cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The differential effect of value structure upon susceptibility to influence
Creators: name: Auger, Jeanette A.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: Statement of Problem The two main theoretical questions being asked are« 1) Does the degree of articulatedness of value structure differentiate susceptibility to influence? 2) Can we determine the degree of articulatedness of value structure and thereby predict susceptibility to influence? Methods Utilizing the working theory proposed by Dr. R.A.H. Robson, a hypothesis was formulated and tested through the use of a questionnaire and a set of small group laboratory experiments. The theory suggests the following: Uncertainty is seen by some people as a negative trait and therefore as something to be avoided. Therefore, such persons will act in ways which minimize uncertainty. Giving up previously-held positions or values is one cause of uncertainty. Therefore, rather than risk uncertainty, such persons will maintain previously-held positions or values as much as possible. Thus, given a similar amount of pressure to change, those persons who have to give up fewer positions will be more susceptible to influence than those persons who have to give up more positions. In order to test the utility of the theory, a hypothesis was formulated which predicted that persons with a more well-articulated value structure would be less susceptible to influence than persons with a less well-articulated value structure. In order to test the hypothesis, a series of laboratory experiments were designed in which pressure to change their opinions was directed towards naive subjects by three confederates. Conclusions The results of the experiments suggest that persons who hold more well-articulated value structures are less susceptible to influence than those persons who hold less well-articulated value structures, with respect to specific topics of discussion in which pressure to change their opinions is directed towards them.
Sorveglianza dell'influenza aviare: studio di un sistema di rilevazione precoce della circolazione virale in popolazioni di volatili selvatici
Creators: name: Armaroli, Elisa <1977>
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2010
Subjects: VET/05 Malattie infettive degli animali domestici

description: The emergency of infection by highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAI) subtype H5N1 has focused the attention of the world scientific community, requiring the prompt provision of effective control systems for early detection of the circulation of low pathogenic influenza H5 viruses (LPAI) in populations of wild birds to prevent outbreaks of highly pathogenic (HPAI) in populations of domestic birds with possible transmission to humans. The project stems from the aim to provide, through a preliminary analysis of data obtained from surveillance in Italy and Europe, a preliminary study about the virus detection rates and the development of mathematical models, an objective assessment of the effectiveness of avian influenza surveillance systems in wild bird populations, and to point out guidelines to support the planning process of the sampling activities. The results obtained from the statistical processing quantify the sampling effort in terms of time and sample size required, and simulating different epidemiological scenarios identify active surveillance as the most suitable for endemic LPAI infection monitoring in wild waterfowl, and passive surveillance as the only really effective tool in early detecting HPAI H5N1 circulation in wild populations.                 Given the lack of relevant information on H5N1 epidemiology, and the actual finantial and logistic constraints, an approach that makes use of statistical tools to evaluate and predict monitoring activities effectiveness proves to be of primary importance to direct decision-making and make the best use of available resources.
Modulation of epidermial growth factor receptor signaling in colon adenocarcinoma
Creators: name: Hysomema, Johana <1983>
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2010
Subjects: BIO/10 Biochimica

