cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Surface wave velocity maps beneath AusArray network in north of Australia from ambient noise tomography
Creators: name: B., Hejrani
name: B., Hejrani
Publisher: name: Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: EFTF – Exploring for the Future
subject: Australia’s Resources Framework
subject: Seismology
subject: Ambient Noise Tomography
subject: AusArray
subject: Seismology and Seismic Exploration
subject: Published_External

description: As part of the first phase (2016-2020) of the Exploring for the Future (EFTF) program, Geoscience Australia deployed 119 broad band seismic stations in northern Australia. This deployment was part of the Australian Passive Seismic Array (AusArray) Project. Data from these stations were used to image the seismic structure using various techniques, including ambient noise tomography (ANT). The first ANT model (Hejrani et al, 2020) was focused on a narrow range of frequencies and used the Hawkins and Sambridge (2019) approach to estimate dispersion curves. This new approach starts from the original work by Aki (1957) to estimate phase velocity in the frequency domain, and then takes a step further to ensure a smooth curve is achieved. In Hejrani et al., (2022), using minimum Signal-to-Noise-Ratio (SNR) threshold of 2, about 4,000 data points (out of 7,000+) were used to generate surface wave velocity maps at a resolution of 1 degree at four frequencies (sensitive to different depths). This model was subsequently updated in September 2021 by using all 7,000+ data points (no SNR threshold) of phase velocity measurements across AusArray year one to provide a 0.25 degree resolution model. All dispersion curves regardless of their quality were utilized. A number of artefacts were identified in that model, which motivated further investigations. During 2022, I developed a new automated and scalable approach to estimate dispersion curves, which was completed in December 2022. This new method starts from the original idea by Aki (1957), but takes a different approach to stabilize the dispersion curves and to avoid cycle skipping. This record represents the preferred 2D velocity models for AusArray year one data based on the newly estimated dispersion curves and a comparison with previous models and interpretations; is an update from Hejrani et al. (2020) and should be read in conjunction. Work is currently under way to invert these 2D surface wave models to obtain 3D velocity models for the crust and mantle. Such 3D velocity models would be suitable for joint interpretations with other data such active seismic, gravity and magnetic. The code will be made publicly available at the conclusion of EFTF.
Low-loss, silicon integrated, aluminum nitride photonic circuits and their use for electro-optic signal processing
Creators: name: Xiong, Chi
name: Pernice, Wolfram H. P.
name: Tang, Hong X.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Photonic miniaturization requires seamless integration of linear and nonlinear optical components to achieve passive and active functions simultaneously. Among the available material systems, silicon photonics holds immense promise for optical signal processing and on-chip optical networks. However, silicon is limited to wavelengths above 1100 nm and does not provide the desired lowest order optical nonlinearity for active signal processing. Here we report the integration of aluminum nitride (AlN) films on silicon substrates to bring active functionalities to chip-scale photonics. Using CMOS-compatible sputtered thin films we fabricate AlN-on-insulator waveguides that exhibit low propagation loss (0.6 dB/cm). Exploiting AlN's inherent Pockels effect we demonstrate electro-optic modulation up to 4.5 Gb/s with very low energy consumption (down to 10 fJ/bit). The ultra-wide transparency window of AlN devices also enables high speed modulation at visible wavelengths. Our low cost, wideband, carrier-free photonic circuits hold promise for ultra-low power and high speed signal processing at the microprocessor chip level.
Attitudes towards menstruation: what women want? An Italian National Survey
Creators: name: Bastianelli, Carlo
name: Grandi, Giovanni
name: Farris, Manuela
name: Brandolino, Gabriella
name: Saccone, Giulia Paoni
name: La Barbiera, Ilenia
name: Benagiano, Giuseppe
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Many women experience negative feelings during menstrual bleeding. Aim of the study was to evaluate the attitudes of Italian women towards menstrual bleeding, their desire to reduce its frequency and knowledge of the existence of methods capable of achieving such an objective. An internet-based anonymous questionnaire has been sent to women willing to fill it in through different social media (Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter). The survey evaluated, objective parameters such as number of pads, use of painkillers, duration of period and pain intensity. Judgement towards period and knowledge about methods to reduce frequency and amount of menstrual flow were analysed. 1072 Women aged 18 − 40 years, answered the survey. The level of education of responders was high, with 61.7% having a university degree. 27.5% of respondents viewed positively the occurrence of a menstrual period. Ideal frequency of menstrual cycles was considered 3 months and the perfect duration was considered to be 3 days. Half of the respondents ignored the existence of methods to suppress menstruation or reduce its frequency. 52% of participants stated that they would not use a contraceptive method because they considered it not ‘natural’. In our sample, in spite of the discomfort reported by half of the women interviewed, menstruation was considered positively by one fourth as because confirm their fertility. The majority of women did consider bleeding every month a healthy, but they preferred a three-monthly frequency. Knowledge of contraceptive methods capable of reducing the frequency of menstrual bleeding was scarce.
