cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Hoplosauris Butler 1882
Creators: name: Parra, Luis E.
name: Jiménez-Urrutia, María C.
name: Zamora-Manzur, Carlos
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Geometridae
Hoplosauris

description: Hoplosauris Butler 1882
 Hoplosauris Butler 1882: 399.
 Notholoba Warren 1908: 103. syn. nov.
 Type species: Hoplosauris heliconoides Butler 1882, types: 1 male, Baños de Chillán, 1 female, Corral, Chile (BMNH). Notholoba schausi Warren 1908, syntypes: 1 male and 1 female, Chile (USNM).
 Diagnosis: In the male, the anal margin of the hindwings is reduced with a tuft of hair like scales or with a small vesiculae. Valvae sub-rectangular, with androconia at subapical position, vesica with one or two compact groups of compacted spines. Female with corpus bursae spherical or elongated. Internal surface with microspines arranged in different regions. Synapormorphies supporting monophyly of the genus are: a small vesicule and/or a lapel in the anal margin of the male’s hindwings, striate areas and microspines on the internal surface of the corpus bursae; and androconia in the subapical region of the valvae.
 Description: Antennae sub-apically thickened in both male and female. Thorax and abdomen with brownish scales varying from reddish, orange to greenish tones. Hind wings with a discal spot always present on the dorsal surface. Anal margin of the male hindwings with a concave or convex hairy vesicle or just with hairy scales. Tibial spur formula 0-2- 4 in both sexes. Female genitalia, corpus bursae with spherical or elongated, slightly sclerotized, with microspines on internal surface. Sterigma membranous. Male genitalia with sub-rectangular valvae. Androconia at subapical position of valvae. Aedeagus tubular. Vesica with one or two groups of cornuti.
 Distribution: the genus occurs between latitudes 33º S and 52º S, in Valparaíso and Magallanes provinces (Chile) and Neuquén (Argentina).
description: Published as part of Parra, Luis E., Jiménez-Urrutia, María C. & Zamora-Manzur, Carlos, 2009, Revision of the genus Hoplosauris Butler 1882 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), pp. 39-54 in Zootaxa 1989 on page 40
Modeling Historical and Future Range of Variability Scenarios in the Yuba River Watershed, Tahoe National Forest, California
Creators: name: Mallek, Maritza
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2016

description: In California's northern Sierra Nevada mountains, the fire-dependent processes of forest ecosystems have been interrupted and altered by human land use and fire suppression. U.S. Forest Service policy directs land managers to plan for a future that includes multiple use and the restoration of resilient ecosystems. Planning decisions are to be informed by an analysis of the range of variability of ecological processes at multiple scales. Current climate trends in the northern Sierra are of increasing temperatures, increased precipitation, and earlier snowmelt, as well as changes to the frequency and duration of drought. These climate changes have and continue to influence fire frequency, extent, and severity.
For this thesis, project partners and I adapted the Rocky Mountain Landscape Simulator (RMLands), a spatially explicit, stochastic, landscape disturbance and succession model, for use in the Sierra Nevada. RMLands was used to simulate wildfires and vegetation dynamics on a portion of the Tahoe National Forest in California, first under historical climate settings and then under alternative climate trajectories based on the Representative Concentration Pathway RCP8.5 projections. I then quantified the historical and the future ranges of variability in the disturbance regime, seral stage distribution, and patch configuration, and compared these to the current landscape.
My results suggest more frequent and extensive high severity fire, as well as higher canopy closure, than most other studies of mixed conifer Sierran forests. However, the results typically agree qualitatively with other research, and some differences may be due to differences in study design. Under warmer and drier future climate scenarios, the total area burned, and the proportion burned at high severity, increased. Due to fire's effects on vegetation, the current landscape departs from either historical or future conditions by several statistical measures. Based on these findings, I recommend that managers implement aggressive restoration efforts, utilize mitigation measures where the consequences of changing fire regimes are socially unacceptable, and carefully balance the needs of different ecosystems and of the resident communities. My study can be used to inform goals and specific strategies in restoration planning and help project planners think about impacts at the landscape scale.
Analysis of Multi-Hour Continuous Observations of Seven Millisecond Pulsars
Creators: name: Shapiro-Albert, Brent J.
name: McLaughlin, Maura A.
name: Lam, Michael T.
name: Cordes, James M.
name: Swiggum, Joe K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Precision pulsar timing can be used for a variety of astrophysical tests from the detection of gravitational waves to probing the properties of the interstellar medium (ISM). Here we present analyses of the noise contributions to pulsar timing residuals from continuous multi-hour observations of seven millisecond pulsars (MSPs). We present scintillation bandwidth measurements for all MSPs in the sample, some for the first time, and scintillation timescale measurements and lower limits for all MSPs for the first time. In addition, we present upper limits on the contribution of pulse phase jitter to the timing residual error for all MSPs. These long observations also allow us to constrain variations in dispersion measures (DMs) on hour-long timescales for several millisecond pulsars. We find that there are no apparent DM variations in any of the MSPs studied on these timescales as expected. In light of new radio telescopes such as the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME), which will be able to time many pulsars for a short time each day, we search for differences in timing precisions from continuous TOAs and from equivalent length time-discontinuous TOAs. We find no differences in the precision for any MSP in our sample, as expected. We conclude that the TOA variations are consistent with the expected breakdown into template-fitting, jitter, and scintillation errors.
description: 18 pages, 5 figures, 5 tables, accepted by ApJ
Powder metallurgy processing and characterization of recycled aluminium alloy/date seed composite for motorcycle lever application
Creators: name: Abdulkareem, Sulaiman
name: Ishola, Sherif
name: Kolawole, Maruf Yinka
name: Tajudeen Kolawole Ajiboye
Publisher: name: Faculty of Engineering, Khon Kaen University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Original equipment manufacturer
Aftermarket-parts
Aluminium alloy composite
Mechanical properties
Powder metallurgy
Motorcycle-lever

