cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Phenotype and genotype of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) isolated from the tiger grouper Epinephelus fuscoguttatus alimentary tract
Creators: name: Universitas Gadjah Mada
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 70499 Fisheries Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Agriculture, forestry and fisheries
subject: Marine Biology

description: Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) have been isolated successfully from the tiger grouper Epinephelus fuscoguttatus intestine. However, their genus or species have not been identified. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to characterize the three isolated LAB (KSBU-12C, KSBU-5Da, and KSBU-9) based on their phenotype and genotype. The LAB phenotype was examined by observing morphological features including cell morphology, spore production and motility. The physiological tests were performed in 6.5% NaCl at the temperatures of 10 C and 45 C, and the biochemical tests were evaluated based on the production of enzymes catalase, oxidase and arginine dehydrolase, following the Standard Analytical Profile Index, API 50 CH kit. The genotype was examined based on 16S rDNA gene sequence analysis , and the products were analyzed using the BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool) NCBI database. The three isolates (KSBU-5Da, KSBU-12C, and KSBU-9) were categorized into the genus Enterococcus. 16S rDNA sequence analysis indicated that the isolates had 99% similarity to E. hirae ATCC 9790, registered in GenBank with accession number NR_075022.1. It was concluded that the three LAB isolates taken from the tiger grouper Epinephelus fuscoguttatus are E. hirae.
Big Data and Smallholder Farmers: Big Data Applications in the Agri-Food Supply Chain in Developing Countries
Creators: name: Protopop, Iuliia
name: Shanoyan, Aleksan
name: Protopop, Iuliia
name: Shanoyan, Aleksan
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Food Security and Poverty
subject: International Development
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: big data
subject: smallholder farms
subject: agribusiness
subject: ICT
subject: Africa

description: The potential of big data (BD) applications in agriculture is attracting a growing interest from food and agribusiness industry players, researchers, and policy makers. Possible gains in agricultural productivity and supply chain efficiency from BD-based solutions can help address the challenge of doubling the food supply by 2050. Most of the research in this area evolves around commercial agricultural production in developed countries with relatively limited attention to BD-based solutions focused on smallholder farms in developing countries. This paper provides an overview of the existing and emerging technologies that can potentially enhance the big data application in the agribusiness value chain in developing countries, and presents a discussion of four successful cases of big data applications targeting smallholder producers. This paper also highlights drivers and barriers for smallholder-oriented applications in the agri-food supply chain in developing countries and discusses related implications for policy makers, private industry, and NGOs.
description: The IFAMR is published quarterly my IFAMA. For more information visit: www.ifama.org.
Randall-Sundrum models and the regularized AdS/CFT correspondence
Creators: name: Perez-Victoria, Manuel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It has been proposed that Randall-Sundrum models can be holographically described by a regularized (broken) conformal field theory. We analyze the foundations of this duality using a regularized version of the AdS/CFT correspondence. We compare two- and three-point correlation functions and find the same behaviour in both descriptions. In particular, we show that the regularization of the deformed CFT generates kinetic terms for the sources, which hence can be naturally treated as dynamical fields. We also discuss the counterterms required for two- and three-point correlators in the renormalized AdS/CFT correspondence.
description: Added references, 41 pages
Milli-RIO: Ego-Motion Estimation with Low-Cost Millimetre-Wave Radar
Creators: name: Almalioglu, Yasin
name: Turan, Mehmet
name: Lu, Chris Xiaoxuan
name: Trigoni, Niki
name: Markham, Andrew
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Robust indoor ego-motion estimation has attracted significant interest in the last decades due to the fast-growing demand for location-based services in indoor environments. Among various solutions, frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) radar sensors in millimeter-wave (MMWave) spectrum are gaining more prominence due to their intrinsic advantages such as penetration capability and high accuracy. Single-chip low-cost MMWave radar as an emerging technology provides an alternative and complementary solution for robust ego-motion estimation, making it feasible in resource-constrained platforms thanks to low-power consumption and easy system integration. In this paper, we introduce Milli-RIO, an MMWave radar-based solution making use of a single-chip low-cost radar and inertial measurement unit sensor to estimate six-degrees-of-freedom ego-motion of a moving radar. Detailed quantitative and qualitative evaluations prove that the proposed method achieves precisions on the order of few centimeters for indoor localization tasks.
description: Submitted to IEEE Sensors, 9pages
Non-dissipative photospheres in GRBs: Spectral appearance in the Fermi/GBM catalogue
Creators: name: Acuner, Zeynep
name: Ryde, Felix
name: Yu, Hoi-Fung
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A large fraction of gamma-ray burst (GRB) spectra are very hard below the peak. Indeed, the observed distribution of sub-peak power-law indices, $α$, has been used as an argument for a photospheric origin of GRB spectra. Here, we investigate what fraction of GRBs have spectra that are consistent with emission from a photopshere in a non-dissipative outflow. This is the simplest possible photospheric emission scenario. We create synthetic spectra, with a range of peak energies, by folding the theoretical predictions through the detector response of the FERMI/GBM detector. These simulated spectral data are fit with typically employed empirical models. We find that the low-energy photon indices obtain values ranging $-0.4 < α< 0.0$, peaking at around $-0.1$, thus covering a non-negligible fraction of observed values. These values are significantly softer than the asymptotic value of the theoretical spectrum of $α\sim 0.4$. The reason for the $α$-values to be much softer than expected, is the limitation of the empirical functions to capture the true curvature of the theoretical spectrum. We conclude that more than a $1/4$ of the bursts in the GBM catalogue have at least one time-resolved spectrum, whose $α$-values are consistent with a non-dissipative outflow, releasing its thermal energy at the photosphere. The fraction of spectra consistent with emission from the photosphere will increase even more if dissipation of kinetic energy in the flow occurs below the photosphere.
description: Accepted; MNRAS
Intersecting Membranes from Charged Macroscopic Strings
Creators: name: Biswas, Anindya
name: Panigrahi, Kamal Lochan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a class of orthogonal membrane configurations which preserve 1/4 of the full type IIA supersymmetry. These membrane configurations carry additional F-string charges. We further analyze the D1-D3 configuration after applying T- duality along the world volume directions of the above orthogonal membranes.
description: 9 pages, latex, to appear in Mod. Phys. Letts. A
Freedericksz-like positional transition of a micro-droplet suspended in a nematic cell
Creators: name: Xiao, Ke
name: Chen, Xi
name: Wu, Chen-Xu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, a Freedericksz-like positional transition is found for a spherical micro-droplet suspended in a nematic liquid crystal cell in the presence of an external electric field. Based on the numerical calculation of elastic energy using Green function method, the equilibrium position of micro-droplet is decided through a competition between the buoyant force and the effective force built by the elastic energy gradient existing inside the nematic liquid crystal(NLC) cell. It is shown that the elastic energy dominates the kinetics of micro-droplet until the external field applied reaches a critical value large enough to flatten the elastic energy contour in the central region, which enables the asymmetric buoyant force to drive the liquid droplet abruptly from the cell midplane to a new equilibrium position. It is also found that such a threshold value of external field, which triggers positional transition, depends on thickness $L$ and Frank elastic constant $K$, in a Freedericksz-like manner, but multiplied by a factor of $3\sqrtπ$. An explicit formula proposed for the critical electric field agrees extremely well with the numerical calculation.
IGF-1 and cardiometabolic diseases: a Mendelian randomisation study
Creators: name: Larsson, Susanna C.
name: Michaëlsson, Karl
name: Burgess, Stephen
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2020
Subjects: Article
IGF-1
Insulin-like growth factor
Mendelian randomisation
Type 2 diabetes

