cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Heat
Creators: name: Colechin, Keelan
name: Colechin, Mike
Publisher: name: UKERC
Year: 2025

description: Heating is central to our lives. In our homes, we rely on it for comfort, cooking and washing. Businesses need heating and cooling for productive workplaces and heat is integral to many industrial processes. It is the biggest reason we consume energy in our society (BEIS, 2018). While greenhouse gas emissions from heat generation in the UK have fallen by over a quarter from 1990 levels, they still account for the highest proportion of energy end use emissions (NESO, 2024). Although there is an ever-increasing adoption of lower carbon heat technologies, around 85% of our heating supply (commercial, industrial and domestic) still comes from burning fossil fuels. This proportion is even higher for domestic heating, at over 90% (DESNZ, 2023). Reliance on fossil fuels for heat also carries risks for energy security and non-greenhouse-gas emissions which can be harmful to health. There are also concerns as to the heat efficiency of our homes. The Office for National Statistics (2024) has measured a median energy performance score of ‘D’ for buildings across the UK (on an Energy Performance Certificate scale of A to G). Several other metrics also point to the relative underperformance of the UK housing stock by European standards. Since it is expected that 80% of existing buildings will still be in use in 2050, retrofitting to improve their thermal efficiency will be vital, as will setting out more stringent insulation standards for new builds. For the UK Government to achieve its ambitions of net zero emissions by 2050, emissions from heat will need to be cut dramatically, with the Climate Change Committee identifying it as a particular area of focus in its report to parliament (Climate Change Committee, 2024).
Amtliche Mitteilungen der Technischen Universität Dortmund Nr. 26/2024
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 080

description: Fünfte Ordnung zur Änderung der Promotionsordnung der Fakultät Maschinenbau der Technischen Universität Dortmund vom 19. August 2024
description: Amtliche Mitteilungen der Technischen Universität Dortmund;2024; 26
title: National IPR tools and measures supporting Article 9 of the ITPGRFA: the farmers’ privilege
Creators: name: ITPGRFA Secretariat
Publisher: name: ITPGRFA
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: AGROVOC: Conservation agriculture
subject: AGROVOC: Local communities

description: In Switzerland, several intellectual property right tools and measures are mutually supportive to Article 9 of the Treaty, including the farmers’ privilege. The farmers’ privilege was introduced in 2008 in the Federal Law on the Protection of New Varieties, which is under the lead of the Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG). The Federal Council has determined 23 plant species to which it applies. Farmers who make use of the farmers’ privilege do not have to pay any remuneration to the holder of the plant breeders’ rights. In parallel, the farmers’ privilege was also introduced in 2008 in the Federal Act of 25 June 1954 on Patents for Inventions, which is under the lead of the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI). Farmers who have acquired plant reproduction material placed on the market by the proprietor of the patent or with his consent may reproduce, on their own farm, the product from this material cultivated on their own farm. The farmers’ privileges have been developed based on UPOV ’91 and other relevant international IPR agreements but not on provisions of the ITPGRFA. Yet, they are mutually supportive to Article 9 of the ITPGRFA.
Sexual Offending Risk Assessment: Field Study of Predictive Validity
Creators: name: Butler, Steph
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This thesis describes a field study that was conducted on several risk assessment measures used to determine the risk of recidivism in a population of adult males with histories of sexual offending who participated in a sex-offence specific treatment program. A key objective was to determine whether the structured professional judgement measure, the Risk for Sexual Violence Protocol, had an acceptable degree of predictive validity for the assessment of sexual recidivism. This research provides insight into the issues associated with field usage of risk assessment measures and commentary on how these processes may be improved within research and clinical practice.
What evidence exists on the effects of competition on trees’ responses to climate change? A systematic map protocol
Creators: name: Magalhaes, Juliana
name: Amoroso, Mariano M.
name: Larson, Bruce C.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2022

description: Background Projections of climate change impacts upon forests are likely inaccurate if based on the premise that only climate controls tree growth. Species interactions control growth, but most research has ignored these effects on how trees respond to climate change. Climate change is inducing natural species selection. However, this selection does not occur at the community level. Species selection starts with competition amongst individual trees. Competition is an individual-to-individual antagonistic interaction that, if severe, can constrain the presence of trees within a particular environment. Thus, climate change impacts individual tree selection within forests. Projecting climate change impacts on forests should account for the effects of climate on tree growth and the effects of competition. The inclusion of competition can increase the predictive power of simulations. Methods We propose a protocol to systematically map the available literature on climate change impacts on forests and produce a comprehensive list of methods applied to measure competition and model the competition effects on tree growth responses to climate change. This systematic map is not limited to any country or continent or specific tree species or forest type. The scope of the search focuses on time (when the evidence was published), location (geographic location of the evidence) and research design (competition indices and modelling methods). We will evaluate articles at three levels: title, abstract and full text. We will conduct a full-text assessment on all articles that pass a screening at the title and abstract stages. We will report the extracted evidence in a narrative synthesis to summarize the evidence’s trends and report knowledge gaps.
Handbook for the integration of the gender perspective in teaching and research
Creators: name: Pando-Canteli, Maria J.
name: Rodriguez, Pilar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: gender equality
superah2020
research

