cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Development of Telepathology in Europe – in commemoration of Professor Etienne Martin
Creators: name: Kayser, Klaus
Publisher: name: Diagnostic Pathology
Year: 2020

description: Implementation of telepathology in Europe started in the late 1980th and was actively promoted by an international European team of well - known pathologists. They formed a group of innovative colleagues, informed each other of their research goals and organized a series of European Telepathology Scientific Conferences which lasts until today. In their early days their main interest focussed on remote and straight forward frozen section services followed by consultation activities, and less often by image quantification and analysis. Now-a-days most members of the group were retired, others passed away. Therefore, it seems indicated to retrospectively analyse some early activities of telecommunication in pathology, to validate the results and specific conditions, and to commemorate the involved actors. One of the main players was Professor Etienne David Martin, Paris, who passed away recently. Herein, we describe the predominant incidents, factors and actions of the pathologists who implemented and directed the present stage of telepathology, including image analysis and diagnosis assistance.
description: Diagnostic Pathology, Vol 6 No 1 (2020): Vol 6 No 1
Identification and quantification of cannabinoids in Cannabis sativa L. plants by high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry
Creators: name: Aizpurua-Olaizola, Oier
name: J. Omar
name: P. Navarro
name: M. Olivares
name: N. Etxebarria
name: A. Usobiaga
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 30199 Analytical Chemistry not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 30502 Natural Products Chemistry

description: High performance liquid chromatography tandemmass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS) has been successfullyapplied to cannabis plant extracts in order to identify cannabinoid compounds after their quantitative isolation by means of supercritical fluid extraction (SFE). MS conditions were optimized by means of a central composite design (CCD) approach, and the analysis method was fully validated. Six major cannabinoids [tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA), tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), cannabidiol (CBD), tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV), cannabigerol (CBG), and cannabinol (CBN)] were quantified (RSD < 10%), and seven more cannabinoids were identified and verified by means of a liquid chromatograph coupled to a quadrupole-time-of-flight (Q-ToF) detector. Finally, based on the distribution of the analyzed cannabinoids in 30 Cannabis sativa L. plant varieties and the principal component analysis (PCA) of the resulting data, a clear difference was observed between outdoor and indoor grown plants, which was attributed to a higher concentration of THC, CBN, and CBD in outdoor grown plants.
Microencapsulation and storage stability of polyphenols from Vitis vinifera grape wastes
Creators: name: Aizpurua-Olaizola, Oier
name: Navarro, Patricia
name: Vallejo, Asier
name: Olivares, Maitane
name: Etxebarria, Nestor
name: Aresatz Usobiaga
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 30199 Analytical Chemistry not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 30502 Natural Products Chemistry

description: Wine production wastes are an interesting source of natural polyphenols. In this work, wine wastesextracts were encapsulated through vibration nozzle microencapsulation using sodium alginate as polymerand calcium chloride as hardening reagent. An experimental design approach was used to obtaincalcium-alginate microbeads with high polyphenol content and good morphological features. In thisway, the effect of pressure, frequency, voltage and the distance to the gelling bath were optimized fortwo nozzles of 150 and 300 lm. Long-term stability of the microbeads was studied for 6 months takinginto account different storage conditions: temperatures (4 C and room temperature), in darkness and inpresence of light, and the addition of chitosan to the gelling bath. Encapsulated polyphenols were foundto be much more stable compared to free polyphenols regardless the encapsulation procedure and storageconditions. Moreover, slightly lower degradation rates were obtained when chitosan was added tothe gelling bath.
Optimization of Supercritical Fluid Consecutive Extractions of Fatty Acids and Polyphenols from Vitis Vinifera Grape Wastes
Creators: name: Aizpurua-Olaizola, Oier
name: Ormazabal, Markel
name: Vallejo, Asier
name: Olivares, Maitane
name: Navarro, Patricia
name: Etxebarria, Nestor
name: Aresatz Usobiaga
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 30199 Analytical Chemistry not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 30502 Natural Products Chemistry

description: In this study, supercritical fluid extraction has been successfully applied to a sequential fractionation of fattyacids and polyphenols from wine wastes (2 different vitis vinifera grapes). To this aim, in a 1st step just fatty acids were extracted and in a 2nd one the polyphenols. The variables that affected to the extraction efficiency were separately optimized in both steps following an experimental design approach. The effect of extraction temperature flow, pressure, and time were thoroughly evaluated for the extraction of fatty acids, whereas the addition of methanol was also considered in the case of the polyphenols extraction. A quantitative extraction with high efficiency was achieved at a very short time and low temperatures. Concerning quantification, fatty acids were determined by means of gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry after a derivatization step, whereas the polyphenols were analyzed by means of high performanceliquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry and the Folin–Ciocalteu method.
'I Fall Down, I Get Up': Stories of Survival and Resistance Following Civil War in Sierra Leone
Creators: name: Brown, Rachel Jane
Publisher: name: University of Hertfordshire
Year: 2013
Subjects: Trauma
Adversity
Narrative Analysis
Context