Contraceptive exposure associates with urinary tract infection risk in a cohort of reproductive-age women: a case control study
Creators: name: Lo, Claire
name: Abraham, Abin
name: Bejan, Cosmin A.
name: Reasoner, Seth A.
name: Davidson, Mario
name: Lipworth, Loren
name: Aronoff, David M.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Although non-barrier contraception is commonly prescribed, the risk of urinary tract infections (UTI) with contraceptive exposure is unclear. Using data from Vanderbilt University Medical Centre’s deidentified electronic health record (EHR), women ages 18–52 were randomly sampled and matched based on age and length of EHR. This case-control analysis tested for association between contraception exposure and outcome using UTI-positive (UTI+) as cases and upper respiratory infection+ (URI+) as controls. 24,563 UTI + cases (mean EHR: 64.2 months; mean age: 31.2 years) and 48,649 UTI-/URI + controls (mean EHR: 63.2 months; mean age: 31.9 years) were analysed. In the primary analysis, UTI risk was statistically significantly increased for the oral contraceptive pill (OCP; OR = 1.10 [95%CI = 1.02–1.11], p ≤ 0.05), intrauterine device (IUD; OR = 1.13 [95%CI = 1.04–1.23], p ≤ 0.05), etonogestrel implant (Nexplanon®; OR = 1.56 [95% CI = 1.24–1.96], p ≤ 0.05), and medroxyprogesterone acetate injectable (Depo-Provera®; OR = 2.16 [95%CI = 1.99–2.33], p ≤ 0.05) use compared to women not prescribed contraception. A secondary analysis that included any non-IUD contraception, which could serve as a proxy for sexual activity, demonstrated a small attenuation for the association between UTI and IUD (OR = 1.09 [95%CI = 0.98–1.21], p = 0.13). This study notes potential for a small increase in UTIs with contraceptive use. Prospective studies are required before this information is applied in clinical settings. Although non-barrier contraception is commonly prescribed, the risk of urinary tract infections (UTI) with contraceptive exposure is poorly understood. This large-cohort, case-control study notes potential for a small increase in UTIs with contraceptive use.
Pollen use by the solitary bee Osmia caerulescens in cherry orchard agroecosystems in Spain
Creators: name: Tobajas, Estefanía
name: de Paz, Víctor
name: Rosas-Ramos, Natalia
name: Asís, Josep D.
name: Baños-Picón, Laura
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: Osmia caerulescens is a solitary bee species commonly found in the Iberian Peninsula that seems well-adapted to altered anthropogenic habitats. Using the post-emergence residues present in 965 brood cells coming from 453 nests (reed stems) from 36 cherry orchards in western Spain, we identified the collected pollen, and studied the diet of the species. We evaluated whether there are differences in the diet over the nest construction and between the developmental stages reached by the offspring, and we tested whether the offspring's body size is influenced by the pollen diet. The pollen from Fabaceae species predominated in the samples, followed by Jasione (Campanulaceae) and Echium (Boraginaceae). We did not find differences in pollen richness and diversity between inner and outer cells nor among the developmental stages reached. However different proportions of Echium and Jasione pollen in individuals at different developmental stages and a positive relationship between pollen diversity and female body size were detected. The results suggest that the availability of flower resources, together with different morphological and chemical pollen traits, play a key role in diet composition and offspring development. Pollen analysis, which provides knowledge about diet breadth, is a useful tool in the study of species adapted to human-altered habitats.
Contribution of phenolics to the antioxidant potential of propolis from Tetragonula laeviceps and Tetragonula pegdeni and its correlation to the dominant plant sources in different regions in Thailand
Creators: name: Meemongkolkiat, Thitipan
name: Khongkarat, Phanthiwa
name: Rodim, Preecha
name: Duangphakdee, Orawan
name: Chanchao, Chanpen
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Propolis is a natural product produced by bees and has antioxidant properties that depend on the local flora and the bee species. Propolis from two dominant stingless bee species in Thailand, Tetragonula laeviceps and Tetragonula pegdeni were collected from four locations in Ratchaburi province and one location in Chiangmai province, with different dominant plants at each location. Samples were extracted in methanol (MeOH) and sequentially partitioned with hexane, dichloromethane (DCM), and MeOH. All partitioned extracts were examined by three antioxidant methods: 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), 2,2′-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS), and ferric reducing ability (FRAP) assays. For the DPPH, the MeOH-partitioned extract of T. laeviceps from Bankha district (MPE7) was the most active [50% effective concentration (EC50) of 75.62 µg/mL), while the DCM-partitioned extract of T. pegdeni from Suan phueng district (DPE2) was the most active in the ABTS and FRAP assays (EC50 of 22.06 µg/mL and 10.23 mM/g, respectively). DPE2 also showed the highest phenolic and flavonoid contents (98.94 µg gallic acid equivalents/mg dry weight and 286.07 µg quercetin equivalents/mg, respectively). High performance liquid chromatography analysis revealed the identification and quantification of 12 phenolic compounds, with the highest concentration of vitexin in MPE7 and MPE5. Interestingly, kaempferol (5.16 µg/mg) was only detected in DPE2. The different antioxidant properties among sites are expected due to the specific flora in each location. Furthermore, the bioactivity of propolis extracts differs significantly between bee species in a similar location, suggesting that they have different flora preferences. These results verify the potential of extracts to effectively scavenge radicals.
