cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Food Image Recognition via Superpixel Based Low-Level and Mid-Level Distance Coding for Smart Home Applications
Creators: name: Zheng, Jiannan
name: Wang, Z. Jane
name: Zhu, Chunsheng
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Food image recognition is a key enabler for many smart home applications such as smart kitchen and smart personal nutrition log. In order to improve living experience and life quality, smart home systems collect valuable insights of users’ preferences, nutrition intake and health conditions via accurate and robust food image recognition. In addition, efficiency is also a major concern since many smart home applications are deployed on mobile devices where high-end GPUs are not available. In this paper, we investigate compact and efficient food image recognition methods, namely low-level and mid-level approaches. Considering the real application scenario where only limited and noisy data are available, we first proposed a superpixel based Linear Distance Coding (LDC) framework where distinctive low-level food image features are extracted to improve performance. On a challenging small food image dataset where only 12 training images are available per category, our framework has shown superior performance in both accuracy and robustness. In addition, to better model deformable food part distribution, we extend LDC’s feature-to-class distance idea and propose a mid-level superpixel food parts-to-class distance mining framework. The proposed framework show superior performance on a benchmark food image datasets compared to other low-level and mid-level approaches in the literature.
Actinomycins inhibit the production of the siderophore pyoverdines in the plant pathogen Pseudomonas cichorii SPC9018
Creators: name: Maenaka, Risa
name: Tani, Shuji
name: Hikichi, Yasufumi
name: Kai, Kenji
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Pyoverdines, a group of peptide siderophores produced by Pseudomonas species, function not only in iron acquisition, but also in their virulence in hosts. Thus, chemical inhibition of pyoverdine production may be an effective strategy to control Pseudomonas virulence. In the plant pathogen Pseudomonas cichorii SPC9018 (SPC9018), pyoverdine production is required for virulence on eggplant. We screened microbial culture extracts in a pyoverdine-production inhibition assay of SPC9018 and found Streptomyces sp. RM-32 as a candidate-producer. We isolated two active compounds from RM-32 cultures, and elucidated their structures to be actinomycins X2 and D. Actinomycins X2 and D inhibited pyoverdine production by SPC9018 with IC50 values of 17.6 and 29.6 μM, respectively. Furthermore, pyoverdine production in other Pseudomonas bacteria, such as the mushroom pathogen P. tolaasii, was inhibited by the actinomycins. Therefore, these actinomycins may be useful as chemical tools to examine pyoverdine functions and as seed compounds for anti-Pseudomonas virulence agents. Actinomycins may be useful as chemical tools to examine pyoverdine functions and as seed compounds for anti-Pseudomonas virulence agents.
Variation in the Genetic Repertoire of Viruses Infecting Micromonas pusilla Reflects Horizontal Gene Transfer and Links to Their Environmental Distribution
Creators: name: Finke, Jan F.
name: Winget, Danielle M.
name: Chan, Amy M.
name: Suttle, Curtis A.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Prasinophytes, a group of eukaryotic phytoplankton, has a global distribution and is infected by large double-stranded DNA viruses (prasinoviruses) in the family Phycodnaviridae. This study examines the genetic repertoire, phylogeny, and environmental distribution of phycodnaviruses infecting Micromonas pusilla, other prasinophytes and chlorophytes. Based on comparisons among the genomes of viruses infecting M. pusilla and other phycodnaviruses, as well as the genome from a host isolate of M. pusilla, viruses infecting M. pusilla (MpVs) share a limited set of core genes, but vary strongly in their flexible pan-genome that includes numerous metabolic genes, such as those associated with amino acid synthesis and sugar manipulation. Surprisingly, few of these presumably host-derived genes are shared with M. pusilla, but rather have their closest non-viral homologue in bacteria and other eukaryotes, indicating horizontal gene transfer. A comparative analysis of full-length DNA polymerase (DNApol) genes from prasinoviruses with their overall gene content, demonstrated that the phylogeny of DNApol gene fragments reflects the gene content of the viruses; hence, environmental DNApol gene sequences from prasinoviruses can be used to infer their overall genetic repertoire. Thus, the distribution of virus ecotypes across environmental samples based on DNApol sequences implies substantial underlying differences in gene content that reflect local environmental conditions. Moreover, the high diversity observed in the genetic repertoire of prasinoviruses has been driven by horizontal gene transfer throughout their evolutionary history, resulting in a broad suite of functional capabilities and a high diversity of prasinovirus ecotypes.
Archived sources for thesis "The formation of a healthy lifestyle of engineers-pedagogues in the process of studying valeological disciplines" by
Creators: name: Shtefan, Liudmyla V.
name: Shevchenko, Alexander S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: healthy lifestyle
valeological disciplines
controlled risk factors
"Health Pedagogy"
здоровий спосіб життя
валеологічні дисципліни
контрольовані фактори ризику
«Педагогіка здоров'я»

