cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Incorporation of Lunar Passages into Secondary Payload Transfer Design
Creators: name: Badiali, Josiah Kenneth
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 510901
subject: Astrodynamics and space situational awareness

description: A dramatic increase in the number of missions for inserting both large satellites as well as rideshare spacecraft into cislunar trajectories has been noted as of recently. While bal- listic lunar transfers (BLTs) have proven a reliable means for sending primary missions to their destination orbits, the inflexible jettison conditions imposed upon secondary payloads may significantly limit viable pathways. This investigation is centered about designing a framework to construct lunar transfers for secondary payloads from various commissioning maneuver (CM) states to select periodic orbits near the Moon. These continuous passage- ways are modelled in the Bi-Circular Restricted 4-Body Problem (BCR4BP), while necessary dynamical insights are recovered from the application of dynamical systems theory to both the BCR4BP and the Circular Restricted 3-Body Problem (CR3BP). To understand the impact of a Moon encounter on an outbound lunar transfer, families of BLTs are generated for primary payloads, where select members that have close flybys are isolated an examined. A modular, multi-phase framework is then developed, stemming from the lunar encounter. With this, transfers from a variety of sample CM states to Halo, Butterfly and Lyapunov orbits are presented. The versatility of the design framework is highlighted through a case study for a double-flyby transfer to a select Lyapunov orbit. The presented analysis provides an intuitive strategy for diversifying the otherwise limited pool of viable transfers that send secondary payloads to cislunar orbits.
Development and characterization of a droplet-based material feed system for multi-material projection micro-stereolithography
Creators: name: Tobia, Jay
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Current additive manufacturing techniques focus on creating useful three dimensional (3D) objects from a single material. The inability to incorporate multiple materials in a single part limits the ability of additive manufacturing technology to create objects with engineered properties and functions.  This research aims to develop a process by which multiple materials can be integrated into a single object in a fast, efficient, and scalable operation. A droplet-based material feed system for projection micro-stereolithography solves current problems with 3D printing of multiple materials by allowing printing materials to be switched by depositing droplets of different liquid resins. Precise control of small droplet volume is obtained by pressure control of the resin injection nozzles, exact opening times of fluid valves, and appropriate surface coatings in order to portion droplets so that just enough material is brought to the build area, resulting in minimal material waste. Digitally modulated high resolution light patterns solidifies thin layers of ultraviolet curable resin in succession to build a final 3D object in a layer by layer fashion. The effectiveness of this novel solution is discussed by creating objects similar to those of other systems and measuring total build time, material waste, and final print quality. The ability of the process to be scaled up allows for printing of high resolution multi-material objects on a large scale. The multi­material additive manufacturing technique with efficient materials management will enable the cost effective and rapid production of new engineering applications such as bio­inspired soft robotics, biomedical micro-devices, and functional tissue scaffolds.
ADAPTIVE ITERATIVE COMPRESSION FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION FILES: AN APPROACH FOCUSED ON PRESERVING VISUAL QUALITY IN CINEMATIC WORKFLOWS
Creators: name: Melo, LEONARDO
name: Barbosa Litaiff, Filipe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Computer Communication Networks
subject: Information Technology
subject: Machine learning

description: This study presents an iterative adaptive compression model for high-resolution DPX-derived TIFF files used in cinematographic workflows and digital preservation. The model employs SSIM and PSNR metrics to dynamically adjust compression parameters across three configurations (C0, C1, C2), achieving storage reductions up to 83.4% while maintaining high visual fidelity (SSIM > 0.95). Validation across three diverse productions — black and white classic, soft-palette drama, and complex action film — demonstrated the method’s effectiveness in preserving critical visual elements while significantly reducing storage requirements. Professional evaluators reported 90% acceptance rate for the optimal C1 configuration, with artifacts remaining below perceptual threshold in critical areas.Comparative analysis with JPEG2000 and H.265 showed superior quality preservation at equivalent compression rates, particularly for high bit-depth content. While requiring additional computational overhead, the method’s storage benefits and quality control capabilities make it suitable for professional workflows, with potential applications in medical imaging and cloud storage optimization.
Elaea solimani Mohammad, Alla, El-Hamouly, Ehrmann & Nasser, 2011, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Mohammad, Salwa Kamal
name: Alla, Sohair Mohammad Gad
name: El-Hamouly, Hayam
name: Ehrmann, Reinhard
name: Nasser, Mohamed Gemal El-Den
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Mantodea
Mantidae
Elaea
Elaea solimani

