cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Sampling in environmental matrices: a critical review
Creators: name: Bhave, Prashant P.
name: Sadhwani, Karan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: Science Policy

description: The sampling design of Deonar dumping ground located at Mumbai, India is conceptualized in this paper using seven different sampling protocols. The sampling design is developed to investigate the total mercury levels in the soil. Individual units are selected from the population to establish the pollution status of the area. It is seen that time and budgetary constraints are major factors affecting the selection of sampling protocols. Data Quality Objectives (DQO), Data Quality Indicators (DQI) and Data Quality Assessment (DQA) form part of the sampling design. Data Quality Objectives and Data Quality Indicators are designed for Deonar dumping ground. DQI’s include precision, accuracy, representativeness, comparability, completeness, bias, reproducibility, repeatability and sensitivity. DQO consist of a seven-step plan to optimize the sampling design for obtaining the required data from site investigation. Sampling protocols form a part of DQO’s. It is found that the optimal sampling protocol depends on the underlying goals of the site investigation. Sampling protocols namely judgmental, simple random, stratified, ranked set, systematic and grid, adaptive cluster and composite are applied to the dumping ground. A critical review of sampling in the environmental matrix is presented.
Priority mono-aromatics measured in anthropogenic impacted soils from Delta, Nigeria: concentrations, origin, and human health risk
Creators: name: Emoyan, Onoriode O.
name: Agbaire, Patience O.
name: Ohwo, Efe
name: Tesi, Godswill O.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: This study determined the background occurrence, origin, and human health risk of priority mono-aromatics in soil samples around diesel-powered electricity generators from selected land use environments in the Niger Delta, Nigeria. Soil samples were collected in a 20 ml vial containing 5 ml of methanol and caped with a crimp. The BTEX species were determined with a Headspace gas chromatography-mass spectrometer (HS-GCMS). The mean concentration of ƩBTEX ranged from 0.04 to 2.42 mg kg−1 and was considerably higher in 56% of the sites. The individual and ƩBTEX concentrations are within the Ministry Order (MO) intervention threshold and below the Department of Petroleum Resources-Environmental guidelines and standards for the petroleum industry in Nigeria (DPR-EGASPIN) intervention values. The source analysis indicates that BTEX compounds originated from a common source attributed to gasoline-diesel combustion exhaust, storage, other stationary sources, and fuel evaporative losses from fuel service stations around the gasoline/diesel combustion electricity generator. The hazard index for infants' in 66% of the sites was higher than 1, suggesting adverse non-carcinogenic health effects. The cancer ingestion and dermal exposure risk for infants were greater than that of adults. This study has shown that the diesel-powered electricity generator has impacted considerable concentrations of ƩBTEX in the land-use sites. The agency for power and energy should ensure regular public electricity supply, while the use of solar panels as an alternative source of electric energy should be encouraged. Further study on the occurrence of other priority contaminants in indoor and outdoor environments should be determined in the land-use sites.
Assessment of Newly Synthesized Triazole Compounds Using ZnO(NPs) as Antimicrobial Agents and Theoretical Studies for Inhibiting COVID-19
Creators: name: Abouzied, Amr S.
name: Alzahrani, Asma M.
name: Abulreesh, Hussein H.
name: Elbanna, Khaled
name: Alamri, Abdulwahab
name: Al Hagbani, Turki
name: Alobaida, Ahmed
name: Younes, Kareem M.
name: Farghaly, Thoraya A.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Virology

description: An efficient method using ZnO(NPs) was used to synthesize derivatives of s-substituted-1,2,4-triazoles with excellent yield. The structure of all newly formed triazoles was approved using the data extracted from their spectral and elemental analyses. Fifteen s-substituted-triazole derivatives were tested for their antimicrobial activity and the results indicated that triazole derivative 15 recorded the highest antimicrobial activity against Trichophyton mentagrophyte followed by Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus cereus with clear zone diameters of 30, 28, and 15 mm when compared with the traditional antibiotics, with minimal lethal concentrations of 16, 32, and 64 µg/ml, respectively. While compounds 13c, 13b, 13a and 8a exhibited considerable antimicrobial activity against Gram-positive pathogens including B. cereus, S. aureus. The docking study for the most potent derivatives 8a, 13a, 13b, 13c and 15 against methicillin acyl-Penicillin binding protein 2a from methicillin-resistant S. aureus strain 27r at 2.60 A resolution (PDB: 1MWU) showed strong fit in the active site the methicillin acyl-Penicillin binding protein, especially for derivative 15. Due to the horror caused by the Corona pandemic during the past two years, we docked the s-substituted-1,2,4-triazole derivatives into the active site of SARS-CoV-2 main protease (6LU7). The docking result showed well-fitting and proper orientation of all triazole derivatives except the starting derivative 5. The physicochemical properties, pharmacokinetics, and drug-likeness of the most active s-substituted-1,2,4-triazole derivatives were studied using SwissADME. The results of computational studies and in vitro antimicrobial activity showed great agreement, in addition to the docking study of COVID-19 revealed the ability of triazole derivatives to fit in the active site of the protein, which made us recommend laboratory tests for these triazole derivatives to prove their inhibition efficiency.
Angular power spectrum of galaxies in the 2MASS Redshift Survey
Creators: name: Ando, Shin'ichiro
name: Benoit-Lévy, Aurélien
name: Komatsu, Eiichiro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the measurement and interpretation of the angular power spectrum of nearby galaxies in the 2MASS Redshift Survey catalog with spectroscopic redshifts up to $z\approx 0.1$. We detect the angular power spectrum up to a multipole of $\ell\approx 1000$. We find that the measured power spectrum is dominated by galaxies living inside nearby galaxy clusters and groups. We use the halo occupation distribution (HOD) formalism to model the power spectrum, obtaining a fit with reasonable parameters. These HOD parameters are in agreement with the 2MASS galaxy distribution we measure toward the known nearby galaxy clusters, confirming validity of our analysis.
description: 8 pages, 6 figures
MOESM2 of Life-cycle assessment of transportation biofuels from hydrothermal liquefaction of forest residues in British Columbia
Creators: name: Yuhao Nie
name: Xiaotao Bi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Additional file 2. Mass and energy balances.
Some generalizations of Schur functors
Creators: name: Sam, Steven V
name: Snowden, Andrew
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: Rings and Algebras (math.RA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 15A69, 20G05

