cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Anxiety disorders: Assessment and management in general practice
Creators: name: Kyrios, Michael
name: Moulding, Richard
name: Nedeljkovic, Maja
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Background Anxiety is a normal physiological response to a threat. Anxiety disorders occur when this normal physiological response is associated with high levels of autonomic arousal, erroneous cognitions and dysfunctional coping strategies. Anxiety disorders are highly prevalent and present commonly to general practice. Anxiety disorders are often comorbid with other psychiatric and medical disorders and may be associated with significant morbidity. Objective This article describes the diagnosis, assessment and management of anxiety disorders in the general practice setting. Discussion Assessment in patients presenting with anxiety symptoms involves excluding a medical cause, identifying features of specific anxiety disorders as well as other coexisting psychiatric disorders, and assessing the degree of distress. Management options include psychoeducation, psychological treatments (particularly cognitive behaviour therapy) and pharmacological treatments. Patients with a diagnosis of an anxiety disorder can access Medicare funded psychological care under a number of Australian government initiatives. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors are the first line pharmacological agents used to treat anxiety disorders. Regular review is vital to monitor for clinical improvement and more complex presentations may require specialist psychological or psychiatric referral.
Two new Lycopodium alkaloids from Phlegmariurus phlegmaria (L.) Holub
Creators: name: Zhichong Wang
name: Jichun Wu
name: Ningdong Zhao
name: Yegao Chen
name: Yiyu Yang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: Two new Lycopodium alkaloids, 4β-hydroxynankakurine B (1) and Δ13,N,Nα-methylphlegmarine-Nβ-oxide (2), together with three known analogues, lycoposerramine E (3), nankakurine B (4) and lobscurinol (5), were isolated from Phlegmariurus phlegmaria. Their structures were established by mass spectrometry and 1D and 2D NMR techniques.
CARTA BATIMORFOLOGICA DELL' ADRIATICO SETTENTRIONALE
Creators: name: Foglini, Federica
name: Bosman, Alessandro
name: Correggiari, Anna
name: Remia, Alessandro
name: Madricardo, Fantina
name: Mariacristina Prampolini
name: Fontolan, Giorgio
name: Biscotti, Erik
name: Ferrero, Stefano
name: Pizzeghello, Nicola
name: Trincardi, Fabio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: BATIMETRIA, NORD ADRIATICO, LAGUNE

description: La carta batimorfologica dell’Adriatico Settentrionale che include anche le lagune di Venezia e di Grado e Marano ed è il risultato di una collaborazione tecnico-scientifica tra vari Enti, tra cui il CNR e l’IIM (Istituto Idrografico Militare). La carta è composta da un corpo principale che illustra il modello di elevazione dei fondali marini (risoluzione di 200m) derivato dall’integrazione di tutti i dati acquisiti con ecoscandagli a fascio singolo (single-beam) con una esagerazione verticale di 30x, necessaria ad evidenziare le principali caratteristiche geomorfologiche della piattaforma Nord Adriatica. La carta batimetrica include una serie di poligoni blu (key map) che illustrano la copertura dei dati a maggiore risoluzione raccolti con ecoscandaglio multifascio (Multibeam) acquisiti dal CNR ISMAR, IGAG e dall’IIM, sia lungo costa che in mare aperto, dal 2005 ad oggi. Il rilievo Multibeam della laguna di Venezia, include le tre bocche di porto di Venezia, Chioggia e Malamocco (Madricardo et.al, 2017) è stato integrato al dato Singlebeam, visibile nel corpo carta principale. A destra del corpo carta sono state realizzate sei carte batimetriche ad alta risoluzione che evidenziano i rilievi Multibeam condotti nel porto di Ravenna, alla foce del Fiume Po (Po di Pila) nelle Lagune di Venezia (Laguna Nord e bocca di porto di Chioggia), nel porto di Trieste, nell’area off-shore Ravenna (depositi di sabbie relitte attribuite a depositi trasgressivi). La cartografia è visibile attraverso il WebGIS o scaricabile direttamente al link indicato di seguito.
title: Mediating gendered politics: Ghanaian politicians and news discourse
Creators: name: Donkor, LCS
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2016