description: Engineering and Applied Science Research, 48, 2, 112-120
Application of a rainfall-runoff model for flood generation in the Huai Sangka catchment, Thailand
Creators: name: Worapong Lohpaisankrit
name: Thiramet Hiranwattananon
name: Nutthasit Tumma
Publisher: name: Faculty of Engineering, Khon Kaen University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Flood
HEC-HMS
Hydrological model
Muskingum routing
SCS Curve number method
Ungauged basin

description: Engineering and Applied Science Research, 48, 2, 121-130
Anisotropic flow of strange particles in heavy ion collisions at RHIC energies
Creators: name: Bravina, L.
name: Csernai, L. P.
name: Faessler, Amand
name: Fuchs, C.
name: Zabrodin, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Anisotropic flow of K's, anti-K's, and lambdas is studied in heavy ion collisions at SPS and RHIC energies within the microscopic quark-gluon string model. At SPS energy the directed flow of kaons differs considerably at midrapidity from that of antikaons, while at RHIC energy kaon and antikaon flows coincide. The change is attributed to formation of dense meson-dominated matter at RHIC, where the differences in interaction cross-sections of hadrons become unimportant. The directed flows of strange particles, $v_1^{K,\bar{K}, Λ}(y)$, have universal negative slope at $|y| \leq 2$ at RHIC. The elliptic flow of strange hadrons is developed at midrapidity at times 3
description: Talk at "Strange Quarks in Matter" Conference (Strangeness'2001), September 2001, Frankfurt a.M., Germany. Also at: http://www.iop.org
Deltamethrin, a Pyrethroid Insecticide, Potentiates Lipid Accumulation in 3T3-L1 Adipocytes
Creators: name: Hsieh, Tsung-Hsiu
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2016

description: Obesity is a growing concern in the world today. As we ponder about the many causes of this global epidemic, we are driven to look at our food and the environmental toxicants that may contribute to obesity. Deltamethrin, being a common synthetic pyrethroid used in agriculture for pest control, is the primary insecticide this study explores to connect with obesity in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. To investigate the relationship between deltamethrin and adipogenesis, various concentrations were tested, 1nM, 10nM, 100nM, 1μM, and 10μM. The result indicated that higher concentration of deltamethrin had a direct impact on fat accumulation. These experiment results indicate that deltamethrin may potentiate adipogenesis in this model. Further in vivo studies will be needed to validate these findings and confirm the effects of deltamethrin on obesity.
Laboratory investigation of stone mastic asphalt mixtures containing coconut fiber
Creators: name: Chandy Chin
name: Nattaporn Charoentham
Publisher: name: Faculty of Engineering, Khon Kaen University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Coconut fiber
Draindown
Indirect tensile strength
Marshall stability
Stone mastic asphalt (SMA)

