cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Trophic shift in the diet of the pelagic thresher shark based on stomach contents and stable isotope analyses
Creators: name: Newsome, Seth D.
name: Galván-Magaña, Felipe
name: Polo-Silva, Carlos
name: Grijalba-Bendeck, Marcela
name: Sanjuan-Muñoz, Adolfo
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2013
Subjects: Marine Biology

description: The trophic ecology of the pelagic thresher shark (Alopias pelagicus) was analysed using stomach contents and carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) stable isotope analysis. The sharks were caught in Ecuadorian waters between June and December 2003. Approximately 24 prey species were found in the stomachs of 111 sharks. The most common species were Dosidicus gigas, Benthosema panamense and Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis. Mean (± SD) muscle isotope values of the pelagic thresher shark were −16.0±0.3‰ for δ13C and 13.7±1.1‰ for δ15N; mean (± SD) vertebrae values were −16.7±2.0 for δ13C and 9.4±1.8 for δ15N. There were no significant sex-related differences in muscle δ13C and δ15N; however, female vertebrae had significantly higher mean (± SD) δ13C values (−16.4±2.0‰) than males (−18.8±0.3‰). Inter-individual variation in δ15N values was observed in both tissues and was likely related to foraging in different ecosystems with distinct isotope values. Both stomach content and isotope data suggest that the pelagic thresher shark is a specialist predator in Ecuadorian waters. In general, little is known about the foraging ecology and movement patterns of this globally distributed but elusive top marine predator, and how these fundamental ecological traits vary among populations. By using two independent but complementary approaches, our study addresses these questions for the pelagic thresher sharks in Ecuadorian waters. Such information is critically important for the design of effective management strategies for these highly exploited but poorly understood predators.
title: Karlsruhe verzögert europäische Patentreform noch weiter: Zur Integrationsverantwortung des Bundesverfassungsgerichts
Creators: name: Giegerich, Thomas
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 340

description: Saar Briefs
Effects of surface charge and Gibbs surface energy on the settlement behaviour of barnacle cyprids (Balanus amphitrite)
Creators: name: Aldred, Nick
name: Clare, Anthony S.
name: Liedberg, Bo
name: Petrone, Luigi
name: Fino, Alessio Di
name: Pitsiri Sukkaew
name: Ederth, Thomas
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2011
Subjects: Marine Biology

description: Gibbs surface energy has long been considered to be an important parameter in the design of fouling-resistant surfaces for marine applications. Rigorous testing of the hypothesis that settlement is related to Gibbs surface energy however has never been accomplished, due mainly to practical limitations imposed by the necessary combination of surface engineering and biological evaluation methods. In this article, the effects of surface charge and Gibbs surface energy on the settlement of cyprids of an important fouling barnacle, Balanus amphitrite, were evaluated. Settlement assays were conducted on a range of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) (CH3-, OH-, COOH-, N(CH3)3+-, NH2-terminated), presented in gold-coated polystyrene well plates, varying in terms of their surface charge and Gibbs surface energy. Contrary to contemporary theory, settlement was not increased by high-energy surfaces, rather the opposite was found to be the case with cyprids settling in greater numbers on a low-energy CH3- SAM compared to a high-energy OH- SAM. Settlement was also greater on negatively-charged SAMs, compared to neutral and positively-charged SAMs. These findings are discussed in the context of data drawn from surfaces that varied in multiple characteristics simultaneously, as have been used previously for such experiments. The finding that surface charge, rather than total surface energy, may be responsible for surface selection by cyprids, will have significant implications for the design of future fouling-resistant materials.
title: Feministische Räume - der Feministische Juristinnentag: Folge 25
Creators: name: Gather, Selma
name: Valentiner, Dana-Sophia
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 340

description: Was macht einen Raum zu einem feministischen Raum? Warum ist es genauso schön wie schade, dass es diese Räume immer noch braucht? Und wer darf da überhaupt rein? Was bedeutet es, feministisch zu streiten und wo verlaufen da die Konfliktlinien? Darüber sprechen die Podcasthosts Dr. Dana Valentiner und Selma Gather in dieser besonderen Folge mit Teilnehmerinnen des Feministischen Juristinnentags, dem Ort der feministischen und politischen Sozialisation vieler feministischer Juristinnen.
title: Embracing Fluidity. Dynamic Approaches to Marine Protected Areas (MPAs): Völkerrechtliche Tagesthemen 24
Creators: name: Klerk, Bastiaan
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 341

description: Marine protected areas (MPAs) in international waters (i.e. beyond the 12 nautical mile territorial seas) are in virtually all instances static, in the sense that their boundaries and measures are, once adopted, fixed and difficult to adjust. This approach to spatial management sits uncomfortably with the ecological realities of the oceans and their inherent dynamism and fluidity. Although static approaches may be useful for protecting certain ecosystems, they are arguably ineffective for protecting pelagic ecosystems and migratory species. The added pressure of climate change, which causes major disruptions of ecosystems and pole-ward redistributions of marine life, adds further urgency to calls for more dynamic and adaptive approaches to MPA governance. This presentation introduces the concept of dynamic MPAs, and, against the background of ongoing global legal developments, addresses the question to what extent the relevant international legal framework permits and facilitates their establishment.
description: Völkerrechtsblog
title: Francisco de Vitoria, ¿precursor de los derechos humanos o del colonialismo eurocéntrico?: Entrevista en torno a un mito historiográfico.
Creators: name: Egío, José Luis
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 340