Some biological aspects of honey bee drones reared under organic and non-organic agriculture
Creators: name: Abdelkheir, Mohamed A.
name: Mazeed, Adel M.
name: Ewies, Mohamed A.
name: Hassan, Emad A.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Five biological characteristics of honey bee drones were investigated under the influence of organic farming in comparison with non-organic ones. For this purpose, 10 honey bee colonies were established in each of the areas of 2.1 Hectare. The organic one was isolated from the other by 17.2 km. Each area was cultivated with Chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla), one under organic and the other under non-organic farming, for two seasons. As criteria for this study, amount of sealed drones brood produced, drone longevity, number of sperms in drones, percentage of drone maturity, and number of sperms in mated queens were chosen. The amount of sealed drone brood was higher in non-organic areas than organic ones, but a significant increase in the longevity of drones reared under organic farming was registered. Concerning reproductive futures, and although the number of sperms per million (mil.) was higher in newly emerged drones reared under non-organic farming, it began to decrease more significantly at 8 and 14 days in drones reared under non-organic than those reared under organic ones. Concerning the percentage of mature drones, the results showed a significant increase in drones reared under non-organic conditions at 14 days, but an insignificant increase at 8 days in comparison to drones reared under organic ones. For both groups, the percentage of mature drones of 14 days drones was significantly higher than those of 8 days. Lastly, the number of sperms in the spermatheca of queen mated with drones reared under organic farming was significantly higher than those reared under non-organic conditions. The results were discussed in the light of some biological aspects of drones.
Industrial forestry negatively affects small-farms honey production in south-central Chile: evidence from a landscape scale
Creators: name: Alaniz, Alberto J.
name: Valenzuela, Agdalin
name: Vergara, Pablo M.
name: Carvajal, Mario A.
name: Moreira-Arce, Dario
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plant Biology

description: Land use and cover change have a high influence on bee species, where honey bees (Apis mellifera) could be affected in terms of resources, dispersal, and habitat. However, the influence of landscape context on honey productivity has been scarcely explored in comparison with population parameters, which is an essential topic for the economic development of rural communities based on apiculture. Here, we tested the hypothesis if honey production decreases with the increase of exotic forest plantations in the landscape as the cover of native forest decreases, vegetation and soils become increasingly degraded. We compiled data on honey productivity for two years (2018 and 2019) of small-scale honey production in 17 landscapes of 1 km radii (Curanilahue state in south-central Chile). Then, the landscapes were characterized by using remote sensing techniques, including biophysical and compositional landscape variables. Finally, Generalized Linear Mixed Models were implemented to explore the relationship between landscape variables and honey productivity. We identified a positive relationship between honey productivity with built cover and grassland cover. On the other hand, a negative relationship was found between honey production and net primary production, exotic forest plantations, and tree senescence index. Our results provide new insights into the landscape-scale drivers of hive productivity in rural landscapes of south-central Chile.
Comparative morphology of the third pair of legs in drones and workers of Tetragonisca angustula (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Creators: name: dos S. Morini, Rubia F.
name: Tannure-Nascimento, Ivelize Cunha
name: de Oliveira, Henrique N.
name: Vieira, Camila
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: The stingless bees are important models for behavioral studies. The most complex level of social behavior is exhibited by bee species that have a high degree of morphological variation between castes. The drone is often overlooked due to its limited functions. Comparative biology studies would help expand our knowledge of this sex. The aim of this study was to compare the microscopic structures of the third pair of legs of drones and workers of Tetragonisca angustula. We found similarities and differences that contribute to our knowledge of the behavior of stingless bees. To our knowledge, this is the first study on the microscopic comparison of structures of the third pair of legs of drones and workers of Tetragonisca angustula.
