cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Effects of Recombinant Human Lactoferrin on Osteoblast Growth and Bone Status in Piglets
Creators: name: Li, Qiuling
name: Zhao, Jie
name: Hu, Wenping
name: Wang, Jianwu
name: Yu, Tian
name: Dai, Yunping
name: Li, Ning
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology

description: Lactoferrin (LF), an ~80 kDa iron-binding glycoprotein, modulates many biological effects, including antimicrobial and immunomodulatory activities. Recently, it was shown that LF also regulates bone cell activity, suggesting its therapeutic effect on postmenopausal bone loss. However, a minimal amount is known regarding the effects of recombinant human LF (rhLF) supplementation on bone status in young healthy infants. We found osteoblast cell differentiation was significantly promoted in vitro. Furthermore, treatment of human osteoblast cells with rhLF rapidly induced phosphorylation of p44/p42 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p44/p42 MAPK, ERK1/2). In order to investigate the effects of rhLF on bone status in vivo, we used a piglet model, which is a useful model for human infants. Piglets were supplemented with rhLF milk for 30 days. Bone formation markers, Serum calcium concentration, bone mineral density (BMD), bone mineral content (BMC), tibia bone strength, and the overall metabolite profile analysis showed that rhLF was advantageous to the bone growth in piglets. These findings suggest that rhLF supplementation benefits neonate bone health by modulating bone formation.
title: Methodology to Determine Melt Pool Anomalies in Powder Bed Fusion of Metals Using a Laser Beam by Means of Process Monitoring and Sensor Data Fusion
Creators: name: Harbig, Jana
name: Wenzler, David L.
name: Baehr, Siegfried
name: Kick, Michael K.
name: Merschroth, Holger
name: Wimmer, Andreas
name: Weigold, Matthias
name: Zaeh, Michael F.
Publisher: name: MDPI
Year: 2022

description: Additive manufacturing, in particular the powder bed fusion of metals using a laser beam, has a wide range of possible technical applications. Especially for safety-critical applications, a quality assurance of the components is indispensable. However, time-consuming and costly quality assurance measures, such as computer tomography, represent a barrier for further industrial spreading. For this reason, alternative methods for process anomaly detection using process monitoring systems have been developed. However, the defect detection quality of current methods is limited, as single monitoring systems only detect specific process anomalies. Therefore, a new methodology to evaluate the data of multiple monitoring systems is derived using sensor data fusion. Focus was placed on the causes and the appearance of defects in different monitoring systems (photodiodes, on- and off-axis high-speed cameras, and thermography). Based on this, indicators representing characteristics of the process were developed to reduce the data. Finally, deterministic models for the data fusion within a monitoring system and between the monitoring systems were developed. The result was a defect detection of up to 92% of the melt track defects. The methodology was thus able to determine process anomalies and to evaluate the suitability of a specific process monitoring system for the defect detection.
Scalable and Fault-Tolerant Container-based Architecture for Early Sepsis Detection through Integrated AI
Creators: name: Ospitia Jiménez, Santiago
name: John, Alexander Sanabria Ordónez
name: John, Anderson García Henao
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Sepsis is a critical medical condition characterized by an overreaction of the immune system to infections, leading to potentially fatal outcomes if not promptly treated. This study presents the development of an AI-based application designed to predict sepsis risk using electronic medical records. The original monolithic architecture of the application, while functional, lacked the necessary scalability, fault tolerance, and availability required for modern healthcare applications. To address these limitations, a container-based architecture was proposed and implemented using Docker Swarm, leveraging its inherent scalability and fault-tolerant capabilities. Comparative analysis with Kubernetes is planned to determine the optimal orchestration tool for this application. Preliminary results indicate that LightGBM outperforms other models in prediction accuracy. Future work includes extensive testing with synthetic data and stress testing tools to evaluate the proposed architecture’s performance under various conditions. This research aims to enhance early sepsis detection and improve patient outcomes by providing a robust, scalable, and reliable AI-driven solution.
Being and becoming a teacher of english : a study of teacher educators and their students in postcolonial Zanzibar
Creators: name: Ismail, Maryam Jaffar
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The quality of teaching that occurs in schools is directly linked to the quality of initial teacher education (ITE). This is very important in the area of English Language Teaching (ELT) in postcolonial Zanzibar, similar to other parts of Africa. Although, English is the language of instruction (LoI), many years of poor results on national examinations raise questions about this approach. Despite well-evidenced failure, universities continue to enroll future teachers into problematic university programmes, which perpetuate rather than address the problems associated with the preparation of teachers of English. The purpose of this study is to identify the strengths and weaknesses of an English language teacher education (ELTE) programme at the university level. The study focuses on the grounded stories of teacher educators and their students. It explores the views of teacher educators of English about the ELTE programme. The main finding shows that participants pay more attention to learning English rather than to teaching English effectively. Analysis also revealed that participants perceive ELTE programme as an English language improvement programme rather than a programme that prepares successful teachers of English. Apart from the ‘lack of everything’ culture that all participants referred to as a major barrier, the programme ignores the basic principles and pedagogy of second language teacher education (SLTE). Consequently, taken-for-granted routines dominate. The analysis reveals that many are driven by the symbolic power of English and bear the stamp of positive attitudes toward English but negative mental images about the teaching career.
Anionic SO3H-functionalized ionic liquid: An efficient and recyclable catalyst for the Pechmann reaction of phenols with ethyl acetoacetate
Creators: name: Song, Dayong
name: Chen, Jing
name: Liang, Yong-Min
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Mental Health