description: En un siglo lleno de grandes cambios y acontecimientos, Vitoria se planteó algunas de las cuestiones más espinosas de la época: ¿Tienen los indios derecho a sus tierras?, ¿son válidas sus leyes?, ¿es justa la conquista? Aunque su análisis tiene un innegable merito intelectual, desde una perspectiva actual podríamos sentir que estas preguntas son, en sí mismas, ofensivas. Replantearse el mito historiográfico de Francisco de Vitoria implica replantearse también los mitos del origen moderno de los derechos humanos y el derecho internacional.
description: Legal History Insights
Art education and aesthetic assessment of individual serial reproductions of visual stimuli
Creators: name: M. Milićević, Nebojša
name: Jovančević, Ana
Publisher: name: University of Limerick
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: The purpose of this study was to examine the differences between psychology students (N=270) and art students (N=90) in aesthetic evaluations of visual stimuli. The stimuli were obtained by using Bartlett's method of individual serial reproduction of geometric, realistic and abstract drawings with additional instruction to increase originality. The assessments were performed on the following Semantic Differential Scales: arousal potential (AP), primordial content (PC), liking scale (DL) and artistic value scale (AV). Psychology students and art students do not differ in overall AP scores, but there is a statistically significant interaction of education type and type of stimuli. Psychology students give statistically higher average AP assessments to reproductions of realistic and abstract stimuli, and art students to geometric stimuli. Psychology students like the drawings obtained by "individual" reproduction more (DL) and give them a higher artistic value (AV) than the art students. This finding is in line with earlier research that respondents without art education have milder criteria, that is, art students are more strict evaluators. The findings are in line with Kozbelt's data that subjects without artistic education value more, and are therefore more interested in technical skill and realism, while "artists" primarily value originality (Kozbelt 2006). It can be concluded that respondents without art education and respondents with art education show similar trends in evaluating serial reproductions, but that they apply different aesthetic criteria and evaluation principles.
title: Cyber-enabled disinformation and international law: Völkerrechtliche Tagesthemen 25
Creators: name: Letrone, William
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 341

description: Cyberspace undeniably made our world smaller. But the resulting state of interconnectivity came at a price; a greater vulnerability to foreign influences and interferences. From a legal perspective, the capacity for states to act offensively through the medium while remaining undiscovered and unsanctioned appears to rest solely upon their ability to operate without crossing the traditional thresholds set by the non-use of force and the non-intervention principles. And therein lies the rub. These principles are not easily breached, and while other rules may very well prove efficient remedies against legal uncertainty in face of so-called “low-intensity” cyber operations, most remain deplorably underexplored. A case on point is that of state-sponsored online disinformation, on which this presentation focuses. Overall, it is argued that despite inherent difficulties pertaining to the characterisation of online disinformation, relevant rules already exist. In fact, key difficulties are not caused by a lack of relevant rules, but by the lack of indications regarding how to interpret and operate them in a context where illegitimate behaviours have never been so subtle, and where proxies and other auxiliaries are systematically used by state actors to carry out condemnable activities.
description: Völkerrechtsblog
Protein resistance of dextran and dextran-poly(ethylene glycol) copolymer films
Creators: name: Kozak, Darby
name: Chen, Annie
name: Jacinda Bax
name: Trau, Matt
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2011
Subjects: Marine Biology

description: The protein resistance of dextran and dextran-poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) copolymer films was examined on an organosilica particle-based assay support. Comb-branched dextran-PEG copolymer films were synthesized in a two step process using the organosilica particle as a solid synthetic support. Particles modified with increasing amounts (0.1–1.2 mg m−2) of three molecular weights (10,000, 66,900, 400,000 g mol−1) of dextran were found to form relatively poor protein-resistant films compared to dextran-PEG copolymers and previously studied PEG films. The efficacy of the antifouling polymer films was found to be dependent on the grafted amount and its composition, with PEG layers being the most efficient, followed by dextran-PEG copolymers, and dextran alone being the least efficient. Immunoglobulin gamma (IgG) adsorption decreased from ∼5 to 0.5 mg m−2 with increasing amounts of grafted dextran, but bovine serum albumin (BSA) adsorption increased above monolayer coverage (∼2 mg m−2) indicating ternary adsorption of the smaller protein within the dextran layer.
A novel compound from the marine bacterium Bacillus pumilus S6-15 inhibits biofilm formation in Gram-positive and Gram-negative species
Creators: name: Chari Nithya
name: Devi, Muthu Gokila
name: Shunmugiah Karutha Pandian
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2011
Subjects: Marine Biology