description: Bondin V.I., Karpova G.F., Lysenko A.V., et al. Youth Health Culture. Monograph. Moscow, World of Science Publishing House, 2018. 75 p. (ISBN 978-5-6041426-0-8) http://izd-mn.com/PDF/30MNNPM18.pdf Archived: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3880839 Бондин В.И., Карпова Г.Ф., Лысенко А.В., и др. Культура здоровья молодёжи. Монография. Москва, Издательство "Мир науки", 2018. 75 с. (ISBN 978-5-6041426-0-8) http://izd-mn.com/PDF/30MNNPM18.pdf Архивировано: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3880839
High-performance liquid chromatographic profile and 1H quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance analyses for quality control of a Xinjiang licorice extract
Creators: name: Miyazaki, Atsumi
name: Eerdunbayaer
name: Tsugumi Shiokawa
name: Tada, Hiroko
name: Yunhe Lian
name: Taniguchi, Shoko
name: Hatano, Tsutomu
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Various pharmacological properties of Xinjiang licorice flavonoids have been reported recently. We have investigated constituents corresponding to distinct peaks on the high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) profile of a flavonoid-rich extract from licorice, and identified 13 flavonoids, including licochalcone A (1), licochalcone B (3), glabrone (4), and echinatin (5), by isolating them and then performing high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectral analyses. We then applied the 1H quantitative NMR (qNMR) method for analysis of major flavonoids, 1 and 3–5 in the extract. The 1H qNMR results were supported by 13C NMR analysis. The results demonstrated the utility of the combination of HPLC profiling and qNMR analyses for quality control of Xinjiang licorice. Additionally, we observed a moderate inhibitory effect of the most abundant constituent, licochalcone A (1), on acetylcholine esterase activity, suggesting utility as a seed for drug development. High-performance Liquid Chromatographic Profile and 1H Quantitative Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Analyses for Quality Control of a Xinjiang Licorice Extract.
RMS-3: A Systems Reliability Case Study of an Eight-leg Jacket Platform
Creators: name: Nordal, Harald
name: Cornell, C. Allin
name: Karamchandani, Ashish
Publisher: name: Stanford Digital Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: systems reliability analysis
subject: Offshore structures
subject: Steel-frame Structural Systems

description: This report describes a systems reliability analysis of an idealized eight-leg, steel-frame offshore jacket platform located in 140-ft of water, and designed for a 100-year return period wave. The reliability of the steel-frame structural system (excluding piling) under gravity and extreme wave loads was estimated using a structural systems reliability analysis procedure devel­oped at Stanford University /1/. Wave loads and member resistances were treated as random variables, and reli­ability calculations were performed using first-order reliability methods. 

Reliability analyses were conducted to study the effect of using X-bracing versus K-bracing in the principal load-carrying bents, the effect of wave load variabili­ty, the decrease in reliability under damaged conditions (simulated by removing selected frame members), and the adequacy of horizontal bracing to transfer loads among the frame bents. 

The results reported herein are to some degree sensitive to simplifications made in modelling the post-failure behaviour of structural members. In particular, the compressive braces are treated in a conservative manner. Also, the jacket structure used in this study is a highly idealized design. Consequently, the analytical results of this study should be viewed as more qualita­tive than quantitative, and the conclusions cannot be directly generalized to real structures. On the other hand, the report illustrates the kinds of studies and comparisons that are possible using systems reliability. The measures of structural redundancy and robustness introduced in this report can be used when comparing the structural reliability characteristics of alternative steel-frame platform designs.
Syntheses of all eight stereoisomers of conidendrin
Creators: name: Shirakata, Hinako
name: Nishiwaki, Hisashi
name: Yamauchi, Satoshi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: All eight stereoisomers of conidendrin were synthesized from (1 R,2 S,3 S)-1-(4-benzyloxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-3-(4-benzyloxy-3-methoxybenzyl)-2- hydroxymethyl-1,4-butanediol ((+)-4) and its enantiomer with high optical purity. The configurations at 4-positions of the conidendrin stereoisomers were constructed by intramolecular Friedel-Crafts reaction of protected 4. After conversion to tetrahydronaphthalene intermediate 7a, the 2- and 3-position of tetrahydronaphthalene structure 7a were converted to 3a- and 9a-position of (+)-α-conidendrin (3a), respectively. By the epimerization process of 2- or 3-position of 7a, the other diastereomers were obtained. All enantiomers were also synthesized from (−)-4.
Archived sources for thesis "The formation of a healthy lifestyle of engineers-pedagogues in the process of studying valeological disciplines" by
Creators: name: Shtefan, Liudmyla V.
name: Shevchenko, Alexander S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: healthy lifestyle
valeological disciplines
controlled risk factors
"Health Pedagogy"
здоровий спосіб життя
валеологічні дисципліни
контрольовані фактори ризику
«Педагогіка здоров'я»

description: Neudakhina N.A. On the possibilities of practical implementation of the technology for visualizing educational information at a university. Proceedings of Altai State University, 2013, 78(2(2)). Pp. 35-38. https://doi.org/10.14258/izvasu(2013)2.2-06 Archived: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3880842 Неудахина Н.А. О возможностях практического внедрения технологии визуализации учебной информации в вузе. Известия Алтайского государственного университета, 2013, 78(2(2)). С. 35-38. https://doi.org/10.14258/izvasu(2013)2.2-06 Архивировано: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3880842
Kommentar: Die Antwort des Bundesministers für Wirtschaft auf die kleine Anfrage der Fraktion der Grünen betr. Rüstungsexporte in die ASEAN-Länder
Creators: name: Bonnekamp, Gerhard
Publisher: name: südostasien informationen
Year: 2018

