cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
GC/MS profiling of the essential oils from Ferula xylorhachis Rech.f. roots and aerial parts and assaying their antimicrobial activity against human skin pathogens
Creators: name: Tavakkoli, Alireza
name: Asili, Javad
name: Soheili, Vahid
name: Iranshahy, Milad
name: Saiar, Mirabel
name: Najafzadeh, Mohammad Javad
name: Iranshahi, Mehrdad
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: The plants of the genus Ferula (Apiaceae), with more than 180 species found worldwide, have been a source of numerous bioactive secondary metabolites. In this study, we isolate the essential oils from different parts of an Iranian endemic species Ferula xylorhachis Rech.f. -for the first time- by hydro-distillation and further characterized their chemical profile by GC/MS analysis. In addition, we evaluated their antimicrobial properties against a set of skin pathogens, namely Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Candida albicans. GC/MS analysis of the essential oils resulted in the identification of seventy-two compounds representing 98% and 90.2% of all volatile compounds in the aerial parts and the roots, respectively. Some of these compounds, mainly the monoterpenes and aliphatic hydrocarbons, were also detected in headspace GC/MS analysis of the dried plant parts. The oil compositions were dominated by the monoterpene hydrocarbons in the aerial parts, and aliphatic hydrocarbons in the roots. The principal chemical constituents were sabinene (17.6%), α-pinene (16.2%) and n-nonane (14%) in the essential oil from the aerial parts, and n-nonane (56.5%), 10s,11s-himachala-3(12),4-diene (6.9%) and β-himachalene (2.3%) in the essential oil from the roots. While the essential oils did not show activity against tested bacterial strains, they both exhibited antifungal activity against C. albicans at varying concentrations, which was promising in the case of roots essential oils which exhibited an MIC of 250 μg/mL. Based on our findings, the topical use of F. xylorhachis roots essential oils could be considered an alternative therapy for superficial infections caused by Candida species.
Number in Saudi Arabic: Acquisition and Child-Directed Speech
Creators: name: Alqahtani, Salma Musleh
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Linguistics
subject: FOS: Languages and literature

description: This thesis treats the acquisition of the Arabic number system, a complex system consisting of Singular, Dual, and several Plural forms. The research consists of two parts: (i) a study of Saudi Arabic parental speech directed to children aged 2 to 4 years old; (ii) a separate study of 2-to-6-year-old children’s comprehension and production of Arabic number-marking. The main findings of part (i) are that the parents use the Singular form more extensively than the other forms. They avoid using Dual and Masculine Sound Plural forms in speech to young children. Parents also produce ungrammatical speech. These results contradict claims that parents’ speech to children is always well-formed. The data for part (ii) was collected via a comprehension study (picture-pointing task) and a production study (picture-based elicitation task). These data were analysed quantitatively and qualitatively. The main results of the children’s data are: the Singular form is mastered before the Dual and Plural forms; among the non-singular forms, the Feminine Sound Plural is understood and produced before the other forms. The Dual form is the most difficult category for the children to acquire. Saudi children, like children learning other dialects of Arabic, master the Saudi Arabic number system late in comparison to the early emergence of number in other languages. In addition, the acquisition of the number system is slow and incremental. Analysis of parental speech suggests that input helps to explain these patterns. Importantly, the error analysis of production data shows that the children creatively used non-target expressions to express number meanings. Learning Arabic number involves pattern-detection and rule learning, not merely rote memorization of forms.
The Experimental Music of Einstürzende Neubauten and Youth Culture in 1980s West Berlin
Creators: name: Ryszka, Michael Andrzej
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Music
subject: Social Sciences
subject: Anthropology--Cultural
subject: Music
subject: Culture
subject: Germany
subject: west berlin
subject: berlin wall
subject: 1980s
subject: einsturzende neubauten
subject: post war architecture
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: walter benjamin
subject: antonin artaud
subject: Performance
subject: theatre
subject: squatting

description: In this thesis I examine the music of West Berlin experimental music group Einstürzende Neubauten. The unique social, political, and economic conditions of West Berlin during the 1980s created a distinct urban environment that is reflected in the band’s music. The city has been preserved by Einstürzende Neubauten in the form of sound recordings, and conserved in the unique instruments originally found by the band on the streets of West Berlin. The band’s music is evidence of their refusal to conform to pre-existing structures and expectations of society. The band challenged the architecture of the urban landscape and of the mind by manifesting Walter Benjamin’s Destructive Character in their art, and restructured the framework of the pop song. They also confronted the contemporary rock music performance with a revolutionary stage performance that relied on physical brutality, emotion and freedom of expression inspired by playwright Antonin Artaud’s Theatre of Cruelty. To this day, the work of Einstürzende Neubauten continues to exist as both a representation of the society and youth of 1980s West Berlin, and as a progressive art that challenges and restructures the framework of music and performance.
COVID-19 in Singapore: Reaching out to the South Asian Community
Creators: name: Nithya Subramanian,
Publisher: name: Institute of South Asian Studies
Year: 2020