description: Elaea solimani sp. nov.
(Fig. 1)
Holotype: Female collected from Beir Yusef, El-Harra, Baharia oasis, (28°20’39’’N – 29°4’53’’E) 15.5.2009. The specimen is housed in the collection of Ain Shams University, Faculty of Science, Entomology Department.
Etymology. The new species is named for Dr. Ahmed Mustafa Soliman, al-Azhar University, in honor of his assistance in collecting the specimen and supplying us with important sample.
Description. Dark brown, with intricate spotted and zig-zag patterns of white and dark brown dorsally and laterally (figs. 1a, b). Head (Fig. 1 c) large, wider than pronotum, frontal shield smooth, longer than wide, vertex clearly convex,; eyes globular with pattern of dark brown spots; maxillary palp long, annulated with brown; antenna long, more than half the length of the body. Pronotum slightly longer than wide, disk smooth with distinct supra-coxal suture, prozone rounded with anterior lateral margin compressed and ornamented by dark brown spots,; metazone elongated with two large black spots in the posterior part; fore legs (fig. 1d) large, coxa long with hairy margins, anterior apical lobe acute; femora wide viewed from external face, with three discoidal and four external spines; tibia strongly annulated with brown band, elongated claw and ten external spines; tarsi five-segmented, first segment equal to length of succeeding segments; tegmina short, nearly reaching second abdominal segment, with central pale eye spot; hind wing small, with large dark patch on sub-costal area, anal area white with three black longitudinal veins, first vein surrounded by black spots; mid and hind legs long, annulated with brown, apex of tibia with long, acute spine; tarsi five-segmented, each segment elongated posteriorly to an acuta process, with first segment shorter than the succeeding segments. Abdomen oval, supra-anal transverse, much wider than long, valves of ovipositor elongated; cerci long; tip of abdomen and cerci covered with long white setae. Length 40 mm.
Diagnosis. This species is similar to E. marchali and E. gestroi but can easily be distinguished by the very long antenna, acute distal apical lobe of the coxa, the pale spot in the center of each tegmen, the elongated process on the dorsal tip of each tarsal segment of the mid- and hind legs, and the large separation between the supra-anal plate and the tip of abdomen in lateral view.
description: Published as part of Mohammad, Salwa Kamal, Alla, Sohair Mohammad Gad, El-Hamouly, Hayam, Ehrmann, Reinhard & Nasser, Mohamed Gemal El-Den, 2011, Mantodea of Egypt, pp. 1-27 in Zootaxa 3044 on page 4, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.278837
Supervised feature learning via dependency maximization
Creators: name: Tonde, Chetan J.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: A key challenge in machine learning is to automatically extract relevant feature representations of data for a given task. This becomes especially formidable task for structured data like images, which are often highly structured and complex. In this thesis, we propose frameworks for supervised feature learning for structured and unstructured data, via dependency maximization.    In the first part of this dissertation we look at the problem of learning kernels for structured prediction. We present a novel framework called Twin Kernel Learning which proposes the idea of polynomial expansions of kernels, to learn kernels over structured  data so as to maximize a dependency criterion called Hilbert-Schmidt Independence criterion (HSIC). We also give an efficient, matrix-decomposition based algorithm for learning these expansions and use it to learn covariance kernels of Twin Gaussian Processes. We demonstrate state-of-the-art empirical results on several synthetic and real-world datasets.    In the second part of this work, we present a novel framework for supervised dimensionality reduction based on a dependency criterion called Distance Correlation. Our framework is based on learning low-dimensional features which maximize squared sum of Distance Correlations of low dimensional features, with both, the response, and the covariates. We propose a novel algorithm to maximize our proposed objective, and also show superior empirical results over state-of-the-art on multiple datasets.
Atheta Thomson 1858
Creators: name: Gusarov, Vladimir I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2003
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Atheta

