cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Chemical characteristics of the products of the complexation reaction between copper(II) and a tetra-aza macrocycle in the presence of chloride ions
Creators: name: Lincoln, Kimberly M.
name: Netzahualcóyotl Arroyo-Currás
name: Johnston, Hannah M.
name: Hayden, Travis D.
name: Pierce, Brad S.
name: Nattamai Bhuvanesh
name: Green, Kayla N.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: The reaction of copper(II) perchlorate with the hydrochloride salt of 3,6,9,15-tetra-azabicyclo[9.3.1]penta-deca-1,11,13-triene (L1) in acetonitrile forms two macrocyclic complexes that can be characterized: [L1CuIICl][ClO4] (1) and [L1CuIICl]2[CuCl4] (2). The structural, electronic, and redox properties of these complexes were studied using spectroscopy (EPR and UV–visible) and electrochemistry. In addition, the solid-state structure of 1 was obtained using X-ray diffraction. The copper(II) is five-coordinate ligated by four N-atoms of the macrocycle and a chloride atom. EPR studies of 1 both in DMF and aqueous solution indicate the presence of a single copper(II) species. In contrast, EPR studies of 2 performed in frozen DMF and in the solid-state reveal the presence of two spectroscopically distinct copper(II) complexes assigned as [L1CuIICl]+ and [CuIICl4]2−. Lastly, electrochemical studies demonstrate that both [L1CuIICl]+ and [CuIICl4]2− are redox active. Specifically, the [L1CuIICl]+ undergoes a quasi-reversible Cu(II)/(I) redox reaction in the absence of excess chloride. In the presence of chloride, however, the chemical irreversibility of this couple becomes evident at concentrations of chloride that exceed 50 mM. As a result, the presence of chloride from the chemical equilibrium of this latter species impedes the reversibility of the reduction of [L1CuIICl]+ to [L1CuICl]0.
Pictorial language: a bridge to meaningful conversation between grandparent and adolescent grandchildren
Creators: name: Mayasari, Angeline
name: Pedell, Sonja
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The relationship between grandparents and adolescent grandchildren (GP-AGC) dyads is not always seen as such a significant one in families (Dunifon and Bajracharya 2012). Attar-Schwartz (2009) argue that although often peripheral, it nevertheless can hold an important role, especially if grandchildren are, for example, living in a single parent family and/or experiencing personal issues. By having time to listen to grandchildren and sharing their life experience, grandparents can often take on the vital roles of confidante and mentor. However, the dynamic of family relationship and also the mobility of family means that opportunities to connect between dyads can be limited (Brown 2003; Attar-Schwartz, Tan, and Buchanan 2009). Studies have shown that standard modes of communication in these situation (contact via telephone and email) are often limited and challenging for grandparents who spend little time with their grandchildren, especially to be able to initiate engaging conversations with their adolescent grandchildren (Boettcher 2006; Davis et al. 2008). The lack of context in their conversation tends to make telephone contact short and feel remote, while contact via email feels less personal. Hiltz (1994) argues the lack of nonverbal gestures can limit the transfer of communicators’ perceptions, standardising social interaction and reducing social context in communication. As a solution to this, some scholars (e.g Derks et al. 2008) have suggested the nonverbal cues in lean CMC has the potential to offer greater emotional content in communications. Thus sets out the direction of this research.
Electron transfer with myoglobin in free and strongly confined regimes: Disclosing diverse mechanistic role of the Fe-coordinated water by temperature- and pressure-assisted voltammetric studies
Creators: name: Dolidze, Tinatin D.
name: Shushanyan, Mikhael
name: Khoshtariya, Dimitri E.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Computational Biology
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: The naturally occurring electron transfer (ET) event for myoglobin (Mb) can be mimicked through its functionalization at diversely modified metal platforms to allow for the electron exchange either in freely diffusing or immobilized regimes. In this work, horse muscle Mb was involved in the electron exchange with Au electrodes modified by dissimilar, thin or thick alkanethiol SAMs, terminated either by uni-component (–OH) or 1:1 mixed (–OH/–COOH) functional (externally exposed) entities, respectively. The systematic, temperature- and pressure-supported cyclic voltammetry studies perfectly confirmed certainty of two kinds of ET patterns for Mb, embodying: (a) different operational kinetic regimes (including protein’s freely diffusing and strongly confined motifs) and (b) different intrinsic physical mechanisms (including dynamically controlled and non-adiabatic modes). Our analysis of obtained and published data for Mb and the reference redox-active protein, cytochrome c, specified further the central mechanistic role of the Fe-(heme-)coordinated water whose displacement is directly coupled to ET, and can be, in turn, controlled by the conformational organization and intrinsic fluctuational mobility of the Mb macromolecule.
title: The evolutionary ecology of an insect-bacterial mutualism
Creators: name: Corbin, C
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2018

