cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Perceived human rights and support for new democracies: lessons from Mexico
Creators: name: Hillebrecht, Courtney
name: Dona-Gene Mitchell
name: Wals, Sergio C.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Cancer
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Molecular Biology

description: Political elites in emerging democracies are likely to promise improvements on human rights. From an empirical perspective, however, emerging democracies tend to perform rather poorly in this domain. Given this tension between elite rhetoric and performance, it is important to examine the extent to which citizens in emerging democracies evaluate democracy and new democratic leaders' performance on the bases of their perceptions of respect for human rights. This topic remains largely unexplored and conventional wisdom suggests that economic satisfaction, not human rights concerns, drives individuals' support for democracy. We aim to fill this gap in the literature by investigating the extent to which specific and diffuse political support is related to individuals' perceptions of respect for human rights in the context of an emerging democracy. Taking advantage of two representative survey data sets from Mexico from 2003 and 2010, our empirical findings suggest that citizens are more likely to support their president, their government and democratization when they believe that human rights are respected. By examining the relationship between democracy and human rights protections at the individual level, our research is a pioneering effort to better explain the interaction between the prospects of democratic consolidation and perceptions of human rights.
Geomorphological identification, classification and spatial distribution of coastal landforms of Malta (Mediterranean Sea)
Creators: name: Biolchi, Sara
name: Furlani, Stefano
name: Devoto, Stefano
name: Gauci, Ritienne
name: Castaldini, Doriano
name: Soldati, Mauro
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: This paper presents the outcomes of a geomorphological investigation carried out along the coasts of the island of Malta and provides a detailed classification of the Maltese coastline based on the identification and definition of specific coastal geomorphotypes. The results of field surveys, supported by air-photo interpretation, have led to the production of a coastal geomorphological map at 1:30,000 scale which outlines the processes and related deposits and landforms. The latter are the result of the complex interplay of structural, gravitational, coastal and karst processes. Moreover, radiocarbon dates of marine organisms encrusted on boulders mapped along the NE coast are presented.
Geomorphological identification, classification and spatial distribution of coastal landforms of Malta (Mediterranean Sea)
Creators: name: Biolchi, Sara
name: Furlani, Stefano
name: Devoto, Stefano
name: Gauci, Ritienne
name: Castaldini, Doriano
name: Soldati, Mauro
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: This paper presents the outcomes of a geomorphological investigation carried out along the coasts of the island of Malta and provides a detailed classification of the Maltese coastline based on the identification and definition of specific coastal geomorphotypes. The results of field surveys, supported by air-photo interpretation, have led to the production of a coastal geomorphological map at 1:30,000 scale which outlines the processes and related deposits and landforms. The latter are the result of the complex interplay of structural, gravitational, coastal and karst processes. Moreover, radiocarbon dates of marine organisms encrusted on boulders mapped along the NE coast are presented.
title: Characterization of the non-structural (NSs) protein of tick-borne phleboviruses
Creators: name: Rezelj, Veronica Valentina
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Phlebovirus, interferon antagonism, reassortment.

