cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Integration of EGA secure data access into Galaxy
Creators: name: Hoogstrate, Youri
name: Senf, Alexander
name: Bijlard, Jochem
name: Hiltemann, Saskia
name: Enckevort, David Van
name: Zhang, Chao
name: Remond Fijneman
name: Jan-Willem Boiten
name: Meijer, Gerrit
name: Stubbs, Andrew
name: Argila, Jordi Rambla De
name: Spalding, Dylan
name: Abeln, Sanne
Publisher: name: F1000Research
Year: 2016

description: Bio-molecular high throughput data are privacy sensitive and can not easily made accessible to the entire outside world. To manage access to long term-archival of such data the EGA project was initiated to facilitate access and management to these data.  Moreover, the transfer of data during upload and download of the data should be encrypted. As part of a TraIT-EGA ELIXIR pilot, here we aim to enable the download of EGA data to a Galaxy server in a secure way. Galaxy provides an intuitive user interface for molecular biologists and bioinformaticians to run and design workflows. We developed a Galaxy tool that can download data securely from EGA into a Galaxy server, which can subsequently be further processed. The Galaxy tool ega_download_streamer is available in the Galaxy tool sheds. This together allows a user within the browser to run an entire analysis, containing privacy sensitive data from EGA, and to make this analysis available for other researchers in a reproducible manner. A proof of concept study was made available at http://www.myexperiment.org/workflows/4924.html.
Employee engagement and commitment to two Australian autism employment programs: associations with workload and perceived supervisor support
Creators: name: Spoor, Jennifer
name: Flower, Rebecca
name: Bury, Simon
name: Hedley, Darren
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 35
subject: Commerce, management, tourism and services
classificationCode: 3505
subject: Human resources and industrial relations
classificationCode: 3507
subject: Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4405
subject: Gender studies

description: No description supplied
Resonance and Controlled Chaos: A New Model for Understanding Decentralized Coherence in Biological Systems
Creators: name: Fedotov, Anton
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This work introduces a novel framework for understanding biological coherence in complex, decentralized systems through the principles of resonance and controlled chaos. Traditional models of biological coherence often rely on centralized control or static structural pathways, limiting adaptability and responsiveness. Here, we propose a model in which coherence emerges dynamically through localized interactions—where resonance enables elements within a system to synchronize, and controlled chaos introduces variability that prevents over-synchronization, maintaining the system's flexibility.Our model formalizes these dynamics using key parameters, such as frequency, amplitude, and phase alignment, providing specific predictions on how coherence is achieved across systems without a central guide. We apply this model to diverse biological systems, including neural networks, immune responses, and plant signaling pathways, offering testable hypotheses and experimental methodologies for validating these predictions.This interdisciplinary approach, grounded in the principles of Synchromatics, opens up new directions for studying coherence across scales, from cellular interactions to whole-organism rhythms. By combining resonance with adaptive variability, this framework suggests a unifying mechanism for coherence in biological and synthetic systems alike.
Employee engagement and commitment to two Australian autism employment programs: associations with workload and perceived supervisor support
Creators: name: Spoor, Jennifer
name: Flower, Rebecca
name: Bury, Simon
name: Hedley, Darren
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Purpose: Although there is growing academic and business interest in autism employment programs, few studies have examined employee (manager and coworker) attitudes toward these programs. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of workload changes (a job demand) and perceived supervisor support (a job resource) on commitment to the program and employee engagement more broadly. Design/methodology/approach: A total of 229 employees from two Australian public sector organizations completed a survey about the autism employment program in their organization. Findings: Perceived workload increases were associated with lower affective commitment and higher continuance commitment to the program. Perceived supervisor support was associated with higher affective commitment to the program and employee engagement, but lower continuance commitment to the program. Perceived supervisor support moderated the effect of workload increase on employee engagement, but not in the expected direction. Originality/value: This research helps to fill a gap in the autism employment literature by focusing on commitment toward autism employment programs among existing employees. The research helps to provide a more complete and nuanced view of these programs within their broader organizational context.
title: The Transposition and Implementation of the EU Equality Directives in Malta
Creators: name: Stone, Ava Marie
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Discrimination
subject: EU Equality Directives
subject: Colonization
subject: Transposition
subject: Workplace

description: This thesis discusses the significance and impact of the EU Race Directive. The author examines the transposition and implementation of the EU Race Directive in Malta due to its shifting demographics and increasing diversity. In the process of researching and writing this thesis, the author conducted a literature search on scholarship focusing on the Race Directive and reviews research on the transposition of the EU Equality Framework and Race Directive in EU member states. The author uncovered a variety of factors that have affected the transposition process and implementation. Transposition studies have showed that a member states transposition process and implementation of the directive can be determined by its history. Examining the national context can also be used to develop an understanding of domestic legal culture, national identity and citizenship, all which determine how well the directive is implemented. The author argues that in the case of Malta, the aforementioned determinants for successful implementation can be found in the colonial history under British Rule.
Integrative modelling goes HPC/HTC
Creators: name: Trellet, Mikael
name: Schaarschmidt, Jörg
name: Gydo Zundert
name: Kurkcuoglu, Zeynep
name: Melquiond, Adrien
name: Bonvin, Alexandre
Publisher: name: F1000Research
Year: 2016

description: Within BioExcel, the European Center of Excellence (CoE) for Computational Biomolecular research, we developed new web services for the modelisation of biomolecular complexes powered by EGI HTC resources distributed worldwide.