description: Engineering and Applied Science Research, 48, 2, 131-136
Noncovariance at low accelerations as a route to MOND
Creators: name: Milgrom, Mordehai
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: MOND has limelighted the fact that Newtonian dynamics (ND) and general relativity (GR) have not been verified at accelerations below MOND's $a_0$. In particular, we do not know that all the principles underlying ND or GR apply below $a_0$. I discuss possible breakdown of general covariance (GC) in this limit. This resonates well with MOND, which hinges on accelerations. Relaxing GC affords more freedom in constructing MOND theories. I exemplify this with a simplified theory whose gravitational Lagrangian is $\mathcal{L}_M\propto \ell_M^{-2}\mathcal{F}(\ell_M^{2}\mathcal{R})$, where $\mathcal{R}= g^{μν} (Γ^γ_{μν}Γ^λ_{λγ}-Γ^γ_{μλ} Γ^λ_{νγ})/2$. $Γ^γ_{μν}$ is the Levi-Civita connection of a metric, $g_{μν}$, and $\ell_M=c^2/a_0$ is the MOND length. Requiring $\mathcal{F}(z)\rightarrow z+ζ$, for $z\gg 1$ gives GR with a cosmological constant $ζc^{-4}a_0^2$ for high accelerations. In the MOND limit $\mathcal{F}'(z\ll 1)\propto z^{1/2}$. In the nonrelativistic limit the metric is of the form $g_{μν}\approx η_{μν}-2ϕδ_{μν}$, as in GR, but the potential $ϕ$ solves a MOND, nonlinear Poisson analog. This form of $g_{μν}$ also produces gravitational lensing as in GR only with the MOND potential. I show that this theory is a fixed-gauge expression of BIMOND, with the auxiliary metric constrained to be flat. The latter theory is thus a covariantized version of the former a-la Stückelberg. This theory is also a special case of so-called $f(\mathcal{Q})$ theories -- aquadratic generalizations of `symmetric, teleparallel GR', which are, in turn, also equivalent to constrained BIMOND-type theories. (Abridged.)
description: 13 pages, version accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D
Fermi surface and superconducting gap of triple-layered Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10+d
Creators: name: Mueller, R.
name: Janowitz, C.
name: Schneider, M.
name: Unger, R. -St.
name: Krapf, A.
name: Dwelk, H.
name: Mueller, A.
name: Dudy, L.
name: Manzke, R.
name: Hoechst, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a comprehensive study performed with high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy on triple-layered Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10+d single crystals. By measurements above TC the Fermi surface topology defined by the Fermi level crossings of the CuO2-derived band was determined. A hole-like Fermi surface as for single and double-CuO2 layered Bi-based cuprates is found, giving new input to the current debate of the general Fermi surface topology of the high Tc superconductors. Furthermore, we present measurements of the superconducting gap of Bi-2223 and show that there are clear indications for a strong anisotropy of the superconducting gap. The universal properties of this phase in comparison to the other Bi-based cuprates will be discussed.
description: 8 pages, 2 figure
An Investigation of the Basis of the Strength-Based Criterion-Shift
Creators: name: Olchowski, James E
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2014

description: In recognition memory, participants often fail to change their criterion for making a “studied” response from one trial to the next based on learning strength, even when they are given obvious cues to identify each test item as studied often (“strong”) or studied a single time (“weak”) (e.g., Stretch & Wixted, 1998). In three experiments we tested the hypothesis that participants produce robust item-by-item shifts only when responding did not involve significant response interference (Simon, Acosta, Mewaldt, & Speidel, 1976). In our three experiments, participants studied lists of words studied once (weak) or five times (strong). In Experiment 1, both strong and weak words appeared at test under the questions “Was this studied at all?” or “Was this studied five times?” Participants were randomly assigned to conditions using two keys to respond “yes” or “no”, or using four keys with one set of “yes” and “no” per question. Four-key participants were expected to shift their criteria while 2-key participants could not due to response interference, though results showed that both conditions were capable of criterion-shifting. In Experiment 2 test items appeared on either the left or the right side of the screen; only strong words appeared on the right and only weak words on the left. Participants went through one study-test cycle with four response keys, and one with two. Regardless of the testing conditions, participants did not shift their criteria in the 2-key condition while participants in the 4-key condition did shift their criteria. Finally, Experiment 3 fully crossed 2 or 4 key conditions with blocked or unblocked presentation of test items. Previous experiments have found both number of response keys and blocking of presentations to have an effect on ability to criterion-shift (Hicks & Starns, 2014; Starns & Olchowski, submitted; Verde & Rotello, 2007). Experiment 3 confirmed that number of response keys has a significant effect on criterion-shifting and that it is separate from any effect of blocking. All three experiments suggest that response interference is not the driving force behind criterion-shifting. A new explanation is proposed.
Hoplosauris valeria Butler 1893
Creators: name: Parra, Luis E.
name: Jiménez-Urrutia, María C.
name: Zamora-Manzur, Carlos
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Geometridae
Hoplosauris
Hoplosauris valeria

