cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Comparing Acute Toxicity of Gunshot Particles, from Firing Conventional and Lead-Free Ammunition, in Pulmonary Epithelial Cell Cultures
Creators: name: Bergström, Ulrika
name: Ekstrand-Hammarström, Barbro
name: Hägglund, Lars
name: Wingfors, Håkan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Cancer
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Engineering
subject: Biochemistry

description: Numerous studies demonstrated that the use of lead (Pb)-containing ammunition is associated with mainly chronic health problems and also is a burden on the environment and wildlife. Recently, a number of reports showed evidence of undesirable acute health effects related to the use of newly developed Pb-free small-caliber ammunition. In this study, particles from leaded and Pb-free ammunition were collected in liquid collection medium, in a highly controlled chamber, while firing a pistol (9 mm) or a rifle (7.62 × 51 mm). The emitted particles were typically smaller than 4 μm, with the great majority in even smaller size ranges, as shown by gravimetrical analysis and a multistage impactor. Chemical analysis revealed significant differences in content and concentration of several metals in the particles. After administration of the liquids to alveolar and bronchial in vitro cell systems, particles were taken up by the cells; the Pb-free particles displayed higher cytotoxicity (EC50 = 2 μg/cm2) than particles from Pb ammunition. High correlation factors (>0.9) were found between cell death and content of copper and zinc. Particles from both Pb-containing and Pb-free ammunition were able to induce oxidative stress and the proinflammatory marker interleukin (IL)-8 in both in vitro systems. These results support previous findings that indicate an association between gunshot emissions and metal fume fever. This study demonstrates the usefulness of combining chemical data with biological in vitro responses in assessing acute toxicological effects from emissions from firing both Pb and Pb-free ammunition.
An adaptive architecture for context-aware interaction in pervasive applications
Creators: name: Colman, Alan
name: Tran, Minh
name: Han, Jun
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Adaptation is one of the key challenges in pervasive computing. Context-aware applications need to respond to dynamic physical and computing environments. In this paper, we propose an adaptive architecture for context-aware pervasive systems. The basis of our approach is that entities (e.g., user, device, application or group) are modelled as self-managed composites. Each composite maintains a representation of its relationships with other entities and any context conditions that affect those interactions. It then uses this context model to monitor and control its interactions. This loosely coupled architecture allows flexibility in configuring and monitoring components of pervasive systems, and thereby helps the systems to be more adaptable.
Designing capacity: broadening and deepening design capacity through design education
Creators: name: Barron, Deirdre
name: Zeegers, Margaret
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In this paper we canvass a shift in professional practice for teachers and teaching and learning as it focuses on Design Education. We acknowledge that changes in formal educational settings result from the scope and rapidity of changes in emerging technologies and understandings of pedagogical influences on teaching and learning. In canvassing the changes, in this paper we identify issues that emerge in relation a number of proposed solutions in dealing with gaps in teacher education in the field of Design Education. We suggest that these same solutions draw on traditional disciplines which ignore the possibilities of Design to engage 21st Century problems in teaching and learning. We draw attention to a neglect in current teacher education programs in relation to teachers of design and what this may imply for classrooms, teachers, and their work.
Trichodromeus alticola Shavrin 2024, comb. n.
Creators: name: Shavrin, Alexey V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Trichodromeus
Trichodromeus alticola

description: Trichodromeus alticola (Coiffait, 1983) comb. n.
Hygrogeus alticola Coiffait, 1983: 283; Herman 2001: 308, Smetana 2004: 245, Schülke & Smetana 2015: 316.
Remarks. Hygrogeus alticola was originally described based on a female from “Cachemire, Bradinath [Badrinath]...”. This medium-sized (5.70 mm) species was compared with H. kumaonensis (see below) and distinguished from it by the smaller and narrower body, shorter antennae and larger punctation of the elytra. Based on morphological features provided in the original description, this species belong to the genus Trichodromeus.
description: Published as part of Shavrin, Alexey V., 2024, Review of Hygrogeus Mulsant & Rey, 1880 and Trichodromeus Luze, 1903, with descriptions of three new genera from the eastern Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Anthophagini: Omaliinae), pp. 1-62 in Zootaxa 5531 (1) on page 15, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5531.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14023033
Banking on creativity?
Creators: name: Hecq, Dominique
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Creativity is now everywhere: it is present in schools and universities, in governing bodies, social institutions, and in cities where it flourishes at work and on play-grounds alike. In the current socio-political climate, creativity is trivialised, commodified and commercialised. Though creativity remains a deeply vexed concept that conjures up issues of creation, knowledge, power, responsibility, and even life-style, it is now essentially valued for its prospective economic return. What does this mean for writers and for both creative writing students and teachers working in the corporate University? In particular, if creativity is a form of knowledge and mode of knowing inherent in practice-led research, should one bank on it? This paper tackles the topic of creativity in seeking to identify some of the pedagogical and ethical uncertainties that arise in the discipline of writing when artistic, economic, and political agendas compete with each other.