Pioneer in the field of integrative modelling, HADDOCK (haddock.science.uu.nl) is an information-driven modelling service for the prediction of the three-dimensional structure of biomolecular assemblies. More than 7,700 users worldwide make use of HADDOCK’s user-friendly web interface. As of September 2016, more than 130,000 user submissions have been processed by the server, which translates into more than 8 million jobs a year. The HADDOCK support center is powered by a dedicated BioExcel forum (http://ask.bioexcel.eu).

DisVis (http://milou.science.uu.nl/services/DISVIS) allows you to visualizes and quantify the information content of distance restraints between macromolecular complexes. It performs a full and systematic 6-dimensional search of the three translational and rotational degrees of freedom to determine the number of complexes consistent with the restraints. In addition, it outputs the percentage of restraints being violated and a density that represents the center-of-mass position of the scanning chain corresponding to the highest number of consistent restraints at every position in space.

PowerFit (http://milou.science.uu.nl/services/POWERFIT) automatically fits high-resolution atomic structures in cryo-EM densities. To this end it performs a full-exhaustive 6-dimensional cross-correlation search between the atomic structure and the density. It takes as input an atomic structure in PDB-format and a cryo-EM density with its resolution; and outputs positions and rotations of the atomic structure corresponding to high correlation values. PowerFit uses the local cross-correlation function as its base score, enhanced by a Laplace pre-filter and/or core-weighting to minimize overlapping densities from neighboring subunits.
Tobacco retailer density and smoking behavior in a rural Australian jurisdiction without a tobacco retailer licensing system
Creators: name: Baker, John
name: Masood, Mohd
name: Rahman, Muhammad
name: Thornton, Lukar
name: Begg, Stephen
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4206
subject: Public health

description: INTRODUCTION An emerging body of research has developed around tobacco retailer density and its contribution to smoking behavior. This cross-sectional study aimed to determine the association between tobacco retailer density and smoking behavior in a rural Australian jurisdiction without a tobacco retailer licensing system in place. METHODS A local government database (updated 2018) of listed tobacco retailers (n=93) was accessed and potential unlisted tobacco retailers (n=230) were added using online searches. All retailers (n=323) were visited in 2019 and GPS coordinates of retailers that sold tobacco (n=125) were assigned to suburbs in ArcMap. A community survey conducted in the Local Government Area provided smoking and sociodemographic data amongst adult respondents (n=8981). Associations between tobacco retailer density (calculated as the number of retailers per km2 based on respondents' suburb of residence) and daily, occasional and experimental smoking were assessed using multilevel logistic regression analysis. Separate models with and without covariates were undertaken. RESULTS Without adjusting for possible confounders, living in suburbs with greater retailer density did not increase the odds of daily smoking (OR=1.01; 95% CI: 0.92-1.12), occasional smoking (OR=1.05; 95% CI: 0.94-1.18), or experimental smoking (OR=0.98; 95% 0.92- 1.05). However, after adjustment, living in suburbs with greater retailer density increased the odds of occasional smoking behavior (AOR=1.37; 95% CI: 1.10-1.71) but not daily or experimental smoking. CONCLUSIONS This study found a significant positive association between tobacco retailer density and the likelihood of occasional smoking in a rural Australian jurisdiction without a tobacco retailer licensing system in place. The findings strengthen calls for the introduction of a comprehensive, positive tobacco retailer licensing system to provide a framework for improving compliance with legislation and to reduce the overall availability of tobacco products in the community.
Gelidium samoense Reinbold 1907
Creators: name: Walsh, Roy T. Tsuda And Seana K.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Rhodophyta
Florideophyceae
Nemaliales
Gelidiaceae
Gelidium
Gelidium samoense

