cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Algorithms for energy management in micro-grids
Creators: name: Arikiez, MK
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2016

description: Population explosion is one of the primary causes for concern in the power sector nowadays because residential buildings consume a high percentage of available electricity in the market. Also, the majority of current power plants use fossil fuel to generate electricity which makes the situation even worse due to the high price of fossil fuel. Consequently, electricity bills have soared dramatically in the last decade. If that was not enough, many countries have a shortage of electricity because they cannot increase their generation capacity to cover electricity demand. Many solutions have been introduced to improve the efficiency of the power grid and reduce electricity price for the users. For instance, Demand Side Management and Demand Response, domestic top-roof renewable micro-plants, and distributed renewable plants are introduced as a part of the solution to improve the situation. However, users are still paying a high percentage of their monthly income to electricity companies, that is because the surplus renewable power is not well utilized. The primary problem here is to find an efficient way to minimize the electricity cost and maximize the utilization of renewable power without using storage systems (batteries). Another issue is to solve the massive power allocation optimization problem in polynomial time. In this thesis, heuristic optimization algorithms are proposed to cope with the complexity of the problem as these kinds of problems are NP-hard. Furthermore, a set of different power allocation problems has been addressed in this thesis. The first one uses an online algorithm to solve power allocation problem that is modeled as a Knapsack problem. Additionally, the thesis has coped with the computational issue of a massive LP-based optimization problem of large buildings. Finally, an MILP-based heuristic algorithm has been used to solve power allocation problem in micro-grids (a set of houses shares renewable power for particulate rate). The empirical experiments and evaluations, in general, show promising results. The findings depict how an appropriate knapsack formulation can be used to address a significant dynamic energy allocation problem in a straightforward and flexible way and how good our heuristic algorithms can solve enormous power optimization problem in polynomial time. Finally, the results prove that our micro-grid model can reduce power bills by using the principle of renewable power sharing for a fair price.
Rhembobius perscrutator
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Rhembobius
Rhembobius perscrutator

description: Rhembobius perscrutator (THUNBERG, 1822)
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap 12: 2♁♁ 1-15.vi., 1♀ 13-27.vii.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Transpalaearctic, new record for Georgia and the Caucasus region.
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 125, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
Assembly of gold nanoparticles into microwire networks induced by drying liquid bridges
Creators: name: Vakarelski, Ivan U.
name: Chan, Derek
name: Nonoguchi, Takashi
name: Shinto, Hiroyuki
name: Higashitani, Ko
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Large interconnected gold wire structures (-cm^2) of different topologies have been made by the drying of a gold nanoparticle suspension that has formed a connected network of liquid bridges in the interstices between a 2D crystalline layer of latex particles and a substrate. Slow evaporation of the suspending medium assembles the nanoparticles into a periodic or disordered conducting network of micrometer thick gold wires on the substrate. The presence of surfactants in the suspension is critical to maintaining the stability of the liquid bridge network during the evaporation process.
Rhembobius quadrispinus
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Rhembobius
Rhembobius quadrispinus

description: Rhembobius quadrispinus (GRAVENHORST, 1829)
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap 2: 1♀ 5-20.v., 1♀ 1-15.vi., 1♀ 27.vii.-10.viii.; trap 4: 1♀ 27.vii.-10.viii.; trap 7: 1♀ 1-25.vi., 1♀ 27.vii.-10.viii.; trap 8: 1♀ 15-29.vi.; trap 12: 1♀ 15-29.vi., 3♀♀ 29.vi.-13.vii.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: West Palaearctic, known from Georgia (RIEDEL et al. 2018).
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 125, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
Six new metabolites produced by Colletotrichumaotearoa 09F0161, an endophytic fungus isolated from Brediaoldhamii
Creators: name: Hsun-Shuo Chang
name: Ming-Der Wu
name: Chu-Hung Lin
name: Gwo-Fang Yuan
name: Ih-Sheng Chen
name: Hsiao, Yi
name: Ming-Jen Cheng
name: Sung-Yuan Hsieh
name: Ta-Wei Liu
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Microbiology
subject: Biochemistry

