cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Trinkwarmwasserkonzepte für Gebäude mit einer Wärmepumpenheizung
Creators: name: Stobbe, Marc
name: Bürger, Veit
name: Köhler, Benjamin
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Energieeffizienz
subject: Trinkwasser
subject: Legionellen
subject: Trinkwasserhygiene
subject: Klima | Energie

description: Wird zur Beheizung eines Gebäudes eine Wärmepumpe eingesetzt, ist die Erwärmung von Trinkwasser aufgrund der notwendigen hohen Temperatur oft eine Herausforderung, insbesondere in Bezug auf den Schutz gegen Legionellen. Ziel ist es, ausreichend hohe Wassertemperaturen zur Verfügung zu stellen und die Verweilzeit des erwärmten Wassers im Trinkwassersystem zu reduzieren. Allerdings beeinträchtigen hohe Temperaturen insbesondere bei Wärmepumpen die Effizienz des Gesamtsystems. Insgesamt erfordert die Trinkwassererwärmung eine Verbindung von hygienischen Anforderungen und energetischer Effizienz. Die effizientesten Ansätze vereinen niedrigere Wassertemperaturen mit gleichzeitig wirkungsvollem Legionellenschutz. Quelle: www.umweltbundesamt.de
description: Wird zur Beheizung eines Gebäudes eine Wärmepumpe eingesetzt, ist die Erwärmung von Trinkwasser aufgrund der notwendigen hohen Temperatur oft eine Herausforderung, insbesondere in Bezug auf den Schutz gegen Legionellen. Ziel ist es, ausreichend hohe Wassertemperaturen zur Verfügung zu stellen und die Verweilzeit des erwärmten Wassers im Trinkwassersystem zu reduzieren. Allerdings beeinträchtigen hohe Temperaturen insbesondere bei Wärmepumpen die Effizienz des Gesamtsystems. Insgesamt erfordert die Trinkwassererwärmung eine Verbindung von hygienischen Anforderungen und energetischer Effizienz.Die  effizientesten Ansätze vereinen niedrigere Wassertemperaturen mit gleichzeitig wirkungsvollem Legionellenschutz.
Monitoringbericht 2023
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Umweltbundesamt
Year: 2023

description: Der dritte Monitoringbericht 2023 zur Deutschen Anpassungsstrategie an den Klimawandel zeigt: Klimaveränderungen sind auch in Deutschland messbar und zunehmend sichtbar. Die mit Klimaveränderungen verbundenen Risiken betreffen alle Ökosysteme, die mit ihren vielfältigen Strukturen und Dienstleistungen unsere Lebensgrundlage darstellen. Damit haben sie Auswirkungen auf alle gesellschaftlichen Bereiche des Lebens. Deutlich wird die enge wechselseitige Abhängigkeit von Erfolgen beim Klimaschutz und den Fortschritten bei der Klimaanpassung. Nur wenn die Anstrengungen zum Klimaschutz intensiviert werden, sind die Auswirkungen der Erderwärmung zu begrenzen und zu beherrschen. Gleichzeitig sind die vorsorgenden Maßnahmen zur Anpassung an den Klimawandel wichtig und dringend, um den schon heute unvermeidbaren Auswirkungen entgegenzuwirken und die ökologischen, sozialen und wirtschaftlichen Schäden effektiv zu mindern. Quelle: Bericht
WARC Thunderbird, Volume 2
Creators: name: Croes, Dale R.
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 1981
Subjects: Washington Archeological Research Center
Archaeology

description: 1980's WARC (Washington Archeological Research Center) was an experiment in communitarianism for Northwest Archaeology--and it did WARC (Work). This is Volume 2 of our News Bulletin, the WARC Thunderbird, with Issues 1-11, 1981-1982. The WARC Thunderbird provided a platform for communications across the region and contains a wealth of information about this formative period of Archaeology in Washington State. The Washington Archaeological Research Center was established in 1972 at Washington State University as a contract clearinghouse, mainly for Federal and State funded archaeological field projects, with the goal of assigning field projects throughout the state through a Scientific Committee with archaeologists at the six four-year universities and colleges. The founder of this phase of WARC’s operations was Dr. Richard D. Daugherty, Director, and most field projects were coordinated by his Assistant Harvey Rice. In 1980 the WARC Administrative Board, the Graduate Deans at the six four-year Washington colleges, and the Scientific Committee, felt each institution should be allowed to take their own directions as archaeological field contract programs, and decided to keep the general framework of WARC intact, to coordinate and maintain, with the State Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (OAHP), the State’s site records, contract/research reports library, and facilitate communications and coordination of general records-based research at the six WARC institution. Dr. Dale R. Croes was assigned Acting Director (a 1/2-time position) and he recruited Steven Hackenberger as his able Assistant Director. This revised structure continued to bring together the WARC Administrative Board, the Scientific Committee and the establishment of a broad Advisory Council representing private contract archaeologists; professional archaeologists from Oregon, Idaho, and British Columbia, Canada; Native American Representatives; Federal/State agencies; and Archaeological/Historical Societies. In many ways it was an effort to work together, using our limited resources, to promote archaeological interests (especially digitizing, standardizing and updating our paper-based archaeological site forms)—a coordinating of our discipline, in a form of communitarianism, based on the idea that those involved in archaeology were essentially cooperative (“good”) people who wanted to work together for our common goals.
High-resolution isotope stratigraphy of the Lower Devonian.
Creators: name: Ala, Davin.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Geochemistry.