description: The academic study of how people respond to adverse life experiences has been dominated by Western conceptualisations of distress, resilience and growth. The current literature base regarding responses to adversity has been criticised for focusing on one response trajectory (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; PTSD). This criticism stems from the privileging of Western understandings of the self and for negating to consider sufficiently the role of context (the available social, cultural and political discourses). The significance of this void in the literature is that it has led to the development of models and theories which could be considered culturally insensitive, if applied outside of the context from which they have derived. This research addresses the highlighted gap in the literature by exploring how the context of Sierra Leone influences how people respond to the experience of Civil War and continuing adversity. Nine in-depth interviews were carried out within two ‘mental health’ organisations in Sierra Leone. The participants were nine individuals and one group, consisting of both ‘patients’ and staff members. The qualitative methodology of Narrative Analysis was used to analyse both the stories people told and the stories which may have remained unexpressed. A focus was placed during analysis on the role of context and the dialogic process. The main findings of the research indicated that the cultural resources within Sierra Leone both influenced and constrained the narratives which individuals were able to tell. ‘Stories of Survival’ seemed to be told through two dominant social narratives of ‘Bear it, and Forget’ and ‘Because of Almighty God, we Forgive’. ‘Stories of Resistance’ however, demonstrate what was implied but often left unsaid, this is characterised by two main unexpressed stories; ‘We Cannot Forget’ and ‘Why God?’. Furthermore, findings suggest that it is the relationship between the dominant social narratives and individual meaning-making which influences the trajectory of stories told. The implications of this research request a commitment to valuing the role of social context in conceptualisations of distress, resilience and growth following adversity. Finally, the need to establish ways of offering support to individuals and communities, which fully considers the role of social context, is emphasised. This paper concludes by exploring the relevance of social content for the planning of services, training programmes and continuing clinical practice.
Evolution of the Cannabinoid and Terpene Content during the Growth of Cannabis sativa Plants from Different Chemotypes
Creators: name: Aizpurua-Olaizola, Oier
name: U. Soydaner
name: E. Öztürk
name: D. Schibano
name: Y. Simsir
name: P. Navarro
name: N. Etxebarria
name: A. Usobiaga
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 30199 Analytical Chemistry not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 30502 Natural Products Chemistry

description: The evolution of major cannabinoids and terpenes duringthe growth of Cannabis sativa plants was studied. In this work, sevendifferent plants were selected: three each from chemotypes I and III andone from chemotype II. Fifty clones of each mother plant were grownindoors under controlled conditions. Every week, three plants from eachvariety were cut and dried, and the leaves and flowers were analyzedseparately. Eight major cannabinoids were analyzed via HPLC-DAD, and28 terpenes were quantified using GC-FID and verified via GC-MS. Thechemotypes of the plants, as defined by the tetrahydrocannabinolic acid/cannabidiolic acid (THCA/CBDA) ratio, were clear from the beginningand stable during growth. The concentrations of the major cannabinoidsand terpenes were determined, and different patterns were found amongthe chemotypes. In particular, the plants from chemotypes II and IIIneeded more time to reach peak production of THCA, CBDA, and monoterpenes. Differences in the cannabigerolic aciddevelopment among the different chemotypes and between monoterpene and sesquiterpene evolution patterns were alsoobserved. Plants of different chemotypes were clearly differentiated by their terpene content, and characteristic terpenes of eachchemotype were identified.
Additional file 2: of Insights into the historical assembly of global dryland floras: the diversification of Zygophyllaceae
Creators: name: Wu, Sheng-Dan
name: Zhang, Lin-Jing
name: Lin, Li
name: Yu, Sheng-Xiang
name: Chen, Zhi-Duan
name: Wang, Wei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Figure S1. Phylogenetic relationships of Zygophyllaceae based on the 4-marker dataset with 164 taxa. Figure S2. Phylogenetic relationships of Zygophyllaceae based on three matrices (see Methods for details). Figure S3. Chronogram of Zygophyllaceae obtained from the BEAST analysis of the four-marker dataset. Figure S4. Ancestral habitat reconstructions for five representative plant groups inhabiting in both dryland and non-dryland floras. (PDF 2101 kb)
Additional file 1 of Effect of patient-controlled intravenous analgesia combined with flurbiprofen axetil and dezocine on postoperative analgesia for lobectomy (EPIC-FAD): a trial protocol
Creators: name: Zhou, Jian
name: Pu, Qiang
name: Lin, Lin
name: Chong, Weelic
name: Chen, Boran
name: Hai, Yang
name: Liu, Fei
name: Liu, Lunxu
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. SPIRIT 2013 checklist: recommended items to address in a clinical trial protocol and related documents.
Supplementary Information from Hydrogen behaviour at twist {110} grain boundaries in α-Fe
Creators: name: Eunan J. McEniry
name: Hickel, Tilmann
name: Neugebauer, Jörg
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Condensed Matter Physics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 91308 Solid Mechanics
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering
subject: 30399 Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 80110 Simulation and Modelling
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The behaviour of hydrogen at structural defects such as grain boundaries plays a critical role in the phenomenon of hydrogen embrittlement. However, characterization of the energetics and diffusion of hydrogen in the vicinity of such extended defects using conventional ab initio techniques is challenging due to the relatively large system sizes required when dealing with realistic grain boundary geometries. In order to be able to access the required system sizes, as well as high-throughput testing of a large number of configurations, while remaining within a quantum-mechanical framework, an environmental tight-binding model for the iron–hydrogen system has been developed. The resulting model is applied to study the behaviour of hydrogen at a class of low-energy {110}-terminated twist grain boundaries in α-Fe. We find that, for particular Σ values within the coincidence site lattice description, the atomic geometry at the interface plane provides extremely favourable trap sites for H, which also possess high escape barriers for diffusion. By contrast, via simulated tensile testing, weakly trapped hydrogen at the interface plane of the bulk-like Σ3 boundary acts as a ‘glue’ for the boundary, increasing both the energetic barrier and the elongation to rupture.
Figure S1. Alignment of 17 FoxL2 orthologs; Table S1 Primers used in this work. from Forkhead box transcription factor L2 activates Fcp3C to regulate insect chorion formation
Creators: name: Ye, Yu-Xuan
name: Peng-Lu Pan
name: Ji-Yu Xu
name: Zhang-Fei Shen
name: Kang, Dong
name: Lu, Jia-Bao
name: Hu, Qing-Lin
name: Huang, Hai-Jian
name: Lou, Yi-Han
name: Zhou, Nai-Ming
name: Chuan-Xi Zhang
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2017
Subjects: Developmental Biology