description: Six new compounds, colletobredins A–D (1–4) and colletomelleins A and B (5 and 6), along with 12 previously identified compounds, were isolated from the culture broth of Colletotrichum aotearoa BCRC 09F0161, a fungal endophyte residing in the leaves of an endemic Formosan plant Bredia oldhamii Hook. f. (Melastomataceae). The structures of the new compounds were established by spectroscopic methods, including UV, IR, HR-ESIMS and extensive 1D and 2D NMR techniques. The effects of some isolates on the inhibition of nitric oxide (NO) production in lipopolysaccharide-activated murine macrophage RAW264.7 cells were evaluated. All these compounds inhibited NO production in activated macrophages without any cytotoxicity at a concentration of 100 μM. Of these isolates, 1 showed weak NO inhibitory activity with IC50 value of 182.2 μM. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on isochroman glycoside metabolites (1–4) from the genus Colletotrichum.
A review of Epileptic markers: From ion channels, astrocytes, synaptic imbalance to Whole brain Network Dynamics
Creators: name: Banerjee, Swati
name: Jirsa, Viktor
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Epilepsy, a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent seizures,presents a complex interplay of cellular and molecular mechanisms. Recent research has shed light on the critical involvement of astrocytes, the multifunctional glial cells, in the pathogenesis and modulation of epilepticseizures. This article aims to summarize current knowledge regarding the intricate relationship between epilepsy and astrocytes from a meso to macroscale level in human. Astrocytes, once considered as mere supportive cells, are now recognized as active participants in the regulation of neuronal excitability, synaptic transmission, and brain homeostasis. Recent advances in computational neuroscience have led to the development of whole brain network models, providing valuable tools for studying the complex dynamics of epileptic seizures. These modelsintegrate diverse biological factors, including neuronal connectivity, synaptic dynamics, and cellular properties, to simulate the spatiotemporal patterns of epileptic activity across brain regions. Throughcomputational simulations and analysis, whole brain network models offer insights into seizure initiation, propagation, and termination mechanisms, shedding light on the dynamic interactions between epileptic foci and distributed brain networks. Moreover, these models facilitate the exploration of network-based biomarkers for seizureprediction and intervention optimization. Challenges and limitations, suchas model complexity and validation against experimental data, are also discussed. Despite these challenges, whole brain network models represent a promising approach for advancing our understanding ofepilepsy and identifying novel therapeutic strategies. Future researchefforts should focus on refining model fidelity, incorporating multimodal data, and translating computational findings into clinically relevant applications, ultimately improvingthe management and treatment of epilepsy patients.
Initial insights on the biodiversity potential of biosolar roofs: a London Olympic Park green roof case study
Creators: name: C. Nash
name: J. Clough
name: D. Gedge
name: R. Lindsay
name: D. Newport
name: M.A. Ciupala
name: S. Connop
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Cities dominated by impervious artificial surfaces can experience a multitude of negative environmental impacts. Restoration of green infrastructure has been identified as a mechanism for increasing urban resilience, enabling cities to transition towards sustainable futures in the face of climate-driven change. Building rooftops represent a viable space for integrating new green infrastructure into high-density urban areas. Urban rooftops also provide prime locations for photovoltaic (PV) systems. There is an increasing recognition that these two technologies can be combined to deliver reciprocal benefits in terms of energy efficiency and biodiversity targets. Scarcity of scientific evaluation of the interaction between PVs and green roofs means that the potential benefits are currently poorly understood. This study documents evidence from a biodiversity monitoring study of a substantial biosolar roof installed in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Vegetation and invertebrate communities were sampled and habitat structure measured in relation to habitat niches on the roof, including PV panels. Ninety-two plant species were recorded on the roof and variation in vegetation structure associated with proximity to PV panels was identified. Almost 50% of target invertebrate species collected were designated of conservation importance. Arthropod distribution varied in relation to habitat niches on the roof. The overall aim of the Main Press Centre building green roof design was to create a mosaic of habitats to enhance biodiversity, and the results of the study suggest that PV panels can contribute to niche diversity on a green roof. Further detailed study is required to fully characterise the effects of PV panel density on biodiversity.
title: The Structure of Quantum Chromodynamics at the Symmetric Point
Creators: name: Bell, JM
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2016