description: In recent years, a number of newly discovered tick-borne viruses exhibiting a wide spectrum of diseases in humans have been ascribed to the Phlebovirus genus of the Bunyaviridae family. These viruses have a tripartite RNA genome composed of two negative-sense RNA segments (medium and large) and one ambisense segment (small), which encode four structural proteins and one non-structural protein (NSs). The NSs protein is the major virulence factor of bunyaviruses, and acts as an antagonist of a key component of the first line of defence against viral infections: the interferon (IFN) system (Bridgen et al., 2001; Weber et al., 2002). The work presented herein describes the characterization of tick-borne phlebovirus NSs proteins as IFN antagonists. The development of a reverse genetics system for the apathogenic tick-borne Uukuniemi phlebovirus (UUKV) enabled the recovery of infectious UUKV entirely from cDNA. A recombinant UUKV lacking NSs induced higher amounts of IFN in infected cells compared to wild-type UUKV, suggesting a role of NSs in modulating the IFN response. The weak IFN antagonistic activity of UUKV NSs was evident using transient transfection reporter assays in comparison to the NSs protein of either pathogenic Heartland virus (HRTV) or Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV). The sensitivity of UUKV, HRTV and SFTSV to exogenous and virus-induced IFN, as well as their growth kinetics in IFN-competent cells were examined. The molecular mechanisms employed by UUKV, HRTV and SFTSV NSs proteins to evade antiviral immunity were investigated using reporter assays, immunofluorescence, and immunoprecipitation studies. Collectively, these assays showed that UUKV NSs was able to weakly inhibit IFN induction but not IFN signalling, through a novel interaction with MAVS (mitochondrial antiviral signalling protein). On the other hand, HRTV and SFTSV NSs proteins potently inhibited IFN induction through an interaction with TBK1, and type I but not type II IFN signalling via an interaction with STAT2. Finally, the development of a minigenome system for HRTV in conjunction with minigenomes developed for UUKV and SFTSV (Brennan et al., 2015) provided preliminary data to assess possible outcomes of tick-borne phlebovirus reassortment. In summary, the results described in this thesis offer insights into how tick-borne phlebovirus pathogenicity may be linked to the capacity of their NSs proteins to block the innate immune system. The data presented also illustrate the plethora of viral immune evasion strategies utilized by emerging phleboviruses, and provide an insight into the possibility of tick-borne phlebovirus reassortment.
CESSDA SaW D5.2: Platform for knowledge exchange to develop human and technical capital
Creators: name: Jerlehag, Birger
name: Recker, Jonas
name: Alfredsson, Iris
name: Ilijasic Versic, Ivana
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Open Access

description: This report is the result of desk research and two reports, D2.1 and D2.2 from WP 2.1 in CESSDA SaW. Task 2.1 of the CESSDA SaW project will create a virtual knowledge-sharing platform (KSP) as a central point of access for the body of knowledge created by CESSDA partners. Task 5.2 will extend the content of the KSP with resources created by other relevant non-CESSDA institutions. This content will be added as external resources accessible via web links. They will be described by a set of metadata fields, harmonized with the metadata schema developed in T2.1, and thus possible to locate in the same way as uploaded resources. This report will help the editorial committee of the KSP to find relevant external content to add to the platform.
title: Православие как национальная идея России в публицистике писателя Л.И.Бородина
Creators: name: Еремеева, Юлия
Publisher: name: Новгородский государственный университет имени Ярослава Мудрого (НовГУ)
Year: 2022

description: В публицистических произведениях русского писателя, поэта и публициста Л.И.Бородина, посвященных России, отразились взгляды автора на вековую историю родной земли, ее дальнейшую судьбу, связанную с преобразованиями конца XX века, а также мысли о причинах затянувшегося политического кризиса в стране. Л.И.Бородин в своем публицистическом творчестве реализовывал мысль о том, что сила России, ее былое могущество заключались и должны заключаться в современной ему действительности и в будущем в сохранении и укреплении православной веры. Писатель воплощал в своих произведениях идею «религиозного патриотизма», подразумевающую стремление христианина, истинного патриота к воссозданию сильной целостной России — Православной Державы.
Geomorphological identification, classification and spatial distribution of coastal landforms of Malta (Mediterranean Sea)
Creators: name: Biolchi, Sara
name: Furlani, Stefano
name: Devoto, Stefano
name: Gauci, Ritienne
name: Castaldini, Doriano
name: Soldati, Mauro
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences

description: This paper presents the outcomes of a geomorphological investigation carried out along the coasts of the island of Malta and provides a detailed classification of the Maltese coastline based on the identification and definition of specific coastal geomorphotypes. The results of field surveys, supported by air-photo interpretation, have led to the production of a coastal geomorphological map at 1:30,000 scale which outlines the processes and related deposits and landforms. The latter are the result of the complex interplay of structural, gravitational, coastal and karst processes. Moreover, radiocarbon dates of marine organisms encrusted on boulders mapped along the NE coast are presented.
The Impact of Radical Right-Wing Parties on the Positions of Mainstream Parties Regarding Multiculturalism
Creators: name: Han, Kyung Joon
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: What are the political effects of rising radical right-wing parties (RRPs) in Western Europe? Does the rise of the parties drive mainstream parties (MPs) to become more restrictive on issues mobilised by RRPs, such as multiculturalism? Analysing manifesto data from 1981 to 2008, it is found that the rise of RRPs makes right-wing MPs adopt more restrictive positions regarding multiculturalism. However, left-wing MPs do so only when the opinion of party supporters on foreigners becomes more negative or when the parties lost more votes in the previous election than their opponent right-wing MPs did. The result implies that niche parties with extremist positions can benefit from their own electoral success by dragging MPs toward their own positions. However, the impact of rising niche parties on MPs should be understood against a broader background of party competition, and the impact can be dissimilar between MPs with different ideological commitment and strategic opportunities.
Individual and Neighborhood Predictors of Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in Los Angeles County
Creators: name: M. Pia Chaparro
name: Harrison, Gail G.
name: Pebley, Anne R.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Medicine