description: Atheta Thomson, 1858
Atheta Thomson, 1858: 36
(type species: Aleochara graminicola Gravenhorst, 1806, by monotypy, fixed by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1961)).
Megista Mulsant & Rey, 1874a: 623 (as subgenus of Liogluta; type species: Aleochara graminicola Gravenhorst, 1806, by monotypy).
Megista Mulsant & Rey, 1874b: 591 (as subgenus of Liogluta; synonymic homonym of Megista Mulsant & Rey, 1874a).
Atheta: Ganglbauer, 1895: 136 (as valid genus).
Elytrusa Casey, 1906: 334 (type species: Homalota granulata Mannerheim, 1846, by original designation).
Atheta (Megista): Casey, 1910a: 15 (as valid subgenus).
Atheta: Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 604 (as valid genus; in subtribe Athetina).
Atheta (Megista): Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 658 (as valid subgenus).
Atheta (Elytrusa): Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 658 (as synonym of Atheta (Megista )).
Atheta: Benick & Lohse, 1974: 124 (as valid genus; in tribe Callicerini Lohse, 1969).
Atheta: Muona, 1979b: 24 (as valid genus; in subtribe Athetina).
Atheta: Lohse et al., 1990: 188 (as valid genus; in subtribe Athetina).
(Other references are omitted)
Discussion. The magnitude of the genus Atheta varies in different contemporary works (Benick & Lohse 1974; Muona 1979b; Lohse et al. 1990). In the narrowest sense (e.g., Lohse et al. 1990, where it is equivalent to Atheta s. str. of Benick and Lohse 1974) Atheta includes the athetines with pronotal setation of type I (Benick & Lohse 1974), with hypomera fully visible in lateral view and with distinctly shaped spermatheca with thick distal portion and thin coiled proximal portion (Figs. 150–155 in Strand & Vik 1964). In other interpretations (Benick & Lohse 1974; Muona 1979b), which can be traced back to Ganglbauer (1895), Atheta is a much wider group. If this wider interpretation of the genus is accepted it is hard to say what the autapomorphies are which define it. In the key by Benick and Lohse (1974; pp. 72–79) one arrives at Atheta at the very end of the key, after having eliminated all other athetine genera, and essentially the genus is characterized by the features it lacks. Further analysis is needed to determine whether Atheta in the broad sense can be maintained as a monophyletic group.
description: Published as part of Gusarov, Vladimir I., 2003, Revision of some types of North American aleocharines (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), with synonymic notes, pp. 1-134 in Zootaxa 353 (1) on page 29, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.353.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5019783
Nitrile Groups as Build-in Molecular Sensors for Interfacial Effects at Electrocatalytically Active Carbon-Nitrogen Materials
Creators: name: Feuerstein, Linda
name: Baş, Ekin Esme
name: Golze, Dorothea
name: Heine, Thomas
name: Oschatz, Martin
name: Weidinger, Inez
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: The input and output files for the calculations in the paper "Nitrile Groups as Build-in Molecular Sensors for Interfacial Effects at Electrocatalytically Active Carbon-Nitrogen Materials".
GreenHive Educational Resources for Green Combs
Creators: name: Abbruzzese, Gianluca
name: Acomi, Nicoleta
name: ACOMI, OVIDIU
name: Cleary, Elaine
name: Lanzetta, Miriam
name: Taylor, Marie
name: Sofianou, Dimitra
name: LOPEZ CRUZ, Maria del Carmen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Este documento tiene como objetivo proporcionar recursos y herramientas para que los proveedores de Educación y Formación Profesional (EFP) fomenten las competencias de sostenibilidad en los estudiantes. Incluye directrices para implementar espacios abiertos, microvídeos de aprendizaje, talleres y experiencias basadas en proyectos, todos enfocados en las competencias de sostenibilidad del Marco Europeo GreenComp. Está dirigido a profesores y educadores que deseen desarrollar las cuatro competencias verdes: asumir los valores de sostenibilidad, abordar la complejidad, imaginar futuros sostenibles y actuar en favor de la sostenibilidad.This document aims to provide resources and tools for Vocational Education and Training (VET) providers to promote students' sustainability competencies. It includes guidelines for implementing open spaces, microlearning videos, workshops, and project-based learning experiences, all focused on the sustainability competencies outlined in the European GreenComp Framework. It is intended for teachers and educators who wish to develop the four green competencies: adopting sustainability values, addressing sustainability complexity, imagining sustainable futures, and acting for sustainability.
Diagnostic-Feasibility study of Strawbridge Lake
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1993

description: Submission to New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection for matching funding from U.S.Environmental Protection Agency for the Strawbridge Lake diagnostic/feasibility study, phase I proposal, clean lakes project. The document contains submission paperwork along with an introduction, scope of work, project costs, project schedule, and literature cited.
Warinanco Park Lake phase II restoration project grant application
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1998

description: A proposal for the phase II restoration of Warinanco Park Lake in Elizabeth submitted to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. The proposal includes an introduction with background information; the scope of work including dredging, monitoring, dam evaluation, ordinance evaluation, and project documentation; and project costs and schedule.
Empusa Illiger 1798
Creators: name: Mohammad, Salwa Kamal
name: Alla, Sohair Mohammad Gad
name: El-Hamouly, Hayam
name: Ehrmann, Reinhard
name: Nasser, Mohamed Gemal El-Den
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Mantodea
Empusidae
Empusa

description: Genus Empusa Illiger, 1798
Empusa Illiger, 1798: 499.
description: Published as part of Mohammad, Salwa Kamal, Alla, Sohair Mohammad Gad, El-Hamouly, Hayam, Ehrmann, Reinhard & Nasser, Mohamed Gemal El-Den, 2011, Mantodea of Egypt, pp. 1-27 in Zootaxa 3044 on page 6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.278837
Additional file 8: Figure S1. of The complete chloroplast genome of Primulina and two novel strategies for development of high polymorphic loci for population genetic and phylogenetic studies
Creators: name: Feng, Chao
name: Meizhen Xu
name: Feng, Chen
name: Wettberg, Eric Von
name: Kang, Ming
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: The mapping depth and coverage of three Primulina chloroplast genomes shown in Integrative Genomics Viewer, P. eburnea (a), P. huaijiensis (b), P. linearifolia (c) (PDF 819 kb)
Ophiacantha longidens Lyman 1878
Creators: name: Mills, V. Sadie
name: O'Hara, Timothy D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Echinodermata
Ophiuroidea
Ophiurida
Ophiacanthidae
Ophiacantha
Ophiacantha longidens

