cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Robust Porous TiN Layer for Improved Oxygen Evolution Reaction Performance
Creators: name: Liu, Gaoyang
name: Hou, Faguo
name: Wang, Xindong
name: Fang, Baizeng
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2025

description: The poor reversibility and slow reaction kinetics of catalytic materials seriously hinder the industrialization process of proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolysis. It is necessary to develop high-performance and low-cost electrocatalysts to reduce the loss of reaction kinetics. In this study, a novel catalyst support featured with porous surface structure and good electronic conductivity was successfully prepared by surface modification via a thermal nitriding method under ammonia atmosphere. The morphology and composition characterization-confirmed that a TiN layer with granular porous structure and internal pore-like defects was established on the Ti sheet. Meanwhile, the conductivity measurements showed that the in-plane electronic conductivity of the as-developed material increased significantly to 120.8 S cm-¹. After IrOx was loaded on the prepared TiN-Ti support, better dispersion of the active phase IrOx, lower ohmic resistance, and faster charge transfer resistance were verified, and accordingly, more accessible catalytic active sites on the catalytic interface were developed as revealed by the electrochemical characterizations. Compared with the IrOx/Ti, the as-obtained IrOx/TiN-Ti catalyst demonstrated remarkable electrocatalytic activity (η10 mA cm-² = 302 mV) and superior stability (overpotential degradation rate: 0.067 mV h-¹) probably due to the enhanced mass adsorption and transport, good dispersion of the supported active phase IrOx, increased electronic conductivity and improved corrosion resistance provided by the TiN-Ti support.
Supplementary document for Two-points coupling method to independently control coupling efficiency at arbitrary wavelengths - 5546657.pdf
Creators: name: Kim, Dohyeong
name: Han, Sangyoon
name: Kim, Dae-Gon
name: Ko, Kiyoung
name: Choi, Duk-Yong
name: Lee, Hansuek
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This is the supplemental document for the paper titled 'Two-points coupling method to independently control coupling efficiency at different wavelengths'
Supplementary document for Two-points coupling method to independently control coupling efficiency at arbitrary wavelengths - 5546657.pdf
Creators: name: Kim, Dohyeong
name: Han, Sangyoon
name: Kim, Dae-Gon
name: Ko, Kiyoung
name: Choi, Duk-Yong
name: Lee, Hansuek
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2023
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This is the supplemental document for the paper titled 'Two-points coupling method to independently control coupling efficiency at different wavelengths'
title: Sulfur-Containing Functional Supramolecular Fibers for Filtration Applications
Creators: name: Nardini, David
Publisher: name: University of Bayreuth
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Supramolecular Chemistry
subject: Co-Assembly
subject: Self-Assembly
subject: Filtration
subject: Nanoparticles
subject: Composites
subject: 500
subject: 540

description: Aim of this thesis is to fundamentally and comprehensively explore functional sulfur-containing 1,3,5-benzenetrisamides (BTAs) in particular in view of the formation of supramolecular fibers and their suitability in different filtration applications, including the removal of metal nanoparticles or metal ions and bacteria from aqueous media. To improve antibacterial properties of the filtration, the functional supramolecular fibers can be equipped with silver nanoparticles. To gain sufficient mechanical stability of the filter media and to provide access to a larger filtration volume, the functional supramolecular fibers shall be incorporated in different scaffolds, such as nonwovens or granular fillings. This leads to functional supramolecular fiber composites. The properties of the formed composites shall be investigated and principally demonstrated by different adsorption and filtration experiments. The thesis is structured in three different parts. This includes (i) the synthesis and structure property relation and fundamental investigation of the self-assembly behavior of sulfur-containing 1,3,5-benzenetrisamides, (ii) the investigation of such compounds as functional shell in supramolecular core-shell structures with the ability to adsorb metal ions and (iii) the use of such multicomponent supramolecular fibers in filtration applications such as sand-supramolecular fiber composites equipped with AgNPs to remove or kill bacteria during water filtration.
انعدام فعل البراءة No Innocent Act: On the Ethics of Translating for Children
Creators: name: Elmenfi, Fadil
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 200323 Translation and Interpretation Studies
subject: FOS: Languages and literature

description: Translating Children’s Literature is an exploration of the many developmental and linguistic issues related to writing and translating for children.
Micro-Linguistics Perspective in the Translation of Sensitive Issues of Sūrah Al Hujurat (The Chambers) into English
Creators: name: Elmenfi, Fadil
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 200323 Translation and Interpretation Studies
subject: FOS: Languages and literature

description: The study aims at examining the problems the Qurʾān translators encounter while translating the Qurʾān. It is based on the translation of professional translator namely, Yusuf Ali. The translated text is compared to the original text to determine to which extent the translation reflects the real meaning of the original Qurʾānic text. In short, the study sets out to identify the problematic areas in the translated Qurʾānic texts on the syntactic and semantic levels.
Occupational and Financial Setbacks in Caregivers of People with Colorectal Cancer: Considerations for Caregiver-Reported Outcomes
Creators: name: Howard, A. Fuchsia
name: Lambert, Leah Kimberley
name: Beck, Scott M.
name: Torrejón, María-José
name: Kelly, Mary T.
name: McKenzie, Michael
name: Thorne, Sally E. (Sally Elizabeth), 1951-
name: Porcino, Antony Joseph
name: De Vera, Mary
name: Wolff, Angela C.
name: Hedges, Penelope
name: Beck, Scott M.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2025

