cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Data management plan, report aligned to the H2020 suggested template and FAIR principles
Creators: name: Sciacca, Eva
name: Kakaletris, George
name: Ntouskos, Makis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: FAIR Data
Data Management
Open Access
EOSC

description: This report summarizes NEANIAS activities and actions towards comprehensive Data Management which is aligned to EC guidelines and FAIR Data principles [1]. In particular, D1.5 describes NEANIAS data management plan and discusses the data management lifecycle to answer questions regarding both Ethical and Research data management.
 NEANIAS cloud services will be able to support the data life cycle management of relatively large and heterogeneous datasets, will be based on best practices in coherence with the developments of the current and next generation EOSC frameworks. NEANIAS will secure openness and accessibility of the science results, data publishing in a useful manner and FAIR principles that are considered as baseline. By making NEANIAS data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable new ways of interdisciplinary collaborations will be enabled and complex and global challenges could be addressed through EOSC.
 Deliverable 1.5 besides addressing which data, data types and data sources will be considered in the context of NEANIAS (Section 2) answers questions regarding the overall Research Data Management plan (Section 3), including:
 - how can data be employed and exploited by NEANIAS services
 - how long will datasets and products be kept
 - which methodology and standards will be applied
 - whether data will be shared/ made open access
 - how data will be curated and preserved (including after the end of the project).
 Further questions related to ethical data management are addressed in Section 4 includes:
 - the employed privacy policies
 - use and process of (end-) user data for research purposes
 - ethical vs. compliance aspects of privacy
 - any ethical implications of algorithms used
 - lawful bases for data processing
New adipate esters from Cunninghamella echinulata: isolation, identification, biosynthesis and in silico prediction of potential opioid/anti-opioid and antidiabetic activities
Creators: name: Ibrahim, Abdel-Rahim S.
name: Ragab, Amany E.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Computational Biology

description: Metabolites of the fungus Cunninghamella echinulata NRRL 1382 were investigated under the effect of fusidic acid (1) feeding. In addition to ergosterol (2) which is a fungal sterol, two novel adipate esters (3, 4) were isolated, and their structures were fully investigated using various spectroscopic analyses, including 1 D, 2 D NMR and HRESIMS. In silico biological target prediction and molecular docking investigation revealed a potential agonist/antagonist activity for compound 3 by binding to µ opioid receptor and antidiabetic effect by aldose reductase inhibitory activity for compound 4.
Hamiltonian fluid closures of the Vlasov-Amp{è}re equations: from water-bags to N moment models
Creators: name: Perin, M.
name: Chandre, Cristel
name: Morrison, P. J.
name: Tassi, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Moment closures of the Vlasov-Amp{è}re system, whereby higher moments are represented as functions of lower moments with the constraint that the resulting fluid system remains Hamiltonian, are investigated by using water-bag theory. The link between the water-bag formalism and fluid models that involve density, fluid velocity, pressure and higher moments is established by introducing suitable thermodynamic variables. The cases of one, two and three water-bags are treated and their Hamiltonian structures are provided. In each case, we give the associated fluid closures and we discuss their Casimir invariants. We show how the method can be extended to an arbitrary number of fields, i.e., an arbitrary number of water-bags and associated moments. The thermodynamic interpretation of the resulting models is discussed. Finally, a general procedure to derive Hamiltonian N-field fluid models is proposed.
On axiomizing and extending the quasi-arithmetic mean
Creators: name: Hansen, Maurice
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: quasi-arithmetic mean
subject: strong decomposability
subject: 310
subject: 330
subject: 620
subject: Mittelwert

description: Quasi-arithmetic means contain many other mean value concepts such as the arithmetic, the geometric or the harmonic mean as special cases. Treating quasi-arithmetic means as sequences of mappings from I^n into I (for some real interval I) this paper shows that under mild additional conditions this mapping is uniquely determined by its values on I^2. This extends a well-known result by Huntington [4] where this claim is proven only for special cases.
description: Discussion Paper / SFB823;12/2018
Three new triterpenoid glycosides from Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliott
Creators: name: Guo, Ting-Ting
name: Zhang, Man-Li
name: Sun, Zhao-Cui
name: Zhang, Li-Mei
name: Xu, Xu-Dong
name: Hu, Bi-Huang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Three new triterpenoid glycosides, 2α,3α,23,24-tetrahydroxyurs-12,19- dien-oic acid 28-O-β- D -glucopyranoside (1), 2α,3β,23,24-tetrahydroxyurs-12, 19(29) -dien-28-oic acid 28-O-β- D -glucopyranoside (2), and 2α,3β,23,24-tetrahydroxyurs-12, 18-dien-28-oic acid 28-O-β- D -glucopyranoside (3) were isolated from Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliott. Their structures were elucidated by extensive spectroscopic methods. All the isolated compounds displayed moderate inhibitory activity against nitric oxide production in macrophages.
Delta rhythmicity is a reliable EEG biomarker in Angelman syndrome: a parallel mouse and human analysis
Creators: name: Sidorov, Michael S
name: Philpot, Benjamin
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2017