description: This paper has reported an anionic SO3H-functionalized ionic liquid N-methylimidazolium sulfomethylsulfonate ([Hmim][HO3SCH2SO3]) for the synthesis of coumarins by Pechmann reaction. The [Hmim][HO3SCH2SO3] is easier to prepare by one-step neutralization reaction of N-methylimidazole with methanedisulfonic acid and show high catalytic performance for Pechmann reaction. Besides, the catalyst can simply be separated from the reaction mixture and recycled ten times without noticeable loss of activity.
Formate forschungsnahen Lehrens und Lernens an Hochschulen in Deutschland – eine empirische Untersuchung
Creators: name: Stang, Teresa Marie
Publisher: name: Universität Bielefeld
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 370

description: Das Konzept des Forschenden Lernens (FL) an Hochschulen birgt viele Chancen, aber gleichzeitig auch Herausforderungen. Durch letztere wird der Bedarf an (Er-)Kenntnis über das Konzept an sich, Wirkungen, Begrifflichkeiten oder auch die Durchführung deutlich. Wichtige Erkenntnisse liefert das Verbundprojekt ForschenLernen, in welchem die Umsetzung und Wirkung von FL in Projekten des Qualitätspaktes Lehre untersucht wurden. Um das darin angesiedelte Teilprojekt „Formate“ geht es in der Dissertation „Formate forschungsnahen Lehrens und Lernens an Hochschulen in Deutschland – eine empirische Untersuchung“. Das Ziel der Arbeit ist vornehmlich die Aufstellung einer Systematisierung von forschungsnahen Lehr- und Lernveranstaltungen in Form von Formaten sowie eines Gesamtkonzepts von forschungsnahen Lehr- und Lernformen. Die Arbeit beginnt mit der Klärung von Begrifflichkeiten, Begründungen von Forschungsnahem Lehren und Lernen (FnL) und Abgrenzungen zu anderen Formen. Im Anschluss werden alle in Deutschland vorhandenen Systematisierungen zu FnL sowie ausgewählte internationale Systematisierungen zusammengetragen und gegeneinander diskutiert. In dem empirischen Teil der Arbeit findet eine Analyse von Hochschul-Dokumenten anhand der Qualitativen Inhaltsanalyse nach Mayring statt, die u.a. in die Erstellung eines Formate-Kataloges mündet.
Discovery gateways and the SSH Open Marketplace.
Creators: name: Gray, Edward J.
name: Ďurčo, Matej
name: Viljoen, Matthew
name: Legré, Yannick
name: Charles, Valentine
name: Thiel, Carsten
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: Join fellow intrepid explorers for a tour of SSH synergies in the EOSC Context Moderator: Edward J. Gray (CNRS, DARIAH) Launch of SSH Open Marketplace - Matej Ďurčo (OEAW, DARIAH) EOSC Portal, the universal access channel to EOSC services and resources - Matthew Viljoen (EGI, EOSC Future) GoTriple - Yannick Legré (OPERAS) Discover inspiring cultural heritage at Europeana - Valentine Charles (Europeana) Data Catalogues in SSHOC - Carsten Thiel (CESSDA) 
Concise and efficient synthesis of eliglustat
Creators: name: Liu, Xiaoyu
name: Li, Xiaoyu
name: Yang, Hongguang
name: Shi, Xiang
name: Yang, Feilong
name: Jiao, Xiaozhen
name: Xie, Ping
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology

description: Eliglustat, a ceramide glucosyltransferase inhibitor, was synthesized in six steps with 28.4% overall yield. The key features include the use of a diastereoselective aldol reaction to construct two contiguous stereocenters and a selective sulfonylation of a 1,3-diol catalyzed by dibutyltin oxide.
Convenient synthesis of 2-(methylsulfonyl)pyrimidine derivatives
Creators: name: Huang, Tong-Hui
name: Zhou, Shan-Shan
name: Wu, Xin
name: An, Lin
name: Yin, Xiao-Xing
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology

description: An efficient and convenient approach for the preparation of functionalized 2-(methylsulfonyl)pyrimidine derivatives has been developed through cyclic condensation of malonate derivatives with S-methylisothiouronium sulfate followed by derivation and oxidation in water–acetone mixture using oxone as the oxidant. This synthetic strategy provides an efficient and environmentally friendly approach for easy access to 2-(methylsulfonyl)pyrimidine derivatives with considerable yields.
title: Vom Grauen des Übersehens. Ein Foto aus einem Album aus Auschwitz
Creators: name: Kreutzmüller, Christoph
Publisher: name: ZZF - Centre for Contemporary History: Visual History
Year: 2020

description: Natürlich gibt es Bilder der Shoa, die voll des Grauens sind und auf den ersten Blick Einhalt gebieten. Die Gewalt, die in ihnen ist – die Gewalt, die die Bilder zeigen und/oder die das Machen der Bilder ausdrückt – springt sofort ins Auge. Der Fotograf oder (viel seltener) die Fotografin war Teil der Tat oder stand den Tätern nahe. Die Kamera war zur Waffe geworden, die die Betroffenen zusätzlich entwürdigte. Oft ist die abgebildete Gewalt solcherart, dass die Betroffenen sie nicht überlebt haben können. Sie können also ihre Zustimmung zum Zeigen der Fotos nicht mehr gegeben haben. Doch wurden auch jene, die überlebt haben, in der Regel nicht gefragt, was sie von einer Veröffentlichung der Fotos halten.
An international comparative study: Exploring students’ college and career readiness needs
Creators: name: Dogan, Sabri
Publisher: name: American University of Bahrain
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 39
subject: Education
classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: This international quantitative study was designed to investigate the college and career readiness needs of students in the US and Turkey. Results indicated that there are various factors including gender, country type, academic achievement, parent education and parent socio-economic status influence the students’ perception of college and career readiness. The significant findings and discussions provide school leaders, policy makers and counselors with valuable information to improve student achievement and school effectiveness through identifying and prioritizing the specific attitudes, knowledge and skills students should be able to demonstrate for their college and career readiness.
Synthesis of novel unsymmetrical coumarinyl-1,4-dihydropyridines
Creators: name: Kumar, Amit
name: Khatri, Vinod
name: Rungta, Pallavi
name: Kumar, Sandeep
name: Prasad, Ashok K.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: The novel unsymmetrical 3,5-dialkoxycarbonyl-2,6-dimethyl-4-(7′,8′-dimethoxycoumarin-4′-yl)-1,4-dihydropyridines and 5-acetyl-3-alkoxycarbonyl-2,6-dimethyl-4-(7′,8′-dimethoxycoumarin-4′-yl)-1,4-dihydropyridines (coumarinyl-1,4-dihydropyridines) have been synthesized by Knoevenagel condensation of 4-formyl-7,8-dimethoxycoumarin with alkyl acetoacetates in the presence of AlCl3 followed by cyclization of the resulted Knoevenagel product with other alkyl acetoacetate or acetyl acetone and ammonium acetate. The structure of the intermediate Knoevenagel product and the cyclized unsymmetrical coumarinyl-1,4-dihydropyridines has been established on the basis of their spectral data analysis and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The observed conformation of the coumarinyl-1,4-dihydropyridines holds the key to promising calcium antagonistic activity of the synthesized coumarinyl-1,4-dihydropyridines.
Laboratory evaluation of species-dependent relative ionization efficiencies in the Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer
Creators: name: Xu, Wen
name: Lambe, Andrew
name: Silva, Philip
name: Hu, Weiwei
name: Onasch, Timothy
name: Williams, Leah
name: Croteau, Philip
name: Zhang, Xuan
name: Renbaum-Wolff, Lindsay
name: Fortner, Edward
name: Jimenez, Jose L.
name: Jayne, John
name: Worsnop, Douglas
name: Canagaratna, Manjula
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Science Policy