description: Family caregivers of patients with cancer provide substantial physical, emotional, and functional care throughout the cancer trajectory. While caregiving can create employment and financial challenges, there is insufficient evidence to inform the development of caregiver-reported outcomes (CROs) that assess these experiences. The study purpose was to describe the occupational and financial consequences that were important to family caregivers of a patient with colorectal cancer (CRC) in the context of public health care, which represent potential considerations for CROs. In this qualitative Interpretive Description study, we analyzed interview data from 78 participants (25 caregivers, 37 patients, and 16 healthcare providers). Our findings point to temporary and long-term occupational and financial setbacks in the context of CRC. Caregiving for a person with CRC involved managing occupational implications, including (1) revamping employment arrangements, and (2) juggling work, family, and household demands. Caregiver financial struggles included (1) responding to financial demands at various stages of life, and (2) facing the spectre of lifelong expenses. Study findings offer novel insight into the cancer-related occupational and financial challenges facing caregivers, despite government-funded universal health care. Further research is warranted to develop CRO measures that assess the multifaceted nature of these challenges.
الاختلاف والمجانَسة في ترجمة الاستشراق إلى العربية
Creators: name: Elmenfi, Fadil
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 200323 Translation and Interpretation Studies
subject: FOS: Languages and literature

description: Domestication and foreignization are strategies in translation, regarding the degree to which translators make a text conform to the target culture.
Supplementary document for An evaluation of resonant scanning as a high-speed imaging technique for two-photon imaging of cortical vasculature - 5546964.pdf
Creators: name: Zhou, Annie
name: Engelmann, Shaun
name: Mihelic, Samuel
name: Tomar, Alankrit
name: Hassan, Ahmed
name: Dunn, Andrew
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Classical and Physical Optics

description: CAD schematic of custom resonant galvanometer scanning mirror mount
Golden Episodes 1 - 6
Creators: name: Taylor, Stayci
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 360505
subject: Screen media

description: BACKGROUND The scripts are positioned in the broad field of screen comedy, and explore this field through the lenses of gender and feminism. They speak to debates within comedy scholarship around the place of women; such as arguments by Linda Mizejewski that the 'lovable outsider' character, central to screen comedies is a male dominated position, because what is required "is profoundly at odds with the way women need to look and act in patriarchal culture" (2014). Moreover, as film scholars Andrew Horton and Geoff King both write of the marginalisation of comedy, it is "Rarely one of the more prestigious or award-winning forms, and often subject to critical neglect" (King 2002). These award nominated scripts address the prestige and critical gaps; aiming, through practice, to forefront a female protagonist. CONTRIBUTION As co-creator and co-writer of these scripts, I was engaged in reversing the sitcom trope of "the funny-looking husband and his requisitely lovely wife" (Mizejewksi 2014) and, in the development process, embodied arguments from screenwriting research scholarship around gendered concerns in script development. As screenwriting scholar Helen Jacey notes, "Everyone in the creative process of developing a heroine is going to be concerned about her audience appeal" (2010). I directly addressed that "the female outsider is a trickier position to negotiate" (Mizejewski 2014). The practice of writing and developing these scripts contributed to my PhD, and both ask 'how female perspectives can be written into the pages of a comedy screenplay?' SIGNIFICANCE The TV series produced from the scripts aired in prime time. One of the episodes was nominated in the comedy category of the Screen Writing Awards of New Zealand. The concept was successful in securing two rounds of development funding from NZ On Air, the New Zealand government's peak broadcast funding body. The resulting scripts were granted production funding, also from NZ On Air, of 1.3 million.
The role of bifidobacteria in newborn health 
and the intestinal microbial balance
Creators: name: Mazzola, Giuseppe <1985>
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2015
Subjects: AGR/16 Microbiologia agraria

description: Gut microbial acquisition during the early stage of life is an extremely important event since it 
affects  the  health  status  of  the  host.  In  this  contest  the  healthy  properties  of  the  genus 
Bifidobacterium have a central function in newborns.
The aim of this thesis was to explore the dynamics of the gut microbial colonization in newborns 
and  to  suggest  possible  strategies  to  maintain  or  restore  a  correct  balance  of  gut  bacterial 
population in infants. The first step of this work was to review the most recent studies on the use 
of probiotics and prebiotics in infants. Secondly, in order to prevent or treat intestinal disorders 
that may affect newborns, the capability of selected Bifidobacterium strains to reduce the amount 
of Enterobacteriaceae and against the infant pathogen Streptococcus agalactiae was evaluated in 
vitro. Furthermore, the ability of several commercial fibers to stimulate selectively the growth of 
bifidobacterial strains was checked. Finally, the gut microbial composition in the early stage of 
life in response to the intrapartum  antibiotic prophylaxis (IAP) against  group B Streptococcus
was studied using q-PCR, DGGE and next generation sequencing. 
The results globally showed that Bifidobacterium breve B632 strain is the best candidate for the 
use  in  a  synbiotic  product  coupled  to  a  mixture  of  two  selected  prebiotic  fibers 
(galactooligosaccharides  and fructooligosaccharides)  for  gastrointestinal  disorders  in  infants. 
Moreover,  the  early  gut  microbial  composition was affected  by  IAP  treatment with  infants 
showing lower counts of Bifidobacterium spp. and Bacteroides spp. coupled to  a decrement of 
biodiversity of bacteria, compared to control infants. These studies have shown that IAP could 
affect the early intestinal balance in infants and they have paved the way to the definition of new 
strategies alternative to antibiotic treatment to control GBS infection in pregnant women.
Farming and processing factors for improving quality properties of poultry and rabbit meat
Creators: name: Mudalal, Samer <1978>
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2015
Subjects: AGR/20 Zoocolture