description: Heritable bacterial endosymbionts are responsible for much phenotypic diversity in insects. Mutualists drive large-scale processes such as niche invasion, speciation and mass resistance to natural enemies. However, to persist, mutualists need to be able to transmit with high fidelity from one generation to the next, to be able to express their beneficial phenotypes, and for the benefits they grant the host to outweigh their costs. The effect of ecologically-relevant environmental temperature variations upon transmission and phenotype is a poorly understood area of endosymbiont biology, as is how the symbiont’s cost varies under ecological stress. In this thesis, I examined these parameters for Spiroplasma strain hy1, a defensive mutualist which protects the cosmopolitan, temperate fruit fly Drosophila hydei from attack by a parasitoid wasp. I detected Spiroplasma hy1 in D. hydei individuals from the south of the U.K. The bacterium is at low prevalence compared to hy1 in other localities such as North America and Japan, but its presence in this temperate region conflicts with past studies indicating high sensitivity to low temperatures. I first demonstrate that the vertical transmission of Spiroplasma hy1 is more robust to the cool temperatures typical of temperate breeding seasons than previously considered, with transmission in a ‘permissive passage’ experiment occurring at high fidelity for two generations at a constant 18°C and in an alternating 18/15°C condition. Secondly, I demonstrate that the expression of the defensive phenotype is considerably more sensitive to cool temperatures than transmission. Spiroplasma hy1 protection ceases at 18°C, suggesting that for much of the D. hydei breeding season in areas such as the U.K., hy1 may be selectively neutral in many fly individuals. Finally, I show that hy1 has an unusually low standing cost to its host under starvation stress, contrasting with findings for the related MSRO strain in D. melanogaster. Measures of active cost – the fate of survivors of attack – were unclear. These results indicate that sensitivity to cold temperatures could account for hy1’s low U.K. prevalence. Small amounts of segregational loss could partially counteract selection upon natural enemy resistance, and loss of phenotypic expression at 18°C almost certainly causes hy1 to be neutral at best for parts of early summer and autumn. Future work should investigate the effects of different temperature on costs of symbiont carriage, and whether cool temperatures could push hy1 from mutualism and neutral commensalism to parasitism, as well as investigate how nuclear-mediated anti-wasp protection might interact and compete with hy1-mediated protection.
Relative stabilities and the spectral signatures of stacked and hydrogen-bonded dimers of serotonin
Creators: name: S. Dev
name: K. Giri
name: M. Majumder
name: N. Sathyamurthy
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: The O–H⋅⋅⋅N hydrogen-bonded dimer of serotonin is shown to be more stable than the stacked dimer in its ground electronic state, by using the Møller–Plesset second-order perturbation theory (MP2) and the 6–31g** basis set. The vertical excitation energy for the lowest π → π* transition for the monomer as well as the dimer is predicted by time-dependent density functional theory. The experimentally observed red shift of excitation wavelength on oligomerisation is explained in terms of the change in the HOMO–LUMO energy gap due to complex formation. The impact of dimer formation on the proton magnetic resonance spectrum of serotonin monomer is also examined.
ESTIMATION OF ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT FOR PARDIS CITIZENS OF IRAN
Creators: name: Rokhshad Hejazi, Zahra Haji Ghorbani Doulabi
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2019
Subjects: Human footprint
Environmental valuation
Sustainable Development
Ecological footprint method
Tehran
bio capacity
Pardis City.

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 10, 5, 743-752
Chemical Characteristics of the Products of the Complexation Reaction Between Copper(II) and a Tetra-aza Macrocycle in the Presence of Chloride Ions
Creators: name: Lincoln, Kimberly M.
name: Netzahualcóyotl Arroyo-Currás
name: Johnston, Hannah M.
name: Hayden, Travis D.
name: Pierce, Brad S.
name: Nattamai Bhuvanesh
name: Green, Kayla N.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: The reaction of copper(II) perchlorate with the hydrochloride salt of 3,6,9,15-tetra-azabicyclo[9.3.1]penta-deca-1,11,13-triene (L1) in acetonitrile forms two macrocyclic complexes that can be characterized; [L1CuIICl][ClO4] (1) and [L1CuIICl]2[CuCl4] (2). The structural, electronic and redox properties of these complexes were studied using spectroscopy (EPR and UV-visible), and electrochemistry. In addition the solid state structure of 1 was obtained using X-ray diffraction. The copper(II) is five-coordinate; ligated by four N-atoms of the macrocycle and a chloride atom. EPR studies of 1 both DMF and aqueous solution indicate the presence of a single copper(II) species. In contrast, EPR studies of 2 performed in frozen DMF and in the solid-state reveal the presence of two spectroscopically distinct copper(II) complexes assigned as [L1CuIICl]+ and [CuIICl4]2-. Lastly, electrochemical studies demonstrate that both [L1CuIICl]+ and [CuIICl4]2- are redox active. Specifically, the [L1CuIICl]+ undergoes a quasi-reversible Cu(II)/(I) redox reaction in the absence of excess chloride. In the presence of chloride, however, the chemical irreversibility of this couple becomes evident at concentrations of chloride that exceed 50 mM. As a result, the presence of chloride from the chemical equilibrium of this latter species impedes the reversibility of the reduction of [L1CuIICl]+ to [L1CuICl]0.
A control chart for monitoring images using jump location curves
Creators: name: Roy, Anik
name: Mukherjee, Partha Sarathi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biochemistry
Space Science
Medicine
Cell Biology
Biotechnology
Science Policy
Information Systems not elsewhere classified

