cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Sur le mystère des porteurs  de bandes interstellaires diffuses (BIDs (DIBs)) :  Un petit pas en avant « ... one small step for man ... » ?
Creators: name: Matta, Chérif F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Bandes interstellaires diffuses
Milieu interstellaire
Fullerènes C₆₀⁺
Spectroscopie astronomique
Corrélations spectrales
Chimie quantique
Molécules organiques interstellaires
Identité des porteurs de BIDs

description: Depuis plus d’un siècle, les astronomes sont confrontés à l’un des plus anciens mystères de l’astronomie observationnelle : l’origine des bandes interstellaires diffuses (BIDs). Découvertes en 1922 par Mary Lea Heger, ces raies d’absorption faibles mais omniprésentes, visibles entre l’ultraviolet et l’infrarouge, ont été identifiées à ce jour au nombre de plus de 500. Malgré des efforts considérables, l’identité des porteurs responsables de la majorité de ces bandes reste inconnue, à l’exception notable de l’ion fullerène C₆₀⁺, récemment confirmé comme porteur de deux raies à 9577 Å et 9632 Å.

Le poster présenté explore une approche interdisciplinaire mêlant astrophysique observationnelle, analyse statistique et chimie quantique pour progresser dans l’identification des porteurs des BIDs. L’équipe a exploité les données issues de l’observatoire Apache Point Observatory (APO), analysant plus de 150 000 paires de raies sur 25 lignes de visée. Une étude des corrélations entre les intensités d’absorption a permis d’identifier six nouvelles familles cohérentes de BIDs, avec des coefficients de corrélation de Pearson (r) supérieurs à 0,9.

Une analyse plus poussée des écarts énergétiques entre les raies fortement corrélées a révélé des motifs vibrationnels caractéristiques, notamment dans les domaines de 13–15 μm (modes C–H aromatiques), 16,5 μm (modes HAP polycycliques), 1700 cm⁻¹ (C=O), 2100 cm⁻¹ (C≡C) et 3400 cm⁻¹ (N–H). Ces motifs suggèrent l’implication de molécules organiques, allant des hydrocarbures aromatiques polycycliques (PAHs) aux petites molécules azotées ou oxygénées.

Parallèlement, des calculs quantiques (TD-DFT, EOM-CCSD) ont été réalisés pour simuler les spectres UV-Visible de molécules candidates, incluant notamment le glycolamide. Bien qu’aucun candidat unique ne soit encore confirmé, ces travaux ont permis de restreindre le champ des possibles et de fournir des prédictions testables au laboratoire.

Enfin, le poster souligne l’importance des découvertes récentes, comme celle du glycolamide dans le milieu interstellaire, qui ouvrent de nouvelles pistes prometteuses. Les perspectives incluent des observations complémentaires en infrarouge et en radio, ainsi que des mesures observationelles pour comparer les prédictions théoriques aux spectres réels.

En conclusion, cette étude démontre que la combinaison d’approches observationnelles, statistiques et théoriques permet de progresser dans la résolution de ce mystère centenaire et illustre l’importance des collaborations interdisciplinaires en astronomie moderne.
Riccardo Castellana, Finzioni biografiche. Teoria e storia di un genere ibrido
Creators: name: Piazza, Isotta
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Cagliari
Year: 2020
Subjects: Finzioni biografiche; castellana; romanzo; biografia

description: Recensione del libro Finzioni biografiche. Teoria e storia di un genere ibrido di Riccardo Castellana.
description: Between, Vol 10, No 19 (2020): The Cultures of Dissent in Europe in the second half of the Twentieth Century
Stefania Sini, Contrasti di forme. Boris Èjchenbaum teorico della letteratura
Creators: name: Albanese, Noemi
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Cagliari
Year: 2020

description: Recensione del libro Contrasti di forme. Boris Èjchenbaum teorico della letteratura di Stefania Sini.
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Supplementary Methods from Catch me if you can: free-living mice show a highly flexible dodging behaviour suggestive of intentional tactical deception
Creators: name: d'Isa, Raffaele
name: Parsons, Michael H.
name: Chrzanowski, Marcin
name: Bebas, Piotr
name: Stryjek, Rafal
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 529999
subject: Other psychology not elsewhere classified

description: Genetic analysis for species identification
Loredana Magazzeni, Operaie della penna. Donne, docenti e libri scolastici fra Ottocento e Novecento
Creators: name: Marsi, Simone
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Cagliari
Year: 2020

