cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Complete sequence and polymorphisms of female Ruditapes philippinarum (Mollusca: Bivalvia) mitochondria genome
Creators: name: Hwang, Jae Yeon
name: Geon Goo Han
name: Park, Jung Youn
name: Kim, Eun-Mi
name: An, Cheul Min
name: Jung-Ha Kang
name: Yun-Jaie Choi
name: Kim, Eun Bae
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Mitogenome of female Ruditapes philippinarum organism was sequenced, and genomic variation and phylogeny were examined in this study. Length of the mitogenome was 22 089 bp showing 94.28% of sequence identity with previously reported sequence. Total 707 single nucleotide polymorphisms, SNPs, were detected and 50 residues were non-synonymous SNPs among the 202 SNPs in protein-coding genes. Deleted genomic fragments with of 265 bp and 322 bp were observed in non-coding regions, ND2 to ND4L and ND4L to tRNAIle, respectively. Phylogenic analysis confirmed that used organisms were female R. philippinarum, and the species has closer evolutionary distance with genus Paphia rather than genus Meretrix. Our finding will be help to set an insight for population and evolutionary genomics of Veneroida clams as well as application to marine industry.
Theory of phonon sidebands in the absorption spectra of moiré exciton-polaritons
Creators: name: Jürgens, Kevin
name: Wigger, Daniel
name: Kuhn, Tilmann
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Excitons in twisted bilayers of transition metal dichalcogenides have strongly modified dispersion relations due to the formation of periodic moiré potentials. The strong coupling to a light field in an optical cavity leads to the appearance of moiré polaritons. In this paper, we derive a theoretical model for the linear absorption spectrum of the coupled moiré polariton-phonon system based on the time-convolutionless (TCL) approach. Results obtained by numerically solving the TCL equation are compared to those obtained in the Markovian limit and from a perturbative treatment of non-Markovian corrections. A key quantity for the interpretation of the findings is the generalized phonon spectral density. We discuss the phonon impact on the spectrum for realistic moiré exciton dispersions by varying twist angle and temperature.
 Key features introduced by the coupling to phonons are broadenings and energy shifts of the upper and lower polariton peak and the appearance of phonon sidebands between them. We analyze these features with respect to the role of Markovian and non-Markovian effects and find that they strongly depend on the twist angle. We can distinguish between the regimes of large, small, and intermediate twist angles. In the latter phonon effects are particularly pronounced due to dominating phonon transitions into regions which are characterized by van Hove singularities in the density of states.
The complete mitochondrial genome of Himalayan Snowcock (Tetraogallus himalayensis)
Creators: name: An, Bei
name: Lixun Zhang
name: Luzhang Ruan
name: Naifa Liu
name: Zexi Zhang
name: Abutalip, Ali
name: Yila Suo
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: We reported here the first complete sequences of mitogenome of Tetraogallus himalayensis obtained by next generation sequencing methods. The assembled mitogenome is a 16 692 bp circle, comprising of 13 protein-coding genes, two rRNA genes (12S rRNA and 16S rRNA), 22 tRNA genes, and one control region. The resultant phylogenetic tree supported T. himalayensis and T. tibeanus are sister taxon, and Tetraogallus with Alectoris and coturnix formed a monophyletic group.
Influence of critical thinking on creativity when using mobile devices for learning
Creators: name: Firipis, Arthur
name: Chandrasekaran, Sivachandran
name: Joordens, Matthew
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 3901
subject: Curriculum and pedagogy
classificationCode: 401003
subject: Engineering practice
classificationCode: 401099
subject: Engineering practice and education not elsewhere classified

description: Learning using 1:1 mobile devices is a partnership between the user and the curriculum, where learning interventions are strategically integrated to foster critical thinking skills for effective problem solving. The purpose of this research study is to explore the question. How can 1:1 mobile technology be used to develop critical thinking skills and support creativity? The skill of problem solving is evidence of applied critical thinking during targeted learning. The literature review and focus group results, contextualise and aim to demonstrate how learners are using 1:1 mobile devices to develop critical thinking skills to achieve problem solving outcomes. Engineering courses that are using problem orientated design-based learning and are allowing students to use 1:1 mobile devices, need to support students by including targeted learning interventions. Learning interventions using active learning (self-directed learning) principles that are designed to teach critical thinking skills to achieve higher order problem solving outcomes for ‘real world’ solutions. Focus group results are included in this research study to highlight students’ perceptions when using 1:1 mobile devices for learning as evidence of applied critical thinking skills.
BREAKING THE CYCLE OF ECONOMIC INSTABILITY AMONG BLACK/AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES THROUGH STRATEGIES FOR RESILIENCE AND GROWTH IN GRANVILLE AND VANCE COUNTIES
Creators: name: Smith, Destiney
name: Trivedi, Zinal
name: Voyles, Heather
name: Lopez-Garcia, Mitsy
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2025