description: Ophiacantha longidens Lyman, 1878
Ophiacantha longidens Lyman, 1878: 144, pl. 10(274).
Ophiacantha longidens.—Lyman, 1882: 192, pl. 25(7–9).—Clark, H.L., 1915a: 207.—O'Hara & Stöhr, 2006: 41–43, fig. 1a–c.
Ophiacantha confusa Koehler, 1905: 59 –60, pl. 7(9–11).—Clark, H.L., 1915a: 197.—Clark, H.L., 1921: 105.—Clark, H.L., 1946: 184–185.—Rowe & Gates, 1995: 371 [synonymised by O'Hara & Stöhr, 2006].
Ophiacantha graphica Koehler, 1922: 51 –53, pl. 18(4–5).—Koehler, 1930: 58-59 [synonymised by O'Hara & Stöhr, 2006].
Ophiacantha tenuispina Clark, H.L., 1938: 210 –211.—Clark, H.L., 1946: 185.—Clark, A.M. & Rowe, 1971: 78–79, 93.—Rowe & Gates, 1995: 373 [synonymised by O'Hara & Stöhr, 2006].
Ophiacantha dumosa Clark, A.H., 1949: 18 –19, fig. 6a–b [synonymised by O'Hara & Stöhr, 2006].
Material Examined. Bay of Islands. TAN0906/18, NIWA 54602 (1).
Diagnosis. Disc densely covered in spinelets with at least 3 terminal thorns. Distal edge of radial shields visible but still covered in disc spinelets. Large blunt apical papilla and 3–4 finely spiny bluntly-pointed oral papillae on each side of the jaw. Arm plates striated, arms narrowing between the spine ridges. 8–9 (up to 12 in large specimens) thorny arm spines decreasing in length ventrally, dorsal-most 3–4 arm segments long. Single long, sharp tentacle scale.
Description. See O'Hara & Stöhr (2006).
Distribution. New Zealand (123–1478 m), northern Australia (16–83 m), New Caledonia (210–675 m), Indonesia (36–245 m), Philippines (176–465 m), Hawaii (468–518 m).
Remarks. This is the first record of this species from New Zealand waters. The preserved specimen has a dark brown spot or stripe on the midline of the proximal dorsal arm plates, and a mottled dark and light banding pattern on the dorsal and lateral arm plates.
description: Published as part of Mills, V. Sadie & O'Hara, Timothy D., 2013, Ophiuroids (Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea) of biogenic habitats on the continental shelf of New Zealand, pp. 401-444 in Zootaxa 3613 (5) on page 418, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3613.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/222703
Woodbury Lake feasibility study, final report
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1985

description: This report is a follow-up to the 1983 NJ Intensive Lakes Classification Study that the city of Woodbury commissioned  to formulate a comprehensive restoration plan and prepare an engineering design for proposed restoration techniques. This report describes the study of feasible restoration techniques and the proposed lake restoration plan.
Empusa fasciata Brulle 1832
Creators: name: Mohammad, Salwa Kamal
name: Alla, Sohair Mohammad Gad
name: El-Hamouly, Hayam
name: Ehrmann, Reinhard
name: Nasser, Mohamed Gemal El-Den
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Mantodea
Empusidae
Empusa
Empusa fasciata

description: Empusa fasciata Brullé, 1832
Empusa fasciata Brullé, 1832: 83.
Distribution. Algeria, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Palestine, Romania, Slovenia and Turkey.
Remarks. Numerous reports of this species in Egypt exist in the literature, but specimens are absent from Egyptian reference collections (Bodenheimer 1937, Ehrmann 2002, Roy 2004 and Abu-Dannoun 2007).
description: Published as part of Mohammad, Salwa Kamal, Alla, Sohair Mohammad Gad, El-Hamouly, Hayam, Ehrmann, Reinhard & Nasser, Mohamed Gemal El-Den, 2011, Mantodea of Egypt, pp. 1-27 in Zootaxa 3044 on page 6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.278837
Ophiotreta valenciennesi Lyman 1879
Creators: name: Mills, V. Sadie
name: O'Hara, Timothy D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Echinodermata
Ophiuroidea
Ophiurida
Ophiacanthidae
Ophiotreta
Ophiotreta valenciennesi

