cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Periconceptional folic acid supplementation and child asthma: a Right From the Start follow-up study
Creators: name: Adgent, Margaret A.
name: Vereen, Shanda
name: McCullough, Alexis
name: Jones, Sarah H.
name: Torstenson, Eric
name: Edwards, Digna R. Velez
name: Hartmann, Katherine E.
name: Carroll, Kecia N.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: High maternal folic acid exposure has been studied as a risk factor for child asthma with inconclusive results. Folic acid supplementation that begins before pregnancy may propagate high exposures during pregnancy, particularly in regions with fortified food supplies. We investigated whether folic acid supplementation initiated periconceptionally is associated with childhood asthma in a US cohort. We re-contacted mother–child dyads previously enrolled in a prospective pregnancy cohort and included children age 4 to 8 years at follow-up (n = 540). Using first trimester interviews, we assessed whether initial folic acid-containing supplement (FACS) use occurred near/before estimated conception (“periconceptional”) or after (during the “first trimester”). Follow-up questionnaires were used to determine if a child ever had an asthma diagnosis (“ever asthma”) or asthma diagnosis with prevalent symptoms or medication use (“current asthma”). We examined associations between FACS initiation and asthma outcomes using logistic regression, excluding preterm births and adjusting for child age, sex, maternal race, maternal education, and parental asthma. Approximately half of women initiated FACS use periconceptionally (49%). Nine percent of children had “ever asthma” and 6% had “current asthma.” Periconceptional initiation was associated with elevated odds of ever asthma [adjusted odds ratio (95% Confidence Interval): 1.65 (0.87, 3.14)] and current asthma [1.87 (0.88, 4.01)], relative to first trimester initiation. We observed positive, but imprecisely estimated associations between periconceptional FACS initiation and child asthma. Folic acid prevents birth defects and is recommended. However, larger studies of folic acid dosing and timing, with consideration for childhood asthma, are needed.
High rate CO2 photoreduction using flame annealed TiO2 nanotubes
Creators: name: Kumar, Pawan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 30101 Analytical Spectrometry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 30402 Biomolecular Modelling and Design
subject: 30306 Synthesis of Materials
subject: Supramolecular Chemistry
subject: 30701 Quantum Chemistry
subject: Molecular Physics
subject: 30604 Electrochemistry
subject: 30102 Electroanalytical Chemistry
subject: Computational Chemistry

description: The photocatalytic reduction of CO2 into light hydrocarbons using sunlight and water is a challenging reaction involving eight electron transfer steps; nevertheless, it has great potential to address the problem of rising anthropogenic carbon emissions and enable the use of fossil fuels in a sustainable way. Several decades after its first use, TiO2 remains one of the best performing and most durable photocatalysts for CO2 reduction albeit with a poor visible light absorption capacity. We have used flame annealing to improve the response of TiO2 to visible photons and engineered a nanotubular morphology with square-shaped cross-sections in flame-annealed nanotubes. An enhanced CH4 yield was achieved in the photoreduction of CO2 using flame annealed TiO2 nanotubes, and isotope labeled experiments confirmed the reaction products to originate from the CO2 reactant.
Simulation.rar
Creators: name: Sadrishojaei, Mahyar
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 400604
subject: Network engineering
classificationCode: 400602
subject: Data communications
classificationCode: 400608
subject: Wireless communication systems and technologies (incl. microwave and millimetrewave)

description: All required files included tutorial file for simulation
Determining Foreground Contamination in CMB Observations: Diffuse Galactic Emission in the MAXIMA-I Field
Creators: name: Jaffe, A. H.
name: Balbi, A.
name: Bond, J. R.
name: Borrill, J.
name: Ferreira, P. G.
name: Finkbeiner, D.
name: Hanany, S.
name: Lee, A. T.
name: Rabii, B.
name: Richards, P. L.
name: Smoot, G. F.
name: Stompor, R.
name: Winant, C. D.
name: Wu, J. H. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Observations of the CMB can be contaminated by diffuse foreground emission from sources such as Galactic dust and synchrotron radiation. In these cases, the morphology of the contaminating source is known from observations at different frequencies, but not its amplitude at the frequency of interest for the CMB. We develop a technique for accounting for the effects of such emission in this case, and for simultaneously estimating the foreground amplitude in the CMB observations. We apply the technique to CMB data from the MAXIMA-1 experiment, using maps of Galactic dust emission from combinations of IRAS and DIRBE observations, as well as compilations of Galactic synchrotron emission observations. The spectrum of the dust emission over the 150--450 GHz observed by MAXIMA is consistent with preferred models but the effect on CMB power spectrum observations is negligible.
description: 19 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal. Monor changes to match the published version
Artifacts and Errors in Cross-Spectrum Phase Noise Measurements
Creators: name: Gruson, Yannick
name: Rus, Adrian
name: Rohde, Ulrich L.
name: Roth, Alexander
name: Rubiola, Enrico
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This article deals with the erratic and inconsistent phase-noise spectra often seen in low-noise oscillators, whose floor is of the order of $-180$ dBc/Hz or less. Such oscillators are generally measured with two-channel instruments based on averaging two simultaneous and statistically independent measures. Our new method consists of inserting a dissipative attenuator between the oscillator under test and the phase-noise analyzer. The thermal noise of the attenuator introduces a controlled amount of phase noise. We compare the phase noise floor to the theoretical expectation with different values of the attenuation in small steps. The analysis reveals a negative bias (underestimation of phase noise) due to the thermal energy of the internal power splitter at the instrument input, and an uncertainty due to crosstalk between the two channels. In not-so-rare unfortunate cases, the bias results in a negative phase-noise spectrum, which is an obvious nonsense. Similar results are observed separately in three labs with instruments from the two major brands. We give experimental evidence, full theory, and suggestions to mitigate the problem. Our multiple-attenuators method provides quantitative information about the correlation phenomena inside the instrument.
description: 24 pages, 10 figures, 1 table, 38 references
Leptopternis maculata Vosseler 1902
Creators: name: Usmani, Mohammad Kamil
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Baissogryllidae
Leptopternis
Leptopternis maculata

