cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Protein-Polymer Complex Coacervates as Synthetic Membrane-less Organelles
Creators: name: Tjo, Hansen
name: Zervoudis, Nicholas
name: Obermeyer, Allie
Publisher: name: Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal
Year: 2020

description: In solution, oppositely-charged macromolecules undergo charge-mediated liquid-liquid phase separation into a complex coacervate phase – a dense, macromolecule-rich liquid. In nature, the basis for intracellular compartmentalization in the formation of membrane-less organelles has been shown to follow similar complexation principles, where charged proteins represent the ionic species. We seek to capture the spatiotemporal tunability properties of such organelles for enzymatic reactions in vitro. However, the in vitro formation and deformation of protein-based coacervate microenvironments as a nanoreactor is a limiting factor. Here, we prescribe high-precision turbidimetry coupled with optical microscopy, to characterize the phase behavior of binary protein-polymer complexes between the weak anionic enzyme Glucose Oxidase (GOx) and four different synthetic polycations as functions of composition and ionic strength. Establishment of conditions ideal for coacervate formation in each protein-polymer system informed pH titration experiments on characterizing self-assembly regulation. The results from this study will help inform the design of novel coacervate microenvironments for industrial enzyme cascades and elucidate the role of associative phase separation in cellular evolution.
description: Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal, Vol 14 (2020): Spring 2020
FIR Spectroscopy of the Galactic Center: Hot and Warm Molecular Gas
Creators: name: Goicoechea, J. R.
name: Etxaluze, M.
name: Cernicharo, J.
name: Gerin, M.
name: Pety, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The angular resolution (~10") achieved by the Herschel Space Observatory ~3.5m telescope at FIR wavelengths allowed us to roughly separate the emission toward the inner parsec of the galaxy (the central cavity) from that of the surrounding circumnuclear disk (the CND). The FIR spectrum toward SgrA* is dominated by intense [Oiii], [Oi], [Cii], [Niii], [Nii], and [Ci] fine-structure lines (in decreasing order of luminosity) arising in gas irradiated by the strong UV field from the central stellar cluster. The high-J CO rotational line intensities observed at the interface between the inner CND and the central cavity are consistent with a hot isothermal component at T~10^{3.1} K and n(H_2)~10^4 cm^{-3}. They are also consistent with a distribution of lower temperatures at higher gas density, with most CO at T~300 K. The hot CO component (either the bulk of the CO column density or just a small fraction depending on the above scenario) likely results from a combination of UV and shock-driven heating. Although this component is beam diluted in our FIR observations, it may be resolved at much higher angular resolution. An ALMA project using different molecular tracers to characterize UV-irradiated shocks in the innermost layers of the CND is ongoing.
description: to appear in "Proceedings of the IAU Symposium 322: The Multi-Messenger Astrophysics of the Galactic Centre" (18-22 July 2016, Palm Cove, Queensland, Australia)
Characterization & Correction of Self-Absorption Distortion in XANES
Creators: name: Reddy, Aidan
name: Mehta, Apurva
Publisher: name: Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal
Year: 2020

description: X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) is an experimental technique used to probe the atomic properties of materials. XAS measurements performed in fluorescence mode are subject to so-called “self-absorption” distortion, especially when the sample under investigation is thick or concentrated with respect to the atom of interest. Here we investigate the behavior of self-absorption and present several suggestions to avoid and manage self-absorption through experimental design. Particularly, we find that it is easier to correct for very thick samples than for samples of intermediate thickness. Self-absorption distortion necessitates a correction of the measured spectrum during data processing. We present a technique for correcting self-absorbed spectra in the XANES region that is effective for all sample thicknesses and experimental geometries.
description: Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal, Vol 14 (2020): Spring 2020
Towards a process model for home economics curriculum : a case study of action research
Creators: name: Smith, Gillian .
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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Supplementary Data
Creators: name: Liu, Sukuan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Phylogeny and comparative analysis
Biogeography and phylogeography
Biological adaptation

description: # Supplementary Data
 This folder contains:

 1. HeliamphoraPitcher.Rmd: R studio file containing scripts for Heliamphora pitcher shape and angle analyses used in this study
 2. Heli_angle_data_2022.csv: Raw pitcher angle data
 3. jpgdata.csv: metadata containing information of average pitcher angle (generated from "Heli_angle_data_2022.csv"), clade name, maximum adult pitcher size
 4. Heli_tree.RDS: Heliamphora phylogeny used in this study (R data format)
 5. Heliamphora_Pshapes_6ldk_data.RDS: Intermediate file containing landmarked (used in this study) Heliamphora pitcher shapes outline (R data format)
 6: Pitcher Angle.zip (folder): contains compiled pitcher angle data (.csv) and results (.png) for phylogenetic t tests
 7: Pitcher Outlines.zip (folder): contains pitcher silhouettes (.jpg) used for shape analysis