description: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the South Asian community in a big way, especially the migrant workers living in dormitories. This Special Report features interviews with Singapore’s Minister for Law and Minister for Home Affairs, Mr K Shanmugam and the High Commissioners of Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. It underscores the strong and proactive measures adopted by the Singapore government to contain and combat this outbreak.
description: COVID-19 in Singapore: Reaching out to the South Asian Community
Reforming India: A New Economic Era
Creators: name: Vinod Rai, S Narayan, Amitendu Palit, Ronojoy Sen, John Vater
Publisher: name: Institute of South Asian Studies
Year: 2020

description: Written by scholars at the Institute of South Asian Studies, this Special Report covers various aspects of India’s latest round of the economic reform process thus far, analysing the pros and cons of these initiatives. The papers reflect on the economic significance of the policies and their political undertones as well as the regulatory and administrative challenges that need to be overcome to make the reforms meaningful and sustainable.
description: Reforming India: A New Economic Era
Violencia de pareja en pacientes con diagnóstico de trastorno mental severo: género y trauma infantil como factores clave
Creators: name: Tasa-Vinyals, Elisabet
name: Puigoriol-Juvanteny, Emma
name: Roura-Poch, Pere
name: García-Eslava, Jairo Santiago
name: Álvarez-Alonso, José
Publisher: name: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría
Year: 2021

description: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría, Núm. 11 (2019): octubre-noviembre-diciembre
Rasgos de personalidad y carcterísticas clínicas de las parejas femeninas de los adictos al sexo. Estudio piloto.
Creators: name: Pufulete, E.M.
name: González Fontán, A
name: Palazón, A
name: Farré Martí, J.M.
Publisher: name: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría
Year: 2021

description: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría, Núm. 11 (2019): octubre-noviembre-diciembre
Evollución de las lesiones deportivas y correlación con el estilo de afrontamiento. Estudio piloto.
Creators: name: Doreste Soler, A
name: Doreste, J.L.
name: Farré Martí, J.M.
name: Jimeno, E
Publisher: name: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría
Year: 2021

description: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría, Núm. 11 (2019): octubre-noviembre-diciembre
Untargeted metabolomics approach of essential oils to differentiate five Ocimum species and their anti-choline-sterase and anti-tyrosinase activity
Creators: name: Sarkar, Sreerupa
name: Das, Susmita
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Chemical profiling of essential oils (EOs) from Ocimum species can lead to species identification and the valorization of their potential use in the food and flavour industries. This research was undertaken to discriminate chemometrically between five very closely related species of Ocimum, viz., O. tenuiflorum (green basil), O. tenuiflorum (purple basil), O. gratissimum, O. kilimandscharicum, and O. basilicum, based on their leaf EOs, to identify the differential volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and to determine their anti-cholinesterase and anti-tyrosinase activities. The leaf EO compositions were determined using GC-MS, and a total of 67 metabolites were identified. Untargeted metabolomics and multivariate analysis showed clear discrimination among the studied species based on their VOCs composition. PLS-DA (Partial least squares-discriminant analysis) identified the characteristic VOCs responsible for discrimination among the species. Based on VIP scores, the top 10 metabolites for discrimination among the selected species were detected, viz., linalool, α-cadinol, γ-murrolene, β-ocimene, α-eudesmol, γ-eudesmol, α-selinene, E-β-farnesene, humulene epoxide II and linalyl acetate. The quantification (mg/μL) of eugenol, β-caryophyllene, linalool, β-ocimene, and neo-allo-ocimene of the isolated leaf EOs were done by comparing with the standards. O. basilicum showed the highest AChE inhibitory activity whereas, O. tenuiflorum (green basil) showed the highest tyrosinase inhibition. These results led to the conclusion that the EOs of edible Ocimum species exhibit important enzyme inhibitory activities and can be potential sources of natural active ingredients for memory-enhancing as well as progressive neurodegenerative disorders and also as non-toxic skin lightening and anti-browning agents for fruits, vegetables, and other food substances.
Octet baryon electromagnetic form factors in a relativistic quark model
Creators: name: Ramalho, G.
name: Tsushima, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the octet baryon electromagnetic properties by applying the covariant spectator quark model, and provide covariant parametrization that can be used to study baryon electromagnetic reactions. While we use the lattice QCD data in the large pion mass regime (small pion cloud effects) to determine the parameters of the model in the valence quark sector, we use the nucleon physical and octet baryon magnetic moment data to parameterize the pion cloud contributions. The valence quark contributions for the octet baryon electromagnetic form factors are estimated by extrapolating the lattice parametrization in the large pion mass regime to the physical regime. As for the pion cloud contributions, we parameterize them in a covariant, phenomenological manner, combined with SU(3) symmetry. We also discuss the impact of the pion cloud effects on the octet baryon electromagnetic form factors and their radii.
description: Published in PRD. Text modified according to the PRD journal style and format. 28 pages, 15 figures, 8 tables
United Nations Peace Operations: Bangladesh’s Contributions
Creators: name: Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, Roshni Kapur and Nazneen Mohsina
Publisher: name: Institute of South Asian Studies
Year: 2020