description: südostasien informationen, 1984: südostasien informationen
Mallacoota nananui Myers 1985
Creators: name: Lowry, JK
name: Springthorpe, RT
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Amphipoda
Maeridae
Mallacoota
Mallacoota nananui

description: Mallacoota nananui Myers
? Elasmopus subcarinatus.–Chilton, 1915 (in part), 325, fig. 5.
Mallacoota subcarinata.–J.L. Barnard, 1972b: 114, figs 59–60.
Mallacoota nananui Myers, 1985: 121, fig. 95.–Myers, 1986: 1389, fig. 8.
Type material. HOLOTYPE: ♂, 5.7 mm, AM P35209; PARATYPES, 7♂♂, 15♀♀, AM P35210; lagoon, Nananui Ra, Viti Levu, Fiji [17°15'S 178°12'E], on Halimeda sp., A.A. Myers, 7 October, 1979, stn 53.
Material examined. New South Wales: about 95 specimens, AM P64661, between Comet Hole and the reef, Lord Howe Island lagoon, [approx. 31°30.5'S 159°03'E], associated with red and brown algae, 2– 3 m, J.K. Lowry & G.D. Fenwick, 10 May 1977, stn LHA-11.11 specimens, AM P64662, reef front west of Signal Point, Lord Howe Island Lagoon, [approx. 31°30.5'S 159°03'E], Caulerpa, 1.5–2.0 m, G.D. Fenwick, 11 May 1977, stn LHA–15.
Type locality. Lagoon, Nananui Ra, Viti Levu, Fiji [approx. 17°15'S 178°12'E].
Habitat. Marine; littoral; among red and brown algae in lagoons, 0 to 3 m depth.
Remarks. This is the first record of M. nananui from Australian waters.
Distribution. New South Wales: Lord Howe Island (AM).
Extrinsic distribution. Fiji; Nuie; New Zealand.
Australian geographic areas. Southeastern Australia.
description: Published as part of Lowry, JK & Springthorpe, RT, 2005, New and Little-known Melitid Amphipods from Australian Waters (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Melitidae), pp. 237-302 in Records of the Australian Museum 57 on page 267, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1463, http://zenodo.org/record/15323482
Current insights in noise-induced hearing loss: a literature review of the underlying mechanism, pathophysiology, asymmetry, and management options
Creators: name: Le, Trung N
name: Straatman, Louise V
name: Lea, Jane
name: Westerberg, Brian
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Background: Noise-induced hearing loss is one of the most common forms of sensorineural hearing loss, is a major health problem, is largely preventable and is probably more widespread than revealed by conventional pure tone threshold testing. Noise-induced damage to the cochlea is traditionally considered to be associated with symmetrical mild to moderate hearing loss with associated tinnitus; however, there is a significant number of patients with asymmetrical thresholds and, depending on the exposure, severe to profound hearing loss as well. Main body: Recent epidemiology and animal studies have provided further insight into the pathophysiology, clinical findings, social and economic impacts of noise-induced hearing loss. Furthermore, it is recently shown that acoustic trauma is associated with vestibular dysfunction, with associated dizziness that is not always measurable with current techniques. Deliberation of the prevalence, treatment and prevention of noise-induced hearing loss is important and timely. Currently, prevention and protection are the first lines of defence, although promising protective effects are emerging from multiple different pharmaceutical agents, such as steroids, antioxidants and neurotrophins. Conclusion: This review provides a comprehensive update on the pathophysiology, investigations, prevalence of asymmetry, associated symptoms, and current strategies on the prevention and treatment of noise-induced hearing loss.
Thinking outside the halo: a semi-analytic approach to galaxies and their environments
Creators: name: Shattow, Genevieve Mae
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This thesis addresses two questions fundamental to galaxy formation: how does a galaxy's environment affect its evolution and how does a galaxy's evolution affect its environment. To answer these questions, this thesis uses semi-analytic models to explore the co-evolution of galaxies and their environs. First, it compares commonly used environment metrics to better understand how proto-clusters in the early universe become the giant galaxy clusters we see nearby. Second, it develops the definition of environment to include not only nearby galaxies but also the intergalactic medium. And finally, it builds a model of co-evolving galaxies and the surrounding intergalactic medium.
Miramaera Lowry & Springthorpe, 2005, n.gen.
Creators: name: Lowry, JK
name: Springthorpe, RT
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Amphipoda
Maeridae
Miramaera