 ## Code/Software
 R & R Studio
Supplementary Data (Liu & Smith 2023)
Creators: name: Liu, Sukuan
name: Smith, Stacey Dewitt
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Phylogeny and comparative analysis
Biogeography and phylogeography
Biological adaptation

description: # Supplementary Data
 This folder contains:

 1. HeliamphoraPitcher.Rmd: R studio file containing scripts for Heliamphora pitcher shape and angle analyses used in this study
 2. Heli_angle_data_2022.csv: Raw pitcher angle data
 3. jpgdata.csv: metadata containing information of average pitcher angle (generated from "Heli_angle_data_2022.csv"), clade name, maximum adult pitcher size
 4. Heli_tree.RDS: Heliamphora phylogeny used in this study (R data format)
 5. Heliamphora_Pshapes_6ldk_data.RDS: Intermediate file containing landmarked (used in this study) Heliamphora pitcher shapes outline (R data format)
 6: Pitcher Angle.zip (folder): contains compiled pitcher angle data (.csv) and results (.png) for phylogenetic t tests
 7: Pitcher Outlines.zip (folder): contains pitcher silhouettes (.jpg) used for shape analysis

 ## Code/Software
 R & R Studio
Random Holographic "Large Worlds" with Emergent Dimensions
Creators: name: Trugenberger, Carlo A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: I propose a random network model governed by a Gaussian weight corresponding to Ising link antiferromagnetism as a model for emergent quantum space-time. In this model, discrete space is fundamental, not a regularization, its spectral dimension $d_s$ is not a model input but is, rather, completely determined by the antiferromagnetic coupling constant. Perturbative terms suppressing triangles and favouring squares lead to locally Euclidean ground states that are Ricci flat "large worlds" with power-law extension. I then consider the quenched graphs of lowest energy for $d_s=2$ and $d_s=3$ and I show how quenching leads to the spontaneous emergence of embedding spaces of Hausdorff dimension $d_H=4$ and $d_H=5$, respectively. One of the additional, spontaneous dimensions can be interpreted as time, causality being an emergent property that arises in the large $N$ limit (with $N$ the number of vertices). For $d_s=2$, the quenched graphs constitute a discrete version of a 5D-space-filling surface with a number of fundamental degrees of freedom scaling like $N^{2/5}$, a graph version of the holographic principle. These holographic degrees of freedom can be identified with the squares of the quenched graphs, which, being these triangle-free, are the fundamental area (or loop) quanta.
description: To appear in Physical Review E
Can a superhero fight patriarchy?: Challenging the ancient masculinisation of mythic heroism in modern superhero action cinema
Creators: name: Mead, Michelle
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: With the exponential rise of superhero cinema in the last decade, exemplified by the success of the Marvel film franchise, superhero mythology has fought its way into our zeitgeist. The rising call for heroes who break the mould of male white Western subjectivity has been met with films like, Wonder Woman (2017), Black Panther (2018) and Captain Marvel (2019). However, hyper-masculine heroes still "rule" the genre (Hagley & Harrison 2014; Kvaran 2017:234), and superhero films still enshrine the idea that "world salvation" is only possible through a brutal battle, where a "good" power fights a monstrous evil one. Perhaps the genre's roots in patriarchal capitalism, militarism and imperialism, may forbid fundamental change. This research project asks: How can creative practice present an alternative to the patriarchal model's values enshrined in the superhero genre? It will combine creative practice with a written thesis, each informing the other, as two integrated pieces of one project. The written thesis will deconstruct the patriarchal logic, values and behaviour implicit within the role of the superhero. This information will form the basis for the creative practice research component, to develop what the film industry terms a "story world". The period, place, problems, rules and pressures of this story world will be expressed in an illustrated document known as a story world "bible", along with character backstories involving intertwined plots. The aim of this research is to develop a theoretical framework which can support the revision of core myths in popular superhero genres. The written thesis will substantiate this framework and the prototype creative work will demonstrate how this alternative paradigm can sustain the excitement of the superhero genre but present a profoundly different ideological premise.
Supplementary Data
Creators: name: Liu, Sukuan
name: Smith, Stacey Dewitt
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Phylogeny and comparative analysis
Biogeography and phylogeography
Biological adaptation

description: # Supplementary Data
 This folder contains:

 1. HeliamphoraPitcher.Rmd: R studio file containing scripts for Heliamphora pitcher shape and angle analyses used in this study
 2. Heli_angle_data_2022.csv: Raw pitcher angle data
 3. jpgdata.csv: metadata containing information of average pitcher angle (generated from "Heli_angle_data_2022.csv"), clade name, maximum adult pitcher size
 4. Heli_tree.RDS: Heliamphora phylogeny used in this study (R data format)
 5. Heliamphora_Pshapes_6ldk_data.RDS: Intermediate file containing landmarked (used in this study) Heliamphora pitcher shapes outline (R data format)
 6: Pitcher Angle.zip (folder): contains compiled pitcher angle data (.csv) and results (.png) for phylogenetic t tests
 7: Pitcher Outlines.zip (folder): contains pitcher silhouettes (.jpg) used for shape analysis

 ## Code/Software
 R & R Studio
Quadratic sequences of powers and Mohanty's Conjecture
Creators: name: Garcia-Fritz, Natalia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We prove under the Bombieri-Lang conjecture for surfaces that there is an absolute bound on the length of sequences of integer squares with constant second differences, for sequences which are not formed by the squares of integers in arithmetic progression. This answers a question proposed in 2010 by J. Browkin and J. Brzezinski, and independently by E. Gonzalez-Jimenez and X. Xarles. We also show that under the Bombieri-Lang conjecture for surfaces, for every $k\geq 3$ there is an absolute bound on the length of sequences formed by $k$-th powers with constant second differences. This gives a conditional result on one of Mohanty's conjectures on arithmetic progressions in Mordell's elliptic curves $y^2=x^3+b$. Moreover, we obtain an unconditional result regarding infinite families of such arithmetic progressions. We also study the case of hyperelliptic curves of the form $y^2=x^k+b$. These results are proved by unconditionally finding all curves of genus $0$ or $1$ on certain surfaces of general type. Moreover, we prove the unconditional analogues of these arithmetic results for function fields by finding all the curves of low genus on these surfaces.
Electron-phonon scattering and in-plane electric conductivity in twisted bilayer graphene
Creators: name: Ray, N.
name: Fleischmann, M.
name: Weckbecker, D.
name: Sharma, S.
name: Pankratov, O.
name: Shallcross, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have surveyed the in-plane transport properties of the graphene twist bilayer using (i) a low-energy effective Hamiltonian for the underlying electronic structure, (ii) an isotropic elastic phonon model, and (iii) the linear Boltzmann equation for elastic electron-phonon scattering. We find that transport in the twist bilayer is profoundly sensitive to the rotation angle of the constituent layers. Similar to the electronic structure of the twist bilayer the transport is qualitatively different in three distinct angle regimes. At large angles ($θ> \,\approx\!\!10^\circ$) and at temperatures below an interlayer Bloch-Grüneisen temperature of $\approx 10$~K the conductivity is independent of the twist angle i.e. the layers are fully decoupled. Above this temperature the layers, even though decoupled in the ground state, are re-coupled by electron-phonon scattering and the transport is different both from single layer graphene as well as the Bernal bilayer. In the small angle regime $θ
Social, Economic and Environmental Dynamics of Peri-Urban Growth
Creators: name: kuppusamy, Damodaran
name: K, Vishaal
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 50204 Environmental Impact Assessment
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 50205 Environmental Management
subject: 160605 Environmental Politics
subject: FOS: Political science

description: The population growth’s structure varies widely among nation states relying upon, apart from many factors, the climate, the livelihood opportunities, the socio-cultural context and the population policies of the government. Similarly, the differences that prevail in determining the spatial pattern of growth (Rural, Semi-urban, Peri-urban, Urban, Cosmopolitan) are also influenced by a range of factors. Each spatial region has an amalgamation of its own opportunities, challenges, issues, problems and solutions. For instance, although cities tend to grow over a period of time, they do not grow uniformly at the same rate due to a variety of factors
Using Machine Learning to Decide When to Precondition Cylindrical Algebraic Decomposition With Groebner Bases
Creators: name: Huang, Zongyan
name: England, Matthew
name: Davenport, James H.
name: Paulson, Lawrence C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Symbolic Computation (cs.SC)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: I.2.6; I.1.0
subject: 68W30, 68T05