description: This thesis contains a study on the structure of the vertex functions of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) in both linear and non-linear gauges. In particular we show results for the arbitrary linear covariant gauge at two loops as well as renor- malizing the one loop non-linear Curci-Ferrari gauge and maximal abelian gauge (MAG). The full minimal subtraction MS and momentum subtraction (MOM) scheme renormalization of QCD is performed in all three gauges. This is carried out for an arbitrary colour group at one loop for the maximal abelian gauge and at two loops for the arbitrary linear covariant and Curci-Ferrari gauges. From the n loop MS results the (n + 1) loop β-functions and anomalous dimensions can be constructed in the respective gauges for each MOM scheme. This is demonstrated in all of the gauges considered. In addition to analysing the vertex functions at the symmetric subtraction point for both the MS and MOM schemes, we also consider an operator insertion into the quark 2-point function at the asymmetric point with an interpolating parameter. This requires a new configuration setup and introduces new master integrals which we determine. The scalar, vector and tensor operators are considered along with W2 and ∂W2, the twist-2 Wil- son operators for moment n = 2. The operator renormalization is performed at two loops in the MS and modified regularization invariant (RI′) scheme, both of which are preferred schemes of the lattice. Following the construction of the conversion function for the scalar operator for checking purposes, the amplitudes are presented for all other operators in the MS scheme.
The role of new eudesmane-type sesquiterpenoid and known eudesmane derivatives from the red alga Laurencia obtusa as potential antifungal–antitumour agents
Creators: name: Walied M. Alarif
name: Al-Footy, Khalid O.
name: Zubair, Muhammad Sulaiman
name: PH, Mohamed Halid
name: Ghandourah, Mohamed A.
name: Basaif, Salim A.
name: Al-Lihaibi, Sultan S.
name: Seif-Eldin N. Ayyad
name: Badria, Farid A.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Plant Biology

description: A new eudesmane sesquiterpenoid, eudesma-4(15),7-diene-5,11-diol (1) along with the known trinor-sesquiterene, teuhetenone (2), and a seco-eudesmane sesquiterpene, chabrolidione B (3), have been isolated from the Red Sea red alga Laurencia obtusa. The chemical structures were elucidated on the basis of extensive spectroscopic analysis. The antifungal and cytotoxic activities of the isolated metabolites were tested against several fungi, yeast and human mammary carcinoma cell line (MCF-7). Compounds 1 and 3 showed a much better activity [minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC): 2.9 μM] than that of amphotericin B (MIC: 4.6 μM). Interestingly, compound 2, the least active antifungal compound, retained the high anticancer activity against MCF-7 (22 μM) in comparison with cisplatin (59 μM), which was determined by employing lactate dehydrogenase assay. Compounds 1–3 are recorded here for the first time from algal flora. The chemotaxonomic importance of the isolated metabolites was discussed.
A new 6,9′-cyclolignan from Syringa pinnatifolia
Creators: name: Qinghu Wang
name: Jintao Bao
name: Surina Han
name: Wuliji Ao
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physics
subject: Biophysics

description: A new lignan, 4,4′-dihydroxy-3,3′-dimethoxy-6,9′-cycloligna-7,8′-dien-9′-al, was isolated from the stem of Syringa pinnatifolia Hems1. var. alashanensis MA. et S.Q. Zhou (S. pinnatifolia). This is the first report on the structure elucidation of a new compound based on spectroscopic methods including UV, IR, ESI-MS, 1D NMR and 2D NMR techniques.
Stilpnus pavoniae
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Stilpnus
Stilpnus pavoniae