description: Abstract Background Clinicians have qualitatively described rhythmic delta activity as a prominent EEG abnormality in individuals with Angelman syndrome, but this phenotype has yet to be rigorously quantified in the clinical population or validated in a preclinical model. Here, we sought to quantitatively measure delta rhythmicity and evaluate its fidelity as a biomarker. Methods We quantified delta oscillations in mouse and human using parallel spectral analysis methods and measured regional, state-specific, and developmental changes in delta rhythms in a patient population. Results Delta power was broadly increased and more dynamic in both the Angelman syndrome mouse model, relative to wild-type littermates, and in children with Angelman syndrome, relative to age-matched neurotypical controls. Enhanced delta oscillations in children with Angelman syndrome were present during wakefulness and sleep, were generalized across the neocortex, and were more pronounced at earlier ages. Conclusions Delta rhythmicity phenotypes can serve as reliable biomarkers for Angelman syndrome in both preclinical and clinical settings.
The application of the Mid-IR radio correlation to the $\hat{G}$ sample and the search for advanced extraterrestrial civilisations
Creators: name: Garrett, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Wright et al. 2014 have embarked on a search for advanced Karadashev Type III civilisations via the compilation of a sample of sources with extreme mid-IR emission and colours. In this scenario, the mid-IR emission is then primarily associated with waste heat energy by-products. I apply the Mid-IR radio correlation to this $\hat{G}$ sample (Griffith et al. 2015). I demonstrate that the mid-IR and radio luminosities are correlated for the sample with $q_{22}=1.35\pm0.42 $. By comparison, the First Look Survey (FLS) has $q_{22}=0.87\pm0.27$. The fact that the G-HAT sample largely follows the Mid-IR radio correlation, strongly suggests the vast majority of these sources are associated with galaxies in which natural astrophysical processes are dominant. This simple application of the mid-IR radio correlation can substantially reduce the number of false positives in the $\hat{G}$ catalogue, since galaxies occupied by advanced Kardashev Type III civilisations would be expected to exhibit very high values of $q$. Indeed I identify 9 outliers in the sample with $q_{22} > 2$ of which at least 3 have properties that are relatively well explained via standard astrophysical interpretations e.g. dust emission associated with nascent star formation and/or nuclear activity from a heavily obscured AGN. I also note that the comparison of resolved Mid-IR and radio images of galaxies on sub-galactic (kpc) scales can also be useful in identifying and recognising artificial mid-IR emission from less advanced intermediate Type II/III civilisations. Nevertheless, from the bulk properties of the $\hat{G}$ sample, I conclude that Kardashev Type-III civilisations are either very rare or do not exist in the local Universe.
description: Accepted A&A letters, 6 pages, 2 figures in Letter in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2015
Resonances and Reactions from Mean-Field Dynamics
Creators: name: Stevenson, P. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The time-dependent version of nuclear density functional theory, using functionals derived from Skyrme interactions, is able to approximately describe nuclear dynamics. We present time-dependent results of calculations of dipole resonances, concentrating on excitations of valence neutrons against a proton plus neutron core in the neutron-rich doubly-magic $^{132}$Sn nucleus, and results of collision dynamics, highlighting potential routes to ternary fusion, with the example of a collision of $^{48}$Ca+$^{48}$Ca+$^{208}$Pb resulting in a compound nucleus of element 120 stable against immiedate fission
description: 6 pages, 4 figures, submitted to proceedings of NSRT15 conference, Dubna, Russia
Lingua spagnola in drammaturgia fiorentina. Il caso di Baltasar Suárez (1623-1666)
Creators: name: Vuelta García, Salomé
Publisher: name: Drammaturgia
Year: 2014

description: The essay reports on Baltasar Suárez de la Concha (1623-1666) and on his role as a cultural-linguistic mediator in Florence in mid-XVIIth century as a member of one of the most powerful Spanish families of the Medici town. His translating activity for the stage comes to the surface thanks to the analysis of two unpublished manuscripts: the grammar notes and the dictionary Spanish-Italian, both connected to the comedy Ofender con las finezas by Jerónimo de Villaizán (1636), and the play Carlo perseguido, a translation he made of Carlos el perseguido by Lope de Vega (1604). Il saggio tratta di Baltasar Suárez de la Concha (1623-1666) e del suo ruolo di mediatore linguistico-culturale nella Firenze di metà Seicento, in quanto membro di una delle più potenti famiglie spagnole della città medicea. La sua attività di traduttore teatrale emerge dall’analisi di due manoscritti inediti: gli appunti grammaticali e il vocabolario spagnolo-italiano relativi alla commedia Ofender con las finezas di Jerónimo de Villaizán (1636), e l’opera Carlo perseguido, sua traduzione di Carlos el perseguido di Lope de Vega (1604).
description: Drammaturgia, Vol 11 No 1 (2014): Anno XI / n.s. I – 2014
Role of Gap Junction and Hemichannels in the Pathogenesis of NeuroHIV
Creators: name: Eugenin, Eliseo
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Life Sciences
subject: connexin