description: Mediating gendered politics: Ghanaian politicians and news discourse Research has shown that there are gendered differences in media coverage of political candidates. Kittilson and Fridkin (2008) have shown that women, irrespective of what countries they live in, tend to be systematically stereotyped. Female candidates receive less coverage and the content of the coverage often focuses on their age, style, appearance and family status (Ross, 2010). Over the past decades, several studies have also shown that because of the media’s agenda-setting role, slanted coverage helps create and maintain barriers to the political aspirations of female electoral candidates (Bystrom & Dimitrova, 2014). This research considers the extent to which these patterns and trends can be found in African contexts where rather less research has been undertaken on this particular set of mediated relations, taking a case study approach by focusing on the coverage of mixed gender election campaigns in Ghana. In particular, this study explores how the news media in Ghana frame women candidates and what women candidates and elected representatives say about their relationships with and portrayal by the media. Coverage of three election campaigns was analysed and generated a series of related, comparative datasets which focused on both national and party election campaigns, which took place between 2008 and 2011. Eighteen women candidates who stood in the 2012 parliamentary elections were also interviewed across all main parties. The methods of data analysis were a synthesis of content, frame, and discourse. The analyses of both data (news stories and interviews) were framed and interrogated from a feminist perspective. Findings from the analysis of 198 news items suggest that viable women were covered more frequently than men in terms of visibility and less viable women trailed; in terms of tone, coverage tended to be generally more negative for some of the women than the men and it increased with the level of authority of the office. Coverage focused on the women’s personal attributes, especially their familial relationships and novelty, and for the men, their professional attributes. Again, the focus of coverage was mainly, gendered and prejudicial against women, especially in terms of their character traits, familial relationship, and professional (expertise) attributes. The interview findings, also, demonstrated that women were covered more negatively in sexualised and familial frames, compared to their male colleagues. Some women themselves seem to also have very negative attitudes towards the media. Largely, these findings corroborate many other studies on women candidates.
Italy's readiness for the 1998 Euro in view of the country's declining competitiveness
Creators: name: Mascitelli, Bruno
name: Gerstman, Julie
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In the 2006 Italian election campaign, then Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi popularised a widely held view about the negative role of the euro for the Italian economy. This view had initially originated with the secessionist Northern Leagues. More recently, it had come to reflect the view of more moderate political players too. In the campaign Berlusconi ridiculed his contender, and the ultimate victor of the elections, Romano Prodi, for having accepted the 'unfair Lira pegging' to the euro in 1998. These claims reflect an ongoing debate about whether the adoption of the euro caused or even significantly contributed to Italy's loss of economic competitiveness. We will trace the Italian trajectory and its economic preparedness for proposed entry into the EMU. We will weigh whether the terms and conditions of entry predisposed Italy to an inferior economic performance from the outset. We will assess the relative merits of the two interpretations of the role of the euro for Italy since its endorsement of the Maastricht Criteria, agreed to in December 1991. We will also look at the role played by the economic adjustments involved, followed soon after by Italy's financial crisis in 1992. These latter events ultimately forced Italy to temporarily leave the European Monetary System (EMS). The country re-entered the EMS in 1998. We conclude that Italy's weaknesses became more obvious with the adherence to conditions required for euro entry, but that its deep-seated political and economic problems were entrenched.
Investigation and Analysis on dietary adaptation of Pakistani students in Beijing
Creators: name: Samad, Sheryar
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 200202 Asian Cultural Studies
subject: FOS: Other humanities
subject: 200311 Chinese Languages
subject: FOS: Languages and literature
subject: 209999 Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified

description: With the development of China's economy and the rapid improvement of it's international status, more and more foreigners come to China to study Chinese, and the number of Pakistani students studying in China is also increasing. Pakistani students studying in China, whether long-term or short-term, are inevitably exposed to Chinese diet. Due to cultural and religious differences, Pakistani students face many obstacles in diet. This paper investigated the dietary adaptation of Pakistani students from Beijing Language and Culture University. Through investigation and analysis, the author summarizes the main obstacles in daily life, especially in diet, and puts forward some solutions and suggestions.
A new anti-inflammatory β-carboline alkaloid from the hairy-root cultures of Eurycoma longifolia
Creators: name: Pham Bich Ngoc
name: Pham, Thanh Binh
name: Nguyen, Hai Dang
name: Tran, Thu Trang
name: Chu, Hoang Ha
name: Chau, Van Minh
name: Jeong-Hyung Lee
name: Nguyen, Tien Dat
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plant Biology

description: One new β-carboline alkaloid 7-methoxy-(9H-β-carbolin-1-il)-(E)-1-propenoic acid (1) together with 9-methoxycanthin-6-one (2) and 9-hydroxycanthin-6-one (3) were isolated from the hairy-root cultures of Eurycoma longifolia. The effects of these compounds on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced nitric oxide (NO) production in RAW264.7 cells were investigated. Compound 1 strongly inhibited the production of NO while 2 and 3 having weak or inactive effect. Consistently, compound 1 decreased the expression of cyclooxygenase-2 and inducible nitric oxide synthase.
Eosentomon tokiokai Imadate
Creators: name: Nakamura, Osami
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Entognatha
Protura
Eosentomidae
Eosentomon
Eosentomon tokiokai