description: The use of agents targeting EGFR represents a new frontier in colon cancer therapy. Among these, monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) seemed to be the most promising. However they have demonstrated low utility in therapy, the former being effective at toxic doses, the latter resulting inefficient in colon cancer. This thesis work presents studies on a new EGFR inhibitor, FR18, a molecule containing the same naphtoquinone core as shikonin, an agent with great anti-tumor potential. In HT-29, a human colon carcinoma cell line, flow cytometry, immunoprecipitation, and Western blot analysis, confocal spectral microscopy have demonstrated that FR18 is active at concentrations as low as 10 nM, inhibits EGF binding to EGFR while leaving unperturbed the receptor kinase activity. At concentration ranging from 30 nM to 5 μM, it activates apoptosis. FR18 seems therefore to have possible therapeutic applications in colon cancer.
In addition, surface plasmon resonance (SPR) investigation of the direct EGF/EGFR complex interaction using different experimental approaches is presented. A commercially available purified EGFR was immobilised by amine coupling chemistry on SPR sensor chip and its interaction to EGF resulted to have a KD = 368 ± 0.65 nM. SPR technology allows the study of biomolecular interactions in real-time and label-free with a high degree of sensitivity and specificity and thus represents an important tool for drug discovery studies. On the other hand EGF/EGFR complex interaction represents a challenging but important system that can lead to significant general knowledge about receptor-ligand interactions, and the design of new drugs intended to interfere with EGFR binding activity.
Charging Black Saturn?
Creators: name: Chng, Brenda
name: Mann, Robert
name: Radu, Eugen
name: Stelea, Cristian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We construct new charged static solutions of the Einstein-Maxwell field equations in five dimensions via a solution generation technique utilizing the symmetries of the reduced Lagrangian. By applying our method on the multi-Reissner-Nordstrom solution in four dimensions, we generate the multi-Reissner-Nordstrom solution in five dimensions. We focus on the five-dimensional solution describing a pair of charged black objects with general masses and electric charges. This solution includes the double Reissner-Nordstrom solution as well as the charged version of the five-dimensional static black Saturn. However, all the black Saturn configurations that we could find present either a conical singularity or a naked singularity. We also obtain a non-extremal configuration of charged black strings that reduces in the extremal limit to a Majumdar-Papapetrou like solution in five dimensions.
description: 27 pages, 3 figures, v.3 added more references, corrected typos
Casinaria dubia
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Casinaria
Casinaria dubia

description: Casinaria dubia (TSCHEK, 1871)
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap 4: 1♀ 20.iv.-5.v., 1♁ 27.vii.-10.viii.; trap 7: 2♀♀ 7-21.ix.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Western Palaearctic, known from Georgia (RIEDEL et al. 2018, RIEDEL & JAPOSHVILI 2021).
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 71, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10415120
Additional file 4 of Medical decision-making experiences of persons with dementia and their carepartners: a qualitative study
Creators: name: Porteny, Thalia
name: Lynch, Mary
name: Covaleski, Audrey
name: Tjia, Jennifer
name: Gazarian, Priscilla
name: Reich, Amanda J
name: Perez, Stephen
name: Kennefick, Kristen
name: Weissman, Joel S.
name: Ladin, Keren
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Supplementary Material 4
Nonlinear fluid damping of elastically mounted pitching wings in quiescent water
Creators: name: Zhu, Yuanhang
name: Mathai, Varghese
name: Breuer, Kenneth
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We experimentally study the nonlinear fluid damping of a rigid but elastically mounted pitching wing in the absence of a freestream flow. The dynamics of the elastic mount are simulated using a cyber-physical system. We perturb the wing and measure the fluid damping coefficient from damped oscillations over a large range of pitching frequencies, pitching amplitudes, pivot locations and sweep angles. A universal fluid damping scaling is proposed to incorporate all these parameters. Flow fields obtained using particle image velocimetry are analyzed to explain the nonlinear behaviors of the fluid damping.
description: 11 pages, 6 figures
Additional file 1 of Expert consensus on implementing patient-reported outcomes in telehealth: findings from an international Delphi study
Creators: name: Unni, Elizabeth J.
name: Schougaard, Liv Marit Valen
name: Aiyegbusi, Olalekan Lee
name: Mate, Kedar K. V.
name: Austin, Elizabeth J.
name: Greffin, Klara
name: Roberts, Natasha
name: Grove, Birgith Engelst
name: Muehlan, Holger
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplementary Material 1
Campoplex unicingulatus
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Campoplex
Campoplex unicingulatus

description: Campoplex unicingulatus (SCHMIEDEKNECHT, 1909)
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap12: 1♀ 15-29.vi.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Western Palaearctic, new record for Georgia and the Caucasus region.
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 71, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10415120
State transitions of GX 339-4 during its outburst rising phase
Creators: name: Shui, Q. C.
name: Yin, H. X.
name: Zhang, S.
name: Qu, J. L.
name: Chen, Y. P.
name: Kong, L. D.
name: Wang, P. J.
name: Zhang, H. F.
name: Song, J. X.
name: Ning, B.
name: Wang, Y. F.
name: Chang, Z.
name: Zhang, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate systematically four outbursts of black hole system GX 339-4 observed by the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) in both spectral and timing domains and find that these outbursts have some common properties although they experience different 'q' tracks in the hardness-intensity diagram (HID). While the spectral indices are around 1.5 in low hard state (LHS), 2.4 in soft intermediate state (SIMS) and high soft state (HSS), the spectral parameters of thermal, non-thermal and reflection components vary significantly in transitions from LHS to HIMS. Also the quasi periodic oscillation (QPO) shows a peculiar behavior during the state transition between LHS and HIMS: the RMS drop of type C fundamental QPO is accompanied with showing-up of the second harmonic. Interestingly, the QPO RMS is found to have a similar linear relationship with the non-thermal fraction of emission in different outbursts. These findings provide more clues to our understanding the outburst of the black hole X-ray binary system.
description: 13 papes, 12 figures
Casinaria georgiana RIEDEL 2023, nov.sp.
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Casinaria
Casinaria georgiana