description: Ophiotreta valenciennesi (Lyman, 1879)
Ophiacantha Valenciennesi Lyman, 1879: 57 –58, pl. 15 (408–410).—Lyman, 1882: 183–184, pl. 26 (7–8).—Koehler, 1904: 110–111.—Clark, H.L., 1917a: 434.—Koehler, 1907a: 292.
Ophiacantha bisquamata Matsumoto, 1915: 62 –63.—Clark, H.L., 1915: 206.—Matsumoto, 1917: 120–122, fig. 31.—Murakami, 1944: 251.—Clark, A.H., 1949: 17 [synonymised by O'Hara & Stöhr, 2006].
Ophiotreta valenciennesi.—Koehler, 1922: 84, pl. 16(4), 93(6).—Koehler, 1930: 66–67 (in part).—Mortensen, 1933c: fig. 19b, 21i. —O'Hara & Stöhr, 2006: 62–63, fig. 5a–d, 17 p.
Ophiotreta bisquamata.—Koehler, 1930: 64–65.
Material Examined. Bay of Islands. TAN0906/178, NIWA 57071 (4). East Coast North Island. TAN1108/253, NIWA 77876 (1).
Comparative Material. Ophiotreta valenciennesi (Lyman, 1879): NZOI/P239, Gascoyne Seamount, 36° 41.502´S, 156° 11.502´E, 140 m, 20/10/1977, NIWA 77750 (1). TAN0616/12, Hikurangi Margin, 40° 2.418´S, 178° 8.67´E to 40° 2.652´S, 178° 8.91´E, 749–787 m, 4/11/2006, NIWA 45906 (2). NZOI/ I94, off Norfolk Island, 29° 20.202´S, 168° 10.8´E, 308 m, 24/7/1975, NIWA 79560 (1). TAN0205/74, Giggenbach Seamount, 30° 2.12´S, 178° 43.073´W, 165– 141 m, 23/4/2002, NIWA 4592 (1).
Diagnosis. Disc covered in short, microscopically thorny, conical granules. Small distal area of radial shields exposed. Six smooth, flattened arm spines with square, microscopically thorny tips. Uppermost arm spine longest, up to 4 arm segments. Two oval tentacle scales, outer scale slightly larger.
Description. See O'Hara & Stöhr (2006).
Distribution. New Zealand (88–1105 m), Tasman Sea (132–700 m), NW Australia (110–400 m), New Caledonia (243–468 m), Fiji (255–441 m), Papua New Guinea /Solomon Is (350–412 m), Indonesia (204–1901 m), Philippines (311–465 m), Japan (140–158 m), Hawaii (73–583 m).
Remarks. This widespread upper slope Indo-Pacific species is reported from the New Zealand region for the first time. It has been collected along the north-east coast from Northland to the Hikurangi Margin, as well as from around islands and seamounts on the Kermadec and Norfolk Ridges and the Tasmantid seamount chain, east of Australia. The preserved specimen from the east coast north island has a mottled black and white pattern on the dorsal disc, and a white stripe running along the midline of the dorsal arm plates.
description: Published as part of Mills, V. Sadie & O'Hara, Timothy D., 2013, Ophiuroids (Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea) of biogenic habitats on the continental shelf of New Zealand, pp. 401-444 in Zootaxa 3613 (5) on page 420, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3613.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/222703
The Inadequacy of a Faithfulness-Based Approach to Spanish Secondary Stress
Creators: name: Hyde, Brett
name: McCord, Bethany
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: The secondary stress pattern of Spanish occupies a key position in current debates in metrical stress theory. It is one of the patterns potentially capable of discriminating between accounts where distance-sensitive alignment constraints play a central role (McCarthy and Prince 1993, Gordon 2002, Hyde 2002) and accounts where they play a more restricted role (Alber 2005) or no role at all (Kager 2001, 2005; McCarthy 2003; Buckley 2009). Distance-insensitive alignment constraints simply distinguish between alignment and misalignment, preferring the former. Distance-sensitive alignment constraints distinguish between different degrees of misalignment, preferring smaller degrees of misalignment to greater degrees of misalignment. While it has been influentially argued that the power of distance-sensitive alignment is unnecessary (Kager 2001, 2005; McCarthy 2003; Buckley 2009), the Spanish secondary stress pattern provides a clear counterexample.
Identification of the key aroma active compounds of propolis collected from central New Jersey over three consecutive years
Creators: name: Tomaszewski, Monika Jozefa
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Produced by bees, propolis has attracted substantial scientific interest and consumer demand as a “superfood”. Long used in folk medicine, propolis is known for its purported health promoting properties and pleasant aroma. Propolis is consumed as a dietary supplement; it is also a raw material in chewing gums, confections, and honey, and a preservative added directly to food or integrated into packaging.   Although propolis volatiles have been studied for many years, little is yet known about the key aroma-active compounds responsible for its pleasant characteristic aroma. Research has shown that propolis volatiles vary with geographic location, time of collection, and plant source. However, no research has documented variability in the aroma active compounds of propolis from the same bee hive over consecutive years or investigated which compounds are key odorants with greatest influence on the unique aroma of propolis.   This research, therefore, aimed to identify key aroma active compounds in propolis and to gain insight into its seasonal variability. Aromas were isolated gently by solvent assisted flavor evaporation (SAFE) and volatile components were separated by on-column gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) in addition to purge and trap thermal desorption (P&T-TD-GC-MS). Although hundreds of volatiles were present and identified in the samples, gas chromatography olfactometry (GC-O) demonstrated that only 47 were aroma active. Application of comparative aroma extract dilution analysis (cAEDA) identified α-pinene (pine-like), 1,8-cineole (eucalyptus-like), (E)-2-nonenal (green), (E,Z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber-like), (E)-β-damascenone (cooked apple), 2-methoxyphenol (smoky), phenylethyl alcohol (floral, rose), β-ionone (floral, berry), eugenol (clove-like), (E)-ethyl cinnamate (cinnamon-like), 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove-like), and 3-phenylpropanoic acid (floral) as the most aroma-active compounds. Concentrations of individual components varied with season, but overall distribution of odorants was remarkably consistent over three years.   These results provide considerable insight into aroma compounds that contribute to propolis aroma and into seasonal changes in composition of those compounds. This knowledge should contribute significantly to applications of propolis to dietary, pharmaceutical, flavor and fragrance industries, and also set the stage for future research on the key aroma active compounds of propolis collected from different geographical locations as well as the development of aroma standardization and quality control methods.
Estimates on non-decaying Whittaker functions
Creators: name: Trinh, Tien Duy
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Since the Fourier coefficients of an automorphic form along the nilpotent radical of parabolic subgroup are expressed in terms of Whittaker functions, a better understanding of their growth in every direction would be useful in the study of automorphic forms. Bump and Huntley (1995) used an integral formula which was found by Vinogradov, Takhtadzhyan (1978), and Stade (1988) to obtain precise information of the spherical Whittaker functions M(ν1,ν2) (y1, y2) as both y1 and y2 → ∞. To (1995) used a method similar to the characteristic method in the theory of differential equations to compute the leading exponents of asymptotic expansions of a basis of Whittaker functions in the positive Weyl chamber for a split semi-simple Lie group over R,, which, in particular, yields a solution to Zuckerman's conjecture for SL(3, R). Templier (2015) has recently used an integral representation by Givental to show To's result: the exponential growth of M(ν1,ν2) (y1, y2) for y1, y2 ≥ 1 as either or both y1, y2 → ∞. In this thesis I use a new formula which was derived by Ishii and Stade (2007) to obtain the asymptotic expansions of M(ν1,ν2) (t,1/tp) and M(ν1,ν2)(1/tp, t) as t → ∞ where 2 ≤ p ∈ 1/2Z then successfully prove an analog of the Multiplicity One Theorem in these directions, namely that in certain circumstances the moderate growth condition in the theory of automorphic forms is automatic.
D1.6 Report on the assessment of the environmental sustainability (V1)
Creators: name: Letitia, Petrescu
name: Galusnyak, Stefan Cristian
name: Selejan, Alessandra-Diana
name: Cormos, Calin-Cristian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Life Cycle Analysis
Environmental Impact
Renewable Energy Sources
District Heating and Cooling
Thermochemical Energy Storage
Organic Rankine Cycle
Heat Pump

