cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Sex-specific responses to simulated territorial intrusions provide evidence for relaxed selection pressure on female song in Orchard Orioles
Creators: name: Moyer, Michelle J.
name: Neerchal, Nagaraj K.
name: Lohr, Bernard
name: Leips, Jeff
name: Osorio, Eriberto
name: Bare, Ellie K.
name: Raza, Aiman
name: Molake, Bukola A.
name: Omland, Kevin
Publisher: name: Journal of Field Ornithology
Year: 2024

description: Female song has been significantly understudied compared with male song, and our understanding of how this elaborate signal trait may function has been limited as a result. Reconstruction of ancestral singing behaviors indicate that Orchard Orioles (Icterus spurius) have reduced female song compared with tropical ancestors. In this study, we found that male and female orioles on their breeding territories responded more strongly by all metrics to male song playback than to female song playback. Given the high degree of qualitative variation in female song and the reduced response to female playback, our results suggest that female song in Orchard Orioles may be under relaxed selection pressure. Sexual dimorphism in the complexity and frequency of songs in many lineages likely evolved as a result of a reduction or loss of female song. However, little research has investigated the functional significance of these reduced or infrequent female songs. More research is required to investigate the specific selection pressures that may be acting on female singing behavior in songbirds.
Fuzzy Numbers: U.S. Hospital Accounting Since the 1930s
Creators: name: Chapin, Christy Ford
Publisher: name: springer
Year: 2024

description: This chapter argues that U.S. hospitals have used accounting in a distinctive, paradoxical manner to secure generous reimbursements and favorable regulatory terms from third-party financiers, both public and private. By presenting inexact, unreliable cost calculations as “objective” accounting products, hospital leaders could more readily inflate treatment prices, charge patients widely divergent rates, and conceal internal operations from third-party payers seeking data to design efficacious cost containment methods.
Metrics for the Quality and Consistency of Ice Layer Annotations
Creators: name: Tack, Naomi
name: Tama, Bayu Adhi
name: Jebeli, Atefeh
name: Janeja, Vandana
name: Engel, Don
name: Williams, Rebecca
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2023
Subjects: Deformation
Airborne radar
quality metrics
auto-annotation
UMBC Ebiquity Research Group
Ice
Geoscience and remote sensing
Measurement
Annotations
Ice sheet
Antarctica
ice-penetrating radar

description: IGARSS 2023 - 2023 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 16-21 July 2023, Pasadena, CA, USA
description: Ice layers in glaciers, such as those covering Greenland and Antarctica, are deformed over time. The deformations of these layers provide a record of climate history and are useful in predicting future ice flow and ice loss. Cross sectional images of the ice can be captured by airborne radar and layers in the images then annotated by glaciologists. Recent advances in semi-automated and automated annotation allow for significantly more annotations, but the validity of these annotations is difficult to determine because ground-truth (GT) data is scarce. In this paper, we (1) propose GT-dependent and GT-independent metrics for layer annotations and (2) present results from our implementation and initial testing of GT-independent metrics, such as layer breakpoints, local layer density, spatial frequency, and layer orientation agreement.
Tracking the decline in Australian adolescent drinking into adulthood
Creators: name: Livingston, Michael
name: Callinan, Sarah
name: Vashishtha, Rakhi
name: Yuen, WS
name: Dietze, Paul
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 420699
subject: Public health not elsewhere classified

description: Background and aims: Adolescent drinking in Australia (and many other countries) has declined substantially since the early 2000s. This study aimed to test whether these declines have been maintained into adulthood and whether they are consistent across sub-groups defined by sex and socio-economic status. Design: Quasi-cohorts were constructed from seven repeated waves of cross-sectional household survey data (2001–2019). Setting: Australia. Participants: A total of 20 733 respondents age between 14 and 24 (male: 9492; female: 11 241). Measurements: Participants were grouped into five cohorts based on their birth year (from 1979–1983 to 1999–2003). Three measures of drinking were assessed: any past-year consumption (yes/no), past-year regular risky drinking (12 or more drinking episodes of >40 g of pure alcohol, yes/no) and total volume of alcohol consumed in the past year (in Australian standard drinks, 10 g of alcohol). Socio-economic status was measured based on neighbourhood of residence. Findings: Drinking declines were consistent across socio-economic groups on all measures and trends were broadly similar for women and men. More recent birth cohorts had significantly lower levels of drinking across all three measures (odds ratios between 0.31 and 0.70 for drinking and risky drinking, coefficients between −0.28 and −0.80 for drinking volume). There were significant interactions between birth cohort and age for past-year drinking and past-year regular risky drinking, with cohort differences diminishing as age increased. Conclusions: Lighter drinking adolescent cohorts appear to partly ‘catch up’ to previous cohorts by early adulthood, but maintain lower levels of drinking and risky drinking up to the age of 24. These ongoing reductions in drinking are spread evenly across socio-economic groups.
Multi-Contextual Learning : Analyzing Melt Over the Greenland Ice Sheet
Creators: name: Kulkarni, Chhaya
name: Janeja, Vandana
name: Schlegel, Nicole-Jeanne
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2023
Subjects: Analytical models
Spatial databases
Semantics
Statistical analysis
Data models
Market research
spatiotemporal data
multi-contextual learning
Spatiotemporal phenomena
neighborhood discovery
Greenland ice sheet