description:
Granville and Vance Counties in North Carolina face significant challenges related to social determinants of health (SDOH), which disproportionately affect their Black/African American populations. Key issues such as food insecurity, limited educational opportunities, and poor infrastructure contribute to cycles of poverty and poor health outcomes. In response, this proposal presents sustainable, upstream strategies to improve economic stability and drive systemic change. Central to this approach is the formation of a diverse, community-led task force that prioritizes equitable access to employment, education, housing, and healthcare. The plan includes cross-sector collaboration, stakeholder engagement, and data-driven decision making to ensure long-term impact. By addressing root causes rather than temporary fixes, this initiative aims to reduce disparities and foster resilient communities. Strategic recommendations are grounded in systems thinking, continuous quality improvement, and inclusive design to ensure marginalized voices are heard and empowered throughout the process.
Effect of organic cultivation of rooibos tea plants (Aspalathus linearis) on soil nutrient status in Nieuwoudtville, South Africa
Creators: name: Chimphango, Samson BM
name: Dawood Hattas
name: Oettlé, Noel
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Microbiology
subject: Biochemistry

description: The shoots of rooibos (Aspalathus linearis (Burm.f.) R.Dahlgren) plants, cultivated organically by small-scale farmers in Nieuwoudtville, are harvested for the production of tea. These practices could lead to decreasing soil fertility. It was hypothesised that soil from cultivated rooibos plots will have lower nutrient concentrations than soil from adjacent uncultivated plots. Soil and shoot samples were collected in December 2005, 2006 and 2009 from cultivated fields of increasing plot age and from adjacent uncultivated plots on three farms, and analysed for nutrient concentration. Compared with the uncultivated plots, no measured soil nutrients including concentrations of phosphorus (P), exchangeable potassium (K), magnesium (Mg) and calcium (Ca), and soil carbon (C) decreased in cultivated plots over the five-year period of assessment. Soil C correlated positively with concentrations of soil exchangeable K, Mg and Ca, and sodium (P<0.001), indicating that soil C is an important indicator of soil fertility. Foliar P increased, and consequently the nitrogen:P ratio decreased in cultivated relative to uncultivated plants, implying higher P-uptake by cultivated plants. Overall, organic rooibos cultivation in Nieuwoudtville appears to be sustainable in terms of maintaining soil nutrition because soil nutrient status did not decrease over the five-year period.
Involving patients in patient safety programmes: A scoping review and consensus procedure by the LINNEAUS collaboration on patient safety in primary care
Creators: name: Trier, Hans
name: Valderas, Jose M
name: Wensing, Michel
name: Martin, Helle Max
name: Egebart, Jonas
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Hematology
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: Science Policy
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Meta Science
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Medicine

description: ABSTRACTBackground: Patient involvement has only recently received attention as a potentially useful approach to patient safety in primary care.Objective: To summarize work conducted on a scoping review of interventions focussing on patient involvement for patient safety; to develop consensus-based recommendations in this area.Methods: Scoping review of the literature 2006–2011 about methods and effects of involving patients in patient safety in primary care identified evidence for previous experiences of patient involvement in patient safety. This information was fed back to an expert panel for the development of recommendations for healthcare professionals and policy makers.Results: The scoping review identified only weak evidence in support of the effectiveness of patient involvement. Identified barriers included a number of patient factors but also the healthcare workers’ attitudes, abilities and lack of training. The expert panel recommended the integration of patient safety in the educational curricula for healthcare professionals, and expected a commitment from professionals to act as first movers by inviting and encouraging the patients to take an active role. The panel proposed a checklist to be used by primary care clinicians at the point of care for promoting patient involvement.Conclusion: There is only weak evidence on the effectiveness of patient involvement in patient safety. The recommendations of the panel can inform future policy and practice on patient involvement in safety in primary care.
Carasobarbus kosswigi
Creators: name: Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz
name: Esmaeili, Hamid Reza
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Cypriniformes
Cyprinidae
Carasobarbus
Carasobarbus kosswigi