description: Eosentomon tokiokai Imadaté Fig. 53 Eosentomon tokiokai Imadaté, 1964a: 51, figs. 15–16; Imadaté, 1974b: 288, figs. 149–150. Specimens examined. Specimen deposited in NSMT: 1 female from type locality, Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, VII-1974, H. Takeda leg. (Imadaté’s Proturan Collection No. 3150a 14). One female, Mandabaru, Yonaguni Island, Okinawa Prefecture, 24°27'26"N, 122°58'34"E, 100 m elevation, litter of evergreen broad-leaved forest, 21- V-2000, M. Mizushima leg. Other specimens recorded. This species is collected in many localities in the west of Kanto district, hence those records are omitted. Additions to description. On head, setae aa, pa and m4 present, sensilla as and ps present (Fig. 53A); seta sp 1.4–1.5 times longer than p; sensilla pp rudimentary. Labral setae present. Seta rs inflated, shorter than sr (Fig. 53B). On maxillary palpus (Fig. 53C) sensillum md longer than ml. On galea (Fig. 53D) digit O slightly longer than M and I. Mandible with two teeth (Fig. 53E). On hind tarsus (Fig. 53F) D2 and D4 spine-like; D4 more slender than D5. Tracheal camerae distinctly distally contracted (Fig. 53G). Central lobe constricted in middle (Fig. 53H). Laterostigmata II–IV distinct, without inner structure. On abdominal tergite VIII (Fig. 53) P1a' simple without basal dilatation and anterior to P2; P2a linear. Distribution. Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tobishima, Sado, Yakushima, Okinawa, Iriomote, Yonaguni, Izu–Ohshima, Miyakejima and Hachijojima Islands).
description: Published as part of Nakamura, Osami, 2010, Taxonomic revision of the family Eosentomidae (Hexapoda: Protura) from Japan 2701, pp. 1-109 in Zootaxa 2701 on pages 96-97
description: {"references": ["Imadate, G. (1964 a) Taxonomic arrangement of Japanese Protura (I). Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 7, 37 - 81.", "Imadate, G. (1974 b) Fauna Japonica. Protura (Insecta). Keigaku Publishing Company, Ltd., Tokyo, 351 pp."]}
Thymaris niger
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Thymaris
Thymaris niger

description: Thymaris niger (TASCHENBERG, 1865)
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap 7: 1♀ 23.iv.-5.v.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Transpalaearctic, known from Georgia (KASPARYAN & TOLKANITZ 1999).
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 135, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
Investigation Analysis on dietary adaptation of Pakistani students in Beijing
Creators: name: Samad, Sheryar
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 200202 Asian Cultural Studies
subject: FOS: Other humanities
subject: 200311 Chinese Languages
subject: FOS: Languages and literature
subject: 209999 Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified

description: With the development of China's economy and the rapid improvement of it's international status, more and more foreigners come to China to study Chinese, and the number of Pakistani students studying in China is also increasing. Pakistani students studying in China, whether long-term or short-term, are inevitably exposed to Chinese diet. Due to cultural and religious differences, Pakistani students face many obstacles in diet. This paper investigated the dietary adaptation of Pakistani students from Beijing Language and Culture University. Through investigation and analysis, the author summarizes the main obstacles in daily life, especially in diet, and puts forward some solutions and suggestions.
Slides and video recordings from the 5th ARDC Bushfire Data Challenges Forum, 22-23 November 2023
Creators: name: Australian Research Data Commons
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: bushfires impact
bushfire data challenges forum
translational research data challenges
historical bushfire boundaries
bushfire fuel
remote sensing validation
smoke
air quality
health
biodiversity
genomics
traits
invertebrates
data access platform
bushfires

description: This record consists of slide decks and video recordings of each presentation at the 5th ARDC Bushfire Data Challenges Forum held on 22 and 23  November 2023.

At this Bushfire Data Challenges Forum, 10 projects in the program have provided a demo of their project’s outputs and showed how these outputs address the use cases.
Thymaris srikem FITTON & FICKEN 1990
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Thymaris
Thymaris srikem

description: Thymaris srikem FITTON & FICKEN, 1990
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap 2: 1♀ 20.iv.-5.v.; trap 7: 1♀ 13-27.vii.; trap 15: 1♀ 2-16.vi.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Western Palaearctic, new record for Georgia and the Caucasus region.
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 135, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
Design, preparation, surface recognition properties, and characteristics of icariin molecularly imprinted polymers
Creators: name: Cheng, Yi
name: Zhang, Wen
name: Xueming Yan
name: Xiaolong Li
name: Xiaohe Jia
name: Tan, Ni
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: Hematology
Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Biotechnology
Molecular Biology
Physics
Biochemistry
Biophysics