description: Using data from the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey, we investigated individual and neighborhood-level predictors of participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) among eligible households in Los Angeles County. Among eligible groups, those with lower participation rates included older people, married couples, Hispanics, and those living in higher income neighborhoods. Reporting poor physical and/or mental health was associated with higher odds of SNAP participation. Future studies should focus on disentangling the relationship between poor health and SNAP participation, as well as on studying the pathway by which neighborhood resources may impact SNAP participation.
Spatially resolved stellar populations and kinematics with kcwi: Probing the assembly history of the massive early-type galaxy ngc 1407
Creators: name: Ferre-Mateu, Anna
name: Forbes, Duncan
name: McDermid, Richard M.
name: Romanowsky, Aaron J.
name: Brodie, Jean
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Using the newly commissioned Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) instrument on the Keck II telescope, we analyze the stellar kinematics and stellar populations of the well-studied massive early-type galaxy (ETG) NGC 1407. We obtained high signal-to-noise integral field spectra for a central and an outer (around one effective radius toward the southeast direction) pointing with integration times of just 600 s and 2400 s, respectively. We confirm the presence of a kinematically distinct core also revealed by VLT/MUSE data of the central regions. While NGC 1407 was previously found to have stellar populations characteristic of massive ETGs (with radially constant old ages and high alpha-enhancements), it was claimed to show peculiar supersolar metallicity peaks at a large radius that deviated from an otherwise strong negative metallicity gradient, which is hard to reconcile within a "two-phase" formation scenario. Our outer pointing confirms the near-uniform old ages and the presence of a steep metallicity gradient, but with no evidence for anomalously high metallicity values at large galactocentric radii. We find a rising outer velocity dispersion profile and high values of the fourth-order kinematic moment - an indicator of possible anisotropy. This coincides with the reported transition from a bottom-heavy to a Salpeter initial mass function, which may indicate that we are probing the transition region from the "in situ" to the accreted phase. With short exposures, we have been able to derive robust stellar kinematics and stellar populations in NGC 1407 to ∼1 effective radius. This experiment shows that future work with KCWI will enable 2D kinematics and stellar populations to be probed within the low surface brightness regions of galaxy halos in an effective way.
Within-host evolution of Burkholderia pseudomallei during chronic infection
Creators: name: Viberg, Linda
Publisher: name: Charles Darwin Universiity
Year: 2017

description: Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis, is an opportunistic environmental bacterium found in tropical areas. Melioidosis has a wide spectrum of clinical presentations but most common is pneumonia. People with certain risk factors such as cystic fibrosis (CF) are more likely to contract the disease upon exposure. B. pseudomallei generally causes acute disease but in some instances give rise to chronic infection. People with CF are more prone to develop chronic infection and the molecular mechanisms behind this chronic presentation are not well understood. This thesis aim was to investigate B. pseudomallei evolution within CF patients during chronic infection using genomics and transcriptomics. First, sequential isolates from one of the only two known patients with chronic infection without CF were whole genome sequenced (WGS). Results from this analysis showed no within-host evolution of the isolates over time but did identify a rare polyclonal infection of two B. pseudomallei isolates of the same sequence type. Next, paired isolates from seven chronically infected CF patients were WGS and we found that mutations accumulated over time in these isolates. We identified traits common among chronic CF pathogens such as multi-antibiotic resistance, reductive evolution, metabolic adaptation, and virulence factor attenuation. Also, the first B. pseudomallei isolate with a hypermutator phenotype was identified. Additionally, two new potential resistance mechanisms towards two of the five clinically relevant antibiotics for treatment of melioidosis were identified. Transcriptomic analysis of five of the seven isolate pairs grown in artificial sputum media to mimic the C Flung conditions showed differential expression of genes in four of the isolate pairs, and confirmed the role of key genetic mutations in altering gene expression of certain pathways. Combined these studies have created a first glimpse into the pathogenesis of chronic B. pseudomallei infections in CF, and my results will provide potential new avenues for targeted therapeutic management for CF patients infected with this recalcitrant pathogen.
Sustainable tourism and alternative livelihood development on Atauro Island, Timor-Leste, through pro-poor, community-based ecotourism
Creators: name: Dias Quintas, Jose Filipe
Publisher: name: Charles Darwin University
Year: 2016

