cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
VOYAGA YETMAGANLAR O'RTASIDA ERTA NIKOHLARNING OLDINI OLISH BO'YICHA XORIJ TAJRIBALARI
Creators: name: Rustamov, J.I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Maqolada turli madaniy-ijtimoiy sharoitlarda erta turmush qurish va nikohga kirishish muammosi ko‘lami muhokama qilinadi, uning ijtimoiy-madaniy, iqtisodiy va sog‘liqni saqlash jihatlari tahlil qilinadi va uni bartaraf etish bo‘yicha strategiya va chora-tadbirlar taklif etiladi.
Syntheses, crystal structures, and luminescent properties of three metal coordination polymers based on adipic acid and 2-(pyridine-3-yl)-(1H)-benzimidazole
Creators: name: Cui-Cui Wang
name: Wang, Jin-Hua
name: Tang, Gui-Mei
name: Wang, Yong-Tao
name: Yue-Zhi Cui
name: Seik Weng Ng
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: Hematology
Biological Sciences
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Science
Chemistry
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Biotechnology
Molecular Biology
Medicine
Physics
Biochemistry
Biophysics

description: Three new metal coordination polymers constructed from adipic acid and 2-(pyridin-3-yl)-(1H)-benzimidazole ligands, [M(ADP)(3PBI)2(H2O)2]·2H2O (M = Ni and Co for 1 and 2, respectively) and [Cd(ADP)(3PBI)(H2O)] (3) [ADP = adipic acid dianion; 3PBI = 2-(pyridin-3-yl)-(1H)-benzimidazole], have been synthesized by hydrothermal reactions and were characterized by X-ray single-crystal diffraction, elemental analyses, IR, powder X-ray diffraction, and thermogravimetry. Complexes 1 and 2 are isostructural. Both form a 1-D linear chain structure, which is further assembled into a 3-D supramolecular framework by π⋯π stacking and hydrogen bonding interactions. Complex 3 possesses a binuclear unit and displays a 2-D layer which is further extended to a 3-D supramolecular architecture via hydrogen bonding and other weak packing interactions. The luminescent properties of 3 were investigated in the solid state at room temperature.
The Direct Preparation of Amides from Amine Hydrochloride Salts and Orthoesters: A Synthetic and Mechanistic Perspective
Creators: name: Grandi, Martin J. Di
name: Bennett, Caitlin
name: Cagino, Kristen
name: Muccini, Arnold
name: Suraci, Corey
name: Saba, Shahrokh
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: Developmental Biology
Science Policy
Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Biotechnology

description: The conversion of a wide range of primary, secondary aliphatic and a few arylamine hydrochloride salts to their corresponding acetamides with trimethyl orthoacetate (TMOA) is described. Mechanistic studies using NMR and GC-MS techniques indicate these reactions proceed via an O-methylimidate intermediate that undergoes in situ demethylation by chloride affording the corresponding acetamides. Synthetically, this reaction represents a practical, high-yielding protocol with a simple workup for the rapid conversion of amine hydrochloride salts to acetamides.
Enhanced photothermal therapy assisted with gold nanorods using a radially polarized beam
Creators: name: Kang, Hong
name: Jia, Baohua
name: Li, Jingliang
name: Morrish, Dru
name: Gu, Min
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: We report on the use of a radially polarized beam for photothermal therapy of cancer cells labeled with gold nanorods. Due to a three-dimensionally distributed electromagnetic field in the focal volume, the radially polarized beam is proven to be a highly efficient laser mode to excite gold nanorods randomly oriented in cancer cells. As a result, the energy fluence for effective cancer cell damage is reduced to one fifth of that required for a linearly polarized beam, which is only 9.3% of the medical safety level.
Exploring Plasticity Rules in the Biologically Realistic Simulation of Neuronal Cultures
Creators: name: Stefan, Dvoretskii
name: Soriano Fradera, Jordi
name: Houben, Akke Mats
name: Haeb, Anna-Christina
name: Universitat de Barcelona
name: Erasmus+
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Computational neuroscience
subject: Artificial intelligence
subject: Computational intelligence
subject: Simulation software
subject: Neuronal Plasticity
subject: Plasticity
subject: Neuronal Cell Culture
subject: Organoid Intelligence

description: This is a Master thesis for the MS Neuroengineering program at TU Munich.