Trichodromeus armatus
Creators: name: Shavrin, Alexey V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Trichodromeus
Trichodromeus armatus

description: Trichodromeus armatus (Cameron, 1941)
(Figs 2–3, 39–40)
Hygrogoeus [sic] armatus Cameron, 1941: 144.
Trichodromeus armatus: Zerche 1992: 134; Herman 2001: 373, Smetana 2004: 251, Schülke & Smetana 2015: 326.
Type material examined. Holotype ♂: ‘ Holo- | type’ , ‘Kashmir | Aphar Wat | 13,000 ft. | Dr.Cameron’ , ‘H. | armatus | TYPE [red, underlined] Cam.’ , ‘M.Cameron | Bequest. | B.M. 1955-147.’ , ‘UNIQUE TYPE | H.K.Kenward [printed] | det. 197[printed]7’ , ‘ Trichodromeus | armatus (Cam.) | Shavrin A.V. det. 2016’  (BMNH).
Additional material examined. INDIA: KASHMIR: 1 ♂: ‘ Kashmir Aphar Wat 13,000 ft. Dr.Cameron’, ‘ Hygrogeus’, ‘armatus Cam. ’ (BMNH); 3 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀: ‘ Kashmir Aphar Wat 13,000 ft. Dr.Cameron’, ‘ M.Cameron Bequest. B.M. 1955-147.’ (BMNH); 1 ♂: Baltal. 13.07.1981. G. Ledoux leg. (cSh); 1 ♂: NE Srinagar, Kolahoi Glacier. 3500 m. 11.08.2007. C. Reuter leg. (cF).
Remarks. Hygrogoeus armatus was originally described based on the holotype from “Kashmir: Aphar Wat, altitude 13,000 feet ”. Zerche (1992) transferred it to Trichodromeus and recorded from Pakistan. The shape of the body is variable (Figs 2–3). The studied specimen from Kolahoi Glacier has a narrower body and shorter elytra, but the shape of the aedeagus (Figs 39–40) is identical with that in other studied specimens. From all known species of the genus T. armatus can be easily recognized by the unusual modification in the middle of the inner side of each metatibia with a long and strong tooth.
description: Published as part of Shavrin, Alexey V., 2024, Review of Hygrogeus Mulsant & Rey, 1880 and Trichodromeus Luze, 1903, with descriptions of three new genera from the eastern Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Anthophagini: Omaliinae), pp. 1-62 in Zootaxa 5531 (1) on page 16, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5531.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14023033
The roles of the monomer length and nucleotide context of plant tandem repeats in nucleosome positioning
Creators: name: Levitsky, Victor G.
name: Babenko, Vladimir N.
name: Vershinin, Alexander V.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Microbiology
subject: Medicine
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: Similar to regularly spaced nucleosomes in chromatin, long tandem DNA arrays are composed of regularly alternating monomers that have almost identical primary DNA structures. Such a similarity in the structural organization makes these arrays especially interesting for studying the role of intrinsic DNA preferences in nucleosome positioning. We have studied the nucleosome formation potential of DNA tandem repeat families with different monomer lengths (ML). In total, 165 plant tandem repeat families from the PlantSat database (http://w3lamc.umbr.cas.cz/PlantSat/) were divided into two classes based on the number of nucleosome repeats in one DNA monomer. For predicting nucleosome formation potential, we developed the Phase method, which combines the advantages of multiple bioinformatics models. The Phase method was able to distinguish interfamily differences and intrafamily monomer variation and identify the influence of nucleotide context on nucleosome formation potential. Three main types of nucleosome arrangement in DNA tandem repeat arrays – regular, partially regular (partial), and flexible – were distinguished among a great variety of Phase profiles. The regular type, in which all nucleosomes of the monomer array are positioned in a context-dependent manner, is the most representative type of the class 1 families, with ML equal to or a multiple of the nucleosome repeat length (NRL). In the partially regular type, nucleotide context influences the positioning of only a subset of nucleosomes. The influence of the nucleotide context on nucleosome positioning has the least effect in the flexible type, which contains the greatest number of families (65). The majority of these families belong to class 2 and have nonmultiple ML to NRL ratios.
On the resilience of classes to change
Creators: name: Vasa, Rajesh
name: Schneider, Jean-Guy
name: Nierstrasz, Oscar
name: Woodward, Clinton
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Software systems evolve over time incrementally and sections of code are modified. But, how much does code really change? Lehman's laws suggest that software must be continuously adapted to be useful. We have studied the evolution of several public domain object-oriented software systems and analyzed the rate as well as the amount of change that individual classes undergo as they evolve. Our observations suggest that although classes are modified, the majority of changes are minor and only a small proportion of classes undergo significant modification.