description: Miramaera n.gen.
Type species. Miramaera thetis n.sp.
Diagnosis. Head without anteroventral notch; eye ovate to reniform. Antenna 1 accessory flagellum long, nearly half to more than half length of primary flagellum. Mandible palp article 1 strongly produced distally; article 2 longer than article 3; article 3 long, rectolinear. Maxilla 1 inner plate with mainly apical setae. Gnathopod 1 coxa anteroventral corner produced, acute or subacute. Gnathopod 2 significantly enlarged in male and female; left and right gnathopods symmetrical in male; palm acute in male and female, both male propodi with well defined corner (greater than 90°), both female propodi with well defined corner (greater than 90°); dactylus with 1 or 2 setae on anterior margin. Pereopods 5–7 dactyli simple. Epimeron 3 posterior margin smooth. Urosomite 1 dorsal and posterior margins smooth. Uropod 3 rami distally truncated, about 1.5× to 3 or more times peduncle, apical robust setae long or short; outer ramus 1-articulate. Telson deeply cleft, lobes truncated with apical cusps, with or without robust setae on outer margins, with short apical robust setae.
Species composition. Miramaera tepuni (J.L. Barnard, 1972b); Miramaera thetis n.sp.
Etymology. A combination of the Latin word mirus, meaning wonderful, with the Latin stem Maera.
Remarks. Miramaera is excluded from the Linguimaera group because of its symmetrical second gnathopods. It is excluded from Quadrimaera because of the strong apical notch on the anteroventral margin of the head, the acute palms on the propodi of male gnathopod 2, the simple dactyli on pereopods 5–7 and the telsonic lobes that are truncated with apical cusps. It may be most similar to genera in the Maera group (sensu stricto), but it differs from that group in the setation of the dactyli of the second gnathopods. The significant differences between Miramaera and Lupimaera are that in Miramaera the posterior margin of epimeron 3 is smooth, the rami of uropod 3 are longer than the peduncle and the telsonic lobes have apical cusps and short robust setae. Miramaera differs from Maeropsis in having acute palms and a well defined corner of more than 90° on both male and female propodi of gnathopod 2.
Distribution. Australia; New Zealand.
description: Published as part of Lowry, JK & Springthorpe, RT, 2005, New and Little-known Melitid Amphipods from Australian Waters (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Melitidae), pp. 237-302 in Records of the Australian Museum 57 on pages 272-274, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1463, http://zenodo.org/record/15323482
How Well Does the CWEQ II Measure Structural Empowerment? Findings from Applying Item Response Theory
Creators: name: Havaei, Farinaz
name: Dahinten, V. Susan
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: The main purpose of this paper is to examine the psychometric properties of the original five-point CWEQ II using Item Response Theory (IRT) methods, followed by an examination of the revised three-point CWEQ II. (1) Background: The psychometric properties of the CWEQ II have not been previously assessed using more robust techniques such as IRT. (2) Methods: This is a secondary analysis of baseline data from 1067 staff nurses whose leaders had attended a leadership development program. Data were analyzed using a polytomous IRT model. (3) Results: The two versions of CWEQ II fit the SE data equally as each had only one poor-fitting item. For the five-point CWEQ II, discriminant ability was poor for a majority of the items; one item demonstrated a disordinal step difficulty parameter; and item reliability was supported for a relatively wider range of SE levels. The discriminant ability and reliability of items for the three-point CWEQ II was better than those of the five-point CWEQ II, but for a narrower range of SE levels; and the disordinal step difficulty parameter was resolved. (4) Conclusion: The appropriate use of each version of the scale depends on the conditions of the work setting targeted.
Clean Energy Access plan for Secondary Schools within Kisumu County, Kenya
Creators: name: Akello, Felix Odhiambo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Kisumu County is a sub-national government ( number 42 of the 47 devolved units) in Kenya. Having launched the roadmap to 100% Renewable Energy transition by 2050; it seeks to advance projects and programs in electricity, clean cooking and transport as the key pillars in the race to Net Zero. 

This study sought to investigate how to integrate geo-spatial data in accelerating support for inclusive and reliable energy planning purposes and linkages with other topics/themes to provide user based custom analysis and projection.
title:  Fine di un amore? A proposito del crollo delle iscrizioni nei corsi di giurisprudenza
Creators: name: Banfi, Antonio
Publisher: name: RomaTrE-Press
Year: 2018

description: Il saggio descrive l’andamento delle iscrizioni ai corsi di giurisprudenza e sottolinea il trend negativo. L’analisi dei dati evidenzia in particolare le difficoltà della laurea triennale (più penalizzata della magistrale). Si tenta di individuare le cause e di proporre qualche soluzione migliorativa.
description: La formazione del giurista. Contributi a una riflessione
title: Types of vaults in southern Portuguese architecture
Creators: name: Costa, Sérgio
name: Caldas, João Vieira
name: Pacheco, Mafalda Batista
Publisher: name: Instituto de História da Arte, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
Year: 2025

