cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Characterization and minimization of the stress response to trapping in free-ranging wolves (Canis lupus): insights from physiology and behavior
Creators: name: Santos, Nuno
name: Rio-Maior, Helena
name: Mónia Nakamura
name: Roque, Sara
name: Brandão, Ricardo
name: Álvares, Francisco
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: Objectives: Wildlife capture is an essential management tool that induces a reactive homeostasis response in the captured animals. The aim of this study was to characterize the reactive homeostatic response to trapping in free-ranging wolves and assess the mitigation achieved by reducing the duration of restraint. Materials and methods: Making use of wolves captured for ecological research as a model for wildlife acute stress, we characterize 25 reactive homeostasis mediators and we assess the effect on these mediators of reducing the duration of restraint in trap by using remote trap activation alarms. Results: Free-ranging wolves trapped by leg-hold snares (n = 15) showed higher stress leukogram, tissue injury and hematocrit; while lower glucose, ions and cardiac rate compared with captive wolves. They also showed higher leukocyte count and creatine kinase; but lower hematocrit, cardiac rate and rectal body temperature compared to wolves captured by darting from a helicopter. Daily distance travelled was significantly lower up to day 12 post-capture compared to the remainder of the telemetry follow-up and this effect was more noticeable on the nocturnal distance travelled. Reducing the duration of restraint on trap significantly lowered the stress leukogram and dehydration. Daily distance travelled during the night by wolves captured using trap-alarms was significantly lower only up to day 4 post-capture compared to up to day 28 for wolves captured without trap-alarms. Discussion: The capture method and duration of restraint influence the reactive homeostasis response of free-ranging wolves. Technological solutions that reduce the duration of restraint on trap significantly dampen this influence. Conclusions: Wildlife trapping actions should strive to minimize the delay from capture to manipulation.
Additional file 1 of Low density neutrophils are increased in patients with Behçet’s disease but do not explain differences in neutrophil function
Creators: name: Murad, Mariam
name: Low, Liying
name: Davidson, Matthew
name: Murray, Philip I.
name: Rauz, Saaeha
name: Wallace, Graham R.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary Fig. 1. LDN (A) and NDN (B) from a healthy individual by cytospins × 20 and × 40.
Application of biochar derived from rice straw for the removal of Th(IV) from aqueous solution
Creators: name: Dong, Lijia
name: Chang, Kaikai
name: Wang, Linxia
name: Linghu, Wensheng
name: Zhao, Donglin
name: Asiri, Abdullah M.
name: Alamry, Khalid A.
name: Alsaedi, Ahmed
name: Hayat, Tasawar
name: Li, Xue
name: Wu, Xilin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Biochar is increasingly used as a low-cost and effective adsorbent for heavy metals in wastewater. Herein, biochar pyrolyzed from rice straw was employed as an adsorbent for the removal of Th(IV) from aqueous solutions. The sorption of Th(IV) on biochar was strongly dependent on pH, but independent on ionic strength at pH < 6.4. The inner-sphere complexation dominated the sorption mechanism of Th(IV) on biochar. The competition for Th(IV) between aqueous or surface-adsorbed cations/anions and functional groups of biochar was pivotal for Th(IV) sorption. The thermodynamic data suggested that Th(IV) sorption was a spontaneous and endothermic process.
Distributed Situational Awareness Framework v1
Creators: name: Doukas, George
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Situational Awareness

description: This document provides the specifications of the SPHINX’s Cyber Situational Awareness (SA) Framework. It presents a detailed description of the Situation Awareness Framework, its role and purpose in the SPHINX scope of the project and finally describes its actual implementation, relying on several SPHINX components.
A peptoid supramolecular host for benzo[a]pyrene in water
Creators: name: Fuller, Amelia A.
name: Tenorio, Kristiana
name: Huber, Jonathan
name: Hough, Samuel
name: Kalli M. Dowell
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Inorganic Chemistry

description: Studies that identify a new supramolecular host for the highly toxic and prevalent carcinogen benzo[a]pyrene (BP) are reported here. By monitoring changes to absorption and fluorescence spectra, the interaction between BP and two peptoids (N-substituted glycine oligomers) of different length and self-association propensities were compared. Peptoid length and solvent choice influence spectral features. Observed trends support that peptoid self-association in aqueous solution generates a hydrophobic core to which BP can associate.
Synthesis and bioevaluation of new tacrine-cinnamic acid hybrids as cholinesterase inhibitors against Alzheimer’s disease
Creators: name: Chen, Yao
name: Zhu, Jie
name: Mo, Jun
name: Yang, Hongyu
name: Jiang, Xueyang
name: Lin, Hongzhi
name: Gu, Kai
name: Pei, Yuqiong
name: Wu, Liang
name: Tan, Renxiang
name: Hou, Jing
name: Chen, Jingyi
name: Lv, Yang
name: Bian, Yaoyao
name: Sun, Haopeng
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biochemistry
Cell Biology
Molecular Biology
Neuroscience
Pharmacology
Biotechnology
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Cancer