Abstract: Neuronal cell cultures have served as a pivotal platform for neuroscience experiments sincethe early 20th century. However, despite their long history of use, the processes governingthe development of connectivity and firing patterns in these cultures remain inadequatelyunderstood. In this master’s thesis, I endeavor to bridge this knowledge gap by integratingstraightforward plasticity rules with established models of neuronal culture growth andactivity. The objective is to create a comprehensive and realistic simulation of neuronal culturedevelopment, which can be effectively employed as a digital twin of real-world neuronalculture experiments. To demonstrate the utility of this simulation, I present a case studyinvolving the silencing of neuronal activity using CNQX as an example. This innovativeapproach promises to advance our understanding of neuronal culture dynamics, providingvaluable insights into the behavior of neuronal cell cultures. By offering a powerful digitaltool for experimentation and analysis, this work contributes to the ongoing exploration ofneuroscience and opens up new avenues for research and discovery.
Nonlinear endomicroscopy using a double-clad fiber coupler
Creators: name: Bao, Hongchun
name: Ryu, Seon Young
name: Lee, Byeong Ha
name: Tao, Wei
name: Gu, Min
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: A double-clad fiber coupler is developed to be used in two-photon-excited fluorescence endomicroscopy to replace a dichroic mirror and separate the fluorescence signal from the excitation laser beam. With the double-clad fiber coupler, the endomicroscope becomes more compact, easier to be aligned, and more stable in alignment. The double-clad fiber coupler can transmit 62% of the excitation laser beam through the core. The fluorescence collection efficiency of the double-clad fiber coupler is 34%, which is, to the best of our knowledge, the highest fluorescence collection efficiency achieved by couplers used in two-photon-excited fluorescence endomicroscopes. As a result, the contrast of endomicroscopy imaging is enhanced.
MPEC 2024-V04 : 2024 UF11
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2024 UF11

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Polarization characterization in the focal volume of high numerical aperture objectives
Creators: name: Kang, Hong
name: Jia, Baohua
name: Gu, Min
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In this paper the polarization states of linearly and radially polarized plane wave and doughnut beams in the focal volume of high numerical aperture objectives are studied. Through manipulating the incident polarization states of laser beams as well as the apodization of an objective and adjusting the numerical aperture of an objective, focal fields dominantly with either one transverse component or one longitudinal component can be generated. Furthermore, tailored polarization distributions with three polarization components of the same strength are also found.
Gold-nanoparticle-enhanced cancer photothermal therapy
Creators: name: Jing-Liang Li, Jingliang
name: Gu, Min
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In this paper, progress on the gold-nanoparticle-enhanced photothermal therapy is reviewed. Size- and shape-dependent optical absorption of gold nanoparticles, the effects of various parameters on the therapeutic efficiency, and the mechanisms of gold-nanoparticle-assisted cancer therapy are discussed. Future research directions of gold-nanoparticle-assisted cancer photothermal therapy are also suggested.
DNA barcoding and phylogenetic relationships in Anatidae
Creators: name: Zuhao Huang
name: Dianhua Ke
name: Chengzhong Yang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Biochemistry

