cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Transient Polycomb activity represses developmental genes in growing oocytes
Creators: name: Jarred, EG
name: Qu, Z
name: Tsai, T
name: Oberin, R
name: Petautschnig, S
name: Bildsoe, H
name: Pederson, S
name: Zhang, QH
name: Stringer, JM
name: Carroll, J
name: Gardner, DK
name: van den Buuse, Maarten
name: Sims, NA
name: Gibson, WT
name: Adelson, DL
name: Western, PS
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 31
subject: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 3105
subject: Genetics

description: Background: Non-genetic disease inheritance and offspring phenotype are substantially influenced by germline epigenetic programming, including genomic imprinting. Loss of Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) function in oocytes causes non-genetically inherited effects on offspring, including embryonic growth restriction followed by post-natal offspring overgrowth. While PRC2-dependent non-canonical imprinting is likely to contribute, less is known about germline epigenetic programming of non-imprinted genes during oocyte growth. In addition, de novo germline mutations in genes encoding PRC2 lead to overgrowth syndromes in human patients, but the extent to which PRC2 activity is conserved in human oocytes is poorly understood. Results: In this study, we identify a discrete period of early oocyte growth during which PRC2 is expressed in mouse growing oocytes. Deletion of Eed during this window led to the de-repression of 343 genes. A high proportion of these were developmental regulators, and the vast majority were not imprinted genes. Many of the de-repressed genes were also marked by the PRC2-dependent epigenetic modification histone 3 lysine 27 trimethylation (H3K27me3) in primary–secondary mouse oocytes, at a time concurrent with PRC2 expression. In addition, we found H3K27me3 was also enriched on many of these genes by the germinal vesicle (GV) stage in human oocytes, strongly indicating that this PRC2 function is conserved in the human germline. However, while the 343 genes were de-repressed in mouse oocytes lacking EED, they were not de-repressed in pre-implantation embryos and lost H3K27me3 during pre-implantation development. This implies that H3K27me3 is a transient feature that represses a wide range of genes in oocytes. Conclusions: Together, these data indicate that EED has spatially and temporally distinct functions in the female germline to repress a wide range of developmentally important genes and that this activity is conserved in the mouse and human germlines.
Additional file 2 of Altered metabolic connectivity within the limbic cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical circuit in presymptomatic and symptomatic behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia
Creators: name: Liu, Li
name: Chu, Min
name: Nie, Binbin
name: Jiang, Deming
name: Xie, Kexin
name: Cui, Yue
name: Liu, Lin
name: Kong, Yu
name: Chen, Zhongyun
name: Nan, Haitian
name: Rosa-Neto, Pedro
name: Wu, Liyong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mental Health
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 2: Supplementary Table 2. Results of gray matter volume in each of the striatal subregions with significant differences between bvFTD patients and normal controls.
title: Separating the albedo-reducing effect of different light-absorbing particles on snow using deep learning
Creators: name: Chevrollier, Lou-Anne
name: Wehrlé, Adrien
name: Cook, Joseph M.
name: Pirk, Norbert
name: Benning, Liane G.
name: Anesio, Alexandre M.
name: Tranter, Martyn
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: albedo-reducing effect
subject: light-absorbing particles
subject: snow
classificationCode: 550
subject: Geowissenschaften

description: Several different types of light-absorbing particles (LAPs) darken snow surfaces, enhancing snowmelt on glaciers and snowfields. LAPs are often present as a mixture of biotic and abiotic components at the snow surface, yet methods to separate their respective abundance and albedo-reducing effects are lacking. Here, we present a new optimisation method enabling the retrievals of dust, black carbon, and red algal abundances and their respective darkening effects from spectral albedo. This method includes a deep-learning emulator of a radiative transfer model (RTM) and an inversion algorithm. The emulator alone can be used as a fast and lightweight alternative to the full RTM with the possibility to add new features, such as new light-absorbing particles. The inversion method was applied to 180 ground field spectra collected on snowfields in southern Norway, with a mean absolute error on spectral albedo of 0.0056, and surface parameters that closely matched expectations from qualitative assessments of the surface. The emulator predictions of surface parameters were used to quantify the albedo-reducing effect of algal blooms, mineral dust, and dark particles represented by black carbon. Among these 180 surfaces, the albedo reduction due to light-absorbing particles was highly variable and reached up to 0.13, 0.21, and 0.25 for red algal blooms, mineral dust, and dark particles respectively. In addition, the effect of a single LAP was attenuated by the presence of other LAPs by up to 2–3 times. These results demonstrate the importance of considering the individual types of light-absorbing particles and their concomitant interactions for forecasting snow albedo.
Supplemental Material, SPPS803608_suppl_mat - Lay Theories of Gender Influence Support for Women and Transgender People’s Legal Rights
Creators: name: Wilton, Leigh S.
name: Bell, Ariana N.
name: Carpinella, Colleen M.
name: Young, Danielle M.
name: Meyers, Chanel
name: Clapham, Rebekah
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Supplemental Material, SPPS803608_suppl_mat for Lay Theories of Gender Influence Support for Women and Transgender People’s Legal Rights by Leigh S. Wilton, Ariana N. Bell, Colleen M. Carpinella, Danielle M. Young, Chanel Meyers, and Rebekah Clapham in Social Psychological and Personality Science
Mesoporous Activated Carbon from Bamboo Waste via Microwave-Assisted K2CO3 Activation: Adsorption Optimization and Mechanism for Methylene Blue Dye
Creators: name: Zahari, KF Azlan
name: Sahu, UK
name: Khadiran, T
name: Surip, Siti Norasmah
name: ALOthman, ZA
name: Jawad, AH
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 34
subject: Chemical sciences
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
classificationCode: 3401
subject: Analytical chemistry

