cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Using a fuzzy inference system to delimit rural and urban municipalities in the Czech republic in 2010
Creators: name: Pászto, Vít
name: Alžběta Brychtová
name: Tuček, Pavel
name: Lukáš Marek
name: Burian, Jaroslav
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Information and Computing Sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences

description: Due to the suburbanisation process, it is becoming more difficult to properly define rural and urban areas in the Czech Republic. This delimitation problem has been intensively studied in Europe, including the Czech Republic, for decades, but only so-called ‘crisp’ rules have been set for the categorisation of urban and rural. This is no longer satisfactory because of substantial population movements. Our research focuses on applying fuzzy set theory to the delimitation of rural and urban areas and on the subsequent advanced cartographic visualisation. We used the principles of fuzzy regulation, or fuzzy inference systems, on socio-economic data to show the transitional character of municipalities. The generated Main map is at scale of 1:500,000, whereas secondary maps are at scale of 1:2,500,000. Map visualisation of municipalities in the Czech Republic provides a very unique combination of geographical information science, cartography and modern geo-computational methods. Information perception via a map is an adequate way to analyse geographic information, and the problem of delimiting rural and urban areas can be suitably visualised using these methods.
Bio based concrete with crushed rape straw, a good alternative to develop an affordable bio based concrete for construction and renovation
Creators: name: Laidoudi, B.
name: Flamin, C.
name: Crigny, A.
name: Ferrari, J.
name: Galzy, G.
name: Dupré, B.
Publisher: name: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering
Year: 2015

description: The renewable character is one of the major assets of the plant. The various studies consider an increasing development of biobased materials in the construction in the coming years, but it seems that the plant resources type hemp and flax are relatively limited in quantity and surface cultivated. The rarity which can lead to an inappropriate financial speculation, the development of an organic resources sector large-scale thus pass by the use of compatible layers in terms of available resources. While hemp and linen represent respectively approximately 12 000 the Ha/year and 80 000 the Ha/year, the rape is in France cultivated on about 1 600 000 Ha in 2014. These works were thus carried to characterize the rape straws for applications similar to those already used for hemp and for the flax. This study will be centered on the use of the particles with a diameter of 0-35 mm, resulting from the crushing of the rape straw collected into Picardy. The results obtained in this phase of characterization of the raw material, showed that the crushed rape straw have interesting properties, so much on the dry density (ρ = 65 kg m-3), that from the point of view thermal performances (λ = 0.046 W.m-1. K-1). The use of the untreated rape straw aggregates with a lime binder of the type Tradical PF70 allowed to show the possibility of a total substitution of the hemp by this type of vegetable particles. Indeed, they have a lower density and better thermal properties. As for their mechanical performances, they are comparable to those some concrete of hemp. The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) indicators have also been calculated to prevent any environmental problems, and a Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) analysis gave a “A+” mark according to the French regulation of construction products.
description: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol 33 No 2 (2015): Special Issue - ICBBM 2015
Amelioration of diabetic nephropathy by orange peel extract in rats
Creators: name: Nishad Parkar
name: Veeranjaneyulu Addepalli
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Chemistry
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biochemistry

description: This study was aimed to evaluate the effect of alcoholic orange peel extract (OPE) on streptozotocin-induced diabetic nephropathy. Four weeks after the induction of diabetes, treatment with OPE (100 and 200 mg/kg) was further given for 4 weeks. Treatment with OPE 200 improved renal functions and significantly prevented the increase in creatinine, urea and blood urea nitrogen levels. Histological analysis of the kidneys revealed that tubulointerstitial fibrosis index was significantly decreased in OPE 200-treated group. The results indicated the prevention of diabetic nephropathy in rats by OPE treatment and suggest OPE as a potential treatment option.
Increase and transfer knowledge to producers about precision fertigation of Cork Oak (Quercus suber L.) in intensive cork production stands
Creators: name: Pacheco Marques, Pedro
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Adaptation to climate change
Fertilisation and nutrients management
Water management
Precision Forestry

