cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Early response of ablative materials to arcjet testing
Creators: name: McDougall, Stewart Victor
name: 0000-0002-7222-667X
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 2022
Subjects: Pyrolysis
Ablation
Heat transfer
PICA

description: The initial temperature response of phenolic injected carbon ablators (PICA) under arcjet test conditions is modeled by implementing heat conduction, radiation, and pyrolysis using publicly available material properties. Prior to significant pyrolization occurring, good agreement is found between experimental results and model results. Key processes during the initial temperature response are found to be heat conduction and radiation. The modeling approach proposed in this work is novel and can be combined easily with a statistical framework that implements Bayesian inference of material thermal properties and stagnation heat flux from multiple thermocouple data. Refined model results are intended for use in inference of material properties through comparison to experimental data.
title: Municipalités-info / Lausanne Région
title: Municipalités-info / Lausanne Région
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Lausanne Région
Publisher: name: Lausanne Région
Year: 2018

description: Semble avoir un rapport avec "Lettre d'information" du no 1(1997) au no 39(2013), qui devient "Nos actualités: focus sur..." du no 40(2014) au no 42(2014), mais ce n'est pas très clair.
Short-term presence of top predators influences lower trophic levels
Creators: name: Brown, Chelsea
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: Top predators exert control on lower trophic levels, often influencing long-term abundance of particular species, as well as the associated community structure. Many of these top predators are highly-mobile and highly-migratory so alternate between being present and absent on particular habitats. It is unknown, however, whether the instantaneous presence or absence of these mobile top predators, such as sharks, results in detectable short-term differences in community structure. To test this requires a model top predator that occupies certain habitats year-round but whose short-term (e.g., hourly and daily) occurrence ranges from presence in large numbers to complete absence. Here, I conducted repeated remotely-operated vehicle (ROV) video surveys of a model top predator (sand tiger shark, Carcharias taurus) and the associated reef fish community on shipwrecks along the North Carolina (NC), USA continental shelf. I tested whether reef fish community metrics (abundance, species richness, community composition, and behavior) were affected by shark presence. I found that shark presence had a significant, short-term influence on reef fish communities. When sharks were present, fish abundance was lower but species richness did not differ compared to when sharks were absent. Further analyses at finer spatial and temporal scales revealed similar abundance but elevated species richness immediately surrounding sharks. I confirmed that this particular fine-scale pattern of similar abundance but higher richness with shark presence held when the ROV was not in the water by repeating this analysis using previously collected time-lapse videos from nearby shipwrecks. These differences in fish communities were driven by higher numbers of water-column associated species, such as baitfish and other top predator species, with shark presence. Together, these findings suggest that top predators may have a “halo of influence” when they are present, which drives short-term alterations in lower trophic levels.
Real-time PCR (qPCR) assay for Rhizoctonia solani anastomoses group AG2-2IIIb
Creators: name: Abbas, S. J.
name: Ahmad, B.
name: Karlovsky, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Rhizoctonia solani anastomosis group AG2-2 IIIB is a severe sugar beet and maize pathogen. It causes crown and root rot disease which leads to yield losses world-wide. The soil-borne pathogen is difficult to detect and quantify by conventional methods. We developed a real-time PCR (qPCR) assay for the quantification of genomic DNA of Rhizoctonia solani AG2-2 IIIB based on the ITS region of rDNA genes. The limit of quantification of the assay is 1.8 pg genomic DNA. The amplification efficiency was 96.4. The assay will be helpful in the diagnoses of Rhizoctonia solani infection of sugar beet and maize roots and in the quantification of R. solani AG2-2 IIIB inoculum in plant debris and soil.
Race and smoking status associated with paclitaxel drug response in patient-derived lymphoblastoid cell lines
Creators: name: McLeod, H.L.
name: Motsinger-Reif, A.A.
name: Havener, T.M.
name: Larson, A.
name: Akhtari, F.S.
name: Carey, L.A.
name: Ash, J.
name: Hertz, D.L.
Publisher: name: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Year: 2021