description: Presentation held by Maria J. Pando - Canteli and Pilar Rodriguez (Universidad de Deusto) during the SUPERA Final Conference, organised by SUPERA on 25 March 2022.
El Plan Nacional de Acción de Empresas y Derechos Humanos 2020/2022 y el deber de debida diligencia empresarial en materia de derechos humanos. Aspectos por considerar en el diseño de un nuevo Plan Nacional de Acción
Creators: name: Botero Valencia, Alejandro
Publisher: name: Universidad Externado de Colombia
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Derechos humanos - Aspectos sociales
subject: Política pública - Aspectos socioeconómicos
subject: Empresas - Política social
subject: Diligencia empresarial
subject: Principios Rectores de las Naciones Unidas
subject: Líneas directrices de la OCDE
subject: Empresas Multinacionales

description: La responsabilidad de respetar los derechos humanos (DDHH) ha trascendido al Estado en el marco de las dinámicas económicas globales. La adopción de los Principios Rectores sobre Empresas y Derechos Humanos han promovido la creación de instrumentos de política pública, como los Planes Nacionales de Acción sobre Empresas y Derechos Humanos (PNAEDH), que buscan garantizar la protección y el respeto de los DDHH por parte de las empresas. En Colombia, un país con una compleja historia de violencia y conflictos, el cumplimiento de los DDHH en el ámbito empresarial enfrenta desafíos únicos. Factores como la presencia de grupos armados ilegales, economías ilícitas, instituciones débiles y una gobernabilidad frágil dificultan las operaciones empresariales y la protección de los DDHH, lo que resalta la necesidad de mejorar los análisis de riesgo y fortalecer el compromiso con este tema. En este contexto, el deber de la debida diligencia empresarial en derechos humanos (DDEDH), enmarcado en la obligación de las empresas de respetar los DDHH, es crucial en Colombia. Este trabajo examina si el PNAEDH 2020-2022 se alinea con los estándares de DDEDH en cuanto a su enfoque, estructura y contenido, tal como se espera de los instrumentos de política pública de esta naturaleza.
description: The responsibility to respect human rights (HR) has transcended the State within the framework of global economic dynamics. The adoption of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights has promoted the creation of public policy instruments, such as National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights (NAPs), which aim to ensure the protection and respect of HR by companies. In Colombia, a country with a complex history of violence and conflict, compliance with HR in the business sector faces unique challenges. Factors such as the presence of illegal armed groups, illicit economies, weak institutions, and fragile governance complicate business operations and the protection of HR, highlighting the need to improve risk analysis and strengthen commitment to this issue. In this context, the duty of human rights due diligence (HRDD), framed in the obligation of companies to respect HR, is crucial in Colombia. This work examines whether the 2020-2022 NAP aligns with HRDD standards in terms of its focus, structure, and content, as expected from public policy instruments of this nature.
Mecanismo de participación de la ADEL Los Dinosaurios (Boyacá) en los Planes de Gobierno y Desarrollo para el periodo 2024-2027
Creators: name: Ulloa Sánchez, Nicolás David
name: Lamprea Rodríguez, Carol Rocío
name: Barreto Tafur, Stefanny
name: Piñeres Matute, Andrea Carolina
name: Cardoza Aguirre, Jennifer Andrea
name: García López, Lyda Marcela
Publisher: name: Universidad Externado de Colombia
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Planes de desarrollo - Colombia
subject: Ordenamiento territorial - Aspectos socioeconómicos
subject: Participación ciudadana - Aspectos sociales
subject: Desarrollo local
subject: Industrias culturales y creativas
subject: Turismo sostenible
subject: Participación ciudadana
subject: Incidencia