description: A study on cork oak fertigation aimed to reverse declining cork production by improving management practices. The results, shared in handbooks and case studies, guide landowners on enhancing growth and profitability under challenging conditions.
Extreme rainfall relationship in Mexico
Creators: name: F. Manzano-Agugliaro
name: A. Zapata-Sierra
name: C. Fernández-Castañeda
name: A. García-Cruz
name: Q. Hernández-Escobedo
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Precipitation statistics are inherent to the design of water resource systems by the prediction of two aspects of hydrological processes: the extremes and the averages. Extreme rainfall with high temporal resolution (i.e. an hour or less) is necessary for the design of urban drainage systems, as urban areas are generally characterized by their fast response. However, most weather stations only register daily rainfall. The relationship between the hourly intensity of rain and the daily rain intensity is called parameter K. Thus, if extreme daily rainfall data is available, the parameter K allows the estimation of extreme short-duration rainfall intensities. This study offers a map with the regionalization of the relationship between the maximum intensities of precipitation occurring over intervals 1 and 24 hours (parameter K) for the whole country of Mexico, facilitating the description of the geographical variability of precipitation. In this country a high spatial variability of the parameter K was observed, according to the large area studied.
Refactoring data delivery: The case study of the new tools for census flow data at UKDS
Creators: name: Routsis, Vasileios
name: Duke-Williams, Oliver
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Census
subject: Software development
subject: Software

description: This paper presents the API and user interface for disseminating census flow data developed as part of the UK Data Service (UKDS) strategy to modernise its supported software. It explores the development challenges and the diverse technologies employed, contextualised within the broader scope of data services. The new tools were in the final stages of development at the time of writing.

We opted to construct these tools from the ground up, a decision influenced by the complex nature of the underlying data, which necessitated high levels of flexibility and adaptability. This paper will critically evaluate the decision-making process, weighing the advantages and disadvantages of developing in-house solutions versus the trend of relying on external, often commercial, platforms. Third-party solutions frequently compromise functionality and the ability to tailor to specific requirements, especially when dealing with highly complex data. The presentation will showcase some functionalities of these new tools, highlighting ongoing enhancements, including integrating AI and machine-learning technologies. We will also discuss the advantages of the design principle to separate the user interface from the backend API. This approach improves user experience and promotes better interoperability.

While acknowledging that budget and overall resource constraints are a common hurdle in such initiatives, this case study provides insights into the feasible options available to data services striving to deliver robust and comprehensive data to their users. The insights and experience shared are intended to contribute to the dynamic relationship between data services and information science, especially when dealing with data related to the social sciences. By offering practical examples and lessons learned, we aim to inform those enhancing data accessibility, utility, and distribution in a rapidly evolving digital environment, where data services often face challenges in keeping pace with technological advances.
A novel approach to generate robust classification models to predict developmental toxicity from imbalanced datasets
Creators: name: S.B. Gunturi
name: N. Ramamurthi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Information and Computing Sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Genetics

description: Computational models to predict the developmental toxicity of compounds are built on imbalanced datasets wherein the toxicants outnumber the non-toxicants. Consequently, the results are biased towards the majority class (toxicants). To overcome this problem and to obtain sensitive but also accurate classifiers, we followed an integrated approach wherein (i) Synthetic Minority Over Sampling (SMOTE) is used for re-sampling, (ii) genetic algorithm (GA) is used for variable selection and (iii) support vector machines (SVM) is used for model development. The best model, M3, has (i) sensitivity (SE) = 85.54% and specificity (SP) = 85.62% in leave-one-out validation, (ii) classification accuracy of the training set = 99.67%, (iii) classification accuracy of the test set = 92.59%; and (iv) sensitivity = 92.68, specificity = 92.31 on the test set. Consensus prediction based on models M3–M5 improved these percentages by 5% over M3. From the analysis of results we infer that data imbalance in toxicity studies can be effectively addressed by the application of re-sampling techniques.
Preparation and characterization of copper sulfide nanoparticles from symmetrical [(Bu)2NC(S)NC(O)C6H3(3,5-NO2)2]2Cu(II) and [(Bu)2NC(S)NC(O)C6H4(4-NO2)]2Cu(II) complexes by thermolysis
Creators: name: Saeed, Sohail
name: Hussain, Rizwan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Cancer
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Microbiology
subject: Medicine
subject: Physics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: Trigonal copper sulfide nanoparticles were synthesized from symmetrical [(Bu)2NC(S)NC(O)C6H3(3,5-NO2)2]2Cu(II) and [(Bu)2NC(S)NC(O)C6H4(4-NO2)]2Cu(II) complexes by thermolysis in the presence of surfactant oleylamine. The symmetrical copper complexes were synthesized by reaction of copper(II) acetate with N-(3,5-dinitrobenzoyl)-N′,N′-dibutylthiourea and N-(4-nitrobenzoyl)-N′,N′-dibutylthiourea. The symmetrical copper complexes were characterized by FT-IR spectroscopy, elemental analysis, and mass spectrometry (MS-APCI). The single-crystal X-ray structure of [(Bu)2NC(S)NC(O)C6H4(4-NO2)]2Cu(II) has been determined from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data. These metal complexes have been used as single source precursors for the preparation of copper sulfide nanoparticles. The deposited copper sulfide nanoparticles were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction and transmission electron microscopy.
Extreme rainfall relationship in Mexico
Creators: name: F. Manzano-Agugliaro
name: A. Zapata-Sierra
name: C. Fernández-Castañeda
name: A. García-Cruz
name: Q. Hernández-Escobedo
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Information and Computing Sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences

description: Precipitation statistics are inherent to the design of water resource systems by the prediction of two aspects of hydrological processes: the extremes and the averages. Extreme rainfall with high temporal resolution (i.e. an hour or less) is necessary for the design of urban drainage systems, as urban areas are generally characterized by their fast response. However, most weather stations only register daily rainfall. The relationship between the hourly intensity of rain and the daily rain intensity is called parameter K. Thus, if extreme daily rainfall data is available, the parameter K allows the estimation of extreme short-duration rainfall intensities. This study offers a map with the regionalization of the relationship between the maximum intensities of precipitation occurring over intervals 1 and 24 hours (parameter K) for the whole country of Mexico, facilitating the description of the geographical variability of precipitation. In this country a high spatial variability of the parameter K was observed, according to the large area studied.
Floristic homogeneity underlies environmental diversification of northern New Zealand urban areas
Creators: name: U Asmus
name: GL Rapson
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology

description: Urban areas are an important conduit for alien invaders. A floristic study was made of the spontaneously occurring plant species of 11 towns in the lower North Island. Four hundred and eighty-three species were found, from 93 families. Viola sepincula and Sarcococca ruscifolia are recorded as naturalised for the first time. Only Poa annua occurred in > 50% of plots. The majority of species originated from Eurasia and the Mediterranean, having arrived accidentally. A third are annuals and 89% are exotics. Basically homogenous, small floristic differences between towns appear to be related to either chance invasion events or to the environment. Influential environmental factors include the distance to the coast and the size of the central business district. The inland tourist town of Taupo is the most extreme, separated from warmer, coastal, more isolated towns, and from larger, more developed centres. The underlying homogeneity of New Zealand urban floras appears to be due to their recent and relatively uniform history of colonisation and urbanisation.
Preparation and characterization of copper sulfide nanoparticles from symmetrical [(Bu)2NC(S)NC(O)C6H3(3,5-NO2)2]2Cu(II) and [(Bu)2NC(S)NC(O)C6H4(4-NO2
Creators: name: Saeed, Sohail
name: Hussain, Rizwan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Cancer
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Microbiology
subject: Medicine
subject: Physics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: Trigonal copper sulfide nanoparticles were synthesized from symmetrical [(Bu)2NC(S)NC(O)C6H3(3,5-NO2)2]2Cu(II) and [(Bu)2NC(S)NC(O)C6H4(4-NO2)]2Cu(II) complexes by thermolysis in the presence of surfactant oleylamine. The symmetrical copper complexes were synthesized by reaction of copper(II) acetate with N-(3,5-dinitrobenzoyl)-N’,N’-dibutylthiourea and N-(4-nitrobenzoyl)-N’,N’-dibutylthiourea. The symmetrical copper complexes were characterized by FT-IR spectroscopy, elemental analysis and mass spectrometry (MS-APCI). The single crystal X-ray structure of [(Bu)2NC(S)NC(O)C6H4(4-NO2)]2Cu(II) has been determined from single crystal X-ray diffraction data. These metal complexes have been used as single source precursors for the preparation of copper sulfide nanoparticles. The deposited copper sulfide nanoparticles were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction (p-XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM).
Preparation and characterization of copper sulfide nanoparticles from symmetrical [(Bu)2NC(S)NC(O)C6H3(3,5-NO2)2]2Cu(II) and [(Bu)2NC(S)NC(O)C6H4(4-NO2
Creators: name: Saeed, Sohail
name: Hussain, Rizwan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Cancer
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Microbiology
subject: Medicine
subject: Physics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: Trigonal copper sulfide nanoparticles were synthesized from symmetrical [(Bu)2NC(S)NC(O)C6H3(3,5-NO2)2]2Cu(II) and [(Bu)2NC(S)NC(O)C6H4(4-NO2)]2Cu(II) complexes by thermolysis in the presence of surfactant oleylamine. The symmetrical copper complexes were synthesized by reaction of copper(II) acetate with N-(3,5-dinitrobenzoyl)-N′,N′-dibutylthiourea and N-(4-nitrobenzoyl)-N′,N′-dibutylthiourea. The symmetrical copper complexes were characterized by FT-IR spectroscopy, elemental analysis, and mass spectrometry (MS-APCI). The single-crystal X-ray structure of [(Bu)2NC(S)NC(O)C6H4(4-NO2)]2Cu(II) has been determined from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data. These metal complexes have been used as single source precursors for the preparation of copper sulfide nanoparticles. The deposited copper sulfide nanoparticles were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction and transmission electron microscopy.