description: The use of ex-vivo model systems to provide a level of forecasting for in-vivo characteristics remains an important need for cancer therapeutics. The use of lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs) is an attractive approach for pharmacogenomics and toxicogenomics, due to their scalability, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. There is little data on the impact of demographic or clinical covariates on LCL response to chemotherapy. Paclitaxel sensitivity was determined in LCLs from 93 breast cancer patients from the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Breast Cancer Database to test for potential associations and/or confounders in paclitaxel dose-response assays. Measures of paclitaxel cell viability were associated with patient data included treatment regimens, cancer status, demographic and environmental variables, and clinical outcomes. We used multivariate analysis of variance to identify the in-vivo variables associated with ex-vivo dose-response. In this unique dataset that includes both in-vivo and ex-vivo data from breast cancer patients, race (P = 0.0049) and smoking status (P = 0.0050) were found to be significantly associated with ex-vivo dose-response in LCLs. Racial differences in clinical dose-response have been previously described, but the smoking association has not been reported. Our results indicate that in-vivo smoking status can influence ex-vivo dose-response in LCLs, and more precise measures of covariates may allow for more precise forecasting of clinical effect. In addition, understanding the mechanism by which exposure to smoking in-vivo effects ex-vivo dose-response in LCLs may open up new avenues in the quest for better therapeutic prediction.
(502696) ____ [Langlands]
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
(502699) Peter Athanasius Allanson
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
title: Kinetic characterization of two neuraminic acid synthases and evaluation of their application potential
Creators: name: Çakar, Mehmet Mervan
name: Milčić, Nevena
name: Andreadaki, Theofania
name: Charnock, Simon
name: Fessner, Wolf-Dieter
name: Blažević, Zvjezdana Findrik
Publisher: name: Springer
Year: 2025

description: Neuraminic acid synthases are an important yet underexplored group of enzymes. Thus, in this research, we performed a detailed kinetic and stability analysis and a comparison of previously known neuraminic acid synthase from Neisseria meningitidis, and a novel enzyme, PNH₅, obtained from a metagenomic library. A systematic analysis revealed a high level of similarity of PNH₅ to other known neuraminic acid synthases, except for its pH optimum, which was found to be at 5.5 for the novel enzyme. This is the first reported enzyme from this family that prefers an acidic pH value. The effect of different metal cofactors on enzyme activity, i.e. Co²⁺, Mn²⁺ and Mg²⁺, was studied systematically. The kinetics of neuraminic acid synthesis was completely elucidated, and an appropriate kinetic model was proposed. Enzyme stability study revealed that the purified enzyme exhibits changes in its structure during time as observed by differential light scattering, which cause a drop in its activity and protein concentration. The operational enzyme stability for the neuraminic acid synthase from N. meningitidis is excellent, where no activity drop was observed during the batch reactor experiments. In the case of PNH₅, some activity drop was observed at higher concentration of substrates. The obtained results present a solid platform for the future application of these enzymes in the synthesis of sialic acids.

Key points:

• A novel neuraminic acid synthase was characterized.

• The effect of cofactors on NeuS activity was elucidated.

• Kinetic and stability characterization of two neuraminic acid synthases was performed.
(502693) Eleanor Bennett
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Selection for psychosocial treatment for youth at clinical high risk for psychosis based on the North American Prodrome Longitudinal Study individualized risk calculator
Creators: name: Seidman, L.J.
name: Addington, J.
name: Cannon, T.D.
name: O'Brien, M.
name: Worthington, M.A.
name: Cornblatt, B.A.
name: Walker, E.F.
name: Miklowitz, D.J.
name: Perkins, D.O.
name: McGlashan, T.H.
name: Cadenhead, K.S.
name: Tsuang, M.T.
name: Mathalon, D.H.
name: Woods, S.W.
name: Bearden, C.E.
Publisher: name: Blackwell Publishing
Year: 2021

