cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Bacteriological analysis of drinking water in urban areas of district Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa (Pakistan)
Creators: name: Khan, Mohammad Naeem
name: Raza, Syed Shahmeer
Publisher: name: F1000Research
Year: 2016

description: Background. The body cannot work without water, just as a car cannot run without gas and oil. In fact, all the cell and organ functions that make up our entire anatomy and physiology depend on water for their functioning. A drop in water supply can initiate various symptoms, warning our bodies of danger, such as: thirst, headache, general discomfort, loss of appetite, dry skin, decreased urine volume, confusion, unexplained tiredness, and irritability. Water is a basic necessity of life. One may live a few days without food but not without water. The study presents analysis of drinking water quality in urban areas of District Peshawar,Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa Pakistan, which involved bacteriological analysis of  drinking water  from different water sources.The drinking water sources include tube well, well water and tap water. Objective. To establish whether the water’s fit for drinking or not, in view of WHO recommendations, To figure out the areas having threatening levels of contamination in water supplies & To look for possible reasons of contamination and chalk out measures for provision of safe water. Materials & Methods. A total of 29 drinking water samples were collected aseptically in sterilized bottles from different sources i.e. tape water, well water and tube wells, over a period of three months from january to April 2015. Multiple tube fermentation  test was done to detect the MPN (Most Probable Number) of Coliforms in drinking water samples. The data was analysed on spss 16 Results. The study showed that maximum Coliform values were >80MPN/100ml and minimum total coliform values were <20MPN/100ml while most of the samples have total coliform values in between 30MPN/100ml – 60MPN/100ml….Note; two samples were collected from filtered water in order to check the quality of filtration and chlorination of drinking water which gave the disappointing results, i.e >20MPN/100ml. No confirmatory tests were done to confirm the presence of E. coli, pseudomonas and Klebsiella in total positive samples due to lack of facilities. Conclusion. Based on the results,  it is suggested that Quality of drinking water in urban areas of Peshawar is far from satisfactory,showing high percentage of coliform bacteria which is a sign of fecal contamination.The authorities should pay attention to supply safe water and proper sanitary facilities to avoid epidemics of infectious diseases in future.
MUSTAQILLIKKACHA BOʻLGAN DAVRDA KASABA UYUSHMALARINING HUQUQIY ASOSLARI
Creators: name: Axmedov, Abdulxay
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Ushbu maqolada mustaqillikdan oldingi davrda, ya'ni Sovet Ittifoqi tarkibida boʻlgan paytda kasaba uyushmalarining huquqiy asoslari va ularni tartibga soluvchi me'yoriy hujjatlar tahlil qilinadi. Maqolada kasaba uyushmalari davlat siyosatining bir qismi sifatida ishlab chiqarish munosabatlari, ishchi-xodimlar manfaatlarini muhofaza qilishda qanday rol oʻynagani, shuningdek, sovet huquqiy bazasining afzallik va kamchiliklari yoritiladi. Shu bilan birga, mustaqillikdan keyingi islohotlarga zamin boʻlgan omillar ham koʻrib chiqiladi.
Assessment of efficiency of emergency care in tertiary care units
Creators: name: Khan, Mohammad Naeem
name: Raza, Syed Shahmeer
Publisher: name: F1000Research
Year: 2016

description: Developed healthcare systems are comprised of numerous fields. Emergency medical care is one of the most important. Emergency Medical Services are the facilities along with personnel, vehicles and equipment involved in providing medical care to those who suffer from unforeseen incidents and the continued care that is provided in an emergency facility.
From Tutte to Floater and Gotsman: On the Resolution of Planar Straight-line Drawings and Morphs
Creators: name: Di Battista, Giuseppe
name: Frati, Fabrizio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Computational Geometry (cs.CG)
subject: Discrete Mathematics (cs.DM)
subject: Data Structures and Algorithms (cs.DS)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The algorithm of Tutte for constructing convex planar straight-line drawings and the algorithm of Floater and Gotsman for constructing planar straight-line morphs are among the most popular graph drawing algorithms. In this paper, focusing on maximal plane graphs, we prove upper and lower bounds on the resolution of the planar straight-line drawings produced by Floater's algorithm, which is a broad generalization of Tutte's algorithm. Further, we use such results in order to prove a lower bound on the resolution of the drawings of maximal plane graphs produced by Floater and Gotsman's morphing algorithm. Finally, we show that such a morphing algorithm might produce drawings with exponentially-small resolution, even when transforming drawings with polynomial resolution.
description: Appears in the Proceedings of the 29th International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization (GD 2021) Appears in DMTCS
NFDI4Chem - Chemistry Consortium in the NFDI
Creators: name: Andres, Ann-Christin
name: Jolliffe, John D.
name: Ortmeyer, Jochen
name: Popp, Christian
name: Bach, Felix
name: Herres-Pawlis, Sonja
name: Jung, Nicole
name: Liermann, Johannes
name: Neumann, Steffen
name: Razum, Matthias
name: Koepler, Oliver
name: Steinbeck, Christoph
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: research rata management
NFDI
FAIR
Poster
digitalisation
chemistry