description: A new data set of 53 $\sp‡$Sr/$\sp†$Sr ratios for the Lower Devonian has been collected from well preserved, and stratigraphically well constrained, brachiopod shells from the Leon region in Spain, western Urals in Russia, Podolia in Ukraine and New York State in the United States. Multiple criteria, including trace element and stable isotope (C, O) analysis, scanning electron microscopy, cathodoluminescence and optical light microscopy, were used to determine the state of preservation of the samples. One hundred and ten samples were analysed for $\delta\sp $C, with the results ranging from $-$1.49 to 5.5$\perthous$ (VPDB). The carbon isotope trend through the Lower Devonian is characterized by a flat slope within ${\pm}1.5\perthous$ of the mean value. One hundred and ten samples were analysed for $\delta\sp $O, with results that ranged from $-$8.84 to ${-}1.89\perthous$ (VPDB). The oxygen isotope trend through the lower Devonian is flat, except for the New York State samples which fall ${\sim}2\perthous$ lighter, probably because of the ambient temperature of the coeval seawater. For $\sp‡$Sr/$\sp†$Sr, the new data set is continuous and consistent for all study areas and shows a decrease from 0.70882 to 0.70782 from the Pridoli to the Emsian/Eifelian boundary. The Lower Devonian trend also fits well with the previously published Middle Devonian data. In detail, a relatively stable $\sp‡$Sr/$\sp†$Sr ratio for the Lochkovian is followed by a rapid decrease through the Pragian, and by a period of short-term small oscillations $(2\times 10\sp{-4})$ in the Emsian and the Eifelian. The observed decline in $\sp‡$Sr throughout the Lower Devonian may suggest that the fraction of strontium derived from seawater/mantle interactions is on the increase through the Lower Devonian in relation to strontium derived from sialic sources such as weathering of the continents. Paleogeographic and biogeographic data for this time period suggest that the relative sea level in the Lower Devonian was rising, possibly due to increased spreading rates at MOR's, in accord with the observed strontium isotope trend. In terms of stratigraphic resolution, the slope of the $\sp‡$Sr/$\sp†$Sr curve for the Lochkovian is too flat to be of utility for correlation purposes. In contrast, the steep slope observed in the Pragian and steep short-term fluctuations found in the Emsian may provide stratigraphic resolution on the order of 1-2 Ma.
Analysis of incentive compatible decisions in a multicriteria auction
Creators: name: KRUŚ, Lech
name: SKORUPIŃSKI, Jan
name: TOCZYŁOWSKI, Eugeniusz
Publisher: name: Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław University of Economics, Polish Operational and Systems Research Society
Year: 2013
Subjects: multicriteria auction, incentive compatible decisions, multi-agent systems, multicriteria optimization

description: OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND DECISIONS; ISSN 2081-8858
Single-Step Purification of Monomeric l-Selectin via Aptamer Affinity Chromatography
Creators: name: Kuehne, Christian
name: Wedepohl, Stefanie
name: Dernedde, Jens
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: l-selectin
subject: aptamer
subject: DNA
subject: recombinant protein
subject: purification
subject: affinity
subject: SPR
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: l-selectin is a transmembrane receptor expressed on the surface of white blood cells and responsible for the tethering of leukocytes to vascular endothelial cells. This initial intercellular contact is the first step of the complex leukocyte adhesion cascade that ultimately permits extravasation of leukocytes into the surrounding tissue in case of inflammation. Here we show the binding of a soluble histidine tagged l-selectin to a recently described shortened variant of an l-selectin specific DNA aptamer with surface plasmon resonance. The high specificity of this aptamer in combination with its high binding affinity of ~12 nM, allows for a single-step protein purification from cell culture supernatants. In comparison to the well-established Ni-NTA based technology, aptamer affinity chromatography (AAC) was easier to establish, resulted in a 3.6-fold higher protein yield, and increased protein purity. Moreover, due to target specificity, the DNA aptamer facilitated binding studies directly from cell culture supernatant, a helpful characteristic to quickly monitor successful expression of biological active l-selectin. View Full-Text
PNP-knockdown A549 transcriptome atlas after infection with IAV (H1N1))
Creators: name: 李擎宇(Qingyu Li)
Publisher: name: CNGB
Year: 2025
Subjects: Transcriptome or Gene expression
Monoisolate

