cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Making the Most of Structure in Constraint Models
Creators: name: KEVIN LEO
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Applied Computer Science
subject: 10206 Operations Research
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 80308 Programming Languages
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Combinatorial problems are critical in a wide range of areas. As a result, there are many solving techniques available, each with different strengths. High-level modelling languages allow problems to be specified once, and then be compiled for different solving techniques to discover which to use. This thesis focuses on model structure, showing how it can be exploited to improve compilation and solving. In particular, it proposes a framework for extracting and using structure to solve problems faster and to help users write better models and debug them. In doing this, it makes it easier to solve hard combinatorial problems.
TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF LAYER POULTRY FARMERS IN KASESE DISTRICT
Creators: name: Obed, Muhindo
name: Obed, Muhindo
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Livestock Production/Industries
Productivity Analysis

description: A RESEARCH DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE DIRECTORATE OF RESEARCH AND GRADUATE TRAINING IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENTOF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE AND APPLIED ECONOMICS OF MAKERERE UNIVERSITY. Advisers: Dr. Stephen Lwasa, Prof. Margaret Nabasirye
title: Securitisation through ‘Sectarianization’ to ‘Violisation’
title: Bahrain Post-1971
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Nasirzadeh, Samira
Publisher: name: Lancaster University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Securitisation
Sectarianization
Violisation
Bahrain

description: Abstract This thesis investigates the relationship between the ruler and the ruled, securitisation through ‘sectarianization’, moving to ‘violisation’ in Bahrain. Bahrain as an interesting case is viewed in its geopolitical context and its impact on sectarian politics post-1971. In Bahrain, the Al Khalifa (family or regime) has promoted a sectarian narrative of conflict, while at the regional level, efforts have been made to locate domestic unrest in a regional geopolitical struggle with Iran. To maintain its ‘short-term’ survival, the Al Khalifa ruling family manipulated the securitisation of its Shi’a population to domestic, regional, and international audiences, which led to the failure of the Bahraini revolution in 2011. The acceptance of domestic, regional, and international audiences and historical developments facilitated the conditions for foreign intervention in Bahrain. This research argues that successful securitisation through ‘sectarianization’ as manipulated by the Al Khalifa regime ensured its survival during the Arab Spring 2011, while the ruling family has used systematic ‘violised’ methods to preserve its long-term stability in the country. To explore securitisation through ‘sectarianization’, moving to ‘violisation’, this research unpacks the past (post-1971), the present post-2011, and the future to understand the case of Bahrain.
FARMERS’ PERCEPTION AND ADAPTATION STRATEGIES TO CLIMATE CHANGE: THE CASE OF WOREILLU DISTRICT OF AMHARA REGION, NORTHEASTERN ETHIOPIA
Creators: name: Minwuye, Bewuketu
name: Minwuye, Bewuketu
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: Environmental Economics and Policy
Farm Management

description: A Thesis Submitted to the School of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Postgraduate Program Directorate HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY. Advisers: Degye Goshu, Mengistu Ketema
EFFECTS OF TARIFF AND NON-TARIFF BARRIERS ON INTRA-EAST AFRICA COMMUNITY TRADE IN AGRICULTURAL FOOD COMMODITIES
Creators: name: Baya, Wallace Thoya
name: Baya, Wallace Thoya
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: International Relations/Trade

description: A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate School in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Master of Science Degree in Agricultural and Applied Economics of Egerton University. Advisers: Prof. Job Lagat, Dr. Symon K. Kiprop
Timing is everything: Identifying peak Rallidae call rate in southeast Australia
Creators: name: Fournier, Auriel
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Effective monitoring is key to understanding the habitat needs, population
trends and ecology of any species. For species with low detection probability understanding the
optimum time to survey to maximize detection is crucial. In addition to maximizing efficiency,
surveying only during times of peak detectability yields more accurate information by
minimizing false absences. Members of the avian family Rallidae are elusive in nature and as a
result poorly studied. Automated recording unit surveys will be used across the breeding season
to determine the optimal times of day, and periods of the lunar cycle where detection is highest.
This will form vital groundwork for a monitoring protocol and inform for future research and
conservation efforts. Four southeast Australasian Rallidae species have been selected to assess
the generalizability of the findings.
Examining the relation between media engagement and developmental outcomes in adolescents and emerging adults: an exploration of engagement with and impact of young adult literature media among youth
Creators: name: Herrera, Carolina M.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2022