description: NlFoxL2 was aligned with FoxL2 orthologs from 16 other insect species using the ClustalX program.
The Blind Men and the Elephant: Towards a Software Sustainability Architectural Evaluation Framework
Creators: name: Venters, Colin C.
name: Lau, Lydia
name: K. Griffiths, Michael
name: Holmes, Violeta
name: R. Ward, Rupert
name: Xu, Jie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: classificationCode: 461299
subject: Software engineering not elsewhere classified

description: Software sustainability has been identified as one of the key challenges in the development of scientific and engineering software as we move towards new paradigms of research and computing infrastructures. However, it is suggested that sustainability is not well understood within the software engineering community and traditional software engineering methods do not support software sustainability, which can led to ineffective and inefficient efforts to address the concept or result in its complete omission from the software system. This paper considers how software sustainability can be addressed in the design and engineering process of software systems. The paper proposes that in order to achieve software sustainability it must be considered a composite, non-functional requirement, which can be reasoned over at an architectural level by building and evaluating appropriate architectural models.
Information Driven Self-Organization of Agents and Agent Collectives
Creators: name: Harder, Malte
Publisher: name: University of Hertfordshire
Year: 2014
Subjects: information theory
artificial life
self organization
reinforcement learning
morphogenesis
synergy relevant information
agent collectives

description: From a visual standpoint it is often easy to point out whether a system is considered to be self-organizing or not, though a quantitative approach would be more helpful. Information theory, as introduced by Shannon, provides the right tools not only quantify self-organization, but also to investigate it in relation to the information processing performed by individual agents within a collective. This thesis sets out to introduce methods to quantify spatial self-organization in collective systems in the continuous domain as a means to investigate morphogenetic processes. In biology, morphogenesis denotes the development of shapes and form, for example embryos, organs or limbs. Here, I will introduce methods to quantitatively investigate shape formation in stochastic particle systems. In living organisms, self-organization, like the development of an embryo, is a guided process, predetermined by the genetic code, but executed in an autonomous decentralized fashion. Information is processed by the individual agents (e.g. cells) engaged in this process. Hence, information theory can be deployed to study such processes and connect self-organization and information processing. The existing concepts of observer based self-organization and relevant information will be used to devise a framework for the investigation of guided spatial self-organization. Furthermore, local information transfer plays an important role for processes of self-organization. In this context, the concept of synergy has been getting a lot attention lately. Synergy is a formalization of the idea that for some systems the whole is more than the sum of its parts and it is assumed that it plays an important role in self-organization, learning and decision making processes. In this thesis, a novel measure of synergy will be introduced, that addresses some of the theoretical problems that earlier approaches posed.
Spectral estimation for mixed causal-noncausal autoregressive models
Creators: name: Hecq, Alain
name: Velásquez-Gaviria, Daniel
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Mixed causal-noncausal autoregressive (MAR) processes driven by non Gaussian noise can replicate the non linear dynamics induced by local explosive episodes observed in financial bubbles. MAR models cannot be identified using second-order moments because they share spectral density with a set of different representations. In this study, we propose an identification and estimation method based on the third-order spectral density cumulant that can recover the complete probability structure of the errors without assuming any prior knowledge of the probability distribution function. Monte Carlo experiments demonstrated the estimation and identification performances. Furthermore, we illustrated the adequacy of our method through an empirical application to eight monthly commodity prices. The results show that MAR models can effectively capture the explosiveness and bubble phenomena generated in the commodities market.
Design and Analysis of an Energy Efficient Dehumidification System for Drying Applications
Creators: name: Wang, Wen-Chung
Publisher: name: UH Research Archive
Year: 2016
Subjects: Dehumidification
Drying
Desiccant wheel
Heat recovery
Hybrid system