description: Cylindrical Algebraic Decomposition (CAD) is a key tool in computational algebraic geometry, particularly for quantifier elimination over real-closed fields. However, it can be expensive, with worst case complexity doubly exponential in the size of the input. Hence it is important to formulate the problem in the best manner for the CAD algorithm. One possibility is to precondition the input polynomials using Groebner Basis (GB) theory. Previous experiments have shown that while this can often be very beneficial to the CAD algorithm, for some problems it can significantly worsen the CAD performance. In the present paper we investigate whether machine learning, specifically a support vector machine (SVM), may be used to identify those CAD problems which benefit from GB preconditioning. We run experiments with over 1000 problems (many times larger than previous studies) and find that the machine learned choice does better than the human-made heuristic.
Nyctalus Bowdich 1825
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Vespertilionidae
Nyctalus

description: Nyctalus Bowdich, 1825. Excursions in Madeira and Porto Santo, p. 36. REVIEWED BY: E. Vernier (EV). ISIS NUMBER: 5301405014015000000.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Chiroptera, pp. 111-215 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 193, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352990
Hydrodynamic Overview at Hot Quarks 2016
Creators: name: Noronha-Hostler, Jacquelyn
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This presents an overview of relativistic hydrodynamic modeling in heavy-ion collisions prepared for Hot Quarks 2016, at South Padre Island, TX, USA. The influence of the initial state and viscosity on various experimental observables are discussed. Specific problems that arise in the hydrodynamical modeling at the Beam Energy Scan are briefly discussed.
description: 6 pages, 2 figures, contribution to the proceedings of Hot Quarks 2016 conference at South Padre Island, TX, USA
A study of the interaction of the electromagnetic field with slotted cylindrical structures employing the Method of Regularization
Creators: name: Lock, Kaiser
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: The research program described in this thesis analyzes the interaction of the electromagnetic field with several classes of open cylindrical structures, by using the semi-analytical Method of Regularization (MoR). The dielectric cylinders considered in this thesis are partially shielded by conformal perfectly electric conducting (PEC) strips, where significant coupling and re-radiation of energy are created by the presence of apertures and sharp edges. The problems studied include the scattering problem of a single cylindrical lens reflector (CLR) illuminated by an obliquely incident plane wave, the scattering problem of a finite array of CLR with different characteristics when illuminated by a normal plane wave, the analysis of the scattering from and penetration through a multi-layered CLR and a multiconductor cylinder, as well as the transmission line problem involving a multi-conductor cable. Each of the problems studied is interesting from both a theoretical point of view and as an idealization of scattering and coupling mechanism in real devices of technological interest. -- When the structures are of moderate or large electrical size, standard numerical approaches to solving these mixed boundary valued problems (MBVP) often encounter difficulties of convergence and accuracy of computed solution. Therefore, the MoR - which transforms the ill-posed nature of the standard formulation of the problem to a well-conditioned second kind Fredholm matrix equation - is well-suited for the class of problems considered here. Numerical algorithms based upon the solution of the matrix equation, after truncation to a finite system of Ntr equations, converge with guaranteed and predictable accuracy, as Ntr -α. Because the computed solutions to these problems are rigorously accurate (in the sense of guaranteed convergence - theoretically and numerically), they provide benchmark solutions to problems of significant complexity against which solutions computed by more general purpose numerical codes (which although of wider applicability have less firm theoretical underpinnings) may be validated.
The entrepreneurial academic : a psycho-social study of work performance
Creators: name: Ralston, Kathleen.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
 Researchers can access this thesis by asking their local university, institution or public library to
 make a request on their behalf. Monash staff and postgraduate students can use the link in the References field.
Why semi-classical electrodynamics is not gauge invariant
Creators: name: Stewart, A M
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is shown that in semi-classical electrodynamics, which describes how electrically charged particles move according to the laws of quantum mechanics under the influence of a prescribed classical electromagnetic field, only a restricted class of gauge transformations is allowed. This lack of full gauge invariance, in contrast to the situation in classical and quantum electrodynamics which are fully gauge invariant theories, is due to the requirement that the scalar potential in the Hamiltonian of wave mechanics represent a physical potential. Probability amplitudes and energy differences are independent of gauge within this restricted class of gauge transformation.
description: 13 pages pdf
A cross-entropy method optimal stopping problems
Creators: name: Kularatne, Thilini Dulanjali
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: There are frequent situations when observations are recorded consecutively over a period of time, for an example, daily values of currency exchange rates. Sequential observations appear one by one, so data are analysed as they are collected without fixing the sample size in advance. Further sampling may be terminated according to a pre-defined stopping rule. There are situations where we need to make decisions considering the observations which are already having while future observations are not known yet. Sequential data analysis has a variety of applications in a wide range of fields including industrial quality control, econometrics, analysis of financial systems among many others. In this thesis, we develop several versions of a Cross-Entropy method to find an approximate optimal stopping rule. Here we have considered cases of both independent and dependent observations. We have carried out a simulation study., which has shown the accuracy of the proposed algorithm.
Nyctalus montanus
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Vespertilionidae
Nyctalus
Nyctalus montanus

