cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
An innovative approach to heat extraction from a salinity gradient solar pond to enhance overall efficiency
Creators: name: YAAKOB, YUSLI
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: A solar pond is a simple and low-cost solar collector with long-term thermal storage. It utilizes a large body of salinity gradient water to absorb radiation from the sun and stores it in the form of heat at the bottom of the pond with temperature between 70-90oC. The pond consists of three different layers. The cold thin upper layer is known as the upper convective zone (UCZ) and consists of low salinity water and has temperature close to the local average ambient temperature. The second layer is the gradient layer known as the non-convective zone (NCZ), where salinity increases from the top of the NCZ to the bottom of the NCZ. The bottom layer or lower convective zone (LCZ) has homogenous high salinity water which absorbs and stores solar thermal energy which reaches the bottom of the pond.

Conventionally, heat has been successfully extracted from the LCZ. This study concerns an attempt to extract the absorbed heat from the NCZ using external heat exchangers with the aim of enhancing the overall efficiency of the solar pond. External heat exchangers were fabricated and installed to extract heat from different levels in the NCZ. The process used a 12V pump to withdraw hot brine from the NCZ and re-inject it to the same level. Cold brine from the UCZ was used as a cold heat transfer fluid to extract heat from each of the heat exchangers. The results show that by extracting heat from the NCZ, the thermal efficiency of a solar pond could potentially be improved to 50% as compared with the conventional heat extraction method from the LCZ only.

An adverse effect associated with active heat extraction from the NCZ was the development of instability in the salinity gradient layer. Optimisation of the technique for withdrawal and re-injection of the cooled brine into the NCZ is essential to overcome this issue. It needs to be addressed as a future study.

The other part of the present study was the investigation of a semi-passive thermosiphon heat extraction system for heat removal from the NCZ or LCZ of a solar pond. The thermosiphon heat extraction system relies on buoyancy effects to remove heat by the effect of temperature difference. Theoretical governing equations have been developed based on principles of conservation of energy and mass. Theoretical analysis revealed great potential for this system to be implemented in solar ponds. Experimental results from a single thermosiphon heat extraction system have been presented for various cooling water mass flow rates. The experimental and theoretical performance estimates were compared and the results showed a good agreement. The experimental findings showed that a thermosiphon heat exchanger has the potential to minimize the use of pumps in heat extraction from solar ponds.
Supplemental Material - Election Frequency and Voter Turnout
Creators: name: Kostelka, Filip
name: Krejcova, Eva
name: Sauger, Nicolas
name: Wuttke, Alexander
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 160607 International Relations
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Supplemental Material for Election Frequency and Voter Turnout by Filip Kostelka, Eva Krejcova, Nicolas Sauger, and Alexander Wuttke in Comparative Political Studies
Supplementary material for "A novel control system approach to enhance the efficiency of solar photo-Fenton microcontaminant removal in continuous flow raceway pond reactors"
Creators: name: Rodríguez-García, D.
name: Soriano-Molina, P.
name: Guzmán Sánchez, J. L.
name: García Sánchez, J. L.
name: Casas López, J. L.
name: Sánchez Pérez, J. A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Photo-Fenton
Wastewater decontamination
Advanced oxidation
Cost efficiency
Control system

description: The version of record of this supplementary material, first published in the Chemical Engineering Journal, is available online at Elsevier’s website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1385894722062404?via%3Dihub. No changes were made to the first published version.This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 101060991. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
Supplementary material for "A novel control system approach to enhance the efficiency of solar photo-Fenton microcontaminant removal in continuous flow raceway pond reactors"
Creators: name: Rodríguez-García, D.
name: Soriano-Molina, P.
name: Guzmán Sánchez, J. L.
name: García Sánchez, J. L.
name: Casas López, J. L.
name: Sánchez Pérez, J. A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Photo-Fenton
Wastewater decontamination
Advanced oxidation
Cost efficiency
Control system

description: The version of record of this supplementary material, first published in the Chemical Engineering Journal, is available online at Elsevier’s website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1385894722062404?via%3Dihub. No changes were made to the first published version.This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 101060991. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
Additional file 9 of Single-cell RNA sequencing integrated with bulk RNA sequencing analysis identifies a tumor immune microenvironment-related lncRNA signature in lung adenocarcinoma
Creators: name: Ren, Yuqing
name: Wu, Ruhao
name: Li, Chunwei
name: Liu, Long
name: Li, Lifeng
name: Weng, Siyuan
name: Xu, Hui
name: Xing, Zhe
name: Zhang, Yuyuan
name: Wang, Libo
name: Liu, Zaoqu
name: Han, Xinwei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 9: Table S3. TIME-related genes with prognostic value.
It's hard getting messy when you're compositional -- braided pathways: a practice sustained by difference
Creators: name: Lethlean, Perry
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 330109
subject: Landscape architecture
classificationCode: 330411
subject: Urban design