description: IGARSS 2023 - 2023 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 16-21 July 2023, Pasadena, CA, USA
description: Climate data related to polar regions has been extensively studied through model simulations, remote sensed images, and statistical analysis. Knowledge discovery tasks, if applied to the Arctic data, can capture the associations, anomalies, and interesting patterns and trends that exist in the data to inform the polar scientists. This can help improve the certainty in the models with better local information. In this study, we propose a framework that develops multi-contextual spatiotemporal neighborhoods, addressing spatial autocorrelation and heterogeneity taking into account data from multiple views or contexts, to identify local homogeneous regions across the entire Greenland Ice Sheet. Using these neighborhoods, we study how local regions in the Greenland ice sheet evolve over time. This framework can expand to include additional contextual variables and help polar scientists study local ice surface melt phenomena across multiple contexts. Novelty of our approach lies in its ability to consider the Greenland data from spatial, temporal and semantic contexts that allows us to build a comprehensive understanding of a specific phenomenon such as snowmelt.
Fossil bats of the Late Pleistocene from Huautla System Caves (Oaxaca, Mexico) and the importance of carpus bones to fossil identification
Creators: name: Gaudioso, Pablo J.
name: Arroyo-Cabrales, Joaquín
name: Pérez, M. Julieta
name: Alarcón-D, Iván
name: Cruz, J. Alberto
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Virology

description: The carpal bones, which show a notorious specialisation towards flight are poorly studied. These bones have only been the subject of study in 0.2% of all extant bat species. The use of bones from the carpal region has not been extensively investigated in palaeontology, mainly due to the scarcity of osteological studies and the fact that they are rarely collected during excavations. Therefore, we document the identification of a Pleistocene bat using the: scaphocentralunates. The material was collected from sediments associated with the extinct sloth Meizonyx salvadorensis, found in the caves of Sistema Huautla, Oaxaca, Mexico. A combination of qualitative and quantitative morphological characteristics made it possible to identify the scaphocentralunar bones at the generic level, which were subsequently determined to belong to the bat species Sturnira sp. This finding demonstrates that the carpal bones in bats exhibit distinctive diagnostic characteristics for the identification of fossil material. The discovery represents the second record for the genus for the Pleistocene of Mexico and the seventh in the Americas continent. In addition, the significance of collecting sediments associated with megafauna to obtain a more comprehensive understanding of past diversity is underscored.
COVID-19 test sites in Victoria approaching Stage 4 restrictions: evaluating the relationship between remoteness, travel time and population serviced
Creators: name: Lakhani, Ali
name: Wollersheim, Dennis
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4202
subject: Epidemiology
classificationCode: 4203
subject: Health services and systems
classificationCode: 4206
subject: Public health