description: Casinaria georgiana RIEDEL nov.sp.
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap4: 1♀ 24.viii.-7.ix.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Only known from Georgia.
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 71, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10415120
Dark Matter, Modified Gravity and the Mass of the Neutrino
Creators: name: Ferreira, P. G
name: Skordis, C.
name: Zunckel, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It has been suggested that Einstein's theory of General Relativity can be modified to accomodate mismatches between the gravitational field and luminous matter on a wide range of scales. Covariant theories of modified gravity generically predict the existence of extra degrees of freedom which may be interpreted as dark matter. We study a subclass of these theories where the overall energy density in these extra degrees of freedom is subdominant relative to the baryon density and show that they favour the presence of massive neutrinos. For some specific cases (such as a flat Universes with a cosmological constant) one finds a conservative lower bound on the neutrinos mass of $m_ν>0.31$ eV.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures, 2 tables, submitted to Phys. Rev. D
On the drag and lift coefficients of ellipsoidal particles under rarefied flow conditions
Creators: name: Livi, Cosimo
name: Di Staso, Gianluca
name: Clercx, Herman H. J.
name: Toschi, Federico
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The capability to simulate a two-way coupled interaction between a rarefied gas and an arbitrary-shaped colloidal particle is important for many practical applications, such as aerospace engineering, lung drug deliver and semiconductor manufacturing. By means of numerical simulations based on the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method, we investigate the influence of the orientation of the particle and rarefaction on the drag and lift coefficients, in the case of prolate and oblate ellipsoidal particles immersed in a uniform ambient flow. This is done by modelling the solid particles using a cut-cell algorithm embedded within our DSMC solver. In this approach, the surface of the particle is described by its analytical expression and the microscopic gas-solid interactions are computed exactly using a ray-tracing technique. The measured drag and lift coefficients are used to extend the correlations available in the continuum regime to the rarefied regime, focusing on the transitional and free-molecular regimes. The functional forms for the correlations for the ellipsoidal particles are chosen as a generalisation from the spherical case. We show that the fits over the data from numerical simulations can be extended to regimes outside the simulated range of $Kn$ by testing the obtained predictive model on values of $Kn$ that where not included in the fitting process, allowing to achieve an higher precision when compared with existing predictive models from literature. Finally, we underline the importance of this work in providing new correlations for non-spherical particles that can be used for point-particle Euler-Lagrangian simulations to address the problem of contamination from finite-size particles in high-tech mechanical systems.
Casinaria ischnogaster
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Casinaria
Casinaria ischnogaster

description: Casinaria ischnogaster (THOMSON, 1887)
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap7:1♁7-21.ix.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Transpalaearctic, new record for Georgia and the Caucasus region.
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 71, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10415120
On M-Theory Embedding of Topologically Massive Gravity
Creators: name: Lu, H.
name: Wang, Zhao-Long
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that topologically massive gravity can be obtained by the consistent Kaluza-Klein reduction from recently constructed seven-dimensional gravity with topological terms. The internal four-manifold should be Einstein with the Pontryagin four-form constantly proportional to the volume form. We also discuss the possible lift of the system to D=11. This enables us to connect the mass parameter \tildeμin D=3 to the M5-brane charge. The dimensionless quantity 3/(G\tilde μ) is discrete and proportional to N, where N is the number of M5-branes.
description: 8 pages, no figures, references added, version appeared in Int.J.Mod.Phys.D
The Simon effect and its time courses: an investigation
Creators: name: Baroni, Giulia <1981>
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2011
Subjects: M-PSI/01 Psicologia generale