description: The theory of Schur functors provides a powerful and elegant approach to the representation theory of GL_n - at least to the so-called polynomial representations - especially to questions about how the theory varies with n. We develop parallel theories that apply to other classical groups and to non-polynomial representations of GL_n. These theories can also be viewed as linear analogs of the theory of FI-modules.
description: 13 pages
Concentrations, origin, and human health risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in anthropogenic impacted soils of the Niger Delta, Nigeria
Creators: name: Akporhonor, Emmanuel E.
name: Emoyan, Onoriode O.
name: Agbaire, Patience O.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Plant Biology

description: The background occurrence, sources, and human health risk of 16-USEPA priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (16-PAHs) in soils from anthropogenic environments of the Niger Delta, Nigeria were investigated. After extraction with dichloromethane/n-hexane by ultrasonication and clean-up in silica gel/alumina packed column, gas chromatography-mass spectrometer (GC-MS) was used for the determination of the 16-PAHs concentration. The mean total concentration of the 16-PAHs ranged from 115 to 3920 µg/kg. The mean concentrations of the total ∑16 PAHs followed the order deep soil > top soil > bottom soil > sub soil. The ring-PAHs distribution showed an irregular trend in the soil profiles, and the average compositional pattern of the ring-PAHs is in the order of 5-ring > 4-ring > 3-ring > 2-ring > 6-ring. Depending on the exposure concentrations and duration, the total cancer risk for adults and infants may increase the health risks to workers and inhabitants. The principal sources of PAHs were attributed to anthropogenic activities associated with traffic and non-traffic emissions and spills from petroleum fractions, solvents, and crankcase oil in the solid waste, abattoir, fuel station, plastic scrap, and auto-mechanic sites.
Measurement of charged pion, kaon, and proton production in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 13 TeV
Creators: name: CMS Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Transverse momentum spectra of charged pions, kaons, and protons are measured in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 13 TeV with the CMS detector at the LHC. The particles, identified via their energy loss in the silicon tracker, are measured in the transverse momentum range of pt ~ 0.1-1.7 GeV and rapidities abs(y) < 1. The pt spectra and integrated yields are compared to previous results at smaller sqrt(s) and to predictions of Monte Carlo event generators. The average pt increases with particle mass and charged particle multiplicity of the event. Comparisons with previous CMS results at sqrt(s) = 0.9, 2.76, and 7 TeV show that the average pt and the ratios of hadron yields feature very similar dependences on the particle multiplicity in the event, independently of the center-of-mass energy of the pp collision.
description: Replaced with the published version. Added the journal reference and DOI. All the figures and tables, including additional supplemental figures, can be found at http://cms-results.web.cern.ch/cms-results/public-results/publications/FSQ-16-004 (CMS Public Pages)
Design, Spectroscopic, and Crystal Structural Characterization of New Pyrazolone-Based Schiff Bases: Molecular Docking Investigations against SARS-Covid-19 Main Proteases (PDB Ids: 6LU7 and 7TLL)
Creators: name: Esfahani, Maryam Hasanzadeh
name: Ghasemi, Liana
name: Behzad, Mahdi
name: Skorepova, Eliska
name: Dusek, Michal
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Virology