description: 36. Leptopternis maculata Vosseler, 1902
 Diagnosis: This species can be identified by its inner spurs of hind tibia much longer than other, exceeding half length of basal tarsal segment (Steinmann, 1965: Fig. 28); pronotum short and broad, constricted in prozona, posterior sulcus placed at anterior third, prozona much shorter than prozona.
 Habitats: It is a species of short grassland and field crops, possible preferably herbivorous.
 Material examined: Al Shati Region: Brack, 1 ♀, on alfalfa-wild grass, 13.vi.1995.
 Localities: Cyrenaica: Libyan desert; Tripolitania: Ain Zara, Bu Kamesh, Tripoli; Fezzan: Brack.
 Distribution: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mouretania, Tunisia, S.W. Asia.
 Remarks: Earlier recorded from Cyrenaica by Salfi (1929) and from Tripolitania by Werner (1908 a,b), I. Bolivar (1915) and Dirsh (1965).
description: Published as part of Usmani, Mohammad Kamil, 2008, Studies on Acridoidea (Orthoptera) with some new records from Fezzan, Libya, pp. 1-41 in Zootaxa 1946 on page 32
Hololeprus variolosus Gerstaecker 1884
Creators: name: Botero, Juan Pablo
name: Tavakilian, Gérard L.
name: Seidel, Matthias
name: Husemann, Martin
name: Simões, Marianna V. P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Hololeprus
Hololeprus variolosus

description: Hololeprus variolosus Gerstaecker, 1884
Hololeprus variolosus Gerstaecker, 1884: 60.
Type status
Holotype.
Type locality
Pangani [Tanzania, Tanga, Pangani].
Current status
Valid species.
description: Published as part of Botero, Juan Pablo, Tavakilian, Gérard L., Seidel, Matthias, Husemann, Martin & Simões, Marianna V. P., 2023, An annotated type catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the Zoological Museum Hamburg, pp. 1-50 in European Journal of Taxonomy 869 on page 14, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.869.2111, http://zenodo.org/record/7891755
Analysis of household attitudes toward the purchase of livestock products and fish in Cameroon
Creators: name: Tambi, N. Emmanuel
name: Tambi, N. Emmanuel
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Cameroon
subject: Meat
subject: Fish
subject: Probit
subject: Marginal probabilities
subject: Selectivity bias

description: The need for additional information on household demand for meat and fish in Cameroon is addressed. Probit analysis involving the Heckman selectivity correction procedure is used to estimate the effects of individual and household characteristics on demand for beef, chicken, pork and fish. Results indicate that fish is a relative necessity in Cameroon and is often substituted for beef and chicken by households whose profiles include being of low income levels, having large household sizes, are of middle age and are less educated. Whereas chicken and pork substitute each other, they are each complementary to beef. The profiles of households likely to purchase beef include being married, middle age, educated and of the Muslim faith. Profiles for households most likely to increase their purchases of chicken include being of high income levels and are public sector employed. Some policy implications are provided.© 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
The effects of inertial load ergometry training and pomegranate juice supplementation on muscle mass and aerobic power in older adults
Creators: name: Allen, Jakob Richard
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 2020
Subjects: Aging
Muscle
Exercise
Training
Mitochondria
Pomegranate
Antioxidants
Strength
Power
Function