description: Recensione del libro Operaie della penna. Donne, docenti e libri scolastici fra Ottocento e Novecento di Loredana Magazzeni.
description: Between, Vol 10, No 19 (2020): The Cultures of Dissent in Europe in the second half of the Twentieth Century
What is the Relationship between Risky Outdoor Play and Health in Children? A Systematic Review
Creators: name: Brussoni, Mariana
name: Gibbons, Rebecca
name: Gray, Casey
name: Ishikawa, Takuro
name: Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen
name: Bienenstock, Adam
name: Chabot, Guylaine
name: Fuselli, Pamela
name: Herrington, Susan
name: Janssen, Ian
name: Pickett, William
name: Power, Marlene
name: Stanger, Nick
name: Sampson, Margaret
name: Tremblay, Mark S.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Risky outdoor play has been associated with promoting children’s health and development, but also with injury and death. Risky outdoor play has diminished over time, concurrent with increasing concerns regarding child safety and emphasis on injury prevention. We sought to conduct a systematic review to examine the relationship between risky outdoor play and health in children, in order to inform the debate regarding its benefits and harms. We identified and evaluated 21 relevant papers for quality using the GRADE framework. Included articles addressed the effect on health indicators and behaviours from three types of risky play, as well as risky play supportive environments. The systematic review revealed overall positive effects of risky outdoor play on a variety of health indicators and behaviours, most commonly physical activity, but also social health and behaviours, injuries, and aggression. The review indicated the need for additional “good quality” studies; however, we note that even in the face of the generally exclusionary systematic review process, our findings support the promotion of risky outdoor play for healthy child development. These positive results with the marked reduction in risky outdoor play opportunities in recent generations indicate the need to encourage action to support children’s risky outdoor play opportunities. Policy and practice precedents and recommendations for action are discussed.
Federico Bertoni, Insegnare (e vivere) ai tempi del virus
Creators: name: Scuderi, Attilio
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Cagliari
Year: 2020

description: Recensione di Insegnare (e vivere) ai tempi del virus
description: Between, Vol 10, No 19 (2020): The Cultures of Dissent in Europe in the second half of the Twentieth Century
John Rieder, Science Fiction and the Mass Cultural Genre System
Creators: name: Nieddu, Francesco
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Cagliari
Year: 2020
Subjects: Rieder; Fantascienza; Letteratura di massa; Genere letterario

description: Recensione di Science Fiction and the Mass Cultural Genre System di John Rieder
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Supplementary Material from Catch me if you can: free-living mice show a highly flexible dodging behaviour suggestive of intentional tactical deception
Creators: name: d'Isa, Raffaele
name: Parsons, Michael H.
name: Chrzanowski, Marcin
name: Bebas, Piotr
name: Stryjek, Rafal
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 529999
subject: Other psychology not elsewhere classified

description: Captions of the supplemetary files.docx
Position Statement on Active Outdoor Play
Creators: name: Tremblay, Mark S.
name: Gray, Casey
name: Babcock, Shawna
name: Barnes, Joel
name: Bradstreet, Christa Costas
name: Carr, Dawn
name: Chabot, Guylaine
name: Choquette, Louise
name: Chorney, David
name: Collyer, Cam
name: Herrington, Susan
name: Janson, Katherine
name: Janssen, Ian
name: Larouche, Richard
name: Pickett, William
name: Power, Marlene
name: Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen
name: Simon, Brenda
name: Brussoni, Mariana
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: A diverse, cross-sectorial group of partners, stakeholders and researchers, collaborated to develop an evidence-informed Position Statement on active outdoor play for children aged 3–12 years. The Position Statement was created in response to practitioner, academic, legal, insurance and public debate, dialogue and disagreement on the relative benefits and harms of active (including risky) outdoor play. The Position Statement development process was informed by two systematic reviews, a critical appraisal of the current literature and existing position statements, engagement of research experts (N = 9) and cross-sectorial individuals/organizations (N = 17), and an extensive stakeholder consultation process (N = 1908). More than 95% of the stakeholders consulted strongly agreed or somewhat agreed with the Position Statement; 14/17 participating individuals/organizations endorsed it; and over 1000 additional individuals and organizations requested their name be listed as a supporter. The final Position Statement on Active Outdoor Play states: “Access to active play in nature and outdoors—with its risks— is essential for healthy child development. We recommend increasing children’s opportunities for self-directed play outdoors in all settings—at home, at school, in child care, the community and nature.” The full Position Statement provides context for the statement, evidence supporting it, and a series of recommendations to increase active outdoor play opportunities to promote healthy child development.
Sciocoris microphthalmus Flor 1860
Creators: name: Vinokurov, Nikolay N.
name: Rudoi, Valentin V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Pentatomidae
Sciocoris
Sciocoris microphthalmus

description: Sciocoris microphthalmus Flor, 1860
 Material. Kurai Mts, Teranjik and Right Kubadru Rivers, 50°21′ N, 87°55′ E, H = 2200–2600 m, 29.07– 2.08.2019, 1 ♀.
 Distribution. Holarctic. Recorded from Altai Republic (Petrova 1966, 1975).
description: Published as part of Vinokurov, Nikolay N. & Rudoi, Valentin V., 2020, New materials on heteropterans from Kurai steppe (south-west of Russian Altai), pp. 25-35 in Ecologica Montenegrina 38 on page 33, DOI: 10.37828/em.2020.38.5, http://zenodo.org/record/13231892
Theory construction in design research: criteria: approaches, and methods
Creators: name: Friedman, Ken
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Design involves solving problems, creating something new, or transforming less desirable situations to preferred situations. To do this, designers must know how things work and why. Understanding how things work and why requires us to analyze and explain. This is the purpose of theory. The article outlines a framework for theory construction in design. This framework will clarify the meaning of theory and theorizing. It will explain the nature and uses of theory as a general concept. It will propose necessary and sufficient conditions for theory construction in design. Finally, it will outline potential areas for future inquiry in design theory.
David Quint, Virgil's Double Cross: Design and Meaning in the Aeneid
Creators: name: Confalonieri, Corrado
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Cagliari
Year: 2020