description: Mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) has been used as a powerful marker in a variety of phylogenetic studies. According to studies of bird species, the 694-bp sequence of the mitochondrial gene encoding COI is extremely useful for species identification and phylogeny. In the present study, we analyzed the COI barcodes of 79 species from 26 genera belonging to the Anatidae family. Sixty-six species (83.54%) of the species were identified correctly from their DNA barcodes. The remaining 13 species shared barcodes sequences with closely related species. Kimura two-parameter (K2P) distances were calculated between barcodes. The average genetic distance between species was 41 times higher compared to the average genetic distance within species. Neighbor-joining method was used to construct a phylogenetic tree, which grouped all of the genera into three divergent clades. Dendrocygna and Nomonyx + Oxyura were identified as early offshoots of the Anatidae. All the remaining taxa fell into two clades that correspond to the two subfamilies Anserinae and Anatiane. Based on our results, DNA barcoding is an effective molecular tool for Anatidae species identification and phylogenetic inference.
The effects of retardation on plasmon hybridization within metallic nanostructures
Creators: name: Turner, Mark D
name: Hossain, Md Muntasir
name: Gu, Min
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Plasmon hybridization theory (PHT) is an analytical model developed for understanding plasmonic interactions within complex metallic nanostructures, and gives a useful insight for optimizing design parameters. However, this theory is based on the electrostatic limit, which restricts the model to nanostructures much smaller than the free space wavelength of light. Here, we extend the PHT to incorporate retardation of the Coulomb interaction and investigate the effects of retardation on plasmons within metallic structures. We compare these results using other methods, such as Mie scattering theory and the finite integration technique, and observe a good agreement in both electrostatic and retardation regimes. Plasmons within metallic nanospheres and nanotubes are shown to have significant retardation in certain regimes, causing red-shifting to plasmon wavelengths, and we discuss the implications of retardation for plasmonic devices.
Cancer-cell microsurgery using nonlinear optical endomicroscopy
Creators: name: Gu, Min
name: Bao, Hong Chun
name: Li, Jing Liang
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Abstract not reproduced here by request of the publisher. The text is available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.3502566.
Techniques and Protocols for Dispersing Nanoparticle Powders in Aqueous Media—is there a Rationale for Harmonization?
Creators: name: Hartmann, Nanna B.
name: Rasmussen, Kirsten
name: Gilliland, Douglas
name: Jensen, Keld Alstrup
name: Baun, Anders
name: Rauscher, Hubert
name: Tantra, Ratna
name: Cupi, Denisa
name: Pianella, Francesca
name: Sintes, Juan M. Riego
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Selecting appropriate ways of bringing engineered nanoparticles (ENP) into aqueous dispersion is a main obstacle for testing, and thus for understanding and evaluating, their potential adverse effects to the environment and human health. Using different methods to prepare (stock) dispersions of the same ENP may be a source of variation in the toxicity measured. Harmonization and standardization of dispersion methods applied in mammalian and ecotoxicity testing are needed to ensure a comparable data quality and to minimize test artifacts produced by modifications of ENP during the dispersion preparation process. Such harmonization and standardization will also enhance comparability among tests, labs, and studies on different types of ENP. The scope of this review was to critically discuss the essential parameters in dispersion protocols for ENP. The parameters are identified from individual scientific studies and from consensus reached in larger scale research projects and international organizations. A step-wise approach is proposed to develop tailored dispersion protocols for ecotoxicological and mammalian toxicological testing of ENP. The recommendations of this analysis may serve as a guide to researchers, companies, and regulators when selecting, developing, and evaluating the appropriateness of dispersion methods applied in mammalian and ecotoxicity testing. However, additional experimentation is needed to further document the protocol parameters and investigate to what extent different stock dispersion methods affect ecotoxicological and mammalian toxicological responses of ENP.
Design of a compact microfludic device for controllable cell distribution
Creators: name: Li, Jing-Liang
name: Day, Daniel
name: Gu, Min
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: A compact microfluidic device with 96 microchambers allocated within four circular units was designed and examined for cell distribution. In each unit, cells were distributed to the surrounding chambers radially from the center. The circular arrangement of the chambers makes the design simple and compact. A controllable and quantitative cell distribution is achievable in this device. This design is significant to the microfluidic applications where controllable distribution of cells in multipule microchambers is demanded.
A test for detecting etiologic heterogeneity in epidemiological studies
Creators: name: S. Karagulle
name: Z. Kalaylioglu
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Cancer
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Current statistical methods for analyzing epidemiological data with disease subtype information allow us to acquire knowledge not only for risk factor-disease subtype association but also, on a more profound account, heterogeneity in these associations by multiple disease characteristics (so-called etiologic heterogeneity of the disease). Current interest, particularly in cancer epidemiology, lies in obtaining a valid p-value for testing the hypothesis whether a particular cancer is etiologically heterogeneous. We consider the two-stage logistic regression model along with pseudo-conditional likelihood estimation method and design a testing strategy based on Rao's score test. An extensive Monte Carlo simulation study is carried out, false discovery rate and statistical power of the suggested test are investigated. Simulation results indicate that applying the proposed testing strategy, even a small degree of true etiologic heterogeneity can be recovered with a large statistical power from the sampled data. The strategy is then applied on a breast cancer data set to illustrate its use in practice where there are multiple risk factors and multiple disease characteristics of simultaneous concern.
Phase formation in the system Co2+–WO42−–H+–C3H7ON–H2O. Synthesis, crystal structure, and characterization of cobalt(II) decatungstate [Co(C3H7NO)5]2[W10O32]
Creators: name: Poimanova, Olena Yu.
name: Radio, Sergii V.
name: Bilousova, Katerina Ye.
name: Khaustov, Danil V.
name: Baumer, Vyacheslav N.
name: Rozantsev, Georgiy M.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: Cell Biology
Engineering
Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Physics
Biochemistry