description: Nyctalus montanus (Barrett-Hamilton, 1906). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 17:99. TYPE LOCALITY: India, Uttar Pradesh, Dehra Dun, Mussooree. DISTRIBUTION: Afghanistan; Pakistan; N. India; Nepal. COMMENT: Listed as a subspecies of leisleri by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951:159; but also see Corbet, 1978:55. ISIS NUMBER: 5301405014015005001.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Chiroptera, pp. 111-215 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 193, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352990
description: {"references": ["Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott. 1951. Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 810 pp."]}
The circumstellar disk of FS Tau B - A self-consistent model based on observations in the mid-infrared with NACO -
Creators: name: Kirchschlager, Florian
name: Wolf, Sebastian
name: Madlener, David
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Protoplanetary disks are a byproduct of the star formation process. In the dense mid-plane of these disks, planetesimals and planets are expected to form. The first step in planet formation is the growth of dust particles from submicrometer-sized grains to macroscopic mm-sized aggregates. The grain growth is accompanied by radial drift and vertical segregation of the particles within the disk. To understand this essential evolutionary step, spatially resolved multi-wavelength observations as well as photometric data are necessary which reflect the properties of both disk and dust. We present the first spatially resolved image obtained with NACO at the VLT in the L$_\text{p}$ band of the near edge-on protoplanetary disk FS Tau B. Based on this new image, a previously published Hubble image in H band and the spectral energy distribution from optical to millimeter wavelengths, we derive constraints on the spatial dust distribution and the progress of grain growth. For this purpose we perform a disk modeling using the radiative transfer code MC3D. Radial drift and vertical sedimentation of the dust are not considered. We find a best-fit model which features a disk extending from $2\,\text{AU}$ to several hundreds AU with a moderately decreasing surface density and $M_\text{disk}=2.8\,\times\,10^{-2}\,\text{M}_\odot$. The inclination amounts to $i=80^\circ$. Our findings indicate that substantial dust grain growth has taken place and that grains of a size equal to or larger than $1\,\text{mm}$ are present in the disk. In conclusion, the parameters describing the vertical density distribution are better constrained than those describing the radial disk structure.
description: 10 pages, 9 figures, 2 tables
Nycticeius Rafinesque 1819
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Vespertilionidae
Nycticeius

description: Nycticeius Rafinesque, 1819. J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts Paris, 88: 417. REVIEWED BY: F. R. Allison (FRA)(Australia). COMMENT: Formerly included Scotoecus; see Hill, 1974, Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Zool., 27:169- 171. For content of this genus; see Koopman, 1978, Proc. 4th Int. Bat Res. Conf. Nairobi, p. 165- 171. ISIS NUMBER: 5301405014016000000.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Chiroptera, pp. 111-215 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 193, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352990
Surface modification of thin-film-composite membranes with antibiotics for fouling reduction
Creators: name: Golestani, Maryam
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: Thin-film-composite (TFC) membranes are used in reverse osmosis (RO) and nanofiltration (NF) for producing fresh water. However, they are prone to fouling by biological and chemical contaminants, which significantly diminishes their efficiency. Therefore, feed pretreatments and membrane cleaning are required to maintain their proper functionality, which increase operational cost. Alternatively, the surface properties of TFC membranes can be modified to reduce fouling and increase membrane efficiency and lifetime. This project aimed to modify a commercial TFC membrane’s surface with polydopamine (PDA) mixed with an antibiotic tobramycin (TOB). Polymerization reactivity of dopamine was identified by UV-vis spectroscopy. The modified-TFC membranes were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, and water contact angle analysis. The separation performance, antifouling and antibacterial properties of the membranes were also examined. The modified membranes showed antibacterial properties against E.coli and less flux reduction during filtration with bovine serum albumin (BSA) solution. The permeability and selectivity of the membrane after surface modification changed little. These results demonstrate that TOB can be directly deposited on TFC membranes using PDA as a matrix. Surface modification with TOB and PDA is an effective strategy to improve the organic fouling and biofouling resistance of TFC membranes.
Conflicts and constraints in a helping organisation : a case study of the Victorian Co-operative on Children's Services for Ethnic Groups (VISEG), an off-spring of multiculturalism
Creators: name: Papadopoulos, Kristine.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
 Researchers can access this thesis by asking their local university, institution or public library to
 make a request on their behalf. Monash staff and postgraduate students can use the link in the References field.
Nycticeius humeralis
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Vespertilionidae
Nycticeius
Nycticeius humeralis

