cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Dictionary for the type II nongeometric flux compactifications
Creators: name: Shukla, Pramod
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the $T$-dual completion of the four-dimensional ${\cal N}=1$ type II effective potentials in the presence of (non-)geometric fluxes. First, we invoke a cohomology version of the $T$-dual transformations among the various moduli, axions and the fluxes appearing in the type IIA and type IIB effective supergravities. This leads to some useful observations about a significant mixing of the standard NS-NS fluxes with the (non-)geometric fluxes on the mirror side. Further, using our $T$-duality rules, we establish an explicit mapping among the $F$-terms, $D$-terms, tadpole conditions as well as the Bianchi identities of the two theories. Secondly, we propose what we call a set of "axionic flux polynomials", which depend on all the axionic moduli and the fluxes. This subsequently helps in presenting the two scalar potentials in a concise and manifestly $T$-dual form, which can be directly utilized for various phenomenological purposes as we illustrate in a couple of examples.
description: 50 pages, 12 tables; arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1712.07310, arXiv:1603.08545 and arXiv:1508.01197 in the review section; version 2: typos fixed and references added; version 3: 49 pages, minor changes, published version
Linear response function around a localized impurity in a superconductor
Creators: name: Angilella, G. G. N.
name: Leys, F. E.
name: March, N. H.
name: Pucci, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Imaging the effects of an impurity like Zn in high-Tc superconductors [Nature 61 (2000) 746] has rekindled interest in defect problems in the superconducting phase. This has prompted us here to re-examine the early work of March and Murray [Phys. Rev. 120 (1960) 830] on the linear response function in an initially translationally invariant Fermi gas. In particular, we present corresponding results for a superconductor at zero temperature, both in the s- and in the d-wave case, and mention their direct physical relevance in the case when the impurity potential is highly localized.
Healthy food policy implementation for retailers in health-promoting settings: building the evidence
Creators: name: TARA BERNEDETTE BOELSEN-ROBINSON
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 111104 Public Nutrition Intervention
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: This PhD explores the outcomes of three different healthy food retail policies implemented by a hospital, a sports and recreation provider, and a series of local councils. Successful implementation of the policies relied on supporting retailers with practical resources, demonstrating success through small, low-risk changes, and considering business outcomes. These policies effectively reduced purchases of unhealthy food and drink options. Financial outcomes were dependent on access to affordable and acceptable healthy alternatives, a challenge for retailers selling mainly packaged options. This PhD demonstrates the feasibility and purchasing impacts of food retail policies implemented by health-promoting organisations.
Synthesis of N-doped carbon dots for highly selective and sensitive detection of Metronidazole in real samples and its cytotoxicity studies
Creators: name: Wang, Xiaoxiang
name: Lin, Tao
name: Wu, Wei
name: Wu, Haisuo
name: Yan, Dongdong
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer

description: The current investigation reports the synthesis of N-CDs using glucosamine, ascorbic acid, and ethylenediamine precursors by a simple hydrothermal technique. The formation of N-CDs was proved by various characterization techniques such as X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), and Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectrophotometer (FT-IR). The optical properties were investigated by fluorescence and UV-vis spectrophotometer. Also, N-CDs showed high selectivity in detecting the MTZ compared to several other analytes. However, the metronidazole serves as an antibiotic against several microbial diseases but also a genotoxic, carcinogenic to the human when used in excessive dosage. The synthesized N-CDs showed high selectivity in detecting the MTZ compared to several other analytes. Besides, the cytotoxicity of the N-CDs was studied to evaluate its toxicity against the HeLa cancer cells. It showed 65.6% cell viability and 34.3% toxicity against the cancerous cells, and similarly 71% of cells viability against H9C2 cells. Thus, the current investigation explores the promising selective sensing of N-CDs against MTZ, along with that, it proved its cytotoxicity against HeLa cancerous cells and non-toxicity against H9C2 cells. The synthesized CDs can be better MTZ sensors and anti-cancer agents on further development at the industrial scale.
Diplotaxis harperi Blanchard 1851
Creators: name: Freese, Edwin L.
name: Veal, Doug A.
name: Lago, Paul K.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Brassicales
Brassicaceae
Diplotaxis
Diplotaxis harperi

description: Diplotaxis harperi Blanchard, 1851
Wickham 1911; Vaurie 1956, 1960; Worthington and Larsen 2010; ISIC; IWUC; ELFC; DAVC.
Collection dates: April–September.
Collected at light.
Specimen label data: Ames, Story Co., Iowa, 25 April 1947, J. Laffoon, determined J. Laffoon 1947 (ISIC).
