cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Eggs and clutches of the Spheroolithidae from the Cretaceous Tiantai basin, Zhejiang Province, China
Creators: name: Barta, Daniel E.
name: Brundridge, Krista M.
name: Croghan, Jasmine A.
name: Jackson, Frankie D.
name: Varricchio, David J.
name: Xingsheng Jin
name: Poust, Ashley W.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biological Sciences
History

description: Numerous discoveries in the Tiantai basin of Zhejiang Province, China, enrich our understanding of the parataxonomy, paleobiology and taphonomic histories of fossil eggs from a diverse array of Cretaceous oofamilies. We describe the most abundant of these egg types catalogued in the Zhejiang Museum of Natural History, Spheroolithus cf. zhangtoucaoensis (oofamily Spheroolithidae). Scanning electron microscopy, here utilised for the first time on Spheroolithus eggs from Tiantai, and petrographic microscopy reveal 0.81–1.37-mm thick eggshell composed of a single structural layer of calcite with slightly flaring shell units, irregular pores, horizontal accretion lines and a sweeping extinction pattern under crossed polars. This contradicts previous reports of the presence of two structural layers in Tiantai Spheroolithus. Clutches consist of 2–13 eggs arranged in an irregular, single-layered pattern. As these eggs are among the oldest Asian examples of Spheroolithus currently known, they may shed light on the early evolution of this oogenus. This study establishes the definitive presence of the Spheroolithidae in the Tiantai basin, contra recent reports, and provides the framework for ongoing examination of egg diversity and taphonomy in the Tiantai basin.
NEIGHBORHOOD AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT: ADDRESSING PHYSICAL INACTIVITY IN BURKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA BY IMPROVING ADULT WALKABILITY AND BIKEABILITY
Creators: name: Stowe, Claudia
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2024

description: ABSTRACT
Vallencia Mccoy, Nicole Palmer, Claudia Stowe, Yoko Terretta: Neighborhood and Built Environment: Addressing Physical Inactivity in Burke County, North Carolina by Improving Adult Walkability and Bikeability
(Under the Direction of Margaret Eaglin)

Background: Burke County Commissioners understand that the social determinants of health (SDOH) significantly impact health outcomes and seek recommendations to improve residents’ health.
Purpose: This proposal identifies which SDOH requires immediate attention and recommends upstream efforts for long-term health improvements. 
Methods: The team analyzed local, state, and national health data to prioritize neighborhood and built environment issues. We assessed Burke County’s leadership, stakeholder engagement, health department capabilities, and relevant policies.
Results: The team’s analysis revealed that increasing the proportion of adults who walk or bike for transportation should be the top priority. Recommendations include a holistic approach addressing leadership, engagement strategies, policy adoption, and continuous quality improvement.
Conclusion: The proposed multipronged approach aims to bring health, economic, and environmental benefits to Burke County residents through short- and long-term actions focused on improving active transportation.
Keywords: social determinants of health, SDOH, neighborhood and built environment, walkability, bikeability, Burke County, North Carolina
EMBRACE RESILIENCE: MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS IN BURKE COUNTY, NC
Creators: name: Benson, Richard
name: Singeetham, Mahima
name: Senter, Anna
name: Banta, Daisy
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2024

description: Educational access and quality are critical social determinants of adolescent and long-term health. Research demonstrates a strong bidirectional relationship between childhood mental health and quality education (Kondirolli et al., 2022; Chu T et al., 2023; Jakovljevic et al., 2016). Burke County, North Carolina, a rural area with 88,881 residents (U.S. Census, 2023), ranks 95th in educational attainment in the state. Recently, the county has witnessed a decline in student mental health, leading to the implementation of a multi-tiered intervention aimed at addressing academic, social, and mental health needs within schools (Burke County Public Schools, 2022). However, the program lacks a preventative education component. This proposal outlines a strategic plan to enhance educational access and quality by integrating evidence-based mental health education initiatives into public middle schools in Burke County.
NEIGHBORHOOD AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT: ADDRESSING PHYSICAL INACTIVITY IN BURKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA BY IMPROVING ADULT WALKABILITY AND BIKEABILITY
Creators: name: PALMER, NICOLE
name: STOWE, CLAUDIA
name: MCCOY, VALLENCIA
name: TERRETTA, YOKO
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2024

description: Background: Burke County Commissioners understand that the social determinants of health (SDOH) significantly impact health outcomes and seek recommendations to improve residents’ health.

Purpose: This proposal identifies which SDOH requires immediate attention and recommends upstream efforts for long-term health improvements.

Methods: The team analyzed local, state, and national health data to prioritize neighborhood and built environment issues. We assessed Burke County’s leadership, stakeholder engagement, health department capabilities, and relevant policies.

Results: The team’s analysis revealed that increasing the proportion of adults who walk or bike for transportation should be the top priority. Recommendations include a holistic approach addressing leadership, engagement strategies, policy adoption, and continuous quality improvement.

Conclusion: The proposed multipronged approach aims to bring health, economic, and environmental benefits to Burke County residents through short- and long-term actions focused on improving active transportation.