Making sense of stakeholder values emergence
Creators: name: G.R.W. Mills
name: S.A. Austin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Relatively little is known about how the concept of sensemaking is triggered by knowledge of human values during the multi-stakeholder decision-making process of construction projects. The emergent, complex and dynamic nature of a cultural value and values system is modelled on a longitudinal case study to demonstrate stakeholders' unique perceptions. Empirical data were gathered through action research and the 'value in design' method were used to structure stakeholder dialogues at three interventions in the briefing and design stages of a new primary school project over a two-year period. A universal theory of human values was subsequently used to theoretically triangulate and postulate on the emergence of unique stakeholder values. The findings contribute new insights into the complex and emerging interrelationship between stakeholder value and values systems. It provides a dynamic perspective of a project culture and illustrates the role of universal values in supporting sensemaking.
Making sense of stakeholder values emergence
Creators: name: G.R.W. Mills
name: S.A. Austin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: Relatively little is known about how the concept of sensemaking is triggered by knowledge of human values during the multi-stakeholder decision-making process of construction projects. The emergent, complex and dynamic nature of a cultural value and values system is modelled on a longitudinal case study to demonstrate stakeholders' unique perceptions. Empirical data were gathered through action research and the 'value in design' method were used to structure stakeholder dialogues at three interventions in the briefing and design stages of a new primary school project over a two-year period. A universal theory of human values was subsequently used to theoretically triangulate and postulate on the emergence of unique stakeholder values. The findings contribute new insights into the complex and emerging interrelationship between stakeholder value and values systems. It provides a dynamic perspective of a project culture and illustrates the role of universal values in supporting sensemaking.
Policy-based service registration and discovery
Creators: name: Phan, Tan
name: Han, Jun
name: Schneider, Jean-Guy
name: Ebringer, Tim
name: Rogers, Tony
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The WS-Policy framework has been introduced to allow policy to be expressed and associated with Web Services thereby enabling organizations to manage the quality of their services. How the specified polices are kept consistent with the organization's regulations, and how to match service and client policies requirements for effective service discovery, are issues yet to be addressed. In this paper, we present a new approach that allows for the automatic verification and matching of policies, using a service registry that serves as a policy storage and management facility, a policy checkpoint during service publication and as a policy matchmaker during service discovery. We extend WS-Policy with a policy conformance operator for policy verification and use WS-Policy Intersection for policy matching. We develop a policy information model and policy processing logics for the registry. An implementation of a policy-enabled service registry is also introduced.
Pattern based property specification and verification for service composition
Creators: name: Yu, Jian
name: Manh, Tan Phan
name: Han, Jun
name: Jin, Yan
name: Han, Yanbo
name: Wang, Jianwu
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Service composition is becoming the dominant paradigm for developing Web service applications. It is important to ensure that a service composition complies with the requirements for the application. A rigorous compliance checking approach usually needs the requirements being specified in property specification formalisms such as temporal logics, which are difficult for ordinary software practitioners to comprehend. In this paper, we propose a property pattern based specification language, named PROPOLS, and use it to verify BPEL service composition schemas. PROPOLS is easy to understand and use, yet is formally based. It builds on Dwyer et al.'s property pattern system and extends it with the logical composition of patterns to accommodate the specification of complex requirements. PROPOLS is encoded in an ontology language, OWL, to facilitate the sharing and reuse of domain knowledge. A Finite State Automata based framework for verifying BPEL schemas against PROPOLS properties is also discussed.
A Study of Fatality Risk and Head Dynamic Response of Cyclist and Pedestrian Based on Passenger Car Accident Data Analysis and Simulations
Creators: name: Nie, Jin
name: Guibing Li
name: Jikuang Yang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences

description: Objective: The current study aims to compare the fatality risk of pedestrians and cyclists in urban traffic through an analysis of real-world accident data in China.Methods: First, 438 cases, including 371 pedestrian cases and 67 cyclist cases, were selected as a sample from the accidents collected through an in-depth investigation of vehicle accidents in China. A statistical measurement of the fatality risk with respect to impact velocity was carried out using a logistic regression analysis. Furthermore, 21 pedestrian and 24 cyclist accidents were selected for reconstruction with the MADYMO program. A comparative analysis was conducted based on the results from accident analysis and simulations for the fatality risk and head dynamic response of pedestrians and cyclists.Results: The results indicate that the vehicle impact velocity has a significant relationship with the fatality risk of both pedestrians and cyclists. The fatality risks at 50 km/h are more than twice as high as the risk at 40 km/h and about 5 times as high as that at 30 km/h for both pedestrians and cyclists. Moreover, cyclists suffered slightly lower fatality risk compared to pedestrians. The corresponding vehicle impact velocity is 65.4 km/h for pedestrian with a fatality risk of 50 percent, whereas for cyclists it is 67.6 km/h. In addition, the head impact conditions between pedestrians and cyclists are different.Conclusions: These findings offer potential contributions for establishing a more reasonable speed limit for urban traffic in China and generating strategies for cyclists’ and pedestrians’ head protection.
First Aid Mobile Application
Creators: name: Peralta, Armand Boy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: First Aid Response Mobile Application (FAR) is an emergency software that states the location of the incident and works similar to ride-hailing applications such as but not limited to Grab, Uber, Lalamove, and Angkas, which has a similar concept where it helps the first aider to respond quickly in addition to the traditional way of the emergency response system, wherein the user shall call an emergency number and the emergency alert will be received by the dispatcher and the latter shall send the alert notification to all active medical team/personnel within the vicinity area of the former hence will track down who is the nearest to the location of the user/victim among them, once the active first aider received the alert it will automatically dispatch and accommodate the request of the user. The First Aid Mobile Application will give the user another help and option that could eliminate the time that is consumed by heavy traffic or travel time through the provision of direct notifications to the nearest first aid volunteer.
Functions for estimating aboveground biomass of birch in Norway
Creators: name: Smith, Aaron
name: Granhus, Aksel
name: Astrup, Rasmus
name: Bollandsås, Ole Martin
name: Petersson, Hans
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Molecular Biology

description: A suite of regional allometric aboveground biomass functions were derived for Betula pubescens and Betula pendula for Norwegian conditions. The data consisted of 67 trees sampled throughout Norway. A total of 14 component functions were developed for total aboveground, total stem, stemwood, stem bark, live crown, live branch, leaf, and dead branch biomass using combinations of diameter at breast height and height as predictor variables. Application of the derived functions to existing local southern Norwegian mountain birch and regional Swedish biomass datasets indicated an overall good predictive ability of the developed functions. However, the functions produced slight underestimates, suggesting that the respective birch populations had differing biomass allocation patterns. When the developed functions were applied to Norwegian National Forest Inventory data they produced slightly higher biomass stock and stock change estimates than what is obtained using existing Swedish functions. The higher estimates were evident in the north, central, and western part of Norway, while estimates were similar in southeastern Norway where growing conditions are most similar to Swedish conditions. The analysis indicates that the derived functions are the best available for regional birch biomass stock and stock change estimation in Norway.
Functions for estimating aboveground biomass of birch in Norway
Creators: name: Smith, Aaron
name: Granhus, Aksel
name: Astrup, Rasmus
name: Bollandsås, Ole Martin
name: Petersson, Hans
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Molecular Biology

description: A suite of regional allometric aboveground biomass functions were derived for Betula pubescens and Betula pendula for Norwegian conditions. The data consisted of 67 trees sampled throughout Norway. A total of 14 component functions were developed for total aboveground, total stem, stemwood, stem bark, live crown, live branch, leaf, and dead branch biomass using combinations of diameter at breast height and height as predictor variables. Application of the derived functions to existing local southern Norwegian mountain birch and regional Swedish biomass datasets indicated an overall good predictive ability of the developed functions. However, the functions produced slight underestimates, suggesting that the respective birch populations had differing biomass allocation patterns. When the developed functions were applied to Norwegian National Forest Inventory data, they produced slightly higher biomass stock and stock change estimates than what is obtained using existing Swedish functions. The higher estimates were evident in the north, central, and western part of Norway, while estimates were similar in southeastern Norway where growing conditions are most similar to Swedish conditions. The analysis indicates that the derived functions are the best available for regional birch biomass stock and stock change estimation in Norway.
Quantitative analysis of honey bee blood-ethanol levels following exposure to ethanol vapors
Creators: name: Stauch, Kiri Li
name: LeBlanc, Gabriel
name: Wells, Harrington
name: Wincheski, Riley
name: Grossner, Laura
name: Abramson, Charles
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Addiction
Ethanol
Honey bee
inebriator
vapor ethanol