description: Hoplosauris valeria Butler 1893
 Hoplosauris valeria Butler 1893: 463; Angulo & Casanueva 1981: 29; Scoble 1999: 994.
 Type: Hoplosauris valeria Holotype: 1 male Chile (BMNH) (examined).
 Material examined (4 males). Holotype: 1 male Chile (BMNH). Valdivia. Valdivia: 1 male. 1 male, 5-11- 1958 Krhamer coll. 1 male, 01-08-1986 Krahmer coll. (MZUC-UCCC); 3 males, 1-2008, Chile, Los Lagos, Huinay station (ZSM).
 Diagnosis. Hoplosauris valeria can be distinguished from the other species of the genus by the small hairy lobule on the male hindwings, near the vesicle; and a tubular aedeagus, with a protuberance in its medial area. These two characters are the autapomorphies for the species.
 Description. Male (Figure 1h). Head: Antennae sub-apically thickened, covered by dark brown scales. Vertex and frons with dark brown scales. Labial palpi with white apex and dark brown basis. Thorax: light brown scales and orange spots on its dorsal surface, as in patagia and tegula. Tegula with piliform scales extending posteriorly. Forewings: upperside orange with white spots on its medial zone. Medial line orange, surrounded by dark brown semicircles, darker towards the postmedial zone. Terminal line represented by dark brown semicircles. Underside light brown. Hindwings: upperside whitish, darker towards the costal margin of the wing. Underside whitish, with a light brown orange discal cell. Vesicle hairy and concave, with a small hairy lobule. Abdomen with white and dark brown scales on its basal zone. Fore and mid legs with white femur. Tibia and tarsus with dark brown and white intercalated stripes. Hind legs white. Female. Unknown. Male genitalia (Figures 4a, b). Uncus straight, setose, with acute apex, approximately ½ to length of valvae. Valvae sub-rectangular, with androconia at subapical position. Costa slightly sclerotized. Ventral margin of the valvae with neckline on its subapical region. Aedeagus tubular, with a medial, dorsal protuberance, vesica with a group of short and thick cornuti, approximately 1/5 the length of the aedeagus. Female genitalia. unknown.
 Distribution. This species occurs from 40º to 42° S, Valdivia and Los Lagos provinces.
 Flight period. Species captured during the months of August, November and January. There are no records from other months.
description: Published as part of Parra, Luis E., Jiménez-Urrutia, María C. & Zamora-Manzur, Carlos, 2009, Revision of the genus Hoplosauris Butler 1882 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), pp. 39-54 in Zootaxa 1989 on pages 44-45
Building Hope: A Community + Water Initiative, La Villa de San Francisco, Honduras
Creators: name: Mansfield, Christopher D
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2016

description: It is my contention that through activating participatory design and community engagement strategies, in conjunction with innovative construction methods that address issues of resource scarcity, the standard of living and level of accessibility to critical resources in impoverished portions of Honduras can be drastically improved. The newly provided model of construction can be done it such a way that it is cost effective in its building method, and provides highly sought after scarce critical resources. This allows participants to allocate more of their finances towards other necessary resources they normally would not be able to acquire.
A new community center designed to address the issues of resource scarcity and job opportunities will stand as a first built model with the intent that the methods of construction and innovations employed will be replicated in further applications. The center will be innovative in its construction in such a way that it recognizes local building practices, and brings some new ideas to them allowing for a method of construction that is both improved and more affordable. The center will also take a fresh look at ways the community can address issues of food and water through architectural innovations. The intent is that the success of the center’s combined interventions will encourage local people to replicate the design ideas in their own residential applications. This will improve the quantity of resources available in the community and also start to build a new job market for installing the newly desirable systems.
Resource scarcity has wreaked havoc on the typical Honduran villages’ sense of community. Hondurans are in constant competition with their neighbors for scarce critical resources required to sustain life. These resources include, food, water, shelter, and employment opportunities. Violent conflict often arises within communities as individuals compete with their neighbors for the basic necessities required to sustain life.
While architecture alone cannot solve all the issues that contribute to the problem of violence, a new center with a program that builds community and provides needed resources stands to potentially curb neighborhood conflict and begin the community healing process. The center stands as not only a replicable model, but also as an immediate community element to bring neighbors back together physically in daily interactions and emotionally in the new resources being provided.
Relativistic dynamics of Qqq systems
Creators: name: Suisso, E. F.
name: de Melo, J. P. B. C.
name: Frederico, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The bound state of constituent quarks forming a $Qqq$ composite baryon is investigated in a QCD-inspired effective light-front model. The light-front Faddeev equations are derived and solved numerically. The masses of the spin 1/2 low-lying states of the nucleon, $Λ^0$, $Λ^+_c$ and $Λ^0_b$ are found and compared to the experimental data. The data is qualitatively described with a flavor independent effective interaction.
description: 18 pages, include 6 figures, 2 eps figures, use latex, revtex. To appear Phys. Rev D (2002)
Topological diagonalizations and Hausdorff dimension
Creators: name: Weiss, Tomasz
name: Tsaban, Boaz
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Logic (math.LO)
subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: General Topology (math.GN)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 03E75, 37F20, 26A03

