cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Reliable Identifications of AGN from the WISE, 2MASS and Rosat all-sky surveys
Creators: name: Edelson, Rick
name: Malkan, Matthew A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have developed the "S_IX" statistic to identify bright, highly-likely Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) candidates solely on the basis of WISE, 2MASS and Rosat all-sky survey data. This statistic was optimized with data from the preliminary WISE survey and the SDSS, and tested with Lick 3-m Kast spectroscopy. We find that sources with S_IX < 0 have a
description: 25 pages, 6 figures, 5 tables. Accepted for publication in ApJ; tentatively scheduled for the 2012 May 10 issue. This version contains data from the full WISE release of 13 March 2012, resulting in a W2R sample of 4,316 sources. Tables 3 and 5 can be downloaded from, e.g. http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~malkan/w2r/table3.xls
Additional file 2 of How do healthcare providers use national audit data for improvement?
Creators: name: Antonacci, Grazia
name: Whitney, Julie
name: Harris, Matthew
name: Reed, Julie E.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 2: Interview Guide
An improved map of the Galactic Faraday sky
Creators: name: Oppermann, N.
name: Junklewitz, H.
name: Robbers, G.
name: Bell, M. R.
name: Enßlin, T. A.
name: Bonafede, A.
name: Braun, R.
name: Brown, J. C.
name: Clarke, T. E.
name: Feain, I. J.
name: Gaensler, B. M.
name: Hammond, A.
name: Harvey-Smith, L.
name: Heald, G.
name: Johnston-Hollitt, M.
name: Klein, U.
name: Kronberg, P. P.
name: Mao, S. A.
name: McClure-Griffiths, N. M.
name: O'Sullivan, S. P.
name: Pratley, L.
name: Robishaw, T.
name: Roy, S.
name: Schnitzeler, D. H. F. M.
name: Sotomayor-Beltran, C.
name: Stevens, J.
name: Stil, J. M.
name: Sunstrum, C.
name: Tanna, A.
name: Taylor, A. R.
name: Van Eck, C. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We aim to summarize the current state of knowledge regarding Galactic Faraday rotation in an all-sky map of the Galactic Faraday depth. For this we have assembled the most extensive catalog of Faraday rotation data of compact extragalactic polarized radio sources to date. In the map making procedure we use a recently developed algorithm that reconstructs the map and the power spectrum of a statistically isotropic and homogeneous field while taking into account uncertainties in the noise statistics. This procedure is able to identify some rotation angles that are offset by an integer multiple of pi. The resulting map can be seen as an improved version of earlier such maps and is made publicly available, along with a map of its uncertainty. For the angular power spectrum we find a power law behavior with a power law index of -2.14 for a Faraday sky where an overall variance profile as a function of Galactic latitude has been removed, in agreement with earlier work. We show that this is in accordance with a 3D Fourier power spectrum P(k) proportional to k^-2.14 of the underlying field n_e times B_r under simplifying geometrical and statistical assumptions.
description: 16 pages, 11 figures. Update in one data catalog. All results are available at http://www.mpa-garching.mpg.de/ift/faraday/
MOESM1 of Genetic profiling and cardiovascular phenotypic spectrum in a Chinese cohort of Loeys-Dietz syndrome patients
Creators: name: Yang, Hang
name: Ma, Yanyun
name: Luo, Mingyao
name: Zhu, Guoyan
name: Zhang, Yinhui
name: Li, Binbin
name: Shu, Chang
name: Zhou, Zhou
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1. Method S1. Multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA). Figure S1. MLPA assay indicated that there was no FBN1 deletion/duplication in AD1162. Table S1. Main cardiovascular phenotypic information in patients with VUSs in TGFBR1/TGFBR2/SMAD3 genes.
Full waveform inversion combining rock physics for seismic reservoir characterization and monitoring
Creators: name: Hu, Qi
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Full waveform inversion
subject: Rock physics
subject: Seismic reservoir characterization
subject: Seismic monitoring of CO2 sequestration
subject: Geophysics
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: Quantitative estimation of rock physics properties, such as porosity, lithology, and fluid saturation, is an important part of reservoir characterization. Most current seismic workflows in this field are based on amplitude variation with offset (AVO). Full waveform inversion (FWI) methods, although computationally more complex than AVO approaches, can produce more accurate elastic models by extracting the full information content in the seismogram. Progress has been reported in using elastic FWI results as intermediate quantities to derive rock properties from seismic data. However, the question of whether FWI can be geared towards the direct determination of rock physics properties remains open. In this thesis, I formulate FWI with rock physics model parameterizations to directly estimate parameters of immediate interest in reservoir characterization. This approach allows examination of any rock physics property that has a well-defined relationship with elastic parameters. It also shares the same numerical structure as the conventional elastic FWI, allowing various existing inversion strategies to be used. The reliability of the approach is systematically examined using different synthetic examples and is quantified by comparing it to conventional two-step inversions. Building on this approach, I formulate a time-lapse FWI framework for quantitative seismic monitoring CO2 storage. The method is tested on synthetic data generated for the Johansen formation model. The results demonstrate this approach's robustness for retrieving static properties, such as porosity and mineral volumes, and dynamic reservoir properties, such as CO2 saturation. Moreover, with a joint rock physics model combining Gassmann’s equation with empirical pressure relations, I illustrate the potential of this approach for the simultaneous prediction of CO2 saturation and pore pressure. Finally, I apply a sequential inversion scheme combining elastic FWI and Bayesian rock physics inversion to a vertical seismic profile (VSP) dataset acquired with accelerometers and a collocated distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) fiber at the Carbon Management Canada’s Newell County Facility. The inverted porosity and lithology models are reasonably accurate at the well location and are geologically meaningful in spatial distribution. This baseline (before injection) study can be used to support later monitoring of CO2 storage.