description: 97. Carasobarbus kosswigi (Ladiges, 1960)
Common name. Kosswig’s barb
Taxonomy. Original description: Cyclocheilichthys kosswigi Ladiges, 1960: 135, fig. 7 [Batman suyu (Batman Çayi), Türkiye; holotype: ZMH H 1148].
Revisions. Borkenhagen et al. (2011: 328); Borkenhagen & Krupp (2013: 32).
Illustrations. Borkenhagen & Krupp (2013: 33, figs. 21-22).
Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Tigris.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 441-Lower Tigris & Euphrates, 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates.
Status in Iran. [Native].—Abohanj.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022).—Iran material: CMNFI, ZM-CBSU.
Conservation. —IUCN: VU.
description: Published as part of Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz & Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, 2024, Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022), pp. 1-99 in Zootaxa 5402 (1) on page 36, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5402.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10524097
Clustering multivariate longitudinal observations: The contaminated Gaussian hidden Markov model
Creators: name: Punzo, Antonio
name: Maruotti, Antonello
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Information and Computing Sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Biotechnology

description: The Gaussian hidden Markov model (HMM) is widely considered for the analysis of heterogeneous continuous multivariate longitudinal data. To robustify this approach with respect to possible elliptical heavy-tailed departures from normality, due to the presence of outliers, spurious points, or noise (collectively referred to as bad points herein), the contaminated Gaussian HMM is here introduced. The contaminated Gaussian distribution represents an elliptical generalization of the Gaussian distribution and allows for automatic detection of bad points in the same natural way as observations are typically assigned to the latent states in the HMM context. Once the model is fitted, each observation has a posterior probability of belonging to a particular state and, inside each state, of being a bad point or not. In addition to the parameters of the classical Gaussian HMM, for each state we have two more parameters, both with a specific and useful interpretation: one controls the proportion of bad points and one specifies their degree of atypicality. A sufficient condition for the identifiability of the model is given, an expectation-conditional maximization algorithm is outlined for parameter estimation and various operational issues are discussed. Using a large scale simulation study, but also an illustrative artificial dataset, we demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed model in comparison with HMMs of different elliptical distributions, and we also evaluate the performance of some well-known information criteria in selecting the true number of latent states. The model is finally used to fit data on criminal activities in Italian provinces.
Tocotrienol Rich Palm Oil Extract Is More Effective Than Pure Tocotrienols at Improving Endothelium-Dependent Relaxation in the Presence of Oxidative Stress
Creators: name: Ali, Saher
name: Woodman, Owen L.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Oxidative endothelial dysfunction is a critical initiator of vascular disease. Vitamin E is an effective antioxidant but attempts to use it to treat vascular disorders have been disappointing. This study investigated whether tocotrienols, the less abundant components of vitamin E compared to tocopherols, might be more effective at preserving endothelial function. Superoxide generated by hypoxanthine/xanthine oxidase or rat aorta was measured using lucigenin-enhanced chemiluminescence. The effect of α-tocopherol, α-, δ-, and γ-tocotrienols and a tocotrienol rich palm oil extract (tocomin) on levels of superoxide was assessed. Endothelial function in rat aorta was assessed in the presence of the auto-oxidant pyrogallol. Whilst all of the compounds displayed antioxidant activity, the tocotrienols were more effective when superoxide was produced by hypoxanthine/xanthine oxidase whereas tocomin and α-tocopherol were more effective in the isolated aorta. Tocomin and α-tocopherol restored endothelial function in the presence of oxidant stress but α-, δ-, and γ-tocotrienols were ineffective. The protective effect of tocomin was replicated when the tocotrienols were present with, but not without, α-tocopherol. Tocotrienol rich tocomin is more effective than α-tocopherol at reducing oxidative stress and restoring endothelium-dependent relaxation in rat aortae and although α-, δ-, and γ-tocotrienols effectively scavenged superoxide, they did not improve endothelial function.
How to apply zero-shot learning to text data in substance use research: An overview and tutorial with media data
Creators: name: Riordan, Benjamin
name: Bonela, Abraham Albert
name: He, Zhen
name: Nibali, Aiden
name: Anderson-Luxford, Daniel
name: Kuntsche, Emmanuel
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
classificationCode: 5203
subject: Clinical and health psychology
classificationCode: 4206
subject: Public health

