cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A new bisanthraquinone and cytotoxic xanthones from Cratoxylum cochinchinense
Creators: name: Ramida Watanapokasin
name: Wilawan Mahabusarakam
name: Suthida Rattanaburi
name: Daus, Mareena
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: A new bisanthraquinone has been isolated from the stems of Cratoxylum cochinchinense together with vismiaquinone C and 16 known xanthones. Their structures were characterised by using spectroscopic methods. Two of the isolated compounds are modified xanthones (6 and 15) and exhibited strong cytotoxicity against human epidermoid carcinoma (A341: IC50 2.01, 1.78 μg/mL) and human breast cancer cell lines (SKBR3: IC50 1.54, 0.69 μg/mL).
Joint estimation of disease-specific sensitivities and specificities in reader-based multi-disease diagnostic studies of paired organs
Creators: name: N. Withanage
name: A.R. De Leon
name: C.J. Rudnisky
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: Binocular data typically arise in ophthalmology where pairs of eyes are evaluated, through some diagnostic procedure, for the presence of certain diseases or pathologies. Treating eyes as independent and adopting the usual approach in estimating the sensitivity and specificity of a diagnostic test ignores the correlation between fellow eyes. This may consequently yield incorrect estimates, especially of the standard errors. The paper is concerned with diagnostic studies wherein several diagnostic tests, or the same test read by several readers, are administered to identify one or more diseases. A likelihood-based method of estimating disease-specific sensitivities and specificities via hierarchical generalized linear mixed models is proposed to meaningfully delineate the various correlations in the data. The efficiency of the estimates is assessed in a simulation study. Data from a study on diabetic retinopathy are analyzed to illustrate the methodology.
A new sesquiterpenoid from Scaphium macropodum (Miq.) Beumee
Creators: name: L.M. Ramadhan Al Muqarrabun
name: Norizan Ahmat
name: S. Ruzaina S. Aris
name: Nurdiana Shamsulrijal
name: M. Nazip Suratman
name: Syarul N. Baharum
name: Rafidah Ahmad
name: A. Rifki Rosandy
name: H. Takayama
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: A new sesquiterpenoid, malayscaphiol (1), and three known compounds, lupeol (2), lupenone (3) and stigmasterol (4), were isolated from the methanolic extract of the stem bark of Scaphium macropodum. The structures of the isolated compounds were determined using several spectroscopic methods, including UV–vis, FT-IR, 1D and 2D NMR, and mass spectrometer. Major isolated compounds were assayed for cytotoxicity and anti-acetylcholinesterase activities. The chemotaxonomy significance of this plant was also discussed.
A new bisanthraquinone and cytotoxic xanthones from Cratoxylum cochinchinense
Creators: name: Ramida Watanapokasin
name: Wilawan Mahabusarakam
name: Suthida Rattanaburi
name: Daus, Mareena
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: A new bisanthraquinone has been isolated from the stems of Cratoxylum cochinchinense together with vismiaquinone C and 16 known xanthones. Their structures were characterised by using spectroscopic methods. Two of the isolated compounds are modified xanthones (6 and 15) and exhibited strong cytotoxicity against human epidermoid carcinoma (A341: IC50 2.01, 1.78 μg/mL) and human breast cancer cell lines (SKBR3: IC50 1.54, 0.69 μg/mL).
Stimulated Raman adiabatic passage from an atomic to a molecular Bose-Einstein condensate
Creators: name: Drummond, Peter
name: Kheruntsyan, K. V.
name: Heinzen, D. J.
name: Wynar, R. H.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The process of stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP) was analyzed in a three-dimensional mean-field theory, including atom-atom interactions and non resonant intermediate levels. The optimal strategies in STRAP were identified which allowed to maintain high conversion efficiencies with smaller Rabi frequencies and under experimentally less demanding conditions. The analysis showed that the STIRAP process was feasible at larger Rabi frequencies than anticipated from a crude single-mode lossless analysis.
Three new eudesmanes from Artemisia japonica
Creators: name: Giang, Phan Minh
name: Matsunami, Katsuyoshi
name: Son, Phan Tong
name: Nguyen Thi Binh
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Three new eudesmanes, named artemisidiols A–C, together with eight known compounds, were isolated from the leaves of Artemisia japonica Thunb. (Asteraceae). Their structures were determined on the basis of spectroscopic data. Although oxygenated eudesmanes frequently occur in Asteraceae plants, the 1α,6α,8α-oxygenated pattern of artemisidiols A–C has not been previously reported.
A new sesquiterpenoid from Scaphium macropodum (Miq.) Beumee
Creators: name: L.M. Ramadhan Al Muqarrabun
name: Norizan Ahmat
name: S. Ruzaina S. Aris
name: Nurdiana Shamsulrijal
name: M. Nazip Suratman
name: Syarul N. Baharum
name: Rafidah Ahmad
name: A. Rifki Rosandy
name: H. Takayama
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: A new sesquiterpenoid, malayscaphiol (1), and three known compounds, lupeol (2), lupenone (3) and stigmasterol (4), were isolated from the methanolic extract of the stem bark of Scaphium macropodum. The structures of the isolated compounds were determined using several spectroscopic methods, including UV–vis, FT-IR, 1D and 2D NMR, and mass spectrometer. Major isolated compounds were assayed for cytotoxicity and anti-acetylcholinesterase activities. The chemotaxonomy significance of this plant was also discussed.
LIFESTYLE AND PHYSICAL FITNESS IN EARLY SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN
Creators: name: Podstawski, Robert
name: Zwolińska Danuta
name: Borowska Klaudia
name: Boraczyński Michał
name: Omelan Aneta
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Education