description: The Hausdorff dimension of a product XxY can be strictly greater than that of Y, even when the Hausdorff dimension of X is zero. But when X is countable, the Hausdorff dimensions of Y and XxY are the same. Diagonalizations of covers define a natural hierarchy of properties which are weaker than ``being countable'' and stronger than ``having Hausdorff dimension zero''. Fremlin asked whether it is enough for X to have the strongest property in this hierarchy (namely, being a gamma-set) in order to assure that the Hausdorff dimensions of Y and XxY are the same. We give a negative answer: Assuming CH, there exists a gamma-set of reals X and a set of reals Y with Hausdorff dimension zero, such that the Hausdorff dimension of X+Y (a Lipschitz image of XxY) is maximal, that is, 1. However, we show that for the notion of a_strong_ gamma-set the answer is positive. Some related problems remain open.
description: Small updates
Modified Breit-Wigner formula for mesonic resonances describing OZI decays of confined $q\bar{q}$ states and the light scalar mesons
Creators: name: van Beveren, Eef
name: Rupp, George
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A general expression resembling Breit-Wigner formulae is derived for the description of resonances which appear in meson-meson scattering. Starting point is a unitarised meson model, but reduced to a simpler form and freed from the specific assumption about the confining force. The parameters of the resulting ``Resonance-Spectrum Expansion'' are directly related to the confinement spectrum and the mechanism of $^3P_0$ valence-quark-pair creation for OZI-allowed hadronic decay, and not to the central positions and widths of resonances. The method also provides a straightforward explanation for the origin of the light scalar mesons without requiring extra degrees of freedom.
description: 21 pages, 6 figures included. v2, new figures with respect to the movement of singularities in the complex energy plane. Discussion on model dependence included. More references included. v3/4 extension acknowledgements. v5, correction misspelling in citation to Karabarbounis and Shaw's work
Understanding the effect of compaction energies on the strength indices and durability of oyster shell ash-lateritic soil mixtures for use in road works
Creators: name: Imoh Christopher Attah
name: Etim, Roland Kufre
name: Yohanna, Paul
name: Idorenyin Ndarake Usanga
Publisher: name: Faculty of Engineering, Khon Kaen University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Lateritic soil
Oyster shell ash
Compaction energies
Strength characteristics
Durability
Statistical analysis

description: Engineering and Applied Science Research, 48, 2, 151-160
Flux-Dependent Level Attraction in Double-Dot Aharonov-Bohm Interferometers
Creators: name: Kubala, Björn
name: König, Jürgen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study electron transport through a closed Aharonov-Bohm interferometer containing two single-level quantum dots. The quantum-dot levels are coupled to each other indirectly via the leads. We find that this coupling yields signatures of an effective flux-dependent level attraction in the linear conductance. Furthermore, we predict a suppression of transport when both levels are close to the Fermi level of the leads. The width of this anomaly is also flux dependent. We identify different regimes in which constructive interference of transmission through identical dots yields a signal that is 1, 2, or 4 times as large as the conductance through a single dot.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures, published version
FORMULATION AND EVALUATION OF CURCUMIN LOADED CHITOSAN TOPICAL GEL FOR WOUND HEALING
Creators: name: Heeshan Raju.R., Gayathri.S., Khaviya.M., Keerthana.V., Devika.M.,  Mrs. A. Chandra
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Wound healing is a complex physiological process that requires effective therapeutic interventions to promote tissue regeneration and prevent infections. In this study, we developed and evaluated a curcumin-loaded chitosan-based topical gel for its potential wound-healing properties. Curcumin, a bioactive compound with well-documented anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and antimicrobial properties, was incorporated into a chitosan to enhance its bioavailability and therapeutic efficacy. Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) was added to improve the gel’s stability, viscosity, and skin adhesion properties.

The gel was prepared using an optimized formulation of chitosan, CMC, and curcumin, ensuring a homogeneous distribution of the active ingredient. Physicochemical characterization, including viscosity, pH, swelling capacity, and drug release studies, was conducted to evaluate the gel’s properties. In vitro drug release studies indicated a sustained and controlled release of curcumin, which is essential for prolonged therapeutic action.

Histopathological analysis confirmed enhanced collagen deposition, reduced inflammation, and accelerated tissue regeneration. These findings suggest that the curcumin-loaded chitosan-CMC gel is a promising biomaterial for wound healing applications, offering an effective and biocompatible alternative to conventional treatments.

Keywords: Curcumin, Chitosan, Carboxymethyl Cellulose, Gel, Wound Healing, Drug Delivery
Micropaleontology and Isotope Stratigraphy of the Upper Aptian to Lower Cenomanian (~114-98 Ma) In ODP Site 763, Exmouth Plateau, NW Australia
Creators: name: Alibrahim, Ali
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2016

