cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Understanding the role of dMob4 in postembryonic Neural Stem Cell mitotic reactivation
Creators: name: Gonzaga, Eleanor
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: PhD

description: Gil-Ranedo, J, Gonzaga, E, Jaworek, KJ, Berger, C, Bossing, T and Barros, CS.(2019). STRIPAK Members Orchestrate Hippo and Insulin Receptor Signalling to Promote Neural Stem Cell Reactivation. Cell Rep 27, 2921-2933 e2925 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.05.023.
description: Brain homeostasis supports cognition and neural plasticity, the brains’ ability to adapt to its environment throughout life. These processes rely on replenishment from stem cells in the brain, termed Neural Stem Cells (NSCs). In the adult brain, most NSCs exist in a quiescent state and must activate to generate new neural progeny. Understanding how NSCs balance quiescence and activation is crucial for the development of brain repair therapies. Drosophila NSCs, termed neuroblasts (NBs), are a model to study reactivation from quiescence. The Hippo and Insulin pathways were reported to promote NB quiescence and reactivation, respectively. However, the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. This thesis describes my investigation of Monopolar spindle-one-binder 4 (Mob4), a member of the highly conserved Striatin-Interacting Phosphatase and Kinases (STRIPAK) complex, identified by our laboratory in a transcriptome analysis comparing quiescent and reactivating NBs. I show that Mob4 is upregulated in reactivating NBs, and its loss prevents NB reactivation. Mob4 overexpression accelerates reactivation, which can be mimicked by human MOB4 expression, suggesting a conserved function. I provide evidence that Mob4 acts primarily cell-autonomously in pNBs and demonstrate that inactivation or activation of Hippo and Insulin signalling, respectively, in mob4 pNBs can restore reactivation. Finally, I show that Mob4 cooperates with another STRIPAK member, Cka, to promote pNB reactivation, whereas PP2A phosphatase with its regulatory subunit Widerborst maintains NB quiescence. My results, together with data from our group, lead to a model whereby Mob4 and other STRIPAK members assist the coordination of Insulin and Hippo pathways to promote NB reactivation. Given the evolutionary conservation of the molecules investigated, my findings may also be relevant to mammalian NSCs and other stem cells.
Laboratory evaluation of the volatility and composition of ultrafine particles generated from jet engine lubrication oil
Creators: name: Toyota, Soudai
name: Nagasaki, Anna
name: Fushimi, Akihiro
name: Takegawa, Nobuyuki
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: We present a laboratory evaluation of the volatility and organic compositions of ultrafine particles (UFPs) generated from unused jet engine lubrication oil. The particle generation method was based on the evaporation of jet engine lubrication oil droplets in a heated quartz tube followed by the nucleation of oil vapors by cooling. Our experiments were not aimed at strictly simulating the particle formation processes in jet engines but exploring the possibility of generating UFPs having chemical properties similar to those of UFPs observed in the real atmosphere. The particle volatility was estimated by measuring the particle number concentrations upstream and downstream of a heated stainless-steel evaporation tube. The organic compositions of the UFPs were measured by thermal desorption – gas chromatography mass spectrometry analysis of size-segregated aerosol samples collected on quartz fiber filters. The volatility and compositions of the UFPs varied significantly with the particle generation (quartz tube) temperature (TPG). We show that the evaporation of the jet engine lubrication oil droplets at TPG = 250 °C and subsequent nucleation by rapid cooling could form UFPs having volatility similar to that of the particles observed at Narita International Airport and composed of nearly intact forms of jet engine lubrication oil. Our results suggest that it is possible to generate UFPs that can consistently explain the chemical properties of the UFPs observed in the real atmosphere by the evaporation and nucleation of jet engine lubrication oil droplets.
Glyphohesione Friedrich 1950
Creators: name: Mikac, Barbara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Phyllodocida
Pilargidae
Glyphohesione

description: Genus Glyphohesione Friedrich, 1950
Glyphohesione klatti Friedrich, 1950
DISTRIBUTION: CA.
LITERATURE RECORDS: Cantone & Di Pietro 2002; Castelli et al. 2008. OTHER REPORTED NAMES: Synelmis klatti (Friedrich, 1950).
description: Published as part of Mikac, Barbara, 2015, A sea of worms: polychaete checklist of the Adriatic Sea, pp. 1-172 in Zootaxa 3943 (1) on page 85, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3943.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/244663
Controlled and automatic processes in Pavlovian-instrumental transfer
Creators: name: Seabrooke, Tina
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: PhD

