy that the G-quadruplex K+√d[TG4T]4, but not the single-stranded Li+√d[TG4T], increased the water solubility of prodigiosin. In addition, we found that prodigiosin's fluorescence was strongly enhanced in the presence of K+√d[TG4T]4, further evidence for quadruplex-ligand binding. Using 1H and 31P NMR experiments, we confirmed that prodigiosin binds at the 3′-end of K+√d[TG4T]4. Saturation transfer difference NMR experiments, done by irradiating the G5 H8 signal in K+√d[TG4T]4, indicated specific interactions between the G-quadruplex and prodigiosin's A and B rings. This study raises the possibility that G-quadruplex DNA may well be a target for the anti-cancer agent prodigiosin.
Finite-temperature phase diagram of a spin-polarized ultracold Fermi gas in a highly elongated harmonic trap
Creators: name: Liu, Xiaji
name: Hu, Hui
name: Drummond, Peter
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We investigate the finite-temperature properties of an ultracold atomic Fermi gas with spin population imbalance in a highly elongated harmonic trap. Previous studies at zero temperature showed that the gas stays in an exotic spatially inhomogeneous Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) superfluid state at the trap center; while moving to the edge, the system changes into either a nonpolarized Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer superfluid (P< Pc) or a fully polarized normal gas (P> Pc), depending on the smallness of the spin polarization P, relative to a critical value Pc. In this work, we show how these two phase-separation phases evolve with increasing temperature, and thereby construct a finite-temperature phase diagram. For typical interactions, we find that the exotic FFLO phase survives below one-tenth of Fermi degeneracy temperature, which seems to be accessible in the current experiment. The density profile, equation of state, and specific heat of the polarized system have been calculated and discussed in detail. Our results are useful for the ongoing experiment at Rice University on the search for FFLO states in quasi-one-dimensional polarized Fermi gases.
title: From the Intercultural Model to its Actual Implementation in a Spanish Neighborhood
Creators: name: Palomera, Jaime
name: Aramburu, Mikel
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Social and Cultural Anthropology

description: The language of “interculturalism” has become part of the current doxa among policy-makers. It informs the ways in which new models of diversity governance are being designed, from supra-national organisms to local councils. In general terms, intercultural models tend to place high value on the question of “living together” or “conviviality”, and also on issues of equality and social justice. However, the evidence in this paper (based on fieldwork in a working-class neighborhood in Spain) suggests that in actual practice local governments do not see local “intercultural/community” projects as a means to promote social justice but as an end in itself, often devoid of content. In the current stage of predatory capitalism, intercultural processes of governance are often narrowed down to the prevention of conflicts that may arise as “side effects,” and possible initiatives regarding socioeconomic inequalities tend to be co-opted or eroded.
A new isoflavanone from the trunk of Horsfieldia pandurifolia
Creators: name: Ma, Qin
name: Yujiao Liu
name: Zhan, Rui
name: Yegao Chen
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Cancer
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biochemistry

description: A new isoflavanone, 2,2′-epoxy-4′-methoxy-3,7-dihydroxyisoflavanone (1), and a new natural coumaranone, 2-hyroxy-2-(4′-methoxybenzyl)-6-methoxy-3-coumaranone (2), along with 26 known compounds, were first isolated from the trunk of Horsfieldia pandurifolia. Their structures were elucidated by the means of spectroscopic analysis. Compound 1 was assessed for its cytotoxicity against five human tumour lines (HL-60, SMMC-7721, A-549, MCF-7 and SW-480), and the result showed that it has no activity.
The cytoskeletal motor proteins Dynein and MyoV direct apical transport of Crumbs.
Creators: name: M Aguilar-Aragon
name: G Fletcher
name: BJ Thompson
Publisher: name: The Francis Crick Institute
Year: 2020
Subjects: Model organisms
Tumour Biology
Signalling & Oncogenes
Developmental Biology
Chemical Biology & High Throughput
Computational & Systems Biology