Perivascular fibroblasts in tissue development, maintenance, and repair
Creators: name: Rajan, Arsheen
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Perivascular fibroblasts
subject: Zebrafish
subject: Developmental biology
subject: Fibroblasts
subject: Biology--Molecular
subject: Biology--Cell

description: At the microscopic scale, all tissues within multicellular organisms are comprised of diverse cell types embedded in a web of extracellular proteins. How each of these components evolve and are maintained as the tissue grows, and how they are replaced upon tissue injury are fundamental questions at the heart of developmental and regenerative biology. One cell type that has emerged in recent years as an essential modulator of tissue growth and repair is the fibroblast. Fibroblasts are multifunctional, tissue-resident mesenchymal cells that are known to regulate the extracellular environment through matrix production and remodeling, coordinate cell differentiation by releasing paracrine signaling factors, and act as multipotent progenitors themselves. Yet, little is known about how different fibroblast subtypes arise and diversify. Therefore, this thesis focuses on exploring the origin, behavior and function of a poorly characterized fibroblast subtype, the perivascular fibroblast, so named due to its localization around blood vessels. In Chapter 1, we summarize current knowledge on blood vessel associated fibroblasts from numerous murine organs. In Chapter 2, we show that in zebrafish, perivascular fibroblasts, arise from the sclerotome region of the somite early in development. We find these perivascular fibroblasts play dual roles in stabilizing the immature vasculature by depositing extracellular structural collagens and giving rise to blood vessel support cells called pericytes. In Chapter 3, I further clarify that perivascular fibroblasts are distinct from other sclerotome-derived fibroblasts in their transcriptional signature, plasticity, and regenerative potential. We show that in response to tendon injury, perivascular fibroblasts actively migrate, proliferate, and differentiate into specialized tendon fibroblasts, tenocytes, to facilitate tissue regeneration. Finally, in Chapter 4, I outline outstanding questions on perivascular fibroblast biology that can be explored in future studies. Together, my work highlights the functional relevance of fibroblast heterogeneity and provides insights into the potential characteristics of homologous perivascular fibroblast-like populations identified in murine and human tissues.
Effects of long-term experimental warming on three High Arctic plant communities
Creators: name: Edwards, Marc
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: Arctic regions are experiencing faster rates of atmospheric warming than any other biome. Increasing temperatures will affect the biomass, phenology, and composition of Arctic vegetation, which in turn will alter ecosystem functions such as greenhouse gas flux and nutrient cycling. These functional changes are likely to affect feedbacks to terrestrial and atmospheric systems. Responses are expected to occur at a range of scales and are likely to show close coupling to environmental conditions. In this thesis I compare ecosystem response in three plant communities after 18 years of experimental warming on Ellesmere Island, Canada. Warming response was measured at peak season in a dry, mesic and wet community. Biomass, height, and composition were measured using a point-intercept method and CO₂ flux was measured using an infrared gas analyzer and a custom made chamber. Environmental and NDVI data were collected from all three communities as well as being sampled across the entire lowland to map environmental heterogeneity and identify predictors of NDVI. All three plant communities showed structural responses to warming. Total above-ground biomass and height did not show significant changes but growth form composition shifted in all cases. Increases were observed for graminoids and forbs at the dry site; graminoids, deciduous shrubs and bryophytes at the mesic site; and deciduous shrubs and bryophytes at the wet site. Lichen abundance decreased at all sites. CO₂ flux responses were largely explained by compositional changes. All sites were CO₂ sinks at peak season and the dry and wet sites became stronger sinks as a result of warming. Landscape scale mapping successfully displayed the variation in environmental variables and NDVI across the landscape. Soil moisture was identified as an important determinant of NDVI signal and NDVI showed potential as a predictor of CO₂ flux. These results support the prediction that climate change response will be ecosystem specific. While some general trends existed across multiple communities, each community had a unique response to warming. Large scale climate change predictions will have to account for such variability.