description: On 27 August 2019, the Institute of South Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore, the Consortium of South Asian Think Tanks and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung organised a workshop on ‘Bangladesh’s Contributions to International Security: The Case of Peace Operations’ in Singapore. The primary objective of the event was to explore Bangladesh’s efforts, motivations, strategic considerations, successes and limitations in multilateral peacekeeping missions.
description: United Nations Peace Operations: Bangladesh’s Contributions
Image-based Fine-scale Infrastructure Monitoring
Creators: name: Detchev, Ivan
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Remote Sensing
subject: Optics
subject: Engineering--Civil
subject: geomatics engineering
subject: Photogrammetry
subject: optical metrology
subject: structural health monitoring
subject: Calibration
subject: cracks

description: Monitoring the physical health of civil infrastructure systems is an important task that must be performed frequently in order to ensure their serviceability and sustainability. Additionally, laboratory experiments where individual system components are tested on the fine-scale level provide essential information during the structural design process. This type of inspection, i.e., measurements of deflections and/or cracks, has traditionally been performed with instrumentation that requires access to, or contact with, the structural element being tested; performs deformation measurements in only one dimension or direction; and/or provides no permanent visual record. To avoid the downsides of such instrumentation, this dissertation proposes a remote sensing approach based on a photogrammetric system capable of three-dimensional reconstruction. The proposed system is low-cost, consists of off-the-shelf components, and is capable of reconstructing objects or surfaces with homogeneous texture. The scientific contributions of this research work address the drawbacks in currently existing literature. Methods for in-situ multi-camera system calibration and system stability analysis are proposed in addition to methods for deflection/displacement monitoring, and crack detection and characterization in three dimensions. The mathematical model for the system calibration is based on a single or multiple reference camera(s) and built-in relative orientation constraints where the interior orientation and the mounting parameters for all cameras are explicitly estimated. The methods for system stability analysis can be used to comprehensively check for the cumulative impact of any changes in the system parameters. They also provide a quantitative measure of this impact on the reconstruction process in terms of image space units. Deflection/displacement monitoring of dynamic surfaces in three dimensions is achieved with the system by performing an innovative sinusoidal fitting adjustment. The input data for the adjustment comes from either model-based image fitting or full surface fitting procedures. The crack characterization, i.e., estimation of the average crack width, approximate length and overall orientation, is achieved directly in three dimensions by detecting cracks in a region of interest in a truly-rectified photo via image processing techniques. This hybrid approach combines the use of both geometric and radiometric data, and it performs best in a multi-epoch setting.
Effects of sea otters on nearshore ecosystem functions with implications for ecosystem services
Creators: name: Singh, Gerald Gurinder
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: Sea otters are nearshore predators whose impacts have potential implications for the provision of ecosystem services on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Sea otter predation on herbivorous sea urchins can allow kelp beds to flourish. Increased kelp production can act as a food subsidy to mussels which can promote faster growth. Otters also depredate mussels, which can affect the habitat provision function of mussels and limit them to sizes that are vulnerable to other predators. In this thesis I describe two empirical studies that explore these possible effects of otters on ecosystem processes that have implications for ecosystem services. First I investigate the impact of greater kelp productivity on carbon flow and productivity by using stable isotope analysis on kelp, water samples, and mussels in regions where otters are absent and present. I observed that mussels do not consistently assimilate higher proportions of kelp-derived carbon and do not grow faster where otters are present and kelp more abundant. This finding may be explained partly because kelp does not seem to be limiting for mussel diets where otters are absent – high observed phytoplankton biomass may dilute the kelp-derived carbon assimilated in mussel tissue. The second study explores the impact of otters as predators of mussels by sampling mussel bed characteristics in regions along a gradient of time since otters established. Mussel bed characteristics vary predictably between regions: e.g., depth and biomass are lower in regions of comparably higher otter influence. Aggregate community biomass is also lower where otters are present, and differences in dominant species may drive differences in community structure between regions. By restricting mussels to smaller sizes, otters may also subject a greater proportion of mussel growth to predation by seastars, potentially facilitating a greater proportion of energy flow through marine food webs. Otter may increase secondary productivity only where primary productivity is limiting, and they seem to constrain the habitat provisioning services of mussels. This study’s quantitative characterization of otter impacts on an ecosystem engineer (mussels), and the intertidal habitat they provide, complements existing studies of otter impacts on subtidal ecosystem processes that affect ecosystem services.
Regulating Artificial Intelligence in South Asia: Projections For The Future
Creators: name: Aishwarya Natarajan And Vani Swarupa Murali,
Publisher: name: Institute of South Asian Studies
Year: 2020

