cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Event Data Sources for Enterprise Architecture Documentation
Creators: name: Frei, Michael
Publisher: name: Hochschule für Wirtschaft FHNW
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Enterprise Architecture (EA)
subject: EA Documentation
subject: EA Maintenance
subject: EA Data Collection
subject: EA Data Sources
subject: EA Change Events
subject: EA Automation Challenges
subject: EA Model Repository
subject: 004 - Computer Wissenschaften, Internet

description: Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM) has become a widely accepted discipline that concerns itself with the alignment of business and information technology (IT) and deals with the increasing complexity of information system (IS) landscapes. It is the practice of documenting the interrelations of business and IT entities by developing a model of the enterprise architecture (EA). This documentation of the EA acts as basis for planning the future architecture and prioritizing the projects that transform the current architecture. Due to globalizing markets and the fast paced evolution of IT, organizations are forced to become agile and frequently adapt their internal architecture in order to stay competitive. Today, the majority of tasks concerning the maintenance of EA documentation are based on manual methods and are connected to huge data collection efforts. This has a negative impact on the quality and reliability of the EA documentation and therefore diminishes the benefits of EAM. The popularly utilized EA frameworks cover the process of keeping the EA documentation up-to-date only marginally. In recent literature, there has been an effort to automate the EA documentation with the use and integration of different productive IS across the company. It was identified that common IS in organizations not only hold data about the EA, but also can contain events that could be used to trigger EA documentation processes. However, only few concrete implementations of automated EA documentation are examined in research or found in practice, because organizations face several challenges when attempting to integrate IS into an automated EA documentation. This thesis identifies possible sources of EA data and EA events in the form of common IS or databases in today’s enterprises. Further, the thesis develops an evaluation catalogue for potential source candidates in order to recommend a set of suitable documentation techniques for each source. A proof of concept through a case-study at a financial institution demonstrates the feasibility and applicability of the catalogue. The proposed data source selection catalogue for EA documentation supports the identification and selection of productive IS and suitable techniques in order to increase the quality of EA documentation
Assessment of heavy metals in water, sediment, Anabas testudineus and Eichhornia crassipes in a former mining pond in Perak, Malaysia
Creators: name: Azlan Kamari
name: Norjan Yusof
name: Hanisom Abdullah
name: Haraguchi, Akira
name: Mohd Fahami Abas
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Cell Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 20199 Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: The concentrations of Al, As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sn and Zn were analysed in water, sediment, muscle of climbing perch fish (Anabas testudineus), and tissue of water hyacinth plants (Eichhornia crassipes) collected from a former tin-mining pond in Perak, Malaysia. The monitoring was performed during the minimum and maximum rainfall periods. The concentrations of As, Cr, Fe, Ni, Pb and Zn in water exceeded the permissible limits set by the Interim National Water Quality Standards for Malaysia (INWQS). The risk index (RI) values determined for As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Pb and Zn in sediment presented a low degree of ecological risk. The order of the top three heavy metals measured in fish muscle was Zn > Fe > Al. The estimated daily intake (EDI) of As and Cr exceeded the allowable limits in both rainfall periods. The bioconcentration factor (BCF) and translocation factor (TF) values of Zn in water hyacinth were 24.865 and 3.214, respectively. The concentrations of Cu and Zn in the plant tissue were significantly correlated (p < .05) with the concentrations of heavy metals in water. Overall, climbing perch and water hyacinth are excellent bioindicators of environmental impacts on water bodies.
Endothelial Repair and Endothelial Cell-Derived Secretome
Creators: name: Berezin, Alexander E.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 60199 Biochemistry and Cell Biology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 60304 Ethology and Sociobiology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 60399 Evolutionary Biology not elsewhere classified
subject: 69901 Forensic Biology
subject: FOS: Other medical sciences
subject: Microbiology
subject: 60599 Microbiology not elsewhere classified
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 111201 Cancer Cell Biology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110303 Clinical Microbiology
subject: 110899 Medical Microbiology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Growing evidence supports the hypothesis that endothelial cell-derived microparticles (MPs) might contribute to the pathogenesis of cardiovascular (CV) disease. Endothelial cell-derived MPs play a pivotal role in the regulation of the endogenous repair system, thrombosis, coagulation, inflammation, immunity and metabolic memory phenomenon. There is evidence that the MPs are secreted actively accompanied to other regulatory molecules. All these actively synthetizing and secreting factors include proteins, adhesion and intercellular signal molecules, peptides, lipids, free DNAs, microRNAs, and even microparticles (MPs) are defined as cellular secretome. The proteomic profile of secretome is under tightly control of genetic and epigenetic mechanisms, which may altered a secretion of the proteins involved into MPs’ organization. Finally, this may contribute the modification of MP’s after their secretion and throughout transfer to the target cells. As a result, communicative ability of endothelial cell-derived MPs may sufficiently worse. Subsequently, cross talk between some components of secretome might modulate delivering cargos of MPs and their regenerative and proliferative capabilities via intercellular signaling networks. The aim of the review is to discuss the effect of various components of secretome on MP-dependent effects on endothelium.
Elucidation of stable intermediates in urea-induced unfolding pathway of human carbonic anhydrase IX
Creators: name: Amresh Prakash
name: Dixit, Gunjan
name: Meena, Naveen Kumar
name: Ruhar Singh
name: Vishwakarma, Poonam
name: Mishra, Smriti
name: Lynn, Andrew M.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Computational Biology