description: The motivation of this research project was in response to problems of re-condensation in drying, reduced drying rate encountered by the food and beverage packaging industry which led to the aim of developing a better performing drying system as well as achieving high energy efficiency. A hybrid dryer suited for rapid drying applications is designed, constructed and experimentally tested and considered in atmospheric environment only. The system employs a heat pump in conjunction with a heat reactivated desiccant wheel to provide an efficient drying capability and supply low dew point temperature (DPT) conditions. The combined system utilises the heat dissipated by the condenser in regenerating the desiccant wheel, to increase the economic feasibility of such a hybrid system. Up to 60% heat energy can be saved by using the hybrid system in the rapid surface drying applications. Mathematical models are developed to obtain the correlations among the design operating and performance parameters of the dehumidification systems. The mathematical models can be used to estimate the performance of the hybrid system as well as the performance of the individual components of the system. A prototype model was designed, fabricated and tested. The experimental facility consisted of a heat pump desiccant dehumidifier with the new ecological R134a as a refrigerant which used the heat dissipated by the condenser. An analysis of the experimental data was conducted to determine the practical relationship between the operational parameters (COP, ma and TR) and performance parameters (SMER, DPT and ε) of the system. The observed behaviours of the test cases are suggested to be governed by a specific combination of the operation parameters. The analysis shows that the proposed hybrid system can deliver supply air at a much lower DPT compared with the single refrigerant circuit and a desiccant wheel. It is shown that the specific moisture extraction rate (SMER) for conventional dryers is 0.5 - 1 kg/kWh and SMER for heat pump based system is 3 - 4 kg/kWh whereas the hybrid system achieves SMER >5 kg/kWh. By operating the combined system in tandem, a greater amount of dehumidification could be realised due to the improved ratio of latent to the total load. The present research also confirms the importance of improving heat recovery to improve the performance of a heat-pump-assisted drying system.
The Blind Men and the Elephant: Towards a Software Sustainability Architectural Evaluation Framework
Creators: name: Venters, Colin C.
name: Lau, Lydia
name: K. Griffiths, Michael
name: Holmes, Violeta
name: R. Ward, Rupert
name: Xu, Jie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2013
Subjects: classificationCode: 461299
subject: Software engineering not elsewhere classified

description: Software sustainability has been identified as one of the key challenges in the development of scientific and engineering software as we move towards new paradigms of research and computing infrastructures. However, it is suggested that sustainability is not well understood within the software engineering community and traditional software engineering methods do not support software sustainability, which can led to ineffective and inefficient efforts to address the concept or result in its complete omission from the software system. This paper considers how software sustainability can be addressed in the design and engineering process of software systems. The paper proposes that in order to achieve software sustainability it must be considered a composite, non-functional requirement, which can be reasoned over at an architectural level by building and evaluating appropriate architectural models.
title: Bio-jETI
title: a service integration, design, and provisioning platform for orchestrated bioinformatics processes
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Margaria, Tiziana
name: Kubczak, Christian
name: Steffen, Bernhard
Publisher: name: Universität Potsdam
Year: 2020

