cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A symmetric capacity-constrained differentiated oligopoly model for the United States pediatric vaccine market with linear demand
Creators: name: Behzad, Banafsheh
name: Jacobson, Sheldon H.
name: Robbins, Matthew J.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Pharmacology

description: The United States pediatric vaccine market is examined using Bertrand–Edgeworth–Chamberlin price competition. The proposed game captures interactions between symmetric, capacity-constrained manufacturers in a differentiated, single-product market with linear demand. Results indicate that a unique pure strategy equilibrium exists in the case where the capacities of the manufacturers are at their extreme. For the capacity region where no pure strategy equilibrium exists, there exists a mixed strategy equilibrium where the distribution function, its support, and the expected profit of the manufacturers are characterized. Three game instances are introduced to model the United States pediatric vaccine market. In each instance, the manufacturers are assumed to have equal capacity in producing vaccines. Vaccines are differentiated based upon the number of reported adverse medical events for that vaccine. Using a game-theoretic model, equilibrium prices are computed for each monovalent vaccine. Results indicate that the equilibrium prices for monovalent vaccines are lower than the federal contract prices. The numerical results provide both a lower and upper bound for the vaccine equilibrium prices in the public sector, based on the capacity of the vaccine manufacturers. Results illustrate the importance of several model parameters such as market demand and vaccine adverse events on the equilibrium prices. Supplementary materials are available for this article. Go to the publisher’s online edition of IIE Transactions for datasets, additional tables, detailed proofs, etc.
A minimal switching procedure for constrained ranking and selection under independent or common random numbers
Creators: name: Healey, Christopher M.
name: Andradóttir, Sigrún
name: Kim, Seong-Hee
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Information and Computing Sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Medicine
subject: Engineering

description: Constrained Ranking and Selection (R&S) aims to select the best system according to a primary performance measure, while also satisfying constraints on secondary performance measures. Several procedures have been proposed for constrained R&S, but these procedures seek to minimize the number of samples required to choose the best constrained system without taking into account the setup costs incurred when switching between systems. We introduce a new procedure that minimizes the number of such switches, while still making a valid selection of the best constrained system. Analytical and experimental results show that the procedure is valid for independent systems and efficient in terms of total cost (incorporating both switching and sampling costs). We also inspect the use of the Common Random Numbers (CRN) approach to improve the efficiency of our new procedure. When implementing CRN, we see a significant decrease in the samples needed to identify the best constrained system, but this is sometimes achieved at the expense of a valid Probability of Correct Selection (PCS) due to the comparison of systems with an unequal number of samples. We propose four variance estimate modifications and show that their use within our new procedure provides good PCS under CRN at the cost of some additional observations.
How similar are the molecular mechanisms of yeast and metazoan genome replication initiation?
Creators: name: Palm, Giacomo
name: Costa, Alessandro
Publisher: name: The Francis Crick Institute
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: Genome Integrity & Repair
subject: Genome Integrity & Repair
classificationCode: Biochemistry & Proteomics
subject: Biochemistry & Proteomics
classificationCode: Structural Biology & Biophysics
subject: Structural Biology & Biophysics
classificationCode: Imaging
subject: Imaging
classificationCode: Cell Cycle & Chromosomes
subject: Cell Cycle & Chromosomes

description: DNA replication start sites are licensed for replication when two hexameric ring-shaped motors of the replicative helicase are loaded as an inactive double hexamer around duplex DNA. Activation requires untwisting of the double helix and ejection of one DNA strand from the central channel of each helicase ring. The process of replication initiation is best understood in yeast, thanks to reconstitution with purified yeast proteins, which allowed systematic structural analysis of the replication initiation process. Orthologs of most yeast replication factors have been identified in higher eukaryotes; however, reconstitution of metazoan replication initiation is still in its infancy, with double hexamer loading but not activation having been achieved. Nonetheless, artificial intelligence-driven structure prediction and cryo-EM studies on native complexes, combined with cell-based and cell-free approaches, are starting to provide insights into metazoan replication initiation mechanisms. Here, we describe the emerging picture.
A Symmetric Capacity-Constrained Differentiated Oligopoly Model for the United States Pediatric Vaccine Market with Linear Demand
Creators: name: Behzad, Banafsheh
name: Jacobson, Sheldon H.
name: Robbins, Matthew J.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Pharmacology