description: Abstract: Aims/hypothesis: Abnormal serum IGF-1 levels are associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. However, the causal role of IGF-1 levels within the normal range in cardiometabolic disease remains unclear. We employed Mendelian randomisation to explore the associations between genetically predicted serum IGF-1 levels and cardiometabolic diseases. Methods: Serum IGF-1 levels were predicted using 416 SNPs associated with IGF-1 levels among 358,072 individuals in UK Biobank. Genetic association estimates for the outcomes were obtained from consortia of type 2 diabetes (74,124 cases, 824,006 controls), coronary artery disease (60,801 cases, 123,504 controls), heart failure (47,309 cases, 930,014 controls), atrial fibrillation (65,446 cases, 522,744 controls), and ischaemic stroke (60,341 cases, 454,450 controls). Results: Genetic predisposition to elevated serum IGF-1 levels was associated with higher risk of type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease. The OR (95% CI) per SD increment in IGF-1 level was 1.14 (1.05, 1.24) for type 2 diabetes and 1.09 (1.02, 1.16) for coronary artery disease. The association between IGF-1 and coronary artery disease was attenuated after adjustment for type 2 diabetes (OR 1.06 [95% CI 1.00, 1.13]), suggesting that the association may be partly mediated via type 2 diabetes. There was limited evidence of associations between IGF-1 levels and heart failure, atrial fibrillation and ischaemic stroke. Conclusions/interpretation: This study found evidence that increased IGF-1 levels may be causally associated with higher risk of type 2 diabetes. Graphical abstract
Curtonotum hendelianum
Creators: name: Klymko, John
name: Marshall, Stephen A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Curtonotidae
Curtonotum
Curtonotum hendelianum