description: In healthy conditions, pannexin-1 (Panx-1) channels are in a close state, but in several pathological conditions, including HIV and NeuroHIV, the channel becomes open. However, the mechanism or contribution of Panx-1 channels to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 (HIV) pathogenesis and NeuroHIV are unknown. To determine the contribution of Panx-1 channels to the pathogenesis of NeuroHIV, we used a well-established model of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) infection in macaques (Macaca mulatta) in the presence of and absence of a Panx-1 blocker to later examine the synaptic/axonal compromise induced for the virus. Using Golgi’s staining, we demonstrated that SIV-infection compromised synaptic and axonal structures, especially in the white matter. Blocking Panx-1 channels after SIV infection prevented the synaptic and axonal compromise induced by the virus, especially by maintaining the more complex synapses. Our data demonstrated that targeting Panx-1 channels can prevent and maybe revert brain synaptic compromise induced by SIV infection.
Mining the Arabidopsis thalianagenome for highly-divergent seven transmembrane receptors
Creators: name: Jones, Alan M.
name: Chen, Zhongying
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2006

description: Abstract To identify divergent seven-transmembrane receptor (7TMR) candidates from the Arabidopsis thaliana genome, multiple protein classification methods were combined, including both alignment-based and alignment-free classifiers. This resolved problems in optimally training individual classifiers using limited and divergent samples, and increased stringency for candidate proteins. We identified 394 proteins as 7TMR candidates and highlighted 54 with corresponding expression patterns for further investigation.
Observation of gamma ray bursts at ground level under the thunderclouds
Creators: name: Kuroda, Y.
name: Oguri, S.
name: Kato, Y.
name: Nakata, R.
name: Inoue, Y.
name: Ito, C.
name: Minowa, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We observed three $γ$-ray bursts related to thunderclouds in winter using the prototype of anti-neutrino detector PANDA made of 360-kg plastic scintillator deployed at Ohi Power Station at the coastal area of the Japan Sea. The maximum rate of the events which deposited the energy higher than $3\,$MeV was $(5.5 \pm 0.1) \times 10^2 {\rm /s}$. Monte Carlo simulation showed that electrons with approximately monochromatic energy falling downwards from altitudes of order $100\,$m roughly produced the observed total energy spectra of the bursts. It is supposed that secondary cosmic-ray electrons, which act as seed, were accelerated in electric field of thunderclouds and multiplied by relativistic runaway electron avalanche. We actually found that the $γ$-rays of the bursts entered into the detector from the direction close to the zenith. The direction stayed constant during the burst within the detector resolution. In addition, taking advantage of the delayed coincidence detection of the detector, we found neutron events in one of the bursts at the maximum rate of $\sim 14\pm5\,{\rm /s}$.
description: 16 pages, 7 figures; Accepted for publication in Physics Letters B; Figure 5 added, some minor changes in the text
GC-MS analysis of n-hexane extract of Fagonia indica Burm.f. with hypoglycaemic potential
Creators: name: Atiq-Ur-Rehman
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: The present study was aimed at gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analytical investigation of n-hexane extract of the aerial parts of Fagonia indica to identify hypoglycaemic compounds. Also, to investigate this extract for lactase enzyme inhibition responsible for hypoglycaemic activity. Phytochemical screening, GC-MS analysis and lactase inhibition of n-hexane extract was performed by the standard methods. GC-MS analytical study identified 15 compounds in this extract. The maximum percentage of lactase enzyme inhibition of n-hexane extract was 26.21 ± 1.25% (IC50 value of 311.2 ± 16.09 μg/mL) at 100 μg/mL concentration. The standard acarbose showed lactase inhibition of 63.21 ± 0.92% (IC50 value of 32.51 ± 0.85 µg/mL) at the same concentration. n-Hexane extract can be a potential source in the management of diabetes due to the presence of biologically active hypoglycaemic compounds.
L’‘Orestea’ di Eschilo secondo Peter Stein: storia di una messa in scena (1974-1994)
Creators: name: Galletti, Lorenzo
Publisher: name: Drammaturgia
Year: 2014