description: The phase formation processes of isopolytungstates in the systems Co2+––H+–DMF–H2O (DMF-dimethylformamide) with different acidities (Z = ν(H+)/ν = 1.14–1.60) have been studied. It was found that only cobalt(II) hepta-, para-, and decatungstates could be isolated from aqueous DMF solutions. The chemical and FTIR spectroscopic analysis of the products isolated from the system allowed determination of conditions of Co(II) decatungstate formation. Cobalt(II) decatungstate, [Co(C3H7NO)5]2[W10O32], was characterized by elemental and EDX spectral analysis, SEM, FTIR spectroscopy, thermal analysis, single-crystal X-ray diffraction, and by UV–vis spectroscopy analysis.
Circular Dichroism in Biological Photonic Crystals and Cubic Chiral Nets
Creators: name: Saba, M.
name: Thiel, M.
name: Turner, M. D.
name: Hyde, S. T.
name: Gu, Min
name: Grosse-Brauckmann, K.
name: Neshev, D. N.
name: Mecke, K.
name: Schröder-Turk, G. E.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Nature provides impressive examples of chiral photonic crystals, with the notable example of the cubic so-called srs network (the label for the chiral degree-three network modeled on SrSi2) or gyroid structure realized in wing scales of several butterfly species. By a circular polarization analysis of the band structure of such networks, we demonstrate strong circular dichroism effects: The butterfly srs microstructure, of cubic I4132 symmetry, shows significant circular dichroism for blue to ultraviolet light, that warrants a search for biological receptors sensitive to circular polarization. A derived synthetic structure based on four like-handed silicon srs nets exhibits a large circular polarization stop band of a width exceeding 30%. These findings offer design principles for chiral photonic devices.
Fabrication and characterization of three-dimensional biomimetic chiral composites
Creators: name: Turner, Mark D.
name: Schrõder-Turk, Gerd E.
name: Gu, Min
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Here we show the fabrication and characterization of a novel class of biomimetic photonic chiral composites inspired by a recent finding in butterfly wing-scales. These three-dimensional networks have cubic symmetry, are fully interconnected, have robust mechanical strength and possess chirality which can be controlled through the composition of multiple chiral networks, providing an excellent platform for developing novel chiral materials. Using direct laser writing we have fabricated different types of chiral composites that can be engineered to form novel photonic devices. We experimentally show strong circular dichroism and compare with numerical simulations to illustrate the high quality of these three-dimensional photonic structures.
Technology of artificial breeding of catfish species in the hatcheries in Jessore region, Bangladesh
Creators: name: Al-Asif, Abdulla-
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 70201 Animal Breeding
subject: FOS: Animal and dairy science
subject: 70403 Fisheries Management
subject: FOS: Agriculture, forestry and fisheries
subject: 70499 Fisheries Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: The present study was carried out to know the artificial breeding of Ompk pabda, Heteropneustes fossilis and Pangasius hypophthalmus using pituitary gland (PG) from June to August 2014, in the hatcheries in Jessore region. Brood stock of Pangus, Shing, and Pabda was developed in the hatchery. A total of 10 hatcheries were included in the study. Brood fishes were reared in the brood rearing pond by providing artificial diet for good health and full maturation. Brood fishes were injected with PG in different months June to August. Both male and female were injected with PG. In Pabda, Shing and Pangus first PG dose was applied at 8-10, 30-35 and 1-2 mg PG/kg of body weight of females respectively. After 1 st PG dose of Pabda, Shing, and Pangus (6 hours later) female were treated with 2nd doses at 10-12, 60, 8-10 mg PG/kg of body weight, respectively. At the time of second dose of female, the males were also treated with single PG dose. The males of Pabda, Shing and Pangus were treated with 8-10, 30-35 and 1-2 mg PG/kg body weight respectively. It was observed that the female and male brood fishes eject eggs and milt within 12-14 hours respectively. Ovulation occurred in Pabda, Shing, and Pangus naturally after, 6-7 hours. The fertilized eggs of Pabda, Shing and Pangus were hatched within 22-24 hours. The temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen and transparency ranged from 22-34 0 C, 6-8.5, 5-7.5 ppm and 22-32 cm of the water of brood rearing ponds respectively. The average spawn production and body weight of female Pabda, Shing and Pangus were 11500/kg and 120/gm, 21000/kg and 130/gm, 44500/kg and 3.5/kg, respectively. The average fertilization, hatching and survival rate of Pangus (80%, 73% and 64%), Shing (73%, 68% and 58%) and Pabda (78%, 65% and 60%) respectively. The male and female ratio was maintained as 1:2 for each fishes.
Planar defects in three-dimensional chalcogenide glass photonic crystals
Creators: name: Nicoletti, Elisa
name: Bulla, Douglas
name: Luther-Davies, Barry
name: Gu, Min
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Here we report on the direct laser writing fabrication of Fabry-Perot-type planar microcavities in a three-dimensional (3D) photonic crystal (PhC) embedded within a high-refractive nonlinear chalcogenide glass (ChG) film. The fabricated planar microcavities in a nonlinear ChG 3D PhC facilitate the observation of resonant modes inside the stop gap. The experimental results show that the length of the planar cavity can be well controlled by the fabrication power and thus be used to tune the defect modes. The tunability of the observed defect modes is confirmed by the theoretical prediction.
Ultrahigh nonlinear nanoshell plasmonic waveguide with total energy confinement
Creators: name: Hossain, Md Muntasir
name: Turner, Mark D.
name: Gu, Min
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Dielectric nonlinear waveguides have reached their maximum potential in achieving high nonlinearity due to the limitation of mode confinement beyond the diffraction limit. We theoretically demonstrate that a plasmonic waveguide consisted of a nonlinear subwavelength core coated by a metallic nanoshell can achieve ultrahigh nonlinearity and complete mode confinement. Our results show that the subwavelength nanoshell plasmonic waveguide can possess an ultrahigh Kerr nonlinearity up to 4.1 × 104W−1m−1 with nearly 100% of the mode energy residing inside the waveguide at λ = 1.55 µm. The optical properties are explored with detailed numerical simulations and are explained in terms of their dispersive properties.
Clinical efficacy and toxicity of radio-chemotherapy and magnetic resonance imaging-guided brachytherapy for locally advanced cervical cancer patients: A mono-institutional experience
Creators: name: Lakosi, Ferenc
name: Marjoelin De Cuypere
name: Nguyen, Paul Viet
name: Jansen, Nicolas
name: Warlimont, Bernard
name: Akos Gulyban
name: Gennigens, Christine
name: Seidel, Laurence
name: Delbecque, Katty
name: Coucke, Philippe
name: Hermesse, Johanne
name: Kridelka, Frederic
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Medicine
subject: Biophysics