description: The objective of the current thesis is to investigate the temporal dynamics (i.e., time courses) of the Simon effect, both from a theoretical and experimental point of view, for a better understanding of whether a) one or more process are responsible for the Simon effect and b) how this/these mechanism/s differently influence performance. 
In the first theoretical (i.e., “Theoretical Overview”) part, I examined in detail the process and justification for analyzing the temporal dynamics of the Simon effect and the assumptions that underlie interpretation of the results which have been obtained in the existing literature so far.  In the second part (“Experimental Investigations”), though, I experimentally investigated several issues which the existing literature left unsolved, in order to get further evidence in favor or in contrast with the mainstream models which are currently used to account for the different Simon effect time courses.  Some points about the experiments are worth mentioning: First, all the experiments were conducted in the laboratory, facing participants with stimuli presented on a PC screen and then recording their responses.  Both stimuli presentation and response collection was controlled by the E-Prime  software. The dependent variables of interest were always behavioral measures of performance, such as velocity and accuracy.  Second, the most part of my experiments had been conducted at the Communication Sciences Department  (University of Bologna), under Prof. Nicoletti’s supervision. The remaining part, though, had been conducted at the Psychological Sciences Department of Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana, USA), where I collaborated for one year as a visiting student with Prof. Proctor and his team. Third, my experimental pool was entirely composed by healthy and young students, since the cognitive functioning of elderly people was not the target of my research.
Blockchain-empowered Edge Intelligence for Internet of Medical Things Against COVID-19
Creators: name: Dai, Hong-Ning
name: Wu, Yulei
name: Wang, Hao
name: Imran, Muhammad
name: Haider, Noman
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: B.4; C.3; I.2

description: We have witnessed an unprecedented public health crisis caused by the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which has severely affected medical institutions, our common lives, and social-economic activities. This crisis also reveals the brittleness of existing medical services, such as over-centralization of medical resources, the hysteresis of medical services digitalization, and weak security and privacy protection of medical data. The integration of the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) and blockchain is expected to be a panacea to COVID-19 attributed to the ubiquitous presence and the perception of IoMT as well as the enhanced security and immutability of the blockchain. However, the synergy of IoMT and blockchain is also faced with challenges in privacy, latency, and context-absence. The emerging edge intelligence technologies bring opportunities to tackle these issues. In this article, we present a blockchain-empowered edge intelligence for IoMT in addressing the COVID-19 crisis. We first review IoMT, edge intelligence, and blockchain in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. We then present an architecture of blockchain-empowered edge intelligence for IoMT after discussing the opportunities of integrating blockchain and edge intelligence. We next offer solutions to COVID-19 brought by blockchain-empowered edge intelligence from 1) monitoring and tracing COVID-19 pandemic origin, 2) traceable supply chain of injectable medicines and COVID-19 vaccines, and 3) telemedicine and remote healthcare services. Moreover, we also discuss the challenges and open issues in blockchain-empowered edge intelligence.
description: 8 pages; 4 figures
Multicriteria assessment of alternative decarbonisation pathways towards the European energy transition
Creators: name: Papapostolou, Aikaterini
name: Karakosta, Charikleia
name: K. A. Kourti
name: Doukas, Haris
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018

