cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
New Approach for Analysing the Discrepancy of Pretherapeutic Tc-99m and Intra-therapeutic I-131 uptake in Scintigraphies of Thyroid Autonomies using a Parametric 3D Analysis Programs
Creators: name: Maaz Zuhayra
name: Marx, Marlies
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 111208 Radiation Therapy
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110320 Radiology and Organ Imaging

description: Introduction: Radioiodine therapy is a standard procedure in thyroid autonomy treatment. Discrepancies in the visual comparisons of the scintigraphies prepared for this purpose using Tc-99m-O4- and I-131 have been known for years. In this study a new method is used to calculate and perform a quantitative comparison of both uptakes using subtraction analysis and 3D imaging. The results and their causes are discussed together with practice-relevant conclusions for better clinical results. Material and Methods: The new method was used in 38 patients with thyroid autonomies for the subtraction analysis of standardized pretherapeutic and intratherapeutic scintigraphies. The parametric distribution of activity was calculated absolutely and as a percentage and displayed three-dimensionally. These results were compared with the visual assessment of the different scintigraphies by the experts. Inclusion criteria were pretherapeutic and intratherapeutic hyperthyroidism without medication affecting the thyroid. The time difference between acquiring the scintigraphies was 28 days maximum. Results: Activity distribution was visually discrepant in 39.5% of cases. 60.5% displayed comparable uptake. The calculated values showed reversed results after applying the new method. The results using our method show a higher rate of calculated discrepancies compared with visual analysis. Conclusion: Accurate functional imaging of the thyroid is next to further aspects very important in establishing the diagnosis and deciding about the therapy activity for thyroid treatment. In combination with clinical symptoms and laboratory values, Tc-99m-O4 - scintigram can be used for an orientated, preliminary assessment of functional disorders of the thyroid. But because of the higher rate of found discrepancies, the solely use of Tc-99m-O4 - scintigram is not always capable for exact and reliable diagnosis. The known reason for this is most probably due to the different biokinetics of both radiopharmaceuticals, which can be imaged more sensitively with this method. Consequently, a scintigram should be performed in the pretherapeutic radioiodine uptake test. Despite higher costs and radiation exposure, alternatively, pretherapeutic use of other diagnostic iodine isotopes like I-123 or -124 should be discussed, because they could overcome the limitation of the different biokinetics. Following this approach the preliminary assessment using Tc-99m-O4 - scintigraphy can be precised and double checked to improve diagnostic confi dence and treatment results for a better outcome of the patients.
DETERMINANTS OF PESTICIDE USE AND UPTAKE OF ALTERNATIVE PEST CONTROL METHODS AMONG SMALL SCALE TOMATO FARMERS IN NAKURU COUNTY, KENYA
Creators: name: Kinuthia, Catherine Wambui
name: Kinuthia, Catherine Wambui
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries
Farm Management

description: A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate School in Partial Fulfilment for the Requirements of the Master of Science Degree in Agricultural and Applied Economics of Egerton University. Advisers: Dr. Oscar Ingasia Ayuya, Dr. Jane Gisemba Nyaanga
An Analysis of the Effects of Gender and Institutional Support Services on Smallholder Maize Farmers’ Commercialization Decisions in Transitional Systems in Western Kenya
Creators: name: Etemesi, Olumeh Dennis
name: Etemesi, Olumeh Dennis
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Farm Management
Labor and Human Capital

description: A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree of Master of Science in Agricultural and Applied Economics. Advisors: Dr. David Jakinda Otieno, Prof. Willis Oluoch-Kosura, Dr. Rahma Adam
Impact of Calcium Phosphate Nanoparticles on Rice Plant
Creators: name: Hrishikesh Upadhyaya
name: Lutfa Begum
name: Bishal Dey
name: P K Nath
name: S K Panda
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: Climate Science

description: Calcium phosphates are of great interest in medicine, biology, agriculture and materials sciences. The present study evaluates the effect of calcium phosphates nanoparticles on biochemical changes in rice. Nanoparticles increased the growth rate and affect the physiology of the plant. Calcium phosphate nanoparticles may help in the formulation of new nano growth promoter and nano-fertilizers for agricultural use. Therefore, it could potentially help in reduction of the quantity of fertilizer applied to crops and contributing to precision farming as it reduces fertilizer wastage and in turn environmental pollution due to agricultural malpractices. However, detail physiological and molecular understanding of its impact on rice crop plant is needed in future to validate its prospective application in agriculture.
Exploring Novel Datasets and Methods for the Study of False Information
Creators: name: Dearden, Edward
Publisher: name: Lancaster University
Year: 2022
Subjects: NLP
False Information
computer science
data science
natural language processing
social media
conspiracy theories
flat earth
april fools