description: ABSTRACTBackground. To evaluate efficacy and toxicity of radio-chemotherapy (RCT) and MR-guided pulsed-dose-rate (PDR) adaptive brachytherapy (IGABT) for locally advanced cervical cancer (LACC).Material and methods. Between 2007 and 2014 85 patients with FIGO stage 1B1 N+ or ≥ 1B2 cervical cancer were treated with RCT+ IGABT. The treatment consisted of a pelvic± paraaortic external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) (45–50.4 Gy ± 10 Gy boost to primary tumor and/or to pathologic lymph nodes) with concurrent cisplatin followed by 25–35 Gy of PDR IGABT in 30–50 pulses. The ratio of 3D-CFRT/IMRT was 61/24 patients. Dose-volume parameters of high-risk clinical target volume (HR-CTV), intermediate-risk clinical target volume (IR-CTV) and D2cm3 organs at risk (OARs) were reported. Local control (LC), cancer-specific survival (CCS) and overall survival (OS) were analyzed actuarially and morbidity crude rates were scored using CTCAEv4.0.Results. Mean follow-up was 36 months (range 6–94). The mean D90 and D98 for HR-CTV was 84.4 ± 9 Gy and 77 ± 8.1 Gy, while for IR-CTV was 69.1 ± 4.3 Gy and 64.8 ± 4.3 Gy, respectively. The mean D2cm3 for OARs was the following: bladder: 77.3 ± 10.5 Gy, rectum: 65 ± 6.8 Gy, sigmoid: 63 ± 7.9 Gy and intestine: 64.0 ± 9.1 Gy. Three year LC, CSS and OS were: 94%, 85% and 81%. The three-year regional- and distant control rates were 95% and 74%. Node negative patients had significantly higher three-year CSS (100 vs. 72%, p = 0.016) and OS (92 vs. 72%, p = 0.001) compared to node positive ones. Three-year actuarial late Grade ≥ 3 morbidity was the following: GI: 8%, GU: 5%, Vaginal: 8%. The frequency of Grade ≥ 3 hematological toxicities including anemia/leukopenia/neutropenia/thrombocytopenia were 8.6%/34.7%/24.3%/24.3%, respectively.Conclusion. This large mono-institutional experience builds up further evidences that IGABT in conjunction with RCT should be the standard of care for patients suffering LACC.
Experimental demonstration of propagating plasmons in metallic nanoshells
Creators: name: Hossain, Md Muntasir
name: Antonello, Alessandro
name: Gu, Min
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In this paper, we show the experimental demonstration of plasmon propagation in cylindrical metallic nanoshells which is coated, via the electroless silver deposition method, on dielectric nanorods fabricated by using the direct laser writing method. The experimental measurement and the numerical analysis reveal the polarization sensitivity of the plasmon modes within the nanoshells. We further characterize the fundamental properties of these plasmon modes by exploiting their dispersive features and explain the mechanism for the excitation of the plasmon modes by identifying their radiative and nonradiative nature.
Dynamic model of nonmedical opioid use trajectories and potential policy interventions
Creators: name: Wakeland, Wayne
name: Nielsen, Alexandra
name: Geissert, Peter
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Background: Nonmedical use of pharmaceutical opioid analgesics (POA) increased dramatically over the past two decades and remains a major health problem in the United States, contributing to over 16 000 accidental poisoning deaths in 2010. Objectives: To create a systems-oriented theory/model to explain the historical behaviors of interest, including the various populations of nonmedical opioid users and accidental overdose mortality within those populations. To use the model to explore policy interventions including tamper-resistant drug formulations and strategies for reducing diversion of opioid medicines. Methods: A system dynamics model was constructed to represent the population of people who initiate nonmedical POA usage. The model incorporates use trajectories including development of use disorders, transitions from reliance on informal sharing to paying for drugs, transition from oral administration to tampering to facilitate non-oral routes of administration, and transition to heroin use by some users, as well as movement into and out of the population through quitting and mortality. Empirical support was drawn from national surveys (NSDUH, TEDS, MTF, and ARCOS) and published studies. Results: The model was able to replicate the patterns seen in the historical data for each user population, and the associated overdose deaths. Policy analysis showed that both tamper-resistant formulations and interventions to reduce informal sharing could significantly reduce nonmedical user populations and overdose deaths in the long term, but the modeled effect sizes require additional empirical support. Conclusion: Creating a theory/model that can explain system behaviors at a systems level scale is feasible and facilitates thorough evaluation of policy interventions.
Broadband optical absorptions in inversed woodpile metallic photonic crystals
Creators: name: Hossain, Md Muntasir
name: Gu, Min
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Here we demonstrate enhanced optical absorptions within three-dimensional inversed woodpile metallic photonic crystals fabricated via the combination of the direct laser writing method and the electrodeposition method. These metallic microstructures operating in the optical wavelengths are found to possess multiple enhanced absorption peaks over a broad spectral range. We characterize the optical properties with detailed numerical simulations and show that the broadband enhanced absorptions originate from the excitation of robust localized plasmon resonances and enhanced interactions at the photonic band edge within the metallic photonic crystals.
Personalized third-trimester fetal growth evaluation: comparisons of individualized growth assessment, percentile line and conditional probability methods
Creators: name: Deter, Russell L.
name: Lee, Wesley
name: Haleh Sangi-Haghpeykar
name: Tarca, Adi L.
name: Li, Jia
name: Lami Yeo
name: Romero, Roberto
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Objective: To compare third-trimester size trajectory prediction errors (average transformed percent deviations) for three individualized fetal growth assessment methods. Methods: This study utilized longitudinal measurements of nine directly measured size parameters in 118 fetuses with normal neonatal growth outcomes. Expected value (EV) function coefficients and variance components were obtained using two-level random coefficient modeling. Growth models (IGA) or EV coefficients and variance components (PLM and CPM) were used to calculate predicted values at ∼400 third-trimester time points. Percent deviations (Þv) calculated at these time points using all three methods were expressed as percentages of IGA MA-specific reference ranges [transformed percent deviations (TÞv)]. Third-trimester TÞv values were averaged (aTÞv) for each parameter. Mean ± standard deviation’s for sets of aTÞv values derived from each method (IGA, PLM and CPM) were calculated and compared. Results: Mean aTÞv values for nine parameters were: (i) IGA: −4.3 to 5.2% (9/9 not different from zero); (ii) PLM: −32.7 to 25.6% (4/9 not different from zero) and (iii) CPM: −20.4 to 17.4% (5/9 not different from zero). Seven of nine systematic deviations from zero were statistically significant when IGA values were compared to either PLM or CPM values. Variabilities were smaller for IGA when compared to those for PLM or CPM, with (i) 5/9 being statistically significant (IGA versus PLM), (ii) 2/9 being statistically significant (IGA versus CPM) and (iii) 5/9 being statistically significant (PLM versus CPM). Conclusions: Significant differences in the agreement between predicted third-trimester size parameters and their measured values were found for the three methods tested. With most parameters, IGA gave smaller mean aTÞv values and smaller variabilities. The CPM method was better than the PLM approach for most but not all parameters. These results suggest that third-trimester size trajectories are best characterized by IGA in fetuses with normal growth outcomes.
Phase formation in the system Co2+ – WO42- – H+ – C3H7ON – H2O. Synthesis, crystal structure and characterization of cobalt(II) decatungstate [Co(C3<
Creators: name: Poimanova, Olena Yu.
name: Radio, Sergii V.
name: Bilousova, Katerina Ye.
name: Khaustov, Danil V.
name: Baumer, Vyacheslav N.
name: Rozantsev, Georgiy M.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: Cell Biology
Engineering
Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Physics
Biochemistry

