cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Hydrochemical and isotopic characters of surface water in agricultural oases of the Tianshan Mountains, Northwest China
Creators: name: Long, Ma
name: Jinglu Wu
name: Jilili Abuduwaili
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: Hematology

description: For evaluating the status of surface water in agricultural oases of the Tianshan Mountains and discussing the influences of human activities and geographical factors on hydrochemical process, we conducted hydrochemical investigations of surface water in two major agricultural oases: Manas and Yili. The δ2H and δ18O of surface water in Manas Oasis ranged from −75.4‰ to − 46.2‰ and −11.6‰ to − 5.5‰, respectively, and from −86.4‰ to − 71.8‰ and −12.5‰ to − 10.7‰ in Yili Oasis. Because rivers are mainly supplied by meltwater from ice and snow, the deuterium excess parameter is mostly positive in the oasis surface waters supplied by these rivers. Ca2+-Mg2+- is the major hydrochemical facies type in Yili and Manas oases. Surface waters of both regions are slightly saturated with carbonate minerals and undersaturated with respect to evaporite minerals, suggesting that the minerals present in the water are mainly produced by calcite and dolomite weathering. Total dissolved solids (TDS) in Manas Oasis are higher than those in Yili Oasis. The δ2H and δ18O of surface water samples in Manas Oasis are isotopically enriched, which indicates that the evaporation effect on Manas is stronger than on Yili. The relatively high salinity in Manas is also associated with local contamination by soil leaching. Agricultural activities are important to the quality of surface water. If such activity is not controlled, water salinization will be increased. Clarification of the hydrological status of these oases and their factors will be used for water management and protection of agricultural oases.
Effect of salinity on tissue nutrient contents of the four dryland tree species of Indus flood plains
Creators: name: Sharif, Faiza
name: Khan, Amin Ulhaq
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: Plant Biology

description: Salinity is a common issue of semi-arid and arid lands rendering them unfit for agriculture. Saline wastelands can be converted into productive ecosystems by rehabilitating them with salt tolerant native tree species. The objective of this work was to study the effect of NaCl salinity on tissue nutrient contents of the four dryland tree species. Saplings were grown in pots under nonsaline and high salinity conditions. After eighteen weeks the plants were harvested and their tissue nutrient contents were analyzed. Results revealed that all species accumulated high amounts of Na+ under saline conditions, while concentrations of N, P and Mg2+ decreased in their tissues. Concentrations of K+ and Ca2+ showed more variable trend in various tissues in response to increase in soil salinity. Na+: K+ ratios of roots (1.57), stems (1.27), and leaves (1.66) of salinized Salvadora oleoides plants were lowest among all the four species. Root Na+: K+ ratio of salinized plants was significantly higher for Prosopis cineraria (7.10), while these ratios for stem (1.85) and leaf (3.42) were highest for Tamarix aphylla. Plants of P. cineraria showed lowest Stem-Na+/root-Na+ ratio (0.30) when subjected to salinity. Results showed that salinity induces nutrient deficiency in all species. Salinity tolerance of these species can be attributed to their ability to (i) restrict translocation of Na+ from roots to stem; (ii) keeping low tissue Na+: K+ ratios; and (iii) selectivity of K+ and Ca2+ over Na+, and can be used for the screening of salt-tolerant ecotypes for the rehabilitation of saline wastelands.
Preparing for Espionage, Foreign Interference and Sabotage: Preventive Justice or Unjust Pre-Crimes?
Creators: name: Kendall, Sarah
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 480703
subject: Domestic human rights law

description: The National Security Legislation Amendment (Espionage and Foreign Interference) Act 2018 (Cth) comprehensively reformed offences relating to key national security threats. This included the introduction of three new preparatory crimes — offences of preparing for espionage, foreign interference and sabotage. This article engages in critical analysis of these ‘pre-crimes’ (offences that criminalise conduct before the commission of a substantive offence) through the lens of preventive justice. This analysis reveals that the rationales for the 2018 preparatory offences are sufficient to justify their criminalisation, but that all three crimes undermine liberal values and can therefore be considered unjust. The article makes recommendations for the reform of these preventive offences. It also presents a refined preventive justice framework specific to pre-crimes in Australia (set out as a series of questions). It is intended that these questions will be applied by lawmakers, law reformers, scholars and others to guide the future development of — and critically analyse existing — pre-crimes in Australia.
Long term urban impacts on the ecological status of a lowland river as determined by diatom indices
Creators: name: E. Szczepocka
name: P. Nowicka-Krawczyk
name: P. Knysak
name: J. Żelazna-Wieczorek
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Space Science
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: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry

description: This study determined changes in the ecological status of a lowland river under the impact of an urban agglomeration after modernizing the wastewater management. For 174 years the Ner River was loaded with pollution from expanding industry. Construction of the Group Sewage Treatment Plant (GOŚ) in 1994 and its subsequent modernization should have improved the water quality. After 20 years of proper sewage treatment the ecological status of the river hasn't improved. Study sites were established on the river above and below sewage disposal from GOŚ, and the ecological status was assessed on the basis of benthic diatoms. Diatom indices: IO, GDI, IPS were calculated in order to determine the ecological status and water quality. Hierarchical cluster analysis and multivariate analysis of diatom assemblages were used to reveal differences of the study sites. It was revealed that the river is divided into two sections: the first is above the sewage disposal and the second is below it. In the first section, domination of species sensitive to organic pollution Meridion circulare and Ulnaria ulna was noted, while in the second section species resistant and tolerant to organic pollution, Hippodonta capitata and Navicula gregaria, were noted. The ecological status at the first section was moderate to poor, while at the second it was poor to very poor. The division of the urban river into two sections with different ecological status stems from the history of water management. The present location of the GOŚ outflow served in the past as a dump of untreated sewage from the industry of the Łódź Agglomeration. Development of the city led to the degradation of the ecosystem. Modernization of wastewater management did not reverse the degradation of the river. The persistence of accumulated industrial pollution in sediments caused by the long-term impact of urban agglomeration almost completely destroyed the ecosystem of the river.
TOR (target of rapamycin) is a key regulator of triacylglycerol accumulation in microalgae
Creators: name: Sousuke Imamura
name: Kawase, Yasuko
name: Ikki Kobayashi
name: Shimojima, Mie
name: Ohta, Hiroyuki
name: Tanaka, Kan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Marine Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Most microalgae abundantly accumulate lipid droplets (LDs) containing triacylglycerols (TAGs) under several stress conditions, but the underlying molecular mechanism of this accumulation remains unclear. In a recent study, we found that inhibition of TOR (target of rapamycin), a highly conserved protein kinase of eukaryotes, by rapamycin resulted in TAG accumulation in microalgae, indicating that TOR negatively regulates TAG accumulation. Here, we show that formation of intracellular LDs and TAG accumulation were also induced in the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii after exposure to Torin1 or AZD8055, which are novel TOR inhibitors that inhibit TOR activity in a manner different from rapamycin. These results supported quite well our previous conclusion that TOR is a central regulator of TAG accumulation in microalgae.
Severe Ocular Inflammation Following Ranibizumab or Aflibercept Injections for Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Retrospective Claims Database Analysis
Creators: name: Souied, Eric H.
name: Pravin U. Dugel
name: Ferreira, Alberto
name: Hashmonay, Ron
name: Jingsong Lu
name: Kelly, Simon P.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Science Policy

description: Purpose: Intravitreal injections of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) agents including ranibizumab and aflibercept are used to treat patients with ocular disorders such as neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD); however, the injections are associated with rare instances of severe ocular inflammation. This study compared severe ocular inflammation rates in patients treated with ranibizumab versus aflibercept. Methods: United States physician-level claims data covering an 18-month period for each therapy were analyzed. The primary analysis compared severe ocular inflammation event rates per 1000 injections. Sensitivity and subgroup analyses evaluated the impact of factors including intraocular surgery, intravitreal antibiotic administration, and previous intravitreal injections. Results: The analysis included 432,794 injection claims (ranibizumab n = 253,647, aflibercept n = 179,147); significantly, more unique severe ocular inflammation events occurred in patients receiving aflibercept than ranibizumab (1.06/1000 injections, 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.91–1.21, vs. 0.64/1000 injections, 95% CI 0.54–0.74; p < 0.0001). Comparable results were observed for analyses of patients who had undergone glaucoma or cataract surgeries, had antibiotic-associated endophthalmitis, had non-antibiotic-associated endophthalmitis, and were non-treatment-naive. In contrast, no significant differences in severe ocular inflammation claims were recorded in treatment-naive patients who had no record of anti-VEGF treatment in the 6 months preceding the index claim. No significant change occurred in the rate of severe ocular inflammation claims over time following ranibizumab treatment. Conclusions: Severe ocular inflammation was more frequent following intravitreal injection with aflibercept than with ranibizumab during routine clinical use in patients with nAMD. This highlights the importance of real-world, post-approval, observational monitoring of novel medicines, and may aid clinical decision-making, including choice of anti-VEGF agent.
CYBER SECURITY AND THE CUSTOMS AGENCIES : CASE OF CAMEROON CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION (CCA)
Creators: name: Tierry Farrel, Aloumedjo Zam
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: The aimed  of our study is to evaluate the impact of cyber customs on its performance after identifying how and why it should be put in place in the CCA. This research is important considering the fact that Cameroon Customs administrations is facing serious challenges and  the bugetary assigned target to the said administration by Government is above 1 000 billions FCFA in 2024. The problem Statement is to question the shortcomings of the incumbent CCA, Why can cyber customs correct the observed gaps, How can we put in place an efficient cyber customs in the CCA and What could be the various recommandations that can be made. The objectives were to identify what is cyber customs and how it can be put in place in the CCA ; determine its strong holds and possible limits and formulate recommandations to guarantee its sound application. Our work present three main interests which are managerial, theoretical and methodological. Four theories guided our analysis i.e. rational choice theory, Institutional Anomie Theory, strain theory and routine activity theory. We came out with the main results that there is no specific customs unit specialized in fighting cyber crimes as it is the case of the Customs Enforcement (ICE) that have special divisions dedicated to combating cyber crime. As far as electronic crime is concerned, Customs administrations need to be properly equipped and further trained as far as the legal and technological aspects are concerned in order to deal with sophisticated offences committed in cyberspace and which pose a great many challenges. Therefore the novelty of our research is the need of  creation of a specific customs unit specialized in fighting cyber crimes in the CCA. The vision Statement of cyber customs being to enhance  the nation’s security through innovation, intelligence, collaboration and trust in a context of the CCA becoming a member of the defense and security community alongside Police, army, gendarmerie, territorial administration, etc.
Auction Market Cattle Welfare Initiatives
Creators: name: Bargstedt, Bonnie M.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1997