Keywords: social determinants of health, SDOH, neighborhood and built environment, walkability, bikeability, Burke County, North Carolina
EMBRACE RESILIENCE: MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS IN BURKE COUNTY, NC
Creators: name: Anna Senter
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2024

description: Educational access and quality are critical social determinants of adolescent and long-term health. Research demonstrates a strong bidirectional relationship between childhood mental health and quality education (Kondirolli et al., 2022; Chu T et al., 2023; Jakovljevic et al., 2016). Burke County, North Carolina, a rural area with 88,881 residents (U.S. Census, 2023), ranks 95th in educational attainment in the state. Recently, the county has witnessed a decline in student mental health, leading to the implementation of a multi-tiered intervention aimed at addressing academic, social, and mental health needs within schools (Burke County Public Schools, 2022). However, the program lacks a preventative education component. This proposal outlines a strategic plan to enhance educational access and quality by integrating evidence-based mental health education initiatives into public middle schools in Burke County.
NEIGHBORHOOD AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT: ADDRESSING PHYSICAL INACTIVITY IN BURKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA BY IMPROVING ADULT WALKABILITY AND BIKEABILITY
Creators: name: Palmer, Nicole
name: Terreta, Yoko
name: McCoy, Vallencia
name: Stowe, Claudia
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2024

description: ABSTRACT
Neighborhood and Built Environment: Addressing Physical Inactivity in Burke County, North Carolina by Improving Adult Walkability and Bikeability

Background: Burke County Commissioners understand that the social determinants of health (SDOH) significantly impact health outcomes and seek recommendations to improve residents’ health.
Purpose: This proposal identifies which SDOH requires immediate attention and recommends upstream efforts for long-term health improvements.
Methods: The team analyzed local, state, and national health data to prioritize neighborhood and built environment issues. We assessed Burke County’s leadership, stakeholder engagement, health department capabilities, and relevant policies.
Results: The team’s analysis revealed that increasing the proportion of adults who walk or bike for transportation should be the top priority. Recommendations include a holistic approach addressing leadership, engagement strategies, policy adoption, and continuous quality improvement.
Conclusion: The proposed multipronged approach aims to bring health, economic, and environmental benefits to Burke County residents through short- and long-term actions focused on improving active transportation.
Relations between Memory Measures and Hippocampal Volumes in Early Childhood
Creators: name: Fine, Carli
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: BSOS
subject: Fine
subject: child development
subject: memory
subject: hippocampus

description: The phenomenon of childhood amnesia, in which only a mere fraction of childhood experiences is remembered, may be due to changes in the underlying neural mechanisms supporting memory. However, this assumption is largely based on measures of memory from lab-based tasks, which show relations with specific brain areas. It is unclear whether tasks in the lab used to measure childhood memory skills map onto children’s memory for experiences in everyday life. This study aimed to address this gap by investigating the potential relation between two different tasks completed by 200 4- to 8-year-old children. Specifically, children completed both a rich, open-ended autobiographical interview examining children’s recall for real-world events, and a controlled, laboratory-based assessment that examines children’s memory for temporal order. This study assessed whether both/either tasks show 1) age-related differences, 2) relations to each other, and 3) relations to the volume of the hippocampus, a neural structure thought to be critical for memory. Results indicated that performance on both tasks show positive age-related differences, and relations to each other. However, neither task was related to the hippocampus. Overall, this work contributes new knowledge regarding memory development by examining the extent to which naturalistic versus laboratory-based tasks similarly measure children’s developing memory abilities, and suggests important avenues of future research.
Evaluating deformation in Spheroolithus dinosaur eggs from Zhejiang, China
Creators: name: Wilson, Hannah M.
name: Heck, Christian T.
name: Varricchio, David J.
name: Jackson, Frankie D.
name: Xingsheng Jin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biological Sciences
History

description: Lack of stratigraphic context for dinosaur eggs inhibits understanding of dinosaur reproductive biology and the taphonomic processes of egg preservation. Past taphonomic work suggests two features, compression ridges (sharp edge of broken eggshell around egg circumference) and deformation asymmetry (proportion of crushed to rounded sides of the egg), as geopetal structures. We examined these features across a large sample of Spheroolithus eggs from the Cretaceous of Zhejiang, China, to test their utility. On 103 isolated eggs, we determined asymmetry ratios (crushed side egg height divided by rounded side egg height) and observed an average asymmetry ratio of 0.71. Additional observations of in situ eggs demonstrate the stratigraphic downside as more rounded and less fractured, the stratigraphic upside as flatter with heavier fracturing and compression ridges as parallel to original bedding plane. Burial-caused fractures on the upper side of the egg allowed sediment to partially fill, subsequently supporting the bottom portion. Examining these features within 16 clutches allowed differentiation of biotic versus taphonomically altered arrangements. Three common clutch arrangements include planar (minimal egg overlap), offset (extreme overlap) and agglomerate (randomly arranged, closely packed). Analysis of egg strike and dip across clutches favours planar clutches as the principal configuration for Spheroolithus clutches.
New insights into the reading of Paleozoic plant fossil record discontinuities
Creators: name: Cascales-Miñana, Borja
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2011
Subjects: History