County records (Figure 108): Allamakee, Appanoose, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Clarke, Clayton, Dallas, Decatur, Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque, Fremont, Hamilton, Hardin, Henry, Jefferson, Johnson, Kossuth, Lee, Linn, Madison, Monona, Muscatine, Pottawattamie, Poweshiek, Story, Taylor, Van Buren, Wapello, Warren, Winneshiek.
description: Published as part of Freese, Edwin L., Veal, Doug A. & Lago, Paul K., 2020, The Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) of Iowa: An annotated checklist, pp. 1-83 in Insecta Mundi 2020 (787) on page 31, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5353792
2011 Annual Report of the Southwestern Minnesota Farm Business Management Association
Creators: name: Nordquist, Dale W.
name: Nitchie, Donald L.
name: Kurtz, James N.
name: Paulson, Garen J.
name: Froslan, Janet M.
name: Woodford, John L.
name: Nordquist, Dale W.
name: Nitchie, Donald L.
name: Kurtz, James N.
name: Paulson, Garen J.
name: Froslan, Janet M.
name: Woodford, John L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2012
Subjects: Agricultural Finance
Farm Management

description: This report summarizes the individual farm records of the members of the Southwestern Minnesota Farm Business Management Association for 2011. Whole-farm information and enterprise costs and returns are reported. The year-end analysis of the individual farms was performed by the Association fieldmen using the FINPACK software from the Center for Farm Financial Management. The individual analyses were summarized at the Department of Applied Economics using RankEm Central. In addition to the average of all farms, the averages for the high and low income groups are also presented. The tables are divided into four major groups: whole-farm information, crop enterprises, livestock enterprises, and summary information. The summary information includes whole farm historical trends and information by county, farm size, type of farm, debt to asset ratio, and operator age. Of the 114 farms in the Southwestern Association, the data for 107 farms are included in this report. The rest were omitted because the records were incomplete at the time that this report was prepared. In addition to this report, members receive an annual farm business analysis; on-farm instructional visits; end-of-year income tax planning and preparation; periodic meetings, tours, and seminars; a monthly newsletter; and other managerial and educational assistance. Each farmer pays an annual fee which covers the majority of the cost, with the balance defrayed by University of Minnesota Extension and research programs of the University of Minnesota.
A case study of stratus cloud base height multifractal fluctuations
Creators: name: Ivanova, K.
name: Shirer, H. N.
name: Clothiaux, E. E.
name: Kitova, N.
name: Mikhalev, M. A.
name: Ackerman, T. P.
name: Ausloos, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Condensed Matter (cond-mat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The complex structure of a typical stratus cloud base height (or profile) time series is analyzed with respect to the variability of its fluctuations and their correlations at all experimentally observed temporal scales. Due to the underlying processes that create these time series, they are expected to have multiscaling properties. For obtaining reliable measures of these scaling properties, different methods of statistical analysis are used herein : power spectral density, detrended fluctuation analysis, and multifractal analysis. This broad set of diagnostic techniques is applied to a typical stratus cloud base height (CBH) data set; data were obtained from the Southern Great Plains site of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program of the Department of Energy from a Belfort Laser Ceilometer. First, we demonstrate that this CBH time series is a nonstationary signal with stationary increments. Further, two scaling regimes are found, although the characteristic laws are quite similar ones. Next, the multi-affine scaling properties are confirmed. The scaling properties of the cloud base height profile of such a continental stratus are found to be similar to those of the marine cloud base height profiles studied by us previously. Some physical interpretation in terms of anomalous diffusion (or fractional random walk) is given for the continental case.
description: 17 pages, 7 figures; to appear in Physica A
Particulate matter 2.5 promotes inflammation and cellular dysfunction via reactive oxygen species/p38 MAPK pathway in primary rat corneal epithelial cells
Creators: name: Kim, Da Hye
name: Lee, Hyesook
name: Hwangbo, Hyun
name: Kim, So Young
name: Ji, Seon Yeong
name: Kim, Min Yeong
name: Park, Seh-Kwang
name: Park, Sung-Ho
name: Kim, Mi-Young
name: Kim, Gi-Young
name: Cheong, Jaehun
name: Nam, Soo-Wan
name: Choi, Yung Hyun
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Numerous studies have linked particulate matter2.5 (PM2.5) to ocular surface diseases, but few studies have been conducted on the biological effect of PM2.5 on the cornea. The objective of this study was to evaluate the harmful effect of PM2.5 on primary rat corneal epithelial cells (RCECs) in vitro and identify the toxic mechanism involved. Primary cultured RCECs were characterized by pan-cytokeratin (CK) staining. In PM2.5-exposed RCECs, cell viability, microarray gene expression, inflammatory cytokine levels, mitochondrial damage, DNA double-strand break, and signalling pathway were investigated. Exposure to PM2.5 induced cytotoxicity and morphological changes in RCECs. In addition, PM2.5 markedly up-regulated pro-inflammatory mediators but down-regulated the wound healing-related transforming growth factor-β. Furthermore, PM2.5 promoted mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and mediated cellular damage to mitochondria and DNA, whereas these cellular alterations induced by PM2.5 were markedly suppressed by a potential ROS scavenger. Noteworthy, removal of ROS selectively down-regulated the phosphorylation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and the activation of the nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) p65 in PM2.5-stimulated cells. Additionally, SB203580, a p38 MAPK inhibitor, markedly suppressed these PM2.5-mediated cellular dysfunctions. Taken together, our findings show that PM2.5 can promote the ROS/p38 MAPK/NF-κB signalling pathway and lead to mitochondrial damage and DNA double-strand break, which is ultimately caused inflammation and cytotoxicity in RCECs. These findings indicate that the ROS/p38 MAPK/NF-κB signalling pathway is one mechanism involved in PM2.5-induced ocular surface disorders.