description: False information has increasingly become a subject of much discussion. Recently, disinformation has been linked to causing massive social harm, leading to the decline of democracy, and hindering global efforts in an international health crisis. In computing, and specifically Natural Language Processing (NLP), much effort has been put into tackling this problem. This has led to an increase of research in automated fact-checking and the language of disinformation. However, current research suffers from looking at a limited variety of sources. Much focus has, understandably, been given to platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp, as well as on traditional news articles online. Few works in NLP have looked at the specific communities where false information ferments. There has also been something of a topical constraint, with most examples of “Fake News” relating to current political issues. This thesis contributes to this rapidly growing research area by looking wider for new sources of data, and developing methods to analyse them. Specifically, it introduces two new datasets to the field and performs analyses on both. The first of these, a corpus of April Fools hoaxes, is analysed with a feature-driven approach to examine the generalisability of different features in the classification of false information. This is the first corpus of April Fools news articles, and is publicly available for researchers. The second dataset, a corpus of online Flat Earth communities, is also the first of its kind. In addition to performing the first NLP analysis of the language of Flat Earth fora, an exploration is performed to look for the existence of sub-groups within these communities, as well as an analysis of language change. To support this analysis, language change methods are surveyed, and a new method for comparing the language change of groups over time is developed. The methods used, brought together from both NLP and Corpus Linguistics, provide new insight into the language of false information, and the way communities discuss it.
QIMR_Berghofer_EGA_study_data_access_agreement_2017Smyth.docx
Creators: name: Mark.Smyth@Qimrberghofer.Edu.Au
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 110709 Tumour Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Data access agreement for EGA data policy EGAP00001000672, required for access to EGA dataset EGAD00001003447
IN03115 Anurādharpura Stone Canoe Inscription 3
Creators: name: Paranavitana, S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: IN03115
Epigraphia Zeylanica
Anuradhapura

description: IN03115 Anurādharpura Stone Canoe Inscription 3 - Transcript and Translation Source: Paranavitana, S. (1928-33). ‘No. 9. Inscriptions on the Stone Canoe within the Citadel, Anurādharpura (A. S. C., Nos. 365–367),’ Epigraphia Zeylanica 3, pp. 131-137.
Ultrasound-mediated drug delivery by gas bubbles generated from a chemical reaction
Creators: name: Sungmun Lee
name: Al-Kaabi, Leena
name: Mawart, Aurélie
name: Ahsan Khandoker
name: Alsafar, Habiba
name: Jelinek, Herbert F.
name: Khalaf, Kinda
name: Park, Ji-Ho
name: Yeu-Chun Kim
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Highly echogenic and ultrasound-responsive microbubbles such as nitrogen and perfluorocarbons have been exploited as ultrasound-mediated drug carriers. Here, we propose an innovative method for drug delivery using microbubbles generated from a chemical reaction. In a novel drug delivery system, luminol encapsulated in folate-conjugated bovine serum albumin nanoparticles (Fol-BSAN) can generate nitrogen gas (N2) by chemical reaction when it reacts with hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), one of reactive oxygen species (ROS). ROS plays an important role in the initiation and progression of cancer and elevated ROS have been observed in cancer cells both in vitro and in vivo. High-intensity focussed ultrasound (HIFU) is used to burst the N2 microbubbles, causing site-specific delivery of anticancer drugs such as methotrexate. In this research, the drug delivery system was optimised by using water-soluble luminol and Mobil Composition of Matter-41 (MCM-41), a mesoporous material, so that the delivery system was sensitive to micromolar concentrations of H2O2. HIFU increased the drug release from Fol-BSAN by 52.9 ± 2.9% in 10 minutes. The cytotoxicity of methotrexate was enhanced when methotrexate is delivered to MDA-MB-231, a metastatic human breast cancer cell line, using Fol-BSAN with HIFU. We anticipate numerous applications of chemically generated microbubbles for ultrasound-mediated drug delivery.
Teoría de la atribución y su explicación de la creatividad
Creators: name: Aguilera-Luque, Ana María
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Applied Psychology
subject: Organizational Behavioral Psychology

description: Breve recorrido sobre el enfoque cognitivo de la Teoría de la atribución y su explicación de la creatividad.
title: Comfort TV: considering everyday television use as a mode of self-care
Creators: name: Castle, Kerr
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Comfort, television, TV, viewing, self-care, therapy, sitcom, everyday life, resilience, wellbeing, audience, hospital patient, NHS, qualitative.