description: The present deliverable focuses on the environmental evaluation using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology of the RESTORE prototype, which combines the Organic Rankine cycle / Heat pump and Thermochemical Energy Storage technology.

The following processes are taken into account when conducting the LCA study:

i) upstream processes: raw material supply chains (e.g., Novec 649 supply chain, copper sulphate supply chain, oil procurement and production, RESTORE prototype construction)

ii) thermal energy charging and discharging cycles; and iii) downstream processes: recycling of Novec 649, copper sulphate, and oil; wastewater treatment and purification.

Traditional Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology has been employed to thoroughly address each of the four stages of LCA:

1) defining the objective, parameters, and limits of the system

2) assessing the input-output inventory

3) evaluating the impact on the environment

4) analysing the results while offering recommendations for improved performance.
Adaptive clustering with a variance-aware criterion
Creators: name: Toso, Rodrigo Franco
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: This research investigates the effectiveness of a non-convex clustering criterion with the ability to discriminate clusters by means of quadratic boundaries that take into account cluster variances. Since no algorithms have been shown to work efficiently and effectively for this kind of criterion, we introduce and evaluate a generalized version of the incremental one-by-one clustering algorithm of MacQueen (1967) that is suitable for general variance-based criteria, whether convex or not. An experimental evaluation shows that the criterion performs remarkably well with a variety of heterogeneous data sets, both synthetic and real-world. Two novel applications of unsupervised learning to problems in the financial domain are then developed to test the method further. First, given a portfolio of investments with potentially hundreds of holdings, we pose the problem of reducing the number of such holdings while preserving the risk-return characteristics of the original portfolio. Next, we tackle the problem of finding risk-reward opportunities to short-sell securities. For both problems, we offer novel clustering-based solutions and proceed to show that the clustering criterion addressed in the present research is an excellent choice. We conclude this work by arguing that the financial applications just described exhibit the phenomenon of volatility clustering, which should be more properly targeted by a variance-aware criterion such as the one addressed in this work.
Amemboa burmensis J. Polhemus & Andersen 1984
Creators: name: Leng, Zhaoqi
name: Zhang, Beichen
name: Jin, Zezhong
name: Ye, Zhen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Gerridae
Amemboa
Amemboa burmensis