description: The massive, pragmatic and intellectual work by Peter Stein on the Oresteia of Aeschylus perfectly summarizes the German director’s conception of ‘classic’. This essay reviews the twenty-years period which started with the first experimental approach to ancient tragedy by the Schaubühne to the staging of the trilogy in Moscow in 1994. In his work, Stein investigates the origins of western theatre, compares the role of gestures and words at the dawn of theatre with that of the contemporary age, and then moves, in line with the evolution of the Aeschylus trilogy plot, to the study of the purely political connotation of the text. Precisely the post-soviet Russia represented the ideal setting where to reproduce the rite of dismissal of high hierarchies, whether of divine nature or not, and the affirmation of the new democratic system. L’imponente lavoro pratico e intellettuale di Peter Stein sull’Orestea di Eschilo riassume in maniera esemplare il pensiero del regista tedesco riguardo all’idea di ‘classico’. Nel saggio si traccia il percorso lungo i vent’anni che vanno dal primo sperimentale approccio alla tragedia antica da parte del gruppo della Schaubühne fino alla messinscena moscovita della trilogia del 1994. Nel suo lavoro Stein riflette sulle origini del teatro in Occidente, sul ruolo del gesto e della parola agli albori del teatro e in epoca contemporanea, spostando poco a poco lo sguardo, in linea con l’evoluzione dell’intreccio della trilogia eschilea, sul significato prettamente politico del testo. Proprio la Russia postcomunista si qualifica allora luogo ideale in cui ripetere il rito di destituzione di ogni ordine superiore (ove il termine sia da intendere nel senso più lato, non solo divino) e affermazione del nuovo sistema democratico.
description: Drammaturgia, Vol 11 No 1 (2014): Anno XI / n.s. I – 2014
Muscle ring finger-3 protects against diabetic cardiomyopathy induced by a high fat diet
Creators: name: Schisler, Jonathan
name: Sullivan, Jenyth
name: Grevengoed, Trisha J
name: Stansfield, William E
name: Quintana, Megan T
name: He, Jun
name: Willis, Monte
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Abstract Background The pathogenesis of diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) involves the enhanced activation of peroxisome proliferator activating receptor (PPAR) transcription factors, including the most prominent isoform in the heart, PPARα. In cancer cells and adipocytes, post-translational modification of PPARs have been identified, including ligand-dependent degradation of PPARs by specific ubiquitin ligases. However, the regulation of PPARs in cardiomyocytes and heart have not previously been identified. We recently identified that muscle ring finger-1 (MuRF1) and MuRF2 differentially inhibit PPAR activities by mono-ubiquitination, leading to the hypothesis that MuRF3 may regulate PPAR activity in vivo to regulate DCM. Methods MuRF3−/− mice were challenged with 26 weeks 60 % high fat diet to induce insulin resistance and DCM. Conscious echocardiography, blood glucose, tissue triglyceride, glycogen levels, immunoblot analysis of intracellular signaling, heart and skeletal muscle morphometrics, and PPARα, PPARβ, and PPARγ1 activities were assayed. Results MuRF3−/− mice exhibited a premature systolic heart failure by 6 weeks high fat diet (vs. 12 weeks in MuRF3+/+). MuRF3−/− mice weighed significantly less than sibling-matched wildtype mice after 26 weeks HFD. These differences may be largely due to resistance to fat accumulation, as MRI analysis revealed MuRF3−/− mice had significantly less fat mass, but not lean body mass. In vitro ubiquitination assays identified MuRF3 mono-ubiquitinated PPARα and PPARγ1, but not PPARβ. Conclusions These findings suggest that MuRF3 helps stabilize cardiac PPARα and PPARγ1 in vivo to support resistance to the development of DCM. MuRF3 also plays an unexpected role in regulating fat storage despite being found only in striated muscle.
Immagine e visione performativa nel Medioevo
Creators: name: Bino, Carla
Publisher: name: Drammaturgia
Year: 2014

