cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Fluid-fluid phase separation in a soft porous medium
Creators: name: Paulin, Oliver W.
name: Morrow, Liam C.
name: Hennessy, Matthew G.
name: MacMinn, Christopher W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Various biological and chemical processes lead to the nucleation and growth of non-wetting fluid bubbles within the pore space of a granular medium, such as the formation of gas bubbles in liquid-saturated lake-bed sediments. In sufficiently soft porous materials, the non-wetting nature of these bubbles can result in the formation of open cavities within the granular solid skeleton. Here, we consider this process through the lens of phase separation, where thermomechanics govern the separation of the non-wetting phase from a fluid-fluid-solid mixture. We construct a phase-field model informed by large-deformation poromechanics, in which two immiscible fluids interact with a poroelastic solid skeleton. Our model captures the competing effects of elasticity and fluid-fluid-solid interactions. We use a phase-field damage model to capture the mechanics of the granular solid. As a model problem, we consider an initial distribution of non-wetting fluid in the pore space that separates into multiple cavities. We use simulations and linear-stability analysis to identify the key parameters that control phase separation, the conditions that favour the formation of cavities, and the characteristic size of the resulting cavities.
Spin accumulation without spin current
Creators: name: Shitade, Atsuo
name: Tatara, Gen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The spin Hall (SH) effect is a phenomenon in which the spin current flows perpendicular to an applied electric field and causes the spin accumulation at the boundaries. However, in the presence of spin-orbit couplings, the spin current is not well defined. Here, we calculate the spin response to an electric-field gradient, which naturally appears at the boundaries. We derive a generic formula using the Bloch wave functions and the phenomenological relaxation time. We also calculate the response for the uniform Rashba model with $δ$-function nonmagnetic disorder within the first-order Born approximation and corresponding vertex corrections. We find the nonzero spin accumulation, although the SH conductivity exactly vanishes.
description: 6 pages, 2 figures, Supplemental Material is available in the source
Curcumin Mediated Attenuation of Carbofuran Induced Oxidative Stress in Rat Brain
Creators: name: Sharma, Bechan
Publisher: name: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health
Year: 2016

description: The indiscriminate use of carbofuran to improve crop productivity causes adverse effects in non-targets including mammals. This study aims to evaluate carbofuran induced oxidative stress in the brain stem of rat and its attenuation by curcumin, a natural antioxidant. Out of 6 groups of rats, two received two different doses of carbofuran: 15 and 30 % of LD50, respectively, for 30 days. Other two groups receiving same doses of carbofuran were pretreated with curcumin (100 mg/kg body weight). The levels of antioxidants MDA, GSH, SOD, catalase and GST were determined in the rat brain stem. The remaining groups served as placebo and curcumin treated, respectively. The data suggested that carbofuran at different doses caused significant alterations in the levels of MDA and GSH in dose dependent manner. The MDA and GSH contents were elevated. The activities of SOD, catalase and GST were significantly inhibited at both doses of carbofuran. The ratio of P/A was also found to be sharply increased. The prior treatment of curcumin exhibited significant protection from carbofuran induced toxicity. The results suggested that carbofuran at sub-lethal doses was able to induce oxidative stress in the brain stem of rat which should be attenuated by curcumin.
description: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health, Vol 3, No 1 (2016): Special Volume of ISANH Conference/Congress
Haemanota alboapicalis
Creators: name: Vincent, Benoît
name: Laguerre, Michel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Haemanota
Haemanota alboapicalis

description: Haemanota alboapicalis (Rothschild, 1909)
Araeomolis alboapicalis Rothschild, 1909a: 35.
TYPE LOCALITY. — Suriname, [Sipaliwini], Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley.
TYPE SPECIMEN. — Holotype male (BMNH).
description: Published as part of Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 137-533 in Zoosystema 36 (2) on page 242, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344
Supplementary document for Resonance mode analysis of DNA self-assembled metamolecules with an effective refractive index model - 5627413.pdf
Creators: name: Fukuhara, Masashi
name: Tachiiri, Yoshiaki
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: fabrication of metamolecules, simulation method, quadrumer structure, polarization dependence
Divination: Ode to Ching Shih
Creators: name: Mauro-Flude, Marcia Nancy
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 360503
subject: Digital and electronic media art
classificationCode: 360603
subject: Performance art
classificationCode: 440502
subject: Feminist methodologies

description: Background: This research mobilises media theorist Kitchin’s argument that the character of data lies in material treatment of non-representational phenomena. The work develops his claim that “data do not exist independently of the ideas, instruments, practices, contexts and knowledges used to generate, process and analyse them” (2014). It engages with a tradition of critical engineers (Julian Oliver and Danja Vasiliev), artists and software hackers seeking to break out of the rigidity of the black box, giving (untrained) audience ‘live’ contact.