description: Mass concentrations calculated from Aerodyne's aerosol mass spectrometers depend on particle collection efficiency (CE) and relative ionization efficiency (RIE, relative to the primary calibrant ammonium nitrate). We present new laboratory RIE measurements for a wide range of organic aerosol species (RIEOA). An improved laboratory RIE calibration protocol with size and mass selection of calibrant particles and a light scattering-based detection of CE is used. Simpler calibrations of alcohol RIEs using binary mixtures with NH4NO3 are demonstrated. Models that account for only thermal velocity and electron ionization of vaporized molecules do not reproduce RIEOA measurements, confirming that other processes are significant. The relationship between RIEOA and average carbon oxidation state (), a metric used to describe atmospheric OA, is investigated. An average RIEOA of 1.6 ± 0.5 (2σ) is found for −1.0 < < 0.5, a range consistent with most ambient OA except hydrocarbon-like organic aerosol (HOA) and cooking organic aerosol (COA). RIEOA from 2 to 7 are found for below and above this range. The RIEOA typically used for ambient OA (1.4 ± 0.3) is within the laboratory RIEOA measurement uncertainty of oxidized organic species, but is a factor of 2 to 5 lower than that of reduced species. Such biases in OA mass concentrations have not been observed in published field analyses. Chemically reduced ambient OA may have composition, phase states, or compensating CE effects that are not mimicked well in the laboratory. This work highlights the need for further ambient OA studies to better constrain the composition dependence of ambient RIEOA, and the need to always calibrate with the OA under study for laboratory experiments. Copyright © 2018 American Association for Aerosol Research
MOESM1 of Cost-effectiveness of nivolumab in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma treated in the United States
Creators: name: McCrea, Charles
name: Johal, Sukhvinder
name: Yang, Shuo
name: Doan, Justin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 1. Additional tables.
Theoretical and numerical study of the seismic behavior of Single Degree of Freedom oscillators equipped with tuned mass dampers mounted on rubber isolators
Creators: name: Luis, Francisco Ortega Villagra
name: Luis, Rozas T.
name: Joel, Torres C.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: To mitigate the effects of earthquakes on structures, several vibration control devices have been developed. Among them, the tuned mass dampers have shown to be effective in reducing the seismic response of structures. The main goal of this study is to propose optimal design parameters of tuned mass dampers mounted on rubber isolators, in order to control the seismic response of Single Degree of Freedom oscillators. These oscillators have periods ranging from Tn = 0.5 − 5 s, critical damping ratios ranging from ξ = 0.01−0.05, and mass ratios ranging from μ = 0.01−0.1. To determine the optimal design parameters, the seismic response of the oscillators subjected to white noise signals at their base are analyzed. The optimal parameters are obtained by minimizing the root mean square (RMS) of the displacement using the particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm. Finally, to verify the effectiveness of the mass dampers and the optimal parameters proposed in this research, a nonlinear time-history seismic analysis is performed on a finite element model of a building equipped with the mass damper. In this model, the isolator that supports the damper mass is modeled by using the nonlinear hysteretic Bouc-Wen representation, based on the proposed optimal parameters. The results of the model provide evidence of the effectiveness of the optimal design parameters obtained in this research.
MOESM1 of A copper-controlled RNA interference system for reversible silencing of target genes in Trichoderma reesei
Creators: name: Wang, Lei
name: Zheng, Fanglin
name: Zhang, Weixin
name: Zhong, Yaohua
name: Chen, Guanjun
name: Meng, Xiangfeng
name: Liu, Weifeng
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Additional file 1. Figures and Table.
Energy Efficiency Research of Plasma Physics Codes
Creators: name: Igor, Chernykh
name: Igor, Kulikov
name: Vitaly, Vshivkov
name: Marina, Boronina
name: Ivan, Chernoshtanov
name: Tatyana, Liseykina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Modern trends in energy-efficient economy pose new challenges to the high-performance computing industry. Maximizing flops per watt value became one of the most important processes during code optimization. Considering this, we need to write our scientific codes, taking into account all modern hardware features. In this work, we present the energy efficiency research of our two plasma physics codes based on a particle-in-cell method for two independent physical problems, such as a diamagnetic trap for thermonuclear synthesis simulation and laser-plasma interaction problem. We used loops and data structure optimizations for Intel Fortran auto- vectorization. Most computationally complex loops did not use data that could be changed outside the loop, and mathematical operations were simplified for the automatic generation of FMA instructions by the compiler. We achieved a 30% energy efficiency boost for the diamagnetic trap and 45% for laser- plasma interaction PIC codes. This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (project 19-71-20026).
Additional file 1: of Effects of smoke-free air law on acute myocardial infarction hospitalization in Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana
Creators: name: Weaver, Anne
name: Wang, Yi
name: Rupp, Katelin
name: Watson, Dennis
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Supplementary Materials. Table S1. Marion County population by sex and age. Table S2. Marion County population by race and age. (PDF 43 kb)
title: Predicting the Electrical Impedance of Rolling Bearings Using Machine Learning Methods
Creators: name: Kirchner, Eckhard
name: Bienefeld, Christoph
name: Schirra, Tobias
name: Moltschanov, Alexander
Publisher: name: MDPI
Year: 2022