description: With digitalisation progressing and changing all areas of research, the German federal and state governments set out in 2018 to develop a national infrastructure for research data (Nationale Forschungsdateninfrastruktur, NFDI) across all academic disciplines. In this context, NFDI4Chem, which started as a grassroots initiative, resumed its work as the Chemistry Consortium in the NFDI in October 2020. Following the FAIR data principles NFDI4Chem wants to support scientists in their efforts to collect, store, process, analyse, disclose and re-use research data. Starting at the lab workbench with the provision of electronic lab notebooks (ELNs) and interfacing with data repositories to developing standards, NFDI4Chem seeks to remove the analogue gaps from the digital data lifecycle. This poster outlines the concepts we implement in NFDI4Chem to support research data management throughout the research data cycle and make open science in chemistry a reality.
High Prevalence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B Infection in Thailand
Creators: name: Nattawat Wanich, Ratha-Korn Vilaichone
Publisher: name: APJCP
Year: 2016
Subjects: Chronic hepatitis B infection, hepatocellular carcinoma development, risk factors, Thailand.

description: 6, 17, Asian Pacific Journal  of Cancer Prevention
Supplementary figure and R Code from Sex reversal explains some, but not all, climate mediated sex ratio variation within a viviparous reptile
Creators: name: Hill, Peta
name: While, Geoffrey M.
name: Burridge, Christopher P.
name: Ezaz, Tariq
name: Munch, Kirke L.
name: McVarish, Mary
name: Wapstra, Erik
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Evolutionary transitions in sex-determining systems have occurred frequently yet understanding how they occur remains a major challenge. In reptiles, transitions from genetic to temperature-dependent sex determination can occur if the gene products that determine sex evolve thermal sensitivity, resulting in sex-reversed individuals. However, evidence of sex reversal is limited to oviparous reptiles. Here we used thermal experiments to test whether sex reversal is responsible for differences in sex determination in a viviparous reptile, Carinascincus ocellatus, a species with XY sex chromosomes and population-specific sex ratio response to temperature. We show that sex reversal is occurring and that its frequency is related to temperature. Sex reversal was unidirectional (phenotypic males with XX genotype) and observed in both high- and low-elevation populations. We propose that XX-biased genotypic sex ratios could produce either male- or female-biased phenotypic sex ratios as observed in low-elevation C. ocellatus under variable rates of XX sex reversal. We discuss reasons why sex reversal may not influence sex ratios at high elevation. Our results suggest that the mechanism responsible for evolutionary transitions from genotypic to temperature-dependent sex determination is more complex than can be explained by a single process such as sex reversal.
Vertical delivery challenges for high-rise building construction
Creators: name: Wei, Yufeng
name: Pinheiro, Andre
name: Pedraza, David
name: Wu, Bowen
name: McCabe, Brenda
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: As buildings continue to be designed much taller than before, the increasing height of buildings produces problems of vertical delivery in efficiency, safety and cost. To address these challenges, researchers and engineers are applying new technologies and management strategies to improve vertical transportation of resources. This paper discusses state-of-the-art solutions to problems and successful examples of implementation in three selected areas: temporary hoists, concrete pumps, and tower cranes.
Supplemental Figures from Invasive grass indirectly alters seasonal patterns in seed predation
Creators: name: Borden, Jesse B.
name: San Antonio, Kelly M.
name: Tomat-Kelly, Giovanna
name: Clark, Taylor
name: Flory, S. Luke
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: 60801 Animal Behaviour

description: ESM to accompany the manuscript
Assessing the management practices for small to medium sized Canadian general contractor organizations
Creators: name: Rankin, Jeff
name: Froese, Thomas M.
name: Issa, Mohamed
name: Quaigrain, Rhoda
name: Haas, Carl T.
name: Nasir, Hassan
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: This paper describes a research study entitled Enhancing the Performance and Productivity of the Canadian Construction Industry through Appropriate Digital Technology Adoption. The study was completed by researchers from four regions across Canada over the period of August 2013 to March 2014. The underlying purpose of the study was to assist in the development of decision-making tools to support the construction industry in the successfully adoption and implementation of new technologies. The study was accomplished by completion of the following steps: (1) an existing framework for the assessment of management practices at the project level for general contractors in the construction industry was refined and extended; (2) a standard assessment tool was developed and administered to 25 small to medium sized commercial/institutional building general contractor organizations, resulting in the identification of potential opportunities for improvement; (3) opportunities for improvement were validated with organizations; and (4) the assessment results were aggregated to provide an initial benchmark of the level of implementation of management practices. The assessment included 117 practices, across nine practice areas, and grouped as planning and control. The aggregated assessment results are indicating that at an industry level, the management practices in need of improvement that relate more directly to digital technologies are becoming clearer and include: Time - better utilization of the capabilities of existing scheduling software; Cost - improve the integration between time management and cost management software; Scope - improve the capture of as-built information and the management of warranty and operation and maintenance information; Quality - capture and categorize rework and non-conforming work; Materials - implement materials tracking and on-site management; and Information and Communication - implement processes to assess the performance of information and communication processes and use structured forms for information capture. The study built on previous work and extended it with respect to gaining insight on practices from the perspectives of the level of implementation and the consistency with which a practice is employed. To further extend this work, partnerships are being developed with national industry organizations to broaden the application of the assessment framework, thereby expanding the benchmarking dataset.
Complementary therapies in palliative care: state of the evidence
Creators: name: Collinge, William
name: Kozak, Leila
Publisher: name: F1000Research
Year: 2016