description: Gelidium samoense Reinbold
 American Samoa & Samoa. TUTUILA: Setchell 1924, Skelton & South 2007. UPOLU: Reinbold 1907 (Type), Skelton & South 2007.
 Gelidium spp.
 American Samoa & Samoa. ROSE: Setchell 1924. Phoenix Islands. KANTON: Degener & Gillaspy 1955.
 Gibsmithia hawaiiensis Doty
 Wallis & Futuna. WALLIS: N’Yeurt & Payri 2004.
  Gracilaria dumosa Harvey & Bailey
 Tonga. Grunow 1874. TONGATAPU: Bailey & Harvey 1874 (Type).
  Gracilaria ephemera Skelton, South & A. Millar
 American Samoa & Samoa. UPOLU: Skelton et al. 2004 (Type), Skelton & South 2007.
 Gracilaria gracilis (Stackhouse) M. Steentoft, L.M. Irvine & W.F. Farnham [= Gracilaria confervoides (Linnaeus) Greville]
 American Samoa & Samoa. UPOLU: Grunow 1874 and Reinbold 1896 as Gracilaria confervoides. Phoenix Islands. MCKEAN: Grunow 1874 as G. confervoides.
 Gracilaria maramae South
 American Samoa & Samoa. UPOLU: Skelton & South 2007.
 Gracilaria textorii (Suringar) De Toni
 Wallis & Futuna. WALLIS: N’Yeurt & Payri 2004.
 Gracilaria spp.
 Line Islands. TABUAERAN: DeWreede & Doty 1970. Phoenix Islands. BAKER: Tsuda et al. 2008. KANTON: Dawson 1959a. Wallis & Futuna. WALLIS: N’Yeurt & Payri 2004.
 Grateloupia filicina (J.V. Lamouroux) C. Agardh
 Tonga. TONGATAPU: Grunow 1874.
 Griffithsia heteromorpha Kützing
 American Samoa & Samoa. OFU-OLOSEGA: Skelton & South 2007. UPOLU: Skelton & South 2002a, 2007. Johnston Atoll. Coles et al. 2001, Tsuda et al. 2010b. Line Islands. KINGMAN: Tsuda et al. 2012.
 Phoenix Islands. ENDERBURY: South et al. 2001. MANRA: Skelton & South 2007. RAWAKI: South et al. 2001. Tonga. TONGATAPU: Grunow 1874.
 Griffithsia metcalfii C.K. Tseng
 Johnston Atoll. Buggeln & Tsuda 1969.
 Griffithsia ovalis Harvey
 Johnston Atoll. Buggeln & Tsuda 1969. Line Islands. TABUAERAN: Tsuda et al. 1973.
 Griffithsia schousboei Montagne
 Johnston Atoll. Coles et al. 2001.
description: Published as part of Walsh, Roy T. Tsuda And Seana K., 2013, Bibliographic checklist of the marine benthic algae of Central, pp. 1-91 in Micronesica 2013 (2) on page 32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13282793
Scorpiops (Neoscorpiops) satarensis
Creators: name: Lourenço, Wilson R.
name: Ythier, Eric
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Scorpiones
Scorpiopidae
Scorpiops
Scorpiops satarensis

description: - S. (Neoscorpiops) satarensis (Pocock, 1900)
India
description: Published as part of Lourenço, Wilson R. & Ythier, Eric, 2022, A new species of the genus Scorpiops Peters, 1861, subgenus Euscorpiops Vachon, 1980 from Laos (Scorpiones: Scorpiopidae), pp. 1-9 in Faunitaxys 10 (27) on page 3, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-10(27), http://zenodo.org/record/15352467
Tobacco retailer density and smoking behavior in a rural Australian jurisdiction without a tobacco retailer licensing system
Creators: name: Baker, John
name: Masood, Mohd
name: Rahman, Muhammad
name: Thornton, Lukar
name: Begg, Stephen
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: INTRODUCTION An emerging body of research has developed around tobacco retailer density and its contribution to smoking behavior. This cross-sectional study aimed to determine the association between tobacco retailer density and smoking behavior in a rural Australian jurisdiction without a tobacco retailer licensing system in place. METHODS A local government database (updated 2018) of listed tobacco retailers (n=93) was accessed and potential unlisted tobacco retailers (n=230) were added using online searches. All retailers (n=323) were visited in 2019 and GPS coordinates of retailers that sold tobacco (n=125) were assigned to suburbs in ArcMap. A community survey conducted in the Local Government Area provided smoking and sociodemographic data amongst adult respondents (n=8981). Associations between tobacco retailer density (calculated as the number of retailers per km2 based on respondents' suburb of residence) and daily, occasional and experimental smoking were assessed using multilevel logistic regression analysis. Separate models with and without covariates were undertaken. RESULTS Without adjusting for possible confounders, living in suburbs with greater retailer density did not increase the odds of daily smoking (OR=1.01; 95% CI: 0.92-1.12), occasional smoking (OR=1.05; 95% CI: 0.94-1.18), or experimental smoking (OR=0.98; 95% 0.92- 1.05). However, after adjustment, living in suburbs with greater retailer density increased the odds of occasional smoking behavior (AOR=1.37; 95% CI: 1.10-1.71) but not daily or experimental smoking. CONCLUSIONS This study found a significant positive association between tobacco retailer density and the likelihood of occasional smoking in a rural Australian jurisdiction without a tobacco retailer licensing system in place. The findings strengthen calls for the introduction of a comprehensive, positive tobacco retailer licensing system to provide a framework for improving compliance with legislation and to reduce the overall availability of tobacco products in the community.
Reconstruction of the metabolic network of the Phytophthora infestans – tomato pathosystem
Creators: name: Rodenburg, Sander
name: Seidl, Michael
name: Govers, Francine
name: Ridder, Dick De
Publisher: name: F1000Research
Year: 2016