description: Biofilm formation is a critical problem in nosocomial infections and in the aquaculture industries and biofilms show high resistance to antibiotics. The aim of the present study was to reveal a novel anti-biofilm compound from marine bacteria against antibiotic resistant Gram-positive and Gram-negative biofilms. The bacterial extract (50 μg ml−1) of S6-01 (Bacillus indicus = MTCC 5559) showed 80–90% biofilm inhibition against Escherichia coli, Shigella flexneri, Proteus mirabilis and S6-15 (Bacillus pumilus = MTCC 5560) showed 80–95% biofilm inhibition against all the 10 tested organisms. Furthermore, they also reduced the hydrophobicity index and extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) production. Structural elucidation of the active principle in S6-15 using GC-MS, 1H NMR, and 13C NMR spectral data revealed it to be 4-phenylbutanoic acid. This is the first report of 4-phenylbutanoic acid as a natural product. The purified compound (10–15 μg ml−1) showed potential activity against a wide range of biofilms. This study for the first time, reports a novel anti-biofilm compound from a marine bacterium with wide application in medicine and the aquaculture industry.
Spatial competition with Lactococcus lactis in mixed-species continuous-flow biofilms inhibits Listeria monocytogenes growth
Creators: name: Habimana, Olivier
name: Kulakauskas, Saulius
name: Briandet, Romain
name: Guillier, Laurent
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2011
Subjects: Marine Biology

description: Surfaces in industrial settings provide a home for resident biofilms that are likely to interact with the attachment, growth and survival of pathogens such as Listeria monocytogenes. Experimental results have indicated that L. monocytogenes cells were inhibited by the presence of a model resident flora (Lactococcus lactis) in dual-species continuous flow-biofilms, and are spatially restricted to the lower biofilm layers. Using a new, simplified individual-based model (IBM) that simulates bacterial cell growth in a three-dimensional space, the spatial arrangements of the two species were reconstructed and their cell counts successfully predicted. This model showed that the difference in generation times between L. monocytogenes and L. lactis cells during the initial stages of dual-species biofilm formation was probably responsible for the species spatialization observed and the subsequent inhibition of growth of the pathogen.
Network properties of protein-decoy structures
Creators: name: Moitrayee Bhattacharyya
name: Saraswathi Vishveshwara
name: Subhojyoti Chatterjee
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2012
Subjects: Molecular Biology

description: Convergence of the vast sequence space of proteins into a highly restricted fold/conformational space suggests a simple yet unique underlying mechanism of protein folding that has been the subject of much debate in the last several decades. One of the major challenges related to the understanding of protein folding or in silico protein structure prediction is the discrimination of non-native structures/decoys from the native structure. Applications of knowledge-based potentials to attain this goal have been extensively reported in the literature. Also, scoring functions based on accessible surface area and amino acid neighbourhood considerations were used in discriminating the decoys from native structures. In this article, we have explored the potential of protein structure network (PSN) parameters to validate the native proteins against a large number of decoy structures generated by diverse methods. We are guided by two principles: (a) the PSNs capture the local properties from a global perspective and (b) inclusion of non-covalent interactions, at all-atom level, including the side-chain atoms, in the network construction accommodates the sequence dependent features. Several network parameters such as the size of the largest cluster, community size, clustering coefficient are evaluated and scored on the basis of the rank of the native structures and the Z-scores. The network analysis of decoy structures highlights the importance of the global properties contributing to the uniqueness of native structures. The analysis also exhibits that the network parameters can be used as metrics to identify the native structures and filter out non-native structures/decoys in a large number of data-sets; thus also has a potential to be used in the protein ‘structure prediction’ problem.
Sequence analysis of serum albumins reveals the molecular evolution of ligand recognition properties
Creators: name: Fanali, Gabriella
name: Ascenzi, Paolo
name: Bernardi, Giorgio
name: Fasano, Mauro
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2012
Subjects: Molecular Biology

description: Serum albumin (SA) is a circulating protein providing a depot and carrier for many endogenous and exogenous compounds. At least seven major binding sites have been identified by structural and functional investigations mainly in human SA. SA is conserved in vertebrates, with at least 49 entries in protein sequence databases. The multiple sequence analysis of this set of entries leads to the definition of a cladistic tree for the molecular evolution of SA orthologs in vertebrates, thus showing the clustering of the considered species, with lamprey SAs (Lethenteron japonicum and Petromyzon marinus) in a separate outgroup. Sequence analysis aimed at searching conserved domains revealed that most SA sequences are made up by three repeated domains (about 600 residues), as extensively characterized for human SA. On the contrary, lamprey SAs are giant proteins (about 1400 residues) comprising seven repeated domains. The phylogenetic analysis of the SA family reveals a stringent correlation with the taxonomic classification of the species available in sequence databases. A focused inspection of the sequences of ligand binding sites in SA revealed that in all sites most residues involved in ligand binding are conserved, although the versatility towards different ligands could be peculiar of higher organisms. Moreover, the analysis of molecular links between the different sites suggests that allosteric modulation mechanisms could be restricted to higher vertebrates.
title: Neues zum Recht auf Selbstbestimmung am Lebensende: Österreichischer Verfassungsgerichtshof kippt Verbot der Hilfe zur Selbsttötung
Creators: name: Woll, Laura Katharina
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 340