description: Crumbs (Crb in Drosophila; CRB1-3 in mammals) is a transmembrane determinant of epithelial cell polarity and a regulator of Hippo signalling. Crb is normally localized to apical cell-cell contacts, just above adherens junctions, but how apical trafficking of Crb is regulated in epithelial cells remains unclear. We use the Drosophila follicular epithelium to demonstrate that polarized trafficking of Crb is mediated by transport along microtubules by the motor protein Dynein and along actin filaments by the motor protein Myosin-V (MyoV). Blocking transport of Crb-containing vesicles by Dynein or MyoV leads to accumulation of Crb within Rab11 endosomes, rather than apical delivery. The final steps of Crb delivery and stabilisation at the plasma membrane requires the exocyst complex and three apical FERM domain proteins - Merlin, Moesin and Expanded - whose simultaneous loss disrupts apical localization of Crb. Accordingly, a knock-in deletion of the Crb FERM-binding motif (FBM) also impairs apical localization. Finally, overexpression of Crb challenges this system, creating a sensitized background to identify components involved in cytoskeletal polarization, apical membrane trafficking and stabilisation of Crb at the apical domain.
Priority-based duplicate burst transmission mechanism in optical burst switching networks
Creators: name: Um, Tai Won
name: Vu, Hai
name: Choi, Jun Kyun
name: Ryu, Won
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper proposes a priority-based duplicate burst transmission mechanism in an optical burst switching network to enhance lhe probability of successful reception of bursts. The performance of the proposed mechanism is evaluated by NS2 simulations. Our results show that the burst loss rate is improved especially under light traffic loads.
Phytochemical constituents and chemosystematic significance of Chrozophora tinctoria (L.) Raf
Creators: name: Marzouk, Mona M.
name: Hussein, Sameh R.
name: Kassem, Mona E.S.
name: Kawashty, Salwa A.
name: Sabry I.M. El Negoumy
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
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: Ecology
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: Plant Biology

description: Twelve compounds were isolated from Chrozophora tinctoria (L.) Raf. They were identified as kaempferol, kaempferol 3-O-β-glucopyranoside, kaempferol 3-O-(6″-α-rhamnopyranosyl)-β-glucopyranoside, quercetin, quercetin 3-O-β-glucopyranoside, quercetin 3-O-(6″-α-rhamnopyranosyl)-β-glucopyranoside, apigenin, apigenin 7-O-β-glucopyranoside, acacetin, gallic acid, methyl gallate and β-sitosterol-3-O-β-glucopyranoside. Their structures were elucidated by chemical and spectral methods. Furthermore, chemosystematics of the isolated compounds is briefly discussed. It was indicated that C. tinctoria is the only species of Chrozophora that has the capability to synthesis kaempferol aglycone and their glycosides, and the finding is supported by its distinct morphological and anatomical aspects.
title: The Regulation of Personal Insolvency in China
title: Historical Perspectives, Comparative Insights and Future Directions
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Gu, Weiqing
Publisher: name: Lancaster University
Year: 2025

description: This thesis explores the evolution of personal insolvency regulation in
 China, examining its historical context, comparative insights from
 established systems, and potential future directions. The research
 addresses a significant gap in China's legal framework: the absence
 of a nationwide personal insolvency regime. By investigating the
 well-established systems in the United Kingdom and the United States,
 alongside the recent implementation in Shenzhen, this study aims to draw
 valuable lessons for China's potential nationwide adoption.

 The research methodology combines doctrinal and comparative approaches. It
 analyses primary legal texts, including the UK's Insolvency Act 1986,
 the US Bankruptcy Code, and Shenzhen's Personal Insolvency
 Regulation. The historical development of personal insolvency laws in
 these jurisdictions is examined, taking into account cultural influences
 and legal reforms. Case law review provides crucial insights into
 practical application and judicial interpretation.

 Comparative analysis reveals key similarities and differences between the
 personal insolvency procedures in the UK, US, and Shenzhen, with
 particular attention to the position of debtors and creditors across these
 jurisdictions. The research identifies critical issues such as legislative
 style, pre-bankruptcy debt counselling, discharge mechanisms, and
 out-of-court procedures.

 The thesis argues that China's rapid economic growth and evolving
 market dynamics necessitate the introduction of a personal insolvency
 regime. It grapples with the challenges of legal transplantation, seeking
 to balance international best practices with China's unique cultural
 and economic context. The Shenzhen regulation serves as a valuable case
 study, offering insights into the potential for nationwide implementation.

 By synthesising findings from doctrinal and comparative studies, this
 research contributes to the understanding of personal insolvency law in
 China and provides insights into its historical context, comparative
 lessons, and future possibilities. It offers recommendations for
 establishing a comprehensive Chinese personal insolvency regime,
 considering both legal and socio-economic factors. The study aims to
 inform policymakers, legal scholars, and practitioners about the
 complexities and potential benefits of introducing personal insolvency
 regulation in China.
Analysis of volatile components from Melipona beecheii geopropolis from Southeast Mexico by headspace solid-phase microextraction
Creators: name: Ahira Torres-González
name: López-Rivera, Paulina
name: Duarte-Lisci, Georgina
name: López-Ramírez, Ángel
name: Correa-Benítez, Adriana
name: J. Fausto Rivero-Cruz
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: Science Policy
Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Pharmacology
Engineering
Biochemistry