Contribution: Mauro-Flude’s live code installation Divination: Ode to Ching Shih invites the public to consider topical issues of technocultural imbroglios, as it develops nautical data to present the espionage tale of a formidable 16th century pirate who commanded the China Sea. This work contributes to wider debates about big data as a ‘hyperobject’ (Morton 2013), an entity that increasingly shapes globalised society and exceeds the usual parameters of objecthood. Not readily amenable to representation, through customising application of open-source code libraries, the work repositions aesthetics to centre the inquiry into technology and culture.

Significance: The exhibition was featured in China Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) Art Museum and 2018 Beijing Media Arts Biennale (BMAB). Mauro-Flude presented this work at BMAB – an international platform for discourse and experiments in art and technology – alongside esteemed Australian peers including Guy Ben-Ary, Helen Pynor, Oron Catts+Ionat Zurr, Wade Marynowsky and Michaela Davies. Mauro-Flude received $3000 in competitive funding from Arts Tasmania and was endorsed by an Australian Cultural Diplomacy Grant of $20000. The exhibition received widespread media coverage on several national art blogs and international television coverage.
ALTERATION OF DYNAMIC THIOL DISULPHIDE HEMOSTATIS  IN BOTH MATERNAL CIRCULATION AND UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD AND ITS RELATION TO MODE OF DELIVERY
Creators: name: Yildirim, Melahat
name: Turkyilmaz, Esengul
name: Kasikara, Hulya
name: Ergin, Merve
name: Koca, Cemile
name: Suleymanova, Inci
name: Yavuz Avsar, Ayse Filiz
Publisher: name: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health
Year: 2016

description: Objective: To evaluate the dynamic thiol disulphide homestasis in  maternal circulation and umbilical cord blood and its relation to mode of delivery.

Methods: The study consisted of 35 women with vaginal delivery (VD) and 30 women with cesarean delivery (CS). Blood samples were collected from women at the onset of labor, in early and late postpartum periods and from umbilical cord. Thiol disulphide levels in VD and CS groups were analyzed.

Results: Pre-delivery thiols for CS and VD groups were 383.08 ± 51.81 µmol/L vs. 346.13 ± 51.56 µmol/L (p=0.023); early postpartum thiol levels for CS and VD groups were 272.57± 42.78 µmol/l vs 234.50 ± 26.62 µmol/L (p=0.0010 respectively. Pre-delivery thiol levels (346.13 ± 51.56 µmol/L) were decreased to  324.50 ± 26.62 µmol/L in early postpartum perion in VD group (p= 0.031). The same alterations were observed in CS group (383.08± 51.81µmol/L vs. 272.57 ±42.78µmol/L p=0.001). No significant differences were observed in umbilical cord thiol/disulphide levels between two groups.

Conclusion: During active phase of labor, oxidative stress increases. It also increases after CS presumably due to response to the surgical intervention and it turns bact to the baseline levels during the late postpartum period. Mode of delivery does not affect oxidative stress in umbilical cord blood.
description: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health, Vol 3, No 1 (2016): Special Volume of ISANH Conference/Congress
Role of antioxidants in gestational diabetes mellitus and relation to fetal outcome: A randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Maged, Ahmed
Publisher: name: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health
Year: 2016

description: Objective: To examine the effect of antioxidants on blood and placental tissue and its relation to fetal outcome in women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).

Study design: 200 pregnant women with (GDM) were randomized into 2 groups, Group1 received 1 gram L-ascorbic acid daily and Group2 received no treatment.

Results: Antioxidants significantly lower the needed insulin dose for control of blood sugar (25.6±20.3 vs. 40.5±23.7 respectively). In placental tissue, glutathione (GSH), malondialdahyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD) ,catalase (CAT) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) were significantly lower in antioxidant group compared to control group (P <0.001). In maternal blood, GSH , CAT and SOD were significantly higher),while  GPx was significantly lower in antioxidant group compared to control group (P <0.001). In neonatal blood MDA and SOD showed a statistically significant difference between antioxidants and control groups () (P <0.001). The neonatal blood sugar after 1 and 2 hours of delivery was more stable in antioxidant group (56.7±10.9 vs. 39.7±11.1 and 58.5±10.8 vs. 41.7±13.1 respectively) (P <0.05). The neonates NICU admission was lower in antioxidant group (5 vs. 11) (P <0.05)

Conclusion: The use of antioxidants markedly reverses the oxidative stresses in women with GDM with marked improvement on neonatal outcome.
description: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health, Vol 3, No 1 (2016): Special Volume of ISANH Conference/Congress
外语学习愉悦感与二语成绩的潜在剖面分析
Creators: name: Gao, Minjuan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 399999
subject: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: 表1呈现了变量的描述性统计结果以及变量间的双变量相关分析结果。表2呈现了用于确定最优剖面数的拟合指标和标准。
Comparison of antioxidant activity and phenolic compounds of amaranth  (Amaranthus caudatus) grain and pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) seed extracts
Creators: name: Longato, Erica
name: Peiretti, Piergiorgio
name: Gai, Francesco
name: Meineri, Giorgia
name: Amarowicz, Ryszard
Publisher: name: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health
Year: 2016