description: Stilpnus pavoniae (SCOPOLI, 1763)
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap 2: 1♀ 27.vii.-10.viii.; trap 4: 1♀ 13-27.vii., 1♀ 27.vii.- 10.viii.; trap 7: 1♀ 5-20.v., 1♀ 7-21.ix., 1♀ 5-19.x.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Holarctic and Oriental, known from Georgia (RIEDEL & JAPOSHVILI 2021).
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 126, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
Nonlinear tracking control for a hard disk drive dual-stage actuator system
Creators: name: Zheng, Jinchuan
name: Fu, Minyue
name: Wangt, Youyi
name: Du, Chunling
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper presents a nonlinear tracking control method for a hard disk drive (HDD) dual-stage actuator (DSA.) system that consists of a voice coll motor (VCM) actuator and a piezoelectric (PZT) microactuator. Conventional track seeking controllers for DSA systems were generally designed to enable the VCM actuator to approach the target track without overshoot. However, we observe that this strategy is unable to achieve the minimal settling time when the target tracks are beyond the PZT actuator stroke limit. To further reduce the settling time, we design the VCM actuator controller to yield a closed-loop system with a small damping ratio for a fast rise time and certain allowable overshoot. Then, a composite nonlinear control law is designed for the PZT actuator to reduce the overshoot caused by the VCM actuator as the system output approaches the target track. Experimental results show that the proposed dual-stage servo outperforms the conventional dual-stage servo in short-span seeking and additionally achieves better track following accuracy than the VCM only single-stage servo.
In vitro evaluation of cytotoxic and mutagenic activity of avarol
Creators: name: Pejin, Boris
name: Iodice, Carmine
name: Kojic, Vesna
name: Jakimov, Dimitar
name: Lazovic, Milica
name: Tommonaro, Giuseppina
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: The cytotoxicity of avarol, a main secondary metabolite of the Mediterranean sponge Dysidea avara, was in vitro screened by MTT assay against four human tumour cell lines. The colon HT-29 tumour cells practically showed to be the only sensitive ones towards this organic compound. No toxicity was found against the fetal lung fibroblast MRC-5 cells at the concentrations tested. In comparison with doxorubicin, used as a positive control, avarol actually exhibited at least 588-fold less toxicity towards normal MRC-5 cells. Finally, comet assay indicated that DNA fragmentation was almost fivefold higher upon the treatment with doxorubicin, compared to avarol. The obtained results have actually confirmed that avarol scaffold may contribute to development of new cytostatics inspired by nature.
Xenolytus bicinctus
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Xenolytus
Xenolytus bicinctus

description: Xenolytus bicinctus (GMELIN, 1790), det. Schwarz
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap2: 1♀ 7-21.ix.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Almost worldwide, known from Azerbaijan (JONAITIS & ALIEV 1983a), new record for Georgia.
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 126, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
Stability analysis, design and application of reset control systems
Creators: name: Guo, Yuqian
name: Wang, Youyi
name: Zheng, Jinchuan
name: Xie, Lihua
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper investigates stability analysis and design of reset control systems of which the reset times are pre-specified. Firstly, in order to testify stability of reset control systems, we propose an approach which does not rely on the stability of base linear systems. Based on this, some Lie-algebraic conditions are also obtained. Then, we develop a method of reset law design which aims at improving transient response of the base linear systems. In addition, observer based design is also considered. We prove that under some mild conditions, reset controller and observer can be designed separately. The obtained results are applied to short-span seeking control of a kind of single stage hard disk drive servo systems. Simulations show that the proposed design is more capable of improving transient response than traditional one.
Zoophthorus palpator
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Zoophthorus
Zoophthorus palpator

description: Zoophthorus palpator (MÜLLER, 1776), det. Schwarz
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap 4: 1♀ 13-27.vii., 1♀ 21.ix.-5.x.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Transpalaearctic, new record for Georgia and the Caucasus region.
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 126, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
Acrodactyla degener
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Acrodactyla
Acrodactyla degener