description: Bamboo waste (BW) was activated with a K2CO3 precursor in a microwave process for the adsorption of MB dye from an aqueous solution. The prepared bamboo-waste-activated carbon (BWAC) was analyzed by instrumental techniques such as FTIR, SEM, and BET analysis. The surface of the BWAC was mesoporous with a surface area of 107.148 m2/g. The MB dye removal was optimized with the three variables of adsorbent dose, pH, and contact time using the Box–Behnken design (BBD) model. Up to 87% of MB was removed in the optimized conditions of adsorbent dose of 0.08 g/100 mL, pH of 7.62, time of 8 min, and concentration of 50 mg/L. Here, the most effective parameter for MB removal was found to be adsorbent dose with an F-value of 121.70, while time and pH showed a smaller effect. The maximum adsorption capacity of BWAC in the optimized conditions was found to be 85.6 mg/g. The adsorption of MB on BWAC’s surface was through chemisorption and a spontaneous process. The adsorption mechanism study showed that three types of interactions are responsible for the removal of MB dye from aqueous solutions by BWAC, i.e., electrostatic interactions, H-bonding, and pi–pi interactions. Hence, BWAC can be considered a highly efficient adsorbent for MB removal from wastewater.
Chan_et_al_revised_supplementary_CL_FINAL – Supplemental material for Deep learning algorithms to identify documentation of serious illness conversations during intensive care unit admissions
Creators: name: Chan, Alex
name: Chien, Isabel
name: Moseley, Edward
name: Salman, Saad
name: Bourland, Sarah Kaminer
name: Lamas, Daniela
name: Walling, Anne M
name: Tulsky, James A
name: Lindvall, Charlotta
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 110308 Geriatrics and Gerontology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111702 Aged Health Care
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplemental material, Chan_et_al_revised_supplementary_CL_FINAL for Deep learning algorithms to identify documentation of serious illness conversations during intensive care unit admissions by Alex Chan, Isabel Chien, Edward Moseley, Saad Salman, Sarah Kaminer Bourland, Daniela Lamas, Anne M Walling, James A Tulsky and Charlotta Lindvall in Palliative Medicine
Ethical and regulatory issues of stem cell-derived 3-dimensional organoid and tissue therapy for personalised regenerative medicine
Creators: name: Harris, AR
name: Walker, Mary
name: Gilbert, F
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 32
subject: Biomedical and clinical sciences
classificationCode: 3206
subject: Medical biotechnology
subject: FOS: Medical biotechnology
classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Background: Regenerative medicine has the potential to treat genetic disorders and replace damaged or missing tissue. The use of donor or animal tissue raises many well-known issues, including limited tissue availability, the possibility of rejection and patient infection. Stem cell therapy raised hope of overcoming these issues, but created new risks including tumour formation and limited benefit if the desired target tissue does not form. The recent development of 3-dimensional tissues, including organoids, allows the creation of more complex tissues for personalised regenerative medicine. Methods: This article details the potential health risks of 3-dimensional organoid and tissue therapy versus dissociated stem cell therapy. The current ethical and regulatory issues surrounding 3-dimensional organoid and tissue therapy are presented with a focus on the highly influential FDA and International Society of Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) guidelines. Conclusions: The potential use of 3-dimensional organoid and tissue therapy may deliver greater patient benefits than other regenerative medicine approaches, but raises new health and ethical risks. Preclinical testing of these therapies will not mitigate some of their risks; they may only be understood after first-in-human trials. The potential irreversibility and high risk of these therapies affects how clinical trials should be structured, including post-trial care for participants.
Understanding Shifts in US Policies towards the Taliban: A Critical Analysis
Creators: name: Ibrahimi, Niamatullah
name: Farasoo, Ghollam Abbas
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4402
subject: Criminology
subject: FOS: Law
classificationCode: 4404
subject: Development studies
classificationCode: 4408
subject: Political science
subject: FOS: Political science

description: No description supplied
title: Protocol for in vivo fluorescence lifetime microendoscopic imaging of the murine femoral marrow
Creators: name: Fiedler, Alexander F.
name: Niesner, Raluca A.
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: gradient refractive index lens
subject: in vivo two-photon imaging
subject: femoral marrow
subject: NAD(P)H fluorescence lifetime imaging
classificationCode: 630
subject: Landwirtschaft und verwandte Bereiche