Spectral Variability Aware Blind Hyperspectral Image Unmixing Based on Convex Geometry
Creators: name: Drumetz, Lucas
name: Chanussot, Jocelyn
name: Jutten, Christian
name: Ma, Wing-Kin
name: Iwasaki, Akira
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Hyperspectral image unmixing has proven to be a useful technique to interpret hyperspectral data, and is a prolific research topic in the community. Most of the approaches used to perform linear unmixing are based on convex geometry concepts, because of the strong geometrical structure of the linear mixing model. However, two main phenomena lead to question this model, namely nonlinearities and the spectral variability of the materials. Many algorithms based on convex geometry are still used when considering these two limitations of the linear model. A natural question is to wonder to what extent these concepts and tools (Intrinsic Dimensionality estimation, endmember extraction algorithms, pixel purity) can be safely used in these different scenarios. In this paper, we analyze them with a focus on endmember variability, assuming that the linear model holds. In the light of this analysis, we propose an integrated unmixing chain which tries to adress the shortcomings of the classical tools used in the linear case, based on our previously proposed extended linear mixing model. We show the interest of the proposed approach on simulated and real datasets.
Diplotaxis liberta
Creators: name: Freese, Edwin L.
name: Veal, Doug A.
name: Lago, Paul K.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Brassicales
Brassicaceae
Diplotaxis
Diplotaxis liberta

description: Diplotaxis liberta (Germar, 1824)
Wickham 1911; Vaurie 1956, 1960; Evans 2014; ELFC.
Collection dates: May.
Specimen label data: Waverly, Bremer Co., Iowa, 20 May 1969, T. Baru (ELFC).
 The majority of Iowa specimens previously determined to be Diplotaxis liberta were actually D. atlantis ; this indicates the literature record, when based on institutional specimens collected prior to this project, is likely incorrect; the single remaining Iowa specimen thus represents either an interesting range extension when compared to specimens in the USNM or a mislabeled specimen (M.J. Paulsen, pers. comm., April 2019).
County record: Bremer.
description: Published as part of Freese, Edwin L., Veal, Doug A. & Lago, Paul K., 2020, The Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) of Iowa: An annotated checklist, pp. 1-83 in Insecta Mundi 2020 (787) on page 31, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5353792
Equivalence of reflection paths of light and Feynman paths in stacked metasurfaces
Creators: name: Sperrhake, Jan
name: Falkner, Matthias
name: Fasold, Stefan
name: Kaiser, Thomas
name: Pertsch, Thomas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show the existence of virtual polarization states during the interaction of modes in metasurface stacks. In support of our findings we experimentally realize a metasurface stack, consisting of an isotropic layer of nano-patches and an anisotropic layer of nano-wires. Utilizing an analogy to the interaction of electrons at junctions in mesoscopic electron transport via Feynman paths, we present a semi-analytical description of the modal interaction inside this stack. We then derive a series of all possible reflection paths light can take inside the metasurface stack.
description: 7 pages, 5 figures
MOESM1 of Characterization of a d-lyxose isomerase from Bacillus velezensis and its application for the production of d-mannose and l-ribose
Creators: name: Zongren Guo
name: Liangkun Long
name: Shaojun Ding
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Comparsion of Kcat of various d-LIs. Figure S1. The phylogenetic tree analysis of d-lyxose isomerases of 19 amino acid sequences. (●) For this study. Numbers on nodes represent percentage bootstrap values for 1000 replicates. Figure. S2 Multiple alignment of the amino acid sequences of BvLI and other d-LIs from various microbiology. Figure. S3 SDS-PAGE analysis of purified recombinant BlAI. Lane M: protein marker; Lane 1, induced cell debris; Lane 2: crude extract of induced cell lysate; Lane 3: purified recombinant BlAI. Figure. S4 The effects of Co2+ and Mn2+ concentration on the activity of recombinant BvLI. Data represented the mean ± standard deviation from triplicate experiments.
