cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Towards an accurate prediction of the thermal stability of homologous proteins
Creators: name: Pucci, Fabrizio
name: Rooman, Marianne
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Protein thermostability has been the focus of growing research interests in the last decades since its understanding and control play important roles in the optimization of a wide series of bioprocesses of academic and industrial importance. The complexity of this issue is rooted in the fact that the mechanisms ensuring thermal resistance are not unique and specific, but rather family- or even protein-dependent. Therefore, and despite the amount of research already accomplished, obtaining fast and precise thermal stability predictions is still a challenge, especially on a large scale. This article deepens the study of protein thermal stability and is focused on the prediction of its best descriptor, the melting temperature Tm. The relations between Tm and a series of factors that are expected to influence the protein stability are analyzed and discussed. Different Tm-prediction methods that utilize these factors, sometimes with additional information about homologous proteins, are introduced, and their individual performances are evaluated. The best methods are based on temperature-dependent statistical potentials, on the environmental temperature of the host organism, on the fraction of charged residues, and on the number of residues. They are combined to build an improved prediction method with significantly increased score. The root mean square deviation between the computed and experimental Tm-values for 45 proteins of known structure from 11 families is about 7°C in cross-validation and decreases to 5°C when 10% outliers are removed. The associated linear correlation coefficients are equal to .91 and .95, respectively.
Prevalence and risk factors for stunting and severe stunting among under-fives in North Maluku province of Indonesia
Creators: name: Ramli
name: Agho, Kingsley E.
name: Inder, Kerry J.
name: Bowe, Steven
name: Jacobs, Jennifer
name: Dibley, Michael J.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Background: Adequate nutrition is needed to ensure optimum growth and development of infants and young children. Understanding of the risk factors for stunting and severe stunting among children aged less than five years in North Maluku province is important to guide Indonesian government public health planners to develop nutrition programs and interventions in a post conflict area. The purpose of the current study was to assess the prevalence of and the risk factors associated with stunting and severe stunting among children aged less than five years in North Maluku province of Indonesia. Methods: The health and nutritional status of children aged less than five years was assessed in North Maluku province of Indonesia in 2004 using a cross-sectional multi-stage survey conducted on 750 households from each of the four island groups in North Maluku province. A total of 2168 children aged 0-59 months were used in the analysis. Results: Prevalence of stunting and severe stunting were 29% (95%CI: 26.0-32.2) and 14.1% (95%CI: 11.7-17.0) for children aged 0-23 months and 38.4% (95%CI: 35.9-41.0) and 18.4% (95%CI: 16.1-20.9) for children aged 0-59 months, respectively. After controlling for potential confounders, multivariate analysis revealed that the risk factors for stunted children were child's age in months, male sex and number of family meals per day (≤2 times), for children aged 0-23 months, and income (poorest and middle-class family), child's age in months and male sex for children aged 0-59 months. The risk factors for severe stunting in children aged 0-23 months were income (poorest family), male sex and child's age in months and for children aged 0-59 months were income (poorest family), father's occupation (not working), male sex and child's age in months. Conclusion: Programmes aimed at improving stunting in North Maluku province of Indonesia should focus on children under two years of age, of male sex and from families of low socioeconomic status.
Application of current in situ hybridization techniques for grape phylloxera (Daktulosphaira vitifoliae, Fitch) and grapevine (Vitis spp. L.)
Creators: name: Vorwerk, S.
name: Sonntag, K.
name: Blaich, R.
name: Forneck, A.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: In situ hybridization and in situ PCR directly localize specific DNA and RNA sequences in tissues. To exactly focus on the processes occurring on cell- or tissue level, in situ techniques can be efficiently employed. Recent advances in viticultural research in the fields of genomics, proteomics and metabolomics are likely to employ these techniques to link DNA- or mRNA sequence information to physiological traits and processes occurring in the grapevine. In this paper, we present a range of possibilities for in situ techniques that can be applied in grapevine research. Two examples covering in situ PCR of grapevine roots and in situ hybridization of grape phylloxera will be given for illustration. Moreover, key steps of the techniques are discussed, which may be helpful to researchers aiming to employ in situ hybridization or in situ PCR.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 47 No. 2 (2008): Vitis
Aperileptus microspilus FORSTER 1871
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Aperileptus
Aperileptus microspilus