description: We present a protocol for micro-endoscopic fluorescence lifetime imaging in the femoral marrow of mice allowing the analysis of NAD(P)H-dependent metabolism at single cell level, in vivo . Therefore, we employed a gradient refractive index (GRIN) lens system fixed to the mouse femur by a specialized implant. We provide step-by-step instructions for the practical usage of the microendoscopic femoral implant and discuss experimental parameters required for reliable NAD(P)H FLIM analysis, particularly referring to photon statistics and signal-to-noise ratio. Representative results indicate metabolic heterogeneity both in marrow tissue environment and among marrow LysM + myeloid cells in vivo . We expect the here presented microendoscopic FLIM approach to enable the analysis of cellular functions and dysfunctions, beyond cellular metabolism, providing a better understanding of bone biology, in health and disease.
title: Der Einsatz von KI-Detektoren zur Überprüfung von Prüfungsleistungen - Eine Stellungnahme
Creators: name: Baresel, Kira
name: Horn, Janine
name: Schorer, Susanne
Publisher: name: twillo
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 5.3
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: Diese Stellungnahme diskutiert den Einsatz von KI-Detektoren an Hochschulen und zeigt die Möglichkeiten und Herausforderungen auf. Aufgrund der Unzuverlässigkeit und rechtlichen Herausforderungen bei der Implementierung wird geschlussfolgert, dass von deren Nutzung im Prüfungskontext abzusehen ist und die Ressourcen der Hochschulen besser in die Anpassung der Prüfungskultur und -formate gesteckt werden sollten.
Supplemental Material, Online_Supplement_#2 - Access and Health System Impact of an Early Intervention Treatment Program for Emerging Adults with Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Creators: name: Anderson, Kelly K.
name: John-Baptiste, Ava
name: MacDougall, Arlene G.
name: Li, Lihua
name: Kurdyak, Paul
name: Osuch, Elizabeth A.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: Psychology not elsewhere classified
Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy)

description: Supplemental Material, Online_Supplement_#2 for Access and Health System Impact of an Early Intervention Treatment Program for Emerging Adults with Mood and Anxiety Disorders by Kelly K. Anderson, Ava John-Baptiste, Arlene G. MacDougall, Lihua Li, Paul Kurdyak, and Elizabeth A. Osuch in The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
Supplemental material1 - Supplemental material for Accurate quantification of uncertainty in epidemic parameter estimates and predictions using stochastic compartmental models
Creators: name: Zimmer, Christoph
name: Sequoia I Leuba
name: Cohen, Ted
name: Yaesoubi, Reza
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 111708 Health and Community Services
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified
subject: 160807 Sociological Methodology and Research Methods
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Supplemental material, Supplemental material1 for Accurate quantification of uncertainty in epidemic parameter estimates and predictions using stochastic compartmental models by Christoph Zimmer, Sequoia I Leuba, Ted Cohen and Reza Yaesoubi in Statistical Methods in Medical Research
title: AAV-mediated transduction of songbird retina
Creators: name: Seth, Pranav Kumar
name: Heyers, Dominik
name: Satish, Baladev
name: Mendoza, Ezequiel
name: Haase, Katrin
name: Borowsky, Lisa
name: Musielak, Isabelle
name: Koch, Karl-Wilhelm
name: Feederle, Regina
name: Scharff, Constance
name: Dedek, Karin
name: Mouritsen, Henrik
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: AAV
subject: avian retina
subject: photoreceptors
subject: intravitreal injection
subject: European robin
subject: opsin
classificationCode: 570
subject: Biowissenschaften; Biologie

description: Introduction: Genetic manipulation of murine retinal tissue through ocular administration of adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) has become a standard technique to investigate a multitude of mechanisms underlying retinal physiology. Resultantly, developments of recombinant viral vectors with improved transduction efficiency and further methodological improvements have mostly focused on murine tissue, whereas AAVs successfully targeting avian retinae have remained scarce. Methodology: Using a custom-designed injection setup, we identified a viral serotype with the capability to successfully induce widespread transduction of the bird retina. Results: Intravitreal administration of an AAV type 2/9 encoding for enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) in night-migratory European robins (Erithacus rubecula) resulted in transduction coverages of up to 60% within retinal tissue. Subsequent immunohistochemical analyses revealed that the AAV2/9-EGFP serotype almost exclusively targeted photoreceptors: rods, various single cones (UV, blue, green, and red cones), and both (accessory and principal) members of double cones. Discussion: The consistently high and photoreceptor-specific transduction efficiency makes the AAV2/9 serotype a powerful tool for carrying out genetic manipulations in avian retinal photoreceptors, thus opening a wealth of opportunities to investigate physiological aspects underlying retinal processing in birds, such as physiological recordings and/or post-transductional behavioural readouts for future vision-related research.
Supplementary_Table - Yield of Emergent CT in Patients With Epilepsy Presenting With a Seizure
Creators: name: Kvam, Kathryn A.
name: Douglas, Vanja C.
name: Whetstone, William D.
name: S. Andrew Josephson
name: Betjemann, John P.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 110306 Endocrinology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110904 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases

description: Supplementary_Table for Yield of Emergent CT in Patients With Epilepsy Presenting With a Seizure by Kathryn A. Kvam, Vanja C. Douglas, William D. Whetstone, S. Andrew Josephson, and John P. Betjemann in The Neurohospitalist
title: Mother–Infant Face‐to‐Face Interactions Serve a Similar Function in Humans and Other Apes
Creators: name: Amici, Federica
name: Ersson‐Lembeck, Manuela
name: Holodynski, Manfred
name: Liebal, Katja
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: comparative developmental psychology
subject: great apes
subject: maternal behavior
subject: Pan
subject: small apes
classificationCode: 150
subject: Psychologie

description: In humans, mothers and infants often engage in face‐to‐face interactions, which are often considered crucial for the social transmission of information and the typical social and cognitive development of infants. In this study, we used a comparative developmental perspective to provide an assessment of mother–infant face‐to‐face interactions in several great and small ape species and to better understand which aspects of face‐to‐face interactions are shared by humans with other species. We conducted longitudinal behavioral observations on 48 mother–infant pairs from five different genera (i.e., Hylobates : N = 9; Homo : N = 10; Nomascus : N = 6; Pan : N = 18; Symphalangus : N = 5), when infants were 1, 6, and 12 months old. Generalized linear mixed models revealed differences across ape genera and through development in the probability that mothers and infants engaged in face‐to‐face interactions during the first year of the offsprings’ life. As predicted, these interactions were more likely when mothers and infants spent less time in physical contact, in communities usually characterized by more distal parenting styles (i.e., WEIRD humans), and when infants became older and thus motorically more independent. Overall, our findings suggest that face‐to‐face interactions were likely present in the common ancestor of humans and small apes, and likely serve a similar function across ape species.
Development and Implementation of an Intergenerational Bonding Program in a Co-Located Model: A Case Study in Singapore
Creators: name: Yeh, IL
name: Wong, SYX
name: Safaruan, LSB
name: Kang, YQ
name: Wong, MST
name: Wilson, Ingrid
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 390107
subject: Humanities and social sciences curriculum and pedagogy (excl. economics, business and management)
classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 48
subject: Law and legal studies

description: There is a well-established body of evidence that intergenerational bonding programs (IGPs) can improve the overall well-being of older adults and strengthen relationships and understanding between generations. There is limited literature on the experience of IGPs in an Asian context, despite many of these countries facing faster rates of population ageing than other Western countries. In Singapore, intergenerational bonding is a priority in national efforts to encourage successful ageing. This paper presents a case study of the development and implementation of a co-located (shared site) model IGP in Singapore. Drawing on interviews with key stakeholders, the aim of this case study is to present the realities of the evolution of an IGP from conceptualisation through to implementation, and used the nursing home’s COVID-19 experience to illustrate issues of sustainability affecting IGPs with vulnerable populations. The findings will inform the development and implementation of similar future programs.
Linking evapotranspiration seasonal cycles to the water balance of headwater catchments with contrasting land uses
Creators: name: Neto, AML Peixoto
name: Cartwright, I
name: Silva, MRF
name: McHugh, I
name: Dresel, PE
name: Teodosio, B
name: Jovanovic, D
name: McCaskill, MR
name: Webb, John
name: Daly, E
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 37
subject: Earth sciences
classificationCode: 3707
subject: Hydrology
classificationCode: 3709
subject: Physical geography and environmental geoscience
classificationCode: 4005
subject: Civil engineering
subject: FOS: Civil engineering

description: Land use affects evapotranspiration rates and is a primary driver of the catchment water balance. The water balance of two catchments in southeastern Australia dominated by either grazed pasture or blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus) plantation was studied, focusing on the patterns of evapotranspiration (ET) throughout the year. Rainfall, streamflow, and groundwater levels measured between 2015 and 2019 were combined to estimate annual ET using a water balance equation. In the pasture, eddy covariance was used to measure ET from the catchment. Sap flow measurements were used to estimate tree transpiration in May 2017–May 2018 and Feb 2019–Feb 2021 in two different plots within the plantation. The tree transpiration rates were added to interception, estimated as a percentage of annual rainfall, to calculate ET from the plantation catchment. ET in the pasture showed strong seasonal cycles with very low ET rates in summer and ET rates in spring that were larger than the transpiration rates in the plantation, where trees transpired consistently throughout the year. The estimated annual ET from the water balance equation was comparable to ET estimated from other measurements. In the pasture, ET on average accounted for 88% of annual rainfall, while ET in the plantation was on average 93% of rainfall, exceeding it in the years with annual rainfall lower than about 500 mm. The difference between the ET rates in the plantation and the pasture was approximately 30–50 mm y−1. The larger ET rates in the plantation were reflected in a gradual decrease in the groundwater storage. The larger ET rates were enough to cause a decrease in groundwater storage in the plantation but not in the pasture, where groundwater levels remained stable.
FACEBOOK LANGUAGE OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN LUBAO IDENTITY AND BEYOND
Creators: name: Cabrera, Arcie
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021

description: ABSTRACT

 

The unending convenience and upgrading of Facebook had led to the explosion of many new words and changed the ways how ideas were structured and communicated. Thus, this study was formulated concerning the conduct of discourse analysis on the Facebook status posts of the students through word, sentence, and other observable features analyses to reveal the online language identity of the students.