description: The current research aimed to further current knowledge on the psychological processes that underpin human outcome-selective Pavlovian-instrumental transfer (PIT) effects. PIT reflects the capacity of a Pavlovian stimulus to selectively potentiate an instrumental response that predicts a common rewarding outcome. PIT effects are often suggested to reflect a relatively automatic S-O-R mechanism, where the stimulus activates the sensory properties of the outcome, which then automatically triggers associated instrumental responses. The current research tested this S-O-R account of PIT against a propositional expected utility theory, which suggests that PIT effects reflect verbalizable inferences about the probability and value of each outcome. Chapter 1 reviews the relevant literature. Chapters 2-4 then report 11 experiments that aimed to set the S-O-R and propositional theories against one another. In Chapter 2, two experiments demonstrated that PIT is sensitive to a reversal instruction (Experiment 2), but is robust against a time pressure (Experiment 1) and concurrent load (Experiment 2) manipulation. Chapter 3 details the development of a novel outcome devaluation procedure, and reports four experiments that examined the effect of both outcome devaluation and verbal instructions on PIT. These experiments demonstrated that a typical PIT procedure produces PIT effects that are insensitive to a very strong devaluation manipulation. Furthermore, PIT effects were observed for a devalued outcome even when an S-O-R mechanism was unlikely to control behaviour. Chapter 4 reports five experiments that show that PIT is highly sensitive to outcome devaluation when multiple outcomes and responses are cued on every transfer test trial. Chapter 5 therefore concludes that, on balance, the results provide converging support for the propositional expected utility theory of PIT.
Influence of Hardarian Gland Removal and Fur Lipid Removal on Heat-Loss and Water Flux to and from the Skin of Muskrats, Ondotra-Zibethicus, The
Creators: name: Harlow, Henry
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 1984
Subjects: subject: Zoology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The Hardarian gland (an apocrine organ located behind the eye) was removed from one group of muskrats. Another group of muskrats was anesthetized and shampooed. The fur of shampooed and Hardarianectomized muskrats did not appear to repel water as effectively as sham control animals. Both shampooed and Hardarianectomized muskrats had higher rates of heat loss while submerged in a 4 C water bath than sham control animals. The magnitude of heat loss was less for the Hardarianectomized muskrats. Hardarianectomized and shampooed muskrats had elevated rates of evaporative water loss with an estimated cutaneous water loss of 52% and 66% of total evaporative water loss for Hardarianectomized and shampooed muskrats compared with 41% for control animals. Coating the fur of muskrats with mineral oil tended to retard evaporative water loss. It appears that the Hardarian gland is an effective source of lipids which may be spread onto the fur from the nasal duct by both self and communal grooming. This lipid coat appears to help retard heat loss as well as water flux to and from the skin.
Limitations of Efficient Reducibility to the Kolmogorov Random Strings
Creators: name: Hitchcock, John
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 2012
Subjects: kolmogorov random strings
polynominal-time reducibility
Turing reduction
universal machine
Engineering

description: We show the following results for polynomial-time reducibility to RC, the set of Kolmogorov random strings.
Litocorsa Pearson 1970
Creators: name: Mikac, Barbara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Phyllodocida
Pilargidae
Litocorsa

description: Genus Litocorsa Pearson, 1970
Litocorsa stremma Pearson, 1970
DISTRIBUTION: NA.
LITERATURE RECORDS: Crema et al. 1993; 2001; Castelli et al. 2008.
description: Published as part of Mikac, Barbara, 2015, A sea of worms: polychaete checklist of the Adriatic Sea, pp. 1-172 in Zootaxa 3943 (1) on page 86, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3943.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/244663
A low-cost and miniature aerosol charger using americium-241
Creators: name: Chen, Xiaotong
name: Zhou, Fei
name: Zhang, Qiang
name: Jiang, Feng
name: Jiang, Jingkun
name: Zhang, Zhenzhong
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: The particle number size distribution (PNSD) plays a crucial role in aerosol science and related industries. The recent surge in dense PNSD monitoring networks and measurement in harsh environments necessitates low-cost Electrical Mobility Sizers/Spectrometers (EMS). A miniature charger using the radioactive source of americium-241 charger was specifically developed for the low-cost EMS, with ion sources easily obtainable at low costs from smoke alarms. The ion concentration was over 5 × 1012 m−3. The measured charging efficiency of the charger aligns with the commonly used approximation formulae, while charge distributions deviate slightly from it. To solve this deviation issue, a reported inversion method is adopted which is based on the bipolar PNSD measurement. The practical use of the charger was theoretically explored, providing insights into the particle number concentration limits at commonly employed flow rates. This charger displays the potential for providing a cost-effective method of conditioning aerosol charging in large-scale or environmentally challenging PNSD measurements. Copyright © 2024 American Association for Aerosol Research
MULTIPLE EXPERTS: SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, MEDIA AND LAY DISCOURSES ON 'NEW GENETICS'
Creators: name: WILKINSON, CLARE ELIZABETH
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 2004