description: Aperileptus microspilus FÖRSTER, 1871
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap 2: 1♀ 2-20.v., 1♀ 20.v.-1.vi., 1♀ 29.vi.-13.vii.; trap 4: 1♀ 15-29.vi., 1♀ 29.vi.-13.vii., 1♀ 27.vii.-10.viii., 1♀ 7-21.ix.; trap 7: 2♀♀ 5-20.v., 1♀ 20.v.-1.vi., 1♀ 1-13.vi., 2♀♀ 21.ix.-5.x., 1♀ 5-19.x.; trap 8: 2♀♀ 15-29.vi.; trap 12: 1♀ 10.24.viii., 1♀ 7- 21.ix.
Remark: A variable species. Face often ± yellow laterally. Ovipositor 0.50-0.66× as long as fore wing. Hind tarsus yellow or brownish.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Transpalaearctic, known from Georgia (RIEDEL & JAPOSHVILI 2021).
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 116, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
Physics of "Saturation-based" dissipation functions proposed for wave forecast models
Creators: name: Babanin, Alexander
name: van der Westhuysen, Andre
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The dissipation term is one of the three most important source functions of the radiative transfer equation employed by all spectral wave models to predict the wave spectrum. In this paper, the issue of physics of such dissipation functions is discussed. It is argued that the physics presently utilized in the models do not adequately describe currently known features of the wave dissipation process, and the dissipation functions, to a great extent, remain a residual tuning term in spite of important experimental progress in wave breaking studies. A recently suggested 'saturation-based' dissipation function and its connections with the experimental physics are analyzed in detail.
The influence of galvanic field on Saccharomyces cerevisiae in grape must fermentation
Creators: name: Berovic, M.
name: Potocnik, M.
name: Strus, J.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: In Saccharomyces cerevisiae alcohol fermentation of 'Sauvignon blanc' grape must a low direct electric current (DC) of 1.3, 7.7 and 30 μA was applied. Constant current stimulated wine yeasts metabolic activity by increasing production of glycerol and lactic acid was studied. The results of high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and gas chromatography (GC) indicated that by using the direct current at low temperature, similar results as those using higher fermentation temperatures can be achieved. Optical and transmission electron microscopy showed no visible morphological and ultra structural changes in cell morphology. The empirical experience resulting from present laboratory experiments offer a new approach in fermentation of grape musts wine and in wine process control.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 47 No. 2 (2008): Vitis
Performance of malolactic fermentation by inoculation of selected Lactobacillus plantarum and Oenococcus oeni strains isolated from Rioja red wines
Creators: name: López, I.
name: López, R.
name: Santamaría, P.
name: Torres, C.
name: Ruiz-Larrea, F.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: Malolactic fermentations (MLF) of wines inoculated with selected lactic acid bacteria strains of the species Oenococcus oeni and Lactobacillus plantarum were studied and compared with spontaneous MLF. Bacterial populations were monitored along the whole process of MLF and bacteria identifications were carried out at species and strain level. Macrorestriction analysis with SfiI endonuclease and subsequent PFGE was carried out in order to identify O. oeni individual strains. L. plantarum active lyophila did not survive competing with the indigenous microbiota in a wine with 15.3 % (vol/vol) alcohol, whereas the selected O. oeni strains carried out wine MLF. The highest production of histamine took place during MLF in those wines that underwent spontaneous MLF with a mixed population of indigenous strains. The lowest levels of histamine were obtained with the selected commercial O. oeni strain that succeeded 100 % over the indigenous microbiota. Results indicate that development of MLF leaded by selected O. oeni active lyophila provides negligible histamine levels in red wines of quality that can be submitted to subsequent ageing in wood.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 47 No. 2 (2008): Vitis
A multidisciplinary approach to grapevine zoning using GIS technology: An example of thermal data elaboration
Creators: name: Scaglione, G.
name: Pasquarella, C.
name: Federico, R.
name: Bonfante, A.
name: Terrible, F.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: Research Note In this study we suggest a multidisciplinary approach to zoning based on G.I.S. technology. An example of thermal data elaboration (air temperature) combined with the information derived from the heat requirements of 22 varieties is presented, based on an experiment conducted in an area of the province of Benevento (Campania region, southern Italy). The method combines thermal informations with the Amerine-Winkler bioclimatic index, to obtain a subdivision of the considered territory into five areas, according their thermal suitability. Through the model it was possible to create a map of the optimum thermal suitability of the considered varieties in the various zones of the studied territory.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 47 No. 2 (2008): Vitis
Dialipsis exilis FORSTER 1871
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Dialipsis
Dialipsis exilis