description: PNP-knockdown A549 transcriptome atlas after infection with IAV (H1N1))
A rapid and accurate approach for prediction of interactomes from co-elution data (PrInCE)
Creators: name: Stacey, R. G.
name: Skinnider, Michael A.
name: Scott, Nichollas E.
name: Foster, Leonard J.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2017

description: Background: An organism’s protein interactome, or complete network of protein-protein interactions, defines the protein complexes that drive cellular processes. Techniques for studying protein complexes have traditionally applied targeted strategies such as yeast two-hybrid or affinity purification-mass spectrometry to assess protein interactions. However, given the vast number of protein complexes, more scalable methods are necessary to accelerate interaction discovery and to construct whole interactomes. We recently developed a complementary technique based on the use of protein correlation profiling (PCP) and stable isotope labeling in amino acids in cell culture (SILAC) to assess chromatographic co-elution as evidence of interacting proteins. Importantly, PCP-SILAC is also capable of measuring protein interactions simultaneously under multiple biological conditions, allowing the detection of treatment-specific changes to an interactome. Given the uniqueness and high dimensionality of co-elution data, new tools are needed to compare protein elution profiles, control false discovery rates, and construct an accurate interactome. Results: Here we describe a freely available bioinformatics pipeline, PrInCE, for the analysis of co-elution data. PrInCE is a modular, open-source library that is computationally inexpensive, able to use label and label-free data, and capable of detecting tens of thousands of protein-protein interactions. Using a machine learning approach, PrInCE offers greatly reduced run time, more predicted interactions at the same stringency, prediction of protein complexes, and greater ease of use over previous bioinformatics tools for co-elution data. PrInCE is implemented in Matlab (version R2017a). Source code and standalone executable programs for Windows and Mac OSX are available at https://github.com/fosterlab/PrInCE , where usage instructions can be found. An example dataset and output are also provided for testing purposes. Conclusions: PrInCE is the first fast and easy-to-use data analysis pipeline that predicts interactomes and protein complexes from co-elution data. PrInCE allows researchers without bioinformatics expertise to analyze high-throughput co-elution datasets.
3335473.pdf
Creators: name: Baboux, Florent
name: De Bernardis, Daniele
name: Goblot, Valentin
name: Gladilin, Vladimir
name: Gomez, Carmen
name: galopin, elisabeth
name: Le Gratiet, Luc
name: Lemaitre, Aristide
name: SAGNES, ISABELLE
name: Carusotto, Iacopo
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2018
Subjects: Optical Technology

description: Supplemental document.
Computational Study of the Effect of Cortical Porosity on Ultrasound Wave Propagation in Healthy and Osteoporotic Long Bones
Creators: name: Potsika, Vassiliki T.
name: Grivas, Konstantinos N.
name: Gortsas, Theodoros
name: Iori, Gianluca
name: Protopappas, Vasilios C.
name: Raum, Kay
name: Polyzos, Demosthenes
name: Fotiadis, Dimitrios I.
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: ultrasound
subject: bone modeling
subject: osteoporosis
subject: cortical porosity
subject: basic multicellular units
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Computational studies on the evaluation of bone status in cases of pathologies have gained significant interest in recent years. This work presents a parametric and systematic numerical study on ultrasound propagation in cortical bone models to investigate the effect of changes in cortical porosity and the occurrence of large basic multicellular units, simply called non- refilled resorption lacunae (RL), on the velocity of the first arriving signal (FAS). Two-dimensional geometries of cortical bone are established for various microstructural models mimicking normal and pathological tissue states. Emphasis is given on the detection of RL formation which may provoke the thinning of the cortical cortex and the increase of porosity at a later stage of the disease. The central excitation frequencies 0.5 and 1 MHz are examined. The proposed configuration consists of one point source and multiple successive receivers in order to calculate the FAS velocity in small propagation paths (local velocity) and derive a variation profile along the cortical surface. It was shown that: (a) the local FAS velocity can capture porosity changes including the occurrence of RL with different number, size and depth of formation; and (b) the excitation frequency 0.5 MHz is more sensitive for the assessment of cortical microstructure.
title: Postoperative Quality of Life and Sexual Function in Premenopausal Women Undergoing Laparoscopic Myomectomy for Symptomatic Fibroids
title: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Radosa, Julia Caroline
name: Radosa, Christoph Georg
name: Mavrova, Russalina
name: Wagenpfeil, Stefan
name: Hamza, Amr
name: Joukhadar, Ralf
name: Baum, Sascha
name: Karsten, Maria
name: Juhasz-Boess, Ingolf
name: Solomayer, Erich-Franz
name: Radosa, Marc Philipp
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Introduction Uterine leiomyomas are the most common benign gynecologic tumors. To date laparoscopy myomectomy is the gold standard for treatment of symptomatic fibroids in reproductive-aged women. Detailed counseling about the effects of this procedure on postoperative sexuality and quality of life is important in these patients. However, available data on these subjects are limited and contradictory. The aim of this study was to assess sexual function and quality of life in premenopausal women undergoing laparoscopic myomectomy for symptomatic uterine fibroids. Material and Methods All premenopausal women who underwent laparoscopic myomectomy for symptomatic fibroids between April 2012 and August 2014 at a tertiary university center were enrolled in this prospective observational cohort study. Sexual function and quality of life were assessed for the pre- and postoperative (six months post-operatively) state using two validated questionnaires, the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) and the European Quality of Life Five-Dimension Scale (EQ-5D). Results Ninety-five of the 115 (83%) eligible patients completed the study. Overall a significant improvement in quality of life and sexual function was observed in the study cohort: Median FSFI (28 (18.7–35.2)) and EQ-5D scores (1 (0.61–1) after laparoscopic myomectomy were significantly higher than preoperative scores (21.2 (5.2–33.5); 0.9 (0.2–1); p ≤ 0.01). The number, position and localization of the largest fibroids were not correlated with pre- or postoperative sexual function or quality of life. Conclusion Laparoscopic myomectomy might have positive short-term effects on postoperative quality of life and sexual function in premenopausal women suffering from symptomatic fibroids.
Unlocking Relations in Classical Chinese Texts: AI-driven Approaches to Linked Data Conversion
Creators: name: Chow, Ho Chi Eric
name: Heng, Greta
name: Zhu, Lihong
name: Deng, Sai
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2024
Subjects: Chinese historical places
Classical Chinese texts
Wikibase
Linked data
Artificial Intelligence or Cybernetics