description: The United States pediatric vaccine market is examined using Bertrand-Edgeworth-Chamberlin price competition. The proposed game captures interactions between symmetric, capacity-constrained manufacturers in a differentiated, single-product market with linear demand. Results indicate that a unique pure strategy equilibrium exists in the case where the capacities of the manufacturers are at their extreme. For the capacity region where no pure strategy equilibrium exists, there exists a mixed strategy equilibrium where the distribution function, its support, and the expected profit of the manufacturers are characterized. Three game instances are introduced to model the United States pediatric vaccine market. In each instance, the manufacturers are assumed to have equal capacity in producing vaccines. Vaccines are differentiated based upon the number of reported adverse medical events for that vaccine. Using the game theoretic model, equilibrium prices are computed for each monovalent vaccine. Results indicate that the equilibrium prices for monovalent vaccines are lower than the federal contract prices. The numerical results provide both a lower and upper bound for the vaccine equilibrium prices in the public sector, based on the capacity of the vaccine manufacturers. Results illustrate the importance of several model parameters such as market demand and vaccine adverse events on the equilibrium prices. Supplementary materials are available for this article. Go to the publisher's online edition of IIE Transaction, datasets, additional tables, detailed proofs, etc.
A Minimal Switching Procedure for Constrained Ranking and Selection under Independent or Common Random Numbers
Creators: name: Healey, Christopher M.
name: Andradóttir, Sigrún
name: Kim, Seong-Hee
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Information and Computing Sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Medicine
subject: Engineering

description: Constrained ranking and selection (R&S) aims to select the best system according to a primary performance measure, while also satisfying constraints on secondary performance measures. Several procedures have been proposed for constrained R&S, but these procedures seek to minimize the number of samples required to choose the best constrained system without taking into account the setup costs incurred when switching between systems. We introduce a new procedure that minimizes the number of such switches, while still making a valid selection of the best constrained system. Analytical and experimental results show that the procedure is valid for independent systems and efficient in terms of total cost (incorporating both switching and sampling costs). We also inspect the use of common random numbers (CRN) to improve the efficiency of our new procedure. When implementing CRN, we see a significant decrease in the samples needed to identify the best constrained system, but this is sometimes achieved at the expense of a valid probability of correct selection (PCS) due to the comparison of systems with unequal number of samples. We propose four variance estimate modifications and show that their use within our new procedure provides good PCS under CRN at the cost of some additional observations.
Obsidian points from Emsin (GEB), Lou Island
Creators: name: Antcliff, Peter
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1988
Subjects: Sahul
Archaeology
Radiocarbon
SahulArch
OCTOPUS database

description: Research into the prehistory of the Bismarck Archipelago draws upon a number of sources of information including archaeology, linguistics and biological anthropology. However, the information provided by the first discipline usually takes precedence when attempting to define the prehistory of the region. Thus it is not possible for linguistic evidence to determine when a particular island or region was first occupied: linguistic reconstructions are an attempt to approach the past by examining the present. Evidence for the antiquity of occupation of a particular place may only be revealed securely by archaeology. Although there are now some points of consensus between scholars in these disciplines (e.g. there was some sort of movement of people speaking Austronesian languages assoiated with the introduction of Lapita pottery), it should be noted that the evidence provided by these three related disciplines dos not always correlate exactly. Thus in the 1983 volume of the Journal of Human Evolution a linguist proposes a sequence for different migrations to New Guinea and Island Western Melanesia (Wurm, 1983), while a number of biological anthropologists (e.g. Rhoads, 1983; Sarjeanston et al., 1983) argue that the evidence of various gene frequencies is not suggestive of a one-to-one relationship between the language of groups and their ethnic affinities. Thus they propose that systems of migrations based on linguistics may have to be adjusted to accommodate biological evidence.
description: An essay submitted in partial fulfilment of a Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree, Department of Prehistory and Anthropology, The Faculties, Australian National University (61 p)
title: Characterization of posttranscriptional regulation elements – From protein degradation to functional RNA structures
Creators: name: Peter, Stephen
Publisher: name: UNSPECIFIED
Year: 2022

description: Posttranscriptional gene regulation in eukaryotic cells is one of the most important mechanism in complex life to either control protein synthesis or diversity at any given moment in the life of a cell. Consequently, deregulation of the many processes involved in posttranscriptional regulation can lead to severe diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease or certain types of cancer. RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) can also facilitate alternative splicing (AS), which increases protein diversity and fine tunes the protein amount and function in the case of different stress conditions. A deregulation of AS events can lead to severe diseases, such as Parkinson’s disease or certain cancer variants. I characterized a newly described mechanism, where AS events are coupled to rapid protein decay. We termed this event AS-CPD, alternative splicing coupled to constitutive protein decay. The protein decay signal (degron) found in mammalian cells is also functional in Saccharomyces (S.) cerevisiae and Escherichia (E.) coli cells. It is dependent on hydrophobic amino acids in the C-terminus and has the capability to rapidly and efficiently reduce the amount of the tagged protein to an undetectable amount in mere minutes. This mechanism might be due to a conserved stress response in the tested organism. The degron described in this thesis could be a potential tool for new kinetic analysis. Major players in posttranscriptional regulation are trans-acting RBPs, such as Roquin or AUF1. Roquin is a key regulator in immune homeostasis and recognises stem-loop (SL) structures in 3’-UTRs (untranslated regions) to destabilise certain messenger RNAs (mRNAs). In this study, we found, that Roquin can recognise not only classical constitutive decay elements (CDEs), but also AU-rich decay element (ARE)-like CDEs. The binding of these elements may also be subject to competition between different RBPs, as it is in the case of the UCP3 3’-UTR CDEs. Here, Roquin and AUF1 compete for the binding to CDE1. RNA structure often implies a certain function in the organism. The pandemic causing virus SARS-CoV-2 is an RNA virus with a 30 kb long heavily structured genome. The many SLs in the 5’- and 3’-UTRs fulfil different essential functions, which are partially unknown. Here, we provide a detailed analysis of the structure of the genome and impose a screen of chemical compounds with the ability to bind RNA. We found a potent binder D01 with the ability to bind the pseudoknot in between the two open reading frames (ORFs) 1a and 1b, which encode different and essential parts of the viral proteome. These compounds might be a precursor for future potent drugs, able to target RNA viruses with structured genomes.
Regioselective Ring Opening of Styrene Oxide Catalyzed by MoO2(acac)2
Creators: name: Yang, HongWei
name: Liming Xu
name: Cuicui Luo
name: Chunxu Lu
name: Guangbin Cheng
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Microbiology
subject: Biochemistry