description: Perry is Director of the Melbourne studio of TCL. He was one of the first students to participate in the RMIT University Landscape Architecture program at its inception in 1982. Completion of an Urban Design Masters followed in 1992.
We aim to investigate the design practice of Taylor Cullity Lethlean (TCL). Over a twenty year period the landscape architecture studio has undertaken a breadth of work that is seemingly connected via some key concerns, compositional undercurrents and ways of production. We seek to critically examine these attributes as a means to enrich our design practice, critically engage within a discourse of design and offer new trajectories for design exploration.
Systems biology verification project: past, present, and future.
Creators: name: Scotti, Elena
name: Boué, Stéphanie
name: Hoeng, Julia
Publisher: name: F1000Research
Year: 2017

description: Risk assessment in the context of 21st century toxicology relies on the development of relevant computational approaches for the extraction of mechanistic knowledge from big data.

Crowdsourcing is a powerful approach to solve scientific problem(s) and independently verify methods, results and conclusions. Relevant scientific contribution depends on the interest of the scientific questions formulated incentives put forward. Based on these principles, the sbv IMPROVER organizes since 2011 crowd-sourced challenges covering a broad range of scientific questions. For instance, the Diagnostic Signature Challenge aimed to identify robust gene expression signatures and classification models in four disease areas. The Species Translation Challenge sought to refine our understanding of the limits of rodent models as predictors of human biology. The Systems Toxicology Challenge aimed to identify signatures predictive of smoking exposure or cessation status. In addition to computational methods benchmarking, curation of scientific literature can also leverage crowdsourcing. Our Network Verification Challenges (NVC) have been designed to encourage broad participation in causal network models refinement with lower level of expertise required and participation encouraged through a live leaderboard. A novel instance of NVC will focus on the verification of biological network models involved in the xenobiotic transformation of toxicants in the liver, which should be of great interest for toxicological and pharmacological assessment. Finally, we are developing a step-wise microbiomics challenge, which should leverage the knowledge of diverse scientific communities to tackle in turn computational, biological, and medical topics related to the microbiome.
Additional file 10 of Single-cell RNA sequencing integrated with bulk RNA sequencing analysis identifies a tumor immune microenvironment-related lncRNA signature in lung adenocarcinoma
Creators: name: Ren, Yuqing
name: Wu, Ruhao
name: Li, Chunwei
name: Liu, Long
name: Li, Lifeng
name: Weng, Siyuan
name: Xu, Hui
name: Xing, Zhe
name: Zhang, Yuyuan
name: Wang, Libo
name: Liu, Zaoqu
name: Han, Xinwei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 10: Table S4. LncRNAs from associated modules between distinct immune infiltration clusters.
Recovery of nutrients from anaerobic digester supernatant using magnesium-rich waste material
Creators: name: Guo, Jun
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: Formation of magnesium ammonium phosphate (struvite, MgNH4PO4.6H2O), which has commercial value as fertiliser, is a sustainable technology for ammonia and phosphate removal and recovery from anaerobic digester supernatant. Considering that magnesium concentration relative to ammonia and phosphate concentrations in the supernatant is low, magnesium dosage is usually required to force struvite formation. This research was conducted to investigate the optimum reaction conditions and the feasibility of Mg-rich waste material as a magnesium source for ammonia and phosphate removal and recovery as struvite from anaerobic digester supernatant.

Struvite formation was carried out by adding Na2HPO4 and MgCl2 or magnesium-rich waste material at different conditions: (i) pH; (ii) reaction time; (iii) molar ratios (Mg2+:NH4+:PO43-). Confirmation of struvite formation and measurement of struvite precipitation’s particles size were analysed by XRD and ESEM, respectively. Economic analysis was conducted to estimate the cost of using Mg-rich waste material in the process. A chemical equilibrium software Visual MINTEQ was used for predicting struvite formation using high range of the pH and molar ratio.