description: Multidisciplinary personnel in palliative care (PC) settings must make care planning decisions daily to respond to the needs of patients and their families. A variety of complementary therapies are used to reduce suffering and improve quality of life, but there are varying degrees of evidence supporting their use in PC settings and with the particular issues seen in PC patients. This presentation reviews the current state of evidence regarding complementary therapies that are relatively ubiquitous and available in PC settings. Topics covered include acupuncture-related modalities, aromatherapy, biofield therapies (Healing Touch, Therapeutic Touch, Reiki), expressive arts therapies (art, writing, music methods), massage, mind-body interventions and movement approaches.

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe the rationale and uses of complementary therapies that are commonly applied in PC settings.

2. Describe the state of evidence on effectiveness of complementary therapies commonly used in PC settings.

3. Describe key challenges and facilitators of effective delivery of complementary therapies in PC settings.
ArrayMap 2016: systematic genome profile retrieval and metadata structure development
Creators: name: Milanese, Alessio
name: Cordo, Paula Carrio
name: Baudis, Michael
Publisher: name: F1000Research
Year: 2016

description: Screening for somatic mutations in cancer has become integral to diagnostic as well as target identification procedures. The arrayMap resource has been established as curated oncogenomic resource, focusing on genomic arrays and copy number aberration (CNA) profiles. The underlying data is being extracted from NCBI’s Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO), EBI’s ArrayExpress, and, importantly, through targeted mining of publication data. Since its first release in 2012, arrayMap underwent improvements to facilitate meta-analysis of cancer related genome data and clinical use, such as the diagnostic validations as well as target evaluation for personalized therapeutic approaches.

For the 2016 arrayMap update, we concentrated on two main areas: First, we performed a systematic evaluation of genomic profiling array data from GEO, resulting in the collection of >120'000 annotation files. The individual data review yielded around 22,000 additional data sets aimed at somatic mutations (cancer specimen or associated reference profiles).

Second, we initiated annotation of metadata according to the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health's (GA4GH) emerging data schema. Initially, we concentrated on the representation of data through a hierarchical concept including “individual”, “biosample” and “experiment” (i.e. the specific data represented through a GEO profile), with the information about the other objects mapped from the experiment specific metadata.

Besides providing a GA4GH compatible data paradigm, our work is aimed at providing a first reference implementation for the testing and future enhancement of the metadata annotation concepts developed through the GA4GH Data Working Group, as well as integrating this metadata structure with arrayMap.
Association of short-term exposure to PM2.5 and its components with hospital admission for asthma in Shanghai: a time-stratified case-crossover study
Creators: name: Zhou, Xuesong
name: Qiu, Jia
name: Kang, Ning
name: Zhang, Jingwei
name: Xu, Yandan
name: Zhang, Jian
name: Tang, Xiuli
name: Yuchi, Yinghao
name: Xu, Mingjia
name: Wang, Chongjian
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biotechnology
Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Cancer
Science Policy
Mental Health

description: Associations between PM2.5 and the risk of asthma admission have been established in previous researches. However, evidence about the specific impacts of PM2.5 components on asthma-related hospitalizations across different populations and environments is limited and inconsistent. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between short-term exposure PM2.5 and its components with asthma hospital admission. A total of 930 people hospitalized for asthma were included in the study in Shanghai between December 2018 and December 2022. Air pollution data were assigned to individuals based on their residential address using the Tracking Air Pollution (TAP) platform. A time-stratified case-crossover design and a conditional logistic regression model were used to estimate the risk of asthma admissions related to exposure to PM2.5. We also conducted stratified analyzes by age, gender, and season. Each 10 μg/m³ increase in PM2.5, BC, NO3–, NH4+, SO42– and OM at lag-5 day were associated with increased risk of asthma admission, with ORs of 1.04(1.00,1.08), 2.59(0.99,6.76), 1.17(1.02,1.33), 1.33(1.06,1.66), 1.28(1.05,1.55) and 1.16(0.98,1.37), respectively. Stratified analysis showed that PM2.5 and its components had a more significant impact on the risk of asthma admission for women; individuals aged ≥ 65 years, and during cold seasons at lag-5 day. The results remained stable in the sensitivity analysis. Short-term exposure to PM2.5 and its components (NO3–, NH4+, SO42−) increases hospitalization risk in asthma patients, particularly among women, elder and those admitted during cold seasons. It provides new insight for reducing the asthma burden associated with particulate air pollution.
Association of short-term exposure to PM2.5 and its components with hospital admission for asthma in Shanghai: a time-stratified case-crossover study.
Creators: name: Zhou, Xuesong
name: Qiu, Jia
name: Kang, Ning
name: Zhang, Jingwei
name: Xu, Yandan
name: Zhang, Jian
name: Tang, Xiuli
name: Yuchi, Yinghao
name: Xu, Mingjia
name: Wang, Chongjian
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biotechnology
Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Cancer
Science Policy
Mental Health