description: Skeletal muscle mass is a primary determinant of the ability to maintain autonomy later in life. The reductions in skeletal muscle mass, beginning after the 3 [superscript rd] decade of life influence not only the ability to produce maximal neuromuscular power (P [subscript max]), but possibly aerobic power generation. The primary purpose of study one was to investigate the effect of inertial load ergometry (ILE) training on skeletal muscle mass and cardiovascular function in untrained 50-70 year old subjects (n=30-39). Then secondarily, to determine whether pomegranate juice (POM) supplementation augments those changes compared to a placebo (PLA) group. Over the course of 8 weeks both groups performed exercise training 3 times per week. Each session involved repeated (15-30x) 4s sprints on the ILE, with each sprint designed to elicit maximal power while simultaneously maintaining an elevated oxygen consumption (VO₂) due to a relatively short 30-60 s recovery interval. Training increased thigh muscle volume (TMV) 3.7 ± 0.9% (p<0.001) for the entire population. Furthermore, in the entire population training increased Total Body Mass 1.36 ± 0.33%, Total Body Lean Mass (TBLM) 1.5 ± 0.4%, P [subscript max] 12.0 ± 1.5%, Peak Oxygen Consumption (VO₂peak) 9.8 ± 1.8%, Power at VO₂ [subscript peak] 8.2 ± 1.5%, Ventilatory Threshold (VT) 7.0 ± 2.4%, and functional tests of living 8.5 ± 1.3%, to 17.2 ± 2% (all p<0.05). There were no statistically significant differences in response to training between POM and PLA for any of these measures. These results show that 8 weeks of ILE training was effective at increasing muscle mass, cardiovascular capacity and functional tasks in untrained 50-70 year old adults, with no further effect of POM supplementation
title: 01_2315
Creators: name: Wesley Baldwin, John
name: Baldwin, John W.
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris

description: L'ensemble de ces notes ont été crée par John Baldwin lors d'une de ses premières périodes de résidence à Paris. Ces documents comprennent tous les magistri qu’il avait pu rencontrer dans ses sources. Aux XIIème et XIIIème siècles, les universités n'existant pas encore, le titre de magister s'il évoque certainement une compétence n'est pas rattaché de façon systématique au passage par les écoles. De surcroît, les magistris sont le plus souvent désignés par leur seul prénom. La lecture de ces données est donc difficile et suppose un long travail pour tenter d'identifier un individu auquel on pourrait rattacher plusieurs mentions. John Baldwin avait donc renoncé à utiliser ces données pour donner un prolongement à sa magnifique étude sur les gradués d'université et leur emploi par les Capétiens et les Plantagenêts. Néanmoins, il a conservé ces données et elles sont potentiellement très utile dans le cadre de Studium, comme le sont toutes les mentions dans les volumes des Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae de chanoines portant ce titre de magister sans autres précisions. L'ampleur des dépouillements rend ces données très utiles et nous devons une grande reconnaissance à John Baldwin pour avoir pris la peine de faire photocopier ses fiches et de nous les avoir transmises amicalement.
Les données ainsi que les images des fiches sont accessibles sur le site Internet à l'adresse suivante : http://studium-baldwin.lamop.fr/.
Les transcriptions des fiches ont été effectuées par des étudiants de Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne mais elles n'ont pas été corrigées par la suite.
description: Relation: https://lamop.hypotheses.org/
Urine metabolomic biomarkers for prediction of isolated fetal congenital heart defect
Creators: name: Friedman, Perry
name: Yilmaz, Ali
name: Ugur, Zafer
name: Jafar, Faryal
name: Whitten, Amy
name: Ustun, Ilyas
name: Turkoglu, Onur
name: Graham, Stewart
name: Singh, Ray Bahado
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: To identify maternal second and third trimester urine metabolomic biomarkers for the detection of fetal congenital heart defects (CHDs). This was a prospective study. Metabolomic analysis of randomly collected maternal urine was performed, comparing pregnancies with isolated, non-syndromic CHDs versus unaffected controls. Mass spectrometry (liquid chromatography and direct injection and tandem mass spectrometry, LC–MS–MS) as well as nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry, 1H NMR, were used to perform the analyses between 14 0/7 and 37 0/7 weeks gestation. A total of 36 CHD cases and 41 controls were compared. Predictive algorithms using urine markers alone or combined with, clinical and ultrasound (US) (four-chamber view) predictors were developed and compared. A total of 222 metabolites were identified, of which 16 were overlapping between the two platforms. Twenty-three metabolite concentrations were found in significantly altered in CHD gestations on univariate analysis. The concentration of methionine was most significantly altered. A predictive algorithm combining metabolites (histamine, choline, glucose, formate, methionine, and carnitine) plus US four-chamber view achieved an AUC = 0.894; 95% CI, 0814–0.973 with a sensitivity of 83.8% and specificity of 87.8%. Enrichment pathway analysis identified several lipid related pathways that are dysregulated in CHD, including phospholipid biosynthesis, phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis, phosphatidylethanolamine biosynthesis, and fatty acid metabolism. This could be consistent with the increased risk of CHD in diabetic pregnancies. We report a novel, noninvasive approach, based on the analysis of maternal urine for isolated CHD detection. Further, the dysregulation of lipid- and folate metabolism appears to support prior data on the mechanism of CHD.
Oedipoda miniata It
Creators: name: Usmani, Mohammad Kamil
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Baissogryllidae
Oedipoda
Oedipoda miniata