description: Small molecule cholinesterases inhibitor (ChEI) provides an effective therapeutic strategy to treat Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Currently, the discovery of new ChEI with multi-target effect is still of great importance. Herein, we report the synthesis, structure–activity relationship study and biological evaluation of a series of tacrine-cinnamic acid hybrids as new ChEIs. All target compounds are evaluated for their in vitro cholinesterase inhibitory activities. The representatives which show potent activity on cholinesterase, are evaluated for the amyloid β-protein self-aggregation inhibition and in vivo assays. The optimal compound 19, 27, and 30 (human AChE IC50 = 10.2 ± 1.2, 16.5 ± 1.7, and 15.3 ± 1.8 nM, respectively) show good performance in ameliorating the scopolamine-induced cognition impairment and preliminary safety in hepatotoxicity evaluation. These compounds deserve further evaluation for the development of new therapeutic agents against AD.
Nest tree selection in a crowded introduced population of Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus) in Rome (central Italy): evidence for selectivity
Creators: name: Santo, Marianna Di
name: Bologna, Marco A.
name: Battisti, Corrado
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Unique among parrots, Monk Parakeets nest socially (many nests in one nest structure) and with a gregarious spatial pattern (many nest structures in a single breeding area). In this work, we studied nest site selection, tree size (diameter and height), and nest opening orientation in an introduced population of Monk Parakeets occurring with a high nest density in an urban park of Rome (central Italy). Of the 73 nest structures we examined, 72% were built on Cedrus libani showing a significant preference for this tree species when compared to tree species availability. Monk Parakeets nested on taller trees and on trees with a significantly larger diameter at breast height. Nest structures had one to four nest openings, which appeared to be randomly orientated. Monk Parakeets build nests relatively close to other social nests (at a distance of about 3 m on average); this behaviour maybe representing a group defence against predators.
Uniformly Semiparametric Efficient Estimation of Treatment Effects With a Continuous Treatment
Creators: name: F. Galvao, Antonio
name: Wang, Liang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Plant Biology

description: This article studies identification, estimation, and inference of general unconditional treatment effects models with continuous treatment under the ignorability assumption. We show identification of the parameters of interest, the dose–response functions, under the assumption that selection to treatment is based on observables. We propose a semiparametric two-step estimator, and consider estimation of the dose–response functions through moment restriction models with generalized residual functions that are possibly nonsmooth. This general formulation includes average and quantile treatment effects as special cases. The asymptotic properties of the estimator are derived, namely, uniform consistency, weak convergence, and semiparametric efficiency. We also develop statistical inference procedures and establish the validity of a bootstrap approach to implement these methods in practice. Monte Carlo simulations show that the proposed methods have good finite sample properties. Finally, we apply the proposed methods to estimate the unconditional average and quantile effects of mothers’ weight gain and age on birthweight. Supplementary materials for this article are available online.
title: ADCO, Neuvième cartulaire de Saint-Étienne de Dijon (1661 - 1684), Cart. 32 (G 136), 745 folios, f. 1070
Creators: name: de la Côte d'Or, Archives départementales
name: Archives Départementales De La Côte-D'Or
name: Petot, Frédérique
name: Projet CBMA
name: CG21/F.PETOT/2012
name: Petot, Frédéric
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi
subject: Chartes de la Bourgogne du Moyen Âge
subject: cartulaire
subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris

description: Neuvième cartulaire de Saint-Étienne de Dijon (1661 - 1684), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 32 (G 136), 745 folios, f. 1070, Numérisation en mode image.
description: Relation: http://www.cbma-project.eu/
description: Bibliographic citation: Neuvième cartulaire de Saint-Étienne de Dijon (1661 - 1684), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 32 (G 136), 745 folios, f. 1070, in Projet CBMA - Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi [Ressource en ligne], https:// manuscrits.cbma-project.eu/
description: Provenance: abbaye Saint-Étienne de Dijon
description: Provenance: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q15945019
Additional file 1 of High heterogeneity of fecal carriage extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing E. coli isolated from iranian community and clinical settings
Creators: name: Aghamohammad, Shadi
name: Nikbin, Vajihe Sadat
name: Badmasti, Farzad
name: Shahcheraghi, Fereshteh
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Demographic data of ESBL-producing E. coli fecal carriages. TableS2. Demographic data of non-carriers of ESBL-producing E.coli.
title: ADCO, Cartulaire de Cîteaux pour les domaines de Beaune (XVe siècle), Cart. 177 (11 H 289), 197 folios, f. 0009
Creators: name: de la Côte d'Or, Archives départementales
name: Archives Départementales De La Côte-D'Or
name: Petot, Frédérique
name: Projet CBMA
name: CG21/F.PETOT/2015
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: cartulaire
subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris
subject: Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi
subject: Chartes de la Bourgogne du Moyen Âge