Additional file 1 of Association between circulating full-length angiopoietin-like protein 8 and non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels in Chinese non-diabetic individuals: a cross-sectional study
Creators: name: Yang, Song
name: Jiao, Xiaolu
name: Huo, Xiaoguang
name: Zhu, Miaomiao
name: Wang, Yi
name: Fang, Xiangnan
name: Yang, Yunyun
name: Yue, Weidong
name: Qin, Yanwen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Table S1. Spearman correlations between ANGPTL8 and clinical variables. (DOCX 24 kb)
Galaxy Zoo: Quantifying Morphological Indicators of Galaxy Interaction
Creators: name: Casteels, Kevin R. V.
name: Bamford, Steven P.
name: Skibba, Ramin A.
name: Masters, Karen L.
name: Lintott, Chris J.
name: Keel, William C.
name: Schawinski, Kevin
name: Nichol, Robert C.
name: Smith, Arfon M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use Galaxy Zoo 2 visual classifications to study the morphological signatures of interaction between similar-mass galaxy pairs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We find that many observable features correlate with projected pair separation; not only obvious indicators of merging, disturbance and tidal tails, but also more regular features, such as spiral arms and bars. These trends are robustly quantified, using a control sample to account for observational biases, producing measurements of the strength and separation scale of various morphological responses to pair interaction. For example, we find that the presence of spiral features is enhanced at scales < 70 h^-1 kpc, probably due to both increased star formation and the formation of tidal tails. On the other hand, the likelihood of identifying a bar decreases significantly in pairs with separations < 30 h^-1 kpc, suggesting that bars are suppressed by close interactions between galaxies of similar mass. We go on to show how morphological indicators of physical interactions provide a way of significantly refining standard estimates for the frequency of close pair interactions, based on velocity offset and projected separation. The presence of loosely wound spiral arms is found to be a particularly reliable signal of an interaction, for projected pair separations up to ~100 h^-1 kpc. We use this indicator to demonstrate our method, constraining the fraction of low-redshift galaxies in truly interacting pairs, with M_* > 10^9.5 M_Sun and mass ratio < 4, to be between 0.4 - 2.7 per cent.
description: Accepted to MNRAS on November 12, 2012
Micromechanical Analysis of Stresses and Instabilities in Wet Granular Materials: Homogenization and Discrete Element Approaches
Creators: name: Farahnak Langroudi, Mojtaba
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Wet Granular Materials
subject: Micromechanics
subject: Partially Saturated
subject: Stress Transmission
subject: Instability
subject: Localization
subject: Engineering--Civil
subject: Geotechnology
subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Soil Science
subject: Engineering--Mechanical

description: This thesis presents the micromechanical analysis of wet granular material behavior within the pendular regime where particles are held by distinct liquid bridges through the action of capillarity and thin film adhesion. The presence of air and liquid phases within the pore space of solid particles significantly impacts the mechanical properties of wet geomaterials, and hence their failure behavior as a material instability phenomenon. The first question is how does the stress transport to the different phases (air, water, and solid) as a function of the internal microstructural construct and interfaces? An analytical expression of the internal stress partitioning between air, water and solid is formally derived via a homogenization scheme which upscales the interfacial surface tension physics at the pore scale to the macroscopic (specimen) scale. Focusing particularly on fine particles in the micrometer range, the study encompasses the two dominant mechanisms in wet conditions: adsorption and capillarity. These mechanisms consider the role of adsorbed liquid films governed by a disjoining pressure and liquid bridges arising from matric suction as a water potential. The final derivation reveals the tensorial nature of an adsorptive-capillary stress variable that is closely linked to the topology of the fluid partitions in the pore network, and is hence non-spherical. The next question is, among the various stress components, how does the contact (solid skeleton) stress tensor relate to the strain tensor to describe the constitutive behavior of wet granular materials? A multi-directional probing numerical experiment on a Representative Element Volume (REV) is implemented in Discrete Element Method (DEM) simulations to link increments of stresses to increments of strains through a bridging of grain/pore scale and the REV scale. Essentially, the incremental constitutive tangent operator is reconstructed through a perturbation analysis. This methodology also offers the possibility of micromechanically investigating bifurcation phenomena somewhat unexplored for partially saturated conditions. As a result, aspects of material instability, failure mechanisms, and shear band localization are examined by probing into the spectral characteristics of the micromechanically and hydromechanically informed tangent operator and the second-order work instability criterion for both dry and wet states.