description: Amemboa burmensis J. Polhemus & Andersen, 1984
Figs 2 D, 3 C, 4 C, G, 6 C, D, 7 C, 8 C, 9 C, 10 C, 11 C, 12 D, 13, 14, 15 B, 18
Material examined.
5 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀ (apterous), China, Yunnan Province, De-hong Autonomous Prefecture, Na-bang Village; 24 ° 42 ' 5.8 " N, 97 ° 34 ' 25.0 " E; 207 m a. s. l.; 15 Apr. 2023; Mu Qiao, Ze-zhong Jin and Zi-he Li leg. (NKUM).
Diagnosis.
Color pattern as shown in Figs 2 D, 3 C, 4 C, G, 12 D, 13, 14 A – F. Males: profemur moderately incrassate; ventral side of the profemur with two tufts of dark setae on apical 1 / 2 and an additional elongate crest of dark setae on basal 1 / 2 (Figs 6 C, 14 G) (sometimes raised, as in Figs 6 D, 14 H); protibia slightly curved and with a tumescence on basal 1 / 3 (Figs 6 C, 14 G); abdominal segment VIII relatively long (Fig. 7 C); pygophore posteriorly with a short knob-like median process, and with a pair of blunt processes on both sides of the median process in ventral view (Figs 8 C, 9 C, 14 I, J); median process of pygophore relatively broad in lateral view (Figs 10 C, 11 C, 14 K, L). Lateral arm of proctiger relatively straight in ventral view (Figs 8 C, 14 I), distinctly broadened subapically in lateral view (Figs 10 C, 14 K), forming a blunt process (Figs 10 C, 14 K).
Comparative notes.
Amemboa burmensis is most similar to A. kumari (Distant, 1910) and A. cambodiana D. Polhemus, 2017, see comparative notes in Polhemus and Andersen (1984) and Polhemus (2017).
Distribution.
China: Yunnan (Fig. 18). Myanmar: Shigbwiyang (Polhemus and Andersen 1984).
Habitat.
We found A. burmensis inhabiting stagnant pools at the edges of a wide river (Fig. 15 B), located near the lower altitudes of the forest in Tong-bi-guan, Yunnan.
Remarks.
In the original description of A. burmensis, Polhemus and Andersen (1984) described the profemur of males as follows: “ Fore femur moderately incrassate in basal 1 / 2 (fig. 36), with an elongate patch of short dark hairs on ventral side ”. However, among the specimens collected from China, this elongate tuft of setae is either more distinct than the original description (Fig. 6 C) or nearly absent (Fig. 6 D). We speculate that this may be caused by wear of the setae, or there may be two phenotypes of this species.
description: Published as part of Leng, Zhaoqi, Zhang, Beichen, Jin, Zezhong & Ye, Zhen, 2024, Taxonomic review of Amemboa Esaki, 1925 from China, with description of a new species (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Gerridae), pp. 1-28 in ZooKeys 1210 on pages 1-28, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1210.125611
Empusa guttula Thunberg 1815
Creators: name: Mohammad, Salwa Kamal
name: Alla, Sohair Mohammad Gad
name: El-Hamouly, Hayam
name: Ehrmann, Reinhard
name: Nasser, Mohamed Gemal El-Den
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Mantodea
Empusidae
Empusa
Empusa guttula