description: The biostratigraphy and isotope stratigraphy of the upper Aptian to lower Cenomanian interval including oceanic anoxic events OAE1b, 1c and 1d are investigated in ODP Site 763, drilled on the Exmouth Plateau offshore northwest Australia. Benthic foraminifera suggest that Site 763 was situated in outer neritic to upper bathyal water depths (~150-600 m). OAEs of the Atlantic basin and Tethys are typically associated with organic carbon-rich black shales and δ13C excursions. However, OAEs at this high latitude site correlate with ocean acidification and/or pyrite formation under anoxic conditions rather than black shales. Ocean acidification maybe responsible for sporadic low abundances of planktic foraminifera compared to radiolarians and benthic foraminifera associated with increased volcanogenic CO2 production during the formation of the Southern and Central Kerguelen Plateaus. Sea surface temperature may have cooled to 11°C in the late Aptian but increased gradually during the Albian. The Aptian/Albian boundary is placed at a negative carbon isotope excursion associated with the lowest occurrence of Microhedbergella renilaevis, typically found within the Niveau Kilian black shale of OAE1b. Third-order sea level cycles, particularly in the middle Albian, produced cyclic changes in the abundance of inoceramid prisms that increased during inferred times of falling sea level. The late Albian OAE1c and OAE1d coincide with horizons of intense pyritization and the absence of all biocomponents suggesting the development of euxinia. Warm Tethyan waters reached the Exmouth Plateau during the latest Albian based on the presence of thermocline dwelling keeled planktic foraminifera including Planomalina buxtorfi.
Spacetime structure of self-similar spherically symmetric perfect fluid solutions
Creators: name: Carr, B. J.
name: Gundlach, Carsten
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We classify all spherically symmetric and homothetic spacetimes that are allowed kinematically by constructing them from a small number of building blocks. We then restrict attention to a particular dynamics, namely perfect fluid matter with the scale-free barotropic equation of state p = alpha mu where 0
description: RevTex4, 14 pages, 16 eps figures, accepted for Phys. Rev. D
On the two-loop sbottom corrections to the neutral Higgs boson masses in the MSSM
Creators: name: Brignole, A.
name: Degrassi, G.
name: Slavich, P.
name: Zwirner, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We compute the O(ab*as) two-loop corrections to the neutral Higgs boson masses in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model, using the effective potential approach. Such corrections can be important in the region of parameter space corresponding to tan(beta)>>1 and sizeable mu. In spite of the formal analogy with the O(at*as) corrections, there are important differences, since the dominant effects are controlled by the sbottom-Higgs scalar couplings. We propose a convenient renormalization scheme that avoids unphysically large threshold effects associated with the bottom mass, and absorbs the bulk of the O(ab*as + ab*at) corrections into the one-loop expression. We give general explicit formulae for the O(ab*as) corrections to the neutral Higgs boson mass matrix. We also discuss the importance of the O(ab^2) corrections and derive a formula for their contribution to mh in a simple limiting case.
description: 14 pages, 4 figures. Version to appear in Nucl. Phys. B
MOESM10 of Optimising the use of caesarean section: a generic formative research protocol for implementation preparation
Creators: name: Bohren, Meghan
name: Opiyo, Newton
name: Kingdon, Carol
name: Downe, Soo
name: BetrÃ¡N, Ana
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 10. Qualitative module 6: Audit and feedback including external review of labour and delivery records and use of Robson classification as a feedback too.
Computational analysis of water-based copper oxide nanofluid properties and performance in a double-pipe small-scale heat exchanger
Creators: name: Sulaiman Musediq, A.
name: Aminu Yahaya
name: Olatunde Olanrewaju, B.
name: Adetifa Babatunde, O.
name: Giwa Solomon, O.
Publisher: name: Faculty of Engineering, Khon Kaen University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Nanoparticles
Heat transfer
Heat exchanger
Thermal properties
ANSYS

description: Engineering and Applied Science Research, 48, 2, 161-170
Geometric aspects of the ODE/IM correspondence
Creators: name: Dorey, Patrick
name: Dunning, Clare
name: Negro, Stefano
name: Tateo, Roberto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This review describes a link between Lax operators, embedded surfaces and Thermodynamic Bethe Ansatz equations for integrable quantum field theories. This surprising connection between classical and quantum models is undoubtedly one of the most striking discoveries that emerged from the off-critical generalisation of the ODE/IM correspondence, which initially involved only conformal invariant quantum field theories. We will mainly focus of the KdV and sinh-Gordon models. However, various aspects of other interesting systems, such as affine Toda field theories and non-linear sigma models, will be mentioned. We also discuss the implications of these ideas in the AdS/CFT context, involving minimal surfaces and Wilson loops. This work is a follow-up of the ODE/IM review published more than ten years ago by JPA, before the discovery of its off-critical generalisation and the corresponding geometrical interpretation. (Partially based on lectures given at the Young Researchers Integrability School 2017, in Dublin.)
description: Partially based on lectures given at the Young Researchers Integrability School 2017,in Dublin. 62 pages, 8 figures. Minor amendments. Version published in J. Phys A "Special Issue on Recent Advances in AdS/CFT Integrability"
Alkaline protease production using eggshells and membrane-based substrates: Process modeling, optimization, and evaluation of detergent potency
Creators: name: Tsegazeab K. Mumecha
name: Surafel Mustefa, B.
name: Venkatesa Prabhu, S.
name: Frew T. Zewde
Publisher: name: Faculty of Engineering, Khon Kaen University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Alkaline protease (AlkP)
Eggshell and membrane (ESM)
Detergent
RSM
Activity
Stability

description: Engineering and Applied Science Research, 48, 2, 171-180
The Role of the Landscape in the Socialization of Cohousing Communities:  A Study in Western Massachusetts
Creators: name: Marques Jordao, Emilie
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2016