description: The Institute of South Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung organised a joint roundtable on ‘Regulating Artificial Intelligence in South Asia: Projections for the Future’ on 5 August 2019. The event brought together researchers, legal and industry experts as well as policymakers to discuss key themes in the AI regulatory space. This report largely draws upon the discussions at the roundtable. It focuses on two key areas: first, the challenges posed by AI in the fields of human rights, surveillance and data strategies; and second, the imperatives of regulation and how it relates to context and literacy, as well as possible policy recommendations.
description: Regulating Artificial Intelligence in South Asia: Projections For The Future
Additional file 1 of SAT patterns and engineering and computer science college majors: an intersectional, state-level study
Creators: name: Tan, Lin
name: Bradburn, Isabel S.
name: Knight, David B.
name: Kinoshita, Timothy
name: Grohs, Jacob
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Additional file 1. The online supplemental material.
Discovering Relationships between Reservoir Properties and Production Data for CHOPS Using Data Mining Methods
Creators: name: Wang, Xi
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Computer Science
subject: Engineering--Petroleum
subject: CHOPS
subject: Wormholes
subject: Data Mining Methods
subject: Weka
subject: Gain Ratio

description: Cold Heavy Oil Production with Sand (CHOPS) produces sand, and greatly contributes to primary oil recovery. It’s generally believed that wormholes, resulting from sand flow, enhance oil recovery in this process. However, due to complexity and variability, it’s difficult for wormhole models to precisely describe how wormholes develop within the formation. In this study, we regard wormholes as an integral black box. We apply data mining methods to explore how the reservoir attributes influence the CHOPS wells production. Gain ratio is used to rank and select the most important attributes for oil production. For overall oil production performance, cumulative porosity, cumulative oil saturation, effective thickness, and average shale content are the most important and relevant attributes. Decision trees constructed by C4.5 algorithm provide details of how to classify oil production instances according to reservoir attributes. All the correctly classified rates are over 55%, which is reliable accuracy in our results.
Nukleosidische Diaryltetrazole zur lichtinduzierten und fluorogenen Markierung von DNA
Creators: name: Lehmann, Benjamin David
Publisher: name: Karlsruhe
Year: 2019

description: Im Rahmen dieser Dissertation wurden neuartige Diaryltetrazole synthetisiert und über Festphasensynthese in DNA eingebracht. Anschließend wurde die modifizierte DNA auf ihr Verhalten in lichtinduzierten Nitrilimin-Alken-Cycloadditionen untersucht, wobei ein fluorogenes Verhalten gezeigt werden konnte. Dieses lässt sich durch den Einsatz von einer Reihe von Farbstoffen variabel auf unterschiedliche Systeme anpassen. 
Weiterhin konnte erstmals eine Markierung von Oligonukleotiden mittels der "Photoklick"-Reaktion durch Anregung mit sichtbarem Licht demonstriert werden. Zuletzt wurde erfolgreich gezeigt, dass die Diaryltetrazole auch enzymatisch als Triphosphate effizient in Oligonukleotide eingebracht werden können.
Physical Structure and Nature of Supernova Remnants in M101
Creators: name: Franchetti, N. A.
name: Gruendl, R. A.
name: Chu, Y. -H.
name: Dunne, B. C.
name: Pannuti, T. G.
name: Kuntz, K. D.
name: Chen, C. -H. R.
name: Grimes, C. K.
name: Aldridge, T. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Supernova remnant (SNR) candidates in the giant spiral galaxy M101 have been previously identified from ground-based H-alpha and [SII] images. We have used archival Hubble Space Telescope (HST) H-alpha and broad-band images as well as stellar photometry of 55 SNR candidates to examine their physical structure, interstellar environment, and underlying stellar population. We have also obtained high-dispersion echelle spectra to search for shocked high-velocity gas in 18 SNR candidates, and identified X-ray counterparts to SNR candidates using data from archival observations made by the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Twenty-one of these 55 SNR candidates studied have X-ray counterparts, although one of them is a known ultra-luminous X-ray source. The multi-wavelength information has been used to assess the nature of each SNR candidate. We find that within this limited sample, ~16% are likely remnants of Type Ia SNe and ~45% are remnants of core-collapse SNe. In addition, about ~36% are large candidates which we suggest are either superbubbles or OB/HII complexes. Existing radio observations are not sensitive enough to detect the non-thermal emission from these SNR candidates. Several radio sources are coincident with X-ray sources, but they are associated with either giant HII regions in M101 or background galaxies. The archival HST H-alpha images do not cover the entire galaxy and thus prevents a complete study of M101. Furthermore, the lack of HST [SII] images precludes searches for small SNR candidates which could not be identified by ground-based observations. Such high-resolution images are needed in order to obtain a complete census of SNRs in M101 for a comprehensive investigation of the distribution, population, and rates of SNe in this galaxy.
description: 37 pages, 4 Tables, 7 Figures, accepted for publication in the Astronomical Journal
Utilización de sedación anestésica en pacientes con cuadros conversivos. A propósito de tres casos.
Creators: name: Serrano-García, A
name: Martínez-Martínez, C
name: Gómez-Martínez, R
name: Valdés-Valdazo, J
name: Amez-Cepeda, V
name: Franc-Pato, C.M.
Publisher: name: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría
Year: 2021