description: Dialipsis exilis FÖRSTER, 1871
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap 2: 1♀ 5-20.v., 1♀ 1-15.vi., 1♀ 27.vii.-10.viii.; trap 7: 1♀ 29.vi.-13.vii.; trap 8: 1♀ 15-29.vi.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Transpalaearctic, known from Krasnodar region (HUMALA 2003), new record for Georgia.
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 116, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
Entypoma robustum FORSTER 1871
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Entypoma
Entypoma robustum

description: Entypoma robustum FÖRSTER, 1871
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap2: 1♀ 20.v.-1.vi.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Holarctic, known from Georgia (VAN ROSSEM 1988, HUMALA 2003).
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 116, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
Towards an accurate prediction of the thermal stability of homologous proteins
Creators: name: Pucci, Fabrizio
name: Rooman, Marianne
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: Protein thermostability has been the focus of growing research interests in the last decades since its understanding and control play important roles in the optimization of a wide series of bioprocesses of academic and industrial importance. The complexity of this issue is rooted in the fact that the mechanisms ensuring thermal resistance are not unique and specific, but rather family- or even protein-dependent. Therefore, and despite the amount of research already accomplished, obtaining fast and precise thermal stability predictions is still a challenge, especially on a large scale. This paper deepens the study of protein thermal stability and is focused on the prediction of its best descriptor, the melting temperature Tm.The relations between Tm and a series of factors that are expected to influence the protein stability are analyzed and discussed. Different Tm-prediction methods that utilize these factors, sometimes with additional information about homologous proteins, are introduced, and their individual performances are evaluated. The best methods are based on temperature-dependent statistical potentials, on the environmental temperature of the host organism, on the fraction of charged residues and on the number of residues. They are combined to build an improved prediction method with significantly increased score. The root mean square deviation between the computed and experimental Tm-values for 45 proteins of known structure from 11 families is about 7 °C in cross-validation, and decreases to 5 °C when 10% outliers are removed. The associated linear correlation coefficients are equal to 0.91 and 0.95, respectively.
Thermal sensitivity of grapevine leaves affected by Plasmopara viticola and water stress
Creators: name: Stoll, M.
name: Schultz, H. R.
name: Berkelmann-Loehnertz, B.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: Research Note
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 47 No. 2 (2008): Vitis
Structural modeling and molecular simulation analysis of HvAP2/EREBP from barley
Creators: name: Pandey, Bharati
name: Sharma, Pradeep
name: Chetna Tyagi
name: Sukriti Goyal
name: Abhinav Grover
name: Sharma, Indu
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: Physics
Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Molecular Biology
Biochemistry
Biophysics