Stability of transverse dunes against perturbations; a theoretical study using dune skeleton model
Creators: name: Niiya, H.
name: Awazu, A.
name: Nishimori, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The dune skeleton model is a reduced model to describe the formation process and dynamics of characteristic types of dunes emerging under unidirectional steady wind. Using this model, we study the dependency of the morphodynamics of transverse dunes on the initial random perturbations and the lateral field size. It was found that i) an increase of the lateral field size destabilizes the transverse dune to cause deformation of a barchan, ii) the initial random perturbations decay with time by the power function until a certain time; thereafter, the dune shapes change into three phases according to the amount of sand and sand diffusion coefficient, iii) the duration time, until the transverse dune is broken, increases exponentially with increasing the amount of sand and sand diffusion coefficient. Moreover, under the condition without the sand supply from windward ground, the destabilization of transverse dune in this model qualitatively corresponds to the subaqueous dunes in water tank experiments.
description: 7pages, 8figures
Humerobatidae Grandjean 1971
Creators: name: Ermilov K, Sergey G.
name: Frolov K, Andrey V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Humerobatidae

description: Family Humerobatidae   Humerobates africanus (Mahunka, 1984): 29 ex. Distribution: Afrotropical region.
description: Published as part of Ermilov K, Sergey G. & Frolov K, Andrey V., 2022, A new subgenus and two new species of oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Madagascar, pp. 798-810 in Acarologia 62 (3) on page 809, DOI: 10.24349/eyzw-dpwh, http://zenodo.org/record/10272761
Leveling the Playing Field: How Inheritance Laws Structure Wealth Inequality Within and Across Welfare Capitalist Regimes, 1995-2020
Creators: name: Davison, Innes Taylor
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: inheritance
subject: inheritance laws
subject: wealth inequality
subject: income inequality
subject: social welfare capitalism
subject: deemed disposition
subject: regime theory
subject: Education--Finance
subject: Education--Social Sciences
subject: Education--Sociology of
subject: Economics--History
subject: Social Structure and Development

description: Using Esping-Andersen’s welfare capitalism regimes as a template, as well as data from the Luxembourg Wealth Study (1995-2020), this thesis analyzes the degree to which wealth inequality exists cross-nationally, the forms that inheritance laws take, and what effect receiving an inheritance has on wealth disparities both within and across regimes. More specifically this research shows how and why inheritance policies at the household level within regimes are more effective at reducing wealth inequality. These findings are used to argue for the integration of inheritance policy into regime theory as an additional mechanism for explaining within-regime country-level similarities in terms of policy structure and its ensuing social and economic outcomes. These conclusions were based on a series of OLS and logistic country fixed effects models that explore the impact of inheritance on wealth accumulation within and across liberal, conservative, and social democratic welfare state regimes. These analyses are supplemented by analyzing whether receiving an inheritance leads to the expectation that a household will, in turn, provide an inheritance. Thus, as my research shows, the passing of intergenerational wealth strongly impacts the net worth of families across all wealth deciles and perpetuates structural inequality in the present as well for future generations. This underscores the effect inheritance has on both national and household-level wealth, thereby reinforcing the need for more social stratification and policy-driven research on the impact of inheritance on economic inequality.
Visibility of ultra-cold Bose system in triangular optical lattices
Creators: name: Lin, Zhi
name: Zhang, Jun
name: Jiang, Ying
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, by treating the hopping parameter in Bose-Hubbard model as a perturbation, with the help of the re-summed Green's function method and cumulants expansion, the momentum distribution function of the ultra-cold Bose system in triangular optical lattice is calculated analytically. By utilizing it, the time-of-flight absorption picture is plotted and the corresponding visibility is determined. The comparison between our analytical results and the experimental data from Ref.[4] exhibits a qualitative agreement.
description: 3 figures
Additional file 3 of Pre-treatment oral microbiome analysis and salivary Stephan curve kinetics in white spot lesion development in orthodontic patients wearing fixed appliances. A pilot study
Creators: name: Catunda, Raisa Queiroz
name: Altabtbaei, Khaled
name: Flores-Mir, Carlos
name: Febbraio, Maria
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplementary Material 3
Enhanced INDI+PID Control Strategy for Advanced Unmanned Aircraft Systems Having Highly Coupled Dynamics
Creators: name: Taherinezhad, Maryam
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: INDI
subject: UAV
subject: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
subject: Robotics
subject: Engineering--Mechanical

description: The increasing number of potential applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) many of which have not been realized provides the motivation for research to focus on developing needed control and aircraft mechanisms to fully realize autonomous and self-guided UAVs for deployment inside hazardous conﬁned environments. Current control systems used in UAVs are not able to oﬀer the flight capability for precise trajectory regulation required in new aircraft systems developed to perform advance flight maneuvers that traditional aircraft cannot perform. Current guidance systems fail to control aerial vehicles’ performing complex maneuvers through conﬁned environments because newly advanced UAV mechanical designs are moving away from using traditional control mechanisms and using new aircraft configurations providing new agility and motion maneuvers. New advances in control theory are required to over-come the limitations of current systems to enable aggressive autonomous vehicle maneuvering while adapting in real time to changes in the operational environment. In this thesis a cascade INDI control architecture is proposed for the control of advanced Unmanned Aerial Vehicles targeted for operation inside confined hazardous spaces. The aircraft of interest is a highly maneuverable system presenting highly coupled dynamics enabling it to perform unique flight maneuvers. To deal with the complexities inherent to such aircraft, a novel nonlinear control architecture, INDI2+PD, is proposed. An outer and an inner loop INDI controllers are employed for position/velocity and attitude/rotation-rate control, respectively. The controllers assist each other enabling to decouple the aircraft dynamics while coping with complex external disturbances. Obtained results demonstrate effective control of the targeted aircraft system to accurately track complex flight maneuvers under varying external disturbances.