description: The aim of this study was to compare the antioxidant activities of methanolic extracts of amaranth grain and pumpkin seed. Samples were extracted with methanol and evaluated for their radical scavenging activities against ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP), Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC) and 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH·) radical. The total phenolic contents (TPC) was determined by using Folin-Ciocalteu’s phenol reagent on the extracts from the ground samples using 80:20 methanol:water at a solids to solvent ratio of 1:10 [1]. All chemical determinations were performed in triplicate. Data were analyzed by one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). The lowest value of FRAP was observed in pumpkin seeds. TEAC and antiradical activity against DPPH radical did not differ among these two plants, even if the IC50 was slightly higher in pumpkin seeds than amaranth grain. Finally,  extracts obtained from pumpkin seeds were characterized by the highest content of TPC. Moreover, the phenolic compounds (PCs) contained in extracts were separated using DAD-HPLC system [2]. HPLC analysis of amaranth extract confirmed the presence of the vanillic acid derivatives. Several peaks were present on the HPLC chromatogram of pumpkin seed. The three main PCs exhibited UV-DAD spectra with maxima at 266, 258, and 278 nm.
description: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health, Vol 3, No 1 (2016): Special Volume of ISANH Conference/Congress
EVALUATION OF ANTIOXIDANTS ISOLATED FROM SOME PLANTS, GROWN IN EUROPE AND MIDDLE EAST BY HIGH PRESSURE EXTRACTION METHODS
Creators: name: Kraujalienė, Vaida
name: Kraujalis, Paulius
name: Pukalskas, Audrius
name: Venskutonis, Petras Rimantas
Publisher: name: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health
Year: 2016

description: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of isolation of antioxidants from bergenia (Bergenia rassifolia L.) (BCr), buckwheat flowers (Fogopyrum esculentum) (BF) and European goldenrod leaves (Solidago virgaulea) (RL) using pressurised liquid extraction (PSE) with increasing polarity solvents (hexane, acetone, ethanol:water(80:20) and water), and supercritical fluid extraction with pure carbon dioxide (SFE–CO2) and with added co–solvent ethanol.

The yields of BCr, BF and RL extracts obtained by SFE–CO2 varied from 0.37 (BCr) to 2.4 (RL) % (w/w dry matter) , whereas adding 10 % of high polarity ethanol increased extract yields approx. 2 times. In case of PLE the yields of analysed plants were remarkably higher, indicating that solvent polarity played the most important role. The antioxidant capacity was evaluated by Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC) assay applying it to the extracts and straight to the solid ground before and after extractions (QUENCER method). The extracts were analyzed by UPLC–UV–QTOF–MS/MS. The main compounds were identified and quantified.
 In general, the results showed that bergenia, buckwheat flowers and rod leaves contain various polyphenolic compounds, possessing beneficial health effects; therefore these plants may be considered as a promissing sources of functional nutraceutical ingredients.
description: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health, Vol 3, No 1 (2016): Special Volume of ISANH Conference/Congress
Development of a New Technique for Recovery of Natural Products from Olive Mill Wastewater
Creators: name: ELKACMI, Reda
name: Kamil, Noureddine
name: Bennajah, Mounir
Publisher: name: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health
Year: 2016

description: Au Maroc, comme dans d'autres pays producteurs de pétrole d'olive, le taux de sortie des eaux usées de moulin à huile est en croissance exponentielle, cet effluent liquide dangereux est considéré comme le plus polluant des déchets de l'industrie alimentaire en raison de ses fortes concentrations de COD et des composés phénoliques.

Le but de notre étude était de découvrir une méthode simple et rapide pour la récupération et l'extraction d'un nouveau produit à partir de ces déchets liquides. Après séparation de la phase huileuse restante dans le OMWW, nous avons utilisé une méthode basée sur la prise en compte de l'urée pour extraire les acides oléique et linoléique avec une grande pureté 97,25% et 95,67%, respectivement, par quatre cristallisations successives à différentes températures aussi l'extraction de polyphénols , faisant un savon biodégradable et de la production de glycérol avec une haute qualité.
description: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health, Vol 3, No 1 (2016): Special Volume of ISANH Conference/Congress
Haemanota prophaea
Creators: name: Vincent, Benoît
name: Laguerre, Michel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Haemanota
Haemanota prophaea

description: Haemanota prophaea (Schaus, 1905)
Neritos prophaea Schaus, 1905: 226.
TYPE LOCALITY. — French Guiana, Saint Laurent, Maroni River.
TYPE SPECIMEN. — Holotype male no. 8622 (USNM).
description: Published as part of Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 137-533 in Zoosystema 36 (2) on page 242, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344
EFFECT OF ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C) ON THE ESR SPECTRA OF THE RED AND BLACK HAIR
Creators: name: Chikvaidze, Eduard
name: Topeshashvili, Maia
Publisher: name: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health
Year: 2016

description: High incidence of melanoma in the individuals with red hair is due to the syntesis of pheomelanin pigments in the human tissue and its phototoxic properties.