description: Acrodactyla degener (HALIDAY, 1838)
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap 2: 1♀ 27.vii.-10.viii.; trap 4: 1♀ 27.vii.-10.viii.; trap 15: 1♀ 14-28.vii.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Holarctic, new record for Georgia and the Caucasus region.
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 126, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
Nonlinear feedback control of a dual-stage actuator system for reduced settling time
Creators: name: Zheng, Jinchuan
name: Fu, Minyue
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This brief presents a nonlinear control method for dual-stage actuator (DSA) systems to track a step command input fast and accurately. Conventional tracking controllers for DSA systems are generally designed to enable the primary actuator to approach the setpoint without overshoot. However, this strategy is unable to achieve the minimal settling time when the setpoints are beyond the secondary actuator travel limit. To further reduce the settling time, we design the primary actuator controller to yield a closed-loop system with a small damping ratio for a fast rise time and certain allowable overshoot. Then, a composite nonlinear control law is designed for the secondary actuator to reduce the overshoot caused by the primary actuator as the system output approaches the setpoint. The proposed control method is applied to an actual DSA positioning system, which consists of a linear motor and a piezo actuator. Experimental results demonstrate that our approach can further reduce the settling time significantly compared with the conventional control.
Acrodactyla quadrisculpta
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Acrodactyla
Acrodactyla quadrisculpta

description: Acrodactyla quadrisculpta (GRAVENHORST, 1820)
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap4: 1♀ 15-29.vi.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Holarctic and Oriental, new record for Georgia and the Caucasus region.
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 126, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
Alophosternum albofaciale KASPARYAN 1981
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Alophosternum
Alophosternum albofaciale

description: Alophosternum albofaciale KASPARYAN, 1981
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap2: 1♀ 7-21.ix.
Remark: The available ♀ has 23 flagellomeres, it is otherwise typical.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Western Palaearctic, known from Krasnodar region (TERESHKIN 1989), new record for Georgia.
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 126, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
Development of an extended reset controller and its experimental demonstration
Creators: name: Zheng, Jinchuan
name: Guo, Yuqian
name: Fu, Minyue
name: Wang, Youyi
name: Xie, Lihua
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Reset control aims at enhanced performance that cannot be obtained by linear controllers. The conventional reset control is simple for implementation by resetting some of its controller states to zero when its input meets a threshold. However, it is found that in some cases the enhanced performance of conventional reset control is still limited such as with only partial reduction of the overshoot in a step reference response. Thus, the stability analysis and design of the reset control system are extended, where the reset time instances are prespecified and the controller states are reset to certain non-zero values, which are calculated online in terms of the system states for optimal performance. Experimental results on a piezoelectric positioning stage demonstrate that the extended reset control can further reduce the overshoot and thus achieve shorter settling time than the conventional reset control. Moreover, robustness tests against various step levels, disturbance and sensor noise are presented.
Clistopyga incitator
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Clistopyga
Clistopyga incitator

description: Clistopyga incitator (FABRICIUS, 1793)
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap 4: 2♀♀ 13-27.vii.; trap 7: 1♀ 1-25.vi.; trap 12: 1♀ 10- 24.viii.; trap 15: 1♀ 30.vi.-14.vii., 1♀ 14-28.vii., 1♀ 28.vii.-11.viii.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Palaearctic and Afrotropical, known from Georgia (RIEDEL et al. 2018, RIEDEL & JAPOSHVILI 2021).
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 126, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
Two novel steroidal derivatives from chloroform-soluble extract of Hoya longifolia
Creators: name: Srivastava, Pawan K.
name: Gupta, Mukul R.
name: Khare, Naveen K.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Ecology
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biochemistry