description: Aim of the study: the aim of the study was determining relation between selected health behaviour aspects and level of physical fitness in 1st – 3rd grade pupils at primary school in Malbork (Pomorskie province). Materials and Methods: the research was conducted in 2009 among 153 children aged 7-10 years. The research group consisted of 80 girls and 73 boys. The diagnostic survey method with use of a questionnaire technique and a set of indirect motor trials was applied. Results: the research has shown that the health behaviours of young Polish children do not differ from their peers in other countries. The largest percentage of early school-age children in Malbork achieved the average level of physical fitness (57.0%), while the percentage of students with low (22.0%) and high (21.0%) level was similar. Conclusions: the connection between pro-health attitudes of early school-age children (i.e., leisure activities, own health condition, nutrition and the use of drugs) and the level of their physical fitness was not ascertained.
Stochastic gauges in quantum dynamics for many-body simulations
Creators: name: Deuar, P.
name: Drummond, Peter
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Quantum dynamics simulations can be improved using novel quasiprobability distributions based on non-orthogonal Hermitian kernel operators. This introduces arbitrary functions (gauges) into the stochastic equations, which can be used to tailor them for improved calculations. A possible application to full quantum dynamic simulations of BEC's is presented. © 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Some thoughts on the evolution of digital media studies
Creators: name: Gye, Lisa
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: From networked Doom to social media, this article traces the writer's experience of teaching digital media studies over the past 15 years. While some other fields of academia meander along changing in increments and gentle undulating forays into new fields of enquiry, new media studies hurtles along like a Atari game on an emulator without Speed Throttling and Auto Frameskip. Keeping up is not the only concern---slowing the frame down long enough to establish a research target is often impossible. By way of a series of blog style vignettes, the article tries to indentify some key moments when the target came briefly into view.
Three new eudesmanes from Artemisia japonica
Creators: name: Giang, Phan Minh
name: Matsunami, Katsuyoshi
name: Son, Phan Tong
name: Nguyen Thi Binh
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: Uncategorised

description: Three new eudesmanes, named artemisidiols A–C, together with eight known compounds, were isolated from the leaves of Artemisia japonica Thunb. (Asteraceae). Their structures were determined on the basis of spectroscopic data. Although oxygenated eudesmanes frequently occur in Asteraceae plants, the 1α,6α,8α-oxygenated pattern of artemisidiols A–C has not been previously reported.
MPEC 2024-G191 : 2024 GG5
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2024 GG5

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Light guiding light: Nonlinear refraction in rubidium vapor
Creators: name: Andersen, J. A.
name: Friese, M. E J
name: Truscott, A. G.
name: Ficek, Z.
name: Drummond, Peter
name: Heckenberg, N. R.
name: Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: A quantum mechanical model of the interaction of rubidium atoms with two lasers was developed. The dielectric polarization of the rubidium as a function of the frequency was predicted using a quantum mechanical model. The presence of two major isotopes of rubidium was studied.
Development of a Maple toolbox for the computation of 2D Fourier transforms in polar coordinates
Creators: name: Baddour, Natalie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 80309 Software Engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Mechanical Engineering
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering

description: This is part of a project that contains a toolbox to compute 2D Fourier transforms in polar coordinates using Maple. The is an MASc thesis that details the devleopment and evaluation of the toolbox.
Asymptotic solutions to the Gross-Pitaevskii gain equation: Growth of a Bose-Einstein condensate
Creators: name: Drummond, Peter
name: Kheruntsyan, K. V.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: An asymptotic solution to the Gross-Pitaevskii equation, describing the early stages of condensate growth in a trap was found. It was found that a growing nonequilibrium condensate has a nonuniform momentum distribution across the condensed region. The solution also predicts the amplified center-of-mass oscillations, leading to enhanced center-of-mass temperature.
Noise-free scattering of the quantized electromagnetic field from a dispersive linear dielectric
Creators: name: Hillery, Mark
name: Drummond, Peter
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: An electromagnetic wave scattering from a dispersive linear dielectric was analyzed using the quantum scattering formalism for electromagnetic fields. A dielectric medium modeled as a collection of harmonic oscillators with multiple bare resonances, leading to a number of discrete absorption band was also studied. The results showed that there were absorption bands and unitary input-output relations.
Express-method of sportsmen’s psychological tune-up
Creators: name: Omelyanenko, Vladimir
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Education