description: The significance of public relationships with scientific and medical expertise has increasingly been highlighted as an area of importance in governmental policy formulation and scientific activities. Central to this relationship has been the role of the media, frequently depicted as increasing the strained communications between science, medicine and the public in the present UK 'crisis' of expertise. Sociological research has contributed to our understandings of science, medicine, the media and lay knowledge. The research presented in this thesis correlates these contributions. It focuses on 'new genetics' to elicit the views towards communication and understanding expressed by three groups; media professionals, members of the public and medical and scientific experts. Utilising a range of quantitative and qualitative methods, this research reflects on the relationships and identities created during interactions between these three groups, ignored by prior studies that have frequently focused on one or two participants in such relationships. This thesis contributes to present debates surrounding the role of the media and public, concluding that the present climate for dialogue is a politically motivated, theoretical context, challenged by a lack of practical methods to confront long-held notions of understanding and communication between expertise and lay persons. This offers original insight into the identities members of the media, public and scientific and medical experts create, maintain and displace in their interactions. The 'crisis' in science and trust instead comes 10 represent a manufactured perception of the public and media, which continues to exclude the public from true dialogue with medical and scientific experts and maintains traditional notions of the media as incompetent.
Otopsis Ditlevsen 1917
Creators: name: Mikac, Barbara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Phyllodocida
Pilargidae
Otopsis

description: Genus Otopsis Ditlevsen, 1917
* Otopsis chardyi Katzmann, Laubier & Ramos, 1974
DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA.
LITERATURE RECORDS: Katzmann et al. 1974b; Amoureux 1983b; Katzmann 1983; Castelli 1991; Požar-Domac 1994; Castelli et al. 2008.
description: Published as part of Mikac, Barbara, 2015, A sea of worms: polychaete checklist of the Adriatic Sea, pp. 1-172 in Zootaxa 3943 (1) on page 86, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3943.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/244663
Compact, high-flow, water-based, turbulent-mixing, condensation aerosol concentrator for collection of spot samples
Creators: name: Zervaki, Orthodoxia
name: Dionysiou, Dionysios D.
name: Kulkarni, Pramod
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: A new high-flow, compact aerosol concentrator, using rapid, turbulent mixing to grow aerosol particles into droplets for dry spot sample collection, has been designed and tested. The “TCAC (Turbulent-mixing, Condensation Aerosol Concentrator)” is composed of a saturator for generating hot vapor, a mixing section where the hot vapor mixes with the cold aerosol flow, a growth tube where condensational droplet growth primarily occurs, and a converging nozzle that focuses the droplets into a beam. The prototype concentrator utilizes an aerosol sample flow rate of 4 L min−1. The TCAC was optimized by varying the operating conditions, such as relative humidity of the aerosol flow, mixing flow ratio, vapor temperature, and impaction characteristics. The results showed that particles with a diameter ≥ 25 nm can be grown to a droplet diameter > 1400 nm with near 100% efficiency. Complete activation and growth were observed at relative humidity ≥ 25% of the aerosol sample flow. A consistent spot sample with a diameter of D90 = 1.4 mm (the diameter of a circle containing 90% of the deposited particles) was obtained regardless of the aerosol particle diameter (dp = 20–1900 nm). For fiber counting applications using phase contrast microscopy, the TCAC can reduce the sampling time, or counting uncertainty, by two to three orders of magnitude, compared to the 25-mm-filter collection. The study shows that the proposed mixing-flow scheme enables a compact spot sample collector suitable for handheld or portable applications, while still allowing for high flow rates.
Pilargis Saint-Joseph 1899
Creators: name: Mikac, Barbara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Phyllodocida
Pilargidae
Pilargis

description: Genus Pilargis Saint-Joseph, 1899
Pilargis verrucosa Saint-Joseph, 1899
DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA, SA.
LITERATURE RECORDS: Fauvel 1934, 1940; Vatova 1942; Katzmann 1972, 1973a; Amoureux 1976, 1983a, 1983c; Katzmann 1983; Gillet 1986; Zavodnik & Vidaković 1987; Castelli 1991; Požar-Domac 1994; Zahtila 1995, 1997; Crema et al. 2001; Cantone & Di Pietro 2002; Aleffi et al. 2003; Simonini et al. 2004; Boscolo et al. 2006; Simonini et al. 2007; Solis-Weiss et al. 2007; Castelli et al. 2008.
NEW RECORDS: BM12, BM13, BM14, BM17, BM20, BM21, BM22, BM25, BM26, BM27, BM29, BM32, BM33, BM34, BM36, BM37, BM38, BM39, BM40, BM52, BM53, BM54, BM56, BM66, BM91, BM96, BM98, BM99, BM100, BM101.
description: Published as part of Mikac, Barbara, 2015, A sea of worms: polychaete checklist of the Adriatic Sea, pp. 1-172 in Zootaxa 3943 (1) on page 86, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3943.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/244663
DIMENSIONAL RESPONDING IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS AS A FUNCTION OF STIMULUS AND RESPONSE VARIABLES
Creators: name: Ward, Thomas Bernard
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 1978