description: Studying the discontinuity patterns of Paleozoic vascular plants provides a global vision of these key events from the multivariate methods viewpoint. Non-metric multidimensional scaling, detrended correspondence analysis and cluster analysis have been employed together with a set of diversity and abundance measures and an evaluation of the geologic constraints from the plant fossil record data. The results reveal four clear significant discontinuities in terms of taxonomic composition and record representativeness during the early-middle Devonian, Devonian–Carboniferous, Mississippian–Pennsylvanian and early-late Permian. Due to the controversial character of the plant fossil record data and the effect of mass extinction events, the results can be explained in taxonomic turnover and ecological reorganisation terms which emphasise the crucial role of the geologic constrains in paleobiological inference.
Supplementary material to 'Volcano-tectonic controls on the morphology and volcanic rift zone configuration on Bioko Island (Equatorial Guinea) derived from TanDEM-X data'
Creators: name: Brauner, J.
name: Walter, T. R.
name: Ela, O. A. N.
name: Vanderkluysen, L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Supplementary material to 'Volcano-tectonic controls on the morphology and volcanic rift zone configuration on Bioko Island (Equatorial Guinea) derived from TanDEM-X data'

Authors:Jacob Brauner (1), Thomas R. Walter (2), Oscar A.N. Ela (3), Loÿc Vanderkluysen (1)

Affiliations:(1) Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (USA)(2) Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam (Germany)(3) Universidad Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial, Malabo (Equatorial Guinea)

Corresponding Author: JB, email: jb4356@drexel.edu

 

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Monitoring of ractopamine concentration in the mixture of this feed additive with vitamin mineral complex and with swine feed by HPLC
Creators: name: Freire, Ellen Figueiredo
name: Keyller Bastos Borges
name: Tanimoto, Hélio
name: Nogueira, Raquel Tassara
name: Lucimara Cristiane Toso Bertolini
name: Cristiane Masetto De Gaitani
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Ractopamine (RAC) analysis at all stages in the feed chain until its final mixing into swine feed is necessary to ensure the safety of all meat consumers and to decrease waste and the cost of supplementation of feed. Two suitable HPLC methods were developed and validated for RAC determination in vitamin mineral complex (VMC) and in swine feed. Both methods employed reverse-phase (C18 column at 40°C) and isocratic elution, but with some modifications to the methods. Validation parameters, such as selectivity, linearity, precision, trueness and robustness, were shown to be within the acceptable range. Therefore, the developed methods can be successfully applied for the monitoring of RAC concentrations in samples of VMC and swine feed ensuring economy to producers and security to consumers of swine meat.
THE ROLE OF INSTRUMENT MELODIES IN THE MUSIC OF KHOREZM
Creators: name: Shukurjonova, Khusnora
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Among the Uzbek folk melodies, the melodies characteristic of the Khorezm oasis are distinguished by their charm. These tunes are being taught by Khorezm performers on the basis of the tradition of "master-disciple". This article discusses the importance of instrumental melodies in Khorezm music.
Monitoring the adulteration of milk with melamine: a visualised sensor array approach
Creators: name: Limin Yang
name: Danqun Huo
name: Yuhao Jiang
name: Changjun Hou
name: Suyi Zhang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Melamine, a toxic triazine, is illegally used as an additive in milk to apparently increase the amount of protein, causing acute renal failure in thousands of Chinese infants. In this study, a rapid, simple, sensitive and selective colourimetric sensor array is reported as a potential screening tool for monitoring the adulteration of raw milk with melamine. Using chemically responsive dyes (mainly porphyrins and pH indicators) as the recognition elements, determination of melamine at different concentrations (0.1, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 mg kg−1) and a detection limit of 0.1 mg kg−1 were achieved because of diverse and strong molecular interactions. Furthermore, the colourimetric sensor array was successfully able to discriminate between melamine and its analogues. The unique “fingerprint” of melamine was obtained with a novel signal processing method named “two-step subtraction”, which made it possible for the detection results to be easily observed with the naked eye even without any statistical analysis. In addition, the process including sample pre-treatment and detection process took only 12 min at room temperature. The merits (such as simplicity, rapidity, low cost, visual colourimetry, sensitivity and selectivity) make the proposed method especially useful for on-site screening of melamine levels in milk.
title: Identitätspolitik als emanzipatorisches Instrument in der Debatte um den Schwangerschaftsabbruch
Creators: name: Chiofalo, Valentina
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 342

description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
title: Sexualisierte und reproduktive Kriegsgewalt: Folge 26
Creators: name: Steinl, Leonie
name: Valentiner, Dana-Sophia
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 340