description: El proyecto Capstone se enfocó en analizar los planes de gobierno para incidir en la construcción de los Planes de Desarrollo de Sáchica y Villa de Leyva, priorizando el turismo sostenible e industrias creativas. Se utilizó una metodología de investigación cualitativa con revisión documental, entrevistas y mapeo de oportunidades. Las recomendaciones se centraron en el fortalecimiento organizacional, la creación de alianzas con organizaciones sociales y el impulso de un desarrollo sostenible. Se aplicaron conceptos de gobernanza y desarrollo territorial para mejorar la calidad de vida, considerando la participación ciudadana y la incidencia en decisiones públicas como escenario de construcción y concertación. El objetivo principal fue influir en los planes de desarrollo 2024-2027 en los municipios señalados, buscando impactar positivamente en el desarrollo regional y en la capacidad de la ADEL Los Dinosaurios para contribuir de manera efectiva a la formulación de políticas públicas y proyectos de desarrollo.
description: The Capstone project focused on analyzing campaign government plans to influence the construction of the Territorial Development Plan for Sáchica and Villa de Leyva, prioritizing sustainable tourism, and cultural and creative industries. A qualitative research methodology was employed, including document review, interviews, and opportunity mapping of opportunities. Recommendations centered on organizational strengthening, creating alliances with social organizations, and promoting sustainable development. Concepts of governance and territorial development were applied to improve quality of life, considering citizen participation and incidence on public decisions as a construction and concertation scenario with communities. The main objective was to influence the 2024-2027 territorial development plans in the mentioned municipalities, aiming to positively impact regional development and enhance ADEL Los Dinosaurios capacity to effectively contribute to the formulation of public policies and development projects.
La broma temeraria : los epigramas de Francisco de Paula Carrasquilla
Creators: name: Cataño Molina, Gonzalo
Publisher: name: Universidad Externado de Colombia
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Carrasquilla, Francisco de Paula, 1855-1897 - Crítica textual
subject: Literatura - Historia y crítica
subject: Literatura - Historia - Colombia
subject: Autores - Historia - Colombia
subject: Crítica literaria
subject: Epigramas

description: El nombre de Francisco de Paula Carrasquilla se extravió para los analistas de las letras nacionales. Cuando falleció, nadie, muy pocos se preocuparon por registrar sus experiencias (lo que le sucedió) o de anotar sus vivencias (lo que sintió y experimentó). Sus libros desaparecieron de la memoria de los colombianos y apenas se volvieron a editar. Las historias de la literatura lo silenciaron y aquellas que lo abordaron lo hicieron en frases encogidas que apenas dejaban ver su rostro. Todo en él, el recuerdo y el objeto recordado, era cosa efímera y presencia pasajera. La mayoría de las antologías poéticas lo ignoraron. Su tiempo –el final de la era radical y los inicios de la Regeneración– quedó en los libros de historia, pero su figura se fue disipando en medio de señalados conflictos políticos y de pétreas estructuras sociales que terminaron por diluir las acciones individuales. Tras ellas se eclipsó a uno de los testigos que más fustigó la vida cotidiana de la Bogotá de los años ochenta y noventa del siglo xix en obras como Epigramas, Tipos de Bogotá y Retratos instantáneos de notabilidades colombianas, de gran recepción en sus días. Quizá fueran arte menor, género chico de sabor popular que eludía lo grande y que al final no era tan bueno como el autor creía y sus amigos pensaban.
A Multi-modal Approach to Dysarthria Detection and Severity Assessment Using Speech and Text Information
Creators: name: M, Anuprabha
name: Gurugubelli, Krishna
name: Kesavaraj, V
name: Vuppala, Anil Kumar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Audio and Speech Processing (eess.AS)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Automatic detection and severity assessment of dysarthria are crucial for delivering targeted therapeutic interventions to patients. While most existing research focuses primarily on speech modality, this study introduces a novel approach that leverages both speech and text modalities. By employing cross-attention mechanism, our method learns the acoustic and linguistic similarities between speech and text representations. This approach assesses specifically the pronunciation deviations across different severity levels, thereby enhancing the accuracy of dysarthric detection and severity assessment. All the experiments have been performed using UA-Speech dysarthric database. Improved accuracies of 99.53% and 93.20% in detection, and 98.12% and 51.97% for severity assessment have been achieved when speaker-dependent and speaker-independent, unseen and seen words settings are used. These findings suggest that by integrating text information, which provides a reference linguistic knowledge, a more robust framework has been developed for dysarthric detection and assessment, thereby potentially leading to more effective diagnoses.
description: Submitted to ICASSP 2025
The equivalence Spacetime curvature - Information wave function Entropy: a link between quantum mechanics and general relativity in Universe and Brain
Creators: name: ZAARAOUI, Hind
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: spacetime curvature
Reaction responses
quantum gravity
quantum entropy
Brain
quantum field theory
neurosciences
gravity
behavior neuroscience
quantum mechanics
Information Entropy
General relativity
unification
quantum gravitation
quantum physics
quantum information

description: This work proposes a theory about how reaction responses to an incoming Information are created in Brain and similarly how the gravity or spacetime curvature of Universe are created with a same mathematical model that may conciliate quantum mechanics and general relativity.  In the brain: an external incoming signal information being initially modulated by recepetor neurons (in eyes, ears...) travels through the neighboring neurons that are linked to the excited receptor neurons. These neuronal paths have been created thanks to the past personal experiences. Potential reaction responses are subsequently created thanks to a final deformed signal in the motor neurons by all the correlated neural paths.   The total deformation at each neuron is created by different incoming paths and their structures: geometry of paths, respective neurotransmitters (inhibitors, exciters...), and of course the existence or not of the signal and its frequency coming from each path. Using path Integrals theory, we compute the probability of existence of the signal-Information or the potential reaction to the incoming information at each neuron. But we would like to know how much the signal-Information has been distorted between two neighboring linked neural points. We thus propose an entropy of Information coming from each path (called Time path) to a particular neuron and we demonstrate that this entropy is equivalent to TimeSpace curvature in the Brain. Therefore the created reaction to the initial Incoming information is the heaviest and the nearest or in other words the most correlated reaction to the initial incoming Information.  Similarly in the Universe, the evolution of elementary particles in quantum mechanics can be described by path Integrals formulation using the action S of each path. Thanks to high density of paths next to highly massive objects, the probability of existence of another less massive object would be higher next to the first object. Finally the SpaceTime curvature is demonstrated to be equivalent to the entropy of these paths.
description: none
XR4Human D2.2: Mapping of risks and harms of eXtended reality (XR) technologies
Creators: name: Voinov, Cristiana
name: Baraas, Rigmor C
name: Bernabe, Rosemarie
name: Cox, Shereen
name: Hagen, Lene A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Immersive technologies
virtual reality
augmented reality
mixed reality
harm, risks, ethics