Unraveling genetic parameters for the corbicular area of Tetragonisca angustula (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Creators: name: dos S. Morini, Rubia F.
name: Rodrigues, Marisa C.
name: de Oliveira, Henrique N.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plant Biology

description: The stingless bee, Tetragonisca angustula, known in most regions of Brazil as Jataí, is characterized as an advanced eusocial bee with a wide distribution throughout the country. This species has an ecologically and economically important role in pollination and honey production. In terms of phylogeny, it belongs to the Meliponini tribe within the corbiculate group of bees. The corbicula is a modification on the third pair of the worker bee’s legs, with a concave shape that enables the bees to store and transport pollen. The corbicular area in Apis mellifera is described as having a correlation with overall honey yield. Our aim, in this study, was to unravel the heritability traits and possible correlations related to colony health and honey production. We measured the corbicular area and body weight of 600 individuals of T. angustula from different hives and applied a Bayesian approach to estimate the genetic variance and heritability. In addition, we investigated whether or not other morphometric traits were correlated with the corbicular area. Heritability estimates were 0.56 and 0.39 for corbicular area and weight, respectively. The phenotypic correlations demonstrated a strong relationship between the corbicular area and weight, thorax and abdomen length, and also abdomen and head width. These phenotypic correlations were greater than 0.50, suggesting that the corbicular area could be a proxy trait that related to other morphometric traits such as weight. Traits like honey production and pot size should be included in further studies, unraveling the actual relation between the corbicular area and direct honey yields.
Additional file 5 of Transcriptome and proteome profiling reveal complementary scavenger and immune features of rat liver sinusoidal endothelial cells and liver macrophages
Creators: name: Bhandari, Sabin
name: Ruomei Li
name: Simón-Santamaría, Jaione
name: McCourt, Peter
name: Johansen, Steinar Daae
name: Smedsrød, Bård
name: Inigo Martinez-Zubiaurre
name: Sørensen, Karen Kristine
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Additional file 5. Immune histochemistry for CD68. Immune histochemistry of acetone-fixed frozen sections of rat liver showing the distribution pattern of CD68 in the liver lobule. Sections were labeled with an antibody to CD68 (red fluorescence) and stabilin-2 (Stab2, green fluorescence) and subjected to confocal laser scanning microscopy. Antibodies are listed in Table 1. Nuclei were stained with DAPI (blue).
Habitat preference influences response to changing agricultural landscapes in two long-horned bees
Creators: name: Hirayama, Gaku S.
name: Ushimaru, Atushi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Agricultural intensification and urban development have drastically influenced pollinators living in semi-natural grasslands. Pollinators are likely to have different responses to more intensive land uses; some decline rapidly, whereas others maintain or increase their populations. We predicted that differences in interspecific responses to different land uses are partly attributed to differences in habitat preference. We examined the distribution and flower use patterns of two closely related Eucera species with different habitat preferences. Study sites were narrow belt-like meadows within traditional, intensified, and urbanised agricultural lands in the Osaka-Kobe metropolitan area, Japan. Forest-associated Eucera nipponensis were significantly fewer in consolidated and urbanised meadows than in traditional meadows, whereas open land-associated E. spurcatipes exhibited the opposite pattern. A significant negative relationship between their abundance was also found. Both species foraged on legume flowers most frequently (83.5%), but their floral use patterns differed significantly in traditional and consolidated meadows. The bee species that preferred stable habitats were vulnerable to land consolidation and urbanisation, while the species associated with disturbed habitats maintained or increased its population size in meadows with these intensive land uses. Thus, recent land-use changes may have different impacts on species with different habitat preferences.
Academic Journal Articles on the Findings of Research
Creators: name: Caso, Roberto
name: Dore, Giulia
name: Sganga, Caterina
name: Turan, Pelin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: EU copyright
intellectual property
cultural heritage institutions

description: This report constitutes one of the major deliverables of the H2020 project, reCreating Europe: Rethinking digital copyright law for a culturally diverse, accessible, creative Europe, elaborating on the key findings of the scientific research pursued by Work Package 2 (WP2), led by Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (SSSA) (Pisa, Italy), and Work Package 5 (WP5), led by University of Trento (UNITN) (Trento, Italy), over the lifespan of the Project. reCreating Europe is dedicated to the democratisation of the EU copyright acquis by finding and promoting the ways in which the European regulatory framework can support culturallydiverse production, inclusive access to and consumption of analogue and digital cultural content. In line with its overarching aims and objectives, the Project organises its research and work under five substantive WPs, each of which focus on a disparate group of stakeholders. Within this organisation, WP2 focuses on end-user perspectives to copyright and the public domain, whereas WP5 concentrates on the intellectual property (IP) related needs and concerns of cultural heritage institutions (CHIs). Drawing upon the conclusions reached within the reports and other deliverables previously drafted and published by WP2 and WP5, this report presents an academic publication, which has already been published in European Intellectual Property Review (EIPR), in its Annex, and refers to another academic publication to be submitted for peer-review. It is worth noting that both publications correspond to Task 2.1 of WP2, and Tasks 5.1 and 5.2 falling under the workload of WP5. Therefore, the publications compiled and disseminated herein are centred around the needs and expectations of end-users and CHIs. They are in search for an answer to what extent the EU copyright acquis provides for a user-friendly or accessible legal landscape to reinforce and further facilitate public’s access to cultural content, thus, safeguard the right to participate in culture
Effects of non-uniform Mn distribution in (Ga,Mn)As
Creators: name: Ulfat, I.