description: The present paper describes a measurement setup and a related prediction of the electrical impedance of rolling bearings using machine learning algorithms. The impedance of the rolling bearing is expected to be key in determining the state of health of the bearing, which is an essential component in almost all machines. In previous publications, the determination of the impedance of rolling bearings has already been advanced using analytical methods. Despite the improvements in accuracy achieved within the calculations, there are still discrepancies between the calculated and the measured impedance, leading to an approximately constant off-set value. This discrepancy motivates the machine learning approach introduced in this paper. It is shown that with the help of the data-driven methods the difference between analytical prediction and measurement is reduced to the order of up to 2% across the operational range analyzed so far. To introduce the context of the research shown, first the underlying physics of bearing impedance is presented. Subsequently different machine learning approaches are highlighted and compared with each other in terms of their prediction quality in the results part of this paper. As a further aspect, in addition to the prediction of the bearing impedance, it is investigated whether the rotational speed present at the bearing can be predicted from the frequency spectrum of the impedance using order analysis methods which is independent from the force prediction accuracy. The background to this is that, if the prediction quality is sufficiently high, the additional use of speed sensors could be omitted in future investigations.
Childbirth decisions and outcomes in South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia
Creators: name: Ansariadi, Ansariadi
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Maternal mortality remains a major public health problem in low and middle income countries. The decisions that women make regarding childbirth impact on maternal and foetal/neonatal outcomes, including maternal death. Although a range of barriers have been reported that influence access by pregnant women to skilled birth assistants and hospital, little is known about it in Indonesia in areas where there are high mortality rates. In this thesis, I examine the determinants of women's childbirth decisions and explore women’s access to skilled birth assistants either at home or hospital. This study was conducted in Bantaeng, a district in South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. I adopted a mixed method approach; I conducted a survey with 485 women who recently delivered their babies, and followed this by in-depth interviews with women who had recently delivered, midwives, and men whose wives had died when they gave birth. First, as most women attended ANC, I examined the relationship between number of ANC visits and the likelihood of women being assisted by SBA at home and when delivering at hospital. I found that women who had at least four ANC visits were more likely to deliver at hospital and, if they delivered at home, they were likely to be assisted by SBA. Secondly, I explored the spatial patterns of women’s birthing decision. I found that although there were different types of decisions on antenatal care visits between women who resided in urban and rural areas, there was no difference in the likelihood of SBA assistance at home and hospital delivery. However, I found that there was a geographical cluster of women who did not present for ANC, and were assisted by TBA rather than by SBA at home or hospital delivery, suggesting that women’s decisions regarding childbirth within urban and rural area were not homogenous. Thirdly, I explored qualitatively barriers to the use of SBA and hospital. My qualitative data identified several factors influencing women’s decisions to deliver their babies at home with TBA or SBA, and their access to hospital when complications occurred. These factors included community characteristics such as availability of transportation, health system characteristics such as availability of midwife or obstetrician, cultural barriers, and attitudes toward pregnancy and toward SBA and toward delivery at hospital. Lastly, men’s involvement in maternal health was explored. Men are rarely involved in antenatal care, as antenatal care is perceived as women’s business and men do not necessarily accompany their wives. Men indicated that they were happy for the birth to be attended by a traditional birth assistant at home, but that they would seek help from a skilled birth assistant or take their wife to hospital if complications occurred. However, men could not recognize early signs of complications, particularly in the case of postpartum haemorrhage; this delayed transfer to hospital and appears to have contributed to maternal mortality.
An Architecture-based Approach for Change Impact Analysis of Software-intensive Systems
Creators: name: Busch, Kiana
Publisher: name: KIT Scientific Publishing
Year: 2020
Subjects: Änderungsausbreitungsanalyse
Wartbarkeit
Architektur
Software-intensive technische Systeme
Evolution
change propagation analysis
maintainability
architecture
software-intensive technical systems
evolution