description: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría, Núm. 11 (2019): octubre-noviembre-diciembre
Taiwan: A Potential Economic Partner for South Asia
Creators: name: Mohammad Masudur Rahman,
Publisher: name: Institute of South Asian Studies
Year: 2020

description: Taiwan is a major hub of the global supply chains and one of the leading investors not only in China, but also in the Southeast Asian markets. Although complementary, bilateral trade between South Asia and Taiwan is only about US$9 billion (S$12 billion), while investment has only picked up recently. The computable general equilibrium analysis indicates a substantial economic benefit of bilateral tariff elimination between Taiwan and its South Asian partners. Taiwan has a substantial comparative advantage in producing hightechnology manufacturing goods while South Asia’s main strength is in the resource-based agricultural and light manufacturing sectors. Taiwan has been maintaining a liberalised trade regime with minimal import tariffs and non-tariff measures for decades. As South Asia is booming and Taiwan is seeking alternative markets and investment opportunities, it is time to deepen this bilateral economic relationship. South Asia, a market of 1.5 billion people with an emerging middle class and cheap labour, is an ideal place for investment. A comprehensive economic partnership with a preferential trade and investment agreement would be useful to attract Taiwanese multinationals and for seamless trade between South Asia and Taiwan.
description: Taiwan: A Potential Economic Partner for South Asia
title: Loys Renaud, né en 1879
title: Loys Renaud, né en 1879
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Nicolet, Philippe
Publisher: name: Nicolet Vidéo Productions
Year: 1982

description: Né le 23 octobre 1879, doyen de St George, Loys Renaud décrit sa vie de cocher, évoque ses souvenirs de l'Exposition universelle de 1900 à Paris ainsi que sa fonction de secrétaire municipal.
Stereoscopic Observations of the Blazar 3C 66A with the MAGIC Telescopes
Creators: name: Klepser, S.
name: Saito, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: 3C 66A is an intermediate-frequency peaked BL Lacertae object of uncertain redshift. We report recent observations of the region around the blazar with the MAGIC telescopes. The source was observed and detected in 2009 December and 2010 January, in 2.3 h of good quality data. The signal could clearly be assigned to the blazar 3C 66A, statistically and systematically rejecting the nearby radio galaxy 3C 66B as a possible origin of the gamma-ray signal by 3.6 standard deviations. The derived integral flux above 100GeV is 8.3% of the Crab Nebula flux, and the energy spectrum is reproduced by a power law of photon index 3.64 \pm 0.39(stat.) \pm 0.25(sys.). Within the errors, this is compatible with the spectrum derived by VERITAS in 2009. From the spectra corrected for absorption by the extragalactic background light, we only find small differences between the four modellings that we applied, and constrain the redshift of the blazar to z < 0.68.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures. Contribution to the 32nd ICRC, Beijing, China, August 2011
Character focalization in four children's novels : a stylistic inquiry
Creators: name: Philpot, Donald Kent
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: This study examined the selection and development of character focalization in four children’s novels. Character focalization was defined as the location of fictional world perception in the mind of a character. Novels by Meindert DeJong, Katherine Paterson, and Susan Patron were analyzed using systemic-functional resources (Halliday and Matthiessen, 2004), narrative concepts, and a model of focalization described by Rimmon-Kenan (Narrative Fiction, 2002). The study showed that one character in each novel is selected and developed as the prominent fictional world sensory perceiver, emoter, and thinker. Moonta Riemersma in Far Out the Long Canal (DeJong, 1964), Jess Aarons in Bridge to Terabithia (Paterson, 1977), Gilly Hopkins in The Great Gilly Hopkins (Paterson, 1978), and Lucky Trimble in The Higher Power of Lucky (Patron, 2006) are selected and developed as focalizing characters in and beyond the first few chapters of their novels. Distinctive seeing-, hearing-, emoting-, and thinking-patterns obtain in the first few chapters and are subsequently developed according to the principles of continuation, augmentation, or reconfiguration. These distinctive patterns represent the focalized, the people and things perceived. All four characters selected as focalizers are cognitively-engaged individuals, and their thinking reveals their personal understandings about themselves, others, and their lived experiences. This study offers a rich description of four focalizations and a methodology for exploring character focalization in fiction for children, adolescents, and adults. The author suggests that students in fourth through sixth grade will benefit academically and personally by exploring questions centering on focalization in the novels they read, discuss, and reflect on at school.
Programa Psicorraquis: screening prequirúrgico y abordaje multidisciplinar.
Creators: name: Serrano-García, A
name: Martínez-Martínez, C
name: Gómez-Martínez, R
name: Valdés-Valdazo, J
name: Amez-Cepeda, V
name: Franc-Pato, C.M.
Publisher: name: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría
Year: 2021

description: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría, Núm. 11 (2019): octubre-noviembre-diciembre
title: La fresque de Poussin inaugurée
title: La fresque de Poussin inaugurée
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Nicolet, Philippe
Publisher: name: Nicolet Vidéo Productions
Year: 1991