description: The metabolism of a pathogen reflects its relation with its host, as many pathogens lack essential metabolic reactions themselves, but instead exploit metabolites of their host. Therefore, reconstructing a genome scale metabolic network for a pathosystem (i.e. pathogen – host system) can provide insights into their relationship at the metabolic level, to facilitate the development of novel control methods. In our case, we study the interactions between the notorious plant pathogenic oomycete Phytophthora infestans and its host, tomato. Using network analyses and constraint-based modelling, we aim to identify the exchanged metabolites between this pathogen and host. This will provide the foundation for an integrative genome-scale interaction model of this pathosystem at the metabolic, protein and miRNA level. The metabolic networks of P. infestans and tomato are reconstructed based on the KEGG database. Flux balance analysis will be used to find essential reactions that characterize the metabolism of both species, and will reveal what metabolic reactions are involved in infection. Time-series transcriptome data of both species will allow us to infer context-specific flux distributions during the infection process. Currently, draft metabolic networks have been constructed for both P. infestans and tomato, and network inconsistencies such as network gaps and stoichiometric errors are resolved.
Lomentaria hakodatensis Yendo
Creators: name: Walsh, Roy T. Tsuda And Seana K.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Rhodophyta
Florideophyceae
Rhodymeniales
Lomentariaceae
Lomentaria
Lomentaria hakodatensis

description: Lomentaria hakodatensis Yendo
 Johnston Atoll. Buggeln & Tsuda 1969, Coles et al. 2001, Tsuda et al. 2010b. L ine Islands. JARVIS: Tsuda et al. 2012. KINGMAN: Tsuda et al. 2012. PALMYRA: Dawson 1959b. Phoenix Islands. BAKER: Tsuda et al. 2008. HOWLAND: Tsuda et al. 2008. Wake Atoll. Tsuda et al. 2010a.
 Lomentaria spp.
 Phoenix Islands. BAKER: Tsuda & Trono 1968, Tsuda et al. 2008. HOWLAND: Tsuda et al. 2008. KANTON: Dawson 1959a.
 Lophocladia trichoclados (C. Agardh) F. Schmitz
 American Samoa & Samoa. UPOLU: Skelton & South 2002a, 2007.
 Phoenix Islands. KANTON: South et al. 2001, Skelton & South 2007.
 Lophosiphonia bermudensis Collins & Hervey
 Line Islands. PALMYRA: Dawson 1959b.
 Lophosiphonia cristata Falkenberg
 Wake Atoll. Hollenberg 1968d.
 Lophosiphonia obscura (C. Agardh) Falkenberg [= Polysiphonia obscura (C. Agardh) J. Agardh]
 American Samoa & Samoa. TUTUILA: Setchell 1924. Tonga. HA‘AFEVA: Grunow 1874 as Polysiphonia obscura.
 Lophosiphonia prostrata (Harvey) Falkenberg
 Johnston Atoll. Coles et al. 2001.
 Lophosiphonia sp.
 American Samoa & Samoa. ROSE: Setchell 1924.
 Malaconema minimum Hollenberg
 Johnston Atoll. Tsuda et al. 2010b. Line Islands. JARVIS: Tsuda et al. 2012. KINGMAN: Tsuda et al. 2012. Wake Atoll. Tsuda et al. 2010a.
 Martensia flabelliformis Harvey ex J. Agardh
 Tonga. HA‘AFEVA: Grunow 1874.
 Martensia fragilis Harvey
 American Samoa & Samoa. OFU-OLOSEGA: Skelton & South 2007. UPOLU: Skelton & South 2002a, 2007. Wallis & Futuna. WALLIS: N’Yeurt & Payri 2004.
 Mastophora pacifica (Heydrich) Foslie
 Wallis & Futuna. WALLIS: N’Yeurt & Payri 2004.
 Meristotheca papulosa (Montagne) J. Agardh
 American Samoa & Samoa. UPOLU: Setchell 1943.
 Note: Gabrielson & Kraft (1984) presented descriptions of both Meristotheca papulosa (Type) and Meristotheca procumbens. Setchell (1943) commented that the specimens possess the habit of Halymenia ceylonica Harvey, currently known as Halymenia microcarpa (Montagne) P.C. Silva.
description: Published as part of Walsh, Roy T. Tsuda And Seana K., 2013, Bibliographic checklist of the marine benthic algae of Central, pp. 1-91 in Micronesica 2013 (2) on page 43, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13282793
title: Examining Coaching Efficacy among Youth Recreational Baseball Coaches
Creators: name: Murray, Mark
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Coaching efficacy
subject: Youth baseball
subject: Youth sports
subject: Youth sport coaching

description: The purpose of the present study was to examine coaching efficacy among youth recreational baseball coaches. Studies have been conducted focusing on coaching efficacy with university or elite level coaches, but none specifically on youth recreational baseball coaches. An instrument created on SurveyMonkey.com comprising the Coaching Efficacy Scale, socio-demographic, and experiential questions was sent via email to members of the Virginia Baseball Club to collect data on youth recreational coaches in Northern Virginia. Sixty-one coaches fully responded (N=61) to the survey. It was found that there was a significant difference among age groups and years of coaching experience with regard to Game Strategy and Technique Efficacy. Further, youth coaches were found to take pride in their position as evidenced by the amount of time spent and resources used for coaching. Those responding defined their success as a coach in terms of devloping the players, ensuring they have fun, and making sure they countinue playing baseball. Win percentage was also found to be significantly correlated with Motivational Efficacy and Total Coaching Efficacy. Results of this study can be used by youth baseball leagues to modify and improve their coach training programs, and by coaches as a resource for viewing their strengths and weaknesses in their youth coaching endeavors.
title: Ground-Based Light Curve Follow-Up Validation Observations on TESS Object of Interest TOI-3798.01
Creators: name: Choi, Alex
name: Vailikit, Nate
name: Plavchan, Peter
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2024