Evaluation of melanoma risk in different individuals, can be accomplished by analyzing ESR spectras of their hairs, but at the same time it’s needed to find an effective antioxidant, capable to minimize damage of pheumelanin.

We have shown, that ascorbic acid is an effective antioxidant for neutralization of pheumelanin free radicals. We have defined presumable optimal concentration of ascorbic acid, which neutralizes free radicals in the human hair– 10mmole.

It is also important, that ascorbic acid has an influence on the free radicals of both pheumelanin, as well as eumelanin and optimal dose concentration for both is the same.

Chemical mechanism of influence of ascorbic acid on free radicals of eumelanin and pheumelanin is also shown.

According to changes of ESR signal we have considered, that ascorbic acid doublet is overlapped with spectras of red and black hair.

Finally, it can be said, that presumable optimal dose of ascorbic acid, to be used in the creams for skin protection, as well as for prevention of different skin disorders has been defined in vitro.
description: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health, Vol 3, No 1 (2016): Special Volume of ISANH Conference/Congress
Kin-as-ethics: experiments in un/authorised queer essay practice
Creators: name: Rendle-Short, Francesca
name: Murray, Peta
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 360201
subject: Creative writing (incl. scriptwriting)

description: Background
Rachel Blau duPlessis observed the essay is an expansive space resistant to the genre normative. T Clutch Fleischmann asks what happens when the essay Acts Up or ‘performs’? Building on ideas of bricolage, failure, ‘pinkture’ and inexhaustible love (Foucault, Halberstam, Barthes, Carson), this bent essay performs or ‘acts up’ a queer ethics of kinship. It asks: how might one enact (act out) an ethics of kinship as queer essay, as intervention?
Contribution
‘Kin-as-ethics’ seeks to ‘re-write kinship’ as an experiment in queer essay practice and collaborative thinking-as-making. Deploying a dialogic daisy-chain creative method, aka call-and-response, it reimagines kinship beyond its traditional framing, pushing the ethical possibilities and boundary-spaces of deep connections-and-kin between. By adopting the language prepositional thinking, neologising the Barthesian punctum as ‘pinkture’, and admitting questions of desire and joy (Cavarero, Eades, Halberstam) – ‘intra-queer recognition’ – it sets out to queer and trans language to see what is possible. ‘Kin-as-ethics’ meditates on how to think of kinship differently, on and off the page.
Significance
‘Kin-as-ethics’ was commissioned by Sydney Review of Books in their experimental essay series, a call to respond to essayistic creative method and queer methodologies. SRB is one of Australia’s pre-eminent sites for the publication of new original writing, and this essay, having received so many responses, prompted the editor to commission a companion piece as queer interlocution. As authors we have been conducting creative w/righting experiments in collaboration over the past few years under the banner of queering the essay. This new ‘daisy-chain’ dialogic experiment represents a further excursion into the hybrid and queered form of essay and the ethics of such practice. It performs an ethics as queer co-making unfolding section by section to generate generosity and optimism.
Effect of weight loss on antioxidant enzymes and their relationship with the antioxidant vitamins A,C, E food intake in obese women
Creators: name: Ramezanipour, Masoud
Publisher: name: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health
Year: 2016

description: General information, anthropometric measurements, 3-day food recall, and fasting blood samples were collected from 30 obese women at the beginning of the study and after 3 months intervention. Weight loss was set at about 10% of their weight before the intervention.

Glutathione reductase and catalase activities showed a significant increase (P<0.01) after weight reduction, but no significant changes were seen in the superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase activities. There was a positive linear correlation between daily vitamin C intake with superoxide dismutase enzyme after intervention (P=0.004, r=0.507). There was a negative linear correlation between vitamin E intake and glutathione peroxidase activity before intervention (P=0.005, r=-0.5). A negative correlation was found between daily vitamin A intake and glutathione reductase enzyme before and after intervention (r=-0.385, r=-0.397, P<0.05) respectively. No significant correlation was observed between vitamins A, C, E amounts and catalase activity.
 Ten percent weight reduction can have a significant role in increasing antioxidant enzymes activities, especially glutathione reductase, and catalase enzymes in obese women
description: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health, Vol 3, No 1 (2016): Special Volume of ISANH Conference/Congress
Haemanota griseotincta
Creators: name: Vincent, Benoît
name: Laguerre, Michel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Haemanota
Haemanota griseotincta

description: Haemanota griseotincta (Rothschild, 1909)
Neritos griseotincta Rothschild, 1909b: 291.
TYPE LOCALITY. — Suriname, [Sipaliwini], Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley.
TYPE SPECIMENS. — Described from 7 male syntypes (BMNH; one of the male labeled TYPE).
description: Published as part of Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 137-533 in Zoosystema 36 (2) on page 242, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344
Haemanota abdominalis
Creators: name: Vincent, Benoît
name: Laguerre, Michel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Haemanota
Haemanota abdominalis