description: Cartulaire de Cîteaux pour les domaines de Beaune (XVe siècle), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 177 (11 H 289), 197 folios, f. 0009, Numérisation en mode image.
description: Relation: http://www.cbma-project.eu/
description: Bibliographic citation: Cartulaire de Cîteaux pour les possessions d’Izeure (XVe siècle), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 177 (11 H 289), 197 folios, f. 0009, in Projet CBMA - Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi [Ressource en ligne], https:// manuscrits.cbma-project.eu/
description: Provenance: https://www.geonames.org/3024876
description: Provenance: http://www.idref.fr/030974844/id
description: Provenance: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12228351v
description: Provenance: abbaye de Cîteaux
description: Provenance: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q843261
Genomic-assisted characterisation of Pseudomonas sp. strain Pf4, a potential biocontrol agent in hydroponics
Creators: name: Moruzzi, Serena
name: Firrao, Giuseppe
name: Polano, Cesare
name: Borselli, Stefano
name: Loschi, Alberto
name: Ermacora, Paolo
name: Nazia Loi
name: Martini, Marta
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: In an attempt to select potential biocontrol agents against Pythium spp. and Rhizoctonia spp. root pathogens for use in soilless systems, 12 promising bacteria were selected for further investigations. Sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA gene revealed that three strains belonged to the genus Enterobacter, whereas nine strains belonged to the genus Pseudomonas. In in vitro assays, one strain of Pseudomonas sp., Pf4, closely related to Pseudomonas protegens (formerly Pseudomonas fluorescens), showed noteworthy antagonistic activity against two strains of Pythium aphanidermatum and two strains of Rhizoctonia solani AG 1-IB, with average inhibition of mycelial growth >80%. Strain Pf4 was used for in vivo treatments on lamb’s lettuce against R. solani root rot in small-scale hydroponics. Pf4-treated and untreated plants were daily monitored for symptom development and after two weeks of infection, a significant protective effect of Pf4 against root rot was recorded. The survival and population density of Pf4 on roots were also checked, demonstrating a density above the threshold value of 105 CFU g−1 of root required for disease suppression. Known loci for the synthesis of antifungal metabolites, detected using PCR, and draft-genome sequencing of Pf4 demonstrated that Pseudomonas sp. Pf4 has the potential to produce an arsenal of secondary metabolites (plt, phl, ofa and fit-rzx gene clusters) very similar to that of the well-known biocontrol P. protegens strain Pf-5.
Investment information via website by Malaysian listed companies
Creators: name: Abdullah, Azrul
name: Norshamshina Mat Isa
name: Rosiatimah Mohd Isa
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 140207 Financial Economics
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 150302 Business Information Systems
subject: 150399 Business and Management not elsewhere classified

description: Internet technology is believed to improve efficiency and good practice of information dissemination. This paper examined the investment information disclosed by Malaysian Listed Companies via their websites. Evaluations of investment informations disclosure via the websites were based on score towards the disclosure index developed. One hundred companies listed on the Bursa Malaysia's Main Board are selected based on their market capitalization. This study identifies the level of investment information disclosure across industry and found that the investment information disclosure and usage of the multimedia are still unsatisfactory. This study also tests the extent of such disclosure with several firm characteristics (profitability, auditor, efficiency and size) and the result shows that only firm's size is significant. The implications of these findings are discussed.
Making a Difference with Data: Collective Support for Research Data at Harvard Business School
Creators: name: McNeill, Katherine
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: The mission of Harvard Business School (HBS) is to educate leaders who make a difference in the world. In doing so, faculty members investigate evidence-based leadership practice, employing diverse, data-intensive research. In order to support such research, the School’s landscape of administrative departments work collectively to ensure that such research is efficient, seamless, ambitious, robust, and reproducible. This poster profiles the relationships among the web of services provided collectively by partners at the School, including the library, archives, IT, research computing, and research administration, among others. It describes how professionals in diverse fields—e.g., infrastructure development, computing, storage, data collection, contracts and ethics, statistical analysis, data publishing, curation and archiving—collaborate to enable fundamental and practical quantitative and qualitative data research. Departments and individual staff members provide services both individually and collectively, balancing efficient standardisation (at the School and University levels) with the diverse needs of researchers and service providers.
Wir bekommen grosse kulturelle Veränderungen
Creators: name: Scherer, Peter
Publisher: name: Allco
Year: 2016
Subjects: BIM
VDC
IPD