description: New pyrazolone-based Schiff bases were synthesized and characterized by various spectroscopic and analytical techniques such as 1H-NMR, FTIR, and UV − Vis spectroscopy and elemental analysis. Crystal structures of two of the Schiff-base (SB) compounds were obtained by single-crystal X-ray crystallography (SCXRC). The target Schiff bases were synthesized from the condensation of 4-acetyl-3-methyl-1-phenyl-5-pyrazolone with 1,2-diaminobenzene (SB1), 4-methyl-1,2-diaminobenzene (SB2), and 4,5-dimethy-1,2-diaminobenzene (SB3). Molecular docking modeling was used to study the interactions of these molecules with SARS-CoV-2 virus main proteases (PDB ids: 6LU7 and 7TLL). The estimated free binding energies (EFBE) for all the three SBs were better than the standard drugs favipiravir and dexamethasone. Besides, the order of EFBE was −7.68 (SB3)> −7.36 (SB1)> −7.06 kcal.mol−1 (SB2) for 6LU7 and −10.42 (SB3)> −10.05 (SB1)> −9.69 kcal.mol−1 (SB2) for 7TLL. SB3 showed the best interactions with both proteases that is discussed based on structure–function relationship.
BANK LOANS FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES (IN THE EXAMPLE OF THE BANKING SYSTEM OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION)
Creators: name: Yo'ldoshev Shavkatjon Baxodir o'g'li
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: The accessibility of external financing for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) largely depends on the development trends of banking systems across different countries and the willingness and capability of commercial banks to extend loans to creditworthy SMEs. This paper posits that, even in post-crisis times, smaller and medium-sized banks in Russia are more likely to provide loans to SMEs compared to larger banking institutions. Data analysis from Russian banks indicates that as banks grow in size and expand their activities, their lending to legal entities, including SMEs and individual entrepreneurs, becomes more intense. However, the proportion of loans given to SMEs and individual entrepreneurs within the total loan portfolio of legal entities tends to decrease.
Causal Inference in Travel Demand Modeling (and the lack thereof)
Creators: name: Brathwaite, Timothy
name: Walker, Joan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 62P20, 62P25, 62P30

description: This paper is about the general disconnect that we see, both in practice and in literature, between the disciplines of travel demand modeling and causal inference. In this paper, we assert that travel demand modeling should be one of the many fields that focuses on the production of valid causal inferences, and we hypothesize about reasons for the current disconnect between the two bodies of research. Furthermore, we explore the potential benefits of uniting these two disciplines. We consider what travel demand modeling can gain from greater incorporation of techniques and perspectives from the causal inference literatures, and we briefly discuss what the causal inference literature might gain from the work of travel demand modelers. In this paper, we do not attempt to "solve" issues related to the drawing of causal inferences from travel demand models. Instead, we hope to spark a larger discussion both within and between the travel demand modeling and causal inference literatures. In particular, we hope to incite discussion about the necessity of drawing causal inferences in travel demand applications and the methods by which one might credibly do so.
description: 21 pages, 1 figure
Generalized minimum distance functions
Creators: name: Gonzalez-Sarabia, Manuel
name: Martínez-Bernal, Jose
name: Villarreal, Rafael H.
name: Vivares, Carlos E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Commutative Algebra (math.AC)
subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 13P25, 14G50, 94B27, 11T71

description: Using commutative algebra methods we study the generalized minimum distance function (gmd function) and the corresponding generalized footprint function of a graded ideal in a polynomial ring over a field. The number of solutions that a system of homogeneous polynomials has in any given finite set of projective points is expressed as the degree of a graded ideal. If $\mathbb{X}$ is a set of projective points over a finite field and $I$ is its vanishing ideal, we show that the gmd function and the Vasconcelos function of $I$ are equal to the $r$-th generalized Hamming weight of the corresponding Reed-Muller-type code $C_\mathbb{X}(d)$ of degree $d$. We show that the generalized footprint function of $I$ is a lower bound for the $r$-th generalized Hamming weight of $C_\mathbb{X}(d)$. Then we present some applications to projective nested cartesian codes. To give applications of our lower bound to algebraic coding theory, we show an interesting integer inequality. Then we show an explicit formula and a combinatorial formula for the second generalized Hamming weight of an affine cartesian code.
description: J. Algebraic Combin., to appear. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1512.06868
title: Εισαγωγή στην Αρχειονομία
Creators: name: Giannakopoulos, Georgios
name: Bountouri, Vasiliki
Publisher: name: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions
Year: 2016
Subjects: ΑΡΧΕΟΝΟΜΙΑ
ΑΡΧΕΙΟ
ΙΣΤΟΡΙΚΑ ΚΑΙ ΕΝΕΡΓΑ ΑΡΧΕΙΑ
ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΕΣ ΑΡΧΕΙΑΚΕΣ ΥΠΗΡΕΣΙΕΣ
ΔΙΑΧΕΙΡΙΣΗ ΑΡΧΕΙΑΚΟΥ ΥΛΙΚΟΥ
Archival Science
Archives Management
Archives And Records
Greek Archival Services
Archives