description: Human carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX) has evolved as a promising biomarker for cancer prognosis, due to its overexpression in various cancers and restricted expression in normal tissue. However, limited information is available on its biophysical behavior. The unfolding of CAIX in aqueous urea solution was studied using all-atom molecular dynamics simulation approach. The results of this study revealed a stable intermediate state along the unfolding pathway of CAIX. At intermediate concentrations of urea (2.0–4.0 M), the protein displays a native-like structure with a large population of its secondary structure and hydrophobic contacts remaining intact in addition to small confined overall motions. Beyond 4.0 M urea, the unfolding is more gradual and at 8.0 M urea the structure is largely collapsed due to the solvent effect. The hydrophobic contact analysis suggests that the contact in terminal α-helices is separated initially which propagates in the loss of contacts from centrally located β-sheets. The reduction of 60–65% tertiary contacts in 7.0–8.0 M urea suggested the presence of residual structure in unfolded state and is confirmed with structural snap shot. Free energy landscape analysis suggested that unfolding of CAIX exists through the different intermediate states.
Structural modelling and molecular dynamics of a multi-stress responsive WRKY TF-DNA complex towards elucidating its role in stress signalling mechanisms in chickpea
Creators: name: Aravind Kumar Konda
name: Rohit Farmer
name: Khela Ram Soren
name: Shanmugavadivel, P.S.
name: Aravind Setti
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Computational Biology

description: Chickpea is a premier food legume crop with high nutritional quality and attains prime importance in the current era of 795 million people being undernourished worldwide. Chickpea production encounters setbacks due to various stresses and understanding the role of key transcription factors (TFs) involved in multiple stresses becomes inevitable. We have recently identified a multi-stress responsive WRKY TF in chickpea. The present study was conducted to predict the structure of WRKY TF to identify the DNA-interacting residues and decipher DNA-protein interactions. Comparative modelling approach produced 3D model of the WRKY TF with good stereochemistry, local/global quality and further revealed W19, R20, K21, and Y22 motifs within a vicinity of 5 Å to the DNA amongst R18, G23, Q24, K25, Y36, Y37, R38 and K47 and these positions were equivalent to the 2LEX WRKY domain of Arabidopsis. Molecular simulations analysis of reference protein -PDB ID 2LEX, along with Car-WRKY TF modelled structure with the DNA coordinates derived from PDB ID 2LEX and docked using HADDOCK were executed. Root Mean Square (RMS) Deviation and RMS Fluctuation values yielded consistently stable trajectories over 50 ns simulation. Strengthening the obtained results, neither radius of gyration, distance and total energy showed any signs of DNA-WRKY complex falling apart nor any significant dissociation event over 50 ns run. Therefore, the study provides first insights into the structural properties of multi-stress responsive WRKY TF-DNA complex in chickpea, enabling genome wide identification of TF binding sites and thereby deciphers their gene regulatory networks.
Elucidation of stable intermediates in urea-induced unfolding pathway of human carbonic anhydrase IX
Creators: name: Amresh Prakash
name: Dixit, Gunjan
name: Meena, Naveen Kumar
name: Ruhar Singh
name: Vishwakarma, Poonam
name: Mishra, Smriti
name: Lynn, Andrew M.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Computational Biology