description: Nycticeius humeralis (Rafinesque, 1818). Am. Mon. Mag., 3(6):445. REVIEWED BY: B. Villa-Ramirez (BVR). TYPE LOCALITY: U.S.A., Kentucky. DISTRIBUTION: N. Veracruz (Mexico) to E. Kansas, the Great Lakes, and Pennsylvania, south to Florida and the Gulf coast (U.S.A.); Cuba. COMMENT: Includes cubanus; see Varona, 1974:37; but also see Hall, 1981:227. Reviewed by Watkins, 1972, Mamm. Species, 23:1 -4. ISIS NUMBER: 5301405014016006001 as N. humeralis. 5301405014016002001 as N. cubanus.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Chiroptera, pp. 111-215 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 194, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352990
description: {"references": ["Varona, L. S. 1974. Catalogo de los mamiferos vivientes y extinguidos de las Antillas. Instituto de Zoologia, Academia de Ciencias de Cuba (Havana), 139 pp.", "Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90."]}
Experimental transmission of quantum digital signatures over 90-km of installed optical fiber using a differential phase shift quantum key distribution system
Creators: name: Collins, Robert J.
name: Amiri, Ryan
name: Fujiwara, Mikio
name: Honjo, Toshimori
name: Shimizu, Kaoru
name: Tamaki, Kiyoshi
name: Takeoka, Masahiro
name: Andersson, Erika
name: Buller, Gerald S.
name: Sasaki, Masahide
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum digital signatures apply quantum mechanics to the problem of guaranteeing message integrity and non-repudiation with information-theoretical security, which are complementary to the confidentiality realized by quantum key distribution. Previous experimental demonstrations have been limited to transmission distances of less than 5-km of optical fiber in a laboratory setting. Here we report the first demonstration of quantum digital signatures over installed optical fiber as well as the longest transmission link reported to date. This demonstration used a 90-km long differential phase shift quantum key distribution system to achieve approximately one signed bit per second - an increase in the signature generation rate of several orders of magnitude over previous optical fiber demonstrations.
Pew Research Center: National Public Opinion Reference Survey August 2021
Creators: name: Pew Research Center
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2023

description: Economic conditions in your community (2); amount of profit made by corporations (1); lost job/pay/hours due to coronavirus outbreak (2); attachment to your community (1); military service (1); volunteering in past 12 months (1); disability or handicap (1); robots and computers doing most of work done currently by humans (1); responsibility for future of American workforce (1); internet and social media usage (12); books read in past 12 months (1); listen to radio (1); cell phones (2); importance of religion (1); how often do you pray (1); home ownership (1); registered to vote (1); follow government and public affairs (1); 2016 presidential election (2).
Nyctalus aviator
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Vespertilionidae
Nyctalus
Nyctalus aviator

description: Nyctalus aviator (Thomas, 1911). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 8:380. TYPE LOCALITY: Japan, Honshu, Tokyo. DISTRIBUTION: Hokkaido, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima, Iki (Japan); Korea; E. China. COMMENT: Listed as a subspecies of lasiopterus by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951:161; but also see Corbet, 1978:56.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Chiroptera, pp. 111-215 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 193, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352990
description: {"references": ["Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott. 1951. Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 810 pp."]}
Nyctalus noctula
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Vespertilionidae
Nyctalus
Nyctalus noctula