description: For rare books and special collections with classical Chinese materials, information interpretation and extraction for resource description is challenging due to the need for specialized knowledge of Chinese history and literature as well as the time required. The authors faced this challenge while working on a Linked Data (LD) project focused on describing Chinese historical places. The complexity of classical Chinese texts makes them difficult for humans to interpret, and even more challenging to convert into structured LD formats (subject-predicate-object triples) in English for enhanced data description, discovery, and sharing. These challenges motivated the authors to explore the potential of generative AI in processing classical Chinese texts and facilitating this conversion. Various generative AI tools available on the market were tested and the one works best with selected classical Chinese materials was identified. This presentation will share the insights gained from using generative AI, the experiences in refining prompts for improved outcomes, and the challenges encountered throughout the process.
Control+S won't save you: Smarter Strategies for Scientific Data Management
Creators: name: Boye, Susanne
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Research data management

description: Effective data management is a critical challenge in everyday scientific practice. This presentation highlights the importance of systematically organizing research data and provides practical tips for implementing efficient workflows. Through concrete examples, it demonstrates how well-structured data management not only improves clarity but also facilitates data reuse and long-term accessibility. A particular emphasis is placed on the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable), offering a framework for sustainable data practices. Participants will learn how to document, secure, and organize their data in a way that benefits both their own research and the broader scientific community. The talk is aimed at researchers looking to enhance their data management strategies as well as beginners seeking to establish a solid foundation. Take this opportunity to enhance your skills and make your scientific work more effective and impactful.
ANALYSIS OF RUSSIAN MIGRATION FLOWS WITH SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONSIDERATION
Creators: name: Veronika Ramilevna Ganeeva, Elena Vladimirovna Makarova
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2019
Subjects: Russian migration policy
Demofigurey
Labour market
Foreign labour
Internal migration.

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 10, 12, 10A12H: 1-10
THE INFLUENCE OF MUGHAL ARCHITECTURE ON MASJID ZAHIR: CASE STUDY ON FIVE RURAL MOSQUES IN KEDAH, MALAYSIA
Creators: name: Ahmad Sid Hijaz Md Saaid, Ahmad Sanusi Hassan
Publisher: name: TuEngr Group
Year: 2019
Subjects: Architecture history
Mughal architecture
Mosque elements
Mosques in Malaysia
Mosque renovation
Masjid Zahir.

description: International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 10, 12, 10A12I: 1-14
Wireless broadband network policy in Korea
Creators: name: Hur, Sungwook
name: Kim, Hyongsoon
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Two years after smart phones were introduced in Korea, the number of smart phone users (subscribers) has expanded to 20 million people, 40% of the population. Using smart phones, Koreans develop social relationships with the social network services and enjoy various entertainment services with abundant applications. Since the increasing popularity of smart phones changes society into a 'smart society,' the role of wireless broadband has taken on a greater importance. In this report, the status and market demand of the wireless broadband in Korea is reviewed, and the direction of Korea policy is discussed.
Towards a rationality of emotions: An essay in the philosophy of mind.
Creators: name: Turski, W. George.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1990
Subjects: subject: Philosophy.