description: The phase formation processes of isopolytungstates in the systems Co2+ - WO42- - H+ - DMF - H2O (DMF – dimethylformamide) with different acidities (Z = ν(H+)/ν(WO42-) = 1.14–1.60) have been studied. It was found that only cobalt(II) hepta-, para- and decatungstates could be isolated from aqueous dimethylformamide solutions. The chemical and FTIR spectroscopic analysis of the products isolated from the system allowed determination of conditions of Co(II) decatungstate formation. Cobalt(II) decatungstate, [Co(C3H7NO)5]2[W10O32], was characterized by elemental and EDX spectral analysis, SEM, FTIR spectroscopy, thermal analysis, single-crystal X-ray diffraction, and by UV-Vis spectroscopy analysis.
Garra rufa
Creators: name: Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz
name: Esmaeili, Hamid Reza
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Cypriniformes
Cyprinidae
Garra
Garra rufa

description: 90. Garra rufa (Heckel, 1843)
Common name. Red garra
Taxonomy. Original description: Discognathus rufus Heckel, 1843: 1071 (81) [Aleppo, Syria; lectotype: NMW 53240 (108 mm SL)].
Revisions. Sayyadzadeh et al. (2015a); Esmaeili et al. (2016a).
Illustrations. Heckel (1843: pl. 8 (fig. 2)) as Discognathus rufus; Esmaeili et al. (2016a: 108, fig. 23); Esmaeili et al. (2016a: 109, fig. 24) as Discognathus crenulatus.
Distribution in Iran. Distribution in River Basin: Tigris, Lake Maharlu, Persis.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 441-Lower Tigris & Euphrates, 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates.
Status in Iran. [Native].—Gel cheragh-e Maamoli.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022).—Iran material: ZM-CBSU.
Conservation. —IUCN: LC.
description: Published as part of Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz & Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, 2024, Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022), pp. 1-99 in Zootaxa 5402 (1) on page 34, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5402.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10524097
Enhancement of spontaneous emission in three-dimensional low refractive-index photonic crystals with designed defects
Creators: name: Gan, Zongsong
name: Jia, Baohua
name: Liu, Jing-Feng
name: Wang, Xue-Hua
name: Gu, Min
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In this work, we demonstrate that low refractive-index three-dimensional photonics crystals with a planar defect, fabricated with the direct laser writing method, can be used to effectively enhance the spontaneous emission (SE) of semiconductor quantum dots (QDs). To achieve this, we develop a controllable and reliable method to integrate quantum dots into the defect-embedded photonic crystals (PCs). Although the overlapping of different direction stop gaps in low refractive-index defect-free three-dimensional photonic crystals imposes a challenge to realize spontaneous emission enhancement at the band edge wavelength, we achieve a 15% enhancement of the spontaneous emission by introducing a tailored planar defect.
Design of lumpy metallic nanoparticles for broadband and wide-angle light scattering
Creators: name: Stokes, Nicholas
name: Jia, Baohua
name: Gu, Min
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Broadband and wide-angle light scattering media are highly desirable in photonic applications. In this paper, we theoretically investigate the light scattering properties of lumpy nanoparticles of silver, aluminum, and copper compared to those of smooth nanospheres with the same volume. The lumpy nanoparticles are found to provide broadband scattering enhancement over the smooth nanoparticles in a variety of dielectric environments. A maximum 18 enhancement in angular scattering for Al lumpy particles was found. More importantly, near-field scattering intensity mapping confirms that the enhanced scattering is achieved in all directions, making them more attractive in diverse photonic applications.
Personalized third-trimester fetal growth evaluation: comparisons of individualized growth assessment, percentile line and conditional probability methods
Creators: name: Deter, Russell L.
name: Lee, Wesley
name: Haleh Sangi-Haghpeykar
name: Tarca, Adi L.
name: Li, Jia
name: Lami Yeo
name: Romero, Roberto
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Chemistry
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Engineering
subject: Biochemistry