description: The structures of two novel steroidal derivatives (1 and 4) were elucidated. Steroidal derivatives namely fologenin (1) and hoyagenin (4) have been isolated from chloroform-soluble extract of the whole plant of Hoya longifolia (family: Asclepiadaceae), and their structures were determined by using 1H NMR, 13C NMR, 1H–1H COSY and FAB-MS techniques as well as chemical degradation and derivatisation.
A reset kinematic state estimator to suppress sensor quantization for enhanced position tracking control
Creators: name: Zheng, Jinchuan
name: Fu, Minyue
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Sensor quantization is one of the key factors that deteriorate the tracking performance of positioning systems with low-resolution optical encoders. This paper presents a reset kinematic state estimator (RKSE) by merging an accelerometer to improve the performance of such systems. The RKSE is immune to both system perturbations and input disturbances and offers more accurate state estimation than the standard state estimator (SSE) without reset. The estimated state is fed back for sinusoidal position tracking control. Experimental results demonstrate the improved tracking accuracy and the robustness with the use of RKSE.
A novel rotary dual-stage actuator positioner
Creators: name: Zheng, Jinchuan
name: Salton, Aurélio
name: Fu, Minyue
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper presents the design and control of a rotary dual-stage actuator (DSA) system, which consists of a voice coil motor (VCM) and a piezoelectric (PZT) microactuator. The performance of the mechanical design is analyzed using a finite element method (FEM) software, whose simulation results are validated experimentally. A nonlinear tracking control is applied to the developed DSA platform for reduced settling time and improved disturbance rejection. Experimental results demonstrate that the applied control design reduces the settling time by up to 50% when compared to a conventional design. Moreover, it is shown that the DSA system can achieve an improvement of 80% regarding disturbance rejection when compared to a single-stage actuator.
Sensitivity loop shaping for disturbance rejection in hard disk drives
Creators: name: Zheng, Jinchuan
name: Fu, Minyue
name: Du, Chunling
name: Wang, Youyi
name: Xie, Lihua
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper investigates a factorization approach to sensitivity loop shaping for disturbance rejection in hard disk drives (HDDs). The advantage of the factorization approach is that the system sensitivity function can be expressed explicitly in terms of a unique design parameter. This greatly simplifies the control design process to make the system sensitivity function match a chosen target sensitivity function with guaranteed stability. By decomposing the stabilizing controller structure, we further present how to select the design parameter (also regarded as disturbance filter) to suppress the dominant disturbances at some specific frequencies. Simulation analysis and experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method can remarkably suppress the disturbances around the servo bandwidth and thus offers an improved tracking accuracy.
title: Characterising the Optical Response of the SNO+ Detector
Creators: name: Stainforth, R
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2016

description: SNO+ is a liquid scintillator based neutrino experiment located 2039 m underground in VALE's Creighton mine, Lively, Ontario, CA. It is a re-purposing of the original Cherenkov detector used in the SNO experiment to study neutrino oscillations. The advent of neutrino oscillations has revealed that neutrinos have a small yet non-zero mass. However, the nature of this mass has yet to be determined. It is possible that the neutrino is its own anti-particle, a Majorana fermion. If so, such particles necessitate lepton number violating processes such as neutrinoless double beta decay. SNO+ intends to search for the neutrinoless double beta decay of Te-130. Other physics objectives include the study of low-energy solar neutrinos, reactor anti-neutrinos, geo-neutrinos and sensitivity to nucleon decay and supernova neutrinos. To fulfil these objectives, SNO+ will operate over three detector phases; water, scintillator and tellurium (loading of the scintillator with tellurium). Prior to each phase, the experiment will undergo a full detector calibration. This includes an optical calibration that seeks to characterise the optical response of the detector using two types of in-situ light sources; one of these is called the laserball. The laserball provides a pulsed, near-isotropic light distribution throughout the detector. Laserball data is used in conjunction with a parameterised model that characterises the optical response; the parameters are determined using a statistical fit. This thesis presents an implementation of said model to all three phases of the SNO+ experiment. A characterisation of the optical response in water is presented using a combination of original laserball data from SNO and MC data of the SNO+ detector. Thereafter, the two scintillator based phases are considered, wherein the increased attenuation of light due to absorption and reemission introduced by the scintillator is addressed alongside a model of the scintillation time profile.
Non-Invasive Phenotyping Reveals Genomic Regions Involved in Pre-Anthesis Drought Tolerance and Recovery in Spring Barley
Creators: name: Dhanagond, Sidram
name: Liu, Guozheng
name: Zhao, Yusheng
name: Chen, Dijun
name: Grieco, Michele
name: Reif, Jochen
name: Kilian, Benjamin
name: Graner, Andreas
name: Neumann, Kerstin
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: barley
subject: biomass
subject: drought stress
subject: recovery
subject: GWAS
subject: growth
subject: non-invasive
subject: 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie

description: With ongoing climate change, drought events are becoming more frequent and will affect biomass formation when occurring during pre-flowering stages. We explored growth over time under such a drought scenario, via non-invasive imaging and revealed the underlying key genetic factors in spring barley. By comparing with well-watered conditions investigated in an earlier study and including information on timing, QTL could be classified as constitutive, drought or recovery-adaptive. Drought-adaptive QTL were found in the vicinity of genes involved in dehydration tolerance such as dehydrins (Dhn4, Dhn7, Dhn8, and Dhn9) and aquaporins (e.g. HvPIP1;5, HvPIP2;7, and HvTIP2;1). The influence of phenology on biomass formation increased under drought. Accordingly, the main QTL during recovery was the region of HvPPD-H1. The most important constitutive QTL for late biomass was located in the vicinity of HvDIM, while the main locus for seedling biomass was the HvWAXY region. The disappearance of QTL marked the genetic architecture of tiller number. The most important constitutive QTL was located on 6HS in the region of 1-FEH. Stage and tolerance specific QTL might provide opportunities for genetic manipulation to stabilize biomass and tiller number under drought conditions and thereby also grain yield.
Evaluating bias associated with initial participation and subsequent attrition in the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study
Creators: name: Badini, Isabella
name: McAdams, Tom
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: We will explore predictors of participation in the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Birth Cohort Study (MoBa) and the potential impact of bias due to selective initial participation and subsequent attrition on estimated associations between socioeconomic and mental health outcomes. Individual-level register data will be linked to participants and nonparticipants who were eligible to take part in MoBa. We will identify differentially related relatives within the target population and use this information to estimate the heritability of participation phenotypes (i.e. initial participation and attrition) and explore to what extent the aetiological influences on initial participation and attrition overlap. We will extend previous work by examining the genetic and environmental overlap between participation phenotypes and socioeconomic and psychiatric traits using biometric modelling and polygenic scoring, and investigate whether selection effects contribute to biases in phenotypic and genetic analyses.
Dolichomitus diversicostae
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Dolichomitus
Dolichomitus diversicostae

description: Dolichomitus diversicostae (PERKINS, 1943)
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap 4: 1♀ 20.iv.-5.v.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Transpalaearctic, new record for Georgia and the Caucasus region.
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 127, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
Dermoscopy of clonal seborrheic keratosis
Creators: name: Ramyead, Sheena
name: Diaz-Cano, Salvador J.
name: Pozo-Garcia, Lucia
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: Medicine
Diseases
Pathology
Biomarkers

description: Clonal seborrheic keratoses are uncommon, are usually pigmented, and cannot be clinically differentiated from ordinary seborrheic keratoses. The histologic hallmark is the presence of sharply demarcated intraepithelial nests of basaloid cells (Borst-Jadassohn phenomenon). Although dermoscopy is a helpful diagnostic tool for atypical seborrheic keratoses, the clonal variant may represent a dermoscopic pitfall. Clonal seborrheic keratoses present with blue- brown globules and milia-like cysts on dermoscopy, but vascular structures have not been described to our knowledge.
We present an unusual acquired red patch in a young patient, showing polymorphic vessels on a diffuse pink and whitish background with white network. Polymorphic vessels on dermoscopy suggest malignancy, as they may appear in squamous cell carcinomas, Spitz nevi, and melanomas. Clonal seborrheic keratoses may present as nonpigmented patches and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of acquired erythematous vascularized lesions. Biopsy is mandatory to confirm the diagnosis.
In vitro anti-denaturation and anti-hyaluronidase activities of extracts and galactolipids from leaves of Impatiens parviflora DC
Creators: name: Grabowska, Karolina
name: Podolak, Irma
name: Galanty, Agnieszka
name: Załuski, Daniel
name: Makowska-Wąs, Justyna
name: Sobolewska, Danuta
name: Janeczko, Zbigniew
name: Paweł Żmudzki
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Hematology

description: The in vitro anti-denaturation and anti-hyaluronidase activities of Impatiens parviflora extracts and isolated galactolipids (MGDG-1, DGDG-1) were investigated. This is the first report on these compounds in I. parviflora. All extracts showed anti-hyaluronidase activity, but only methanolic extract from fresh leaves exhibited significant activity against heat-induced denaturation of BSA in a dose-dependent manner. At 500 μg/mL, the extract and the reference drug showed 79.05% and 99.81% inhibition of protein denaturation, respectively. These results indicate that fresh leaves of I. parviflora may be beneficial in inflammatory conditions, especially those associated with protein denaturation, such as rheumatoid arthritis. The study revealed that only MGDG-1 showed weak activity in anti-denaturation assay but both galactolipids were potent inhibitors of hyaluronidase. MGDG-1 completely inhibited the enzyme activity at the concentration of 127.9 μg/mL. These results indicate the potential of galactolipids in the treatment of diseases associated with the loss of hyaluronic acid.
title: Volatile Organic Compound Profiling of Mouse Models of Intestinal Inflammation and Colon Carcinogenesis
Creators: name: Reade, SP
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2016