description: A vast amount of media-related text data is generated daily in the form of social media posts, news stories or academic articles. These text data provide opportunities for researchers to analyse and understand how substance-related issues are being discussed. The main methods to analyse large text data (content analyses or specifically trained deep-learning models) require substantial manual annotation and resources. A machine-learning approach called ‘zero-shot learning’ may be quicker, more flexible and require fewer resources. Zero-shot learning uses models trained on large, unlabelled (or weakly labelled) data sets to classify previously unseen data into categories on which the model has not been specifically trained. This means that a pre-existing zero-shot learning model can be used to analyse media-related text data without the need for task-specific annotation or model training. This approach may be particularly important for analysing data that is time critical. This article describes the relatively new concept of zero-shot learning and how it can be applied to text data in substance use research, including a brief practical tutorial.
Tocotrienol-Rich Tocomin Attenuates Oxidative Stress and Improves Endothelium-Dependent Relaxation in Aortae from Rats Fed a High-Fat Western Diet
Creators: name: Ali, Saher
name: Nguyen, Jason C. D.
name: Jenkins, Trisha A.
name: Woodman, Owen L.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We have previously reported that tocomin, a mixture high in tocotrienol content and also containing tocopherol, acutely preserves endothelial function in the presence of oxidative stress. In this study, we investigated whether tocomin treatment would preserve endothelial function in aortae isolated from rats fed a high-fat diet known to cause oxidative stress. Wistar hooded rats were fed a western diet (WD, 21% fat) or control rat chow (standard diet, 6% fat) for 12 weeks. Tocomin (40 mg/kg/day sc) or its vehicle (peanut oil) was administered for the last 4 weeks of the feeding regime. Aortae from WD rats showed an impairment of endothelium-dependent relaxation that was associated with an increased expression of the NADPH oxidase Nox2 subunit and an increase in the vascular generation of superoxide measured using L-012 chemiluminescence. The increase in vascular oxidative stress was accompanied by a decrease in basal NO release and impairment of the contribution of NO to ACh-induced relaxation. The impaired relaxation is likely contributed to by a decreased expression of eNOS, calmodulin, and phosphorylated Akt and an increase in caveolin. Tocotrienol rich tocomin, which prevented the diet-induced changes in vascular function, reduced vascular superoxide production and abolished the diet-induced changes in eNOS and other protein expression. Using selective inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase (NOS), soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) and calcium-activated potassium (KCa) channels we demonstrated that tocomin increased NO-mediated relaxation, without affecting the contribution of endothelium-dependent hyperpolarization type relaxation to the endothelium-dependent relaxation. The beneficial actions of tocomin in this diet-induced model of obesity suggest that it may have potential to be used as a therapeutic agent to prevent vascular disease in obesity.
Western diet chow consumption in rats induces striatal neuronal activation while reducing dopamine levels without affecting spatial memory in the radial arm maze
Creators: name: Nguyen, Jason C. D.
name: Ali, Saher
name: Kosari, Sepideh
name: Woodman, Owen L.
name: Spencer, Sarah J.
name: Killcross, A. Simon
name: Jenkins, Trisha A.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Rats fed high fat diets have been shown to be impaired in hippocampal-dependent behavioral tasks, such as spatial recognition in the Y-maze and reference memory in the Morris water maze (MWM). It is clear from previous studies, however, that motivation and reward factor into the memory deficits associated with obesity and high-fat diet consumption, and that the prefrontal cortex and striatumand neurotransmitter dopamine play important roles in cognitive performance. In this series of studies we extend our research to investigate the effect of a high fat diet on striatal neurochemistry and performance in the delayed spatial win-shift radial arm maze task, a paradigm highly reliant on dopamine-rich brain regions, such as the striatum after high fat diet consumption. Memory performance, neuronal activation and brain dopaminergic levels were compared in rats fed a “Western” (21% fat, 0.15% cholesterol) chow diet compared to normal diet (6% fat, 0.15% cholesterol)-fed controls. Twelve weeks of dietary manipulation produced an increase in weight in western diet-fed rats, but did not affect learning and performance in the delayed spatial win-shift radial arm maze task. Concurrently, there was an observed decrease in dopamine levels in the striatum and a reduction of dopamine turnover in the hippocampus in western diet-fed rats. In a separate cohort of rats Fos levels were measured after rats had been placed in a novel arena and allowed to explore freely. In normal rats, this exposure to a unique environment did not affect neuronal activation. In contrast, rats fed a western diet were found to have significantly increased Fos expression in the striatum, but not prefrontal cortex or hippocampus. Our study demonstrates that while western diet consumption in rats produces weight gain and brain neuronal and neurotransmitter changes, it did not affect performance in the delayed spatial win-shift paradigm in the radial arm maze. We conclude that modeling the cognitive decline-obesity relationship is complex with considerations, of type of memory, behavioral task and dietary intervention (fat, fat and sugar, sugar, and cafeteria diets) all adding to our overall understanding.
Mixed Alkoxyaminosilanes, methods of making same and vulcanizing silicons prepared therefrom
Creators: name: Arkles, Barry
name: Peterson, William R
name: Rokowski, Joseph M
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1985
Subjects: Organosilicon Chemistry

