cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Quantitative Determination of Isotopic Abundance Ratio of 13C, 2H, and 18O in Biofield Energy Treated Ortho and Meta Toluic Acid Isomers
Creators: name: Trivedi, Mahendra
Publisher: name: SMN - The ScienceMedia Network
Year: 2016
Subjects: Natural Sciences
Chemistry

description: O-Toluic acid (OTA) and m-toluic acid (MTA) are two isomers of toluic acid that act as an important organic intermediates, mostly used in medicines and pesticides. The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of biofield energy treatment on isotopic abundance ratios of 2H/1H, 13C/12C, (PM+1)/PM and 18O/16O, (PM+2)/PM, in toluic acid isomers using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The OTA and MTA samples were divided into two parts: control and treated. The control sample remained as untreated, while the treated sample was further divided into four groups as T1, T2, T3, and T4. The treated group was subjected to biofield energy treatment. The GC-MS spectra of both the isomers showed five m/z peaks due to the molecular ion peak and fragmented peaks of toluic acid derivatives. The isotopic abundance ratio of (PM+1)/PM and (PM+2)/PM were calculated for both the isomers and found significant alteration in the treated isomers. The isotopic abundance ratio of (PM+1)/PM in treated samples of OTA was decreased and then slightly increased upto 2.37% in T2, where the (PM+2)/PM in treated OTA, significantly decreased by 55.3% in T3 sample. Similarly, in case of MTA, the isotopic abundance ratio of (PM+1)/PM in the treated sample showed a slight increase the (PM+2)/PM was decreased by 11.95% in T2 as compared to their respective control. GC-MS data suggests that the biofield energy treatment on toluic acid isomers had significantly altered the isotopic abundance of 2H, 13C, and 18O in OTA and MTA as compared to the control.
title: YOUZ, un percorso di educazione alla cittadinanza globale in dimensione locale
Creators: name: Giorgini, Giulia
name: Lanzarini, Elena
Publisher: name: Department of Philosophy and Communication Studies
Year: 2024

description: Il presente paper vuole descrivere ed elaborare l’esperienza di osservazione delle attività del gruppo di lavoro delle Politiche giovanili della Regione Emilia-Romagna. In particolare, si vogliono analizzare le dinamiche organizzative e realizzative dell’esperienza del percorso partecipativo Youz, durante il quale sono emersi diversi elementi di convergenza con le tematiche e i meccanismi dell’ECG.
Comparing Two Waist-to-Height Ratio Measurements with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors among Youth with Diabetes.
Creators: name: Bell, Ronny A
name: Liese, Angela D
name: D'Agostino, Ralph B
name: Pettitt, David J
name: Lamichhane, Archana P
name: Kahn, Henry S
name: Crimmins, Nancy A
name: Maahs, David M
name: Fino, Nora F
name: Morgan, Tim
name: Liu, Lenna L
Publisher: name: Lifescience Global
Year: 2016

description: BACKGROUND: Waist circumference (WC) is commonly measured by either the World Health Organization (WHO) or National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) protocol.
OBJECTIVE: Compare the associations of WHO vs. NHANES WC-to-height ratio (WHtR) protocols with cardiometabolic risk factors (CMRFs) in a sample of youth with diabetes.
METHODS: For youth (10-19 years old with type 1 [N=3082] or type 2 [N=533] diabetes) in the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study, measurements were obtained of WC (by two protocols), weight, height, fasting lipids (total cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL cholesterol, Non-HDL cholesterol) and blood pressures. Associations of CMRFs with WHO and NHANES WHtR were modeled stratified by body mass index (BMI) percentiles for age/sex: lower BMI (<85th BMI percentile; N=2071) vs. higher BMI (≥85th percentile; N=1594).
RESULTS: Among lower-BMI participants, both NHANES and WHO WHtR were associated (p<0.005) with all CMRFs except blood pressure. Among higher-BMI participants, both NHANES and WHO WHtR were associated (p<0.05) with all CMRFs. WHO WHtR was more strongly associated (p<0.05) than NHANES WHtR with triglycerides, non-HDL cholesterol, and systolic blood pressure in lower-BMI participants. Among high-BMI participants, WHO WHtR was more strongly associated (p<0.05) than NHANES WHtR with triglycerides and systolic blood pressure.
CONCLUSION: Among youth with diabetes, WHtR calculated from either WC protocol captures cardiometabolic risk. The WHO WC protocol may be preferable to NHANES WC.
title: Una strategia territoriale sull’educazione alla cittadinanza globale. Dall’osservazione, una proposta di strategia per la regione
Creators: name: Egidi, Maria Pina
name: Letizia, Marta
name: Ottonello, Carla
name: Quaglia, Annalisa
Publisher: name: Department of Philosophy and Communication Studies
Year: 2024

description: Dall’esperienza svolta dalle autrici nel Corso di Alta Formazione Sviluppo di competenze di governance sull’Educazione alla Cittadinanza Globale dell’Università di Bologna, nell’ambito del progetto REDUC, scaturisce una riflessione sul concetto di ECG e sull’impegno delle Regioni sul tema, nonché una proposta metodologica di governance multilivello e multiattore per la Regione ai fini dell’attuazione di politiche efficaci ed efficienti in materia di educazione alla cittadinanza globale.
The Language of Engagement: "Aha!" Moments from Engaging Patients and Community Partners in Two Pilot Projects of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Creators: name: Sullivan, Greer
name: Cheney, Ann
name: Tai-Seale, Ming
name: Frosch, Dominick
name: Thomas, Kathleen
Publisher: name: The Permanente Federation
Year: 2016