description: A non-invasive, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)-specific biomarker would be clinically useful due to the often inaccurate and unpleasant current diagnostic methods. The duration and extent of IBD increases the risk for colorectal cancer (CRC) therefore non-invasive screening for CRC in patients with long-term IBD may lead to early detection of abnormal changes and improve the chance of survival. To date, human metabolomic studies have shown potential for the identification of a faecal marker of IBD, but are limited by variation from diet, environment and medication. The aim of this work was to report the first study using HS-SPME-GC- MS to detect the VOC faecal metabolome in commonly used mouse models of IBD and CRC. Using an optimized method, the identification of the healthy murine faecal VOC profile resulted in little variation between individual mice with a noted significant effect of gender and age. Comparison of healthy mouse to human found 39 and 62 VOCs respectively with 33% overlap between the two species, thereby demonstrating the more complex gut environment of humans. These studies led to the identification of a VOC profile, characterized by an increase in aldehydes and a decrease in alcohols, as a marker of acute diarrhoea, compared to a significantly different profile for chronic colitis, characterised by the presence of methyl ketones. In addition, VOC profiling is capable of detecting murine-specific metabolic signatures associated with premalignant lesions of the colon, providing rationale for the investigation of new non-invasive methods for early tumour detection. These results were supported by findings questioning the specificity of faecal calproctectin as a marker of IBD due to the increased levels of calprotectin found in both colitis and cancer groups, compared to healthy controls. In conclusion, we have provided evidence that the identification of disease-associated VOC concentration ranges combined with specific marker compounds would potentially increase the likelihood of finding an IBD-specific faecal VOC marker profile. This work has presented rationale for future studies to investigate further the true origin of these marker VOCs by performing both in vitro and further in vivo work. The investigation of the faecal metabolome of a number of different murine models in combination, rather than the use of a single mechanistic model may be provide a better reflection of human disease.
Dolichomitus imperator
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Dolichomitus
Dolichomitus imperator

description: Dolichomitus imperator (KRIECHBAUMER, 1854)
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap 2: 1♀ 20.iv.-5.v.; trap 4: 2♀♀ 1-15.vi.; trap 7: 2♀♀ 29.vi.- 13.vi.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Holarctic, known from Georgia (RIEDEL et al. 2018, RIEDEL & JAPOSHVILI 2021).
  Dolichomitus mesocentrus (GRAVENHORST , 1829) M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap 2: 1♀ 20.iv.-5.v.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Holarctic, new record for Georgia and the Caucasus region.
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 127, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
Broadband in the home pilot study: Suburban Hobart
Creators: name: Wilken, Rowan
name: Arnold, Michael
name: Nansen, Björn
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper reports on a pilot study conducted throughout 2010 in inner suburban Hobart. The aims of the project are threefold. Firstly, it seeks to develop a fuller understanding of existing domestic broadband consumption and its relationship to other forms and patterns of media and technology consumption. Secondly, it attempts to gain insight into domestic consumers' expectations and imagined scenarios of use for fast broadband. Thirdly, it compares the expectations of providers (policy makers, engineers, entrepreneurs) with the previously mentioned end-users, to examine overlap, intersection, and divergence. This paper presents some of the preliminary findings from these intimate portraits of present and imagined future domestic broadband consumption, focusing in particular on aims one and two.
Dolichomitus populneus
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Dolichomitus
Dolichomitus populneus

description: Dolichomitus populneus (RATZEBURG, 1848)
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap 4: 1♀ 20.iv.-5.v.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Holarctic, new record for Georgia and the Caucasus region.
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 127, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481