description: Curtonotum hendelianum (Enderlein)
Holotype: ♀: SURINAME. (HNHM). We have seen only photographs provided by G. Lengyel (HNHM).
description: Published as part of Klymko, John & Marshall, Stephen A., 2011, Systematics of New World Curtonotum Macquart (Diptera: Curtonotidae) 3079, pp. 1-110 in Zootaxa 3079 (1) on page 86, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3079.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5243925
Programmatic Politics and Voter Preferences: The 2017 Election in Kulon Progo, Yogyakarta
Creators: name: Universitas Gadjah Mada
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 160606 Government and Politics of Asia and the Pacific
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: 160603 Comparative Government and Politics

description: Vote buying and patronage distribution have become widespread in Indonesian elections. Yet, it is also evident that some candidates use programmatic strategies to compete. Drawing on the case of the 2017 election in Kulon Progo district, Yogyakarta Special Region, and using a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods, this article seeks to explain why the incumbent opted out of vote buying and similar clientelistic strategies and why voters supported his programmatic approach. We show that the incumbent prepared vote buying as a fallback strategy but did not activate it. He was able to make this choice because he faced little competition and had invested politically in programmatic policies, though he was also assisted by his ability to manipulate his proximity with the Yogyakarta Sultanate for electoral purposes. This article shows that Indonesian voters can be highly appreciative of programmatic approaches, rather than simply being the “ballot-sellers” they are often assumed to be in the literature on money politics and patronage. In this case, moreover, programmatic success produced a less competitive election that in turn created the possibility for the incumbent candidate to opt out of clientelism.
Additional file 3 of A novel Silva pattern-based model for precisely predicting recurrence in intermediate-risk cervical adenocarcinoma patients
Creators: name: Guo, Chenyan
name: Tao, Xiang
name: Zhang, Lihong
name: Zhang, Ying
name: Hua, Keqin
name: Qiu, Junjun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 3. Fig. S2. Three-factor model performance comparison
Mountains of Maize, Persistent Poverty
Creators: name: Jayne, Thomas S.
name: Mason, Nicole M.
name: Burke, William J.
name: Shipekesa, Arthur M.
name: Chapoto, Antony
name: Kabaghe, Chance
name: Jayne, Thomas S.
name: Mason, Nicole M.
name: Burke, William J.
name: Shipekesa, Arthur M.
name: Chapoto, Antony
name: Kabaghe, Chance
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Food Security and Poverty
subject: maize
subject: poverty
subject: Zambia

description: The past two years are a tribute to Zambian farmers; they have responded admirably to government efforts to promote maize production. But ironically, rural poverty remains stubbornly high despite the fact that the government has spent over 2% of the nation’s gross domestic product in supporting maize production and subsidizing inputs for farmers. Why is it that maize production has increased so impressively without making a serious dent in rural poverty? And what are the lessons for the new government?
What Are Observables in Hamiltonian Einstein–Maxwell Theory?
Creators: name: Pitts, J. Brian
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2019
Subjects: Article
Gauge freedom
Constrained Hamiltonian dynamics
Problem of time
Observables

description: Abstract: Is change missing in Hamiltonian Einstein–Maxwell theory? Given the most common definition of observables (having weakly vanishing Poisson bracket with each first-class constraint), observables are constants of the motion and nonlocal. Unfortunately this definition also implies that the observables for massive electromagnetism with gauge freedom (‘Stueckelberg’) are inequivalent to those of massive electromagnetism without gauge freedom (‘Proca’). The alternative Pons–Salisbury–Sundermeyer definition of observables, aiming for Hamiltonian–Lagrangian equivalence, uses the gauge generator G, a tuned sum of first-class constraints, rather than each first-class constraint separately, and implies equivalent observables for equivalent massive electromagnetisms. For General Relativity, G generates 4-dimensional Lie derivatives for solutions. The Lie derivative compares different space-time points with the same coordinate value in different coordinate systems, like 1 a.m. summer time versus 1 a.m. standard time, so a vanishing Lie derivative implies constancy rather than covariance. Requiring equivalent observables for equivalent formulations of massive gravity confirms that G must generate the 4-dimensional Lie derivative (not 0) for observables. These separate results indicate that observables are invariant under internal gauge symmetries but covariant under external gauge symmetries, but can this bifurcated definition work for mixed theories such as Einstein–Maxwell theory? Pons, Salisbury and Shepley have studied G for Einstein–Yang–Mills. For Einstein–Maxwell, both Fμν and gμν are invariant under electromagnetic gauge transformations and covariant (changing by a Lie derivative) under 4-dimensional coordinate transformations. Using the bifurcated definition, these quantities count as observables, as one would expect on non-Hamiltonian grounds.
Physicochemical Properties of Gelatin Extracted from Buffalo Hide Pretreated with Different Acids
Creators: name: Universitas Gadjah Mada
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 90805 Food Processing
subject: FOS: Other engineering and technologies
subject: 100103 Agricultural Molecular Engineering of Nucleic Acids and Proteins
subject: FOS: Agricultural biotechnology