description: Recently, global meat market is facing several dramatic changes due to shifting in diet and life style, consumer demands, and economical considerations. Firstly, there was a tremendous increase in the poultry meat demand. Furthermore, current forecast and projection studies pointed out that the expansion of the poultry market will continue in future. In response to this demand, there was a great success to increase growth rate of meat-type chickens in the last few decades in order to optimize the production of poultry meat. Accordingly, the increase of growth rate induced the appearance of several muscle abnormalities such as pale-soft-exudative (PSE) syndrome and deep-pectoral-myopathy (DPM) and more recently white striping and wooden breast. Currently, there is growing interest in meat industry to understand how much the magnitude of the effect of these abnormalities on different quality traits for raw and processed meat. Therefore, the major part of the research activities during the PhD project was dedicated to evaluate the different implications of recent muscle abnormalities such as white striping and wooden breast on meat quality traits and their incidence under commercial conditions. Generally, our results showed that the incidence of these muscle abnormalities was very high under commercial conditions and had great adverse impact on meat quality traits. Secondly, there is growing market share of convenient, healthy, and functional processed meat products. Accordingly, the remaining part of research activities of the PhD project was dedicated to evaluate the possibility to formulate processed meat products with higher perceived healthy profile such as phosphate free-marinated chicken meat and low sodium-marinated rabbit meat products. Overall all findings showed that sodium bicarbonate can be considered as promising component to replace phosphates in meat products, while potassium chloride under certain conditions was successfully used to produce low marinated rabbit meat products.
MPEC 2024-P92 : 2024 PT1
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2024 PT1

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Retranslation of Orientalism: Reading Said in Arabic
Creators: name: Elmenfi, Fadil
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 200323 Translation and Interpretation Studies
subject: FOS: Languages and literature

description: Abstract—Edward Said in his book Culture and Imperialism devotes the introduction to the Arabic translation. He claims that the fading echo of Orientalism in the Arab world is unlike the positive reflections of its counterpart elsewhere in the world.
Broad Antiviral Effects of Echinacea purpurea against SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern and Potential Mechanism of Action
Creators: name: Vimalanathan, Selvarani
name: Shehata, Mahmoud
name: Sadasivam, Kannan
name: Delbue, Serena
name: Dolci, Maria
name: Pariani, Elena
name: D’Alessandro, Sarah
name: Pleschka, Stephan
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2025

description: SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs) represent an alarming threat as they show altered biological behavior and may escape vaccination effectiveness. Broad-spectrum antivirals could play an important role to control infections. The activity of Echinacea purpurea (Echinaforce® extract, EF) against (i) VOCs B1.1.7 (alpha), B.1.351.1 (beta), P.1 (gamma), B1.617.2 (delta), AV.1 (Scottish), B1.525 (eta), and B.1.1.529.BA1 (omicron); (ii) SARS-CoV-2 spike (S) protein-pseudotyped viral particles and reference strain OC43 as well as (iii) wild type SARS-CoV-2 (Hu-1) was analyzed. Molecular dynamics (MD) were applied to study the interaction of Echinacea’s phytochemical markers with known pharmacological viral and host cell targets. EF extract broadly inhibited the propagation of all investigated SARS-CoV-2 VOCs as well as the entry of SARS-CoV-2 pseudoparticles at EC50′s ranging from 3.62 to 12.03 µg/mL. The preventive addition of 25 µg/mL EF to epithelial cells significantly reduced sequential infection with SARS-CoV-2 (Hu-1) and OC43. MD analyses showed constant binding affinities to VOC-typical S protein variants for alkylamides, caftaric acid, and feruloyl-tartaric acid in EF extract and interactions with serine protease TMPRSS-2. EF extract demonstrated stable virucidal activity across seven tested VOCs, likely due to the constant affinity of the contained phytochemical substances to all spike variants. A possible interaction of EF with TMPRSS-2 partially would explain the cell protective benefits of the extract by the inhibition of membrane fusion and cell entry. EF may therefore offer a supportive addition to vaccination endeavors in the control of existing and future SARS-CoV-2 virus mutations.
The Heraclitus Theorem: Complexity as a State and System-Dependent Historical Record of Energetic Interaction
Creators: name: Zielinski, J. Craig
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Complexity Theory
Information Theory
Complex Systems
Assembly Theory
Complexity Science
Theoretical Physics