description: Objective: In Australia, people residing remotely typically experience increased travel time to health services, and remote health services often have unfavourable population-to-provider ratios. The state of Victoria was treated as a case study and a spatial analysis investigated the impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) point-of-care-test (POCT) site location (Major City, Inner Regional or Outer Regional) on the mean travel time for closest residents and the number of closest residents. Methods: A network analysis established the travel time from every mesh block in Victoria to the closest POCT site. Inferential analyses investigated the impact of POCT site location on travel time and the number of closest residents. Results: Compared to urban locations, the mean travel time for closest residents to rural POCT sites was significantly higher, while rural POCT sites had significantly fewer residents to service. Conclusions: Findings confirm Australian health service literature suggesting that rural regions have poorer proximate availability of health services, while also contrasting to literature indicating that Australian rural regions have fewer health services per capita. Implications for public health: Localities within outer regional Victoria are candidates for a localised response to reduce unnecessary travel. Employing innovative service models may improve health service access and use and reduce population-to-provider ratios in rural locations.
New specimens of Patagorhacos terrificus Agnolín and Chafrat, 2015 (Aves) shed light on the phylogeny and evolution of the Phorusrhacidae
Creators: name: Agnolin, Federico L.
name: Chafrat, Pablo
name: Álvarez-Herrera, Gerardo P.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Patagorhacos terrificus is a phorusrhacid bird known from the early Miocene of Río Negro province, northern Patagonia. Originally based on the distal end of a quadrate bone, and a referred fragmentary ulna, its affinities were considered dubious by some authors, who also regarded it as Aves incertae sedis. The aim of present contribution is to report two new specimens of Patagorhacos that include valuable anatomical information, including the proximal end of femur, tibiotarsus and proximal and distal end of tarsometatarsus, among others. These new specimens indicate without any doubt that Patagorhacos belongs to phorusrhacid birds, and that it is a valid taxon that can be distinguished from other similar-sized taxa, such as Patagornis and Hermosiornis. With this new information at hand, a new phylogenetic analysis of phorusrhacid birds is performed. This analysis constitutes the most complete dataset known for phorusrhacids (25 taxa and 206 characters) and unambiguously nests Patagorhacos among phorusrhacids. It also lends support to the hypothesis that the loss of flight and acquisition of gigantism among phorusrhacids occurred only once. The North American and European Bathornis and Ameghinornis resulted as the successive sister taxa to Phorusrhacidae, indicating a complex biogeographical scenario.
Additional file 2 of Comprehensive chemical profiling of two Dendrobium species and identification of anti-hepatoma active constituents from Dendrobium chrysotoxum by network pharmacology
Creators: name: Jie, Xia
name: Feng, Yin
name: Jiahao, Fang
name: Ganggui, Lou
name: Jiani, Yu
name: Zhongyu, Xu
name: Yuan, Yuan
name: Tinggang, Zhang
name: Xiaodan, Zhang
name: Zongsuo, Liang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified

description: Supplementary Material 2: Review history.
Predicting Post-Stroke Somatosensory Function from Resting-State Functional Connectivity: A Feasibility Study
Creators: name: Liang, Xiaoyun
name: Koh, Chia-Lin
name: Yeh, Chun-Hung
name: Goodin, Peter
name: Lamp, Gemma
name: Connelly, Alan
name: Carey, Leeanne
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 3209
subject: Neurosciences
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
classificationCode: 5201
subject: Applied and developmental psychology
classificationCode: 5202
subject: Biological psychology

description: Accumulating evidence shows that brain functional deficits may be impacted by damage to remote brain regions. Recent advances in neuroimaging suggest that stroke impairment can be better predicted based on disruption to brain networks rather than from lesion locations or volumes only. Our aim was to explore the feasibility of predicting post-stroke somatosensory function from brain functional connectivity through the application of machine learning techniques. Somatosensory impairment was measured using the Tactile Discrimination Test. Functional connectivity was employed to model the global brain function. Behavioral measures and MRI were collected at the same timepoint. Two machine learning models (linear regression and support vector regression) were chosen to predict somatosensory impairment from disrupted networks. Along with two feature pools (i.e., low-order and high-order functional connectivity, or low-order functional connectivity only) engineered, four predictive models were built and evaluated in the present study. Forty-three chronic stroke survivors participated this study. Results showed that the regression model employing both low-order and high-order functional connectivity can predict outcomes based on correlation coefficient of r = 0.54 (p = 0.0002). A machine learning predictive approach, involving high-and low-order modelling, is feasible for the prediction of residual somatosensory function in stroke patients using functional brain networks.
title: TSSA: Two-Step Semi-Supervised Annotation for Radargrams on the Greenland Ice Sheet
title: TSSA: two-step semi-supervised annotation for englacial radargrams on the Greenland ice sheet
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Jebeli, Atefeh
name: Tama, Bayu Adhi
name: Janeja, Vandana
name: Holschuh, Nicholas
name: Jensen, Claire
name: Morlighem, Mathieu
name: MacGregor, Joseph A.
name: Fahnestock, Mark A.
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2023
Subjects: ice sheet
Training
Computational modeling
supervised learning
Deep learning
unsupervised learning
Annotations
Data augmentation
Transfer learning
Transformers
deep neural network
ice penetrating radar