description: In der 26. Folge von "Justitias Töchter" sprechen die Moderatorinnen Dr. Dana Valentiner und Dr. Leonie Steinl mit der Expertin für sexualisierte und reproduktive Kriegsgewalt Dr. Tanja Altunjan. Sexualisierte und reproduktive Gewalt in bewaffneten Konflikten ist überall auf der Welt und durch die Geschichte hindurch konstant vorhanden und dokumentiert. Die Podcasterinnen sprechen über die Funktion sexualisierter Gewalt im Krieg und den rechtlichen Rahmen der Verfolgung, über Strafbarkeitslücken im Völkerstrafrecht und darüber, welche rechtspolitischen Forderungen an ein geschlechtergerechtes Völkerstrafgesetzbuch zu stellen sind.
Production of callus from protoplasts of cultured grape pericarp
Creators: name: Skene, K. G. M.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2016

description: Protoplasts were isolated from callus cultures of grape vine pericarp after an overnight incubation at 26 °c in 2% Cellulase Onozuka SS plus 1 % Macerozyme dissolved in a mixture of 0.14 molal KCl and 0.10 molal CaCl2 at pH 5.5. When cultured in a liquid medium with either 0.24 M sorbitol or 0.23 M sucrose as osmotic stabilizer, new cell walls were regenerated within the first few days. Cell division commenced by the sixth day of culture, and approximately 0.5% of the population continued dividing. Eventual transfer of the culture to the surface of medium solidified with agar resulted in callus formation. Kallusbildung aus Protoplasten von kultiviertem Traubenperikarp Eine Nährlösung wird beschrieben, in der Protoplasten, die aus Kalluskulturen von Traubenperikarp isoliert worden waren, neue Zellwände bildeten und Zellteilungen eingingen. Spätere Übertragung auf einen festen Nährboden ergab aktives Kalluswachstum.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 14 No. 3 (1975): Vitis
Über den reifeabhängigen Säure-Zucker-Stoffwechsel bei Beeren von Vitis-vinifera-Sorten, untersucht mit 14 C-Verbindungen
Creators: name: Steffan, H.
name: Rapp, A.
name: Ullemeyer, H.
name: Kupfer, G.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2016

description: In Kurzzeitversuchen wurde an isolierten Trauben der Sorten Optima, Morio-Muskat und Riesling zu 4 Terminen 14C-Apfelsäure appliziert. Die Apfelsäure wird mit fortschreitender Reife stärker zu CO2 veratmet. Analog dazu werden aus der Apfelsäure in verstärktem Maße Zucker gebildet. Die Veratmungsrate von Apfelsäure erhöht sich auch mit steigender Temperatur, und zwar stärker als bei der parallel dazu eingesetzten 14C-Glucose, während der Abbau von 14C-Weinsäure keine Temperaturabhängigkeit zeigt. Die Bildung von Zuckern aus Apfelsäure wird durch die Temperaturerhöhung nicht gefordert. Somit ist die Intensität der Gluconeogenese nicht von der Temperatur, sondern nur vom Reifegrad der jeweiligen Sorte abhängig. Mit fortschreitender Beerenreife entsteht aus Apfelsäure mehr Asparaginsäure als Glutaminsäure. Sur le métabolisme des 14C-acides et des 14C-sucres en dépendance de l'état de maturité chez des baies de variétés de Vitis vinifera Dans des essais à court terme des raisins isolés, provenant des variétés Optima, Morio-Muskat et Riesling, furent soumis quatre fois à une application d'acide ma!ique-14C. Au fur et à mesure de la maturation l'acide malique est respiré en quantités considérables de CO2. Par analogie à cela on constate une formation renforcée de sucres à partir de l'acide malique. Une augmentation de la température effectue une élévation du taux de respiration de l'acide malique, qui est en effet plus forte que celle du glucose, testé parallèlement, tandis que la décomposition de l'acide tartrique-14C ne s'avère pas dépendante de la température. L'augmentation de la température ne favorise pas la formation de sucres à partir de l'acide malique. En conséquence l'intensité de la gluconéogenèse ne dépend pas de la température mais uniquement de l'état de maturité de la variété respective. C'est au fur et à mesure de la maturation des baies que l'acide malique est transformé en quantités plus grandes d'acide aspartique que d'acide glutamique.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 14 No. 3 (1975): Vitis
Biofouling leads to reduced shell growth and flesh weight in the cultured mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis
Creators: name: Dempster, Tim
name: Sievers, Michael
name: Fitridge, Isla
name: Keough, Michael J.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2013
Subjects: Marine Biology

description: Competitive interactions between cultured mussels and fouling organisms may result in growth and weight reductions in mussels, and compromised aquaculture productivity. Mussel ropes were inoculated with Ciona intestinalis, Ectopleura crocea or Styela clava, and growth parameters of fouled and unfouled Mytilus galloprovincialis were compared after two months. Small mussels (≈50 mm) fouled by C. intestinalis and E. crocea were 4.0 and 3.2% shorter in shell length and had 21 and 13% reduced flesh weight, respectively, compared to the controls. Large mussels (≈68 mm) fouled by S. clava, C. intestinalis and E. crocea were 4.4, 3.9 and 2.1% shorter than control mussels, respectively, but flesh weights were not significantly reduced. A series of competitive feeding experiments indicated that S. clava and C. intestinalis did not reduce mussels’ food consumption, but that E. crocea, through interference competition, did. Fouling by these species at the densities used here reduced mussel growth and flesh weight, likely resulting in economic losses for the industry, and requires consideration when developing biofouling mitigation strategies.
Meiobenthic communities structure at different spatial scales on sandy beaches from a ria environment: The role of abiotic factors
Creators: name: Puri Veiga
name: Besteiro, Celia
name: Rubal, Marcos
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2011
Subjects: Marine Biology