description: Saar Briefs
title: „Aus dem Rahmen fallende Vorgehensweise“: Generalanwalt Tanchev verwirft die Ultra-Vires-Doktrin im PSPP-Urteil des BVerfG
Creators: name: Giegerich, Thomas
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 340

description: Saar Briefs
title: Faktische Auslandsreiseverbote in der Pandemie: Eine europarechtliche Ergänzung zum Beschluss des OVG Nordrhein-Westfalen vom 20.11.2020
Creators: name: Giegerich, Thomas
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 340

description: Saar Briefs
title: Von Fischern, Königen und Prinzessinnen: Das Märchen von der fehlenden Grundrechtsbindung privater Vereine
Creators: name: Backes, Christina
name: Jungfleisch, Julia
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 340

description: Saar Briefs
Accurate prediction of protein structural classes using functional domains and predicted secondary structure sequences
Creators: name: Nowzari-Dalini, Abbas
name: Xue, Bin
name: Uversky, Vladimir N.
name: Xiaoning Qian
name: Adl, Amin Ahmadi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2012
Subjects: Molecular Biology

description: Protein structural class prediction is one of the challenging problems in bioinformatics. Previous methods directly based on the similarity of amino acid (AA) sequences have been shown to be insufficient for low-similarity protein data-sets. To improve the prediction accuracy for such low-similarity proteins, different methods have been recently proposed that explore the novel feature sets based on predicted secondary structure propensities. In this paper, we focus on protein structural class prediction using combinations of the novel features including secondary structure propensities as well as functional domain (FD) features extracted from the InterPro signature database. Our comprehensive experimental results based on several benchmark data-sets have shown that the integration of new FD features substantially improves the accuracy of structural class prediction for low-similarity proteins as they capture meaningful relationships among AA residues that are far away in protein sequence. The proposed prediction method has also been tested to predict structural classes for partially disordered proteins with the reasonable prediction accuracy, which is a more difficult problem comparing to structural class prediction for commonly used benchmark data-sets and has never been done before to the best of our knowledge. In addition, to avoid overfitting with a large number of features, feature selection is applied to select discriminating features that contribute to achieve high prediction accuracy. The selected features have been shown to achieve stable prediction performance across different benchmark data-sets.
Structure and reorientational dynamics of angiotensin I and II: a microscopic physical insight
Creators: name: DeLeon, Kristi Y.
name: Achal P. Patel
name: Kuczera, Krzysztof
name: Johnson, Carey K.
name: Jas, Gouri S.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2012
Subjects: Molecular Biology

description: We present a study of structural analysis and reorientational dynamics of Angiotensin I (AngI) and Angiotensin II (AngII) in aqueous solution. AngI is a decapeptide that acts as a precursor to the octapeptide AngII in the Renin–Angiotensin–Aldosterone system for blood pressure regulation. Experimental structural characterization of these peptides, carried out with circular dichroism and infrared spectroscopy, showed that the angiotensins are mostly disordered but exhibit a measurable population of ordered structures at room temperature. Interestingly, these change from the unordered polyproline-like conformation for AngI to a more compact and ordered conformation for AngII as the length of the peptide is decreased. Anisotropy decay measurements with picosecond time resolution indicate slower overall tumbling and a greater amplitude of internal motion in AngI compared to AngII, consistent with more compact and less flexible structure of the active form of the peptide. To model the microscopic behavior of the peptides, 2-μs molecular dynamics simulation trajectories were generated for AngI and AngII, at 300 K using the OPLS-AA potential and SPC water. The structures sampled in the simulations mostly agree with the experimental results, showing the prevalence of disordered structures, turns, and polyproline helices. Additionally, the computational results predict fewer sampled conformations, tighter side-chain packing and marked increase of Phe8 solvent accessibility upon AngI truncation to AngII. Our combined approach of experiment and extensive computer simulation thus yields new information on the conformational dynamics of the angiotensins, helping provide insight into the structural basis for the potency of AngI relative to AngII.
Deportation, Due Process, and Deference: Recent Developments in Immigration Law
Creators: Paige, Sarah
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Emigration and immigration law
subject: Emigration and immigration--Government policy
subject: Political science
subject: FOS: Political science

description: The American immigration adjudication system has witnessed profound change in recent years. Starting in the 1980s, a series of legislative and administrative shifts has produced an immigration adjudication system that increasingly mirrors the criminal justice system. This phenomenon, termed the "criminalization of immigration,” reflects a paradigm shift in the discourse on immigration law and policy. Historically focused on the exclusion and removal of the undocumented, immigration law and policy now increasingly prioritize removal of non-citizens with any criminal history. These developments have both revealed and exacerbated internal tensions in the Supreme Court’s treatment of immigration law, leading to a moment of unparalleled dissonance between the Supreme Court’s doctrine on immigration and the reality of the American immigration enforcement and adjudication systems.
title: Vorratsdatenspeicherung reloaded? Die EuGH-Urteile vom 6. Oktober 2020 im Überblick: Ein grundsätzliches Verbot mit weitreichenden Ausnahmen
Creators: name: Woll, Laura Katharina
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 340