Examining teacher responses to a professional learning program addressing learning disabilities
Creators: name: Munyard, Kay
name: Sullivan, Lyndall
name: Skues, Jason
name: Cunningham, Everarda
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Under the 'blueprint for government schools', Victorian state educational policy requires schools to identify and provide effectively for the wide array of individual needs and abilities of all students (Department of Education and Training, 2003). Despite this policy commitment, the needs and educational potential of many students are frequently overlooked or inadequately met. Students with learning disabilities, which have an estimated population prevalence rate of approximately 10%, are a particularly neglected group (Prior, 1996). Teachers regularly encounter students who experience difficulties in learning and school engagement. Leaving aside issues of school educational provision and environment, the reasons for this are often readily apparent. A student may have a lower general cognitive ability, an identified or diagnosed disability, or major social and emotional stressors. However, teachers also frequently encounter students of at least average apparent ability whose learning performance is unexpectedly low or at best markedly uneven. It is likely that many of these students have learning disabilities. These students may also show avoidance, discouragement or reduced engagement in at least some areas of learning. While teachers have expertise in supporting students over a range of ability levels, they often lack adequate knowledge about learning disabilities and their implications for classroom practice. The underlying problems of students with learning disabilities can be hard to identify, and so responses are frequently delayed and/or ineffective. Unless they have knowledge and understanding of the challenges faced by students with learning disabilities, teachers will continue to lack the necessary expertise to accommodate their individual learning needs. Addressing the needs of students with learning disabilities is further intensified by issues of definition and knowledge dissemination. This commonly occurring situation reflects a lack of systematic education about learning disabilities both during preservice teacher training and in on-going professional learning.
Trichodromeus chinensis Shavrin 2024, comb. n.
Creators: name: Shavrin, Alexey V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Trichodromeus
Trichodromeus chinensis

description: Trichodromeus chinensis (Cheng & Peng, 2019) comb. n.
Hygrogeus chinensis Cheng & Peng, 2019: 91.
Remarks. Hygrogeus chinensis was originally described from Xizang, south-western China. Based on the original description, the habitus (fig. 1A in Cheng & Peng (2019)), shapes of mouthparts (figs 1E, 1H, 1I, 1F in Cheng & Peng (2019)), and the morphology of the aedeagus (fig. 2 in Cheng & Peng (2019)), this species belongs to the genus Trichodromeus.
description: Published as part of Shavrin, Alexey V., 2024, Review of Hygrogeus Mulsant & Rey, 1880 and Trichodromeus Luze, 1903, with descriptions of three new genera from the eastern Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Anthophagini: Omaliinae), pp. 1-62 in Zootaxa 5531 (1) on page 16, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5531.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14023033
The G1 phase E3 ubiquitin ligase TRUSS that gets deregulated in human cancers is a novel substrate of the S-phase E3 ubiquitin ligase Skp2
Creators: name: Azfar Jamal
name: Manickavinayaham Swarnalatha
name: Sarwat Sultana
name: Joshi, Prashant
name: Subrat K. Panda
name: Kumar, Vijay
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Hematology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: E3 ubiquitin ligases have been implicated in the ubiquitination and proteasome-mediated degradation of several key regulators of cell cycle. Owing to their pleotropic behavior, E3 ubiquitin ligases are tightly regulated both at transcriptional and post-translational levels. The E3 ubiquitin ligase TRUSS (tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated ubiquitous scaffolding and signaling protein) which negatively regulates c-Myc, are found down-regulated in most human cancer cell lines. However, the mechanism of regulation of intracellular levels of TRUSS remains elusive. Here we show that TRUSS is expressed majorly during the G1 phase of cell cycle and its level starts to decline with the expression of S-phase specific E3 ligase Skp2. Enforced expression of Skp2 led to a marked increase in the ubiquitination of TRUSS after its phosphorylation by GSK3β and followed by rapid proteolytic degradation. Our co-immunoprecipitation studies suggested a direct interaction between Skp2 and TRUSS through the LRR motif of Skp2. Interestingly, the human tumor samples that exhibited elevated expression of Skp2, showed relatively poor expression of TRUSS. Further, enforced expression of HBx, the oncoprotein of Hepatitis B virus which is known to stabilize c-Myc and enhance its oncogenic potential, led to the intracellular accumulation of TRUSS as well as c-Myc. Apparently, HBx also interacted with TRUSS which negatively impacted the TRUSS-c-Myc and TRUSS-Skp2 interactions leading to stabilization of TRUSS. Thus, the present study suggests that TRUSS is a novel substrate of E3 ligase Skp2 and that disruption of TRUSS-Skp2 interaction by viral oncoproteins could lead to pathophysiological sequelae.
Social entrepreneurship: the need for education and training in Australia
Creators: name: Grant, Sharon
name: Liffman, Michael
name: Tracey, Denis
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Despite growing interest in social entrepreneurship, education and training programs that address the needs of socially-motivated individuals and organizations are scarce. This paper reports on the results of a recent study by the Working Group for Education and Training in Philanthropy and Social Investment. The study examined the supply of and demand for education and training in various topic areas relevant to social entrepreneurship, including corporate social responsibility, fundraising, grant making and social enterprise. The study identified a significant gap in education and training in these areas and revealed that universities are the preferred education/training provider and are seen to have the credibility, rigor, and impartiality required to implement a common standard of education and training in the field.