description: AP2/ERF transcription factors play a critical role in plant development and in adaptation to abiotic stress conditions. This study reports the 3D homology-based model of AP2/EREBP protein of barley and its interaction with DNA. Complete coding sequence of HvAP2/EREBP gene isolated from two Indian barley cultivars, RD 2503 and RD 31was used to model the protein. Out of five protein models obtained, the one with lowest C scorewas chosen for further analysis. The N- and C-terminal regions of HvAP2 protein were found to be highly disordered. The dynamic properties of AP2/EREBP and its interaction with DNA were investigated by molecular dynamics simulations. Trajectory analysis of the simulation run resulted in equilibrated conformation of the modeled protein between 2-10 ns and between 7-15 ns for protein-DNA complex. A relationship between DNA having GCC-box and DNA binding domain of HvAP2/EREBP was established by modeling 11 base pair long nucleotide sequence and HvAP2/EREBP protein using ab initio method. Analysis of protein-DNA interaction showed that a β-sheet motif constituting amino acid residues THR105, ARG100, ARG93 and ARG83 seem to play important role in stabilizing the complex as they form strong hydrogen bond interactions with the DNA motif. Taken together, this study provides first-hand comprehensive information detailing structural conformation and interactions of HvAP2/EREBP proteins in barley. The study highlights the role of computational approaches for preliminary examination of unknown proteins in the absence of experimental information. It also provides molecular insight into protein-DNA binding for understanding and enhancing abiotic stress resistance for improving the water use efficiency in crop plants.
‘Sangiovese’ and ‘Garganega’ are two key varieties of the Italian grapevine assortment evolution
Creators: name: Crespan, M.
name: Caló, A.
name: Giannetto, S.
name: Sparacio, A.
name: Storchi, P.
name: Costacurta, A.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: Two synonymous cases have been found using a set of 11 SSR markers: ‘Garganega’ and ‘Grecanico dorato’; ‘Catarratto bianco comune’, ‘Catarratto bianco lucido’ and ‘Catarratto bianco extra lucido’. Molecular data at 36 SSR loci showed that ‘Sangiovese’ and ‘Garganega’ represent two key varieties in the Italian ampelographic assortment evolution, as they both have a first degree relationship with numerous wine varieties. ‘Sangiovese’ showed this link with ten varieties: ‘Foglia tonda’, ‘Frappato’, ‘Gaglioppo’, ‘Mantonicone’, ‘Morellino del Casentino’, ‘Morellino del Valdarno’, ‘Nerello mascalese’, ‘Susumaniello’, ‘Tuccanese di Turi’ and ‘Vernaccia nera del Valdarno’. Seven varieties resulted closely related to ‘Garganega’: ‘Trebbiano toscano’ alias ‘Ugni blanc’, ‘Albana’, ‘Empibotte’, ‘Malvasia bianca di Candia a sapore semplice’, ‘Marzemina bianca’, ‘Catarratto’ and ‘Greco del Pollino’. However, being ‘Sangiovese’ parents disputed and those of ‘Garganega’ still unknown, it was not possible to determine the univocal direction of the various crosses. Identification of the “missing” parents would allow these genealogical trees to be drawn up with greater precision.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 47 No. 2 (2008): Vitis
Effective diaphragm area of spring-supported capacitive MEMS microphone designs
Creators: name: Mohamad, Norizan
name: Iovenitti, Pio
name: Vinay, Thurai
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Abstract not reproduced here by request of the publisher. The text is available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.810575.
Eusterinx obscurella FORSTER 1871
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Eusterinx
Eusterinx obscurella

description: Eusterinx obscurella FÖRSTER, 1871
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap 2: 1♀ 20.v.-1.vi.; trap 7: 4♀♀ 23.iv.-5.v., 1♀ 29.vi.-13.vii., 1♀ 5-19.x.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Transpalaearctic, new record for Georgia and the Caucasus region.
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 116, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
New mask design approach for UV laser micromachining to reduce stitching errors
Creators: name: Mutapcic, Emir
name: Iovenitti, Pio
name: Hayes, Jason P.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper describes a new approach to mask design as well as a new pulsed laser micromachining strategy referred to as 'Common Nest' (CN) to reduce stitching errors, need for programming offsets, and alignment problems. The CN mask design approach breaks down a microchannel pattern shape into subfeature shapes which are related by a common origin. CN allows major improvements to be made in the accuracy, speed, and efficiency with which complex microstructures can be created by laser ablation. The details and a computer-aided design tool concept design for this method are presented. Experiments to evaluate this method and examples of Y-shaped and serpentine microchannel machining are reported.
BANKLARINING INNOVATSION BANK XIZMATLARIDAN OLAYOTGAN DAROMADLARIGA TA'SIR ETUVCHI OMILLAR
Creators: name: Maxmudova, M.Q.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Ushbu maqolada hozirgi kunda iqtisodiy tizimga jadal sur’atlar bilan ta’sir etib kelayotgan innovatsiya tushunchasi va bunga yondosh tarzda moliaviy innovatsiyaning kelib chiqishi va ularning banklarning transformatsiyalshuvi jarayonidagi me’yoriy–huquqiy hujjatlarning zarurligi, mavjudlarini takomillashtirish borasida ma’lumotlar o’rganilgan. Xorijiy olimlar fikri alohida keltirilgan va bunga qo‘shimcha tarzda innovatsiya, moliyaviy innovatsiyalarga oid qo‘shimcha takliflar berilgan.
Some thoughts on emulating jitter for user experience trials
Creators: name: Armitage, Grenville
name: Stewart, Lawrence
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: It is usually hard to control the network conditions affecting public online game servers when studying the impact of latency, loss and jitter on user experience. This leads to a natural desire for running user-experience trials under controlled network conditions, and hence a requirement for accurate (or at least predictable) emulation of IP level latency, loss and jitter on a localized network testbed. In this short paper we reflect on some experiences with running user-experience trials, and specifically evaluate the utility and limitations of using FreeBSD's kernel-resident dummynet module to introduce controlled jitter. We expect these insights will stimulate further user-experience trials built around low-cost, unix-based networking tools.
Gnathochorisis crassulus
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Gnathochorisis
Gnathochorisis crassulus