Labor Supply of Fishermen: An Empirical Analysis
Creators: name: Stafford, Tess
name: Stafford, Tess
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2012
Subjects: Labor and Human Capital

description: When income effects are small, standard life-cycle models of labor supply predict a positive response in hours worked to increases in remuneration. However, several re- cent studies have found negative wage elasticities, casting doubt on the standard labor supply model. This paper aims to resolve some of this controversy by examining the responsiveness of the daily labor supply of fishermen to transitory variations in the wage using rich data from the Florida spiny lobster fishery. The data include complete records of all fishing trips made by Florida lobster fishermen over a twenty-year period and include two measures of effort - hours at sea and, when relevant, number of traps pulled - which makes it possible to look at the intensive labor supply margin in addition to the extensive margin. Results suggest that the wage elasticity of labor supply (par- ticipation) is positive and statistically different from zero, with a range of 1.05 to 1.31 for commercial trappers and 0.76 to 1.82 for commercial divers. Results also suggest that the wage elasticity of hours worked is positive and statistically different from zero, although quite small for trappers. Specifically, the elasticity ranges from 0.06 to 0.09 for trappers and 0.82 to 0.94 for divers. Although I do not specifically test a model of reference dependent preferences, these results support the standard neoclassical model of intertemporal substitution.
Angular versus radial correlation effects on momentum distributions of light two-electron ions
Creators: name: Ragot, Sebastien
name: Gillet, Jean-Michel
name: Becker, Pierre J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Atomic and Molecular Clusters (physics.atm-clus)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate different correlation mechanisms for two-electron systems and compare their respective effects on various electron distributions. The simplicity of the wave functions used allows for the derivation of closed-form analytical expressions for all electron distributions. Among other features, it is shown that angular and radial correlation mechanisms have opposite effects on Compton profiles at small momenta.
description: 22 pages, 5 figures, 3 table
Topology optimization of unsaturated flows in multi-material porous media: application to a simple diaper model
Creators: name: Wein, Fabian
name: Chen, Nan
name: Iqbal, Naveed
name: Stingl, Michael
name: Avila, Marc
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a mathematical approach to optimize the material distribution for fluid transport in unsaturated porous media. Our benchmark problem is a simplified diaper model as an exemplary liquid absorber. Our model has up to three materials with vastly different properties, which in the reference configuration are arranged in parallel layers. Here, swelling is neglected and the geometry of a swollen diaper is assumed and treated as a porous medium of high porosity. The imbibition process is then simulated by solving an unsaturated flow problem based on Richards' equation. Our aim is to maximize the amount of absorbed liquid by redistributing the materials. To this end, a density based multi-material topology optimization (based on the well known SIMP model) is performed. A sensitivity analysis for the nonlinear transient problem is provided, which enables the application of first order optimization solvers. We perform two- and three-material optimization and discuss several variants of the problem setting. We present designs with up to 45% more absorbed liquid compared to the reference configuration.
description: Accepted for publication in Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation
Additional file 2 of Harmonizing evidence-based practice, implementation context, and implementation strategies with user-centered design: a case example in young adult cancer care
Creators: name: Haines, Emily R.
name: Dopp, Alex
name: Lyon, Aaron R.
name: Witteman, Holly O.
name: Bender, Miriam
name: Vaisson, Gratianne
name: Hitch, Danielle
name: Birken, Sarah
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Information Systems
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Additional file 2. This file contains the cognitive interview guide, including the original Cancer Needs Questionnaire-Young People.
Removal of harmful algae by Shigella sp. H3 and Alcaligenes sp. H5: algicidal pathways and characteristics
Creators: name: Xue, Gang
name: Wang, Xiaonuan
name: Xu, Chenlan
name: Song, Binxue
name: Chen, Hong
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Application of algicidal bacteria is a promising technology to control harmful algal blooms (HABs). In this study, algicidal bacteria strains Shigella sp. H3 and Alcaligenes sp. H5 were obtained via two different isolation methods from the same lake water sample, with optimal algicidal efficiencies 96% and 74% against algae mixture. The Shigella sp. H3 and Alcaligenes sp. H5 lysed algae cells through cells-to-cells direct contact and secretion of algicidal metabolites, respectively. The stronger algicidal capability of Shigella sp. H3 was also attributable to its higher efficiency for triggering reactive oxygen species, which led to broken down of antioxidant system and more severe damage to the bacterial cells. The antioxidant enzyme activities in Alcaligenes sp. H5 group were still expressed because of its relatively weaker algicidal capability and some intact algal cells were remained. The liquid carbohydrates from algal lysis in both groups increased significantly, whereas the quantities of liquid protein decreased, which might be assimilated by algicidal bacteria. Nonetheless, the whole algicidal process resulted in the increase of total released organic matters content. This study revealed the algicidal pathways of diverse bacterial strains, and the possible secondary environmental problem caused by the algal released organic matters should be considered when applying bacteria to control HABs.
title: Préface_Notions élémentaires de photographie à l'usage des amateurs
Creators: name: AmateurS
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2020

description: Préface
description: ID_PARA_00789
MOESM1 of Improvement of Fab expression by screening combinatorial synonymous signal sequence libraries
Creators: name: Kulmala, Antti
name: Huovinen, Tuomas
name: LamminmĂ¤Ki, Urpo
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Primers used in the diversification of the regions of the PelB signal sequence. Fig. S1. Codon sequences of the analyzed library clones. The light chain PelB codon sequences of the variants are shown in the left column and the heavy chain PelB codon sequences of the variants are shown in the right column.