Cymbaeremaeidae Sellnick 1928
Creators: name: Ermilov K, Sergey G.
name: Frolov K, Andrey V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Cymbaeremaeidae

description: Family Cymbaeremaeidae   Scapheremaeus anteriorugosus Mahunka, 2011: 3 ex. Distribution: Madagascar.
description: Published as part of Ermilov K, Sergey G. & Frolov K, Andrey V., 2022, A new subgenus and two new species of oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Madagascar, pp. 798-810 in Acarologia 62 (3) on page 809, DOI: 10.24349/eyzw-dpwh, http://zenodo.org/record/10272761
Are staple foods becoming more expensive for urban consumers in Eastern and Southern Africa? Trends in food prices, marketing margins, and wage rates in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia
Creators: name: Mason, Nicole
name: T. S. Jayne
name: Donovan, Cynthia
name: Chapoto, Antony
Publisher: name: Gates Open Research
Year: 2019

description: Are staple foods becoming more expensive for urban consumers in Eastern and Southern Africa? Trends in food prices, marketing margins, and wage rates in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia
Additional file 4 of Pre-treatment oral microbiome analysis and salivary Stephan curve kinetics in white spot lesion development in orthodontic patients wearing fixed appliances. A pilot study
Creators: name: Catunda, Raisa Queiroz
name: Altabtbaei, Khaled
name: Flores-Mir, Carlos
name: Febbraio, Maria
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplementary Material 4
title: Prebiotic methylations and carbamoylations generate non-canonical RNA nucleosides as molecular fossils of an early Earth
Creators: name: Schneider, Christina
name: Becker, Sidney
name: Okamura, Hidenori
name: Crisp, Antony
name: Amatov, Tynchtyk
name: Stadlmeier, Michael
name: Carell, Thomas
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: prebiotic chemistry; origin of life; modifications; methylated nucleosides; t6A; m6A
subject: 540

description: The RNA world hypothesis assumes that life on earth started with small RNA molecules that catalyzed their own formation. Vital to this hypothesis is the need for prebiotic routes towards RNA. Contemporary RNA, however, is not only constructed from the four canonical nucleobases (A, C, G and U), but it contains in addition many chemically modified (non-canonical) bases. A yet open question is if these non-canonical bases were formed in parallel to the canonical bases (chemical origin), or whether they were created later, when life demanded higher functional diversity (biological origin). Here we show that isocyanates in combination with sodium nitrite establish methylating and carbamoylating reactivity compatible with early Earth conditions. This chemistry leads to the formation of methylated and amino acid modified nucleosides that are still extant. Our data provide a plausible scenario for the chemical origin of certain non-canonical bases, which suggests that they are fossils of an early Earth.