description: Inauguration des fresques et colonnes de couleur réalisées par G. Poussin à la gare du Flon, à Lausanne.
Minimal generating and normally generating sets for the braid and mapping class groups of the disc, the sphere and the projective plane
Creators: name: Gonçalves, Daciberg Lima
name: Guaschi, John
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We consider the (pure) braid groups B_{n}(M) and P_{n}(M), where M is the 2-sphere S^2 or the real projective plane RP^2. We determine the minimal cardinality of (normal) generating sets X of these groups, first when there is no restriction on X, and secondly when X consists of elements of finite order. This improves on results of Berrick and Matthey in the case of S^2, and extends them in the case of RP^2. We begin by recalling the situation for the Artin braid groups. As applications of our results, we answer the corresponding questions for the associated mapping class groups, and we show that for M=S^2 or RP^2, the induced action of B_n(M) on H_3 of the universal covering of the n th configuration space of M is trivial.
description: 18 pages
A Multimodal Multilevel Neuroimaging Model for Investigating Brain Connectome Development
Creators: name: Hu, Yingtian
name: Zeydabadinezhad, Mahmoud
name: Li, Longchuan
name: Guo, Ying
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: Medicine
Neuroscience
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Developmental Biology
Science Policy
Mental Health

description: Recent advancements of multimodal neuroimaging such as functional MRI (fMRI) and diffusion MRI (dMRI) offers unprecedented opportunities to understand brain development. Most existing neurodevelopmental studies focus on using a single imaging modality to study microstructure or neural activations in localized brain regions. The developmental changes of brain network architecture in childhood and adolescence are not well understood. Our study made use of dMRI and resting-state fMRI imaging data sets from Philadelphia Neurodevelopmental Cohort (PNC) study to characterize developmental changes in both structural as well as functional brain connectomes. A multimodal multilevel model (MMM) is developed and implemented in PNC study to investigate brain maturation in both white matter structural connection and intrinsic functional connection. MMM addresses several major challenges in multimodal connectivity analysis. First, by using a first-level data generative model for observed measures and a second-level latent network modeling, MMM effectively infers underlying connection states from noisy imaging-based connectivity measurements. Second, MMM models the interplay between the structural and functional connections to capture the relationship between different brain connectomes. Third, MMM incorporates covariate effects in the network modeling to investigate network heterogeneity across subpopoulations. Finally, by using a module-wise parameterization based on brain network topology, MMM is scalable to whole-brain connectomics. MMM analysis of the PNC study generates new insights in neurodevelopment during adolescence including revealing the majority of the white fiber connectivity growth are related to the cognitive networks where the most significant increase is found between the default mode and the executive control network with a 15% increase in the probability of structural connections. We also uncover functional connectome development mainly derived from global functional integration rather than direct anatomical connections. To the best of our knowledge, these findings have not been reported in the literature using multimodal connectomics. Supplementary materials for this article, including a standardized description of the materials available for reproducing the work, are available as an online supplement.
The Erdogan Effect: Turkey’s Relations with Pakistan and India
Creators: name: Vinay Kaura,
Publisher: name: Institute of South Asian Studies
Year: 2020

description: Ever since the Islamist-­‐conservative Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in 2002, Turkey’s engagement with South Asia has involved a combination of economic cooperation, soft-­‐power projection, conflict resolution diplomacy, Muslim solidarity politics and defence supplies. The flurry of Turkish activism gives rise to many questions. What drives Turkey’s interest in India and Pakistan? Will Ankara establish itself as a power-­‐broker for years to come? How much bandwagoning or counterbalancing among local actors has been generated by Turkey’s rising presence in the region? Most of these questions have no simple answers. While ties with Pakistan appear important to Turkey, through its uncritical support to Islamabad’s stance on the Kashmir issue, Ankara has lost ground in India, especially since Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have deepened ties with India. Turkey is likely to remain vulnerable to South Asia’s enduring rivalries and geopolitical faultlines, such as the Kashmir issue, the endgame in Afghanistan, problems of Uyghur Muslims, and now the increasing strategic competition between India and China.
description: The Erdogan Effect: Turkey’s Relations with Pakistan and India
Investigation of Collagen Fiber Crimp Morphology and Microstructural Organization in Annulus Fibrosus by Ultra High-Field MRI
Creators: name: Moorman, Scott WJ.
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Engineering--Biomedical
subject: Annulus Fibrosus
subject: Collagen Fiber Crimp
subject: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
subject: Trans Lamellar Cross Bridges
subject: Magic Angle Effect