description: Image monitoring is a relatively new research area in statistics and machine learning that has wide applications in various fields including medical diagnostics and subsequently disease monitoring, satellite imaging, security systems, and so forth. In the literature, a vast majority of the methods use image intensity changes to detect out of control images. However, this approach is often unreasonable in many real-life applications where a change in contrast between the background and foreground of an image should not indicate an out of control image as long as the boundaries of the image objects remain unchanged. In this article, we propose a Shewhart-type control chart to monitor grayscale images using detected edges of the images. The central idea is to monitor the Hausdorff distance between the point-set of detected edge pixels in each image from the corresponding point-set of the estimated true in-control image. The proposed monitoring procedure should be easy to execute many real-life applications. Numerical studies show that it performs well in various types of situations in comparison with a number of competing methods.
Relative stabilities and the spectral signatures of stacked and hydrogen-bonded dimers of serotonin
Creators: name: S. Dev
name: K. Giri
name: M. Majumder
name: N. Sathyamurthy
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: The O–H⋅⋅⋅N hydrogen-bonded dimer of serotonin is shown to be more stable than the stacked dimer in its ground electronic state, by using the Møller–Plesset second-order perturbation theory (MP2) and the 6–31g** basis set. The vertical excitation energy for the lowest π → π* transition for the monomer as well as the dimer is predicted by time-dependent density functional theory. The experimentally observed red shift of excitation wavelength on oligomerisation is explained in terms of the change in the HOMO–LUMO energy gap due to complex formation. The impact of dimer formation on the proton magnetic resonance spectrum of serotonin monomer is also examined.
Evaluation of EPIC oxygen bands stability with radiative transfer simulations over the South Pole
Creators: name: Zhou, Yaping
name: Zhai, Peng-Wang
name: Yang, Yuekui
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2023
Subjects: Remote sensing
Calibration
DSCOVR
EPIC
Radiative transfer model simulation
South Pole

description: The Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) onboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite orbiting the Sun at the Lagrange-1 point was launched without onboard calibration systems. Vicarious calibration is conducted for 8 of the 10 UV/VIS/NIR channels using other low earth orbiting satellite instruments, while its two O₂ bands (688 nm and 764 nm) rely on indirect moon-view calibrations because the same narrow-band O₂ bands are not readily available from other in-flight instruments. This study compares EPIC measurements from the four O₂ bands aiming at examining sensor stability over a uniquely suited location, i.e., the permanently snow-covered South Pole. The study utilizes radiative transfer model simulations with in-situ atmospheric soundings taken at South Pole during months of December and January from 2015 to 2022. The absolute discrepancy between the model simulations and observations is less than 1.0% for the two reference bands, but 5.75% and 15.63% for the 688 nm, and 764 nm absorption bands, respectively. The simulated A-band and B-band ratios are 16.09% and 4.74% higher than that from the observations. Various sensitivities are conducted to estimate possible contributions to the discrepancies from input atmospheric profiles, spectral surface albedos and surface BRDF. While none of the input uncertainties is likely to account for the large discrepancies in the oxygen absorption bands, a small shift in the instrument response function could be the main reason for these biases. On the other hand, the model simulations are able to capture systematic variations with observed angular measurements and explain the multi-year trends found in observed O₂ band ratios due to satellite orbit shifting. When model simulated contributions from the angle variations are deducted from the observed O₂ band ratios, the residual O₂ band ratios are found to be stable since 2015.
The star formation histories of fossil group galaxies
Creators: name: De La Rosa, Ignacio G.
name: Proctor, Robert N.
name: de Oliveira, Claudia Mendes
name: Forbes, Duncan
name: Fernandes, Roberto Cid
name: Mateus, Abilio
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: A comparison is carried out among the star formation histories of the early-type galaxies (ETGs) in fossil groups, clusters and low density environments. Although they show similar evolutionary histories, a significant fraction of the fossils are younger than their counterparts, suggesting that they can be precursors of the isolated ETG galaxies.
Probing the 2D kinematic structure of early-type galaxies out to three effective radii
Creators: name: Proctor, Robert N.
name: Forbes, Duncan
name: Romanowsky, Aaron J.
name: Brodie, Jean
name: Strader, Jay
name: Spolaor, Max
name: Mendel, J. Trevor
name: Spitler, Lee R.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We detail an innovative new technique for measuring the two-dimensional (2D) velocity moments (rotation velocity, velocity dispersion and Gaussâ-Hermite coefficients h3 and h4) of the stellar populations of galaxy haloes using spectra from Keck DEIMOS (Deep Imaging Multi-Object Spectrograph) multi-object spectroscopic observations. The data are used to reconstruct 2D rotation velocity maps. Here we present data for five nearby early-type galaxies to ~three effective radii. We provide significant insights into the global kinematic structure of these galaxies, and challenge the accepted morphological classification in several cases. We show that between one and three effective radii the velocity dispersion declines very slowly, if at all, in all five galaxies. For the two galaxies with velocity dispersion profiles available from planetary nebulae data we find very good agreement with our stellar profiles. We find a variety of rotation profiles beyond one effective radius, i.e. rotation speed remaining constant, decreasing and increasing with radius. These results are of particular importance to studies which attempt to classify galaxies by their kinematic structure within one effective radius, such as the recent definition of fast- and slow-rotator classes by the Spectrographic Areal Unit for Research on Optical Nebulae project. Our data suggest that the rotator class may change when larger galactocentric radii are probed. This has important implications for dynamical modelling of early-type galaxies. The data from this study are available on-line.
Gaming Capital on Overwatch's Official Forums
Creators: name: Korkeila, Henry
name: Dashiell, Steven
name: Harviainen, J. Tuomas
Publisher: name: Sage
Year: 2023