description: Aim: Recent findings suggest that family-focused therapy (FFT) is effective for individuals at clinical high-risk for psychosis (CHR-P). As outcomes of CHR-P individuals are quite varied, certain psychosocial interventions may be differentially effective in subgroups. The present study examined change in positive symptoms for CHR-P individuals at different levels of predicted risk for conversion to psychosis who received either FFT, a brief form of family education termed enhanced care (EC) or treatment as usual. Methods: Participants were drawn from the North American Prodromal Longitudinal Study (NAPLS2). A subset of NAPLS2 participants completed a randomized study involving FFT or EC. The present study includes participants from the FFT-CHR sub-study and non-randomized NAPLS2 participants. Predicted risk of conversion was calculated using the Individualized Risk Calculator for Psychosis. Robust linear regressions evaluated whether the association between predicted risk of conversion and positive symptom change differed across intervention groups. Results: A total of 94 participants from the FFT-CHR sub-study (FFT-CHR n = 50, EC n = 44) and 401 non-randomized NAPLS2 participants were included in this study. There was a treatment group by predicted risk of conversion interaction that predicted positive symptom improvement: higher risk individuals improved more with FFT-CHR than EC or the non-randomized NAPLS group, whereas lower-risk individuals did not differ in positive symptom improvement across treatment groups (FFT-CHR vs EC: P =.03, β = 20.27; FFT-CHR vs NAPLS2: P <.001, β = 28.40). Conclusions: Intensive treatments such as FFT-CHR may be most appropriate for individuals at the highest levels of clinical risk for psychosis.
From science to society to practice? Public reactions to the insect crisis in Germany
Creators: name: Felgentreff, Esther Sophie
name: Buchholz, Sascha
name: Straka, Tanja Maria
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie::577 Ökologie
subject: behavioural intentions
subject: biodiversity crisis
subject: conservation culturomics
subject: Google Trends
subject: insect die‐off
subject: public perception

description: 1. The insect crisis, as conservation topic, has historically received little attention among the general public. Yet, the publication “More than 75% decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas” by Hallmann et al. gained vast media coverage in Germany in October 2017. Given the media's known influence on public perception, we investigated (i) whether coverage of this publication increased awareness among the German public for insect die‐off, and (ii) whether it contributed to people's intentions to undertake insect protecting actions. 2. We used Google Trends to examine people's internet activity in Germany in relation to keywords relevant to our research question. 3. A high peak in Google searches for insect die‐off (“Insektensterben”) was indeed visible immediately after the study publication, and search volume remained significantly higher for the following 6 months, confirming that the topic gained attention. 4. Further, searches for the three keywords insect hotel, bee‐friendly and bee meadow (“Insektenhotel”, “bienenfreundlich”, “Bienenweide”) increased significantly over the summers of the years 2017 to 2019. It appears that increased media attention around insect die‐off spurned by the publication of Hallmann et al not only addressed the crisis but also encouraged implementation of simple insect protection measures by the public. 5. These findings suggest that cooperation between the media, conservation organizations and scientists to disseminate evidence‐based information alongside practical conservation measures may have lasting benefits.
The Emerging Internet of Things Marketplace From an Industrial Perspective: A Survey
Creators: name: Perera, Charith
name: Liu, Chi Harold
name: Jayawardena, Srimal
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The Internet of Things (IoT) is a dynamic global information network consisting of internet-connected objects, such as Radio-frequency identification (RFIDs), sensors, actuators, as well as other instruments and smart appliances that are becoming an integral component of the future internet. Over the last decade, we have seen a large number of the IoT solutions developed by start-ups, small and medium enterprises, large corporations, academic research institutes (such as universities), and private and public research organisations making their way into the market. In this paper, we survey over one hundred IoT smart solutions in the marketplace and examine them closely in order to identify the technologies used, functionalities, and applications. More importantly, we identify the trends, opportunities and open challenges in the industry-based the IoT solutions. Based on the application domain, we classify and discuss these solutions under five different categories: smart wearable, smart home, smart, city, smart environment, and smart enterprise. This survey is intended to serve as a guideline and conceptual framework for future research in the IoT and to motivate and inspire further developments. It also provides a systematic exploration of existing research and suggests a number of potentially significant research directions.
description: IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing 2015
ЭФФЕКТИВНОСТЬ ХРАНЕНИЯ СЕЛЬСКОХОЗЯЙСТВЕННОЙ ПРОДУКЦИИ В ОГРАНИЧЕННОЙ КИСЛОРОДНОЙ СРЕДЕ
Creators: name: Исамиддинов, М.
name: Аманов, Ш.
name: Одинаев, М.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: В статье представлены результаты исследований хранение сельскохозяйственных продуктов в специализированных перфорированных пластиковых пакетах в ограниченной кислородной среде.
A Fast Geometric Regularizer to Mitigate Event Collapse in the Contrast Maximization Framework
Creators: name: Shiba, Shintaro
name: Aoki, Yoshimitsu
name: Gallego, Guillermo
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::620 Ingenieurwissenschaften::620 Ingenieurwissenschaften und zugeordnete Tätigkeiten
subject: autonomous driving
subject: contrast maximization
subject: event cameras
subject: event collapse
subject: intelligent sensors
subject: neuromorphic processing
subject: robotics