description: This work aimed to study meiobenthic communities at different spatial scales in a Galician estuary–ria (NW Spain), elucidating the role of abiotic factors on their structure. Rias are transitional environments with brackish habitats on their inner part and fully marine environments in the outer area, and Galician estuarine–rias are very productive habitats due to upwelling events. Results showed that meiobenthic communities from estuarine–ria beaches, even in the range of other temperate beaches not in rias, reported high number of taxa and density values probably due to the highest primary production associated with estuarine–ria environment. Meiobenthic community variability increased as the scale widens, showing significant differences among almost all the studied beaches. Selected environmental variables were, in general, useful for explaining the variability of the main taxa. Meiobenthic community structures for beaches with different exposure and distances from the inner part of the estuary–ria were significantly different. However, the environmental variables studied were not able to fully explain the significant variability of whole meiobenthic assemblages. This fact pointed to the possible importance of biological factors structuring meiobenthic communities on beaches within rias.
Ermittlung der Kalium- und Calciumverteilung in Traubenachsen von Vitis vinifera mit Hilfe der Röntgenstrahlenmikroanalyse am Rasterelektronenmikroskop
Creators: name: Feucht, W.
name: Forche, E.
name: Porstendörfer, J.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2016

description: Bei einem Limberger-Klon wurden Untersuchungen durchgeführt, welche Beziehungen zwischen der Kalium/Calcium-Relation und der Stiellähmeerkrankung aufzeigen. Hierfür wurde ein Verfahren mit dem Rasterelektronenmikroskop und einem Röntgenspektrometer angewandt. Es gestattet die Analyse kleinster Gewebekomplexe im Anfangsstadium der Krankheit. Untersucht wurden völlig gesunde und kranke Pflanzen - bei letzteren sowohl gesund erscheinende Stellen an Traubenstielen als auch schwach erkrankte Gewebe. Die Messungen erfolgten an der Stieloberfläche und an Querschnitten. Alle Untersuchungen zeigen, daß mit Beginn der Stiellähmekrankheit der Kalium/Calcium-Quotient größer wird. Davon sind die Oberfläche, das Rindenparenchym und auch das Xylem betroffen. Die größte Disharmonie zwischen Kalium und Calcium besteht im großzelligen Rindenparenchym. Determination of the K/Ca ratio in rachises of the vine clusters (Vitis vinifera L.) by an X-ray microanalyser with a scanning electron microscope The present study was conducted on rachises of Vitis vinifera L. during the early phase of stalk necrosis disease ('Stiellähme'). Amounts of K and Ca were recorded by an energy dispersion X-ray analyser with a scanning electron microscope. Samples were taken from healthy and diseased plants, the affected plants being divided into seemingly healthy and slightly necrotic tissues. In the case of the healthy-looking tissue from diseased plants, the ratio of K/Ca is high when compared with healthy plants. This tendency is accentuated in tissues with visible symptoms in the early phase of stalk necrosis disease. The imbalance between K and Ca was considerable, especially in the large parenchyma cells of the cortex and was less accentuated in the xylem and on the surface of the rachis.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 14 No. 3 (1975): Vitis
title: Untersuchungen zur Eignung von Kraft Lignin für die Herstellung von Polyurethan Filmen
Creators: name: Rumpf, Jessica
Publisher: name: Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg
Year: 2019
Subjects: classificationCode: 540
subject: Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften
classificationCode: 1.4
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Untersuchungen zur Eignung von Kraft Lignin für die Herstellung von Polyurethan Filmen
Long-term storage of table grape cultivars and the use of liquid-S02 and solid -in-package-S02 generators
Creators: name: Guelfat-Reich, Sylvia
name: Safran, B.
name: Gattenio, Sole
name: Metal, N.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2016