description: Compared with people living in the community, researchers often have different frameworks or paradigms for thinking about health and wellness. These differing frameworks are often accompanied by differences in terminology or language. The purpose of this commentary is to describe some of our "Aha!" moments from conducting two pilot studies funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. Over time, we came to understand how our language and word choices may have been acting as a wedge between ourselves and our community research partners. We learned that fruitful collaborative work must attend to the creation of a common language, which we refer to as the language of engagement. Such patient-centered language can effectively build a bridge between researchers and community partners. We encourage other researchers to think critically about their cultural competency, to be mindful of the social power dynamics between patient and physician, to reflect on how their understanding might differ from those of their patient partners, and to find ways to use a common language that engages patients and other community partners.
title: Booklet: Gulf Reston, Inc., "Resident's Handbook Reston Virginia," January 1970
Creators: name: Gulf Reston, Inc.
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Reston (Va.)

description: Textual: booklet, original; 8.5” x 5.5” (21.6 cm x 14 cm)
description: Booklet produced by Gulf Reston, Inc. entitled "Resident's Handbook Reston Virginia" dated January 1970. This booklet discusses the services provided in Reston, Virginia, the structure of governance for Reston, and other resources found in this community. Planned Community Archives Collection, 009.10
title: Caratteristiche, modalità e prassi della governance in tema di Educazione alla Cittadinanza Globale
Creators: name: Ballocco, Corrado
Publisher: name: Department of Philosophy and Communication Studies
Year: 2024

description: L’Educazione alla Cittadinanza Globale oltre che praticata va, prioritariamente, amministrata e gestita. In questo senso, la governance si profila quale indispensabile fattore strategico nella promozione ed attuazione delle relative politiche. L’esperienza condotta in riferimento alla Strategia Regionale per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile costituisce in Sardegna uno straordinario modello cui riferirsi per l’approccio multilivello, multiattore e intersettoriale proficuamente utilizzato. In vista dell’elaborazione del Piano di Azione Territoriale ECG, risulterà decisiva la formazione, formale e informale, sui temi specifici nonché la partecipazione e il coordinamento di tutti gli attori locali. All’interno dell’ente pubblico andrà bandita la logica monolitica dei “silos” per privilegiare criteri più inclusivi e complementari, in cui i valori dell’ECG siano non solo oggetto di programmazione, ma soprattutto concretamente sperimentati. L’allargamento dei processi partecipativi amplifica la multirappresentatività e, contestualmente, elimina o minimizza le asimmetrie di ruoli e di potere: in tal modo risulterà possibile inseguire reali occasioni di co-programmazione e co-progettazione
title: Illegal Trade of Marine Mammal Bone Exposed: Simple Test Identifies Bones of “Mermaid Ivory” or Steller's Sea Cow (Hydrodamalis gigas)
Creators: name: Crerar, Lorelei D.
name: Freeman, Elizabeth W.
name: Domning, Daryl P.
name: Parsons, Edward C. M.
Publisher: name: Frontier Media
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Illegal trade

description: In the US, marine mammals are protected by the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). Most of these species are listed by Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and thus international trade in their products is restricted. Therefore, commercial sale of unfossilized marine mammal bone is largely prohibited. Sale of Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) bone is legal, however, since the animals have been extinct since 1768. The current study outlines a simple test that can identify bone which is bona fide Steller's sea cow—and thus legal to sell. The test uses a segment of the D-loop of the mitochondrion, which has the power to exclude samples which are not specifically H. gigas or a Sirenian relative. The test also includes a reliable method to extract DNA from bone and amplify it using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). Extracted DNA was sequenced to verify that only manatees, dugongs, elephants, and their relatives produced a positive result. Using this test, products being sold commercially as legal “mermaid ivory” (Steller sea cow bone) were found to actually come from gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus), pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata), and white-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) bone. This finding indicates that government agencies should monitor bones being sold as “mermaid ivory” because protected species are being illegally traded under the guise of being legal Steller's sea cow bone.
title: Geschlechtergerechte Gesundheitsförderung und Gender Mainstreaming
Creators: name: Altgeld, Thomas
name: Klärs, Gabriele
Publisher: name: Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung
Year: 2024

description: Leitbegriffe der Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention. Glossar zu Konzepten, Strategien und Methoden.
Supplementary document for Single-Pixel Reconstructive Mid-Infrared Micro-Spectrometer - 6326855.pdf
Creators: name: Dong, Kaichen
name: Li, Jiachen
name: ZHANG, TIANCHENG
name: Gu, FANGDA
name: CAI, YUHANG
name: GUPTA, NIHARIKA
name: TANG, KECHAO
name: Javey, Ali
name: Yao, Jie
name: Wu, Junjiao
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary Materials
Coral calcification under environmental change: a direct comparison of the alkalinity anomaly and buoyant weight techniques
Creators: name: Warner, Mark E.
name: Holcomb, Michael
name: Baumann, Justin H.
name: Hu, Xinping
name: Grottoli, Andréa G.
name: Li, Qian
name: Xu, Hui
name: Hoadley, Kenneth D.
name: Cai, Wei-Jun
name: Melman, Todd F.
name: Wang, Yongchen
name: Matsui, Yohei
name: Schoepf, Verena
name: Pettay, D. Tye
Publisher: name: Springer Nature
Year: 2016