Increasing the mixing rate and the reaction time had little effect on ammonia and phosphate removal. Crystal growth had only a minor relationship to the reaction time. pH change with time indicated that induction time was extremely short. The optimum pH was between 9 and 9.5. The reaction time of 10 minutes was adequate for struvite formation due to a high reaction rate. The Mg2+:NH4+:PO43- ratio of 1.2:1.0:1.0 was found to be the optimum molar ratio in order to use Mg2+ and PO43- dosage efficiently. The chemical equilibrium software Visual MINTEQ successfully predicted struvite formation. The prediction indicated that struvite formation was at a wide pH range from 6.5 to 11.5. MgHPO4.3H2O, Mg3(PO4)2 and Brucite (Mg(OH)2) formed with struvite, but struvite was still the main product. The removal of ammonia and phosphate was achieved over 98.00% using Mg-rich waste material as a magnesium source at pH 9.5 and the Mg2+:NH4+:PO43- ratio of 1.2:1.0:1.0. Precipitates analysis using XRD showed that nearly pure struvite formed. Economic evaluation indicated that Mg-rich waste material as the magnesium source can reduce the total cost compared with MgCl2.
Additional file 11 of Single-cell RNA sequencing integrated with bulk RNA sequencing analysis identifies a tumor immune microenvironment-related lncRNA signature in lung adenocarcinoma
Creators: name: Ren, Yuqing
name: Wu, Ruhao
name: Li, Chunwei
name: Liu, Long
name: Li, Lifeng
name: Weng, Siyuan
name: Xu, Hui
name: Xing, Zhe
name: Zhang, Yuyuan
name: Wang, Libo
name: Liu, Zaoqu
name: Han, Xinwei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 11: Table S5. Prognostic value of 33 lncRNAs in six cohorts.
Additional file 12 of Single-cell RNA sequencing integrated with bulk RNA sequencing analysis identifies a tumor immune microenvironment-related lncRNA signature in lung adenocarcinoma
Creators: name: Ren, Yuqing
name: Wu, Ruhao
name: Li, Chunwei
name: Liu, Long
name: Li, Lifeng
name: Weng, Siyuan
name: Xu, Hui
name: Xing, Zhe
name: Zhang, Yuyuan
name: Wang, Libo
name: Liu, Zaoqu
name: Han, Xinwei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 12: Table S6. Formula for the calculation of TRLS.
sj-docx-1-ejo-10.1177_11206721231180324 - Supplemental material for Double-flanged knotless technique for iris prosthesis and IOL implantation associated with keratoplasty
Creators: name: Lupardi, Enrico
name: Moramarco, Antonio
name: Iannetta, Danilo
name: Savini, Giacomo
name: Fontana, Luigi
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2023
Subjects: Medicine

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-ejo-10.1177_11206721231180324 for Double-flanged knotless technique for iris prosthesis and IOL implantation associated with keratoplasty by Enrico Lupardi, Antonio Moramarco, Danilo Iannetta, Giacomo Savini and Luigi Fontana in European Journal of Ophthalmology
Building green capability in small-to-medium-sized manufacturing enterprises (SMMEs)
Creators: name: Phan, Mai
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: Despite the widely acknowledged contention that pollution control measures would be less beneficial than pollution prevention technologies in the long run, pollution control approaches remain a popular solution for organizations seeking, or coerced, to engage in corporate environmentalism. Drawing on the conceptual underpinnings of the Theory of Planned Behaviour as an integrative framework, this study combines the tenets of five major management theories - institutional, stakeholder, planned behaviour, resource-based view, and life-cycle management - to examine how and why small and medium sized manufacturing enterprises (SMMEs) embrace dissimilar approaches to implementing green initiatives under different circumstances. This research adopted a nested, multiple-case design to explore why some organizations have been able to obtain beneficial effects from their green initiat ive implementation while others have not. The findings, based on the experiences of seven SMMEs, which implemented a total of 27 green initiatives in their production operations, reveal that legislative requirements, stakeholders' expectations, organizations' natural environmental orientation, as well as their environmental resource base and capabilities, jointly drive corporate environmental strategies. The case study found that the higher the external pressures, a combination of legislative requirements and stakeholder expectations, the more likely it was for SMMEs to adopt quick-fix, off-the-shelve solutions, which typically carried limited short-term benefits with associated high long-term costs. By contrast, less intense external pressures offer firms the opportunities to explore plausible options and exploit internal resource capabilities to advantage, giving rise to the adoption of more sustainable approaches. The study further discovers that experiential learning, i.e., a firm's ability to learn f rom its green initiative implementation experience, separates SMMEs capable of capitalizing on the values of their implemented green initiatives to gain competitive advantages and redefine competition from those that are immersed in a cognitive lock-in, unable to free themselves from an unproductive green wall. The findings suggest that nurturing organizational learning among environmentally resistive firms could transform them into environmentally responsible enterprises. The study concludes by interpreting its findings into a number of theoretical propositions for theory building in corporate environmental management.
Additional file 13 of Single-cell RNA sequencing integrated with bulk RNA sequencing analysis identifies a tumor immune microenvironment-related lncRNA signature in lung adenocarcinoma
Creators: name: Ren, Yuqing
name: Wu, Ruhao
name: Li, Chunwei
name: Liu, Long
name: Li, Lifeng
name: Weng, Siyuan
name: Xu, Hui
name: Xing, Zhe
name: Zhang, Yuyuan
name: Wang, Libo
name: Liu, Zaoqu
name: Han, Xinwei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 13: Table S7. Individual TRLS for patients in six cohorts.
Recovery-oriented software architecture for grid applications (ROSA-Grids)
Creators: name: Yusuf, Iman
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: Grids are distributed systems that dynamically coordinate a large number of heterogeneous resources to execute large-scale projects. Examples of grid resources include high-performance computers, massive data stores, high bandwidth networking, telescopes, and synchrotrons. Failure in grids is arguably inevitable due to the massive scale and the heterogeneity of grid resources, the distribution of these resources over unreliable networks, the complexity of mechanisms that are needed to integrate such resources into a seamless utility, and the dynamic nature of the grid infrastructure that allows continuous changes to happen. To make matters worse, grid applications are generally long running, and these runs repeatedly require coordinated use of many resources at the same time.