description: Timor-Leste, as a small island developing state and a fragile, post-conflict nation, faces major human development challenges, particularly in the areas of poverty alleviation, rural economic development and development of the ‘non-oil’ economy. Tourism has been identified as a key sector for economic development in the Timor-Leste Strategic Development Plan 2011–2030, with community-based ecotourism (CBET) and propoor tourism (PPT) identified as the major tourism models. Over the past two decades, Ataúro Island has been a national and international model of CBET and PPT development. This study assesses the economic, socio-cultural and environmental impacts and benefits of CBET and PPT programmes for local communities on Ataúro Island through island-level, participatory mapping and spatial analysis of ecotourism assets and key infrastructure. A quantitative assessment of CBET development was conducted through a survey of 150 households in three villages of Ataúro Island (Vila Maumeta, Beloi and Bikeli). Among the 150 participants, additional CBET socio-economic data were collected from 29 individual CBET owners/managers. A SWOT analysis of CBET development was undertaken for two CBET enterprises, namely, the Tua Ko’in Eco-Village (representing a ‘bottom-up’ approach) and the Adara CBET (representing a ‘top-down’ approach). The overwhelming majority of the survey respondents reported that CBET was important for their local economy (94–98 per cent) and strongly supported further CBET development rather than mass tourqism (88–96 per cent). Economically, CBET had created jobs, increased the value of local labour and materials, provided markets for local products and increased revenue for the local transport sector Socio-culturally, CBET had promoted and strengthened local culture through its support of Ataúrian traditional handicrafts. This benefit was mitigated by evidence of emerging sociocultural impacts on local communities. Environmentally, CBET enterprises were found to have had low or minimal impacts and had contributed significantly to sustainable tourism development. The results confirm that Ataúro Island has significant ecotourism assets that could be further developed through CBET and PPT development. However, infrastructure, human resources, land tenure issues and financial limitations are significant challenges. Most of the CBET activities on Ataúro Island have been initiated by local communities and assisted by local NGOs. Local communities recognise the need for effective management and are seeking greater regulatory support. Customary laws are viewed as a potential tool for managing the local impacts of CBET.
Linkage & Crossing Over
Creators: name: Garg, HK
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Linkage
Crossing Over
Genetic Recombination

description: Linkage refers to the tendency of genes located close together on a chromosome to be inherited together during cell division. This phenomenon can lead to unexpected patterns in offspring, as linked genes do not assort independently, challenging Mendelian inheritance principles.

On the other hand, crossing over introduces a dynamic turn to genetic diversity. During meiosis, homologous chromosomes exchange segments of DNA, resulting in new combinations of alleles. This process not only shuffles genetic material but also enhances variation within populations, providing the raw material for evolution.
Individual differences in social attention: Associations with sex, social skills and academic background
Creators: name: Chacón-Candia, Jeanette
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: Taking into account previous literature on social attention investigated with the gaze cueing paradigm and sex/gender, which suggests that males can tend to have reduced social skills compared to females and that reduced social skills may be reflected in differences in the gaze-cueing effect, this study aims at fulfilling the following goals: - First, we attempt to dissociate between social and non-social attention in all participants, by using a behavioural cueing-discrimination task comparing orienting following social and non-social directional cues. - Secondly, we plan to investigate whether this dissociation is only observed in female participants, or it can be rather extended to the male population. - Furthermore, we will investigate the effect of individual career choices and personality traits and sex-roles on social vs non-social attention in males vs. female participants.
title: Об истоках математических знаний в Великом Новгороде
Creators: name: Иванов, Евгений
Publisher: name: Новгородский государственный университет имени Ярослава Мудрого (НовГУ)
Year: 2022