description: Exoplanet candidates are planets discovered outside the defined solar system that have only been proven to exist once confirmed by additional telescope observation. The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) under the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Explorers Program surveys the surrounding sky for such exoplanet candidates via transit detection and machine learning techniques. TESS Object of Interest (TOI) 3798.01 (the particular focus of this study) was marked as a candidate exoplanet by TESS around a host star (TOI-3798) in 2021. The objective of this study was to perform a follow-up validation observation of TOI-3798.01. Such follow-up validation was utilized to sufficiently determine whether the TOI was deemed a false positive or a confirmed exoplanet. George Mason University’s (GMU’s) 0.8-meter telescope was operated to collect data on TOI-3798.01, mostly in the Flexible Image Transport System (FITS) data format which is used in the field of astronomy to store, transmit, and process data sets. Software such as AstroImageJ (a data science software tailored to astronomical imaging) and Ansvr (a plate-solving software for Windows operating systems) were then utilized to analyze such data and generate visualizations (particularly seeing profiles and light curve plots) to determine the existence of an exoplanet via the transit detection method. Approximately 30 minutes into the observation, the suspected transit occurred, long before the event was predicted to occur. Unfortunately, due to the absence of many of the stars provided by Gaia in the image and the apparent dimness of the others, the NEB check was inconclusive. However, in analyzing the data provided by TESS, the plot passes the visual odd/even test which is a quick and easy way to rule out eclipsing binary star systems. If validated through future studies, TOI-3798.01 would most likely be a hot Jovian with condensing Zinc Sulfide (ZnS).
Effects of culinary herbs and spices on obesity: a systematic literature review of clinical trials
Creators: name: Deekshith, Chandana
name: Jois, Markandeya
name: Radcliffe, Jessica
name: Thomas, Jency
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The aim of this article was to systematically review literature on clinical trials investigating the effects of culinary herbs and spices on obesity in adults. Relevant articles were searched through the electronic databases using predefined search terms. Thirty commonly used herbs and spices for weight loss were selected based on the literature. Out of 33 intervention studies that were eligible for inclusion in the review, 24 studies reported statistically significant (P < 0.05) reductions in obesity indices either compared to baseline or to the placebo. Overall, eight herbs/spices were reported to be beneficial in regards to obesity in the eligible literature including basil (on BW and BMI), cardamom (on BW, BMI and WC), cinnamon (on BW, BMI, BFP and WC), coriander (on BMI), garlic (on BMI and WC), ginger (on BW, BMI, WC and HC), nigella (on BW, BMI, WC, BFP and HC) and turmeric (on BW, BMI, BFP and WC).
Additional file 1 of Network alterations underlying anxiety symptoms in early multiple sclerosis
Creators: name: Ellwardt, Erik
name: Muthuraman, Muthuraman
name: Gonzalez-Escamilla, Gabriel
name: Chirumamilla, Venkata Chaitanya
name: Luessi, Felix
name: Bittner, Stefan
name: Zipp, Frauke
name: Groppa, Sergiu
name: Fleischer, Vinzenz
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Clinical data of the additional multiple sclerosis patients in the TMS–HD-EEG study. Table S2. Cortical volume changes over 2 years (ROI-wise). Table S3. Subcortical volume changes over 2 years. Table S4. Association between cortical atrophy over 2 years and HADS-A (anxiety) after 2 years. Table S5. Association between subcortical atrophy over 2 years and HADS-A (anxiety) after 2 years. Table S6. Correlations (r) between connectivity strength and volumes (prefrontal cortex, hippocampus and amygdala). Figure S1. Heart rate of multiple sclerosis patients and healthy controls during TMS–HD-EEG study. Figure S2. Connectivity/coherence. Connectivity and coherence between prefrontal cortex, amygdala and hippocampus at rest and during threat processing in the TMS–HD-EEG study.
Fire, drought and flooding rains: The effect of climatic extremes on bird species’ responses to time since fire
Creators: name: Connell, Jemima
name: Hall, MA
name: Nimmo, DG
name: Watson, SJ
name: Clarke, Michael
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 31
subject: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 3103
subject: Ecology
classificationCode: 41
subject: Environmental sciences
classificationCode: 4101
subject: Climate change impacts and adaptation