Characterization and Identification of Microorganisms Associated with Airborne Dust in Kuwait
Creators: name: Salameen, Fadila Al
name: Habibi, Nazima
name: Uddin, Saif
name: Mataqi, Khalil Al
name: Bashayer Al Doaij
name: Amad, Sami Al
name: Ebtisam Al Ali
name: Kumar, Vinod
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 60503 Microbial Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Frequent dust storms in Kuwait, locally known as Toz, are characteristic of the region, possibly due to the low topographic relief, sparse vegetation cover and strong turbulent and frequently blowing winds. Human activities such as over-grazing, and off road driving may also play an important role in occurrence of dust in Kuwait. The increasing frequency of dust storm is a potential health hazard for humans, as they often have associated chemicals and serve as carriers for biological material promoting infections upon inhalation has been demonstrated in previous studies undertaken by KISR. Few studies done in Asia, North America, the Middle East and Arabian Peninsula have addressed the issue of the impact of dust storms on human health and their roles in causing allergic reactions, asthama respiratory stress and fever and flu-like illnesses to death. Despite the significance of understanding the associated microbial populations with dust, negligible studies have been undertaken in Kuwait. In view of the above, we investigated the airborne, bacterial, and fungal species associated with dust aerosols from the air mass entering to Kuwait via the remote area and reaching the urban site. The project was focused on assessment of bacterial and fungal populations through metagenomic sequencing. The findings of the project provided baseline information on the assemblages of these microbes including the pathogenic forms associated with different size fractions of dust.
Cosmology with Galaxy Clusters in the XMM Large-Scale Structure Survey
Creators: name: Refregier, Alexandre
name: Valtchanov, Ivan
name: Pierre, Marguerite
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The upcoming XMM Large Scale Structure Survey (XMM-LSS) will ultimately provide a unique mapping of the distribution of X-ray sources in a contiguous 64 sq. deg. region. In particular, it will provide the 3-dimensional location of about 900 galaxy clusters out to a redshift of about 1. We study the prospects that this cluster catalogue offers for measuring cosmological parameters. We use the Press-Schechter formalism to predict the counts of clusters and their X-ray properties in several CDM models. We compute the detection efficiency of clusters, using realistic simulations of XMM X-ray images, and study how it differs from a conventional flux limit. We compute the expected correlation function of clusters using the extended halo model, and show that it is expected to evolve very little out to z~2, once the selection function of the survey is taken into account. The shape and the amplitude of the correlation function can be used to brake degeneracies present when cluster counts alone are considered. Ignoring systematic uncertainties, the combination of cluster counts evolution and of the correlation function yields measurements of Omega_m, sigma_8 and Gamma with a precision of about 15%, 10% and 35%, respectively, in a LCDM model. This combination will also provide a consistency check for the LCDM model, and a discrimination between this model and the OCDM model. The XMM-LSS will therefore provide important constraints on cosmological parameters, complementing that from other methods such as the Cosmic Microwave Background. We discuss how these constraints are affected by instrumental systematics and by the uncertainties in the scaling relations of clusters.
description: 11 LaTex pages, including 14 figures and 1 table. Accepted version to appear in A&A. Contains new section and figure on systematics. Also available at http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~ar
Additional file 4 of Harmonizing evidence-based practice, implementation context, and implementation strategies with user-centered design: a case example in young adult cancer care
Creators: name: Haines, Emily R.
name: Dopp, Alex
name: Lyon, Aaron R.
name: Witteman, Holly O.
name: Bender, Miriam
name: Vaisson, Gratianne
name: Hitch, Danielle
name: Birken, Sarah
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Information Systems
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Additional file 4. This file contains the Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research (SRQR) checklist.
MOESM1 of Myceliophthora thermophila Xyr1 is predominantly involved in xylan degradation and xylose catabolism
Creators: name: Gomes, Ana Dos Santos
name: Falkoski, Daniel
name: Battaglia, Evy
name: Peng, Mao
name: Almeida, Maira Nicolau De
name: Linares, Nancy Coconi
name: Meijnen, Jean-Paul
name: Visser, Jaap
name: Vries, Ronald De
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1. Combines Table S1 and Figure S1-S4.