name: Kanski, J.
name: Ilver, L.
name: Sadowski, J.
name: Karlsson, K.
name: Ernst, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Resonant in situ photoemission from Mn 3d states in Ga_{1-x}Mn_{x}As is reported for Mn concentrations down to very dilute limit of 0.1 at %. The properties of the peak at the valence-band maximum reveal an effective interaction between Mn 3d states for concentration as low as 2.5 %. Concentration-dependent spectral features are analyzed on the basis of first-principles calculations for systems with selected impurity positions as well as for random alloys.
description: To be submitted to Physical Review Letters
Noetherian Leavitt path algebras and their regular algebras
Creators: name: Pino, Gonzalo Aranda
name: Vas, Lia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Rings and Algebras (math.RA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 16W99, 16W10, 16S99, 16S85

description: In the past, it has been shown that the Leavitt path algebra $L(E)=L_K(E)$ of a graph $E$ over a field $K$ is left and right noetherian if and only if the graph $E$ is finite and no cycle of $E$ has an exit. If $Q(E)=Q_K(E)$ denotes the regular algebra over $L(E),$ we prove that these conditions are further equivalent with any of the following: $L(E)$ contains no infinite set of orthogonal idempotents, $L(E)$ has finite uniform dimension, $L(E)$ is directly finite, $Q(E)$ is directly finite, $Q(E)$ is unit-regular, and a few more equivalences. In addition, if the involution on $K$ is positive definite, these conditions are equivalent with the following: the involution $^\ast$ extends from $L(E)$ to $Q(E),$ $Q(E)$ is $^\ast$-regular, $Q(E)$ is finite, $Q(E)$ is the maximal (total or classical) symmetric ring of quotients of $L(E),$ every finitely generated nonsingular $L(E)$-module is projective, and the matrix ring $M_n(L(E))$ is strongly Baer for every $n$. It may not be surprising that a noetherian Leavitt path algebra has these properties, but a more interesting fact is that these properties hold only if a Leavitt path algebra is noetherian. Using some of these equivalences, we give a specific description of the inverse of the isomorphism $V(L(E))\rightarrow V(Q(E))$ of monoids of equivalence classes of finitely generated projective modules for noetherian Leavitt path algebras. We also prove that two noetherian Leavitt path algebras are isomorphic as rings if and only if they are isomorphic as $^\ast$-algebras. This answers in affirmative the Isomorphism Conjecture for the class of noetherian Leavitt path algebras: if $L_{\mathbb C}(E)$ and $L_{\mathbb C}(F)$ are noetherian Leavitt path algebras, then $L_{\mathbb C}(E)\cong L_{\mathbb C}(F)$ as rings implies $C^*(E)\cong C^*(F)$ as $^\ast$-algebras.
Additional file 8 of Transcriptome and proteome profiling reveal complementary scavenger and immune features of rat liver sinusoidal endothelial cells and liver macrophages
Creators: name: Bhandari, Sabin
name: Ruomei Li
name: Simón-Santamaría, Jaione
name: McCourt, Peter
name: Johansen, Steinar Daae
name: Smedsrød, Bård
name: Inigo Martinez-Zubiaurre
name: Sørensen, Karen Kristine
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Additional file 8. Immune histochemistry for CD31 and CD45, and controls for SE-1, CD31, CD45 flow cytometry experiments. a-b: Immune histochemistry of acetone-fixed frozen sections of rat liver showing the distribution pattern of stabilin-2, CD31 and CD45 in the liver lobule. a: Sections were labeled with antibodies to CD31 (red fluorescence) and stabilin-2 (Stab2, green fluorescence) and subjected to confocal laser scanning microscopy. CD31 stained all hepatic endothelia; in the sinusoids the CD31 staining overlapped with the stabilin-2 staining (arrows). b: Sections labeled with antibodies to CD45 (red fluorescence) and stabilin-2 (Stab2, green fluorescence). a-b: Pv, portal vein/venule. Antibodies are listed in Table 1. Nuclei were stained with DAPI (blue). c: The figure panel contains the contour profiles (of the singlet, small, low complexity, live-gated non-parenchymal liver cells) of the three single antibody staining controls on the different fluorophore channels used during the acquisition of the data in the flow cytometry experiment presented in Fig. 9. d: The figure contains the contour profiles of the three FMO controls and tests used to verify the gating used to interpret the experiment in Fig. 9.