description: Saar Briefs
Comparative structural analysis of two proteins belonging to quorum sensing system in Vibrio cholerae
Creators: name: Kumar, Sunil
name: Chandrabose Selvaraj
name: Singh, Sanjeev Kumar
name: Mobashar Hussain Urf Turabe Fazil
name: Naidu Subba Rao
name: Haushila Prasad Pandey
name: Durg Vijai Singh
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2012
Subjects: Molecular Biology

description: Vibrio cholerae uses quorum sensing communication system to interact with other bacteria and for gauzing environmental parameters. This organism dwells equally well in both human host and aquatic environments. Quorum sensing regulates multitude of activities and is one of the lucrative targets presently pursued for drug design in bacteria to encounter virulence. Histidine phosphotransfer protein LuxU and response regulator LuxO of V. cholerae are known to play important roles in biofilms and virulence machinery. In the present study, we used computational methods to model LuxU and LuxO and simulated the interactions of LuxO and LuxU. Since no structural details of the proteins were available, we employed homology modeling to construct the three-dimensional structures and then performed molecular dynamics simulations to study dynamic behavior of the LuxO and LuxU from V. cholerae. The modeled proteins were validated and subjected to molecular docking analyses. This allowed us to predict the binding modes of the proteins to elucidate probable sites of interference.
Inhibition of protein–protein interaction of HER2–EGFR and HER2–HER3 by a rationally designed peptidomimetic
Creators: name: Corti, Miriam
name: Sashikanth Banappagari
name: Pincus, Seth
name: Seetharama Satyanarayanajois
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2012
Subjects: Molecular Biology

description: Protein–protein interactions (PPI) play a crucial role in many biological processes and modulation of PPI using small molecules to target hot spots has therapeutic value. As a model system we will use PPI of human epidermal growth factor receptors (EGFRs). Among the four EGFRs, EGFR–HER2 and HER2–HER3 are well known in cancer. We have designed a small molecule that is targeted to modulate HER2-mediated signaling. Our approach is novel because the small molecule designed disrupts dimerization not only of EGFR–HER2, but also of HER2–HER3. In the present study we have shown, using surface plasmon resonance analysis, that a peptidomimetic, compound 5, binds specifically to HER2 protein extracellular domain and disrupts the dimerization of EGFRs. To evaluate the effect of compound 5 on HER2 signaling in vitro, Western blot and PathHunter assays were used. Results indicated that compound 5 inhibits the phosphorylation of HER2 kinase domain and inhibits the heterodimerization in a dose-dependent manner. Molecular modeling methods were used to model the PPI of HER2–HER3 heterodimer.
title: #18 Völkerrecht und Verfassung: Bitte recht freundlich
Creators: name: Schuberth, Sophie
name: Eschenhagen, Philipp
name: Lischewski, Isabel
name: Tuchtfeld, Erik
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 341

description: Die deutsche Verfassung ist „völkerrechtsfreundlich“. Doch was heißt das eigentlich genau? Isabel erklärt, wie das Völkerrecht in Deutschland Wirkung entfaltet und was der Unterschied zwischen Monismus und Dualismus ist. Erik hat mit Mehrdad Payandeh über die verfassungs- und völkerrechtlichen Voraussetzungen für Auslandseinsätze gesprochen und inwiefern es sinnvoll ist, die (verfassungs-)gerichtliche Kontrolle für Einsätze oder konkrete Handlungen der Bundeswehr zu intensivieren. Wir freuen uns über Lob, Anmerkungen und Kritik an podcast@voelkerrechtsblog.org. Abonniert unseren Podcast via RSS, über Spotify oder überall dort, wo es Podcasts gibt. Hintergrundinformationen: Bundesverfassungsgericht, Entscheidung vom 12. Juli 1994 (Parlamentsvorbehalt) Bundesverfassungsgericht, Entscheidung vom 23. September 2015 (Evakuierungseinsätze der Bundeswehr) Bundesverfassungsgericht, Entscheidung vom 12. Februar 2016 (Treaty Override) Helmut Aust/Claus Kreß, Evakuierungen ohne Rechtsgrundlage?, FAZ Einspruch, 07. September 2021 (€) Eliav Lieblich, Wrong to the Core: The Supreme Court of Israel’s Ruling on Masafer Yatta, Verfassungsblog, 08. Mai 2022 Moderation: Erik Tuchtfeld & Sophie Schuberth Grundlagen: Isabel Lischewski Interview: Prof. Mehrdad Payandeh & Erik Tuchtfeld Schnitt: Daniela Rau Credits: Deutscher Bundestag, Maika Friemann-Jennert, 07. Mai 2021
description: Völkerrechtsblog
Kinetics of biofilm formation and desiccation survival of Listeria monocytogenes in single and dual species biofilms with Pseudomonas fluorescens, Serratia proteamaculans or Shewanella baltica on food-grade stainless steel surfaces
Creators: name: Hessam Edin Daneshvar Alavi
name: Hansen, Lisbeth Truelstrup
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2013
Subjects: Marine Biology