description: Associations between PM2.5 and the risk of asthma admission have been established in previous researches. However, evidence about the specific impacts of PM2.5 components on asthma-related hospitalizations across different populations and environments is limited and inconsistent. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between short-term exposure PM2.5 and its components with asthma hospital admission. A total of 930 people hospitalized for asthma were included in the study in Shanghai between December 2018 and December 2022. Air pollution data were assigned to individuals based on their residential address using the Tracking Air Pollution (TAP) platform. A time-stratified case-crossover design and a conditional logistic regression model were used to estimate the risk of asthma admissions related to exposure to PM2.5. We also conducted stratified analyzes by age, gender, and season. Each 10 μg/m³ increase in PM2.5, BC, NO3-, NH4+, SO42- and OM at lag-5 day were associated with increased risk of asthma admission, with ORs of 1.04(1.00,1.08), 2.59(0.99,6.76), 1.33(1.06,1.66), 1.17(1.02,1.33), 1.28(1.05,1.55) and 1.16(0.98,1.37), respectively. Stratified analysis showed that PM2.5 and its components had a more significant impact on the risk of asthma admission for women, individuals aged ≥ 65 years, and during cold seasons at lag-5 day. The results remained stable in the sensitivity analysis. Short-term exposure to PM2.5 and its components (NO3-, NH4+, SO42−) increases hospitalization risk in asthma patients, particularly among women, elder and those admitted during cold seasons. It provides new insight for reducing the asthma burden associated with particulate air pollution.
Life cycle analysis of structural steel reuse using the economic input-output method
Creators: name: Yeung, Jamie
name: Walbridge, Scott
name: Haas, Carl T.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: Reuse of structural steel is not a new concept in civil engineering. However, even though members, and assemblies of members, have been reused for decades, reuse of steel is not a widely implemented practice. Approximately 90% of demolished steel is recycled and only 10% of that steel is reused in its current state. The structural steel reuse that does occur is due to the reuse of very large members or from specialty projects. The reason for these low levels of reuse is because the cost of reusing structural steel is too high. Unfortunately, many decision makers are coming to this conclusion without a comprehensive knowledge of the true cost of reuse and recycling. In order to fully understand the additional costs, or savings, associated with steel reuse, a life cycle analysis needs to be incorporated into an economic analysis. In this study, the economic input-output method was used to perform a life cycle analysis of structural steel reuse as it compares to current practices. The economic input-output method provides the benefit of being able to facilitate a quick analysis but is limited by only being able to perform a generalized analysis across the entire industry. The analysis was performed for several metrics, which can be grouped into four categories: greenhouse gases, energy usage, water usage, and hazardous waste generation. Results from the analysis show that there is a significant decrease, upwards of 65%, for the calculated metrics across each category for reuse. In order to remedy the limitations of the economic input-output method, it is recommended to perform a similar analysis using a process model approach.
Hyperbolic groups with logarithmic separation profile
Creators: name: Lazarovich, Nir
name: Coz, Corentin Le
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We prove that hyperbolic groups with logarithmic separation profiles split over cyclic groups. This shows that such groups can be inductively built from Fuchsian groups and free groups by amalgamations and HNN extensions over finite or virtually cyclic groups. However, we show that not all groups admitting such a hierarchy have logarithmic separation profile by providing an example of a surface amalgam over a cyclic group with superlogarithmic separation profile.
description: 14 pages, 3 figures. Comments are welcome!
On Positive Braids, Monodromy Groups and Framings
Creators: name: Ferretti, Livio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 57K10 (Primary) 32S55, 57K20, 57M07 (Secondary)

description: We associate to every positive braid a braid monodromy group, generalizing the geometric monodromy group of an isolated plane curve singularity. If the closure of the braid is a knot, we identify the corresponding group with a framed mapping class group. In particular, this gives a well defined knot invariant. As an application, we obtain that the geometric monodromy group of an irreducible singularity is determined by the genus and the Arf invariant of the associated knot.
description: 46 pages, 57 figures; final version, accepted for publication; improved exposition, added details and figures in the proof of Prop.5.2
Automated barbell cleaner
Creators: name: Faith, Nicholas T.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018