description: Two primary methods—the buoyant weight (BW) and alkalinity anomaly (AA) techniques—are currently used to quantify net calcification rates (G) in scleractinian corals. However, it remains unclear whether they are directly comparable since the few method comparisons conducted to date have produced inconsistent results. Further, such a comparison has not been made for tropical corals. We directly compared GBW and GAA in four tropical and one temperate coral species cultured under various pCO2, temperature, and nutrient conditions. A range of protocols for conducting alkalinity depletion incubations was assessed. For the tropical corals, open-top incubations with manual stirring produced GAA that were highly correlated with and not significantly different from GBW. Similarly, GAA of the temperate coral was not significantly different from GBW when incubations provided water motion using a pump, but were significantly lower than GBW by 16% when water motion was primarily created by aeration. This shows that the two techniques can produce comparable calcification rates in corals but only when alkalinity depletion incubations are conducted under specific conditions. General recommendations for incubation protocols are made, especially regarding adequate water motion and incubation times. Further, the re-analysis of published data highlights the importance of using appropriate regression statistics when both variables are random and measured with error. Overall, we recommend the AA technique for investigations of community and short-term day versus night calcification, and the BW technique to measure organism calcification rates integrated over longer timescales due to practical limitations of both methods. Our findings will facilitate the direct comparison of studies measuring coral calcification using either method and thus have important implications for the fields of ocean acidification research and coral biology in general.
title: Public Perception of Cetacean Conservation in the DC Metropolitan Area
Creators: name: Donahue, Kristen
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Cetaceans
subject: Whales
subject: Dolphins
subject: Porpoises

description: This study aims to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions held by the public about cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) and the conservation issues they are facing. The District of Columbia metropolitan area served as the sample area and residents were the focal population for these assessments. The survey was conducted via face-to-face interviews using a standardized questionnaire. The main questions asked were: 1. What did the survey respondents perceive to be the greatest threats to cetacean populations? 2. What was the effect of demographic factors such as age, gender, education level, political leaning, and profession on level of basic knowledge about cetaceans? 3. What is the effect of age, gender, education level, political leaning, and profession on support for marine conservation and education legislative initiatives? The eight threats that the largest percentage of respondents (N=260) listed as a “serious threat” included: commercial whaling (49.6%); entanglement in fishing gear (38.1%); marine litter/debris (53.1%); introduction of exotic species (31.2%); bacteria/viruses from sewage (48.1%); oil spills (58.1)%; loss of coral reefs (39.2%); lack of political interest (38.1%); and climate change (37.7%). A majority of participants did not know that the United States conducts any kind of whaling - 81.5% were unaware of aboriginal whaling in Alaska. Neither could participants correctly identify the most endangered whale and porpoise species in North America (88.9%, 90.4% failed, respectively) or the world (93.1%, 96.9% failed, respectively). About three-quarters (77.7%) of participants had not heard of the US Marine Mammal Protection Act. Respondent participation in water-borne activities was the factor most strongly associated with more pro-cetacean behavior and higher levels of knowledge about cetaceans. Age was also found to be correlated with behavior toward cetaceans, with increasing age showing less pro-cetacean behaviors (such as supporting cetacean conservation legislation). A higher average level of knowledge was also found to be correlated with more pro-cetacean attitudes and behaviors. In order to minimize the impacts that human actions and behaviors have on cetaceans, it is important to understand the current level of knowledge and perception of cetacean conservation issues held by the public, policy makers, and managers. The results of this study will provide useful information for management and decision-making communities involved in marine conservation efforts. The low levels of knowledge observed in this study indicate that increased efforts to educate the public about cetaceans, and the conservation issues they are facing, may be needed in order to increase support for more cetacean conservation legislation and initiatives.
Isotopic Abundance Ratio Analysis of Biofield Energy Treated Indole Using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
Creators: name: Trivedi, Mahendra
Publisher: name: SMN - The ScienceMedia Network
Year: 2016
Subjects: Natural Sciences
Chemistry

description: The objective of the current experiment was to evaluate the effect of biofield energy treatment on the isotopic abundance ratio of PM+1/PM (2H/1H or 13C/12C or 15N/14N) in indole using the gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The sample of organic compound indole was divided into two parts - one part was designated as a control sample (untreated), and another part was considered as biofield energy treated sample, which was subjected to Mr. Trivedi’s biofield energy treatment (The Trivedi Effect®). The biofield energy treated indole sample was analyzed at different time intervals and were symbolized as T1, T2, T3, and T4 to understand the effect of the biofield energy on isotopic abundance ratio with respect to the time. From the GC-MS spectra, the presence of the molecular ion peak C8H7N+ (m/z 117) along with major fragmented peaks C7H6+ (m/z 90), C7H5+ (m/z 89), C5H3+ (m/z 63), C4H2+ (m/z 50), C3H3+ (m/z 39), and C2H4 (m/z 28) were observed in both control and biofield treated samples. Only, the relative peak intensities of the fragmented ions in the biofield treated indole was notably changed as compared to the control sample with respect to the time. The isotopic abundance ratio analysis of indole using GC-MS revealed that the isotopic abundance ratio of PM+1/PM in the biofield energy treated indole at T1 and T2 was significantly decreased by 44.28 and 28.18% as compared to the control sample. On the contrary, the isotopic abundance ratio of PM+1/PM in the biofield energy treated sample at T3 and T4, was significantly increased by 41.22 and 180.88%, respectively as compared to the control sample. Overall, the isotopic abundance ratio of PM+1/PM (2H/1H or 13C/12C or 15N/14N) was significantly altered in the biofield energy treated indole as compared to the control with respect to the time. The biofield treated indole with the altered isotopic abundance ratio might have altered the physicochemical properties and rate of reaction. This biofield energy treated indole might be more useful as a chemical intermediate in the production of pharmaceuticals, chemicals, plastics, dyes, and perfumes.
title: FReDA-W5 – Fragen zu den Themen Fertilität, Verhütung, soziale Vernetzung und Partnerschaft
title: Kognitiver Online-Pretest
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Lenzner, T.
name: Hadler, P.
Publisher: name: GESIS – Pretest Lab
Year: 2024