description: Purpose: to elaborate express-method of autosuggestion for neurotic reactions relieving and sportsmen’s psychological tune-up. Material: 20 senior dancers participated in the research. The research was held 2 times a week within 4 months. The procedures with specially selected physical exercises and autosuggestion influence before training in sports dances were applied in the experimental group guided by psychotherapeutist. Mechanism of the short-time abashment or stupefaction of the testee was taken as a basis. It was achieved by way of the sportsmen’s attempt to determine quickly surfaces of the parts of the body in contact or concentration of attention on the feeling during physical exercise. Results: in the experimental group it was necessary 10-20 sessions for neurotic reactions relieving. Psychological make-up for training was achieved within 1-5 sessions. Short-time improvement of the psychological condition in the control group arrived only after 30-60 minutes of training in sports ball dances. Conclusion: using the elaborated express-method of suggestion it’s possible to effect psychological tune-up of sportsmen for training sessions and competitions. The method of autosuggestion elaborated by us is more effective than impact of the dance-motion therapy upon the organism. It is possible to use the offered method for sportsmen’s neurotic reactions relieving and for make-up for training sessions and competition.
THE INTERNATIONAL URBAN ENERGY BALANCE COMPARISON PROJECT: INITIAL RESULTS FROM PHASE 2
Creators: name: Grimmond, Sue
name: Blackett, Matthew
name: Best, Martin
name: Baik, J-J
name: Belcher, Stephen
name: Bohnenstengel, Sylvia
name: Calmet, Isabelle
name: Chen, Fei
name: Dandou, A
name: Fortuniak, K
name: Gouvea, M
name: Hamdi, Rafiq
name: Hendry, Margaret
name: Krayenhoff, Eric Scott
name: Lee, S-H
name: Loridan, Thomas
name: Martilli, Alberto
name: Masson, Valéry
name: Miao, S
name: Oleson, K
name: Oleson, K
name: Pigeon, G
name: Porson, Aurore
name: Steeneveld, Gert-Jan
name: Tombrou, M
name: Voogt, James
name: Zhang, N
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009

description: http://www.ide.titech.ac.jp/~icuc7/extended_abstracts/pdf/372811-1-090524190750-003.pdf

 

Many urban land surface schemes have been developed, incorporating different assumptions about the features of, and processes occurring at, the surface. Here, the first results from Phase 2 of an international comparison are presented. Evaluation is based on analysis of the last 12 months of a 15 month dataset. In general, the schemes have best overall capability to model net all-wave radiation. The models that perform well for one flux do not necessarily perform well for other fluxes. Generally there is better performance for net all wave radiation than sensible heat flux. The degree of complexity included in the models is outlined, and impacts on model performance are discussed in terms of the data made available to modellers at four successive stages.
Exact quantum phase model for mesoscopic Josephson junctions
Creators: name: Anglin, J. R.
name: Drummond, Peter
name: Smerzi, A.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Starting from the two-mode Bose-Hubbard model, we derive an exact version of the standard Mathieu equation governing the wave function of a Josephson junction. For a finite number of particles N, we find an additional cos 2φ term in the potential. We also find that the inner product in this representation is nonlocal in φ. Our model exhibits phenomena, such as π oscillations, which are not found in the standard phase model, but have been predicted from Gross-Pitaevskii mean-field theory.
title: Palliative care integration for patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
title: An action research study
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Fusi-Schmidhauser, Tanja
Publisher: name: Lancaster University
Year: 2020

description: Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a life-limiting condition where patients have palliative care needs. Despite increasing awareness about the role palliative care could play in care provision for patients with advanced COPD, integration in standard care remains underdeveloped. The disease unpredictability and misconceptions about palliative care being only relevant for patients in oncological settings and being equivalent to end-of-life care prevent a timely integrated approach in advanced COPD. Aim: To understand how to integrate palliative care provision for patients with advanced COPD in a respiratory care service in Southern Switzerland. Methods: A participatory action research approach was conducted in two sequential phases. Phase I explored the experiences and perceptions of five advanced COPD patients and five informal carers during the illness trajectory. Phase II focused on developing knowledge on palliative care integration in advanced COPD through six action research cycles with healthcare professionals working in both palliative (three healthcare professionals) and respiratory care settings (four healthcare professionals). Results: Living day to day with COPD, psychosocial dimension of the disease and management of complex care were the main themes identified in the first phase of the study. During the second phase key elements of integrated palliative care in advanced COPD such as multidimensional assessment, healthcare professionals’ education, interdisciplinary team meetings and knowledge dissemination were identified. These elements converged in a new integrated palliative care model for patients with advanced COPD. Conclusion: The new integrated palliative care model in advanced COPD includes essential elements with a focus on patients, healthcare professionals and care delivery. Further research on model testing in clinical practice, service development, implementation processes and possible outcomes, including evaluation of the financial impact of integrated palliative care provision is necessary to foster this care approach across all possible settings.
Theory of a mode-locked atom laser with toroidal geometry
Creators: name: Drummond, Peter
name: Eleftheriou, Antonios
name: Huang, Kerson
name: Kheruntsyan, Karen V.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: A technique based on the generation of a dark soliton in a ring-shaped Bose-Einstein condensate was considered for mode-locking an atom laser. The soliton has an unexpected property that it has a fractional angular momentum per particle. The dark soliton is created by stirring the condensate at the soliton velocity and cleansed with a periodic out coupler. A synchronized periodic output coupler and gain was used to stabilize the dark soliton to create an atom laser with reproducible coherent waveform. It was shown that the sequence of output pulses were in phase with each other in a mode-locked laser.
Recognition of landforms from digital elevation models and satellite imagery with expert systems, pattern recognition and image processing techniques
Creators: name: Miliaresis, George
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Solid Earth Sciences