description: Haemanota abdominalis (Rothschild, 1909)
Neritos abdominalis Rothschild, 1909c: 228.
TYPE LOCALITY. — [Brazil], [Amazonas], Fonte Boa.
TYPE SPECIMEN. — Holotype male (BMNH).
description: Published as part of Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 137-533 in Zoosystema 36 (2) on page 242, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344
Randomized clinical trial on evaluation of the effect of Bergamot oil on treatment of ring worm Infection in calves and cats
Creators: name: Wagdy ElAshmawy
name: Ali, Mohammed
name: M Gebely
Publisher: name: F1000Research
Year: 2016

description: Introduction
Dermatophytes are one of the important fungal diseases affecting wide range of animal species including cattle, buffaloes, sheep, goats, dogs and cats. It has a severe zoonotic impact as it induce several affections in human beings. The disease is highly contagious and present all over the world.
The dermatophytes include three genera, Trichophyton, Microsporum, and Epidermophyton. Dermatophytes are grouped according to their habitat as being either anthropophilic , zoophilic or geophilic as mentioned by Achterman and White 2012. Ring worm in cattle is very contagious to farmers and veterinarians. Dermatophytosis cause reduced weight up to 10-13 kg/butchered animals in beef cattle and lower milk yield in dairy cattle.  Poor hide quality for the leather industry as it make the hides unsuitable for tanning so they are discarded or have much lower sums. The British leather confederations estimated losses due to poor quality hides at 35 million annually with 5% due to Dermatophytosis (Chermette et al. 2008).

Feline Dermatophytosis is very important zoonotic fungal disease, occurred worldwide. It's caused mainly by Microsporum canis in more than 90% of cases, other species like M. gypsum, T. mentgrophytes, T. quinckeanum and T. verrucosum were also isolated from some cases. It's very common among young ages, immune suppressed animals or animals with malnutrition especially in case of high temperature and humidity. Typical presentation of Dermatophytosis in cats is regular and circular alopecia with hair breakage. Most antifungal drugs are toxic, expensive and take long duration and of limited antifungal activities. So the new vision is to use preparations from natural sources to overcome the side effects of chemical drugs. Bergamot oil is one of the natural oils which has antifungal activity against dermatophytes and has been evaluated in vitro. The results demonstrated that it has a potential antifungal activity according to El-Ashmawy et al. (2015).
Objectives of the study are to evaluate the in vivo activity of different concentrations of topical preparations of bergamot oils in treatment of clinical cases of Dermatophytosis in cattle and cats.

Conclusion:
Bergamot oil ointments with different concentrations give good results on clinical cases of Dermatophytosis either due to Microsporum or Trichophyton infection with some differences in the duration of recovery. Higher concentrations (5% and 2.5%) gave rapid recovery with disappearance of scales and erythema with rapid appearance of hair and return to normal skin while the lower concentration (1.25%) gives unsatisfactory results. We recommend using of concentrations 2.5% and 5% for topical treatment of Dermatophytosis in cattle and cats. Further studies are required on the mode of action and the contents of the bergamot oil which has antifungal effect.
The Spiral by Iain Ryan
Creators: name: Rogers, Ian
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 360201
subject: Creative writing (incl. scriptwriting)

description: Background

The Spiral (published under the pseudonym Iain Ryan) responds to the recent shift in Australian crime fiction towards the literary. Historically associated by the readership with pulp and serialised or commercial fiction, the status of Australian crime novel has shifted over the last decade, influenced by Peter Temple’s Truth winning the Miles Franklin award (2010), and the broad crossover appeal of Jane Harper’s The Dry (2016). These novels — and their successors — gathered international attention, further promoting ‘Outback Noir’ among a broader readership (Hammer, 2019). The Spiral is a modern, crime novel aimed at this audience, that draws on cross-genre tropes and storytelling techniques more typically found in Literary Fiction.

Contribution

The Spiral deliberately employs an interactive fiction technique— also known as a branching storyline — within the crime fiction genre, to explore notions of individual agency and culpability. With its origins in mid-century experimental fiction (Jorge Luis Borges, and the French Oulipo writers) but popularised by the Choose Your Own Adventure novels of the late 1970s and early 80s (see Packard, 1981; Montgomery, 1977), interactive fiction is seldom revisited today, especially in crime writing. In my review of the field, I was unable to locate a previous example of this approach used within Australian crime fiction. By incorporating interactive technique, I was able make a more complex interrogation of my main character and her ‘active’ role in the story.

Significance

The novel is published by Echo Publishing Australia (also publishing Emma Viskic and Heather Morris) and its UK parent company Bonnier Books (home to Wilbur Smith and Lydia La Plante). Drawing interactive plotting into the crime novel proved provocative. The book received national and international coverage (see media kit attached). Many praised the book’s innovative approach. David Whish-Wilson, writing for Australian Book Review, for example, noted “The Spiral is brilliantly written; like Ryan’s earlier work, it is also highly original.”
Evaluation of Differentially Expressed Genes in Leaves vs. Roots Subjected to Drought Stress in Flax (Linum usitatissimum L.)
Creators: name: Wang, Ningning
name: Qi, Fan
name: Wang, Fu
name: Lin, Yujie
name: Xiaoyang, Chunxiao
name: Peng, Zhanwu
name: Zhang, Bi
name: Qi, Xin
name: Deyholos, Michael
name: Zhang, Jian (Professor Of Biology)
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2023