description: Human carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX) has evolved as a promising biomarker for cancer prognosis, due to its overexpression in various cancers and restricted expression in normal tissue. However, limited information is available on its biophysical behavior. The unfolding of CAIX in aqueous urea solution was studied using all-atom molecular dynamics simulation approach. The results of this study revealed a stable intermediate state along the unfolding pathway of CAIX. At intermediate concentrations of urea (2.0–4.0 M), the protein displays a native-like structure with a large population of its secondary structure and hydrophobic contacts remaining intact in addition to small confined overall motions. Beyond 4.0 M urea, the unfolding is more gradual and at 8.0 M urea the structure is largely collapsed due to the solvent effect. The hydrophobic contact analysis suggests that the contact in terminal α-helices is separated initially which propagates in the loss of contacts from centrally located β-sheets. The reduction of 60–65% tertiary contacts in 7.0–8.0 M urea suggested the presence of residual structure in unfolded state and is confirmed with structural snap shot. Free energy landscape analysis suggested that unfolding of CAIX exists through the different intermediate states.
Muscone - Molecule of the Month March 2011 [Archived version]
Creators: name: Cotton, Simon
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: This is the Molecule of the Month entry for March 2011 about muscone. It is a pdf archive version of the HTML webpage.
Stokes shifts of small ZnSe clusters from first-principles calculations
Creators: name: Yingqi Cui
name: Pengfei Yin
name: Xianhui Cui
name: Deyin Wu
name: Mingli Yang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: The large Stokes shifts of II-VI semiconductor quantum dots favour their application in bioimaging. Using a cluster model, we revealed that ZnSe clusters have large Stokes shifts at small cluster sizes by means of density functional theory calculations. Both the optical absorption and emission wavelengths of the clusters are size-dependent. While some trends were noted for the absorption spectra, the emission wavelength varies in a complicated way, leading to large fluctuations in their Stokes shifts with cluster size. These fluctuations, as well as their variations with solvent, were rationalised in terms of changes in their geometrical and electronic structures from size to size, and from ground- to excited-state.
Supplementary Material for: The Ameliorating Effect of Lactobacillus gasseri OLL2716 on Functional Dyspepsia in Helicobacter pylori-Uninfected Individuals: A Randomized Controlled Study
Creators: name: Ohtsu, T.
name: Takagi, A.
name: Uemura, N.
name: Inoue, K.
name: Sekino, H.
name: Kawashima, A.
name: Uchida, M.
name: Koga, Y.
Publisher: name: Karger Publishers
Year: 2017
Subjects: Medicine

description: Background/Aims: Probiotics appear to improve Helicobacter pylori-associated dyspepsia via an inhibitory effect on H. pylori; however, uncertainty exists regarding their effects in H. pylori-uninfected individuals. We evaluated the efficacy of Lactobacillus gasseri OLL2716 (L. gasseri OLL2716) on H. pylori-uninfected individuals with functional dyspepsia (FD). Methods: A double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled, randomized, controlled trial was performed. Participants were randomly assigned to ingest L. gasseri OLL2716-containing yogurt (L. gasseri OLL2716 group) or L. gasseri OLL2716-free yogurt (placebo group) for 12 weeks. Participants completed questionnaires that dealt with a global assessment as well as symptom severity. The per-protocol (PP) population was evaluated for efficacy in accordance with a plan prepared beforehand. Results: Randomization was performed on 116 individuals; the PP population consisted of 106 individuals (mean age 42.8 ± 9.0). The impressions regarding the overall effect on gastric symptoms were more positive in the L. gasseri OLL2716 group compared to that in the placebo group (statistical trend; p = 0.073). The elimination rate for major FD symptoms was 17.3 and 35.3% in the placebo and L. gasseri OLL2716 groups respectively (p = 0.048). Conclusion:L. gasseri OLL2716 has beneficial effects on FD without H. pylori involvement.
Additional file 1 of Enhanced wound repair ability of arginine-chitosan nanocomposite membrane through the antimicrobial peptides-loaded polydopamine-modified graphene oxide
Creators: name: Fu, Chuan
name: Qi, Zhiping
name: Zhao, Chengliang
name: Kong, Weijian
name: Li, Hongru
name: Guo, Wenlai
name: Yang, Xiaoyu
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: Space Science
Medicine
Biotechnology
Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Developmental Biology

description: Additional file 1: Fig. S1. HE images of wound edge in different group. CS (a), CS-Arg (b), ly-GO/CS-Arg (c) and ly-PDA@GO/CS-Arg (d), scale bar lengths are 500 μm
Provide MetaData for Biodiversity Research
Creators: name: Krug, Rainer M.
name: Petchey, Owen L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: metadata, FAIR data, data sharing

description: To adress questions about the future of biodiversity, it is essential to use a wide range of data from different sources. This is only possible, if the relevant datasets can be found, accessed, and understood through the metadata accompanying them. To promote this essential open data culture, the FAIR data principle was launched (https://www.force11.org/group/fairgroup/fairprinciples), which is gaining traktion throughout the scientific community.
 With this increasing need and use for FAIR data, metadata, and it's quality, plays an ever increasing role. Nevertheless, providing metadata is not easily accomplished. One of the reasons for this is the cumbersome way of entering metadata in formats or webforms needed by repositories. Also, there is little or no quality control. Finally, the metadata schemes used by the repositories are either restricted to bibliometric metadata (e.g. DataCite) or are using metadata schemes which have to cover a vast diversity of different data (e.g. EML or Darwin Core).
 I will present an approach which uses domain specific metadata schemes to overcome these problems, by developing these schemes together with scientists of their domain. It can be employed without detailed technical knowledge, e.g. using spreadsheets and a web browser. This will help researchers recognise the value of metadata for their own research and sharing. The provided validation tool increases quality of metadata.
DEET - Molecule of the Month January 2011 [Archived version]
Creators: name: May, Paul
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: This is the Molecule of the Month entry for January 2011 about DEET. It is a pdf archive version of the HTML webpage.
Supplementary Material for: Clinical Outcomes of Dietary Replacement of Saturated Fatty Acids with Unsaturated Fat Sources in Adults with Overweight and Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Control Trials
Creators: name: Hannon, B.
name: Thompson, S.
name: An, R.
name: Teran-Garcia, M.
Publisher: name: Karger Publishers
Year: 2017
Subjects: Medicine