description: A main property of software-intensive technical systems is sustainability. Sustainable systems need to change continuously. A change to a system element can result in further changes to other system elements. If these elements originate from different domains, the change can also propagate between several domains. This book presents an architecture-based approach to change propagation analysis of software-intensive technical systems that considers heterogeneous elements from different domain.
Tariff elimination, gender and poverty in the Philippines: a computable general equilibrium (CGE) microsimulation analysis
Creators: name: Corong, Erwin L.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This study analyzes the economic effects of tariff elimination policies in the Philippines with the aid of PHILGEM: a detailed single-country computable general equilibrium model of the Philippine economy. We focus on income distribution, comparing rich to poor and men to women. To this end, PHILGEM includes a social accounting matrix (SAM), which distinguishes 38,400 households. The key to rich detail in household results is a very detailed pattern of connection between core CGE outcomes (earnings by sector) and individual household incomes. We divide individual labour income between 7 labour types and 2 genders in 105 sectors. Each household may include several wage earners with different characteristics. We find that tariff elimination benefits the Philippine economy: conventional triangle welfare gains outweigh terms of trade losses. Men benefit but women benefit slightly more; because some expanding export-oriented sectors employ more women. Although unilateral tariff elimination reduces the poverty headcount, Gini income inequality increases slightly. If other countries also liberalize, then both poverty headcount and income inequality decline. Our 38,400 households are drawn from a nationally-representative household survey of Philippines. We compare several different methods of using so much household detail. We find it computationally feasible to represent all 38,400 households directly in the model; or, more conventionally, to use a more aggregated CGE model to drive a microsimulation model. A key question that affects results is whether to adjust national accounts and household survey data to be consistent. We also use a dynamic version of PHILGEM to trace out the adjustment between short- and long-run equilibriums. The results from dynamic simulation broadly reproduce conclusions drawn from our comparative-static simulations.
Additional file 1: of Phylogeography of Eomecon chionantha in subtropical China: the dual roles of the Nanling Mountains as a glacial refugium and a dispersal corridor
Creators: name: Tian, Shuang
name: Kou, Yixuan
name: Zhang, Zhirong
name: Yuan, Lin
name: Li, Derong
name: Lรณpez-Pujol, Jordi
name: Fan, Dengmei
name: Zhang, Zhiyong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: PCR primers of two chloroplast intergenic spacers and nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer in Eomecon chionantha. (PDF 73 kb)
A study of pipe-soil-climate interaction of buried water and gas pipes
Creators: name: Chan, Derek Chun Chuen
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: In Australia, buried water and gas pipes are reported to have more frequent failures in hot and dry summers, which suggests that soil shrinkage and thermal effects are the main factors associated with pipe failure. Shrinkage and swelling are common behaviours of soils especially for reactive clays due to seasonal variation of soil moisture content. As a result, the differential soil movement beneath buried pipe can lead to flexural bending and circumferential fracture of the pipe. In addition, seasonal variation of soil moisture content can cause cyclic upward and downward pipe bending and ultimately lead to fatigue failure. However, the relationships between pipe failure, soil behaviour and seasonal climatic change have not been studied in detail. Consequently, the effect of soil moisture content variation on the performance of buried pipes is not clear. This research study is aimed at extending the current knowledge on the interaction between pipes, soils and climate. Field instrumentation was undertaken to study the behaviour of buried cast iron pipes in the natural environment. The collected data confirmed that significant flexural stress was induced by the soil movement on the buried pipe due to the seasonal variation of soil moisture content. Upward and downward bending of the pipe was found to occur at wet and dry seasons, respectively. Regional field measurements of soil moisture content were undertaken in conjunction with field instrumentation to study the seasonal variation of soil moisture content at sites with different soil profiles and geological formations. The 23 sites considered in the study were classified into three categories based on the geological profiles. The study showed that change in soil moisture content was associated with rainfalls and the geological profiles of the site. Variations of soil moisture content can lead to swelling and shrinking of soils and corresponding bending of buried pipes. These data provided the necessary information to understand the likely behaviour of pipes buried in different types of soils. The ground-atmosphere models were used for prediction of soil moisture content variation of the field sites. The Winkler spring models were used to simulate the pipe-soil interaction, and in conjunction with the long term moisture content variation, pipe flexural stress was calculated. Taking into account the deterioration of cast iron pipe strength with time, the relationship between pipe failure probability and pipe age was obtained. This research provides a prediction tool for pipe failure associated with soil behaviour and seasonal climate change. The prediction model can be used to plan for asset management and rehabilitation of the buried pipe networks, thus providing savings on repair of unexpected pipe failures and consequence loss of water and gas services to the communities.
Manejo del litio en el periparto: aspectos farmacocinéticos y clínicos en la diada madre-neonato
Creators: name: Imaz Gurruchaga, Maria Luisa
name: Torra Santamaría, Mercè
name: Soy Muner, Dolors
name: Langohr, Klaus
name: García Esteve, Lluïsa
name: Martín-Santos Laffon, Rocío
Publisher: name: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría
Year: 2024

description: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría, Núm. 28 (2024): enero-febrero-marzo
Analyses
Creators: name: Dastjerdi, Helen Maryam Khorrami
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2024

description: First, we examine whether condition has a significant effect on evaluation and the behavioural intention measure, with an ANOVA. Second, we examine whether condition has a significant effect on the three behavioural measures, with a Chi-square test of independence. Thirdly, we will use PROCESS in SPSS to examine the mediation of the effect of the condition on evaluation and the behavioural intention by anxiety and empathy. To test the mediation on the behavioural measures, we will use logistical regression analysis.
Additional file 2: of Phylogeography of Eomecon chionantha in subtropical China: the dual roles of the Nanling Mountains as a glacial refugium and a dispersal corridor
Creators: name: Tian, Shuang
name: Kou, Yixuan
name: Zhang, Zhirong
name: Yuan, Lin
name: Li, Derong
name: LĂłpez-Pujol, Jordi
name: Fan, Dengmei
name: Zhang, Zhiyong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plant Biology