description: The ring-opening reaction of styrene oxide with various nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon nucleophiles catalyzed by MoO2(acac)2 was described. The corresponding ring-opening compounds with nearly 100% regioselectivities were obtained under mild conditions in moderate to good yields. MoO2(acac)2 is a highly efficient catalyst for the ring opening of styrene oxide. The reaction serves as a simple and efficient method for the synthesis of 1,2-bifunctional compounds.
Contribution Robert Morsch to BMBF-Networking Event Quantum Computing
Creators: name: Morsch, Robert
name: Görlitz, Johannes
name: Kambs, Benjamin
name: Herrmann, Dennis
name: Fuchs, Philipp
name: Pierre-Olivier Colard
name: Hardeman, David
name: Markham, Matthew
name: Becher, Christoph
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Quantum Computing
Quantum Communication

description: Das Ziel des Gesamtverbundes Photonisch-Integrierter Quantencomputer (QPIC-1) ist die Realisierung eines photonischen Quantencomputers durch gezielte Manipulation von photonischen Clusterzuständen auf Basis optisch integrierter Chips.Hierzu wird die deterministische Erzeugung der zentralen Ressource für einen photonischen Quantencomputer, d.h. von photonischen Clusterzuständen, benötigt. Photonische Clusterzustände sind verschränkte Zustände aus vielen Photonen, die durch spezielle Verschränkungsbeziehungen unter den einzelnen Photonen charakterisiert sind.Im Teilvorhaben "Erzeugung von Clusterzuständen für photonisch integrierte Quantencomputer" sollen zunächst eindimensionalen Clusterzustände hergestellt werden, Generell sind für photonisches Quantum Computing allerdings höherdimensionaleClusterzustände notwendig; diese sollen durch Fusions-Gatter aus eindimensionalen Clusterzuständen erzeugt werden. Basis für die Erzeugung von photonischen Clusterzuständen ist die deterministische Emission von ununterscheidbaren Photonen, die aus einem einzelnen Farbzentrum in Diamant emittiert werden und die eine Verschränkung mit einem internen Freiheitsgrad, d.h. dem Elektronenspin des Farbzentrums aufweisen. Der Vorteil dieses Ansatzes liegt in der Kombination äußerst vorteilhafter Eigenschaften der Farbzentren wie lange Spinkohärenzzeit, Emission Fourier-limitierter Einzelphotonen und Integrierbarkeit in nanophotonische Strukturen zur Erhöhung der Effizienz der Photonenerzeugung.
 Wir zeigen hier die Ergebnisse vorbereitender experimenteller Arbeiten, wie die Stabilisierung der Photonenemission aus Zinn-Fehlstellen-Zentren in Diamant, die Charakterisierung der Spin-Eigenschaften und die Untersuchung der Ununterscheidbarkeit einzelner Photonen.
Stability of Lead Immobilized by Apatite in Lead-Containing Rhizosphere Soil of Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) and Hairy Vetch (Vicia villosa)
Creators: name: Sato, Takeshi
name: Katoh, Masahiko
name: Matsuoka, Hideaki
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: This study conducted plant growth experiments using a rhizobox system to understand the growth of buckwheat and hairy vetch as well as the stability of lead immobilized by hydroxyapatite (HAP) in the lead-containing rhizosphere soil. The shoot dry weight of buckwheat did not significantly differ between the lead-containing rhizosphere soil with and without HAP, whereas that of hairy vetch with rhizosphere soil without HAP was reduced. Lead was not accumulated from the rhizosphere soil to the shoots of either plant when HAP was added. The percentage of each lead fraction in sequential extraction was approximately the same through the 3 mm of rhizosphere soils from the root surface and non-planted soil, with and without the addition of HAP. For hairy vetch, the amount of water-soluble lead in the HAP-added rhizosphere soil within 3 mm thickness from the root surface did not increase. However, for buckwheat, the amount of water-soluble lead in the HAP-added rhizosphere soil 1 mm from the root surface increased to the same level as that in the non-planted soil without HAP. Our results suggest that when applying phytostabilization combined with apatite to lead-contaminated soil, the plant that cannot re-mobilize lead should be selected.
Regioselective Ring Opening of Styrene Oxide Catalyzed by MoO2(acac)2
Creators: name: Yang, HongWei
name: Liming Xu
name: Cuicui Luo
name: Chunxu Lu
name: Guangbin Cheng
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Microbiology
subject: Biochemistry