description: The use of invertebrate models has allowed researchers to examine the mechanisms behind alcoholism and its effects with a cost-effective system. In that respect, the honey bee is an ideal model species to study the effects of ethanol (EtOH) due to the behavioural and physiological similarities of honey bees with humans when alcohol is consumed. Although both ingestion and inhalation methods are used to dose subjects in insect EtOH model systems, there is little literature on the use of the EtOH vapor-exposure method for experiments using honey bees. The experiment presented here provides baseline data for a dose EtOH-haemolymph response curve when using EtOH vapor-inhalation dosing with honey bees (Apis mellifera). Bees were exposed to EtOH vapors for 0, 1, 2.5, or 5 min, and haemolymph was collected 1 min post EtOH exposure. Haemolymph samples were analyzed using gas chromatography (GC) for haemolymph EtOH concentration. The ethanol-haemolymph level of the bees increased linearly with ethanol exposure time. The results provide a dosing guide for haemolymph EtOH level in the honey bee model ethanol-inhalation system, and thus makes the honey bee model more robust.
description: Funding provided by: National Science FoundationCrossref Funder Registry ID: https://ror.org/021nxhr62Award Number: NSF-REU 1950805
Funding provided by: National Science FoundationCrossref Funder Registry ID: https://ror.org/021nxhr62Award Number: NSF-IQ-BIO REU 1852259
Funding provided by: National Science FoundationCrossref Funder Registry ID: https://ror.org/021nxhr62Award Number: NSF-PIRE 1545803
description: The data was collected as honey bee haemolymph through blood draws. The samples were analyzed through gas chromatography analysis.
Addendum 1: A Review of Options for the Development of Research Data Management Technical Infrastructure at the University of Sheffield
Creators: name: Lewis, John A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Library and Information Studies
subject: FOS: Media and communications

description: Addendum to 'Lewis, John (2014): A Review of Options for the Development of Research Data Management Technical Infrastructure at the University of Sheffield. figshare.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1092561
Coalition Letter on STM Model Licenses
Creators: name: PLOS Advocacy
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Science Policy

description: The original letter with 58 organisations calling on the STM Association to withdraw model 'open access' licenses. For an up-to-date list of signatories, please go to the website hosted by plos.org at: http://www.plos.org/global-coalition-of-access-to-research-science-and-education-organizations-calls-on-stm-to-withdraw-new-model-licenses/
Unleashing the power of data through organization: Structure and connections for meaning, learning, and discovery
Creators: name: Soergel, Dagobert
Publisher: name: ISKO UK
Year: 2015
Subjects: Linked data,
Interoperability
Knowledge Orgaization Systems
KOS

description: Knowledge organization is needed everywhere. Its importance is marked by its pervasiveness. This paper will show many areas, tasks, and functions where proper use of Knowledge Organization, construed as broadly as the term implies, provides support for learning and understanding, for sensemaking and meaning making, for inference, and for discovery by people and computer programs and thereby will make the world a better place. The paper focuses not on metadata but rather on structuring and representing the actual data or knowledge itself and argues for more communication between the largely separated KO, Ontology, Data Modeling, and Semantic Web communities to address the many problems that need better solutions. In particular, the paper discusses the application of knowledge organization in Knowledge bases for question answering and cognitive systems; Knowledge bases for information extraction from text or multimedia; Linked data; Big data and data analytics; Electronic health records as one example; Influence diagrams (causal maps), dynamic system models, process diagrams, concept maps, and other node-link diagrams; Information systems in organizations; Knowledge organization for understanding and learning; and Knowledge transfer between domains. The paper argues for moving beyond triples to a more powerful representation using entities and multi-way relationships but not attributes.
A Review of Options for the Development of Research Data Management Technical Infrastructure at the University of Sheffield - Addendum 1
Creators: name: Lewis, John A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Library and Information Studies
subject: FOS: Media and communications

description: Addendum to 'Lewis, John (2014): A Review of Options for the Development of Research Data Management Technical Infrastructure at the University of Sheffield. figshare.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1092561
FORTEPIANO CHOLG'U ASBOBI TARIXI
Creators: name: Kholmatov, Sherzod
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Ushbu ilmiy maqolada fortepiano cholg’u asbobining umumiy tarixiga nazar solish va uning kelib chiqishi,bir qancha ixtirochi olimlarining keng  batafsil ma’lumotlarini  o’zlashtirish, shuningdek, ustoz san’atkorlar ilmiy-ijodiy ishlaridan tajribalar almashinuvi, tarixiga muhim keng nazar solish va ta’riflar keltirilgan. Ta'limning ustoz shogird an’analarini muvaffaqiyati materialning tushunarli bo’lishiga, qo’ldan keladigan vazifalarni qo’yishga va ularni hal qilishning o’xshash usullaridan foydalanishga, shuningdek, o’qituvchi o’quvchining  imkoniyatini rivojlantirishiga ustozlar o’git va nasihatlaridan kelib chiqqan holda so’zsiz amal qilish maqsadga muvoffiq hisoblanadi.
title: 03_0731
Creators: name: Wesley Baldwin, John
name: Baldwin, John W.
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris

description: L'ensemble de ces notes ont été crée par John Baldwin lors d'une de ses premières périodes de résidence à Paris. Ces documents comprennent tous les magistri qu’il avait pu rencontrer dans ses sources. Aux XIIème et XIIIème siècles, les universités n'existant pas encore, le titre de magister s'il évoque certainement une compétence n'est pas rattaché de façon systématique au passage par les écoles. De surcroît, les magistris sont le plus souvent désignés par leur seul prénom. La lecture de ces données est donc difficile et suppose un long travail pour tenter d'identifier un individu auquel on pourrait rattacher plusieurs mentions. John Baldwin avait donc renoncé à utiliser ces données pour donner un prolongement à sa magnifique étude sur les gradués d'université et leur emploi par les Capétiens et les Plantagenêts. Néanmoins, il a conservé ces données et elles sont potentiellement très utile dans le cadre de Studium, comme le sont toutes les mentions dans les volumes des Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae de chanoines portant ce titre de magister sans autres précisions. L'ampleur des dépouillements rend ces données très utiles et nous devons une grande reconnaissance à John Baldwin pour avoir pris la peine de faire photocopier ses fiches et de nous les avoir transmises amicalement.
Les données ainsi que les images des fiches sont accessibles sur le site Internet à l'adresse suivante : http://studium-baldwin.lamop.fr/.
Les transcriptions des fiches ont été effectuées par des étudiants de Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne mais elles n'ont pas été corrigées par la suite.
description: Relation: https://lamop.hypotheses.org/
Reply to Review Questions - Informatics Papers on Lethal Autonomy
Creators: name: Nyagudi, Nyagudi Musandu
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Information Systems
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
subject: Computer Engineering

description: Reply to Review Questions :  “Post-Westgate SWAT : C4ISTAR Architectural Framework for Autonomous
Network Integrated Multifaceted Warfighting Solutions Version 1.0” : A Peer-Reviewed Monograph [31] by Nyagudi Musandu Nyagudi
arXiv 1401.6379v2
and
Humanitarian Algorithms : A Codified Key Safety Switch Protocol for Lethal Autonomy [12] by Nyagudi Musandu Nyagudi
arXiv 1402.2206v1 Initial review by Academics A,....,Z who are anonymous to the public but known to me, they include several Professors, Ph.Ds and M. Sc.s in
Informatics. Some of their positions have been edited for purposes of preserving their anonymity. Review is dated 1st November, 2013. Notably
the reviewers only accessed the Exploratory Study and they were not privy to the actual research paper – the Architectural Framework. further reviews especially those with very specific questions are much welcome, including on pubpeer.com Urls : [31] Nyagudi, Nyagudi Musandu (2014): Post-Westgate SWAT : C4ISTAR Architectural
Framework for Autonomous Network Integrated Multifaceted Warfighting Solutions Version
1.0” : A Peer-Reviewed Monograph. figshare. http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.899737
[12] Nyagudi, Nyagudi Musandu (2014), Humanitarian Algorithms : A Codified Key Safety
Switch Protocol for Lethal Autonomy. figshare. http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.899736
Computer-assisted design of novel 1,4-dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers
Creators: name: Mota, Estella G. Da
name: Silva, Daniel G.
name: Guimarães, Maria C.
name: Cunha, Elaine F.F. Da
name: Matheus P. Freitas
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The rational design of novel 1,4-dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers (CCBs) is reported in this study. First, a quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) modelling was carried out to predict the pIC50 of new drug-like compounds that are miscellany of the substructures of the most active molecules within the data-set. Subsequently, the descriptors based on multivariate image analysis were analysed using principal component analysis for pattern recognition, i.e. to classify drug-like compounds into three levels of efficacy according to the substituents. The QSAR estimations were validated by docking studies, which have not been carried out extensively for CCB in current studies in the field, and insights about absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion (ADME) properties are given.
Development of Guadua angustifolia prefabricated panels
Creators: name: Morán, R. G.
name: Silva, H. F.
name: García, J. J.
Publisher: name: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering
Year: 2015