description: IGARSS 2023 - 2023 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 16-21 July 2023, Pasadena, CA, USA
description: Ice-penetrating radar surveys have been conducted across the Greenland Ice Sheet since the 1960s, producing radargrams that measure ice thickness and detect the ice sheet’s radiostratigraphy. However, these radargrams are relatively under-explored and not yet fully annotated, mapped, or interpreted glaciologically. We aim to move towards automatic radargram annotation using deep learning-based methods. To provide a training set for these methods, we develop a two-step semi-supervised annotation (TSSA) approach that uses an existing unsupervised layer annotation (ARESELP) method and a deep learning-based segmentation approach (U-Net) to detect surface, and bottom reflectors (representing the bedrock) layers in radargrams. Here we focus on two evaluations of our approach: 1. Surface and bottom annotations; and 2. Data augmentation and transfer learning techniques for improving the performance of deep learning methods. Our study is a foundation for improving the efficacy of AI-based methods for auto-annotation of radargrams, where the training set is generated seamlessly through unsupervised learning.
Functional morphology of setae and serrated microstructures on the carapace: evidence from extant and fossil clam shrimp
Creators: name: Cheng, Jinhui
name: Sun, Xiaoyan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Living and fossil clam shrimp possess serrated microstructures on the carapace, which have been identified as setal pores associated with broken-off setae preserved along the growth lines. To clarify the relationship between the preservation of setae and the formation of serrated microstructures, we examined the cuticular projections on the carapace of seven living species of clam shrimp using scanning electron microscopy. Our observation revealed two types of setae and two associated types of cuticular projections on the carapace: composite setae, cuspidate setae, setules, and serrations. Morphological variation of setae among the living clam shrimp suggests a primary sensory function. The interlocking of diatoms and macroscopic debris with setae on carapace may serve as a unique decorative mechanism. A comparative analysis of the genesis of these cuticular projections indicated different preservation potentials. While similar serrated microstructures are present in both living and fossil clam shrimp, their homology remains uncertain due to the pervasive effects of decay bias and fossilisation filters.
Turning every disaster into an opportunity: An exploratory study on refugees’ perceived emergency management capacity and community resilience
Creators: name: Xie, Ming
name: Chen, Li
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2024
Subjects: Emergency management capacity
Community resilience
Refugees
Social capital
Social vulnerability

description: This article explores the perceived emergency management capabilities and community resilience among refugees residing in Texas. Adopting the theoretical framework of structural and cognitive social capital, we conducted in-depth interviews with refugees from Afghanistan, Congo, Iran, Myanmar, Somalia, and Thailand. The study identifies the specific needs of the refugee community regarding disaster management and their simultaneous vulnerability and resilience. Based on our research findings, we suggest that local disaster management agencies identify and collaborate with the community leaders in refugee communities to efficiently achieve their communication goals, strengthen refugees' community resilience, and better integrate refugee communities into the local community's resilience development.
Interventions to reduce sugar-sweetened beverage consumption using a nudge approach in Victorian community sports settings
Creators: name: Forsyth, Adrienne
name: Nicholson, Matthew
name: Skiadopoulos, A
name: Trakman, Gina
name: Devlin, Brooke
name: Belski, R
name: Randle, Erica
name: O'Halloran, Paul
name: Cameron, M
name: Staley, Kiera
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4202
subject: Epidemiology
classificationCode: 4203
subject: Health services and systems
classificationCode: 4206
subject: Public health

description: Objective: To assess the effectiveness of interventions using a nudge approach to reduce sugar-sweetened beverage purchases in community sports settings. Methods: A total of 155 community sporting organisations participating in VicHealth funded programs were invited to nominate a nudge based on a traffic light approach to drinks classification. These included limit red drinks, red drinks off display, water the cheapest option, and meal deals. Sales data was collected for a predetermined period prior to and following the introduction of the nudge. Nudges were classified initially on whether they were implemented to VicHealth standards. Appropriately implemented nudges were classified as successful if they achieved a relative decrease in sales from drinks classified as red. Results: In all, 148 organisations trialled 195 nudges; 15 (7.7%) were successful and 20 (10.3%) were appropriately implemented but unsuccessful. Limit red drinks was the most frequently attempted nudge (30.8%). Red drinks off display had the greatest rate of success (20.0%). Conclusions: Red drinks off display was the simplest and most successful nudge. Implications for public health: Guidelines limiting the display of sugar-sweetened beverages may be an effective means of altering consumer behaviour.
Integral tau methods for stiff stochastic chemical systems
Creators: name: Yang, Yushu
name: Rathinam, Muruhan
name: Shen, Jinglai
Publisher: name: AIP
Year: 2011