description: Research has shown that media engagement among youth is linked to behavioral and attitudinal developmental processes through a process of social learning and that identification with media characters often results in increased learning from the characters, resulting in greater media-related effects (Dubow, Huesmann, & Greenwood, 2007; Kunkel et. al., 2007). Less is known about how these effects differ across media platforms, specifically when considering literature media for youth, which has been on the rise since the late 2000’s. The following dissertation research examines how different types of media differentially impact youth development, and specifically explores the effects of young adult (YA) literature media on emerging adult development. In the first study, with a sample of 200 10th grade students (44% male, 90% Nonwhite), I explore how character identification with violent media characters in movies and video games relates to different types of aggression in a sample of high schoolers, examining the relations between race/gender, identification, and aggression. In the second study, I explore how engagement and identification with two different yet popular series, in both print and audiovisual format, relate to acceptance of dating violence and insecure attachment styles among a sample of 204 young undergraduate students (80% female; 87% Nonwhite). The final study is a longitudinal project that examines literature media engagement specifically, and how this relates to behavioral, social, and identity formation development. Over 200 undergraduate students (78% female; 81% Nonwhite) participated in a two-wave study over the course of one semester. A newly developed survey on reading habits and preferences, as well questions related to peer and romantic relations, health-risk behavior, and identity processes was administered. The study is the first of its kind in examining how literature impacts development, specifically emerging adult development, and focuses particular attention to peer and romantic relationships, risk behaviors, and identity exploration. I find that emerging adults are prominent readers of young adult literature, and that themes and genres chosen by these readers are likely to impact developmental and behavioral outcomes. I also find that the strength of identification with media characters moderates these relationships. Implications are discussed.
Additional file 2 of Differential mRNA and long noncoding RNA expression profiles in pediatric B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients
Creators: name: Xia, Jing
name: Wang, Mengjie
name: Zhu, Yi
name: Bu, Chaozhi
name: Li, Tianyu
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 2: Figure S1. Flow chart of bioinformatics analysis, with the content of rectangular box representing the analysis performed and blue words indicating the software used. Figure S2. Identification of differentially expressed long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in B-ALL. (A) Venn diagram presents overlapping relationships, and the numbers indicate novel lncRNA counts. (B) Types and counts of different lncRNAs classified into six categories according to the genomic loci of their neighboring genes. Figure S3. Disease ontology (DO) and Reactome analysis showed the top 20 enriched terms of differentially expressed mRNAs in B-ALL. (A) DO Enrichment analysis (B) Reactome Enrichment analysis in B-ALL compared with CBD groups. Figure S4. GO and pathway analyses of mRNAs associated with differentially expressed lncRNAs by trans-pattern. (A) Biological process category. (B) Cellular component category. (C) Molecular function category. (d) Canonical signaling pathways.
General presentation
Creators: name: Morisseau, Tiffany
name: Etter, Christian
name: Morin, Olivier
name: Müller, Thomas Franz
name: Winters, James
name: Greenhill, Simon
name: Etter, Christian
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2018

description: A presentation of the Color Game App, its functioning, and the motivations that drove its design.
USING STABLE ISOTOPES & eBIRD TO ASSESS MIGRATORY CONNECTIVITY OF FALL MIGRATING RAILS
Creators: name: Fournier, Auriel
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Rails are among the least studied birds in North America, despite their declining populations and the increasing pressure being put on public wetlands to be managed for multiple species. The timing of Sora, Virginia Rail and Yellow Rail (Porzana carolina, Rallus limicola, Coturnicops noveboracensis) migration, and how their populations are connected are vital parts of understanding how wetland management impacts rails. My project is documenting the timing of rail migration across Missouri and has noticed differences in the timing of birds in western vs eastern Missouri. I hypothesize these differences are because Missouri straddles the Central and Mississippi Flyways so these birds are coming from different parts of the breeding range. Because of the low detectability of rails and the lack of large scale captures I believe stable isotopes provide a great way of assessing if these rails are coming from different parts of their breeding range.
PARTICIPATION IN NON-FARM INCOME ACTIVITIES AND FOOD DIETARY DIVERSITY IN RURAL UGANDA
Creators: name: Namanda, Racheal
name: Namanda, Racheal
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety

description: A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE DIRECTORATE OF RESEARCH AND GRADUATE TRAINING IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS OF MAKERERE UNIVERSITY. Advisers: Dr. Gracious Malton Diiro, Prof. Bernard Bashaasha
ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF RAINFED MAIZE PRODUCTION IN THE SIPHOFANENI AREA OF SWAZILAND
Creators: name: Ngqwane, Stanley Mhlengi
name: Ngqwane, Stanley Mhlengi
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries

description: A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE in Agricultural and Applied Economics of the University of Swaziland. Advisers: Dr. D. V. Slamini, Prof. A. S. Bamire, Dr. S. G. Dlamini
MOESM1 of SIRT4 silencing in tumor-associated macrophages promotes HCC development via PPARδ signalling-mediated alternative activation of macrophages
Creators: name: Li, Zhi
name: Li, He
name: Zhao, Zhi-Bo
name: Zhu, Wei
name: Feng, Pan-Pan
name: Zhu, Xi-Wen
name: Gong, Jian-Ping
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Clinicopathological Characteristics of Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma (n=90).
Migratory Stopover Timing, Survival and Habitat Use of Fall Migrating Sora in Managed Wetlands in Missouri
Creators: name: Fournier, Auriel
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Evidence suggests rails are in decline and their decline may be related to loss of wetlands across the continent (Conway 2008, Eddleman et al. 1988, Tiner 1984). The Migratory Shore and Upland Game Bird Support Task Force for rails and snipe identified four priority information needs. One of which targeted the estimation of survival rates of rails, using the Sora (Porzana carolina) as a surrogate for other rail species (Case and McCool 2009). Marking rails during fall migration was suggested as a means to estimate annual survival rates. Fall was targeted because rails are easier to capture when water availability is limited on the landscape due to climate and management decisions. Wetland habitat is limited in the fall because water is drawn out of many wetlands in late summer as part of moist soil management for migratory waterfowl habitat (Fredrickson and Taylor 1982). Waterfowl habitat and management is a priority on many public lands (Soulliere et al. 2007). Considerable research has been done on the benefits moist-soil management has for both waterfowl and shorebirds (Fredrickson and Taylor 1992, Reinecke et al. 1989, Lyons et al. 2008). Less is known about how wetland management influences rail habitat during fall migration. By better understanding the ecology of wetland use by rails during the fall and the habitats rails use, managers can better manage for a wider suite of wetland dependent species. I propose continuing our existing nocturnal surveys and putting radio transmitters out on Sora to better understand their stopover duration, habitat use and survival during fall migration.
title: Screen Dreams
title: a practice-based investigation of filmic dream sequences, using the dream theories of Freud, Jung, Revonsuo and Hobson
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Glew, Billy
Publisher: name: Lancaster University
Year: 2020
Subjects: screen dreams
dreams
film
dream sequence
Sigmund Freud
Carl Jung
Revonsuo
Hobson
8 1/2
Fellini
Falling Down
dream-denoting elements
psychoanalytic
neurocognitive
Forest
Mira
Soviet Soup
Dream Three
The Shadow
unconscious
latent
filmic
film-making
filmmaking
Threat Simulation
Three Screens
Night Walker
waking reality
Sound Design
Tarkovsky
Bunuel
surrealism

description: This thesis is a practice-based investigation into the production of filmic dream sequences. The research aims to demonstrate how the dream theories of Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Allan J. Hobson and Antti Revonsuo, incorporated into film-making practice, affects the production of dream sequences. The thesis asks: Which techniques denote a film sequence as depicting a dream and how closely do filmic dream sequences correlate with the dream theories of Freud, Jung, Revonsuo and Hobson? In support of answering this question, the thesis investigates what variations in styles of dream sequence are produced by using different combinations of dream-denoting elements. As part of the practice-research, I explore methods for incorporating representations of latent dream content. After reviewing and comparing the selected dream theories, I compare two opening film sequences with similar content, 8 ½ (Federico Fellini, 1963), depicting a dream, and Falling Down (Joel Schumacher, 1993), depicting waking reality, discovering eight dream-denoting film-making techniques. Building on these findings, I analyse a further 49 dream sequences, revealing four additional dream-denoting techniques. I then analyse the dream sequences for correlation with the selected dream theories, including to discover if latent content is ever explicitly represented. I use the findings from my analyses to inform the production of a series of filmic dream sequences, with each film incorporating one or more of the selected dream theories into each stage of production. The thesis addresses several gaps in theoretical and practice-based film research. In film theory, the thesis provides a structured, repeatable methodology for filmic analysis specific to dream sequences and summarises the form and content of dream sequences up to the present, identifying twelve dream-denoting elements. In practice, the thesis researches detailed methods for producing dream sequences in narrative film including representing latent content, by creatively interpreting and using different combinations of psychoanalytic and neurocognitive dream theories.
Understanding the effects of weighting on parameter estimation for multilevel models
Creators: name: Ismail, Olusegun Afis
Publisher: name: Lancaster University
Year: 2022

description: Creating a model from hierarchical data with missing data without addressing the missingness in the data may lead to poor parameter estimates. Hence the overall aim of this thesis is to investigate the effects of weighting adjustment methods on parameter estimates of weighted multilevel linear model to address unequal sampling selection and non -response in the continuous response variable. The significance of this thesis is that it seeks to fill the gaps in the existing body of work on complex survey data analysis on the identification of best weighting adjustment and conditions suitable to achieve reliable estimates from a weighted multilevel linear model. To achieve the aim of this thesis, the Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions 2007 was used in a simulation study on a weighted multilevel linear model of the annual household expenditure of meals purchased away from home to investigate four weighting adjustments methods using two scenarios: Missing at Random (MAR) and Missing not at Random (MNAR) at 20%, 40% & 60% rate of missing respectively in the outcome variable. In order to fully investigate the effects of the weighting adjustments, the missingness in the outcome variable were tested as a function of a continuous, categorical and combination of both continuous and categorical variables. The simulation study was also extended to the scaling of the weights to identify changes in the effects on the parameter estimates. The weighting adjustment with the most reliable estimates were applied to the modelling of reported income from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS 1989 & 2011) data as well as the household expenditure of meals purchased away from home in the Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions 2007 respectively. In the application of the weighting adjustments, different scenarios on different multilevel models were investigated to identify any changes in the parameter estimates. The findings from the simulation study on the random effect multilevel model revealed that sampling weight adjusted for missing data using item non-response weight produced the most reliable estimates of the fixed component of the linear multilevel models at the 20% rate of missing.
DETERMINANTS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY IN MALAWI
Creators: name: Phiri, Shakira
name: Phiri, Shakira
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Productivity Analysis