description: Event cameras are emerging vision sensors and their advantages are suitable for various applications such as autonomous robots. Contrast maximization (CMax), which provides state‐of‐the‐art accuracy on motion estimation using events, may suffer from an overfitting problem called event collapse. Prior works are computationally expensive or cannot alleviate the overfitting, which undermines the benefits of the CMax framework. A novel, computationally efficient regularizer based on geometric principles to mitigate event collapse is proposed. The experiments show that the proposed regularizer achieves state‐of‐the‐art accuracy results, while its reduced computational complexity makes it two to four times faster than previous approaches. To the best of our knowledge, this regularizer is the only effective solution for event collapse without trading off the runtime. It is hoped that this work opens the door for future applications that unlocks the advantages of event cameras. Project page: https://github.com/tub‐rip/event_collapse
Framing a Consent Form to Improve Consent Understanding and Determine How This Affects Willingness to Participate in HIV Cure Research: An Experimental Survey Study
Creators: name: Evans, D.
name: Sauceda, J.A.
name: Dubé, K.
name: Fisher, C.B.
name: Pérez, A.E.
name: Rivas, C.E.
name: Brown, B.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2021

description: HIV cure research carries serious risks and negligible benefits. We investigated how participants understand these risks and what influences their willingness to participate. Through internet-based and in-person convenience sampling, 86 HIV+ participants completed an experimental survey. Participants were randomized to read a standard consent form describing a hypothetical HIV cure study or one adapted using Fuzzy Trace Theory—a decision-making model to facilitate complex information processing. We measured consent understanding and cognitive (e.g., safe/harmful) and affective (e.g., concerning, satisfying) evaluations of HIV cure research. Participants who read the adapted consent form had improved consent understanding, but only positive affective evaluations were associated with a willingness to participate. Consent processes can use decision-making theories to facilitate comprehension of study information.
Synthesis and properties of COK‐12 large‐pore mesocellular silica foam
Creators: name: Henning, Laura M.
name: Smales, Glen J.
name: Colmenares, Maria Gracia
name: Bekheet, Maged F.
name: Simon, Ulla
name: Gurlo, Aleksander
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::620 Ingenieurwissenschaften::620 Ingenieurwissenschaften und zugeordnete Tätigkeiten
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::660 Chemische Verfahrenstechnik::666 Keramiktechnologie und zugeordnete Technologien
subject: COK-12
subject: ink-bottle pores
subject: mesocellular foam
subject: ordered mesoporous silica