description: Die Studie „FReDA – Das familiendemografische Panel“ , wird gemeinsam vom Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung (BiB), GESIS Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften und dem pairfam-Konsortium aufgebaut. Es handelt sich um eine Infrastruktur in Deutschland, die das Gender & Generations Programme (GGP) und pairfam unter einem Dach verbindet. Im Kern von FReDA stehen jährliche Wiederholungsbefragungen von 18- bis 49-jährigen Frauen und Männern sowie deren Partnerinnen und Partnern. Hierdurch soll es Datennutzern ermöglicht werden, verschiedene familiendemographische, familiensoziologische und familienpsychologische Fragestellungen zu beantworten.

Fachartikel zur Studie:

Schneider, N. F.; Bujard, M.; Wolf, C.; Gummer, T.; Hank, K. & Neyer, F. J. (2021). Family Research and Demographic Analysis (FReDA): Evolution, Framework, Objectives, and Design of “The German Family Demography Panel Study”. Comparative Population Studies, 46. https://doi.org/10.12765/CPoS-2021-06
description: GESIS Projektbericht
description: Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based
description: Web Probing
description: Quotenauswahl.

Die Testpersonen wurden aus einem Online-Access-Panel rekrutiert.

Die Testpersonen waren zwischen 18 und 49 Jahren alt und wurden auf Basis der folgenden Kreuzquoten rekrutiert: Geschlecht (m/w) x Bildung (mit/ohne Hochschulzugangsberechtigung).
Wizard of Oz Prototypes: A Novel User Research Technique to Drive Inclusive Design
Creators: name: Mahale, Amrita
name: Doshi, Jigar
Publisher: name: Gates Open Research
Year: 2025

description: This blog post discusses ARMMAN's and ARTPARK's project of building an LLM-based conversational tool for frontline workers in India. In particular, it details our experience of using the 'Wizard of Oz' technique, a novel method for user-testing technological interventions.
Knowing your HIV/AIDS response: A pilot test of a new service mapping toolkit in Ghana
Creators: name: Sutherland, Elizabeth
name: Laar, Amos
name: Gage, Anastasia J.
name: Ghana KYR Study Group
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2016

description: Background “Knowing” an HIV response in a country is a complex undertaking. This requires knowing what actions key implementers in all sectors (government, non-government, public, and private) are deploying; what populations they serve; what the reach of these programs are, amongst others. Aim We aimed to pilot test a set of newly developed data collection tools referred to as the Know Your Response (KYR) toolkit in Ghana. The KYR toolkit addresses three key concepts that are critical for an improved understanding of the HIV-prevention response in terms of location, scale, and needs. Materials and methods. Data were collected on HIV programming being undertaken in each of the 16 metropolitan, municipal, and district assemblies (MMDAs) in the Greater Accra region of Ghana. Analysis and dissemination of data includes the generation of univariate and bivariate tabulations as well as production of maps of HIV services using Geographic Information System (GIS) technology. Results The toolkit was successful in collecting a great deal of data that describe, at the district level, who is working in HIV prevention, what interventions they are providing, where these interventions are being provided, and to whom the interventions are being targeted. The data generated allows for mapping and understanding of the scope and scale of the HIV-prevention response at the district level. It also identifies challenges and opportunities for scaling the exercise nationally. Conclusions The study provides information needed to guide prioritization, and/or adjustment of the national HIV-prevention programs and interventions being carried out in the Greater Accra region.
BelonggAI: Bridging the Knowing-Doing Gap in Intersectional Gender Inclusion
Creators: name: Bhatnagar, Nirat
Publisher: name: Gates Open Research
Year: 2025

description: This blogpost discusses BelonggAI's work on bridging the principle and practice gap in gender-intentional design for developmental organisations. It showcases their AI-based platform that offers practical guidance to development programs on operationalising gender equity principles.
title: Digital Campus Podcast - Episode 94 - The 2012 Campies
Creators: name: Roy Rosenzweig Center For History And New Media, /
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Amazon
subject: Digital humanities
subject: Ebooks
subject: Facebook
subject: Funding
subject: Google
subject: Libraries
subject: Mobile
subject: MOOCs
subject: Open access
subject: Publishing
subject: Teaching
subject: Year in review

description: Originally published by the Center for History and New Media through the Digital Campus podcast (http://digitalcampus.tv). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).
description: Sure, there are a few talented people who have gotten EGOTs (an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony), but has anyone gotten a CEGOT? Find out who the lucky recipients of Campies are this year, awarded to the best and the worst in the world of technology and academia. Tom, Mills, Amanda, and Dan make their selections, as well as their predictions for 2013. The Digital Campus crew has often been right in the past, so be sure to tune in and know the future. (Past performance is no guarantee of future results.)
title: Slide: Anonymous, “Route 606 before becoming four lanes of traffic," November 1972
Creators: name: Anonymous
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Reston (Va.)
subject: Baron Cameron Avenue