description: This study uses the public discussion boards of Overwatch to see how context-based gaming capital is present, accumulated and expended through the messages. The data consists of a 1-month snapshot from which 50 most viewed threads were analyzed. The following aspects were recorded from each thread and first 10 replies: views, number of comments, users’ role in forums, has the developer replied to thread, topic, date, whether there are types of capital (social, economic, cultural, symbolic) present, and in what linguistic form is the message posted. Findings: while discussions are within Overwatch's framework, there is scarcely any demonstrable amount of gaming capital in a single post or reply. Certain topics elicited more discussion, articulation methods varied but greatly leaned on the user's anecdotal experiences. Further, it was found that gaming capital is used to validate users’ own views and argument for the credibility of the user and their messages.
title: Implementing FAIR Workflows – Enabling Researchers to Connect Outputs to maDMPs
Creators: name: Praetzellis, Maria
name: Riley, Brian
Publisher: name: DataCite
Year: 2023

description: Implementing FAIR Workflows: A Proof of Concept Study in the Field of Consciousness is a 3-year project funded by the Templeton World Charity Foundation. In this project, DataCite works with a number of partners on providing an exemplar workflow that researchers can use to implement FAIR practices throughout their research lifecycle. In this blog series, the different project participants share perspectives on FAIR practices and recommendations.

In this latest post, Maria Praetzellis and Brian Riley at California Digital Library (CDL), a project partner organization committed to implementing enhanced output reporting workflows on DMPTool, share their implementation experience. DMPTool is a free, open-source, online application that helps researchers create data management plans (DMPs).
AUSTRALIAN PATENT: A SYSTEM AND METHOD OF REPRESENTING HEALTH DATA
Creators: name: Ananth, Christo
name: D.R. Denslin Brabin
name: P NARASIMMAN
name: K Niha
name: SUBBU LAKSHMI, T.C.
name: R Muthulakshmi
name: Stalin Jacob
name: Rosita, Jenifer Darling
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Health Data,Australian Patent,Health Sciences,Christo Ananth,www.christoananth.com

description: Christo Ananth et al. brought out an invention which discloses a system and method of representing health data of a patient. The invention comprises of a device 100 including a display module 102, a three dimensional sensor camera 101, a processor 107, a temperature sensor, a plurality of modules configured in the device including a template module 103, a healthcare provider module 104, a patient module 105, a processor 107, a server 108 connected to the device 100. The three dimensional sensor camera 101 is configured for capturing a three dimensional image of the patient, the template module 103 is configured for storing three dimensional graphical anatomical templates, the healthcare provider module 104 is configured for providing access to a healthcare provider and the patient module 105 is configured for providing access to a patient.
title: An experimental investigation of drop impact phenomena with complex fluids on heated and soft surfaces
Creators: name: Chen, S
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2017