description: CrossFit is a high intensity fitness program that incorporates metabolic conditioning,
gymnastics and weightlifting. The Olympic barbell is one of CrossFit's main pieces of equipment
and is implemented into class workouts on a daily basis. Due to an athlete's excessive use of chalk
to combat sweat, high humidity environments and repetitive use, the barbell is exposed to moisture
for extended periods of time. This causes the Olympic barbells to face two main problems: bacteria
and oxidation. Current methods of barbell maintenance include the use of a hand held nylon bristle
brush to remove built up chalk. This method is very time consuming and is not widely adopted by
the CrossFit community. The use of an automated system to remove built up chalk will benefit
gym owners by extending the life of their barbells, reducing the time demand of maintenance and
give their athletes higher quality equipment to use.
Keywords: CrossFit, Olympic Barbell, Bacteria, Oxidation, Automated, Solution
Animal factors affecting the cheese-making properties and the heat coagulation time of milk from dairy sheep in a New Zealand flock
Creators: name: Marshall, Ana Carolina
name: Lopez-Villalobosa, Nicolas
name: Loveday, Simon
name: Weeks, Mike
name: McNabb, Warren
Publisher: name: AgResearch
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 3006
subject: Food sciences
classificationCode: 3003
subject: Animal production

description: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of animal factors on the cheese-making properties and on the heat coagulation time of milk from individual dairy sheep in a New Zealand flock. A total of 521 individual records were obtained from a seasonal pasture-based flock of 169 ewes milked once-a-day, from 50 to 182 days in milk. A statistical model was used to quantify the effects of animal factors (coat colour variety, age, litter size and stage of lactation) on the studied traits. Stage of lactation, confounded with seasonality, strongly influenced all properties of milk investigated. With the advancement of lactation, the milk took longer to coagulate after rennet addition, and the curd was softer. Higher relative cheese yield was achieved towards the end of lactation. The milk was also less stable to high-temperature treatment in late lactation. Coefficient of variation for processability traits was high and ranged from 20.2% to 58%, which can be largely attributed to stage of lactation but could also indicate room for genetic improvement of traits. Further genetic studies are underway to define animal genetic variance, heritability, and the phenotypic and genetic correlations between these processability and milk composition traits.
Supplementary document for Fabrication and transfer printing based integration of free-standing GaN membrane micro-lenses onto semiconductor chips - 6112234.pdf
Creators: name: Wessling, Nils
name: Ghosh, Saptarsi
name: Guilhabert, Benoit
name: Kappers, Menno
name: Oliver, Rachel
name: Dawson, Martin D.
name: Strain, Michael
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary material document
On the etymologies of Artemis, Artio, Kotys/Cotys, Kottyto/Cottyto, Hera, Artakene and more
Creators: name: Alexandru Gheorghiu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Artemis, Hera, Heros, Hero, Erichthonios, marathon, seriphon, aspinthion, apsinthion, absinthe, sky-goddess, Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek, Proto-Hellenic, Proto-Indo-European, Greek mythology, Zeus, anthropology
Hathor, Cybele, Anatolia, Pre-Greek, Anatolian languages, Indo-European, linguistics, moon goddess, huntress goddess, Bronze Age, Bronze Age religion
Mycenaean, Thracian, Aegean, asparagus, spinach, Artemisia, chicory, endive, Middle Persian, Pahlavi,

description: Big breakthroughs once again: Artemis, Celtic Artio, Illyrian/Thracian Ara of Ara Zea all related to PIE *hrktos, "bear", from a root meaning that I describe in this paper. I've also found the correct etymology of Kotys/Kottyto: it's from a root meaning "to prick, to goad", not from "to grasp". I may also have partially determined the etymology of Hera. Also I have found the explanation of why Artemis/Artio/Ara Zea are goddeses of rebirth and resurrection, not just of childbirth.
Assessing the global environmental impact of airborne releases
Creators: name: Gunasekera, Manisha Y.
Publisher: name: Loughborough University
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 90499 Chemical Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical engineering