description: Icariin molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) were prepared by precipitation polymerization. Prior to the polymerization, computer simulation was performed to sketchily choose the suitable functional monomer and the corresponding polymerization solvent. The optimized synthesis parameters, including the functional monomer acrylamide, the mixture of methanol and acetonitrile (V:V = 3:1) as the polymerization solvent, and the reaction molar ratio (1:6:80) of template molecule, functional monomer and cross-linker, were respectively obtained by single factor analysis and orthogonal design methods. The results of the adsorption experiments showed that the resultant MIPs exhibited good adsorption and recognition abilities to icariin. Scatchard analysis illustrated that the homogeneous binding sites only for icariin molecules were formed in the prepared MIPs.
title: A Study of Homogeneous Hydrogenation of CO2 to Formic Acid and Formic Acid Dehydrogenation
Creators: name: Wang, Z
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2016

description: The concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere continues to increase due to an escalating rate of fossil fuel combustion, causing ever mounting concern about climate change. Meanwhile CO2 is an abundant, safe and renewable C1 source. Thus transformation of CO2 to value-added chemicals is of great significance and has been extensively investigated in the past decades. Homogeneous hydro-genation of CO2 to formic acid (FA) especially has drawn significant attention, not only because FA itself has various applications including FA fuel cell, but also because FA can be a good hydrogen storage medium. The hydrogenation of CO2 using such as solar-generated H2 to produce FA, which is readily transport-able, and the dehydrogenation of FA to release H2 provide a decent strategy for hydrogen storage via CO2 recycling. However, it remains a challenge for the efficient hydrogenation of CO2 to FA and FA dehydrogenation under mild conditions, especially for the aqueous phase reaction. Bearing these in mind, this work focus on the development of homoge-neous catalysts for this reversible transformation and the main results are sum-marized as follows: 1. Cyclometallated [IrCp*(N^C)Cl] complexes (N^C = 2-aryl imidazoline ligand) have been synthesized as the catalyst for the homogeneous hydrogenation of CO2 to formate, and satisfactory reactivity (TOF: 57330 h-1，TON: 102200) was achieved at 80 oC in a mixture solution of MeOH/H2O. Water has been found to play an important role in this reaction and the catalysts with hydrophilic ligands show much higher activity in the hydrogenation of CO2 than those with hydro-phobic ligands. 2. Considering the electronic property of the ligand and catalyst water solubility, water-soluble iridium complexes [IrCp*(N,N’)Cl]Cl bearing conjugated N,N’-diimine ligands were subsequently synthesized and applied to CO2 hydro-genation. This catalyst is capable of efficiently hydrogenating CO2 to produce FA directly in water without any additives under mild reaction conditions. At 80 oC, the reaction turnover frequency (TOF) exceeds 13000 h-1 at 5.0 MPa of H2/CO2 (1:1). 3. FA dehydrogenation to H2 and CO2 is studied using the iridium catalyst [IrCp*(N,N’)Cl]Cl in water without any additives, affording a TOF of 487500 h-1 at 90 oC and a turnover number (TON) of 2400000 with in situ prepared catalyst at 80 oC, the highest values reported for FA dehydrogenation to date. 4. In addition, the FA dehydrogenation is shown to be catalyzed by [RhCp*Cl2]2 in the FA/NEt3 azeotrope and is found to be accelerated by the addition of simple halide ions, especially I-.
Enhancing luxury cruise liner operators' competitive advantage: A study aimed at improving customer loyalty and future patronage
Creators: name: Lobo, Antonio
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The services marketing literature focuses on the measurement of service quality and its impact and consequences on businesses. How service quality affects behavioural outcomes such as repeat purchases and loyalty continues to be debated. This study examines how service quality operates in the cruise liner industry, an industry that is now facing overcapacity. Based on data collected from travellers of a luxury cruise liner in Singapore, this study analysed relevant dimensions of service quality and their relationships on overall satisfaction level. Additionally, it investigated details of cruise travellers’ behavioural outcomes. The analysis revealed gaps in several service quality attributes. Overall customer satisfaction had a relatively strong relationship with all the three variables of behavioural intentions. The implications of the results of this study to the services marketing literature in general and to the cruise liner industry in particular are discussed.
Antioxidant activity of different parts of Pistacia khinjuk Stocks fruit and its correlation to phenolic composition
Creators: name: Hatamnia, Ali Asghar
name: Rostamzad, Arman
name: Malekzadeh, Parviz
name: Darvishzadeh, Reza
name: Abbaspour, Nasser
name: Mohammadyar Hosseini
name: Khoshnood Nourollahi
name: Mehr, Reza Sheikh Akbari
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
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: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plant Biology