description: Background: Obesity and dyslipidemia are frequently treated with dietary interventions before pharmacotherapy is given. Diets high in unsaturated fat have proven advantageous to disease treatment. Aims: The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to assess the evidence of the effect of saturated fatty acids (SFA) replacement with unsaturated fatty acids (UFA) in metabolically healthy adults with overweight and obesity on markers of dyslipidemia and body composition. Methods: Keyword search was performed in PubMed, CINAHL, and Cochrane Library for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating the effects of fatty acid substitution in adults with overweight and obesity. Meta-analysis was performed on interventions assessing lipoprotein levels and body composition. Publication bias was assessed by funnel plot inspection, Begg's, and Egger's test. Results: Eight RCTs enrolling 663 participants were included in the review, with intervention durations between 4 and 28 weeks. Although nonsignificant (p = 0.06), meta-analysis found UFA replacement to reduce total cholesterol concentrations by 10.68 mg/dL (95%CI -21.90 to 0.53). Reductions in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides were statistically nonsignificant. Conclusions: Due to null results and a small number of studies included, there is no strong evidence that replacement of SFA with UFA may benefit lipid profiles in this population.
title: Water drinking is a complex health behaviour: implications for theory and intervention development
Creators: name: Rodger, Amy
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2024

description: Across four projects, I aimed to develop an in-depth understanding of how water drinking behaviour is performed in real-life settings and what influences its performance to inform more effective interventions. Specifically, I aimed to define what steps are involved in water drinking and identify and explain how relevant constructs hinder and facilitate water drinking in daily life. In Project 1, I conducted a mixed-method survey study to assess what influences different water intake patterns (i.e., high versus low intake), focusing on constructs like value, reward, self-identity, and habitualness. I quantitatively (N = 400) established differences in participants' water drinking behaviour and qualitatively assessed what influences might explain these differences (N = 101). In Project 2, I conducted a mixed-method intervention study to assess what influences attempts at increasing water intake (N = 95). I quantitatively assessed the impact of implementation intentions on water intake over a five-day follow-up and qualitatively assessed what hindered and facilitated participants' attempts to increase water intake during this time. In Project 3, I conducted an observational quantitative study to establish the association and predictive ability of various influences of water drinking (e.g., taste) regarding future intake over a three-day follow-up (N = 213). In Project 4, I reviewed emerging water drinking research and generated a theoretical overview of how water drinking should be defined and what influences its performance in daily life. I then assessed the implications of this overview regarding the wider theoretical considerations in behavioural research as well as applied implications, limitations, and future directions for water drinking research. Water drinking is a complex behaviour facilitated by numerous lower-order behaviours (e.g., preparation) that must be repeated multiple times throughout the day to obtain adequate water intake. Additionally, underlying this behaviour is a complex interplay of external (e.g., water availability, toilet access) and internal (e.g., reward, habitualness) influences that can hinder or facilitate water intake depending on their nature and emergence throughout daily life. Comprehensive theories of behaviour should be used to guide water drinking research, and intervention development may benefit from a complex intervention approach.
Additional file 3 of High dose chemoradiotherapy increases chance of organ preservation with satisfactory functional outcome for rectal cancer
Creators: name: Wang, Qiao-Xuan
name: Zhang, Shu
name: Xiao, Wei-Wei
name: Zhou, Cheng-Jing
name: Chang, Hui
name: Zeng, Zhi-Fan
name: Cai, Pei-Qiang
name: Lu, Zhen-Hai
name: Chen, Gong
name: Ding, Pei-Rong
name: Pan, Zhi-Zhong
name: Wu, Xiao-Jun
name: Gao, Yuan-Hong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 3. Standardized scores of the QLQ-C30 and the QLQ-CR29 questionnaires.
Brain Oscillations and Functional Connectivity during Overt Language Production
Creators: name: Ewald, Arne
name: Aristei, Sabrina
name: Nolte, Guido
name: Abdel Rahman, Rasha
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: overt language production
subject: semantic interference
subject: brain oscillations
subject: functional connectivity
subject: 150 Psychologie