description: Slide: color, photograph, 2” x 2” (5.08 cm x 5.08 cm)
description: Slide by an anonymous photographer entitled “Route 606 before becoming four lanes of traffic" November 1972. This is an image of Baron Cameron Avenue, VA Route 606, in Reston, Virginia. The expansion of Baron Cameron Avenue to four lanes has been mostly completed in this image. Some additional construction is underway on the left side of the image. Orange cones and a work truck can be seen on that side of the image. Cars can be seen driving on the road in both directions. Planned Community Archives Collection, 622.10
Context-sensitive Evaluations of Large Language Models for Maternal Healthcare in LMICs: Key Insights
Creators: name: Lima, Henrique A.
name: Moazzam, Zorays
name: Trocolli, Pedro
name: Rocha, Leonardo
name: Pagano, Adriana
name: Martins, Felipe F.
name: Brabo, Lucas T.
name: Reis, Zilma
name: Keder, Lisa
name: Begum, Aliya
name: Mamede, Marcelo H.
name: Pawlik, Timothy M.
name: Resende, Vivian
Publisher: name: Gates Open Research
Year: 2025

description: In this blog post, we share insights from evaluating Large Language Models (LLMs) for maternal healthcare in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Experts from Brazil, Pakistan, and the US assessed LLM responses in multiple languages, focusing on accuracy, clarity, and cultural relevance.
Evaluation of Vegetative Growth Parameters in Biofield Treated Bottle Gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) and Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus)
Creators: name: Trivedi, Mahendra
Publisher: name: SMN - The ScienceMedia Network
Year: 2016
Subjects: Natural Sciences
Biology

description: The objective of the study was to assess the growth contributing characters of biofield treated bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) and okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) seeds. The seeds of both crops were divided into two groups, one was kept aside and denoted as untreated, while the other group was subjected biofield energy treatment. The variabilities in growth contributing parameters were studied and compared with their control. Further the level of glutathione (GSH) in okra leaves, along with DNA fingerprinting in bottle gourd were analyzed using RAPD method. After germination, the plants of bottle gourd were reported to be strong and erect with better canopy as compared with the control. The vegetative growth of okra plants after biofield energy treatment was found to be stout with small canopy, strong steam, and more fruits per nodes, that contributed high yield as compared with the control. However, endogenous level of GSH in the leaves of okra was increased by 47.65% as compared to the untreated group, which may suggest an improved immunity of okra crops. Besides, the DNA fingerprinting data, showed polymorphism (42%) between treated and untreated samples of bottle gourd. The overall results suggest that the biofield energy treatment on bottle gourd and okra seeds, results an improved overall growth of plant and yield, which may enhance flowering and fruiting per plant. Study results conclude that the biofield energy treatment could be an alternate method to improve the crop yield in agricultural science.
Supplementary document for Space-time wave packets with both arbitrary transverse and longitudinal accelerations - 6327092.pdf
Creators: name: Liang, Zehong
name: Liu, Yejin
name: Luo, YingJun
name: Hechong, Chen
name: Deng, Dongmei
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Formula Derivation
title: Abelia :
title: Guidelines for the Conduct of Tests for Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability.
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: International Union For The Protection Of New Varieties Of Plants,
Publisher: name: International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants,
Year: 0
Subjects: Plants
New Varieties of Plants
Abelia

description: The purpose of these guidelines (“Test Guidelines”) is to elaborate the principles contained in the General Introduction (document TG/1/3), and its associated TGP documents, into detailed practical guidance for the harmonized examination of distinctness, uniformity and stability (DUS) and, in particular, to identify appropriate characteristics for the examination of DUS and production of harmonized variety descriptions.
Clinical efficacy of daratumumab monotherapy in patients with heavily pretreated relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma
Creators: name: Belch, Andrew
name: Plesner, Torben
name: Richardson, Paul G
name: Wang, Jianping
name: Feng, Huaibao
name: Weiss, Brendan M
name: Axel, Amy
name: Khan, Imran
name: Nahi, Hareth
name: Voorhees, Peter M
name: Chari, Ajai
name: Bahlis, Nizar J
name: Lokhorst, Henk M
name: Sasser, A Kate
name: Usmani, Saad Z
name: Lonial, Sagar
name: Uhlar, Clarissa M
name: Ahmadi, Tahamtan
Publisher: name: American Society of Hematology
Year: 2016