description: Background: With Bio-jETI, we introduce a service platform for interdisciplinary work on biological application domains and illustrate its use in a concrete application concerning statistical data processing in R and xcms for an LC/MS analysis of FAAH gene knockout. Methods: Bio-jETI uses the jABC environment for service-oriented modeling and design as a graphical process modeling tool and the jETI service integration technology for remote tool execution. Conclusions: As a service definition and provisioning platform, Bio-jETI has the potential to become a core technology in interdisciplinary service orchestration and technology transfer. Domain experts, like biologists not trained in computer science, directly define complex service orchestrations as process models and use efficient and complex bioinformatics tools in a simple and intuitive way.
description: Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe, 822
Additional file 1: of Art therapy is associated with sustained improvement in cognitive function in the elderly with mild neurocognitive disorder: findings from a pilot randomized controlled trial for art therapy and music reminiscence activity versus usual care
Creators: name: Mahendran, Rathi
name: Gandhi, Mihir
name: Moorakonda, Rajesh
name: Wong, Jonathan
name: Kanchi, Madhu
name: Fam, Johnson
name: Rawtaer, Iris
name: Kumar, Alan
name: Feng, Lei
name: Kua, Ee
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Table S1. Estimated mean and change from baseline (95% confidence interval) in memory-related neuropsychological outcomes at 3 months and 9 months. Table S2. Estimated mean and change from the baseline (90% and 95% confidence intervals) in neuropsychological outcomes (other than memory-related) at 3 months and 9 months. Table S3. Estimated mean and mean change from baseline (95% confidence interval) in anxiety, depression and sleep quality outcomes at 3 months and 9 months. Table S4. Estimated mean change in telomere length at 3 months and 9 months. (DOCX 26 kb)
Online Appendix for “Do feelings matter? On the correlation of affective states and the self-assessed productivity in software engineering”
Creators: name: Graziotin, Daniel
name: Wang, Xiaofeng
name: Abrahamsson, Pekka
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2013
Subjects: classificationCode: 461299
subject: Software engineering not elsewhere classified

description: This is the archived Online Appendix for a submitted journal article (to be updated in case of acceptance)
Abstract
For decades now, it has been claimed that a way to improve software developers’ productivity is to focus on people. One important human factor is affective states – emotions, moods, and feelings. Development tasks are undertaken through cognitive processing abilities. Affective states have a linkage to cognitive processing activities and the productivity of individuals. However, while the linkage is acknowledged in Software Engineering research, few empirical investigations have attempted to verify the claim. This article reports an empirical study on the correlation of affective states, conceptualized in three dimensions: valence, arousal and dominance, and software developers’ self-assessed performance while programming. The findings show that valence and arousal are positively correlated with self-assessed productivity. This study introduces and validates a measurement instrument and a linear mixed-effects model to study the correlation of affective states and the productivity of software developers. It demonstrates the value of applying psychological tests in Software Engineering studies and echoes a call to valorize the human, individualized aspects of software developers. Lastly, it reports a body of knowledge in Psychology and Management research on the theories behind emotions, their classification, their measurements, and on the best practices to perform psychological measurements in the context of Empirical Software Engineering.
Turri et al, Direct+Plus coordination
Creators: name: Bailey, Julia Ann
name: Lobo, Samanta Obando
name: Osguthorpe, Wesley J
name: Melborne Manzon
name: Wilson, Richard
name: Wiggins, Bradford J.
name: Mosiah Castrejon
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2019
Subjects: CREP

description: if you are planning to conduct a Direct+Plus replication, please check this page to determine if someone else is asking a similar question. Multiple locations studying the same moderators make for stronger inference
Online Appendix for “The Correlation of Affective States and the Self-assessed Productivity of Software Developers: Psychological Measurements in Empirical Software Engineering”
Creators: name: Graziotin, Daniel
name: Wang, Xiaofeng
name: Abrahamsson, Pekka
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2013
Subjects: classificationCode: 461299
subject: Software engineering not elsewhere classified

description: This is the archived Online Appendix for a submitted journal article (to be updated in case of acceptance)
Abstract
For decades now, it has been claimed that a way to improve software developers’ productivity is to focus on people. One important human factor is affective states – emotions, moods, and feelings. Development tasks are undertaken through cognitive processing abilities. Affective states have a linkage to cognitive processing activities and the productivity of individuals. However, while the linkage is acknowledged in Software Engineering research, few empirical investigations have attempted to verify the claim. This article reports an empirical study on the correlation of affective states, conceptualized in three dimensions: valence, arousal and dominance, and software developers’ self-assessed performance while programming. The findings show that valence and arousal are positively correlated with self-assessed productivity. This study introduces and validates a measurement instrument and a linear mixed-effects model to study the correlation of affective states and the productivity of software developers. It demonstrates the value of applying psychological tests in Software Engineering studies and echoes a call to valorize the human, individualized aspects of software developers. Lastly, it reports a body of knowledge in Psychology and Management research on the theories behind emotions, their classification, their measurements, and on the best practices to perform psychological measurements in the context of Empirical Software Engineering.
Life Cycle Assessment of Lithium Ion Batteries with Silicon Nanowire Anode for Electric Vehicles
Creators: name: ISSST, Proc.
name: Li, Bingbing
name: Li, Jianyang
name: Yuan, Chris
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2013
Subjects: classificationCode: 419999
subject: Other environmental sciences not elsewhere classified