description: Drought stress is a common environmental challenge that plants face, severely constraining plant growth and reducing crop yield and quality. Several studies have highlighted distinct responses between monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plants. However, the mechanisms underlying flax tolerance to abiotic stress, such as drought, remain unclear. In this study, we investigated the morphological, physiological, and biochemical characteristics and the genome-wide gene expression of oil flax and fiber flax in response to drought stress. The results revealed that drought stress caused significant wilting of flax leaves. Within the first 24 h of stress, various physiological and biochemical characteristics exhibited rapid responses. These included fresh weight, relative water content (RWC), proline, soluble protein, soluble sugar, superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD), and catalase (CAT) in the leaves or roots of flax. Additionally, drought stress led to a significant rise in lignin content in fiber flax. In addition, the transcriptome analysis demonstrated genome-wide variations in gene expression induced by drought stress. Specifically, genes associated with photosynthesis, proline biosynthesis, and phytohormone metabolism exhibited significant differences in expression levels under stress conditions in flax. These findings highlight the rapid response of flax to drought stress within a short-term period. Our experiment also revealed that, although there were variations in the levels of small compound content or gene expression between Longya10 and Fany under drought stress, most stress-resistance responses were similar. Furthermore, the results provide additional evidence supporting the existence of mechanisms underlying the response to drought stress in plants.
Haemanota chrysozona
Creators: name: Vincent, Benoît
name: Laguerre, Michel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Haemanota
Haemanota chrysozona

description: Haemanota chrysozona (Schaus, 1905)
Neritos chrysozona Schaus, 1905: 226.
TYPE LOCALITY. — French Guiana, Maroni River.
TYPE SPECIMEN. — Holotype male no. 8621 (USNM).
description: Published as part of Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 137-533 in Zoosystema 36 (2) on page 242, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344
The Effects of Consuming a Polyphenol Rich Açai based Meal on Vascular Function
Creators: name: Alqurashi, Randah
name: Rowland, Ian
name: Spencer, Jeremy
name: Commane, Daniel
Publisher: name: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health
Year: 2016

description: Background: Middle Eastern countries are transitioning towards unhealthy western dietary patterns, leading to an increased risk of CVD. Evidence for healthy food based recommendations are therefore needed(1). Açai is an Amazonian fruit high in polyphenols, suggesting potential health benefits from its consumption(2). There is however poor evidence demonstrating improvements in health from consuming açai. Aim: This study aimed to investigate the beneficial effects of açai on vascular function. Design: Twenty-three healthy male volunteers, completed a randomized, placebo controlled, double-blind crossover acute intervention trial. Treatments were, the consumption of either an açai based smoothie, or a control smoothie, alongside a high fat meal. The primary endpoint was the assessment of endothelial function using flow-mediated dilatation (FMD).Results: We observed a significant improvement in vascular function at 2, 4 and 6 hrs following the açai meal relative to placebo. Conclusions: We demonstrate that consuming açai results in improvements in a well validated marker of (CVD) risk in overweight volunteers in an acute setting. These data suggest that acai may be a useful functional food as part of a healthy diet however future dietary intervention studies, with a chronic study design, in wider populations and with other biomarkers of disease risk are needed
description: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health, Vol 3, No 1 (2016): Special Volume of ISANH Conference/Congress
Importance of periconceptional micronutrient supplementation in the prevention of congenital abnormalities
Creators: name: Vereczkey, Attila
Publisher: name: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health
Year: 2016

description: Adequate nutritional habits during periconceptional period is proven to be of crucial importance for optimal pregnancy outcomes. Diet, particularly vitamin deficiency often increases children's risk of congenital abnormalities.

Hungarian interventional trials already proved the efficiency of folic acid in preventing neural tube defects, one of the most common and severe malformation. Folic acid was demonstrated to prevent 90 % of neural tube defects in the form of multivitamins, and 70 % prevention of the malformation when applied alone during the periconceptional period. The application of folic acid in the same manner was able to prevent a large proportion of congenital cardiovascular abnormalities as well.

The possible uses of periconceptional folic acid supplementation would be the followings: (i) dietary intake; (ii) periconceptional medication; (iii) flour fortification; (iv) combination of oral contraceptives with 6S-5-methyltetrahydrofolate. Recently the use of folic acid has been extended to late-pregnancy, particularly to the third trimester as well, in which case it has been shown to decrease the rate of preterm births.