description: The efficacy and favorable safety profile of daratumumab monotherapy in multiple myeloma (MM) was previously reported. Here, we present an updated pooled analysis of 148 patients treated with daratumumab 16 mg/kg. Data were combined from part 2 of a first-in-human phase 1/2 study of patients who relapsed after or were refractory to ≥2 prior therapies and a phase 2 study of patients previously treated with ≥3 prior lines of therapy (including a proteasome inhibitor [PI] and an immunomodulatory drug [IMiD]) or were double refractory. Among the pooled population, patients received a median of 5 prior lines of therapy (range, 2 to 14 prior lines of therapy), and 86.5% were double refractory to a PI and an IMiD. Overall response rate was 31.1%, including 13 very good partial responses, 4 complete responses, and 3 stringent complete responses. The median duration of response was 7.6 months (95% confidence interval [CI], 5.6 to not evaluable [NE]). The median progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were 4.0 months (95% CI, 2.8-5.6 months) and 20.1 months (95% CI, 16.6 months to NE), respectively. When stratified by responders vs stable disease/minimal response vs progressive disease/NE, median PFS was 15.0 months (95% CI, 7.4 months to NE) vs 3.0 months (95% CI, 2.8-3.7 months) vs 0.9 months (95% CI, 0.9-1.0 months), respectively, and median OS was NE (95% CI, NE to NE) vs 18.5 months (95% CI, 15.1-22.4 months) vs 3.7 months (95% CI, 1.7-7.6 months), respectively. No new safety signals were identified. In this pooled data set, daratumumab 16 mg/kg monotherapy demonstrated rapid, deep, and durable responses, with a clinical benefit that extended to patients with stable disease or better.
Tutte le esocomete di Beta Pictoris
Creators: Laura Leonardi
Publisher: name: Media Inaf
Year: 2022

Un sistema planetario di appena 20 milioni di anni d’età, distante poco più di sessanta anni luce da noi, è ricco di esocomete. Un team di ricerca internazionale ne ha scoperte e analizzate trenta grazie ai dati di Tess, trovando notevoli similitudini con le comete che orbitano attorno al Sole. I risultati sono stati pubblicati su Scientific Reports
Empowering People in Data - London Data Week event
Creators: name: Karoune, Emma
name: Nutt, Sam
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Data science
subject: Data skills
subject: Data Professionals
subject: Upskilling
subject: Digital skills
subject: AI skills

description: As part of London Data Week, The Alan Turing Institute's People in Data project and the London Office of Technology & Innovation (LOTI) co-organised an event called Empowering People in Data. This event was hybrid (central London and online) and aimed to draw together a broad range of organisations from across London and beyond that consider using data as critical to their success and realise the need to enable more people to work in data focused careers. 

The event was divided into two separate but related workshops:

The morning workshop, run by Sam Nutt from LOTI, focused on sharing and mapping approaches from across London to developing data and AI skills, revealing how and where different organisations or sectors might work together to better create and deliver their skills. We know skills don’t stay within an organisation or a sector, but often move across sectors within a geography like London, so we want to start thinking on that city-wide level. The workshop started with some lightning presentations sharing different work on data and AI skills, before participants then discussed and shared in small groups and together as a collective their work and possible opportunities, challenges and goals for the future.

The afternoon workshop, run by Emma Karoune and the People in Data team from The Alan Turing Institute, focused on the data professionals workforce. The People in Data project aims to convene an open community of data professionals, which promotes a culture that values and prioritises data and recognises people that work in data roles as essential to any organisation. In this workshop, we started with a diverse panel of speakers who talked about their experience of working in data - the highs, the lows and the in-betweens. They touched on the need for capacity building in this community and highlighted some of the current challenges of working in data. The workshop then got the attendees gathered to tell us more about their experiences - we had small group discussions about: Who are the People in Data?, What skills and competency work, or training development have you done in this area or know of?, What are the main challenges of working in a data focused role?  

We ended the day with a social networking hour to promote collaboration between this diverse range of attendees.     

Webpage here: https://www.turing.ac.uk/events/empowering-people-data
Morphological Characterization, Quality, Yield and DNA Fingerprinting of Biofield Energy Treated Alphonso Mango(Mangifera indica L.)
Creators: name: Trivedi, Mahendra
Publisher: name: SMN - The ScienceMedia Network
Year: 2016
Subjects: Natural Sciences
Biology

description: Alphonso is the most delicious variety of mango (Mangifera indica L.) known for its excellent texture, taste, and richness with vitamins and minerals. The present study was attempted to evaluate the impact of Mr. Trivedi’s biofield energy treatment on morphological characteristics, quality, yield and molecular assessment of mango. A plot of 16 acres lands used for this study with already grown mango trees. This plot was divided into two parts. One part was considered as control, while another part was subjected to Mr. Trivedi’s biofield energy treatment without physically touching and referred as treated. The treated mango trees showed new straight leaves, without any distortion and infection, whereas the control trees showed very few, distorted, infected, and curly leaves. Moreover, the flowering pattern of control trees did not alter; it was on average 8 to 10 inches with more male flowers. However, the flowering pattern of treated trees was completely transformed into compact one being 4 to 5 inches in length and having more female flowers. Additionally, the weight of matured ripened mango was found on an average 275 gm, medium sized with 50% lesser pulp in the control fruits, while the fruits of biofield energy treated trees showed on average weight of 400 gm, large sized and having 75% higher pulp as compared to the control. Apart from morphology, the quality and nutritional components of mango fruits such as acidity content was increased by 65.63% in the treated sample. Vitamin C content in the treated Alphonso mango pulp was 43.75% higher than the pulp obtained from the control mango farm. The spongy tissue content in pulp of the matured ripened mangoes was decreased by 100% for two consecutive years as compared to the control. Moreover, the yield of flowers and fruits in the treated trees were increased about 95.45 and 47.37%, respectively as compared to the control. Besides, the DNA fingerprinting data using RAPD revealed that the treated sample did not show any true polymorphism as compared to the control. The overall results envisaged that the biofield energy treatment on the mango trees showed a significant improvement in the morphology, quality and overall productivity along with 100% reduction in the spongy tissue disorder. In conclusion, the biofield energy treatment could be used as an alternative way to increase the production of quality mangoes.
Resti marziani
Creators: Marco Malaspina
Publisher: name: Media Inaf
Year: 2022