description: Recensione del volume
description: Between, Vol 10, No 19 (2020): The Cultures of Dissent in Europe in the second half of the Twentieth Century
Bagrada stolida
Creators: name: Vinokurov, Nikolay N.
name: Rudoi, Valentin V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Pentatomidae
Bagrada
Bagrada stolida

description: Bagrada stolida (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1839)
Fig. 5
 Eurydema stolidum Herrich-Schaeffer, 1839: 101.
 Bagrada (Nitilia) stolata Horváth, 1936: 44 (syn. Péricart, 2004: 372).
 Bagrada stolata V.G. Putshkov, 1961: 306; 1965: 299.
 Material. Russia, Altai Republic, Kosh-Agach District, Kurai Mts, Kuraika River Valley, 50°16′44′′ N 87°57′12′′ E, H = 1750–1800 m, 24– 26.07.2019 (A. Naydenov, K. Naydenova, V. Rudoi), 1 ♂, 1 ♀.
 Disribution. Mediterranean (south Italia, Balkans Greek, Turkey), sick-Black Sea and Kazakhstan steppe, Iran, Turkmenistan, North-West China (Putshkov 1961, 1965; Rieder 2006; Esenbekova 2013). The species is recorded for the first time for Siberia.
According to V.G. Putshkov (1961) in Ukraine bugs occur in areas of virgin steppe on Alyssum, less often on other crucifers, in places they are found in large numbers. Two or three generations per year.
description: Published as part of Vinokurov, Nikolay N. & Rudoi, Valentin V., 2020, New materials on heteropterans from Kurai steppe (south-west of Russian Altai), pp. 25-35 in Ecologica Montenegrina 38 on page 33, DOI: 10.37828/em.2020.38.5, http://zenodo.org/record/13231892
Giuseppe Benedetti, Donatella Coccoli, Gramsci per la scuola. Conoscere è vivere
Creators: name: Ruozzi, Cinzia
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Cagliari
Year: 2020

description: La scuola, l'acquisizione della conoscenza, l'importanza della cultura sono i temi che secondo Gramsci costitiscono l'essenza stessa della politica. Giuseppe Benedetti e Donatella Coccoli nel volume Gramsci per la scuola. Conoscere è vivere ricostruiscono la riflessione gramsciana su questi apetti cruciali attraverso una scrupolosa ricerca sui testi delle Lettere, dei Quaderni e degli scritti giornalistici, restituendoci un'immagine di Gramsci ancora inedita e quanto mai attuale.
description: Between, Vol 10, No 19 (2020): The Cultures of Dissent in Europe in the second half of the Twentieth Century
La media education nella scuola multiculturale.
Creators: name: Nesi, Cristina
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Cagliari
Year: 2020
Subjects: media education; Intercultura; scuole multiculturali; Didattica a distanza; prosumer

description: La media education nella scuola multiculturale (ETS, 2019) dà conto di una ricerca pluriennale, la Media Education for Equity and Tolerance (MEET) svolta fra il 2016 e il 2019 con studenti di scuole secondarie multiculturali sia italiane che austriache, belghe (zona francofona ), tedesche (Renania-Palatinato) e slovacche. Elemento preferenziale per la selezione: trovarsi in aree socio-economiche svantaggiate.
description: Between, Vol 10, No 19 (2020): The Cultures of Dissent in Europe in the second half of the Twentieth Century
The effect of exercise on endothelial function and cardiovascular disease risk markers in South Asians and white Europeans
Creators: name: Roberts, Matthew
Publisher: name: Loughborough University
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 119999 Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Other medical sciences

description: People of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, Nepalese, Bhutanese,and Burmese heritage are collectively called South Asians (SAs). South Asians contribute the highest proportion of the global cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden compared with other ethnic groups. Consequently, SA ethnicity has been identified as an independent risk factor for CVD. Underpinning this is an adverse metabolic and inflammatory profile in SAs compared with other ethnic groups, and this is thought to be a consequence of an interaction between genetic susceptibility and a global shift to Westernised lifestyles. Therefore, SAs have been shown to have a higher prevalence of central obesity, dyslipidaemia, and endothelial dysfunction, contributing to higher diabetes and CVD rates compared to white Europeans (WEs). Considering SAs form over 25% of the global population and 5% of the population in the United Kingdom, SAs are of interest from a health perspective. [Continues.]
Bruno Falcetto (ed.), Lector in aula. Didattica universitaria della letteratura italiana contemporanea
Creators: name: Marsi, Simone
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Cagliari
Year: 2020