description: This thesis argues that television is an overlooked, yet often highly significant source of comfort in everyday life. It examines television’s contribution to the resilience and wellbeing of three distinct audience groups: family units, first-year undergraduate students and hospital patients. An important resource for comfort and support in many of their lives – a way by which to feel better – study data indicates that watching television can be an instrumental activity. More accurately, specific television texts and viewing routines become salient in light of the viewer’s shifting subjectivity, relied upon to regulate their feelings (consciously or unconsciously) and respond to external influences. Presenting two in-depth, qualitative case studies involving family units and first-year undergraduate students, and a third utilising survey data from hospital patients, I consider what comfort TV is and evaluate the effectiveness of this mode of self-care for my audiences in context. Beginning with the impact of setting, I demonstrate how viewers are positioned by their environment and how their relation to a specific space or place influences their need for and reception of TV. Through doing this, I make an argument for television viewing as a form of emotional digression, a way to manage emotion and compensate for threats to personal continuity. Illustrating how comfort viewing facilitates important moments of transition for various members of my study sample, I then analyse the characteristics of the comfort text. Focusing on the traditional television sitcom – which presents as the archetypal comfort genre – I consider how the comfort television text is realised through a combination of formal characteristics and experiential qualities. Given the findings and particular context of this research, I conclude by looking at television’s current use in hospital care and suggest how the medium might fulfil a more therapeutic purpose.
Additional file 1 of Intake of n-3 LCPUFA and trans-fatty acids is unrelated to development in body mass index and body fat among children
Creators: name: Ren, Xuan
name: Larsen, Sofus Christian
name: Lauritzen, Lotte
name: Rohde, Jeanett Friis
name: Andersen, Lars Bo
name: Bugge, Anna
name: Jensen, Britt Wang
name: Specht, Ina Olmer
name: Heitmann, Berit Lilienthal
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1.
Additional file 2 of Poly-γ-glutamic acid enhanced the drought resistance of maize by improving photosynthesis and affecting the rhizosphere microbial community
Creators: name: Ma, Haizhen
name: Li, Panpan
name: Liu, Xingwang
name: Li, Can
name: Zhang, Shengkui
name: Wang, Xiaohan
name: Tao, Xia
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional File 2: Fig. S2. Determination of the RWC and the solute potential. (A) The solute potential of the maize with and without added γ-PGA under drought stress treatment with 18% PEG6000 solution. (B) The relative water content (RWC) of the maize with and without added γ-PGA under drought stress treatment with 18% PEG6000 solution. Values are means ± sd. Bars represent means ± sd (n=5 repeats). Significant differences are indicated by asterisks (**, P ≤0.01).
Implications of coproduction for citizens: from traditional to ICT-based coproduction
Creators: name: Kang, Sinah
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2022

description: Much of the existing research on the outcomes of coproduction has focused on investigating whether and how coproduction can enhance the quality and quantity of public services. Less is known, however, on the implications of coproduction arrangements for the citizens themselves and their relationship to the state. To contribute to filling this gap in the literature, there are two research questions investigated in this dissertation: 1) what are the implications of coproduction arrangements for how citizens view and value government institutions and services? and 2) what role do information and communication technologies (ICTs) play in the ways in which citizens coproduce and, in turn, their relationship to the government? To address the first question, a series of survey experiments were conducted. The main findings from these experiments suggest that while people may not develop more positive attitudes toward government simply because they are made aware that public services or policies are coproduced, there is evidence to suggest that the implications of coproduction arrangements may be different for different people. To address the second question, exploratory case studies were conducted to illustrate different types of ICT-based coproduction identified in a typology proposed by this author. The findings from the case studies show that the advancement of ICTs has led ordinary citizens to play a more significant and active role than before in the functioning of their government, thereby enabling a more mutually beneficial and more interactive relationship between government and citizens. Limitations of this dissertation, as well as directions for future research along the lines of the two empirical studies included in this dissertation, are discussed.
Acetyl- and O-alkyl- derivatives of β-mangostin from Garcinia mangostana and their anti-inflammatory activities
Creators: name: Thiruventhan Karunakaran
name: Ee, Gwendoline Cheng Lian
name: Intan Safinar Ismail
name: Siti Mariam Mohd Nor
name: Nor Hisam Zamakshshari
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Pure β-mangostin (1) was isolated from the stem bark of Garcinia mangostana L. One monoacetate (2) and five O-alkylated β-mangostin derivatives (3–7) were synthesised from β-mangostin. The structures of these compounds were elucidated and determined using spectroscopic techniques such as 1D NMR and MS. The cytotoxicities and anti-inflammatory activities of these five compounds against RAW cell 264.7 were tested. The structural-activity relationship studies indicated that β-mangostin showed a significant activity against the LPS-induced RAW cell 264.7, while the acetyl- as well as the O-alkyl- β-mangostin derivatives did not give good activity. Naturally occurring β-mangostin demonstrated comparatively better anti-inflammatory activity than its synthetic counterparts.
Towards unobtrusive Parkinson's disease detection via motor symptoms severity inference from multimodal smartphone-sensor data
Creators: name: Iakovakis, Dimitrios
name: Hadjidimitriou, Stelios
name: Charisis, Vasileios
name: Kyritsis, Konstantinos
name: Papadopoulos, Alexandros
name: Stadtschnitzer, Michael
name: Jaeger, Hagen
name: Dagklis, Ioannis
name: Bostantjopoulou, Sevasti
name: Katsarou, Zoe
name: Klingelhoefer, Lisa
name: Mayer, Simone
name: Reichmann, Heinz
name: Dhaval Trivedi
name: Podlewska, Aleksandra
name: Rizos, Alexandra
name: Karrol Ray Chaudhuri
name: Delopoulos, Anastasios
name: Leontios J. Hadjileontiadis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019