The research used a qualitative descriptive research design and used a digitaldiscourses formed through the collected Facebook posts of the 172 Grade 10 students-participants from Lubao West District, Cluster III, Division of Pampanga recruited using homogenous purposive sampling. The corpus contained 3, 422 text posts and 13, 572 words based on the Microsoft Word’s word counting feature and treated through the data analysis procedure adapted by Lou (2019).

The analyzed and interpreted data revealed that the Facebook language of the participants was described having terms formed through creative spelling, classified as interjections, defined informally, and uninflected, while their ideas were constructed as fragments and run-on sentences that when properly punctuated these were following Filipino sentence pattern, structured as complex sentences, and functioning as exclamatory sentences. Moreover, the other observable features of their Facebook language were the replacing punctuations with emojis, wrong spacings between and among words, shortened and elongated spellings, humor and creativity, long posts with three certain uses, and English posts lifted from quotations and hugot lines. Lastly, it was concluded that their online language identity was commonly short and singly composed, in Tagalog and vernacular, with other extra features of being expressive, humorous, creative, ungrammatical, emoji dependent, and serves specific purposes.  Thus, the identity of the Facebook or online language of the students must be given attention and analyzed to understand their behavior and performance in school or at home. The characteristic of their language when speaking and writing either in academic or random settings was probably an effect of their social media dependence. Furthermore, the conduct of mixed methods research was highly recommended.

Keywords: Online Language Identity, Discourse Analysis, Facebook Posts
Data Hiding Scheme Based on Quad General Difference Expansion Cluster
Creators: name: Ilham, AJ
name: Ahmad, T
name: De La Croix, NJ
name: Maniriho, Pascal
name: Ntahobari, M
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 40
subject: Engineering
classificationCode: 46
subject: Information and computing sciences
classificationCode: 4604
subject: Cybersecurity and privacy

description: For some periods, information technology has developed, but there are some issues with its data security. For this reason, exploring the data hiding method is relevant, which is an appropriate study in the information concealment paradigm. Several factors must be considered in its implementation, such as the capacity of the confidential data and the quality of the generated stego file. Nevertheless, it is difficult to solve those two problems simultaneously in actual application. We often need to choose either one of them, which is more suitable for a specific environment. In this research, those problems are approached by extending the Quad General Difference Expansion Cluster (QGDEC) method combined with fuzzy logic in the image environment. We use the cluster in the QGDEC, which aims to ensure that the pixel difference is not significant so that the quality of the stego can be maintained. The confidential data can be embedded in multiple layers based on several image characteristics, which can be processed using fuzzy logic. The result of the experiment denotes that the proposed method obtains about 20 dB higher than that of the previous ones regarding the Peak Signal to Noise Ratio (PSNR) for the same capacity of the secret. It depicts that the proposed method is more applicable than the previous ones by considering the specific message size and its respective characteristics.
Yu_online_supp – Supplemental material for Income and Racial Disparity and the Role of the Built Environment in Pedestrian Injuries
Creators: name: Chia-Yuan Yu
name: Xuemei Zhu
name: Chanam Lee
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 120599 Urban and Regional Planning not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Social and economic geography

description: Supplemental material, Yu_online_supp for Income and Racial Disparity and the Role of the Built Environment in Pedestrian Injuries by Chia-Yuan Yu, Xuemei Zhu and Chanam Lee in Journal of Planning Education and Research
FVM-RANS Modeling of Air Pollutants Dispersion and Traffic Emission in Dhaka City on a Suburb Scale
Creators: name: Ali, Md Eabad
name: Hasan, MD Farhad
name: Siddiqa, Sadia
name: Molla, Md Mamun
name: Akhter, Most Nasrin
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 40
subject: Engineering
classificationCode: 4012
subject: Fluid mechanics and thermal engineering

description: The present study aims to investigate the impact of air pollutants dispersion from traffic emission under the influence of wind velocity and direction considering the seasonal cycle in two major areas of Dhaka city: namely, Tejgaon and Gazipur. Carbon monoxide (CO) mass fraction has been considered as a representative element of traffic-exhausted pollutants, and the distribution of pollutants has been investigated in five different street geometries: namely, single regular and irregular, double regular and irregular, and finally, multiple irregular streets. After the grid independence test confirmation as well as numerical validation, a series of case studies has been presented to analyze the air pollutants dispersion, which mostly exists due to the traffic emission. The popular Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) approach has been considered, and the finite volume method (FVM) has been applied by ANSYS FluentTM. The k−ϵ turbulence model has been integrated from the RANS approach. It was found that the wind velocity as well as wind direction and the fluid flow fields can play a potential role on pollution dispersion in the Dhaka city street canyons and suburbs. Inhabitants residing near the single regular streets are exposed to more traffic emission than those of single irregular streets due to fewer obstacles being created by the buildings. Double regular streets have been found to be a better solution to disperse pollutants, but city dwellers in the east region of double irregular streets are exposed to a greater concentration of pollutants due to the change of wind directions and seasonal cycles. Multiple irregular streets limit the mobility of the pollutants due to the increased number of buildings, yet the inhabitants near the multi-irregular streets are likely to experience approximately 11.25% more pollutants than other dwellers living far from the main street. The key findings of this study will provide insights on improving the urbanization plan where different geometries of streets are present and city dwellers could have less exposure to traffic-exhausted pollutants. The case studies will also provide a template layout to map pollutant exposure to identify the alarming zone and stop incessant building construction within those regions by creating real-time air quality monitoring to safeguard public safety.
title: Partial Identification of Heteroskedastic Structural Vector Autoregressions: Theory and Bayesian Inference
Creators: name: Lütkepohl, Helmut
name: Shang, Fei
name: Uzeda, Luis
name: Woźniak, Tomasz
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/05cc98565
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2025