In summary, folic acid applied before and during pregnancy may significantly contribute to the reduction of the occurrence of factors influencing offsprings morbidity and mortality, thus playing important role in children's long-term health as well.
description: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health, Vol 3, No 1 (2016): Special Volume of ISANH Conference/Congress
Haemanota syntomoides
Creators: name: Vincent, Benoît
name: Laguerre, Michel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Haemanota
Haemanota syntomoides

description: Haemanota syntomoides (Rothschild, 1910)
Neritos syntomoides Rothschild, 1910d: 505.
TYPE LOCALITY. — Suriname, [Sipaliwini], Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley.
TYPE SPECIMEN. — Holotype male (BMNH).
description: Published as part of Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 137-533 in Zoosystema 36 (2) on page 242, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344
Non-ergodic extended states in $β$-ensemble
Creators: name: Das, Adway Kumar
name: Ghosh, Anandamohan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Matrix models showing chaotic-integrable transition in the spectral statistics are important for understanding Many Body Localization (MBL) in physical systems. One such example is the $β$-ensemble, known for its structural simplicity. However, eigenvector properties of $β$-ensemble remain largely unexplored, despite energy level correlations being thoroughly studied. In this work we numerically study the eigenvector properties of $β$-ensemble and find that the Anderson transition occurs at $γ= 1$ and ergodicity breaks down at $γ= 0$ if we express the repulsion parameter as $β= N^{-γ}$. Thus other than Rosenzweig-Porter ensemble (RPE), $β$-ensemble is another example where Non-Ergodic Extended (NEE) states are observed over a finite interval of parameter values ($0 < γ< 1$). We find that the chaotic-integrable transition coincides with the breaking of ergodicity in $β$-ensemble but with the localization transition in the RPE or the 1-D disordered spin-1/2 Heisenberg model where this coincidence occurs at the localization transition. As a result, the dynamical time-scales in the NEE regime of $β$-ensemble behave differently than the later models.
description: 16 pages, 10 figures
Jungle Without Water
Creators: name: Iyer, Sreedhevi
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 360201
subject: Creative writing (incl. scriptwriting)
classificationCode: 470599
subject: Literary studies not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 500301
subject: Aesthetics

description: The collection of stories in this major creative work explore the 21st Century globalised phenomenon of human movement. The collection responds to Alaistair Pennycook’s arguments on linguistic imperialism forming the aesthetics of postcolonial creative writing (Pennycook 2001, Tymoczko 1999), mainly that the dominant linguistic ideologies of English inform creative aesthetics in postcolonial cultures. My research explores the question: How can the English language be used as a force of resistance and authenticity at the same time? Susan Sontag, Ha Jin, Jhumpa Lahiri, Mohsin Hamid and Irvine Welsh form the literary influences behind the research methods and creative modes of the collection.

Many of the stories in ‘Jungle Without Water’ employ experimental use of linguistic norms and measures. It intentionally alters the aesthetics of each story, in a way that reflects the ground reality of Malaysia, as well as its surrounding regions. In writing ‘The Man With Two Wives’ in Manglish, the vernacular is elevated from dialogue to narrative voice. Similarly, Green Grass is a story written in first person plural reflects the linguistic norm of collective cultures, that employ ‘we’ and ‘us’ far more often than ‘I’ and ‘me’. Another story is written as a collective Greek chorus, shifting the power of the tale to a plural rather than a singular voice.

This major creative work has been published and re-published across several continents, including the UK, Southeast Asia, and Australia/New Zealand, by JetStone, GerakBudaya, and GazeboBooks, respectively. It is currently being taught at The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, and University Perdana, and International Schools in Penang. The Southeast Asian edition was shortlisted for the Penang Monthly Book Prize at the GeorgeTown International Literary Festival.
Sound velocity effects on the phase transition gravitational wave spectrum in the sound shell model
Creators: name: Wang, Xiao
name: Huang, Fa Peng
name: Li, Yongping
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A cosmological first-order phase transition gravitational wave could provide a novel approach to studying the early Universe. In most cases, the acoustic gravitational wave from the sound wave mechanism is dominant. Considering different sound velocities in symmetric and broken phases, we study sound velocity effects on the acoustic phase transition gravitational wave spectra in the sound shell model. We demonstrate that different sound velocities could obviously modify the peak frequency and peak amplitude of the gravitational wave power spectra. Therefore, taking more realistic sound velocities might provide more accurate predictions for various gravitational wave experiments.
description: Published version in Physical Review D, 28 pages, 8 figures
Vitamin A intake through local food recipes: can be a solution to improve immunity system in Mozambique?
Creators: name: Pizzol, Damiano
name: Di Gennaro, Francesco
name: Monno, Laura
name: Saracino, Annalisa
name: Marquez, Guillermo
name: Romanelli, Michela
name: Putoto, Giovanni
name: Bertoldo, Alessandro
Publisher: name: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health
Year: 2016