description: A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS. Advisers: Prof. Abdi-Khalil Edriss, Dr. Horace Phiri, Dr. Donald Makoka
Clustering and Classification of Cotton Lint Using Principle Component Analysis, Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering, and K-Means Clustering
Creators: name: Kamalha, Edwin
name: Kiberu, Jovan
name: Ildephonse Nibikora
name: Josphat Igadwa Mwasiagi
name: Omollo, Edison
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology

description: Cotton from the three cotton growing regions of Uganda was characterized for 13 quality parameters using the High Volume Instrument (HVI). Principal Component Analysis (PCA), Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering (AHC) and k-means clustering were used to model cotton quality parameters. Using factor analysis, cotton yellowness and short fiber index were found to account for the highest variability. At 5% significance level, the highest correlation (0.73) was found between short fiber index and yellowness. Based on Cotton Outlook’s world classification and USDA Standards, the cotton under test was deemed of high and uniform quality, falling between Middling and Good Middling grades. Our suggested classification integrates all lint quality parameters, unlike the traditional methods that consider selected parameters.
Admission for COPD Exacerbation Is Associated with the Clinical Diagnosis of Pulmonary Hypertension: Results from a Retrospective Longitudinal Study of a Veteran Population
Creators: name: Medrek, Sarah K.
name: Sharafkhaneh, Amir
name: Spiegelman, Andrew M.
name: Arnav Kak
name: Lavannya M. Pandit
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pulmonary hypertension (PH–COPD) have an increased risk of hospitalizations and death compared to COPD alone. Identifying PH in COPD is challenging because performing right heart catheterization, the gold standard for PH diagnosis, is invasive and not routinely performed. Clinical characterization of COPD patients at risk who are progressing toward PH will aid therapeutic development at earlier stages of progressively fatal PH–COPD. We studied the records of 5,45,086 patients in a large Veterans Affairs healthcare network (2000–2012) with a primary discharge diagnosis of COPD based on encounters' ICD-9 codes and further stratified into those who received an additional ICD-9 code for a PH diagnosis. Patients with PH–COPD were assigned to one of the four subgroups: those with (a) no history of exacerbation or hospital admissions, (b) history of exacerbations but no hospital admissions, (c) hospital admissions unrelated to COPD and (d) history of COPD exacerbation-related hospital admissions. We also examined the COPD and COPD-PH cohorts for associated comorbidities such as cardiac disease and the presence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). A regression analysis revealed that patients with COPD exacerbation-related hospital admissions had 7 × higher risk of having a concomitant clinical diagnosis of PH compared to non-hospitalized patients. COPD-PH patients had higher rates of cardiac comorbidities (89% vs. 66%) and OSA (34% vs. 16%) compared to COPD alone. We conclude that COPD patients hospitalized for COPD exacerbations are at a higher risk for developing PH, and hospitalized COPD patients with cardiac comorbidities and/or OSA should be screened as at-risk population for developing PH.
THE USE OF STABLE ISOTOPES, eBIRD AND SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELS TO ASSESS MIGRATORY CONNECTIVITY OF FALL MIGRATING RAILS
Creators: name: Fournier, Auriel
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Understanding the timing and connectivity of seasonal movements of individuals between habitats is essential for the effective conservation and management of migratory species. Documenting migratory connectivity is especially difficult for secretive species like rails. Rails are among the least studied birds in North America. I propose using stable isotopes, and species distribution models based on eBird data to predict the migratory connectivity of rails. Sora and Virginia are game species in North America who we hunt despite our lack of information about their population levels, trends and connectivity. Both species, along with the non-game Yellow Rail are thought to be declining, but the cause is unknown. The National Marshbird Monitoring Program will soon bring us actual population estimates and monitoring, but addressing any negative population trends to inform conservation and management without understanding rail connectivity will make science based management difficult. This project would be an informative first step at understanding the migratory connectivity of these species in the central United States. I will collect feathers from rails during migration, along with the breeding and wintering grounds to create an accurate map of the connectivity of migratory rails in Missouri. I will use their δD value along with species distribution models to document their migratory connectivity and compare it to the migratory paths of other wetland species
IMPLEMENTATION FACTORS AFFECTING ADOPTION AND EXTENT OF ADOPTION OF TEPHROSIA VOGELLI, GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM AND CAJANUS CAJAN TECHNOLOGIES AMONG SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN MALAWI: THE CASE OF AGROFORESTRY IN THYOLO, KASUNGU AND MZIMBA DISTRICTS
Creators: name: Thebulo, Chamuka Dickson
name: Thebulo, Chamuka Dickson
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS. Advisers: Prof. Charles B. L. Jumbe, Dr. Thabbie Chilongo, Mr. Assa Maganga, Mr. Tsilizani Mseu
DETERMINANTS OF HOUSEHOLDS’ WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR SOIL CONSERVATION ON COMMUNAL LANDS IN RAYA KOBO WOREDA, NORTH WOLLO ZONE, ETHIOPIA
Creators: name: Belay, Getachew
name: Belay, Getachew
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Consumer/Household Economics
Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: A Thesis Submitted to School of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Postgraduate Program Directorate HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY. Advisers: Mengistu Ketema, Musa Hasen
The role of diet, physiology, and behavior in thermoregulation and population growth of the invasive monk parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)
Creators: name: Burgio, Kevin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 60603 Animal Physiology - Systems
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 60201 Behavioural Ecology