description: The fruits of Pistacia khinjuk Stocks were collected from Ilam province, Iran. The aim of this study was to analyse antioxidant capacity and phenolic composition of different parts of P. khinjuk fruit. The antioxidant capacity of extracts was measured using different assays: ferric reducing ability of plasma, 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl and nitric oxide radical scavenging. The phenolic composition of P. khinjuk fruit is reported for the first time. Amongst different parts of the fruit analysed in this study, hull extract contained the highest total phenolic and flavonoid contents. We observed a high correlation between different antioxidant activity and total phenolic and flavonoid contents. Therefore, antioxidant capacity can be related to total phenolic and flavonoid contents. A correlation analysis revealed that ascorbic acid, gallic acid, rutin, caffeic acid, ferulic acid and sinapic acid were the phenolic compounds mainly responsible for antioxidant power of the fruit extracts.
Acrotomus lucidulus
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Acrotomus
Acrotomus lucidulus

description: Acrotomus lucidulus (GRAVENHORST, 1829)
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap 2: 1♀ 1-15.vi., 1♁ 29.vi.-13.vii., 1♀ 7-21.ix., 1♀ 21.ix.-5.x.; trap 4: 1♁ 20.v.-1.vi., 2♁♁ 1-15.vi., 1♁ 13-27.vii.; trap 7: 1♁ 23.iv.-5.v., mult.♁♁ 5-20.v., 2♁♁ 20.v.-1.vi., 1♀ 1-25.vi., 1♁ 15-29.vi., 2♀♀ 27.vii.-10.viii., 1♀ 10-24.viii., 1♁ 7-21.ix.; trap 8: 1♀ 15-29.vi.; trap 12: 1♀ 10-24.viii.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Transpalaearctic, known from Georgia (RIEDEL et al. 2018, RIEDEL & JAPOSHVILI 2021).
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 135, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
Temporal shifts of Bois Noir phytoplasma types infecting grapevine in South Tyrol (Northern Italy)
Creators: name: Baric, S.
name: Dalla Via, J.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: Research Note
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 46 No. 2 (2007): Vitis
Zone of tolerance as an effective management tool to assess service quality in singapore's stockbroking industry
Creators: name: Lobo, Antonio
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The zone of tolerance (ZOT) is an innovative concept that has attracted considerable attention in the services marketing arena. Professional services are credence products with hardly any tangible cues to signal quality. A cross-section of 147 recent stock market investors in Singapore provided data on the way they rated their respective stockbroking agents. In developing an initial tool for the stockbroking context, the 44 attributes of service quality were operationalised generating five dimensions which were identified as Trust/Reliability, Information Cues, Empathic Investment Advice, Relationship Building and understanding Investor Profile. Measure of Service Adequacy (MSA), Measure of Service Superiority (MSS) and Zone of Tolerance were calculated. This study revealed that attention should be focused on the dimensions of Empathic Investment Advice and Information Cues, as stockbrokers' performance on these two dimensions was clearly inadequate. The proposed exploratory instrument used here to measure the service standards in the stockbroking industry could serve as a start for other studies in the professional services context. Some interesting managerial implications of the findings have been discussed.
Phenolic, flavonoid contents, anticholinesterase and antioxidant evaluation of Iris germanica var; florentina
Creators: name: Farhat Ullah
name: Ayaz, Muhammad
name: Sadiq, Abdul
name: Hussain, Abid
name: Ahmad, Sajjad
name: Imran, Muhammad
name: Zeb, Anwar
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
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: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Plant Biology