description: Gnathochorisis crassulus (THOMSON, 1888)
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap 2: 2♀♀ 7-21.ix.; trap 4: 1♀ 7-21.ix.; trap 7: 1♀ 5-20.v., 1♀ 1-13.vi., 1♀ 13-27.vii., 1♀ 10-24.viii.; trap 12: 2♀♀ 20.v.-1.vi.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Holarctic, known from Georgia (HUMALA 2003).
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 116, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
Yam storage protein dioscorins modulate cytokine gene expression in BALB/c and C57BL/6 lymphocytes
Creators: name: Yu-Jhen Hsu
name: Jung-Hsin Hsu
name: Kuo-Chih Lin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Computational Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology

description: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of dioscorins isolated from 2 yam species, Dioscorea alata (Da-dioscorins) and Dioscorea japonica (Dj-dioscorins), on mouse immune activities. Results from cytokine array indicated that Dj-dioscorins increased the production of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, interleukin (IL)-2, IL-3, IL-6, IL-10, IL-12p40, IL-13, monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1, regulated on activation, normal T cell expressed and secreted (RANTES), and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (GCSF) in the spleen cells of BALB/c mice. In RAW264.7 macrophage, Da-dioscorins upregulated the expression of TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-10, RANTES, MCP-1, and GCSF genes to a greater extent than Dj-dioscorins did. TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-10, and RANTES gene expression was higher in spleen cells than in bone marrow and thymus cells in Da-dioscorin- or Dj-dioscorin-treated BALB/c and C57BL/6. Overall, our results suggest that dioscorins exert distinct immunomodulatory effects on mouse immune cells, and that different mouse strains respond differently to dioscorins.
Towards defining dental drilling competence, part 2: A study of cues and factors in bone drilling
Creators: name: Ioannou, Ioanna
name: Stern, Linda
name: Kazmierczak, Edmund
name: Smith, Andrew C.
name: Wise, Lisa
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The study of expertise in surgery aims to facilitate the development of improved training methods by understanding the characteristics of expert practitioners. In this article and its companion, we present our study of the characteristics of competence and expertise in the field of oral surgery. We observed participants of different skill levels as they performed an ex vivo drilling task designed to test the psychomotor skill of distinguishing the material boundaries between tooth and bone. Part 1 of this study examined the physical characteristics of drilling performance, while this article examines the cognitive aspects of performance. In this article we investigate the psychomotor cues used for decision making during drilling and explore other factors that affect a participant's ability to distinguish tooth from bone. Our results suggest that visual and tactile cues were the most important cues guiding drilling performance in all participant groups. Our results also suggest that when compared to experts, novices relied more on visual cues rather than tactile cues and lacked the psychomotor skills required to utilize the broader range of cues used by experts.
Interactive visualization tools for exploring the semantic graph of large knowledge spaces
Creators: name: Hirsch, Christian
name: Hosking, John
name: Grundy, John
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: While the amount of available information on the Web is increasing rapidly, the problem of managing it becomes more difficult. We present two applications, Thinkbase and Thinkpedia, which aim to make Web content more accessible and usable by utilizing visualizations of the semantic graph as a means to navigate and explore large knowledge repositories. Both of our applications implement a similar concept: They extract semantically enriched contents from a large knowledge spaces (Freebase and Wikipedia respectively), create an interactive graph-based representation out of it, and combine them into one interface together with the original text based content. We describe the design and implementation of our applications, and provide a discussion based on an informal evaluation.
Gnathochorisis meridionator
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Gnathochorisis
Gnathochorisis meridionator

description: Gnathochorisis meridionator (AUBERT, 1980)
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap7: 1♀ 15-29.vi.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Transpalaearctic, new record for Georgia and the Caucasus region.
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 116, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
Megastylus cruentator SCHIODTE 1838
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Megastylus
Megastylus cruentator