description: a. The mean log-likelihood for each value of K, [ln Pr(X|K)], and Î K in STRUCTURE analysis on nSSR data of Eomecon chionantha. b. DIC as a function of Kmax for nSSR in TESS analysis. (PDF 110 kb)
Additional file 1: Table S1. of RHBDD1 promotes colorectal cancer metastasis through the Wnt signaling pathway and its downstream target ZEB1
Creators: name: Zhang, Mengmeng
name: Miao, Fei
name: Huang, Rong
name: Liu, Wenjie
name: Zhao, Yuechao
name: Jiao, Tao
name: Lu, Yalan
name: Wu, Fan
name: Wang, Xiaojuan
name: Wang, Han
name: Zhao, Hong
name: Ju, Hongge
name: Miao, Shiying
name: Wang, Linfang
name: Song, Wei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Plant Biology

description: Primers and RNAi oligos used in the article. (DOCX 12 kb)
Additional file 2: Figure S1. of RHBDD1 promotes colorectal cancer metastasis through the Wnt signaling pathway and its downstream target ZEB1
Creators: name: Zhang, Mengmeng
name: Miao, Fei
name: Huang, Rong
name: Liu, Wenjie
name: Zhao, Yuechao
name: Jiao, Tao
name: Lu, Yalan
name: Wu, Fan
name: Wang, Xiaojuan
name: Wang, Han
name: Zhao, Hong
name: Ju, Hongge
name: Miao, Shiying
name: Wang, Linfang
name: Song, Wei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biochemistry
Space Science
Medicine
Cell Biology
Molecular Biology
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Developmental Biology
Cancer

description: A. Immunoblot analysis of the RHBDD1 levels in colorectal cancer cell lines. Tubulin was used as a loading control. B. Immunoblot analysis of ZEB1 and RHBDD1 levels in 8 colorectal cancer tumor tissues. Tubulin was used as a loading control. T, tumor tissue. Bands were quantified using ImageJ software. (PDF 1663 kb)
Experiencing electronic dance floors: a comparative research of techno and psytrance in Melbourne
Creators: name: Vitos, Botond
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Prior research recognises the dance floor as the ‘ground zero’ of electronic dance music (EDM) cultures. However, due to the irrational nature of the dance experience, researchers tend to describe the all important dance floor vibe as a black box that short-circuits further analysis. This analytical obstacle can be overcome by acknowledging that this apparent void comes from a mixture of mediations that are applied in particular ways within the various genres and scenes. This thesis explores this argument through the comparative research of the techno and psytrance scenes in Melbourne, Australia, emphasising the necessity of careful differentiation between EDM genres and cultures and addressing the translocal influences of local scenes. The in-depth, qualitative exploration of the electronic dance experience carried out in this project relies on the results of ethnographic fieldwork including participant observation, focus groups and individual interviews. The data collection is primarily focused on participant descriptions of the mediations of dance floors, incorporating sonic structures, chemical effects, environmental arrangements and partygoer interactions. This methodology is adopted to fit a broader theoretical scope: the empirically based exploration of Baudrillard’s media theory. To pursue this goal, the technological embedding of the dance floor experience is juxtaposed with the everyday mediations of urban consumer culture. It is revealed that the chemical and musical object of EDM is capable of a hyperreal transformation of both the environment of the party and the everyday life of the subject. After defining the methodological and theoretical framework of the research, this thesis addresses the two Melbourne scenes, focusing on the media ecologies of their dance floors as well as the reconfigurations of their constituents in the subgenres of acid techno and dark psytrance. The machine aesthetics of EDM cultures is shaped by the exploitation and exploration of accidents and malfunctions, or the perversions of technology for other uses, with the rediscoveries of misdesigned and obsolete technologies impacting upon the early development of EDM just as much as the embracement of the latest innovations. Downstream from these ‘dysfunctional’ beginnings, techno and psytrance in Melbourne are still engaged in the explorations of such ‘flip sides’ of technologies. The analysis concludes with the comparative evaluation of the two scenes, revealing divergent socio-aesthetic trajectories within the virtualised environments of EDM parties. Both pathways are paved with creative engagements with anomalies that extend the operational potential of the Baudrillardian virtual. It is suggested that ethnographic exploration of such social practices provides a useful contribution to the broader field of media studies.
MOESM1 of A novel rejuvenation approach to induce endohormones and improve rhizogenesis in mature Juglans tree
Creators: name: Liu, Hao
name: Gao, Ying
name: Song, Xiaobo
name: Ma, Qingguo
name: Zhang, Junpei
name: Pei, Dong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Additional file 1. This file contains two figures as follows. Figure S1. Controls of endohormone immunolocalization technique. Figure S2. Comparison of Fig. 6a and f.
Additional file 1: of Fabrication and Characterization of ZnO Nano-Clips by the Polyol-Mediated Process
Creators: name: Wang, Mei
name: Li, Ai-Dong
name: Kong, Ji-Zhou
name: Gong, You-Pin
name: Zhao, Chao
name: Tang, Yue-Feng
name: Wu, Di
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Plasma Physics
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Effect of processing parameters on ZnO morphology. (DOCX 740 kb)
title: Relaxation and Strain-Hardening Relationships in Highly Rejuvenated Metallic Glasses
Creators: name: Yuan, Xudong
name: Şopu, Daniel
name: Song, Kaikai
name: Eckert, Jürgen
Publisher: name: MDPI
Year: 2022