description: During the Middle Ages, images had to be tied to the truth. Otherwise, they were considered idols. And the idols are always dangerous and, therefore, banned. So, to be justified, the imago had to be true or really refer to truth. It follows that the images were not considered just objects ‘to see’, but were perceived as almost ‘alive bodies’, real bodies: they could act as if were actually present. This essay studies the image concept in Christian thought, with particular attention to Eastern Europe, in connection to the patristic and conciliar sources. The result is the shift of its ontological meaning: contrary to the mimetic idea of greek-hellenistic culture, the christian image is an ‘impression of similarity’. This conceptual revolution implies change of visualization strategies, which are specifically performative: ‘seeing the icon’ is doing something which involves ‘physically’ the viewer, as if he came into a scene and became an actor. Nel Medioevo le immagini dovevano essere legate alla verità. Altrimenti erano considerate idoli. E gli idoli sono sempre pericolosi e, per questo, vietati. Dunque, per essere legittima l’imago doveva essere vera o davvero rimandare alla verità. Il risultato è che le immagini non erano considerate semplicemente oggetti ‘da guardare’, ma venivano percepite quasi come ‘corpi vivi’ e reali che potevano agire, quasi come se fossero realmente presenti. Il saggio analizza il concetto di immagine all’interno del pensiero cristiano, in particolar modo orientale, riconducendolo alle fonti patristiche e conciliari. Ciò che risulta evidente è lo spostamento del suo significato ontologico che, diversamente dalla concezione mimetica della cultura greco-ellenistica, fa dell’immagine un’‘impressione di somiglianza’. Questa rivoluzione concettuale determina anche il cambiamento delle dinamiche della visione che assume caratteristiche performative: ‘vedere l’icona’ è compiere un’azione che coinvolge lo spettatore ‘fisicamente’, come se egli entrasse in una scena e ne fosse partecipe.
description: Drammaturgia, Vol 11 No 1 (2014): Anno XI / n.s. I – 2014
Strangely dual orbifold equivalence I
Creators: name: Newton, Rachel
name: Camacho, Ana Ros
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this brief note we prove orbifold equivalence between two potentials described by strangely dual exceptional unimodular singularities of type $K_{14}$ and $Q_{10}$ in two different ways. The matrix factorizations proving the orbifold equivalence give rise to equations whose solutions are permuted by Galois groups which differ for different expressions of the same singularity.
description: Appendix by the second author and Federico Zerbini
Textual Analysis for Studying Chinese Historical Documents and Literary Novels
Creators: name: Liu, Chao-Lin
name: Jin, Guan-Tao
name: Wang, Hongsu
name: Liu, Qing-Feng
name: Cheng, Wen-Huei
name: Chiu, Wei-Yun
name: Tsai, Richard Tzong-Han
name: Wang, Yu-Chun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: Digital Libraries (cs.DL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We analyzed historical and literary documents in Chinese to gain insights into research issues, and overview our studies which utilized four different sources of text materials in this paper. We investigated the history of concepts and transliterated words in China with the Database for the Study of Modern China Thought and Literature, which contains historical documents about China between 1830 and 1930. We also attempted to disambiguate names that were shared by multiple government officers who served between 618 and 1912 and were recorded in Chinese local gazetteers. To showcase the potentials and challenges of computer-assisted analysis of Chinese literatures, we explored some interesting yet non-trivial questions about two of the Four Great Classical Novels of China: (1) Which monsters attempted to consume the Buddhist monk Xuanzang in the Journey to the West (JTTW), which was published in the 16th century, (2) Which was the most powerful monster in JTTW, and (3) Which major role smiled the most in the Dream of the Red Chamber, which was published in the 18th century. Similar approaches can be applied to the analysis and study of modern documents, such as the newspaper articles published about the 228 incident that occurred in 1947 in Taiwan.
description: 11 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables, The Fourth ASE International Conference on Social Informatics
Introduction to OpenMP
Creators: name: Brank, Matic
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: HPC
OpenMP
Training Material

description: Setting up environment for OpenMP, description of the basic program environment and running of basic programs.
 Outline: What is OpenMP, Timeline, Main Terminology, OpenMP Programming Model, Main Components, Parallel Construct, Work-sharing Constructs (sections, single, workshare), Data Clauses (default, shared, private, ...)
The effect of a motivational intervention on weight loss is moderated by level of baseline controlled motivation
Creators: name: Tate, Deborah
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2010

description: Abstract Background Clinic-based behavioral weight loss programs are effective in producing significant weight loss. A one-size-fits-all approach is often taken with these programs. It may be beneficial to tailor programs based on participants' baseline characteristics. Type and level of motivation may be an important factor to consider. Previous research has found that, in general, higher levels of controlled motivation are detrimental to behavior change while higher levels of autonomous motivation improve the likelihood of behavior modification. Methods This study assessed the outcomes of two internet behavioral weight loss interventions and assessed the effect of baseline motivation levels on program success. Eighty females (M (SD) age 48.7 (10.6) years; BMI 32.0 (3.7) kg/m2; 91% Caucasian) were randomized to one of two groups, a standard group or a motivation-enhanced group. Both received a 16-week internet behavioral weight loss program and attended an initial and a four-week group session. Weight and motivation were measured at baseline, four and 16 weeks. Hierarchical regression analysis was conducted to test for moderation. Results There was significant weight loss at 16-weeks in both groups (p < 0.001); however there were no between group differences (p = 0.57) (standard group 3.4 (3.6) kg; motivation-enhanced group 3.9 (3.4) kg). Further analysis was conducted to examine predictors of weight loss. Baseline controlled motivation level was negatively correlated with weight loss in the entire sample (r = -0.30; p = 0.01). Statistical analysis revealed an interaction between study group assignment and baseline level of controlled motivation. Weight loss was not predicted by baseline level of controlled motivation in the motivation-enhanced group, but was significantly predicted by controlled motivation in the standard group. Baseline autonomous motivation did not predict weight change in either group. Conclusions This research found that, in participants with high levels of baseline controlled motivation for weight loss, an intervention designed to enhance motivation for weight loss produced significantly greater weight loss than a standard behavioral weight loss intervention.
Declaration of Intention of James Cavallucci
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1908

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: James CavallucciApplicant age: 20Occupation: Glass cutterCountry of Origin: ItalyDate of Birth: 3 June 1888Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: TravaCity of residence at time of declaration: Egg Harbor City, NJDeclaration submitted and sworn on date: 15 October 1908
Declaration of Intention of Ch. Edward Mayschein
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1914