description: The recent reemergence of theories that emphasize the semantic and conceptual aspects of emotions has also brought to attention questions about their rationality. There are essentially two standard senses in which emotions can be assessed for their rationality. First, emotions can be said to be categorically rational (i.e., not intrinsically a-rational) insofar as they presuppose our psychological capacities to be clearly conscious of distinctions, to engage and manipulate concepts, and hence to provide intentional (in the technical sense) descriptions as reasons for what we feel and are moved to do. For this "cognitive" rationality we can apply the usual standards intrinsic to the processes of belief formation such as coherence, consistency, inferential validity, and appropriateness of evidence. Secondly, and derivatively of "rationality" as a teleological or strategic notion, emotions can be thought of as rational or irrational depending upon their function (i.e., their success or lack of it) in fulfilling certain specified human purposes. While neither adhering to nor dismissing what these two mainstream perspectives afford, the following thesis is an alternative, yet complementary, project. Its aim is to "rationalize" emotions through insights obtained in programmatic examinations of their relationship to a number of critical features of being human: intentionality, expression and language, sense of self, responsibility, self-deception, and value cognition and moral agency. The idea is less to fit emotions within some formulaic description of rationality and more to let its potential definition emerge subsequently to these investigations. This reflects a conviction that rationality is not a unitary property of our minds but a complex stance towards the world. It also exhibits an awareness that, as evidenced by current debates, "rationality" is very much a contested notion.
Tabanus rondoniensis Henriques, Krolow, Zamarchi & Camargo 2022
Creators: name: Dutra, Maria Carolina Pimenta
name: Amorim, Dalton De Souza
name: Carmo, Daniel Dias Dornelas Do
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tabanidae
Tabanus
Tabanus rondoniensis

description: Tabanus rondoniensis Henriques, Krolow, Zamarchi & Camargo
(Figs 50 A–D, 51)
Tabanus rondoniensis Henriques et al., 2022: 3, fig. 1, A–E (description); Henriques et al., 2023: Supplemental table (Amazon biogeography); Zamarchi et al. 2023: 3, table 1 (list of species).
Distribution: Brazil (Rondônia, Acre (Augusto Loureiro Henriques, Personal Communication)).
Type-locality: Brazil, Rondônia, Monte Negro.
Diagnosis: Relatively large specimens(15–17mm), brownish integument.Frons narrow (FI:5.5–6.0), convergent at base (DI: 1.5–1.8). Scutum and scutellum brown with mixed yellowish and black setulose, prescutellum black surrounded by white setulae that are also distributed throughout the scutellum. Wing with light brown infuscation at the anterior half. Abdomen with a single row of well-defined and connected dorsomedial light setulose triangles (tergite 2 to 5), reduced to a narrow strip on tergite 6, posterolateral margin of the tergite pale yellowish setulose (Henriques et al. 2022).
Remarks: We had no specimens of T. rondoniensis available for this study and the diagnosis here was made based on the original description and illustrations (Henriques et al. 2022). The species can be easily distinguished from other species in the T. nebulosus group based on the evident and continuous dorsomedial row of triangles on the abdomen. T. guyanensis and T. comosus also have a noticeable dorsomedial row of triangles, but both species also have dorsolateral rows of triangles, which are absent in T. rondoniensis. The male is unknown.
description: Published as part of Dutra, Maria Carolina Pimenta, Amorim, Dalton De Souza & Carmo, Daniel Dias Dornelas Do, 2025, Taxonomic revision of the Tabanus nebulosus species group (Diptera: Tabanidae), pp. 1-48 in Zootaxa 5588 (1) on page 36, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14895899
Removal of indigenous coliphages and enteric viruses during riverbank filtration from highly polluted river water in Delhi (India)
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2014
Subjects: Trinkwasser

description: Emerging countries frequently afflicted by waterborne diseases require safe and cost-efficient production of drinking water, a task that is becoming more challenging as many rivers carry a high degree of pollution. A study was conducted on the banks of the Yamuna River, Delhi, India, to ascertain if riverbank filtration (RBF) can significantly improve the quality of the highly polluted surface water in terms of virus removal (coliphages, enteric viruses). Human adenoviruses and noroviruses, both present in the Yamuna River in the range of 10(5) genomes/100 mL, were undetectable after 50 m infiltration and approximately 119 days of underground passage. Indigenous somatic coliphages, used as surrogates of human pathogenic viruses, underwent approximately 5 log10 removal after only 3.8 m of RBF. The initial removal after 1 m was 3.3 log10, and the removal between 1 and 2.4 m and between 2.4 and 3.8 m was 0.7 log10 each. RBF is therefore an excellent candidate to improve the water situation in emerging countries with respect to virus removal. © Copyright 2014 Medline
The Honorary Consul in International Law: a vital foreign policy tool in need of modernisation and reform
Creators: name: Griffiths, Richard Howard
Publisher: name: London South Bank University
Year: 2019