Collapse modelling of soft storey buildings
Creators: name: Wilson, John
name: Lam, Nelson
name: Rodsin, K
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper presents results from an extensive study investigating the seismic performance of ‘soft-storey’ buildings. Such buildings, rely on the moment and axial action of slender columns to resist horizontal and gravity forces at the ground floor level, and are banned in high seismic regions due to their poor performance in past earthquakes but are a common feature of buildings in low and moderate seismicity regions such as Australia and parts of SE Asia. Analytical and experimental Investigations undertaken by the authors on a number of existing buildings employing displacement principles as opposed to the conventional forcebased principles indicated that the performance of some of these buildings could be satisfactory for ultimate limit state earthquake scenarios projected for countries like Australia despite their non-compliance with contemporary design standards. A summary of the analytical studies, laboratory testing and full-scale field tests will be presented. This project is aimed at developing a realistic seismic risk model for this class of buildings in order that retrofitting work can be prioritised effectively on the existing building stock.
Seismic assessment based on drift considerations
Creators: name: Lam, Nelson
name: Wilson, John
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper aims at introducing the method of seismic assessment based on the considerations of drift. This alternative procedure represents a departure from the conventional approach in which seismic actions are represented by the seismically induced inertial forces. This driftbased method has the benefit of simplicity as it can be carried out without necessarily involving lengthy computational analysis of the structure. The paper contains a review of both the conventional procedure and recent research literature in support of the alternative procedure, and it concludes with the worked example of a building structure. The presented new method should be of interests to practising engineers who are involved in the seismic assessment of existing (non-code compliant) building or in the design of new buildings in Australia.
A review of seismic behaviour of RC frames with masonry infill
Creators: name: Mohyeddin-kermani, Alireza
name: Goldsworthy, Helen
name: Gad, Emad
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Exterior masonry walls and/or interior partitions built as an infill between a reinforced concrete frame’s beams and columns are usually considered to be non-structural elements in design. The interaction between the frame and infill is often ignored. However, the actual behaviour of such structures observed during past earthquakes shows that their response is often wrongly predicted during the design stage. Real interaction between the infill panel and frame results in premature failure of the frame in some cases, and in improved performance in others. With the aim of better understanding the interaction between the primary structure and infill panels, this paper reviews research performed on the structural behaviour of such buildings under earthquakes. In addition, the predictions of FE models developed here will be compared with the results of some laboratory tests that were previously conducted at the University of Melbourne on masonry specimens. The modelling techniques developed in this work will be useful in constructing future larger FE models to evaluate the real performance at the key displacement limit states of infill-frames when subjected simultaneously to seismic in-plane and out-of-plane loads.
Development of a viscoelastic tuned mass damper for floor vibration applications
Creators: name: Saidi, Ibrahim
name: Mohammed, A
name: Gad, Emad
name: Wilson, John
name: Haritos, Nicholas
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In recent years, due to changes in construction methods, human activities such as walking, dancing and aerobics have become major sources of excessive, induced floor vibrations. Excessive vibration in building floors is generally not a safety concern but a cause of annoyance and discomfort. Rectification measures for excessive vibrations in existing floors may include structural modifications to increase the floor stiffness or the addition of damping. While structural stiffening can be easily designed and the corresponding effect be accurately predicted, it is often not practical due to space limitations or associated construction disruptions. The addition of mechanical dampers can be more practical and cost effectives for floors with low damping, but there are very limited proprietary systems available and they are difficult to design from first principles. This paper forms part of a research project which aims to develop a new cost effective Tune Mass Damper (TMD) using viscoelastic materials. A TMD consists of a mass, spring, and dashpot which is attached to a floor to form a two-degree of freedom system. TMDs are typically effective over a narrow frequency band and must be tuned to a particular natural frequency. A new innovative prototype of a viscoelastic damper has been developed and used for the retrofitting of a steel simply supported beam. Results for the effectiveness and sensitivity of the viscoelastic damper are presented in detail. The experimental results are validated numerically by an FE model. It is shown that the developed viscoelastic damper is quite efficient in reducing floor vibrations and it is not highly sensitive to changes in the properties of the coupled floor.
Efficient One-Pot Synthesis of 2,2-Dimethyl-2H-chromenes via Pd(II)-Catalyzed Coupling and SiO2-Promoted Condensation of o-Halophenols with 2-Methyl-3-buten-2-ol
Creators: name: Tee, Jia Ti
name: Yaeghoobi, Marzieh
name: Chee, Chin Fei
name: Noorsaadah Abd. Rahman
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biotechnology
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: An efficient synthesis of 2,2-dimethyl-2H-chromenes was accomplished by Pd(II)-catalyzed coupling and SiO2-promoted condensation of o-halophenols with 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol (1,1-dimethylallyl alcohol) in one pot. The method is very general and can be useful for the synthesis of some natural 2,2-dimethyl-2H-chromenes.
Trichodromeus gulmargensis Shavrin 2024, comb. n.
Creators: name: Shavrin, Alexey V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Trichodromeus
Trichodromeus gulmargensis

description: Trichodromeus gulmargensis (Coiffait, 1983) comb. n.