description: The present thesis is the result of a four year experimental research, which aims at studying the impact of non-Newtonian droplets (i.e., droplets of complex fluids such as polymer solutions) on heated surfaces (i.e., surfaces with a temperature above the Leidenfrost point) and soft surfaces (i.e., surfaces that undergo temporary or permanent deformations upon drop impact) through high-speed imaging. In the first year we focused on the Leidenfrost drop impact of different model fluids with matching flow curves. We demonstrate that the total kinetic energy carried by low-viscosity Newtonian drops during retraction is partly transformed into rotational kinetic energy rather than dissipated (published on Physical Review E, 2016). In the second year we extended the Leidenfrost drop impact experiment to viscoplastic fluids. The results show that the main contribution to drop rebound is due to surface forces rather than the elasticity of vapour cushion (published on Soft Matter, 2016). A systematic investigation on the impact of viscoplastic drops onto viscoplastic substrates was carried out in the third year. It is shown that the yield stress magnitude of drop/substrate strongly affects the final shape of the impacting drop (published on Soft Matter, 2017). The fourth year was devoted to the drop impact on spherical elastic surfaces. The dynamic contact angle measured using a novel digital image processing scheme is found to be significantly affected by the impact parameters and a quantitative estimation of the deformation energy is proposed (published on Physics of Fluids, 2017).
Metallicity gradients at large galactocentric radii using the near-infrared Calcium triplet
Creators: name: Foster, Caroline
name: Proctor, Robert N.
name: Forbes, Duncan
name: Spolaor, Max
name: Hopkins, Philip F.
name: Brodie, Jean
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We describe a new spectroscopic technique for measuring radial metallicity gradients out to large galactocentric radii. We use the DEep Imaging Multi-Object Spectrograph (DEIMOS) on the Keck telescope and the galaxy spectrum extraction technique of Proctor et al. We also make use of the metallicity sensitive near-infrared Calcium ii triplet (CaT) features together with single stellar population models to obtain metallicities. Our technique is applied as a pilot study to a sample of three relatively nearby (â‰¤30 Mpc) intermediate-mass to massive early-type galaxies. Results are compared with previous literature inner region values and generally show good agreement. We also include a comparison with profiles from dissipational discâ-disc major merger simulations. Based on our new extended metallicity gradients combined with other observational evidence and theoretical predictions, we discuss possible formation scenarios for the galaxies in our sample. The limitations of our new technique are also discussed.
Semantics based buffer reduction for queries over XML data streams
Creators: name: Yang, Chi
name: Liu, Chengfei
name: Li, Jianxin
name: Yu, Jeffrey Xu
name: Wang, Junhu
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: With respect to current methods for query evaluation over XML data streams, adoption of certain types of buffering techniques is unavoidable. Under lots of circumstances, the buffer scale may increase exponentially, which can cause memory bottleneck. Some optimization techniques have been proposed to solve the problem. However, the limit of these techniques has been defined by a concurrency lower bound and been theoretically proved. In this paper, we show through an empirical study that this lower bound can be broken by taking semantic information into account for buffer reduction. To demonstrate this, we build a SAX-based XML stream query evaluation system and design an algorithm that consumes buffers in line with the concurrency lower bound. After a further analysis of the lower bound, we design several semantic rules for the purpose of breaking the lower bound and incorporate these rules in the lower bound algorithm. Experiments are conducted to show that the algorithms deploying semantic rules individually and collectively all significantly outperform the lower bound algorithm that does not consider semantic information.
Assessing departmental readiness to support minoritized faculty
Creators: name: Carter-Veale, Wendy Y.
name: Cresiski, Robin H.
name: Sharp, Gwen
name: Lankford, Jordan D.
name: Ugarte, Fadel
Publisher: name: Wiley
Year: 2024

description: Though increasing numbers of racially and ethnically minoritized (REM) individuals earn PhDs and national initiatives focus on faculty diversity, challenges persist in recruiting, hiring, and retaining REM faculty. While a pervasive issue nationally, the literature predominantly focuses on faculty diversity at research-intensive institutions. This exploratory case study pilots a readiness instrument to evaluate the commitment and willingness of a biomedical department at a primarily undergraduate institution to embrace faculty diversity before initiating a postdoctoral faculty conversion program. We introduce the Community Readiness Model (CRM) into an academic context, offering academic departments a robust framework and tool to evaluate readiness and capacity to recruit, retain, and support REM faculty. Practical Takeaways Academic departments can be conceived of as a type of community. The adapted Department Readiness Tool can be a valuable method of evaluating a department's readiness to support the success of underrepresented minority faculty. Departments may score highly on some areas of readiness but relatively low on others, which provides insight into where time and resources should be invested to improve readiness.
Resource allocation vs. business process improvement: How they impact on each other
Creators: name: Xu, Jiajie
name: Liu, Chengfei
name: Zhao, Xiaohui
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Resource management has been recognised as an important topic for the execution of business processes since long time ago. Yet, most exiting works on resource allocation have not paid enough attentions to process characteristics, such as structural and task dependencies. Furthermore, no effort has been made on optimising resource allocation by improving business processes. To address this issue, we propose an approach that optimises the use of resources in an enterprise by exploring the structural features of a business process and adapting the structures of the business process to better fit the resources available in the enterprise. After a motivating example, we describe a role-based business process model for resource allocation. Then we present strategies for resource allocation optimisation and discuss the relationship between resource allocation and business process improvement. A set of heuristic rules are discussed and algorithms based on these rules are designed for optimising resource allocation with a particular optimisation goal.
System performance of a TDM test-bed with long flex harness towards the new X-IFU FPA-DM
Creators: name: Vaccaro, D.
name: De Wit, M.
name: Van Der Kuur, J.
name: Gottardi, L.
name: Ravensberg, K.
name: Taralli, E.
name: Adams, J.
name: Bandler, S. R.
name: Chervenak, J. A.
name: Doriese, W. B.
name: Durkin, M.
name: Reintsema, C.
name: Sakai, Kazuhiro
name: Smith, S. J.
name: Wakeham, Nicholas
name: Jackson, B.
name: Khosropanah, P.
name: Gao, J. R.
name: Herder, J. W. A. Den
name: Roelfsema, P.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