Philosophische Grundlagen der Erarbeitung einer Konzeption des Modernen Sozialismus
Creators: name: Brie, Michael
name: Brie, Andre
name: Land, Rainer
name: Segert, Dieter
name: Krüger, Hans-Peter
name: Bluhm, Harald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1988
Subjects: Sozialismus Moderne Politik Kapitalismus

description: In der offensichtlichen Krise der DDR und des Staatssozialismus wurde versucht, Ideen für einen wirtschaftlichen und politischen Pfadwechsel zu entwickeln und zu diskutieren.
Variable Screenings in Binary Response Regressions with Multivariate Normal Predictors
Creators: name: Chang, Sheng-Mao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Screening before model building is a reasonable strategy to reduce the dimension of regression problems. Sure independence screening is an efficient approach to this purpose. It applies the slope estimate of a simple linear regression as a surrogate measure of the association between the response and the predictor so that the final model can be built by those predictors with steep slopes. However, if the response is truly affected by a nontrivial linear combination of some predictors then the simple linear regression model is a misspecified model. In this work, we investigate the performance of the sure independence screening in the view of model misspecification for binary response regressions. Both maximum likelihood screening and least square screening are studied with the assumption that predictors follow multivariate normal distribution and the true and the working link function belong to a class of scale mixtures of normal distributions.
description: 13 pages, 1 figures
Additional file 1 of Expression and prognostic analyses of the insulin-like growth factor 2 mRNA binding protein family in human pancreatic cancer
Creators: name: Cui, Xiao-Han
name: Hu, Shu-Yi
name: Zhu, Chun-Fu
name: Qin, Xi-Hu
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 1 : Supplemental Figure 1. Top 10 pathways revealed by GO and KEGG enrichment analyses of IGF2BP2 and IGF2BP3 (differentially expressed genes); GO, Gene Ontology; KEGG, Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes. Table S1. Primers and SiRNA sequences used in this research (5’-3’).
The influence of an analog of juvenile hormone on the silk gland of Africanized Apis mellifera larvae reared in vitro
Creators: name: Rodrigues, Bárbara Nobrega
name: Machado, Tatiana
name: Abdalla, Fábio Camargo
name: da Silva-Zacarin, Elaine Cristina Mathias
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: As the larval silk glands of Africanized honey bees are well characterized in hive conditions, we compared the silk glands of larvae of Africanized honey bees from the hive (in vivo - literature information) with larvae reared under laboratory conditions according to a specific bioassay (in vitro rearing of Africanized honey bees). We also continuously exposed the larva to a juvenile hormone analog (JHA), the pyriproxyfen, in three different concentrations: 12.5 mg/L, 25 mg/L, and 50 mg/L. Concerning morphological and histochemical analyses, there were no characteristics in glands that indicated the acceleration of the cocoon spinning time and no features of cell death. The glands seemed to be in secretory activity. Pyriproxyfen-treated larvae had a slightly shorter silk synthesis period than control, although only in the 50 mg/L experimental group, the tactoids from silk were clearly visible in optical microscopy, probably due to a higher secretion activity as the response to JHA. We observed that the presence of lipids under artificial feeding was independent of the nurse bee presence. Thus, we found that pyriproxyfen alters the functioning of the silk gland, under laboratory conditions in morphological, histological, and/or morphometric aspects.
Simulations of protostellar collapse using multigroup radiation hydrodynamics. II. The second collapse
Creators: name: Vaytet, N.
name: Chabrier, G.
name: Audit, E.
name: Commercon, B.
name: Masson, J.
name: Ferguson, J.