description: Το περιεχόμενο του παρόντος βιβλίου εμφαίνεται από τον τίτλο του. Αποτελεί μια εισαγωγή στην Αρχειονομία, στην επιστήμη, δηλαδή, της διαχείρισης των αρχείων. Απευθύνεται, κατά κύριο λόγο, στους φοιτητές που σπουδάζουν στο ευρύτερο πεδίο των επιστημών της πληροφόρησης και αποτυπώνει την πολύχρονη συναφή εκπαιδευτική και επαγγελματική μας δραστηριότητα, στο τμήμα Βιβλιοθηκονομίας και Συστημάτων Πληροφόρησης του ΤΕΙ Αθήνας και στα Γενικά Αρχεία του Κράτους.
Το βιβλίο αποσκοπεί να διευκρινίσει βασικά θέματα, επιχειρώντας να απαντήσει σε ερωτήματα όπως: τί είναι αρχείο; πως και γιατί δημιουργείται; γιατί τηρούμε τα αρχεία; ποιός ο ρόλος τους στην καθημερινή κοινωνική δραστηριότητα, σε ατομικό και συλλογικό επίπεδο; ποια η σημασία τους για την μελέτη του παρελθόντος; Ομοίως επιχειρεί να αναδείξει την ύπαρξη και τη σημασία των Αρχείων ως διακριτών πολιτιστικών οργανισμών ανάλογων με τις Βιβλιοθήκες και τα Μουσεία. Τέλος εξετάζονται οι βασικές μεθοδολογικές αρχές της αρχειονομίας, όπως και οι σημαντικές αλλαγές που επιφέρει στα αρχεία και τη διαχείριση τους, η σύγχρονη ψηφιακή τεχνολογία.
Θεωρητικά, το βιβλίο έχει ως αντικείμενο τα αναλογικά ιστορικά αρχεία. Εκ των πραγμάτων, όμως, εξετάζει και τα ενεργά (διοικητικά) αρχεία, καθώς οι σύγχρονες επιστημονικές απόψεις υποστηρίζουν τον ενιαίο χαρακτήρα του αρχειακού υλικού. Φυσικά, δεν ήταν δυνατό να αποσιωπηθεί η νέα ψηφιακή πραγματικότητα στο χώρο των αρχείων, είτε αυτή αφορά τη διαχείριση ψηφιοποιημένων τεκμηρίων είτε την πρόσβαση στο πλούσιο περιεχόμενο του διαδικτύου. Η διαχείριση και η διατήρηση των πρωτογενώς ψηφιακών τεκμηρίων (έννοιες που σχεδόν ταυτίζονται στη σύγχρονη ψηφιακή πραγματικότητα) αποτελούν ένα ακόμη ζήτημα, το οποίο προκαταρκτικά εξετάζεται στο βιβλίο.
A Representation Theorem for Generic Line Arrangements with Global Cyclicity in the Plane
Creators: name: Kumar, C. P. Anil
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Algebraic Topology (math.AT)
subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Primary: 51A20, Secondary: 52C35

description: In this article, we prove a representation theorem that any generic line arrangement in the plane over an ordered field which has global cyclicity can be represented isomorphically by a line arrangement with a given set of distinct slopes of the same cardinality.
description: 12 pages, 1 figure, Main Theorem Corrected
Synthesis, X-Ray Crystal Structure, and Identification of Potential Drug Candidate against COVID-19 Main Protease through Structure-Guided Modeling and Simulation Approach
Creators: name: Al-Taifi, Elham A.
name: Rehman, Hafiz Muzzammel
name: Bakhite, Etify A.
name: Mohamed, Shaaban K.
name: Yeap, Guan-Yeow
name: Lai, Chin-Hung
name: Mague, Joel T.
name: Bakri, Youness El
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biophysics
Biochemistry
Cell Biology
Pharmacology
Biotechnology
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Information Systems not elsewhere classified

description: 5-Acetyl-4-(4-methoxyphenyl)-6-methyl-2-thioxo-1,2-dihydropyridine-3-carbonitrile has been successfully prepared by the condensation between the acetylacetone and 2-cyano-3-(4'-methoxyphenyl)thio acrylamide and used to search for a potential drug that could be used to treat COVID-19. The structure was characterized and confirmed by X-ray diffraction analysis, and the crystal packing stability was also performed by the Hirshfeld surface analysis. The chemical reactivity and other properties of the title compound were determined using the density functional theory (DFT) computation and the NBO analysis. Also, the molecular electrostatic potential (MEP) surface was investigated. The CN group was the most nucleophilic site in the entire molecule based on the results. The title compound’s in-silico molecular docking revealed a strong binding potential. Eventually, molecular dynamic (MD) simulation studies are conducted to examine the stability of the molecule inside the receptor cavity. The findings of the in-silico analysis manifested affirmative evidence for the title molecule with good binding, as a potent inhibitor for the main protease of SARS-Cov-2. Hence, it holds the striking potential to serve as a prospective lead compound for designing efficacious drugs against COVID-19.
Priority mono-aromatics measured in anthropogenic impacted soils from Delta, Nigeria: concentrations, origin, and human health risk
Creators: name: Emoyan, Onoriode O.
name: Patience, O. Agbaire
name: Ohwo, Efe
name: Tesi, Godswill O.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: This study determined the background occurrence, origin, and human health risk of priority mono-aromatics in soil samples around diesel-powered electricity generators from selected land use environments in the Niger Delta, Nigeria. Soil samples were collected in a 20 ml vial containing 5 ml of methanol and caped with a crimp. The BTEX species were determined with a Headspace gas chromatography-mass spectrometer (HS-GCMS). The mean concentration of ƩBTEX ranged from 0.04 to 2.42 mg kg−1 and was considerably higher in 56% of the sites. The individual and ƩBTEX concentrations are within the Ministry Order (MO) intervention threshold and below the Department of Petroleum Resources-Environmental guidelines and standards for the petroleum industry in Nigeria (DPR-EGASPIN) intervention values. The source analysis indicates that BTEX compounds originated from a common source attributed to gasoline-diesel combustion exhaust, storage, other stationary sources, and fuel evaporative losses from fuel service stations around the gasoline/diesel combustion electricity generator. The hazard index for infants' in 66% of the sites was higher than 1, suggesting adverse non-carcinogenic health effects. The cancer ingestion and dermal exposure risk for infants were greater than that of adults. This study has shown that the diesel-powered electricity generator has impacted considerable concentrations of ƩBTEX in the land-use sites. The agency for power and energy should ensure regular public electricity supply, while the use of solar panels as an alternative source of electric energy should be encouraged. Further study on the occurrence of other priority contaminants in indoor and outdoor environments should be determined in the land-use sites.
Auditing the Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
Creators: name: Lear, M. Kati
name: Luoma, Jason
name: Tittler, Meredith
name: Spata, Angelica
name: Fishbein, Joel
name: Arch, Joanna
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Clinical Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Contextual Behavioral Science
subject: Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
subject: Open Science