description: 38. Oedipoda miniata (Pallas, 1771)
 Diagnosis: It can easily be distinguished from O. coerulescens because its wings are basally red.
 Habitats: It is generally found in desert, semi-desert areas. It may also be found in dry places with sparse vegetation and may extend into cultivated ground.
 Material examined: Al Shati Region: Brack, 1♂, 2♀, on alfalfa, 11.xii.1993.
 Localities: Cyrenaica: Appolonia, Barca, Bengasi, Dernah, Fueihat, Ghemines, Giuliana, Golfo di Bomba, Merg, Porto Bardia, T ecnis, T ocra, Tolmetta; Tripolitania: Ain Zara, Aziziyah, Gharian, Girza (Chersa), Jebel T'kut, Leptis Magna, Tripoli, U adi Gerfen; Fezzan: Brack.
 Distribution: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, S. Europe, S.W. Asia.
 Remarks: This species is ditributed all over Libya. Earlier recorded from Tripolitania by Werner (1908 b) and La Greca (1958) and from Cyreniaca by Giglio-Tos (1923), Uvarov (1923), Zanon (1924), Salfi (1925 b) and Capra (1929).
description: Published as part of Usmani, Mohammad Kamil, 2008, Studies on Acridoidea (Orthoptera) with some new records from Fezzan, Libya, pp. 1-41 in Zootaxa 1946 on page 33
Enhanced charge separation in g-C3N4–BiOI heterostructures for visible light driven photoelectrochemical water splitting
Creators: name: Kumar, Pawan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 30401 Biologically Active Molecules
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 30601 Catalysis and Mechanisms of Reactions
subject: 30403 Characterisation of Biological Macromolecules
subject: Crystallography
subject: 30603 Colloid and Surface Chemistry
subject: 30404 Cheminformatics and Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships
subject: 30102 Electroanalytical Chemistry
subject: Environmental Chemistry
subject: 30399 Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry not elsewhere classified
subject: 30299 Inorganic Chemistry not elsewhere classified
subject: 39903 Industrial Chemistry
subject: 30106 Quality Assurance, Chemometrics, Traceability and Metrological Chemistry
subject: 30305 Polymerisation Mechanisms
subject: 30304 Physical Chemistry of Materials
subject: 30702 Radiation and Matter
subject: 30207 Transition Metal Chemistry
subject: 30307 Theory and Design of Materials
subject: 30607 Transport Properties and Non-equilibrium Processes

description: Heterojunctions of the low bandgap semiconductor bismuth oxyiodide (BiOI) with bulk multilayered graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) and few layered graphitic carbon nitride sheets (g-C3N4-S) are synthesized and investigated as an active photoanode material for sunlight driven water splitting. HR-TEM and elemental mapping reveals formation of a unique heterostructure between BiOI platelets and the carbon nitride (g-C3N4 and g-C3N4-S) network that consisted of dendritic BiOI nanoplates surrounded by g-C3N4 sheets. The presence of BiOI in g-C3N4-S/BiOI and g-C3N4-S/BiOI nanocomposites extends the visible light absorption profile from 500 nm up to 650 nm.
Global models applied to agricultural and trade policies: a review and assessment
Creators: name: Tongeren, Frank Van
name: Meijl, Hans Van
name: Surry, Yves
name: Tongeren, Frank Van
name: Meijl, Hans Van
name: Surry, Yves
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: Global modelling
subject: Agriculture
subject: Trade

description: The continuing process of global integration bears implications for farmers and related supplying and processing industries in all parts of the world, but also for the rest of the world economy. An assessment of agricultural and trade policy impacts is bound to be complex and is often supported by quantitative modeling analysis. This article provides an assessment of the present state of applied modelling in the area of trade and agricultural policies. We provide in this paper a comparative assessment of alternative modelling approaches, considering a total of 16 partial equilibrium and general equilibrium models. The assessment includes theoretical modelling foundations, datasets employed and institutional aspects, such as model maintenance and dissemination of results. A typology of models is provided by structuring the assessment along a clear set of evaluation criteria.© 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
A Left-Right Mirror Symmetric Model: Common Origin of Neutrino Mass, Baryon Asymmetry and Dark Matter
Creators: name: Yang, Wei-Min
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: I suggest a left-right mirror symmetric particle model as the natural and aesthetic extension of the SM. As the left-right mirror symmetry breaking, the tiny neutrino mass is generated by the radiative mechanism, the baryon asymmetry through the leptogenesis arises from the characteristic decay of the TeV-scale mirror charged lepton, and a KeV-mass sterile Dirac fermion eventually becomes the CDM. The model can completely account for the common origin of the neutrino mass, the baryon asymmetry and the dark matter, moreover, profoundly uncover the internal connections among them. Finally, I discuss several feasible approaches to test the model predictions and probe the new physics by near future experiments.
description: 22 pages, 4 figures, 1 table
Aethiopia elongata Aurivillius 1911
Creators: name: Botero, Juan Pablo
name: Tavakilian, Gérard L.
name: Seidel, Matthias
name: Husemann, Martin
name: Simões, Marianna V. P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Aethiopia
Aethiopia elongata