description: Tau leaping methods enable efficient simulation of discrete stochastic chemical systems. Stiff stochastic systems are particularly challenging since implicit methods, which are good for stiffness, result in noninteger states. The occurrence of negative states is also a common problem in tau leaping. In this paper, we introduce the implicit Minkowski–Weyl tau (IMW-?) methods. Two updating schemes of the IMW-? methods are presented: implicit Minkowski–Weyl sequential (IMW-S) and implicit Minkowski–Weyl parallel (IMW-P). The main desirable feature of these methods is that they are designed for stiff stochastic systems with molecular copy numbers ranging from small to large and that they produce integer states without rounding. This is accomplished by the use of a split step where the first part is implicit and computes the mean update while the second part is explicit and generates a random update with the mean computed in the first part. We illustrate the IMW-S and IMW-P methods by some numerical examples, and compare them with existing tau methods. For most cases, the IMW-S and IMW-P methods perform favorably.
Exercise interventions preserve hippocampal volume: A meta-analysis
Creators: name: Wilckens, Kristine A.
name: Stillman, Chelsea M.
name: Waiwood, Aashna
name: Kang, Chaeryon
name: Leckie, Regina L.
name: Peven, Jamie C.
name: Foust, Jill E.
name: Fraundorf, Scott H.
name: Erickson, Kirk I.
Publisher: name: Wiley
Year: 2020
Subjects: hippocampus
exercise
magnetic resonance imaging
aging
physical activity

description: Hippocampal volume is a marker of brain health and is reduced with aging and neurological disease. Exercise may be effective at increasing and preserving hippocampal volume, potentially serving as a treatment for conditions associated with hippocampal atrophy (e.g., dementia). This meta-analysis aimed to identify whether exercise training has a positive effect on hippocampal volume and how population characteristics and exercise parameters moderate this effect. Studies met the following criteria: (a) controlled trials; (b) interventions of physical exercise; (c) included at least one time-point of hippocampal volume data before the intervention and one after; (d) assessed hippocampal volume using either manual or automated segmentation algorithms. Animal studies, voxel-based morphometry analyses, and multi-modal interventions (e.g., cognitive training or meditation) were excluded. The primary analysis in n = 23 interventions from 22 published studies revealed a significant positive effect of exercise on total hippocampal volume. The overall effect was significant in older samples (65 years of age or older) and in interventions that lasted over 24 weeks and had less than 150 min per week of exercise. These findings suggest that moderate amounts of exercise for interventions greater than 6 months have a positive effect on hippocampal volume including in older populations vulnerable to hippocampal atrophy.
Additional file 1 of Development of a nomogram for the prediction of complicated appendicitis during pregnancy
Creators: name: Zheng, Xiaosong
name: He, Xiaojun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Hematology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional File 1: The cut-offs of the CRP level and the NEUT%
Proteomic dissection of large extracellular vesicle surfaceome unravels interactive surface platform
Creators: name: Rai, Alin
name: Fang, H
name: Claridge, Bethany
name: Simpson, Richard
name: Greening, David
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 31
subject: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 3101
subject: Biochemistry and cell biology

description: The extracellular vesicle (EV) surface proteome (surfaceome) acts as a fundamental signalling gateway by bridging intra- and extracellular signalling networks, dictates EVs’ capacity to communicate and interact with their environment, and is a source of potential disease biomarkers and therapeutic targets. However, our understanding of surface protein composition of large EVs (L-EVs, 100–800 nm, mean 310 nm, ATP5F1A, ATP5F1B, DHX9, GOT2, HSPA5, HSPD1, MDH2, STOML2), a major EV-subtype that are distinct from small EVs (S-EVs, 30–150 nm, mean 110 nm, CD44, CD63, CD81, CD82, CD9, PDCD6IP, SDCBP, TSG101) remains limited. Using a membrane impermeant derivative of biotin to capture surface proteins coupled to mass spectrometry analysis, we show that out of 4143 proteins identified in density-gradient purified L-EVs (1.07–1.11 g/mL, from multiple cancer cell lines), 961 proteins are surface accessible. The surface molecular diversity of L-EVs include (i) bona fide plasma membrane anchored proteins (cluster of differentiation, transporters, receptors and GPI anchored proteins implicated in cell-cell and cell-ECM interactions); and (ii) membrane surface-associated proteins (that are released by divalent ion chelator EDTA) implicated in actin cytoskeleton regulation, junction organization, glycolysis and platelet activation. Ligand-receptor analysis of L-EV surfaceome (e.g., ITGAV/ITGB1) uncovered interactome spanning 172 experimentally verified cognate binding partners (e.g., ANGPTL3, PLG, and VTN) with highest tissue enrichment for liver. Assessment of biotin inaccessible L-EV proteome revealed enrichment for proteins belonging to COPI/II-coated ER/Golgi-derived vesicles and mitochondria. Additionally, despite common surface proteins identified in L-EVs and S-EVs, our data reveals surfaceome heterogeneity between the two EV-subtype. Collectively, our study provides critical insights into diverse proteins operating at the interactive platform of L-EVs and molecular leads for future studies seeking to decipher L-EV heterogeneity and function.
A workercentric view of COVID-19
Creators: name: Allen, Tammy D.
name: Regina, Joseph
name: Waiwood, Aashna
Publisher: name: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2021