description: While silicon nanowires have demonstrated great potential for application on lithium ion batteries for electric vehicles, their environmental impacts have never been investigated. For a comprehensive environmental impact assessment, a life cycle assessment (LCA) has to be used to evaluate the potential impact of the product from cradle to grave. In this paper, the LCA is carried out on the environmental impacts of a high performance lithium ion battery system with silicon nanowire anode. The LCA modeling is based on laboratory data, literature references and the Gabi 6 Professional Database on a 43.2 kWh battery system for an EV with 10 year life. The environmental impacts of lithium ion battery system are analyzed in the whole life cycle.
Supplementary document for Generation of Arbitrary Perfect Optical Vortex in Free Space by Optical Pen - 5944566.pdf
Creators: name: Wang, Guanxue
name: Kang, Xiangyu
name: sun, xiaojie
name: Li, Ziyan
name: Li, Yue
name: Chen, Keyu
name: Zhang, Ning
name: Gao, Xiumin
name: Zhuang, Songlin
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Additional parameter description and author response
MOESM1 of Enhancing enzymatic saccharification of sugarcane bagasse by combinatorial pretreatment and Tween 80
Creators: name: Zhang, Hongdan
name: Wei, Weiqi
name: Zhang, Jiajie
name: Huang, Shihang
name: Xie, Jun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Components of pretreatment liquor with each pretreatment. Figure S1. The glucose yields obtained after 72 h and increases yields (shown on the top of column) with addition of Tween 80 (150 mg/ g substrate).
Editorial
Creators: name: Cash, Conall
name: Snow, Samuel Cuff
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 200599 Literary Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Languages and literature

description: Issue 25 of Colloquy: text, theory, critique is a general issue, featuring a number of articles which make critical use of a variety of theoretical models in their explorations of literary and philosophical texts.
Structural optimization and evaluation of butenolides as potent antifouling agents: modification of the side chain affects the biological activities of compounds
Creators: name: Li, Yongxin
name: Zhang, Fengying
name: Xu, Ying
name: Matsumura, Kiyotaka
name: Han, Zhuang
name: Liu, Lingli
name: Lin, Wenhan
name: Jia, Yanxing
name: Qian, Pei-Yuan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2012
Subjects: Marine Biology

description: A recent global ban on the use of organotin compounds as antifouling agents has increased the need for safe and effective antifouling compounds. In this study, a series of new butenolide derivatives with various amine side chains was synthesized and evaluated for their anti-larval settlement activities in the barnacle, Balanus amphitrite. Side chain modification of butenolide resulted in butenolides 3c-3d, which possessed desirable physico-chemical properties and demonstrated highly effective non-toxic anti-larval settlement efficacy. A structure-activity relationship analysis revealed that varying the alkyl side chain had a notable effect on anti-larval settlement activity and that seven to eight carbon alkyl side chains with a tert-butyloxycarbonyl (Boc) substituent on an amine terminal were optimal in terms of bioactivity. Analysis of the physico-chemical profile of butenolide analogues indicated that lipophilicity is a very important physico-chemical parameter contributing to bioactivity.
Making Sense of Biological Naturalism
Creators: name: Hodges, Jennefer Anne
Publisher: name: University of Hertfordshire
Year: 2014
Subjects: John Searle
Biological Naturalism
levels of description
real identity theory
mind-brain identity
privileging the physical
mental causation

description: Searle’s theory of Biological Naturalism has been largely ignored in the philosophical literature and Searle’s commentators are confused by his seemingly contradictory views. In this dissertation I attempt to make sense of Biological Naturalism. In chapter 2 I will ascertain which concerns prevent Searle’s readers from understanding his position. The remaining chapters aim to dissolve the tensions and dispel any confusion. Chapter 3 considers Searle’s notion of first-person ontology, finding that it expresses a belief that experiences are essentially subjective and qualitative. In chapter 4 I consider the notions of levels of description, causal reduction and what Searle means by causation and realisation. Chapter 5 turns to the question of how to categorise Searle’s position. Many of his critics charge him with being a property dualist. By highlighting the difference between the meaning of irreducibility intended by the property dualist and Searle I show that there is sufficient difference in their use of the term so as to reject an interpretation of Biological Naturalism as a form of property dualism. Chapter 6 is where I turn to the other end of the physicalism/dualism spectrum and assess whether Searle should be seen as holding a form of identity theory. I first argue for a neutral form of identity that I call real identity, which does not include the inherent reductive privileging of standard identity. I then argue that Searle should be seen as advocating a form of real identity theory; a form of token identity theory which does not privilege the physical over the mental. In chapter 7 I return to the main barriers to making sense of Biological Naturalism which I identified in chapter 2 and lay out my response to each. I conclude with a coherent interpretation of Searle’s position.
“Outside of Being”: Animal Being in Agamben’s Reading of Heidegger
Creators: name: Gustafsson, Simone
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion

description: In The Open: Man and Animal, Giorgio Agamben draws attention to the fundamental antagonisms and ambiguities that mark the attempt to cogently articulate a definition of man in relation to animal being. Agamben traces the foundational moment of the concept of ―life‖ in the history of Western philosophy to Aristotle‘s isolation of the nutritive function in De Anima. This isolatable ―nutritive life‖ becomes the ground or essential commonality on top of which other faculties are hierarchically organised. This formulation thus makes it possible to separate higher animals from lower ones, as well as identify the ―life‖ within being that is considered ―common or vegetative. It is the possibility of an isolation or separation of this kind that is crucial insofar as it sets up an aporetic relationship between human and animal life, a relation decisive for both Agamben‘s political and ontological thought.
Additional file 1: of Age at menarche and prevention of hypertension through lifestyle in young Chinese adult women: result from project ELEFANT
Creators: name: Guo, Liqiong
name: Peng, Cheng
name: Xu, Hui
name: Wilson, Ander
name: Li, Peng-hui
name: Wang, Hao
name: Liu, Hongbin
name: Shen, Lilin
name: Chen, Xi
name: Qi, Xiuying
name: Tang, Nai-jun
name: Barrow, Timothy
name: Byun, Hyang-Min
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Computational Biology

description: Odds ratios (95% CIs) for hypertension among young women by age at menarche. (DOCX 26 kb)
Phosphate removal from aqueous solutions by nanoscale zero-valent iron
Creators: name: Wu, Donglei
name: Shen, Yanhong
name: Ding, Aqiang
name: Qiu, Mengyu
name: Yang, Qi
name: Zheng, Shuangshuang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2013
Subjects: Environmental Science

description: In this study, nanoscale zero-valent iron (NZVI) was synthesized by conventional liquid-phase chemical reduction methods without a support material and then characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The effect of NZVI particles on phosphate removal from aqueous solutions was examined. The results showed that the phosphate removal efficiency increased from 34.49% to 87.01% as the dosage of nanoscale iron particles increased from 100 to 600 mg L−1 with an initial phosphate concentration of 10 mg L−1, and the phosphate removal efficiency decreased from 72.89% to 51.39% as the initial phosphate concentration increased from 10 to 90 mg L−1, with 400 mg L−1 NZVI. Phosphate removal efficiencies of 99.41% and 95.09% were achieved at pH values of 2 and 4, respectively, with an initial phosphate concentration of 20 mg L−1 and 400 mg L−1 NZVI. The use of NZVI particles synthesized in a carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)–water solution significantly enhanced phosphate removal from an aqueous solution compared with the use of NZVI synthesized in an ethanol–water solution. NZVI particles achieved 71.34% phosphate removal, which was remarkably higher than that of microscale zero-valent iron (MZVI) particles (16.35%) with 10 mg L−1 of phosphate and 400 mg L−1 iron. Based on the removal mechanism analysis performed in this study, we recommend that phosphate removal be accomplished by simultaneous adsorption and chemical precipitation. The XRD patterns of the NZVI before and after the reactions indicated the formation of crystalline vivianite (Fe3(PO4)2·8H2O) during the procedure.
“Certain Vowel Sounds”: Beckett’s Not I and Lacanian Phonemics
Creators: name: Hall, Mark Webster
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 200525 Literary Theory
subject: FOS: Languages and literature

description: Structuralist interpretations of language characteristically focus on the systems in which speech sounds emerge rather than on the existence of such sounds as acoustic particles. Neither are such interpretations typically interested in the vocal machineries which body the individual speech particles forth. The real breakthrough of Ferdinand de Saussure in this regard was, as Danny Nobus makes clear, the linguist‘s zeroing in ―more on the meaningful function of sounds than on their anatomo-physiological basis.‖ 1 Where the domain of parole is a raw hubbub of noises and spittle, we may say that that of langue is relatively frictionless and quiet. Structuralist linguistics distances itself from involvement with a history of particular acoustic collisions which would otherwise abort the attention given to language per se. ―The linguistic sign, as Richard Boothby notes, ―must evacuate its own status as an image in order to fulfil its signifying function. The perceptual body of the sign is merely a point of entrance, a kind of jumping-off point for structured reverberation across the network of relations that constitutes the sign system. Saussure‘s groundwork on the linguistic sign can thus be understood, in part, in terms of its displacement and marginalisation within the field of inquiry of the individual speech sound.
Additional file 1 of Transcriptome and metabolome profiling provide insights into molecular mechanism of pseudostem elongation in banana
Creators: name: Deng, Guiming
name: Bi, Fangcheng
name: Liu, Jing
name: He, Weidi
name: Li, Chunyu
name: Dong, Tao
name: Yang, Qiaosong
name: Gao, Huijun
name: Dou, Tongxin
name: Zhong, Xiaohong
name: Peng, Miao
name: Yi, Ganjun
name: Hu, Chunhua
name: Sheng, Ou
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 1: Figure 1. Pearson correlation between WT vs MT banana pseudostem replicates. Figure 2. Heatmap hierarchical clustering of differential expressed genes in WT vs MT banana pseudostems where abscissa indicates the sample names (WT and MT), and the ordinate indicates the differential expressed genes. Figure 3. KEGG enrichment analysis of differentially expressed genes in WT vs MT banana pseudostems. Figure 4. Partial least squares-discriminant analysis. Figure 5. Variable importance in projection score plot. Figure 6. Heatmap hierarchical clustering of differentially accumulated metabolites. Figure 7. Principal Component Analysis (A) differentially expressed genes and (B) differentially accumulated metabolites. Figure 8. Correlation coefficient cluster heat map of differentially expressed genes and differentially accumulated metabolites having Pearson’s correlation coefficient > 0.8. Figure 9. Transcript-metabolite correlation network representing DAMs and DEGs involved in MT banana stem elongation. The KEGG pathways are given on the top of each network. The gene and metabolite IDs correspond to Additional Table 3 and Additional Table 5, respectively.
Born Again: Natality, Normativity and Narrative in Hannah Arendt's The Human Condition
Creators: name: Jacobson, Rebecca Sete
Publisher: name: University of Hertfordshire
Year: 2013
Subjects: Hannah Arendt
Social Cognition
Natality
Narrative Theory
Normativity