In this thesis, we propose the Recovery-Aware Components (RAC) approach. The RAC approach enables a grid application to handle failure reactively and proactively at the level of the smallest and independent execution unit of the application. The approach also combines runtime prediction with a proactive fault tolerance strategy. The RAC approach aims at improving the reliability of the grid application with the least overhead possible. Moreover, to allow a grid fault tolerance manager fine-tuned control and trading off of reliability gained and overhead paid, this thesis offers an architecture-aware modelling and simulation of reliability and overhead. The thesis demonstrates for a few of a dozen or so classes of application architecture already identified in prior research, that the typical architectural structure of the class can be captured in a few parameters. The work shows that these parameters suffice to achieve significant insight into, and control of, such tradeoffs.

The contributions of our research project are as follows. We defined the RAC approach. We showed the usage of the RAC approach for improving the reliability of MapReduce and Combinational Logic grid applications. We provided Markov models that represent the execution behaviour of these applications for reliability and overhead analyses. We analysed the sensitivity of the reliability-overhead tradeoff of the RAC approach to the type of fault tolerance strategy, the parameters of a fault tolerance strategy, prediction interval and a predictor’s accuracy. The final contribution of our research is an experiment testbed that enables a grid fault tolerance expert to evaluate diverse fault tolerance support configurations, and then choose the one that will satisfy the reliability and cost requirements.
Additional file 14 of Single-cell RNA sequencing integrated with bulk RNA sequencing analysis identifies a tumor immune microenvironment-related lncRNA signature in lung adenocarcinoma
Creators: name: Ren, Yuqing
name: Wu, Ruhao
name: Li, Chunwei
name: Liu, Long
name: Li, Lifeng
name: Weng, Siyuan
name: Xu, Hui
name: Xing, Zhe
name: Zhang, Yuyuan
name: Wang, Libo
name: Liu, Zaoqu
name: Han, Xinwei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 14: Table S8. Multivariate Cox regression of TRLS regarding to OS.
Engineering improvement of a potent human-derived monoclonal antibody against respiratory syncytial virus using structure-based computer modeling
Creators: name: Le, Sean
Publisher: name: F1000Research
Year: 2017

description: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections are a common cause of hospitalizations in infants, resulting in 57,000-120,000 hospitalizations in the U.S. annually. Synagis®, the current therapy for RSV infection prevention has limited effectiveness, and must be given five-six times during the RSV season. A recently discovered monoclonal antibody, AR-201, has shown to be more potent than Synagis®.  Our goal is to use structure-based computer modeling to engineer AR-201 to prolong its time (half-life) in the blood, thus reducing its dosing frequency to optimally once during the RSV season. Our approach to improving AR-201 half-life is to modify binding of AR-201 to the neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn), which salvages antibodies from degradation and recycles them to the blood stream. We selected seven published IgG mutants which showed increased half-life in other antibodies. We introduced these mutations into AR-201 and predicted their 3D structures. The quality of the 3D structures was assessed and optimized in order to create more realistic structures. The optimized 3D structures were then docked onto FcRn and their computer models generated.  We calculated the predicted binding affinities between the AR-201 mutants and FcRn.  Our results showed mutant C6A-78A to have the highest calculated binding affinity to FcRn, indicating that it has the highest potential for prolonged half-life. This work will guide the further development of AR-201 into a highly potent drug with increased half-life.  Although still in its infancy, molecular computer modeling can save substantial time and effort during the drug development process.
Additional file 2 of OsmiR319-OsPCF5 modulate resistance to brown planthopper in rice through association with MYB proteins
Creators: name: Sun, Bo
name: Shen, Yanjie
name: Zhu, Lin
name: Yang, Xiaofang
name: Liu, Xue
name: Li, Dayong
name: Zhu, Mulan
name: Miao, Xuexia
name: Shi, Zhenying
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 2. Leaf phenotype of MIM319OE and miR319aOE plants.
Development of chatter threshold boundary for milling of metals
Creators: name: Koohestani, Afshin
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: This study reports on a novel experimental method for the prediction of chatter based on the chaos theory. The variation of Poincaré sections of the reconstructed phase space attractor is able to identify the transition of the milling system from a stable to an unstable condition, continuously during the milling process. Two mathematical tools are used to measure the variation of Poincaré sections they being; image correlation and a designed regression model. Image correlation uses Poincaré sections as a pattern and the computation of Pearson’s coefficient assists to develop a chatter threshold boundary.
Titanium is the main material in this research, as chatter is more applicable during cutting of titanium due to its specific mechanical properties. Moreover, the method is used in detection of chatter during milling of stainless steel and aluminum in order to demonstrate the method can detect chatter during cutting of other metals. The new method can be used to detect chatter on-line, as it is independent of the cutting parameters and dynamics of the milling process, and can be integrated in the cutting machines. The method does not need expensive equipment and complex process, so it can be easily used in normal production workshop environment.
A regression model computes the trend of changes in the Poincaré sections and gives a numerical output value to define the boundary between the stable and unstable state of the milling process. These mathematical tools can be used in expert software to monitor the milling process on-line and detect the onset of chatter.
Electronic supplementary material from Evaluation of antioxidant and cytotoxic properties of phenolic N-acylhydrazones: structure–activity relationship
Creators: name: Branković, Jovica
name: Milivojević, Nevena
name: Milovanović, Vesna
name: Simijonović, Dušica
name: Petrović, Zorica D.
name: Marković, Zoran
name: Šeklić, Dragana S.
name: Živanović2, Marko N.
name: Vukić, Milena D.
name: Petrović, Vladimir P.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 30499 Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 30799 Theoretical and Computational Chemistry not elsewhere classified