description: In the present study we investigate the communication of different large scale brain sites during an overt language production task with state of the art methods for the estimation of EEG functional connectivity. Participants performed a semantic blocking task in which objects were named in semantically homogeneous blocks of trials consisting of members of a semantic category (e.g., all objects are tools) or in heterogeneous blocks, consisting of unrelated objects. The classic pattern of slower naming times in the homogeneous relative to heterogeneous blocks is assumed to reflect the duration of lexical selection. For the collected data in the homogeneous and heterogeneous conditions the imaginary part of coherency (ImC) was evaluated at different frequencies. The ImC is a measure for detecting the coupling of different brain sites acting on sensor level. Most importantly, the ImC is robust to the artifact of volume conduction. We analyzed the ImC at all pairs of 56 EEG channels across all frequencies. Contrasting the two experimental conditions we found pronounced differences in the theta band at 7 Hz and estimated the most dominant underlying brain sources via a minimum norm inverse solution based on the ImC. As a result of the source localization, we observed connectivity between occipito-temporal and frontal areas, which are well-known to play a major role in lexical-semantic language processes. Our findings demonstrate the feasibility of investigating interactive brain activity during overt language production.
Demand for Meat in Indonesia: Censored AIDS Model
Creators: name: Widarjono, Agus
name: Mumpuni Ruchba, Sarastri
name: Widarjono, Agus
name: Mumpuni Ruchba, Sarastri
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: demand for meat
subject: censored AIDS
subject: price and income elasticity
subject: urban Indonesia

description: This study estimates the demand for meat in Indonesian urban households encompassing beef, goat, broiler chicken, and native chicken. We estimate the demand for meat using cross-sectional data from the 2013 Indonesian Socio-Economic Household Survey data, which records food expenditure for a week before the survey. Because of some zero expenditure, the Censored Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS) using the consistent two-step estimation is applied. The estimated own-price elasticities indicate that all meat products are price-inelastic. Nonetheless, broiler chicken is the most responsive meat product while goat is the least responsive meat product to price changes. All meat products are normal good referring to the estimated income elasticities. However, Native chicken is the most responsive and goat is the most unresponsive to the income change. The estimated cross-price elasticities conclude that broiler chicken and beef are substitute goods. The policy simulation indicates that beef is a meat product that is unresponsive to price and income changes. Native chicken is the most responsive meat product to price and income change, followed by broiler chicken.
Eucalyptol - Molecule of the Month December 2010 [Archived version]
Creators: name: Cotton, Simon
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: This is the Molecule of the Month entry for December 2010 about eucalyptol. It is a pdf archive version of the HTML webpage.
Entrepreneurial Marketing and Financing Practices in Student Startups: Case Studies of Student Startups in Indonesia
Creators: name: Zaki, Ahmad
name: Muafi, Muhammad Irfan
name: Idea, Kharisma
name: Chantika, Shakira Ratu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This material has been presented on 1st International Conference on Advanced Research in Sustainable Economic and Social Science 2024 October 23 - 24, 2024.
title: Nanostructuring of Fe(II) spin crossover complexes using block copolymer micelles
Creators: name: Klimm, Ottokar
Publisher: name: University of Bayreuth
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Spin crossover
subject: block copolymer
subject: nanoparticles
subject: nanostructuring
subject: 500
subject: 540