description: There are many changes that have occurred in the Livestock Marketing Industry in recent years. By now we have all seen the television footage aired on the program "Hardcopy" a few years ago. The image portrayed to the general population is not indicative of what we in the Livestock Marketing Industry strive to achieve on a daily basis; however, it is hard to explain those images away when it is clear that those situations occurred and were documented.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1997
Studies in Vaccine Induced Cell-Mediated Immunity in Cattle
Creators: name: Compton, Bob
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1997

description: The concept that modified live vaccines and not killed vaccines will produce cell-mediated immunity and significant lymphocytic memory has long been held as scientific fact in veterinary immunology. However, evidence has been accumulating which indicates this concept is not necessarily true in all cases.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1997
Physiology of bone resorption during hypocalcemia in dairy cows
Creators: name: Liesegang, Annette
name: Sassi, Mirja-Liisa
name: Risteli, J.
name: Eicher, R.
name: Wanner, M.
name: Riond, J. -L.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1997

description: The collagen metabolites hydroxyproline (HYP), deoxypyridinoline (DPD) and the carboxyterminal telopeptide of type I collagen (ICTP) are suitable markers for bone resorption in humans and several animal species. In this study we wanted to investigate if these specific bone markers are also suitable to make evidence of bone resorption during hypocalcemia in dairy cows.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1997
Human Endometrial Extracellular Vesicles Functionally Prepare Human Trophectoderm Model for Implantation: Understanding Bidirectional Maternal-Embryo Communication
Creators: name: Evans, Jemma
name: Rai, Alin
name: Nguyen, Hong PT
name: Poh, Qi Hui
name: Elglass, Kirstin
name: Simpson, Richard
name: Salamonsen, Lois A
name: Greening, David
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310199
subject: Biochemistry and cell biology not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 310109
subject: Proteomics and intermolecular interactions (excl. medical proteomics)

description: No description supplied
Human Endometrial Extracellular Vesicles Functionally Prepare Human Trophectoderm Model for Implantation: Understanding Bidirectional Maternal-Embryo Communication
Creators: name: Evans, Jemma
name: Rai, Alin
name: Nguyen, Hong PT
name: Poh, Qi Hui
name: Elglass, Kirstin
name: Simpson, Richard
name: Salamonsen, Lois A
name: Greening, David
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 310199
subject: Biochemistry and cell biology not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 310109
subject: Proteomics and intermolecular interactions (excl. medical proteomics)

description: No description supplied
Distinct shed microvesicle and exosome microRNA signatures reveal diagnostic markers for colorectal cancer
Creators: name: Chen, Maoshan
name: Xu, Rong
name: Rai, Alin
name: Suwakulsiri, Wittaya
name: Izumikawa, Keiichi
name: Ishikawa, Hideaki
name: Greening, David
name: Takahashi, Nobuhiro
name: Simpson, Richard
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 321199
subject: Oncology and carcinogenesis not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 310199
subject: Biochemistry and cell biology not elsewhere classified