description: Much of the literature on Portuguese vernacular architecture has conveyed the notion of a ‘vaulted south’, understood as the territory where a certain roof-building technique is preferentially used across all building typologies. In Portugal, the massive presence of vaulted houses in the Alentejo and Algarve is practically common knowledge, but scientific research on this topic is only slowly expanding. Other than the prevalence of timbrel vaulting and the ubiquitous use of clay brick, key characteristics of these traditional structures remain mostly unexamined, such as their true quantity and geographic distribution, their formal and constructive variety, their relation to spatial functions, and their symbolic significance. As for the origin and chronology of these vaults, explanatory myths persist in the absence of conclusive evidence.
description: Costa, S., Vieira Caldas, J. and Batista Pacheco, M. 2025. Types of vaults in southern Portuguese architecture: . Revista de História da Arte. 19 (Mar. 2025), 66–95. ISSN: 2182-3294
THE ROLE OF ERROR CORRECTION IN SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DIRECT AND INDIRECT FEEDBACK
Creators: name: Urdabekova Yulduz Alisher qizi, Student Gaziyeva Saida Turgunovna, Scientific supervisor, Chirchik State Pedagogical University 4th year student in Foreign Languages and Literature (English)
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Error correction is a crucial element in second language acquisition, especially in the development of accurate grammatical and writing skills. This study explores the impact of two major types of error correction—direct and indirect—on the writing performance of intermediate EFL learners. Thirty students were divided into two groups and exposed to different feedback strategies over six weeks. The first group received direct corrections, while the second group received underlined errors with metalinguistic clues. Pre- and post-tests, along with weekly writing assignments, were used to assess improvements. The results showed that while both methods led to significant learning gains, direct correction had a stronger impact on short-term grammatical accuracy, whereas indirect correction encouraged deeper cognitive engagement and long-term retention. These findings suggest that combining both methods could be an effective strategy for language instructors aiming to improve both accuracy and learner autonomy
RMS-9: Second-Order Load and Response Statistics for Tension-Leg Platforms
Creators: name: Marthinsen, Tom
name: Winterstein, Steven R.
Publisher: name: Stanford Digital Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Offshore structures
subject: Offshore structures--Design and construction
subject: Structural analysis (Engineering)

description: Vertical motions of a tension leg platform are studied. Contributions from both first- and second-order sum-frequency loads are included. The various physical assumptions underlying the fire forcing mechanisms and structural properties are reviewed.

Statistics of platform motions and accelerations are obtained. Moment statistics arc found through eigenvalue analysis, which recasts the second-order response as a quadratic sum of independent normal random variables. Rates of extremes and fa­tigue damage are then estimated analytically from a non-Gaussian (Hermite) random process model. 
Tether tensions and platform motions show clear effects of force nonlinearity, both on response variance and higher moments. These effects are found to be most pro­nounced on acceleration responses1 which amplify sum-frequency contributions. 

Nonlinear effects are also greater for smaller-period seastates. They are reduced somewhat as the damping decreases; however, responses may remain significantly non-­Gaussian in low-period seastates even with damping values as low as 0.005. In the companion report (RMS-10), these results are weighted over a North Sea scattergram to find long-term extreme and fatigue statistics.
How do pesticide retailers recommend pesticides to farmers in rural China?
Creators: name: Li, Zhongju
name: Hu, Ruifa
name: Zhang, Chao
name: Xiong, Yankun
name: Chen, Kevin
name: Li, Zhongju
name: Hu, Ruifa
name: Zhang, Chao
name: Xiong, Yankun
name: Chen, Kevin
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Farm Management
subject: Pesticide retailers
subject: pesticide overuse
subject: technology service
subject: China

description: Using survey data from 242 pesticide retailers, this study attempts to uncover how pesticide retailers in China make recommendations to farmers and identify influencing factors on those recommendations. Our data include a total of 586 recommendations to farmers about pesticide use from the 242 retailers. The study finds that, among approximate one quarter of the recommendations, the recommended types of pesticides cannot control the insects and diseases that affect farmers’ crops. Retailers typically recommend pesticide overuse more than appropriate use or underuse of pesticides. The Probit estimation results illustrates that government inspection, years in doing business, and information from government agricultural extension institutions are positively associated with the likelihood of retailers recommending the correct use of pesticide, while participation in technology training organized by pesticide firms reduces the likelihood of retailers recommending the correct use of pesticides. Furthermore, there is a positive association between having relatives who are pesticide retailers and the likelihood of retailers making recommendations of pesticide underuse, while there are negative associations between both being registered with the authorities and years in doing business with the likelihood of retailers making recommendations of pesticide overuse. Retailers in township seats and villages tend to recommend wrong pesticide types and excessive amounts of pesticides to farmers. Policy implications of the findings are then discussed.
Comprehensive whole genome sequence analyses yields novel genetic and structural insights for Intellectual Disability
Creators: name: Zahir, Farah R.
name: Mwenifumbo, Jill C.
name: Chun, Hye-Jung E.
name: Lim, Emilia L.
name: Van Karnebeek, Clara D. M.
name: Couse, Madeline
name: Mungall, Karen L.
name: Lee, Leora
name: Makela, Nancy
name: Armstrong, Linlea
name: Boerkoel, Cornelius F.
name: Langlois, Sylvie L.
name: McGillivray, Barbara M.
name: Jones, Steven J. M.
name: Friedman, J. M. (Jan Marshall), 1947-
name: Marra, Marco, 1966-
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2017