description: Objective: To provide clinically-corroborated evidence of the Parkinson’s disease (PD) diagnostic potential of machine learning-based approaches for motor symptoms severity inference via multimodal data, passively captured during the natural use of smartphones. Background: PD symptoms can be mild in the early stages and they usually go unnoticed, leaving the disease undiagnosed for years [1]. Subtle motor manifestations may start five to six years prior to PD clinical diagnosis and thereafter progress quickly [2]. Motor impairment affects daily activities and can severely impact patients’ quality over the course of the disease. Information derived from mobile electronic sensors can provide, via algorithmic transformation, objective and dense information of an individual’s motor status, allowing for frequent relevant symptoms early screening and subsequent monitoring.
 Methodology: We analyzed longitudinal recordings of tri-axial accelerometer, voice and keystroke timing data, captured passively from 70 PD patients and healthy controls (HC), in their daily life via the iPrognosis Android smartphone application, for relevant motor symptoms severity inference.
 The proposed methods for motor symptoms inference show promising PD diagnostic performance in our relatively small clinically-evaluated cohorts. Our results highlight the potential of evolving these methods into an objective PD screening/monitoring tool that could support clinical diagnosis, drug response assessment and decision-making. Passive capturing of the required input data further fosters evaluation of individuals’ natural behavior, as well as long-term adherence
Synthesis of lupeol derivatives and their antileishmanial and antitrypanosomal activities
Creators: name: Machado, Vanessa R.
name: Sandjo, Louis P.
name: Pinheiro, Giovanni L.
name: Milene H. Moraes
name: Steindel, Mario
name: Moacir G. Pizzolatti
name: Maique W. Biavatti
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
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: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: The natural product lupeol 1 was isolated from aerial parts of Vernonia scorpioides with satisfactory yield, which made it viable to be used as starting material in semisynthetic approach. Ten lupeol derivatives 2–11 were prepared by classical procedures. Including, five new esters derivatives 7–11, which were obtained by structural modifications in the isopropylidene fragment. All semisynthetic compounds and lupeol 1–11 were confirmed by 1H NMR, 13C NMR and HRMS. Their antiprotozoal activity was evaluated in vitro against L. amazonensis and T. cruzi. Derivative 6 showed the best antitrypanosomal activity (IC50 = 12.48 μg/mL) and the lowest cytotoxic derivative (CC50 = 161.50 μg/mL). The mechanism of action of the most active derivatives (4, 6 and 11) is not dependent from the enzyme trypanothione reductase.
ПРИМЕНЕНИЯ ТЕХНОЛОГИИ БЛОКЧЕЙН В ПРИЛОЖЕНИЯХ ВИРТУАЛЬНОЙ РЕАЛЬНОСТИ
Creators: name: Бахриева, Хуршида
name: Нуров, Умид
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: В статье рассмотрены возможности и новые захватывающие перспективы использования блокчейн технологии в сфере виртуальной реальности. Приведены комбинации блокчейна и виртуальной реальности, которая позволяет создать основу для цифрового мира,цифровых активов виртуальных технологий. Анализирована сферы применения блокчейн технологии, позволяющие воспользоваться возможностями виртуальных пространств.
Additional file 3 of Poly-γ-glutamic acid enhanced the drought resistance of maize by improving photosynthesis and affecting the rhizosphere microbial community
Creators: name: Ma, Haizhen
name: Li, Panpan
name: Liu, Xingwang
name: Li, Can
name: Zhang, Shengkui
name: Wang, Xiaohan
name: Tao, Xia
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional File 3: Fig. S3. GO enrichment analysis of the DEGs. (A) GO enrichment analysis of the DEGs in leaves of maize with added γ-PGA and control maize. (B) The more detailed classification of the terms of response to abiotic stimulus.
‘Frustrated’ hydrogen-bonded self-associated systems as templates towards DNA incorporated nanostructure formation
Creators: name: Tamrin L. Gumbs
name: White, Lisa J.
name: Wells, Neil J.
name: Shepherd, Helena J.
name: Hiscock, Jennifer R.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: Herein, we present the synthesis of a thymine nucleobase-appended ‘frustrated’ monomer, which exhibits self-association in DMSO solutions through the formation of hydrogen bonds. This self-association process has been explored in both competitive DMSO solutions and the solid state, using a combination of NMR and single crystal X-ray diffraction techniques. The self-associative equilibria within the solution state are balanced in such a way that the hydrogen bond donating and accepting thymine residue present within the monomeric structure is free to coordinate further guest species such as the complimentary DNA base adenine. The adenine simulants, 2-aminopyridine and 2,6-diaminopyridine have been used to explore the potential of these self-associated structures towards the coordination of complimentary DNA base pairs.
IMPACT OF FERTILIZER SUBSIDY ON MAIZE PRODUCTION: A CASE STUDY OF CENTRAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT AREA IN SWAZILAND
Creators: name: Ginindza, Lungile Nonhlanhla Renata
name: Ginindza, Lungile Nonhlanhla Renata
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Community/Rural/Urban Development
Crop Production/Industries