description: The acid pretreatment of collagen molecules disrupts their crosslinks and assists in the release of acid-soluble proteins, fats, and other components. Generally, to achieve optimum extraction efficiency, strong acids may be used at a lower acid concentration compared to weak acids. This study aimed to determine the yield and physicochemical properties of gelatins extracted from buffalo hides pretreated with different acids. Hides were extracted with hydrochloric, citric, and acetic acids at concentrations of 0.3, 0.6, 0.9, 1.2, and 1.5 M. A completely randomized design and the least significant difference test were used in the experimental design, and all measurements were performed in triplicate. The highest yield (29.17%) was obtained from pretreatment with 0.9 M HCl. The gel strength did not differ significantly (p>0.05) according to acid type (280.26-259.62 g Bloom), and the highest viscosity was obtained from the 0.6 M citric acid pretreatment. All the gelatins contained α- and β-chain components and several degraded peptides (24-66 kDa). The color and Fourier-transform infrared spectrum of the gelatin extracted using 0.9 M HCl were similar to those of commercial bovine skin gelatin. In general, the physicochemical properties of the gelatin complied with the industry standard set by the Gelatin Manufacturers Institute of America, revealing that buffalo hide could serve as a potential alternative source of gelatin.
Phenomenology of anomalous transport in disordered one-dimensional systems
Creators: name: Schulz, Maximilian
name: Taylor, Scott R.
name: Scardicchio, Antonello
name: Žnidarič, Marko
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study anomalous transport arising in disordered one-dimensional spin chains, specifically focusing on the subdiffusive transport typically found in a phase preceding the many-body localization transition. Different types of transport can be distinguished by the scaling of the average resistance with the system's length. We address the following question: what is the distribution of resistance over different disorder realizations, and how does it differ between transport types? In particular, an often evoked so-called Griffiths picture, that aims to explain slow transport as being due to rare regions of high disorder, would predict that the diverging resistivity is due to fat power-law tails in the resistance distribution. Studying many-particle systems with and without interactions we do not find any clear signs of fat tails. The data is compatible with distributions that decay faster than any power law required by the fat tails scenario. Among the distributions compatible with the data, a simple additivity argument suggests a Gaussian distribution for a fractional power of the resistance.
description: Close to published version. 9 pages, 9 figures
ANTHROPOGENETIC MYTHONYMS IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK LINGUISTICS
Creators: name: Komilova, Nafosat
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This article explores the significant role of anthropogenetic mythonyms (mythological figures embodying human-like traits or origins) in shaping cultural narratives and reflecting societal values in both English and Uzbek linguistics. By examining a range of figures, including the Devil/Shayton and Alvasti (representing temptation and misfortune), Solomon/Sulaymon (embodying wisdom and justice), Giant/Dev (symbolizing power and adversity), Hercules and Rustam (heroic archetypes), and Prometheus and Khizr (representing enlightenment and self-sacrifice), the article demonstrates how these figures transcend their original narratives to become powerful cultural touchstones. The analysis reveals how these mythonyms are not merely characters in stories but dynamic forces that influence language through proverbs, phraseologisms, and comparative expressions, shaping our understanding of human nature, morality, and the complex interplay between good and evil. The article highlights both the universal themes reflected in these figures and the culturally specific nuances that emerge in their linguistic manifestations, illustrating the enduring power of myth to inform and enrich human communication across diverse cultural landscapes.
REVISTA MEXICANA DE AGRONEGOCIOS 37 LA METODOLOGIA “UALAE” IMPLEMENTADA EN LA ADMINISTRACIÓN DE UNA EMPRESA LECHERA
Creators: name: Aguilar Valdés, Alfredo
name: Cabral Martell, Agustín
name: Alvarado Martínez, Felipe
name: Alvarado Martínez, Tomás
name: Rubio Marcial, Roberto David
name: Aguilar Valdés, Alfredo
name: Cabral Martell, Agustín
name: Alvarado Martínez, Felipe
name: Alvarado Martínez, Tomás
name: Rubio Marcial, Roberto David
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: UALAE method
subject: stages
subject: flexible.

description: The UALAE methodology is a theoretical protocol, complemented with practical aspects that are observed on a daily basis in agricultural enterprises. This methodology consists of twelve consecutive stages that are used to determine the conditions and status of the company to which it is applied. These are: mission, vision, objectives, policies, programs, strategies, tactics, diagnostic, forecasting, conclusions and recommendations, controls, and finally, the presentation of the results. As an exercise, this methodology deals with basic theoretical aspects that need to be supported or complemented by the practical characteristics of agricultural enterprises. The complexity depends on the geographical location and the company's size, whether it is at a local, regional, national, or international level. The methodology is flexible and can be adapted to the size and type of agricultural enterprise to which it is applied.
Genetic polymorphisms of HLA-DP and isolated anti-HBc are important subsets of occult hepatitis B infection in Indonesian blood donors: a case-control study
Creators: name: Universitas Gadjah Mada
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: Pathology