description: Large, ink-bottle-shaped pores in mesocellular foams (MCFs) are desired for various applications requiring enhanced mass transfer or the immobilization of larger compounds. Hence, the cylindrical pores of COK-12, an ordered mesoporous silica structurally comparable to SBA-15 but synthesized at room-temperature at quasi-neutral pH, are chemically swollen into ink-bottle pores. Therefore, p-xylene is used as a more sustainable swelling agent compared to popular alternatives. Its high boiling point allows for an additional thermal aging step to amplify the mesostructure enlargement without needing additional chemicals. For COK-12, the MCFs obtained at room temperature reach an unprecedented plateau for the modal mesopore cell and window diameter of 19.9 and 5.5 nm, respectively, with an underlying broad pore size distribution and distorted hexagonal lattice up to 14.5 nm, involving hexagonal and spherical structures. The combined chemical and thermal swelling resulted in the selective enlargement of the window diameter to more than 200% and a slightly increased cell diameter, pore size distribution, and hexagonal lattice distortion in comparison to the room temperature synthesis. Such materials are thought to be promising alternatives to SBA-15-based MCFs, often utilizing toxic catalysts during synthesis. The presented results pave the way for enhanced adsorptive, catalytic, and drug delivery performances for COK-12-based materials.
Il Sogno della Morte
Creators: name: PsykoSapiens
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Il dubbio radicale svela la fragilità delle nostre certezze. Se reminiscenza, mente, cuore, e sentire viscerale fossero illusioni? Il nulla e l'assurdo potrebbero essere costrutti come il senso stesso, e il nostro continuo pensare, solo un autoinganno. Morire è l'essenza dell'essere: non esistiamo senza dissolverci. Il sogno ci spiega che non siamo "vivi", ma flussi di un morire continuo. Salvare la morte significa accettare l'assurdo come condizione dell'esistenza, in cui vivere è già partecipare al proprio dissolversi.
Landau level spectroscopy of electron-electron interactions in graphene
Creators: name: Faugeras, C.
name: Berciaud, S.
name: Leszczynski, P.
name: Henni, Y.
name: Nogajewski, K.
name: Orlita, M.
name: Taniguchi, T.
name: Watanabe, K.
name: Forsythe, C.
name: Kim, P.
name: Jalil, R.
name: Geim, A. K.
name: Basko, D. M.
name: Potemski, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present magneto-Raman scattering studies of electronic inter Landau level excitations in quasi-neutral graphene samples with different strengths of Coulomb interaction. The band velocity associated with these excitations is found to depend on the dielectric environment, on the index of Landau level involved, and to vary as a function of the magnetic field. This contradicts the single-particle picture of non-interacting massless Dirac electrons, but is accounted for by theory when the effect of electron-electron interaction is taken into account. Raman active, zero-momentum inter Landau level excitations in graphene are sensitive to electron-electron interactions due to the non-applicability of the Kohn theorem in this system, with a clearly non-parabolic dispersion relation.
description: 5+2 pages, 2 figures
Ethical Reflections on the Conduct of HIV Research with Community Members: A Case Study
Creators: name: Brown, B.
name: Marg, L.
name: Dubé, K.
name: Taylor, J.
name: Kuzmanović, D.
name: Long, Y.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2021

description: Some researchers continue to engage in “helicopter” or “parachute” research and do not ethically engage or collaborate with communities from which data are collected. This paper uses a case study to discuss the ethical issues arising from these research practices and the importance of increasing meaningful community involvement in research. Set in the context of research among older people living with HIV, the case study is followed by the perspectives of four research stakeholders. Through these perspectives, this paper demonstrates the ethical perils and harms that stem from research practices exemplified in the case. We argue instead for researchers to practice participatory research methods in line with community-based participatory research approaches (CBPR), good participatory practices (GPP), the Denver Principles, and CIOMS guidelines. Towards this end, we describe tools developed in collaboration with stakeholders in the research process to help researchers incorporate community participation and reduce unethical research conduct.
(502694) John Shakespeare Langlands
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Sharp exponents and a Wiener type condition for boundary regularity of quasiminimizers
Creators: name: Björn, Jana
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Primary: 31C15, 35B45, Secondary: 31C45, 35J20, 49N60

description: We obtain a sufficient condition for boundary regularity of quasiminimizers of the p-energy integral in terms of a Wiener type sum of power type. The exponent in the sum is independent of the dimension and is explicitly expressed in terms of p and the quasiminimizing constant. We also show by an example that the exponent is sharp in a certain sense.
GlycoGrip: Cell Surface-Inspired Universal Sensor for Betacoronaviruses
Creators: name: Kim, S.H.
name: Simmerling, C.
name: Rosenfeld, M.A.
name: Papanikolas, M.J.
name: Kearns, F.L.
name: Amaro, R.E.
name: Freeman, R.
name: Casalino, L.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2021