description: This study was designed to investigate antioxidant and anticholinesterase potential of Iris germanica var; florentina. Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) inhibitory potential of plant samples were investigated by Ellman’s assay. Antioxidant activity was performed using DPPH, H2O2 and ABTS free radical scavenging assays. Total phenolics and flavonoids contents were expressed in mg GAE/g dry weight and mg RTE/g, respectively. In AChE inhibition assay, Ig.Fl, Ig.Sp and Ig.Cf fractions exhibited highest activity with IC50 values of < 0.1, 5.64 and 19 μg/mL, respectively. In BChE inhibitory assay, Ig.Fl, Ig.Sp, Ig.Cf and Ig.Cr were most active with IC50 of < 0.1, < 0.1, 31 and 78 μg/mL, respectively. In DPPH assay, Ig.Fl and Ig.Cf exhibited highest inhibition of free radicals, 80.52% (IC50 = 9 μg/mL) and 78.30% (IC50 = 8 μg/mL), respectively. In ABTS assay Ig.Cr, Ig.Cf, Ig.Fl and Ig.Sp exhibited IC50 values of < 0.1, 2, 2 and 3 μg/mL, respectively.
Spatial climate variability and viticulture in the Miño River Valley of Spain
Creators: name: Blanco-Ward, D.
name: García Queijeiro, J. M.
name: Jones, G. V.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: Understanding spatial variations in climates that are crucial for crop suitability form the basis of zonation studies in viticulture. This research applies principal components analysis and cluster analysis to 39 climate stations in the Galician region of northwest Spain to examine the applicability for zonation in the region and produce a better understanding of the spatial climate structure in Galicia. Roughly 90 % of the spatial variation in climate types is explained by three main components, which are defined by precipitation, temperature, and frost risk variations across the region. The climate variables or indices most important for the Galician region include the three main indices (Huglin index, Dryness index, and Cool night index) used within the Multicriteria Climatic Classification System (Geoviticulture MCC System). The results provide evidence that the Geoviticulture MCC System, which was developed at the global scale, has tremendous applicability at the mesoscale. The identification of six climate types of the Geoviticulture MCC System, which are used quite extensively for wine growing in the region, depicts the great spatial diversity of viticultural potential found within the relatively small area of Galicia.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 46 No. 2 (2007): Vitis
Identification and molecular biodiversity of autochthonous grapevine cultivars in the ‘Comarca del Bierzo’, León, Spain
Creators: name: González-Andrés, F.
name: Martín, J. P.
name: Yuste, J.
name: Rubio, J. A.
name: Arranz, C.
name: Ortiz, J. M.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: A prospecting work at the ‘Comarca del Bierzo’ in Spain has been carried out in order to evaluate the existing biodiversity and detect the neglected and endangered minor grapevine cultivars of the zone. As a result, a total of 79 different accessions were collected and studied using STMS markers for preliminary variety identification, that was confirmed on the base of ampelographic observations. Several synonymies and homonymies were detected. A total of 33 different cultivars were identified. Comparison of the genotypes, allelic frequencies and allelic sizes are presented. Conservation of the endangered cultivars is highly recommended.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 46 No. 2 (2007): Vitis
Study of phenolic and volatile composition of white wine during fermentation and a short time of storage
Creators: name: Komes, D.
name: Ulrich, D.
name: Kovacecic Ganic, K.
name: Lovric, T.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: The phenolic composition including hydroxybenzoic acids, hydroxycinnamic acids and flavan-3-ols was identified and quantified in all studied samples by using a reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) system coupled with diode array detection. Gallic, protocatechuic, p-coumaric and vanillic acids were the major phenolic substances in grape juice, whereas caffeic acid was the most abundant phenolic acid in the wine after a short time of storage. For more reliable results, the antioxidant activity of grape juice and wine was measured by β-carotene bleaching (BCB) and 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging methods. The content changes of volatile compounds in the grape juice and wine were determined by using headspace solid phase microextraction (HS-SPME) coupled with gas chromatography (GC/FID and GC/MS). Hexanal, (E)-2-hexenal, 2-ethyl-1-hexanol, 1-hexanol, (Z)-neroloxide and linalool were the most representative compounds determined in grape juice, whereas ethyl esters of hexanoic, octanoic, decanoic and dodecanoic acids, hexyl acetate, isoamyl acetate, as well as isobutanol, isoamyl alcohol and 1-hexanol were identified as the main compounds.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 46 No. 2 (2007): Vitis
title: Anwendung von Deep Reinforcement Learning zur Betriebsstrategieoptimierung von Energieversorgungsanlagen der ETA-Fabrik
Creators: name: Lademann, Tobias
Publisher: name: UNSPECIFIED
Year: 2025

description: Zur Erreichung internationaler Klimaschutzziele ist es unerlässlich, den industriellen Energieverbrauch zu reduzieren und den Übergang zu erneuerbaren Energiequellen zu vollziehen. Die Anwendung von Deep Reinforcement Learning zur Betriebsstrategieoptimierung von Energieversorgungsanlagen bietet Potenziale zur Steigerung der Energieeffizienz und -flexibilität sowie zur Kostensenkung. In der 
vorliegenden Arbeit wird daher die testweise reale Anwendung im Energieversorgungssystem der ETA-Fabrik durchgeführt und evaluiert. Dazu wird ein Vorgehen, bestehend aus fünf Schritten gewählt: Definition der Systemgrenzen und Identifizierung der konventionellen Betriebsstrategie, Auswahl des Frameworks und Modellierung des Energieversorgungssystems, Implementierung des Deep Reinforcement Learning Algorithmus, Implementierung des Frameworks und schließlich die reale Anwendung und Evaluierung. Die Kosten des Deep Reinforcement Learning Algorithmus betragen im simulationsbasierten Vergleich 57 % der Kosten der konventionellen Betriebsstrategie. In der testweisen realen Anwendung zeigt der Deep Reinforcement Learning Algorithmus ein sicheres und robustes Betriebsverhalten, was sich durch eine geringe Schalthäufigkeit und das Einhalten der Temperaturgrenzwerte äußert. In nachfolgenden Forschungsarbeiten sind weitere reale Anwendungen sowie die Anpassung der Belohnungsfunktion notwendig, um Vorteile in Bezug auf die Energieeffizienz und -flexibilität zu erreichen. Zusätzlich müssen Verfahren entwickelt werden, um die Kosten im Realsystem unter Berücksichtigung von variierenden Rahmenbedingungen zu quantifizieren.
New composites of betulin esters with arabinogalactan as highly potent anti-cancer agents
Creators: name: T.P. Shakhtshneider
name: S.A. Kuznetsova
name: A.S. Zamay
name: T.N. Zamay
name: E.A. Spivak
name: M.A. Mikhailenko
name: Yu.N. Malyar
name: B.N. Kuznetsov
name: N.V. Chesnokov
name: V.V. Boldyrev
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: Betulin and its esters are the natural compounds with high in vitro cytotoxicity toward many cancer cells. However, the poor water solubility of these compounds has limited their applications. We prepared new composites of betulin esters using two methods, namely ball-milling of the mixtures of betulin esters with arabinogalactan and preparation of thin films of these mixtures by evaporating the aqueous solutions. These composites revealed higher water solubility as compared with the initial substances without losing the structural integrity and functionality. As a result, the new composites have shown much higher inhibitory effects against different cancer cell lines such as Ehrlich ascites carcinoma cells and lung carcinoma cells (A549) in comparison with the initial substances. The cell viability studies based on Annexin V and Propidium iodide probes have confirmed the high proapoptotic effect of betulin ester derivatives against cancer cells.
title: IDENTIFYING OF KEY PROTEOGLYCANS IN DIFFERENT ANATOMICAL REGIONS OF THE CANINE CRANIAL CRUCIATE LIGAMENT FROM DOG BREEDS AT AN ALTERED RISK TO LIGAMENT DISEASE AND RUPTURE
Creators: name: Allaith, SM
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2016