description: © 2019 Chen et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Extracellular vesicle (EV) microRNAs are of major interest as potential diagnostic biomarkers in all cancer types. This study aims to identify miRNA profiles of shed microvesicles (sMVs) and exosomes (Exos) secreted from the isogenic colorectal cancer (CRC) cell lines SW480 and SW620 and evaluate their ability to predict CRC. Deep sequencing of miRNAs in parental cell lysates (CLs) and highly-purified sMVs and Exos was performed. We focused on miRNAs enriched in EVs and dysregulated miRNAs in metastatic cells (SW620) relative to primary cancer cells (SW480). We investigated the ability of EV miRNA signatures to predict CRC tumours using 594 tumours (representing different pathological stages) and 11 normal samples obtained from TCGA. In SW480 and SW620 cells we identified 345 miRNAs, of which 61 and 73 were upregulated and downregulated in SW620-CLs compared to SW480-CLs, respectively. Selective distribution of cellular miRNAs into EVs results in distinct miRNA signatures for sMVs and Exos in each cell line. Cross cell line comparisons of EV miRNA profiles reveal a subset of miRNAs critical in CRC progression from primary carcinoma to metastasis. Many miRNAs non-detectable (<5 TPM) in CLs were significantly enriched (>1000 TPM) in secreted EVs. Strikingly, miR-7641 which is non-detectable in SW480-CL but upregulated in SW620-CL is highly enriched in EVs secreted from both cell lines. Pearson correlation analysis demonstrated that EV miRNA profiles can be used to predict CRC tumours with ~96% accuracy. Our findings suggest that EV miRNA profiles from CRC cell lines may allow prediction of CRC tumours, and that miR-7641 may serve as an attractive candidate for the specific, non-invasive diagnosis and prognosis of CRC.
Distinct shed microvesicle and exosome microRNA signatures reveal diagnostic markers for colorectal cancer
Creators: name: Maoshan Chen
name: Xu, Rong
name: Rai, Alin
name: Wittaya Suwakulsiri
name: Izumikawa, Keiichi
name: Ishikawa, Hideaki
name: Greening, David
name: Takahashi, Nobuhiro
name: Simpson, Richard
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Cancer
Cell Biology

description: © 2019 Chen et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Extracellular vesicle (EV) microRNAs are of major interest as potential diagnostic biomarkers in all cancer types. This study aims to identify miRNA profiles of shed microvesicles (sMVs) and exosomes (Exos) secreted from the isogenic colorectal cancer (CRC) cell lines SW480 and SW620 and evaluate their ability to predict CRC. Deep sequencing of miRNAs in parental cell lysates (CLs) and highly-purified sMVs and Exos was performed. We focused on miRNAs enriched in EVs and dysregulated miRNAs in metastatic cells (SW620) relative to primary cancer cells (SW480). We investigated the ability of EV miRNA signatures to predict CRC tumours using 594 tumours (representing different pathological stages) and 11 normal samples obtained from TCGA. In SW480 and SW620 cells we identified 345 miRNAs, of which 61 and 73 were upregulated and downregulated in SW620-CLs compared to SW480-CLs, respectively. Selective distribution of cellular miRNAs into EVs results in distinct miRNA signatures for sMVs and Exos in each cell line. Cross cell line comparisons of EV miRNA profiles reveal a subset of miRNAs critical in CRC progression from primary carcinoma to metastasis. Many miRNAs non-detectable (<5 TPM) in CLs were significantly enriched (>1000 TPM) in secreted EVs. Strikingly, miR-7641 which is non-detectable in SW480-CL but upregulated in SW620-CL is highly enriched in EVs secreted from both cell lines. Pearson correlation analysis demonstrated that EV miRNA profiles can be used to predict CRC tumours with ~96% accuracy. Our findings suggest that EV miRNA profiles from CRC cell lines may allow prediction of CRC tumours, and that miR-7641 may serve as an attractive candidate for the specific, non-invasive diagnosis and prognosis of CRC.
Use of pirlimycin in a Streptococcus agalactiae eradication protocol
Creators: name: Keefe, G. P.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1997

description: Streptococcus agalactiae is a highly contagious obligate parasite of the bovine mammary gland. The epidemiology of the pathogen has been reviewed elsewhere.1 S. agalactiae continues to be a prevalent pathogen in the dairy industry in Canada and across North America.1 In Prince Edward Island (PEI), in 1994, 15% of herds were infected.2 Prevalence rates in the late 1980s and early 1990s in other parts of Canada have ranged from 11 % to 43%.1 In 1993 PEI dairy herds, infected with S. agalactiae, were 4 times more likely to get a milk quality penalty and 8 times more likely to lose Class 1 shipping status, due to repeat penalization, than culture negative herds.2 At that time, imposition of a milk quality penalty, on Class 1 shippers, cost average sized producers approximately $1150/month and loss of Class 1 status cost, on average, $10,000.3
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1997
IVOMEC® (ivertnectin) SR Bolus
Creators: name: Guerrero, Jorge
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1997