description: Nyctalus noctula (Schreber, 1774). Saugethiere, 1:166. TYPE LOCALITY: France. DISTRIBUTION: Europe to Urals and Caucasus; Morocco; S.E. Asia Minor to Israel; W. Turkestan to S.W. Siberia, Himalayas, and China, south to Malaya; Taiwan; Honshu (Japan). COMMENT: Includes furvus and velutinus; see Corbet, 1978:55. ISIS NUMBER: 5301405014015006001.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Chiroptera, pp. 111-215 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 193, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352990
Exploring the impact of the introduction of new EFL textbooks on teachers' practices and attitudes at a technical college in Japan
Creators: name: Humphries, Simon Christopher
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: Although the Japanese government has introduced policies to try to encourage communicative learning in Japanese schools (MEXT, 2002, 2003), studies have shown that English teachers have tended to continue the traditional yakudoku (grammar-translation) style of education (Kikuchi & Browne, 2009; O'Donnell, 2005; Sato, 2002; Wada, 2002). The pressure to prepare students for the grammatically oriented university entrance tests has often been cited as the cause for this phenomenon (Gorsuch, 2001; Sakui, 2004; Watanabe, 2004). The influence of the government-authorised textbooks seems to have been under-researched. Therefore, this study explores the effects of ELT textbooks on teaching attitudes and practices in a Japanese Kosen (engineering college). -- After studying the equivalent of three high school and two tertiary-level years at a Kosen, the students can transfer into the third year of a university course without taking an English test. This situation creates the opportunity to implement learner-centred communicative approaches. To maximise this opportunity, the author's college replaced some of the traditional textbooks with learner-centred conversation course books. However, well-meaning policy change does not automatically equal shared ownership and adoption by practitioners (Fullan, 2007). -- The author analysed the textbooks using an approach described by Littlejohn (1998). Subsequently, he observed and interviewed four teachers, who used both the traditional transmission-style and new learner-centred conversation textbooks, to analyse the degrees of implementation and acceptance. -- The researcher analysed the observation and interview data using constant comparison (Corbin & Strauss, 2008). Two main areas of interest arose from the data: (1) the teachers' control of the activities; and (2) the students' low levels of participation. -- This study indicated that teacher and student freedom led to a culture of uncertainty in the Kosen that the researcher termed the driftwood effect. A culture of collaborative professional development ought to be developed to facilitate the capacity for change.
Secondary Upsilon invariants of knots
Creators: name: Kim, Se-Goo
name: Livingston, Charles
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 57M25

description: The knot invariant Upsilon, defined by Ozsvath, Stipsicz, and Szabo, induces a homomorphism from the smooth knot concordance group to the group of piecewise linear functions on the interval [0,2]. Here we define a set of related secondary invariants, each of which assigns to a knot a piecewise linear function on [0,2]. These secondary invariants provide bounds on the genus and concordance genus of knots. Examples of knots for which Upsilon vanishes but which are detected by these secondary invariants are presented.
description: 12 pages
A comparison of methods of training parents to be therapists for their enuretic children
Creators: name: Matthews, Janet M.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Non-geometric branes are DFT monopoles
Creators: name: Bakhmatov, Ilya
name: Kleinschmidt, Axel
name: Musaev, Edvard T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The double field theory monopole solution by Berman and Rudolph is shown to reproduce non-geometric backgrounds with non-vanishing Q- and R-flux upon an appropriate choice of physical and dual coordinates. The obtained backgrounds depend non-trivially on dual coordinates and have only trivial monodromies. Upon smearing the solutions along the dual coordinates one reproduces the known $5^2_2$ solution for the Q-brane and co-dimension 1 solution for the R-brane. The T-duality invariant magnetic charge is explicitly calculated for all these backgrounds and is found to be equal to the magnetic charge of (unsmeared) NS5-brane.
description: 26 pages and appendix
Nycticeius balstoni
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Vespertilionidae
Nycticeius
Nycticeius balstoni

description: Nycticeius balstoni (Thomas, 1906). Abstr. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1906(2), 31:2. REVIEWED BY: A. C. Ziegler (ACZ). TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Western Australia, Laverton, North Pool, 503 m. DISTRIBUTION: Western Australia; South Australia; Northern Territory; Queensland; New South Wales; Victoria; E. New Guinea. COMMENT: Includes orion and sanborni; see Koopman, 1978, Proc. 4th Int. Bat Res. Conf. Nairobi, p. 168, 170, 171; but also see Hall and Richards, 1979, Queensl. Mus., Booklet, 12, and comment under influatus. ISIS NUMBER: 5301405014016010001 as N. sanborni.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Chiroptera, pp. 111-215 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 193, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352990
description: {"references": ["Hall, L. S., and G. C. Richards. 1979. Bats of Eastern Australia. Queensland Museum Booklet, 12: 1 - 66."]}
Nyctophilus Leach 1822
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Vespertilionidae
Nyctophilus

description: Nyctophilus Leach, 1822. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., 13:78. REVIEWED BY: F. R. Allison (FRA)(Australia); A. C. Ziegler (ACZ)(New Guinea). COMMENT: Includes Lamingtona; Australian species reviewed by Hall and Richards, 1979, Queensl. Mus., Booklet, 12. This genus is in need of a complete revision (FRA). ISIS NUMBER: 5301405014032000000 as Nyctophilus. 5301405014031000000 as Lamingtona.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Chiroptera, pp. 111-215 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 194, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352990
description: {"references": ["Hall, L. S., and G. C. Richards. 1979. Bats of Eastern Australia. Queensland Museum Booklet, 12: 1 - 66."]}
Uniform bounds on locations of zeros of partial theta function
Creators: name: Kostov, Vladimir Petrov
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We consider the partial theta function $θ(q,z):=\sum _{j=0}^{\infty}q^{j(j+1)/2}z^j$, where $(q,z)\in \mathbb{C}^2$, $|q|<1$. We show that for any $0
Myotis yumanensis
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Vespertilionidae
Myotis
Myotis yumanensis