description: Aim: Climatic extremes and fire affect ecosystems across the globe, yet our understanding of how species are influenced by the interaction of these broadscale ecological drivers is poorly understood. Using a ten-year dataset, we tested how extreme drought and rainfall interacted with time since fire (TSF) to shape bird species’ distributions. Location: Semi-arid mallee woodlands of south-eastern Australia. Methods: We quantified the effects of climatic extremes on bird species’ occurrence, species richness and incidence at 180 sites across three climatic periods—an El Niño-associated drought (the “Big Dry”), immediately after La Niña drought-breaking rainfall (“Big Wet”) and three years following the La Niña event (“Post-Big Wet”). We then compared species’ responses with TSF across the three climatic periods using a chronosequence of sites from 1 to 117 years post-fire. Results: La Niña rainfall had sustained impacts on species’ occurrence. Over half of species increased significantly during the Big Wet. Despite three intervening years of below-average rainfall, three quarters of these species remained comparably high, Post-Big Wet. By contrast, less than half of threatened and declining species benefited from high rainfall. Responses of species to TSF were found to differ contingent on climatic conditions: almost twice as many species responded to TSF during the Big Wet and almost three times as many Post-Big Wet, compared with the Big Dry. Across climatic periods, a majority of species showed preference for mid to older post-fire vegetation. Main conclusions: Variation in responses to TSF is likely due to the effect of climatic variation on resources. We suggest that, at sites of different post-fire age, interactions between TSF and climate may differentially influence both the availability and longevity of resources. Given climatic extremes are predicted to become increasingly severe with climate change, accounting for their influence on fauna–fire dynamics will require careful management of fire.
title: Citation Patterns of Engineering, Statistics, and Computer Science Researchers: An Internal and External Citation Analysis across Multiple Engineering Subfields
Creators: name: Kelly, Madeline
Publisher: name: American Library Association
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Citation analysis
subject: Engineering
subject: Collection development

description: This study takes a multidimensional approach to citation analysis, examining citations in multiple subfields of engineering, from both scholarly journals and doctoral dissertations. The three major goals of the study are to determine whether there are differences between citations drawn from dissertations and those drawn from journal articles; to test a methodology incorporating both internal and external citation sources; and to explore the citation habits of researchers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subfields. The results reveal variations in how STEM subfields conduct research in career and academic settings and are more nuanced than internal or external citation data alone can provide. The results have practical collection development implications.
D1.5 Guidelines for the implementation of a continuous EPC workflow
Creators: name: Sucic, Boris
name: Stegnar, Gašper
name: Ballarini, Ilaria
name: Gorrino, Alice
name: Sicilia, Álvaro
name: Charalambides, Alexandros
name: Vryonidi, Mariza
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: energy performance certificates
guidelines for energy performance certificates

description: This deliverable summarizes the results of Task 1.5 “Guidelines for the implementation of a continuous EPC workflow”, included in Work Package 1 (WP1) of the TIMEPAC project. The objective of WP1 is to conduct a comparative study of the elements involved in the development of future scenarios to work with an enhanced Energy Performance Certification (EPC) in each of the four identified stages of the EPC data flow: generation, storage, analysis and exploitation. As a result of this study, possible improvements, vulnerabilities, threats, and risks related to an upgrade of already-existing certification schemes have been identified.

Within WP1, the purpose of Task 1.5 is to analyse the findings and results of previous tasks (T1.1, 1.2. 1.3 and 1.4) and their applicability at the European level. In particular, the focus of the report is on identifying potential challenges to implement enhanced EPC schemes throughout the overall dataflow, encompassing generation, storage, analysis and exploitation.

Based on the outputs from Task 1.1 to Task 1.4, the following issues will be further addressed in the work to be conducted in the Transversal Deployment Scenarios (TDSs), Demonstration Scenarios (DSs) and Training Scenarios (TSs) to be carried out next in the TIMEPAC project:  

Data integration from various sources for more effective EPCs by considering the building as a whole (TDS1-4; DS1, DS3 and DS4; TS1, TS2 and TS6).

EPC as a tool to support building renovation, integrating Building Renovation Passports (BRP) and Building Information Modelling (BIM) (TDS1 and TDS 3; DS3; TS3 and TS4).

EPC enhancement with the Smart-Readiness Indicator and sustainability indicators to accelerate the creation of local, sustainable-energy communities (TDS4; DS2 and DS4; TS1 and TS4).

Ensuring better EPC comparability among Member States (TDS5; DS1 and DS3; all TSs).

Training activities and learning materials for EPC experts, building operators and energy service providers to use the enhanced EPC schemas (all TSs).