description: Background: Intellectual Disability (ID) is among the most common global disorders, yet etiology is unknown in ~30% of patients despite clinical assessment. Whole genome sequencing (WGS) is able to interrogate the entire genome, providing potential to diagnose idiopathic patients. Methods: We conducted WGS on eight children with idiopathic ID and brain structural defects, and their normal parents; carrying out an extensive data analyses, using standard and discovery approaches. Results: We verified de novo pathogenic single nucleotide variants (SNV) in ARID1B c.1595delG and PHF6 c.820C > T, potentially causative de novo two base indels in SQSTM1 c.115_116delinsTA and UPF1 c.1576_1577delinsA, and de novo SNVs in CACNB3 c.1289G > A, and SPRY4 c.508 T > A, of uncertain significance. We report results from a large secondary control study of 2081 exomes probing the pathogenicity of the above genes. We analyzed structural variation by four different algorithms including de novo genome assembly. We confirmed a likely contributory 165 kb de novo heterozygous 1q43 microdeletion missed by clinical microarray. The de novo assembly resulted in unmasking hidden genome instability that was missed by standard re-alignment based algorithms. We also interrogated regulatory sequence variation for known and hypothesized ID genes and present useful strategies for WGS data analyses for non-coding variation. Conclusion: This study provides an extensive analysis of WGS in the context of ID, providing genetic and structural insights into ID and yielding diagnoses.
The impact of networks on the innovation value chain of technology small and medium enterprises
Creators: name: Thomas, Denny
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This research explored how formal and informal networks of technology small and medium enterprises (SMEs) impact their innovation value chain. This study looked into the constraints faced by technology SMEs in Australia for their innovation and how networks contribute to their innovation process and firm outcomes. The findings from this qualitative study using 21 case studies suggested a positive influence of networks on innovation, and thereby on firm’s financial, growth and performance outcomes. The practice implications include the identification of the significance of networks in the innovation of resource constrained SMEs.
Valorization of dried nuts with hard skin
Creators: name: Almeida, César
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Almond
hazelnut
valorization

description: Valorization of dried nuts, diversifying their use. For the almonds and hazelnuts, to contribute to their long lasting, presentation, and conservation, making possible to attain distant markets. Almonds: to explore the potential of ground, flour, granulated and laminated.
title:  Leggere e scrivere il diritto
Creators: name: Bambi, Federigo
Publisher: name: RomaTrE-Press
Year: 2018

description: Anche la lingua del diritto, fatta spesso di parole difficili e di frasi complesse, deve aspirare alla chiarezza e alla sinteticità. Dovrebbe pertanto essere insegnata in corsi appositi nelle scuole di giurisprudenza.
description: La formazione del giurista. Contributi a una riflessione
Unusual conditions: what is Rapunzel syndrome and why do some people eat hair?
Creators: name: Rehm, Imogen
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Most patients with Rapunzel syndrome present to doctors with abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. In the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, the trapped Rapunzel lets down her long hair through a tower window so a prince can climb up and rescue her. Named after this tale, Rapunzel syndrome is an extremely rare medical condition where hairs the person has eaten become tangled and trapped in their stomach. This causes a trichobezoar (hair ball) to form, which has a long tail extending into the small intestine. Recently, a 38-year-old woman had a 15 x 10 cm hair ball surgically removed from her stomach and a 4 x 3 cm hair ball removed from the top of her small intestine. This case, published in the journal BMJ Case Reports, marks the 89th published instance of Rapunzel syndrome in medical literature.
Opinion mining in higher education: a corpus-based approach
Creators: name: Grljević, Olivera
name: Bošnjak, Zita
name: Kovačević, Aleksandar
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Student recruitment and retention heavily depend on student satisfaction and word of mouth voiced through surveys, social media, and review websites. The amount of online reviews makes their manual analysis intractable, revealing the need for automated approaches. The paper presents the first Serbian language corpus manually annotated for opinions in the domain of higher education. Agreement among annotators was calculated using the Fleiss’ kappa and agr metrics. Statistical and linguistic analyses of the corpus revealed information useful for hand-crafted rules for sentiment analysis. Using developed corpus, dictionary- and machine learning-based approaches to sentiment analysis are benchmarked. Both exhibit high performance.
title: Tactile Multi-Media Guide
Creators: name: Stoll, Daniela
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Interaction
subject: human-centered design
subject: multimedia
subject: tactile
subject: Interaction
subject: human-centered design
subject: multimedia
subject: tactile