description: Myotis yumanensis (H. Allen, 1864). Smithson. Misc. Coll., 7: 58. TYPE LOCALITY: U.S.A., California, Imperial Co., Old Fort Yuma. DISTRIBUTION: Morelos, Michoacan and Baja California (Mexico) to Colorado, Utah, and W. Nevada, north to Oregon, Washington and British Columbia, east to N.W. Wyoming and S.E. Montana (U.S.A.). COMMENT: See comment under lucifugus.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Chiroptera, pp. 111-215 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 192, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352990
Nyctalus leisleri
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Vespertilionidae
Nyctalus
Nyctalus leisleri

description: Nyctalus leisleri (Kuhl, 1818). Ann. Wetterau Ges. Naturk., 4(1):46. TYPE LOCALITY: Germany, Hessen, Hanau. DISTRIBUTION: W. Europe to Urals and Caucasus; Britain; Ireland; Madeira; Azores; W. Himalayas; E. Afghanistan. COMMENT: Includes azoreum and verrucosus; see Corbet, 1978:55. ISIS NUMBER: 5301405014015004001 as N. leisleri. 5301405014015001001 as N. azoreum. 5301405014015008001 as N. verrucosus.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Chiroptera, pp. 111-215 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 193, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352990
Nyctophilus bifax Thomas 1915
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Vespertilionidae
Nyctophilus
Nyctophilus bifax

description: Nyctophilus bifax Thomas, 1915. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 15:496. TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Queensland, Herberton. DISTRIBUTION: N. Northern Territory; N. Queensland; N. Western Australia. COMMENT: Includes daedalus, which may prove to be a distinct species based on differences in bacula (FRA). See also comment under gouldi. ISIS NUMBER: 5301405014032002001.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Chiroptera, pp. 111-215 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 194, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352990
The morphology and kinematics of neutral hydrogen in the vicinity of z=0 galaxies with Milky Way masses -- a study with the Illustris simulation
Creators: name: Kauffmann, Guinevere
name: Borthakur, Sanchayeeta
name: Nelson, Dylan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze the properties of the circumgalactic gas (CGM) around 120 galaxies with stellar and dark matter halo masses similar to that of the Milky Way. We focus on the morphology and kinematics of the neutral hydrogen and how this depends on f_g, the ratio of gas-to-stellar mass within the optical radius. In gas-rich galaxies with f_g > 0.1, gas temperatures rise slowly from center of the halo out to the virial radius and average neutral gas column densities remain above 10^19 atoms cm^-2 out to radii of 50-70 kpc. In gas-poor galaxies with f_g < 0.1, gas temperatures rise quickly outside the edge of the disk to 10^6 K, and then remain fixed out to radii of 100 kpc. The column density of neutral gas quickly drops below 10^19 atoms cm^-2 at radii of 10 kpc. Neutral gas distributions are also more asymmetric in gas-poor galaxies. Most of the differences between gas-poor and gas-rich galaxies in the Illustris simulation can be attributed to the effects of "radio-mode" AGN feedback. In the Illustris simulation, the circumgalactic gas is found to rotate coherently about the center of the galaxy with a maximum rotational velocity of around 200 km/s. In gas-rich galaxies, the average coherence length of the rotating gas is 40 kpc, compared to 10 kpc in gas-poor galaxies. In the very most gas-rich systems, the CGM can rotate coherently over scales of 70-100 kpc. We discuss our results in the context of recent observations of the CGM in low mass galaxies via UV absorption-line spectroscopy and deep 21cm observations of edge-on spiral galaxies.
description: 16 pages, 16 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS
Nyctophilus arnhemensis Johnson 1959
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Vespertilionidae
Nyctophilus
Nyctophilus arnhemensis

description: Nyctophilus arnhemensis Johnson, 1959. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 72: 184. TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Northern Territory, Cape Arnhem Peninsula, S. of Yirkala, Rocky Bay. (12° 13' S. and 136° 47' E.). DISTRIBUTION: Arnhem Land and Groote Eylandt (N. Australia). ISIS NUMBER: 5301405014032001001.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Chiroptera, pp. 111-215 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 194, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352990