description: Megastylus cruentator SCHIØDTE, 1838
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap 2: 1♀ 20.v.-1.vi., 1♀ 1-15.vi., 1♁ 27.vii.-10.viii., 1♀ 21.ix.- 5.x.; trap 4: 1♁ 20.iv.-5.v.; trap 8: 1♀ 1♁ 15-29.vi., 1♀ 5-19.x.; trap 12: 1♀ 5-20.vi., 1♀ 1-15.vi.; trap 15: 1♀ 30.vi.-14.vii.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Transpalaearctic, known from Georgia (HUMALA 2003, RIEDEL & JAPOSHVILI 2021).
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 116, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
Making ubiquitous computing available
Creators: name: Waller, Vivienne
name: Johnston, Robert B.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The field of ubiquitous computing was inspired by Mark Weiser's vision of computing artifacts that disappear. 'They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they are indistinguishable from it.' Although Weiser cautioned that achieving the vision of ubiquitous computing would require a new way of thinking about computers, that takes into account the natural human environment, to date no one has articulated this new way of thinking. Here, we address this gap, making the argument that ubiquitous computing artifacts need to be physically and cognitively available. We show what this means in practice, translating our conceptual findings into principles for design. Examples and a specific application scenario show how ubiquitous computing that depends on these principles is both physically and cognitively available, seamlessly supporting living.
Megastylus flavopictus
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Megastylus
Megastylus flavopictus

description: Megastylus flavopictus (GRAVENHORST, 1829)
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap 2: 1♀ 5-20.v.; trap 8: 1♀ 15-29.vi.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Holarctic, known from Georgia (HUMALA 2003, RIEDEL & JAPOSHVILI 2021).
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on pages 116-117, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
Consequences of a Heavy-Metal Scenario for Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays
Creators: name: Vícha, Jakub
name: Bakalova, Alena
name: Tkachenko, Olena
name: Laura Müller, Ana
name: Stadelmaier, Maximilian
Publisher: name: Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA)
Year: 2025

description: We assume an extreme scenario, in which the arriving cosmic rays are composed of only iron nuclei at energies above 10^19.6 eV ≃ 40 EeV, while allowing a freedom in the scale of the depth of shower maximum (𝑋max) and preserving the elongation rate and fluctuations of 𝑋max predicted by models of hadronic interactions. We derive the shift of the 𝑋max scale for QGSJet II-04 and Sibyll 2.3d models using the public data from the Pierre Auger Observatory. We then propose a new mass-composition model for the energy evolution of four primary species at the ultra-high energies by fitting the publicly-available 𝑋max distributions. We discuss the consequences of this Heavy-metal scenario on the energy spectrum of individual primary species, hadronic interaction studies, and the effect of the Galactic magnetic field on the arrival directions.
MICRO-HARDNESS PROFILE AND MICROSTRUCTURE CHARACTERIZATION IN FRICTION-STIR-PROCESSING ZONE OF THE ZrO2/CNT NANO-COATED ST37 STEEL
Creators: name: Seyed Mohammad Hossein Sharifi, Armin Sabetghadam-Isfahani
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2019
Subjects: Metal Fabrication
SZ
TMAZ
HAZ Phases
Zener Pinning Effect
Zirconium dioxide
Nano-coating Dispersing
Diamond Pyramid Hardness.

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 10, 4, 477-487
The effects of tautomerization and protonation on the adenine…cytosine mismatches: a density functional theory study
Creators: name: Masoodi, Hamid Reza
name: Sotoodeh Bagheri
name: Abareghi, Mahsa
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: In the present work, we demonstrate the results of a theoretical study concerned with the question how tautomerization and protonation of adenine affect the various properties of adenine…cytosine mismatches. The calculations, in gas phase and in water, are performed at B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) level. In gas phase, it is observed that any tautomeric form of investigated mismatches is more stabilized when adenine is protonated. As for the neutral mismatches, the mismatches containing amino form of cytosine and imino form of protonated adenine are more stable. The role of aromaticity on the stability of tautomeric forms of mismatches is investigated by NICS(1)ZZ index. The stability of mispairs decreases by going from gas phase to water. It can be explained using dipole moment parameter. The influence of hydrogen bonds on the stability of mismatches is examined by AIM and NBO analyses. In addition to geometrical parameters and binding energies, the study of the topological properties of electron charge density aids in better understanding of these mispairs.
Feasibility of measles and rubella vaccination programmes for disease elimination: a modelling study
Creators: name: Kayembe, L.K
name: Reef, S.E
name: Lambert, B
name: Klepac, P
name: Shendale, S
name: Lessler, J
name: Kretsinger, K
name: Vynnycky, E
name: McCarthy, K
name: Klein, D
name: Winter, A.K
name: Papadopoulos, T
name: Jit, M
name: Ferrari, M
name: Truelove, S
name: Santos, H
name: Burgess, C
name: Knapp, J.K
Publisher: name: Elsevier Ltd
Year: 2022