description: Restricted classification and similarity rating tasks employing the dimensions of line length and density were used to investigate several issues. One of these was developmental differences in the overall separability of those dimensions. The contribution of perceptual limitation and strategic factors to levels of dimensional responding and to developmental changes in that responding were also investigated. Finally, changes in levels of dimensional responding across trials with stimuli and the contribution of those changes to observed developmental differences were studied.
Number size distribution and charging properties of sub-10 nm metal-based particles produced by spark ablation at atmospheric pressure
Creators: name: Liu, Yiliang
name: Attoui, Michel
name: Baalbaki, Rima
name: Cai, Runlong
name: Biskos, George
name: Chen, Yang
name: Kangasluoma, Juha
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Sub-10 nm metal-based nanoparticles have garnered immense interest due to their unique properties and versatile applications. In this study, we created sub-10 nm Ag-based particles with a spark discharge generator and explored the parameters impacting their size distribution and charging properties, including carrier gas flow rates, spark discharge voltage, electrode gap distances, and capacitance. Our findings illuminate that there is a comparable influence of different factors on both self-charged and neutral particles. Among the different factors, carrier gas flow rates emerging as a paramount determinant in particle size. While increasing spark discharge voltage and capacitance within the spark circuit increases particle concentrations, the associated changes in particle size prove to be less straightforward. Significant differences between the concentration of positive and negative self-charged particles manifest when the carrier gas flow rate surpasses 5.0 L min−1, with positive particles ranging from 0.8 to 1.2 nm and negative particles spanning 0.8 to 3.0 nm. Self-charged particles close to 1 nm tend to exhibit positive charges, whereas those larger than 2 nm tend to acquire negative charges, which suggests the growth of negative particles is faster than positive ones in the spark chamber. Nevertheless, these disparities between bipolar particles diminish with the increase of residence time, leading to the observation of similar particle size distributions. Positive particles consistently bear a single charge, while some negative particles exceeding 3 nm exhibit multiple charges, primarily under carrier gas flow rates exceeding 7.5 L min−1. This study provides insights into the control of properties of nano-sized metal particles, which are crucial for their practical utilization. Copyright © 2024 American Association for Aerosol Research
Sigambra Muller 1858
Creators: name: Mikac, Barbara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Phyllodocida
Pilargidae
Sigambra

description: Genus Sigambra Müller, 1858
? Sigambra parva (Day, 1963)
DISTRIBUTION: CA, SA.
LITERATURE RECORDS: Fassari 1983; Radić 2009.
OTHER REPORTED NAMES: Ancistrosyllis parva Day, 1963
REMARKS: Sigambra parva was considered an alien species in the Mediterranean, that originated from South Africa (Zenetos et al. 2010). However, due to the confusing taxonomy concerning S. tentaculata and S. parva, the presence of S. parva in the Mediterranean cannot be assumed, and it may be too premature to regard it as an alien species.
Sigambra tentaculata (Treadwell, 1941)
DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA, SA.
LITERATURE RECORDS: Katzmann 1973a, 1983; Gillet 1986; Ambrogi et al. 1987; Zavodnik & Vidaković 1987; Castelli 1991; Požar-Domac 1994; Zahtila 1995; Crema et al. 2001; Cantone & Di Pietro 2002; Forni et al. 2004; Simonini et al. 2004, 2005a; Boscolo et al. 2006; Simonini et al. 2007; Castelli et al. 2008; Massamba N’Siala et al. 2008.
NEW RECORDS: BM11, BM12, BM13, BM14, BM15, BM16, BM17, BM18, BM19, BM20, BM21, BM22, BM25, BM26, BM27, BM28, BM33, BM34, BM37, BM38, BM39, BM44, BM45, BM46, BM47, BM48, BM49, BM50, BM51, BM52, BM53, BM54, BM55, BM56, BM57, BM58, BM59, BM60, BM61, BM63, BM66, BM68, BM69, BM70, BM73, BM74, BM90, BM91, BM92, BM96, BM97, BM98, BM99, BM101.
description: Published as part of Mikac, Barbara, 2015, A sea of worms: polychaete checklist of the Adriatic Sea, pp. 1-172 in Zootaxa 3943 (1) on pages 86-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3943.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/244663
A distributed parameter model for the solvent evaporation from a saline droplet including internal solute diffusion and heat conduction
Creators: name: Mignot, Benjamin
name: Mahmud, Tariq
name: Heggs, Peter J.
name: Ghadiri, Mojtaba
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: The study of respiratory droplets evaporation and formation of crystalline solid residues has become more and more important with the spread of respiratory diseases such as COVID-19. Evaporation time and droplet sizes greatly influence the dispersion of respiratory aerosols and their subsequent airborne transmission to susceptible hosts. In this study, a saline droplet is used as a surrogate for a respiratory droplet and a mathematical model is developed for its evaporation. Predictions agree well with experimental data reported in the literature. The model includes partial differential equations (PDEs) for the diffusion of dissolved solute and heat conduction within a saline droplet and water evaporation from the droplet surface. The internal domain of the droplet is discretized in space using the finite volume method, transforming the (PDEs) into a set of ordinary differential equations in time, which are solved using the Rosenbrock method. The calculation terminates when the solute concentration at the droplet surface reaches a value corresponding to a critical supersaturation level for the on-set of crystallization. The radial concentration profiles at different time intervals highlight the solute concentration enrichment at the droplet surface as it dries, by which the rate of solvent evaporation is affected. The model is also applied to a free-falling saline droplet evaporating under room temperature and relative humidity. The outcome reveals a strong dependency of the initial solute concentration on the ratio of initial to final droplet size. Lastly, the capability of the model predictions is demonstrated at a high relative humidity, where condensation occurs, broadening the model’s applicability.
ANXIETY IN MILITARY MEMBERS AND THEIR SPOUSES OVER THE FIRST TWELVE MONTHS AFTER RELOCATION
Creators: name: Sanneman Kelly, Susan
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 1995