description: European Energy and Climate Policy has identified strategic energy technologies and designed roadmaps to tackle the individual barriers hindering their effective implementation across Europe. The SET-Plan, the European Union (EU) Energy Roadmap 2050 and various stakeholders’ discussions outlined four main decarbonisation routes for the energy sector, namely: energy efficiency, renewable energy sources, nuclear and carbon capture and storage. In the above framework, a set of alternative pathways were designed by identifying outcomes that conform to the objectives of the EU and the SET-plan, in particular competitiveness and a clean, secure and efficient energy system. These pathways are positioned under two key uncertainties; the level of cooperation (i.e. cooperation versus entrenchment) and the level of decentralisation (i.e. decentralisation versus path dependency). The aim of this paper is to assess these pathways, through the active involvement of relevant stakeholders, according to their performance in key areas, such as the regulatory framework, market maturity, cost/ economic factors, towards a sustainable energy system, by using a multicriteria method. The results could assist European policy makers in drawing recommendations by exploring important elements, drivers and factors of the energy transition and the long term impacts of alternative mitigation options on the economy, the energy sector and technology development.
Efficient computation of matrix-vector products with full observation weighting matrices in data assimilation
Creators: name: Hu, Guannan
name: Dance, Sarah L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Recent studies have demonstrated improved skill in numerical weather prediction via the use of spatially correlated observation error covariance information in data assimilation systems. In this case, the observation weighting matrices (inverse error covariance matrices) used in the assimilation may be full matrices rather than diagonal. Thus, the computation of matrix-vector products in the variational minimization problem may be very time-consuming, particularly if the parallel computation of the matrix-vector product requires a high degree of communication between processing elements. Hence, we introduce a well-known numerical approximation method, called the fast multipole method (FMM), to speed up the matrix-vector multiplications in data assimilation. We explore a particular type of FMM that uses a singular value decomposition (SVD-FMM) and adjust it to suit our new application in data assimilation. By approximating a large part of the computation of the matrix-vector product, the SVD-FMM technique greatly reduces the computational complexity compared with the standard approach. We develop a novel possible parallelization scheme of the SVD-FMM for our application, which can reduce the communication costs. We investigate the accuracy of the SVD-FMM technique in several numerical experiments: we first assess the accuracy using covariance matrices that are created using different correlation functions and lengthscales; then investigate the impact of reconditioning the covariance matrices on the accuracy; and finally examine the feasibility of the technique in the presence of missing observations. We also provide theoretical explanations for some numerical results. Our results show that the SVD-FMM technique has potential as an efficient technique for assimilation of a large volume of observational data within a short time interval.
description: 25 pages, 13 figures
Evaluation of the centre of pressure on the foot sole during weightlifting with a smart insole
Creators: name: Scharl, Tizian
name: Weizman, Yehuda
name: Fuss, Franz Konstantin
Publisher: name: Loughborough University
Year: 2024

description: Engineering of Sport 15 - Proceedings from the 15th International Conference on the Engineering of Sport (ISEA 2024)
Improper execution of free weight exercises can lead to significant musculoskeletal injuries. In research, force plates (FP) and sensor insoles, are used to monitor execution through the foot center of pressure (CoP) analysis, however, their usages are limited due to prohibitive cost, availability and portability issues. A recent study analysed the CoP using a commercially available pressure-sensitive insole, to improve posture during squats and deadlifts. The present study aims to develop an in-house, low-cost instrumented insole specifically designed for the assessment of foot CoP in the sagittal direction during squats.
Le sanzioni amministrative tributarie tra ordinamento comunitario e regimi nazionali
Creators: name: Albano, Alessandro <1977>
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2011
Subjects: IUS/12 Diritto tributario

description: The research path has developed through a double direction: the analysis of fiscal tort and juridical means of reaction introduced into the system of taxation. The fiscal tort is a case that can be used as a comparison tool among national systems. Indeed, principles that regulate the fiscal tort has shared in the national systems even if the formation of the system has been different. Further, as a natural part of the research, the comparison between national and community systems has been crucial. Finally, the study of the “sanctions without fiscal tort”, that is indirect sanctions, had allowed to expand research also to the link between community jurisprudence and national systems.
Biomolecular studies in Alzheimer’s Disease models: investigations in vitro and in vivo
Creators: name: Lattanzio, Francesca <1982>
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2013
Subjects: BIO/14 Farmacologia

description: The Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the most prevalent form of age-related dementia, is a multifactorial and heterogeneous neurodegenerative disease. The molecular mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of AD are yet largely unknown. However, the etiopathogenesis of AD likely  resides in the interaction between genetic and environmental risk factors. Among the different factors that contribute to the pathogenesis of AD, amyloid-beta peptides and the genetic risk factor apoE4 are prominent on the basis of genetic evidence and experimental data. ApoE4 transgenic mice have deficits in spatial learning and memory associated with inflammation and brain atrophy. Evidences suggest that apoE4 is implicated in amyloid-beta accumulation, imbalance of cellular antioxidant system and in apoptotic phenomena. The mechanisms by which apoE4 interacts with other AD risk factors leading to an increased susceptibility to the dementia are still unknown. The aim of this research was to provide new insights into molecular mechanisms of AD neurodegeneration, investigating the effect of amyloid-beta peptides and apoE4 genotype on the modulation of genes and proteins differently involved in cellular processes related to aging and oxidative balance such as PIN1, SIRT1, PSEN1, BDNF, TRX1 and GRX1. In particular, we used human neuroblastoma cells exposed to amyloid-beta or apoE3 and apoE4 proteins at different time-points, and selected brain regions of human apoE3 and apoE4 targeted replacement mice, as in vitro and in vivo models, respectively. All genes and proteins studied in the present investigation are modulated by amyloid-beta and apoE4 in different ways, suggesting their involvement in the neurodegenerative mechanisms underlying the AD. Finally, these proteins might represent novel potential diagnostic and therapeutic targets in AD.
Casinaria nigripes
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Casinaria
Casinaria nigripes