description: The ring opening reaction of styrene oxide with various nitrogen, oxygen and carbon nucleophiles catalyzed by MoO2(acac)2 was described. The corresponding ring-opening compounds with nearly 100% regioselectivities were obtained under mild conditions in moderate to high yields. MoO2(acac)2 is a highly efficient catalyst for the ring-opening of styrene oxide. The reaction serves as a simple and efficient method for the synthesis of 1,2-bifunctional compounds.
Nutritional Intervention and Impact of Polyphenol on Glycohaemoglobin (HbA1c) in Non-diabetic and Type 2 Diabetic Subjects: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Creators: name: Palma-Duran, Susana A.
name: Vlassopoulos, Antonis
name: Lean, Mike
name: Govan, Lindsay
name: Combet, Emilie
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Chemistry
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Biochemistry

description: Polyphenols have been extensively studied for their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Recently, their antiglycative actions by oxidative stress modulation have been linked to prevention of diabetes and associated complications. This paper assesses the evidence for polyphenol interventions on glycohaemoglobin (HbA1c) in non-diabetic, pre-diabetic and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) subjects. A systematic review of polyphenols clinical trials on HbA1c in humans was performed according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Thirty-six controlled randomized trials with HbA1c values were included. Polyphenols (extracts, supplements, foods), were supplemented (28 mg to 1.5g) for 0.7 to 12 months. Combining all subjects (n=1954, mean baseline HbA1c=7.03%, 53 mmol/mol), polyphenol supplementation significantly (p<0.001) lowered HbA1c% by -0.53±0.12 units (-5.79±0.13 mmol/mol). This reduction was significant (p<0.001) in T2DM subjects, specifically (n=1426, mean baseline HbA1c=7.44%, 58 mmol/mol), with HbA1c% lowered by -0.21±0.04 units (-2.29±0.4 mmol/mol). Polyphenol supplementation had no significant effect (p>0.21) in the non-diabetic (n=258, mean baseline HbA1c=5.47%, 36 mmol/mol) and the pre-diabetic subjects (n=270, mean baseline HbA1c=6.06%, 43 mmol/mol) strata: -0.39±0.27 HbA1c% units (-4.3±0.3 mmol/mol), and -0.38±0.31 units (-4.2±0.31 mmol/mol), respectively. In conclusion, polyphenols can successfully reduce HbA1c in T2DM, without any intervention at glycaemia, and could contribute to the prevention of diabetes complications.
Nutritional intervention and impact of polyphenol on glycohemoglobin (HbA1c) in non-diabetic and type 2 diabetic subjects: Systematic review and nmeta-analysis
Creators: name: Palma-Duran, Susana A.
name: Vlassopoulos, Antonis
name: Lean, Mike
name: Govan, Lindsay
name: Combet, Emilie
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Polyphenols have been extensively studied for their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Recently, their antiglycative actions by oxidative stress modulation have been linked to the prevention of diabetes and associated complications. This article assesses the evidence for polyphenol interventions on glycohemoglobin (HbA1c) in non-diabetic, pre-diabetic, and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) subjects. A systematic review of polyphenols' clinical trials on HbA1c in humans was performed according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Thirty-six controlled randomized trials with HbA1c values were included. Polyphenols (extracts, supplements, and foods) were supplemented (28 mg to 1.5 g) for 0.7 to 12 months. Combining all subjects (n = 1954, mean baseline HbA1c = 7.03%, 53 mmol/mol), polyphenol supplementation significantly (P < 0.001) lowered HbA1c% by –0.53 ± 0.12 units (–5.79 ± 0.13 mmol/mol). This reduction was significant (P < 0.001) in T2DM subjects, specifically (n = 1426, mean baseline HbA1c = 7.44%, 58 mmol/mol), with HbA1c% lowered by –0.21 ± 0.04 units (–2.29 ± 0.4 mmol/mol). Polyphenol supplementation had no significant effect (P > 0.21) in the non-diabetic (n = 258, mean baseline HbA1c = 5.47%, 36 mmol/mol) and the pre-diabetic subjects (n = 270, mean baseline HbA1c = 6.06%, 43 mmol/mol) strata: –0.39 ± 0.27 HbA1c% units (–4.3 ± 0.3 mmol/mol), and –0.38 ± 0.31 units (–4.2 ± 0.31 mmol/mol), respectively. In conclusion, polyphenols can successfully reduce HbA1c in T2DM without any intervention at glycemia, and could contribute to the prevention of diabetes complications.
Organisation and complexation of mono- and bis-β-cyclodextrins without chromophores with a fluorescence-sensitive probe in aqueous solutions
Creators: name: Thais Carmona
name: Caporaso, Marina
name: Martina, Katia
name: Cravotto, Giancarlo
name: Mendicuti, Francisco
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Engineering
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: The behaviour of mono- and bis-β-cyclodextrin (CD) derivatives, namely 6I-deoxy-6I-[4-(hept-6-ynyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazolyl]-β-CD and 1,5-bis((1-(6I-deoxy-β-CD-6I-yl)-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)methoxy) pentyl, whose appended groups and inter-CD linkers, respectively, do not contain any chromophore, and their complexation with dimethyl-2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylate (DMN), a fluorescent polarity-sensitive probe in aqueous solutions, were investigated. Steady-state, time-resolved fluorescence, circular dichroism techniques, molecular mechanics (MM) and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were employed. DMN appeared to slightly interact with the mono-β-CD and only unstable non-covalent dimers were formed. On the contrary, stable 1:1 and 2:1 stoichiometry complexes were obtained with bis-β-CD and DMN. A certain cooperativity due to the presence of both cavities and the linker favoured the formation of the complex 2:1 DMN:CD. DMN appeared to be axially oriented inside both CD cavities. MM and MD calculations also demonstrated the stability of the 1:1 and 1:2 stoichiometry complexes.
Experimental and empirical investigation of commercial and local biocarriers in moving bed bioreactor for treating low-strength domestic wastewater
Creators: name: Saret Bun
Publisher: name: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biocarriers, Coir coconut fibre, Moving bed bioreactor, Polyvinyl alcohol gel, Response surface design