description: Occult hepatitis B infection (OBI) is defined as the presence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA in the serum and/or liver in HBsAg-negative individuals. OBI is associated with the risk of viral transmission, especially in developing countries, and with progressive liver disease and reactivation in immunosuppressive patients. The objective of this study was to evaluate the relation of OBI to HLA-DP single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) encoding antigen-binding sites for the immune response to HBV infection. As HLA-DP variants affect the mRNA expression of HLA-DPA1 and HLA-DPB1 in the liver, we hypothesised that high levels of HLA-DPA1 and HLA-DPB1 expression favour OBI development. This study enrolled 456 Indonesian healthy blood donors (HBsAg negative). OBI was defined as the presence of HBV-DNA in at least two of four open reading frames (ORFs) of the HBV genome detected by nested PCR. SNPs in HLA-DPA1 (rs3077) and HLA-DPB1 (rs3135021, rs9277535, and rs2281388) were genotyped using real-time Taqman® genotyping assays. Of 122 samples positive for anti-HBs and/or anti-HBc, 17 were determined as OBI. The minor allele in rs3077 was significantly correlated with OBI [odds ratio (OR) = 3.87, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.58–9.49, p = 0.0015]. The
prevalence of the minor allele (T) was significantly higher in subjects with OBI than in those without (59% and 33%, respectively). The combination of haplotype markers (TGA for rs3077–rs3135021–rs9277535) was associated with increased risk of OBI (OR = 4.90, 95%CI = 1.12–21.52 p = 0.038). The prevalence of OBI was highest in the isolated anti-HBc group among the three seropositive categories: anti-HBs <500 mIU/ml, anti-HBs ≥500 mIU/ml, and isolated anti-HBc (29.41%, p = 0.014).In conclusion, genetic variants of HLA-DP and the presence of anti-HBc are important predictors of OBI in Indonesian blood donors.
Detecting exoplanets with FAST?
Creators: name: Zarka, Philippe
name: Li, Di
name: Grießmeier, Jean-Mathias
name: Lamy, Laurent
name: Girard, Julien N.
name: Hess, Sébastien L. G.
name: Lazio, T. Joseph W.
name: Hallinan, Gregg
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We briefly review the various proposed scenarios that may lead to nonthermal radio emissions from exoplanetary systems (planetary magnetospheres, magnetosphere-ionosphere and magnetosphere-satellite coupling, and star-planet interactions), and the physical information that can be drawn from their detection. The latter scenario is especially favorable to the production of radio emission above 70\,MHz. We summarize the results of past and recent radio searches, and then discuss FAST characteristics and observation strategy, including synergies. We emphasize the importance of polarization measurements and a high duty-cycle for the very weak targets that radio-exoplanets prove to be.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures, published in the mini-volume on FAST science potentials in the journal Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Supplementary document for Single-Input Polarization-Sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography Through a Catheter - 6540704.pdf
Creators: name: Jones, Georgia
name: Xiong, Qiaozhou
name: Liu, Xinyu
name: Bouma, Brett
name: Villiger, Martin
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2023
Subjects: Signal Processing

description: Supplementary Material
Transcriptomic analysis of insecticide resistance in the lymphatic filariasis vector Culex quinquefasciatus
Creators: name: Silva Martins, Walter Fabricio
name: Wilding, Craig Stephen
name: Isaacs, Alison Taylor
name: Rippon, Emily Joy
name: Megy, Karine
name: Donnelly, Martin James
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2019
Subjects: Article
/631/208/199
/631/208/212
/38/61
/38/77
/38/90
article