description: This report has two parts. Part 1 used a scoping review method to extensively map risks and harms related to the design, development and application of XR technologies (VR, MR, AR), virtual environments, and metaverses. Through the application of qualitative content analysis, thematic categories emerged which were developed into a unique typology of risks comprising of six main themes and 19 sub-themes: 1) health and wellbeing (cognitive, psycho-emotional, socio-relational and physical), 2) autonomy (privacy, self-sovereignty, surveillance, authenticity), 3) epistemic and scientific (epistemic uncertainty, scientific uncertainty, algorithmic imperfection, manipulation), 4) normative (norm violations, rights violations), 5) structural (socio-political, economic/financial, legal), and 6) technical safety and security (security, dual use). Further considerations identified were risks pertaining to special populations (vulnerable groups), unknown risks and long-term use effects. A subsidiary aim was to map risk mitigations. Other key findings, such as geographical distribution of sources, and use cases, among others, are featured, lending to a robust discussion on the state of XR risks, potential motivators for development of XR harm mitigation-strategies, and key knowledge gaps. Finally, the review supports the XR4Human project’s proposed code of conduct for developers, as well as a XR ratings system for users.

Part 2 of this report presents insights on risks and harms of virtual worlds according to European Citizens. This section is based on a literature review of the final report on 2023 European Citizens’ Panel on Virtual Worlds. European citizens’ views on emerging issues within virtual worlds are comparable with the findings from Part 1 and include health and wellbeing, autonomy, normative standards, structural impacts, and technical security. Key concerns include data privacy, mental health impacts, user consent, and protection of digital identities, aligning with many risks identified in academic literature. Additionally, citizens emphasized the need for sustainable practices in virtual world development and highlighted the importance of ethical AI use, particularly concerning surveillance and data transparency. These public insights contribute valuable context to the XR4Human project, supporting the development of policies that address both expert and citizen perspectives on risks in extended reality technologies.
The START and Inpatient Aggression: An Analysis of Change, and Trauma in a Comparative Sample of Male and Female Forensic Patients
Creators: name: Meredith, Veronica Lea
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: There is considerable literary debate in the forensic psychology field regarding sex differences in relevant risk factors for aggression, and the validity of violence risk instruments. The overarching aim of this thesis was to explore sex differences in the predictive validity of the Short Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability and to examine rates of inpatient aggression in a comparative sample of male and female patients in a forensic hospital setting. A secondary aim was to investigate the effects of trauma history on this violence risk instrument, and on inpatient aggression, and to determine if these effects differed by sex.
title: Specialised regime on Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS) – implementation of the ITPGRFA
Creators: name: ITPGRFA Secretariat
Publisher: name: ITPGRFA
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: AGROVOC: Catalogues
subject: AGROVOC: Documentation

description: Since 2016, the Groupe d'Étude et de contrôle des Variétés Et des Semences (GEVES), the organization for variety testing and protection as well as seed certification in France, together with research and private sector partners, has initiated several measures for the implementation of Farmers’ Rights. GEVES is also responsible for the national coordination of plant genetic resources. Measures include participation of farmers in decision-making; recognition of ‘curators’ of plant genetic resources collections at national level; and establishing a national collection of PGRFA. Rules for the implementation of the ITPGRFA are laid down in Articles L.660-1 to L.660-4 of the Rural Code, stating that the conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA are of ‘general interest’. Cultural aspect have been recognized as important elements of national collections, and detailed criteria for taking the contributions of farmers, gardeners and other stakeholders into account are currently being set up (July 2019). These stakeholders can apply by filling an application; expertise is also implicitly shown if farmers participate in breeding programs, programs for on-farm conservation or other similar activities. In addition, a national coordination body was set up and a sub-committee for the conservation of PGRFA created within the French Technical Plant Breeding Committee (CTPS).
Energy Demand Reduction
Creators: name: Colechin, Keelan
name: Colechin, Mike
Publisher: name: UKERC
Year: 2025