description: Degenerative disc disease (DDD) is a condition that affects the biochemical and biomechanical integrity and function of intervertebral discs. While the causes of DDD are many, changes to the mechanical behavior and extracellular matrix (ECM) of annulus fibrosus (AF) have been documented. Collagen is a major component of the ECM and has a specialized organization and morphology that is functionally significant. There are limited non-invasive modalities capable of visualizing collagen fiber morphology and AF architecture at the microscopic level. The objective was to investigate the three-dimensional collagen microstructure within healthy bovine AF by ultra high-field (9.4T) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Collagen crimp and trans lamellar cross bridges were detected along surface and interior AF. Fiber bundles were also shown to reorient following circumferential tension. Together, an MRI protocol and model has been developed to detect mechanically relevant markers that could be used to better understand structural and biomechanical changes with degeneration.
Chemical composition and in vitro α-amylase inhibitory activity of Meistera vespertilio (Gagnep.) Skornick. & M.F. Newman essential oils collected in two different regions of Vietnam
Creators: name: Tran-Trung, Hieu
name: Giang, Le Duc
name: Duc, Dau Xuan
name: Thang, Tran Dinh
name: Nguyen, Trang H.D.
name: Tuan, Nguyen Hoang
name: Vu, Danh C.
name: Hien, Nguyen Thi Thu
name: Van Huong, Bui
name: Van Trung, Hoang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Hematology

description: Meistera, belongs to the Zingiberaceae family, is a genus of medicinal plants that contain a rich resource of essential oils (EOs) as well as have many valuable bioactivities. The aim of the present study was to investigate the EOs of Meistera vespertilio, which has not been reported before. The EOs were distilled by hydrodistillation method from M. vespertilio rhizomes collected in two different regions (Phu Tho and Nghe An Provinces) of Vietnam. The compositional analysis of two EO samples was carried out using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectroscopy (GC-MS). GC-MS analysis showed that the two samples had a different number of chemical components. The Phu Tho EO sample consisted of more components (51 compounds) compared to the Nghe An EO sample (41 compounds). However, the two EOs were identified with some similar components including α-pinene, camphene, β-pinene, and limonene. Furthermore, both EO samples possessed good inhibitory effects on α-amylase, with average IC50 values ranging from 0.61 to 0.91 (mg/mL). Especially, the EO of M. vespertilio rhizomes from Nghe An Province showed intense α-amylase inhibitory activity (IC50 value of 0.61 ± 0.00 mg/mL) which was stronger than acarbose, an antidiabetic drug (IC50 value of 0.92 ± 0.01 mg/mL), while the figure for Phu Tho EO showed approximately equivalent activity. The results obtained in the present study showed the potential of M. vespertilio EOs as a valuable source of chemical compounds for the food and pharmaceutical industry.
After Abe: Japan’s Foreign Policy and its India Engagement
Creators: name: Purnendra Jain,
Publisher: name: Institute of South Asian Studies
Year: 2020

description: Yoshihide Suga has succeeded Shinzo Abe as Japan’s prime minister. A foreign policy activist, Abe recognised India’s strategic importance and worked tirelessly to take the Japan-­‐India relationship to new heights, giving both breadth and depth as no prime minister before him. Under Suga, cut from the same Liberal Democratic Party cloth as Abe, Indo-­‐Japanese bilateral ties are likely to remain safe. However, Suga’s lack of experience in foreign affairs and his focus firmly placed on domestic issues, India may not be top on his list of priorities. India will need to actively leverage the strengths of the Abe-­‐era partnership in order to keep it relevant.
description: After Abe: Japan’s Foreign Policy and its India Engagement
Prematuritat i TDAH a la infància.
Creators: name: Vidal, Raquel
name: Vidal, Laura
name: Perapoch, Josep
name: Ramos-Quiroga, Josep Antoni
Publisher: name: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría
Year: 2021

description: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría, Núm. 11 (2019): octubre-noviembre-diciembre
Exploring Immersive Virtual Environments for Well Placement Optimization in Reservoir Models
Creators: name: Cabral Ramos Mota, Roberta
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Computer Science
subject: Energy
subject: Engineering--Petroleum
subject: Virtual Reality
subject: Spatial User Interaction
subject: Reservoir Engineering

description: Immersive virtual environments have been considered promising mediums to attend specific demands from the oil and gas industry. In this thesis, we explore immersive technologies’ benefits for the execution of tasks associated with well placement optimization. We present a) an analytical method to perform static connectivity analysis as a proxy for flow simulation, b) an application to support well optimization using our method, and c) an exploration of our application in three immersive environments – a CAVE with a tracked gamepad; a HMD with a tracked gamepad; and a HMD with a leap motion controller – in the search for visualization and interaction techniques that facilitate well placement studies. Based on primary study conducted with reservoir engineers, we provide an examination of the usefulness of our application. We also discuss our findings considering engineers’ preferences as well as the suitability of the different immersive environments for designing and assessing well placement scenarios.
Chrysis corusca Valkeila 1971
Creators: name: Paukkunen, Juho
name: Rosa, Paolo
name: Soon, Villu
name: Johansson, Niklas
name: Ødegaard, Frode
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Masaridae
Chrysis
Chrysis corusca