description: THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE in AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS of the University of Swaziland. Advisers: Dr. D. V. Dlamini, Prof. A. S. Bamire, Dr. S. G. Dlamini
Outlier-free merging of homogeneous groups of pre-classified observations under contamination
Creators: name: Cerasa, Andrea
name: Cerioli, Andrea
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: We study the problem of merging homogeneous groups of pre-classified observations from a robust perspective motivated by the anti-fraud analysis of international trade data. This problem may be seen as a clustering task which exploits preliminary information on the potential clusters, available in the form of group-wise linear regressions. Robustness is then needed because of the sensitivity of likelihood-based regression methods to deviations from the postulated model. Through simulations run under different contamination scenarios, we assess the impact of outliers both on group-wise regression fitting and on the quality of the final clusters. We also compare alternative robust methods that can be adopted to detect the outliers and thus to clean the data. One major conclusion of our study is that the use of robust procedures for preliminary outlier detection is generally recommended, except perhaps when contamination is weak and the identification of cluster labels is more important than the estimation of group-specific population parameters. We also apply the methodology to find homogeneous groups of transactions in one empirical example that illustrates our motivating anti-fraud framework.
Global South e moda transnazionale: il percorso dello stilista italiano Giorgio Correggiari negli anni Settanta e Ottanta
Creators: name: Russi Frasquete, Débora
Publisher: name: ZoneModa Journal
Year: 2019
Subjects: Giorgio Correggiari; Moda Transnazionale; Global South; Made in Italy; Moda Globale

description: Le esperienze lavorative dello stilista italiano Giorgio Correggiari in India e in Brasile vengono analizzate in questo articolo partendo dal concetto di Global South, che include questi Paesi, e prova dimostrare come le connessioni tra lo stilista e questi Stati si inseriscano in un’idea di moda transnazionale. Partendo dall’analisi dei materiali ritrovati nell’archivio privato dello stilista, così come da un’intervista realizzata il 4 marzo 2019 dall’autrice di questo articolo a Lamberto Correggiari, suo fratello e compagno di lavoro, l’articolo vuole analizzare il ruolo pubblico di Giorgio Correggiari: la sua sensibilità politica verso un’idea post-coloniale della moda, in cui emerge un rifiuto del mercato statunitense della moda e una critica aperta all’etichetta Made in Italy.
description: ZoneModa Journal, Vol 9, No 2 (2019): Global Fashion
Additional file 4 of Poly-γ-glutamic acid enhanced the drought resistance of maize by improving photosynthesis and affecting the rhizosphere microbial community
Creators: name: Ma, Haizhen
name: Li, Panpan
name: Liu, Xingwang
name: Li, Can
name: Zhang, Shengkui
name: Wang, Xiaohan
name: Tao, Xia
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional File 4: Fig. S4. The DEGs involved in photosynthesis-antenna proteins. The DEGs involved in photosynthesis. The leaf from the maize with added γ-PGA under drought stress was collected for RNA sequencing. The absolute values of log2 (CK+γ-PGA/CK) ≥1 and FDR < 0.001 were used as the criteria for DEGs. The color of the box represents up (red) and down (green)-regulated (CK+ γ-PGA/CK) genes, and the value in the box is the log2 (CK+ γ-PGA/CK) of the genes in the leaf (CK+ γ-PGA/CK) under drought stress. The pattern of photosynthesis-antenna proteins comes from KEGG (http://www.genome.jp/kegg/).
THE SOCIAL AND HEALTH COSTS AND BENEFITS OF FAECAL SLUDGE COMPOSTING: A CASE OF KAMPALA CITY, UGANDA
Creators: name: Muwereza, Nelson
name: Muwereza, Nelson
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: Health Economics and Policy