description: Erste digital geplante und entwickelte Bauten stehen bereits, weitere kommen laufend dazu. Building Information Modelling (BIM) breitet sich immer mehr aus. Die Interessengemeinschaft «Bauen digital Schweiz» macht energisch vorwärts. Geschäftsführer Peter Scherer erklärt, worum es geht.
Towards a Risk Catalogue for Data Management Plans
Creators: name: Weng, Franziska
name: Thoben, Stella
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: data management plan
risk
risk catalogue

description: Although data management and its careful planning are no new topics, there is only little literature on risk mitigation in data management plans (DMPs). We consider it a problem that DMPs do not include a structured approach for the identification or mitigation of risks, because it would instil confidence and trust in the data and its stewards, and foster the successful conduction of data-generating projects, which often are funded research projects. In this paper, we present a lightweight approach for identifying general risks in DMPs. We introduce an initial version of a generic risk catalogue for funded research and similar projects. By analysing a selection of 13 DMPs for projects from multiple disciplines published by the Research Ideas and Outcomes (RIO) journal, we demonstrate that our approach is applicable to DMPs and transferable to multiple institutional constellations. As a result, the effort for integrating risk management in data management planning can be reduced. We identified 15 general risks which may be relevant in funded research projects based on: 29 interviews with researchers the supplement of the “IT-Grundschutz” catalogues of the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) the FAIR guiding principles by Wilkinson et al. (2016) the report and action plan from the European Commission expert group on FAIR data We conducted the 29 interviews with researchers as part of project SynFo - Synergy Creation on the operational Level of Research Data Management. One goal of project SynFo was the development of a transferable approach to improve research data management in multiple organisational constellations. Project SynFo and hence this work was funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) under the funding ID 16FDM024.
Preoperative evaluation of six-minute walk test in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma
Creators: name: Nagaya, Motoki
name: Ito, Satoru
name: Fukui, Takayuki
name: Inoue, Takayuki
name: Kawaguchi, Koji
name: Nakamura, Shota
name: Nishida, Yoshihiro
name: Hasegawa, Yoshinori
name: Yokoi, Kohei
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Mental Health

description: Objective: Surgical treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is accompanied by high morbidity and mortality. The aim of this retrospective study was to characterize preoperative physical fitness and relate it to pulmonary functions, oxygenation, and postoperative outcomes in patients with MPM who underwent surgical resection with perioperative rehabilitation. Methods: A total of 18 patients were retrospectively reviewed. Preoperative exercise capacity was evaluated by the 6-min walk test (6MWT). Oxygen saturation of a peripheral artery (SpO2) was measured during the 6MWT. Results: The 6-min walk distance was significantly correlated with inspiratory capacity and % of predicted diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide. The minimum SpO2 during the 6MWT correlated with % of predicted vital capacity and total lung capacity and postoperative days of extubation. There were a total of 14 major complications in six patients. The incidence of major complications was associated with longer stays in intensive care unit and hospital but not with preoperative physical status or pulmonary functions. Conclusion: Our results indicate that the 6MWT is useful to assess preoperative physical status in patients with resectable MPM.
Coated soot particles with tunable, well-controlled properties generated in the laboratory with a miniCAST BC and a micro smog chamber
Creators: name: Ess, Michaela N.
name: Bertò, Michele
name: Keller, Alejandro
name: Gysel, Martin
name: Vasilatou, Konstantina
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Soot
subject: Coating
subject: Secondary organic matter
subject: Micro smog chamber
subject: Calibration aerosol
subject: 500 - Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik

description: A Micro Smog Chamber (MSC) was coupled for the first time with a miniCAST 5201 Type BC combustion generator with the aim to produce a series of stable and reproducible model aerosols simulating the physical properties of combustion particles present in ambient air. With this setup it was possible to generate particles ranging from “fresh” soot (single scattering albedo SSA≤0.05, absorption Ångström exponent AAE close to 1, high EC/TC mass fraction (approximately 90%) and mobility diameter typically <100 nm) to “aged” soot with different amounts of organic coating. The “aged” soot particles could grow up to 200 nm and exhibited high SSA (up to 0.7 at λ = 870 nm), an increased AAE (up to 1.7) and low EC/TC mass fraction (down to <10%). The ageing was achieved by coating the soot particles with increasing amounts of secondary organic matter (SOM) formed by the photo-oxidation of α-pinene or mesitylene in the MSC. Thereby, the SSA and AAE increased with coating thickness, while the EC/TC mass fraction decreased. Over the experimental period of 2 h, the generation of the “aged” soot aerosols was stable with a standard deviation in particle size and number concentration of <1% and <6%, respectively. The day-to-day reproducibility was also satisfactory: with α-pinene as SOM precursor the variability (standard deviation) in particle size was <2% and in the AAE and SSA < 6%. Particle number concentrations up to 106 cm−3 and mass concentrations up to 15 mg/m3 (depending on particle size and SOM amount) could be generated, much higher than what has been reported with other oxidation flow reactors. The generated carbonaceous aerosols could find useful applications in the field of aerosol instrument calibration, particularly in the standardization of filter-based absorption photometers under controlled conditions.
Reproducing Spermatogenesis
Creators: name: Neri, Queenie V.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Germ cells isolated from testicular tissue or derived from embryonic stem cells represent a possible treatment option for children who have survived cancer and for azoospermic men. Self-renewal of spermatogonia stem cells is the foundation for sustaining spermatogenesis throughout life. In recent years, spermatogonia transplantation in mammals has been carried out successfully and, more recently, the appearance of germ cell lines derived from embryonic stem cells has rendered the treatment or prevention of azoospermia conceivable. In our laboratory, we have identified and labeled human spermatogenic cells at various steps of differentiation and carried out their xenogeneic transplantation into recipient gonads. In addition, by appropriately modifying culture conditions, we have been able to propagate mouse spermatogonia stem cells in vitro.
Students’ attendance at management accounting classes–reasons and the effect on academic performance
Creators: name: Abdullah, Azrul
name: Rosiatimah Mohd Isa
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 160506 Education Policy
subject: FOS: Political science

description: This study explores the reasons for non-attendance and what motivates those who attend management accounting classes at undergraduate level of the accounting program and investigate the impact of attendance upon academic performance on the course. The subjects of the research were students in three undergraduate programs of Accountancy Faculty at UiTM Perlis namely Diploma in Accountancy, Diploma in Accounting and Information System and Bachelor of Accountancy who took the highest level of management accounting courses at their respective programs. The total number of students involved was 121 students. A short questionnaire and class attendance records were used for this survey. The highest mean score cited for the reasons students attending management accounting class was ‘to learn, to understand, and to increase their knowledge on the course’. Students’ preoccupation with assignments and study for other tests, and genuine health reasons were ranked highly for reasons non-attendance reasons. A clear positive relationship between attendance and academic performance was evident.
Run-Time Planning of Case-based Business Processes
Creators: name: Hinkelmann, Knut
name: Sprovieri, Danillo
name: Diaz, Daniel
name: Mazo, Raul
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2016
Subjects: Artificial Intelligence
Business Process
CMMN
Planning

description: Organizations act in highly competitive markets, which forces them to be flexible. Constantly changing business requirements require flexible business processes. Case Management Model and Notation (CMMN) supports modeling run-time flexibility of partially structured business process models, but does not fully specify the control flow. Objective: The goal is to develop a planning algorithm that supports the case worker in planning case-based business processes at run-time. Method: We identify the requirements of run-time planning of partly structured processes by analyzing the admission process for the master degree at FHNW. To plan the process instance, we develop a planning algorithm. Our planning algorithm is evaluated using concrete cases provided by FHNW in order to demonstrate real application. Results: The planning algorithm reflects the requirements for serializing tasks at run-time. Conclusion: Our planning algorithm allows to automatically deriving context-specific execution plans for CMMN models at run-time.
Tradeoff between micropollutant abatement and bromate formation during ozonation of concentrates from nanofiltration and reverse osmosis processes
Creators: name: Wünsch, Robin
name: Hettich, Timm
name: Prahtel, Marlies
name: Thomann, Michael
name: Wintgens, Thomas
name: Von Gunten, Urs
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: LPRO
subject: Nanofiltration
subject: Micropollutant
subject: Membrane
subject: 500 - Naturwissenschaften