description: Aethiopia damarensis Breuning, 1943
Aethiopia elongata Aurivillius, 1911: 220.
Aethiopia damarensis – Breuning 1943: 40. — Adlbauer & Beck 2015: 151 (syn.).
Type status
Holotype.
Type locality
Damaraland: Grootfontain, Farm Neitsas [Namibia].
Current status
Junior synonym of Aethiopia elongata Aurivillius, 1911.
description: Published as part of Botero, Juan Pablo, Tavakilian, Gérard L., Seidel, Matthias, Husemann, Martin & Simões, Marianna V. P., 2023, An annotated type catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the Zoological Museum Hamburg, pp. 1-50 in European Journal of Taxonomy 869 on pages 16-17, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.869.2111, http://zenodo.org/record/7891755
Single‐Atom Catalysis: Mixed‐Valence Single‐Atom Catalyst Derived from Functionalized Graphene (Adv. Mater. 17/2019)
Creators: name: Kumar, Pawan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 30201 Bioinorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 30402 Biomolecular Modelling and Design
subject: 30101 Analytical Spectrometry
subject: 30601 Catalysis and Mechanisms of Reactions

description: Metal–metal cooperation in a solid‐state mixed‐valence single‐atom catalyst, boosts yield and selectivity in oxidative amine coupling, with uncompromised reusability, as shown by Manoj B. Gawande, Paolo Fornasiero, Radek Zbořil, and co‐workers in article number 1900323. The catalyst, stemming from the chemical entrapment and partial reduction of Cu(II) ions on cyanographene, lays the ground for the exploitation of the large family of covalent graphene derivatives as versatile 2D coordination ligands, beyond the porphyrin motif in nitrogen‐doped graphenes.
Research data management good practice self-assessment tool
Creators: name: Chan, Janice
name: Brown, John
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Research Data Management
self assessment
Qualtrics
Research support
Research data management training
Western Australia
FAIR principles
Research reproducibility
data management planning

description: The Research Data Management (RDM) good practice self-assessment tool is developed by Curtin University Library for the Research Data Champion (RDC) Program. The program focuses on training, promotion and advocacy for research reproducibility; good research data management practice; data management planning; and FAIR principles. The self-assessment tool was developed to provide RDCs with a model of RDM good practice, which will help the RDCs to identify a path for further training and development. The tool will help the Program Lead to identify deep-dive training topics as well as to measure the effectiveness of the program. It was developed with the intention to complete as a group in a workshop setting. The tool is divided into 5 sections: general knowledge, organisation and retention, analysis and writing, data sharing, and data ethics. Each section contains statements that represent the behaviour or practice at various experience levels. The tool attempts to provide respondent practices at 4 levels of RDM experience: Newbie: I do not have a RDM strategy and do not know where to seek help. Amateur: I’m aware of the importance of a good RDM strategy but unsure how to develop one. I’m aware of the support available, but do not know who to ask. Pro: I have good understanding of RDM and have an effective RDM strategy in place for my own projects, and I know of people who can connect me with someone who can give advice. Hero: I’m able to adapt RDM strategies to different contexts and understand the implications of RDM on research outcomes; I’m well-connected with the right people who can give advice. The tool was developed using Qualtrics. For each question, there are 4 statements, each has a score from 1 to 4 representing the 4 experience levels: newbie, amateur, pro, and hero. At the end of the survey, a total score will be presented to the respondent. For areas that may not be relevant to all research, the “N/A” option is available. All questions are optional because respondents are guided by the facilitator in the workshop. The creators have made this tool available in 2 formats. QSF can be imported directly into Qualtrics and DOCX for editing outside of Qualtrics. Please note that the tool contains references to terminology and legislation specific to Curtin University and Western Australia and requires some amendment to be suitable for use elsewhere.
Demand for area crop insurance among litchi producers in northern Vietnam
Creators: name: Vandeveer, Monte L.
name: Vandeveer, Monte L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Production Economics
subject: Crop insurance
subject: Litchi
subject: Vietnam
subject: Logit