description: Diese Diplomarbeit war Teil des dreijährigen ARCHES-Projekts. Wir haben uns zum Ziel gesetzt, ein integrierendes kulturelles Umfeld zu schaffen. Der Hauptbeitrag dieser Arbeit ist die Entwicklung eines neuen Tactile Multi-Media Guide (TMG). Der TMG ist ein Interaktionsdesign auf taktilen Reliefs, das Kunst für Besucher mit unterschiedlichen visuellen, akustischen und kognitiven Präferenzen zugänglich macht. Über 200 Menschen mit verschiedenen Behinderungen aus partizipatorischen Forschungsgruppen in London,Madrid, Oviedo und Wien trafen sich in den Museen, entwickelten Ideen, testeten und halfen bei der Gestaltung der Prototypen. Diese Diplomarbeit erstellt einen Designfor all Mixed-Reality Prototypen, bei dem die Benutzer sechs Kunstwerke mit ihren Händen erkunden und Informationen mit spezifischen Gesten auslösen können. Der TMG stellt Informationen in Form von Audiodateien, Untertiteln, Gebärdensprachvideos sowieTexten zur Verfügung. Es unterstützt auch Besucher mit Lernschwierigkeiten mit einerl eicht lesbaren Version. Diese Diplomarbeit zeigt, dass das Erleben von Kunst für jeden interessant und zugänglich sein kann.
description: This thesis was part of the three year ARCHES project. We have set ourselves the goalto create an inclusive cultural environment. The main contribution of this thesis is the development of a new Tactile Multi-Media Guide (TMG). The TMG is an interactiondesign on tactile reliefs, which makes art accessible for visitors with various visual,hearing and cognitive access preferences. Over 200 people with diverse disabilities fromparticipatory research groups in London, Madrid, Oviedo and Vienna met in the museums,developed ideas, tested and helped shape the prototypes. This thesis establishes a Design for all mixed reality prototype, where users can explore six artworks with their handsand trigger information with specific gestures. The TMG provides information in form of audio files, subtitles, sign language videos, as well as texts. It also supports visitors with learning difficulties with an easy read version. This thesis shows that experiencing art can be interesting and accessible for everyone.
Spatial Modelling of Fire Drivers in Urban-Forest Ecosystems in China
Creators: name: Guo, Futao
name: Su, Zhangwen
name: Tigabu, Mulualem
name: Yang, Xiajie
name: Lin, Fangfang
name: Liang, Huiling
name: Wang, Guangyu
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: Fires in urban-forest ecosystems (UFEs) are frequent with complex causes, posing a serious hazard to human lives and infrastructure. Thus, quantifying wildfire risks in UFEs and their spatial pattern is quintessential to develop appropriate fire management strategies. The aim of this study was to explore spatial (geographically weighted logistic regression, GWLR) versus non-spatial (logistic regression, LR) modelling approaches to determine the relationship between forest fire occurrence and driving factors in Yichun, a typical urban-forest ecosystem in China. As drivers of fire, 13 factors related to topographic, vegetation, infrastructure, meteorological and socio-economy were considered and regressed against fire occurrence data from 1980 to 2010. Results demonstrate the superiority of GWLR models over LR in terms of prediction accuracy, goodness of fit and model residuals. The GWLR model further captured the spatial variability of driving factors over a broad study area, and the fire likelihood maps identified areas with different zones of fire risk in the study area. In conclusion, the study demonstrates quantitatively and spatially the importance of accounting for local variation in drivers of fires, thereby improving fire management and prevention strategies. The findings also contribute to the emerged field of fire management and fire risk assessment in UFEs.
Association between targeted somatic mutation (TSM) signatures and HGS-OvCa progression
Creators: name: Lindley, Robyn A.
name: Humbert, Patrick
name: Larner, Cliff
name: Akmeemana, Eric H.
name: Pendlebury, Chistopher R. R.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Evidence already exists that the activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID/APOBEC) and the adenosine deaminase (ADAR) families of enzymes are implicated as powerful mutagens in oncogenic processes in many somatic tissues. Each deaminase is identified by the DNA or RNA nucleotide sequence (“motif”) surrounding the nucleotide targeted for deamination. The primary objective of this study is to develop an in silico approach to identify nucleotide sequence changes of the target motifs of key deaminases during oncogenesis. If successful, a secondary objective is to investigate if such changes are associated with disease progression indicators that include disease stage and progression-free survival time. Using a discovery cohort of 194 high-grade serous ovarian adenocarcinoma (HGS-OvCa) exomes, the results confirm the ability of the novel in silico approach used to identify changes in the preferred target motifs for AID, APOBEC3G, APOBEC3B, and ADAR1 during oncogenesis. Using this approach, a set of new cancer-progression associated signatures (C-PASs) were identified. Furthermore, it was found that the C-PAS identified can be used to differentiate between the cohort of patients that remained progression-free for longer than 60 months, from those in which disease progressed within 60 months (sensitivity 95%, specificity 90%). The spectrum of outcomes observed here could provide a foundation for future clinical assessment of susceptibility variants in ovarian, and several other cancers as disease progresses. The ability of the in silico methodology used to identify changes in deaminase motifs during oncogenesis also suggests new links between immune system function and tumorigenesis.
title: Spectroelectrochemical studies of hole percolation on functionalised nanocrystalline TiO2 films : a comparison of two different ruthenium complexes
Creators: name: Li, Xiaoe
name: Nazeeruddin, Mohammad K.
name: Thelakkat, Mukundan
name: Barnes, Piers R. F.
name: Vilar, Ramon
name: Durrant, James R.
Publisher: name: University of Bayreuth
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: 530
subject: 540