description: A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE DIRECTORATE OF RESEARCH AND GRADUATE TRAINING IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS OF MAKERERE UNIVERSITY. Advisors: Prof. Dick Sserunkuuma, Dr. Gracious M. Diiro, Dr. Soumya Balasubramanya
EFFECT OF PUSH-PULL TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION AND DIS-ADOPTION ON LIVELIHOOD OUTCOMES OF SMALLHOLDER MAIZE FARMERS IN HOMA BAY COUNTY, KENYA
Creators: name: Gwada, Robert Ouko
name: Gwada, Robert Ouko
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: Farm Management
Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies

description: A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate School in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Masters of Science Degree in Agricultural and Applied Economics of Egerton University. Advisers: Dr. Hillary K. Bett, Dr. Kenneth Waluse Sibiko
Reconceptualising work in nightclubs
Creators: name: Murray, Christopher
Publisher: name: Lancaster University
Year: 2022

description: Work in nightclubs has been understood as a task encountered by individual employees, navigating a contradiction between a profit imperative and duties under license to restrict unrestrained consumption. In this thesis, I offer a reconceptualised perspective, which decentres the individual from analysis and considers the affective forces that constitute work in nightclubs. The principal aim of this research is to theorise how bar staffs’ occupational role has emerged in the NTE and to understand how affective forces shape their capacities as servers and regulators. Informed by the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, the thesis is underpinned by an alternative conception of human intention, activity and experience as constituted by forces, which provides the basis for its reconceptualised perspective on the issue of serving alcohol and regulating its consumption. This research began after eight years where the author worked in the nighttime economy and it adopts an ethnographic approach to the generation of data. This involved participant observation, interviews and focus groups aided by video elicitation, to account for many perspectives on the issue of alcohol consumption and its regulation at the nightclub. The thesis does not claim to definitively represent the problem of selling alcohol and regulation of its consumption in nightclubs, it offers perspectival insight into the phenomena it seeks to reconceptualise. Its insights are generated through a specific research site and a particular time and circumstance, therefore, while its findings may not be amenable to generalisation, its alternative way of thinking can challenge how work in nightclubs has been previously understood. To this end, the conceptual framework advanced in this thesis conceives work in the nightclub as the ‘suspension of desire’, which offers an alternative perspective on the problem of the sale of alcohol and the regulation of its consumption in a night-time hospitality venue. The thesis draws attention to the way employees become dependent on the forces that they must restrain, posing a risk to the security of their employment and a danger to their safety. In this respect, the thesis raises concerns over the way work in nightclubs has been understood and the principles by which it is organised within a capitalist political economy.
Additional file 5 of Poly-γ-glutamic acid enhanced the drought resistance of maize by improving photosynthesis and affecting the rhizosphere microbial community
Creators: name: Ma, Haizhen
name: Li, Panpan
name: Liu, Xingwang
name: Li, Can
name: Zhang, Shengkui
name: Wang, Xiaohan
name: Tao, Xia
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional File 5: Fig. S5. Validation of DEG identified in RNA-seq by real-time RT-PCR. The left heatmap showed the log2 fold changes of the DEGs identified in RNA-seq. The right bar graph was the results by real-time RT-PCR. Log2 values (CK-PGA-D/CK-D) were used to generate the plot. Expression levels of genes were analyzed by real-time RT-PCR, fold changes in transcripts were calculated by 2-ΔΔCt method with ZmTub as an internal control.
Improving estimation for beta regression models via EM-algorithm and related diagnostic tools
Creators: name: Barreto-Souza, Wagner
name: Simas, Alexandre B.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: In this paper we propose an alternative procedure for estimating the parameters of the beta regression model. This alternative estimation procedure is based on the EM-algorithm. For this, we took advantage of the stochastic representation of the beta random variable through ratio of independent gamma random variables. We present a complete approach based on the EM-algorithm. More specifically, this approach includes point and interval estimations and diagnostic tools for detecting outlying observations. As it will be illustrated in this paper, the EM-algorithm approach provides a better estimation of the precision parameter when compared to the direct maximum likelihood (ML) approach. We present the results of Monte Carlo simulations to compare EM-algorithm and direct ML. Finally, two empirical examples illustrate the full EM-algorithm approach for the beta regression model. This paper contains a Supplementary Material.
Palliative care and hospice utilization in the Garden State
Creators: name: Nicholson, Bridget L.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2022