Hygrogeus gulmargensis Coiffait, 1983: 282; Herman 2001: 309, Smetana 2004: 245, Schülke & Smetana 2015: 316.
Remarks. Hygrogeus gulmargensis was originally described based on a male from “Cachemire, Gulmarg, 3 000– 3 500 m …”. Based on the details of the morphology of the body provided in the original description and the aedeagus (Fig. 2F), this medium-sized (4.80 mm) species belongs to the genus Trichodromeus.
description: Published as part of Shavrin, Alexey V., 2024, Review of Hygrogeus Mulsant & Rey, 1880 and Trichodromeus Luze, 1903, with descriptions of three new genera from the eastern Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Anthophagini: Omaliinae), pp. 1-62 in Zootaxa 5531 (1) on page 16, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5531.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14023033
Trichodromeus jaegeri Shavrin 2021
Creators: name: Shavrin, Alexey V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Trichodromeus
Trichodromeus jaegeri

description: Trichodromeus jaegeri Shavrin, 2021
(Figs 41–42, 47)
Trichodromeus jaegeri Shavrin, 2021: 357.
Material examined. NEPAL: KARNALI: 2 ♀♀: Seti / Bajura 15 km W Simikot, Dudh Lekh-Tal, 29°56’N 81°40’E. 4600–4900 m a.s.l., stone debris near glacier lake. 02.07.2001. A. Weigel (NME); 1 ♂: Humla, 16 km W Simikot, 3 km NW Sankha La, 29°57’18’’N 81°39’30’’E. 4000–4300 m a.s.l., stone-debris and alpine mats. 29– 30.06.2001. A. Kopetz leg. (NME); 1 ♂: Bajura ca. 15 km S Simikot, Malikasthan, 29°50’42’N 81°47’25’’E. 4100 m a.s.l. 07.07.2001. Creutzburg leg. (NME); 1 ♀: same data, N pass slope W Malikasthan, 29°50’42’’N 81°47’25’’E. 4100– 4200 m a.s.l., stone debris. 07.07.2001. A. Weigel leg. (cSh); 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀: 16 km N Simikot, 3 km NW Sankha La, 29°57’19’’N 81°39’30’’E, NN. 4200–4600 m a.s.l., border of snow fields. 30.06.2001. M. Hartmann leg. (cSh, NME); 1 ♂: 15 km W Simikot, Dudh Lekh / Dudh Tal, 29°56’09’’N 81°40’32’’E. 4650–4800 m a.s.l., stone debris, glacier lakeside. 01.07.2001. A. Lopetz leg. (NME); 1 ♀: Khari Lagna. 3500–3700 m a.s.l.. 23–24.06– 04.07.1995. D. Ahrens & H. Pommeranz leg. (cSh); GANDAKI: 1 ♂: Dhaulagiri Kali, Gandaki Valley upp. Marpha, Yak Kharka. 4000–4100 m a.s.l., NN. 13.07.1998. J. Schmidt leg. (cSh).
Remarks. Trichodromeus jaegeri was originally described based on several specimens from two localities in Gandaki Province, central Nepal. New faunistic data extends the previously known boundaries of the distribution of the species (Fig. 47). The apical portion of the median lobe of some specimens (Figs 41–42) is distinctly narrower than that in specimens from Gandaki Province (fig. 7 in Shavrin (2021)). It is here recorded from Karnali Province of Nepal for the first time.
description: Published as part of Shavrin, Alexey V., 2024, Review of Hygrogeus Mulsant & Rey, 1880 and Trichodromeus Luze, 1903, with descriptions of three new genera from the eastern Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Anthophagini: Omaliinae), pp. 1-62 in Zootaxa 5531 (1) on pages 16-18, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5531.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14023033
Displacement controlled behaviour of asymmetrical buildings
Creators: name: Lumantarna, E
name: Lam, Nelson
name: Kafle, B.
name: Wilson, John
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Seismic assessment has traditionally been based on trading off strength with displacement (ductility) to provide sufficient energy dissipation capacity to structures. However, the energy demand on a structure from small to medium magnitude earthquakes will generally subside when the structure has been displaced to a certain limit. The significance of the concept of displacement-controlled behaviour in the seismic evaluation of a structure is that the peak drift demand of the structure can be constrained by a peak displacement demand which is solely a function of the properties of the ground shaking. In this paper, this concept has been extended for the seismic evaluation of asymmetrical structures. It is shown that a torsional amplification factor of 1.6 and 2.0 can be applied for estimating the peak drift demands of one-way and two-way asymmetric system respectively. By applying the new approach, the drift demand at the edges of the building can be estimated without applying the conventional force-based analysis.