description: This study investigated the dynamics of static biofilm formation (100% RH, 15 °C, 48–72 h) and desiccation survival (43% RH, 15 °C, 21 days) of Listeria monocytogenes, in dual species biofilms with the common spoilage bacteria, Pseudomonas fluorescens, Serratia proteamaculans and Shewanella baltica, on the surface of food grade stainless steel. The Gram-negative bacteria reduced the maximum biofilm population of L. monocytogenes in dual species biofilms and increased its inactivation during desiccation. However, due to the higher desiccation resistance of Listeria relative to P. fluorescens and S. baltica, the pathogen survived in greater final numbers. In contrast, S. proteamaculans outcompeted the pathogen during the biofilm formation and exhibited similar desiccation survival, causing the N21 days of Serratia to be ca 3 Log10(CFU cm−2) greater than that of Listeria in the dual species biofilm. Microscopy revealed biofilm morphologies with variable amounts of exopolymeric substance and the presence of separate microcolonies. Under these simulated food plant conditions, the fate of L. monocytogenes during formation of mixed biofilms and desiccation depended on the implicit characteristics of the co-cultured bacterium.
title: El Gaucho’s Law: Von der ästhetischen Transkreation zur normativen Translation
Creators: name: Damler, Daniel
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 340

description: Nur selten befasst sich die Rechtswissenschaft mit der Popkultur und ihren normativen Implikationen. Dabei lässt sich viel lernen von dem Umgang populärer Medien wie Film und Comic mit der Globalisierung und Diversifizierung von Inhalten und ästhetischen Präferenzen.
description: Legal History Insights
Effects of zinc on microalgal biofilms in intertidal and subtidal habitats
Creators: name: M. Mayer-Pinto
name: R. A. Coleman
name: A. J. Underwood
name: T. J. Tolhurst
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2011
Subjects: Marine Biology

description: Microalgal biofilms are sensitive to environmental conditions. Impacts of contaminants on assemblages of marine biofilm are often investigated in laboratories or in mesocosms. Such experiments are rarely representative of the effects of contaminants on biofilms under natural conditions. Studies in field situations, with enough power to detect impacts, are necessary to develop a better understanding of the effects of contaminants on ecological processes. Metals are a common contaminant of marine systems and can cause disturbances to assemblages. Using a new technique to experimentally deliver contaminants to microalgal assemblages, hypotheses were tested regarding the effects of zinc on microalgal biofilms growing on settlement panels in subtidal and intertidal habitats. PAM fluorometry was used to assess the amount and physiological state of biofilms on panels. Control panels deployed for 1 month in each habitat had significantly greater amounts of biofilm than those exposed to zinc. After deployment for 3 months, the results varied with location. The observed effects on the biofilm did not, however, cause significant changes in the macro-invertebrate assemblages that developed on the panels.
title: Das Vermächtnis der Erzählung von Privatsphäre versus Sicherheit in der Rechtsprechung des EGMR
Creators: name: Watt, Eliza
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 342

description: Verfassungsblog: On Matters Constitutional
title: Simulating dynamics of ellipsoidal particles using lattice Boltzmann method
Creators: name: Thampi, Sumesh P.
name: Stratford, Kevin
name: Henrich, Oliver
Publisher: name: Strathprints - University of Strathclyde
Year: 2024

description: Anisotropic particles are often encountered in different fields of soft matter and complex fluids. In this work, we present an implementation of the coupled hydrodynamics of solid ellipsoidal particles and the surrounding fluid using the lattice Boltzmann method. A standard link-based mechanism is used to implement the solid-fluid boundary conditions. We develop an implicit method to update the position and orientation of the ellipsoid. This exploits the relations between the quaternion which describes the ellipsoid's orientation and the ellipsoid's angular velocity to obtain a stable and robust dynamic update. The proposed algorithm is validated by looking at four scenarios: (i) the steady translational velocity of a spheroid subject to an external force in different orientations, (ii) the drift of an inclined spheroid subject to an imposed force, (iii) three-dimensional rotational motions in a simple shear flow (Jeffrey's orbits), and (iv) developed fluid flows and self-propulsion exhibited by a spheroidal microswimmer. In all cases the comparison of numerical results shows good agreement with known analytical solutions, irrespective of the choice of the fluid properties, geometrical parameters, and lattice Boltzmann model, thus demonstrating the robustness of the proposed algorithm.
Surface acoustic waves increase the susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms to antibiotic treatment
Creators: name: Degtyar, Elena
name: Banin, Ehud
name: Kopel, Moran
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2011
Subjects: Marine Biology

description: Bacterial urinary tract infections resulting from prolonged patient catheterization have become a major health problem. One of the major issues is bacterial resistance to antibiotic treatments due to biofilm formation inside the catheters, thus enhancing the search for alternative treatments. In the present study, a device containing a piezo element capable of transmitting low-frequency surface acoustic waves (SAW) onto the indwelling catheter was used. The SAW were able to eradicate biofilm-residing bacteria by >85% when applied simultaneously with an antibiotic in three clinically relevant species, viz. Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus epidermidis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Moreover, transcriptome analysis revealed that SAW can alter the transcription pattern of P. aeruginosa, suggesting that this signal can be specifically sensed by the bacterium.
Surface-associated fucoxanthin mediates settlement of bacterial epiphytes on the rockweed Fucus vesiculosus
Creators: name: M. Saha
name: M. Rempt
name: K. Grosser
name: G. Pohnert
name: F. Weinberger
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2011
Subjects: Marine Biology