description: Cranial cruciate ligament disease and rupture (CCLD/ R) is a common orthopaedic condition in dogs. CCLD/ R can be due to trauma (least common) or to non-contact injury (most common). Once the cranial cruciate ligament (CCL) is damaged complications such as stifle osteoarthritis can occur. Different dog breeds are at an altered risk to CCLD/ R. Previous biochemical and ultrastructural studies have found that glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) were altered in high risk dog breeds when compared to CCLs from a dog breed at low risk of ligament rupture. We hypothesise that proteoglycans and GAGs may vary between different anatomical regions of the CCL, and between differentially predisposed dog breeds to CCLD/ R. Proteoglycans were determined by semi-quantitative Western blotting, quantitative RT-PCR (qRT-PCR), quantitative biochemistry, semi-objective histology scoring, and immunohistochemistry. Water and GAG content in the CCLs was also measured. Further qRT-PCR analysis was conducted to determine the expression of ECM proteases (ADAMTS -4 & -5) in the canine CCL. We showed with Western blot analysis that certain proteoglycans and GAGs were significantly different between anatomical regions of Staffordshire bull terrier CCLs. Data analysis between differentially predisposed dog breeds showed that the Staffordshire bull terrier CCLs (a moderate-high risk dog breed to CCLD/ R) had a significant increase in water content compared to greyhound CCLs (a low risk dog breed to CCLD/ R). Further, gene expression and Western blot analysis of fibromodulin, gene expression of aggrecan, and Western blot analysis of chondroitin-6 sulphate stubs were significantly increased in Staffordshire bull terrier CCLs compared to greyhounds. Decorin and ADAMTS-4 gene expression were significantly increased in greyhounds compared to Staffordshire bull terrier CCLs. Histology analysis showed that fibrocartilaginous regions were present in the CCL and were mainly observed in predisposed dog breeds to CCLD/ R. Furthermore, immunohistochemistry analysis showed that each proteoglycan had a different distribution throughout the CCL, which indicates that proteoglycans provide essential functionality to the CCL. The increase of certain proteoglycans and GAGs in CCLs of Staffordshire bull terriers might indicate increased fibrocartilage regions as a result of compressive loads. These changes in ECM content in the Staffordshire bull terrier indicate higher loading pressure on the CCL and could compromise the tissue, leading to increased incidence of disease and rupture. The increase of decorin in greyhounds could be essential for maintaining collagen fibril strength, whilst the increase of ADAMTS-4 could indicate a higher rate of turnover to regulate normal CCL homeostasis.
Determination of the critical stages of processing and tolerance limits for Harmonia axyridis for ‘ladybug taint’ in wine
Creators: name: Pickering, G. J.
name: Ker, K.
name: Soleas, G. J.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: 'Ladybug taint’ (LBT) has recently been reported in some wines from North America, and is associated with 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (IPMP), produced by Harmonia axyridis Pallas (the Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle - MALB) when they are incorporated into the winemaking process. It is not known when IPMP is transferred from MALB (e.g. in the vineyard onto grapes or during must processing) nor what minimum MALB densities are required for production of LBT in the final wines. This study sought to clarify these issues through a series of three trials. In the first, MALB were added to 'Riesling' grapes or must at different stages of processing (harvest, crush/destem, pressing or directly to juice), and the resultant wines were analysed chemically and by paired-comparison sensory difference tests. The presence of MALB during processing had minimal effect on the basic composition and spectral properties of the wine. Concentrations of IPMP were < 5 ng·l-1 for all wines except those produced after the direct addition of MALB to the juice (10.3 ng·l-1). Sensorially, control wines (no added MALB) could be differentiated from wines made after MALB were added at crushing/destemming (at 3 beetles per kg grapes), whole bunch pressing and when added directly into the juice, but not when MALB were added and subsequently removed from a simulated harvest treatment or when added during crushing/destemming at 0.3 beetles per kg grapes. In trials 2 and 3, sensory detection thresholds for LBT were determined for white and red wines produced with known densities of MALB. Estimates of ‘tolerance limits’ in the vineyard were then calculated using regression models, and correspond to 1530 and 1260 beetles per t grapes for white and red wines respectively. However, given the range of grape and wine processing options available to producers, many of which are not accounted for in this study, we recommend that a more conservative limit of 200-400 beetles per t grapes may be appropriate. These results should assist in directing appropriate interventions in the vineyard/winery, and provide baseline targets for reducing MALB density to avoid development of LBT.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 46 No. 2 (2007): Vitis
Acrotomus succinctus
Creators: name: Riedel
name: Pénigot
name: Schwarz
name: Diller
name: Johansson
name: Japoshvili, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Acrotomus
Acrotomus succinctus