Characterization and Identification of Microorganisms Associated with Airborne Dust in Kuwait
Creators: name: Habibi, Nazima
name: Salameen, Fadila Al
name: Uddin, Saif
name: Mataqi, Khalil Al
name: Bashayer Al Doaij
name: Amad, Sami Al
name: Ebtisam Al Ali
name: Kumar, Vinod
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 60503 Microbial Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Frequent dust storms in Kuwait, locally known as Toz, are characteristic of the region, possibly due to the low topographic relief, sparse vegetation cover and strong turbulent and frequently blowing winds. Human activities such as over-grazing, and off road driving may also play an important role in occurrence of dust in Kuwait. The increasing frequency of dust storm is a potential health hazard for humans, as they often have associated chemicals and serve as carriers for biological material promoting infections upon inhalation has been demonstrated in previous studies undertaken by KISR. Few studies done in Asia, North America, the Middle East and Arabian Peninsula have addressed the issue of the impact of dust storms on human health and their roles in causing allergic reactions, asthama respiratory stress and fever and flu-like illnesses to death. Despite the significance of understanding the associated microbial populations with dust, negligible studies have been undertaken in Kuwait. In view of the above, we investigated the airborne, bacterial, and fungal species associated with dust aerosols from the air mass entering to Kuwait via the remote area and reaching the urban site. The project was focused on assessment of bacterial and fungal populations through metagenomic sequencing. The findings of the project provided baseline information on the assemblages of these microbes including the pathogenic forms associated with different size fractions of dust.
The relationship between farm profit and nitrogen exports on representative dairy farms in the Moe River catchment, Victoria
Creators: name: Stott, Kerry
name: Doole, Graeme J.
name: Vigiak, Olga
name: Kumaran, Thabo
name: Roberts, Anna M.
name: Stott, Kerry
name: Doole, Graeme J.
name: Vigiak, Olga
name: Kumaran, Thabo
name: Roberts, Anna M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Farm Management
subject: nutrient management
subject: profit-pollution frontiers
subject: abatement costs.

description: Ambitious nutrient reduction targets have been set for the Gippsland Lakes, Victoria but at what cost to productive agriculture? An interdisciplinary approach is addressing this question for the Moe River catchment, a dairy-dominated catchment that is a major source of pollutants to the Gippsland Lakes. Off-farm nitrogen exports are being estimated by biophysical modellers, and economists are quantifying the impact of farming systems and agricultural practices on farm profitability. This information is assembled to form the interim profit-pollution frontier for nitrogen reported in this paper, and to calculate abatement costs. Phosphorus and sediment exports will be considered in future work. This information is intended for use in a landscape-optimisation model that highlights how land uses can best be spatially allocated in the catchment to meet end-of-valley pollution targets at least cost.
Hoplia laticollis LeConte 1856
Creators: name: Freese, Edwin L.
name: Veal, Doug A.
name: Lago, Paul K.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Melolonthidae
Hoplia
Hoplia laticollis

description: Hoplia laticollis LeConte, 1856
Worthington and Larsen 2010; ELFC; DAVC.
Collection dates: June–July.
 Specimens collected from dogwood flowers (Cornus spp.) and sweeping; one specimen from deer dung baited pitfall trap.
Specimen label data: Fish Farm Mounds Wildlife Area, Allamakee County, Iowa, 2 July 2003, sweeping, ELF (ELFC).
County records (Figure 110): Allamakee, Black Hawk, Winneshiek.
description: Published as part of Freese, Edwin L., Veal, Doug A. & Lago, Paul K., 2020, The Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) of Iowa: An annotated checklist, pp. 1-83 in Insecta Mundi 2020 (787) on page 32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5353792
Ordered Line and Skew-Fields in the Desargues Affine Plane
Creators: name: Zaka, Orgest
name: Peters, James F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: History and Overview (math.HO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 51-XX, 51Axx, 51A30, 51E15

description: This paper introduces ordered skew fields that result from the construction of a skew field over an ordered line in a Desargues affine plane. A special case of a finite ordered skew field in the construction of a skew field over an ordered line in a Desargues affine plane in Euclidean space, is also considered. Two main results are given in this paper: (1) every skew field constructed over a skew field over an ordered line in a Desargues affine plane is an ordered skew field and (2) every finite skew field constructed over a skew field over an ordered line in a Desargues affine plane in $\mathbb{R}^2$ is a finite ordered skew field.
description: 14 pages, 9 figures
The Cost of Red Dawn to the NSW Economy
Creators: name: Tozer, Peter R.