description: This work presents a method for use in the earliest stages of development and design, for assessing the potential environmental impact of airborne releases from a chemical production plant. The principal output of the method is the value of an atmospheric environment friendliness metric called the Atmospheric Hazard Index (AHI). A catastrophic failure of the plant is assumed and the consequent impacts on the atmospheric environment are estimated, scaled and combined. The method is designed for assessing possible alternative process routes (the raw material(s) and the sequence of reaction steps that converts them to the desired product(s)) to make a chemical, in order to determine the route that has the least adverse atmospheric environmental impact. Thus the routes that are inherently environmental hazardous can be identified and avoided, when the selection is made in the early stages of production plant design. The atmospheric impact categories considered are toxicity, photochemical smog, acid deposition, global warming and stratospheric ozone depletion. The magnitude of these impacts are expressed on a scale of 0 (minimum) to 10 (maximum). Each of these impact categories is assigned an importance factor value that depends upon the spatial scale affected, the indirect impacts and the reversibility of the impact. These factors are then used to calculate a Weighted Category Hazard (WCH) value for each chemical. The WCH of all the impact categories and chemicals are combined to estimate the AHI. The AHI has been determined using two methods which use different chemical environmental distribution models. One method assumes the unsteady state distribution of the substance released into the environment and the other assumes steady state distribution. These two methods have been tested on six potential and established routes to methyl methacrylate (MMA). The most atmospheric environment-friendly route based on the overall AHI calculated using method 1 is the ethylene via methyl propionate based route and that for method 2 is the propylene based route. However, the most atmospheric environment-friendly route based on the impact due to separation inventory in both methods is the ethylene via methyl propionate based route because it is the only route which does not show an impact due to this inventory. In all the routes the storage inventory has the potential to cause the most environmental damage compared to the reaction and separation inventories.
Implementing alternative technical concepts in Design-BiDBuild projects
Creators: name: Gransberg, Douglas D.
name: Gad, Ghada M.
name: Rueda-Benavides, Jorge A.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: This paper details the results of two in-depth case studies conducted on agencies that implemented Alternative Technical Concepts (ATC) in conjunction with the procurement of low bid Design-BiDBuild (DBB) construction projects. The Missouri and Michigan Departments of Transportation (DOT) each chose to pursue early contractor involvement in DBB projects but used two completely different approaches. Missouri allowed ATCs to be proposed virtually without limitation on seven DBB projects; whereas, Michigan chose to only consider ATCs on the Maintenance of Traffic (MOT) Plan for two DBB projects. The paper found both approaches to be successful, generating tangible cost and/or time savings for each DOT. It also proposes two frameworks for developing ATC procurements using either a limited or full scope approach. The paper’s primary finding is that ATCs can be implemented at any level if the agency thoughtfully develops the project’s solicitation documents. It also finds that limited scope ATCs, like the MOT ones in Michigan provide a mechanism to experiment with the DBB ATC process and gain the required understanding of the mechanics of the procurement without increasing the risk the agency must assume.
On the etymologies of Artemis and Hera and Heros
Creators: name: Gheorghiu, Alexandru
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Artemis, Hera, Heros, Hero, Erichthonios, marathon, seriphon, aspinthion, apsinthion, absinthe, sky-goddess, Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek, Proto-Hellenic, Proto-Indo-European, Greek mythology, Zeus, anthropology
Hathor, Cybele, Anatolia, Pre-Greek, Anatolian languages, Indo-European, linguistics, moon goddess, huntress goddess, Bronze Age, Bronze Age religion
Mycenaean, Thracian, Aegean, asparagus, spinach, Artemisia, chicory, endive, Middle Persian, Pahlavi,

description: On the etymologies of Artemis, Hera, Heros, Erichthonios, Aspinthion/Apsinthion, Seriphon, Marathon, and a number of other words. The new etymologies for Artemis, Hera, Heros and Erichthonios are most likely the first correct etymologies, as are the new etymologies for the other words detailed in this work.
Interprofessional Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Piperacillin/Tazobactam Enhances Care for Patients with Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure in the ICU: A Retrospective Observational Pilot Study
Creators: name: Schmid, Stephan
name: Zimmermann, Katharina
name: Koch, Chiara
name: Mester, Patricia
name: Athanasoulas, Georgios
name: Buttenschoen, Jonas
name: Fleischmann, Daniel
name: Schlosser-Hupf, Sophie
name: Pavel, Vlad
name: Schilling, Tobias
name: Müller, Martina
name: Kratzer, Alexander
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM); piperacillin/tazobactam; intensive care unit; interprofessional collaboration; acute-on-chronic liver failure
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Background: Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a severe, rapidly progressing syndrome in patients with liver cirrhosis, often triggered by bacterial infections. Piperacillin/Tazobactam is a key antibiotic in this setting, and therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) helps optimize its dosing. This study evaluates the impact of an interprofessional TDM strategy for Piperacillin/Tazobactam in ACLF patients in the ICU. Methods: This retrospective ICU study evaluated an interprofessional TDM approach for optimizing Piperacillin/Tazobactam dosing in critically ill ACLF patients. The team, consisting of physicians, clinical pharmacists, and staff nurses, engaged in shared decision making, collaboratively interpreting TDM results and adjusting the dosing accordingly. This study included 26 patients with ACLF who underwent initial TDM and 7 who received follow-up TDM. Piperacillin/Tazobactam dosing was modified based on TDM recommendations, with serum concentrations measured weekly. Adherence to and the implementation of interprofessional dosing recommendations were systematically analyzed to assess the impact of this approach. Results: The initial TDM showed that 30.8% of patients had Piperacillin/Tazobactam levels within the target range, while 53.8% were above and 15.4% below. The interprofessional team recommended dose reductions in seven patients, increases in three, and no change in eleven, with five requiring antibiotic modifications. At the first follow-up TDM, 20.0% reached target levels, while 80.0% remained above, with no subtherapeutic cases. The team recommended one further dose reduction and maintained dosing in four patients. All recommendations were fully implemented, demonstrating strong adherence to the collaborative protocol. Conclusions: The interprofessional TDM strategy optimized Piperacillin/Tazobactam dosing in ACLF patients with full adherence to the recommendations. This collaborative approach improves outcomes and supports global efforts to curb antibiotic resistance.
On the etymologies of Artemis, Salmoxis, Bendis, Kotys/Cotys, Kottyto/Cottyto, Hera, Artakene and more
Creators: name: Alexandru Gheorghiu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Artemis, Hera, Heros, Hero, Erichthonios, marathon, seriphon, aspinthion, apsinthion, absinthe, sky-goddess, Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek, Proto-Hellenic, Proto-Indo-European, Greek mythology, Zeus, anthropology
Hathor, Cybele, Anatolia, Pre-Greek, Anatolian languages, Indo-European, linguistics, moon goddess, huntress goddess, Bronze Age, Bronze Age religion
Mycenaean, Thracian, Aegean, asparagus, spinach, Artemisia, chicory, endive, Middle Persian, Pahlavi,