description: Palliative care is specialized health care to support patients with serious illness. Hospice is a philosophy of care that focuses on symptomatic relief for patients with life limiting illness. Both modalities assist patients in achieving goals of care throughout the trajectory of advanced cancer. This specialized care can decrease symptom burden and improve quality of life for patients. Despite this, only a small percentage of eligible patients utilize these services. Factors which increase utilization of these resources remain poorly understood. End of life spending remains high as does incongruence of patient wishes and outcomes. This study is a secondary analysis of the 2018 State Inpatient Database guided by the conceptual framework of the Theory of Health Care Utilization and the Theory of Unpleasant Symptoms. The sample contained 28,697 cases with metastatic cancer. Within the sample 15.4% of patients received IPCC, and 9.3% had a hospice referral. The sample had a 9.3% occurrence of pain and a 10.9% occurrence of depression. This study concludes both demographic variables and clinical factors contribute to IPCC and hospice referral use. The need factor of pain had a strong relationship with both IPCC and hospice referral. The need factor of depression relationship approached significance in IPCC and was significant in hospice referral. The adjusted IPCC model found age, income category, payer status, and pain were significant factors. The adjusted hospice referral model found age, income category, race, primary language, payer status, pain, and depression were all significant factors.This study provides evidence that disparities persist in end of life care and extends evidence that symptomatic factors impact both IPCC and hospice referral. Additional research should be conducted to examine clinical screening practices for symptomatic need factors in IPCC and hospice referral with the goal of decreasing disparities across demographic groups.
THE EFFECTS OF INVESTMENT CLIMATE ON PRODUCTIVITY OF FOOD AND BEVERAGES INDUSTRIES IN SWAZILAND
Creators: name: Hlanze, Mbali Phile
name: Hlanze, Mbali Phile
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Environmental Economics and Policy

description: A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirement for the Degree of MSC IN AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS in Department of Agricultural Economics and Management Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Swaziland. Advisors: Dr. D. V. Dlamini, Prof. J. O. Ajetomobi
Robust estimation for zero-inflated poisson autoregressive models based on density power divergence
Creators: name: Byungsoo Kim
name: Sangyeol Lee
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Plant Biology

description: In this study, we consider a robust estimation for zero-inflated Poisson autoregressive models using the minimum density power divergence estimator designed by Basu et al. [Robust and efficient estimation by minimising a density power divergence. Biometrika. 1998;85:549–559]. We show that under some regularity conditions, the proposed estimator is strongly consistent and asymptotically normal. The performance of the estimator is evaluated through Monte Carlo simulations. A real data analysis using New South Wales crime data is also provided for illustration.
Additional file 6 of Poly-γ-glutamic acid enhanced the drought resistance of maize by improving photosynthesis and affecting the rhizosphere microbial community
Creators: name: Ma, Haizhen
name: Li, Panpan
name: Liu, Xingwang
name: Li, Can
name: Zhang, Shengkui
name: Wang, Xiaohan
name: Tao, Xia
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional File 6: Fig. S6. The promoter elements analysis of the DEGs involved in photosynthesis. Different color squares represent different elements, and red squares represent ABA responsive elements.
Machine Learning for 5G Mobile Networks: a Pragmatic Essay on where, how and why
Creators: name: Dini, Paolo
name: Rossi, Michele
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: NO KEYWORDS

description: In this chapter, we discuss selected applications of Machine Learning (ML) algorithms to 5G systems. We follow a pragmatic approach, leveraging our recent research work, which encompasses algorithms for energy efficiency, Quality of Service (QoS) enhancements and the use of inference tools for the analysis and prediction of context information (traffic, mobility, etc.). Our objective is to demonstrate where (which applications), how (in combination with which techniques) andwhy (the benefits) ML may be useful, with an emphasis on the how, i.e., what are the usage models, and what they imply in terms of stability, convergence and optimality guarantees of the resulting control algorithms. Within our discourse, the use of open vs closed control loop architectures and the role of supervised vs unsupervised learning are emphasized.
CONSUMER CHOICE AND WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR IMPROVED COOKSTOVES IN MALAWI: A CASE OF CHIRADZULU DISTRICT
Creators: name: Grevulo, Joyce Angela
name: Grevulo, Joyce Angela
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Consumer/Household Economics

description: A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF REQUIREMENTS FOR AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS. Advisers: Prof. Charles B. L. Jumbe, Dr. Beston B. Maonga, Dr. Horace Phiri
PROSPECT AND PROFITABILITY OF FARMERS BASED COMMON BEAN SEED MULTIPLICATION IN ETHIOPIA: THE CASE OF SOUTHERN RIFT VALLEY
Creators: name: Tebeka, Yetagesu A.
name: Tebeka, Yetagesu A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2015
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries
Farm Management

description: A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE DIRECTORATE OF RESEARCH AND GRADUATE TRAINING IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS OF MAKERERE UNIVERSITY. Advisers: Prof. Dick Sserunkuuma, Alex Tatwangire
Assessment and Improvement of TELEMAC-2D Routines for Urban Flood Simulation
Creators: name: Chen, Ruijie
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2022
Subjects: Pluvial Flood
TELEMAC-2D
SCS Curve Number Method
SWAT