description: This study will audit publications in the Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science (JCBS) to characterize the extent to which articles included in the journal's recently complete volumes (July 2020 - July 2021) include reporting practices consistent with open science recommendations. Contributor affiliations are Portland Psychotherapy Clinic, Research, and Training Center (Lear, Luoma, Tittler, & Spata) and University of Colorado Boulder (Fishbein & Arch)
The maximum number of zeros of $r(z) - \overline{z}$ revisited
Creators: name: Liesen, Jörg
name: Zur, Jan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 30D05, 31A05, 37F10

description: Generalizing several previous results in the literature on rational harmonic functions, we derive bounds on the maximum number of zeros of functions $f(z) = \frac{p(z)}{q(z)} - \overline{z}$, which depend on both $\mathrm{deg}(p)$ and $\mathrm{deg}(q)$. Furthermore, we prove that any function that attains one of these upper bounds is regular.
description: Accepted for publication in CMFT
Additional file 1: Table S1. of Trend analysis of the quality indicators for the Brazilian cervical cancer screening programme by region and state from 2006 to 2013
Creators: name: Costa, Ricardo
name: Adhemar Longatto-Filho
name: Vazquez, Fabiana De Lima
name: CĂŠline Pinheiro
name: Luiz Zeferino
name: JosĂŠ Fregnani
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Productivity rate (%) values and trends in Brazil regions and states from 2006 to 2013. Table S2. Unsatisfactory exams (%) and trends in Brazil regions and states from 2006 to 2013. Table S3. Positivity index (%) and trends in Brazil regions and states from 2006 to 2013. Table S4. ASC-US values (%) and trends in Brazil regions and states from 2006 to 2013. Table S5. HSIL values (%) and trends in Brazil regions and states from 2006 to 2013. Table S6. ASC/SIL ratio values and trends in Brazil regions and states from 2006 to 2013. (DOCX 72Â kb)
Concentrations, origin, and human health risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in anthropogenic impacted soils of the Niger Delta, Nigeria
Creators: name: Akporhonor, Emmanuel E.
name: Emoyan, Onoriode O.
name: Agbaire, Patience O.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Plant Biology

description: The background occurrence, sources, and human health risk of 16-USEPA priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (16-PAHs) in soils from anthropogenic environments of the Niger Delta, Nigeria were investigated. After extraction with dichloromethane/n-hexane by ultrasonication and clean-up in silica gel/alumina packed column, gas chromatography-mass spectrometer (GC-MS) was used for the determination of the 16-PAHs concentration. The mean total concentration of the 16-PAHs ranged from 115 to 3920 µg/kg. The mean concentrations of the total ∑16 PAHs followed the order deep soil > top soil > bottom soil > sub soil. The ring-PAHs distribution showed an irregular trend in the soil profiles, and the average compositional pattern of the ring-PAHs is in the order of 5-ring > 4-ring > 3-ring > 2-ring > 6-ring. Depending on the exposure concentrations and duration, the total cancer risk for adults and infants may increase the health risks to workers and inhabitants. The principal sources of PAHs were attributed to anthropogenic activities associated with traffic and non-traffic emissions and spills from petroleum fractions, solvents, and crankcase oil in the solid waste, abattoir, fuel station, plastic scrap, and auto-mechanic sites.
title: Βασικές Αρχές Μικροχειρουργικής
Creators: name: Dionysiou, Dimitrios
name: Demiri, Efterpi
Publisher: name: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions
Year: 2016
Subjects: ΜΙΚΡΟΧΕΙΡΟΥΡΓΙΚΗ
ΕΠΑΝΑΣΥΓΚΟΛΛΗΣΗ ΔΑΚΤΥΛΩΝ
ΕΠΑΝΑΣΥΓΚΟΛΛΗΣΗ ΧΕΡΙΩΝ
ΑΠΟΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΣΗ ΕΛΛΕΙΜΜΑΤΩΝ
ΑΠΟΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΣΗ ΜΑΣΤΟΥ ΜΕΤΑ ΜΑΣΤΕΚΤΟΜΗ
ΑΠΟΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΣΗ ΛΕΜΦΟΙΔΗΜΑΤΟΣ
ΜΕΤΑΜΟΣΧΕΥΣΗ
ΑΚΡΩΤΗΡΙΑΣΜΟΣ
ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΟΣ ΚΡΗΜΝΟΣ
ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΗ ΜΕΤΑΦΟΡΑ ΙΣΤΩΝ
Microsurgery
Finger Replantation
Hand Replantation
Soft Tissue Reconstruction
Breast Reconstruction
Lymphoedema Treatment
Transplantation
Amputation
Free Flap
Free Tissue Transfer