description:

We consider structural vector autoregressions that are identified through stochastic volatility. Our analysis focuses on whether a particular structural shock can be identified through heteroskedasticity without imposing any sign or exclusion restrictions. Three contributions emerge from our exercise: (i) a set of conditions that ensures the matrix containing structural parameters is either partially or globally unique; (ii) a shrinkage prior distribution for the conditional variance of structural shocks, centred on the hypothesis of homoskedasticity; and (iii) a statistical procedure for assessing the validity of the conditions outlined in (i). Our shrinkage prior ensures that the evidence for identifying a structural shock relies predominantly on the data and is less influenced by the prior distribution. We demonstrate the usefulness of our framework through a fiscal structural model and a series of simulation exercises.
description: Nous étudions des modèles vectoriels autorégressifs structurels qui comportent une volatilité stochastique. Nous cherchons à déterminer s’il est possible de repérer un choc structurel particulier à l’aide de l’hétéroscédasticité sans imposer des contraintes de signe et d’exclusion. Trois apports ressortent de notre analyse : i) un ensemble de conditions qui garantissent que la matrice comportant des paramètres structuraux est partiellement ou globalement unique, ii) une mesure de rétrécissement liée à la distribution a priori pour la variance conditionnelle des chocs structurels, axée sur l’hypothèse de l’homoscédasticité, et iii) une méthode statistique permettant d’évaluer la validité des conditions énoncées au point i). Notre mesure de rétrécissement a priori garantit que les éléments probants utilisés pour repérer un choc structurel reposent principalement sur les données et sont moins influencés par la distribution a priori. Nous démontrons l’utilité de notre cadre au moyen d’un modèle budgétaire structurel et d’une série d’exercices de simulation.
Frameworks for identifying priority plants and ecosystems most impacted by major fires
Creators: name: Auld, Tony D
name: Keith, David A
name: Gallagher, Rachael V
name: Tozer, Mark
name: Ooi, Mark KJ
name: Le Breton, Tom
name: Allen, Stuart
name: Yates, Colin
name: van Leeuwen, Stephen
name: Williams, Richard
name: DE Mackenzie, Berin
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 31
subject: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 3103
subject: Ecology
classificationCode: 3104
subject: Evolutionary biology
classificationCode: 3108
subject: Plant biology

description: Globally, many species and ecosystems are experiencing landscape-scale wildfires (‘megafires’) and these events are predicted to increase in frequency and severity as the climate warms. Consequently, the capability to rapidly assess the likely impacts of such large fires and identify potential risks they pose to the persistence of species and ecosystems is vital for effective conservation management. In this review, we propose novel frameworks to identify which plant species and ecosystems are most in need of management actions as a result of megafires. We do this by assessing the impacts of a fire event on plants and ecosystems in the context of the whole fire regime (current fire event combined with recent fire history) and its interactions with other threatening processes, rather than simply considering the amount of habitat burnt. The frameworks are based on a combination of key species’ traits related to mechanisms of decline, components of the fire regime that are most likely to have adverse impacts on species or ecosystem recovery, and biotic and environmental factors that may amplify fire impacts or pose barriers to post-fire recovery. We applied these frameworks to guide management priorities and responses following the extensive 2019/2020 fires in southern Australia, and we illustrate their application here via a series of worked examples that highlight the various mechanisms of post-fire decline the frameworks address. The frameworks should be applicable to a broader range of fire-prone biomes worldwide. Our approach will (1) promote the development of foundational national datasets for assessing megafire impacts on biodiversity, (2) identify targeted priority actions for conservation, (3) inform planning for future fires (both prescribed burning and wildfire suppression), and (4) build awareness and understanding of the potential breadth of factors that threaten plants and ecosystems under changing fire regimes.
Supp_Figures – Supplemental material for Feasibility Study of a Newly Developed Hybrid Energy Device Used During Laparoscopic Liver Resection in a Porcine Model
Creators: name: Wakabayashi, Taiga
name: Abe, Yuta
name: Akishige Kanazawa
name: Oshima, Go
name: Kodai, Shintaro
name: Ehara, Kazuhisa
name: Kinugasa, Yusuke
name: Kinoshita, Takahiro
name: Akinari Nomura
name: Kawakubo, Hirofumi
name: Kitagawa, Yuko
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 110314 Orthopaedics
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110604 Sports Medicine
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110323 Surgery
subject: 99999 Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Other engineering and technologies
subject: 91299 Materials Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Materials engineering