description: My successful 2010 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program application with associated NSF reviews / feedback.
ENVISION Deliverable 2.1: Visions for each protected area
Creators: name: Filyushkina, A.
name: Verburg, P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: protected area
vision
participatory planning
biodiversity

description: The ENVISION project develops, tests and validates a novel trans-disciplinary scenario approach for engaging multiple stakeholders and local communities in the protected area management and biodiversity decision-making at multiple scales (refer to our website for a more detailed overview of the approach). This deliverable presents findings from the first step within the inclusive conservation approach – identification of main visions for the four study areas. Three study areas are located in Europe (Netherlands, Spain and Sweden) and one in North America (Alaska, USA).
An analysis of farmers’ preferences for crop insurance: a case of maize farmers in Swaziland
Creators: name: Mbonane, Nobuhle Duduzile
name: Mbonane, Nobuhle Duduzile
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: Farm Management

description: Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master of Science Degree in Agricultural Economics in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension & Rural Development Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Science University of Pretoria SOUTH AFRICA. Advisers: Dr. M. N. Makhura
Isolation and identification of thrombin-inhibiting peptides derived from soybean protein
Creators: name: Xu, Ru
name: Huang, Yanbo
name: Hou, Yi
name: Hu, Song-Qing
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Hematology

description: The aim of this study was preparation of a soybean protein hydrolyzate with thrombin inhibitory activity and isolation, identification, and characterization of the active peptides from the hydrolyzate. In this study, a soybean protein hydrolyzate with the thrombin inhibiting IC50 value of 2.78 mg/mL was prepared under the improved pepsin hydrolysis condition, which exhibited the highest thrombin inhibitory activity in these soybean protein-derived hydrolyzates. A novel nonapeptide FFPDIPKIK with the IC50 value of 2.36 mM was screened from the hydrolyzate by in silico methods. The kinetic studies and molecular docking showed that the nonapeptide adopted a mixed-type mode to inhibit thrombin and bound with thrombin with several hydrogen bonds and hydrophobic interactions. The nonapeptide was partially digested using the in vitro digestion model, and its truncated peptides had comparable thrombin inhibitory activity. The results suggested that soybean protein hydrolyzate could be exploited as a functional food ingredient against coagulation.
EduINAF: la valutazione degli insegnanti 2022/2023
Creators: name: GIACOMINI, LIVIA
name: BOCCATO, Caterina
name: CASU, Silvia
name: FILIPPELLI, Gianluigi
name: LA BARBERA, ANTONINO
name: SANDRELLI, Stefano
name: BARBALINI, Laura
name: BARDELLI, Sandro
name: CASTELLANI, Marco
name: D'ALESSIO, Francesco
name: DARICELLO, Laura
name: DI GIACOMO, Federico
name: DURAS, FEDERICA
name: FALCO, MARIACHIARA
name: FULCO, Maria Teresa
name: MAGGIO, Antonio
name: MANTOVANI, Giulia
name: MIGNONE, CLAUDIA
name: PAIZIS, Adamantia
name: RICCIARDI, SARA
name: RIFATTO, Agatino
name: VARANO, Stefania
name: WOLTER, Anna Luisa Maria
name: ZANAZZI, Alessandra
Publisher: name: IAPS Roma
Year: 2024

description: Nell’anno 2022/2023, per conoscere l’opinione della classe docente sulle offerte EduINAF, si è deciso di realizzare un questionario di valutazione da proporre annualmente agli insegananti che leggono e utilizzano EduINAF, partecipando alle varie iniziative. In questo Report vengono riportati e analizzati i dati raccolti nel primo anno di questo monitoraggio.
Burgio_NSF_GRFP_2010_Application_w_Reviews.pdf
Creators: name: Burgio, Kevin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 60603 Animal Physiology - Systems
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 60201 Behavioural Ecology

description: My successful 2010 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program application with associated NSF reviews / feedback.
title: Az Ökoszisztéma alaptérkép erdőkategóriáinak mélyebb – 4. szintű – tematikus bontása
Creators: name: Agrárminisztérium
Publisher: name: Agrárminisztérium
Year: 2019