description: The chemical defence against microfouling in the brown seaweed Fucus vesiculosus was investigated and an inhibitor of bacterial settlement was isolated by bioassay-guided fractionation of non-polar surface extracts. UV-vis and mass spectrometry were used to identify the compound as the carotenoid fucoxanthin. The metabolite was tested at the natural concentration (in a surface volume based assay) against the settlement of four bacterial strains isolated from F. vesiculosus and 11 strains isolated from co-occurring algae and marine sediment. Surface concentrations between 1.4 and 6 μg cm−2 resulted in 50% inhibition of four of these isolates, which were studied in more detail using a surface area-based assay, while a fifth isolate proved to be less sensitive. The presence of fucoxanthin on the surface of F. vesiculosus was demonstrated with two different surface extraction methods. Fucoxanthin was detected at concentrations between 0.7 and 9 μg cm−2 on the algal surface. Fucoxanthin was still present at the algal surface after removal of associated diatoms through mechanical cleaning and germanium dioxide treatment and was thus mainly produced by F. vesiculosus rather than by diatoms. Thus, the photosynthetic pigment fucoxanthin appears to be ecologically relevant as a surface-associated antimicrobial agent, acting against the settlement of bacteria on the surface of the macroalga F. vesiculosus.
Elasticity and physico-chemical properties during drinking water biofilm formation
Creators: name: Abe, Yumiko
name: Polyakov, Pavel
name: Francius, Grégory
name: Skali-Lami, Salaheddine
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2011
Subjects: Marine Biology

description: Atomic force microscope techniques and multi-staining fluorescence microscopy were employed to study the steps in drinking water biofilm formation. During the formation of a conditioning layer, surface hydrophobic forces increased and the range of characteristic hydrophobic forces diversified with time, becoming progressively complex in macromolecular composition, which in return triggered irreversible cellular adhesion. AFM visualization of 1 to 8 week drinking water biofilms showed a spatially discontinuous and heterogeneous distribution comprising an extensive network of filamentous fungi in which biofilm aggregates were embedded. The elastic modulus of 40-day-old biofilms ranged from 200 to 9000 kPa, and the biofilm deposits with a height >0.5 μm had an elastic modulus <600 kPa, suggesting that the drinking water biofilms were composed of a soft top layer and a basal layer with significantly higher elastic modulus values falling in the range of fungal elasticity.
Creative Economy &  R.I.I.C.H. Destinations (RICH)
Creators: name: Emmendoerfer, Magnus Luiz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Slides da Apresentação realizada como Keynote Speaker na quarta edição da conferência:

Think+ 2024 International Conference on Creativity, Global Inclusion and Smart Destinations

7 a 8 de março de 2024, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal

ISAL - https://isal.pt/

Mais informações: https://isalthink.wordpress.com/about/think-2024/
A green and bio-inspired process to afford durable anti-biofilm properties to stainless steel
Creators: name: E. Faure
name: C. Vreuls
name: G. Zocchi
name: C. Van De Weerdt
name: J. Martial
name: C. Detrembleur
name: C. Falentin-Daudré
name: C. Jérôme
name: A.-S. Duwez
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2012
Subjects: Marine Biology

description: A bio-inspired durable anti-biofilm coating was developed for industrial stainless steel (SS) surfaces. Two polymers inspired from the adhesive and cross-linking properties of mussels were designed and assembled from aqueous solutions onto SS surfaces to afford durable coatings. Trypsin, a commercially available broad spectrum serine protease, was grafted as the final active layer of the coating. Its proteolytic activity after long immersion periods was demonstrated against several substrata, viz. a synthetic molecule, N-α-benzoyl-DL-arginine-p-nitroanilide hydrochloride (BAPNA), a protein, FTC-casein, and Gram-positive biofilm forming bacterium Staphylococcus epidermidis.
Engineered antifouling microtopographies: kinetic analysis of the attachment of zoospores of the green alga Ulva to silicone elastomers
Creators: name: Cooper, Scott P.
name: Finlay, John A.
name: Cone, Gemma
name: Callow, Maureen E.
name: Callow, James A.
name: Brennan, Anthony B.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2011
Subjects: Marine Biology

description: Microtopography has been demonstrated as an effective deterrent to biofouling. The majority of published studies are fixed-time assays that raise questions regarding the kinetics of the attachment process. This study investigated the time-dependent attachment density of zoospores of Ulva, in a laboratory assay, on a micropatterned and smooth silicone elastomer. The attachment density of zoospores was reduced on average 70–80% by the microtopography relative to smooth surfaces over a 4 h exposure. Mapping the zoospore locations on the topography revealed that they settled preferentially in specific, recessed areas of the pattern. The kinetic data fit, with high correlation (r2 > 0.9), models commonly used to describe the adhesion of bacteria to surfaces. The grouping of spores on the microtopography indicated that the pattern inhibited the ability of attached spores to recruit neighbors. This study demonstrates that the antifouling mechanism of topographies may involve disruption of the cooperative effects exhibited by fouling organisms such as Ulva.
Pristoderus
Creators: name: Turco, Federica
name: Ślipiński, Adam
name: Lambkin, Christine L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Zopheridae
Pristoderus