description: The Heraclitus Theorem introduces a framework defining complexity as a state- and system-dependent historical record of energetic interaction. This equation integrates thermodynamics, information theory, and Assembly Theory into a unified model, describing how complexity accumulates across physical, biological, social, and cognitive systems.
7 + 1 Axioms of Doubt
Creators: name: Van Den Berghe, Johan
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 330102
subject: Architectural design

description: BACKGROUND '7 + 1 Axioms of Doubt' is a textual work published in the catalogue of the exhibition 'Holy Molecule,' featuring the works of Belgian artist Honoré ∂'O. Van Den Berghe's textual work poses a creative response to the artist's oeuvre. The 163-page publication was authored by curator Mieke Mels, Honoré ∂'O and museum director Philip van den Bossche. CONTRIBUTION: In '7 + 1 Axioms of Doubt,' the instruments of the architect - the vertical section, spatial experiences in a labyrinthine suite of spaces, perspective drawing (the vanishing point), time-space-connections and the politics of architecture - are connected with and looked at from an artistic and philosophical viewpoint. Through poetic prose, van den Berghe's writing aims at an immediate understanding of the connections between deeply rooted findings and the material world. Through poetic descriptions, these themes are unravelled in 'chapters,' and presented as textual-photographic dialogue with images of Honoré d'O's work. This creative work extends Van Den Berghe's ongoing investigation into the techné and poiesis in the making of architecture, through drawing, sound or text. SIGNIFICANCE: The exhibition 'Holy Molecule' was presented by Mu.Zee in collaboration with Kristof De Clercq Gallery (Ghent, Belgium); the former is a museum in Ostend, Belgium, specialising in Belgian art from 1830 onwards and the latter is a contemporary gallery promoting established European artists. Van Den Berghe was invited by Honoré ∂'O to contribute a critical essay to the catalogue - now housed in several important library collections around the world.
1st and 2nd Generation Ethanol from Biomass Crops
Creators: name: Capecchi, Lorenzo <1983>
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2015
Subjects: AGR/02 Agronomia e coltivazioni erbacee

description: In chapter 1 and 2 calcium hydroxide as impregnation agent before steam explosion of sugarcane bagasse and switchgrass, respectively, was compared with auto-hydrolysis, assessing the effects on enzymatic hydrolysis and simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) at high solid concentration of pretreated solid fraction. In addition, anaerobic digestion of pretreated liquid fraction was carried out, in order to appraise the effectiveness of calcium hydroxide before steam explosion in a more comprehensive way. In 
As water is an expensive input in both cultivation of biomass crops and subsequent pretreatment, Chapter 3 addressed the effects of variable soil moisture on biomass growth and composition of biomass sorghum. Moreover, the effect of water stress was related to the characteristics of stem juice for 1st generation ethanol and structural carbohydrates for 2nd generation ethanol.
In the frame of chapter 1, calcium hydroxide was proven to be a suitable catalyst for sugarcane bagasse before steam explosion, in order to enhance fibre deconstruction.
In chapter 2, effect of calcium hydroxide on switchgrass showed a great potential when ethanol was focused, whereas acid addition produced higher methane yield.
Regarding chapter 3, during crop cycle the amount of cellulose, hemicellulose and AIL changed causing a decrease of 2G ethanol amount. Biomass physical and chemical properties involved a lower glucose yield and concentration at the end of enzymatic hydrolysis and, consequently, a lower 2G ethanol concentration at the end of simultaneous saccharification and fermentation, proving that there is strong relationship between structure, chemical composition, and fermentable sugar yield. The significantly higher concentration of ethanol at the early crop stage could be an important incentive to consider biomass sorghum as second crop in the season, to be introduced into some agricultural systems, potentially benefiting farmers and, above all, avoiding the exacerbation of the debate about fuel vs food crops.
Difficulties Facing Children in Learning English as a Foreign Language in the Libyan Context
Creators: name: Elmenfi, Fadil
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 200303 English as a Second Language
subject: FOS: Languages and literature

description: Age generally is considered a significant factor in learning a second language. Its huge importance is due to its effect on the learning quality of the consequent language skills among the learners.
Genetic basis of variation for root traits and response to heat stress in durum wheat
Creators: name: Nazemi, Ghasemali <1976>
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2015
Subjects: AGR/07 Genetica agraria

description: Durum wheat is the second most important wheat species worldwide and the most important crop in several Mediterranean countries including Italy. Durum wheat is primarily grown under rainfed conditions where episodes of drought and heat stress are major factors limiting grain yield. The research presented in this thesis aimed at the identification of traits and genes that underlie root system architecture (RSA) and tolerance to heat stress in durum wheat, in order to eventually contribute to the genetic improvement of this species. In the first two experiments we aimed at the identification of QTLs for root trait architecture at the seedling level by studying a bi-parental population of 176 recombinant inbred lines (from the cross Meridiano x Claudio) and a collection of 183 durum elite accessions. Forty-eight novel QTLs for RSA traits were identified in each of the two experiments, by means of linkage- and association mapping-based QTL analysis, respectively. Important QTLs controlling the angle of root growth in the seedling were identified. In a third experiment, we investigated the phenotypic variation of root anatomical traits by means of microscope-based analysis of root cross sections in 10 elite durum cultivars. The results showed the presence of sizeable genetic variation in aerenchyma-related traits, prompting for additional studies aimed at mapping the QTLs governing such variation and to test the role of aerenchyma in the adaptive response to abiotic stresses. In the fourth experiment, an association mapping experiment for cell membrane stability at the seedling stage (as a proxy trait for heat tolerance) was carried out by means of association mapping. A total of 34 QTLs (including five major ones), were detected. Our study provides information on QTLs for root architecture and heat tolerance which could potentially be considered in durum wheat breeding programs.
Contextual Aspects of Style and Translation: With Particular Reference to English-Arabic Translation
Creators: name: Elmenfi, Fadil
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 200323 Translation and Interpretation Studies
subject: FOS: Languages and literature