description: Recognition of landforms from digital elevation models and satellite imagery with expert systems, pattern recognition and image processing techniques. PhD Thesis, Remote Sensing & Terrain Pattern Recognition),National Technical University of Athens, Dpt. of Topography (2000).
MPEC 2024-G192 : 2011 BY24
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Quantum and classical solitons with a two-component Bose gas
Creators: name: Drummond, Peter
name: Kheruntsyan, K.
name: Bremner, M.
name: Myers, C.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We consider the quantum theory of two atomic fields interacting coherently to form a molecular field via Raman photoassociation. This can be applied to treat interactions in either atomic Bose condensates or quantum Fermi gases, describing coherent molecule formation together with s-wave scattering This new type of super-chemical reaction (or nonlinear atom optics) has never been observed on Earth-and temperature even in space would be far too hot to observe it naturally. Thus, it would represent a breakthrough into a completely new type of low-temperature physics, only accessible at the temperatures that have been recently obtained experimentally. The theory required is also new, yet surprisingly relatively simple.
Thermal modelling of Africa from multi-temporal MODIS LSΤ imagery.
Creators: name: Miliaresis, George
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Solid Earth Sciences

description: Papasotirakopoulos S., Miliaresis G., Tsatsaris A., 2010. Thermal modelling of Africa from multi-temporal MODIS LSΤ imagery. 20th Greek ESRI Users Conf., 1-3/11, Athens, 6 p.
Εντοπισμός πλοίων από δορυφορικές εικόνες Aster για την προστασία του θαλάσσιου περιβάλλοντος της Ηπείρου
Creators: name: Miliaresis, George
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Solid Earth Sciences

description: Μηλιαρέσης Γ., Πεκαλης Δ., Πέκαλη Β., 2004. Εντοπισμός πλοίων από δορυφορικές εικόνες Aster για την προστασία του θαλάσσιου περιβάλλοντος της Ηπείρου. 4o Διεπιστημονικό-Διαπανεπιστημιακό Συνέδριο: "Η Ολοκληρωμένη Ανάπτυξη της Ηπείρου", 23-26 Σεπτ., ΜE.KE.ΔΕ. (Μέτσοβο), 7 σ.
How to mode-lock an atom laser
Creators: name: Drummond, Peter
name: Huang, Kerson
name: Kheruntsyan, Karen V.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In order to manufacture a modelocked, pulsed atom laser, we suggest the idea of making use of the atom-atom repulsion in a BEC to form a toroidal soliton which can then form a reproducible, coherent waveform. The relevant solitons have the form of a kink, or phase-singularity in the nonlinear Schrodinger equation. We suppose that the atoms are all trapped in a deep, toroidal magnetic trap with the central repulsive core potential induced by a blue-detuned laser. We investigate the case of an atom laser environment with a uniform gain provided by the super-saturation technique. We also assume that there is a periodic loss, provided by a synchronized Raman output coupling laser, and show that this combination of gain and periodic loss leads to stable circulating dark solitons.
Προσομοίωση σε συνθετικές εικόνες για την ανάδειξη και προστασία του φυσικού περιβάλλοντος των ορεινών όγκων
Creators: name: Miliaresis, George
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Solid Earth Sciences

description: Μηλιαρέσης Γ., 2005. Προσομοίωση σε συνθετικές εικόνες για την ανάδειξη και προστασία του φυσικού περιβάλλοντος των ορεινών όγκων. «Περιβάλλον & Ανάπτυξη στον Ορεινό Χώρο». 5ο διεθνές συνέδριο του Ιδρύματος Κεφαλονιάς & Ιθάκης, 17-19/6 Αργοστόλι, 8 σ.
Τυποποίηση Χωρικών Συμφραζομένων σε Βάσεις Γνώσης
Creators: name: Miliaresis, George
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Solid Earth Sciences

description: Αργιαλας Δ. και Μηλιαρέσης Γ., 1999. Τυποποίηση Χωρικών Συμφραζομένων σε Βάσεις Γνώσης. 5ο Πανελλήνιο Γεωγραφικό Συνέδριο, Αθήνα 11-13/11, 352-360
Υψομετρική ακρίβεια του ψηφιακού υψομετρικού μοντέλου SRTM.
Creators: name: Miliaresis, George
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Solid Earth Sciences

description: Μηλιαρέσης Γ, & Παράσχου Χ., 2004. Υψομετρική ακρίβεια του ψηφιακού υψομετρικού μοντέλου SRTM. 1ο Παν. Συνέδριο Αγρ. Τοπ. Μηχ. Αθήνα, Μάιος 24-26, 9 σ.
Eντοπισμός Αλλουβιακών Ριπιδίων από Ψηφιακά Υψομετρικά Μοντέλα Εδάφους.
Creators: name: Miliaresis, George
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Solid Earth Sciences