description: The preparation of pure mixed alkoxyaminosilanes is described corresponding to the general formula: wherein: R is hydrogen, short chain alkyl or alkenyl or aryl; R" and R'" are separately either hydrogen, short chain alkyl or aryl, at least one being other than hydrogen; R' is short chain alkyl or aryl; and m, n and p are integers such that m+n+p=4 and n and p are at least one each. The obtained compounds are employed in endcapping of polysiloxanes having terminal silane groups.
Apple scar skin viroid naked RNA is actively transmitted by the whitefly Trialeurodes vaporariorum
Creators: name: Yashika Walia
name: Dhir, Sunny
name: Aijaz Asghar Zaidi
name: Vipin Hallan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Microbiology
subject: Biochemistry

description: Nucleic acid transfer between plants is a phenomenon which is likely to occur in many ways in nature. We report here the active transmission of Apple scar skin viroid (ASSVd) naked ssRNA species by the whitefly Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Tv). Not only the viroid RNA, its DNA form was also identified from the insect. The viroid transfer efficiency was enhanced with the help of Cucumis sativus Phloem protein 2 (CsPP2), a plant protein known to translocate viroid RNAs. This PP2/ASSVd complex is stably present in the viroid infected cucumber plants, as was identified with the help of immunological reaction. As viroid-like secondary structures are found in some plant RNAs, and PP2 is known to bind and translocate several RNAs, the results have huge implications in transfer of these RNA species between plants visited by the whitefly.
Tariqilabeo adiscus
Creators: name: Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz
name: Esmaeili, Hamid Reza
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Cypriniformes
Cyprinidae
Tariqilabeo
Tariqilabeo adiscus

description: 94. Tariqilabeo adiscus (Annandale, 1919)
Common name. Discless minnow
Taxonomy. Original description: Discognathus adiscus Annandale, 1919: 68, pls. 10, fig. 2, 11, fig. 1 [Seistan, eastern Iran; holotype: ZSI F9763 /1). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968: 107].
Revisions. Sayyadzadeh et al. (2015b: 353) as Gonorhynchus adiscus.
Illustrations. Annandale (1919: pl. 10, fig. 2, pl. 11, fig. 1); Sayyadzadeh et al. (2015b: figs. 2-5) as Gonorhynchus adiscus.
Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Sistan.―Distribution in Ecoregions: 702-Helmand–Sistan.
Status in Iran. [Native].—Sanglis-e Sistani.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022).—Iran material: ZM-CBSU.
Conservation. —IUCN: NE.
description: Published as part of Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz & Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, 2024, Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022), pp. 1-99 in Zootaxa 5402 (1) on page 35, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5402.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10524097
Patient safety initiatives in Central and Eastern Europe: A mixed methods approach by the LINNEAUS collaboration on patient safety in primary care
Creators: name: Maciek Godycki-Cwirko
name: Aneez Esmail
name: Dovey, Susan
name: Wensing, Michel
name: Parker, Dianne
name: Kowalczyk, Anna
name: Błaszczyk, Honorata
name: Kosiek, Katarzyna
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Medicine
subject: Engineering

description: ABSTRACTBackground: Despite patient safety being recognized as an important healthcare issue in the European Union, there has been variable implementation of patient safety initiatives in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).Objective: To assess the status of patient safety initiatives in countries in CEE; to describe a process of engagement in Poland, which can serve as a template for the implementation of patient safety initiatives in primary care.Methods: A mixed methods design was used. We conducted a review of literature focusing on publications from CEE, an inventory of patient safety initiatives in CEE countries, interviews with key informants, international survey, review of national reporting systems, and pilot demonstrator project in Poland with implementation of patient safety toolkits assessment.Results: There was no published patient safety research from Albania, Belarus, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, or Russia. Nine papers were found from Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Serbia, and Slovenia. In most of the CEE countries, patient safety had been addressed at the policy level although the focus was mainly in hospital care. There was a dearth of activity in primary care. The use of patient improvement strategies was low.Conclusion: International cooperation as exemplified in the demonstrator project can help in the development and implementation of patient safety initiatives in primary care in changing the emphasis away from a blame culture to one where greater emphasis is placed on improvement and learning.
Apple scar skin viroid naked RNA is actively transmitted by the whitefly Trialeurodes vaporariorum
Creators: name: Yashika Walia
name: Dhir, Sunny
name: Aijaz Asghar Zaidi
name: Vipin Hallan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Nucleic acid transfer between plants is a phenomenon which is likely to occur in many ways in nature. We report here the active transmission of Apple scar skin viroid (ASSVd) naked ssRNA species by the whitefly Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Tv). Not only the viroid RNA, its DNA form was also identified from the insect. The viroid transfer efficiency was enhanced with the help of Cucumis sativus Phloem protein 2 (CsPP2), a plant protein known to translocate viroid RNAs. This PP2/ASSVd complex is stably present in the viroid infected cucumber plants, as was identified with the help of immunological reaction. As viroid-like secondary structures are found in some plant RNAs, and PP2 is known to bind and translocate several RNAs, the results have huge implications in transfer of these RNA species between plants visited by the whitefly.
Polymeric micelles for the encapsulation and delivery ofanti-cancer stem cell metal complexes
Creators: name: Passeri, Ginevra
Publisher: name: University of Leicester
Year: 2024