description: Some activities are easier to practice than to talk about, translation is one of them. This is simply because translation as a practice existed long before translation as a theoretical discipline. Most translators with no doubt wish to see their role in such a positive way: “opening a window” for TT readers, in order to illuminate for them an unfamiliar culture.
Supplementary document for An evaluation of resonant scanning as a high-speed imaging technique for two-photon imaging of cortical vasculature - 5546964.pdf
Creators: name: Zhou, Annie
name: Engelmann, Shaun
name: Mihelic, Samuel
name: Tomar, Alankrit
name: Hassan, Ahmed
name: Dunn, Andrew
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2022
Subjects: Classical and Physical Optics

description: CAD schematic of custom resonant galvanometer scanning mirror mount
Apterygothrips Priesner 1933
Creators: name: Rasool, Iftekhar
name: Alattal, Yehya Zaki
name: Ansi, Amin Al
name: Aldhafer, Hathal M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Phlaeothripidae
Apterygothrips

description: Apterygothrips Priesner
The genus Apterygothrips comprises 39 species worldwide (ThripsWiki 2023), and is reported here for the first time in Arabian Peninsula. It is very close to Haplothrips, but can be distinguished on: wings usually absent, when present, fore wing without duplicated cilia; abdomen either lacking or with reduced wing-retaining setae; antennal segment III with 1–2, IV with two sense cones.
description: Published as part of Rasool, Iftekhar, Alattal, Yehya Zaki, Ansi, Amin Al & Aldhafer, Hathal M., 2025, The Suborder Tubulifera (Thysanoptera) of Saudi Arabia with one new species, new records and checklist to the Arabian Peninsula species, pp. 431-454 in Zootaxa 5627 (3) on page 434, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/15326268
Methodology and Model to Predict HPGR Throughput Based on Piston Press Testing
Creators: name: Pamparana, Giovanni
name: Klein, Bern
name: Bergerman, Mauricio Guimaraes
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2025

description: Sizing High-Pressure Grinding Rolls (HPGR) requires a large quantity of material, making it not attractive and costly to be considered for new mining projects regardless of their energy consumption reduction benefits. Ongoing efforts are being made at the University of British Columbia to predict the behaviour of the HPGR using a low quantity of material on a piston-and-die press apparatus. Although the energy requirements and size reduction predictive models are already developed, there is still a need to predict the HPGR throughput on a small-scale test. This paper presents a new model to predict the HPGR throughput based on the previously developed model to predict the operational gap by using less than 2 kg of sample. The throughput model was developed using machine learning techniques and calibrated using pilot-scale HPGR tests and piston press tests. The resulting model has an R2 of 0.91 with an average prediction error of ±4.2%. The developed methodology has the potential to fill the gap of the missing throughput model. Further pilot-scale HPGR testing is required to continue validating the model.
Conflicting Discourse of Foreignizing Informative Text: The Case of Kamal Abu Deeb's Translation of Orientalism
Creators: name: Elmenfi, Fadil
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 200323 Translation and Interpretation Studies
subject: FOS: Languages and literature

description: As the title of this paper indicates, this work is concerned with the translation of Said's controversial book, Orientalism. It is a analytical study of extracts of Orientalism, as translated into Arabic by Kamal Abu Deeb (1995/1980), in relation to the difficulties that the translator encountered while dealing with this book.
FAUNE et JEUX
Creators: name: Wilkinson, Jessica
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 360201
subject: Creative writing (incl. scriptwriting)

description: BACKGROUND: In an essay on documentary poetry, American poet and scholar Cole Swensen (2011) poses the question of 'how to reconcile the language of information with the language of art'. Whilst poets, such as Susan Howe, Dennis Cooley and Jordie Albiston, have been actively engaged in writing documentary-style poetry, little work has been done to explore what poetic form itself can do in the field of biographical writing, in particular how it can represent aspects of character. How, for example, might a poem represent aspects of the life of a dancer? CONTRIBUTION: 'FAUNE et JEUX' is an experiment in biographical poetry writing, playing with line, rhythm, and ballet terminology, and an original contribution to the specialist field of nonfiction poetics. This long poem draws on historical facts relating chiefly to the tragic life and short career of dancer and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky, and in particular refers to his two works 'L'Apres midi d'une Faune' and 'Jeux', both choreographed in the early 20th century for the Ballet Russes, under the management of impresario Serge Diaghilev. The poem interweaves the literary, theoretical and philosophical ideas attributed to Nijinsky to draw forward a multi-faceted meditation on his choreographical method and his memorialisation. SIGNIFICANCE: This long poem was commissioned by Professor David McCooey, who guest-edited the Victoria issue of Australian Book Review's 'States of Poetry' series. I was one of six Victorian poets selected to be represented in this national series. In addition to the long poem, I was also asked to perform the work, a recording of which is included on the ABR website, with an introduction by ABR's editor Peter Rose. This creative work was subsequently included in 'The Best Australian Poems 2016', published by Black Inc.
The Role of Gender in Influencing Public Speaking Anxiety
Creators: name: Elmenfi, Fadil
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Language
subject: 200302 English Language
subject: FOS: Languages and literature
subject: 200322 Comparative Language Studies
subject: 220313 Philosophy of Language
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion

description: This study investigates the role of gender in influencing public speaking anxiety. Questionnaire survey was administered to the samples of the study.
Age as an Affective Factor in Influencing Public Speaking Anxiety of English Language Learners at Omar Al-Mukhtar University
Creators: name: Elmenfi, Fadil
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 200302 English Language
subject: FOS: Languages and literature
subject: 200303 English as a Second Language

description: The study is to show how age factor can influence public speaking anxiety among English Language Learners at Omar Al-Mukhtar University. To indicate the influence of age factor a questionnaire was distributed to the participants of the study.
Apterygothrips haloxyli Priesner 1933
Creators: name: Rasool, Iftekhar
name: Alattal, Yehya Zaki
name: Ansi, Amin Al
name: Aldhafer, Hathal M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Phlaeothripidae
Apterygothrips
Apterygothrips haloxyli

description: Apterygothrips haloxyli Priesner
(Fig. 5)
Apterygothrips haloxyli Priesner, 1933: 1
This Saharo-Arabian species was described from Egypt and is new to Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia). The species is very similar to the European species A. piceatus, but it can be distinguished by the pointed po and pronotal setae, tube as short as half-length of the head, and yellow antennal segment III. In contrast, A. piceatus has capitate po and pronotal setae, tube longer and antennal segment III brown (zur Strassen 1966).
Material examined. Al Baha. One female and one male from flowers of Aristida sp., (Poaceae), Baljurashi, 23.ix.2020, (BT).
description: Published as part of Rasool, Iftekhar, Alattal, Yehya Zaki, Ansi, Amin Al & Aldhafer, Hathal M., 2025, The Suborder Tubulifera (Thysanoptera) of Saudi Arabia with one new species, new records and checklist to the Arabian Peninsula species, pp. 431-454 in Zootaxa 5627 (3) on page 434, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/15326268
Chiraplothrips Priesner 1931
Creators: name: Rasool, Iftekhar
name: Alattal, Yehya Zaki
name: Ansi, Amin Al
name: Aldhafer, Hathal M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Phlaeothripidae
Chiraplothrips

description: Chiraplothrips Priesner
The old-world genus Chiraplothrips encompasses three species worldwide (ThripsWiki 2023), mainly described from Africa, but extended from Mediterranean region to India. In Arabian Peninsula, the genus is reported only from Yemen (zur Strassen 1990), and is new to Saudi Arabia.
description: Published as part of Rasool, Iftekhar, Alattal, Yehya Zaki, Ansi, Amin Al & Aldhafer, Hathal M., 2025, The Suborder Tubulifera (Thysanoptera) of Saudi Arabia with one new species, new records and checklist to the Arabian Peninsula species, pp. 431-454 in Zootaxa 5627 (3) on page 434, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/15326268
Cultural Decomposition: How To Distinguish Figurative From Non-Figurative
Creators: name: Elmenfi, Fadil
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 200323 Translation and Interpretation Studies
subject: FOS: Languages and literature

description: If interpretation is so essential to the translator's work, some will argue, the entire process of translation will fall outside the realm of Semantics proper, which is the branch of linguistics most relevant to translation.
Garden as Education: Learning the 'Old Ways' of Traditional Mediterranean Food Practices
Creators: name: Harrisson, Fiona
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 330109
subject: Landscape architecture

description: BACKGROUND: This article surveys a traditional Mediterranean garden in South-East Melbourne owned by researcher and educator, Mark Dymiotis. The qualities of the garden - which acts as an educational space - are discussed, exploring the values of urban food production and holistic, suburban gardening practices. The work appeared in a special edition of Landscape Review (Vol 16, No 2, 2016) and was subsequently republished on the Landscape Australia website (Feb 2017). CONTRIBUTION: Harrison's observation of the sign at the entrance to the educational garden - 'Welcome to Simple Living: Environment's Only Serious Hope', underpins the key messages of her written piece. She discusses how the garden depends upon knowledges and practices from the past and suggests how the learning of these simple life approaches might be relevant for sustainable, contemporary suburban living. This article, and the guest editor role that Harrisson performed for this 'Garden Laboratories' edition of Landscape Review, contributes to her ongoing research exploring the different ways in which private gardens are places of citizen endeavour and the contribution these gardeners make to society. SIGNIFICANCE: Landscape Review is a respected, scholarly journal that actively develops the landscape architecture research culture in the southern hemisphere. This written contribution to the journal is categorised as a 'report' - intended for shorter commentaries, reviews and reports on progress, and has thus undergone editorial review. The Landscape Australia website is the companion site for Landscape Architecture Australia - the national magazine for Australian landscape architects, and thus has wide influence and reach, both within and beyond the academy.
The Role of Social Evaluation in Influencing Public Speaking Anxiety of English Language Learners at Omar Al-Mukhtar University
Creators: name: Elmenfi, Fadil
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 200302 English Language
subject: FOS: Languages and literature
subject: 200303 English as a Second Language