description: Μηλιαρέσης Γ. & Αργιαλάς Δ. 2002. Εντοπισμός Αλλουβιακών Ριπιδίων από Ψηφιακά Υψομετρικά Μοντέλα Εδάφους. 6ο Πανελλήνιο Γεωγραφικό Συνέδριο, Θεσσαλονίκη 3-6 Οκτωβρίου, 187-192.
Disagreement between correlations of quantum mechanics and stochastic electrodynamics in the damped parametric oscillator
Creators: name: Pope, D. T.
name: Drummond, Peter
name: Munro, W. J.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Intracavity and external third order correlations in the damped nondegenerate parametric oscillator are calculated for quantum mechanics and stochastic electrodynamics (SED), a semiclassical theory. The two theories yield greatly different results, with the correlations of quantum mechanics being cubic in the system's nonlinear coupling constant and those of SED being linear in the same constant. In particular, differences between the two theories are present in at least a mesoscopic regime. They also exist when realistic damping is included. Such differences illustrate distinctions between quantum mechanics and a hidden variable theory for continuous variables.
Τυποποίηση της φωτοερμηνευτικής γνώσης για την ερμηνεία γεωμορφών σε φυσιογραφική κλίμακα
Creators: name: Miliaresis, George
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Solid Earth Sciences

description: Αργιαλάς Δ., & Μηλιαρέσης Γ., 2001. Τυποποίηση της φωτοερμηνευτικής γνώσης για την ερμηνεία γεωμορφών σε φυσιογραφική κλίμακα. 3ο Διεπιστημονικό Διαπανεπιστημιακό Συνέδριο, ΜΕ.ΚΕ.Δ.Ε., Μετσόβο, 7-10 Ιουνίου, 12 σ.
Body fluid osmolality and hydric relations of frogs from monsoonal northern Australia
Creators: name: Reynolds, Stephen
Publisher: name: Charles Darwin University
Year: 2011

description: The osmolality and solute composition of body fluids, water exchange with the substrate, role of the bladder, and response to seasonal water availability were examined in frogs from monsoonal northern Australia. Using a technique involving temporary ligation, lymph was more easily obtained from Rhinella marina than from Litoria caerulea and Cyclorana australis. Lymph accumulation was more rapid in hydrated frogs or frogs with full bladders. Differences between the osmolality of lymph and blood-plasma were insubstantial. On semi-solid agar-solute substrates across a range of water potentials, the hygroscopic cocoon of Cyclorana australis absorbed moisture. With the cocoon removed, water exchange depended on the direction of the frog-substrate water potential difference. The cocoon acts as a physical barrier that breaks the continuity between frog and substrate. The mass of Cyclorana australis on moist soil was variable and the frogs absorbed water from the soil. In the laboratory, frogs with access to water regularly replenished the bladder store, and urine osmolality remained low. With no water available, the osmolality and urea concentration of the bladder store increased, but water reabsorption modulated plasma osmolality. In frogs with empty bladders, plasma and urine osmolality and urea concentration increased with water loss. Models indicate that body size, bladder fluid, initial osmolality and rates of water loss influence osmolality. Cyclorana australis burrowed in soilfilled pots during the dry season. After two days, excavated frogs in moist soil were fully hydrated. As the soil dried, the frogs developed cocoons but retained bladder fluid. Plasma and urine osmolality increased over time, urine osmolality approached plasma osmolality, and urea was a major contributing osmolyte. The cocoon and bladder store ensure survival of this burrowing species during prolonged dry periods. Rhinella marina collected in the late dry season adopted water absorbing postures on moist soil. Water potential of the soil (-31 kPa) permitted cutaneous drinking. Plasma and urine osmolality indicated dehydration, and differed from laboratory hydrated and active toads.
Εντοπισμός ορεινών αντικειμένων στην φυσιογραφική ενότητα Zagros Ranges του Ιράν
Creators: name: Miliaresis, George
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Solid Earth Sciences

description: Μηλιαρέσης Γ. 2001. Εντοπισμός ορεινών αντικειμένων στην φυσιογραφική ενότητα Zagros Ranges του Ιράν. Δελτίο της Ελληνικής Γεωλογικής Εταιρείας, ΧΧΧΙV(5) 2017-2023.
Παραμετρική αναπαράσταση ορεινών αντικειμένων από το μέτριας διακριτικής ικανότητας ψηφιακό υψομετρικό μοντέλο GTOPO30
Creators: name: Miliaresis, George
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Solid Earth Sciences

description: Μηλιαρέσης Γ., & Αργιαλάς Δ., 2001. Παραμετρική αναπαράσταση ορεινών αντικειμένων από το μέτριας διακριτικής ικανότητας ψηφιακό υψομετρικό μοντέλο GTOPO30. 3ο Διεπιστημονικό Διαπανεπιστημιακό Συνέδριο, ΜΕ.ΚΕ.Δ.Ε., Μετσόβο, 7-10 Ιουνίου, 14 σελ.
Superchemistry: Dynamics of Coupled Atomic and Molecular Bose-Einstein Condensates
Creators: name: Heinzen, D. J.
name: Wynar, Roahn
name: Drummond, Peter
name: Kheruntsyan, K. V.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We analyze the dynamics of a dilute, trapped Bose-condensed atomic gas coupled to a diatomic molecular Bose gas by coherent Raman transitions. This system is shown to result in a new type of 'superchemistry,' in which giant collective oscillations between the atomic and the molecular gas can occur. The phenomenon is caused by stimulated emission of bosonic atoms or molecules into their condensate phases.
Multidimensional quantum solitons with nondegenerate parametric interactions: photonic and Bose-Einstein condensate environments
Creators: name: Kheruntsyan, K. V.
name: Drummond, Peter
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We consider the quantum theory of three fields interacting via parametric and repulsive quartic couplings. This can be applied to treat photonic X(2) and X(3) interactions, and interactions in atomic Bose-Einstein condensates or quantum Fermi gases, describing coherent molecule formation together with a-wave scattering. The simplest two-particle quantum solitons or bound-state solutions of the idealized Hamiltonian, without a momentum cutoff, are obtained exactly. They have a pointlike structure in two and three dimensions-even though the corresponding classical theory is nonsingular. We show that the solutions can be regularized with a momentum cutoff. The parametric quantum solitons have much more realistic length scales and binding energies than X(3) quantum solitons, and the resulting effects could potentially be experimentally tested in highly nonlinear optical parametric media or interacting matter-wave systems. N-particle quantum solitons and the ground state energy are analyzed using a variational approach. Applications to atomic/molecular Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) are given, where we predict the possibility of forming coupled BEC solitons in three space dimensions, and analyze superchemistry dynamics.
Εντοπισμός ορεινών όγκων από μέτριας διακριτικής ικανότητας υψομετρικά δεδομένα.
Creators: name: Miliaresis, George
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Solid Earth Sciences