description: Research of the impact of relocation has failed to produce a theoretical foundation and is predominantly polarized into positive and negative effects. Two themes, however, recur throughout the literature: a) the experience of relocation includes loss, and b) wives feel the impact of relocation more severely than their husbands. Parkes' theory of psychosocial transition (1971) encapsulates the theme of loss. In this study, anxiety of 314 active duty men and women and their civilian spouses was measured 1-12 months after a military move to explore the fit of Parkes' model to relocation. Impacts of relocation by gender and roles (active duty versus civilian) were compared. In a qualitative component to the study, gains and losses created by the relocation were also explored along with behaviors that helped subjects feel more at home in the new place. A 2x2x2 factorial design was used with three independent variables of time since move, gender and role. The dependent variable was state anxiety as measured by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), Form Y (Spielberger, 1983). A .05 level of significance was used in the hypothesis testing. As proposed by Parkes' psychosocial transition model, military couples that had relocated 1-6 months previous scored significantly higher in state anxiety than military couples who had moved 7-12 months previous. Members and spouses also differed significantly in anxiety across education levels, ranks, and ages, as well as number of children living with the couple. Results of this project support previous findings that relocation impacts women more intensely than men, but not for the previously purported reason - lack of familiar work setting. Women exhibited significantly higher levels of anxiety whether they were employed full time (active duty) or civilian spouses following their active duty husbands. Each group of subjects overwhelmingly identified loss of friends as a severe loss due to the move. For subjects on active duty, the most positive gains of relocation during the first year were family closeness and benefits of new jobs. The dominant theme for the civilian spouses was the benefits of the new environment. Buying and working on new homes was the most helpful behavior for all groups during the first year after relocation.
Poecilochaetus Claparede
Creators: name: Mikac, Barbara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Spionida
Poecilochaetidae
Poecilochaetus