description: Раскрыты историко-педагогические аспекты зарождения математических знаний в Великом Новгороде и Древней Руси. Представлены две точки зрения о времени появления на Руси цифр: в дохристианский период и после принятия христианства. Показаны особенности записи цифр при помощи букв славянской азбуки. Отмечается, что цифры обозначались двадцатью семью буквами, двадцать четыре из которых пришли из древнегреческого алфавита. С позиции развития математических знаний и вычислительной практики рассматриваются два древнерусских произведения напрямую и опосредованно связанных с Великим Новгородом. Это созданный при Ярославе Мудром сборник правовых норм Древней Руси «Русская правда», а также «Учение о числах» Кирика Новгородца. Особый акцент делается на сложности вычислительных операций, доступных древнерусским людям, и на использовании вышеназванных сочинений в процессе обучения математике.
The Impact of Radical Right-Wing Parties on the Positions of Mainstream Parties Regarding Multiculturalism
Creators: name: Han, Kyung Joon
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Information and Computing Sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences

description: What are the political effects of rising radical right-wing parties (RRPs) in Western Europe? Does the rise of the parties drive mainstream parties (MPs) to become more restrictive on issues mobilised by RRPs, such as multiculturalism? Analysing manifesto data from 1981 to 2008, it is found that the rise of RRPs makes right-wing MPs adopt more restrictive positions regarding multiculturalism. However, left-wing MPs do so only when the opinion of party supporters on foreigners becomes more negative or when the parties lost more votes in the previous election than their opponent right-wing MPs did. The result implies that niche parties with extremist positions can benefit from their own electoral success by dragging MPs toward their own positions. However, the impact of rising niche parties on MPs should be understood against a broader background of party competition, and the impact can be dissimilar between MPs with different ideological commitment and strategic opportunities.
Interactivity Improves Usability of Geographic Maps for Visually Impaired People
Creators: name: Brock, Anke M.
name: Truillet, Philippe
name: Oriola, Bernard
name: Picard, Delphine
name: Jouffrais, Christophe
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Engineering

description: Tactile relief maps are used by visually impaired people to acquire mental representation of space, but they retain important limitations (limited amount of information, braille text, etc.). Interactive maps may overcome these limitations. However, usability of these two types of maps has never been compared. It is then unknown whether interactive maps are equivalent or even better solutions than traditional raised-line maps. This study presents a comparison of usability of a classical raised-line map versus an interactive map composed of a multitouch screen, a raised-line overlay, and audio output. Both maps were tested by 24 blind participants. We measured usability as efficiency, effectiveness, and satisfaction. Our results show that replacing braille with simple audio-tactile interaction significantly improved efficiency and user satisfaction. Effectiveness was not related to the map type but depended on users’ characteristics as well as the category of assessed spatial knowledge. Long-term evaluation of acquired spatial information revealed that maps, whether interactive or not, are useful to build robust survey-type mental representations in blind users. Altogether, these results are encouraging as they show that interactive maps are a good solution for improving map exploration and cognitive mapping in visually impaired people.
Detection of non-Gaussianity
Creators: name: Ledwina, Teresa
name: Wyłupek, Grzegorz
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry

description: We develop two tests sensitive to various departures from composite goodness-of-fit hypothesis of normality. The tests are based on the sums of squares of some components naturally arising in decomposition of the Shapiro–Wilk-type statistic. Each component itself has diagnostic properties. The numbers of squared components in sums are determined via some novel selection rules based on the data. The new solutions prove to be effective tools in detecting a broad spectrum of sources of non-Gaussianity. We also discuss two variants of the new tests adjusted to verification of simple goodness-of-fit hypothesis of normality. These variants also compare well to popular competitors.
Determination of Thiols by Fluorescence using Au@Ag Nanoclusters as Probes
Creators: name: Wang, Zhong-Xia
name: Shou-Nian Ding
name: Ezzaldeen Younes Jomma Narjh
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Information and Computing Sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Physiology
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: A simple and label-free fluorescent assay for the sensitive determination of biological thiols was developed using Au@Ag nanoclusters. The sensing approach was based on the strong affinity of thiols to silver on the surface of the nanoclusters. In the presence of thiol-containing amino acids, the fluorescence of the Au@Ag nanoclusters was quenched due to the formation of a non-fluorescent coordination complex via the robust Ag-S bond, which allowed the determination of thiol-containing amino acids in a very simple and rapid way. Under the optimal conditions, an excellent linear relationship was present due to quenching of the Au@Ag nanoclusters over cysteine concentrations between 20 nM and 80 µM with a low detection limit of 5.87 nM. Glutathione was determined between 2 µM and 70 µM with a detection limit of 1.01 µM. In addition, the results reveal that the fluorescent assay has excellent selectivity toward thiol-containing amino acids compared to non-thiol containing amino acids. Moreover, the assay was successfully used to determine cysteine in human plasma, and thus Au@Ag nanoclusters are a suitable fluorescent probe for biological applications.
The State Of The Art On Radicalisation: Islamist And Nativist Radicalisation In Europe
Creators: name: Kaya, Ayhan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: Radicalism, extremism, terrorism, fundamentalism and violence have recently been interchangeably used by many in academia, media and politics. These terms used to be perceived and defined very differently prior to the 1990s when tremendous political, societal and demographic changes took place all around the world. Focusing on the radicalisation processes of both nativist and Islamist youngsters in Europe, this Working Paper scrutinises the differences between these terms by revisiting the ways they were used in the past. In doing so, the paper tries to reveal the neo-liberal logic of modern state actors in reducing radicalisation to terrorism and extremism. This paper derives from the ongoing EU-funded research for the “PRIME Youth” project conducted under the supervision of the Principal Investigator, Prof. Dr. Ayhan Kaya, and funded by the European Research Council with the Agreement Number 785934. The Working Paper is available at: https://bpy.bilgi.edu.tr/en/publications/archive/
CESSDA SaW D5.3: Report on the establishment of an international curriculum for professional development in digital data services for the social sciences
Creators: name: Netscher, Sebastian
name: Schwickerath, Anna
name: Jerlehag, Birger
name: Alfredsson, Iris
name: Brandby, Eira
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Curation and Preservation
Research Data Management

description: As described in the Grant Agreement of CESSDA-SaW, task 5.3 set out “to explore the value of, and appetite for, an internationally recognised and moderated professional qualification in digital data services for the social sciences” (GA, ANNEX, pp35). Task members therefore aimed at identifying most relevant elements of professions in data curation. The specific objective of the task was to contribute to a deeper understanding of all aspects to be recognised in the training of current and future employees of CESSDA organisations.
Morphology of Lipari offshore (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea)
Creators: name: D. Casalbore
name: A. Bosman
name: C. Romagnoli
name: M. Di Filippo
name: F.L. Chiocci
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry

description: High-resolution multibeam bathymetry was recently collected around Lipari, the largest and most densely populated island of the Aeolian Archipelago (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea). The data were acquired within the context of marine geological studies performed in the area over the last 10 years. We present the first detailed morphological map of the Lipari offshore at 1:100,000 scale (Main Map). A rugged morphology characterizes the submarine portions of Lipari volcano, reflecting both volcanic and erosive-depositional processes. The volcanic features include cones, lava flows and bedrock outcrops. Erosive-depositional features include an insular shelf topped by submarine depositional terraces related to Late-Quaternary sea-level fluctuations, as well as landslide scars, channelized features, fan-shaped deposits and wavy bedforms. The different distribution of volcanic and erosive-depositional features on the various sectors of Lipari is mainly related to the older age of the western flank with respect to the eastern one. The map also provides insights for a first marine geohazard assessment of this active volcanic area.
Morphology of Lipari offshore (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea)
Creators: name: D. Casalbore
name: A. Bosman
name: C. Romagnoli
name: M. Di Filippo
name: F.L. Chiocci
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry

description: High-resolution multibeam bathymetry was recently collected around Lipari, the largest and most densely populated island of the Aeolian Archipelago (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea). The data were acquired within the context of marine geological studies performed in the area over the last 10 years. We present the first detailed morphological map of the Lipari offshore at 1:100,000 scale (Main Map). A rugged morphology characterizes the submarine portions of Lipari volcano, reflecting both volcanic and erosive-depositional processes. The volcanic features include cones, lava flows and bedrock outcrops. Erosive-depositional features include an insular shelf topped by submarine depositional terraces related to Late-Quaternary sea-level fluctuations, as well as landslide scars, channelized features, fan-shaped deposits and wavy bedforms. The different distribution of volcanic and erosive-depositional features on the various sectors of Lipari is mainly related to the older age of the western flank with respect to the eastern one. The map also provides insights for a first marine geohazard assessment of this active volcanic area.
The effects of ketamine on dopaminergic function
Creators: name: Kokkinou, Michelle
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2017