Brommella casseabri Li 2017, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Li, Shuqiang
name: Wang, Xiaoxiao
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Dictynidae
Brommella
Brommella casseabri

description: Brommella casseabri Li, sp. nov. (Figs 7–8, 97) Type material. Holotype. Female, China, Guangxi, Guilin City, Xing’an County, Dayan Village, Dayan Cave, 25°34.263´N, 110°36.594´E, elev. 355 m, 12 July 2009, C. Wang & Z. Yao leg., deposited in IZCAS. Paratype. 1 female, same data as holotype, deposited in IZCAS. Etymology. The specific name is derived from abbreviation of the Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS-SEABRI); noun in apposition. The name is dedicated to its three-part mission, viz., (a) Serve China’s “the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road” initiative; (b) Integrate efforts by CAS and international institutes to organize professional research groups and train researchers in Southeast Asian countries; and (c) Provide support to all domestic and international partners. Diagnosis. Females of this new species are similar to B. punctosparsa (Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 363, figs 213K–N), but can be distinguished by the circinate copulatory ducts (copulatory ducts in circular coils in B. punctosparsa). Description. Female (holotype). Total body length 2.00 (Figs 8C–D). Prosoma length 0.85, width 0.75. Cephalic region width 0.40. Carapace pyriform, dorsal shield of prosoma yellow-brown, cephalic region relatively flat, covered with several setae, fovea reduced, cervical groove indistinct. Six eyes, AME reduced to small pigment spots, all eyes white, encircled with black, PER slightly procurved from dorsal view. Eye sizes and interdistances: ALE 0.08, PLE 0.08, PME 0.06; ALE– ALE 0.10, ALE–PLE 0.01, PME–PME 0.07, PME–PLE 0.03. Eye region length 0.15, width 0.26. Clypeus height 0.05. Chelicerae length 0.40, width 0.20. Chelicerae with distinct lateral condyles, 3 promarginal and 3 retromarginal teeth. Labium and gnathocoxae light brown, sternum yellow-brown. Labium length 0.11, width 0.18. Gnathocoxae length 0.18, width 0.15. Sternum length 0.54, width 0.52. Legs yellow-brown. Leg formula I-IV-II-III. Leg measurements: I 3.48 (1.00, 0.33, 0.95, 0.75, 0.45); II 3.03 (0.90, 0.33, 0.75, 0.65, 0.40); III 2.68 (0.75, 0.30, 0.60, 0.63, 0.40); IV 3.38 (1.00, 0.33, 0.85, 0.75, 0.45). Ratio Cl/Met IV=0.44, with 9 setae. Opisthosoma length 1.25, width 1.00. Opisthosoma pale yellow, without distinct pattern. Cribellum narrow, undivided. Epigynum (Figs 7, 8A–B). Width 0.23. Bursae reduced, strongly sclerotized. Spermathecae slightly swollen, almost straight (Figs 7A, 8B). Male. Unknown. Variation. Total body length: females 1.9–2.0 (n = 2). Distribution. Known only from the type locality (Fig. 97).
description: Published as part of Li, Shuqiang & Wang, Xiaoxiao, 2017, New cave-dwelling spiders of the family Dictynidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Guangxi and Guizhou, China, pp. 125-228 in Zoological Systematics 42 (2) on pages 133-135, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201711, http://zenodo.org/record/5366040
Additional file 10 of Glycemic control and neonatal outcomes in women with gestational diabetes mellitus treated using glyburide, metformin, or insulin: a pairwise and network meta-analysis
Creators: name: Yu, Dan-Qing
name: Xu, Guan-Xin
name: Teng, Xin-Yuan
name: Xu, Jing-Wei
name: Tang, Liang-Fang
name: Feng, Chun
name: Rao, Jin-Peng
name: Jin, Min
name: Wang, Li-Quan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biochemistry
Medicine
Biotechnology
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Additional file 10: Supplementary Table 9. Pairwise meta-analysis of HbA1c after removal studies with imbalanced baseline blood glucose.
Storage and Adiabatic Cooling of Polar Molecules in a Microstructured Trap
Creators: name: Englert, B. G. U.
name: Mielenz, M.
name: Sommer, C.
name: Bayerl, J.
name: Motsch, M.
name: Pinkse, P. W. H.
name: Rempe, G.
name: Zeppenfeld, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a versatile electric trap for the exploration of a wide range of quantum phenomena in the interaction between polar molecules. The trap combines tunable fields, homogeneous over most of the trap volume, with steep gradient fields at the trap boundary. An initial sample of up to 10^8 CH3F molecules is trapped for as long as 60 seconds, with a 1/e storage time of 12 seconds. Adiabatic cooling down to 120 mK is achieved by slowly expanding the trap volume. The trap combines all ingredients for opto-electrical cooling, which, together with the extraordinarily long storage times, brings field-controlled quantum-mechanical collision and reaction experiments within reach.
A Qualitative Interpretive Description of Registered Nurses’ Experiences with the Mandatory Indigenous Cultural Competency Education
Creators: name: Morrow, Tracy
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Nursing
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: When the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (2015) released its final report outlining Calls to Action, healthcare authorities were required to provide nurses with cultural competency education. Nurses employed by Alberta Health Services are now required to complete eight Indigenous Awareness and Sensitivity online modules via the MyLearningLink™ portal within a set timeframe. The purpose of this Interpretive Description research study was to gain an understanding about Alberta Health Services registered nurses’ experiences when completing the modules, how they made meaning of completing the modules, and how they utilized the knowledge obtained from the modules in their nursing practice. Alberta Health Services registered nurses were voluntarily recruited to participate using convenience sampling. Individual, semi-structure interviews were conducted with eight registered nurses via Zoom® to gather data. All interview data were transcribed verbatim and analysed for themes. Three main themes were identified: experiences and perceptions of completing the modules, moving from mandatory to meaningful, and advancing knowledge into practice. Overall, participants felt cultural competency education was important, but the modules lacked opportunity to self-reflect, and participants wanted to engage in deeper learning opportunities.
Myrmozercon Berlese 1902
Creators: name: Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan
name: Babaeian, Esmaeil
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Laelapidae
Myrmozercon

description: Genus Myrmozercon Berlese
 Myrmozercon Berlese, 1902: 699.