description: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology, 27, 3, 12
Mechanical enhancement of casted and compacted earth-based materials by sand, flax fiber and woven fabric of flax
Creators: name: Menasria, F.
name: Perrot, A.
name: Rangeard, D.
name: Le Duigou, A.
Publisher: name: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering
Year: 2017

description: Earth-based materials are commonly reinforced with bio-based materials such as straw. In this study, we use high performance bio-based flax fibers and fabrics. The aim of this work is to find reinforcements that are able to improve the mechanical strengths and the ductility of an earthbased matrix. We also try to describe the reinforcement mechanisms are also described. In a first step, a kaolinite-based clay soil is mixed with sand to design earth-based mortars with the highest density at the dry state. The sand dosage is found using mix-design method commonly used for concrete. We show that, at the same water content, the compressive strength at the dry state only depends on the dry density of the sample (and does not depend on forming process and use of dispersant). In a second strep, the mix-designs exhibiting the highest compressive strengths are chosen for both casting and compaction. Then, different amounts of fibers or fabrics are used to reinforce the studied mortars. We found that those reinforcements significantly increase the compressive strength of all tested samples. This result is very interesting because this is not always the case for other mineral matrix such as mortar and concrete. Such comparison with concrete helps us to understand the reinforcement mechanisms for fibers. This study shows that concrete mix-design methods are very helpful to increase the density at the dry state and the mechanical strength of earth-based materials. It also highlights that natural fibers and woven fabrics really enhance the mechanical behavior of earth even for compressive load.
description: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol 35 No 2 (2017): Special Issue - ICBBM 2017
The feasibility of Sentinel-2A and Landsat 8 imagery in rock outcrop extraction using object-based oriented classification
Creators: name: Huong, Do Thi Viet
Publisher: name: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology
Year: 2022
Subjects: Exposed rock, TGSI, NDVI, NDBI, Mountainous areas

description: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology, 27, 3, 13
An exploratory study on earthen materials stabilized by alkaline activator
Creators: name: Bui, Q. B.
name: Prudhomme, E.
name: Grillet, A. C.
name: Prime, N.
Publisher: name: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering
Year: 2017

description: Earth is an ancient building material which has been recently the focus of scientific research because of the significant heritage of earthen buildings throughout the world. Moreover, a renaissance of earth constructions has been observed due to sustainable properties of this material. However, the disadvantage of earthen material is its low strength and its sensibility to the water content. To enhance the durability and the mechanical characteristics of earthen material, hydraulic binders are currently added (cement or lime). These hydraulic binders have high embodied energy and therefore increase the embodied energy of the stabilized earth material. In order to find an alternative binder, other components are tested. This paper presents an exploratory study which uses geopolymer as a stabilizer for earthen material. Geopolymers are inorganic binders with polymeric structure obtained by alkaline activation of raw materials containing silicon and aluminum; they are obtained by dissolution/precipitation reactions at low temperature. The present study proposes to use blast furnace slag as geopolymer raw material, which was mixed with an alkaline solution activator to obtain the stabilizer for earthen material. The furnace slag is an industrial waste and its recycling reduces the binder’s environment impact. The geopolymer effects were investigated on two types of earthen material: rammedearth (RE, soil dynamically compacted) and soil-geopolymer-concrete (soil poured with more water content). The results show that geopolymer had more effects in soil-concrete than in rammed-earth. Indeed, RE specimens stabilized by geopolymer did not present a significant improvement of compressive strength comparing to the unstabilized RE specimens. Soilgeopolymer-concrete specimens had double compressive strength comparing to soil-cementconcrete specimens. However, the results obtained on specimens stabilized by geopolymer were still relatively low (<3 MPa). The geopolymer amount, the quantity and type of clays present in the used soil could have influences on the results.
description: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol 35 No 2 (2017): Special Issue - ICBBM 2017
New oxygenated himachalenes in male-specific odor of the Chinese windmill butterfly, Byasa alcinousalcinous
Creators: name: Ômura, Hisashi
name: Noguchi, Taro
name: Nehira, Tatsuo
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Physiology
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biochemistry