description: The UK is facing an energy crisis on three fronts: climate change, energy security, and affordability. Energy demand reduction is fundamental to improving the UK’s performance on all three. Research has shown that reducing energy use could meet half of the required greenhouse gas emissions reductions needed by 2050 for the UK to become a Net Zero society (EDRC, 2023). Lower energy demand reduces the scale of energy supply decarbonisation needed, and is essential if the UK is to meet its carbon emission reduction goals. By 2050 we have the potential to halve our energy demand in transport, housing and nutrition (CREDS, 2022). All the National Energy System Operator’s (NESO) ‘Future Energy Scenarios’ expect substantial energy savings through demand reductions by 2050 (NESO, 2024). The ability to control energy demand is also viewed as a key component of enabling flexibility in the energy system, something that will become increasingly important as more intermittent renewable energy supplies are installed (EDRC, 2024). Some academics have noted that a disproportionate amount of focus, funding and effort is placed on supply side solutions to energy decarbonisation, and that rebalancing this effort is therefore essential. Reducing energy demand is not, however, without its challenges, and the different solutions for doing so vary between sectors. To effectively enact demand reductions, efforts and coordination would be needed from government, utility companies, NGOs and others.
title: Mobile diagnostics and consultation for the prevention of the metabolic syndrome and its secondary diseases in Brandenburg—study protocol of a regional prospective cohort study: the Mobile Brandenburg Cohort
Creators: name: Schraplau, Anne
name: Block, Andrea
name: Häusler, Andreas
name: Wippert, Pia-Maria
name: Rapp, Michael
name: Völler, Heinz
name: Bonaventura, Klaus
name: Mayer, Frank
Publisher: name: Universitätsverlag Potsdam
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a risk cluster for a number of secondary diseases. The implementation of prevention programs requires early detection of individuals at risk. However, access to health care providers is limited in structurally weak regions. Brandenburg, a rural federal state in Germany, has an especially high MetS prevalence and disease burden. This study aims to validate and test the feasibility of a setup for mobile diagnostics of MetS and its secondary diseases, to evaluate the MetS prevalence and its association with moderating factors in Brandenburg and to identify new ways of early prevention, while establishing a “Mobile Brandenburg Cohort” to reveal new causes and risk factors for MetS. Methods In a pilot study, setups for mobile diagnostics of MetS and secondary diseases will be developed and validated. A van will be equipped as an examination room using point-of-care blood analyzers and by mobilizing standard methods. In study part A, these mobile diagnostic units will be placed at different locations in Brandenburg to locally recruit 5000 participants aged 40-70 years. They will be examined for MetS and advice on nutrition and physical activity will be provided. Questionnaires will be used to evaluate sociodemographics, stress perception, and physical activity. In study part B, participants with MetS, but without known secondary diseases, will receive a detailed mobile medical examination, including MetS diagnostics, medical history, clinical examinations, and instrumental diagnostics for internal, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, and cognitive disorders. Participants will receive advice on nutrition and an exercise program will be demonstrated on site. People unable to participate in these mobile examinations will be interviewed by telephone. If necessary, participants will be referred to general practitioners for further diagnosis. Discussion The mobile diagnostics approach enables early detection of individuals at risk, and their targeted referral to local health care providers. Evaluation of the MetS prevalence, its relation to risk-increasing factors, and the “Mobile Brandenburg Cohort” create a unique database for further longitudinal studies on the implementation of home-based prevention programs to reduce mortality, especially in rural regions. Trial registration German Clinical Trials Register, DRKS00022764; registered 07 October 2020—retrospectively registered.
description: Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe; 759
title: Solidarity-based approach to agricultural development
Creators: name: ITPGRFA Secretariat
Publisher: name: ITPGRFA
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: AGROVOC: Income generation

description: The Ministry of Agriculture, Marine Fisheries, Rural Development, Water and Forestry, in collaboration with several related government agencies, has implemented the ‘Green Morocco Plan’ (Plan Maroc Vert) since 2008. The main objective was to enhance economic and social performance of the agricultural sector based on mobilization of public and private investments. One pillar of the plan addresses farmers operating at small or very small scale and is structured around three axes: (1) reconversion of agricultural systems towards high-value crops: (2) agricultural intensification; and (3) diversification projects, such as projects supporting production of honey or medicinal plants. To date, 985 projects have been launched targeting 733,000 small-scale farmers. Activities included, inter alia, the plantation of 388,000 ha of olive, fig, and almond trees and cactus; the installation of 417 processing units (e.g. for crushing and drying); irrigation facilities, water points for livestock and other infrastructure. Key outcomes and lessons learned include increased income of farmers; better representation of farmers through federations participating in regional and national steering and decision-making committees; appreciation of local agricultural products and traditional know-how; increased awareness among the general public of the value of local products; and facilitation of their marketing, both nationally and internationally.
Valvata O. F. Muller 1773
Creators: name: Fan, Shu Yun
name: He, Yue Ming
name: Xiang, Hong Quan
name: Chen, Hui
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Heterostropha
Valvatidae
Valvata