description: Recensione a Bruno Falcetto (ed.), Lector in aula. Didattica universitaria della letteratura italiana contemporanea
description: Between, Vol 10, No 19 (2020): The Cultures of Dissent in Europe in the second half of the Twentieth Century
What Is the Relationship between Outdoor Time and Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Physical Fitness in Children? A Systematic Review
Creators: name: Gray, Casey
name: Gibbons, Rebecca
name: Larouche, Richard
name: Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen
name: Bienenstock, Adam
name: Brussoni, Mariana
name: Chabot, Guylaine
name: Herrington, Susan
name: Janssen, Ian
name: Pickett, William
name: Power, Marlene
name: Stanger, Nick
name: Sampson, Margaret
name: Tremblay, Mark S.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: The objective of this systematic review was to examine the relationship between outdoor time and: (1) physical activity, (2) cardiorespiratory fitness, (3) musculoskeletal fitness, (4) sedentary behaviour; or (5) motor skill development in children aged 3–12 years. We identified 28 relevant studies that were assessed for quality using the GRADE framework. The systematic review revealed overall positive effects of outdoor time on physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and cardiorespiratory fitness, although causality could not be assumed due to a lack of RCTs. Motor skill development was unrelated to outdoor time; however, this relationship was only examined in a single study of preschool children. No studies were found that examined associations between outdoor time and musculoskeletal fitness.
An adaptive recurrent network training algorithm using IIR filter model and Lyapunov theory
Creators: name: Seng, Kah Phooi
name: Man, Zhihong
name: Wu, Hong Ren
name: Tse, Kai Ming
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: A new approach for the adaptive algorithm of a fully connected recurrent neural network (RNN) based upon the digital filter theory is proposed. Each recurrent neuron is modeled by using an infinite impulse response (IIR) filter. The weights of each layer in the RNN are updated adaptively so that the error between the desired output and the RNN output can converge to zero asymptotically. The proposed optimization method is based on the Lyapunov theory-based adaptive filtering (LAP) method [9], The merit of this adaptive algorithm can avoid computation of the dynamic derivatives that is rather complicated in the RNN. The design is independent of the stochastic properties of the input disturbances and the stability is guaranteed by the Lyapunov stability theory. Simulation example of the nonstationary time series prediction problem is performed. The simulation results have validated the fast tracking property of the proposed method.
RNA-Seq analysis identifies genes associated with differential reproductive success under drought-stress in accessions of wild barley Hordeum spontaneum
Creators: name: Hübner, Sariel
name: Korol, Abraham B
name: Schmid, Karl J
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Background: The evolutionary basis of reproductive success in different environments is of major interest in the study of plant adaptation. Since the reproductive stage is particularly sensitive to drought, genes affecting reproductive success during this stage are key players in the evolution of adaptive mechanisms. We used an ecological genomics approach to investigate the reproductive response of drought-tolerant and sensitive wild barley accessions originating from different habitats in the Levant. Results We sequenced mRNA extracted from spikelets at the flowering stage in drought-treated and control plants. The barley genome was used for a reference-guided assembly and differential expression analysis. Our approach enabled to detect biological processes affecting grain production under drought stress. We detected novel candidate genes and differentially expressed alleles associated with drought tolerance. Drought associated genes were shown to be more conserved than non-associated genes, and drought-tolerance genes were found to evolve more rapidly than other drought associated genes. Conclusions We show that reproductive success under drought stress is not a habitat-specific trait but a shared physiological adaptation that appeared to evolve recently in the evolutionary history of wild barley. Exploring the genomic basis of reproductive success under stress in crop wild progenitors is expected to have considerable ecological and economical applications.
DBStorm: A Cost-effective Approach for Generating Valid Workload to Test Transaction Processing
Creators: name: Anonymous
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: transaction processing, testing, workload generation

description: This is the supplementary material of DBStorm, including five parts: 1. ./Technical Report.pdf is our extends paper, which describes the details of DBStorms. 2. ./DBStorm default configurations.zip contains the default configurations of DBStorm. 3. ./YCSB-SQL.zip is the detailed configurations of YCSB-SQL. 4. ./Bugs.zip demonstrates the bugs found by DBStorm. 5. ./BugReporducer.zip is the detailed reproduce step for several bugs found in TiDB.
title: Forschungsimpulse für die Hochschulentwicklung im Kontext hybrider Lehre
Creators: name: Barnat, Miriam
name: Bosse, Elke
name: Szczyrba, Birgit
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 370 Erziehung, Schul- und Bildungswesen

description: Ausgelöst durch die COVID-19-Pandemie im Sommersemester 2020 fanden Hochschulen eine große Bandbreite an lokalen Lösungen für die Ad-hoc Umstellung auf digitale Lehre. Über Notfalllösungen hinaus stellt sich für die Zukunft der Hochschullehre die Frage, welche Chancen hybride Hochschullehre bietet. Dies berührt vor allem notwendige Veränderungen der Makroebene der strukturellen Rahmenbedingungen für das Lehren und Lernen an der Hochschule als Organisation, die auch von den rechtlichen Vorgaben und dem politischen Diskurs zu Studien- und Bildungszielen geprägt ist. Der Band versammelt unterschiedliche Ansätze hochschuldidaktischer Forschung und geht der Frage nach, welche Implikationen sich aus erhobenen empirischen Daten für die Hochschulbildung und die lehrbezogene Hochschulentwicklung ableiten lassen. Der Band behandelt auf der Makroebene die Themen: I. Bewertung und Akzeptanz sich verändernder Lehrstrukturen II. Rahmenbedingungen digitaler/hybrider Lehre aus der Sicht von Lehrenden und Studierenden III. Die Rolle der Hochschuldidaktik in der Entwicklung digitaler/hybrider Lehrstrukturen IV. Methodische Bezugsrahmen für die strategische Hochschulentwicklung im Kontext der Digitalisierung
description: Forschung und Innovation in der Hochschulbildung; 11
MPEC 2024-K117 : 2024 KT
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2024 KT