description: The aim of this thesis, was to synthesize and characterize nanostructures of Fe(II) spin crossover (SCO) complexes. The nanoscaling of known SCO bulk materials is important for potential applications of SCO in devices or as switches. Possible approaches are to transfer such functional complexes into a matrix such as block copolymers (BCP) or to porous materials or to produce SCO films. In this thesis, BCPs were used as nanoreactors to synthesise SCO nanoparticles. A combination of the repeating units polystyrene (PS) and poly-(4-vinylpyridine) (P4VP) leads to a self-assembly of the BCPs (PS-b-P4VP). The size and shape of a BCP nanoparticle is influenced by the molecular mass, the nature of the monomers, the relative block-ratio and the solubility of the single chains (units). Styrene has a better soloubility than 4-vinylpyridine in solvents as tolouene or tetrahydrofuran which consequently leads to a micellar structure with PS as a shell and P4VP as core. After coordination of a starting iron complex [Fe(Lx)] to the P4VP units of the BCP micelles, a bridging ligand (Lax) was added and a coordination polymer (CP) [Fe(Lx)(Lax)]n was obtained (first reaction cycle). In each additional synthesis step, [FeLx(MeOH)2] and bridging ligand was added to enable a growth of the CP. Different numbers of reaction cycles (RC) were used to investigate the influence on the particle growth and on the SCO properties. Furthermore, reaction time, temperature, the solvent used for the synthesis and the BCB were varied. For [Fe(Lb)(bipy)]n@BCP, after the first RC, no spin crossover occurred. Two or three RC led to a gradual SCO, four and five to a SCO with small hysteresis. With higher number of RC, a higher crystallinity of the nanoparticles was obtained, confirmed by powder r-ray diffraction (PXRD). Nanoparticles of various SCO systems were synthesised to yield differrent SCO properties (i.e. gradual, with hysteresis, above and below room temperature). The influence of the particle size and the interaction with the BCP matrix to the SCO properties was investigated. Nanoparticles with different sizes and shapes could be realised by varying the molecular masses (block lengths) of the BCP and the amount of P4VP. Due to the increase of P4VP from 15% to 25% and 33%, different structures of the nanoparticles appeared from spherical nanoparticles towards nanorods or vesicles. Dynamic light scattering (DLS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were used to characterize the obtained nanocomposites and verified the nanostructures of the synthesised particles with a narrow size distribution.
Kevlar - Molecule of the Month November 2010 [Archived version]
Creators: name: May, Paul
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description:
This is the Molecule of the Month entry for November 2010 about kevlar. It is a pdf archive version of the HTML webpage.
EXPLORING THE IMPORTANT FACTORS OF ADOPTION READINESS
Creators: name: Soerjopranoto, Fransiscus
name: Fiz, Firmanzah
name: Rokhim, Rofikoh
name: Balqiah, Tengku Ezni
name: Wahyuni, Sari
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 150310 Organisation and Management Theory
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: Over the past 10 years, research in the field of electrified vehicles (EVs) has increased significantly. However, there is still a lack of comprehensive management theory regarding the important variables that affects the adoption readiness of electrified vehicles (EVs). This research is an attempt to fill that gap through a systematic method of reviewing the current literature to investigate the process of adoption readiness of EVs. This study examines 47 articles related to the adoption readiness indexed in Scopus. The basic conceptual framework was developed to make it easier for us to recognize the key factors that affect EVs adoption readiness. Result of this research indicate that some factors which influence EVs adoption readiness are government supports, industry supports, manufacturers/distributors/dealers support, and consumer preferences. This research revealed many interesting ideas about research methods and other specific developments. The finding has been summarized in a conceptual framework that use several theories such as the technology organization environment (TOE), technology readiness (TR), diffusion of innovation (DoI), and unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT). Customers' intentions to adopt EV are influenced by EV adoption readiness. Government support, industry support, manufacturer/distributor/dealer support, and customer preference trends all play a role in EV adoption readiness.
Interaction of copper (II) complexes by bovine serum albumin: spectroscopic and calorimetric insights
Creators: name: Namrata Singh
name: Pagariya, Darshana
name: Surbhi Jain
name: Naik, Sunil
name: Nand Kishore
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Serum albumins being the most abundant proteins in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid are significant carriers of essential transition metal ions in the human body. Studies of copper (II) complexes have gained attention because of their potential applications in synthetic, biological, and industrial processes. Study of binding interactions of such bioinorganic complexes with serum albumins improves our understanding of biomolecular recognition process essential for rational drug design. In the present investigation, we have applied quantitative approach to explore interactions of novel synthesized copper (II) complexes viz. [Cu(L1)(L2)ClO4] (complex I), [Cu(L2)(L3)]ClO4] (complex II) and [Cu(L4)2(H2O)2] (complex III) with bovine serum albumin (BSA) to evaluate their binding characteristics, site and mode of interaction. The fluorescence quenching of BSA initiated by complexation has been observed to be static in nature. The binding interactions are endothermic driven by entropic factors as confirmed by high sensitivity isothermal titration calorimetry. Changes in secondary and tertiary structure of protein have been studied by circular dichroism and significant reduction in α-helical content of BSA was observed upon binding. Site marking experiments with warfarin and ibuprofen indicated that copper complexes bind at site II of the protein.
Papua New Guinea’s 2022 Electoral Boundaries Redistribution
Creators: name: Raue, Benjamin
Publisher: name: Canberra, ACT: Dept. of Pacific Affairs, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, The Australian National University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Politics
Governance
Democracy
Elections
Papua New Guinea
Pacific