description: Genus Poecilochaetus Claparède in Ehlers, 1875
Poecilochaetus fauchaldi Pilato & Cantone, 1976
DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA, SA.
LITERATURE RECORDS: Cantone 1989; Požar-Domac 1994; Crema et al. 2001; Cantone & Di Pietro 2002; Simonini et al. 2005a, 2007; Castelli et al. 2008; Mikac et al. 2011.
NEW RECORDS: BM11, BM12, BM13, BM15, BM16, BM18, BM20, BM22, BM27, BM28, BM30, BM31, BM33, BM34, BM36, BM37, BM38, BM39, BM40, BM45, BM47, BM48, BM49, BM50, BM51, BM52, BM53, BM54, BM56, BM65, BM91, BM92, BM96, BM98, BM99, BM100.
®? Poecilochaetus modestus Rullier, 1965
DISTRIBUTION: NA.
NEW RECORDS: BM53.
REMARKS: This is the first record from the Adriatic Sea. However, identification is uncertain and in need of confirmation. This species is distributed along the Atlantic coast of central Africa (Togo, the type locality, and Ivory Coast) (Rullier 1965; Intes & Le Loeuff 1975).
DEPOSITED MATERIAL: BM53, 0 1.10.2003., 1 spec. (PMR-17633).
Poecilochaetus serpens Allen, 1904
DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA, SA.
LITERATURE RECORDS: Banse 1959; Katzmann 1972, 1973a; Amoureux 1976, 1979; Zavodnik 1979; Amoureux 1983a; Avèin & Vrišer 1983; Katzmann 1983; Bedulli et al. 1984; Del Piero et al. 1984; Gillet 1986; Ambrogi et al. 1987; Orel et al. 1987; Zavodnik & Vidaković 1987; Aleffi et al. 1988; Orel 1988; Cantone 1989; Požar-Domac 1994; Zahtila 1995, 1997; Cantone & Di Pietro 2002; Ceschia et al. 2002; Aleffi et al. 2003; Solis-Weiss et al. 2004; Zavodnik et al. 2006; Solis-Weiss et al. 2007; Castelli et al. 2008.
NEW RECORDS: BM41, BM42, BM43, BM52, BM53, BM54.
description: Published as part of Mikac, Barbara, 2015, A sea of worms: polychaete checklist of the Adriatic Sea, pp. 1-172 in Zootaxa 3943 (1) on page 87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3943.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/244663
PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER: ENHANCING CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING THROUGH MACHINE LEARNING
Creators: name: G. Divya* & Dr. V. Maniraj**
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a Neuro complaint that influences an individual’s communication, announcement, and knowledge talents. Analysis of Autism can be completed at any age-group level. Autism patients look at diverse kinds of disputes learning disabilities, and complexity with meditation. Mental health problems, motor difficulties, and sensory problems are some of the problems faced by Autism patients. Earlier diagnosis and proper medication at the early stage are essential to control ASD. The ASD prediction framework is built to support a behavioural aspect-based analysis model without any device in this research. The ASD prediction process is focused on the childhood and adolescent analysis model utilized in the system. The behavioural parameters are collected with the support of the Autism Query collections. The decision tree (DT) and Support Vector Machine (SVM) techniques, K-Nearest Neighbours (KNN), and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) are applied for the ASD prediction process. The Correlated Feature selection based Random Forest (CFS-RT) algorithm is applied for the ASD prediction process, giving an accuracy of 93.03%, and ANN produces 97.68% and outperformance other methods.
A new equation for the mean free path of air
Creators: name: Tsalikis, Dimitrios G.
name: Mavrantzas, Vlasis G.
name: Pratsinis, Sotiris E.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: A recent rigorous methodology for determining the mean free path, λ, of air at ambient conditions [Tsalikis, D. G., Mavrantzas, V. G., & Pratsinis, S. E. (2023). Physics of Fluids, 35, 097131] is extended to pressures, P, from 0.5 to 5 atm and temperatures, T, from 100 to 3000 K that are of environmental and industrial relevance, allowing to derive a new simple equation for λ as a function of T and P. This entails molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of air accounting for the actual shape and force field of nitrogen and oxygen and analysis of the computed microcanonical ensemble of free paths to derive λ at any P and T. Simulations are rigorously validated by comparing MD-predicted air densities, diffusivities and viscosities at various temperatures and pressures against experimental measurements, theoretical expressions and ab initio simulations. At all T and P, the MD-computed λ are systematically smaller (at least 40%) than those from classic kinetic theory and its variants. The new equation for λ is: λ(T,P)=0.033916×T1.23P−1 and can be also expressed in terms of the standard Jennings’ expression, λ=π/8μu1ρP [Jennings, S. G. (1998). Journal of Aerosol Science, 19(2), 159–166], relating λ to air viscosity, μ, and density, ρ, using just a new value for its numerical factor u, u = 0.81475 ± 0.00288, which is 63% larger than the current u = 0.4987445.
Scaling Analysis for the Tracer Flow Problem in Self-Similar Permeability Fields
Creators: name: Borges, M. R.
name: Furtado, Fred
name: Pereira, Felipe
name: Souto, H. P. A.
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: scaling analysis
subject: scale-up
subject: tracer flow
subject: self-similarity
subject: mixing length
subject: porous media
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: The spatial variations in porous media (aquifers and petroleum reservoirs) occur at all length scales (from the pore to the reservoir scale) and are incorporated into the governing equations for multiphase flow problems on the basis of random fields (geostatistical models). As a consequence, the velocity field is a random function of space. The randomness of the velocity field gives rise to a mixing region between fluids, which can be characterized by a mixing length ℓ = ℓ(t). Here we focus on the scale-up problem for tracer flows. Under very general conditions, in the limit of small heterogeneity strengths it has been derived by perturbation theories that the scaling behavior of the mixing region is related to the scaling properties of the self-similar (or fractal) geological heterogeneity through the scaling law ℓ(t) ~ to t(γ), where γ = max{1/2, 1-β/2}; β is the scaling exponent that controls the relative importance of short vs. large scales in the geology. The goals of this work are the following: (i) The derivation of a new, mathematically rigorous scaling analysis for the tracer flow problem subject to self-similar heterogeneities. This theoretical development relates the large strength to the small strength heterogeneity regime by a simple scaling of solutions. It follows from this analysis that the scaling law derived by perturbation theory is valid for any strength of the underlying geology, thereby extending the current available results. To the best of the knowledge of the authors this is the only rigorous result available in the literature for the large strength heterogeneity regime. (ii) The presentation of a Monte Carlo study of highly resolved simulations, which are in excellent agreement with the predictions of our new theory. This indicates that our Monte Carlo results are accurate and can be applied to other models for stochastic geology.
Polygordius Schneider 1868
Creators: name: Mikac, Barbara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Polygordiidae
Polygordius