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
The Eucalyptus terpene synthase gene family
Creators: name: Külheim, Carsten
name: Padovan, Amanda
name: Hefer, Charles
name: Krause, Sandra T
name: Köllner, Tobias G
name: Myburg, Alexander A
name: Degenhardt, Jörg
name: Foley, William J
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Background: Terpenoids are abundant in the foliage of Eucalyptus, providing the characteristic smell as well as being valuable economically and influencing ecological interactions. Quantitative and qualitative inter- and intra- specific variation of terpenes is common in eucalypts. Results: The genome sequences of Eucalyptus grandis and E. globulus were mined for terpene synthase genes (TPS) and compared to other plant species. We investigated the relative expression of TPS in seven plant tissues and functionally characterized five TPS genes from E. grandis. Compared to other sequenced plant genomes, Eucalyptus grandis has the largest number of putative functional TPS genes of any sequenced plant. We discovered 113 and 106 putative functional TPS genes in E. grandis and E. globulus, respectively. All but one TPS from E. grandis were expressed in at least one of seven plant tissues examined. Genomic clusters of up to 20 genes were identified. Many TPS are expressed in tissues other than leaves which invites a re-evaluation of the function of terpenes in Eucalyptus. Conclusions: Our data indicate that terpenes in Eucalyptus may play a wider role in biotic and abiotic interactions than previously thought. Tissue specific expression is common and the possibility of stress induction needs further investigation. Phylogenetic comparison of the two investigated Eucalyptus species gives insight about recent evolution of different clades within the TPS gene family. While the majority of TPS genes occur in orthologous pairs some clades show evidence of recent gene duplication, as well as loss of function.
Circ_0001897 regulates high glucose-induced angiogenesis and inflammation in retinal microvascular endothelial cells through miR-29c-3p/transforming growth factor beta 2 axis
Creators: name: Gong, Yudan
name: Li, Xinze
name: Xie, Liuyi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) has become the leading cause of blindness among adults at working age. Previous studies have implicated circ_0001897 in the development of DR. In this study, we investigated the functional roles and mechanisms of circ_0001897 in high glucose-induced angiogenesis and inflammation. Peripheral blood samples from DR patients and healthy controls were collected to examine circ_0001897 expression, which demonstrated a significant upregulation of circ_0001897 in DR patients. To investigate the functional role and mechanisms of circ_0001897, human retinal microvascular endothelial cells (HRECs) were treated with high glucose (HG) to establish an in vitro DR model of endothelial cells. HG treatment induced the upregulation of circ_0001897 in HRECs, and enhanced cell proliferation, inflammatory responses, as well as in vitro angiogenesis. Circ_0001897 knockdown significantly attenuated the cell proliferation, inflammatory responses, and angiogenesis induced by HG treatment. Mechanistically, circ_0001897 sponged and inhibited the activity of mir-29c-3p, which in turn regulates the downstream target transforming growth factor beta 2 (TGFB2). The effects of circ_0001897 knockdown could be rescued by mir-29c-3p inhibitor or TGFB2 overexpression. Collectively, our data demonstrated the novel role of circ_0001897/mir-29c-3p/TGFB2 axis in regulating HG-induced inflammation and angiogenesis of HRECs. These findings suggest that targeting circ_0001897 could serve as an intervention strategy to ameliorate DR.
Implementation of a learning management system using an integrated approach to professional development
Creators: name: Weaver, Debbi
name: Button, Yvonne
name: Gilding, Anthony
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Australian universities are challenged to provide training programs in the use of learning management systems (LMS) that assist staff both understand the software environment and use it effectively in their teaching practice. In this paper, we describe the development of an integrated professional development program designed for staff who want to use WebCT in their teaching. The program was part of a strategic initiative to provide centralised Information and Communication Technology infrastructure for teaching at Monash University. The integrated training program comprised a variety of strategies including: a series of 5 3-hour workshops, developed to introduce academic staff to design techniques and principles of delivery of educational material using WebCT; the option of specialist group access to workshops more tailored to meet their needs; support of networks of staff throughout the university and the use of third party instructional online tutorials. Workshops included discussion of teaching and learning issues of online course delivery, as well as hands-on use of the software. Printed resource materials to complement workshops are currently being developed. This paper discusses some of the implications of both the design and implementation of the integrated training program.
Clotted blood samples in the neonatal intensive care unit: A retrospective, observational study to evaluate interventions to reduce blood sample clotting
Creators: name: van Rens, MFPT
name: Hugill, K
name: Francia, ALV
name: Macaraig, AV
name: van Loon, FHJ
name: Spencer, Timothy
name: Bayoumi, MAA
Publisher: name: University of Wollongong
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 32
subject: Biomedical and clinical sciences
classificationCode: 3202
subject: Clinical sciences
classificationCode: 4205
subject: Nursing
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 3213
subject: Paediatrics