description: The Electoral Boundaries Commission (EBC) of Papua New Guinea recently completed another redistribution, but the changes have limited relationship to the actual population imbalances and do little to resolve the severe malapportionment that tilts the balance of power towards some parts of Papua New Guinea over others. The redistribution was passed through parliament in March 2022, just months out from the June election, with little time to implement changes before votes are cast. Electorates are theoretically distributed on the basis of one person, one vote, but this assumes that each open electorate has roughly the same population. Population trends shift over time, with some areas growing faster than others, and other areas experiencing slower growth, or even a decline in population. These effects add up over time, to the point where some members of parliament represent far fewer voters than others. This phenomenon is known as ‘malapportionment’, where the share of seats in parliament allocated to one part of a country is significantly out of proportion with that part’s share of the population.The provincial seats are designed to give a seat to every province, regardless of population, so are not considered in calculations of electoral fairness. Instead, the focus in this Working Paper is on the level of malapportionment in the open seats, and the attempts to change that.
Narrative, Logic, Contradiction: Xi Jinping's Story of China's Past, Present and Future
Creators: name: Davey, Janet Victoria Mary
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 2020
Subjects: China
politics
discourse
narrative
CCP
Xi Jinping
legitimacy
grand narrative
mythologic
discourse analysis
China Story

description: China's current leader Xi Jinping is telling, and selling, a story to China and the world. Xi's grand narrative, the 'China Story', recounts a modernising China's journey to national rejuvenation. Naturally, this 'Chinese Dream' can only be realised under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) with its unique development model of 'socialism with Chinese characteristics'. The backdrop to this positive story is a bleaker reality: a downturn in China's economy, tighter political controls over modern Chinese life, ongoing protests in Hong Kong and deteriorating relations with the United States. In 2020, China has looked to turn crisis into opportunity, using the global COVID-19 pandemic to promote a political narrative about the superiority of its CCP-led governance system. However, the underlying argument of China's COVID-19 narrative is not new; it is simply another echo of Xi's existing China Story. This suggests that a broader study of Xi's grand narrative is warranted. Analysing his overarching message will inform an understanding of how the contemporary CCP uses narrative and its governance performance to support the legitimacy of its rule. This study examines the narrative, argument and potential flaws in Xi's China Story. Drawing from literatures on Chinese language and politics, discourse analysis and political narratives, it critically analyses a selection of Xi's official speeches along with three texts published in response. This analysis informs an argument that by weaving the CCP, socialism with Chinese characteristics and national rejuvenation into a narrative of China's past, present and future, Xi turns his China Story into a 'mythologic'. Xi's mythologic, a narrative framework of reality, seeks to justify perpetual CCP rule by presenting the CCP-led system of socialism with Chinese characteristics as the only pathway to rejuvenation. However, analysing critical readings of Xi's discourse reveals contradictions in not only the China Story but also China's broader 'discourse-political system'. These contradictions prevent the China Story from generating a sustainable justification for CCP rule. Nonetheless, Xi's mythologic provides valuable support for CCP legitimacy. But its reliance on a perception of continuous progress to legitimise CCP rule means it must continually realign narrative and reality to demonstrate such progress, explain new developments and accommodate new interpretations.
Supplementary Material for: β-Sarcoglycan Deficiency Reduces Atherosclerotic Plaque Development in ApoE-Null Mice
Creators: name: Murugesan, V.
name: Degerman, E.
name: Holmen-Pålbrink, A.-K.
name: Duner, P.
name: Knutsson, A.
name: Hultgårdh-Nilsson, A.
name: Rauch, U.
Publisher: name: Karger Publishers
Year: 2017
Subjects: Medicine

description: Background: Smooth muscle cells are important for atherosclerotic plaque stability. Their proper ability to communicate with the extracellular matrix is crucial for maintaining the correct tissue integrity. In this study, we have investigated the role of β-sarcoglycan within the matrix-binding dystrophin-glycoprotein complex in the development of atherosclerosis. Results: Atherosclerotic plaque development was significantly reduced in ApoE-deficient mice lacking β-sarcoglycan, and their plaques contained an increase in differentiated smooth muscle cells. ApoE-deficient mice lacking β-sarcoglycan showed a reduction in ovarian adipose tissue and adipocyte size, while the total weight of the animals was not significantly different. Western blot analysis of adipose tissues showed a decreased activation of protein kinase B, while that of AMP-activated kinase was increased in mice lacking β-sarcoglycan. Analysis of plasma in β-sarcoglycan-deficient mice revealed reduced levels of leptin, adiponectin, insulin, cholesterol, and triglycerides but increased levels of IL-6, IL-17, and TNF-α. Conclusions: Our results indicate that the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex and β-sarcoglycan can affect the atherosclerotic process. Furthermore, the results show the effects of β-sarcoglycan deficiency on adipose tissue and lipid metabolism, which may also have contributed to the atherosclerotic plaque reduction.
Brazil's Comparative Advantages and Specialization Dynamics in Agri-food Trade
Creators: name: Zdráhal, Ivo
name: Hrabálek, Martin
name: Kadlec, Petr
name: Krpec, Oldřich
name: Zdráhal, Ivo
name: Hrabálek, Martin
name: Kadlec, Petr
name: Krpec, Oldřich
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: European Union
subject: Liberalization
subject: Markov Chain Model
subject: MERCOSUR
subject: Specialization