description: Inspired by the role of cell-surface glycoproteins as coreceptors for pathogens, we report the development of GlycoGrip: a glycopolymer-based lateral flow assay for detecting SARS-CoV-2 and its variants. GlycoGrip utilizes glycopolymers for primary capture and antispike antibodies labeled with gold nanoparticles for signal-generating detection. A lock-step integration between experiment and computation has enabled efficient optimization of GlycoGrip test strips which can selectively, sensitively, and rapidly detect SARS-CoV-2 and its variants in biofluids. Employing the power of the glycocalyx in a diagnostic assay has distinct advantages over conventional immunoassays as glycopolymers can bind to antigens in a multivalent capacity and are highly adaptable for mutated strains. As new variants of SARS-CoV-2 are identified, GlycoGrip will serve as a highly reconfigurable biosensor for their detection. Additionally, via extensive ensemble-based docking simulations which incorporate protein and glycan motion, we have elucidated important clues as to how heparan sulfate and other glycocalyx components may bind the spike glycoprotein during SARS-CoV-2 host-cell infection. GlycoGrip is a promising and generalizable alternative to costly, labor-intensive RT-PCR, and we envision it will be broadly useful, including for rural or low-income populations that are historically undertested and under-reported in infection statistics.
(502695) Jane Dorothy Langlands
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine induces robust specific and cross-reactive IgG and unequal neutralizing antibodies in naive and previously infected people
Creators: name: Raphel, Kristin
name: Huang, Jenny
name: de Silva, Aravinda M.
name: Jadi, Ramesh
name: Lafleur, John E.
name: Baric, Ralph S.
name: Adams, Lily E.
name: Premkumar, Lakshmanane
name: Vielot, Nadja A.
name: Narowski, Tara M.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2022

description: Understanding vaccine-mediated protection against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is critical to overcoming the global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We investigate mRNA-vaccine-induced antibody responses against the reference strain, seven variants, and seasonal coronaviruses in 168 healthy individuals at three time points: before vaccination, after the first dose, and after the second dose. Following complete vaccination, both naive and previously infected individuals developed comparably robust SARS-CoV-2 spike antibodies and variable levels of cross-reactive antibodies to seasonal coronaviruses. However, the strength and frequency of SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies in naive individuals were lower than in previously infected individuals. After the first vaccine dose, one-third of previously infected individuals lacked neutralizing antibodies; this was improved to one-fifth after the second dose. In all individuals, neutralizing antibody responses against the Alpha and Delta variants were weaker than against the reference strain. Our findings support future tailored vaccination strategies against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants as mRNA-vaccine-induced neutralizing antibodies are highly variable among individuals.
title: Muslim women’s clothing style and the key factors influencing their intention to purchase modest clothing in the UK
Creators: name: Ali, N
Publisher: name: Liverpool John Moores University
Year: 2024

description: The study reveals that the Muslim consumer segment is under-researched in comparison to all the other major consumer groups. Although Muslims have been identified as an untapped and profitable market segment, many brands are still unable to understand UK-based Muslim women's needs adequately. Western markets especially are relatively underdeveloped in meeting the needs of religious minorities. Thus, clothing desired by Muslim women is not widely available in the UK, and Muslim women struggle to find clothes of their choice. Hence, to enhance the knowledge on UK-based female Muslim consumers, this study identifies Muslim women’s preferred clothing styles and investigates the factors influencing Muslim women’s intention to purchase modest clothing in the UK. In order to achieve the research aim, the theory of planned behaviour, trait theory and social identity theory were adapted to form the conceptual framework of the study. The data was collected using a structured online questionnaire published on social media groups and pages in the UK from September 2020 to March 2021. As a result, 1087 usable questionnaires were received and used to assess the proposed model fit through structural equation modelling. SPSS software was used for data management and data screening, while AMOS software was used for SEM. Results revealed that fashion advertising and fashion consciousness were not significant predictors of the intention to purchase modest clothing. Although the influence of traditional media is significant, it is negatively associated with purchase intention. In contrast, religiosity, modesty, frugality, need for uniqueness, subjective norms, digital media, product attributes and perceived availability positively influence the intention to purchase modest clothing. The study broadens the literature on religion, fashion and ethnic minorities, particularly UK-based Muslims, at a time when Islamic marketing and the trend of modest fashion are increasingly growing, and large retailers are trying to attract Muslim consumers. As per the researcher's knowledge, this is a pioneer attempt that examined modesty, fashion advertising, frugality, product availability and product attributes simultaneously in the context of modest fashion.
(502598) William Snowball
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Study of Citation Networks in Tribology Research
Creators: name: Elango, Bakthavachalam
name: Bornmann, Lutz
name: Shankar, Subramaniam
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Digital Libraries (cs.DL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: CitNetExplorer has been used to study the citation networks among the scientific publications on tribology during the 15 years period from 1998-2012. Three data sets from Web of Science have been analyzed: (1) Core publications of tribology research, (2) publications on nanotribology and (3) publications of Bharat Bhushan (a top-contributor to nanotribology research). Based on this study, some suggestions are made to improve the CitNetExplorer.
description: Submitted to the journal Scientometrics
Vertical eye gaze in the environment affects perceptions of emotional valence in sad faces
Creators: name: Flusberg, Stephen
name: Thibodeau, Paul
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: Included in this OSF Project are stimuli, Qualtrics surveys, data, and analysis scripts for a paper on how vertical eyes affects perceptions of emotional valence in faces. The paper associated with this project has been published in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.
The Multiple Waves of COVID-19 in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Temporal Trend Analysis
Creators: name: Zhang, Xian
name: Colombel, Jean-Frederic
name: Kissous-Hunt, Michele
name: Lewis, James D.
name: Reinisch, Walter
name: Agrawal, Manasi
name: Coward, Stephanie
name: Kappelman, Michael D.
name: Steinwurz, Flavio
name: Underwood, Fox E.
name: Ungaro, Ryan C.
name: Ng, Siew C.
name: Rahier, Jean-Francois
name: Brenner, Erica J.
name: Kaplan, Gilaad G.
name: Gearry, Richard B.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2022