description: Magyarország Ökoszisztéma Alaptérképének elsődleges funkciója a hazai ökoszisztémák térbeli elterjedésének bemutatása, három szintes kategóriarendszerrel rendelkező, tematikus raszteres állomány formájában. Az Ökoszisztéma alaptérkép teljes térbeli lefedettséget biztosít az országra. Bár az agrár- és városi ökoszisztémák térképezése is cél volt, az elsődleges célterületeket a természetközelibb területek jelentették. Az alaptérkép elkészítésénél „alulról építkező” térképezési modell valósult meg, amely egyrészt a valós állapotot minél jobban tükröző, már meglévő tematikus adatbázisokra támaszkodik, másrészt a távérzékelés módszereire alapozva kiegészíti és pontosítja ezeket. Fontos szempont volt rendszeresen frissülő adatbázisok használata, így megteremtve a térkép aktualizálásának lehetőségét a későbbiekben. A bázisév 2015, de a felhasznált adatbázisok köre tartalmazza a 2017. évre vonatkozó Sentinel optikai és radar űrfelvételeket is. A módszertant megalapozó vizsgálatokat, majd magát a térképezést a természetvédelmi projekt konzorciumi partnereiként a Lechner Tudásközpont távérzékelési és térinformatikai osztályai (a Földmérési és Távérzékelési Intézet, FÖMI jogutódjaként), az Ökológiai Kutatóközpont Ökológiai és Botanikai Intézet (ÖK ÖBI) és az Agrártudományi Kutatóközpont Talajtani és Agrokémiai Intézet (ATK TAKI) munkatársai végezték az Agrárminisztérium Természetvédelmi Főosztálya (AM TMF) - mint projektkoordinátor - támogatásával és szakmai felügyeletével.
Additional file 1 of Ketogenic diet ameliorates lipid dysregulation in type 2 diabetic mice by downregulating hepatic pescadillo 1
Creators: name: Zhou, Jielin
name: Lu, Yao
name: Jia, Yajing
name: Lu, Jing
name: Jiang, Zhengxuan
name: Chen, Keyang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. Determination of cell viability. a Optimal time and concentration of β-HB treatment was determined based on the cell viability by CCK8 test, including concentration gradient (0, 0.25, 1, 2, 4 mM), treatment times (0, 12, 24, 48 h). b, c Protein levels of PES1 in hepatocytes were detected in different concentrations and times of β-HB treatment. Data were shown as mean ± SEM for each experiment performed independently 3 times. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001 compared with control (ANOVA, Student–Newman–Keuls q test). Figure S2. Hepatic Pes1 gene transcription in CKO mice was detected by qRT-PCR. Data were shown as mean ± SEM for each experiment performed independently 3 times. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001 compared with control (Student’s t test). Figure S3. KD enhanced the fatty acid β-oxidation in normal and diabetic mice. a, b The protein levels of hepatic CPT1 and HMGCS2 were detected by Immunoblotting. Values are means ± SEM for each experiment performed independently 3 times. SD (Standard diet), KD (Ketogenic diet). *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001 compared with control for C57BL/6J, #P < 0.05, ##P < 0.01, ###P < 0.001 compared with control for KKAy, +P < 0.05, ++P < 0.01, +++P < 0.001 compared with C57BL/6J (ANOVA, Student–Newman–Keuls q test). Figure S4. The ratios of β-HB levels in the C57BL/6J and KKAy mice fed with KD and SD. Values are means ± SEM for each experiment performed independently 3 times. SD (Standard diet), KD (Ketogenic diet).
Phytic acid, iron and zinc content in wheat ploidy levels and amphiploids: the impact of genotype and planting seasons
Creators: name: Sayedeh Saba Bilgrami
name: Saadollah Houshmand
name: Kadivar, Mahdi
name: Baratali Fakheri
name: Peiman Zandi
name: Shariati, Vahid
name: Razavi, Khadijeh
name: Elahe Tavakol
name: Nafiseh Mahdinezhad
name: Sichani, Jalal Sabouri
name: Saikat Kumar Basu
name: Możdżeń, Katarzyna
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Micronutrient deficiency is one of the most common and widespread nutritional issues. Among the factors mitigating the bioavailability of Zn (zinc) and Fe (iron), phytic acid plays a key role; therefore, in order to scrutinize genetic alterations ‎related to micronutrient and phytate contents, we examined the concentrations of zinc, iron, and phytic acid, as well as its mole ratio to ‎zinc in various wheat species grown in two planting seasons. The concentrations of phytic acid and its mole ratio to zinc were 0.61‒1.55 g kg−1 dry weight and 1.88‒4.17 for autumn, and 0.97‒2.02 g kg−1 dry weight and 2.10‒4.05 for spring planting. There was a significant discrepancy among wheat species; tritipyrum had the highest concentration of iron, phytic acid and its mole ratio to zinc, and T. monococcum and T. aestivum recorded reasonable zinc bioavailability. Correlation studies between grain phytic acid concentrations and other measured traits revealed various relationships, denoting an irrefutable impact of planting season and wheat ploidy levels on modification of wheat genotypes. The characters contributing more positively with principal component (PC) 1 were Zn and Fe under spring planting and Fe under autumn planting. Spike number per square meter, biological yield and grain yield in spring cultivation, and grain zinc concentration in autumn cultivation were positively correlated to principal component (PC) 2. Given that the concentration of Fe and Zn in all the studied genotypes is relatively high and due to the existence of other desirable agronomic traits, this study believes that it could possibly enhance the applicability of some of these genotypes for breeding purposes.
Report EduINAF anno 2022/2023
Creators: name: GIACOMINI, LIVIA
name: BOCCATO, Caterina
name: CASU, Silvia
name: FILIPPELLI, Gianluigi
name: LA BARBERA, ANTONINO
name: SANDRELLI, Stefano
name: BARBALINI, Laura
name: BARDELLI, Sandro
name: CASTELLANI, Marco
name: D'ALESSIO, Francesco
name: DARICELLO, Laura
name: DI GIACOMO, Federico
name: DURAS, FEDERICA
name: FALCO, MARIACHIARA
name: FULCO, Maria Teresa
name: MAGGIO, Antonio
name: MANTOVANI, Giulia
name: MIGNONE, CLAUDIA
name: PAIZIS, Adamantia
name: RICCIARDI, SARA
name: RIFATTO, Agatino
name: VARANO, Stefania
name: Wolter, Anna
name: ZANAZZI, Alessandra
Publisher: name: IAPS Roma
Year: 2024