description: Background: Marked reductions in the incidence of measles and rubella have been observed since the widespread use of the measles and rubella vaccines. Although no global goal for measles eradication has been established, all six WHO regions have set measles elimination targets. However, a gap remains between current control levels and elimination targets, as shown by large measles outbreaks between 2017 and 2019. We aimed to model the potential for measles and rubella elimination globally to inform a WHO report to the 73rd World Health Assembly on the feasibility of measles and rubella eradication. Methods: In this study, we modelled the probability of measles and rubella elimination between 2020 and 2100 under different vaccination scenarios in 93 countries of interest. We evaluated measles and rubella burden and elimination across two national transmission models each (Dynamic Measles Immunisation Calculation Engine [DynaMICE], Pennsylvania State University [PSU], Johns Hopkins University, and Public Health England models), and one subnational measles transmission model (Institute for Disease Modeling model). The vaccination scenarios included a so-called business as usual approach, which continues present vaccination coverage, and an intensified investment approach, which increases coverage into the future. The annual numbers of infections projected by each model, country, and vaccination scenario were used to explore if, when, and for how long the infections would be below a threshold for elimination. Findings: The intensified investment scenario led to large reductions in measles and rubella incidence and burden. Rubella elimination is likely to be achievable in all countries and measles elimination is likely in some countries, but not all. The PSU and DynaMICE national measles models estimated that by 2050, the probability of elimination would exceed 75% in 14 (16%) and 36 (39%) of 93 modelled countries, respectively. The subnational model of measles transmission highlighted inequity in routine coverage as a likely driver of the continuance of endemic measles transmission in a subset of countries. Interpretation: To reach regional elimination goals, it will be necessary to innovate vaccination strategies and technologies that increase spatial equity of routine vaccination, in addition to investing in existing surveillance and outbreak response programmes. Funding: WHO, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Megastylus mihajlovici KOLAROV & GLAVENDEKIC 1992
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Megastylus
Megastylus mihajlovici

description: Megastylus mihajlovici KOLAROV & GLAVENDEKIC, 1992
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap 7: 1♀ 15-29.vi., 1♀ 19.x.-3.xi.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Western Palaearctic, known from Georgia (RIEDEL & JAPOSHVILI 2021).
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 117, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
A new diketopiperazine derivative from a deep sea-derived Streptomyces sp. SCSIO 04496
Creators: name: Minghe Luo
name: Guiling Tang
name: Jianhua Ju
name: Laichun Lu
name: Hongbo Huang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biochemistry