description: The honorary consul has a storied past which has been intertwined with consular affairs since antiquity. In today’s multipolar and interconnected world, the honorary consuls have found their position within the fabric of consular and diplomatic intercourse, allowing the institution to acclimatize amidst the political and social milieu of international affairs and foreign policy. The institution of the honorary consul has thrived on the fringes of public policy, diplomatic and consular intercourse. However, non-state actors, the outsourcing of public and consular functions, and the centralization of consul services through virtual offices are becoming the new norm: does the honorary consul institution require modernization and reform in order to survive? As a research-based thesis, the intent is to make an original contribution to the academic and legal community, on a little known yet highly significant diplomatic function. Academic and legal scholarship has not given significant attention to the legal and diplomatic function of the honorary consul, yet their prominence within the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (1963), as well as the fact that over 20,000 honorary consuls are serving worldwide, warrants a tailored research paper. A particular focus is needed on the immunities and privileges afforded to honorary consul within international codified law and the use of the honorary consul model in contemporary diplomatic and interstate intercourse. The qualitative research study in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hungary will provide research data from a wide spectrum of serving honorary consuls, supporting the basis of the thesis, and allowing for further insight into key reforms to the honorary consul model. The complete study is provided in the annex of this paper. The research data collected for this thesis provides insight into the diverse range of individuals serving as honorary consuls. This thesis examines the honorary consul model and the challenges on sovereign nations and foreign policy strategy when utilizing honorary consuls to support national mandates. It identifies the unconventional nature of the post and the wide spectrum of those appointed, their mandated role and the acceptance within the diplomatic community. This thesis sheds light on the unique nature of the institution and questions the need for reforms and a coherent strategy for their presence in modern diplomatic intercourse and function. Ultimately, this thesis questions and challenges the diplomatic, legal and academic community regarding reforms and the potential requirement for standardized training and capacity programs, in order for the honorary consul model to ascend to a higher level of status and acceptance within the evolving diplomatic ecosystem of contemporary consular and interstate intercourse.
Performance evaluation of office communications applications over LANs interconnected via frame relaying.
Creators: name: Awada, Bilal.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1990
Subjects: subject: Business Administration, General.

description: The performance evaluation of the communications networks have been the main focus in the analysis of data communications in automated office environments. This thesis is aimed at the performance evaluation of different office communications applications over LANs which are interconnected via one of the latest fast packet switching techniques called frame relaying. Different LAN technologies have been examined, namely Ethernet, Token ring and AppleTalk. The T1 (1.544 Mbps) link and the 56 kbps link are used as a public services for inter-site communications. In this study, two main applications were considered: office communications which include different types of documents that pass across an office worker's desk (publications, messages, financial forms, and normal documents), and file transfer activities such as the transfer of X-RAY images or a medium size newsletter. The transfer delay, link utilization, packet size, and the number of workstations interconnected to each LAN are the main parameters used for evaluating the system performance. Results show that the 56 kbps link is best suited for office communications under normal conditions. However as inter-site traffic increases T1 should be considered. A comparison of the performance of each LAN technology is given for both applications. The results of this study should furnish any office organization with strategic insight for the planning of its communications services.
Diagnostic Classification of Schizophrenia Patients on the Basis of Regional Reward-Related fMRI Signal Patterns
Creators: name: Koch, Stefan P.
name: Hägele, Claudia
name: Haynes, John-Dylan
name: Heinz, Andreas
name: Schlagenhauf, Florian
name: Sterzer, Philipp
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Functional neuroimaging has provided evidence for altered function of mesolimbic circuits implicated in reward processing, first and foremost the ventral striatum, in patients with schizophrenia. While such findings based on significant group differences in brain activations can provide important insights into the pathomechanisms of mental disorders, the use of neuroimaging results from standard univariate statistical analysis for individual diagnosis has proven difficult. In this proof of concept study, we tested whether the predictive accuracy for the diagnostic classification of schizophrenia patients vs. healthy controls could be improved using multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA) of regional functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) activation patterns for the anticipation of monetary reward. With a searchlight MVPA approach using support vector machine classification, we found that the diagnostic category could be predicted from local activation patterns in frontal, temporal, occipital and midbrain regions, with a maximal cluster peak classification accuracy of 93% for the right pallidum. Region-of- interest based MVPA for the ventral striatum achieved a maximal cluster peak accuracy of 88%, whereas the classification accuracy on the basis of standard univariate analysis reached only 75%. Moreover, using support vector regression we could additionally predict the severity of negative symptoms from ventral striatal activation patterns. These results show that MVPA can be used to substantially increase the accuracy of diagnostic classification on the basis of task-related fMRI signal patterns in a regionally specific way.
Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of a school-based physical activity policy in Canada: application of the theoretical domains framework
Creators: name: Weatherson, Katie A.
name: McKay, Rhyann
name: Gainforth, Heather
name: Jung, Mary E.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2017