Shaman : software and human agents in multiattribute auctions and negotiations
Creators: name: Kersten, Gregory
name: Kowalczyk, Ryszard
name: Lai, Hsiangchu
name: Neumann, Dirk
name: Baruwal Chhetri, Mohan
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Three distinct and interacting types of entities: people, software agents and e-markets are considered in this paper. These entities operate within Shaman, a proposed framework for the construction and operation of heterogeneous systems enabling business interactions such as auctions and negotiations between software and human agents across those systems. Shaman is a DSS-centric software environment which cooperates with and serves the users of distributed auction and negotiation systems. The DSS are used to provide integration and coordination between the participating systems. Four such systems are discussed: Invite e-negotiation platform, eNAS negotiation agent suite, meet2trade auction platform and GoGo group buying software platform. The Shaman architecture based on these systems and the examples of their interaction enabled by Shaman are discussed.
The perceived value of frequent flyer program benefits among Australian travelers
Creators: name: Gao, Yi
name: Carrigg, Madeline
name: Lewinski, Robert
name: Polderman, Danielle
name: Tkalcevic, Paul
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Understanding the perceived value of frequent flyer program benefits is crucial for commercial operations of airlines. This study aimed to investigate if travelers value various benefits provided by airlines and if such valuation correlates with certain characteristics of travelers. Through a scenario-based questionnaire it was confirmed that travelers do value extra and premium benefits offered by airlines, and such valuation increases along with the distance of route. It was also been found that top-tier members were willing to make a much higher offer for the same benefits on long-haul international route than members of lower status, but such difference in offer was not statistically significant on other routes. Results of this study could fulfill the gap of the current literature on frequent flyer programs, and offer practical guidance for airlines to generate higher revenues though customized pricing and targeted sales promotion to elite frequent flyers.
Trichodromeus languidus Shavrin 2024, comb. n.
Creators: name: Shavrin, Alexey V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Trichodromeus
Trichodromeus languidus

description: Trichodromeus languidus (Coiffait, 1983) comb. n.
Hygrogeus languidus Coiffait, 1983: 283; Herman 2001: 309, Smetana 2004: 245, Schülke & Smetana 2015: 316.
Remarks. Hygrogeus languidus was originally described based on a female from “Cachemire, Pahalgam, 3 000 m…”. Based on the details of the morphology of the body provided in the description, this large (8.0 mm) species undoubtedly belongs to the genus Trichodromeus.
description: Published as part of Shavrin, Alexey V., 2024, Review of Hygrogeus Mulsant & Rey, 1880 and Trichodromeus Luze, 1903, with descriptions of three new genera from the eastern Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Anthophagini: Omaliinae), pp. 1-62 in Zootaxa 5531 (1) on page 25, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5531.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14023033
Ecological economics and human ecology
Creators: name: Gare, Arran
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: While economic theory has been enormously influential since the eighteenth century, the cultural, political and ethical dominance it has gained in the last few decades is unprecedented. Not only has economic theory taken the place of political philosophy and ethical discourse and imposed its own concepts and image of society on other social sciences, it has also redefined the natural sciences as nothing but instruments of production, investment in which is to be judged ill tenus of profitability. No longer does economics justify its claim to be a science on its supposed success at modeling itself on physics: on the contrary, it stands in judgment of physics and demands of physicists that they justify themselves in economic terms. Literature and the arts have also been redefined, as part of the entertainment industry, also to be judged in tenus of profitability and contribution to GNP. Rationality itself has been redefined by rational-choice theorists to accord with the economists' model of economic choice within the market. There is no common good, participation in the pursuit of which could give meaning to people's lives; according to rational-choice theorists there is only the satisfaction of diverse individual subjective preferences (Amadae 2003, Iliff.).
Synthesis, Characterization, and Antimicrobial Potential of Some 1,4-Disubstituted 1,2,3-Bistriazoles
Creators: name: C. P. Kaushik
name: Kumar, Krishan
name: Dharmendra Singh
name: S. K. Singh
name: Jindal, Deepak Kumar
name: Luxmi, Raj
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biochemistry

description: A convenient synthesis of some new 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-bistriazoles (3a–3f, 4a–4f, 6a–6b, 7a–7b) is reported via copper(I)-catalyzed Huisgen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of various terminal alkynes with 1,4-bis(azidomethyl)benzene and 1,6-diazidohexane. The synthesized compounds were characterized by spectral techniques including infrared, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, and high-resolution mass spectrometry and tested in vitro for antimicrobial potential against Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus (Gram-positive bacteria), Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli (Gram-negative bacteria), and Candida albicans and Aspergillus niger (fungi). Among the synthesized 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-bistriazoles, compounds 6a, 6b, and 7b displayed excellent antimicrobial potential against most of the tested strains.
Strengthening teamwork to improve student engagement in managerial economics and strategy
Creators: name: Esposto, Alexis
name: Weaver-Cowdroy, Debbi
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: A series of tests and a major project, designed to be undertaken in teams of two students, and with ongoing feedback as an integral component, was introduced into scheduled tutorial classes, in an attempt to improve flagging student attendance and low student motivation. After a single semester of implementation, attendance at tutorials has improved (to nearly double the previous year), students are actively engaging in their work with their colleagues, and average assessment marks are a full grade higher compared to the previous student cohort.