description: A head space solid-phase microextraction method combined with gas chromatography–mass spectrometry was developed and optimised to extract and analyse volatile compounds of Melipona beecheii geopropolis. Seventy-three constituents were identified using this technique in the sample of geopropolis collected. The main compounds detected include β-fenchene (14.53–15.45%), styrene (8.72–9.98%), benzaldehyde (7.44–7.82%) and the most relevant volatile components presents at high level in the geopropolis were terpenoids (58.17%).
Designing an optimal scheduler buffer in OBS networks
Creators: name: Zalesky, Andrew
name: Vu, Hai
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In this paper, we dimension a buffer in which headers are enqueued before processing in an optical burst switching (OBS) network. For the first time, we develop and analyze a unified OBS model comprising a set of homogeneous and independent edge buffers that feed bursts to a standalone link and their headers to a scheduler. Packets arrive at each edge buffer and are assembled into bursts, after which they are transmitted on a wavelength channel if their corresponding headers are successfully processed. In a case study, we demonstrate numerically that an optimal scheduler buffer size may exist and depends on the number of packets comprising a burst and the size of an edge buffer. We also show that packet blocking probability can be minimized using a simple rule of thumb for determining the optimal size of a scheduler buffer and the number of packets comprising a burst. All our analytical results are validated by way of simulation.
Performance evaluation for saturated 802.16 networks with binary backoff mechanism
Creators: name: Vu, Hai
name: Chan, Sammy
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We propose in this paper an analytical model to evaluate the average packet delay and its standard deviation in a saturated IEEE 802.16 network with the binary exponential backoff mechanism. In particular, we develop a simple fixed point analysis to approximate the probability that a bandwidth request is unsuccessful in such a network. A closed form expression for the mean and standard deviation of the delay are then derived from the model as a function of the system parameters. The accuracy of the analytical model is evaluated by comparing with simulation results over a wide range of operating conditions.
Role of the flavonoid-rich fraction in the antioxidant and cytotoxic activities of Bauhinia forficata Link. (Fabaceae) leaves extract
Creators: name: Natalizia Miceli
name: Buongiorno, Luigina Pasqualina
name: Celi, Maria Grazia
name: Cacciola, Francesco
name: Dugo, Paola
name: Donato, Paola
name: Mondello, Luigi
name: Bonaccorsi, Irene
name: Taviano, Maria Fernanda
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
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: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Bauhinia forficata Link. is utilised as an antidiabetic in Brazilian folk-medicine; furthermore, its antioxidant properties suggest a potential usefulness in the prevention of diabetes complications associated with oxidative stress. The contribution of a flavonoid-rich fraction (FRF), HPLC-PDA-ESI-MS characterised, to the antioxidant and cytotoxic properties of B. forficata hydro-alcoholic leaves extract was evaluated for the first time. Both extract and FRF showed radical-scavenging activity and reducing power with a strong relationship with the flavonoid content found; hence, flavonoids are mainly responsible for the primary antioxidant activity of B. forficata extract. The extract significantly decreased FO-1 cell viability at the higher concentrations. FRF did not exert any effect; thus, flavonoids do not appear to be responsible for the cytotoxicity of the extract. The extract resulted virtually non-toxic against both Artemia salina and normal human lymphocytes, demonstrating potential selectivity in inhibiting cancer cell growth. Finally, no antimicrobial activity was observed against the bacteria and yeasts tested.
Delay model for saturated IEEE 802.16 networks
Creators: name: Vu, Hai
name: Chan, Sammy
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In this paper, we propose an analytical model to evaluate the average packet delay and its standard deviation in a saturated IEEE 802.16 network. In addition, the bandwidth utilization of an uplink data frame and packet loss probability are also derived from the model. We show that our analytical model is accurate for a range of parameters by comparing it with simulation results. Using the analytical model we then suggest an appropriate parameter setting for the uplink data frame to better utilize the bandwidth and to minimize the packet loss probability for both saturated and unsaturated networks.
An analysis of different backoff functions for an IEEE 802.11 WLAN
Creators: name: Xu, Dongxia
name: Sakurai, Taka
name: Vu, Hai
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We compare the performance of different backoff functions for the multiple access protocol in an IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN (WLAN). We provide a unified analytical model with explicit expressions for the mean and standard deviation of the access delay for generalized exponential, polynomial and linear backoff functions. Using our model, we show that linear and polynomial backoffs with appropriate parameter settings can improve upon binary exponential backoff specified in the 802.11 WLAN standards, in terms of throughput, access delay statistics and packet drop rate.
A simple method for positioning and tracking in wireless sensor networks
Creators: name: Vu, Hai
name: Tran, Tu T.
name: De Luca, Matthew
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In this paper we develop a simple yet effective heuristic algorithm to estimate the location of a sensor node in wireless sensor networks. Our method utilizes a simple and inexpensive received signal strength (RSS) measurement at a node to maximize the maximum likelihood (ML) function in a localization problem. We show via numerical results that the location estimations obtained from the new method are more accurate compared to those of traditional techniques. The algorithm can also be easily used to track the movement of a node in wireless sensor networks.
Harpacticoida (Copepoda) of the northern East Sea (the Sea of Japan) and the southern Sea of Okhotsk: diversity, taxocenes, and biogeographical aspects
Creators: name: Chertoprud, Elena S.
name: Frenkel, Svetlana E.
name: Kichoon Kim
name: Wonchoel Lee
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology

description: Based on novel data and a literature review, an inventory of Harpacticoida from the northern part of the East Sea and the southern part of Sea of Okhotsk is compiled. A total of 151 species belonging to 70 genera and 26 families, of which 16 species are deemed to be new to science, are recognized from the region. Twelve harpacticoid species assemblages are described from marine and brackish water soft sediments and the phytal zone. Estuarine faunas were similar throughout the East Sea and Sea of Okhotsk, both in species composition and dominant-taxon structure. Conversely, the fauna of marine soft sediment and phytal zones differed greatly throughout this region. This distinction may have been caused by differences in dispersal rates or by differences in environmental conditions. The distribution of littoral and sublittoral harpacticoids was determined primarily by climatic factors and the temperature of surface waters. Three basic sub-regions were distinguished within the survey area: Korean, which includes many tropical taxa (39%) and a smaller amount (about 20%) of boreal taxa; Primorye, where boreal and subarctic-arctic species (>40%) predominate, and representatives of the tropical complex are rare (17%); and Soya, with a mix of tropical (22%) and boreal (31%) faunal elements. The faunas of the Korean and the Primorye sub-regions are distinct, whereas that of the Soya has intermediate features.
Role of the flavonoid-rich fraction in the antioxidant and cytotoxic activities of Bauhinia forficata Link. (Fabaceae) leaves extract
Creators: name: Natalizia Miceli
name: Buongiorno, Luigina Pasqualina
name: Celi, Maria Grazia
name: Cacciola, Francesco
name: Dugo, Paola
name: Donato, Paola
name: Mondello, Luigi
name: Bonaccorsi, Irene
name: Taviano, Maria Fernanda
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biochemistry

description: Bauhinia forficata Link. is utilised as an antidiabetic in Brazilian folk-medicine; furthermore, its antioxidant properties suggest a potential usefulness in the prevention of diabetes complications associated with oxidative stress. The contribution of a flavonoid-rich fraction (FRF), HPLC-PDA-ESI-MS characterised, to the antioxidant and cytotoxic properties of B. forficata hydro-alcoholic leaves extract was evaluated for the first time. Both extract and FRF showed radical-scavenging activity and reducing power with a strong relationship with the flavonoid content found; hence, flavonoids are mainly responsible for the primary antioxidant activity of B. forficata extract. The extract significantly decreased FO-1 cell viability at the higher concentrations. FRF did not exert any effect; thus, flavonoids do not appear to be responsible for the cytotoxicity of the extract. The extract resulted virtually non-toxic against both Artemia salina and normal human lymphocytes, demonstrating potential selectivity in inhibiting cancer cell growth. Finally, no antimicrobial activity was observed against the bacteria and yeasts tested.
An access delay model for IEEE 802.11e EDCA
Creators: name: Xu, Dongxia
name: Sakurai, Taka
name: Vu, Hai
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We analyze the MAC access delay of the IEEE 802.11e enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA) mechanism under saturation. We develop a detailed analytical model to evaluate the influence of all EDCA differentiation parameters, namely AIFS, CWmin, CWmax, and TXOP limit, as well as the backoff multiplier beta. Explicit expressions for the mean, standard deviation, and generating function of the access delay distribution are derived. By applying numerical inversion on the generating function, we are able to efficiently compute values of the distribution. Comparison with simulation confirms the accuracy of our analytical model over a wide range of operating conditions. We derive simple asymptotics and approximations for the mean and standard deviation of the access delay, which reveal the salient model parameters for performance under different differentiation mechanisms. We also use the model to numerically study the differentiation performance and find that beta differentiation, though rejected during the standardization process, is an effective differentiation mechanism that has some advantages over the other mechanisms.