description: Background: In British Columbia Canada, a Daily Physical Activity (DPA) policy was mandated that requires elementary school teachers to provide students with opportunities to achieve 30 min of physical activity during the school day. However, the implementation of school-based physical activity policies is influenced by many factors. A theoretical examination of the factors that impede and enhance teachers’ implementation of physical activity policies is necessary in order to develop strategies to improve policy practice and achieve desired outcomes. This study used the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) to understand teachers’ barriers and facilitators to the implementation of the DPA policy in one school district. Additionally, barriers and facilitators were examined and compared according to how the teacher implemented the DPA policy during the instructional school day. Methods: Interviews were conducted with thirteen teachers and transcribed verbatim. One researcher performed barrier and facilitator extraction, with double extraction occurring across a third of the interview transcripts by a second researcher. A deductive and inductive analytical approach in a two-stage process was employed whereby barriers and facilitators were deductively coded using TDF domains (content analysis) and analyzed for sub-themes within each domain. Two researchers performed coding. Results: A total of 832 items were extracted from the interview transcripts. Some items were coded into multiple TDF domains, resulting in a total of 1422 observations. The most commonly coded TDF domains accounting for 75% of the total were Environmental context and resources (ECR; n = 250), Beliefs about consequences (n = 225), Social influences (n = 193), Knowledge (n = 100), and Intentions (n = 88). Teachers who implemented DPA during instructional time differed from those who relied on non-instructional time in relation to Goals, Behavioural regulation, Social/professional role and identity, Beliefs about Consequences. Forty-one qualitative sub-themes were identified across the fourteen domains and exemplary quotes were highlighted. Conclusions: Teachers identified barriers and facilitators relating to all TDF domains, with ECR, Beliefs about consequences, Social influences, Knowledge and Intentions being the most often discussed influencers of DPA policy implementation. Use of the TDF to understand the implementation factors can assist with the systematic development of future interventions to improve implementation.
title: Implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions
title: Zehn Länderstudien zu einer ambitionierteren Klimapolitik
titleType: AlternativeTitle
title: Colombia Country Report
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Lütkehermöller, Katharina
name: Luna, Lisa
name: Fekete, Hanna
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Klimarahmenkonvention
subject: LULUCF [Kyoto-Protokoll]
subject: UNFCCC
subject: LULUCF
subject: mitigation potential
subject: Nationally Determined Contribution
subject: Colombia
subject: Climate | Energy

description: The study analyses the country background, emissions trends, ongoing activities and barriers relating to the implementation of the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) of Colombia under the ⁠UNFCCC⁠. A special emphasis is laid on further mitigation potentials in the fields of renewable energy production from wind and solar PV, social housing, forest conservation in existing illicit crop substitution programmes and cattle. A chapter is dedicated to coal export and use.
European policies supporting wireless broadband
Creators: name: Pearson, Ken
name: Marks, Phillipa
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper discusses the recent development of European level policies regarding wireless broadband services, and in particular those adopted by the European Union. We address three main policy strands, namely broadband service provision in general, spectrum allocation and policies addressing competition issues in mobile markets. We find that the European Commission has successfully promulgated good practice spectrum management and encouraged greater flexibility, which allows harmonisation at a technical level but potentially some national variations in use. There has been growing centralisation of European policy making. Assuming that the demand for broadband services justifies further release of spectrum an inventory approach is necessary to identify potential bands for mobile broadband, and further centralisation of activity at European level seems inevitable given the need for harmonised allocations. Despite this, the prospect of a EU spectrum regulator is some way off given the opposition demonstrated by some national regulators.
WARC Thunderbird, Volume 4
Creators: name: Croes, Dale R.
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 1983
Subjects: Washington Archeological Research Center
Archaeology