description: This study examines the need for crop insurance for litchi production in northern Vietnam and how farmers might participate in such a program. Hypothetical insurance programs were developed which proposed all-risk coverage based on area yields. This coverage was offered to farmers to determine both their interest in the program and how insurance features and farmer characteristics affected their decision to buy insurance. Farmers were also surveyed regarding their production practices, price and yield expectations, and financial and personal characteristics. Even before considering other program costs and government budget constraints, there is not a strong case for establishing a crop insurance program here. Results indicate that while farmer participation would be significant, crop insurance is not needed to achieve policy goals like raising farmer income or guaranteeing subsistence levels of income. Crop insurance is not needed to promote litchi production, which is already expanding rapidly due to its high profitability relative to other farm enterprises. In their choice of coverages, farmers preferred higher yield guarantee levels and lower indemnity prices. Estimated premiums were quite low when expressed as a percent of expected revenue, and farmers were not responsive to changes in premiums. Econometric analysis indicated that high income farmers were more likely to participate, but other farmer characteristics seemed to matter little. Anecdotal evidence suggested that farmers believed the expected area yields used to set insurance coverage levels were too low. Because litchi productivity varies significantly by tree age and the litchi planted area is expanding rapidly, determining appropriate values for expected area yields and insurance coverage levels appeared to be the biggest challenge in program design. It is hypothesized that additional farmer education about the relationship between area and farm yields and other aspects of area insurance could improve such a program's operation. Published by Elsevier Science B.V.
Point defect states emergence in a plasmonic crystal
Creators: name: Saito, Hikaru
name: Lourenço-Martins, Hugo
name: Bonnet, Noémie
name: Li, Xiaoyan
name: Lovejoy, Tracy C.
name: Dellby, Niklas
name: Stéphan, Odile
name: Kociak, Mathieu
name: Tizei, Luiz H. G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Plasmonic crystals are well known to have band structure including a bandgap, enabling the control of surface plasmon propagation and confinement. The band dispersion relation of bulk crystals has been generally measured by momentum-resolved spectroscopy using far field optical techniques while the defects introduced in the crystals have separately been investigated by near field imaging techniques so far. Particularly, defect related energy levels introduced in the plasmonic band gap have not been observed experimentally. In order to investigate such a localized mode, we performed electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS), on a point defect introduced in a plasmonic crystal made up of flat cylinders protruding out of a metal film and arranged on a triangular lattice. The energy level of the defect mode was observed to lie within the full band-gap energy range. This was confirmed by a momentum-resolved EELS measurement of the band gap performed on the same plasmonic crystal. Furthermore, we experimentally and theoretically investigated the emergence of the defect states by starting with a corral of flat cylinders protrusions and adding sequentially additional shells of those in order to eventually forming a plasmonic band-gap crystal encompassing a single point defect. It is demonstrated that a defect-like state already forms with a crystal made up of only two shells.
description: 11 pages, 3 figures
Urine metabolomic biomarkers for prediction of isolated fetal congenital heart defect
Creators: name: Friedman, Perry
name: Yilmaz, Ali
name: Ugur, Zafer
name: Jafar, Faryal
name: Whitten, Amy
name: Ustun, Ilyas
name: Turkoglu, Onur
name: Graham, Stewart
name: Singh, Ray Bahado
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: To identify maternal second and third trimester urine metabolomic biomarkers for the detection of fetal congenital heart defects (CHDs). This was a prospective study. Metabolomic analysis of randomly collected maternal urine was performed, comparing pregnancies with isolated, non-syndromic CHDs versus unaffected controls. Mass spectrometry (liquid chromatography and direct injection and tandem mass spectrometry, LC–MS–MS) as well as nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry, 1H NMR, were used to perform the analyses between 14 0/7 and 37 0/7 weeks gestation. A total of 36 CHD cases and 41 controls were compared. Predictive algorithms using urine markers alone or combined with, clinical and ultrasound (US) (four-chamber view) predictors were developed and compared. A total of 222 metabolites were identified, of which 16 were overlapping between the two platforms. Twenty-three metabolite concentrations were found in significantly altered in CHD gestations on univariate analysis. The concentration of methionine was most significantly altered. A predictive algorithm combining metabolites (histamine, choline, glucose, formate, methionine, and carnitine) plus US four-chamber view achieved an AUC = 0.894; 95% CI, 0814–0.973 with a sensitivity of 83.8% and specificity of 87.8%. Enrichment pathway analysis identified several lipid related pathways that are dysregulated in CHD, including phospholipid biosynthesis, phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis, phosphatidylethanolamine biosynthesis, and fatty acid metabolism. This could be consistent with the increased risk of CHD in diabetic pregnancies. We report a novel, noninvasive approach, based on the analysis of maternal urine for isolated CHD detection. Further, the dysregulation of lipid- and folate metabolism appears to support prior data on the mechanism of CHD.
Book Reviews
Creators: name: Riethmuller, Paul
name: Mellor, John W.
name: Riethmuller, Paul
name: Mellor, John W.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2001
Subjects: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession

description: Books Reviewed include: Agriculture, Trade and the Environment: the Impact of Liberalization on Sustainable Development by John M. Antle, Joseph N. Lekakis and George P. Zanias; Out of the Shadow of Famine: Evolving Food Markets and Food Policy in Bangladesh by R. Ahmed, S. Haggblade and T. Chowdhury
Kramers-Wannier symmetry and strong-weak-coupling duality in the two-dimensional $Φ^{4}$ field model
Creators: name: Shalaev, Boris N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is found that the exact beta-function $β(g)$ of the continuous 2D $gΦ^{4}$ model possesses two types of dual symmetries, these being the Kramers-Wannier (KW) duality symmetry and the weak-strong-coupling symmetry $f(g)$, or S-duality. All these transformations are explicitly constructed. The $S$-duality transformation $f(g)$ is shown to connect domains of weak and strong couplings, i.e. above and below $g^{*}$ with $g^{*}$ being a fixed point. Basically it means that there is a tempting possibility to compute multiloop Feynman diagrams for the $β$-function using high-temperature lattice expansions. The regular scheme developed is found to be strongly unstable. Approximate values of the renormalized coupling constant $g^{*}$ found from duality symmetry equations are in good agreement with available numerical results.
description: 10 pages, LaTex
Monoxenus (Dityloderus) balteatus
Creators: name: Botero, Juan Pablo
name: Tavakilian, Gérard L.
name: Seidel, Matthias
name: Husemann, Martin
name: Simões, Marianna V. P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Monoxenus
Monoxenus balteatus

description: Didymodonta orientalis Breuning, 1936
Dityloderus balteatus Aurivillius, 1903: 316.
Monoxenus (Dityloderus) balteatus Breuning, 1940: 409 (syn.).
Didymodonta orientalis Breuning, 1936a: 314.
Type status
Holotype.
Type locality
Tanganjika-Territorium: Kilimandjaro [Tanzania, Kilimanjaro (1500 m)].
Current status
Junior synonym of Monoxenus (Dityloderus) balteatus (Aurivillius, 1903).
description: Published as part of Botero, Juan Pablo, Tavakilian, Gérard L., Seidel, Matthias, Husemann, Martin & Simões, Marianna V. P., 2023, An annotated type catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the Zoological Museum Hamburg, pp. 1-50 in European Journal of Taxonomy 869 on pages 20-21, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.869.2111, http://zenodo.org/record/7891755
Oedipoda charpentieri Fieber 1853
Creators: name: Usmani, Mohammad Kamil
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Baissogryllidae
Oedipoda
Oedipoda charpentieri

description: 39. Oedipoda charpentieri Fieber, 1853
 Diagnosis: This species resembles O. miniata in appearance but differs from it by the following characters. Wing mostly blue; the dark band mostly deep black, weakly bowed, reaching up to 6th section of anal fan and touching the hind margin (Harz, 1975: Fig. 1727).
 Habitats: Herbivorous, surviving only a few days on grasses. It occurs in semi-desert and forest. It is characteristic of grass and found in varied but always open habitats such as xerophilous vegetation in mountain areas, in fields, woods and cereal crops.
 Material examined: Ghat Region: Al Awaynat: 1♀, on vegetable, 10.xi.1995.
 Localities: Fezzan: Al Awaynat.
 Distribution: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, S. Europe.
 Remarks: The species is rare and first record from Libya.
description: Published as part of Usmani, Mohammad Kamil, 2008, Studies on Acridoidea (Orthoptera) with some new records from Fezzan, Libya, pp. 1-41 in Zootaxa 1946 on page 33
Epidural analgesia and vacuum-assisted delivery in primiparous women: maternal and neonatal outcomes
Creators: name: Nun, Eyal Lang Ben
name: Sela, Hen Y.
name: Ioscovich, Alexander
name: Rotem, Reut
name: Grisaru-Granovsky, Sorina
name: Rottenstreich, Misgav
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Mental Health
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: We aimed to evaluate the effect of epidural analgesia (EA) on maternal and neonatal outcomes. We conducted a retrospective cohort database study on primiparous women who underwent a vacuum-assisted delivery (VAD) trial between 2005 and 2019 at a university-affiliated tertiary medical center. We compared women with and without the standard “one protocol” patient-controlled EA. The primary outcome was VAD failure. Secondary outcomes were maternal and neonatal morbidities. We performed univariate analysis, followed by multivariable logistic regression analysis to control for potential confounders. Adjusted odds ratios (aORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated. Overall, 7042 primiparous women attempted VAD during the study period; 6238 (88.3%) and 804 (11.7%) women used and did not use EA, respectively. The VAD failure rate was significantly lower among women with than without EA use (2.5% vs. 4.2%, respectively, p < .01). On multivariable analysis, EA use was found to reduce the VAD failure rate (aOR, 0.05; 95% CI [0.01–0.49], p = .01). Notably, EA use was not associated with an increased rate of any maternal or neonatal adverse outcome (aOR, 1.01; 95% CI [0.8–1.27], p = .95 or aOR, 1.14 95% CI [0.89–1.45], p = .3, respectively). EA use in primiparous women is associated with lower rates of VAD failure without an increase in adverse maternal or neonatal outcomes.
Why do farmers have so little interest in futures markets?
Creators: name: Simmons, Phil
name: Simmons, Phil
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Farm Management
subject: Production Economics
subject: Futures markets
subject: Separation Theorem
subject: Hedging