name: Tozer, Peter R.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2012
Subjects: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: On September 23, 2009 much of New South Wales awoke to a strange phenomenon, a huge cloud of red dust, “Red Dawn” the name given by the media to the event. This dust was sourced from the far west and northwest of the state and the Lake Eyre basin, and was lifted by a concurrence of weather events including strong frontal winds, that brought the effects of the dry winter of 2009 in central Australia to the city of Sydney and north-eastern New South Wales. Dust density caused disruptions to transport networks, and to commercial and domestic activities. These activities and disruptions imposed costs to the economy of the state and, based on data from primary and secondary sources and information from previous research in Australia and overseas, an estimate was made as to the costs of the dust storm on the economy. This estimate is $425 million with the major component imposed on households due to cleaning premises and cars, and other associated costs. The impacts on commercial activity varied across sectors, with construction and retail/services sectors incurring costs due to loss of production and productivity, and cleaning, totalling approximately $44 million. The transport sector suffered losses in the region of $10 million. Further losses in productivity and production across all other sectors of the economy through absenteeism imposed a further cost of $7.5 million dollars. Contrary to previous research the impacts on health and emergency services were negligible. Some benefits were also generated by the dust storm. One of which was the deposition of soil and soil nutrients on land used for production, this led to an estimated benefit to the economy of approximately $1.1 million. A benefit that was not measured was that of nutrient deposition on the ocean and the subsequent increase in algal blooms and increases in fish stocks.
URSACHEN FÜR UND RÄUMLICHE BESTIMMUNGSGRÜN-DE VON LÄNDERUNTERSCHIEDEN IM ÖKOLOGISCHEN LANDBAU WELTWEIT: THEORETISCHE ÜBERLEGUNGEN UND ERSTE ÖKONOMETRISCHE ANALYSEN
Creators: name: Heinrich, Barbara
name: Hernandez Villafuerte, Karla
name: Wurriehausen, Nadine
name: Lakner, Sebastian
name: Heinrich, Barbara
name: Hernandez Villafuerte, Karla
name: Wurriehausen, Nadine
name: Lakner, Sebastian
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Farm Management
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Public Economics
subject: Ökologischer Landbau
subject: multivariate Analyse
subject: Länderunterschiede weltweit
subject: räumliche Be-stimmungsgründe
subject: Öko-Fläche.

description: Der ökologische Landbau wächst weltweit: während sich die wachsende Nachfrage (noch) in Industrieländern konzentriert, findet die Produktion von Öko-Produkten (auch) in Schwellen- und Entwicklungsländern statt und entwickelt sich dynamisch. Diese Veränderungen sind international heterogen und im Zeitablauf schwankend. Die Ursachen und Bestimmungsgrün-de dieser globalen Länderunterschiede im ökologischen Landbau wurden bisher nicht syste-matisch untersucht und sind Gegenstand dieses Beitrags. Für zuvor aus der Literatur und theo-retisch hergeleitete Bestimmungsgründe werden Indikatoren herausgearbeitet und die Frage-stellung mit einem multivariaten, statischen, linearen Ansatz untersucht. In sechs Modellen werden als Proxy für den Sektor Ökolandbau die ökologisch bewirtschaftete Fläche sowie ihr Anteil an der Agrarfläche weltweit auf Länderebene geschätzt, als Datengrundlage dienen aggregierte Sekundärdaten verschiedener Institutionen. Die Ergebnisse erlauben Einsichten über die Größenordnung der einzelnen Einflussfaktoren: im weltweiten Vergleich sind vor allem Unterschiede in der Qualität der Infrastruktur (und mit ihr im Marktzugang und im Ein-kommensniveau eines Landes) bedeutsam, innerhalb der Gruppe der Schwellen- und Ent-wicklungsländer besitzen Unterschiede in der Bodenqualität einen ebenso großen Einfluss. Zudem haben kleinere Länder relativ eine größere Öko-Fläche. Ein direkter Einfluss der In-tensität der konventionellen Landwirtschaft konnte nicht nachgewiesen werden. Erweiterte Modelle, zusätzliche methodische Ansätze wie auch höher aufgelöste Daten für die einzelnen Weltregionen könnten zukünftig weitere, differenzierte Einblicke ermöglichen.
Genome-wide analysis of thetranscriptional response to porcinereproductive and respiratory syndromevirus infection at the maternal/fetalinterface and in the fetus
Creators: name: Wilkinson, Jamie M.; Bao, Hua; Ladinig, Andrea; Hong, Linjun; Stothard, Paul; Lunney, Joan K.; Plastow, Graham S.; Harding, John C. S.
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Libraries
Year: 2016

Abstract
Hoplia modesta Haldeman 1843
Creators: name: Freese, Edwin L.
name: Veal, Doug A.
name: Lago, Paul K.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Melolonthidae
Hoplia
Hoplia modesta

description: Hoplia modesta Haldeman, 1843
Wickham 1911; Boyer 1940; Hardy 1977; Harpootlian 2001; ISIC; USNM; DAVC; ELFC.
Collection dates: June.
 Collected from dogwood flowers (Cornus spp.).