Entrepreneurial services marketing initiatives facilitating the growing business
Creators: name: Maritz, Alex
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Managing the growing small business identifies many opportunities and difficulties for the entrepreneur. Whilst entrepreneurs are prone to managing opportunities, they most often struggle to manage resources and initiatives toward growing their businesses. We introduce an entrepreneurial perspective toward enhancing growth opportunities within the small business sector. Services marketing initiatives introduced are a result of empirical evidence from a large number of high-growth entrepreneurial small businesses in Victoria, Australia. A conceptual model is proposed, consisting of service initiatives of the service profit chain, industry best practice, relationship marketing and service quality. Our overall aim is to introduce such initiatives to enhance customer satisfaction and loyalty, thereby enhancing growth of these small businesses.
Trichodromeus longipalpis Shavrin 2024, comb. n.
Creators: name: Shavrin, Alexey V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Trichodromeus
Trichodromeus longipalpis

description: Trichodromeus longipalpis (Coiffait, 1983) comb. n.
Geodromicus longipalpis Coiffait, 1983: 279; Herman 2001: 297, Smetana 2004: 244, Schülke & Smetana 2015: 316.
Type material examined. Holotype ♀: ‘Cachemire Gulmarg VIII. [19]79 3000–3500 m G. M[eurgues].— G.L[edoux].’ , ‘TYPE’ , ‘ Geodromicus longipalpis H. Coiffait 1981 ’  (MHNH).
Remarks. Hygrogeus longipalpis was originally described based on a female from “Cachemire, Gulmarg, 3 000–3 500 m …”. Based on the study of the holotype, this medium-sized species (4.5 mm) belongs to the genus Trichodromeus.
description: Published as part of Shavrin, Alexey V., 2024, Review of Hygrogeus Mulsant & Rey, 1880 and Trichodromeus Luze, 1903, with descriptions of three new genera from the eastern Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Anthophagini: Omaliinae), pp. 1-62 in Zootaxa 5531 (1) on page 25, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5531.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14023033
Conformational and state-specific effects in reactions of 2,3-dibromobutadiene with Coulomb-crystallized calcium ions
Creators: name: Kilaj, Ardita
name: Käser, Silvan
name: Wang, Jia
name: Straňák, Patrik
name: Schwilk, Max
name: Xu, Lei
name: von Lilienfeld, O. Anatole
name: Küpper, Jochen
name: Meuwly, Markus
name: Willitsch, Stefan
Publisher: name: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 540

description: Recent advances in experimental methodology enabled studies of the quantum-state and conformational dependence of chemical reactions under precisely controlled conditions in the gas phase. Here, we generated samples of selected gauche and s-trans 2,3-dibromobutadiene (DBB) by electrostatic deflection in a molecular beam and studied their reaction with Coulomb crystals of laser-cooled $\mathrm{Ca^{+}}$ ions in an ion trap. The rate coefficients for the total reaction were found to strongly depend on both the conformation of DBB and the electronic state of $\mathrm{Ca^{+}}$. In the $\mathrm{(4p)~^{2}P_{1/2}}$ and $\mathrm{(3d)~^{2}D_{3/2}}$ excited states of $\mathrm{Ca^{+}}$, the reaction is capture-limited and faster for the gauche conformer due to long-range ion-dipole interactions. In the $\mathrm{(4s)~^{2}S_{1/2}}$ ground state of $\mathrm{Ca^{+}}$, the reaction rate for s-trans DBB still conforms with the capture limit, while that for gauche DBB is strongly suppressed. The experimental observations were analysed with the help of adiabatic capture theory, ab-initio calculations and reactive molecular dynamics simulations on a machine-learned full-dimensional potential energy surface of the system. The theory yields near-quantitative agreement for s-trans-DBB, but overestimates the reactivity of the gauche-conformer compared to the experiment. The present study points to the important role of molecular geometry even in strongly reactive exothermic systems and illustrates striking differences in the reactivity of individual conformers in gas-phase ion-molecule reactions.
The Beaconsfield mine disaster and the evolution of chequebook journalism
Creators: name: Goc, Nicola
name: Bainbridge, Jason
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Using the reporting of the 2006 Beaconsfield mine disaster in Tasmania as a case study, this paper explores the changing nature of chequebook journalism and the shift towards the consumerist model of entertainment news in Australia. The paper argues that the media’s coverage of the disaster was a major turning point in the evolution of chequebook journalism in Australia. The moment miner Todd Russell, one of two survivors from the disaster, asked then-Channel 9 CEO Eddie McGuire to “tell me how big your chequebook is” on national television in response to a question about an exclusive interview, chequebook journalism was outed. Seldom before in Australia had a member of the public been so up-front about their monetary value to the media.
Synthesis, Characterization, and Antimicrobial Potential of Some 1,4-Disubstituted 1,2,3-Bistriazoles
Creators: name: C. P. Kaushik
name: Kumar, Krishan
name: Dharmendra Singh
name: S. K. Singh
name: Jindal, Deepak Kumar
name: Luxmi, Raj
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biochemistry

description: A convenient synthesis of some new 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-bistriazoles (3a-3f, 4a-4f, 6a-6b, 7a-7b) is reported via copper (I) catalyzed Huisgen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of various terminal alkynes with 1,4-bis(azidomethyl)benzene and 1,6-diazidohexane. The synthesized compounds were characterized by spectral techniques viz. IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, HRMS and tested in vitro for antimicrobial potential against Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus (Gram positive bacteria), Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli (Gram negative bacteria), Candida albicans and Aspergillus niger (fungi). Among the synthesized 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-bistriazoles, compounds 6a, 6b and 7b displayed excellent antimicrobial potential against most of the tested strains.