description: Male adults of the Chinese windmill Byasaalcinousalcinous (Papilionidae) are well known to have a strong musk-like odor, in which two oxygenated himachalene compounds, together with six sesquiterpene hydrocarbons, were newly discovered. γ-Himachalen-4-yl acetate (1) was the predominant compound isolated from the solvent extract of the males. The structure of 1 was determined using MS and NMR, and its relative configuration was established as 1S*,4R*,6R* by NOE analysis with the help of quantum mechanical computation. Interestingly, the amount of 1 in males increased until 7 days after eclosion, suggesting that this compound is involved in sexual maturation for mating. Another new compound was identified as γ-himachalen-4-ol (2) by comparison with the retention time and mass spectrum of the hydrolysate of 1. Since males of other papilionid species have general volatiles omnipresent in plants and insects, the presence of species-specific volatiles in males is characteristic of B. alcinous alcinous.
The study of soaking and germination times to improve the nutritional quality of white and black glutinous rice
Creators: name: Van M. Phan,
Publisher: name: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology
Year: 2022
Subjects: White and black glutinous rice, Soaking, Germination, Biochemical, Phytochemical content

description: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology, 27, 3, 10
Effect of thermo-sonication condition on carotenoid yield and its antioxidant activity
Creators: name: Nipaporn Sengkhamparn
Publisher: name: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology
Year: 2022
Subjects: Lycopene, Thermo-sonication, Fuzzy analytical method, DPPH radical scavenging activity, Inhibition of lipid peroxidation

description: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology, 27, 3, 10
A fatigue and stress distribution analysis of horizontal axis wind turbine blade
Creators: name: Santhosh, Johnson A.
Publisher: name: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology
Year: 2022
Subjects: Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine, Composite Wind Turbine Blade, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Fatigue life, Fatigue Analysis, Wind Energy

description: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology, 27, 3, 15
Composite flour cracker enriched with banana flour: Formulation optimization and properties
Creators: name: Ratchada Tangwongchai
Publisher: name: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology
Year: 2022
Subjects: Banana flour, Waxy rice, Cassava starch, Crispy crackers, Optimization, Formulation, Snack

description: Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology, 27, 3, 12
Mapping PPROC 1.0.0 with CODICE
Creators: name: Soro, José Félix Muñoz
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 80309 Software Engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: PPROC is an ontology about public procurement and CODICE is an XML standard for the announcements that are published on the Spanish Public Sector Contracting Platform. This document mapped the XML entities with the classes and properties of the ontology.
Lovastatin-producing endophytic fungus isolated from a medicinal plant Solanum xanthocarpum
Creators: name: Parthasarathy, Ramalingam
name: Muthukrishnan Sathiyabama
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Chemistry
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Microbiology
subject: Biochemistry

description: Lovastatin is a potent drug for lowering blood cholesterol. An endophytic fungus Phomopsis vexans was isolated from the healthy leaf tissues of Solanum xanthocarpum, a medicinal plant, and screened for lovastatin production. The fungus was identified by their characteristic cultural morphology and molecular analysis. The strain had a component with the same TLC Rf value and HPLC retention time as authentic lovastatin. The presence of lovastatin was further confirmed by FT-IR, UV, 1H, 13C NMR and LC–MS analyses. The amount of lovastatin produced by this endophytic fungus was quantified to be 550 mg/L, and thus the fungus can serve as a potential material to improve the production of lovastatin.
The investigation on phytochemicals from Ferulago angulata (Schlecht) Boiss, indigenous to central parts of Iran
Creators: name: Razavi, Seyed Mehdi
name: Ameneh Ravansalar
name: Shahabeddin Mirinejad
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plant Biology

description: Ferulago angulata (Schlecht) Boiss (Apiaceae) is a perennial herb distributed in the central parts of Iran. In this work, the essential oil of Ferulago angulat a aerial parts collected from the central parts of Iran was obtained by using hydrodistillation analysed by GC and GC–MS. Air-dried and powdered plant roots were extracted with n-hexane, dichloromethane and methanol, respectively, using a Soxhlet apparatus. The n-hexane extract was subjected to preparative thin-layer chromatography using chloroform–acetone (95:5) as solvent system to yield two linear furanocoumarins, prantschimgin and oxypeucedanin. The structure of theisolated compounds was elucidated by using spectroscopic data such as 1H NMR, 13C NMR, UV and IR. The results of GC–MS analyses showed that γ-terpinolene (11.97%), α-pinene (10.00%), sabinene (6.89%), linalool (5.56%) and cis-ocimene (4.41%) were the main components among 51 constituents characterised in the oil. The oil exhibits considerable phytotoxic activity.
The investigation on phytochemicals from Ferulago angulata (Schlecht) Boiss, indigenous to central parts of Iran
Creators: name: Razavi, Seyed Mehdi
name: Ameneh Ravansalar
name: Shahabeddin Mirinejad
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biochemistry