description: Με τον όρο Μικροχειρουργική (microsurgery) εννοούμε τη χειρουργική με μεγέθυνση του χειρουργικού πεδίου. Αν και η μεγέθυνση του χειρουργικού πεδίου είναι απαραίτητη σε πολλές χειρουργικές ειδικότητες (πλαστική χειρουργική, οφθαλμολογία, ωτορινολαρυγγολογία, ορθοπαιδική, νευροχειρουργική), ο όρος μικροχειρουργική αναφέρεται κυρίως στη χειρουργική μικρών αγγείων και νεύρων και αφορά σε επεμβάσεις της επανορθωτικής χειρουργικής.
Σκοπός αυτού του συγγράμματος είναι η μεταφορά από τη θεωρία στην πράξη των μικροχειρουργικών τεχνικών συρραφής. Η θεματολογία του βιβλίου περιλαμβάνει αρχικά κάποια εισαγωγικά στοιχεία, τις πρώτες ιστορικές εφαρμογές της μικροχειρουργικής, καθώς και τη χρήση των μεγεθυντικών μέσων και του μικροσκοπίου, των ειδικών εργαλείων και των ραμμάτων.
Γίνεται λεπτομερής περιγραφή των εκπαιδευτικών μεθόδων εκμάθησης μικροχειρουργικών τεχνικών, οι οποίες εκτελούνται αρχικά σε συνθετικά υλικά, στη συνέχεια σε μη ζώντες βιολογικούς ιστούς και τέλος σε ζώντα πειραματόζωα (επίμυες). Περιγράφονται αναλυτικά οι μικροχειρουργικές συρραφές, όπως η αρτηριακή τελικο-τελική αναστόμωση, η φλεβική τελικο-τελική αναστόμωση, η τελικοπλάγια συρραφή, η χρήση φλεβικού μοσχεύματος, η μεταφορά ελεύθερου κρημνού, η τελικο-τελική συρραφή νεύρου και η συρραφή νεύρου με φλεβικό μόσχευμα & νευρικούς αγωγούς. Γίνεται λεπτομερής περιγραφή όλων των μεθόδων συρραφής και σχηματικά ή με βίντεο επιδεικνύονται κάθε μια ξεχωριστά. Για την ολοκλήρωση της εκπαίδευσης γίνεται αναφορά στην προετοιμασία των πειραματοζώων και την περιγραφή της αναισθησίας που χορηγείται.
Τέλος περιγράφονται οι κλινικές εφαρμογές της μικροχειρουργικής, που κυρίως αφορούν την κάλυψη μεγάλων ιστικών ελλειμμάτων με χρήση ελεύθερων κρημνών, τις περιπτώσεις επανασυγκόλλησης ακρωτηριασμένων μελών, την αποκατάσταση μαστού μετά μαστεκτομή, τη θεραπεία του λεμφοιδήματος και τις αλλομεταμοσχεύσεις ιστών (προσώπου, χεριών, κλπ).
Individual differences in brain structure and function associated with trait mindfulness in young adolescents
Creators: name: Marusak, Hilary A.
name: Decker, Alexandra
name: Treves, Isaac N
name: Gabrieli, John
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Neuroscience and Neurobiology
subject: Developmental Neuroscience
subject: Life Sciences
subject: Cognitive Neuroscience
subject: brain
subject: Working memory
subject: networks
subject: resting state
subject: fMRI
subject: trait
subject: mindfulness
subject: MRI
subject: insula

description: Trait mindfulness in children is associated with positive mental health outcomes. In the proposed study, we leverage multi-modal imaging data collected from a relatively large sample of youth (n=127) to test the hypotheses that more mindful youth will: 1. Spend more time in an anti-correlated DMN-attentional networks brain state (e.g., ventral attention network, SEN) during rest 2. Show greater cortical thickness and volume in the insular cortex 3. Demonstrate lower PFC activation and lower within-PFC connectivity during a working memory task We will additionally evaluate whether these neural outcomes mediate the relationship between trait mindfulness and psychological symptoms of depression and anxiety.
High-order polygonal discontinuous Petrov-Galerkin (PolyDPG) methods using ultraweak formulations
Creators: name: Vaziri Astaneh, Ali
name: Fuentes, Federico
name: Mora, Jaime
name: Demkowicz, Leszek
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 65N30, 65N12