description: Casinaria nigripes (GRAVENHORST, 1829)
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap 2: 1♀ 20.iv.-5.v., 1♀ 21.ix.-5.x.; trap 4: 1♀ 20.iv.-5.v., 1♁ 7- 21.ix.; trap 7: 1♀ 27.vii.-10.viii., 1♀ 10-24.viii., 2♀♀ 24.viii.-7.ix., 1♀ 7-21.ix., 1♀ 21.ix.-5.x., 1♀ 5-19.x., 1♀ 19.x.-3.xi.; trap 12: 1♀ 13-27.vii.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Transpalaearctic and Oriental, new record for Georgia and the Caucasus region.
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 71, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10415120
Assessment of vibratory stimulation on neuromuscular system
Creators: name: Di Iorio, Felice <1983>
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2013
Subjects: ING-INF/06 Bioingegneria elettronica e informatica

description: The thesis analyze a subject of renewed interest in bioengineering, the research and analysis of exercise parameters that maximize the neuromuscular and cardiovascular involvement in vibration treatment.
The research activity was inspired by the increasing use of device able to provide localized or whole body vibration (WBV).
In particular, the focus was placed on the vibrating platform and the effect that the vibrations have on the neuromuscular system and cardiovascular system. 

The aim of the thesis is to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of vibration applied to the entire body, in particular, it was investigated the effect of WBV on:
1) Oxygen consumption during static and dynamic squat;
2) Resonant frequency of the muscle groups of the lower limbs;
3) Oxygen consumption and electromyographic signals during static and dynamic squat.

In the first three chapters are explained the state of the art concerning vibration treatments, the effects of vibration applied to the entire body, with the explanation of the basic mechanisms (Tonic Vibration Reflex, TVR) and the neuromuscular system, with particular attention to the skeletal muscles and the stretch reflex.
In the fourth chapter is illustrated the set-up used for the experiments and the software, implemented in LabWindows in order to control the platform and acquire the electromyographic signal.

In the fifth chapter were exposed experiments undertaken during the PhD years.  In particular, the analysis of Whole Body Vibration effect on neurological and cardiovascular systems showed interesting results.
The results indicate that the static squat with WBV produced higher neuromuscular and cardiorespiratory system activation for exercise duration <60 sec. Otherwise, if the single bout duration was higher than 60 sec, the greater cardiorespiratory system activation was achieved during the dynamic squat with WBV while higher neuromuscular activation was still obtained with the static exercise.
Modelling and Design of Advanced Reliable Circuits and Devices for Energy Efficiency
Creators: name: Giaffreda, Daniele <1981>
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2013
Subjects: ING-INF/01 Elettronica