description: A farm financial model with leverage and investment in two farm enterprises is specified. The model is extended to incorporate futures hedging and the Separation Theorem is used to show that optimal hedging is zero. The assumption of a risk-free asset is relaxed and, while this leads to a violation of the Separation Theorem, the result that optimal hedging is zero is maintained providing that futures markets are efficient. It is concluded that if capital markets are efficient then farmers will have little interest in futures markets except to speculate.© 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Untitled ItemThreshold hydrophobicity for inhibition of salt scale formation on SAM-modified titania nanotube arrays
Creators: name: Kumar, Pawan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 30301 Chemical Characterisation of Materials
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: 39903 Industrial Chemistry
subject: 30206 Solid State Chemistry
subject: 30303 Optical Properties of Materials

description: ouling of solid surfaces is a ubiquitous problem in industrial processes. As unwanted material accumulates on components, their function is impaired and costly repairs are required. Most fouling occurs from impurities present in water that are deposited when the water contacts a solid surface. It follows that if the adhesive forces at the water-solid interface are minimized, less fouling will result. In this study, we present a novel method to minimize fouling by fabricating a hydrophobic surface based upon self-assembled monolayer (SAM)-modified titanium dioxide nanotube arrays (TNTAs). We demonstrate a direct correlation between hydrophobicity and the formation of scale from dissolved salts by comparison of the surface’s static contact angle and degree of precipitation deposition. Furthermore, by tailoring the surface hydrophobicity through employment of a wide variety of SAMs with different alkyl chain lengths, we determine the threshold level of hydrophobicity that inhibits fouling in the SAM-TNTA system; surfaces with a static contact angle greater than 144° display vastly increased fouling resistance. The surface morphology, surface composition, and stability of the alkyl phosphonic acid- and perfluoroalkyl phosphonic acid-SAM-TNTAs were characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), and diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS).
UPDATING EX-ANTE ECONOMIC ANALYSES FOR PURDUE IMPROVED CROP STORAGE (PICS) BAGS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: THE CASES OF SENEGAL, KENYA, AND GHANA
Creators: name: Jones, Michael
name: Lowenberg-DeBoer, Jess
name: Jones, Michael
name: Lowenberg-DeBoer, Jess
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Food Security and Poverty
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: hermetic storage
subject: technology adoption
subject: post-harvest losses
subject: storage economics

description: Small producers throughout sub-Saharan Africa struggle to protect crops from an array of pests during medium or long-term storage before market sale or home consumption. Storage technologies like hermetic (airtight) Purdue Improved Crop Storage (PICS) bags are proven to provide long-term, reliable protection against many grains and grain legumes pests, without the need for chemical pesticides. However, even if technical efficacy of PICS bags is established, the local market conditions for crop storage should be favorable to encourage sustainable adoption. This may vary by crop and geographic region. Recognizing this need for continued localized analysis before widespread implementation, this report builds on two previous working papers investigating PICS storage profitability. Price data from Senegal, Kenya, and Ghana are analyzed. Importantly, conversions of retail and wholesale price data to producer prices are performed on a dynamic monthly basis instead of assuming a single marketing margin for the entire year. Results indicate highest potential profitability of PICS bags for groundnut and maize storage in Senegal, common beans in Kenya, and long-term maize storage in Ghana. Kenyan maize storage profitability varies significantly by year and region, but is also positive for most markets.
Oedipoda fuscocincta subsp. coelestina
Creators: name: Usmani, Mohammad Kamil
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Baissogryllidae
Oedipoda
Oedipoda fuscocincta
Oedipoda fuscocincta coelestina (uvarov, 1923)

description: Oedipoda fuscocincta coelestina (Uvarov, 1923)
 Diagnosis: Dark fasciae of wings not or slightly extending towards base by a small spot into the anterior field (Harz, 1975: Fig. 1722).
 Habitats: Generally a species of the desert, semi-desert otherwise found in dry places, often stony, with sparse vegetation where it may extend into cultivated ground.
 Material examined: Sebha Region: Sebha, 1♀, on alfalfa, 11.vi.1995.
 Localities: Cyrenaica: Bengasi, Shahat (Cyrene); Fezzan: Sebha.
 Distribution: Libya.
description: Published as part of Usmani, Mohammad Kamil, 2008, Studies on Acridoidea (Orthoptera) with some new records from Fezzan, Libya, pp. 1-41 in Zootaxa 1946 on page 34
Structure of Polyelectrolytes in Poor Solvent
Creators: name: Limbach, Hans Jörg
name: Holm, Christian
name: Kremer, Kurt
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present simulations on charged polymers in poor solvent. First we investigate in detail the dilute concentration range with and without imposed extension constraints. The resulting necklace polymer conformations are analyzed in detail. We find strong fluctuations in the number of pearls and their sizes leading only to small signatures in the form factor and the force-extension relation. The scaling of the peak in the structure factor with the monomer density shows a pertinent different behavior from good solvent chains.
description: 7 pages, 5 figures. submitted to EPL