description: A new diketopiperazine (DKP) derivative, (6R,3Z)-3-benzylidene-6-isobutyl-1-methyl piperazine-2,5-dione (1), as well as five known DKPs 2–6 was isolated from a deep sea-derived Streptomyces sp. SCSIO 04496. The structure of 1 was elucidated using a combination of 1D and 2D NMR, HR-ESI-MS and chiral-phase HPLC techniques. Compounds 1–6 did not show cytotoxic activity at a concentration of 100 μM in bioactivity assay.
The eco-geographic distribution of wild grape germplasm in China
Creators: name: Wan, Yizhen
name: Schwaninger, H.
name: Li, Dan
name: Simon, C. J.
name: Wang, Yuejin
name: Zhang, Chaohong
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: Chinese wild Vitis species are mainly distributed in four major eco-geographic regions: (1) The Changbaishan Mountains and Xiaoxing’anling Mountains Region, (2) The Qinling Mountains Region, (3) The Mid-downstream Yangtze River Region and (4) The Guangxi Region. One, eighteen, thirty-two, and thirteen Vitis species have been found in these four regions, respectively. The Qinling Montains, the Bashan Montains, and the provinces of Jinagxi, Hubei, Hunan, and Guangxi have high Vitis diversity totaling over 30 species, indicating that these regions may be a major center of origin for Vitis. The range of distribution varies much among the species: Vitis pentagona, Vitis flexuosa, Vitis davidii, and Vitis wilsonae have a wide eco-geographic distribution; Vitis hancockii, Vitis bellula, and Vitis sinocinerea distribute more narrowly. The wild Vitis species of China are differentiated and adapted to local climates. We hope that this review familiarizes more researchers with the distribution of the wild grapes of China and will lead to more efficient collection and informed development of this germplasm.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 47 No. 2 (2008): Vitis
Information systems 'in the wild': Supporting activity in the world
Creators: name: Waller, Vivienne
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Although conventionally designed information systems provide information via a computerised display, in everyday life, our actions are informed by information obtained from a variety of places in a variety of ways. Drawing on conventional information systems (IS), human-computer interaction (HCI), ecological psychology and sociology and building on existing work on situated information systems, this article explores the idea of obtaining information from the environment to accomplish workplace activity in a routine way. A typology of conceptually distinct sources of information is presented and this has implications for what we understand information systems to be. Just as Hutchins (1995) refers to his conception of cognition as 'cognition in the wild', so we can conceive of situated information systems 'in the wild' rather than confined to computational space. The argument with respect to information systems analysis and design is that abstract representations should not be the only option considered. Using the information source that is most appropriate given the particular context of the actor and the environment will better support the accomplishment of collective routines, increasing efficiency and effectiveness.
The effects of tautomerization and protonation on the adenine–cytosine mismatches: a density functional theory study
Creators: name: Masoodi, Hamid Reza
name: Sotoodeh Bagheri
name: Abareghi, Mahsa
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: In the present work, we demonstrate the results of a theoretical study concerned with the question how tautomerization and protonation of adenine affect the various properties of adenine–cytosine mismatches. The calculations, in gas phase and in water, are performed at B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) level. In gas phase, it is observed that any tautomeric form of investigated mismatches is more stabilized when adenine is protonated. As for the neutral mismatches, the mismatches containing amino form of cytosine and imino form of protonated adenine are more stable. The role of aromaticity on the stability of tautomeric forms of mismatches is investigated by NICS(1)ZZ index. The stability of mispairs decreases by going from gas phase to water. It can be explained using dipole moment parameter. The influence of hydrogen bonds on the stability of mismatches is examined by atoms in molecules and natural bond orbital analyses. In addition to geometrical parameters and binding energies, the study of the topological properties of electron charge density aids in better understanding of these mispairs.
The effects of tautomerization and protonation on the adenine–cytosine mismatches: a density functional theory study
Creators: name: Masoodi, Hamid Reza
name: Sotoodeh Bagheri
name: Abareghi, Mahsa
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: In the present work, we demonstrate the results of a theoretical study concerned with the question how tautomerization and protonation of adenine affect the various properties of adenine–cytosine mismatches. The calculations, in gas phase and in water, are performed at B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) level. In gas phase, it is observed that any tautomeric form of investigated mismatches is more stabilized when adenine is protonated. As for the neutral mismatches, the mismatches containing amino form of cytosine and imino form of protonated adenine are more stable. The role of aromaticity on the stability of tautomeric forms of mismatches is investigated by NICS(1)ZZ index. The stability of mispairs decreases by going from gas phase to water. It can be explained using dipole moment parameter. The influence of hydrogen bonds on the stability of mismatches is examined by atoms in molecules and natural bond orbital analyses. In addition to geometrical parameters and binding energies, the study of the topological properties of electron charge density aids in better understanding of these mispairs.
Recruitment of seedlings versus ramets as affected by pasture degradation in alpine meadows and the implications for ecological restoration
Creators: name: Zhanhuan Shang
name: Yaochen Hou
name: Duofeng Pan
name: Shihai Yang
name: Jianjun Shi
name: Luming Ding
name: Ruijun Long
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Cell Biology

description: Background: The degradation of alpine meadows on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) has an impact on vegetation recruitment from seedlings and ramets.Aims: Understanding the relative contribution of recruitment by seedling and ramet in alpine meadows is for the ecological restoration of degraded grasslands on the QTP.Methods: An experiment was conducted to investigate seedling and ramet densities, species composition and their relationships with standing vegetation in plots representative of non-degraded (ND), lightly (LD), moderately (MD) and severely degraded (SD) alpine meadows.Results: With increasing degradation and the reduction in vegetation cover, the number of seedlings and ramets declined. The proportion of young plants arising from seedlings was low, with the majority of species reproducing clonally. The establishment of seedlings of forbs in SD meadows led to species-rich, forb-dominant vegetation in these areas.Conclusions: LD and MD meadows appear to be able to be managed by reduced grazing for the restoration of grass- and sedge-dominated pastures. In contrast, restoration of SD meadows will require additional intervention, such as of seeding and weed eradication.