description: SRON (Netherlands Institute for Space Research) is developing the Focal Plane Assembly (FPA) for Athena X-IFU, whose Demonstration Model (DM) will use for the first time a time domain multiplexing (TDM)-based readout system for the on-board transition-edge sensors (TES). We report on the characterization activities on a TDM setup provided by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) and tested in SRON cryogenic test facilities. The goal of these activities is to study the impact of the longer harness, closer to X-IFU specs, in a different EMI environment and switching from a single-ended to a differential readout scheme. In this contribution we describe the advancement in the debugging of the system in the SRON cryostat, which led to the demonstration of the nominal spectral performance of 2.8 eV at 5.9~keV with 16-row multiplexing, as well as an outlook for the future endeavours for the TDM readout integration on X-IFU's FPA-DM at SRON.
title: Inter-professional Intra-clinic knowledge sharing and management as means to increased intra-clinic patient referrals
Creators: name: Bøsterud, M
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2017

description: The thesis explores knowledge sharing and patient referrals in a Norwegian multi-professional health services clinic. The clinic includes the professions of chiropractic, acupuncture, physiotherapy, osteopathy and massage therapy, and contains low levels of intra-clinic inter-professional patient referrals among the therapists. The aim of the research project was to investigate whether increased inter-actor professional knowledge sharing among the clinic therapists would lead to augmented levels of intra-clinic inter-professional patient referral rates. The research aims were mainly explored within the academic realm of knowledge management and social identity theory. The research project engaged all the involved therapists in the clinic, and comprised several practical interventions in the organisation, including one-to-one interviews and group sessions. The project represents an initial part of an ongoing organisational process, where the iterative aspects of action learning is practised by way of continued interventions and management initiatives. The research evidenced that the organisation contained several barriers to knowledge sharing, and that these were connected to perceptions of group identity and belonging, partially delineated along conventional professional demarcations. The research further revealed several useful means to enhance knowledge sharing among the therapists in the form of knowledge artefacts, which contributed to enhanced sense of group belonging among the partakers, furthering their knowledge sharing impulse. It was further demonstrated that the enhanced knowledge sharing that resulted from the organisational interventions and new sense of group belonging led to augmented levels of intra-clinic inter-professional patient referrals. The research will inform future practice by way of instigating future knowledge sharing initiatives in the health clinic. Key words: Appreciative inquiry; knowledge management; social identity theory; knowledge artefacts.
The Martian Ionospheric Response to the Co-Rotating Interaction Region That Caused the Disappearing Solar Wind Event at Mars
Creators: name: Shaver, S. R.
name: Solt, L.
name: Andersson, L.
name: Halekas, J.
name: Jian, L.
name: Da Silva, Daniel
name: Jolitz, R.
name: Malaspina, D.
name: Fowler, C. M.
name: Ramstad, R.
name: Lillis, R.
name: Xu, S.
name: Azari, A. R.
name: Mazelle, C.
name: Rahmati, A.
name: Lee, C. O.
name: Hesse, T.
name: Hamil, O.
name: Pilinski, M.
name: Brain, D.
name: Garnier, P.
name: Cravens, T. E.
name: McFadden, J. P.
name: Hanley, K. G.
name: Mitchell, D. L.
name: Espley, J. R.
name: Gruesbeck, J. R.
name: Larson, D.
name: Curry, S.
Publisher: name: AGU
Year: 2024
Subjects: corotating interaction region
disappearing solar wind
ion composition boundary
ionosphere
Mars
martian upper atmosphere

description: An unusually low density solar wind event was observed in December 2022 moving past both Earth and Mars. The source was traced back to a coronal hole and active region on the Sun's surface. The resulting solar wind lead to the development of a co-rotating interaction region (CIR) and trailing rarefaction region that lasted for multiple solar rotations. Within this structure, the solar wind conditions, including density, velocity, and magnetic field magnitude and orientation drastically changed. In this study we analyze the response of the Martian ionosphere using MAVEN data to these changing solar wind conditions. The low density solar wind region associated with the December event resulted in the expansion of the Martian ionospheric boundaries. We show that the ion composition boundary (ICB) is located at extreme altitudes that are beyond previously observed locations from the MAVEN mission between 2015 and 2018. Furthermore, the boundary between shocked solar wind and the Martian ionosphere identified using electron and ion data moved together on the dayside of the planet with the changing solar wind conditions. However, at the flank region these boundaries do not move together, and we show here that the decoupling of the two boundaries may be the result of a change in the interplanetary magnetic field azimuthal angle.
Calibration of Maxar Constellation Over Libya-4 Site Using MAIAC Technique
Creators: name: Choi, Myungje
name: Lyapustin, Alexei
name: Wang, Yujie
name: Tucker, Compton J.
name: Khan, Maudood N.
name: Policelli, Frederick
name: Neigh, Christopher S. R.
name: Hall, Alfreda A.
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2024
Subjects: Calibration
Commercial satellites
cross calibration
Earth
Market research
MODIS
Multi-Angle Implementation of Atmospheric Correction (MAIAC)
NASA
radiometric calibration trend
Reflectivity
Spatial resolution
very high resolution (VHR)