description: Μηλιαρέσης Γ. και Δ. Αργιαλάς, 1999. Εντοπισμός ορεινών όγκων από μέτριας διακριτικής ικανότητας υψομετρικά δεδομένα. 5ο Παν. Γεωγραφικό Συνέδριο, Αθήνα 11-13/11, 308-317.
Stochastic diagrams for critical point spectra
Creators: name: Chaturvedi, S.
name: Drummond, Peter
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: A new technique for calculating the time-evolution, correlations and steady state spectra for nonlinear stochastic differential equations is presented. To illustrate the method, we consider examples involving cubic nonlinearities in an N-dimensional phase-space. These serve as a useful paradigm for describing critical point phase transitions in numerous equilibrium and non-equilibrium systems, ranging from chemistry, physics and biology, to engineering, sociology and economics. The technique consists in developing the stochastic variable as a power series in time, and using this to compute the short time expansion for the correlation functions. This is then extrapolated to large times, and Fourier transformed to obtain the spectrum. Stochastic diagrams are developed to facilitate computation of the coefficients of the relevant power series expansion. Two different types of long-time extrapolation technique, involving either simple exponentials or logarithmic rational approximations, are evaluated for third-order diagrams. The analytical results thus obtained are compared with numerical simulations, together with exact results available in special cases. The agreement is found to be excellent up to and including the neighborhood of the critical point. Exponential extrapolation works especially well even above the critical point at large N values, where the dynamics is one of phase-diffusion in the presence of a spontaneously broken symmetry. This method also enables the calculation of the steady state spectra of polynomial functions of the stochastic variables. In these cases, the final correlations can be non-bistable even above threshold. Here logarithmic rational extrapolation has the greater accuracy of the two extrapolation methods. Stochastic diagrams are also applicable to more general problems involving spatial variation, in addition to temporal variation.
Coherent atomic-molecular simultons in BEC
Creators: name: Drummond, Peter
name: Kheruntsyan, K. V.
name: He, H.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Parametric solitons or simultaneous solitary waves (simultons), involving the optical x^(2) nonlinearity, have been the topic of much recent theoretical and experimental interest in nonlinear optics. We propose a novel mechanism by which a similar phenomenon may occur in nonlinear atomic optics, in which coherent molecule formation in a Bose-Einstein condensate takes the place of second harmonic generation. This requires a coupling that converts two atoms into one molecule, thus generating coupled atomic and molecular Bose-Einstein condensates. Our model includes a coherent molecular formation process (i.e., without dissipation) in an atomic BEC vapor, either through a Feshbach resonance or Raman photo-association. The coherently coupled atom-molecular condensate could provide a route to the observation of a localized three-dimensional BEC soliton, even in the absence of a trap potential. A possible application is in the free propagation of a non-diverging atom laser pulse, thus greatly increasing the intensity in an atom laser beam.
INNOVATION ELEVATION: CRAFTING STRATEGIC MODELS FOR CULTIVATING ELITE TALENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Creators: name: Liang, Chen Wu
Publisher: name: AMERICAN SERIAL
Year: 2024
Subjects: Innovative talent cultivation
Higher education reform
Educational models, Innovation in teaching, Talent development strategies

description: As higher education reform continues to evolve, universities have made significant strides in fostering innovative talents. Nonetheless, entrenched traditional educational paradigms and teaching methods have presented ongoing challenges, impeding the cultivation of top-tier innovative talent. This has resulted in sluggish progress in meeting the rising demand for such talent within China's burgeoning international standing and rapidly developing social economy.