description: Danugue, Waltham Cross, Alphonse Lavallee and Sultanina cvs. of table grapes were kept for several weeks in cold storage. To control rots, liquid- or solid-SO2 generators were used. The appropriate method of SO2 application has to be chosen according to the cultivar. Of the cvs. examined, Alphonse Lavallee was the most suitable for long-term storage. Sultanina had a more restricted storage period because of its susceptibility to decay and SO2 injury, Waltham Cross suffered from berry browning, and Danugue from split berries. Langfristige Lagerung von Tafeltraubensorten unter Verwendung von Flüssig- und Fest-S02-Spendern Tafeltrauben der Sorten Danugue, Waltham Cross, Alphonse Lavellee und Sultanina wurden mehrere Wochen lang kühl gelagert. Um Fäulnisvorgänge zu unterbinden, wurden den Kartons SO2-Spender auf flüssiger oder fester Basis beigepackt. Die Methode der SO2-Anwendung -muß der jeweiligen Traubensorte angepaßt werden. Von den geprüften Sorten eignete sich Alphonse Lavallee am besten für die langfristige Lagerung. Sultanina war wegen ihrer Anfälligkeit gegen Fäulnis und Schädigung durch SO2 nur beschränkt lagerungsfähig. Bei Waltham Cross traten in größerem Umfang gebräunte, bei Danugue geplatzte Beeren auf.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 14 No. 3 (1975): Vitis
Intertidal foraminiferal fauna and the distribution of Elphidiidae at Chupa Inlet, western White Sea
Creators: name: Korsun, Sergei
name: Hald, Morten
name: Golikova, Elena
name: Yudina, Anna
name: Kuznetsov, Ivan
name: Mikhailov, Dmitry
name: Knyazeva, Olga
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2013
Subjects: Marine Biology

description: The bright colouration of the cytoplasm in intertidal rotaliid foraminifera and their particle-gathering activity reliably reveals live specimens in fresh samples, without any fixatives or dyes applied. Using this approach, we demonstrate that live representatives of three rotaliid species, all belonging to the genus Elphidium, were common on intertidal mud and sand beaches. Two species, E. excavatum clavatum and E. albiumbilicatum, lived close to freshwater outflows, whereas E. williamsoni occupied beaches bathed by waters with normal salinity (surface 26–27‰ in the western White Sea). A least 13 species were found alive in the intertidal zone. Among non-calcareous foraminifera, Miliammina fusca, Ammotium cassis and Ovammina opaca were the most numerous.
ARCHETYPAL STUDY OF GENDER DYSPHORIA IN GARVIN'S SYMPTOMS OF BEING HUMAN AND WILLIAMSON'S ART OF BEING NORMAL
Creators: name: Tahreem, Siddique
Publisher: name: Remittances Review
Year: 2024

description: Advancements in technology and increased industrialization provided children with more independence to think and freedom to express their opinions, allowing them to navigate their determinations in a new way.This study is based on Carl Gustav Jung’s theorization of archetypes, which argues that children exhibit themselves in society in various ways that reinforce their perceptions of males and females.Jung states that gender is an elusive identity that is established through the constant repetition of acts.Conventions, roles, and connections are just a few examples of socially created traits that make up gender.This study examines young adult fiction in Lisa Williamson’s The Art of Being Normal (2015) and Garvin’s Symptoms of Being Human (2016) to shed light on how children suffering from gender anxiety recognize their sexist orientations.
Byssal proteins of the freshwater zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha
Creators: name: Gantayet, Arpita
name: Ohana, Lily
name: Sone, Eli D.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2013
Subjects: Marine Biology

description: The freshwater zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) is a notorious biofouling organism. It adheres to a variety of substrata underwater by means of a proteinaceous structure called the byssus, which consists of a number of threads with adhesive plaques at the tips. The byssal proteins are difficult to characterize due to extensive cross-linking of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA), which renders the mature structure largely resistant to protein extraction and immunolocalization. By inducing secretion of fresh threads and plaques in which cross-linking is minimized, three novel zebra mussel byssal proteins were identified following extraction and separation by gel electrophoresis. Peptide fragment fingerprinting was used to match tryptic digests of several gel bands against a cDNA library of genes expressed uniquely in the mussel foot, the organ which secretes the byssus. This allowed identification of a more complete sequence of Dpfp2 (D. polymorpha foot protein 2), a known DOPA-containing byssal protein, and a partial sequence of Dpfp5, a novel protein with several typical characteristics of mussel adhesive proteins.
Coaggregation occurs amongst bacteria within and between biofilms in domestic showerheads
Creators: name: Dowd, Scot E.
name: Eisenberg, Joseph N.S.
name: Boles, Blaise R.
name: Rickard, Alexander H.
name: Vornhagen, Jay
name: Stevens, Michael
name: McCormick, David W.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2013
Subjects: Marine Biology

description: Showerheads support the development of multi-species biofilms that can be unsightly, produce malodor, and may harbor pathogens. The outer-surface spray-plates of many showerheads support visible biofilms that likely contain a mixture of bacteria from freshwater and potentially from human users. Coaggregation, a mechanism by which genetically distinct bacteria specifically recognize one another, may contribute to the retention and enrichment of different species within these biofilms. The aim of this work was to describe the bacterial composition of outer spray-plate biofilms of three domestic showerheads and to determine the intra- and inter-biofilm coaggregation ability of each culturable isolate. The bacterial composition of the three biofilms was determined by using bacterial tag-encoded FLX amplicon pyrosequencing (bTEFAP) and by culturing on R2A medium. An average of 31 genera per biofilm were identified using bTEFAP and a total of 30 isolates were cultured. Even though the microbial diversity of each showerhead biofilm differed, every cultured isolate was able to coaggregate with at least one other isolate from the same or different showerhead biofilm. Promiscuous coaggregating isolates belonged to the genera Brevundimonas, Micrococcus, and Lysobacter. This work suggests that coaggregation may be a common feature of showerhead biofilms. Characterization of the mechanisms mediating coaggregation, and the inter-species interactions they facilitate, may allow for novel strategies to inhibit biofilm development.
title: German Federal Court of Justice reaffirms that there is no justification in international law for attacks by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party
Creators: name: Talmon, Stefan
name: Wimmer, Philip
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 341