description: The IVOMEC SR Bolus is a novel formulation of ivermectin designed to deliver a sustained release of 12 mg ivermectin per day for 135 days. The IVOMEC SR Bolus contains 1. 72 gm of ivermectin in a multicrystalline wax and is administered by oral route for lodging in the reticulorumen. It is highly effective against existing sustained release of gastrointestinal roundworms, lungworms, mange mites, sucking lice, cattle grubs and the tick, Amblyomma americanum. In addition, the bolus provides grazing cattle with 135 days of protection from reinfection with gastrointestinal roundworms and lungworms, as well as certain arthropod parasites. The IVOMEC SR Bolus is recommended for use in ruminating calves, older than 12 weeks of age that weigh between 275-660 lbs.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1997
Managing Milk Quality, a Training Course for Dairy Farmers
Creators: name: Lévesque, Pierre
name: Bouchard, E.
name: Marcoux, R.
name: Baillargeon, P.
name: Bouchard, M.
name: Trépanier, A.
Publisher: name: American Association of Bovine Practitioners  Proceedings of the Annual Conference
Year: 1997

description: Over the last three years, a training course on Milk Quality Management was developed for dairy farmers. In three years, over forty 20-hour sessions have been held. Clearly, the demand from dairy farmers for such sessions is on the rise, so we decided to train new instructors and make high quality educational material available to them. Although dairy farmers can use the educational material at home, we recommend that groups be formed for a 15- to 25-hour training course, which provides participants with a unique opportunity to discuss the topics that most concern them. During the winter of 1996-1997 over 80 groups averaging 20 dairy farmers have been trained in Quebec. In addition, a number of individuals and institutions have used this material. A survey has been done on the impacts of this training on milking practices and management.
description: American Association of Bovine Practitioners Proceedings of the Annual Conference, 1997
When There’s Only One: Resource sharing and the predicament of the dissertation request
Creators: name: Thompson, Hilary
name: Eighmy Brown, Melissa
name: Smith, Austin
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2020
Subjects: Interlibrary loan
Dissertations
ETD
Theses
Resource Sharing
Open Access

description: This presentation was prepared for the OCLC Resource Sharing Conference in San Antonio, TX, March 18-19, 2020. Unfortunately, the conference was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the presenters elected to share their slides online instead.
description: The past two decades have witnessed a shift from print to electronic theses and dissertations and an accompanying growth in university mandates requiring deposit of ETDs in institutional repositories. While these changes should have paved the way for unfettered online access, barriers such as embargoes requested by the author and vendor licensing restrictions have also emerged, hampering access to these unpublished works. Likewise, policies governing cataloging, deposit, and repository access may differ widely across institutions, adding further complexity to the landscape. Interlibrary Loan practitioners are looking for ways to share this unique content and help users navigate the terrain despite the obstacles. This presentation will explore recent trends in the requesting and fulfillment of graduate works using multiple years of borrowing and lending requests from two public research universities, along with the perspectives of colleagues at peer institutions. The authors hope their research on the accessibility of theses and dissertations will inform the resource sharing community on ways to improve the sharing of these important institutional assets, including raising awareness of the need for a policy and workflow that permits controlled ILL lending of embargoed ETDs that mirrors lending of print dissertations.
Uso do Zenodo na criação de repositórios de dados de pesquisa para pequenos laboratórios e grupos de pesquisa
Creators: name: Gomes, Josir Cardoso
name: Pimenta, Ricardo Medeiros
name: CAVALCANTI, Márcia Teixeira
name: Souza, Tainá Regly
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Digital Repositories
subject: Open Science
subject: Library sciences
subject: Science and technology studies
subject: Digital humanities

description: Construir ambientes digitais inclusivos que possibilitem o compartilhamento de dados de pesquisa é uma das atividades primordiais em iniciativas de Ciência Aberta. Entretanto, a construção de tais ambientes não é tarefa fácil pois requer uma infraestrutura tecnológica que não está disponível para uma boa parte das instituições de pesquisa no Sul Global. Em que medida é viável utilizar serviços externos para construir um repositório de dados de pesquisa (RDP) para laboratórios e grupos de pesquisa que ainda não contam com tais serviços nas instituições da qual fazem parte? Utilizando o método de pesquisa-ação, esse artigo descreve o uso de um RDP utilizando o ambiente Zenodo ao longo de três anos. Como resultado da pesquisa, observou-se que a utilização do Zenodo como repositório se mostrou muito útil, pois trouxe inúmeros benefícios para o laboratório ao criar uma cultura de compartilhamento entre os participantes e permitiu também que os objetos digitais depositados pelos pesquisadores conseguissem uma audiência externa maior que a observada em objetos depositados em repositórios institucionais.
Is aridity restricting deforestation and land uses in the South American Dry Chaco?
Creators: name: Houspanossian, Javier
name: Giménez, Raúl
name: Baldi, Germán
name: Nosetto, Marcelo
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plant Biology