description: Background: Blood draws for laboratory investigations are essential for patient management in neonatal intensive care units (NICU). When blood samples clot before analysis, they are rejected, which delays treatment decisions and necessitates repeated sampling. Aim: To decrease the incidence of rejected blood samples taken for laboratory investigation as a result of clotted sample. Study Design: This retrospective observational study used routine data on blood draws from preterm infants collected between January 2017 and June 2019 in a 112-cot NICU in Qatar. Quality improvement interventions to reduce the rate of clotted blood samples included: awareness raising and safe sampling workshops with NICU staff, involvement of the neonatal vascular access team, development of a complete blood count (CBC) sample collection pathway, review of sample collection equipment, introducing the Tenderfoot® heel lance, establishment of benchmarks and provision of dedicated blood extraction equipment. Results: First attempt blood draw occurred in 10 706 cases, representing a 96.2% success rate. In 427 (3.8%) cases, the samples were clotted requiring repeat collection. The overall rate of clotted specimens decreased from 4.8% in 2017 and 2018 to 2.4% in 2019, with odds ratios of 1.42 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.13–1.78, p =.002), 1.46 (95% CI 1.17–1.81, p <.001) and 0.49 (95% CI 0.39–0.63, p <.001), respectively. The majority (87%–95%) of blood samples were by venepuncture using an intravenous (IV) catheter or the NeoSafe™ blood sampling device. Heel prick sampling was the second (2%–9%) most common method. Clotted samples were most frequently associated with needle use, 228 of 427 (53%), and IV cannula, 162 of 427 (38%), with odds ratios of 4.14 (95% CI 3.34–5.13, p <.001) and 3.11 (95% CI 2.51–3.86, p <.001), respectively. Conclusions: Our interventions over 3 years were associated with reduced rates of sample rejection due to clotting, and this led to improved patient experience through fewer repeated samplings. Relevance to Clinical Practice: The insights gained from this project can help to improve patient care. Interventions that reduce the rate of blood sample rejection by clinical laboratories can lead to economic savings, timelier diagnostic and treatment decisions, and contribute to an improved quality care experience for all critical care patients, irrespective of age, by reducing the need for repeated phlebotomy and the risk of related complications.
Genetic determinants of cocaine-associated agranulocytosis
Creators: name: Buxton, Jane A.
name: Omura, John
name: Kuo, Margot
name: Ross, Colin J.
name: Tzemis, Despina
name: Purssell, Roy
name: Gardy, Jennifer
name: Carleton, Bruce C.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Background: Drug-induced agranulocytosis is a recognized adverse drug event associated with serious infectious complications. Levamisole is an antihelminthic and immunomodulator withdrawn from North American markets in 2005 after reports of agranulocytosis. Previous studies of levamisole, suggest that the human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B27 confers a genetic predisposition to this adverse drug event. Since 2009, emergency room visits due to agranulocytosis in individuals consuming levamisole-adulterated crack-cocaine have increased. Methods We performed a case–control study using a genotyping assay and novel gene chip to test the association between cocaine-associated agranulocytosis (CAA) and HLA-B27 and to identify pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic gene variants associated with the phenotype. Results Fifty-one CAA cases were identified through a provincial physician reporting system between 2008 and 2011. We examined eight of these cases and 26 matched controls. Genotyping revealed a significant association between HLA-B27 and CAA (odds ratio [OR] 9.2, 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.54–54.6). We also observed a similar association with the HLA-B27 tag single nucleotide polymorphism rs4349859 (OR 9.2, 95% CI 1.5–54.6) and rs13202464 (OR 6.7, 95% CI 1.1–41). Further associations were identified with variants in the ARBCC12 (OR 10.0, 95% CI 2.7–36.8) and CYP11A1 (OR 7.4, 95% CI 2.1–26.6) genes, while a novel protective association was observed with variants in the ARDB1 gene (OR 0.06, 95% CI 0.007–0.46). Conclusions We confirmed the association of HLA-B27 with CAA and identified additional susceptibility variants. Health care providers should inform people who are identified as having CAA that it is genetically determined and can recur with continued cocaine use. The severity of infections and subsequent hospitalization, and the risk of recurrence may prompt health-promoting behaviour changes of the affected individuals. These genetic associations warrant the attention of public health and knowledge translation efforts to highlight the implications for susceptibility to this severe adverse drug event.
Managing the incidence of selective reporting bias: a survey of Cochrane review groups
Creators: name: Reid, Emma K
name: Tejani, Aaron M
name: Huan, Lawrence N
name: Egan, Gregory
name: O’Sullivan, Cait
name: Mayhew, Alain D
name: Kabir, Monisha
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Background: Selective reporting bias (SRB), the incomplete publication of outcomes measured or of analyses performed in a study, may lead to the over- or underestimation of treatment effects or harms. Cochrane systematic reviews of interventions are required to assess the risk of SRB, achieved in part by applying the Cochrane risk of bias tool to each included randomised trial. The Cochrane Handbook outlines strategies for a comprehensive risk of bias assessment, but the extent to which these are followed by Cochrane review groups (CRGs) has not been assessed to date. The objective of this study was to determine the methods which CRGs require of their authors to address SRB within systematic reviews, and how SRB risk assessments are verified. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was developed and distributed electronically to the 52 CRGs involved in intervention reviews. Results: Responses from 42 CRGs show that the majority refer their authors to the Cochrane Handbook for specific instruction regarding assessments of SRB. The handbook strategies remain variably enforced, with 57 % (24/42) of CRGs not requiring review authors to search for included trial protocols and 31 % (13/42) not requiring that contact with individual study authors be attempted. Only half (48 %, 20/42) of the groups consistently verify review authors’ assessments of the risk of SRB to ensure completeness. Conclusions: A range of practices are used by CRGs for addressing SRB, with many steps outlined in the Cochrane Handbook being encouraged but not required. The majority of CRGs do not consider their review authors to be sufficiently competent to assess for SRB, yet risk of bias assessments are not always verified by editors before publication. The implications of SRB may not be fully appreciated by all CRGs, and resolving the identified issues may require an approach targeting several steps in the systematic review process.
Steady-state visually evoked potential correlates of object recognition memory
Creators: name: Pipingas, Andrew
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Object recognition memory (ORM) refers to both recognition of an object and the memory of having seen it before. In humans, ORM has been investigated using functional neuroimaging and electrophysiological techniques with tests of episodic memory retrieval involving recollection of previously studied items. Processes involved in the maintenance of a mental state adopted for the performance of a retrieval task (retrieval mode) appear to involve right frontal neural regions. More transient processes occurring at the time of item recollection (retrieval success) have shown scalp activity over parietal and right frontal regions. This activity is thought to originate in the medial temporal lobes and the underlying right frontal cortex respectively. The aforementioned findings have been derived mainly from studies using verbal stimuli. It is uncertain whether the same neural regions are involved in object recollection. It is also uncertain whether sustained modal and transient item-related activity involve the same or different right frontal regions. In this study, steady-state probe topography (SSPT) was used to investigate both sustained and transient processes involved in the retrieval of abstract pictorial objects from memory. The ability to vary the evaluation period of the steady-state visually evoked potential (SSVEP) allows investigation of cognitive processes occurring over different time scales. Neural regions involved in sustained modal processes were identified by examining the SSVEP values averaged over the duration of a memory retrieval task. Sustained SSVEP effects were observed over right fronto-temporal regions. Neural regions involved in transient retrieval success processes were identified by comparing the transient SSVEP responses to tasks with different memory loads. Comparison of a higher with a lower memory load condition showed SSVEP effects over parieto-temporal and right inferior frontal regions. Larger differences between memory loads gave effects that were larger and more right lateralized. Retrieval mode and retrieval success processes showed SSVEP effects over different right frontal regions. It was also found that, in contrast to the left lateralized parietal ERP response to recollected verbal stimuli, the SSVEP effects produced with abstract pictorial shapes showed a more bilateral pattern. This was considered to reflect the relatively non-verbalizable pictorial nature of the stimuli.
title: Forschungsimpulse für hybrides Lehren und Lernen an Hochschulen
Creators: name: Barnat, Miriam
name: Bosse, Elke
name: Szczyrba, Birgit
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 370 Erziehung, Schul- und Bildungswesen