description: Water treatment with nanofiltration (NF) or reverse osmosis (RO) membranes results in a purified permeate and a retentate, where solutes are concentrated and have to be properly managed and discharged. To date, little is known on how the selection of a semi-permeable dense membrane impacts the dissolved organic matter in the concentrate and what the consequences are for micropollutant (MP) abatement and bromate formation during concentrate treatment with ozone. Laboratory ozonation experiments were performed with standardized concentrates produced by three membranes (two NFs and one low-pressure reverse osmosis (LPRO) membrane) from three water sources (two river waters and one lake water). The concentrates were standardized by adjustment of pH and concentrations of dissolved organic carbon, total inorganic carbon, selected micropollutants (MP) with a low to high ozone reactivity and bromide to exclude factors which are known to impact ozonation. NF membranes had a lower retention of bromide and MPs than the LPRO membrane, and if the permeate quality of the NF membrane meets the requirements, the selection of this membrane type is beneficial due to the lower bromate formation risks upon concentrate ozonation. The bromate formation was typically higher in standardized concentrates of LPRO than of NF membranes, but the tradeoff between MP abatement and bromate formation upon ozonation of the standardized concentrates was not affected by the membrane type. Furthermore, there was no difference for the different source waters. Overall, ozonation of concentrates is only feasible for abatement of MPs with a high to moderate ozone reactivity with limited bromate formation. Differences in the DOM composition between NF and LPRO membrane concentrates are less relevant than retention of MPs and bromide by the membrane and the required ozone dose to meet a treatment target.
Netzbezugsgrenze bei Nullenergiegebäuden
Creators: name: Menn, Claudio
Publisher: name: Hochschule für Architektur, Bau und Geomatik FHNW
Year: 2014
Subjects: Nullenergiegebäude

description: Die energetische Bilanzierung von Nullenergiegebäuden findet zumeist auf einer Jahresbasis statt. Diese Berechnungs-grundlage führt dazu, dass saisonale Unterschiede im Energiebedarf und in der Ertragslage erneuerbarer Energien unbe-rücksichtigt bleiben. Für eine Energiewende ist allerdings die Energieversorgung während den Wintermonaten von zentraler Bedeutung. In diesem Zusammenhang stellt das alternative Bilanzierungskonzept mit einer Bezugsbegrenzung ein zielfüh-rendes Instrument dar. Es wird in vorliegendem Artikel exemplarisch aufgezeigt, mit welchen bauplanerischen Auswirkun-gen bei der Einführung einer Bezugsbegrenzung zu rechnen sind.
Redox-stat bioreactors for elucidating mobilisation mechanisms of trace elements: An example of As-contaminated mining soils
Creators: name: Rajpert, Liwia
name: Schäffer, Andreas
name: Lenz, Markus
Publisher: name: Springer
Year: 2018
Subjects: Arsenic remediation
Redox-stat bioreactor
Trace element fate

description: The environmental fate of major (e.g. C, N, S, Fe and Mn) and trace (e.g. As, Cr, Sb, Se and U) elements is governed by microbially catalysed reduction-oxidation (redox) reactions. Mesocosms are routinely used to elucidate trace metal fate on the basis of correlations between biogeochemical proxies such as dissolved element concentrations, trace element speciation and dissolved organic matter. However, several redox processes may proceed simultaneously in natural soils and sediments (particularly, reductive Mn and Fe dissolution and metal/metalloid reduction), having a contrasting effect on element mobility. Here, a novel redox-stat (Rcont) bioreactor allowed precise control of the redox potential (159 ± 11 mV, ~ 2 months), suppressing redox reactions thermodynamically favoured at lower redox potential (i.e. reductive mobilisation of Fe and As). For a historically contaminated mining soil, As release could be attributed to desorption of arsenite [As(III)] and Mn reductive dissolution. By contrast, the control bioreactor (Rnat, with naturally developing redox potential) showed almost double As release (337 vs. 181 μg g−1) due to reductive dissolution of Fe (1363 μg g−1 Fe2+ released; no Fe2+ detected in Rcont) and microbial arsenate [As(V)] reduction (189 μg g−1 released vs. 46 μg g−1 As(III) in Rcont). A redox-stat bioreactor thus represents a versatile tool to study processes underlying mobilisation and sequestration of other trace elements as well.
Late Holocene inter-annual temperature variability reconstructed from the δ18O of archaeological Ostrea angasi shells
Creators: name: S. Tynan
name: B. Opdyke
name: A. Dutton
name: M. Walczak
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 20199 Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry

description: Two multi-year oxygen isotope (δ18O) records were obtained from archaeological Ostrea angasi shells, confirming the potential of this species to provide valuable environmental records for the late Holocene period in southeastern Australia. High-resolution δ18Oshell samples from the O. angasi clearly display a seasonal variability, offering insight into past climate conditions in a region where such information is presently limited. The oxygen isotope record in O. angasi reflects a combined temperature–salinity signal. Observations of δ18Oshell data from modern specimens are used as a point of reference to assist in decoupling these two influences, with the two archaeological samples compared with the δ18Oshell profile of four modern O. angasi. Assuming similar paleo- δ18Owater values at the collection sites, data from these archaeological shells present a record of temperatures during the period of their growth that are consistently lower than modern day, with mean annual temperatures ∼2°C cooler.
Branched Polymer Materials as Proton Exchange Membranes for Fuel Cell Applications
Creators: name: Neelakandan, Sivasubramaniyan
name: Wang, Li
name: Zhang, Boping
name: Ni, Jiangpeng
name: Hu, Meishao
name: Gao, Chunmei
name: Wong, Wai-Yeung
name: Wang, Lei
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Recent progress on branched polymer membranes as electrolyte materials for proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) applications has attracted interest due to the limitations of commercially available Nafion® membranes. Branched polymer membranes have shown improved chemical stability, proton conductivity, and good solubility. The branching degree and the structure of the branching agent have an essential correlation with the characteristics of the polymer membranes. This review presents the most recent and promising design strategies and characteristics of branched polymers as proton exchange membranes for both low- and high-temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Recent advances in branched polymers are summarized, including branched sulfonated poly(aryl ether)s, branched sulfonated polyimides, branched polybenzimidazoles, etc. The remaining challenges and prospects in proton exchange membranes are also discussed.
Simulation von Verkehrsszenarien im virtuellen Raum
Creators: name: Wehrli, Simon
Publisher: name: Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW
Year: 2017

description: Die vorliegende Arbeit behandelt die Gestaltung und Evaluierung eines Fahrsimulators. Neben der technischen Umsetzung wird vor allem die Generierung, Auswertung und Diskussion von Daten besprochen. Es werden die Annahmen geprüft, dass das Alter keinen Einfluss auf die Reaktionszeit, das männliche Geschlecht jedoch eine Tendenz zu höherer Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit habe. Insgesamt wurden 32 Probanden in die Datenauswertung miteinbezo-gen. Davon waren 18 Probanden männlich und 14 weiblich. Beide Annahmen konnten bestätigt werden. Bezüglich Geschlecht und Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit wurden sehr hohe Effektstärken festgestellt. Dies sind Resultate, die auf die Validität des Fahrsimulators hindeuten. Nichtsdestotrotz sollten noch weitere Ressourcen investiert werden, um die technische Entwicklung des Simulators weiterzuentwickeln sowie auch eine grössere Stichprobe untersuchen zu können. Zusätzliche Förderung und Evaluierung würde die Praxisrelevanz des Versuches noch erhöhen. Der Simulator könnte dann eventuell für Langzeitstudien bezüglich Verkehrssicherheit oder ähnlichen Anwendungen genutzt werden.
A comparative study of the mineral elements in different medicinal plant parts of Daphne altaica Pall.
Creators: name: Li, Yinping
name: He, Qing
name: Zhu, Xiaoqing
name: Geng, Zhufeng
name: Wang, Yi
name: Li, Jin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Plant Biology

description: Daphne altaica Pall. is an important plant in traditional Chinese medicine. Mineral elements play an important role in the formation of active ingredients in medicinal plants. In this study, 14 mineral elements were quantitatively determined by inductively coupled plasma emission spectrometry using the roots, stems and leaves of D. altaica. The distribution variance of mineral elements between different organs were analyzed by statistical analysis methods such as single factor analysis of variance (ANOVA), correlation analysis (CA), principal component analysis (PCA) and cluster heat map. The results show that the mineral element contents in corresponding parts of D. altaica exhibited significant variation, with the order from highest to lowest being K > Ca > Mg > Fe > Al > Mn > Na > Zn > Sr > Cr > Ni > Cu > Pb > Mo. Among them, the highest content of mineral elements are K, Ca, Mg, Mn, Cu and Mo in leaves, and the stems contains more Zn, Sr, Cr and Ni, while the content of mineral elements Fe, Al, Na and Pb in roots is much higher than the other two organs. The ANOVA revealed significant variations in the mineral element content across different regions of D. altaica (p < 0.05). Based on single factor analysis of variance, different parts of D. altaica had different fingerprint of mineral elements, and the concentration of the same mineral elements in different parts had significant difference (p < 0.05). The principal component analysis (PCA) model showed that the cumulative variance contribution rate of first two principal components was 99.10%, in which Mn, Mg and Ca have higher load values, which is consistent with the results of bi-plot and cluster analysis. These results indicated that there were great differences in absorption and utilization of mineral nutrient elements between roots, stems and leaves of D. altaica, and there was significant correlation among mineral elements, indicating that there was a complex synergistic and antagonistic effect among the elements. At the same time, the discriminant analysis of the characteristic elements provided a scientific basis for the quality control of D. altaica.
Additional file 1 of The temporal pattern and lifestyle associations of respiratory virus infection in a cohort study spanning the first two years of life
Creators: name: Powell, Elizabeth
name: Sumner, Edward
name: Shaw, Alex G.
name: Calvez, Ronan
name: Fink, Colin G.
name: Kroll, J. Simon
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Multiplex panels. Table S2. Multiplex panel constituents, primer sources and reaction conditions used for respiratory virus PCR. Table S3. Primer design for detection of polyomaviruses.
Curating the institutional scholarly record using open APIs for Scholix and DataCite
Creators: name: Gibson, Chris
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Curation
Scholarly Record
Data Catalogue
Current Research Information System
Research Data Management
Harvesting
Metadata
API