description: Within the text of The Human Condition, Hannah Arendt circumscribes the concept of natality in ways that tend to conflate its biological, historical, institutional and phenomenological dimensions. This dissertation seeks to clarify this concept and the conceptual territory that surrounds it. Specifically, it is argued that Arendt’s construction of the concept of natality is inherently dual. Each person is delivered into a worldly environment through her primary, biological birth. As soon as she is born, she begins to be conditioned to the accepted normative standards of her community. A gap necessarily exists, however, between the person she is socio-culturally conditioned to be, and who she is explicitly, uniquely and authentically. When deeds and words are employed in service of revealing someone’s individual identity or essence, and thereby showing her to be more than simply a mirror of her cultural conditioning, it heralds a second birth, one which is existential instead of biological. According to Arendt, this existential natality must take place in the presence of other existential agents, and also may be witnessed by a spectator who then seeks to express the significance of what has occurred to those removed from the original event either by space and/or time. This expression takes the form of artifactual objects, including works of art, architectural monuments and various forms of narratives. Arendt’s theory concerning the creation of these objects contains two major problems that are critically addressed within this project. The first problem concerns the spectator’s capacity for making judgments. Works written after The Human Condition are shown to demonstrate Arendt’s attempts to address this issue. The second problem concerns the way in which Arendt portrays the issue of embodiment. This issue must be reconciled both by appealing to work from within her canon, as well as through the introduction of recent scholarship from the field of social cognition. The project concludes with the presentation of a concrete, historical example intended to be illustrative of the preceding theoretical material.
QISHLOQ XO'JALIGINI RIVOJLANTIRISHDA INNOVATSION YONDOSHISH AHAMIYATI
Creators: name: Safarova, Dilfuza
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Ushbu maqolada qishloq xo'jaligini barqaror rivojlantirish imkoniyatlari tahlil qilinadi. Mazkur sohaning innovatsion rivojlanishiga ta’sir etuvchi ijobiy va salbiy omillar ham aniqlanib, salbiy omillarni bartaraf etish bo‘yicha takliflar ishlab chiqildi.
Feasibility Study of Connecting Nuclear Generation to the National Electricity Transmission System via HVDC Technology
Creators: name: Poole, Richard
Publisher: name: UH Research Archive
Year: 2016
Subjects: HVDC
Nuclear
VSC
CSC
Stability

description: High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) technology has never before been used to connect a Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) directly to the National Electricity Transmission System (NETS). There are both technical and economic factors which need to be considered and understood before such a technology is adopted for an NPP connection. In this thesis, both technical and economic factors surrounding the suitability of Current Source Converter (CSC) and Voltage Source Converter (VSC) HVDC technology for NPP connections are investigated. Power system models of both HVDC technologies, connected to an NPP, are studied in Power System Computer Aided Design (PSCAD) software. The studies highlight the susceptibility of CSC-HVDC technology to commutation failure during a three-phase fault condition at the inverter, and simulations demonstrate some key benefits of adopting VSC-HVDC technology for NPP connections: provision of independent reactive power support to both the NPP and AC system; black-start capability; fast current reversal for dynamic conditions; and the ability to connect to a weak High Voltage Alternating Current (HVAC) system. The simulations show the vulnerability of VSC-HVDC vector current control when the short circuit ratio of the AC system is very low (<1); in such cases, the Phase Locked Loop (PLL) is affected and power transfer through the VSC-HVDC link may drop to 50% of nominal rating. An economic analysis of HVDC technology development, cost and converter station size is presented. The size of a CSC-HVDC converter station can be much larger than an equivalent-rated VSC due to the additional filters required for reactive power compensation and harmonic mitigation. With the fast evolution of VSC-HVDC technology, the ratings required for an NPP connection are now available. The cost difference between the two technologies can vary from project to project and hence neither one can be ruled out for an NPP connection based only on price.