description: Genus Valvata O.F. Müller, 1773
 Type species by designation Valvata cristata O.F. Müller, 1774 Diagnosis. Shell discoidal, umbilicus open and deep, operculum nearly circular.
description: Published as part of Fan, Shu Yun, He, Yue Ming, Xiang, Hong Quan & Chen, Hui, 2024, A new species of the genus Valvata (Gastropoda: Valvatidae) from Lake Lugu, southern China, pp. 284-291 in Ecologica Montenegrina 71 on page 286, DOI: 10.37828/em.2024.71.30, http://zenodo.org/record/13247743
An Interaction Design Toolkit for Physical Task Guidance with Artificial Intelligence and Mixed Reality
Creators: name: Caetano, Arthur
name: Aponte, Alejandro
name: Sra, Misha
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: H.5

description: Physical skill acquisition, from sports techniques to surgical procedures, requires instruction and feedback. In the absence of a human expert, Physical Task Guidance (PTG) systems can offer a promising alternative. These systems integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Mixed Reality (MR) to provide realtime feedback and guidance as users practice and learn skills using physical tools and objects. However, designing PTG systems presents challenges beyond engineering complexities. The intricate interplay between users, AI, MR interfaces, and the physical environment creates unique interaction design hurdles. To address these challenges, we present an interaction design toolkit derived from our analysis of PTG prototypes developed by eight student teams during a 10-week-long graduate course. The toolkit comprises Design Considerations, Design Patterns, and an Interaction Canvas. Our evaluation suggests that the toolkit can serve as a valuable resource for practitioners designing PTG systems and researchers developing new tools for human-AI interaction design.
ПОСТКОВИДНЫЕ ОСЛОЖНЕНИЯ ЖКТ: АНАЛИЗ, ЛЕЧЕНИЕ И РЕАБИЛИТАЦИЯ
Creators: name: Каледа, Светлана
name: Мирзакаримова, Фарида
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: В данной статье рассматриваются постковидные осложнения, затрагивающие желудочно-кишечный тракт (ЖКТ), которые могут возникать у пациентов после перенесенной инфекции COVID-19. Анализируются основные симптомы и проявления, такие как дискомфорт в животе, нарушения пищеварения и изменения в аппетите. Особое внимание уделяется патофизиологическим механизмам, способствующим развитию этих расстройств. Обсуждаются важность индивидуального подхода к каждому пациенту и необходимость междисциплинарного взаимодействия специалистов для достижения наилучших результатов в восстановлении здоровья.
title: Knowledge sharing and exchange of experiences between and among farming communities on the management and utilization of crops
Creators: name: ITPGRFA Secretariat
Publisher: name: ITPGRFA
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: AGROVOC: Catalogues
subject: AGROVOC: Documentation

description: Between 2001 and 2005, the National Institute of Agrarian Innovation (INIA), together with several governmental and non-governmental organizations, facilitated knowledge sharing and exchange of experiences between and among 472 custodian farmers from 69 communities, comprising 10 administrative regions participating in an in situ conservation project of INIA. The objective was to share experiences and exchange knowledge systems related to the different management practices and important utilization of 11 priority native crops in order to enhance knowledge and prevent its ‘erosion’. The knowledge sharing and exchange of experiences took place at INIA Agricultural Experiment Stations located in 10 administrative regions, selected sites for the in situ conservation project of INIA, also identified as ‘micro-centres of genetic diversity’. These regions are, characterized by a high diversity of native crops and their crop wild relatives, in addition to cultural wealth, including in terms of traditional knowledge and customary management practices relating to PGRFA. As an outcome, INIA compiled an inventory of native crops and registry of traditional knowledge and reported 8,867 usages. The described measure is an effective way to re-valorize traditional knowledge for use by the farmers themselves and for in situ conservation activities, in line with the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the ITPGRFA.
title: Community Biodiversity Register
Creators: name: ITPGRFA Secretariat
Publisher: name: ITPGRFA
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: AGROVOC: Catalogues
subject: AGROVOC: Documentation

description: Establishment of Community Biodiversity Register (CBR) was piloted during the Global Agrobiodiversity Project, starting in 1998. It was implemented by Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development (LI-BIRD) in collaboration with the Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC) and Bioversity International. CBR can be used as ‘information databases’ on biodiversity and associated knowledge, where¬by communities gain better understanding of their biological assets; for developing community biodiversity management plans, identifying PGRFA for conservation and sources of seed and planting material; or for protecting traditional knowledge against appropriation. LI-BIRD follows eight steps for developing a CBR: (1) selecting the community; (2) informing the community on the rationale and objectives; (3) strengthening institutional capacity; (4) defining a specific focus and initial requirements for data collection; (5) documenting, compiling and validating information; (6) analysing and sharing information; (7) designing and implementing conservation and development plans; and (8) registering and linking with a national repository. Participating farmers realized that many local landraces are vulnerable to genetic erosion and eventual loss; Community Seed Banks were established in some areas to address this issue. Information collected should be used for planning of community-based biodiversity management activities, rather than limiting the approach to documentation alone.
Metadata
Creators: name: Limoges, Marie A.
name: Weicht, Thomas R.
name: A. Neher, Deborah
name: Millner, Patricia D.
name: Sharma, Manan
name: Donnelly, Catherine
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 70308 Crop and Pasture Protection (Pests, Diseases and Weeds)
subject: FOS: Agriculture, forestry and fisheries