description: A widespread problem for institutions is how to curate the institutional scholarly record when researchers deposit their data in external repositories but don’t necessarily inform their institution. This poster outlines how The University of Manchester Library addressed this problem by using open APIs for Scholix and DataCite to identify relevant datasets, and harvest their metadata to populate the institutional Current Research Information System (CRIS). This work resulted in the addition of more than 6,000 dataset records to the institutional CRIS, including two-way links with associated publication records. The University of Manchester Library is openly sharing code that was created for this work so that others can also benefit from this approach. This poster includes links to the Github resource that hosts this code, and a blog post that describes the work in more detail.
Differences and Commonalities – A comparative report of video styles and course descriptions on edX, Coursera, Futurelearn and Iversity
Creators: name: Reutemann, Jeanine
Publisher: name: Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: video
subject: MOOCs
subject: digital education
subject: bildungsvideo
subject: e-learning
subject: wissensvermittlung
subject: lernen
subject: lehren
subject: platform
subject: 300 - Sozialwissenschaften

description: This paper reports a comparative overview of MOOC courses from edX, Coursera, Futurelearn and Iversity. The sample covers courses published between Septem- ber 2014 and January 2015 and the comparison focuses on different video styles as well as course descriptions on the platforms. Based upon this data set of MOOCs (N=448) this study shows noteworthy facts about the state of MOOC production. Talking Head is the most common video style overall on all four MOOC platforms (87%), followed by or in combination with presentation slides (38%). The courses on the European platforms Futurelearn and Iversity show a highly significant difference in the amount of work effort per week description compare to the US platforms edX and Coursera. In addition, Futurelearn has the shortest course week duration compare to the other platforms. A number of further points are reported below.
Katherin_Hernandez_Articulo..docx
Creators: name: Hernandez, Katy
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 220303 Environmental Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: 170102 Developmental Psychology and Ageing
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Developmental and Educational Psychology
subject: 170105 Gender Psychology

description: En este documento encontrará la situacion en la que viven muchas mujeres Hondureñas, que por pocas oportunidades de trabajo que existen en el pais buscan formas alternativas de generar ingresos a sus hogares, y esto es a traves de microempresas o sociedades comunales de trabajo.
Aufbau mentaler Modelle von komplexen technischen Systemen mittels aktiver Visualisierung
Creators: name: Hostettler, Karin
Publisher: name: Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW
Year: 2017
Subjects: aktive Visualisierung
komplexe technische Systeme
mentale Modelle

description: In komplexen Mensch-Maschine-Systemen werden Funktionen automatisiert, was bei der Nutzung durch den Menschen aufgrund Komplexität und mangelndem Systemverständnis zu Problemen führen kann. So auch bei der SBB die Informationsspezialisten der Kundeninformation am Bahnhof. Daher wird zur Unterstützung des Systemverständnisses eine aktive Visualisierung entwickelt und die Wirkung getestet. Folgende Hypothesen werden untersucht: Das Lernen mit der Visualisierung generiert einen Wissenszuwachs, wobei die Visualisierung mit hoher Elaboriertheit einen grösseren Wissenszuwachs generiert als die mit niedriger Elaboriertheit. Die Wirkungsmessung (n=8) erfolgte im Pre-Posttest-Design mit zwei Ausprägungen: niedrige/hohe Elaboriertheit. Fünf Indikatoren massen Qualität und Umfang des abgerufenen Wissens, das eine intervenierende Variable für ein mentales Modell darstellte. Die Auswertung erfolgte durch quantifizieren der qualitativen Daten mit Prozentvergleich. Ein Wissenszuwachs durch die Visualisierung fand statt, wobei der Unterschied zwischen den Ausprägungen wider Erwarten gering war. Die aktive Visualisierung ist eine geeignete Methode zur Unterstützung des Systemverständnisses.
Citclops - Key scientific aspects of quality control
Creators: name: Van der Woerd, HJ
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013

description: This deliverable provides documentation on the quality control (QC) that will be deployed during the Citclops project at various stages of development of crowdsourcing technologies. The QC will consist of a protocol with knowledge rules that analyse the status of an observation of the colour, fluorescence and transparency. The key elements of perfect observations and the potential disturbances are summarized. Good practices to detect and correct these errors are described.