name: Delahaye, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Star formation begins with the gravitational collapse of a dense core inside a molecular cloud. As the collapse progresses, the centre of the core begins to heat up as it becomes optically thick. The temperature and density in the centre eventually reach high enough values where fusion reactions can ignite; the protostar is born. This sequence of events entail many physical processes, of which radiative transfer is of paramount importance. Many simulations of protostellar collapse make use of a grey treatment of radiative transfer coupled to the hydrodynamics. However, interstellar gas and dust opacities present large variations as a function of frequency. In this paper, we follow-up on a previous paper on the collapse and formation of Larson's first core using multigroup radiation hydrodynamics (Paper I) by extending the calculations to the second phase of the collapse and the formation of Larson's second core. We have made the use of a non-ideal gas equation of state as well as an extensive set of spectral opacities in a spherically symmetric fully implicit Godunov code to model all the phases of the collapse of a 0.1, 1 and 10 solar mass cloud cores. We find that, for a same central density, there are only small differences between the grey and multigroup simulations. The first core accretion shock remains supercritical while the shock at the second core border is found to be strongly subcritical with all the accreted energy being transfered to the core. The size of the first core was found to vary somewhat in the different simulations (more unstable clouds form smaller first cores) while the size, mass and temperature of the second cores are independent of initial cloud mass, size and temperature. Our simulations support the idea of a standard (universal) initial second core size of 0.003 AU and mass 0.0014 solar masses.
description: 15 pages, 11 figures, accepted for publication in A&A
DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF COMPRESSION COATED  TABLET OF METRONIDAZOLE FOR COLON-SPECIFIC DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM
Creators: name: Ravi Akkireddy, Rohit Saraswat, Srinivas L And Bhagheeradha L
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: The present study aims to formulate colon-targeted drug delivery of metronidazole compression-coated tablets using different ratios of chitosan and pectin. The core tablets of metronidazole (400 mg) were prepared using swellable and pH-dependent polymers like chitosan and pectin, and PVP-K30 was used as a binder. The compression-coated tablets containing chitosan as a polymer released 95-99% of metronidazole in simulated colonic fluid, whereas tablets containing pectin released 94-99% of metronidazole. The stability study for prepared tablets at 40°C/75% relative humidity for 6 weeks showed no significant change in physical appearance, drug content uniformity and in vitro drug release pattern. The result indicates that formulations F4 and F8 were suitable for colonic drug delivery as drug release is maximum compared to other formulations.

Keywords: Colon drug delivery system, Chitosan, Pectin, Compression Coating, and Metronidazole
Ks- and Lp-band polarimetry on stellar and bow-shock sources in the Galactic center
Creators: name: Buchholz, Rainer M.
name: Witzel, Gunther
name: Schoedel, Rainer
name: Eckart, Andreas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Infrared observations of the Galactic center (GC) provide a unique opportunity to study stellar and bow-shock polarization effects in a dusty environment. The goals of this work are to present new Ks- and Lp-band polarimetry on an unprecedented number of sources in the central parsec of the GC, thereby expanding our previous results in the H- and Ks-bands. We use AO-assisted Ks- and Lp-band observations, obtained at the ESO VLT. High precision photometry and the new polarimetric calibration method for NACO allow us to map the polarization in a region of 8" x 25" (Ks) resp. 26" x 28" (Lp). These are the first polarimetric observations of the GC in the Lp-band in 30 years, with vastly improved spatial resolution compared to previous results. This allows resolved polarimetry on bright bow-shock sources in this area for the first time at this wavelength. We find foreground polarization to be largely parallel to the Galactic plane (Ks-band: 6.1% at 20 degrees, Lp-band: 4.5% at 20 degrees, in good agreement with our previous findings and with older results. The previously described Lp-band excess in the foregound polarization towards the GC could be confirmed here for a much larger number of sources. The bow-shock sources contained in the FOV seem to show a different relation between the polarization in the observed wavelength bands than what was determined for the foreground. This points to the different relevant polarization mechanisms. The resolved polarization patterns of IRS 5 and 10W match the findings we presented earlier for IRS~1W. Additionally, intrinsic Lp-band polarization was measured for IRS 1W and 21, as well as for other, less prominent MIR-excess sources (IRS 2S, 2L, 5NE). The new data offer support for the presumed bow-shock nature of several of these sources (1W, 5, 5NE, 10W, 21) and for the model of bow-shock polarization presented in our last work.
description: 19 pages, 18 figures
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and Guidelines for End-Users
Creators: name: Sganga, Caterina
name: Ferri, Delia
name: Harkai, Istvàn
name: Higgins, Noelle
name: Turan, Pelin
name: Mezei, Péter
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: copyright
end-users

description: This Information Sheet presents brief answers to 14 questions that are frequently asked by the end-users of cultural content protected by copyright or related rights. It aims to guide the end-users in their activities that involves accessing to, using or re-using copyrighted content available on digital platforms or found in-print or in other analogue forms.

 The FAQs and Guidelines presented herein are extracted from the research conducted by Work Package 2 (WP2) of the reCreating Europe Consortium. More information on and research results of WP2 can be found on the official website of reCreating Europe and on the Project’s open-access repository, Zenodo.