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Ch. Edward Mayschein Applicant age:39Occupation: Hair MerchantCountry of Origin: GermanyDate of Birth: 12th November 1875Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: Oceanic City of residence at time of declaration: Atlantic City NJDeclaration submitted and sworn on date: 9th December 1914
Secondary metabolites from the fruit peels of Durio zibethinus L. and their cytotoxic activity
Creators: name: Cuong, Dang Viet
name: Hanh, Tran Thi Hong
name: Huong, Nguyen Thi
name: Huong, Pham Thi Mai
name: Vinh, Le Ba
name: Quang, Tran Hong
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Three new glucosides, ziberthinosides A–C (1–3), and six known compounds, cleomiscosins A–D (4–7), sporogen AO-2 (8) and sapinofuranone A (9), were isolated from a methanol extract of Durio zibethinus fruit peels. Their chemical structures were elucidated by analyses of their 1 D/2D NMR and HR-ESI-MS data as well as by comparison with the literature values. The absolute configuration of sporogen AO-2 (8) was confirmed by ECD calculation. Of the isolates, compounds 8 and 9 were cytotoxic toward all MCF7, HepG2 and SK-LU-1 cell lines, with IC50 values ranging from 10.7 to 34.9 μM. Our results contribute to better understanding of the chemical constituents of the high valued durian fruit and their pharmacological effect, such as cytotoxicity.
Microscopic origin of subthermal magnons and the spin Seebeck effect
Creators: name: Diniz, I.
name: Costa, A. T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent experimental evidence points to low-energy magnons as the primary contributors to the spin Seebeck effect. This spectral dependence is puzzling since it is not observed on other thermocurrents in the same material. Here, we argue that the physical origin of this behavior is the magnon-magnon scattering mediated by phonons, in a process which conserves the number of magnons. To assess the importance and features of this kind of scattering, we derive the effective magnon-phonon interaction from a microscopic model, including band energy, a screened electron-electron interaction and the electron-phonon interaction. Unlike higher order magnon-only scattering, we find that the coupling with phonons induce a scattering which is very small for low-energy (or subthermal) magnons but increases sharply above a certain energy -- rendering magnons above this energy poor spin-current transporters.
description: 9 pages, 3 figures
A cohort study of in utero polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) exposures in relation to secondary sex ratio
Creators: name: Teplin, Stuart W.
name: Baker, Rebecca J.
name: Keller, Jean A.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2008

description: Abstract: Background: Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are ubiquitous industrial chemicals that persist in the environment and in human fatty tissue. PCBs are related to a class of compounds known as dioxins, specifically 2,3,7,8-TCDD (tetrachloro-dibenzodioxin), which has been implicated as a cause of altered sex ratio, especially in relation to paternal exposures. Methods: In the 1960's, serum specimens were collected from pregnant women participating in the Child Health and Development Study in the San Francisco Bay Area. The women were interviewed and their serum samples stored at -20°C. For this study, samples were thawed and a total of eleven PCBs were determined in 399 specimens. Secondary sex ratio, or sex ratio at birth, was evaluated as a function of maternal serum concentrations using log-binomial and logistic regression, controlling for hormonally active medications taken during pregnancy. Results: The relative risk of a male birth decreased by 33% comparing women at the 90th percentile of total PCBs with women at the 10th percentile (RR = 0.67; 95% CI, 0.48–0.94; p = 0.02), or by approximately 7% for each 1 μg/L increase in total PCB concentration. Although some congener-specific associations with sex ratio were only marginally statistically significant, all nine PCB congeners with < 30% of samples below the LOQ showed the same direction of association, an improbable finding under the null hypothesis. Conclusion: Maternal exposure to PCBs may be detrimental to the success of male sperm or to the survival of male embryos. Findings could be due to contaminants, metabolites or PCBs themselves.
Standzeitenanalyse von Elektrorollern im Free-Floating-Sharing-System in Berlin
Creators: name: Vogel, Mareike
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Standzeitenanalyse
subject: Regressionsmodell
subject: Cox-Regression
subject: Sharing
subject: Regression Modell
subject: Non-deployment analysis
subject: 004 Datenverarbeitung; Informatik

description: Im Zentrum dieser Arbeit steht die Untersuchung der Standzeiten von Elektrorollern, welche sich in einem Free-Floating-Sharing-System in Berlin befinden, und anhand von verschiedenen Faktoren betrachtet werden soll. Anhand der Aufstellung verschiedener Regressionsmodelle soll der Einfluss von unter anderem meteorologischen und sozioökonomischen Faktoren auf die Wartezeit eines Rollers dargestellt werden.
description: The following thesis includes a non-deployment analysis of electric scooters in a free-floating-sharing-system in Berlin. The influence of various factors such as meteorological and socioeconomic parameters will be used to establish several regressions models.
Declaration of Intention of Robert Flagel
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1911