description: Three years (2015, 2016, 2017)
Two fields (L: lilac, W: wheelock)Three compost treatments (C: unamended, D: dairy, P: poultry)
Noise annoyance - A modifier of the association between noise level and cardiovascular health?
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2013
Subjects: Fluglärm
Straßenverkehrslärm
Wechselwirkung

description: Objectives
The effect modifying impact of annoyance due to aircraft noise and road traffic noise on the relationships between the aircraft noise level and road traffic noise level on the prevalence of hypertension was investigated in 4861 subjects of the HYENA study (HYpertension and Exposure to Noise near Airports).
Methods
Different models were investigated either including the noise level and noise annoyance variables separately, or simultaneously, or together with an interaction term referring to the same noise source for the noise level and the noise annoyance.
Results
Significant effect modification was found with respect to the association between aircraft noise and hypertension. The association was stronger in more annoyed subjects. No clear interaction was found with respect to road traffic noise. The comparison of the magnitude of the main effects (per standard deviation or inter-quartile range) of noise level and noise annoyance variables revealed stronger associations with hypertension for the noise levels.
Conclusion
There is some indication that the noise level has a stronger predictive meaning for the relationship between noise exposure and hypertension than the reported noise annoyance (main effects). The results from the Hyena study support the hypothesis that noise annoyance acts as an effect modifier of the relationship between the noise level and hypertension.
Quelle: http://www.sciencedirect.com/
Achaemenothrombiidae Saboori 2010
Creators: name: Saboori, Alireza
name: Wohltmann, Andreas
name: Hakimitabar, Masoud
name: Shirvani, Asghar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Acari
Achaemenothrombiidae

description: Achaemenothrombiidae Saboori et al., 2010
Type species: Achaemenothrombium cyrusi Saboori et al., 2010
Diagnosis. Larva: Idiosoma with 3 dorsal scuta. Prodorsal scutum without lateral flaps. Anus without sclerites. Supracoxal setae present on coxae of leg I. Palpal femur and genu with 1 seta each. Numbers of setae on coxae I-III: 2-2-1, on femora 6-5-5. Genua II and III each with 2 or 3 normal setae. Tibia of each leg with 8 to 14 normal setae. Ti I with 4 or 5 to 9 solenidia. Tarsi of each leg elongate and hypertrichous. Ta I with 1 or 2 famuli, 3 to 5 or 8 to 9 solenidia and 6 or more eupathidia. Ta II with 2 to 3 solenidia and 1 eupathidium and famulus. Tarsi I-II with 2 falciform claws and a claw-like empodium. Tarsus III with inner claw curved outside, shorter and slightly thickened.
description: Published as part of Saboori, Alireza, Wohltmann, Andreas, Hakimitabar, Masoud & Shirvani, Asghar, 2013, A new species of the genus Achaemenothrombium (Acari: Achaemenothrombiidae) from Iran, pp. 143-152 in Zootaxa 3694 (2) on pages 143-144, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3694.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/223743
Uncovering the Visual Contribution in Audio-Visual Speech Recognition
Creators: name: Lin, Zhaofeng
name: Harte, Naomi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Audio and Speech Processing (eess.AS)
subject: Sound (cs.SD)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Audio-Visual Speech Recognition (AVSR) combines auditory and visual speech cues to enhance the accuracy and robustness of speech recognition systems. Recent advancements in AVSR have improved performance in noisy environments compared to audio-only counterparts. However, the true extent of the visual contribution, and whether AVSR systems fully exploit the available cues in the visual domain, remains unclear. This paper assesses AVSR systems from a different perspective, by considering human speech perception. We use three systems: Auto-AVSR, AVEC and AV-RelScore. We first quantify the visual contribution using effective SNR gains at 0 dB and then investigate the use of visual information in terms of its temporal distribution and word-level informativeness. We show that low WER does not guarantee high SNR gains. Our results suggest that current methods do not fully exploit visual information, and we recommend future research to report effective SNR gains alongside WERs.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures. Accepted to ICASSP 2025
Just Green Cities? Equity, Urban Green Space and Subjective Well-being
Creators: name: Sharifi, Farahnaz
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Urban green space (UGS) is an integral part of urban planning for the sake of climate change, physical liveability and residents' health and subjective well-being. UGS planning is, however, also an intervention in the urban fabric that could lead to spatial and social inequities. This thesis undertakes a series of research to shed light on the role of UGS in achieving equity in cities. A key message is that conventional approaches to UGS planning do not necessarily lead to a “just city” unless the focus changes from the equity in UGS provision to the output or impact of UGS.
title: Agrobiodiversity fairs
Creators: name: ITPGRFA Secretariat
Publisher: name: ITPGRFA
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: AGROVOC: Catalogues
subject: AGROVOC: Documentation