description: Big breakthroughs once again: Artemis very likely meant "Huntress", from a root *h2er that I describe here, PIE *h2rtk'o "bear" originally referred to the constellaton Ursa Major, and that is the key to what appears to be the most likely etymology of *h2rtk'o.  Many new surprises here, this is one of my best. New etymology of Salmoxis as well, I'm pretty sure now that Salmoxis did not mean "Lightning-hurler" nor "chopper of the oak", the new more likely etymology of Salmoxis is in this paper.
Indigenous electoral power in the 2022 federal election: a geographic snapshot of latent potential
Creators: name: Markham, Francis
name: Williamson, Bhiamie
Publisher: name: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
Year: 2022

description: Comprising only 3.3% of the Australian population, Indigenous people are often assumed to have limited electoral power outside of the remote Northern Territory. This short paper reveals the geography of the Indigenous population focusing on federal electoral divisions where the Indigenous population is significant, not in absolute terms, but in relation to the vote margins in the 2019 federal election. It describes a geography of electoral divisions where the Indigenous population is large in comparison to electoral margins, including in divisions beyond remote Australia. It suggests that Indigenous communities could wield significant electoral power if they mobilised the large cohort of non-participating eligible Indigenous vote. This currently latent electoral power may assist Indigenous communities to lobby for policy changes.
The effect of shading design and materials on building energy demand
Creators: name: Haghighi, Nasim
name: Asadi, Somayeh
name: Babaizadeh, Hamed
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: Building sector in most countries around the world requires large amounts of heating and cooling energy. Indeed, building cooling loads due to solar gains are responsible for approximately half of global cooling load. In addition, windows are considered as one of the important sources of energy loss in buildings. In order to minimize this loss, shading devices can be installed in the exterior part of the window to reduce solar heat. The objective of this study is to investigate the simultaneous effect of glazing, shading materials, and configuration of shading devices on total building energy consumption in different climate regions in the United States. To achieve this objective, a typical residential building was selected to assess the effect of the aforementioned parameters on total energy consumption in five main climate regions. A series of simulations were conducted using EnergyPlus simulation program to quantify energy consumption in each scenario and determine the most energy efficient glazing and shading materials as well as configuration of the shading device. Different types of window glazing (including clear, Low-Iron, Ref-B tint, Low-E clear and Low-E tint with 6 mm thickness) as well as different materials for shading devices (including PVC, aluminum and wood) were considered in this study. Moreover, the effect of five different shading device configurations, including horizontal and oriented overhang, vertical fin and combination of them were investigated. Results showed installing vertical fins and horizontal overhang shading devices in buildings located in Miami and Atlanta do not have a significant effect on annual energy consumption. However, combining these two overhang shading configurations will reduce energy consumption. In addition to shading configurations, it was found that Ref-B tint glazing material along with wood shading material reduced annual energy consumption by approximately 11.6% in Miami. However in Atlanta, total energy consumption was reduced by approximately 7% in the case of using Low-E tint glazing material along with wood shading material. No significant decrease in energy consumption was observed in cold climates.
A Tomato of the Floating World: Assembling Inle Lake's Cultural Ecology
Creators: name: Snowsill, Anthea
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 2022