description: The very high resolution commercial satellite constellation of Maxar offers unique opportunities for a wide range of Earth science research and applications. The key to their widespread and effective use is stable and consistent calibration. In this article, we characterized the long-term calibration trends and cross-calibration coefficients for the four Maxar satellites (GeoEye-1, QuickBird-2, WorldView-2, and WorldView-3) using the Multi-Angle Implementation of Atmospheric Correction (MAIAC) processing technique. Utilizing MAIAC Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) atmosphere and surface products, we calculated top-of-atmosphere (TOA) reflectance for the Blue, Green, Red, and near-infrared, or “NIR1” (NIR) bands over the Libya-4 desert site. To ensure data consistency, we applied geometric normalization to account for variations in TOA reflectance arising from different view geometries. In addition, a spatial transfer technique was employed to increase the number of samples and yield more robust statistical trend analysis. Our analysis revealed that half of the bands exhibited statistically significant calibration trends. These trends were found to be 2–3 times higher in magnitude compared with those observed in the early Collection 6 MODIS. After detrending, Maxar sensors were cross-calibrated to MODIS Aqua, considered as a calibration standard. In this process, German Aerospace Center (DLR) Earth Sensing Imaging Spectrometer hyperspectral measurements were used for spectral conversion required to align Maxar with MODIS bands. The cross-calibration analysis shows that GeoEye-1, WorldView-2, and WorldView-3 were systematically higher than MODIS Aqua by 2%–4% in the Blue, Green, and NIR bands, and by 7%–8% in the Red band. Detrending and cross-calibration to MODIS Aqua effectively transforms the Maxar constellation into a common sensor system enhancing spatiotemporal coverage and broadening the potential range of applications.
Effect of Charge Transfer and Non-Covalent Interactions of the Synthesized NLO Compound p-Nitrophenol Sodium-Bisulfate Using DFT Method
Creators: name: Shiny, C. L.
name: Rathika, A.
name: Tarika, J. D. Deephlin
name: Alen, S.
name: Beaula, T. Joselin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biophysics
Biochemistry
Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Medicine
Cell Biology
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Hematology

description: In the present work a new semiorganic single crystal p-nitrophenol sodium-bisulfate (PNSB) was synthesized and fully characterized by means of single crystal XRD, powder XRD, FT-IR, FT-Raman and UV-visible spectroscopic techniques. The optimized geometrical parameters were obtained at the DFT/B3LYP level of theory and correlate them with similar structures. Normal coordinate analysis, force constants, and potential energy distributions have been used to support the complete vibrational assignments for all vibrational modes. The computed IR and Raman frequencies correlate well with the experiments, as indicated by the correlation factor. The optimized molecular structure reveals the presence of C-H…O hydrogen bonding interaction. The stability of the molecule arising from hyper conjugative interaction and charge delocalization has been analyzed using natural bonding orbital analysis. NBO analysis proved the presence of intermolecular O-H…Na22 hydrogen bonds caused by the interaction of the lone pair of oxygen with the anti-bonding orbital. HOMO, LUMO and ESP analyses were done using DFT, whereas, the absorption band in the UV–vis spectrum was predicted and compared with the experimental data. ESP is used to identify the nucleophilic region, which is located around the sodium atom, and the electrophilic region, which is primarily located at the oxygen atoms of the PNSB molecule. The frontier orbital gap denotes the charge transfer interaction within the compound required for optical activity. Electron Localization Function, Localized Orbital Locator and Reduced Density Gradient analysis were discussed. In order to study the nonlinear optical activity of PNSB, the dipole moment, polarizability and fihyperpolarizabilities were computed. It is found that the calculated first order hyperpolarizability of PNSB is 51.75 times greater than that of urea.
C-tree indexing for holistic twig joins
Creators: name: Ning, Bo
name: Liu, Chengfei
name: Wang, Guoren
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: With the growing importance of semi-structure data in information exchange, effort has been put in providing an effective mechanism to match a twig query in an XML database. Bruno et al. have proposed a novel algorithm TwigStack to deal with the twig query pattern by scanning the tag streams only once. In this paper, we propose a new index called C-Tree and two algorithms named NestTwigStack and ADTwigStack to speed up the processing of twig pattern queries by omitting some elements that can be processed without scanning. Using C-Tree, our algorithms can accelerate both the ancestor-descendant and parent-child edges by skipping the elements with their context in documents. We complement our research with experiments on a set of real and synthetic data, which are intended to show the significant superiority of our algorithms over the previous algorithms.
Detection of large-scale synchrotron radiation from the molecular envelope of the Sgr B cloud complex at the Galactic centre
Creators: name: Yusef-Zadeh, F.
name: Wardle, M.
name: Arendt, Richard
name: Hewitt, J.
name: Hu, Y.
name: Lazarian, A.
name: Kassim, N. E.
name: Hyman, S.
name: Heywood, I.
Publisher: name: Oxford University Press
Year: 2024