description: Genus Polygordius Schneider, 1868
® Polygordius appendiculatus Fraipont, 1887
DISTRIBUTION: NA.
NEW RECORDS: Two stations along the coast of Rovinj (NA), corresponding to BM10 and BM20 (Ramey-Balci, pers.comm.).
REMARKS: These are the first records from the Adriatic Sea.
? Polygordius lacteus Schneider, 1868
DISTRIBUTION: NA.
LITERATURE RECORDS: Graeff 1905; Salvini-Plawen 1968. REMARKS: Given the historical difficulty in distinguishing morphologically P. l a ct e us from P. neapolitanus Fraipont, 1887, together with their known different geographical distributions, it is likely that the Adriatic records of P. l a ct e us actually refer to P. neapolitanus or possibly to P. triestinus Woltereck in Hemplemann, 1906 (since Graeffe's 1905 report is from the Gulf of Trieste—the type locality for P. triestinus) (P. Ramey-Balci, pers. comm.). Polygordius lacteus was originally described from Helgoland, in the North Sea (Schneider 1868) and its known distribution includes the North Sea and the North East Atlantic Ocean; P. neapolitanus was, on the other hand, described from the Gulf of Naples (Fraipont 1887) and distributed through the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, while P. triestinus Woltereck in Hemplemann, 1906 was described from the Gulf of Trieste, and until now reported only from the northern Adriatic.
® P olygor dius neapolitanus Fraipont, 1884
DISTRIBUTION: NA
NEW RECORDS: Two stations along the coast of Rovinj (NA), corresponding BM10 and BM20 (Ramey-Balci, pers.comm.).
REMARKS: These are the first records from the Adriatic Sea.
*(E) Polygordius triestinus Woltereck in Hempelmann, 1906
DISTRIBUTION: NA.
LITERATURE RECORDS: Hempelmann 1906; Salvini-Plawen 1968; Castelli et al. 2008. NEW RECORDS: BM11, BM12, BM13, BM21, BM26, BM27, BM28, BM34, BM53, BM65. REMARKS: The identity of the specimens from the stations of these new records was confirmed by P. Ramey-Balci, an expert on Polygordius. Polygordius triestinus was originally described by Hempelmann (1906) from the Gulf of Trieste (NA) and since then only reported once by Salvini-Plawen (1968) near Rovinj. The re-description of the species is in progress, by P. Ramey-Balci, B. Mikac and D. Fiege, based on the material collected at some of the stations reported here.
description: Published as part of Mikac, Barbara, 2015, A sea of worms: polychaete checklist of the Adriatic Sea, pp. 1-172 in Zootaxa 3943 (1) on pages 87-88, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3943.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/244663
CYTOKINE PROFILES AND THEIR RELEVANCE TO HUMAN TRANSPLANTATION
Creators: name: CARTWRIGHT, NICOLA HELEN
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 1999

description: The aim of this project was to develop an in vitro functional assay for the prediction of allograft rejection following renal transplantation. This assay was also used to study acute GVHD following identical sibling bone marrow transplantation. Lymphocyte cytokine profiles were measured by ELISA (protein secretion) and flow cytometry (cytokine expression) following mitogen stimulation and MLR. In normal individuals, considerable inter-individual variations were found in both protein secretion (IL-2, IL- 4, IL-10 and IFN-γ) and cytokine expression (IL-2 and IFN-γ). Strong relationships were found between IL-2 protein and expression, IL-2 and IL-10 protein, and IL-10 and IFN-γ protein secretion. Analysis of cytokine gene polymorphisms showed no correlation between IFN-y protein secretion, frequency or gene polymorphism. Pre-transplant MLRs were set up between renal transplant patient/donors pairs and cytokine protein secretion (IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-10 and IFN-γ) measured by ELISA. Analysis was performed to ascertain predictive factors of allograft rejection. Inter-individual variations were found for all cytokine profiles. Significant correlations were found between individual cytokine protein profiles including IL-10 and IFN-γ. In addition, a correlation was found between HLA-DR mismatching and both IL-10 and IFN-γ protein secreted in the MLR. Primary univariate analysis revealed that HLA and HLA-DR mismatching, female donor sex, MLR-stimulated IL-10, MLR-stimulated IFN-γ and spontaneous IL-4 secretion were associated with an increased risk of rejection. Multivariate analysis showed the strongest correlations for predicting risk of rejection to be female donor sex, HLA mismatching and MLR-stimulated IL-l 0 secretion. A combination of high HLA mismatching and high IL-l 0 secretion in MLR gave the highest risk of rejection (RR=25.5). Finally, cytokine secretion decreased when measured post-transplant. Prediction of graft survival could not be analysed due to the low number (n=6) of patients that suffered graft failure in the group. Cytokine protein secretion (IL-2, IL-4, IL-10 and IFN-γ) in MLR was also studied for prediction of GVHD after bone marrow transplantation. There was a very low MLR response by all BMT pairs, therefore analysis could not be performed.
State and Local Tax Exemption Programs: Reply
Creators: name: Morgan, William E.
name: Hackbart, M. M.
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 1976
Subjects: Economics

description: Mr. Lamberton’s comment [5] on our recent study of industrial tax exemption programs [6] is focused on two points: (a) that average costs have been incorrectly compared with marginal benefits and (b) that the costs of tax exemption programs have been overestimated “because the opportunity cost of that part of tax revenues foregone which is attributable to induced investment is zero and should not be included in the costs of tax exemption.”
Acholoe Claparede 1870
Creators: name: Mikac, Barbara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Phyllodocida
Polynoidae
Acholoe