description: Objective: To compare third-trimester size trajectory prediction errors (average transformed percent deviations) for three individualized fetal growth assessment methods.Methods: This study utilized longitudinal measurements of nine directly measured size parameters in 118 fetuses with normal neonatal growth outcomes. Expected value (EV) function coefficients and variance components were obtained using two-level random coefficient modeling. Growth models (IGA) or EV coefficients and variance components (PLM and CPM) were used to calculate predicted values at ∼400 third-trimester time points. Percent deviations (%Dev) calculated at these time points using all three methods were expressed as percentages of IGA MA-specific reference ranges [transformed percent deviations (T%Dev)]. Third-trimester T%Dev values were averaged (aT%Dev) for each parameter. Mean ± standard deviation’s for sets of aT%Dev values derived from each method (IGA, PLM and CPM) were calculated and compared.Results: Mean aT%Dev values for nine parameters were: (i) IGA: −4.3 to 5.2% (9/9 not different from zero); (ii) PLM: −32.7 to 25.6% (4/9 not different from zero) and (iii) CPM: −20.4 to 17.4% (5/9 not different from zero). Seven of nine systematic deviations from zero were statistically significant when IGA values were compared to either PLM or CPM values. Variabilities were smaller for IGA when compared to those for PLM or CPM, with (i) 5/9 being statistically significant (IGA versus PLM), (ii) 2/9 being statistically significant (IGA versus CPM) and (iii) 5/9 being statistically significant (PLM versus CPM).Conclusions: Significant differences in the agreement between predicted third-trimester size parameters and their measured values were found for the three methods tested. With most parameters, IGA gave smaller mean aT%Dev values and smaller variabilities. The CPM method was better than the PLM approach for most but not all parameters. These results suggest that third-trimester size trajectories are best characterized by IGA in fetuses with normal growth outcomes.
Effective Density and Volatility of Particles Emitted from Gasoline Direct Injection Vehicles and Implications for Particle Mass Measurement
Creators: name: A. Momenimovahed
name: J. S. Olfert
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physics
subject: Engineering
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: The effective density and volatility of particulate emissions from five gasoline direct injection (GDI) passenger vehicles were measured using a tandem differential mobility analyzer (DMA) and centrifugal particle mass analyzer (CPMA) system. The measurements were conducted on a chassis dynamometer at three steady-state operating conditions. A thermodenuder was employed to find the volatility and mixing state of the particles as well as the effective density of nascent and non-volatile particles (defined as particle phase remaining after denuding at 200°C). The mass–mobility exponent ranged between 2.4 and 2.7 for nascent (or undenuded) particles and between 2.5 and 2.7 for non-volatile particles; higher than typical diesel soot. The effective density function was 4278dm−0.438 ± 76.3 kg/m3 (for mobility diameter, dm, in nm) for nascent particles and 3215dm−0.395 ± 37.9 kg/m3 for non-volatile particles. The effective density functions of the non-volatile particles were fairly similar for the conditions studied. The uncertainty in using the effective density and mixing state data to determine the mass concentration of the aerosol by integrating mobility size distributions was examined. The uncertainty in mass concentration is minimized when only the non-volatile component is measured. However, the uncertainty in the mass concentration increases substantially if nascent particles are measured due to uncertainties in the particle mixing state and their associated effective densities. Furthermore, transient vehicle operation (cold-starts, accelerations, and decelerations) would likely change the mixing state of the exhaust particles suggesting it is difficult to accurately measure the mass concentration of undenuded GDI exhaust particulate using integrated size distribution methods.Copyright 2015 American Association for Aerosol Research
Clinical efficacy and toxicity of radio-chemotherapy and magnetic resonance imaging-guided brachytherapy for locally advanced cervical cancer patients: A mono-institutional experience
Creators: name: Lakosi, Ferenc
name: Marjoelin De Cuypere
name: Nguyen, Paul Viet
name: Jansen, Nicolas
name: Warlimont, Bernard
name: Akos Gulyban
name: Gennigens, Christine
name: Seidel, Laurence
name: Delbecque, Katty
name: Coucke, Philippe
name: Hermesse, Johanne
name: Kridelka, Frederic
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Medicine
subject: Biophysics