 Myrmonyssus Berlese, 1903: 16. Type species Myrmonyssus diplogenius Berlese, 1903, designated by Berlese (1904) (synonymy by Rosario and Hunter 1988).
 Myrmonyssus (Laelaspulus) Berlese (1904): 437. Type species Myrmozercon acuminatus Berlese, 1903, by original designation (synonymy by Shaw and Seeman 2009).
 Parabisternalis Ueckermann & Loots, 1995: 35. Type species Parabisternalis yemeni Ueckermann & Loots, 1995, by original designation (synonymy by Shaw and Seeman 2009).
 Type species: Myrmozercon brevipes Berlese,1902 by monotypy.
 Type depository: Istituto Sperimentale per la Zoologia Agraria, Florence, Italy.
 Type locality and habitat: Italy, Portici, Naples, on Messor barbarus capitatus var. minor [Animalia: Hymenoptera: Formicidae].
 Diagnosis
 The concept of Myrmozercon used here is based on that of Shaw and Seeman (2009) with modifications of Joharchi and Moradi (2013), and Kontschán and Seeman (2015).
description: Published as part of Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Babaeian, Esmaeil, 2023, Rediscovery of Myrmozercon brachiatus Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata) in south-west Iran, pp. 199-209 in Persian Journal of Acarology 12 (2) on pages 200-201, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v12i2.79934, http://zenodo.org/record/10272765
Supplementary materials to "Assessing early math skills in preschoolers by using digital games"
Creators: name: Navarrete-Ulloa, Jairo A.
name: Gómez, David M.
name: Ponce, Llery
name: Munoz-Rubke, Felipe
name: Dartnell, Pablo R.
Publisher: name: PsychOpen GOLD
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: educational assessment
subject: mathematics education
subject: mathematics tests
subject: early childhood education
subject: educational games
subject: 150

description: Supplementary materials [other]. The related article is Navarrete-Ulloa, J. A., Gómez, D. M., Ponce, L., Munoz-Rubke, F., & Dartnell, P. R. (2025). Assessing early math skills in preschoolers by using digital games. Journal of Numerical Cognition, 11, Article e14249. https://doi.org/10.5964/jnc.14249
description: The supplementary materials provide additional details and analyses related to the TPM (Test of Preschool Mathematics) assessment, which is aligned with the Chilean curriculum and others (see the paper’s main text). The supplementary materials enhance the transparency and comprehensiveness of the TPM assessment by providing detailed mappings, transcripts, and additional analyses. The inclusion of the T1 data analysis complements the T2 findings, offering a more complete picture of the research outcomes. The percentile scales and correlation data help educators and researchers interpret the assessment results in a meaningful way.
Additional file 1 of Cumulative exposure to metabolic syndrome in a national population-based cohort of young adults and sex-specific risk for type 2 diabetes
Creators: name: Lee, Min-Kyung
name: Lee, Jae-Hyuk
name: Sohn, Seo Young
name: Ahn, Jiyeon
name: Hong, Oak-Kee
name: Kim, Mee-Kyoung
name: Baek, Ki-Hyun
name: Song, Ki-Ho
name: Han, Kyungdo
name: Kwon, Hyuk-Sang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Science Policy
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Supplementary Material 1
Brommella renguodongi Li 2017, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Li, Shuqiang
name: Wang, Xiaoxiao
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Dictynidae
Brommella
Brommella renguodongi

description: Brommella renguodongi Li, sp. nov. (Figs 31–35, 97) Type material. Holotype. Female, China, Guangxi, Chongzuo City, Fusui County, Duxiufeng Hill, Shuilongyan Cave, 22º37.388'N, 107º54.047'E, elev. 86 m, 11 July 2011, X. Wang leg., deposited in IZCAS. Paratypes. 1 male, 17 females, same data as holotype, deposited in IZCAS. Etymology. The specific name is a patronym in honor of Prof. Guodong Ren from Hebei University in Baoding; noun in apposition. A leading taxonomist in Tenebrionidae beetles, Prof. Ren has helped us in field work. Diagnosis. Females may be distinguished from other Asian Brommella species, except B. tongyanfengi Li, sp. nov. (Figs 45–49), by the copulatory ducts with more rounded coils in ventral view (twisted not irregular in B. tongyanfengi Li, sp. nov.). Spermathecae slightly swollen, straight (swollen as tadpole shape in B. tongyanfengi Li, sp. nov.). Description. Female (holotype). Total length 2.10 (Figs 35C–D). Prosoma length 1.00, width 0.71. Dorsal shield of prosoma yellow, with relatively flat cephalic area. Fovea reduced. Cervical groove indistinct. Six eyes, AME absent, all eyes white, encircled with black. Eye size and interdistances: ALE 0.06, PLE 0.08, PME 0.05; ALE-PLE 0.00, PLE-PME 0.02, PME-PME 0.07, ALE-ALE 0.10. Eye region length 0.28, width 0.13. Clypeus height 0.08. Chelicerae yellow-brown, chelicerae length 0.40, width 0.20, with distinct lateral condyles