description: 1980's WARC (Washington Archeological Research Center) was an experiment in communitarianism for Northwest Archaeology--and it did WARC (Work). This is Volume 4 of our News Bulletin, the WARC Thunderbird, with Issues 1-9, 1983-1984. The WARC Thunderbird provided a platform for communications across the region and contains a wealth of information about this formative period of Archaeology in Washington State. The Washington Archaeological Research Center was established in 1972 at Washington State University as a contract clearinghouse, mainly for Federal and State funded archaeological field projects, with the goal of assigning field projects throughout the state through a Scientific Committee with archaeologists at the six four-year universities and colleges. The founder of this phase of WARC’s operations was Dr. Richard D. Daugherty, Director, and most field projects were coordinated by his Assistant Harvey Rice. In 1980 the WARC Administrative Board, the Graduate Deans at the six four-year Washington colleges, and the Scientific Committee, felt each institution should be allowed to take their own directions as archaeological field contract programs, and decided to keep the general framework of WARC intact, to coordinate and maintain, with the State Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (OAHP), the State’s site records, contract/research reports library, and facilitate communications and coordination of general records-based research at the six WARC institution. Dr. Dale R. Croes was assigned Acting Director (a 1/2-time position) and he recruited Steven Hackenberger as his able Assistant Director. This revised structure continued to bring together the WARC Administrative Board, the Scientific Committee and the establishment of a broad Advisory Council representing private contract archaeologists; professional archaeologists from Oregon, Idaho, and British Columbia, Canada; Native American Representatives; Federal/State agencies; and Archaeological/Historical Societies. In many ways it was an effort to work together, using our limited resources, to promote archaeological interests (especially digitizing, standardizing and updating our paper-based archaeological site forms)—a coordinating of our discipline, in a form of communitarianism, based on the idea that those involved in archaeology were essentially cooperative (“good”) people who wanted to work together for our common goals.
Cooperative Effect of miR-141-3p and miR-145-5p in the Regulation of Targets in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
Creators: name: Liep, Julia
name: Kilic, Ergin
name: Meyer, Hellmuth A.
name: Busch, Jonas
name: Jung, Klaus
name: Rabien, Anja
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background Due to the poor prognosis for advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC), there is an urgent need for new therapeutic targets and for prognostic markers to identify high risk tumors. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are frequently dysregulated in tumors, play a crucial role during carcinogenesis and therefore might be promising new biomarkers. In previous studies, we identified miR-141-3p and miR-145-5p to be downregulated in clear cell RCC (ccRCC). Our objective was to investigate the functional association of these miRNAs, focusing on the cooperative regulation of new specific targets and their role in ccRCC progression. Methods The effect of miR-141-3p and miR-145-5p on cell migration was examined by overexpression in 786-O cells. New targets of both miRNAs were identified by miRWalk, validated in 786-O and ACHN cells and additionally characterized in ccRCC tissue on mRNA and protein level. Results In functional analysis, a tumor suppressive effect of miR-141-3p and miR-145-5p by decreasing migration and invasion of RCC cells could be shown. Furthermore, co-overexpression of the miRNAs seemed to result in an increased inhibition of cell migration. Both miRNAs were recognized as post-transcriptional regulators of the targets EAPP, HS6ST2, LOX, TGFB2 and VRK2. Additionally, they showed a cooperative effect again as demonstrated by a significantly increased inhibition of HS6ST2 and LOX expression after simultaneous overexpression of both miRNAs. In ccRCC tissue, LOX mRNA expression was strongly increased compared to normal tissue, allowing also to distinguish between non-metastatic and already metastasized primary tumors. Finally, in subsequent tissue microarray analysis LOX protein expression showed a prognostic relevance for the overall survival of ccRCC patients. Conclusion These results illustrate a jointly strengthening effect of the dysregulated miR-141-3p and miR-145-5p in various tumor associated processes. Focusing on the cooperative effect of miRNAs provides new opportunities for the development of therapeutic strategies and offers novel prognostic and diagnostic capabilities.
Scattering of keV ions from a clean silicon single crystal surface.
Creators: name: Gauthier, Pierre.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: Physics, General.

description: An apparatus for measuring energy and angular distributions of keV ions forward scattered from atomically clean silicon surfaces was designed and assembled. A consistent procedure for cleaning Si(100) single crystal surfaces under ultra-high vacuum was established. Experimentally, oxygen ions were surface scattered from a clean Si(100) sample and the ratios of outgoing negative to positive ions were measured. By using a positive oxygen beam and then a negative oxygen beam we obtained strong evidence that ions retain no memory of their initial charge state after it undergoes a violent collision with a single atom. The ratios of negative to positive scattered oxygen ions for both an incident O$\sp-$ ion beam and O$\sp+$ ion beam (under identical scattering conditions) were found to be the same (within statistical uncertainty) for incident energies between 6 keV and 20 keV.
Granitoid plutons in the Iskwasum Lake area, Manitoba: Part of the Flin Flon domain, Trans-Hudson orogen.
Creators: name: Morrison, Dwayne W.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Geology.

description: Granites of the Iskwasum Lake area, Manitoba occupy greater than 60% of the exposed precambrian bedrock, and include seven different intrusive bodies. They are important indicators of the processes occurring during 1.88-1.83 Ga, a period in the formation of the Flin Flon domain of the Trans-Hudson orogen when volcanism was rare. Plagioclase, quartz, and biotite porphyritic lithologies are common. Hornblende is found in almost all instances, and alteration is ubiquitous, including varying amounts of muscovite, epidote and chlorite. Biotite is found in all but the most mafic rocks, and evidence for multiple mafic and felsic comagmatic lithologies is common. Pegmatite and aplite dikes are rare. Shear zones dominate the fabric in the Iskwasum Lake area, although only one such structure is located entirely within granitoid rocks. Some of these shear zones may represent the traces of major sutures, formed during the amalgamation of tectonic assemblages prior to pluton emplacement. The presence of zones of intrusion breccia with abundant proximal wall rock xenoliths at the margins of many plutons indicates these plutons were emplaced in their present location. Geochemical and physical properties of granitoid plutons in the Iskwasum Lake area are consistent with their derivation in a continental arc environment. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)