description: This work represents the first endeavor in using ultraweak formulations to implement high-order polygonal finite element methods via the discontinuous Petrov-Galerkin (DPG) methodology. Ultraweak variational formulations are nonstandard in that all the weight of the derivatives lies in the test space, while most of the trial space can be chosen as copies of $L^2$-discretizations that have no need to be continuous across adjacent elements. Additionally, the test spaces are broken along the mesh interfaces. This allows one to construct conforming polygonal finite element methods, termed here as PolyDPG methods, by defining most spaces by restriction of a bounding triangle or box to the polygonal element. The only variables that require nontrivial compatibility across elements are the so-called interface or skeleton variables, which can be defined directly on the element boundaries. Unlike other high-order polygonal methods, PolyDPG methods do not require ad hoc stabilization terms thanks to the crafted stability of the DPG methodology. A proof of convergence of the form $h^p$ is provided and corroborated through several illustrative numerical examples. These include polygonal meshes with $n$-sided convex elements and with highly distorted concave elements, as well as the modeling of discontinuous material properties along an arbitrary interface that cuts a uniform grid. Since PolyDPG methods have a natural a posteriori error estimator a polygonal adaptive strategy is developed and compared to standard adaptivity schemes based on constrained hanging nodes. This work is also accompanied by an open-source $\texttt{PolyDPG}$ software supporting polygonal and conventional elements.
description: 33 pages, 16 figures
Simultaneous Determination of 79 Polar and Non-Polar Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds in Airborne Particulate Matter by Gas Chromatography – Tandem Mass Spectrometry
Creators: name: Galmiche, Mathieu
name: Sonnette, Alexandre
name: Wolf, Michel
name: Sutter, Christophe
name: Delhomme, Olivier
name: François, Yannis-Nicolas
name: Millet, Maurice
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Research on Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds (PACs) in the atmospheric environment has been mainly focused on the 16 EPA’s PAHs. Due to toxicological relevance and particular emission sources, there is a research need in broadening the scope of PACs analysis to include polar and semi-polar PACs in new analytical methods. Here, we describe a single GC-MS/MS method to simultaneously determine 79 polar, semi-polar and non-polar PACs. Temperature gradient and injection conditions were optimized. Optimal Multiple Reaction Monitoring (MRM) and pseudo-MRM mass transitions were searched to enhance the detection. PACs were extracted from particulate samples by Pressurized Liquid Extraction (PLE). The choice of the optimal extraction solvent was carefully evaluated. Instrumental LOQ were from 1 to 2 ng. The method was validated against linearity of the calibration, intra-day and inter-day variability, LOQ and recoveries. The analysis of a Diesel Particulate Matter Certified Reference Material enabled a firm method validation. The method was applied to PM10 samples from a residential parking lot. PACs total amount varied from 2.3 to 14 ng/m3. The most abundant PACs were phthalic anhydride, 1,8-naphthalic anhydride and benzo(b)fluoranthene. PAHs diagnostic ratios enabled the identification of fuel combustion and vehicular traffic as the main source of PACs.
Existence results for primitive elements in cubic and quartic extensions of a finite field
Creators: name: Bailey, Geoff
name: Cohen, Stephen D.
name: Sutherland, Nicole
name: Trudgian, Tim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11T30, 11T06

description: With $\Fq$ the finite field of $q$ elements, we investigate the following question. If $γ$ generates $\Fqn$ over $\Fq$ and $β$ is a non-zero element of $\Fqn$, is there always an $a \in \Fq$ such that $β(γ+ a)$ is a primitive element? We resolve this case when $n=3$, thereby proving a conjecture by Cohen. We also improve substantially on what is known when $n=4$.
description: To appear in Math. Comp
Supplementary methods and data from Mechanical compensation in the evolution of the early hominin feeding apparatus
Creators: name: Ledogar, Justin A.
name: Senck, Sascha
name: Villmoare, Brian A.
name: Smith, Amanda L.
name: Weber, Gerhard W.
name: Richmond, Brian G.
name: Dechow, Paul C.
name: Ross, Callum F.
name: Grosse, Ian R.
name: Wright, Barth W.
name: Wang, Qian
name: Byron, Craig
name: Benazzi, Stefano
name: Carlson, Kristian J.
name: Carlson, Keely B.
name: Pryor McIntosh, Leslie C.
name: van Casteren, Adam
name: Strait, David S.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2022