description: Acrotomus succinctus (GRAVENHORST, 1829)
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Trap 4: 1♀ 20.iv.-5.v.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Holarctic, known from Georgia (KASPARYAN 1990, RIEDEL et al. 2018).
description: Published as part of Riedel, Pénigot, Schwarz, Diller, Johansson & Japoshvili, G., 2023, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Kintrishi National Park, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 61-153 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1) on page 135, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10788481
Antibacterial and antioxidant properties of mixed linkage beta-oligosaccharides from extracted β-glucan hydrolysed by Penicillium occitanis EGL lichenase
Creators: name: Chaari, Fatma
name: Belghith-Fendri, Lilia
name: Soumaya Zaouri-Ellouzi
name: Dorra Driss
name: Blibech, Monia
name: Kallel, Fatma
name: Bouaziz, Fatma
name: Mehdi, Yosra
name: Semia Ellouz-Chaabouni
name: Raoudha Ghorbel
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
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: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry

description: The aim of this study was first to ascertain the chemical composition and the physicochemical properties of cereal extracted β-glucan from barley flour. Secondly, to assess the antioxidant properties and the antibacterial properties of extracted β-glucan hydrolysates. The proximate composition, FT-IR and scanning electron microscopy of extracted β-Glucan were studied. Hydrolysates from extracted β-glucan, obtained by lichenase EGL from Penicillium occitanis, were a mixed linkage beta-oligosaccharides (MLBO) of trisaccharides and tetrasaccharides. MLBO showed a DPPH radical scavenger with IC50 about 1.8 ± 0.01 mg/mL whereas the IC50 of extracted β-glucan was about 5 ± 0.01 mg/mL. MLBO showed a high antioxidative capacity (175 μmol/mL α-tocopherol equivalents) at 5 mg/mL. The antimicrobial activity was confirmed against all tested bacteria especially at 20 mg/mL of MLBO while no inhibition was observed for all the strains used after the addition of either EGL or extracted β-glucan.
Phenolic, flavonoid contents, anticholinesterase and antioxidant evaluation of Iris germanica var;florentina
Creators: name: Hussain, Abid
name: Imran, Muhammad
name: Farhat Ullah
name: Ayaz, Muhammad
name: Sadiq, Abdul
name: Ahmad, Sajjad
name: Zeb, Anwar
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Cell Biology

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Ambivalence of the influence of nitrogen supply on o-aminoacetophenone in 'Riesling' wine
Creators: name: Linsenmeier, A.
name: Rauhut, D.
name: Kürbel, H.
name: Schubert, S.
name: Löhnertz, O.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: AAP (o-aminoacetophenone) is the aroma substance responsible for the untypical ageing off-flavour (UTA). The impact of nitrogen supply on the formation of AAP was investigated between 1994 and 1999. The experiment was carried out in the Rheingau (Germany) with six fertigation treatments of annual quantities of N (0, 30, 60, 90, 150 kg·N·ha-1). Results indicated that the long-term varied N fertilization affected AAP concentration in wine as much as the year. Whereas a better N supply of the grapes due to effects of the year coincided with lower AAP values, the fertilization effect was reversal: higher N fertilization increased the concentrations of AAP. AAP did not correlate with its precursor IAA and only slightly with antioxidative capacity. Neither varying yield nor soluble solids could explain the high variance of AAP. An indicator for potential AAP formation could not be found, neither in must nor in wine.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 46 No. 2 (2007): Vitis