description: In this paper, we explored how aridity influences the regional deforestation and land-use patterns (i.e. crops/pastures) in South American Dry Chaco. To do this, we contrasted land use during last decade (2001–2012) with a spatially explicit aridity index, which we complemented with a crop water balance model. Land-use classifications were performed by considering the temporal variability of NDVI from MODIS satellites, showing that 40 and 60% of deforested land was assigned to crops and pastures, respectively. Results indicate that although the regional deforestation pattern was not associated with the aridity gradient, with drier areas similarly deforested as wetter areas, contrasting differences were observed in the use of this land, with crops mostly located (90%) in wetter areas and pastures evenly distributed across the whole aridity gradient. This research highlighted the strong effect of water limitations on the land-use option after deforestation and may help to set the basis for future land-use planning policies.
Rift Valley Bibliography
Creators: name: Griscom, Richard Thomas Line
name: Harvey, Andrew
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: linguistics
Tanzania

description: This document is a bibliography of the languages of the Rift Valley Area of Tanzania, which is home to dozens of distinctive ethnic groups and languages. Uniquely, it is the meeting place of languages from three of the largest language families in Africa—Nilo-Saharan, Niger-Congo, and Afro-Asiatic—as well as Sandawe, a language with possible affinity with the so-called 'Khoisan' group, and Hadza, a language isolate, which means that it is not known to be related to any other languages currently spoken. The Rift Valley Bibliography is compiled by members of the Rift Valley Network and is hosted on the network website at the Rift Valley Bibliography page. This is a text version of the bibliography, but other formats of the bibliography are available on the website for those who use reference manager software (e.g. Zotero, EndNote, or Mendeley), and a Zotero Group is used to make additions and changes to the bibliography. A PDF Collection of selected entries is available for members of the Rift Valley Network only. For comments or questions related to this bibliography, please send an email to rvn@listserv.linguistlist.org.
SPATA7: Evolving phenotype from cone-rod dystrophy to retinitis pigmentosa
Creators: name: Matsui, Rodrigo
name: McGuigan, David B.
name: Gruzensky, Michaela L.
name: Aleman, Tomas S.
name: Schwartz, Sharon B.
name: Sumaroka, Alexander
name: Koenekoop, Robert K.
name: Cideciyan, Artur V.
name: Jacobson, Samuel G.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Background: SPATA7 mutations have been associated with different autosomal recessive retinal degeneration phenotypes. Long-term follow-up has not been described in detail. Materials and methods: A Hispanic patient with SPATA7 mutations was evaluated serially over a 12-year period with kinetic and static chromatic perimetry, optical coherence tomography (OCT), and fundus autofluorescence (AF) imaging. Electroretinography (ERG) was performed at the initial visit. Results: The patient was homozygous for a mutation in SPATA7 (p.V458fs). At age 9, the ERG showed an abnormally reduced but preserved rod b-wave and no detectable cone signals. There were two islands of vision: a midperipheral island with greater cone than rod dysfunction and a central island with normal cone but no rod function. Serial measures of rod and cone vision and co-localized retinal structure showed that the midperipheral island slowly became undetectable. By age 21, only the central island and its cone function remained, but it had become more abnormal in structure and function. Conclusion: The disease resulting from SPATA7 mutations in this patient initially presented as a cone-rod dystrophy (CRD), but changed over time into a phenotype more reminiscent of late-stage retinitis pigmentosa (RP). The differential diagnosis for both CRD and RP should include this rare molecular cause of autosomal retinal degeneration. An evolving phenotype complicates not only clinical diagnosis and patient counselling but also future strategies aimed at treating specific retinal regions.
La sogra y la nora: Digital Edition
Creators: name: Jacsont Pauline
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Spanish literature
Digital edition
XML-TEI

description: Digital edition of a Spanish pliego de cordel (19th c.). It contains the XML-TEI file of the edition, as well as the files that led to this edition, i.e. the digital facsimiles (raw and retouched), and the transcription produced by the OCR tool e-Scriptorium (ALTO-XML). This digital edition is a part of the research project Desenrollando el cordel / Untangling the cordel / Démêler le cordel (2020-2024), led by professor Constance Carta at the University of Geneva and supported by the philanthropic Sandoz-Monique de Meuron Family Foundation.
La sogra y la nora: Digital Edition
Creators: name: Jacsont Pauline
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Spanish literature
Digital edition
XML-TEI