description: Objectives: Vitamin A has fundamental roles in embryonic development, reproduction, bone metabolism, skin homeostasis and vision. Another major role is in immunity, and a vitamin A deficiency seems to undermine also the efficacy of childhood vaccination campaigns (1). In Mozambique about 2.3 million under-5 children are vitamin A deficient (2). The aim of this study is to illustrate sustainable recipes made with local foods to fight child vitamin A deficiency and malnutrition in Mozambique.
 Methods: We adapted Dietary Reference Intake for children aged 3-8 years from the DRI reports (3). We listed more than 60 foods commonly consumed in Mozambique and developed some recipes indicating composition, energy and nutrients values.
 Results: Doctors with Africa with Unicef and Provincial Health Department of Sofala developed different recipes with high and adequate intake levels of vitamin A, energy and other crucial nutrients.
 Conclusion: Local recipes approach has the promise to be among the most cost-effective/high impact interventions against child malnutrition and mortality in Mozambique due to its ability to supply recommended micronutrients, in particular Vitamin A, and overcome the main nutrient gaps. Moreover, supporting local economy, it  ensures environmental sustainability and contributes to the achievement of Millennium Development Goals.
description: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health, Vol 3, No 1 (2016): Special Volume of ISANH Conference/Congress
Haemanota flavipurpurea
Creators: name: Vincent, Benoît
name: Laguerre, Michel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Haemanota
Haemanota flavipurpurea

description: Haemanota flavipurpurea (Dognin, 1914)
Neritos flavipurpurea Dognin, 1914: 18.
TYPE LOCALITY. — Colombia, [Boyaca], Muzo.
TYPE SPECIMEN. — Holotype male no. 30 494 (USNM).
description: Published as part of Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 137-533 in Zoosystema 36 (2) on pages 242-243, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344
Polyphenols, reducing sugars and soluble lignin extraction from vine shoots by High Voltage Electrical Discharges, enzymatic and alkaline hydrolyses
Creators: name: Rajha, Hiba N.
name: Louka, Nicolas
name: El Kantar, Sally
name: Boussetta, Nadia
name: Vorobiev, Eugene
name: Maroun, Richard G.
Publisher: name: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health
Year: 2016

description: In this study, the efficiency of enzymatic (Viscozyme® L) and alkaline (1 M NaOH) hydrolyses in terms of polyphenol, reducing sugars’ and lignin extraction from Vitis vinifera vine shoots var. Grenache Blanc was showed. The combination of High Voltage Electrical Discharges (HVED) with enzymatic hydrolysis was also conducted prior to alkaline hydrolysis. Enzymatic hydrolysis (24 FBGU/g) extracted 2 mg/g of polyphenols, 80 mg/g of reducing sugars and 0.7 % of soluble lignin, whereas alkaline hydrolysis (1 M NaOH) extracted 10 mg/g of polyphenols, 5 mg/g of reducing sugars and 8 % of soluble lignin. The application of HVED (101.6 kJ/kg) prior to enzymatic hydrolysis ameliorated by 1.8; 1.4 and 2.14 times the extraction of polyphenols, reducing sugars and soluble lignin, respectively. The combination of physical and biochemical methods led to the highest resveratrol, p-coumaric and ferulic acids’ yields as shown by HPLC.
description: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health, Vol 3, No 1 (2016): Special Volume of ISANH Conference/Congress
BIOCHEMICAL AND HISTOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF THIAMINE PYROPHOSPHATE AGAINST ACETAMINOPHEN-INDUCED HEPATOTOXICITY
Creators: name: Bektas Uysal, Hilal
name: Dağlı, Bekir
name: Yilmaz, Mustafa
name: Kahyaoglu, Fadime
name: Gokcimen, Alparslan
name: Kurt Omurlu, Imran
name: Demirci, Buket
Publisher: name: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health
Year: 2016

description: Objective:The aim of this study was to investigate whether thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP) has biochemical and histological preventive effects on oxidative liver damage induced by paracetamol (APAP), in rats. Moreover,the additional benefits of TPP with N-acetylcysteine(NAC) were investigated. Methodology:Rats were divided into six groups.APAP 1500mg/kg orally, NAC and TPP at a dose of 100 mg/kg were administered intraperitoneally to the groups. Oxidant, antioxidant parameters and liver function tests were compared between groups. Additionally, the histological assessment of each group was performed.Results:In APAP group, a marked liver damage occured with the elevation of liver function tests and oxidative stress markers like MDA, MPO and NO. Simultaneously, biochemical results were congruent with the histological changes of oxidative damage. In the APAP+TPP group, the elevation of oxidants and the decrease in antioxidant levels like glutathione and catalase, were prevented by TPP. The histological changes were improved to almost normal hepatic structure, simultaneously. And the results showed that TPP and NAC have no additional benefits when used together.TPP and NAC had nearly similar hepatoprotective efficacy on APAP induced hepatotoxicity. Conclusion:As efficacious as the standard theraphy, TPP may be beneficial in APAP induced hepatotoxicity.
description: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health, Vol 3, No 1 (2016): Special Volume of ISANH Conference/Congress
Supplementary document for Spectroscopic second and third harmonic generation microscopy using a femtosecond laser source in the third near-infrared (NIR-III) optical window - 5627873.pdf
Creators: name: MURAKAMI, YUSUKE
name: Masaki, Minori
name: Miyazaki, Shinichi
name: Oketani, Ryosuke
name: Hayashi, Yu
name: Yanagisawa, Masashi
name: Honjoh, Sakiko
name: Kano, Hideaki
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary Materials