description: By examining ten different content areas of organizational research and practice, Rudolph et al. provide readers with a rich array of considerations associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Others have provided similar thoughtful topic-driven implications (e.g., Sinclair et al., 2020). In the current commentary, we expand on this discussion by taking a worker-centric approach to the impact of COVID-19. In doing so, we make the distinction between front-line workers and stay-at-home (i.e., remote) workers, identify key dimensions upon which they vary, and discuss effects for each. With this framework in mind, we discuss impacts on the future of work. We close with a call to action.
The fossil record of chinchilla rats (Abrocomidae, Hystricomorpha) from the Late Miocene–Early Pliocene of southern South America
Creators: name: Olivares, A. Itatí
name: Verzi, Diego H.
name: Kihn, Romina
name: Montalvo, Claudia I.
name: Villoldo, J. Ariel Fernández
name: Álvarez, Alicia
name: Filho, Roberto G. Costa
name: Ré, Guillermo H.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: This study analyses the taxonomy and diversity of Late Miocene–Early Pliocene Abrocomidae, from southern South America, in the comparative context of living genera and species of the family. Through qualitative analysis of dental and skeletal morphology (including endocranial features) and morphometric examination of molars, we identify one extinct genus, Protabrocoma, comprising three species: the previously described P. paranensis and P. antiqua, along with the newly identified Protabrocoma chasicoensis sp. nov. Although the variation observed in Protabrocoma exceeds that of living genera within the family, we conservatively limit the Late Miocene–Early Pliocene radiation to a single genus until a comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of all living and extinct species is conducted. Evidence of the palaeovegetation associated with Protabrocoma, together with morphologic traits of the postcranium, suggests that this genus may have developed climbing adaptations in at least partially forested environments. This locomotor strategy for substrate use was probably present in the most recent common ancestor of extant species.
Pavlov And Skinner: Two Lives In Science (An Introduction To B. F. Skinner's "Some Responses To The Stimulus 'Pavlov' ")
Creators: name: Catania, A. Charles
name: Laties, Victor G.
Publisher: name: Wiley
Year: 2013

description: The sesquicentennial of Ivan Petrovich Pavlov's birth in September 1999 is being celebrated in Russia by a special issue of the Russian Journal of Physiology (the former I. M. Sechenov Physiological Journal, founded by Pavlov in 1917). The following article and the address by Skinner that it introduces are scheduled to appear in Russian translation in that special issue. Skinner's “Some Responses to the Stimulus ‘Pavlov’” was his presidential address to the Pavlovian Society of North America in 1966. The following article provides the context for Skinner's address by describing some ways in which Pavlov's research influenced Skinner's contributions.
Thorndike's Legacy: Learning, Selection, And The Law Of Effect
Creators: name: Catania, A. Charles
Publisher: name: Wiley
Year: 2013

description: This introduction to a symposium on the centennial of Edward L. Thorndike's 1898 monograph on animal intelligence briefly considers the origins of his law of effect and the influence of Darwin's selectionism. It also provides the background for an unfinished book review by William W. Cumming of a biography of Thorndike. The review places in historical context Thorndike's position both on psychology as a science of behavior and on the vocabulary of that science.
Proteomic dissection of large extracellular vesicle surfaceome unravels interactive surface platform
Creators: name: Rai, A
name: Fang, H
name: Claridge, Bethany
name: Simpson, Richard
name: Greening, David
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021

description: The extracellular vesicle (EV) surface proteome (surfaceome) acts as a fundamental signalling gateway by bridging intra- and extracellular signalling networks, dictates EVs’ capacity to communicate and interact with their environment, and is a source of potential disease biomarkers and therapeutic targets. However, our understanding of surface protein composition of large EVs (L-EVs, 100–800 nm, mean 310 nm, ATP5F1A, ATP5F1B, DHX9, GOT2, HSPA5, HSPD1, MDH2, STOML2), a major EV-subtype that are distinct from small EVs (S-EVs, 30–150 nm, mean 110 nm, CD44, CD63, CD81, CD82, CD9, PDCD6IP, SDCBP, TSG101) remains limited. Using a membrane impermeant derivative of biotin to capture surface proteins coupled to mass spectrometry analysis, we show that out of 4143 proteins identified in density-gradient purified L-EVs (1.07–1.11 g/mL, from multiple cancer cell lines), 961 proteins are surface accessible. The surface molecular diversity of L-EVs include (i) bona fide plasma membrane anchored proteins (cluster of differentiation, transporters, receptors and GPI anchored proteins implicated in cell-cell and cell-ECM interactions); and (ii) membrane surface-associated proteins (that are released by divalent ion chelator EDTA) implicated in actin cytoskeleton regulation, junction organization, glycolysis and platelet activation. Ligand-receptor analysis of L-EV surfaceome (e.g., ITGAV/ITGB1) uncovered interactome spanning 172 experimentally verified cognate binding partners (e.g., ANGPTL3, PLG, and VTN) with highest tissue enrichment for liver. Assessment of biotin inaccessible L-EV proteome revealed enrichment for proteins belonging to COPI/II-coated ER/Golgi-derived vesicles and mitochondria. Additionally, despite common surface proteins identified in L-EVs and S-EVs, our data reveals surfaceome heterogeneity between the two EV-subtype. Collectively, our study provides critical insights into diverse proteins operating at the interactive platform of L-EVs and molecular leads for future studies seeking to decipher L-EV heterogeneity and function.
Implementing a successful proactive telephone breastfeeding peer support intervention: volunteer recruitment, training, and intervention delivery in the RUBY randomised controlled trial
Creators: name: Grimes, Heather
name: McLachlan, Helen
name: Forster, Della
name: McLardie-Hore, Fiona
name: Mortensen, K
name: Shafiei, Touran
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4203
subject: Health services and systems
classificationCode: 4204
subject: Midwifery