description: The cohousing movement started in the United States in the 1990’s and since then has spread to over 160 communities throughout the country. This type of community is characterized by small dwelling units, high housing density, shared facilities such as a common house, shared commons and grouped parking. These are pedestrian-oriented communities with car circulation restricted to the outskirts of the neighborhood. Cohousing settlements have the goal of promoting social interaction and sustainable living through design, programming, and shared ideals. Many design characteristics, such as house proximity, density, building height and size, the location of parking, the availability of common spaces, and size of private spaces influence social interaction in the community. However, design is not solely responsible for promoting socialization. Other variables such as programming and personal ideologies also need to be taken into consideration when analyzing social interaction within cohousing communities. With regard to sustainability, cohousing is a valid option compared to traditional housing types because it encourages resource sharing, promotes a mixed-use and mixed-income environment, and strengthens social networks. Cohousing communities can thrive in a variety of shapes, sizes and settings, and have varying degrees of outdoor spaces and availability. This study considers how outdoor spaces affect socialization behavior among residents in cohousing and aims to provide recommendations for shaping outdoor spaces in such settings. Methods include a literature review, an analysis of case studies, spatial analysis, on-site observations, informal conversations and referencing previously conducted surveys.
Influence of Hierarchical Interfacial Assembly on Lipase Stability and Performance in Deep Eutectic Solvent
Creators: name: Andler, Stephanie M
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2016

description: Hierarchical systems that integrate nano- and macroscale structural elements can offer enhanced stability over traditional immobilization methods. Microparticles were synthesized using interfacial assembly of lipase with (CLMP-N) and without (CLMP) nanoparticles into a crosslinked polymeric core, to determine the impact of the highly ordered system on lipase stability in extreme environments. Kinetic analysis revealed the macrostructure significantly increases the turnover rate (kcat) following immobilization. The macrostructure also stabilized lipase at neutral and basic pH values, while the nanoparticles influenced stability under acidic pH conditions. A greener solvent, choline chloride and urea, was applied to produce sugar ester surfactants. Microparticles exhibited decreases in the turnover rate (kcat) and catalytic efficiency (kcat/Km) following exposure, but retained over 60% and 20% activity after exposure at 50 ºC and 60 ºC, respectively. CLMP and CLMP-N outperformed the commercially available lipase per unit protein in the production of sugar esters. The utilization of greener solvent systems with hierarchical immobilized enzyme systems has the potential to improve processing efficiency and sustainability for the production of value-added agricultural products.
A Comparative Sustainability Study for Treatment of Domestic Wastewater: Conventional Concrete and Steel Technology vs. Vegetated Sand Beds (VSB’s) and Their Relative Differences in CO2 Production
Creators: name: Milch, Alicia M
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2016

description: Conventional wastewater treatment in the U.S. is an energy dependent and carbon dioxide emitting process. Typical mechanical systems consume copious amounts of energy, which is most commonly produced from fossil fuel combustion that results in the production of CO2. The associated organic load is also metabolized by microorganisms into CO2 and H2O. As the desire to reduce CO2 output becomes more prominent, it is logical to assess the costs of conventional treatment methods and to compare them to alternative, more sustainable technology. Vegetated Sand Bed (VSB) and Reed Bed (RB) systems are green technologies that provide environmentally superior treatment to conventional systems at a fraction of the cost both environmentally and economically. Using mass balance equations the net CO2 produced from wastewater treatment at 3 conventional facilities, (Amherst, MA, Ithaca, NY and Shelburne-Buckland, MA) and 3 VSBs, (Lloyd, NY, Shushufindi Slaughterhouse, Ecuador and Shushufindi Municipal Facility, Ecuador), will be estimated. Carbon dioxide sources considered are BOD5 microbial respiration, power demand, and sludge treatment. Using the BOD5 reduction and the average daily flow from each of the conventional facilities, hypothetical VSB and RB systems will be sized for the 3 conventional systems. The land area for each hypothetical VSB and RB and the CO2 reduction for equal treatment are estimated for each conventional facility. Estimates of annual CO2 production for Amherst, Ithaca, and Shelburne-Buckland, are 3,021 metric tons, 5,575 metric tons, and 158 metric tons of, respectively. The annual CO2 reduction potential for the conventional facilities Amherst, Ithaca, and Shelburne-Buckland, when compared to VSB and RB technology is estimated to be 74.0%, 83.2%, and 86.3% respectively. VSB and RB technology also provide promising results for sustainable wastewater treatment and reuse. Ammonium and nitrate reduction at the Joseph Troll Turf Plot VSBs were 72% and 88% respectively. The mean ammonium microbial growth rate constant was – 0.14 d-1 and the mean nitrate microbial growth rate constant was – 0.23 d-1. The implications are ammonium and nitrate reduction is possible with VSB and RB technology. Further investigation to understand the processes and fate of nitrogen including separate testing of ammonium and nitrate reduction are recommended.
Bethe-Salpeter equation and a nonperturbative quark-gluon vertex
Creators: name: Bender, A.
name: Detmold, W.
name: Roberts, C. D.
name: Thomas, A. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A Ward-Takahashi identity preserving Bethe-Salpeter kernel can always be calculated explicitly from a dressed-quark-gluon vertex whose diagrammatic content is enumerable. We illustrate that fact using a vertex obtained via the complete resummation of dressed-gluon ladders. While this vertex is planar, the vertex-consistent kernel is nonplanar and that is true for any dressed vertex. In an exemplifying model the rainbow-ladder truncation of the gap and Bethe-Salpeter equations yields many results; e.g., pi- and rho-meson masses, that are changed little by including higher-order corrections. Repulsion generated by nonplanar diagrams in the vertex-consistent Bethe-Salpeter kernel for quark-quark scattering is sufficient to guarantee that diquark bound states do not exist.
description: 16 pages, 12 figures, REVTEX4
Synthesis, characterization and antioxidant activity of quercetin derivatives
Creators: name: Sun, Lei
name: Lu, Bo
name: Liu, Yandan
name: Wang, Qian
name: Li, Gao
name: Zhao, Longxuan
name: Zhao, Chunhui
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: A series of quercetin derivatives were synthesized via Williamson etherification, Steglich esterification or Koenigs–Knorr glycosylation reaction at 3 and 7 position hydroxyl groups selectively. The structures of the synthesized compounds were characterized and identified by IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR and HR-MS. The antioxidant capacity of synthesized compounds was determined by total antioxidant capacity assay kit with ABTS method (T-AOC Assay Kit). The results revealed that the compounds Qr-5a, Qr-5b, Qr-5c, Qr-5d and Qr-12 manifested significant antioxidant activities comparing to that of the positive control rutin (TEAC = 3.28), among which the antioxidant capacity of Qr-12 was the strongest, and the TEAC value was 5.19.
KCL Urban Micromet – Video Guides
Creators: name: Grimmond, Sue
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: KCL Grimmond Urban Micromet – Video Guides