description: BACKGROUND: Cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have emerged in discrete waves. We explored temporal trends in the reporting of COVID-19 in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients. METHODS: The Surveillance Epidemiology of Coronavirus Under Research Exclusion for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (SECURE-IBD) is an international registry of IBD patients diagnosed with COVID-19. The average percent changes (APCs) were calculated in weekly reported cases of COVID-19 during the periods of March 22 to September 12, September 13 to December 12, 2020, and December 13 to July 31, 2021. RESULTS: Across 73 countries, 6404 cases of COVID-19 were reported in IBD patients. COVID-19 reporting decreased globally by 4.2% per week (95% CI, -5.3% to -3.0%) from March 22 to September 12, 2020, then climbed by 10.2% per week (95% CI, 8.1%-12.3%) from September 13 to December 12, 2020, and then declined by 6.3% per week (95% CI, -7.8% to -4.7%). In the fall of 2020, weekly reporting climbed in North America (APC, 11.3%; 95% CI, 8.8-13.8) and Europe (APC, 17.7%; 95% CI, 12.1%-23.5%), whereas reporting was stable in Asia (APC, -8.1%; 95% CI, -15.6-0.1). From December 13, 2020, to July 31, 2021, reporting of COVID-19 in those with IBD declined in North America (APC, -8.5%; 95% CI, -10.2 to -6.7) and Europe (APC, -5.4%; 95% CI, -7.2 to -3.6) and was stable in Latin America (APC, -1.5%; 95% CI, -3.5% to 0.6%). CONCLUSIONS: Temporal trends in reporting of COVID-19 in those with IBD are consistent with the epidemiological patterns COVID-19 globally.
(502689) George Thomas Wilson
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Proposal for experimental test of the time-dependent Wigner inequalities for neutral pseudoscalar meson systems
Creators: name: Nikitin, N.
name: Sotnikov, V.
name: Toms, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recently a new class of time-dependent Bell inequalities in Wigner form was introduced. The structure of the inequalities allows experimental studies of quantum and open quantum systems in external fields. In this paper we study the properties of the time dependent Wigner inequalities using the time evolution of neutral pseudoscalar mesons. It is shown that it is always possible to find a range of parameters to test for violation in an experimentally accessible area. The effect of the relaxation of the inequalities for large time scales is demonstrated.
description: Published in Phys. Rev. D
(502688) Christopher Stephenson
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Fibrin(ogen) engagement of S. aureus promotes the host antimicrobial response and suppression of microbe dissemination following peritoneal infection
Creators: name: Bergmeier, W.
name: Rowe, S.E.
name: Conlon, B.P.
name: Paul, D.S.
name: Abrahams, S.R.
name: Höök, M.
name: Flick, M.J.
name: Degen, J.L.
name: Negrón, O.
name: Hur, W.S.
name: Prasad, J.
name: Antoniak, S.
Publisher: name: Public Library of Science
Year: 2022