description: Background: The RUBY randomised controlled trial demonstrated the benefit of proactive telephone peer support in promoting breastfeeding continuation in a setting with high breastfeeding initiation, where typically this is difficult to achieve. This paper describes the implementation and delivery of the peer support intervention with a focus on recruitment, training, and support of peer volunteers, and includes a description of the key components of the calls. Methods: Data collection occurred between December 2012 and June 2016 in Melbourne, Australia. Volunteers completed enrolment forms at the training session and recorded data related to each call in a Call Log maintained for each mother supported. Data were summarised using descriptive statistics and responses to open-ended questions analysed using content analysis. Results: A total of 693 women expressed interest in the peer support role, with 246 completing training, that is, 95% of whom supported at least one mother. Each supported a mean of two mothers (range 1 to 11). Training session topics included respecting individual values, using positive language, confidence building, active listening, empathetic support, and normal baby behaviour. There were 518 periods of support where at least one call was made between a volunteer and a mother to whom she was allocated. Of the 518 periods of support, 359 Call Logs (69%) were returned. The 359 call logs recorded a total of 2398 calls between peers and mothers. Call length median duration was 12 min (range 1 to 111 min). Volunteers perceived the most valued aspects of the calls were the provsion of ‘general emotional support’ (51%) and ‘general information/discussion about breastfeeding’ (44%). During the first call, mothers raised questions about ‘nipple pain/ damage’ (24%) and 'general breastfeeding information’ (23%). At ≥12 weeks postpartum, issues raised related to ‘normal infant behaviour’ (22%), ‘feed frequency’ (16%), and ‘general breastfeeding information’ (15%). Volunteers referred women to other resources during 28% of calls, most commonly to the Australian Breastfeeding Association. Conclusions: Our findings demonstrate that the RUBY trial was feasible and sustainable in terms of recruiting volunteers who were willing to participate in training and who proceeded to provide peer support. Call content was responsive to the evolving breastfeeding information needs of mothers and the provision of emotional support was perceived by volunteers to be important. Trial registration: Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry, ACTRN 12612001024831.
Additional file 2 of Genomic and transcriptional characterization of early esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Creators: name: Zhao, Jingjing
name: Jia, Xiya
name: Li, Qiaojuan
name: Zhang, Hena
name: Wang, Jianjun
name: Huang, Shenglin
name: Hu, Zhixiang
name: Li, Caiping
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 2: Table S1. A summary of variations of early ESCC by WES.
Additional file 2 of Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers for genetic diversity and population structure study in Ethiopian barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) germplasm
Creators: name: Yirgu, Mihret
name: Kebede, Mulugeta
name: Feyissa, Tileye
name: Lakew, Berhane
name: Woldeyohannes, Aemiro Bezabih
name: Fikere, Mulusew
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 2: Figure S1. The administrative map of Ethiopia indicates the collection points of the barley genotypes. Dots represent the barley genotypes in different colors depending on various region of origins and altitude ranges, according to the legend.
Diet and multi-taxa neo-taphonomy of Glaucidium nana (Aves, Strigiformes) from southeastern Patagonia and comparisons with G. brasilianum from Chaco forest and other owls
Creators: name: Fernández, Fernando J.
name: Montalvo, Claudia I.
name: Kin, Marta S.
name: Santillán, Miguel A.
name: Procopio, Diego E.
name: Travaini, Alejandro
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: The diet and neo-taphonomy of Glaucidium nana (Aves, Strigiformes), evaluated from pellets and leftover prey recovered in nest-boxes from a National Park of southeastern Patagonia are studied. Comparative evaluations are conducted with microvertebrate samples obtained from other raptors, particularly those of G. brasilianum from the Chaco forest in Argentina. The diet of G. nana reported here agrees with the generalist trophic behaviour of this species already documented, which feeds on invertebrate (insects and arachnids) and vertebrate prey (amphibian, reptiles, birds and mammals), mainly caviomorph rodents heavier than itself. The taphonomic attributes allow us to place the two species of Glaucidium in the moderate modification category. They could deposit their diet remains in several open-air sites, mainly in wooded and rocky areas, where the cavity nests are located. Later, their bone accumulation –composed of microvertebrates with evidence of moderate bone modifications and/or with articulated skulls and limb bones without digestive corrosion- might integrate into the lithosphere. Understanding the trophic interactions between predators and prey, and their taphonomic signatures, as well as identifying their nesting areas, is crucial for archaeology/palaeontology analysis and for developing effective conservation and management strategies within protected areas.
Module Molluscs Topic oysters Concept 2 - Sea based seed production and spatting ponds
Creators: name: Strand, Åsa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: mollusc, oyster, low-trophic species, aquaculture, sustainability, MOOC