SOME VARIANTS OF ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE OF EXTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCTS
Creators: name: Rakhmonova, Habiba
name: Shadieva, Shokhida
name: Yakhyaeva, Khursheda
name: Rakhmonov, Fariz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Knowledge of anatomical variations and anomalies of biliary tree development is one of the most important factors of efficiency of surgical treatment of cholelithiasis. At the same time, systematised and unsystematised descriptions of the anatomy of separate sections of extrahepatic bile ducts in the literature are rather diverse and scattered. The aim of the study is to generalise the experience of foreign and domestic authors in the question of estimation of variants of mutual location of extrahepatic bile ducts.
Supplementary material S2: Platinum-Group elements and Nb-Ta geochemistry of the Deccan basalts from Kumbharli and other Ghat sections and the Koyna Seismic Zone, Maharashtra (India): Crustal contamination and implication for sulfide saturation of the magma
Creators: name: Banerjee, Ratul
name: Mondal, Sisir K.
Publisher: name: Geological Society of London
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 3705
subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: Supplementary material S2: Supplementary material for figures
Additional file 1 of Risk factors for mortality in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 at the start of the pandemic in Belgium: a retrospective cohort study
Creators: name: Halem, Karlijn Van
name: Bruyndonckx, Robin
name: Hilst, Jeroen Van Der
name: Cox, Janneke
name: Driesen, Paulien
name: Opsomer, Matthias
name: Steenkiste, Eveline Van
name: Stessel, Björn
name: Jasperina Dubois
name: Messiaen, Peter
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Multivariate analysis of risk factors for death versus hospital discharge.
SWIR Investigation of sites of astrobiological interest
Creators: name: Brown, Adrian J.
name: Walter, Malcolm
name: Cudahy, Thomas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Rover missions to the rocky bodies of the Solar System and especially to Mars require light- weight, portable instruments that use minimal power, require no sample preparation, and provide suitably diagnostic mineralogical information to an Earth-based exploration team. Short-wave infrared (SWIR) spectroscopic instruments such as the Portable Infrared Mineral Analyser (PIMA, Integrated Spectronics Pty Ltd., Baulkham Hills, NSW, Australia) fulfill all these requirements. We describe an investigation of a possible Mars analogue site using a PIMA instrument. A survey was carried out on the Strelley Pool Chert, an outcrop of stro- matolitic, silicified Archean carbonate and clastic succession in the Pilbara Craton, interpreted as being modified by hydrothermal processes. The results of this study demonstrate the ca- pability of SWIR techniques to add significantly to the geological interpretation of such hy- drothermally altered outcrops. Minerals identified include dolomite, white micas such as il- lite-muscovite, and chlorite. In addition, the detection of pyrophyllite in a bleached and altered unit directly beneath the succession suggests acidic, sulfur-rich hydrothermal activity may have interacted with the silicified sediments of the Strelley Pool Chert.
description: Key Words: Pilbara, Short-wave infrared, spectroscopy, Mars, Stromatolites, Archean
Hypercomplex structures with Hermitian-Norden metrics on four-dimensional Lie algebras
Creators: name: Manev, Mancho
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 53C15, 53C50, 22E30, 53C55, 53C56

description: Integrable hypercomplex structures with Hermitian and Norden metrics on Lie groups of dimension 4 are considered. The corresponding five types of invariant hypercomplex structures with hyper-Hermitian metric, studied by M.L. Barberis, are constructed here. The different cases regarding the signature of the basic pseudo-Riemannian metric are considered.
description: 12 pages
Exact predictions from Edwards ensemble vs. realistic simulations of tapped narrow two-dimensional granular columns
Creators: name: Irastorza, Ramiro M.
name: Carlevaro, C. Manuel
name: Pugnaloni, Luis A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We simulate via a Discrete Element Method the tapping of a narrow column of disk under gravity. For frictionless disks, this system has a simple analytic expression for the density of states in the Edwards volume ensemble. We compare the predictions of the ensemble at constant compactivity against the results for the steady states obtained in the simulations. We show that the steady states cannot be properly described since the microstates sampled are not in correspondence with the predicted distributions, suggesting that the postulates of flat measure and ergodicity are, either or both, invalid for this simple realization of a static granular system. However, we show that certain qualitative features of the volume fluctuations difficult to predict from simple arguments are captured by the theory.
description: 11 pages, 6 figures
Supplementary material S1: Platinum-Group elements and Nb-Ta geochemistry of the Deccan basalts from Kumbharli and other Ghat sections and the Koyna Seismic Zone, Maharashtra (India): Crustal contamination and implication for sulfide saturation of the magma
Creators: name: Banerjee, Ratul
name: Mondal, Sisir K.
Publisher: name: Geological Society of London
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 3705
subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: Supplementary material S1: Supplementary material for tables