description: P. saccharatus species-group
 Diagnosis. This group of species is characterised by the following morphological characters: body convex, relatively short (ratio max length / max width: 1.5–1.88; except P. tomentosus with more elongate elytra and ratio reaching 2.05); eyes lacking interfacetal setae; pronotum distinctly transverse, as wide as elytra; pronotum with dorsal median process anteriorly prominent and complex, widely lobate antero-lateral margins; elytra less than 1.5 times as long as wide, straight to sinuate and with distinctly indented margins; strongly prominent tubercles on 3rd elytral interval (joined to form a crest or not) and 5th interval.
description: Published as part of Turco, Federica, Ślipiński, Adam & Lambkin, Christine L., 2012, Taxonomic revision of Australian Pristoderus Hope (Coleoptera, Zopheridae), pp. 1-34 in Zootaxa 3239 on page 21, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3239.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/280436
EFFECT OF ACADEMIC STAFF PICKETING ON THE INCIDENCE OF STUDENT DROPOUT IN ENUGU STATE
Creators: name: Egbo, John, Ikechukwu
name: Prof.  Adoani, O., Okonkwo
name: Onyia, Charles, Nnandi
Publisher: name: Hollex Journals
Year: 2025
Subjects: Picketing
student dropout
staff retention
staff attendance.

description: The study evaluated the effect of academic staff picketing on the incidence of student dropout in Enugu State. The specific objectives of the study were to; examine the effect of recognitional picketing on staff retention and evaluate the effect of organizational picketing on staff attendance of tertiary institutions in Enugu State.  The descriptive survey design was used. The study adopted simple random sampling technique in selecting the sample unit and the sample size for the study which was, 271 academic staff out of a total population of 873 of the selected Tertiary Universities in Enugu state, Nigeria derived with the use of Taro Yamane’s statistics formula. A total of 245 staff returned the questionnaire accurately filled, which gave 91percent response rate. Data were presented and analyzed using mean score and standard deviation using Sprint Likert Scale.  The hypotheses were analyzed using the Z-test. The findings indicated that Recognitional picketing had significant positive effect on staff retention Z (95, n = 245), 5.622 < 8.880 = p. < 0.05 and Organizational picketing had significant positive effect on staff attendance of tertiary institutions in Enugu State Z (95, n = 245), 6.453 < 9.120 = p. < 0.05. The study concluded that recognitional and organizational picketing had significant positive effect on staff retention and staff attendance of tertiary institutions in Enugu State. The study recommended among others that to increase support for industrial action and where workers involved in industrial action attend a workplace to increase support for their cause, there is need for Recognitional picketing.
title: Mit der Axt an die Wurzel der Union des Rechts: Vier Fragen an das Bundesverfassungsgericht zum 70. Europa-Tag
Creators: name: Giegerich, Thomas
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 340

description: Saar Briefs
The role of activated carbon and disinfection on the removal of endocrine disrupting chemicals and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs from wastewater
Creators: name: Constantinos Noutsopoulos
name: Mamais, Daniel
name: Mpouras, Thanasis
name: Kokkinidou, Despina
name: Samaras, Vasilios
name: Antoniou, Korina
name: Gioldasi, Marianna
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Environmental Science

description: Endocrine disrupting chemicals and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are two important groups of emerging pollutants due to their toxicological and chemical characteristics and their persistent detection in the aquatic environment. Wastewater treatment plants are a significant pathway for their transfer to the water courses. It is well evidenced that these chemicals are only partially removed through biological treatment of wastewater and therefore being detected in secondary effluents. This work focuses on the evaluation of the efficiency of two well-established disinfection technologies (chlorination and UV irradiation) along with UV/H 2O 2 and powdered activated carbon (PAC) to remove these chemicals from biologically treated wastewater. Based on the results it is shown that appreciable removal efficiencies due to chlorination should be expected for most of the target compounds, whereas this was not the case for ibuprofen and ketoprofen. With the exemption of diclofenac and ketoprofen direct UV irradiation did not efficiently removed target compounds for UV doses usually applied for disinfection purposes. The application of advanced UV treatment through the addition of H 2O 2 although resulted in increased removal of the target compounds is not sufficient at moderate UV and H 2O 2 doses to achieve satisfactory removal efficiencies. PAC use resulted in sufficient removal of target compounds although high PAC doses were required for some chemicals. Comparison of Freundlich isotherms of this study with those of other studies, derived employing water samples, suggested that the water matrix along with the target compounds concentration range can significantly affect the outcome of the experiments.
title: Der Europäische Gerichtshof … für Menschenrechte?: Anmerkung zu den Schlussanträgen des Generalanwalts Pikamäe in den verb. Rs. C-924/19 PPU und C-925/19 PPU vom 23. April 2020
Creators: name: Jungfleisch, Julia
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 340

description: Saar Briefs