description: Characterisation of compounds, 1H NMR and 13C NMR spectra, Kohn–Sham orbitals of PheNAHs, Experimental and simulated UV-Vis and IR spectra, experimental and theoretical data on antioxidative activity, dose-response curves of the effect of PheNAHs on HCT-116 and MRC-5 cells growth
Theory of real estate valuation
Creators: name: Lawson, John
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: It can be stated that where a valuation is used as an assessment of risk there is no research-backed theory of valuation, that is one that explains the methodology used and is validated by a hypothesis. The significance of this thesis is the recognition of the ignorance, and confusion that exists and the need of a theory to explain methodology verified by a hypothesis or hypotheses. This thesis is the result of systemic research in an attempt to define the confusion that exists, resulting from the application of inappropriate economic theories in valuation. This research also attempts to find the reason for and the source of the confusion. This research supports that which has previously been advocated that valuation principles of valuation Practice must be underpinned by a working theory embedded in positive economics. The finding of this paper is that price theory is an appropriate proxy for valuation theory where a valuation is used as an assessment of the recovery of funds. However importantly this research also recognises and examines the possible ability of other related economic theories to explain areas price behaviour where price theory cannot. The findings of this research are likely to have important implications in the valuation profession. Hopefully this will result in stimulating debate and a realisation of a need for a theory which supports a credible and validated process of valuation.
Implementation of a MPEG 1 layer I audio decoder with variable bit lengths
Creators: name: O'Callaghan, Damian
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: One of the most popular forms of audio compression is MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group). By using a VHDL (Very high-speed integrated circuit Hardware Description Language) implementation of a MPEG audio decoder and varying the word length of the constants and the multiplications used in the decoding process, and comparing the error, the minimum word length required can be determined. In general, the smaller the word length, the smaller the hardware resources required.
This thesis is an investigation to find the minimum bit lengths required for each of the four multiplication sections used in a MPEG Audio decoder, that will still meet the quality levels specified in the MPEG standard. The use of the minimum bit lengths allows the minimum area resources of a FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) to be used.

A FPGA model was designed that allowed the number of bits used to represent four constants and the results of the multiplications using these constants to vary. In order to limit the amount of data generated, testing was restricted to a single channel of audio data sampled at a frequency of 32kHz. This was then compared to the supplied C model distributed with the MPEG Audio Standard.
It was found that for the MPEG audio coder to be fully compliant with the standard the bit lengths of the constants and the multiplications could be reduced by 75% and to be partial compliant with the standard, the bit lengths of the constants and the multiplications could be reduced by up to 82%.

An implementation of a MPEG audio decoder in VHDL has the advantage of specific hardware, optimised, for all the different complex mathematical operations thereby reducing the repetitive operations and therefore power consumption and the time required performing these complex operations.
Software Engineering Guidelines - From Theory To Practice
Creators: name: Schlauch, Tobias
name: Haupt, Carina
name: Meinel, Michael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: research-software-engineering
guidelines
RSE18

description: Research software is mainly developed by scientists who are domain experts. Most of them have no specific education in software development. To support research scientists at the German Aerospace Center, we created a set of software engineering guidelines for different fields of software development. At RSE17, we already presented the concept of the guidelines. This time, we want to share the practical experiences we collected over the last year.