description: Schizophrenia is a chronic debilitating disorder which affects about 21 million people worldwide. One of the robust neurochemical abnormalities in schizophrenia is significantly elevated striatal dopamine synthesis capacity in patients compared to controls. Ketamine is a club drug of abuse and induces psychotomimetic effects at sub-anaesthetic doses in healthy human and exacerbates psychotic symptoms in patients with schizophrenia. Therefore it has been used to model neurochemical alterations seen in schizophrenia such as dopaminergic overactivity. However, the effect of sub-chronic ketamine on dopamine synthesis capacity in vivo is not known. This thesis synthesizes the evidence of sub-chronic ketamine’s action on the dopaminergic function and behavioural measures previously associated with the dopaminergic system in the male mouse and it can be divided into four key findings. Firstly, sub-chronic ketamine administration significantly increases presynaptic striatal dopamine synthesis capacity as measured by 3,4-dihydroxy-6-[(18)F]-fluoro-l-phenylalanine ([18F]-DOPA) positron emission tomography (PET) imaging and induces locomotor sensitization. Secondly, inhibiting midbrain dopamine neuron firing using Designer Receptors Exclusively Activated by Designer Drugs (DREADDs) in vivo prevents the effects of sub-chronic ketamine administration on the presynaptic striatal dopaminergic function and locomotor sensitization. Thirdly, there are no alterations in latent inhibition in a conditioned fear paradigm and no alterations in incentive motivation following sub-chronic ketamine administration relative to control conditions. Lastly, mice sub-chronically treated with ketamine or saline demonstrate cocaine-induced locomotor sensitization. Collectively I show that sub-chronic ketamine results in the elevation in striatal dopamine synthesis capacity and locomotor sensitization and that these effects require midbrain dopamine neuron activation. I propose a model for the mechanism of action of ketamine on the dopaminergic function and discuss the implications for understanding schizophrenia, the potential antidepressant properties of ketamine and substance abuse.
Determination of Thiols by Fluorescence Using Au@Ag Nanoclusters as Probes
Creators: name: Wang, Zhong-Xia
name: Shou-Nian Ding
name: Ezzaldeen Younes Jomma Narjh
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Information and Computing Sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Physiology
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: A simple and label-free fluorescent assay for the sensitive determination of biological thiols was developed using Au@Ag nanoclusters. The sensing approach was based on the strong affinity of thiols to silver on the surface of the nanoclusters. In the presence of thiol-containing amino acids, the fluorescence of the Au@Ag nanoclusters was quenched due to the formation of a non-fluorescent coordination complex via the robust Ag-S bond, which allowed the determination of thiol-containing amino acids in a very simple and rapid way. Under the optimal conditions, an excellent linear relationship was present due to quenching of the Au@Ag nanoclusters over cysteine concentrations between 20 nM and 80 µM with a low detection limit of 5.87 nM. Glutathione was determined between 2 µM and 70 µM with a detection limit of 1.01 µM. In addition, the results reveal that the fluorescent assay has excellent selectivity towards thiol-containing amino acids compared to non-thiol containing amino acids. Moreover, the assay was successfully used to determine cysteine in human plasma, and thus Au@Ag nanoclusters are a suitable fluorescent probe for biological applications.
Lost rhetoric found. Non-extant rhetorical handbooks of rhetoricians and sophists from the pre-P~platonic time until late Hellenism as literary sources in Suda
Creators: name: Haase, Fee-Alexandra
Publisher: name: Ágora. Estudos Clássicos em Debate
Year: 2011

description: This article touches an area of the history and technical disposition of rhetoric, which has not been considered a subject or research on rhetoric so far. Under the marginalized and rather frustrating condition of lost works of rhetoric we can see that the research concerning the history of rhetoric stops at the point where the ground of evidential rhetorical handbooks is not available. We will present rhetorical textbooks mostly unknown, since a documentation exists for them only in titles of the writings, while the books got lost. This work is a contribution to the historical development of rhetoric. We will discuss it as far as possible, since the authorship and chronological relation is in many cases not clear.
description: Ágora. Estudos Clássicos em Debate, n.º 13 (2011)
The birth of the tragedy according to J. C. Scaliger’s Poetics
Creators: name: Muñoz Martín, María Nieves
Publisher: name: Ágora. Estudos Clássicos em Debate
Year: 2011