description: One way to rejuvenate metallic glasses is to increase their free volume. Here, by randomly removing atoms from the glass matrix, free volume is homogeneously generated in metallic glasses, and glassy states with different degrees of rejuvenation are designed and further mechanically tested. We find that the free volume in the rejuvenated glasses can be annihilated under tensile or compressive deformation that consequently leads to structural relaxation and strain-hardening. Additionally, the deformation mechanism of highly rejuvenated metallic glasses during the uniaxial loading–unloading tensile tests is investigated, in order to provide a systematic understanding of the relaxation and strain-hardening relationship. The observed strain-hardening in the highly rejuvenated metallic glasses corresponds to stress-driven structural and residual stress relaxation during cycling deformation. Nevertheless, the rejuvenated metallic glasses relax to a more stable state but could not recover their initial as-cast state.
Additional file 1: Figure S1. of Whether vitamin D was associated with clinical outcome after IVF/ICSI: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Zhao, Jing
name: Huang, Xi
name: Xu, Bin
name: Yan, Yi
name: Zhang, Qiong
name: Li, Yanping
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: Medicine
Cell Biology
Molecular Biology
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Science Policy

description: Funnel plot of analysis for the effect of vitamin D level on pregnancy, showing the results of Eggers to assess publication bias. (PDF 19 kb)
Additional file 2: Figure S2. of Whether vitamin D was associated with clinical outcome after IVF/ICSI: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Zhao, Jing
name: Huang, Xi
name: Xu, Bin
name: Yan, Yi
name: Zhang, Qiong
name: Li, Yanping
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: Medicine
Cell Biology
Molecular Biology
Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Science Policy

description: Funnel plot of analysis for the effect of vitamin D level on ongoing pregnancy, showing the results of Eggers to assess publication bias. (PDF 17 kb)
Developing poly(polyol sebacate)-based elastomeric biomaterials for soft tissue engineering
Creators: name: Li, Yuan
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Biodegradable soft elastomeric biomaterials are desired in the application of soft tissue engineering and a new family of crosslinked elastomers, poly (polyol sebacate) (PPS), have shown promises in applications of nerve, vascular and myocardial tissue engineering. However, a number of problems remain with these novel polymers, including the poor reproducibility in the synthesis and properties of PPS, the toxicity of very soft versions of the PPS family, and too rapid degradation rates. Therefore, this PhD thesis project aims to address these issues and develop soft, degradable elastomers with improved reliability, biocompatibility and satisfactory degradation rates. The major results include: (1) The poor reproducibility of poly(glycerol sebacate) (PGS) was caused by the evaporation of small molecule, glycerol; and the satisfactory biocompatibility and reasonable slow degradation rate of PGS could only be achieved by a long curing time with a compromise of mechanical elasticity. (2) In order to achieve a satisfactory combination of mechanical flexibility and degradation rate, a larger monomer, xylitol, was used to replace glycerol to synthesize poly(xylitol sebacate) (PXS). A comparative study on PXS and PGS demonstrated that PXS polymers had better mechanical elasticity (twice elongation) than PGS of the same crosslink density, whilst their degradation rate and biocompatibility were similar to those of PGS counterparts. (3) The degradation mechanisms of PGS and PXS was further investigated in vitro and it demonstrated that all the materials underwent esterase enzymatic and free radical synergistically degradation. (4) In order to achieve nonlinear elasticity of soft tissue, an elastomeric PXS scaffold was fabricated by core/shell electrospinning technique using PXS as the core material and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as the shell polymer, with PVA shell being washed off after PXS curing. The newly fabricated PXS scaffold exhibited softer and remarkably higher rupture elongation than PXS sheet in aqueous conditions. In conclusion, soft, degradable elastomeric biomaterial with improved reliability, biocompatibility and satisfactory degradation rates could be achieved from the elastomer PXS using the core/shell electrospinning technique. The produced PXS fibrous scaffold demonstrated a high potential in soft tissue engineering in terms of biocompatibility, mechanical properties and degradation kinetics. Further work shall focus on in vivo evaluation of the PXS fibrous scaffold.