The know-how developed in these scenarios will be disseminated beyond the consortium through the TIMEPAC Academy. The training materials will focus on the practical application of the how-to-do approach in resolving existing problems in energy-performance certification. The main beneficiaries of the TIMEPAC Academy will be professional certifiers, national and regional standardisation bodies, energy and facility managers, and EPC experts.
A comparison of Australian chronic disease prevalence estimates using administrative pharmaceutical dispensing data with international and community survey data
Creators: name: Purkiss, Shaun
name: Keegel, Tessa
name: Vally, Hassan
name: Wollersheim, Dennis
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Introduction: Chronic disease (CD) is a leading cause of population mortality, illness and disability. Identification of CD using administrative data is increasingly used and may have utility in monitoring population health. Pharmaceutical administrative data using World Health Organization Anatomic Therapeutic Chemical Codification (ATC) assigned to prescribed medicines may offer an improved method to define persons with certain CD and enable the calculation of population prevalence. Objective: To assess the feasibility of Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) dispensing data to provide realistic measures of chronic disease prevalence using ATC codification and compare values with international data using similar ATC methodology and Australian community surveys. Methods: Twenty-two chronic diseases were identified using World Health Organization (WHO) formulated ATC codes assigned to treatments received and recorded in a PBS database. Distinct treatment episodes prescribed to individuals were counted annually for prevalence estimates. Comparisons were then made with estimates from international studies using pharmaceutical data and published Australian community surveys. Results: PBS prevalence estimates for a range of chronic diseases listed in European studies and Australian community surveys demonstrated good correlation (r > .83, p < .001). PBS estimates of the prevalence of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and hypertension, dyslipidemia, and respiratory disease with comparable Australian National Health Survey data by age groupings (>45 years) showed correlations of between (r = 0.82 - 0.99, p < .001) and a range of percentage difference of -15% to 77%. However, other conditions such as psychological disease and migraine showed greater disparity and correlated less well. Conclusions: Although not without limitations, Australian administrative pharmaceutical dispensing data may provide an alternative perspective on population health and a useful resource to estimate the prevalence of a number of chronic diseases within the Australian population.
Estimates of drug treated diabetes incidence and prevalence using Australian administrative pharmaceutical data
Creators: name: Purkiss, Shaun
name: Keegel, Tessa
name: Vally, Hassan
name: Wollersheim, Dennis
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Introduction The incidence and prevalence of diabetes within a population are important public health metrics. Pharmaceutical administrative data may offer a resource that can contribute to quantifying these measures using the recorded signals derived from the drugs used to treat people with diabetes. Objective To estimate the longitudinal incidence and prevalence of drug treated (DT) diabetes in Australia utilising an Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) dataset and compare estimates with community survey data for all diabetes reported in the Australian National Health Survey (NHS). Methods Persons with DT diabetes were identified within the PBS dataset using assigned Anatomic Therapeutic Chemical codes for ‘Drugs used in diabetes’. Prevalent persons with DT diabetes were determined by a single annual treatment, and incident cases from the earliest treatment with diabetes medications. Counts were aggregated by age group and utilised Australian national census data as a denominator to calculate diabetes disease frequencies for the period 2004–14. Comparison of PBS prevalence data was made with NHS surveys over equivalent years. Results The age adjusted incidence of DT diabetes was 3.4/1000 in 2006 and increased to 3.8/1000 in 2011 and 5.1/1000 in 2014. Age adjusted prevalence of DT diabetes in Australia also rose from 26.7/1000 in 2006 to 32.1/1000 in 2011 and 42.1/1000 in 2014. DT diabetes prevalence estimates correlated with NHS estimates of self-reported diabetes prevalence across age groups and in 2014 was r = 0.987. However, PBS estimates of DT diabetes prevalence generally underestimated NHS values of self-reported diabetes in older age groups with mean percentage differences of −22% to −3%. In contrast, PBS data captured more younger persons with diabetes in comparison to NHS data. These differences were then used to adjust DT diabetes incidence rates to provide age specific estimates that could potentially reflect diabetes incidence estimates acquired by community survey. Conclusions PBS data representing dispensed medications prescribed to persons with diabetes offers a perspective for the assessment of diabetes incidence and prevalence. PBS derived DT diabetes prevalence estimates correlate well with community survey estimates of self-reported diabetes, but underestimate NHS data in older age groups. Calibrated DT incidence estimates may potentially reflect community survey derived diabetes incidence estimates and may offer a method for longitudinal monitoring.
Scorpiops (Neoscorpiops) deccanensis
Creators: name: Lourenço, Wilson R.
name: Ythier, Eric
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Scorpiones
Scorpiopidae
Scorpiops
Scorpiops deccanensis