description: Digital edition of a Spanish pliego de cordel (19th c.). It contains the XML-TEI file of the edition, as well as the files that led to this edition, i.e. the digital facsimiles (raw and retouched), and the transcription produced by the OCR tool e-Scriptorium (ALTO-XML). This digital edition is a part of the research project Desenrollando el cordel / Untangling the cordel / Démêler le cordel (2020-2024), led by the professor Constance Carta at the University of Geneva and supported by the philanthropic Sandoz-Monique de Meuron Family Foundation.
DataCite2RDF: Mapping DataCite Metadata Schema 3.1 Terms to RDF
Creators: name: Peroni, Silvio
name: Shotton, David
name: Ashton, Jan
name: Barton, Amy
name: Gramsbergen, Egbert
name: Marie-Christine Jacquemot
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Library and Information Studies
subject: FOS: Media and communications

description: This mapping of DataCite metadata elements to RDF (Mapping Version 3.3, dated 28 January 2016) is based upon metadata elements present in the DataCite Metadata Schema 3.1 (https://schema.datacite.org/meta/kernel-3/) released October 16, 2014.

 The purpose of this mapping of DataCite metadata elements to ontology terms is to enable DataCite metadata to be published in RDF as Open Linked Data, enabling these metadata to be understood programmatically and integrated automatically with similar data from elsewhere.
title: 02_1369
Creators: name: Wesley Baldwin, John
name: Baldwin, John W.
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris

description: L'ensemble de ces notes ont été crée par John Baldwin lors d'une de ses premières périodes de résidence à Paris. Ces documents comprennent tous les magistri qu’il avait pu rencontrer dans ses sources. Aux XIIème et XIIIème siècles, les universités n'existant pas encore, le titre de magister s'il évoque certainement une compétence n'est pas rattaché de façon systématique au passage par les écoles. De surcroît, les magistris sont le plus souvent désignés par leur seul prénom. La lecture de ces données est donc difficile et suppose un long travail pour tenter d'identifier un individu auquel on pourrait rattacher plusieurs mentions. John Baldwin avait donc renoncé à utiliser ces données pour donner un prolongement à sa magnifique étude sur les gradués d'université et leur emploi par les Capétiens et les Plantagenêts. Néanmoins, il a conservé ces données et elles sont potentiellement très utile dans le cadre de Studium, comme le sont toutes les mentions dans les volumes des Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae de chanoines portant ce titre de magister sans autres précisions. L'ampleur des dépouillements rend ces données très utiles et nous devons une grande reconnaissance à John Baldwin pour avoir pris la peine de faire photocopier ses fiches et de nous les avoir transmises amicalement.
Les données ainsi que les images des fiches sont accessibles sur le site Internet à l'adresse suivante : http://studium-baldwin.lamop.fr/.
Les transcriptions des fiches ont été effectuées par des étudiants de Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne mais elles n'ont pas été corrigées par la suite.
description: Relation: https://lamop.hypotheses.org/
RaQuN: a generic and scalable n-way model matching algorithm
Creators: name: Schultheiß, Alexander
name: Bittner, Paul Maximilian
name: Boll, Alexander
name: Grunske, Lars
name: Thüm, Thomas
name: Kehrer, Timo
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Model-driven engineering
subject: n-Way model matching
subject: Clone-and-own development
subject: Software product lines
subject: 004 Informatik

description: Model matching algorithms are used to identify common elements in input models, which is a fundamental precondition for many software engineering tasks, such as merging software variants or views. If there are multiple input models, an n-way matching algorithm that simultaneously processes all models typically produces better results than the sequential application of two-way matching algorithms. However, existing algorithms for n-way matching do not scale well, as the computational effort grows fast in the number of models and their size. We propose a scalable n-way model matching algorithm, which uses multi-dimensional search trees for efficiently finding suitable match candidates through range queries. We implemented our generic algorithm named RaQuN (Range Queries on input models) in Java and empirically evaluate the matching quality and runtime performance on several datasets of different origins and model types. Compared to the state of the art, our experimental results show a performance improvement by an order of magnitude, while delivering matching results of better quality.
Sustainable circular cities? Analysing urban circular economy policies in Amsterdam, Glasgow, and Copenhagen
Creators: name: Friant, Martin Calisto
name: Reid, Katie
name: Boesler, Peppi
name: Vermeulen, Walter J. V.
name: Salomone, Roberta
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Cities play a central role in the circular economy (CE) as they are important centres of production and consumption, responsible for 80% of global GDP. European cities are particularly important due to their position of power in the global economy as major markets, and places of industrial and social innovation. Yet urban CE policies and discourses remain poorly researched and understood. This paper addresses this research gap by analysing and comparing the CE policies and discourses in different European cities to draw critical insights and recommendations. It does so by first reviewing academic literature on urban CE policies to develop a new conceptual framework to analyse CE discourses and policies. This framework is then used to analyse and compare the CE policies of three European cities: Glasgow, Amsterdam, and Copenhagen. Results show that technocentric approaches to CE are dominant in the three cities. Moreover, they have very limited social justice policies for a fair distribution of the costs and benefits of a CE transition. Key policy recommendations to address these shortcomings are thus proposed. The insights brought about by this paper are valuable for both practitioners and academics seeking to improve urban CE policies.
Infektionsprävention in der außerklinischen Intensivpflege – Ergebnisse eines Scoping Reviews und einer Prävalenzstudie zu Hygienestrukturen sowie dem Vorkommen von Infektionen, Antibiotikagaben und Multiresistenten Erregern
Creators: name: Ziech, Patrick
Publisher: name: Universität Bielefeld
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 610