description: Reliable electronic systems, namely a set of reliable electronic devices connected to each other and working correctly together for the same functionality, represent an essential ingredient for the large-scale commercial implementation of any technological advancement. Microelectronics technologies and new powerful integrated circuits provide noticeable improvements in performance and cost-effectiveness, and allow introducing electronic systems in increasingly diversified contexts. On the other hand, opening of new fields of application leads to new, unexplored reliability issues. The development of semiconductor device and electrical models (such as the well known SPICE models) able to describe the electrical behavior of devices and circuits, is a useful means to simulate and analyze the functionality of new electronic architectures and new technologies. Moreover, it represents an effective way to point out the reliability issues due to the employment of advanced electronic systems in new application contexts. In this thesis modeling and design of both advanced reliable circuits for general-purpose applications and devices for energy efficiency are considered. More in details, the following activities have been carried out: first, reliability issues in terms of security of standard communication protocols in wireless sensor networks are discussed. A new communication protocol is introduced, allows increasing the network security. Second, a novel scheme for the on-die measurement of either clock jitter or process parameter variations is proposed. The developed scheme can be used for an evaluation of both jitter and process parameter variations at low costs. Then, reliability issues in the field of “energy scavenging systems” have been analyzed. An accurate analysis and modeling of the effects of faults affecting circuit for energy harvesting from mechanical vibrations is performed. Finally, the problem of modeling the electrical and thermal behavior of photovoltaic (PV) cells under hot-spot condition is addressed with the  development of an electrical and thermal model.
TagPick: A System for Bridging Micro-Video Hashtags and E-commerce Categories
Creators: name: He, Li
name: Wang, Dingxian
name: Wang, Hanzhang
name: Chen, Hongxu
name: Xu, Guandong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Hashtag, a product of user tagging behavior, which can well describe the semantics of the user-generated content personally over social network applications, e.g., the recently popular micro-videos. Hashtags have been widely used to facilitate various micro-video retrieval scenarios, such as search engine and categorization. In order to leverage hashtags on micro-media platform for effective e-commerce marketing campaign, there is a demand from e-commerce industry to develop a mapping algorithm bridging its categories and micro-video hashtags. In this demo paper, we therefore proposed a novel solution called TagPick that incorporates clues from all user behavior metadata (hashtags, interactions, multimedia information) as well as relational data (graph-based network) into a unified system to reveal the correlation between e-commerce categories and hashtags in industrial scenarios. In particular, we provide a tag-level popularity strategy to recommend the relevant hashtags for e-Commerce platform (e.g., eBay).
description: 4 pages,2 figures,CIKM2021,Demonstration Paper
Casinaria stygia TSCHEK 1871
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Casinaria
Casinaria stygia

description: Casinaria stygia TSCHEK, 1871
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap2: 1♀ 1-15.vi.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Western Palaearctic, new record for Georgia and the Caucasus region.
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 72, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10415120
Casinaria tenuiventris
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Casinaria
Casinaria tenuiventris

description: Casinaria tenuiventris (GRAVENHORST, 1829)
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap7: 1♀ 1-13.vi.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Transpalaearctic, known from Azerbaijan (ALIEV 1980a), new record for Georgia.
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 72, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10415120
Dataset for "Computational design of synthetic optical barcodes in microdroplets"
Creators: name: Kawasaki, Fumiko
name: Mimori, Takahiro
name: Mori, Yuka
name: Aburatani, Hiroyuki
name: Yachie, Nozomu
name: Sato, Issei
name: Ota, Sadao
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Analysis code and processed dataset used for "Computational design of synthetic optical barcodes in microdroplets". The raw datasets are available at The BioImage Archive (S-BIAD705) and The ArrayExpress (E-MTAB-12988).
Additional file 1 of Exploring METRNL as a novel biomarker in sepsis: diagnostic potential and secretion mechanism
Creators: name: Xu, Tian-Ying
name: Zhao, Jing-Xin
name: Chen, Ming-Yao
name: Miao, Zhu-Wei
name: Li, Zhi-Yong
name: Chang, Yong-Qing
name: Wang, Yu-Sheng
name: Miao, Chao-Yu
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Hematology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplementary Material 1.
Combinazioni androgeno-progestiniche per la contraccezione maschile
Androgen-progestin combinations for male contraception
Creators: name: Costantino, Antonietta <1968>
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2013
Subjects: MED/40 Ginecologia e ostetricia

description: La contraccezione è un diritto fondamentale dell’uomo per il suo ruolo sulla salute, sulla qualità della vita e sul benessere della persona. La pianificazione familiare è uno dei principali strumenti che dà la possibilita’ a uomini e donne di condividere le proprie responsabilità sulla scelta contraccettiva e di decidere nella stessa misura della propria vita riproduttiva. Sin dall’introduzione della contraccezione femminile, la responsabilita’ della pianificazione familiare è ricaduta unicamente sulla donna. Attualmente infatti vi sono pochissimi metodi contraccettivi a disposizione degli uomini anche se vi e’ un rinnovato interesse da parte di questi ultimi nel sostenere le proprie partner nella scelta contraccettiva. Questo lavoro riassume i principali studi effettuati negli ultimi 10 allo scopo di sviluppare un contraccettivo che sia sicuro, efficace, reversibile e accettabile per l’uomo.
description: Contraception is a basic human right for its role on health, quality of life and weelbeing. Since the introduction of female hormonal contraception the responsibility of family planning has fallen mostly on women. Family planning is one of the most important tools because it gives the possibility to man and women to share the responsibility on the contraceptive choice and to participate in the same way to the reproductive life. Actually, only few contraceptive methods are available for men but there is a new interest in men to support their partners more actively. In the last decades different trials have been performed, with important advances in the development of safer and more effective contraceptive for men. Currently, several methods of contraception for men are under development. This work summaries the most recent trials performed over the past decades to develop a safe, effective, reversible and acceptable male contraceptive.
Diadegma aculeatum
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Diadegma
Diadegma aculeatum