Uno spettacolare reportage aereo firmato Ingenutiy – realizzato dall’elicotterino di Perseverance nel corso del suo 26esimo volo – mostra in dettaglio i resti dello scudo protettivo e del paracadute impiegati durante i “sette minuti di terrore” della discesa sul suolo marziano. Gli ingegneri della Nasa stanno già analizzando le fotografie per estrarne dati utili alla pianificazione delle prossime missioni
Supplementary document for A robust algorithm for precise "XCO2" retrieval using the single observation of IPDA LIDAR - 6327203.pdf
Creators: name: Zhang, Hongyuan
name: Han, Ge
name: ma, xin
name: Chen, Weibiao
name: Zhang, Xingying
name: Liu, Jiqiao
name: Gong, Wei
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: a supplement for 482629, including the simulated RRE and further validation for the accuracy
Design of Treatment Trials for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
Creators: name: Ke, Meiyun
name: Crowell, Michael D.
name: Gwee, Kok Ann
name: Whitehead, William E.
name: Spiegel, Brennan
name: Schmulson, Max J.
name: Tack, Jan
name: Irvine, E. Jan
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2016

description: This article summarizes recent progress and regulatory guidance on design of trials to assess the efficacy of new therapies for functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs). The double-masked, placebo-controlled, parallel-group design remains the accepted standard for evaluating treatment efficacy. A control group is essential, and a detailed description of the randomization process and concealed allocation method must be included in the study report. The control will most often be placebo, but for therapeutic procedures and for behavioral treatment trials, respectively, a sham procedure and control intervention with similar expectation of benefit, but lacking the treatment principle, are recommended. Investigators should be aware of, and attempt to minimize, expectancy effects (placebo, nocebo, precebo). The primary analysis should be based on the proportion of patients in each treatment arm who satisfy a treatment responder definition or a prespecified clinically meaningful change in a patient-reported outcome measure. Data analysis should use the intention-to-treat principle. Reporting of results should follow the Consolidated Standards for Reporting Trials guidelines and include secondary outcome measures to support or explain the primary outcome and an analysis of harms data. Trials should be registered in a public location before initiation and results should be published regardless of outcome.
Webb è pronto per la scienza
Creators: Maura Sandri
Publisher: name: Media Inaf
Year: 2022

L’allineamento del telescopio spaziale James Webb della Nasa è stato completato con successo e l'osservatorio spaziale è ora in grado di catturare immagini nitide e ben focalizzate con ciascuno dei suoi quattro strumenti scientifici. Inizia quindi la fase di commissioning degli strumenti scientifici, che richiederà circa due mesi prima che le operazioni scientifiche abbiano inizio
Quantitative PPARγ expression affects the balance between tolerance and immunity
Creators: name: Lin, Shih-Chieh
name: Tsai, Yau-Sheng
name: Chen, Wen-Chung
name: Tsai, Pei-Jane
name: Liao, Nan-Shih
name: Maeda, Nobuyo
name: Sung, Junne-Ming
name: Jan, Ming-Shiou
name: Hsu, Shih-Wen
name: Liang, Chung-Tiang
name: Liu, Ya-Hui
Publisher: name: Springer Nature
Year: 2016

description: PPARγ modulates energy metabolism and inflammation. However, its specific functions in the balance of immunity in vivo have been explored incompletely. In this study, by the age of 14 mo, PpargC/− mice with PPARγ expression at 25% of the normal level exhibited high autoantibody levels and developed mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis, which resembled systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)-like autoimmune disease. These symptoms were preceded by splenomegaly at an early age, which was associated with increases in splenocyte accumulation and B-cell activation but not with relocation of hematopoiesis to the spleen. The mechanism of splenic lymphocyte accumulation involved reduced sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor 1 (S1P1) expression and diminished migration toward S1P in the PpargC/− splenocytes, which impeded lymphocyte egression. Mechanistically, increased Th17 polarization and IL-17 signaling in the PpargC/− CD4+ T cells contributed to B-cell hyperactivation in the spleen. Finally, the activation of the remaining PPARγ in PpargC/− mice by pioglitazone increased S1P1 levels, reduced the Th17 population in the spleen and ameliorated splenomegaly. Taken together, our data demonstrated that reduction of Pparg expression in T-helper cells is critical for spontaneous SLE-like autoimmune disease development; we also revealed a novel function of PPARγ in lymphocyte trafficking and cross talk between Th17 and B cells.
Shellfish aquaculture in the North Sea: Production potential and impacts on carbon cycle
Creators: name: Cornacchia, Loreta
name: Dols, Felix
name: Troost, Tineke
name: Stechele, Brecht
name: Lavaud, Romain
name: Rienstra, Jelle
name: Ziemba, Alexander
name: van Duren, Luca
name: Vilmin, Lauriane
name: Schneider, Lisa
name: Heye, Sonia
name: Lim, Jana
name: Meszaros, Lorinc
name: El Serafy, Ghada
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: The marine aquaculture sector is facing increasing challenges due to the growing demands and conflicts over the use of space in the coastal zone. The competition for marine space has even led to the decline of some European aquaculture industries, which have started to move further offshore. However, the potential for shellfish cultivation in offshore conditionsin the North Sea, as well as its potential impacts on the environment (e.g., carbon cycle, primary production) need to be further explored. 