description: - S. (Neoscorpiops) deccanensis (Tikader & Bastawade, 1978)
India
description: Published as part of Lourenço, Wilson R. & Ythier, Eric, 2022, A new species of the genus Scorpiops Peters, 1861, subgenus Euscorpiops Vachon, 1980 from Laos (Scorpiones: Scorpiopidae), pp. 1-9 in Faunitaxys 10 (27) on page 3, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-10(27), http://zenodo.org/record/15352467
Untargeted Metabolomic Analyses Reveal Chemical Complexity of Dioecious Cannabis Flowers
Creators: name: Welling, Matthew
name: Deseo, Myrna
name: Bacic, Tony
name: Doblin, Monika
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Cannabis is a mostly dioecious multi-use flowering plant genus. Sexual dimorphism is an important characteristic in Cannabis-based commercial production systems, which has consequences for fibre, seed, and the yield of secondary metabolites, such as phytocannabinoid and terpenes for therapeutic uses. Beyond the obvious morphological differences between male and female plants, metabolic variation among dioecious flowers is largely undefined. Here, we report a pilot metabolomic study comparing staminate (male) and pistillate (female) unisexual flowers. Enrichment of the α-linolenic acid pathway and consensus evaluation of the jasmonic acid (JA) related compound 12-oxo-phytodienoicacid (OPDA) among differentially abundant metabolites suggests that oxylipin signalling is associated with secondary metabolism and sex expression in female flowers. Several putative phytocannabinoid-like compounds were observed to be upregulated in female flowers, but full identification was not possible due to the limitation of available databases. Targeted analysis of 14 phytocannabinoids using certified reference standards (cannabidiolic acid (CBDA), cannabidiol (CBD), Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinolic acid A (Δ9-THCAA), Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC), cannabichromenic acid (CBCA), cannabichromene (CBC), cannabigerolic acid (CBGA), cannabigerol (CBG), cannabinolic acid (CBNA), cannabinol (CBN), cannabidivarinic acid (CBDVA), cannabidivarin (CBDV), tetrahydrocannabivarinic acid (THCVA), and tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV)) showed a higher total phytocannabinoid content in female flowers compared with the male flowers, as expected. In summary, the development of a phytocannabinoid-specific accurate-mass MSn fragmentation spectral library and gene pool representative metabolome has the potential to improve small molecule compound annotation and accelerate understanding of metabolic variation underlying phenotypic diversity in Cannabis.
Environmental hotspots for antibiotic resistance genes
Creators: name: Kunhikannan, Shalini
name: Thomas, Colleen
name: Franks, Ashley
name: Mahadevaiah, Sumana
name: Kumar, Sumana
name: Petrovski, Steve
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Bacterial resistance toward broad-spectrum antibiotics has become a major concern in recent years. The threat posed by the infectious bacteria and the pace with which resistance determinants are transmitted needs to be deciphered. Soil and water contain unique and diverse microbial communities as well as pools of naturally occurring antibiotics resistant genes. Overuse of antibiotics along with poor sanitary practices expose these indigenous microbial communities to antibiotic resistance genes from other bacteria and accelerate the process of acquisition and dissemination. Clinical settings, where most antibiotics are prescribed, are hypothesized to serve as a major hotspot. The predisposition of the surrounding environments to a pool of antibiotic-resistant bacteria facilitates rapid antibiotic resistance among the indigenous microbiota in the soil, water, and clinical environments via horizontal gene transfer. This provides favorable conditions for the development of more multidrug-resistantpathogens. Limitations in detecting gene transfer mechanisms have likely left us underestimatingthe role played by the surrounding environmental hotspots in the emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria. This review aims to identify the major drivers responsiblefor the spread of antibiotic resistance and hotspots responsible for the acquisition of antibiotic resistance genes.
Associations Between Measures of Physical Activity and Muscle Size and Strength: A Systematic Review
Creators: name: Rostron, Zachary
name: Green, Rodney
name: Kingsley, Michael
name: Zacharias, Anita
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Objective: To determine whether physical activity is associated with lower limb muscle size and strength within the general population. Data Sources: Six databases were systematically searched from inception using 3 main constructs: lower extremity, muscle volume, and muscle strength. Study Selection: Studies that measured physical activity (using either objective or subjective measurements), lower limb muscle size, and strength were included. Available discrete group data were standardized using previously published age- and sex-specific normative values prior to analysis. Data Extraction: The final analysis included 47 studies from an initial yield of 5402 studies. Standardized scores for outcome measures were calculated for 97 discrete groups. Data Synthesis: As anticipated, lower limb muscle size was positively correlated with lower limb muscle strength (r=0.26, P Conclusions: This review identified that objective measures of physical activity are moderately associated with lower limb muscle size and muscle strength and can, therefore, be used to predict muscle changes within the lower limbs associated with exercise-based rehabilitation programs.
Scorpiops (Neoscorpiops) maharashtraensis
Creators: name: Lourenço, Wilson R.
name: Ythier, Eric
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Scorpiones
Scorpiopidae
Scorpiops
Scorpiops maharashtraensis

description: - S. (Neoscorpiops) maharashtraensis (Mirza, Sanap & Upadhye, 2014)
India
description: Published as part of Lourenço, Wilson R. & Ythier, Eric, 2022, A new species of the genus Scorpiops Peters, 1861, subgenus Euscorpiops Vachon, 1980 from Laos (Scorpiones: Scorpiopidae), pp. 1-9 in Faunitaxys 10 (27) on page 3, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-10(27), http://zenodo.org/record/15352467
Profiling, isolation and characterisation of beneficial microbes from the seed microbiomes of drought tolerant wheat
Creators: name: Hone, Holly
name: Mann, Ross
name: Yang, G
name: Kaur, Jatinder
name: Tannenbaum, Ian
name: Li, Tongda
name: Spangenberg, German
name: Sawbridge, Tim
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 30
subject: Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences
classificationCode: 3004
subject: Crop and pasture production
classificationCode: 31
subject: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 3107
subject: Microbiology

description: Climate change is predicted to increase the incidence and severity of drought conditions, posing a significant challenge for agriculture globally. Plant microbiomes have been demonstrated to aid crop species in the mitigation of drought stress. The study investigated the differences between the seed microbiomes of drought tolerant and drought susceptible wheat lines. Furthermore, it highlighted and quantified the degree of drought tolerance conferred by specific microbes isolated from drought tolerant wheat seed microbiomes. Metagenomic and culture-based methods were used to profile and characterise the seed microbiome composition of drought tolerant and drought susceptible wheat lines under rainfed and drought conditions. Isolates from certain genera were enriched by drought tolerant wheat lines when placed under drought stress. Wheat inoculated with isolates from these targeted genera, such as Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens (Cf D3-25) and Arthrobacter sp. (Ar sp. D4-14) demonstrated the ability to promote growth under drought conditions. This study indicates seed microbiomes from genetically distinct wheat lines enrich for beneficial bacteria in ways that are both line-specific and responsive to environmental stress. As such, seed from stress-phenotyped lines represent an invaluable resource for the identification of beneficial microbes with plant growth promoting activity that could improve commercial crop production.