description: Between 2001 and 2005, the National Institute of Agrarian Innovation (INIA), together with several governmental and non-governmental organizations, organized a series of agrobiodiversity fairs. . The main objectives were to document the diversity of native crops and typical dishes made from them; and to facilitate the exchange of seeds among the participating farmers. The agrobiodiversity fairs were carried out in coordination with the local government authorities featuring  ‘Seed Fairs’ and ‘Foods/Dishes Festival Contest’, taking advantage of the Patron Saint Festivals celebrated in the participating villages. The winners received prizes such as organic fertilizers, farm tools or kitchen utensils. In addition, the winner participated in the national agrobiodiversity fair held in Lima, which had a great impact on the urban population of the Peruvian capital, seeing for the first time the great diversity of native crops conserved by custodian farmers. Also, one farmer, having a leading role in the in situ conservation project, had the chance to participate in the first ‘Terra Madre’ Conference, a network of food communities, held in Italy in 2004. As a result of these Agrobiodiversity Fairs, INIA compiled an inventory of native crop varieties, 3475 varieties were documented according to their local names.
Sonitha libera
Creators: name: Friend, Herman L.
name: Prozorov, Alexey M.
name: Yakovlev, Roman V.
name: Prozorova, Tatiana A.
name: Saldaitis, Aidas
name: Sulak, Harald
name: Volkova, Julia S.
name: Lamah, Simon Pierre
name: Revay, Edita E.
name: Müller, Günter C.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Lasiocampidae
Sonitha
Sonitha libera

description: Sonitha libera (Aurivillius, 1915)
https://zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 34ACED57-D96A-4CC9-97B4-E1CEC96DE837
(Figs 2, 17–18, 23–24, 32)
 New records: 2♂, Guinea, Macenta Prefecture, Ziama Forest, 550 m, XI.2010, leg. G. Petranyi, V. Kravchenko & G. Müller (CGM / USTTB).
 Distribution (Fig. 32). Guinean montane forests in Guinea (new record) and Liberia, western Guinean lowland forests in Liberia and Ivory Coast.
 Biology. Adults were collected in VII–VIII, X, XI, XII–I from altitudes up to 600 meters a.s.l. Preimaginal stages remain unknown.
 Note. The species was mistakenly considered widely spread from Liberia eastwards to DRC (Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010) but below we show that the population east of the Dahomey Gap is a sister species S. adedapo sp. n. Whereas male genitalia of S. libera, especially the shape of dorsal socii, remind very much S. lapa (compare Figs 17, 18 and 19), S. libera has lighter wing coloration, convex outer margin of the hindwing (Fig. 2), and spread west of the Dahomey Gap (Fig. 32); whereas S. lapa has darker wing coloration, concave outer margin of the hindwing (Fig. 3), and is known only from Gabon, east of the Dahomey Gap. Takano and Laszlo (2022) have already shown that the Dahomey Gap may be a barrier dividing sister species.
description: Published as part of Friend, Herman L., Prozorov, Alexey M., Yakovlev, Roman V., Prozorova, Tatiana A., Saldaitis, Aidas, Sulak, Harald, Volkova, Julia S., Lamah, Simon Pierre, Revay, Edita E. & Müller, Günter C., 2024, Four new species close to Sonitha libera and Sonitha myoctona from the Congolian lowland forests (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae), pp. 99-116 in Ecologica Montenegrina 72 on page 102, DOI: 10.37828/em.2024.72.9, http://zenodo.org/record/13247809
Adaptive operator selection with bandits for scaled problems based on decomposition-based MOEAs
Creators: name: Tang, YunFei
name: Li, Shuang
name: Li, Wei
name: Luo, Gang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Decomposition-based multi-objective evolutionary algorithms (MOEAs) are widely utilized for solving multi-objective optimization problems (MOPs), while having the problem of striking a balance between exploration and exploitation. To address this issue, many efforts have focused on adaptive operator selection mechanisms that automatically choose the most appropriate operator according to the improvement of the evolutionary population. However, real-world MOPs typically feature objectives with varying scales. Existing operator selection mechanisms struggle with such scaled MOPs, since most, if not all, of the improvement calculation does not consider the scales of objectives. This article introduces a novel adaptive operator selection mechanism designed for scaled problems. Specifically, a multi-bandit learning model is formulated, where each arm represents a reproduction operator and is assigned a prior reward distribution. These rewards are calculated based on the normalized objective values, and the operator (arm) with the highest reward is selected to generate an offspring. Experimental results comprehensively demonstrate the effectiveness and competitiveness of the proposed mechanism on scaled problems, compared with eight well-established MOEAs.