description: Diadegma aculeatum (BRIDGMAN, 1889)
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap12: 1♀ 29.vi.-13.vii.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Transpalaerctic, new record for Georgia and the Caucasus region.
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 72, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10415120
The Sikhs of Vancouver : a case study in minority-host relations
Creators: name: Campbell, Michael Graeme
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: This thesis is concerned with the relationship between the Sikhs of Vancouver and the host society. Although the political, cultural and economic aspects of the relationship are examined, the emphasis is on their political interaction. This study contends that the Sikhs were isolated from the host society until 1972, when a substantial increase in East Indian immigrants forced a change in the Sikhs' relationship with the host society by necessitating an end to the Sikhs' isolation. The working hypothesis of this-thesis focuses on the effects of government sponsored institutions versus ethnic institutions on the host-minority relationship. The principal data for this thesis were gathered from three main sources, (1) government publications concerned with immigration, (2) a questionnaire administered to members of the East I Indian community who were selected randomly from the pages of The Telephone Directory of the East Indian Community and (3) interviews conducted with eighteen leaders of the Sikh community and six officials of Vancouver's municipal government. The principal findings of this thesis indicate that the politics of both the ethnic community and the host society's policies relating to immigrants have a direct impact on minority-host relations. Interviews with Sikh leaders reveal that there is a deep division within the community which greatly influences their ability to effect cohesive action in the host society. On the other hand, the policies of the federal government do little to encourage the harmonious interaction of the minorities and the majority in Canada. However, as a direct result of the increasing numbers of racial incidents in South Vancouver, the municipal government has established a number of programs that are designed to encourage concordant social and cultural interaction between East Indians and the host society. Sikh leaders and municipal politicians agree that these programs have contributed a great deal in easing the tensions between the Sikhs and the host society. It is the conclusion of this thesis that if harmonious relations are to exist between Canada's minorities such as the Sikhs, and majority, then both the ethnic community and federal and municipal governments must take an active role in encouraging their positive interaction.
Diadegma claripenne
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Diadegma
Diadegma claripenne

description: Diadegma claripenne (THOMSON, 1887)
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap4: 1♀ 13-27.vii.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Western Palaearctic, new record for Georgia and the Caucasus region.
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 72, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10415120
Diadegma elishae
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Diadegma
Diadegma elishae

description: Diadegma elishae (BRIDGMAN, 1884)
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap 15: 2♀♀ 14-28.vii.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Transpalaearctic, new record for Georgia and the Caucasus region.
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 72, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10415120
Diadegma incompletum HORSTMANN 1973
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Diadegma
Diadegma incompletum

description: Diadegma incompletum HORSTMANN, 1973
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap 2: 1♀ 20.iv.-5.v., 3♀♀ 5-20.v., 1♀ 7-21.ix.; trap 4: 1♀ 7- 21.ix.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Western Palaearctic, known from Georgia (RIEDEL & JAPOSHVILI 2021).
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 72, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10415120
Zariski F-decomposition and Lagrangian fibration on hyperkähler manifolds
Creators: name: Matsushita, Daisuke
name: Zhang, De-Qi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 14J40, 32Q15, 14E30, 53C26

description: For a compact hyperkähler manifold X, we show certain Zariski decomposition for every pseudo-effective R-divisor, and give a sufficient condition for X to be bimeromorphic to a (holomorphic) Lagrangian fibration. We also prove that any sequence of D-flops between projective hyperkähler manifolds terminates after finite steps.
description: Simplified the proof of Theorem 4.1. Final arXiv version