description: This study investigates the effect of social evaluation on Public Speaking Anxiety (PSA) of English foreign language learners at Omar Al-Mukhtar University, in Libya.
Supplementary document for Efficient soliton self-frequency shift in hydrogen-filled hollow-core fiber - 5547062.pdf
Creators: name: Chen, Yi-Hao
name: Sidorenko, Pavel
name: Antonio-Lopez, Jose
name: Correa, Rodrigo Amezcua
name: Wise, Frank
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: SSFS Supplement 1
Chiraplothrips graminellus
Creators: name: Rasool, Iftekhar
name: Alattal, Yehya Zaki
name: Ansi, Amin Al
name: Aldhafer, Hathal M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Phlaeothripidae
Chiraplothrips
Chiraplothrips graminellus

description: Chiraplothrips graminellus (Priesner)
(Figs 28, 51)
Haplothrips graminellus Priesner, 1939: 113
This Mediterranean species was described from Cyprus, is wide spread from North Africa and Mediterranean countries to Middle East (zur Strassen 1990), and extends to Oriental region (India). This species is very close to C. faureanus in general appearance. However, C. graminellus can be distinguished by antennal segments III–V yellow. In contrast, antennal segments III–VI gray to dark in C. faureanus (Priesner, 1931).
Material examined. Al Baha. 29 females from Poaceae, 10 females from Aristida sp., Wadi Turabah, 6.iv.2019, (BT). Three females and two males Aristida sp., Shada Al Aala, 9.iv.2019, (BT).
description: Published as part of Rasool, Iftekhar, Alattal, Yehya Zaki, Ansi, Amin Al & Aldhafer, Hathal M., 2025, The Suborder Tubulifera (Thysanoptera) of Saudi Arabia with one new species, new records and checklist to the Arabian Peninsula species, pp. 431-454 in Zootaxa 5627 (3) on page 434, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/15326268
Teaching a very Marcusean Piketty
Creators: name: Engel, Sascha
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2015
Subjects: economic crisis
economic inequality
emancipatory pedagogy
Marcuse, Herbert, 1898-1979
one-dimensional thought
Piketty, Thomas

description: This paper proposes a pedagogy using Thomas Piketty's data on economic inequality as a starting point towards a Marcusean project. The centerpiece of this pedagogy is the transfer of Piketty's credibility in presenting 'hard' facts to a social and political project of refusal. To this end, I propose a four-step approach. First, I propose a discussion of Piketty's data within one-dimensional scientistic language. Secondly, I suggest a transfer of credibility from the numbers on inequality to the discussion of Piketty's notion of meritocratic extremism. Thirdly, this discussion takes Piketty's one-dimensional language to a point where it becomes insufficient to express the extent of the ramifications of economic inequality. Here, I introduce Marxian economics as an alternative language, showing that its hypotheses are corroborated at least in part by Piketty's data. Finally, transferring the findings of Piketty to a language outside of one-dimensional econocratic thought also introduces a new political horizon.
α-Synuclein Promotes Neuronal Dysfunction and Death by Disrupting the Binding of Ankyrin to β-Spectrin.
Creators: name: Maor, Gali
name: Dubreuil, Ronald
name: Feany, Mel B
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 32
subject: Biomedical and clinical sciences
classificationCode: 3209
subject: Neurosciences
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: α-Synuclein plays a key role in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease and related disorders, but critical interacting partners and molecular mechanisms mediating neurotoxicity are incompletely understood. We show that α-synuclein binds directly to β-spectrin. Using males and females in a Drosophila model of α-synuclein-related disorders, we demonstrate that β-spectrin is critical for α-synuclein neurotoxicity. Further, the ankyrin binding domain of β-spectrin is required for α-synuclein binding and neurotoxicity. A key plasma membrane target of ankyrin, Na+/K+ ATPase, is mislocalized when human α-synuclein is expressed in Drosophila Accordingly, membrane potential is depolarized in α-synuclein transgenic fly brains. We examine the same pathway in human neurons and find that Parkinson's disease patient-derived neurons with a triplication of the α-synuclein locus show disruption of the spectrin cytoskeleton, mislocalization of ankyrin and Na+/K+ ATPase, and membrane potential depolarization. Our findings define a specific molecular mechanism by which elevated levels of α-synuclein in Parkinson's disease and related α-synucleinopathies lead to neuronal dysfunction and death.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT The small synaptic vesicle associate protein α-synuclein plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease and related disorders, but the disease-relevant binding partners of α-synuclein and proximate pathways critical for neurotoxicity require further definition. We show that α-synuclein binds directly to β-spectrin, a key cytoskeletal protein required for localization of plasma membrane proteins and maintenance of neuronal viability. Binding of α-synuclein to β-spectrin alters the organization of the spectrin-ankyrin complex, which is critical for localization and function of integral membrane proteins, including Na+/K+ ATPase. These finding outline a previously undescribed mechanism of α-synuclein neurotoxicity and thus suggest potential new therapeutic approaches in Parkinson's disease and related disorders.
Dolicholepta Priesner 1932
Creators: name: Rasool, Iftekhar
name: Alattal, Yehya Zaki
name: Ansi, Amin Al
name: Aldhafer, Hathal M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Phlaeothripidae
Dolicholepta