description: Ferulago angulata (Schlecht) Boiss (Apiaceae) is a perennial herb distributed in the central parts of Iran. In this work, the essential oil of Ferulago angulata aerial parts collected from the central parts of Iran was obtained by using hydrodistillation analysed by GC and GC–MS. Air-dried and powdered plant roots were extracted with n-hexane, dichloromethane and methanol, respectively, using a Soxhlet apparatus. The n-hexane extract was subjected to preparative thin-layer chromatography using chloroform–acetone (95:5) as solvent system to yield two linear furanocoumarins, prantschimgin and oxypeucedanin. The structure of theisolated compounds was elucidated by using spectroscopic data such as 1H NMR, 13C NMR, UV and IR. The results of GC–MS analyses showed that γ-terpinolene (11.97%), α-pinene (10.00%), sabinene (6.89%), linalool (5.56%) and cis-ocimene (4.41%) were the main components among 51 constituents characterised in the oil. The oil exhibits considerable phytotoxic activity.
5-aminolevulinic acid enhances cell death under thermal stress in certain cancer cell lines
Creators: name: Chibazakura, Taku
name: Toriyabe, Yui
name: Fujii, Hiroshi
name: Kiwamu Takahashi
name: Kawakami, Mariko
name: Kuwamura, Haruna
name: Hazuki Haga
name: Shun-Ichiro Ogura
name: Fuminori Abe
name: Motowo Nakajima
name: Yoshikawa, Hirofumi
name: Tanaka, Tohru
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Hematology
subject: Cancer
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Microbiology
subject: Biophysics

description: 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) is contained in all organisms and a starting substrate for heme biosynthesis. Since administration of 5-ALA specifically leads cancer cells to accumulate protoporphyrin IX (PpIX), a potent photosensitizer, we tested if 5-ALA also serves as a thermosensitizer. 5-ALA enhanced heat-induced cell death of cancer cell lines such as HepG2, Caco-2, and Kato III, but not other cancer cell lines including U2-OS and normal cell lines including WI-38. Those 5-ALA-sensitive cancer cells, but neither U2-OS nor WI-38, accumulated intracellular PpIX and exhibited an increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation under thermal stress with 5-ALA treatment. In addition, blocking the PpIX-exporting transporter ABCG2 in U2-OS and WI-38 cells enhanced their cell death under thermal stress with 5-ALA. Finally, a ROS scavenger compromised the cell death enhancement by 5-ALA. These suggest that 5-ALA can sensitize certain cancer cells, but not normal cells, to thermal stress via accumulation of PpIX and increase of ROS generation.
La prise en charge ambulatoire est-elle une alternative sécure à la prise en charge hospitalière pour une femme à terme présentant une rupture prématurée des membranes ?
Creators: name: Citaku, Flora
name: Savioz, Juliette
name: Pasquini, Michelle
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 0
Subjects: subject: membranes fœtales
subject: rupture prématurée
subject: pré-travail
subject: naissance à terme
subject: grossesse
subject: prise en charge
subject: période expectative
subject: soins ambulatoires
subject: soins à domicile
subject: hospitalisation
subject: satisfaction et attente des patients
subject: hesav TB SF

description: Objectif du Travail de Bachelor : Les potentiels risques, d’un point de vue maternel et néonatal, que peut impliquer la décision d’un retour à domicile durant la phase expectative suite à la rupture des membranes est mise en lien avec les variations de pratiques observées dans la pratique ainsi que dans la littérature. Ce Travail a donc pour objectif de déterminer si la prise en charge ambulatoire pourrait être une alternative sécure à la prise en charge hospitalière, pour une femme à terme présentant une rupture prématurée des membranes sans signes de mise en travail. Méthodologie : Des mots-clés ont été définis afin de réaliser une recherche d’articles scientifiques sur les bases de données. Ensuite, les huit articles ont été selectionnés par rapport à des critères d’éligibilité établis, puis analysés afin de répondre à notre question de recherche. Résultats essentiels : Les résultats issus des articles ne démontrent pas de différence significative dans l’issue maternelle entre le groupe hospitalisé et le groupe ambulatoire. La prise en charge ambulatoire apparaît donc comme favorable. Concernant l’issue néonatale, les auteurs ne s’accordent pas sur les risques d’infection néonatale. Finalement, d’un point de vue qualitatif, plusieurs facteurs entrent en jeu dans la prise de décision de consulter et dans le vécu des femmes. Principale conclusion : La prise en charge ambulatoire dans un contexte de rupture prématurée des membranes à terme aurait des bénéfices pour la femme, les professionnels et également pour les institutions de soins. Cependant, des études supplémentaires sont nécessaires afin d’amener des preuves empiriques solides et de guider la pratique clinique.
ZENO2
Creators: name: Locey, Kenneth
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Description: A science tabloid created and edited by Ken Locey, as an outlet for semi-serious, semi-solid, forward thinking, and unafeared sciency stuff. Motto: Before you get the whole truth, you have to get the half truth. The model: Open excess and open access Accepting: Not unless you want to contribute to the messy experimental phase. The ground floor is muddy. Actually, it's more like a child's sandbox. There might be some poop. Scope & remit: ...eh
Fire behavior of bio-based earth products for sustainable buildings
Creators: name: Laborel-Préneron, A.
name: Aubert, J. E.
name: Magniont, C.
name: Lacasta, A.
name: Haurie, L.
Publisher: name: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering
Year: 2017