description: We present highly sensitive measurements taken with MeerKAT at 1280 MHz as well as archival Green Bank Telescope (GBT), Murchison Widefield Array, and Very Large Array (VLA) images at 333, 88, and 74 MHz. We report the detection of synchrotron radio emission from the infrared dark cloud associated with the halo of the Sgr B complex on a scale of ~60 pc. A strong spatial correlation between low-frequency radio continuum emission and dense molecular gas, combined with spectral index measurements, indicates enhanced synchrotron emission by cosmic ray electrons. Correlation of the Fe I 6.4 keV K α line and synchrotron emission provides compelling evidence that the low energy cosmic ray electrons are responsible for producing the K α line emission. The observed synchrotron emission within the halo of the Sgr B cloud complex has a mean spectral index α ~ -1 ± 1, which gives the magnetic field strength ~100 µG for cloud densities nₕ = 10⁴ –10⁵ cm⁻³, and estimated cosmic ray ionization rates between 10⁻¹³ and 10⁻¹⁴s⁻¹. Furthermore, the energy spectrum of primary cosmic ray electrons is constrained to be E−³ ± ¹ for typical energies of few hundred MeV. The extrapolation of this spectrum to higher energies is consistent with X-ray and γ-ray emission detected from this cloud. These measurements have important implications on the role that high cosmic ray electron fluxes at the Galactic centre play in production of radio synchrotron emission, the Fe I K α line emission at 6.4 keV, and ~GeV γ-ray emission throughout the Central Molecular Zone.
Heteropoly Acids an Efficient Catalyst for Ultrasound Promoted Synthesis of Substituted Indazole
Creators: name: Suryawanshi, Manohar D.
name: Suryawanshi, Ganesh D.
name: Lawande, Shamrao P.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Plant Biology

description: A clean and simple methodology was developed for the synthesis of substituted indazoles using heteropoly acids containing tungsten, molybdenum metal catalyzed condensation reaction between substituted 2-hydroxy benzaldehydes/acetophenones and hydrazine hydrate/phenyl hydrazine. The reaction conditions are optimized for two different heteropoly acids such as H3PMo12O40 and H3PW12O40 using conventional and ultrasound sonication method. Yield of the products improved to 92 to 95% using H3PW12O40 heteropoly acid as catalyst which is reusable, cost effective and easy to handle.
title: Phenotypic characterisation of pneumococcal serotype-1 variants presenting low haemolytic activity
Creators: name: Yahya, RO
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2017

description: Background: Streptococcus pneumoniae is a significant human pathogen responsible for life-threating diseases such as pneumonia, septicaemia and meningitis. Of the nearly 100 distinct pneumococcal serotypes, pneumococcal serotype 1 is described as one of main causes of invasive disease worldwide. One highly enigmatic feature of serotype 1 resides in its being rarely detected in human nasopharyngeal specimens. Aim: The aim of this project was to compare serotype 1 lineage A (ST306) and C (ST615) with respect to their immunological and virulence properties using both in vitro and in vivo tools, as well as their differential gene expression profile. Methods: A series of in vitro experiments were performed to assess the ability of serotype 1 to adhere and invade epithelial cells, and to determine its ability to inhibit phagocytosis and gain insight into the mechanisms involved. In parallel, three in vivo standardized mouse models of pneumococcal infection were exploited to examine the virulence properties of ST306 and ST615 and their ability to colonise the nasopharyngeal tissue. Finally, RNA-seq analysis of in vitro cultures of ST306 and ST615 was carried out in an attempt to identify differential expression patterns. Results: ST615 serotype 1 was determined to be highly virulent, causing the death of 80-100% of infected mice by around 48h post-infection, while all mice infected with ST306 survived when using pneumococcal doses inductive of invasive pneumonia model. In a nasopharyngeal carriage mouse model, ST306 serotype 1 was shown to be able to establish colonisation persisting up to 28 day post-administration, although at a much lower density compared to ST615. While ST615 was capable of establishing nasopharyngeal colonization, clearance occurred earlier at day 14 compared to ST306. RNA gene expression analysis focused on virulence factors and critical biological functions determined that ST615 serotype 1 presented a profile consistent with its weak colonisation and its invasive properties. The genes associated with capsule synthesis were not differentially expressed between ST615 and ST306 but that other virulence factors such as psp, pavA, ply and cpbD were differentially expressed. Conclusions: Although ST306 and ST615 possesse a unique and virulent capsule, ST306 was not able to cause pneumonia to mice model.