description: GPIL - German Practice in International Law
Molecular mechanisms of activation in CDK2
Creators: name: Bešker, Neva
name: Amadei, Andrea
name: D’Abramo, Marco
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Molecular Biology

description: Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) are enzymes involved in crucial cellular processes. Their biological activity is directly linked to their high conformational variability, which involves large protein conformational rearrangements. We present here the application of an enhancing sampling technique to the study of conformational transitions between the open and closed state of CDKs. The analysis of the conformational intermediates supports the idea that the process is regulated by two important protein regions, which sequentially rearrange in order to allow the protein to reach its final conformation. Furthermore, the two paths involve additional (minor) protein rearrangements which are specific to the paths. Our results show that our procedure can provide reasonable transition pathways between the two protein forms at a very reduced computational cost. The robustness and the simplicity of our approach make it of general application to describe virtually any macromolecular conformational transitions.
The remarkable efficiency of a Pin-II proteinase inhibitor sans two conserved disulfide bonds is due to enhanced flexibility and hydrogen bond density in the reactive site loop
Creators: name: Joshi, Rakesh S.
name: Manasi Mishra
name: Vaijayanti A. Tamhane
name: Anirban Ghosh
name: Uddhavesh Sonavane
name: C.G. Suresh
name: Joshi, Rajendra
name: Gupta, Vidya S.
name: Giri, Ashok P.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Information and Computing Sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics
subject: Molecular Biology

description: Capsicum annuum (L.) expresses diverse potato type II family proteinase inhibitors comprising of inhibitory repeat domain (IRD) as basic functional unit. Most IRDs contain eight conserved cysteines forming four disulfide bonds, which are indispensible for their stability and activity. We investigated the functional significance of evolutionary variations in IRDs and their role in mediating interaction between the inhibitor and cognate proteinase. Among the 18 IRDs encoded by C. annuum, IRD-7, -9, and -12 were selected for further characterization on the basis of variation in their reactive site loop, number of conserved cysteine residues, and higher theoretical ΔGbind for interaction with Helicoverpa armigera trypsin. Moreover, inhibition kinetics showed that IRD-9, despite loss of some of the disulfide bonds, was a more potent proteinase inhibitor among the three selected IRDs. Molecular dynamic simulations revealed that serine residues in the place of cysteines at seventh and eighth positions of IRD-9 resulted in an increase in the density of intramolecular hydrogen bonds and reactive site loop flexibility. Results of the serine residues chemical modification also supported this observation and provided a possible explanation for the remarkable inhibitory potential of IRD-9. Furthermore, this natural variant among IRDs showed special attributes like stability to proteolysis and synergistic inhibitory effect on other IRDs. It is likely that IRDs have coevolved selective specialization of their structure and function as a response towards specific insect proteases they encountered. Understanding the molecular mechanism of pest protease–plant proteinaceous inhibitor interaction will help in developing effective pest control strategies.An animated interactive 3D complement (I3DC) is available in Proteopedia at http://proteopedia.org/w/Journal:JBSD:39
Hierarchy of Shades in Adichie's Americanah: A Feminist Study
Creators: name: Memoona, Mohsan
Publisher: name: Remittances Review
Year: 2024

description: This critical discursive study highlights how third-world women’s writings perceive the hierarchy of shades in American multiracial society. Ngozi Adichie’s Americanahcritiques the truths of American political thought about equal rights for black women in American white society and hence assesses the importance of black women’s writings in a phallocentric white world. With reference to Helen Cixous’s theoretical assumptions of ecriture feminism, this study focuses on the misery of ‘women of color’ in American society to understand how and why white and brown gazes, whether male or female, disregard black women’s presence in White communities. This study will describe the affiliations between white men and black women, between white women and black womenand between brown women and black women in White societies.
Computational modeling of human coreceptor CCR5 antagonist as a HIV-1 entry inhibitor: using an integrated homology modeling, docking, and membrane molecular dynamics simulation analysis approach
Creators: name: Changdev G. Gadhe
name: Gugan Kothandan
name: Cho, Seung Joo
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2012
Subjects: Molecular Biology