description: Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are tumour-initiating cells that can be responsible for metastasis and relapse. In our group, metal complexes with promising anti-CSCs properties have been successfully synthesised and characterised. However, their poor solubility in aqueous solutions can affect their internalisation by cells and their therapeutic potential. A well-established strategy to improve the solubility of lipophilic compounds is encapsulation into biodegradable micelles. Elongated-shape micelles (filomicelles) are less prone to be recognised by immune cells, leading to a longer circulating time in the blood and increased accumulation in the tumour. In vivo studies have shown that filomicelles are able to effectively deliver anti-tumoral agents to tumours in mice. This project aims to prepare and characterise spherical poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid)-polyethylene glycol (PLGA-PEG) micelles and poly(ethylene glycol)–poly(caprolactone) (PEG-PCL) filomicelles containing anti-CSCs metal complex complexes. The anti-CSC activity of the nanoparticle formulations and their ability to deliver their cargo into CSCs will be studied.An immunogenic copper(II) complex has been successfully encapsulated into PLGA-PEG nanoparticles by nanoprecipitation and characterised by imaging and analytical methods. The polymeric envelope increased CSCs uptake and potency relative to the free copper(II) complex.The same copper(II) complex was encapsulated in PEG-PCL filomicelles using various self-assembly techniques. The morphology of the different formulations were characterised by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The formulation obtained by solvent evaporation method was employed for biophysical and biological studies and its potency towards CSCs was compared to the spherical formulation.Finally, an anti-osteosarcoma stem cells (OSCs) gallium(III) agent was encapsulated into PEG-PLGA spherical nanoparticles by nanoprecipitation and characterised by imaging and analytical methods. The polymeric envelope increased potency relative to the free gallium(III) complex and maintained its mechanism of action.
Improving customized fetal biometry by longitudinal modelling
Creators: name: White, Scott W.
name: Marsh, Julie A.
name: Lye, Stephen J.
name: Briollais, Laurent
name: Newnham, John P.
name: Pennell, Craig E.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Objective: To develop customized biometric charts to better define abnormal fetal growth. Methods: A total of 1056 singleton fetuses from the Raine Study underwent serial ultrasound biometry (abdominal circumference [AC], head circumference, and femur length) at 18, 24, 28, 34, and 38 weeks’ gestation. Customized biometry trajectories were developed adjusting for epidemiological influences upon fetal biometry using covariates available at 18 weeks gestation. Prediction accuracy (areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve [AUC] and 95% confidence interval [95%CI]) was evaluated by repeated random sub-sampling cross-validation methodology. Results: The model for derived estimated fetal weight (EFW) performed well for EFW less than 10th predicted percentile (AUC = 0.695, 95%CI, 0.692–0.699) and EFW greater than 90th predicted percentile (AUC = 0.705, 95%CI, 0.702–0.708). Fetal AC was also well predicted for growth restriction (AUC = 0.789, 95%CI, 0.784–0.794) and macrosomia (AUC = 0.796, 95%CI, 0.793–0.799). Population-derived, sex-specific charts misclassified 7.9% of small fetuses and 10.7% of large fetuses as normal. Conversely, 9.2% of those classified as abnormally grown by population-derived charts were considered normal by customized charts, potentially leading to complications of unnecessary intervention. Conclusions: Customized fetal biometric charts may offer improved ability for clinicians to detect deviations from optimal fetal growth and influence pregnancy management.
Carasobarbus sublimus
Creators: name: Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz
name: Esmaeili, Hamid Reza
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Cypriniformes
Cyprinidae
Carasobarbus
Carasobarbus sublimus