Herstory is women's history: are popular books by and about women prowomen?
Creators: name: Arnold, Josie
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper looks at 42 ‘family saga’ novels written by and for women so as to interrogate issues raised in their content using the prism of feminist-postmodernist critical theories. It explores how such an approach calls for understanding that narrative is data and for accepting storytelling as applicable to academic frameworks as well as other forms of knowledge. This works towards understanding how this genre enables women’s understanding of women’s issues; brings historical aspects of women’s lives into the contemporary domain so as to establish ‘herstorical’ practices and perspectives; and identifies the research-based elements of these novels so as to illuminate the backgrounds to the stories as providing further elements of ‘fictional truth’.
Women entrepreneurial activities in developing economies: Ghana as a case study
Creators: name: Dzisi, Smile
name: Buckley, Patricia
name: Selvarajah, Christopher
name: Meyer, Denny
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper examines the personal and business profiles of Ghanaian women entrepreneurs. Ghanaian women engaged in diverse economic ventures but lack of research regarding their activities has resulted in underestimation of their socio-economic ventures but lack of research regarding their activities has resulted in underestimation of their socio-economic contributions. Data was obtained from a survey of 216 Ghanaian women entrepreneurs and interviews with 20 of these women. According to the findings, Ghanaian women entrepreneurs exhibited many similarities with their counterparts in other countries in terms of their personality traits. However, they differed in other aspects such as their educational backgrounds and modes of entrepreneurial skills acquisition. Through their entrepreneurial activities the women have made substantial contributions to the economic growth of Ghana in terms of innovation, job creation, and reduction in poverty and unemployment. Women's entrepreneurship, properly harnessed, has great potential as a tool for transforming developing economies.
Trichodromeus meurguesae Shavrin 2024, comb. n.
Creators: name: Shavrin, Alexey V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Trichodromeus
Trichodromeus meurguesae

description: Trichodromeus meurguesae (Coiffait, 1979) comb. n.
Hygrogeus meurguesae Coiffait, 1979: 567; Herman 2001: 297, Smetana 2004: 245, Schülke & Smetana 2015: 316.
Remarks. Hygrogeus meurguesae was originally described based on several specimens from “ Nouristan, Khum Ghar, 3800 m …” and “haute vallée de l`Agôr Khwar, 3200–3900 m …”. This medium-sized (6.0–7.0 mm) species was compared with T. kumaonensis (see above). Based on the original description and the shape of the aedeagus (fig. 4H in Coiffait (1979)), this species belongs to the genus Trichodromeus.
description: Published as part of Shavrin, Alexey V., 2024, Review of Hygrogeus Mulsant & Rey, 1880 and Trichodromeus Luze, 1903, with descriptions of three new genera from the eastern Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Anthophagini: Omaliinae), pp. 1-62 in Zootaxa 5531 (1) on page 25, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5531.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14023033
Trichodromeus montanus Shavrin 2024, comb. n.
Creators: name: Shavrin, Alexey V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Trichodromeus
Trichodromeus montanus

description: Trichodromeus montanus (Coiffait, 1983) comb. n.
Hygrogeus montanus Coiffait, 1983: 280; Herman 2001: 297, Smetana 2004: 245, Schülke & Smetana 2015: 316.
Remarks. Hygrogeus montanus was originally described based on one male from “Cachemire, Gangria, 3 500 m …”. Based on the description and the shape of the aedeagus (fig. 2D in Coiffait (1983)), this medium-sized (6.0 mm) species belongs to the genus Trichodromeus.
description: Published as part of Shavrin, Alexey V., 2024, Review of Hygrogeus Mulsant & Rey, 1880 and Trichodromeus Luze, 1903, with descriptions of three new genera from the eastern Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Anthophagini: Omaliinae), pp. 1-62 in Zootaxa 5531 (1) on page 25, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5531.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14023033
An Efficient One-Pot Synthesis of 2,2-Dimethyl-2H-chromenes via Pd(II)-Catalyzed Coupling and Sio2-Promoted Condensation ofo-Halophenols with 2-Methyl-3-buten-2-ol
Creators: name: Tee, Jia Ti
name: Yaeghoobi, Marzieh
name: Chee, Chin Fei
name: Noorsaadah Abd. Rahman
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biotechnology
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: An efficient synthesis of 2,2-dimethyl-2H-chromenes was accomplished by Pd(II)- catalysed coupling and SiO2-promoted condensation of o-halophenols with 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol (1,1-dimethyl allyl alcohol) in one-pot condition. The method is very general and can be useful to the synthesis of some natural 2,2-dimethyl-2H-chromenes.