description: Guadua angustifolia (GA) is a species of bamboo indigenous of South and Central America. It is a fast growing plant and thus its controlled use does not threat the natural plantations, which play an important role to control water cycles, to reduce erosion and to sequester carbon. It is a fiber reinforced anisotropic sustainable material that has been used to construct rural houses and temporary structures due to its wide availability, low cost, and good mechanical properties along the axial direction of the culm. However, due to the hollow cylindrical shape and the geometrical irregularities of the culms as well as the low strength of the material on the planes of fibers, the construction of mechanical joints for GA structures is a tedious task, which increases labor costs and prevents the widespread use of GA in house projects. With the aim to overcome this difficulty, we present a methodology based on using small steel parts in the joints for the production of prefabricated panels, which may be easily combined and manipulated for the construction of different types of structures. Two of those joints are proposed in this paper. As the material displays a ductile behavior under compression along the radial direction, one of the proposed joints is composed of a bolt, a nut and thin steel elements that are used to distribute compression along the thickness and provide confinement to the material, interlocking of the fibers and friction increase for a higher force transmission. Pilot trials of these joints applied to GA slats have showed an excellent behavior. Current efforts are aimed to analyze the mechanical behavior of other types of joints using finite elements in order to produce prefabricated panels.
description: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol 33 No 2 (2015): Special Issue - ICBBM 2015
Computer-assisted design of novel 1,4-dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers
Creators: name: Mota, Estella G. Da
name: Silva, Daniel G.
name: Guimarães, Maria C.
name: Cunha, Elaine F.F. Da
name: Matheus P. Freitas
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: The rational design of novel 1,4-dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers (CCBs) is reported in this study. First, a quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) modelling was carried out to predict the pIC50 of new drug-like compounds that are miscellany of the substructures of the most active molecules within the data-set. Subsequently, the descriptors based on multivariate image analysis were analysed using principal component analysis for pattern recognition, i.e. to classify drug-like compounds into three levels of efficacy according to the substituents. The QSAR estimations were validated by docking studies, which have not been carried out extensively for CCB in current studies in the field, and insights about absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion (ADME) properties are given.
‘Test Out The Scaffolding’:A Qualitative Comparison of LLB Threshold Learning Outcomes And The PLT Competency Standards For ‘Lawyers’ Skills’
Creators: name: Greaves, Kristoffer
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Law
subject: FOS: Law
subject: Education

description: Working paper that compares the global behavioural objectives prescribed by the Australian threshold learning outcomes for the Bachelor of Laws degree, and the national competency standards for Practical Legal Training.
ВЛИЯНИЕ РАЗНЫХ РЕЖИМОВ ОРОШЕНИЯ И НОРМ МИНЕРАЛЬНЫХ УДОБРЕНИЙ НА ПЕРИОДЫ РАЗВИТИЯ ОЗИМОГО ЯЧМЕНЯ
Creators: name: Абдурахмонов, С.О.
name: Джаназахова, Д.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: В данной статье описаны результаты изучения влияния норм минеральных удобрений (N120Р85К110 кг/га, N150P105K135 кг/га ва N180Р126К162 кг/га) и порядков орошения (70-80-60, 60-70-60% по сравнению с ППВ)  на фазы развития сортов озимого ячменя «Болгали» и «Ихтияр» в условиях светло-сероземных почв Андижанской области и результаты полученного анализа.
title: Building Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Operations and Supply Chains: Bringing Public Policy Back In
Creators: name: Bodrožić, Zlatko
name: Gold, Stefan
Publisher: name: KOBRA Universität Kassel
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: diversity
subject: equity
subject: inclusion
subject: operations management
subject: supply chain management
subject: public policy
classificationCode: 330
subject: 330
classificationCode: Supply Chain Management
subject: Supply Chain Management
classificationCode: Eigenkapital
subject: Eigenkapital
classificationCode: Vielfalt
subject: Vielfalt
classificationCode: Inklusion
subject: Inklusion

description:
While we have seen some encouraging examples of firms that try to drive diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices into their supply chains, progress has been frustratingly slow. We argue that a key impediment today and a potential enabler tomorrow—and thus an important subject of operations and supply chain management (OSCM) research—is the array of public policies that sets the “rules of the game” in OCSM. We differentiate three types of public policy regimes—laissez-faire, regulatory, and transformative—and analyze how each differentially affects DEI practices in OSCM. Our analysis suggests that the laissez-faire type may not offer sufficient incentives to trigger a comprehensive change in DEI practices, while the regulatory and transformative types offer more incentives but, in many instances, do not work as expected. By analyzing the effects of distinct public policy activities for DEI-related practices—for example, through comparative empirical studies or modeling and simulation—OSCM scholars can make important contributions to a more comprehensive implementation of DEI practices.