description: Abstract: Culex quinquefasciatus plays an important role in transmission of vector-borne diseases of public health importance, including lymphatic filariasis (LF), as well as many arboviral diseases. Currently, efforts to tackle C. quinquefasciatus vectored diseases are based on either mass drug administration (MDA) for LF, or insecticide-based interventions. Widespread and intensive insecticide usage has resulted in increased resistance in mosquito vectors, including C. quinquefasciatus. Herein, the transcriptome profile of Ugandan bendiocarb-resistant C. quinquefasciatus was explored to identify candidate genes associated with insecticide resistance. High levels of insecticide resistance were observed for five out of six insecticides tested, with the lowest mortality (0.97%) reported to permethrin, while for DDT, lambdacyhalothrin, bendiocarb and deltamethrin the mortality rate ranged from 1.63–3.29%. Resistance to bendiocarb in exposed mosquitoes was marked, with 2.04% mortality following 1 h exposure and 58.02% after 4 h. Genotyping of the G119S Ace-1 target site mutation detected a highly significant association (p < 0.0001; OR = 25) between resistance and Ace1-119S. However, synergist assays using the P450 inhibitor PBO, or the esterase inhibitor TPP resulted in markedly increased mortality (to ≈80%), suggesting a role of metabolic resistance in the resistance phenotype. Using a novel, custom 60 K whole-transcriptome microarray 16 genes significantly overexpressed in resistant mosquitoes were detected, with the P450 Cyp6z18 showing the highest differential gene expression (>8-fold increase vs unexposed controls). These results provide evidence that bendiocarb resistance in Ugandan C. quinquefasciatus is mediated by both target-site mechanisms and over-expression of detoxification enzymes.
Thermal Instability in a Cooling and Expanding Medium Including Self-Gravity and Conduction
Creators: name: Gomez-Pelaez, A. J.
name: Moreno-Insertis, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A systematic study of the linear thermal stability of a medium subject to cooling, self-gravity and thermal conduction is carried out for the case when the unperturbed state is subject to global cooling and expansion. A general, recursive WKB solution for the perturbation problem is obtained which can be applied to a large variety of situations in which there is a separation of time-scales for the different physical processes. Solutions are explicitly given and discussed for the case when sound propagation and/or self-gravity are the fastest processes, with cooling, expansion and thermal conduction operating on slower time-scales. A brief discussion is also added for the solutions in the cases in which cooling or conduction operate on the fastest time-scale. The general WKB solution obtained in this paper permits solving the problem of the effect of thermal conduction and self-gravity on the thermal stability of a globally cooling and expanding medium. As a result of the analysis, the critical wavelength (often called Field length) above which cooling makes the perturbations unstable against the action of thermal conduction is generalized to the case of an unperturbed background with net cooling. As an astrophysical application, the generalized Field length is calculated for a hot (10^4 - 10^8 K), optically thin medium (as pertains, for instance, for the hot interstellar medium of SNRs or superbubbles) using a realistic cooling function and including a weak magnetic field. The stability domains are compared with the predictions made on the basis of models for which the background is in thermal equilibrium. The instability domain of the sound waves, in particular, is seen to be much larger in the case with net global cooling.
description: 36 pages, 6 figures, accepted by ApJ, probable publication date: April 20, 2002
Psychoneural reduction: a perspective from neural circuits
Creators: name: Parker, David
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2019
Subjects: Article
Psychoneural reduction
Memory
Neural network
Neural circuit
Behaviour

description: Abstract: Psychoneural reduction has been debated extensively in the philosophy of neuroscience. In this article I will evaluate metascientific approaches that claim direct molecular and cellular explanations of cognitive functions. I will initially consider the issues involved in linking cellular properties to behaviour from the general perspective of neural circuits. These circuits that integrate the molecular and cellular components underlying cognition and behaviour, making consideration of circuit properties relevant to reductionist debates. I will then apply this general perspective to specific systems where psychoneural reduction has been claimed, namely hippocampal long-term potentiation and the Aplysia gill-withdrawal reflex.
Electro-haptic enhancement of speech-in-noise performance in cochlear implant users
Creators: name: Fletcher, Mark D.
name: Hadeedi, Amatullah
name: Goehring, Tobias
name: Mills, Sean R.
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2019
Subjects: Article
/631/378/3917
/631/477/2811
/692/308/575
/139
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article

description: Abstract: Cochlear implant (CI) users receive only limited sound information through their implant, which means that they struggle to understand speech in noisy environments. Recent work has suggested that combining the electrical signal from the CI with a haptic signal that provides crucial missing sound information (“electro-haptic stimulation”; EHS) could improve speech-in-noise performance. The aim of the current study was to test whether EHS could enhance speech-in-noise performance in CI users using: (1) a tactile signal derived using an algorithm that could be applied in real time, (2) a stimulation site appropriate for a real-world application, and (3) a tactile signal that could readily be produced by a compact, portable device. We measured speech intelligibility in multi-talker noise with and without vibro-tactile stimulation of the wrist in CI users, before and after a short training regime. No effect of EHS was found before training, but after training EHS was found to improve the number of words correctly identified by an average of 8.3%-points, with some users improving by more than 20%-points. Our approach could offer an inexpensive and non-invasive means of improving speech-in-noise performance in CI users.
Women Farm Operators in the U.S. Meat Goat Production: Who is More Productive?
Creators: name: Qushim, Berdikul
name: Gillespie, Jeffrey
name: Qushim, Berdikul
name: Gillespie, Jeffrey
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Farm Management
subject: Production Economics
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: Gender
subject: meat goat
subject: average treatment effect
subject: matching samples