description: Module on molluscs within AquaVitae´s MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), one of the training activities of the H202project. Overall objective of AquaVitaeMOOC: Enhance digitalization in teaching and sustainability in food production by developing a massive open online course (MOOC) on low trophic aquaculture, and thereby also provide material for teachers to utilize flipped classrooms in master level courses. Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, online courses, digital learning and flipped classrooms have become more important as physical teaching is no longer possible on a usual scale. As the pandemic has resulted in an increased unemployment, there is a growing need for training options, and the Norwegian government has requested that the universities increase student capacity with a total of 4000 places [1]. Increased need for training in the general public and online training at universities calls for new course content and new digital tools for learning. Online courses open up to students to study at their own pace and provide an alternative to traditional schooling that might not suit everyone. Moreover, online courses offer students the possibility to study a subject/discipline that might not be available for them through traditional schooling due to geographical or financial restrictions . Online learning opens for the possibility of flipped classrooms, a teaching method where instructors make lessons available to students to be accessed whenever and wherever they want. Flipped learning has the potential to transform higher education classrooms into dynamic, interactive learning environments where the teacher guides students as they apply concepts and engage creatively in the subject at hand. This approach provides more opportunities for students to develop communication skills and tackle unfamiliar problems.
The roles of responses and stimuli in functional equivalence
Creators: name: Catania, A. Charles
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015

description: Tonneau (2001) has provided an important critical analysis of equivalence and related concepts in behavior analysis. He quite rightly focuses on functional equivalence, but his emphasis on stimulus-stimulus correlations and respondent conditioning presents some difficulties, because respondent conditioning should not be interpreted as a variety of stimulus substitution and because common responses to different stimuli can emerge from operant as well as respondent contingencies.
First record of Metriorhynchidae (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) from the Lower Cretaceous of northeastern Italy: high-resolution biostratigraphy, morphological description and comparative pelagic taphonomy
Creators: name: Mongiovì, Fabio
name: Walter, Jules Denis
name: Bizzarini, Fabrizio
name: Cobianchi, Miriam
name: Giusberti, Luca
name: Martire, Luca
name: Serafini, Giovanni
name: Zandonai, Fabiana
name: Delfino, Massimo
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Hematology

description: The Italian record of Metriorhynchoidea, a Mesozoic clade of marine crocodylomorphs, is represented by fossils from the Veneto, Lombardy and Sicily regions. A new specimen (FMCR FOS03817) from the Lower Cretaceous of Asiago area (Veneto region, northeastern Italy) is here described for the first time and comparatively studied with a Middle Jurassic specimen (FMCR FOS03839) coming from the same locality. A petrographic and micropalaeontological analysis was performed in order to assess the stratigraphic position of both specimens. The newly described specimen is herein ascribed to the basal Berriasian (Lower Cretaceous) and referred to Metriorhynchidae incertae sedis after a comparative assessment of its morphology with coeval longirostrine crocodylomorphs. A taphonomic and petrographic comparative analysis between FMCR FOS03817 and FMCR FOS03839 is presented to compare their preservational status, being the two specimens coming from similar pelagic settings. While the Cretaceous specimen clearly shows signs of heavy biological alterations by extended bioerosion, the Middle Jurassic fossil appears histologically well preserved, an uncommon feature for a pelagic taphonomic setting. This key difference is here hypothesised to be linked to a faster burial provided by stromatolite-like microbial mats encrustation on the carcass of FMCR FOS03839.