In this talk, we want to practically introduce the guidelines and the classification scheme. Particularly, we demonstrate their usage in context of two real-world research software applications. The first example demonstrates the usage of the guidelines when starting a new software development. In this case the focus is on finding the initial steps and getting an overview of future aspects. The second example is about an existing, legacy software application. In this case the focus is on analyzing what is already there and finding out the next suitable steps. In this context, the accompanying checklists function as an ongoing planning document and the classification scheme helps to find the suitable starting point.
Uncovering the well-springs of migrant womens' agency: connecting with Australian public infrastructure
Creators: name: Bursian, Olga
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: The study sought to uncover the constitution of migrant women's agency as they rebuild their lives in Australia, and to explore how contact with any publicly funded services might influence the capacity to be self determining subjects. The thesis used a framework of lifeworld theories (Bourdieu, Schutz, Giddens), materialist, trans-national feminist and post colonial writings, and a methodological approach based on critical hermeneutics (Ricoeur), feminist standpoint and decolonising theories. Thirty in depth interviews were carried out with 6 women migrating from each of 5 regions: Vietnam, Lebanon, the Horn of Africa, the former Soviet Union and the Philippines. Australian based immigration literature constituted the third corner of triangulation.

The interviews were carried out through an exploration of themes format, eliciting data about the different ontological and epistemological assumptions of the cultures of origin. The findings revealed not only the women's remarkable tenacity and resilience as creative agents, but also the indispensability of Australia's publicly funded infrastructure or welfare state.

The women were mostly privileged in terms of class, education and affirming relationships with males. Nevertheless, their self determination depended on contact with universal public policies, programs and with local community services. The welfare state seems to be modernity's means for re-establishing human connectedness that is the crux of the human condition. Connecting with fellow Australians in friendships and neighbourliness was also important in resettlement.

Conclusions include a policy discussion in agreement with Australian and international scholars proposing that there is no alternative but for governments to invest in a welfare state for the civil societies and knowledge based economies of the 21st Century.
Electronic supplementary material from Evaluation of antioxidant and cytotoxic properties of phenolic N-acylhydrazones: structure–activity relationship
Creators: name: Branković, Jovica
name: Milivojević, Nevena
name: Milovanović, Vesna
name: Simijonović, Dušica
name: Petrović, Zorica D.
name: Marković, Zoran
name: Šeklić, Dragana S.
name: Živanović2, Marko N.
name: Vukić, Milena D.
name: Petrović, Vladimir P.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 30499 Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 30799 Theoretical and Computational Chemistry not elsewhere classified

description: Characterisation of compounds, 1H NMR and 13C NMR spectra, Kohn–Sham orbitals of PheNAHs, Experimental and simulated UV-Vis and IR spectra, experimental and theoretical data on antioxidative activity, dose-response curves of the effect of PheNAHs on HCT-116 and MRC-5 cells growth
Metropolitan Governance for Territorial Cohesion
Creators: name: Pirlone, Francesca
name: Spadaro, Ilenia
name: Candia, Selena
Publisher: name: Tema. Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Cohesion; Metropolitan Governance; Urban and Inland Areas Relationship
subject: Ricerca

description: This paper proposes and defines new metropolitan governance strategies for territorial cohesion between inland and urban areas. Different reflections are here presented to comprehend how is it possible to implement cities’ ability to understand and manage metropolitan dynamics. In Europe, urbanisation and land abandonment is a widespread phenomenon compared to many other parts of the world. According to research carried out by the European Union it is estimated that four out of five European citizens will be living in urban areas abandoning villages and rural areas.
Many European metropolitan areas are character-rized by overpopulated centres, degraded suburbs and different abandoned or almost abandoned inland areas. These areas, if well connected among them and to the main metropolitan centre, can contribute to solving many urban challenges. There is the necessity to image metropolitan areas as a single entity to increase the cohesion of lands. The latent capital of inland areas can be considered as driving factor behind territorial cohesion and development. This paper analyses in deep the case of the Italian Metropolitan Cities proposing a new governance approach to increase the capacity of urban systems to adapt to natural and man-made changes, considering the hinterland as a strong point rather than a disadvantage.
Strategic and Spatial Plans drive the growth of metropolitan areas in a competitive space-economy and support sustainable development policy by ensuring a balance between urban areas with strong competitiveness and inland areas.
description: Tema. Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment, Vol 10, N° 2 (2017): Methods, tools and best practices to increase the capacity of urban systems to adapt to natural and man-made changes
Additional file 3 of OsmiR319-OsPCF5 modulate resistance to brown planthopper in rice through association with MYB proteins
Creators: name: Sun, Bo
name: Shen, Yanjie
name: Zhu, Lin
name: Yang, Xiaofang
name: Liu, Xue
name: Li, Dayong
name: Zhu, Mulan
name: Miao, Xuexia
name: Shi, Zhenying
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 3. Small population assays of the miR319aOE, miR319bOE and two lines of MIM319OE plants as compared with the WT ZH11.
sj-docx-3-opp-10.1177_10781552231215427 - Supplemental material for Impact of telephone follow-up on hepatocellular carcinoma patients receiving oral chemotherapy from an ambulatory-care setting
Creators: name: Sakata, Yukio
name: Nomura, Hisanaga
name: Nakajima, Hirofumi
name: Kitajima, Tomomi
name: Ito, Yukiko
name: Yamamoto, Yoshiya
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2023
Subjects: Oncology and Carcinogenesis not elsewhere classified
Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-3-opp-10.1177_10781552231215427 for Impact of telephone follow-up on hepatocellular carcinoma patients receiving oral chemotherapy from an ambulatory-care setting by Yukio Sakata, Hisanaga Nomura, Hirofumi Nakajima, Tomomi Kitajima, Yukiko Ito and Yoshiya Yamamoto in Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice
Six stalks of rice - creating plausible content
Creators: name: Quah, Darren
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: Production design, art direction, set design, costume design, make-up, props and special effects all have key roles to play in the 'suspension of disbelief' which is essential to the success of motion pictures and computer games based in the fantasy / science fiction genre. Digital special effects technology has enabled even more detailed and complete visual depictions of fantastic concepts. The way things look, the materials they seem to be made from, the way they move and appear to operate, designs which allude to functionality, and decoration which suggests culture, underpin the credibility of pseudo-realistic and alternate worlds.