description: We report the application of spectroelectrochemical techniques to compare the hole percolation dynamics of molecular networks of two ruthenium bipyridyl complexes adsorbed onto mesoporous, nanocrystalline TiO2 films. The percolation dynamics of the ruthenium complex cis-di(thiocyanato)(2,2'-bipyridyl-4,4'-dicarboxylic acid)-(2,2'-bipyridyl-4,4'-tridecyl) ruthenium(II), N621, is compared with those observed for an analogous dye with an additional tri-phenyl amine (TPA) donor moiety, cis-di(thiocyanato)(2,2'-bipyridyl-4,4'-dicarboxylic acid)-(2,2'-bipyridyl-4,4'-bis(vinyltriphenylamine)) ruthenium(II), HW456. The in situ oxidation of these ruthenium complexes adsorbed to the TiO2 films is monitored by cyclic voltammetry and voltabsorptometry, whilst the dynamics of hole (cation) percolation between adsorbed ruthenium complexes is monitored by potentiometric spectroelectrochemistry and chronoabsorptometry. The hole diffusion coefficient, D-eff, is shown to be dependent on the dye loading on the nanocrystalline TiO2 film, with a threshold observed at similar to 60% monolayer surface coverage for both dyes. The hole diffusion coefficient of HW456 is estimated to be 2.6 x 10(-8) cm(2)/s, 20-fold higher than that obtained for the control N621, attributed to stronger electronic coupling between the TPA moieties of HW456 accelerating the hole percolation dynamics. The presence of mercuric ions, previously shown to bind to the thiocyanates of analogous ruthenium complexes, resulted in a quenching of the hole percolation for N621/TiO2 films and an enhancement for HW456/TiO2 films. These results strongly suggest that the hole percolation pathway is along the overlapped neighbouring -NCS groups for the N621 molecules, whereas in HW456 molecules cation percolation proceeds between intermolecular TPA ligands. These results are discussed in the context of their relevance to the process of dye regeneration in dye sensitised solar cells, and to the molecular wiring of wide bandgap inorganic materials for battery and sensing applications.
Managerial Overconfidence and Accounting Conservatism
Creators: name: Ramsheh, Manijeh
name: Molanazari, Mahnaz
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 150199 Accounting, Auditing and Accountability not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 150105 Management Accounting
subject: 150102 Auditing and Accountability
subject: 150107 Taxation Accounting
subject: 150103 Financial Accounting

description: Overconfident managers overestimate future returns from their firms’ investments. Thus, it is predicted that overconfident managers will tend to delay loss recognition and generally use less conservative accounting. This paper is concerned with the relationship between Accounting Conservatism and Managerial Overconfidence, and the effects of external monitoring on this relationship. The sample contains 62 firms over the period 1378–1391. The results indicate a negative relationship between managerial overconfidence and both the conditional and unconditional conservatism. In addition, the result provides evidence that external monitoring appears to mitigate the negative effect of overconfidence on conditional conservatism, but does not appear to have the same effect on unconditional conservatism.
title: Die europäischen Verhandlungen um die Governance der Energieunion. Eine vergleichende Untersuchung des Verhandlungserfolgs der europäischen Gesetzgeber und der Kommission
Creators: name: Müller, Rainer
Publisher: name: UNSPECIFIED
Year: 2022

description: Die Arbeit untersucht die Verhandlungen zwischen der europäischen Kommission, dem Rat der EU und dem EU-Parlament während des ordentlichen Gesetzgebungsverfahrens zur Governance-Verordnung der Energieunion. Der Fokus liegt dabei auf der Untersuchung der Entscheidungsfindung innerhalb der beiden Gesetzgeber und während des anschließenden informellen Trilogs. Ziel der Arbeit ist es dabei, die Ausgestaltung des finalen Rechtsaktes zu erklären. Im ersten Schritt wird der Verhandlungserfolg der Akteure ermittelt. Hierzu werden zuerst die Positionen der Akteure ermittelt und dann mit dem Ergebnis der Verhandlungen abgeglichen. Der Verhandlungserfolg der Kommission und der beiden Gesetzgeber, sowie der aller Mitgliedstaaten und Fraktionen wird quantifiziert. Im zweiten Schritt wird der Versuch unternommen, den ermittelten Verhandlungserfolg zu erklären. Auf Basis des akteurzentrierten Institutionalismus werden fünf Hypothesen abgeleitet, welche Einflussfaktoren formulieren, die den zuvor ermittelten Verhandlungserfolg erklären sollen: Koalitionen zwischen Akteuren innerhalb des EU-Parlaments beziehungsweise des Rats, Kooperation zwischen EU-Parlament, Rat und Kommission, Regierungswechsel, Fraktionskohäsion und individuelle Handlungsressourcen. Anwendung findet ein Mixed-Methods-Design. Als Methoden kommen Regressionsanalysen, Netzwerkanalysen, Indices, Korrelationen sowie strukturierende Inhaltsanalysen zum Einsatz. Als empirische Grundlage dienen insbesondere Dokumente aus den Verhandlungen sowie 21 Experteninterviews. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass intrainstitutionelle Koalitionen, interinstitutionelle Kooperation, Fraktionskohäsion und individuelle Handlungsressourcen einen bedingten Einfluss auf den Verhandlungserfolg der Akteure haben. Gleichzeitig wird durch die Ergebnisse deutlich, dass die institutionellen Regeln der Verhandlungsarena den Erfolg der Akteure ebenfalls stark beeinflussen. So fallen gemessene Effekte im EU-Parlament schwächer aus als im Rat, wo informelle Normen die direkte Wirkung der institutionellen Interaktionsform abschwächen. Innerhalb beider Gesetzgeber ist die Position innerhalb der Akteurkonstellation wichtig für Erfolg. Der Rat, bürgerliche Fraktionen sowie progressive Mitgliedstaaten konnten in den Verhandlungen um die Governance-Verordnung die größten Erfolge erzielen.