description: Nel 2022/2023 (Settembre 2022-Agosto 2023), a conclusione dell’emergenza COVID, le attività scolastiche e le manifestazioni divulgative sono tornate a pieno regime in presenza in tutta Italia. Il 2022/2023 è stato anche il quarto anno di attività della testata online registrata EduINAF, il magazine di Didattica e Divulgazione dell’Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica. In questo periodo, EduINAF ha visto i propri lettori continuare ad aumentare e alcune delle iniziative nate negli anni passati diventare strutturali. Oltre a pubblicare risorse didattiche e contenuti informativi sul mondo della Didattica e Divulgazione della scienza, la redazione ha continuato a organizzare o a collaborare all’organizzazione di numerose iniziative a sostegno della scuola e della società, come le dirette osservative della Serie “Il Cielo in Salotto”, i concorsi per le scuole e altre campagne di engagement. In questo Report si presentano le attività EduINAF organizzate nell’anno, analizzando i risultati ottenuti in termini di audience, di comportamento e di gradimento del pubblico, con l’obiettivo di tracciare delle linee guida per la programmazione del prossimo anno scolastico.
title: Belterületi vegetációval fedett területek
Creators: name: Agrárminisztérium
Publisher: name: Agrárminisztérium
Year: 2019

description: Magyarország Ökoszisztéma Alaptérképének elsődleges funkciója a hazai ökoszisztémák térbeli elterjedésének bemutatása, három szintes kategóriarendszerrel rendelkező, tematikus raszteres állomány formájában. Az Ökoszisztéma alaptérkép teljes térbeli lefedettséget biztosít az országra. Bár az agrár- és városi ökoszisztémák térképezése is cél volt, az elsődleges célterületeket a természetközelibb területek jelentették. Az alaptérkép elkészítésénél „alulról építkező” térképezési modell valósult meg, amely egyrészt a valós állapotot minél jobban tükröző, már meglévő tematikus adatbázisokra támaszkodik, másrészt a távérzékelés módszereire alapozva kiegészíti és pontosítja ezeket. Fontos szempont volt rendszeresen frissülő adatbázisok használata, így megteremtve a térkép aktualizálásának lehetőségét a későbbiekben. A bázisév 2015, de a felhasznált adatbázisok köre tartalmazza a 2017. évre vonatkozó Sentinel optikai és radar űrfelvételeket is. A módszertant megalapozó vizsgálatokat, majd magát a térképezést a természetvédelmi projekt konzorciumi partnereiként a Lechner Tudásközpont távérzékelési és térinformatikai osztályai (a Földmérési és Távérzékelési Intézet, FÖMI jogutódjaként), az Ökológiai Kutatóközpont Ökológiai és Botanikai Intézet (ÖK ÖBI) és az Agrártudományi Kutatóközpont Talajtani és Agrokémiai Intézet (ATK TAKI) munkatársai végezték az Agrárminisztérium Természetvédelmi Főosztálya (AM TMF) - mint projektkoordinátor - támogatásával és szakmai felügyeletével.
Differential vulnerability of hippocampal CA3-CA1 synapses to Aβ
Creators: name: Shipton, Olivia A
name: Tang, Clara S
name: Paulsen, Ole
name: Vargas-Caballero, Mariana
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2022
Subjects: Research
Alzheimer’s disease
Synapse
Tau
Asymmetry
Hippocampus
Optogenetics

description: Abstract: Amyloid-beta (Aβ) and tau protein are both involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease. Aβ produces synaptic deficits in wild-type mice that are not seen in Mapt−/− mice, suggesting that tau protein is required for these effects of Aβ. However, whether some synapses are more selectively affected and what factors may determine synaptic vulnerability to Aβ are poorly understood. Here we first observed that burst timing-dependent long-term potentiation (b-LTP) in hippocampal CA3-CA1 synapses, which requires GluN2B subunit-containing NMDA receptors (NMDARs), was inhibited by human Aβ1–42 (hAβ) in wild-type (WT) mice, but not in tau-knockout (Mapt−/−) mice. We then tested whether NMDAR currents were affected by hAβ; we found that hAβ reduced the postsynaptic NMDAR current in WT mice but not in Mapt−/− mice, while the NMDAR current was reduced to a similar extent by the GluN2B-selective NMDAR antagonist Ro 25–6981. To further investigate a possible difference in GluN2B-containing NMDARs in Mapt−/− mice, we used optogenetics to compare NMDAR/AMPAR ratio of EPSCs in CA1 synapses with input from left vs right CA3. It was previously reported in WT mice that hippocampal synapses in CA1 that receive input from the left CA3 display a higher NMDAR charge transfer and a higher Ro-sensitivity than synapses in CA1 that receive input from the right CA3. Here we observed the same pattern in Mapt−/− mice, thus differential NMDAR subunit expression does not explain the difference in hAβ effect on LTP. Finally, we asked whether synapses with left vs right CA3 input are differentially affected by hAβ in WT mice. We found that NMDAR current in synapses with input from the left CA3 were reduced while synapses with input from the right CA3 were unaffected by acute hAβ exposure. These results suggest that hippocampal CA3-CA1 synapses with presynaptic axon originating in the left CA3 are selectively vulnerable to Aβ and that a genetic knock out of tau protein protects them from Aβ synaptotoxicity.
title: Fa és cserje elkülönítés fedvénye
Creators: name: Agrárminisztérium
Publisher: name: Agrárminisztérium
Year: 2019