description: Supplemental material, Supp_Figures for Feasibility Study of a Newly Developed Hybrid Energy Device Used During Laparoscopic Liver Resection in a Porcine Model by Taiga Wakabayashi, Yuta Abe, Akishige Kanazawa, Go Oshima, Shintaro Kodai, Kazuhisa Ehara, Yusuke Kinugasa, Takahiro Kinoshita, Akinari Nomura, Hirofumi Kawakubo and Yuko Kitagawa in Surgical Innovation
How Effective Is a Buddhist Pilgrimage Circuit as a Product and Strategy for Heritage Tourism in India?
Creators: name: Shinde, Kiran
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 3301
subject: Architecture
subject: FOS: Civil engineering
classificationCode: 43
subject: History, heritage and archaeology
classificationCode: 4302
subject: Heritage, archive and museum studies

description: Buddhist heritage in India is receiving reasonable attention for tourism development with a particular emphasis on promoting Buddhist circuits. One Buddhist pilgrimage circuit covering eight locations including four most sacred places, namely, Bodhgaya, Sarnath, Kushinagar, and Lumbini, is popular for spiritual and religious reasons. Fieldwork conducted in these four sites reveals complex patterns of visitation that question the idea of a circuit as a tourism product. The primary circuit-goers are foreign Buddhist followers, but the magnitude of their visitation is very low. They constitute less than 10 percent of visitors and are far outnumbered by domestic visitors. Domestic visitors driven by recreational purposes hardly complete the entire circuit; their visits are directed to two popular sites while other sites are used as “middle-of-the-trip centers” or places for daytrips. The interviews with various stakeholders including religious institutions, private tour operators, and relevant government agencies, show that the itineraries of circuit-goers depend on several factors including the convenience of travel, accommodation facilities, the ability to perform pilgrimage rituals, and institutional governance for tourism. This paper argues that Buddhist pilgrimage circuits operate more as a cultural landscape at a cognitive level rather than as a distinct physical route and a product that can be effectively translated into as strategy for tourism development in Buddhist sites.
AI and Machine Learning for Precision Agriculture: A New Era of Farming
Creators: name: Prabhu P, Sathish P, Sarathi S, Vijayan N, Ms.Sowbarnika G
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are transforming agriculture by enablingprecision farming, optimizing resource utilization, and improving crop yield. This paper explores how AIdriven technologies, including predictive analytics, computer vision, and autonomous systems, areenhancing agricultural productivity. The study highlights AI applications in crop health monitoring, soilanalysis, pest control, and irrigation management. Challenges such as high implementation costs, dataprivacy concerns, and accessibility are discussed, along with future trends in AI-driven smart agriculture.
Why Open Science?
Creators: name: Giglia, Elena
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Open Science

description: Presentation at the NanoInnovation school, Rome, Sept. 13 2024

What is Open Science and, mainly, why do we need it?

72 years to get Open Access via transformative agreements. Are we serious?

What's wrong with the current system: retractions, citation cartels, papermills...

The root of the issue: research assessment

COARA, the reform of research assessment

How Open Science can help: transparency and reproducibility

Open Science practices
Are Aussie pubs really filled with tiles because it’s easier to wash off the pee? History has a slightly different story
Creators: name: Luckins, Tanja
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 430302
subject: Australian history

description: The “six o’clock swill” is one of the best known terms in Australian history. It captures the unedifying drinking habits of a 50-year period from the first world war until the 1960s, when hotel bars closed at 6pm in the south-eastern states of Australia.
Stamkou_OnlineAppendix – Supplemental material for Cultural Collectivism and Tightness Moderate Responses to Norm Violators: Effects on Power Perception, Moral Emotions, and Leader Support
Creators: name: Stamkou, Eftychia
name: Kleef, Gerben A. Van
name: Homan, Astrid C.
name: Gelfand, Michele J.
name: Vijver, Fons J. R. Van De
name: Egmond, Marieke C. Van
name: Boer, Diana
name: Phiri, Natasha
name: Nailah Ayub
name: Kinias, Zoe
name: Cantarero, Katarzyna
name: Treister, Dorit Efrat
name: Figueiredo, Ana
name: Hashimoto, Hirofumi
name: Hofmann, Eva B.
name: Lima, Renata P.
name: I-Ching Lee
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Supplemental material, Stamkou_OnlineAppendix for Cultural Collectivism and Tightness Moderate Responses to Norm Violators: Effects on Power Perception, Moral Emotions, and Leader Support by Eftychia Stamkou, Gerben A. van Kleef, Astrid C. Homan, Michele J. Gelfand, Fons J. R. van de Vijver, Marieke C. van Egmond, Diana Boer, Natasha Phiri, Nailah Ayub, Zoe Kinias, Katarzyna Cantarero, Dorit Efrat Treister, Ana Figueiredo, Hirofumi Hashimoto, Eva B. Hofmann, Renata P. Lima and I-Ching Lee in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Are Aussie pubs really filled with tiles because it’s easier to wash off the pee? History has a slightly different story
Creators: name: Luckins, Tanja
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023