description: Zahlreiche Untersuchungen, die in Reaktion auf die pandemiebedingte Ausnahmesituation im Sommer 2020 durchgeführt wurden, bieten Anhaltspunkte für Gestaltungsaufgaben an Hochschulen auf dem Weg zur hybriden Lehre. Hochschulinterne Befragungen von Studierenden, Lehrenden und Verwaltungspersonal geben Einblicke, genauso wie hochschulübergreifende Untersuchungen ausgewählter Zielgruppen bzw. spezifischer Fragestellungen. Die gewonnenen Einblicke in digitales bzw. hybrides Lehren und Lernen sind Gegenstand dieses Bandes. Er versammelt unterschiedliche Ansätze hochschuldidaktischer Forschung zur Gestaltung von Lehr-Lernsituationen und -prozessen, zu Studienprogrammen und -phasen sowie zu Programmen der Lehrkompetenzentwicklung. Der Band geht der Frage nach, welche Implikationen sich aus den vielfältig erhobenen empirischen Daten für die Hochschulbildung und die (hybride) Hochschullehre ableiten lassen. Der Band widmet sich auf Mikro- und Mesoebene, basierend auf Forschungsdesigns wie SoTL, Evaluationsstudien, lokaler Hochschuldidaktikforschung zu Studienerfolg, hochschuldidaktischer Begleitforschung und Forschung zum Scholarship of Academic Development (SoAD), den Themen: I. Lernen in Beziehung − Lehre als sozialer Raum II. Studienmotivation −Studienerfolg III. Lehrreflexion −Lehrtransformation
description: Forschung und Innovation in der Hochschulbildung; 10
Microcleonus panderi
Creators: name: Legalov, Andrei A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Microcleonus
Microcleonus panderi

description: Microcleonus panderi (Fischer von Waldheim, 1835)
 Remarks. The type of this species is not present in the collections of the Zoological Museum of Moscow University and Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Neotype is designated here. It is the specimen – male (ISEA) with labels “SE Zabaical’e, Onon River, 5 km of Verkhnii Tsasuchei vill, steppe, thickets of elm, 29- 30.6.1995, O. Berezina, O. Kosterin”, “ Neotype, Cleonus panderi Fischer von Waldheim, 1835, A. Legalov des.”
description: Published as part of Legalov, Andrei A., 2020, A new species of the genus Microcleonus Faust, 1904 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Tuva, pp. 40-45 in Ecologica Montenegrina 36 on page 43, DOI: 10.37828/em.2020.36.3, http://zenodo.org/record/13232026
Canzoni & Ripostes of Ezra Pound - London 1913. Gallup A7b
Creators: name: Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Authorship
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/822442
subject: Literature
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/999953
subject: Authors
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/821688
subject: Poets
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1067778
subject: Authors, American
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/821764
subject: Poets, American
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1067794
subject: Imagist poetry
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/967638
subject: Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/882393
subject: Literary collections
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1423811