description: Magyarország Ökoszisztéma Alaptérképének elsődleges funkciója a hazai ökoszisztémák térbeli elterjedésének bemutatása, három szintes kategóriarendszerrel rendelkező, tematikus raszteres állomány formájában. Az Ökoszisztéma alaptérkép teljes térbeli lefedettséget biztosít az országra. Bár az agrár- és városi ökoszisztémák térképezése is cél volt, az elsődleges célterületeket a természetközelibb területek jelentették. Az alaptérkép elkészítésénél „alulról építkező” térképezési modell valósult meg, amely egyrészt a valós állapotot minél jobban tükröző, már meglévő tematikus adatbázisokra támaszkodik, másrészt a távérzékelés módszereire alapozva kiegészíti és pontosítja ezeket. Fontos szempont volt rendszeresen frissülő adatbázisok használata, így megteremtve a térkép aktualizálásának lehetőségét a későbbiekben. A bázisév 2015, de a felhasznált adatbázisok köre tartalmazza a 2017. évre vonatkozó Sentinel optikai és radar űrfelvételeket is. A módszertant megalapozó vizsgálatokat, majd magát a térképezést a természetvédelmi projekt konzorciumi partnereiként a Lechner Tudásközpont távérzékelési és térinformatikai osztályai (a Földmérési és Távérzékelési Intézet, FÖMI jogutódjaként), az Ökológiai Kutatóközpont Ökológiai és Botanikai Intézet (ÖK ÖBI) és az Agrártudományi Kutatóközpont Talajtani és Agrokémiai Intézet (ATK TAKI) munkatársai végezték az Agrárminisztérium Természetvédelmi Főosztálya (AM TMF) - mint projektkoordinátor - támogatásával és szakmai felügyeletével.
title: Szikes tavak fedvénye
Creators: name: Agrárminisztérium
Publisher: name: Agrárminisztérium
Year: 2019

description: Magyarország Ökoszisztéma Alaptérképének elsődleges funkciója a hazai ökoszisztémák térbeli elterjedésének bemutatása, három szintes kategóriarendszerrel rendelkező, tematikus raszteres állomány formájában. Az Ökoszisztéma alaptérkép teljes térbeli lefedettséget biztosít az országra. Bár az agrár- és városi ökoszisztémák térképezése is cél volt, az elsődleges célterületeket a természetközelibb területek jelentették. Az alaptérkép elkészítésénél „alulról építkező” térképezési modell valósult meg, amely egyrészt a valós állapotot minél jobban tükröző, már meglévő tematikus adatbázisokra támaszkodik, másrészt a távérzékelés módszereire alapozva kiegészíti és pontosítja ezeket. Fontos szempont volt rendszeresen frissülő adatbázisok használata, így megteremtve a térkép aktualizálásának lehetőségét a későbbiekben. A bázisév 2015, de a felhasznált adatbázisok köre tartalmazza a 2017. évre vonatkozó Sentinel optikai és radar űrfelvételeket is. A módszertant megalapozó vizsgálatokat, majd magát a térképezést a természetvédelmi projekt konzorciumi partnereiként a Lechner Tudásközpont távérzékelési és térinformatikai osztályai (a Földmérési és Távérzékelési Intézet, FÖMI jogutódjaként), az Ökológiai Kutatóközpont Ökológiai és Botanikai Intézet (ÖK ÖBI) és az Agrártudományi Kutatóközpont Talajtani és Agrokémiai Intézet (ATK TAKI) munkatársai végezték az Agrárminisztérium Természetvédelmi Főosztálya (AM TMF) - mint projektkoordinátor - támogatásával és szakmai felügyeletével.
Immigration and support for redistribution: survey experiments in three European countries
Creators: name: Naumann, Elias
name: Stoetzer, Lukas F.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: In times of increasing globalisation scholars put considerable efforts into understanding the consequences of immigration to the welfare state. One important factor in this respect is public support for the welfare state and redistribution. This article presents results from a unique survey experiment and a panel study in three European countries (Norway, Germany and the Netherlands) in order to examine whether and how individuals change their preference for redistribution when faced with immigration. Theoretically, citizens with high incomes should be especially likely to withdraw their support for redistribution because they fear the increased fiscal burden, whereas other types of citizens might ask for more compensation for the increased labour market risks caused by immigration. The empirical evidence reveals that only respondents with high incomes and those who face low labour market competition withdraw support for redistribution when faced with immigration.