County records (Figure 111): Allamakee, Black Hawk, Dallas, Dickinson, Henry, Iowa, Johnson, Lee, Linn, Polk, Story, Van Buren.
description: Published as part of Freese, Edwin L., Veal, Doug A. & Lago, Paul K., 2020, The Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) of Iowa: An annotated checklist, pp. 1-83 in Insecta Mundi 2020 (787) on page 32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5353792
Electron-phonon scattering in quantum point contacts
Creators: name: Seelig, Georg
name: Matveev, K. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the negative correction to the quantized value $2e^2/h$ of the conductance of a quantum point contact due to the backscattering of electrons by acoustic phonons. The correction shows activated temperature dependence and also gives rise to a zero-bias anomaly in conductance. Our results are in qualitative agreement with recent experiments studying the 0.7 feature in the conductance of quantum point contacts.
description: 4 pages, no figures
Hoplia trifasciata Say 1825
Creators: name: Freese, Edwin L.
name: Veal, Doug A.
name: Lago, Paul K.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Melolonthidae
Hoplia
Hoplia trifasciata

description: Hoplia trifasciata Say, 1825
Wickham 1911; Boyer 1940; Hardy 1977; IWUC; ELFC; DAVC.
Collection dates: April–May.
 Collected from dogwood (Cornus spp.) and wild plum (Prunus americana) flowers and in flight.
County records (Figure 112): Allamakee, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Dallas, Henry, Johnson, Lee, Linn, Muscatine, Ringgold, Story, Van Buren, Washington.
description: Published as part of Freese, Edwin L., Veal, Doug A. & Lago, Paul K., 2020, The Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) of Iowa: An annotated checklist, pp. 1-83 in Insecta Mundi 2020 (787) on page 32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5353792
MOESM1 of Combined resistance to oxidative stress and reduced antenna size enhance light-to-biomass conversion efficiency in Chlorella vulgaris cultures
Creators: name: DallâOsto, Luca
name: Cazzaniga, Stefano
name: Guardini, Zeno
name: Barera, Simone
name: Benedetti, Manuel
name: Mannino, Giuseppe
name: Maffei, Massimo
name: Bassi, Roberto
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. Screening strategy used to isolate pale-green mutant of C. vulgaris. Figure S2. Growth curves of WT and pale-green mutants of C. vulgaris, under autotrophic conditions. Figure S3. Immunotitration of major photosynthetic subunits. Table S1. Acyl chain composition of lipid fraction from WT and mutants PG-14 and SOR.
Evolution of massive binary black holes
Creators: name: Yu, Qingjuan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Since many or most galaxies have central massive black holes (BHs), mergers of galaxies can form massive binary black holes (BBHs). In this paper, we study the evolution of massive BBHs in realistic galaxy models, using a generalization of techniques used to study tidal disruption rates around massive BHs. The evolution of BBHs depends on BH mass ratio and host galaxy type. BBHs with very low mass ratios (say, $\la$ 0.001) are hardly ever formed by mergers of galaxies because the dynamical friction timescale is too long for the smaller BH to sink into the galactic center within a Hubble time. BBHs with moderate mass ratios are most likely to form and survive in spherical or nearly spherical galaxies and in high-luminosity or high-dispersion galaxies; they are most likely to have merged in low-dispersion galaxies (line-of-sight velocity dispersion $\la$ 90 km/s) or in highly flattened or triaxial galaxies. The semimajor axes and orbital periods of surviving BBHs are generally in the range 10^{-3}-10 pc and 10-10^5 yr; and they are larger in high-dispersion galaxies than in low-dispersion galaxies, larger in nearly spherical galaxies than in highly flattened or triaxial galaxies, and larger for BBHs with equal masses than for BBHs with unequal masses. The orbital velocities of surviving BBHs are generally in the range 10^2-10^4 km/s. The methods of detecting surviving BBHs are also discussed. If no evidence of BBHs is found in AGNs, this may be either because gas plays a major role in BBH orbital decay or because nuclear activity switches on soon after a galaxy merger, and ends before the smaller BH has had time to spiral to the center of the galaxy.
description: 32 pages, including 14 figures, submitted to MNRAS
KMS, etc
Creators: name: Birke, L.
name: Froehlich, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A general form of the ``Wick rotation'', starting from imaginary-time Green functions of quantum-mechanical systems in thermal equilibrium at positive temperature, is established. Extending work of H. Araki, the role of the KMS condition and of an associated anti-unitary symmetry operation, the ``modular conjugation'', in constructing analytic continuations of Green functions from real- to imaginary times, and back, is clarified. The relationship between the KMS condition for the vacuum with respect to Lorentz boosts, on one hand, and the spin-statistics connection and the PCT theorem, on the other hand, in local, relativistic quantum field theory is recalled. General results on the reconstruction of local quantum theories in various non-trivial gravitational backgrounds from ``Euclidian amplitudes'' are presented. In particular, a general form of the KMS condition is proposed and applied, e.g., to the Unruh- and the Hawking effects. This paper is dedicated to Huzihiro Araki on the occasion of his seventieth birthday, with admiration, affection and best wishes.
description: 56 pages, submitted to J. Math. Phys