In response, universities must delineate a strategic vision for nurturing top-tier innovative talent. This entails the development and application of scientifically advanced educational and teaching models. Continuous exploration and implementation of effective optimization strategies are necessary to elevate the quality and caliber of top-tier innovative talent cultivation. These endeavors align with the overarching educational mission of universities: "cultivating virtue and cultivating talents."
Allosteric modulation of cholinergic system: Potential approach to treating cognitive deficits of schizophrenia
Creators: name: Hopper, Shaun
name: Udawela, Madhara
name: Scarr, Elizabeth
name: Dean, Brian
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder affecting approximately 1% of the population worldwide and is characterised by the presence of positive and negative symptoms and cognitive deficits. Whilst current therapeutics ameliorate positive symptoms, they are largely ineffective in improving negative symptoms and cognitive deficits. The cholinergic neurotransmitter system heavily influences cognitive function and there is evidence that implicates disruption of the central cholinergic system in schizophrenia. Historically, targeting the cholinergic system has been impeded by poor selectivity leading to intolerable side effects warranting the need to develop more targeted therapeutic compounds. In this review we will summarise evidence supporting the roles of the cholinergic system, particularly the muscarinic M1 receptor, in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia and discuss the potential of a promising new class of candidate compounds, allosteric ligands, for addressing the difficulties involved in targeting this system. The body of evidence presented here highlights the dysfunction of the cholinergic system in schizophrenia and that targeting this system by taking advantage of allosteric ligands is having clinically meaningful effect on cognitive deficits.
υποποίηση της φωτοερμηνευτικής γνώσης για την ερμηνεία γεωμορφών σε φυσιογραφική κλίμακα
Creators: name: Miliaresis, George
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Solid Earth Sciences

description: Αργιαλάς Δ., & Μηλιαρέσης Γ., 2001. Τυποποίηση της φωτοερμηνευτικής γνώσης για την ερμηνεία γεωμορφών σε φυσιογραφική κλίμακα. 3ο Διεπιστημονικό Διαπανεπιστημιακό Συνέδριο, ΜΕ.ΚΕ.Δ.Ε., Μετσόβο, 7-10 Ιουνίου, 12 σ.
Rationality, dialogue, and critical inquiry: toward a viable postfoundationalist stance
Creators: name: Healy, Paul
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Given the long-standing and deeply rooted intertwinement between reason and philosophy, there is a pressing need to reappraise our operative conceptions of rationality and critical inquiry in the wake of the transition from foundationalism to postfoundationalism. For while opening up exciting new vistas, this transition poses perplexing problems regarding how we might go about justifying our knowledge claims without the possibility of recourse to incontrovertible foundations, indubitable starting points, or algorithmic procedures. The challenge is all the more acute given that the turn to language and intersubjectivity that characterises this transition has fostered the proliferation of a diversity of competing and allegedly self-validating worldviews, that render the encounter with difference an indispensable feature of the contemporary epistemological landscape while reinforcing the threat of relativism and groundlessness.Through engaging with the work of Jürgen Habermas, Hans-Georg Gadamer and Michel Foucault, three theorists widely recognized as major contributors to the contemporary debate, the present paper responds to these problems by seeking to delineate the constitutive features of a dialogically-oriented conception of rationality and critical inquiry capable of meeting postfoundationalist needs. In the process, it reinforces the advantages of the reading these theorists as complementary rather than as oppositional, as has typically been the case.
Synthetic Aperture Radar Polarimetry
Creators: name: Miliaresis, George
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Solid Earth Sciences

description: Miliaresis G., 2013. Book Review in Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, vol. 79, no 8, pp. 685)Jakob Van Zyl and Yunjin Kim, 2012. Synthetic Aperture Radar Polarimetry. JPL Space Science & Technology Series. John Wiley & Sons, New Jersey, 288 p.]
Regional & Urban GIS: A decision support approach.
Creators: name: Miliaresis, George
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Solid Earth Sciences

description: Miliaresis G., 2011. Book Review in Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, published in May 2011, p. 453 [Timothy L. Nyerges & Piotr Jankowski 2009. Regional & Urban GIS: A decision support approach. Guilford Press, ISBN 978-1-60623-906-3]
Αξιολόγηση των περιοχών εκπαίδευσης στην επιβλεπόμενη ταξινόμηση δορυφορικών εικόνων.
Creators: name: Miliaresis, George
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Solid Earth Sciences

description: ΜηλιαρέσηςΓ., 2003. Αξιολόγηση των περιοχών εκπαίδευσης στην επιβλεπόμενη ταξινόμηση δορυφορικών εικόνων. Δελτίο της Γ.Υ.Σ., Αρ. Τεύχους 151, 179-190
αραμετρική αναπαράσταση ορεινών αντικειμένων από το μέτριας διακριτικής ικανότητας ψηφιακό υψομετρικό μοντέλο GTOPO30
Creators: name: Miliaresis, George
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Solid Earth Sciences