description: The blood-clotting protein fibrin(ogen) plays a critical role in host defense against invading pathogens, particularly against peritoneal infection by the Gram-positive microbe Staphylococcus aureus. Here, we tested the hypothesis that direct binding between fibrin(ogen) and S. aureus is a component of the primary host antimicrobial response mechanism and prevention of secondary microbe dissemination from the peritoneal cavity. To establish a model system, we showed that fibrinogen isolated from FibγΔ5 mice, which express a mutant form lacking the final 5 amino acids of the fibrinogen γ chain (termed fibrinogenγΔ5), did not support S. aureus adherence when immobilized and clumping when in suspension. In contrast, purified wildtype fibrinogen supported robust adhesion and clumping that was largely dependent on S. aureus expression of the receptor clumping factor A (ClfA). Following peritoneal infection with S. aureus USA300, FibγΔ5 mice displayed worse survival compared to WT mice coupled to reduced bacterial killing within the peritoneal cavity and increased dissemination of the microbes into circulation and distant organs. The failure of acute bacterial killing, but not enhanced dissemination, was partially recapitulated by mice infected with S. aureus USA300 lacking ClfA. Fibrin polymer formation and coagulation transglutaminase Factor XIII each contributed to killing of the microbes within the peritoneal cavity, but only elimination of polymer formation enhanced systemic dissemination. Host macrophage depletion or selective elimination of the fibrin(ogen) β2-integrin binding motif both compromised local bacterial killing and enhanced S. aureus systemic dissemination, suggesting fibrin polymer formation in and of itself was not sufficient to retain S. aureus within the peritoneal cavity. Collectively, these findings suggest that following peritoneal infection, the binding of S. aureus to stabilized fibrin matrices promotes a local, macrophage-mediated antimicrobial response essential for prevention of microbe dissemination and downstream host mortality.
title: Corporate Governance – A comparative analysis of the approach to corporate governance regulation and enforcement in the UK and the US
Creators: name: Worme, K
Publisher: name: Liverpool John Moores University
Year: 2023

description: Corporations play a crucial role in the functioning of global economies. As a result, the importance of regulating corporate behaviour continues to be a topic of great debate. Despite the introduction of corporate governance regulations over two decades ago, instances of corporate misconduct continue to emerge, which calls into question the effectiveness of corporate governance regulations to prevent and detect corporate misconduct. It is well accepted that regulations alone cannot prevent misconduct. To be effective, regulations must be adequately enforced. The UK and U.S. have adopted two different approaches to regulating corporate behaviour. While the UK has adopted a voluntary comply-or-explain approach, the U.S. has adopted a rules-based approach with mandatory compliance and sanctions for non-compliance. The main aim of this study is to investigate the differences in the approach to corporate governance regulation and enforcement in the UK and the United States. In so doing, the research ventures beyond the law in the books and considers how the law operates and how it is enforced. The study combines doctrinal, socio-legal and comparative law methodologies to achieve the research objectives and uses Becker’s theory on measuring enforcement to analyse the effectiveness of enforcement in the UK and the United States. The study concludes that the approach to corporate governance (the rules-based or principles-based) does not materially impact corporate misconduct. Instead, the study contends that the effectiveness of the UK’s approach to corporate governance enforcement is hindered by a cluttered enforcement framework with multiple civil and criminal regulators. As a result of the centralised approach adopted in the U.S., this study finds that there is a higher likelihood that U.S. directors will face sanctions for corporate misconduct, when compared to their UK counterparts. Given that the effectiveness of regulations is measured in relation to its enforcement, the effectiveness of the UK system of corporate governance enforcement to deter corporate misconduct is questionable. Ultimately, there is little incentive for directors to engage effectively in preventing and detecting corporate misconduct.
(502284) Peter McDonald
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
(502282) Thomas Harks
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.