description: Background. To evaluate efficacy and toxicity of radio-chemotherapy (RCT) and MR-guided pulsed-dose-rate (PDR) adaptive brachytherapy (IGABT) for locally advanced cervical cancer (LACC).Material and methods. Between 2007 and 2014 85 patients with FIGO stage 1B1 N+ or ≥ 1B2 cervical cancer were treated with RCT+ IGABT. The treatment consisted of a pelvic± paraaortic external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) (45–50.4 Gy ± 10 Gy boost to primary tumor and/or to pathologic lymph nodes) with concurrent cisplatin followed by 25–35 Gy of PDR IGABT in 30–50 pulses. The ratio of 3D-CFRT/IMRT was 61/24 patients. Dose-volume parameters of high-risk clinical target volume (HR-CTV), intermediate-risk clinical target volume (IR-CTV) and D2cm3 organs at risk (OARs) were reported. Local control (LC), cancer-specific survival (CCS) and overall survival (OS) were analyzed actuarially and morbidity crude rates were scored using CTCAEv4.0.Results. Mean follow-up was 36 months (range 6–94). The mean D90 and D98 for HR-CTV was 84.4 ± 9 Gy and 77 ± 8.1 Gy, while for IR-CTV was 69.1 ± 4.3 Gy and 64.8 ± 4.3 Gy, respectively. The mean D2cm3 for OARs was the following: bladder: 77.3 ± 10.5 Gy, rectum: 65 ± 6.8 Gy, sigmoid: 63 ± 7.9 Gy and intestine: 64.0 ± 9.1 Gy. Three year LC, CSS and OS were: 94%, 85% and 81%. The three-year regional- and distant control rates were 95% and 74%. Node negative patients had significantly higher three-year CSS (100 vs. 72%, p = 0.016) and OS (92 vs. 72%, p = 0.001) compared to node positive ones. Three-year actuarial late Grade ≥ 3 morbidity was the following: GI: 8%, GU: 5%, Vaginal: 8%. The frequency of Grade ≥ 3 hematological toxicities including anemia/leukopenia/neutropenia/thrombocytopenia were 8.6%/34.7%/24.3%/24.3%, respectively.Conclusion. This large mono-institutional experience builds up further evidences that IGABT in conjunction with RCT should be the standard of care for patients suffering LACC.
MEASURING J-CURVE EFFECT USING EXCHANGE RATE INSTABILITY AND TRADE IMBALANCES: A QUANTITATIVE 3SLS APPROACH
Creators: name: Fahim Afzal, Pan Haiying
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2020
Subjects: J-curve theory
3SLS technique
GARCH
Import and Export
Exchange rate instability
Trade-balance
Least-squares.

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 11, 4, 11A04N: 1-12
ROLES OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN DETERMINING WORKPLACE ADVICE NETWORK CENTRALITY: BETWEENNESS AND CORENESS
Creators: name: Nadeem Uz Zaman, Zainab Bibi
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2020
Subjects: Emotional quotient
Self-emotional appraisal
Workplace Advice Network (WAN) Centrality
Service Sector Organizations
Sociometric matrix
Interconnectivity of nodes.

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 11, 4, 11A04O: 1-13
Debye-diffraction-based concentric energy analysis on two-photon photoluminescence imaging of gold nanorods under radial polarization illumination
Creators: name: Kang, Hong
name: Gu, Min
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Gold nanorods have been identified to be useful contrast agents as they exhibit pronounced two-photon photoluminescence under laser illumination of appropriate intensity and polarization configurations. In this paper, the two-photon photoluminescence imaging of three-dimensionally randomly oriented gold nanorods under linear and radial polarization illumination is investigated through a concentric energy analysis based on the Debye diffraction theory. Consequently, the effect of the numerical aperture and the apodization function of an objective on the polarization distribution in the focal region can be analyzed to form an important part in the understanding on the efficient excitation of gold nanorods. It is demonstrated that the radially polarized beam is an effective laser mode in generating strong two-photon imaging of nanorods in the presence of objectives with high numerical aperture and large annular obstruction sizes.
SEEKING IDENTITY IN COLLEGE TOWNS THROUGH PUBLIC SPACES: AN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Creators: name: Hu, Xiao
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2020
Subjects: College town landscape
College town character
Campus community
Urban identity
College town space
Sense of a place
Public Space
University gardens
Cultural identity
Campus identity
Businesses in college towns.

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 11, 4, 11A04P: 1-12