description: 48. Chrysis corusca Valkeila, 1971
Chrysis corusca Valkeila 1971: 84. Holotype ♀; Sweden: Åsbro Lerbäck (NRM) (examined). Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 400, 46, Paukkunen et al. 2009: 6, Orlovskytė et al. 2010: 148, Franzén et al. 2012: 27, Hallin 2012, Rosa & Soon 2012, Dyntaxa 2013, Soon et al. 2014: 303, 308, Johansson, in press.
Chrysis schencki [nec Linsenmaier, 1968]: Soon 2004: 23, 46.
Chrysis mediata [nec Linsenmaier, 1951]: Johansson 2010: 118.
Material examined. Estonia (total 98 ♀♀ 48 ♂♂): Aa; Aruaia; Haeska; Jõksi; Kanama; Karja; Kilgi; Koila; Kukruse; Kurelaane; Kurtna; Kämara; Kärgula; Läti; Matsalu; Metsavere; Muike; Mälgi; Norrby; Nurmetu; Oblu; Oonurme; Palupõhja; Penijõe; Poanse; Postova; Reinu; Rooslepa; Sae; Selli; Taevaskoja; Tamme; Tartu; Tihemetsa; Tiilima; Toravere; Tõrvase; Tudulinna; Ülesoo; Vana-Kastre; Varbla; Vee; Vehendi; Vellavere; Vihula; Võhu. * Latvia: Baldone, 17.VI.1968, 1 ♀ (V. Maršakovs) (identified as C. ruddii); Basi, 7.VII.1973, 1 ♀ (V. Tumšs); Kromaniški, 5.VIII.2008, 1 ♀ (V. Soon). Norway: TEY: Porsgrunn, Hellås, 24.VI–25.VII.2010, 1 ♀ (F. Ødegaard); TEY: Skien, Nenset, 24.VI–25.VII.2010, 1 ♀ (F. Ødegaard).
Distribution. Estonia, Finland, * Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden.—Westpalearctic: central and northern Europe, Iran (Smissen 2010 a, Rosa et al. 2013).
Remarks. The species was described from Sweden by E. Valkeila in 1971. Since then it has been found in all the Nordic and Baltic countries except Denmark. It is uncommon in most countries, and only one specimen has been found from Finland (Paukkunen et al. 2009). C. corusca was misidentified as C. schencki in the study of Soon (2004).
description: Published as part of Paukkunen, Juho, Rosa, Paolo, Soon, Villu, Johansson, Niklas & Ødegaard, Frode, 2014, Faunistic review of the cuckoo wasps of Fennoscandia, Denmark and the Baltic countries (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), pp. 1-67 in Zootaxa 3864 (1) on page 36, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3864.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4930433
Behaviour of Concrete Beam-Column Joints Reinforced with Steel or Glass Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Double-Headed Studs for Seismic Resistance
Creators: name: Mojarrad Bahreh, Vahid
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Engineering--Civil
subject: Shear Reinforcement
subject: Beam-Column Joints
subject: Double-headed studs

description: Current code requirements for the design of beam-coumn joints shear reinforcement for earthquake resistance result in steel congestion, and consequently poor quality of the joint, construction difficulties and high cost. Based on previous research, steel studs with plain (non-deformed) stems and a head at each end can replace conventional closed hoops and cross ties for shear reinforcing the beam-column joints. Use of the headed studs in the joint results in reduction of the steel congestion, and hence, easier assemblage of the reinforcing cage and improved joint performance. The present research investigates experimentally the use of steel double-headed studs with deformed stems and Glass Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) double-headed bars in lieu of the steel double-headed studs with plain stems. The experimental program consists of constructing and testing nine full-scale beam-column joint specimens under quasi-static cyclic loading. The specimens represent exterior beam-column joints subassembly isolated at the points of contra-flexure in a multi-storey multi-bay moment resisting concrete frame. The test parameters include the material and type of double-headed studs and their amount in the in-plane and out-of- plane directions and the concrete strength. Envelopes of the load-displacement hysteresis loops, moment-lateral drift angle, load-ductility, storey shear-drift angle, and the joint shear strength-deformation are plotted and analyzed. The stiffness degradation, the strains in the joint reinforcement, the contribution of specimen elements (joint, beam, and column) to the drift angle, and the energy dissipation capacity of the specimens are presented and discussed. Performance of the tested specimens is checked against the requirements and acceptance criteria of the ACI 374.1-05, ACI 252R-02 and CSA A23.3-04. The use of steel deformed studs or GFRP headed bars proved to be an acceptable replacement of closed hoops and cross-ties as shear reinforcement of beam-column joints. All of the tested specimens exhibited acceptable behavior satisfying the code requirements. Some specimens demonstrated better behavior in comparison with the specimen designed and reinforced according to the code provisions.
United States-­Maldives Defence Pact: What Lies Ahead for India?
Creators: name: Amit Ranjan,
Publisher: name: Institute of South Asian Studies
Year: 2020

description: A defence and security agreement signed between the United States (US) and the Maldives will give larger space to the former in the Indian Ocean. Unlike 2013, India has welcomed the US-­‐Maldives defence pact of September 2020 in a bid to check the growing domice of China in the South Asian region.
description: United States-­Maldives Defence Pact: What Lies Ahead for India?