description: Costs and returns of female-operated meat goat farms are compared with those of male-operated meat goat farms using matching samples. Costs and returns data are used for both whole-farm and goat enterprise-level estimates. Female-operated meat goat farms are matched to male-operated meat goat farms on the basis of operation size, region, farmer demographics, and production systems. Results show for female-operated farms lower meat goat, breeding stock and total farm returns on total bases. On an enterprise basis, results show for female-operated farms, lower total fixed costs per breeding doe; meat goat, breeding stock, and total enterprise returns on total bases; and fixed and total costs on total bases.
The plasmoid instability in a confined solar flare
Creators: name: MacTaggart, David
name: Fletcher, Lyndsay
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: Space Physics (physics.space-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Eruptive flares (EFs) are associated with erupting filaments and, in some models, filament eruption drives flare reconnection. Recently, however, observations of a confined flare (CF) have revealed all the hallmarks of an EF (impulsive phase, flare ribbons, etc.) without the filament eruption itself. Therefore, if the filament is not primarily responsible for impulsive flare reconnection, what is? In this Letter, we argue, based on mimimal requirements, that the plasmoid instability is a strong candidate for explaining the impulsive phase in the observed CF. We present magnetohydrodynamic simulation results of the nonlinear development of the plasmoid instability, in a model active region magnetic field geometry, to strengthen our claim. We also discuss how the ideas described in this Letter can be generalised to other situations, including EFs.
description: Accepted for MNRAS
Economics of Robotic Technology in Texas Wine Grape Production
Creators: name: McCorkle, Dean A.
name: Dudensing, Rebekka M.
name: Hanselka, Dan
name: Hellman, Ed W.
name: McCorkle, Dean A.
name: Dudensing, Rebekka M.
name: Hanselka, Dan
name: Hellman, Ed W.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Farm Management
subject: Production Economics
subject: agricultural technology
subject: wine grapes
subject: simulation
subject: feasibility

description: The motivation for this study centers on the labor- and cost-intensive nature of wine grape production and the potential opportunities for robotic technology to augment those production tasks that are manual labor-intensive. The objectives of this study are to: 1) develop cost of production budgets for two representative wine grape vineyards in Texas; 2) assess the economic viability of wine grape production under current operating conditions; 3) evaluate labor costs by production task; and 4) identify common production challenges and tasks that could be augmented with robotic technology development.
Center of Pressure Feedback for Controlling the Walking Stability Bipedal Robots using Fuzzy Logic Controller
Creators: name: Universitas Gadjah Mada
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Computer Engineering
subject: 90699 Electrical and Electronic Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: This paper presents a sensor-based stability walk for bipedal robots by using force sensitive resistor (FSR) sensor. To perform walk stability on uneven terrain conditions, FSR sensor is used as feedbacks to evaluate the stability of bipedal robot instead of the center of pressure (CoP). In this work, CoP that was generated from four FSR sensors placed on each foot-pad is used to evaluate the walking stability. The robot CoP position provided an indication of walk stability. The CoP position information was further evaluated with a fuzzy logic controller (FLC) to generate appropriate offset angles to be applied to meet a stable situation. Moreover, in this paper designed a FLC through CoP region's stability and stable compliance control are introduced. Finally, the performances of the proposed methods were verified with 18-degrees of freedom (DOF) kid-size bipedal robot.
title: Gemeinschaft und ihr Eigentum
Creators: name: Nuss, Sabine
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2021
Subjects: gemeinschaftliches Wohnen
Eigentum

description: Bei kaum einem Thema prallen Privateigentum und Konzepte gemeinschaftlichen Eigentums kontroverser aufeinander als beim Wohnen. Das hat vielfältige Gründe. So wurden in den letzten Jahrzehnten immer mehr Wohnungen der Logik des Markts unterstellt und in manchen Städten überstieg die Nachfrage das Angebot. Verdrängung und Mietsteigerungen waren die Folge. Konflikte zwischen jenen, die auf bezahlbares Wohnen angewiesen sind, und jenen, die dieses Bedürfnis zum Mittel ihrer Altersvorsorge oder zur Renditesteigerung nutzen, polarisieren die Stadtgesellschaften. Vor diesem Hintergrund erklärt sich der erbittert geführte Streit um die Wohnungsfrage: Soll der Staat eingreifen und neben anderen Regulierungsinstrumenten kommunales, genossenschaftliches und selbstverwaltetes Wohnen fördern oder soll der Staat Anreize setzen für privates Bauen, Vermieten bzw. Verkaufen? Unabhängig davon, wie diese Frage im Detail und am Beispiel Wohnen diskutiert wird, steht dahinter mal mehr, mal weniger explizit der Streit darum, welches Eigentum dem Gemeinwohl dienen könne. Gemeineigentum in seinen unterschiedlichsten Formen und Begriffen – staatlich, kommunal, öffentlich, kollektiv etc. – wird bescheinigt, sozialen Kriterien wie zum Beispiel niedrigschwelliger Zugang und demokratische Mitbestimmung besser genügen zu können als Privateigentum. Andererseits wird unterstellt, dass in solchen Eigentumsformen aufgrund fehlender privater Anreizstrukturen Wirtschaftlichkeit und Effizienz vernachlässigt werden. Vorliegender Artikel möchte dieser weit verbreiteten Entgegensetzung nachgehen und zeigen, dass privat nicht das jeweils ganz andere von gemeinschaftlich ist. Vielmehr ist Privateigentum ohne Formen gemeinschaftlichen Eigentums gar nicht denkbar. Diese Abhängigkeit ist allerdings nicht ohne Spannung. Sie tendiert dazu, die Grundlagen des gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhangs zu gefährden. Gemeineigentum wiederum beruht auf der gleichen Rechtsordnung wie Privateigentum, stößt aber mit seinen gesellschaftspolitischen Idealen stets an die Grenzen genau dieser Ordnung. Um diesen Zusammenhang zu durchdringen, bedarf es eines größeren Anlaufs, genauer: einer grundsätzlichen theoretischen Ortsbestimmung. Das Thema Wohnen dient hierbei an ausgewählten Stellen zwar der Illustration, im Kern des vorliegenden Textes steht jedoch die Frage: Was ist Eigentum?
Economic Value of Water in Tennessee Estimated by Combining Input-Output Coefficients with Linear Programming
Creators: name: Owen, Stephanie
name: English, Burton C.
name: Lambert, Dayton M.
name: Clark, Christopher D.
name: He, Lixia L.
name: Owen, Stephanie
name: English, Burton C.
name: Lambert, Dayton M.
name: Clark, Christopher D.
name: He, Lixia L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
subject: input output analysis
subject: linear programming
subject: water allocation
subject: climate change
subject: value of water