description: The catalogue of genres presented by Scaliger in book 1, 4 et seq. of Poetics, is organized chronologically and describes the origin of various poetic forms based on the most primitive life styles. The theoretician is consistent with his system in that he justifies the origin of the tragedy in the comedy, as well as offering a definition of the tragedy different to the one advocated for by Aristotle.
description: Ágora. Estudos Clássicos em Debate, n.º 13 (2011)
Pollen flow between flowers of the same morph in invasive populations of Oxalis pes-caprae L. in the western Mediterranean region
Creators: name: J. Costa
name: V. Ferrero
name: M. Castro
name: A. Jorge
name: A. Afonso
name: J. Loureiro
name: S. Castro
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Plant Biology

description: Oxalis pes-caprae is a tristylous South African geophyte that is invasive in regions with Mediterranean climate. Given the introduction of the short-styled morph only, vegetative reproduction was, until recently, the reproductive mode known for this invaded area. The detection of new floral morphs, fruit and seed production in natural populations of the invaded range, together with the reported weakening in the heteromorphic incompatibility system, raised the question on whether the short-styled flowers are able to exchange pollen among themselves, and if so, which mechanisms account for it. Thus, flower morphometric analysis and field experiments were conducted to assess pollinator visitation rates and pollen flow in three invasive populations. Flower morphological changes suggesting the evolution from tristyly towards semi-homostyly were observed. Moreover, O. pes-caprae flowers were visited by different functional groups of pollinators, mostly hymenopteran. Dye flow experiments revealed that the short-styled flowers were able to successfully exchange pollen among themselves in natural conditions. All of this, together with the weakening of the incompatibility system, constitutes further data that might help to explain the recently reported occurrence of sexual reproduction in this invaded range, which by itself bears important implications for the invasion process of O. pes-caprae.
Interpretaciones del héroe clásico: la genealogía de la idea de noble/honrado y su desarrollo en la tratadística nobiliaria luso-castellana (1556-1640). Algunos ejemplos
Creators: name: Guillén Berrendero, José Antonio
Publisher: name: Ágora. Estudos Clássicos em Debate
Year: 2011

description: El artículo busca reflexionar sobre la relación entre el mundo clásico y el concepto de noble en la tratadística nobiliaria luso‐castellana de la primera Edad Moderna, analizando el papel y la influencia de autores como Aristóteles o Cicerón y su interpretación por parte de los teóricos de la nobleza modernos. Se trata de una aproximación al estudio de la idea de la excelencia y de preeminencia social inherente al propio concepto de noble junto con la operatividad social de algunos conceptos llave como los de virtud y honor. Los tratados de nobleza deben ser interpretados no únicamente como juegos retóricos más o menos exitosos, sino como formas de comunicación del prestigio social. En este sentido la antigüedad y los clásicos ofrecen formas variadas de expresión y articulación del concepto de noble útiles para una época de predomino nobiliario como fue la Edad Moderna.
description: Ágora. Estudos Clássicos em Debate, n.º 13 (2011)
Morphology of Lipari offshore (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea)
Creators: name: D. Casalbore
name: A. Bosman
name: C. Romagnoli
name: M. Di Filippo
name: F.L. Chiocci
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology

description: High-resolution multibeam bathymetry was recently collected around Lipari, the largest and most densely populated island of the Aeolian Archipelago (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea). The data were acquired within the context of marine geological studies performed in the area over the last 10 years. We present the first detailed morphological map of the Lipari offshore at 1:100,000 scale (Main Map). A rugged morphology characterizes the submarine portions of Lipari volcano, reflecting both volcanic and erosive-depositional processes. The volcanic features include cones, lava flows and bedrock outcrops. Erosive-depositional features include an insular shelf topped by submarine depositional terraces related to Late-Quaternary sea-level fluctuations, as well as landslide scars, channelized features, fan-shaped deposits and wavy bedforms. The different distribution of volcanic and erosive-depositional features on the various sectors of Lipari is mainly related to the older age of the western flank with respect to the eastern one. The map also provides insights for a first marine geohazard assessment of this active volcanic area.