description: In Germany, more and more patients in need of home mechanical ventilation (HMV). According to current knowledge, these patients are characterized by high device application rates and evidence of multi-resistant pathogens (MDRO). So far, there are only a few, regionally limited studies on the occurrence of infections and MDROs in HMV. This area of research should be examined more closely as part of a prevalence study. This dissertation describes the situation and the challenges in AIP, especially with regard to infections and MDRO. Within the framework of a systematic literature research, the current findings from the international literature are presented. So far there are only a few publications on hygiene or infection prevention in the HMV.
Based on the literature, however, it can be seen that MDRO are often detected in patients in HMVP - however, there are no studies that record the prevalence of infections in this care setting. Therefore, a separate prevalence study based on the HALT study (Healthcare-associated Infections in European Long Term Care Facilities) was carried out. The corresponding questionnaire was modified in terms of language and in some cases also content in order to adapt it to the special properties of the HMV. 38 ambulant care services from eight federal states took part in the online study. In total, data on 288 patients could be collected. The present prevalence study shows that the previous assumption of a high MDRO prevalence is justified and that there are different MDRO prevalences in the respective forms of care. Infections were only diagnosed in 25 patients and entered in the questionnaire. Based on these results, recommendations for action for medical staff and those responsible for facilities in the AIP are formulated.
Rheumatoid arthritis is still expensive in the new decade: a comparison between two early RA cohorts, diagnosed 1996–98 and 2006–09
Creators: name: E Hallert
name: M Husberg
name: A Kalkan
name: L Bernfort
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Objectives: To calculate total costs during the first year after diagnosis in 463 patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) included during 2006–09 (T2) and compare the results with a similar cohort included in 1996–98 (T1). Method: Clinical and laboratory data were collected regularly in both cohorts, and patients completed biannual questionnaires reporting health care utilization and number of days lost from work. Results: Disease activity was similar in both cohorts T1 and T2 at inclusion. Significant improvements were seen during the first year in both cohorts but were more pronounced in T2. Outpatient care increased and hospitalization decreased in T2 compared with T1. Almost 3% of patients had surgery in both cohorts, but in T2, only women had surgery. Drug costs were higher in T2 than in T1 (EUR 689 vs. EUR 435). In T2, 12% of drug costs were direct costs and 4% were total costs. The corresponding values for T1 were 9% and 3%. In T1, 50% were prescribed disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) at inclusion, compared to T2, where prescription was > 90%. Direct costs were EUR 5716 in T2 and EUR 4674 in T1. Costs for sick leave were lower in T2 than in T1 (EUR 5490 vs. EUR 9055) but disability pensions were higher (EUR 4152 vs. EUR 2139), resulting in unchanged total costs. In T1, direct costs comprised 29% and indirect costs 71% of the total costs. The corresponding values for T2 were 37% and 63%. Conclusions: The earlier and more aggressive treatment of RA with traditional DMARDs in T2 resulted in better outcomes compared to T1. Direct costs were higher in T2, partly offset by decreased sick leave, but total costs remained unchanged.
Concrete Repair in Heritage Preservation. A Review of Opposite Approaches at Antoniuskirche Basel and Liederhalle Stuttgart
Creators: name: Hinz, Elisabeth
name: Putz, Andreas W.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biophysics
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Since the 1980s, two general approaches to concrete repair have emerged in the field of heritage preservation in German-speaking countries. They were first widely discussed during the work on Antoniuskirche in Basel (repair 1987–1991) and Liederhalle in Stuttgart (repair 1991–1993). The latter was recognized as a best practice example of localized repair and careful conservation, while the former was discussed as an exemplary case of renewal, imitating the original surface appearance. Although diametrically opposed in terms of conservation of material substance and appearance, both concepts are approved by official preservation authorities to this day. After some 30 years, we have revisited these two prominent cases of early concrete repair in heritage preservation to understand their genesis and to discuss their long-term consequences, also in the light of contemporary approaches. As our recent building survey and archival research show, their representation in the literature, and thus in public perception, has not yet taken into account the variety of repairs actually carried out. Despite their differences, the Antoniuskirche and Liederhalle projects suggest that a one-size-fits-all approach is rarely the best solution. Finally, our comparative analysis points to the potential of a history of architectural repair that is also relevant to building practice.