and 3 promarginal and 5 retromarginal teeth. Labium and gnathocoxe yellow-brown, sternum yellow. Labium length 0.11, width 0.19. Gnathocoxae length 0.30, width 0.14. Sternum length 0.60, width 0.53. Legs yellow. Leg formula I-IV-II-III. Leg measurements: I 3.71 (1.08, 0.38, 0.95, 0.80, 0.50); II 3.09 (0.90, 0.33, 0.73, 0.68, 0.45); III 2.73 (0.81, 0.31, 0.60, 0.58, 0.43); IV 3.56 (1.05, 0.31, 0.81, 0.89, 0.50). Ratio Cl/Met IV = 0.25, with 9 setae. Opisthosoma 1.08 long, 0.84 wide. Opisthosoma oval, pale, without distinct pattern. Cribellum narrow, undivided. Epigynum (Figs 31, 35A–B). Width 0.23. Bursae reduced. Copulatory ducts slender, twisted tightly (Figs 31A, 35B). Spermathecae slightly swollen, straight. Male (paratype). Damaged. Pedipalpus (Figs 32–34). Cymbium 0.38 long. Embolus long, filiform, originating at approximately 7-o’clock position. TA prolaterally short and simple. RTA large, simple, with a single fold. Base of tibia with a big bifurcated spur. Variation. Total length: females 1.95–2.55 (n = 18). Distribution. Known only from the type locality (Fig. 97).
description: Published as part of Li, Shuqiang & Wang, Xiaoxiao, 2017, New cave-dwelling spiders of the family Dictynidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Guangxi and Guizhou, China, pp. 125-228 in Zoological Systematics 42 (2) on pages 158-163, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201711, http://zenodo.org/record/5366040
Effective field theory of topological insulator and the Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation
Creators: name: Dayi, O. F.
name: Elbistan, M.
name: Yunt, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Employing the Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation it is demonstrated straightforwardly that the first and second Chern numbers are equal to the coefficients of the 2+1 and 4+1 dimensional Chern-Simons actions which are generated by the massive Dirac fermions coupled to the Abelian gauge fields. A topological insulator model in 2+1 dimensions is discussed and by means of a dimensional reduction approach the 1+1 dimensional descendant of the 2+1 dimensional Chern-Simons theory is presented. Field strength of the Berry gauge field corresponding to the 4+1 dimensional Dirac theory is explicitly derived through the Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation. Acquainted with it the second Chern numbers are calculated for specific choices of the integration domain. A method is proposed to obtain 3+1 and 2+1 dimensional descendants of the effective field theory of the 4+1 dimensional time reversal invariant topological insulator theory. Inspired by the spin Hall effect in graphene, a hypothetical model of the time reversal invariant spin Hall insulator in 3+1 dimensions is proposed.
description: 20 pages. Few corrections and Refs. added
Mapping the hydrodynamic response to the initial geometry in heavy-ion collisions
Creators: name: Gardim, Fernando G.
name: Grassi, Frederique
name: Luzum, Matthew
name: Ollitrault, Jean-Yves
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate how the initial geometry of a heavy-ion collision is transformed into final flow observables by solving event-by-event ideal hydrodynamics with realistic fluctuating initial conditions. We study quantitatively to what extent anisotropic flow (v_n) is determined by the initial eccentricity epsilon_n for a set of realistic simulations, and we discuss which definition of epsilon_n gives the best estimator of v_n. We find that the common practice of using an r^2 weight in the definition of varepsilon_n in general results in a poorer predictor of v_n than when using r^n weight, for n > 2. We similarly study the importance of additional properties of the initial state. For example, we show that in order to correctly predict v_4 and v_5 for non-central collisions, one must take into account nonlinear terms proportional to (epsilon_2)^2 and (epsilon_2)*(epsilon_3), respectively. We find that it makes no difference whether one calculates the eccentricities over a range of rapidity, or in a single slice at z=0, nor is it important whether one uses an energy or entropy density weight. This knowledge will be important for making a more direct link between experimental observables and hydrodynamic initial conditions, the latter being poorly constrained at present.
description: Version accepted for publication (minor changes); 7 pages, 4 figues; Figure data files included with source
Additional file 5 of Experimental studies from shake flasks to 3 L stirred tank bioreactor of nutrients and oxygen supply conditions to improve the growth of the avian cell line DuckCelt®-T17
Creators: name: Tingaud, Valentine
name: Bordes, Claire
name: Al Mouazen, Eyad
name: Cogné, Claudia
name: Bolzinger, Marie-Alexandrine
name: Lawton, Philippe
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplementary Material 5