description: This thesis offers an object-oriented ethnography of Inle Lake's floating tomatoes. Based on 18 months of ethnographic fieldwork and using the theoretical and methodological framework of assemblage, I investigate the relationship between the Inle tomato and the wider cultural ecology of Inle Lake. I focus on what the tomato reveals about the networks and relations that constitute the social, ecological, economic and political landscapes of Inle Lake. I argue that the tomato-assemblage is a complex configuration of precariously held together ecological, sociocultural, political and economic relations that are constituted by interactions between environments, markets, technologies, knowledges and power. I suggest that following the tomato-assemblage and its entanglements denaturalizes superficial perceptions of a "less-than-human" nature and reimagines a cultural ecology of Inle Lake that is shaped by contestation. I make the tomato-assemblage visible from a variety of vantage points that highlight how the overall configuration is brought into being and how there are often differing perspectives of connection and disconnect dependent on subject position. These vantage points explore the tomato as a material and symbolic linkage to ethnic territory; an attraction within the regional economy of tourism; a system of labour; a commodity valued in affective ways; a product of agricultural biotechnology; and an environmental threat. By ethnographically exploring the tensions involved in how this assemblage is held together I demonstrate that the cultural ecology of Inle Lake is not fixed, nor stable, but rather contingent on its parts and the ways in which they interact with each other. This research has implications for not only ongoing theoretical debates around the importance of centering the non-human in anthropological studies of human society and culture, but also for opening up alternative approaches to understanding topics of ethnicity, economy and ecology in Myanmar.
Designing better continuing professional development in rural emergency medicine
Creators: name: Yeung, Marianne
Publisher: name: F1000Research
Year: 2016

description: Context: Rural emergency physicians often work alone, and identify higher needs for continuing professional development in emergency medicine than urban doctors. The Community Emergency Medicine Outreach program (CEMO) has been offered at 12 rural hospitals in Eastern Canada since 2009. Adult emergency medicine topics are presented on-site at half-day outreach sessions.

Objective/Intervention: The CEMO program director participated in a Masters of Health Professions Education program. Newly learned concepts were applied to further the development of CEMO.

Findings: Five important lessons learned, and their impacts on CEMO: First, curriculum design is a dynamic process. CEMO participants now include nurses, administrators, pharmacists, and learners as well as physicians. Each session’s content is tailored to each group’s perceived and ascribed learning needs. Second, learning must be highly relevant to the local context to be effective. CEMO’s teaching strategies are informed by learning theory, and include case-based learning, interactive discussion, and simulation. Interdisciplinary team learning promotes team harmony, local problem solving, and knowledge translation into practice. Third, it is more effective to integrate new technologies into a broader curriculum than to offer these as stand alone modules. CEMO participants are engaged with innovative presentation software, screencasts, procedural videos, and online audience response systems. Fourth, learning effectiveness is best measured using multiple sources of assessment, and multiple assessments over time. CEMO’s learner assessment strategies include self-reflection at sessions, and months later. Participants consider CEMO’s effects on their practice, including reactions of co-workers and patients to their new skills, knowledge and behaviours. Finally, program evaluation begins with consideration of evaluation goals. A program logic model has been developed for CEMO, and a combined process and outcome evaluation is in progress. New directions for the program include expansion to new locations, further development of interprofessional education, and the introduction of low fidelity simulation and in situ simulation as teaching methods.

Conclusion: The application of important educational concepts promotes the design of effective continuing education in emergency medicine for rural health professionals.
Photobiological treatment plants integrated with building's architectural shell
Creators: name: Buzalo, Natalia
name: Ermachenko, Pavel
name: Bulgakov, Alexej
name: Schach, Rainer
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: The article deals with issues of the use of photoreactors with growing algae as an element of urban construction. Using microalgae photobioreactors can solve multiple tasks: getting a third-generation biofuels, carbon dioxide recycling, wastewater disinfection, oxygen regeneration, and water purification from nutrients. The paper considers a wastewater purification plant where the major element is such a photoreactor. As examples of such a kind of facilities, we could mention as follows: BIQ House, Hamburg International Building Exhibition; Urban Algae Canopy Module by ecologic Studio; photoreactors at the incineration plant, Alcéade Nantes, France; etc. Unlike the existing projects, we study all the system as a whole. Considered treatment facility includes an algae photobioreactor, a bacterium mineralizer and a desilter as well as a control system that regulates concentration of biogens, oxygen, and carbon dioxide by governing flow between devices. The article investigates the opportunity of incorporation of the photobiological treatment facilities into a building’s architectural shell. Structurally, we propose to make the main technological nodes from the translucent membrane of Ethylene Tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE). Photoreactors with algae are placed on the building facade. That location significantly reduces the required area and provides optimal natural lighting. It also allows using solar radiation for heating and adaptive lighting. The construction form is optimized with using a genetic algorithm. The engineering solution which is given in this article can be used for already existing treatment plants as well as for urban structure directly.