I have been employed in some of Australia's most successful computer games production companies working as an Artist. In this capacity, I've had the opportunity to work in various roles, such as conceptual artist, texture artist and modeller, and at times animator. In my experience pre-production time is limited, sometimes non-existent. Most often it is done on the side during production. My role in these instances has been to design a creature and visualise it in 3D complete with textures. The budgeted time for me will not take into account the fact that the creature needs to be designed. Texturing is usually a more critical phase as it gives colour and surface property to the creature, and needs to be consistent in terms of style across the game. The lead artist is usually in charge of reviewing the work to ensure that all creatures appear to exist in the same world.

Currently, as a professional digital artist, I specialise in the production of conceptual art, 3d character models and textures. Over the years, my commitment to my profession gives me an informed understanding of the field, locally and internationally, and has nurtured my career as well as satisfying my personal interests. Furthermore, I engage in computer games activities, not only for pleasure but to keep up to date with current games standards and to observe and appreciate from the perspective of an Art Director, how great digital art contributes to a player's sense of immersion and satisfaction. This is particularly important with the next generation consoles such as PS3 and XBOX360 slowly becoming the norm, as these machines allow far more detailed worlds to be created. It is a thrilling experience to navigate through a well designed game environment.

In my experience, insufficient time was devoted to this aspect of production design, and because of the pressure of deadlines, we tended to draw upon a shallow range of references. The impetus of this investigation is to test whether more rigorous initial research and reflective pre-production processes could be beneficial to the creation of persuasive, convincing and entertaining pseudo-realistic worlds.

I believe then, as I do now, that this is a critical phase in the game production cycle when visualising fantasy based worlds.
Resistance training to prevent and improve type 2 diabetes: resist diabetes
Creators: name: Gordon, Brett
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: Type 2 diabetes is a condition of chronic hyperglycaemia and insulin resistance. Currently it is estimated that 1-2 million Australians have type 2 diabetes with this predicted to increase by 47% over the next 20 years. Treatment of type 2 diabetes is complicated through diabetes related conditions of retinopathy, neuropathy and cardiovascular disease. Lifestyle modifications such as exercise have been recommended as the first line of treatment, followed by oral hypoglycaemic medications and exogenous insulin injections to control blood glucose levels. With this in mind, expert authorities have made recommendations about the type and volume of exercise that people with type 2 diabetes should complete.

This PhD thesis set out to explore the acute and chronic effects of resistance exercise, prescribed in accordance with guidelines produced by expert authorities. An initial observation is that resistance exercise guidelines vary between authorities and appear to have little supporting scientific evidence derived from populations with type 2 diabetes. The aims of the series of closely linked studies presented in this thesis were to determine the effects of resistance exercise on insulin sensitivity and glucose control, and to generate data that may inform a more precise resistance exercise prescription for this population.