description: In the last decades Brazil has become a global agri-food powerhouse. The article interrogates the shape and its stability of revealed comparative advantages in 46 of its agri-food products for the period 1995-2017. The results support the argument that the Brazil's agri-food trade was formed by comparative advantages of specific agri-food sectors. The results show that the external shape of agri-food specialization has strengthened, first since early 2000s and second when the trade shifted more towards China. The pattern was stable according revealed comparative (dis)advantage of particular products, more changes occurred in each product's score and in ranking of products. Products without initial comparative advantage seem to remain uncompetitive whilst the products with strong initial comparative advantage continue to be competitive. The persistence in distribution has increased. This suggests, the shape of Brazil's revealed comparative advantage in agri-food trade has evolved towards its finite structure (ceteris paribus).
title: Was war die Erlanger Handlungspsychologie? Eine dreiteilige Skizze
Creators: name: Kölbl, Carlos
Publisher: name: University of Bayreuth
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Kulturpsychologie
subject: Psychologiegeschichte
subject: Wissenschaftstheorie
subject: Konstruktivismus
subject: Methodologie
subject: 150

description: Im Zentrum des vorliegenden Beitrags steht die Frage danach, was die Erlanger Handlungspsychologie war. Der Versuch einer Antwort erfolgt in drei Schritten. Erstens werden Genese, Entwicklung und Etablierung der Erlanger Handlungspsychologie, zweitens ihr Handlungsbegriff sowie Formen der Handlungserklärung und drittens Schwierigkeiten und Alternativen des Empiriebezugs nachgezeichnet. Die skizzenhafte und pointierte Rekonstruktion dieses Ansatzes erfolgt dabei immer auch mit Blick auf andere handlungspsychologische Forschungsprogramme, um seine Spezifika besser herausarbeiten zu können.
title: Comparison of kidney allograft survival in the Eurotransplant senior program after changing the allocation criteria in 2010—A single center experience
Creators: name: Mehdorn, Anne-Sophie
name: Reuter, Stefan Johannes
name: Suwelack, Barbara
name: Schütte-Nütgen, Katharina
name: Becker, Felix
name: Senninger, Norbert
name: Palmes, Daniel Michael
name: Vogel, Thomas
name: Bahde, Ralf
Publisher: name: University of Muenster, Institutional Repository MIAMI
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 610 Medicine and health

description: Aims: The European Senior Program (ESP) aims to avoid waiting list competition between younger and elderly patients applying for renal transplantation. By listing patients ≥65 years on a separate waiting list and locally allocating of grafts ≥65 years exclusively to this cohort, waiting and cold ischemia times are predicted to be shortened, potentially resulting in improved kidney transplantation outcomes. This study compared a historic cohort of renal transplant recipients being simultaneously listed on the general and the ESP waiting lists with a collective exclusively listed on the ESP list in terms of surrogates of the transplantation outcome. Methods: Total 151 eligible patients ≥ 65 years from Münster transplant Center, Germany, between 1999 and 2014 were included. Graft function, graft and patient survival were compared using surrogate markers of short- and long-term graft function. Patients were grouped according to their time of transplantation. Results: Recipients and donors in the newESP (nESP) cohort were significantly older (69.6 ± 3.5 years vs 67.1 ± 2 years, p<0.05; 72.0 ± 5.0 years vs 70.3 ± 5.0 years, p = 0.039), had significantly shorter dialysis vintage (19.6 ± 21.7 months vs 60.2 ± 28.1 months, p<0.001) and suffered from significantly more comorbidities (2.2 ± 0.9 vs 1.8 ± 0.8, p = 0.009) than the historic cohort (HC). Five-year death-censored graft survival was better than in the HC, but 5-year graft and patient survival were better in the ESP cohort. After 2005, cold ischemia time between groups was comparable. nESP grafts showed more primary function and significantly better long-term graft function 18 months after transplantation and onwards. Conclusion: nESP recipients received significantly older grafts, but experienced significantly shorter time on dialysis. Cold ischemia times were comparable, but graft function in the nESP cohort was significantly better in the long term.
description: Finanziert durch den Open-Access-Publikationsfonds der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU Münster).
Heptan-2-one - Molecule of the Month October 2010 [Archived version]
Creators: name: Cotton, Simon
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description:
This is the Molecule of the Month entry for October 2010 about heptan-2-one. It is a pdf archive version of the HTML webpage.
Clusterix
Creators: name: Koutsakis, Ilias
name: Maguire, Eamonn
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: clustering
machine learning
visual analytics
exploratory analytics
visualization

description: Visual exploration of clustered data.
description: Presentation Slides for Clusterix: https://www.slideshare.net/eamonnmag/clusterix-at-vds-2016