description: 99. Carasobarbus sublimus (Coad & Najafpour, 1997)
Common name. Himri
Taxonomy. Original description: Barbus sublimus Coad & Najafpour, 1997: 274, fig. 1 [A’la River at Pol–e Tighen, 31°23.5’N, 49°53’E, Khuzestan Province, Iran; holotype: CMNFI 1995–0009].
Revisions. Borkenhagen & Krupp (2013: 42).
Illustrations. Mirza & Javed (1997: 274, fig. 1); Mohamed et al. (2016).
Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Tigris, Zohreh.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 441-Lower Tigris & Euphrates, 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates.
Status in Iran. [Native].—Hemri Farsi.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022).—Iran material: ZM-CBSU.
Conservation. —IUCN: NE.
description: Published as part of Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz & Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, 2024, Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022), pp. 1-99 in Zootaxa 5402 (1) on pages 36-37, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5402.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10524097
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN ACCOUNTING: TRANSFORMING FINANCIAL REPORTING AND DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES
Creators: name: Dr. MBONIGABA CELESTIN, Prof. Dr. JERRYSON AMEWORGBE GIDISU
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is redefining accounting practices globally, enhancing the accuracy, efficiency, and strategic relevance of financial reporting and decision-making processes. This study is vital as it investigates how AI technologies-such as machine learning, robotic process automation, and predictive analytics-are being adopted in Rwanda’s accounting sector amidst the country’s ambitious digital transformation agenda. The research aimed to evaluate the role of AI in improving financial transparency, efficiency, and strategic insights. A convergent mixed-method design was employed, incorporating surveys and interviews from 105 respondents across Rwanda’s public and private financial sectors. Quantitative data were analyzed through regression and correlation models, revealing that AI technologies significantly improved financial reporting accuracy (β = 0.742, p< 0.01), efficiency (β = 0.699, p< 0.01), and decision-making (β = 0.713, p< 0.01). The overall regression model explained 86.4% of the variance in financial transformation (R² = 0.864), while the Pearson correlation coefficient was r = 0.928, confirming a strong positive association between AI adoption and enhanced financial outcomes. The findings concluded that AI plays a transformative role in accounting by reducing human error, improving compliance, and enabling real-time analytics. The study implies that strategic investment in AI infrastructure and regulatory clarity could accelerate AI integration. It recommends government-backed incentives, capacity-building programs, and regulatory reforms to overcome current barriers and promote sustainable AI adoption in accounting systems.
Creative industries and informal economies: Lessons from Nollywood
Creators: name: Lobato, Ramon
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Since the emergence of its video industry in the 1990s, Nigeria has become the largest film producer in the world by output. Its informal economy now provides around two thousand films a year for a pan-African audience, and the industry has grown rapidly without assistance from the state, NGOs, or the film festival circuit. This article analyses the rise of 'Nollywood' through the lens of current debates in media studies. The Nigerian video economy offers compelling evidence for the role of informal markets in creating efficient and economically sustainable media industries. Its success also has implications for current debates around copyright and media piracy. I conclude that reading Nigerian video as a creative industry represents a useful way to rematerialize media studies in the overdeveloped world.
Rethinking genre studies through distribution analysis: Issues in international horror movie circuits
Creators: name: Lobato, Ramon
name: Ryan, Mark David
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The existence of any film genre depends on the effective operation of distribution networks. Contingencies of distribution play an important role in determining the content of individual texts and the characteristics of film genres; they enable new genres to emerge at the same time as they impose limits on generic change. This paper sets out an alternative way of doing genre studies, based on an analysis of distributive circuits rather than film texts or generic categories. Our objective is to provide a conceptual framework that can account for the multiple ways in which distribution networks leave their traces on film texts and audience expectations, with specific reference to international horror networks, and to offer some preliminary suggestions as to how distribution analysis can be integrated into existing genre studies methodologies.
Good practice statements on safe laboratory testing: A mixed methods study by the LINNEAUS collaboration on patient safety in primary care
Creators: name: Bowie, Paul
name: Forrest, Eleanor
name: Price, Julie
name: Verstappen, Wim
name: Cunningham, David
name: Halley, Lyn
name: Grant, Suzanne
name: Kelly, Moya
name: McKay, John
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: Hematology
Science Policy
Biological Sciences
Biotechnology
Medicine