description: Genus Acholoe Claparède, 1870
Acholoe astericola (Delle Chiaje, 1841)
DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA, SA.
LITERATURE RECORDS: Stossich 1883; Carus 1884; Graeffe 1905; Zavodnik 1960; Banse 1970; Marcuzzi 1972; Matjašić & Štirn 1975; Amoureux 1976; Požar-Domac 1994; Zahtila 1995; Zavodnik & Kovačić 2000; Barnich & Fiege 2003; Castelli et al. 2008.
OTHER REPORTED NAMES: Acholoe squamosa (delle Chiaje, 1828). REMARKS: The previous records of Acholoe squamosa (Delle Chiaje, 1828) in the Adriatic Sea should be referred to A. astericola.
description: Published as part of Mikac, Barbara, 2015, A sea of worms: polychaete checklist of the Adriatic Sea, pp. 1-172 in Zootaxa 3943 (1) on page 88, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3943.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/244663
‘The Agony & the Ecstasy: Managing a Chronic Pain Condition Whilst Being a Mother’
Creators: name: Chapman-Moyle, Movita
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: PhD

description: Persistent pain is a debilitating condition affecting more women than men, and for women in their child-rearing years this means struggling to bring up children whilst contending with an unforgiving pain condition. Existing research in this area has found increased levels of pain complaints in children of mothers with persistent pain, raising the risk of them developing some form of pain in later years. A primary aim of this research was to investigate ways attachment influences pain development in children of maternal persistent pain sufferers. Additionally, the aim was to investigate how transmission of pain behaviour, including the experience of pain and coping strategies, is influenced by whether mothers suffer with pain with a medically acknowledged aetiology, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), compared to more contested aetiology, such as fibromyalgia (FMS). Mothers with children aged between 5-16, were recruited via national pain organisations and via social media, completed standardised questionnaires, five participated in attachment interviews, parenting interviews, and their children engaged in child attachment interviews All five women described how their pain condition was an emotional and practical challenge, and had childhood histories indicating difficulties in dealing with their lives and pain. In turn, these impacted on their parenting, meaning four of the five cases indicated considerable risks to the future development of their children. Differences in pain aetiology were not related to attachment styles, nor the expression of either maternal or child pain. Four of the five mothers reported providing physical care when their children were in pain or distress, one, whose pain was relatively well managed, reported providing comfort for her child when ill. Conversely, none of the children reported receiving comfort or nurturing when ill. Clinical implications include a need not just for individual but also for family based therapies for women with persistent pain and their children.
Malleable Robots: Reconfigurable Robotic Arms with Continuum Links of Variable Stiffness
Creators: name: Clark, Angus B.
name: Rojas, Nicolas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Through the implementation of reconfigurability to achieve flexibility and adaptation to tasks by morphology changes rather than by increasing the number of joints, malleable robots present advantages over traditional serial robot arms in regards to reduced weight, size, and cost. While limited in degrees of freedom (DOF), malleable robots still provide versatility across operations typically served by systems using higher DOF than required by the tasks. In this paper, we present the creation of a 2-DOF malleable robot, detailing the design of joints and malleable link, along with its modelling through forward and inverse kinematics, and a reconfiguration methodology that informs morphology changes based on end effector location -- determining how the user should reshape the robot to enable a task previously unattainable. The recalibration and motion planning for making robot motion possible after reconfiguration are also discussed, and thorough experiments with the prototype to evaluate accuracy and reliability of the system are presented. Results validate the approach and pave the way for further research in the area.
description: 18 pages, 24 figures
Examination of Subfamilial Phylogeny in Bromeliaceae Using Comparative Sequencing of the Plastid Locus Ndhf
Creators: name: Terry, R. G.
name: Brown, Gregory K.
name: Olmstead, R. G.
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 2024
Subjects: Bromeliaceae
molecular systematics
ndhF
phylogeny
Botany

description: Parsimony analysis of 31 sequences of the chloroplast locus ndhF was used to address questions of subfamilial phylogeny in Bromeliaceae. Results presented here are congruent with those from chloroplast DNA restriction site analysis in recognizing a clade containing Bromelioideae and Pitcairnioideae, and in resolving Tillandsioideae near the base of the family. Placements of several taxonomically difficult genera (e.g., Glomeropitcairnia and Navia) corroborate those of traditional treatments; however, these data suggest that Brocchinia (Pitcairnioideae) is the sister group to the remainder of Bromeliaceae. Further evidence for the paraphyly of Pitcairnioideae includes the resolution of Puya as the sister group to Bromelioideae. Implications for taxonomic realignment at the subfamily level are considered.
Eunoe Malmgren 1865
Creators: name: Mikac, Barbara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Phyllodocida
Polynoidae
Eunoe

description: Genus Eunoe Malmgren, 1865
Eunoe nodosa (M. Sars, 1861)
DISTRIBUTION: NA.
LITERATURE RECORDS: Amoureux 1979; Zavodnik 1979; Igić 1982; Požar-Domac 1994; Zahtila 1995. NEW RECORDS: BM43.
*(E) Eunoe tuerkayi Barnich & Fiege, 2003 DISTRIBUTION: NA.
LITERATURE RECORDS: Barnich & Fiege 2003.
description: Published as part of Mikac, Barbara, 2015, A sea of worms: polychaete checklist of the Adriatic Sea, pp. 1-172 in Zootaxa 3943 (1) on page 88, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3943.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/244663