Many people from the KCL Urban Micrometeorology Group contributing to making these videos. They provide an introduction to instrument and computer locations, wiring, and safety issues.

The videos are archived at:

Grimmond, S. (2024). KCL Urban Micromet – Video Guides. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13952162

 

New Video Guides

Video
What
Size

EmbankmentSoilMoisture.wmv
Embankment Gardens Soil Logger GP-1
(12 MB)

HanoverParkSoilMoisture.wmv
Hannover Square Soil Logger Location
(46 MB)

MiddleTempleWeatherStation.wmv
Middle Temple Weather Station battery change and data collection
(4 MB)

RiverTemperature.wmv
Lifeboat Pier Water Temperature Collection
(53 MB)

KSKIRTs.wmv
KSK rooftop IRTs
(35 MB)

KSNWOverview.wmv
KSNW Rooftop
(93 MB)

1-Safety.mp4
Safety
(24 MB)

 
 
 

 

Old Micromet Video Guides

Content
Size

MicrometVideoGuide.mp4
243 MB

The Hut.mp4
31 MB

The Tower.mp4
33 MB

Ceilometer.mp
 

LAS.mp4
13 MB

Gas Analysers Gas.mp4
18 MB

Infrared Thermometers 7-IRTs.mp4
34 MB

Rain gauges 8-Rain.mp4
14 MB

Inside the Ceilometer 9-InsideCeilL.mp4
36 MB

Panorama "10-Panorama.mp4"
30 MB

All Movies "MicrometTheMovie.zip"
242 MB

The video (~14 mins) may be downloaded as a single file, or as a selection of ‘chapters’ for each feature.The videos are in .mp4 format.

To view them you will either need to have Apple’s <a href="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/ | QuickTime player (usually ships with iTunes) or VLC media player(highly recommended for viewing any video type). The videos are large files (~30 MB) so a fast connection is recommended. To save to your computer, please right-click on the video link, and click on ‘save target as’ or ‘save link as’. You can also simply click on the video links if you have quicktime installed, the videos should display in your web browser once they have downloaded.
MOESM9 of Human mesenchymal stromal cells broadly modulate high glucose-induced inflammatory responses of renal proximal tubular cell monolayers
Creators: name: Md Islam
name: TomÃ¡S Griffin
name: Sander, Elizabeth
name: Rocks, Stephanie
name: Junaid Qazi
name: Cabral, Joana
name: McCaul, Jasmin
name: McMorrow, Tara
name: Griffin, Matthew
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: Additional file 9: Table S2. List of DEGs with significant Fold Changes in High-Glucose vs Mannitol.
Thin-layer drying model of jackfruit using artificial neural network in a far infrared dryer
Creators: name: Pothong Praneetpolkrang
name: Sathapornprasath, Kitti
Publisher: name: Faculty of Engineering, Khon Kaen University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Artificial neural network
Drying kinetics
Jackfruit
Far infrared radiation

description: Engineering and Applied Science Research, 48, 2, 181-189
Unstable Systems or Why Is My Junk So Raw?
Creators: name: Musgrave, David
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2016

description: Unstable Systems or Why Is My Junk So Raw? is an exploration in the raw aesthetics of exposed electronics; showing the complicated systems that make our everyday electronics work using the visual language of formalism to display these “broken” consumer electronics as art. The work in my thesis show explores the creative potential of death and impermanence through the failing of technology. The work in the exhibition combines my interest and childhood fascination in electronics as well as my experience with my father’s illness. Accidentally and intentionally broken TV’s and electronics are producing live glitches which emphasize the instability of these otherwise closed systems.