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Robert FlagelApplicant age:55Occupation: farmerCountry of Origin: GermanyDate of Birth: 6 April 1856Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: PolariaCity of residence at time of declaration: Egg Harbor City, NJDeclaration submitted and sworn on date:2 June 1911
Comparison monoterpene and sesquiterpene, herbage yield of Satureja hortensis, Thymus vulgaris, and Salvia officinalis from the Fars province of Iran
Creators: name: Yasuj, Seyedeh Fariba Mohammadian
name: Najafian, Sharareh
name: Hosseinifarahi, Mehdi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Virology

description: Recently, numerous side effects of synthetic drugs have led to using medicinal plants as a reliable source of new therapy. Pain is a global public health problem with a high impact on life quality and a huge economic implication, becoming one of the most important enemies in modern medicine. The medicinal use of plants as analgesic or antinociceptive drugs in traditional therapy is estimated to be about 80% of the world population. The lamiaceae family, one of the most important herbal families, incorporates a wide variety of plants with biological and medical applications. In this study, the main active compounds of Thymus vulgaris (thymol (51.59%), p-cymene (15.41%), carvacrol (4.52%) and γ-terpinene (12.63%), Salvia officinalis; cis-thujone (38.05%), camphor (16.08%), 1,8-cineole (11.97%), trans-thujone (5.88%), camphene (4.79%), α -pinene (4.69%) and carvacrol (50.68%), γ-terpinene (34.44%) and α-terpinene (3.72%) in Satureja hortensis was determined. The highest EO contents (w/w %) was obtained in the plants of summer savory (2.05%), followed by the garden thyme (1.83%) and common sage (0.55%). It is necessary to identify the most effective compounds in order to extract or synthesise in pure form for future use in the pharmaceutical industry. Also, might be used for isolation of potentially active compounds from some of these medicinal plants in future and formulation of commercial therapeutic agents.
Lipid Biomarkers in Bipolar Disorder: A Scoping Review
Creators: name: Hiller, John
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Mental Disorders
subject: Psychiatry and Psychology
subject: Diseases
subject: Psychiatric and Mental Health
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Mental and Social Health

description: We will perform a scoping review of published literature on lipid biomarkers in bipolar disorder.
Declaration of Intention of William Joseph Simmons
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1918

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: William Joseph Simmons Applicant age: 55Occupation: MerchantCountry of Origin: GermanyDate of Birth: 16th May 1863Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: Caramania City of residence at time of declaration: Atlantic City NJDeclaration submitted and sworn on date: 7th November 1918
Transport in thin polarized Fermi-liquid films
Creators: name: Li, David Z.
name: Anderson, R. H.
name: Miller, M. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate expressions for the state-dependent quasiparticle lifetime, the thermal conductivity $κ$, the shear viscosity $η$, and discuss the spin diffusion coefficient $D$ for Fermi-liquid films in two dimensions. The expressions are valid for low temperatures and arbitrary polarization. The low-temperature expressions for the transport coefficients are essentially exact. We find that $κ^{-1} \sim T \ln{T}$, and $η^{-1} \sim T^{2}$ for arbitrary polarizations $0 \le {\mathcal{P}} \le 1$. We note that the shear viscosity requires a unique analysis. We utilize previously determined values for the density and polarization dependent Landau parameters to calculate the transition probabilities in the lowest order "$\ell = 0$ approximation," and thus we obtain predictions for the density, temperature and polarization dependence of the thermal conductivity, shear viscosity, and spin diffusion coefficient for thin \he3 films. Results are shown for second layer \he3 films on graphite, and thin \he3-\he4 superfluid mixtures. The density dependence is discussed in detail. For $κ$ and $η$ we find roughly an order of magnitude increase in magnitude from zero to full polarization. For $D$ a simialr large increase is predicted from zero polarization to the polarization where $D$ is a maximum ($\sim 0.74$). We discuss the applicability of \he3 thin films to the question of the existence of a universal lower bound for the ratio of the shear viscosity to the entropy density.
Design Strategies for Self-Assembly of Discrete Targets
Creators: name: Madge, Jim
name: Miller, Mark A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Both biological and artificial self-assembly processes can take place by a range of different schemes, from the successive addition of identical building blocks, to hierarchical sequences of intermediates, all the way to the fully addressable limit in which each component is unique. In this paper we introduce an idealized model of cubic particles with patterned faces that allows self-assembly strategies to be compared and tested. We consider a simple octameric target, starting with the minimal requirements for successful self-assembly and comparing the benefits and limitations of more sophisticated hierarchical and addressable schemes. Simulations are performed using a hybrid dynamical Monte Carlo protocol that allows self-assembling clusters to rearrange internally while still providing Stokes-Einstein-like diffusion of aggregates of different sizes. Our simulations explicitly capture the thermodynamic, dynamic and steric challenges typically faced by self-assembly processes, including competition between multiple partially-completed structures. Self-assembly pathways are extracted from the simulation trajectories by a fully extendable scheme for identifying structural fragments, which are then assembled into history diagrams for successfully completed target structures. For the simple target, a one-component assembly scheme is most efficient and robust overall, but hierarchical and addressable strategies can have an advantage under some conditions if high yield is a priority.
description: 15 pages, 15 figures
Parma consensus statement on metabolic disruptors
Creators: name: Parmigiani, Stefano
name: Ceresini, Graziano
name: Rizzir, Laura
name: Nagel, Susan C
name: Legler, Juliette
name: Gioiosa, Laura
name: Sartor, Giorgio
name: Mantovani, Alberto
name: Schug, Thaddeus T
name: Fabbri, Elena
name: Ruzzin, Jérôme
name: Bovolin, Patrizia
name: Zoeller, R. T
name: Kassotis, Christopher
name: Mendez, Michelle
name: Molteni, Laura
name: Suvorov, Alexander
name: Machtinger, Ronit
name: Heindel, Jerrold J
name: vom Saal, Frederick S
name: Panzica, Giancarlo
name: Paterlini, Silvia
name: Pomatto, Valentina
name: Volpi, Riccardo
name: Cohn, Barbara A
name: Blumberg, Bruce
name: Calamandrei, Gemma
name: La Merrill, Michele
name: Palanza, Paola
name: Montanini, Luisa
name: Street, Maria E
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Abstract A multidisciplinary group of experts gathered in Parma Italy for a workshop hosted by the University of Parma, May 16–18, 2014 to address concerns about the potential relationship between environmental metabolic disrupting chemicals, obesity and related metabolic disorders. The objectives of the workshop were to: 1. Review findings related to the role of environmental chemicals, referred to as “metabolic disruptors”, in obesity and metabolic syndrome with special attention to recent discoveries from animal model and epidemiology studies; 2. Identify conclusions that could be drawn with confidence from existing animal and human data; 3. Develop predictions based on current data; and 4. Identify critical knowledge gaps and areas of uncertainty. The consensus statements are intended to aid in expanding understanding of the role of metabolic disruptors in the obesity and metabolic disease epidemics, to move the field forward by assessing the current state of the science and to identify research needs on the role of environmental chemical exposures in these diseases. We propose broadening the definition of obesogens to that of metabolic disruptors, to encompass chemicals that play a role in altered susceptibility to obesity, diabetes and related metabolic disorders including metabolic syndrome.
High Performance Parallel IO and post-processing
Creators: name: Leibovici, Thomas
name: Lührs, Sebastian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: HPC
Parallel IO
post-processing
Training Material