description: Supplementary methods and data
MOESM1 of Life-cycle assessment of transportation biofuels from hydrothermal liquefaction of forest residues in British Columbia
Creators: name: Yuhao Nie
name: Xiaotao Bi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Additional file 1. Review of LCA studies.
Bacterial protein interaction networks: connectivity is ruled by gene conservation, essentiality and function
Creators: name: Dilucca, Maddalena
name: Cimini, Giulio
name: Giansanti, Andrea
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Genomics (q-bio.GN)
subject: Molecular Networks (q-bio.MN)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Protein-protein interaction (PPI) networks are the backbone of all processes in living cells. In this work we relate conservation, essentiality and functional repertoire of a gene to the connectivity $k$ (i.e., the number of interaction links) of the corresponding protein in the PPI network. On a set of 42 bacterial genomes of different sizes, and with reasonably separated evolutionary trajectories, we investigate three issues: i) whether the distribution of connectivities changes between PPI subnetworks of essential and nonessential genes; ii) how gene conservation, measured both by the evolutionary retention index (ERI) and by evolutionary pressures, is related to the the connectivity of the corresponding protein; iii) how PPI connectivities are modulated by evolutionary and functional relationships, as represented by the Clusters of Orthologous Genes (COGs). We show that conservation, essentiality and functional specialisation of genes constrain the connectivity of the corresponding proteins in bacterial PPI networks. In particular, we isolate a core of highly connected proteins (with connectivities $k\ge40$), which is ubiquitous among the species considered here -- though mostly visible in the degree distributions of bacteria with small genomes (less than 1000 genes). The genes that belong to this highly connected core are conserved, essential and, in most cases, belong to the COG cluster J, related to ribosomal functions and to the processing of genetic information.
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Understanding Language Endangerment
Creators: name: Brohmham
name: Meakins
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: Note: This talk has not gone through a process of peer review, and findings should therefore be treated as preliminary and subject to change. SOAS Linguistics webinars
 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Understanding Language Endangerment Lindell Bromham
 Research School of Biology, Australian National University Felicity Meakins
 ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Languages, School of Languages and Cultures, University of Queensland The past decade has seen a flowering of collaboration between evolutionary biologists and linguists. Useful analytical tools from evolutionary biology have been applied to many long standing problems in language evolution. In this talk, we will describe interdisciplinary collaborations between linguists and evolutionary biologists that have allowed us to develop new ways of asking interesting questions about language change, including questions at the “macro” level (concerning global patterns of language diversity and endangerment) and “micro” level (focussing on language change over generations within a single population). YouTube: https://youtu.be/vXd9gfwiwN4
Neutrino mass generation and leptogenesis via pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone Higgs portal
Creators: name: Alanne, Tommi
name: Meroni, Aurora
name: Tuominen, Kimmo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider an extension of the Standard Model with the global symmetry breaking pattern SO(5)/SO(4), where the Higgs boson arises as a pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone boson. The scalar content of the theory consists of a Standard-Model-like Higgs field and an extra real scalar field. The flavour sector of the model is extended by two right-handed neutrinos compatible with the observed light-neutrino phenomenology, and we find that the correct vacuum alignment determines the mass of the heavier neutrino eigenstate to be around 80 TeV. The new singlet-scalar state generates dynamically a Majorana mass term for the heavy neutrino states. We show how the model leads to the correct baryon asymmetry of the universe via leptogenesis in the case of two degenerate or hierarchical heavy neutrinos.
description: 13 pages, 5 figures. v2 to match the published version
Preparation and Characterization of 2,7-Diaminophenazine Supported on Nanocellulose as Novel Recyclable Nanocatalyst for Synthesis of Isoxazolo[4,3-e]indazole Derivatives and Theoretical Study on the Mechanism using a DFT Method
Creators: name: Mohammadnia, Majid
name: Aghdastinat, Hasti
name: Kamalzadeh, Sepideh
name: Nabaei, Elnaz
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: In this study, 2,7-Diaminophenazine supported on nanocellulose (DAP@CNC) was designed. The prepared nanocatalyst was characterized with various analytical techniques such as FTIR, XRD, TGA, SEM, TEM, and CHN. Nanocatalyst used for the synthesis of isoxazolo[4,3-e]indazole derivatives via the nucleophilic substitution of a hydrogen in 5-nitro-1-p-tolyl-1H-indazole with different 2-phenylacetonitrile derivatives in basic medium. Also, we did this reaction with KOH as other catalyst. The mechanism of the reaction investigated by density functional theory based modeling is also reported. Simple procedure, high yields, short reaction time and environmentally benign method are advantages of this protocol. The nanocatalyst was readily separated by filter and reusable without significant loss of its catalytic efficiency.
Green and Efficient Synthesis of Spiroheterocyclic Compounds from Reactions of Isatins, 3-Amino-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-5(4H)-one, and Monocyclic Ketones
Creators: name: Yang, Shuang
name: Peng, Yani
name: Wu, Minyang
name: Chen, Xingyue
name: Yang, Jing
name: Wu, Dan
name: Rong, Liangce
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The reactions of isatins, 3-amino-1-pheyl-1H-pyrazol-5(4H)-one, and monocyclic ketones, have been developed for preparation of spiro[indoline-3,4'-pyrazolo[3,4-b]quinoline]-2,3'(6'H)-dione, spiro[cyclohepta[b]pyrazolo[4,3-e]pyridine-4,3'-indoline]-2′,3-dione, spiro[cycloocta[b]pyrazolo[4,3-e]pyridine-4,3'-indoline]-2′,3(6H)-dione, and spiro[cyclo dodeca[b]pyrazolo[4,3-e]pyridine-4,3'-indoline]-2′,3(6H)-dione derivatives in aqueous and acetic acid mixed medium. Studies have shown that water was an excellent medium for this reaction. The significant features of this method are wide substrate scope, high yields, operational simplicity, and minimal environment impact.
Proper Distinguishing Colorings with Few Colors for Graphs with Girth at Least 5
Creators: name: Cranston, Daniel W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05C15, 05C25

description: The distinguishing chromatic number, $χ_D(G)$, of a graph $G$ is the smallest number of colors in a proper coloring, $φ$, of $G$, such that the only automorphism of $G$ that preserves all colors of $φ$ is the identity map. Collins and Trenk conjectured that if $G$ is connected with girth at least 5 and $G\ne C_6$, then $χ_D(G)\le Δ+1$. We prove this conjecture.
description: 9 pages, 3 figures; expanded introduction and bibliography from version 1