description: The “six o’clock swill” is one of the best known terms in Australian history. It captures the unedifying drinking habits of a 50-year period from the first world war until the 1960s, when hotel bars closed at 6pm in the south-eastern states of Australia.
Will AI decide if you get your next job? Without legal regulation, you may never even know
Creators: name: Sheard, Natalie
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 3505
subject: Human resources and industrial relations
classificationCode: 4602
subject: Artificial intelligence

description: The use of artificial intelligence (AI) and other automated decision-making tools in recruitment is on the rise among Australian organisations. However, research shows these tools may be unreliable and discriminatory, and in some cases rely on discredited science.
Un estudio de mapeo sistemático de la interfaz de usuario inteligente: resultados preliminares
Creators: name: Aguilar-Encarnacion, Pedro
name: Iñiguez, Carlos
name: Sandobalín, Ph.D., Prof. Julio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI) have transformed the way humans interact with computers. IUIs promise to optimize the user experience by improving the efficiency, effectiveness and naturalness of human-computer interaction. The development of IUIs motivates innovation in different industries, allowing software to be more accessible in different environments, contexts, and scenarios. The article presents a systematic literature mapping study to identify research gaps in IUI development. In addition, gaps not covered by academia or industry are presented.

Además, se presentan brechas no cubiertas por la academia o la industria.
Domestic and Family Violence and Private Family Report Writing Practice in the Australian Family Law System: A Study
Creators: name: Jeffries, Samantha
name: Menih, Helena
name: Rathus, Zoe
name: Field, Rachael
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 48
subject: Law and legal studies
classificationCode: 480402
subject: Family law
classificationCode: 4805
subject: Legal systems

description: In Australia, family reports are an influential expert assessment of a family usually undertaken in contentious family law parenting matters by social workers or psychologists, known as family report writers. This article presents findings from in-depth interviews with 10 private family report writers about their experience of undertaking assessments, particularly in cases where domestic and family violence is alleged. The study reveals a number of concerns that mirror the findings of previous Australian and international research in this area. For example, concerns were raised about the quality and efficacy of training and access to other resources, professional isolation, the efficacy of the family report assessment process, and divergence in understandings of domestic and family violence. A critical issue raised in the study relates to the pro-contact and co-parenting culture of the Australian family law system, which can significantly impact the family report writing process and may have repercussions for the safety of victims of domestic and family violence and their children. Responding to and drawing from the family report writers’ lived experiences, we offer suggestions for reform that aim to improve the efficacy of the family report assessment process and therefore the justice and safety of outcomes in matters where a family report is deemed necessary.
Nucula falklandica Preston 1912
Creators: name: Zettler, Michael L.
name: Bick, Andreas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Nuculida
Nuculidae
Nucula
Nucula falklandica

description: 1. Nucula falklandica Preston, 1912 [Figs 3A – E]
Nucula falklandica Preston, 1912: 637, pl. 21, fig. 3
Material examined. • 7 spms, Stn. 2; • 6 spms, Stn. 7; • 6 spms, Stn. 8; • 4 spms, Stn. 11; • 1 spm, Stn. 13; • 10 spms, Stn. 15.
Type locality. Port Stanley, Malvinas / Falkland Islands, from a fish stomach.
Bathymetric distribution. 5–500 m.
Substrate. Soft bottom.
Geographical distribution. ANTARCTICA:Antarctic Peninsula. SUBANTARCTICA: -. SCOTIA ARC: South Shetland Islands, South Orkney Islands. SOUTH AMERICA: Malvinas/Falkland Islands, Strait of Magellan.
Remarks. Nucula falklandica from the 26 th Soviet Antarctic Expedition from King George Island, which is housed in the Zoological Museum Hamburg, is illustrated in Engl (2012). Rauschert (1991) published his findings from the 26 th (1980–1982) and 30 th (1984–1986) Soviet Antarctic Expedition from Ardley Cove near King George Island. The provenance of these records is almost exactly the same as that of the present study. At that time, he detected the species at 12 stations in depths between 5 and 70 metres. In the present study we observed this species between 35 and 70 m.
References. Rauschert (1991), Villarroel & Stuardo (1998), Engl (2012), Aldea et al. (2020), Zettler & Bick (2025).
description: Published as part of Zettler, Michael L. & Bick, Andreas, 2025, Molluscs from a shallow bay of King George Island (Antarctica, South Shetland Islands): An annotated checklist with new distributional records, pp. 401-450 in Zootaxa 5631 (3) on page 406, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5631.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/15370912
Additional file 1 of The reporting requirements of case reports and adherence of case report reporting guidelines in medical journals: an analysis of the authors’ guide sections
Creators: name: Taheri, Abolfazl
name: Adibi, Peyman
name: Sabbagh Jafari, Mojtaba
name: Saeedizadeh, Marzieh
name: Rahimi, Alireza
name: Abbasi, Alireza
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 1: Appendix S1. Description for typology of case reports published in medical journals (N = 50).