This poster, presented at the 2024 Ocean Decade Conference in Barcelona, highlights a modelling initiative focused on the potential for expansion and on the impacts of marine aquaculture in the North Sea. For this purpose, well established tools like Delft3D-FM, D-Water Quality and Dynamic Energy Budget modelling (Kooijman, 2000) were used. The DEB model was extended to better predict the carbon storage in the shells, and thereby the effects of shellfish cultivation as carbon sources or sinks. This is based on recent literature by the University of Ghent (Stechele et al. 2023). Moreover, the DEB model was adapted for mussels growing in offshore conditions, to account for the possible future scenarios of offshore expansion of the aquaculture industry.
Data di scadenza prolungata per otto missioni Nasa
Creators: Valentina Guglielmo
Publisher: name: Media Inaf
Year: 2022

A seguito di una valutazione approfondita, la Nasa ha esteso le missioni di scienze planetarie di otto dei suoi veicoli spaziali a causa della loro produttività scientifica e il potenziale di approfondire i loro obiettivi o perseguirne di nuovi. Fra queste anche Osiris-Rex, che cambierà nome, diventando Osiris-Apex, in virtù del suo nuovo obiettivo scientifico: l’asteroide Apophis
O'ZBEK MILLIY KIYIMLARI TO'G'RISIDAGI (DO'PPI VA TO'N) AYRIM MULOHAZALAR
Creators: name: Usmonov, Axrorjon
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Ushbu maqolada o‘zbek milliy kiyimlari xususida fikr yuritiladi. Qadimdan mamlakatimiz aholisining turmush tarzida qadimiy kiyimlardan foydanilganligi, ularning turlari hamda xo‘jalikda foydalanish uchun qulayligi yoritilgan. Shuningdek, do‘ppi haqida tarixiy ma’lumotlar va olimlarimizning fikrlari keltirilgan. Uning milliy bosh kiyim sifatidagi o‘rni hamda belgilari haqida so‘z boradi.
Fluorescence probes for prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells using Re(CO) 3 + complexes with an electron withdrawing ancillary ligand
Creators: name: Meyer, G. J.
name: Polanco, R.
name: Molins, E.
name: Peñaloza, J. P.
name: Preite, M.
name: Fuentes, J. A.
name: Gacitúa, M.
name: Chávez, I.
name: Otero, C.
name: Manríquez, J. Manuel
name: Arratia-Pérez, R.
name: Carreño, A.
name: Swords, W. B.
name: Páez-Hernández, D.
Publisher: name: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Year: 2016

description: Re(CO) 3+ complexes with an ancillary ligand present an electron withdrawing effect suitable for cell imaging. 
Research in fluorescence microscopy presents new challenges, especially with respect to the development of new metal-based fluorophores. In this work, new fac -[Re(CO) 3 (bpy)L]PF 6 ( C3 ) and fac -[Re(CO) 3 (dmb)L]PF 6 ( C4 ) complexes, where L is an ancillary ligand, E -2-((3-amino-pyridin-4-ylimino)-methyl)-4,6-di- tert -butylphenol, both exhibiting an intramolecular hydrogen bond, have been synthesized for use as preliminary probes for fluorescence microscopy. The complexes were characterized using chemical techniques such as UV-vis, 1 H-NMR, TOCSY, FT-IR, cyclic voltammetry, mass spectrometry (EI-MS 752.22 M + for C3 and 780.26 M + for C4 ) and DFT calculations including spin–orbit effects. The electron withdrawing nature of the ancillary ligand L in C3 and C4 explains their electrochemical behavior, which shows the oxidation of Re I at 1.84 V for C3 and at 1.88 V for C4 . The UV-vis absorption and emission properties have been studied at room temperature in acetonitrile solution. The complexes show luminescent emission with a large Stokes shift ( λ ex = 366 nm, λ em = 610 nm for C3 and λ ex = 361 nm, λ em = 560 nm for C4 ). The TDDFT calculations suggest that an experimental mixed absorption band at 360 nm could be assigned to MLCT (d(Re) → π*(dmb)) and LLCT (π(L) → π*(dmb)) transitions. We have also assessed the cytotoxicity of C3 and C4 in an epithelial cell line (T84). We found that 12.5 μg ml −1 of C3 or C4 is the minimum concentration needed to kill 80% of the cell population, as determined by neutral red uptake. Finally, the potential of C3 and C4 as biological dyes for use in fluorescent microscopy was assessed in bacteria ( Salmonella enterica ) and yeasts ( Candida albicans and Cryptococcus spp.), and in an ovarian cancer cell line (SKOV-3). We found that in all cases, both C3 and C4 are suitable compounds to be used as fluorescent dyes for biological purposes. In addition, we present evidence suggesting that these rhenium( i ) tricarbonyl complexes may be also useful as differential fluorescent dyes in yeasts ( Candida albicans and Cryptococcus spp.), without the need for antibodies.
Venticinque esopianeti nel mirino di Hubble
Creators: Maura Sandri
Publisher: name: Media Inaf
Year: 2022

Un team internazionale di astronomi ha analizzato 600 ore di osservazioni d'archivio del telescopio spaziale Hubble di 25 gioviani caldi, integrate da oltre 400 ore di osservazioni del telescopio spaziale Spitzer, scoprendo che la presenza di ossidi metallici e idruri nelle atmosfere degli esopianeti più caldi è chiaramente correlata all'inversione termica in esse presenti. Tutti i dettagli su ApJ Supplement Series