description: Μηλιαρέσης Γ., & Αργιαλάς Δ., 2001. Παραμετρική αναπαράσταση ορεινών αντικειμένων από το μέτριας διακριτικής ικανότητας ψηφιακό υψομετρικό μοντέλο GTOPO30. 3ο Διεπιστημονικό Διαπανεπιστημιακό Συνέδριο, ΜΕ.ΚΕ.Δ.Ε., Μετσόβο, 7-10 Ιουνίου, 14 σελ.
Altered brain arginine metabolism in schizophrenia
Creators: name: Liu, P.
name: Jing, Y.
name: Collie, N. D.
name: Dean, Brian
name: Bilkey, D. K.
name: Zhang, H.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Previous research implicates altered metabolism of l-arginine, a versatile amino acid with a number of bioactive metabolites, in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia. The present study, for we believe the first time, systematically compared the metabolic profile of l-arginine in the frontal cortex (Brodmann’s area 8) obtained post-mortem from schizophrenic individuals and age- and gender-matched non-psychiatric controls (n=20 per group). The enzyme assays revealed no change in total nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity, but significantly increased arginase activity in the schizophrenia group. Western blot showed reduced endothelial NOS protein expression and increased arginase II protein level in the disease group. High-performance liquid chromatography and liquid chromatography/mass spectrometric assays confirmed significantly reduced levels of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), but increased agmatine concentration and glutamate/GABA ratio in the schizophrenia cases. Regression analysis indicated positive correlations between arginase activity and the age of disease onset and between l-ornithine level and the duration of illness. Moreover, cluster analyses revealed that l-arginine and its main metabolites l-citrulline, l-ornithine and agmatine formed distinct groups, which were altered in the schizophrenia group. The present study provides further evidence of altered brain arginine metabolism in schizophrenia, which enhances our understanding of the pathogenesis of schizophrenia and may lead to the future development of novel preventions and/or therapeutics for the disease.
ντοπισμός Αλλουβιακών Ριπιδίων από Ψηφιακά Υψομετρικά Μοντέλα Εδάφους.
Creators: name: Miliaresis, George
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2014
Subjects: Solid Earth Sciences

description: Μηλιαρέσης Γ. & Αργιαλάς Δ. 2002. Εντοπισμός Αλλουβιακών Ριπιδίων από Ψηφιακά Υψομετρικά Μοντέλα Εδάφους. 6ο Πανελλήνιο Γεωγραφικό Συνέδριο, Θεσσαλονίκη 3-6 Οκτωβρίου, 187-192.
Influence of age and sex on pacing during sprint, olympic, half-ironman and ironman triathlons. Part B
Creators: name: Wu, Sam
name: Peiffer, Jeremiah P.
name: Brisswalter, Jeanick
name: Lau, Wing Y.
name: Nosaka, Kazunori
name: Abbiss, Chris R.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of biological sex and age on the pacing strategies adopted by non - drafting top triathletes during the cycle and run disciplines of a Sprint, Olympic, half - Ironman and Ironman triathlon. Split times of the top 20% non - elite males (n=468) and females (n=146) were determined using official r ace transponders and a video capture system for pre - determined sections of the cycle and run disciplines of four triathlon distances. Indices of pacing were calculated to compare between sexes and age - groups. Results of this study indicated that different pacing strategies were adopted between athletes of different age and sex over the various triathlon disciplines and distances. Females were more aggressive during the initial stages of the cycling discipline across all distances (sprint - 2.1% p=0.024; Oly mpic - 1.6%, p=0.011; half - Ironman - 1.5%, p<0.001; Ironman - 1.7%, p<0.001 higher relative to mean) compare with males. Younger athletes (20 - 29 y) tend to begin the run faster (2.0 to 3.0% faster than other age - groups, p<0.029) during the sprint, Olympic a nd half - Ironman triathlons. These results indicate that different pacing strategies are adopted by non - drafting top athletes of different age and sex. Optimal pacing strategies may differ between sex and ages; therefore individuals may need to trial differ ent strategies to develop their own optimal pacing profile for triathlon events of varying distances.
Numerical study on three-stage ignition of dimethyl ether by hot air under engine-relevant conditions
Creators: name: Chen, Xinyi
name: Li, Zisen
name: Wang, Yiqing
name: Han, Wang
name: Scholtissek, Arne
name: Dai, Peng
name: Hasse, Christian
name: Chen, Zheng
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biophysics
Biochemistry
Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Medicine
Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Developmental Biology
Computational Biology

description: Non-premixed combustion often occurs in practical engines, and it is affected by the coupling effects of chemical kinetics and transport. This study aims to elucidate the individual effect of chemical kinetics, molecular diffusion, and convective transport on non-premixed combustion. To this end, three types of reactive systems are investigated by numerical simulations considering detailed chemistry and transport: (1) thermochemical system: 0D homogeneous autoignition, (2) thermochemical-diffusive system: 1D non-premixed ignition in a static diffusion layer, (3) thermochemical-diffusive-convective system: 1D non-premixed ignition in a counterflow and 2D lifted flame in a coflow. The simulations are carried out for diluted dimethyl ether and hot air under engine-relevant conditions with a pressure of 40 atm and hot air temperatures of 700∼1500 K. First, homogeneous ignition process of DME/air premixture is investigated. It is found that, apart from the low- and high-temperature chemistry which are essential in the typical two-stage ignition, the intermediate-temperature chemistry can also play an important role, especially for slow reaction process in fuel rich regions. Then, the effects of thermochemical conditions and molecular diffusion are assessed for non-premixed ignition process in the 1D diffusion layer. The results show that, the reaction front always initiates from local autoignition in most reactive regions; then it propagates either in sequential auto-ignition mode or in diffusion-driven mode as a deflagration wave. With various thermochemical conditions, the chemical kinetics behave differently and produce complex multibrachial (tetrabrachial, pentabrachial and hexbrachial) structures during the reaction front propagation. Decreasing the diffusion layer thickness generally delays the reaction front initiation but enhances its transition into a diffusion-driven flame. Finally, it is shown that 1D diffusion layer simulations can qualitatively reproduce the complex multibrachial structures in 1D counterflow and 2D coflow at certain conditions. A regime diagram is proposed to separate the effects of chemical kinetics, molecular diffusion, and convective transport.