description: This copy was submitted by Pound as part of the copy-text for Lustra of Ezra Pound with Earlier Poems (1917) 11c and d, pp. 129-177. Pound has marked in orange and blue pencil the poems he wishes included and he has pasted in a table of contents, on the end papers, of three typewritten pages. The texts of all the Canzoni poems have been corrected with a few title changes noted. He has also inserted a half sheet with an extra poem for the Heine sequence. (p. 140, VIII)
Linear growth faltering in infants is associated with Acidaminococcus sp. and community-level changes in the gut microbiota
Creators: name: Gough, Ethan K.
name: Stephens, David A.
name: Moodie, Erica E.
name: Prendergast, Andrew J.
name: Stoltzfus, Rebecca J.
name: Humphrey, Jean H.
name: Manges, Amee R.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Background: Chronic malnutrition, termed stunting, is defined as suboptimal linear growth, affects one third of children in developing countries, and leads to increased mortality and poor developmental outcomes. The causes of childhood stunting are unknown, and strategies to improve growth and related outcomes in children have only had modest impacts. Recent studies have shown that the ecosystem of microbes in the human gut, termed the microbiota, can induce changes in weight. However, the specific changes in the gut microbiota that contribute to growth remain unknown, and no studies have investigated the gut microbiota as a determinant of chronic malnutrition. Results: We performed secondary analyses of data from two well-characterized twin cohorts of children from Malawi and Bangladesh to identify bacterial genera associated with linear growth. In a case-control analysis, we used the graphical lasso to estimate covariance network models of gut microbial interactions from relative genus abundances and used network analysis methods to select genera associated with stunting severity. In longitudinal analyses, we determined associations between these selected microbes and linear growth using between-within twin regression models to adjust for confounding and introduce temporality. Reduced microbiota diversity and increased covariance network density were associated with stunting severity, while increased relative abundance of Acidaminococcus sp. was associated with future linear growth deficits. Conclusions: We show that length growth in children is associated with community-wide changes in the gut microbiota and with the abundance of the bacterial genus, Acidaminococcus. Larger cohorts are needed to confirm these findings and to clarify the mechanisms involved.
Online events, Research Data Management, University of Hildesheim Foundation, 4 Coffee Lectures: RDM. Summer-term 2020.
Creators: name: Strauch, Annette
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Research Data
Research Data Management
Coffee Lectures
Forschungsdatenmanagement Niedersachsen
Forschungsdaten
Forschungsdatenmanagement

description: The events that normally take place in the university library’s meeting room are broadcast digitally due to the Corona infection situation. These are short lectures by the university’s library on research data management (approx. 30 minutes) followed by discussions. The event is provided with the web conference system based on BigBlueButton (BBB) The sustainability of research data, the sharing of research data or the publication of databases have become increasingly important. Journals often require the publication of the underlying data of an article. Universities, including the University of Hildesheim Foundation, have adopted research data policies, and researchers discuss both the opportunities and risks of "open data", the challenges of data protection and research ethics. Annette Strauch from the Hildesheim University Library gives a brief overview of research data management in the summer semester 2020. In addition, the range of services offered by the university’s library w.r.t. the e-science support is presented.
title: Stress factors affecting glasshouse cultivated plants
title: Παράγοντες Καταπόνησης των Φυτών στο Θερμοκήπιο
Creators: name: Karabourniotis, George
name: Savvas, Dimitrios
Publisher: name: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions
Year: 2021
Subjects: Θερμοκηπιακές καλλιέργειες
Καταπονήσεις
Έλλειψη νερού
Αλατότητα
Υπεριώδης ακτινοβολία
Άμυνα έναντι βιοτικών παραγόντων Καταπόνησης
Δευτερογενείς μεταβολίτες
Αλληλεπιδράσεις φυτών-εδάφους
Σχετική υγρασία
Υπερθέρμανση
Κλιματική αλλαγή
Σκίαση
Οξειδωτική καταπόνηση
Ανοξία-υποξία
Ευεργετικές επιδράσεις καταπόνησης
Greenhouse
Plant stress
Water stress
Salinity stress
UV radiation
Plant defense against biotic stress factors
Secondary metabolites
Plant–soil interaction
Relative Humidity
Overheating
Climate change
Shade
Oxidative stress
Anoxic-hypoxic stress
Eustress

description: This book provides useful information concerning stress factors affecting plant growth and survival within glasshouses
description: Το σύγγραμμα έχει σκοπό να παράσχει ένα υπόβαθρο γνώσεων σχετικά με τους παράγοντες καταπόνησης, οι οποίοι κάνουν συνήθως την εμφάνισή τους σε φυτά καλλιεργούμενα σε θερμοκήπια, καθώς και τις επιπτώσεις των παραγόντων αυτών, στην ανάπτυξη και επιβίωση των φυτών.