description: Construction is one of the most polluting industrial sectors. For this reason, developing sustainable building materials is a world-wide interest. Earth as a building material is thus increasingly studied because of its low environmental impact and its ability to regulate indoor moisture and to improve occupant’s comfort. Moreover, earth is a well-known non-combustible material. Recent studies deal with unfired earth bricks with plant aggregates incorporated to the earth matrix in order to lighten and improve various properties of the composite materials. However, these vegetal additions, of combustible nature, raise questions about the fire-behavior of the bio-based material. To our knowledge, the fire-behavior of this kind of materials has been little investigated in the literature. The present paper constitutes a preliminary study about the fire reaction of earth bricks containing 0%, 3% and 6% weight content of barley straw or hemp shiv. A pyrolysis combustion flow calorimetry (PCFC) was done to predict the fire-behavior of the plant aggregates. Other tests were performed on the composites to determine their flammability, their thermal insulation and their mechanical strength after high temperature exposure. The following conclusions were reached. The PCFC test has shown a peak of heat release rate around 350°C for the plant aggregates, which corresponds to the degradation of the cellulose. The ignition-extinction test has proved that the material is still non-flammable even with vegetal additions. Thermal conductivity of the composites decreased when the experienced temperature increased (until 800°C) due to the higher porosity. The higher the plant aggregates content, the more fire resistant was the material, meaning that the rise of temperature was delayed. Concerning mechanical performance, a strength drop was observed for composites around 400°C before a slight increase until 800°C thanks to the firing of the earth.
description: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol 35 No 2 (2017): Special Issue - ICBBM 2017
Effect of L3 Mass Loss on the Formation of sdB-MS Binaries
Creators: name: Bobrick, Alexey
name: Vos, Joris
name: Vuckovic, Maja
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: L3 mass loss can potentially affect the formation and properties of long- and short-period sdB-MS binaries. It takes place when the red giant progenitor of the sdB star overfills its Roche lobe sufficiently much to start losing parts of its atmosphere through the L3 point behind it. The material lost through the L3 point carries away a significant amount of specific angular momentum and this way may have a strong impact on the binary orbit. We report on the results of our ongoing detailed study of this process. We have constructed an analytical expression for L3 mass loss rates as a function of the radius of the donor, have implemented it in binary stellar evolution code MESA and also have verified the framework with hydrodynamic SPH simulations. I shall present the physics behind L3 mass loss, show examples of how it affects the formation of long- and short-period systems and discuss the effect in a broader context of common-envelope evolution.
Corona und die Entwicklung von Paarbeziehungen
Creators: name: Geserick, Christine
name: Kaindl, Markus
Publisher: name: University of Vienna. Project: Family Studies in Austria
Year: 2022
Subjects: Partnerschaft
Familienforschung
COVID-19-Pandemie
Paarbeziehung
Single
Lockdown

description: Im Zentrum der Studie steht die Frage, inwieweit das erste Jahr der Coronakrise Einfluss auf die Partnerschaftsbiografie hatte. Wie haben Paare und Singles die verschiedenen Lockdown-Phasen zwischen März 2020 und Mai 2021 erlebt? Welche neuen Gewohnheiten, aber auch Konflikte etablierten sich? Hatte die Krise einen Einfluss auf die Partnerschaftszufriedenheit? Wie gingen Singles mit dem Thema Dating und Partnersuche um? Und gab es tatsächlich „Lockdownbabys“ oder „Scheidungswellen“? Die Datenbasis bilden drei empirische Zugänge: (1) Sekundäranalysen der österreichischen und europäischen Bevölkerungsstatistiken, (2) eine Sekundäranalyse des repräsentativen Austrian Corona Panel Projects (ACPP) mit 1.500 Studienteilnehmer/innen und Daten aus 21 Befragungswellen zwischen März 2020 und März 2021 und (3) eine ÖIF-Online-Erhebung im Mixed-Methods-Design mit 772 Studienteilnehmer/innen, die Jahr 1 der Coronakrise retrospektiv betrachteten (Erhebungszeitpunkt: März – Mai 2021).