description: Chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) is an integral membrane protein that is utilized during human immunodeficiency virus type-1 entry into host cells. CCR5 is a G-protein coupled receptor that contains seven transmembrane (TM) helices. However, the crystal structure of CCR5 has not been reported. A homology model of CCR5 was developed based on the recently reported CXCR4 structure as template. Automated docking of the most potent (14), medium potent (37), and least potent (25) CCR5 antagonists was performed using the CCR5 model. To characterize the mechanism responsible for the interactions between ligands (14, 25, and 37) and CCR5, membrane molecular dynamic (MD) simulations were performed. The position and orientation of ligands (14, 25, and 37) were found to be changed after MD simulations, which demonstrated the ability of this technique to identify binding modes. Furthermore, at the end of simulation, it was found that residues identified by docking were changed and some new residues were introduced in the proximity of ligands. Our results are in line with the majority of previous mutational reports. These results show that hydrophobicity is the determining factor of CCR5 antagonism. In addition, salt bridging and hydrogen bond contacts between ligands (14, 25, and 37) and CCR5 are also crucial for inhibitory activity. The residues newly identified by MD simulation are Ser160, Phe166, Ser180, His181, and Trp190, and so far no site-directed mutagenesis studies have been reported. To determine the contributions made by these residues, additional mutational studies are suggested. We propose a general binding mode for these derivatives based on the MD simulation results of higher (14), medium (37), and lower (25) potent inhibitors. Interestingly, we found some trend for these inhibitors such as, salt bridge interaction between basic nitrogen of ligand and acidic Glu283 seemed necessary for inhibitory activity. Also, two aromatic pockets (pocket I – TM1-3 and pocket II – TM3-6) were linked by the central polar region in TM7, and the simulated inhibitors show important interactions with the Trp86, Tyr89, Tyr108, Phe112, Ile198, Tyr251, Leu255, and Gln280 and Glu283 residues. These results shed light on the usage of MD simulation to identify more stable, optimal binding modes of the inhibitors.
Forecast of COVID19 infections, ITALY
Creators: name: Fabio, Gori
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: covid19
data analysis
forecast
Malthus equation
Verhulst equation

description: Coronavirus Disease Research Community – COVID-19
 ZENODO CERN, May 11th, 2020
 Publication date: May 10rd, 2020
 Title: Forecast of COVID19 infections, ITALY
 Author: Gori Fabio, University of Rome Tor Vergata
 ORCID 0000-0002-3927-2834 I have updated the COVID19 infections in Italy on May 10th, publishing the graphs on the following free
 blogs:
 https://covid19forecast.blogspot.com/
 https://eucovid19.blogspot.com/
 https://forbigaio.blogspot.com/
 The same figures are reported here. The main conclusions of this analysis of forecast, with the Verhulst logistic equation are: - The decrease of the total infections, still in progress, forecasted after the maximum of April 20th, is
 confirmed.
 - The decrease of the new infections, forecasted at the beginning of April, is confirmed.
 - The decrease of the new deaths, forecasted at the beginning of April, is confirmed
 The main use of these analyses are:
 An eventual increase of the total and new infections and of the new deaths, can be promptly
 monitored by the employment of this approach.
description: Update of May 10th.
The remarkable efficiency of a Pin-II proteinase inhibitor sans two conserved disulfide bonds is due to enhanced flexibility and hydrogen bond density in the reactive site loop
Creators: name: Joshi, Rakesh S.
name: Manasi Mishra
name: Vaijayanti A. Tamhane
name: Anirban Ghosh
name: Uddhavesh Sonavane
name: C.G. Suresh
name: Joshi, Rajendra
name: Gupta, Vidya S.
name: Giri, Ashok P.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Information and Computing Sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics
subject: Molecular Biology

description: Capsicum annuum (L.) expresses diverse potato type II family proteinase inhibitors comprising of inhibitory repeat domain (IRD) as basic functional unit. Most IRDs contain eight conserved cysteines forming four disulfide bonds, which are indispensible for their stability and activity. We investigated the functional significance of evolutionary variations in IRDs and their role in mediating interaction between the inhibitor and cognate proteinase. Among the 18 IRDs encoded by C. annuum, IRD-7, -9, and -12 were selected for further characterization on the basis of variation in their reactive site loop, number of conserved cysteine residues, and higher theoretical ΔGbind for interaction with Helicoverpa armigera trypsin. Moreover, inhibition kinetics showed that IRD-9, despite loss of some of the disulfide bonds, was a more potent proteinase inhibitor among the three selected IRDs. Molecular dynamic simulations revealed that serine residues in the place of cysteines at seventh and eighth positions of IRD-9 resulted in an increase in the density of intramolecular hydrogen bonds and reactive site loop flexibility. Results of the serine residues chemical modification also supported this observation and provided a possible explanation for the remarkable inhibitory potential of IRD-9. Furthermore, this natural variant among IRDs showed special attributes like stability to proteolysis and synergistic inhibitory effect on other IRDs. It is likely that IRDs have coevolved selective specialization of their structure and function as a response towards specific insect proteases they encountered. Understanding the molecular mechanism of pest protease–plant proteinaceous inhibitor interaction will help in developing effective pest control strategies. An animated interactive 3D complement (I3DC) is available in Proteopedia at http://proteopedia.org/w/Journal:JBSD:39