The series of studies completed for this thesis suggest that a single session of resistance exercise, following the broad exercise guidelines currently available for people with type 2 diabetes, has either no impact, or a short-term impairment on insulin sensitivity and glucose control in both apparently healthy individuals and those with type 2 diabetes. Interestingly this appears to be in contrast to data reported following exercise completed at a low intensity following a single exercise session or high intensity after a period of chronic exercise training. Without being able to accurately define the frequency of resistance training required to first improve and then maintain insulin sensitivity and glucose control, this dissertation has provided valuable information from which further studies can be designed to identify the minimum effective exercise prescription in people with type 2 diabetes. What can be concluded though is that for resistance exercise to be effective, it needs to be completed on a regular basis. The studies in this thesis have investigated resistance exercise prescribed in accordance with the current broad exercise guidelines and shown minimal effect on insulin sensitivity and other markers of metabolic health. Therefore, further research should be conducted using intensities different to those currently recommended, such as low intensity resistance training, to elucidate optimal gylcaemic control for both novice and trained people with type 2 diabetes.
Additional file 4 of OsmiR319-OsPCF5 modulate resistance to brown planthopper in rice through association with MYB proteins
Creators: name: Sun, Bo
name: Shen, Yanjie
name: Zhu, Lin
name: Yang, Xiaofang
name: Liu, Xue
name: Li, Dayong
name: Zhu, Mulan
name: Miao, Xuexia
name: Shi, Zhenying
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 4. BPH resistance tests of miR319 over expression in TP309 and Kasalath genetic backgrounds.
sj-docx-2-jpc-10.1177_21501319231222364 – Supplemental material for Prevalence and Predictors of Post-Acute COVID-19 Symptoms in Italian Primary Care Patients
Creators: name: Foresta, Andreana
name: Ojeda-Fernández, Luisa
name: Augurio, Claudia
name: Guanziroli, Cecilia
name: Tettamanti, Mauro
name: Macaluso, Giulia
name: Lauriola, Paolo
name: Nobili, Alessandro
name: Roncaglioni, Maria Carla
name: Baviera, Marta
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2024
Subjects: Health and Community Services
Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-2-jpc-10.1177_21501319231222364 for Prevalence and Predictors of Post-Acute COVID-19 Symptoms in Italian Primary Care Patients by Andreana Foresta, Luisa Ojeda-Fernández, Claudia Augurio, Cecilia Guanziroli, Mauro Tettamanti, Giulia Macaluso, Paolo Lauriola, Alessandro Nobili, Maria Carla Roncaglioni and Marta Baviera in Journal of Primary Care & Community Health
sj-docx-1-pwq-10.1177_03616843231221501 - Supplemental material for People Who Accommodate Others’ Sexist Views Are Themselves Perceived to Be Sexist
Creators: name: Vial, Andrea C.
name: Bailey, April H.
name: Dovidio, John F.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2024
Subjects: Gender studies
Psychology not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-pwq-10.1177_03616843231221501 for People Who Accommodate Others’ Sexist Views Are Themselves Perceived to Be Sexist by Andrea C. Vial, April H. Bailey and John F. Dovidio in Psychology of Women Quarterly
Additional file 5 of OsmiR319-OsPCF5 modulate resistance to brown planthopper in rice through association with MYB proteins
Creators: name: Sun, Bo
name: Shen, Yanjie
name: Zhu, Lin
name: Yang, Xiaofang
name: Liu, Xue
name: Li, Dayong
name: Zhu, Mulan
name: Miao, Xuexia
name: Shi, Zhenying
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 5. Expression of putative miR319 target genes in miR319bOET (319bOE in the figure) and WT TP309.
Strategies for diversity: the consideration of marginal elements for integration into the city
Creators: name: Fea, Prue
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024

description: The candidature developed through the initial study of Fishermans Bend as a particular form of homogenous, ‘flat’ urbanism in the city of Melbourne. The research developed through the notion that a city exists in constant flux with the inclusion and exclusion of certain elements. Excluded and marginalised elements can be seen to reinforce homogeneity in a city, and the inclusion of these elements to enrich flat urbanism and encourage diversity.

Procedures are described for the re-integration of qualities and program normally resisted by exclusive, monotonous environments but that are significant in the creation of a programmatic and demographic inclusive city.

The procedures described have a preference for starting with what is existing, of co-opting existing moments of potential, and of spring boarding from existing networks and specific site conditions. Strategies are developed that favour small-scale incremental change and preservation in opposition to the wholesale demolition of areas for development.
Additional file 6 of OsmiR319-OsPCF5 modulate resistance to brown planthopper in rice through association with MYB proteins
Creators: name: Sun, Bo
name: Shen, Yanjie
name: Zhu, Lin
name: Yang, Xiaofang
name: Liu, Xue
name: Li, Dayong
name: Zhu, Mulan
name: Miao, Xuexia
name: Shi, Zhenying
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 6. qRT–PCR detection of OsPCF5 mRNA levels in PCF5OE and WT plants.
Additional file 7 of OsmiR319-OsPCF5 modulate resistance to brown planthopper in rice through association with MYB proteins
Creators: name: Sun, Bo
name: Shen, Yanjie
name: Zhu, Lin
name: Yang, Xiaofang
name: Liu, Xue
name: Li, Dayong
name: Zhu, Mulan
name: Miao, Xuexia
name: Shi, Zhenying
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 7. Alignment of the TCP domain of the OsPCF5 protein with those of other bHLH proteins in rice (OsPCF5 is in the first line as indicated).