description: ABSTRACTBackground: The systems-based management of laboratory test ordering and results handling is a known source of error in primary care settings worldwide. The consequences are wide-ranging for patients (e.g. avoidable harm or poor care experience), general practitioners (e.g. delayed clinical decision making and potential medico-legal implications) and the primary care organization (e.g. increased allocation of resources to problem-solve and dealing with complaints). Guidance is required to assist care teams to minimize associated risks and improve patient safety.Objective: To identify, develop and build expert consensus on ‘good practice’ guidance statements to inform the implementation of safe systems for ordering laboratory tests and managing results in European primary care settings.Methods: Mixed methods studies were undertaken in the UK and Ireland, and the findings were triangulated to develop ‘good practice’ statements. Expert consensus was then sought on the findings at the wider European level via a Delphi group meeting during 2013.Results: We based consensus on 10 safety domains and developed 77 related ‘good practice’ statements (≥ 80% agreement levels) judged to be essential to creating safety and minimizing risks in laboratory test ordering and subsequent results handling systems in international primary care.Conclusion: Guidance was developed for improving patient safety in this important area of primary care practice. We need to consider how this guidance can be made accessible to frontline care teams, utilized by clinical educators and improvement advisers, implemented by decision makers and evaluated to determine acceptability, feasibility and impacts on patient safety.
Improving customized fetal biometry by longitudinal modelling
Creators: name: White, Scott W.
name: Marsh, Julie A.
name: Lye, Stephen J.
name: Briollais, Laurent
name: Newnham, John P.
name: Pennell, Craig E.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Objective: To develop customized biometric charts to better define abnormal fetal growth. Methods: A total of 1056 singleton fetuses from the Raine Study underwent serial ultrasound biometry (abdominal circumference [AC], head circumference, and femur length) at 18, 24, 28, 34, and 38 weeks’ gestation. Customized biometry trajectories were developed adjusting for epidemiological influences upon fetal biometry using covariates available at 18 weeks gestation. Prediction accuracy (areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve [AUC] and 95% confidence interval [95%CI]) was evaluated by repeated random sub-sampling cross-validation methodology. Results: The model for derived estimated fetal weight (EFW) performed well for EFW less than 10th predicted percentile (AUC = 0.695, 95%CI, 0.692–0.699) and EFW greater than 90th predicted percentile (AUC = 0.705, 95%CI, 0.702–0.708). Fetal AC was also well predicted for growth restriction (AUC = 0.789, 95%CI, 0.784–0.794) and macrosomia (AUC = 0.796, 95%CI, 0.793–0.799). Population-derived, sex-specific charts misclassified 7.9% of small fetuses and 10.7% of large fetuses as normal. Conversely, 9.2% of those classified as abnormally grown by population-derived charts were considered normal by customized charts, potentially leading to complications of unnecessary intervention. Conclusions: Customized fetal biometric charts may offer improved ability for clinicians to detect deviations from optimal fetal growth and influence pregnancy management.
Apple scar skin viroid naked RNA is actively transmitted by the whitefly Trialeurodes vaporariorum
Creators: name: Yashika Walia
name: Dhir, Sunny
name: Aijaz Asghar Zaidi
name: Vipin Hallan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Microbiology
subject: Biochemistry

description: ABSTRACTNucleic acid transfer between plants is a phenomenon which is likely to occur in many ways in nature. We report here the active transmission of Apple scar skin viroid (ASSVd) naked ssRNA species by the whitefly Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Tv). Not only the viroid RNA, its DNA form was also identified from the insect. The viroid transfer efficiency was enhanced with the help of Cucumis sativus Phloem protein 2 (CsPP2), a plant protein known to translocate viroid RNAs. This PP2/ASSVd complex is stably present in the viroid infected cucumber plants, as was identified with the help of immunological reaction. As viroid-like secondary structures are found in some plant RNAs, and PP2 is known to bind and translocate several RNAs, the results have huge implications in transfer of these RNA species between plants visited by the whitefly.
An Introduction to Informal Media Economies
Creators: name: Lobato, Ramon
name: Thomas, Julian
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This special issue of Television and New Media showcases current research on informal media production and distribution networks. Situated partly or wholly outside regulated, consolidated, and policy-governed audiovisual industries, the networks studied here include video circuits in West Africa, new media infrastructures in the Caribbean, user-driven streaming sites, and transnational VHS piracy. Together, these accounts provide glimpses of what may be best described as an interlocking set of informal media economies: zones of unmeasured and unevenly regulated media production and exchange, which articulate with conventional media systems in unpredictable ways.