description: The training will be fully remote. In order to participate, as a pre-requisite, you need a personal computer connected to the internet with a working SSH client. The increase in computational power goes hand in hand with an increase in the size of the data to be managed, both on the input and on the output sides. IO can easily become a bottleneck for large scale architectures. Understanding of parallel file system mechanisms and parallel IO concepts enables users to efficiently use existing high level libraries like HDF5, NetCDF or SIONlib.

 With the increasing performance gap between compute and storage, even the best use of IO bandwidth might not be enough. This is especially critical for checkpointing in the context of fault tolerance. This course proposes an introduction to FTI, a library that aims to give computational scientists the means to perform fast and efficient multilevel checkpointing in large scale supercomputers.

 To handle the multiplication of libraries, this course will also introduce the PDI Data Interface, a solution to couple simulation codes with libraries for I/O and post-processing (including HDF5, NetCDF, SIONlib, FTI, ...) based on simple annotations. PDI improves code quality with a) annotations independent of the library used, b) a choice of IO strategy at runtime in YAML and c) negligible overhead to access the full power of the underlying libraries. Agenda: Monday: 9h30 - 11h: Storage@TGCC & Lustre filesystems (Thomas Leibovici - TGCC, CEA) 11h - 12h30: parallel I/O strategies and optimization with a focus on SIONlib (Sebastian Lührs - JSC, FZJ) 14h - 14h30: parallel I/O strategies and optimization with a focus on SIONlib Contn'd (Sebastian Lührs - JSC, FZJ) 14h30 - 17h: Sequential HDF5 (Matthieu Haefele - LMAP, CNRS) Tuesday: 9h30 - 12h30: Parallel HDF5 (Matthieu Haefele - LMAP, CNRS) 14h - 17h: NetCDF (Olga Abramkina - MdlS/IDRIS, CNRS) Wednesday: 9h30 - 12h30: the FTI fault-tolerance library (Leonardo Bautista Gomez - BSC) 14h - 17h: the PDI Data Interface (Julien Bigot - MdlS, CEA) Instructors: Olga Abramkina (MdlS/IDRIS, CNRS), Leonardo Bautista Gomez (BSC), Julien Bigot (MdlS, CEA), Matthieu Haefele (LMAP, CNRS), Thomas Leibovici (TGCC, CEA), Sebastian Lührs (JSC, FZJ) Learning outcomes: After this course, participants should understand the trade-offs implied by using a parallel file-system, and know how to efficiently use parallel IO libraries. Participants will also have a basic understanding and practise of FTI and PDI. Prerequisites: Knowledge of C or Fortran programming languages, parallel programming with MPI