description: Tennessee’s water resources could become stressed as population continues to increase, climate change impacts water availability, and agricultural producers increase irrigation. These stresses could impact the agricultural sector and other industries as competition for limited water resources increases. To prepare for these anticipated changes, farmers, policymakers, and researchers alike could benefit from quantifying the economic value of water to formulate cost-effective and sustainable water use practices. This analysis uses a linear programming (LP) model to determine the shadow value of water for 536 economic sectors in Tennessee, given changes in water availability and water use by economic sectors. Economic sectoral activity uses data from IMPLAN (the Impact Analysis for Planning model). Gross regional product is maximized, constrained by water and labor requirements for each sector. The economic implications of changes in water availability and final demand among different industries is also evaluated to determine which sectors have the highest values for water under varying water availability scenarios. The goal is to provide useful information that can be used in planning and managing Tennessee’s water resources in the medium to long term.
Additional file 1 of Pneumonia in Bhutanese children: what we know, and what we need to know
Creators: name: Jullien, Sophie
name: Pradhan, Dinesh
name: Bassat, Quique
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1: Appendix 1. Protocol. Appendix 2. Detailed search strategy. Appendix 3. List of included records and excluded studies with reasons. Appendix 4. Burden of acute respiratory infections in Bhutan. Table 4A. Summary of findings on burden of acute respiratory infections in Bhutan. Table 4B. Incidence and burden of pneumonia in under-five children in Bhutan from 2008 to 2017. Table 4C. Cases of respiratory illness in 2017 and 2018. Table 4D. Incidence of ILI and SARI from 2016 to 2018. Appendix 5. Mortality related to acute respiratory infections and pneumonia in Bhutan. Table 5A. Summary of findings on mortality related to acute respiratory infections. Table 5B. Estimates of deaths by cause in children aged 1 to 59â€‰months for Bhutan, from 2000 to 2010. Appendix 6. Aetiology of acute respiratory infections. Table 6A. Positivity of samples by age and virus sub-type from 11th June 2009 to 8th August 2010. Table 6B. Pneumococcal serotypes and antibiotic susceptibility from samples collected at JDWNRH in 2014 and 2015. Table 6C. Number of pneumococcal isolates from samples collected at JDWNRH in 2016
Finite Element Analysis of Osteosynthesis Miniplate for the Reconstruction of Parasymphyseal Compound Fracture
Creators: name: Universitas Gadjah Mada
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Mechanical Engineering
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering

description: In the last two decades, the use of osteosynthesis miniplate has been growing to aid the healing process and reconstruction of fractured mandibular bone. In principle, the plate is used to provide stable fixation of the fractured bone tissue during the healing process and reconstruction. Based on earlier studies, it is noted that arrangements and geometry of the osteosynthesis miniplate played a critical role in determining the stability of the fractured mandibular bone, as well as the miniplate. In this research, a simulation with finite element method (FEM) was carried out to investigate the influence of the number of holes in an osteosynthesis miniplate on the stability of fractured mandibular bone and the corresponding miniplate after the implantation. For this purpose, a set of osteosynthesis miniplate with three different configurations was taken for simulation using a three-dimensional (3D) model of mandibular bone generated from the patient through computed tomography (CT). The result of the simulation showed that all the miniplates with three configurations tested were stable enough to prevent movement of fractured mandibular bone. Moreover, fixation with a pair of miniplates having four screw holes demonstrated the desired result; as indicated by the lowest value of displacement, pressure on the bone surface and pressure on the miniplate.