description: Pluvial flood is a natural hazard that severely threatens people’s property and safety. With the development of algorithms and computer technologies, numerical modeling has emerged as an effective tool for predicting the impacts of floods. Despite being one of the most costly types of floods in West Africa, pluvial flooding has not been studied as extensively as riverine flooding, probably because modeling runoff across urban areas remains a challenge. Recently, a module based on the SCS Curve Number Method is incorporated in the open-source software TELEAMC-2D, which provides a possibility to model the infiltration process dynamically. TELEMAC-2D is one of the first hydraulic models to consider hydrologic parameters. Although the update is expected to increase the suitability of TELAMC-2D in pluvial flood modeling, the infiltration routine has not yet been tested in a real situation in a semi-arid area. This study aims to investigate the capability of TELEMAC-2D in simulating the rainfall-runoff process during a pluvial flood event in a semi-arid urban area, Niamey city in west Africa. Due to the lack of calibration data, a hydrological model SWAT is used to evaluate the performance of TELEMAC-2D. Through the comparison between the runoffs generated by the two models, it is found that TELEMAC-2D has a similar trend with SWAT in runoff simulation. However, TELEMAC-2D significantly overestimates the runoff magnitude despite having the same SCS values as SWAT. The reason for the overestimation is TELEMAC-2D that does not properly consider evaporation. Two suggestions are made to improve pluvial floods simulations using TELEMAC-2D in semi-arid areas: 1) couple TELEMAC-2D with a hydrologic model, and use net rainfall generated by the hydrologic model as precipitation input; 2) provide functions in infiltration subroutine that calculate rainfall abstractions by other hydrologic phenomena in addition to the infiltration process.
A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS
Creators: name: Dlamini, Thembumenzi
name: Dlamini, Thembumenzi
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: Demand and Price Analysis

description: A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS. Adviser: Marlene Louw
Additional file 7 of Poly-γ-glutamic acid enhanced the drought resistance of maize by improving photosynthesis and affecting the rhizosphere microbial community
Creators: name: Ma, Haizhen
name: Li, Panpan
name: Liu, Xingwang
name: Li, Can
name: Zhang, Shengkui
name: Wang, Xiaohan
name: Tao, Xia
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional File 7: Fig. S7. The promoter elements analysis of the DEGs (coded by nuclear DNA) involved in photosynthesis-antenna proteins. Different color squares represent different elements, and red squares represent ABA responsive elements.
Additional file 8 of Poly-γ-glutamic acid enhanced the drought resistance of maize by improving photosynthesis and affecting the rhizosphere microbial community
Creators: name: Ma, Haizhen
name: Li, Panpan
name: Liu, Xingwang
name: Li, Can
name: Zhang, Shengkui
name: Wang, Xiaohan
name: Tao, Xia
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional File 8: Fig. S8. DEGs involved in ABA biosynthesis and ABA signaling pathway. Leaves from maize with added γ-PGA under drought stress was collected for RNA sequencing. The absolute values of log2 (CK+ γ-PGA/CK) ≥1 and FDR < 0.001 were used as the criteria for DEGs. The color of the box represents up (red) and down (green)-regulated (CK+ γ-PGA/CK) genes, and the value in the box is the log2 (CK+ γ-PGA/CK) of the genes in the leaf (CK+ γ-PGA/CK) under drought stress.
Models of the bibliographic universe
Creators: name: AMANDA FRANCES COSSHAM
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Library and Information Studies
subject: FOS: Media and communications

description: What kinds of mental models do library catalogue users have of the bibliographic universe in an age of online and electronic information? Using phenomenography and grounded analysis, it identifies participants’ understanding, experience, and conceptualisation of the bibliographic universe, and identifies their expectations when using library catalogues. It contrasts participants’ mental models with existing LIS models, and explores the nature of the bibliographic universe. The bibliographic universe can be considered to be a social object that exists because it is inscribed in catalogue records, cataloguing codes, bibliographies, and other bibliographic tools. It is a socially constituted phenomenon.
Additional file 9 of Poly-γ-glutamic acid enhanced the drought resistance of maize by improving photosynthesis and affecting the rhizosphere microbial community
Creators: name: Ma, Haizhen
name: Li, Panpan
name: Liu, Xingwang
name: Li, Can
name: Zhang, Shengkui
name: Wang, Xiaohan
name: Tao, Xia
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional File 9: Fig. S9. Species accumulation curves (boxplots) in rhizosphere soil of maize.
Alien vertebrate risk assessment and invasion pathway modelling
Creators: name: Diaz, Pablo Garcia
Publisher: name: The University of Adelaide
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 50202 Conservation and Biodiversity
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Raw data produced during Pablo García Díaz's PhD thesis (2013-2017) - Alien vertebrate risk assessment and invasion pathway modelling. Please, refer to the metadata in the References links for further details.