description: Dolicholepta Priesner
This Old-world genus comprises 11 species, with nine described from Africa and two from India (ThripsWiki 2023). Two species of the genus are known from Arabian Peninsula (Table 1). The genus can be distinguished from other genera of Haplothripini by this combination of characters: head elongate; mouth cone extended to posterior margin of pronotum; antennal segment III with two sense cones, V–VI with apex strongly asymmetric; basantra present; metanotum with closely spaced longitudinal striae; fore wings without duplicated cilia; abdominal tergites with more than two pairs of sigmoid setae; tube short (Minaei & Mound 2008).
description: Published as part of Rasool, Iftekhar, Alattal, Yehya Zaki, Ansi, Amin Al & Aldhafer, Hathal M., 2025, The Suborder Tubulifera (Thysanoptera) of Saudi Arabia with one new species, new records and checklist to the Arabian Peninsula species, pp. 431-454 in Zootaxa 5627 (3) on page 434, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/15326268
Supplementary document for Efficient soliton self-frequency shift in hydrogen-filled hollow-core fiber - 5547062.pdf
Creators: name: Chen, Yi-Hao
name: Sidorenko, Pavel
name: Antonio-Lopez, Jose
name: Correa, Rodrigo Amezcua
name: Wise, Frank
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: SSFS Supplement 1
Steigerung des Kunststoffrecyclings und des Rezyklateinsatzes
Creators: name: Heutling, Susanne
name: Fabian, Matthias
name: Jung, Matthias
name: Körber-Ziegengeist, Grit
name: Kovacs, Daniel
name: Moser, Heidrun
name: Krause, Susann
name: Oehme, Ines
name: Weiss, Volker
name: Krüger, Franziska
name: Wurbs, Johanna
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2017

description: Das Recycling von Kunststoffabfällen und der Einsatz von Kunststoffrezyklaten in Neuprodukten schonen Primärrohstoffe und sparen gegenüber der Produktion aus Rohöl Energie und CO2-Emissionen ein. Unter den Verwertungsverfahren ist das Recycling, d.h. die werkstoffliche Verwertung, meist die umweltfreundlichste Entsorgungsvariante. In der Abfallhierarchie des Kreislaufwirtschaftsgesetzes steht die werkstoffliche Verwertung von Abfällen konsequenterweise an oberster Stelle der Verwertungsoptionen. Dennoch werden Kunststoffabfälle in Deutschland überwiegend energetisch verwertet. Das Recycling von Kunststoffabfällen stagniert seit Jahren auf niedrigem Niveau. Und das, obwohl deutlich mehr Kunststoffe diesen Verwertungsweg gehen könnten. Die Ursachen sind vielfältig. Daher ist auch ein Bündel an Maßnahmen und Instrumenten erforderlich, die auf den Abbau von Hemmnissen und die Förderung des hochwertigen Kunststoffrecyclings und Rezyklateinsatzes abzielen. Welche das aus Sicht des Umweltbundesamtes sein sollten, stellen wir in diesem Papier vor. Quelle: Verlagsinformation
Dolicholepta Priesner 1932
Creators: name: Rasool, Iftekhar
name: Alattal, Yehya Zaki
name: Ansi, Amin Al
name: Aldhafer, Hathal M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Phlaeothripidae
Dolicholepta

description: Key to the species of Dolicholepta from Saudi Arabia
(Species with * not examined)
1. Pronotum with numerous transverse lines of sculpture; eyes not extended on ventral surface of head; mid dorsal setae of head developed, reaching to posterior margin of compound eyes.............................................. micrura
-. Pronotum without any sculpture; eyes strongly extended on ventral surface of head; mid dorsal setae of head small, not reaching to posterior margin of compound eyes............................................................. jeanneli *
description: Published as part of Rasool, Iftekhar, Alattal, Yehya Zaki, Ansi, Amin Al & Aldhafer, Hathal M., 2025, The Suborder Tubulifera (Thysanoptera) of Saudi Arabia with one new species, new records and checklist to the Arabian Peninsula species, pp. 431-454 in Zootaxa 5627 (3) on page 435, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/15326268
Veröffentlichen in der Linguistik heute (und morgen) [Vortrag an der Universität Bern]
Creators: name: Haspelmath, Martin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: Vortrag an der Universität Bern (Institut für Sprachwissenschaft) über Probleme des Publizierens in der Linguistik, vor allem hinsichtlich der Zugänglichkeit, des Prestiges, und der Begutachtung.