description: Empusa guttula (Thunberg, 1815)
Gongylus guttula Thunberg, 1815: 294.
Empusa dolosa Audinet-Serville, 1839: 143.
Distribution. Madagascar and North Africa.
Material examined. Egyptian collection (7): El-Marg 11.IX.2008 (F) (ASUC); Wadi Isla, 10.IV.1940 (M); Wadi Isla, 11.IV.1940 (F) (EESC); Kardasa, 22-XII-1934 (F); Madi, 29.IV.1916 (F); Madi, 28. II.1917 (F); Salloum, 5.XII.1917 (F) (MAC).
description: Published as part of Mohammad, Salwa Kamal, Alla, Sohair Mohammad Gad, El-Hamouly, Hayam, Ehrmann, Reinhard & Nasser, Mohamed Gemal El-Den, 2011, Mantodea of Egypt, pp. 1-27 in Zootaxa 3044 on page 6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.278837
Development of three dimensional human skin equivalents based on decellularized extracellular matrices and tyrosine-derived polycarbonate polymers for in-vitro drug screening applications
Creators: name: Tsai, Pei-Chin
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Three-dimensional (3D) human skin equivalents (HSEs) are in-vitro models that have morphology and function similar to native human skin. Traditionally, drug discovery for lead compounds rely on conducting efficacy and safety studies through 2D monolayer culture. However, the lack of similarly of 2D monolayer culture to those of in-vivo conditions often leads to failure in later development stages. 3D skin equivalents are more complex in terms of structures and functions. They mirror the environment experienced by the normal cells in the body, reflecting cell-cell interaction, cell-matrix interaction, drug response and thus may be potential tools for drug screening.     In this study, development of full-thickness HSEs through novel scaffold materials has been investigated. One approach was to use the top-down approach, in which decellularized matrices obtained and treated from native porcine peritoneal tissues were being investigated as matrix scaffolds to construct HSEs. The second approach was to use the bottom-up approach, where biodegradable tyrosine-derived polymers synthesized at the New Jersey Center of Biomaterials (NJCBM) were electrospun into fibrous porous scaffolds.     Scaffold morphological and mechanical properties were analyzed. Decellularized porcine peritoneal matrix was shown to possess similar Young’s Modulus compared to human cadaver skin. Cell-matrix interactions between human dermal cells and various scaffolds were studied using viability assays and fluorescent microscopy imaging. Both decellularized peritoneal matrices and poly(DTE carbonate) scaffolds showed cellular compatibility to human dermal cells. Later, various HSEs models of co-cultured human dermal fibroblasts and human keratinocytes were developed. Differentiated multiple epithelial layers were observed on the models and keratinocyte proliferation markers (i.e., keratin15) and the presence of keratinocyte differentiation markers (i.e., involucrin) were recorded. From the functional aspect, decellularized matrix based-HSEs were able to predict skin irritation in-vitro. The model differentiated non-irritant from irritant compounds based on cell viability and multiple cytokine secretions (i.e., IL-1α, IL-1ra, IL-6, IL-8 and GM-CSF).     In conclusion, decellularized extracellular matrices and tyrosine-derived polycarbonate scaffolds are promising matrices for the culture of 3D HSEs constructs. The future development of decellularized extracellular matrix and tyrosine-derived polycarbonate scaffolds-based HSEs will offer more useful applications in drug discovery and drug development in pharmaceutical industries.
Additional file 1: of A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of minocycline and/or omega-3 fatty acids added to treatment as usual for at-risk mental states (NAYAB): study protocol
Creators: name: Inti Qurashi
name: Chaudhry, Imran
name: Khoso, Ameer
name: Farooque, Sana
name: Lane, Steve
name: Husain, Mohammad
name: Chu, Simon
name: Sarginson, Jane
name: Hamarani, Munir
name: Naqvi, Haider
name: Razzaque, Bushra
name: Fareed Minhas
name: Yung, Alison
name: J. Deakin
name: Husain, Nusrat
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: SPIRIT 2013 checklist: recommended items to address in a clinical trial protocol and related documents. (DOCX 49Â kb)
title: Investigating the role of yeast as potential probiotic to control Escherichia coli in poultry
Creators: name: Aldeieg, Maha Abdelaziz
Publisher: name: University of Reading
Year: 2021

description: The Prophylactic use of antibiotics in poultry has been banned because of increasing incidence of 
antibiotic resistant bacteria. Therefore, probiotics are being developed as alternatives to control 
pathogenic bacteria in poultry. The aim of this research was to isolate yeast from chicken and to 
test for their probiotic potential. Various yeast strains were isolated from the chicken environment 
and gut and identified based on their phenotypic metabolic characteristics. Their probiotic potential 
was assessed by studying the physical and chemical reactions between yeast cells and Avian 
pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) strains. The components of the yeast supernatant that could 
be responsible for suppressing APEC growth were measured using gas chromatography and proton 
nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The safety of the yeast probiotic candidate was assessed 
in vitro by cytotoxicity assays using HT-29 tissue culture. The effect of feeding chickens with 
yeast on their caecal E. coli population and the pathogenicity of those coliform was studied using 
cultural and PCR based methods. In vitro experiments showed that Candida famata was the yeast 
isolate that suppressed growth of APEC to the greatest degree by causing agglutination, producing 
antimicrobial compounds and interfering with the adhesion and invasion of host cells. C. famata
was found to be not toxic to intestinal cells, therefore live cultures of this yeast were administered
to the drinking water of chickens. The in vivo experiment showed that caecal E. coli population 
density and the expression of virulence genes were not significantly affected by the presence of C. 
famata. The conclusion of these studies is that C. famata has probiotic potential in vitro but this 
was not reflected in vivo due to insufficient dosing and poor colonization of the yeast. Also, the 
complexity of the avian gut and the diversity of its microbiome are factors which are not easy to 
control.
Adaptation of colon cancer cells to histone deacetylase inhibitors generates cell lines with a non-malignant phenotype
Creators: name: Vengsarkar, Diana S.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Histones are subject to various covalent post-translational modifications that can influence specific changes in chromatin structure and levels of transcription.  The Polycomb (PcG) and Trithorax (TrxG) group systems are classic epigenetic systems that mediate transcriptional repression and activation, respectively, through mutually-exclusive modifications of histone H3 at lysine 27 (H3K27) in the gene promoter region.  The Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) mediates transcriptional silencing by trimethylating H3K27 while TrxG proteins mediate transcriptional activation by acetylating H3K27. Histone deacetylases (HDACs) 1 and 2 are associated with the PRC2 complex and their overexpression has been linked to a variety of cancers.      The Rabson Laboratory adapted SW480 colon cancer cells to the pan-HDAC inhibitor vorinostat.  Vorinostat-adapted cells (SH80) showed a near elimination of tumorigenicity in tumor xenografts, global changes in mRNA expression, and an upregulation of PRC2 target genes. The overarching goal of this research was to determine which changes were necessary to generate the non-malignant phenotype of SH80.  First, we used H3K27 trimethylation and acetylation status to evaluate changes at PRC2 targets as a function of i) vorinostat concentration and ii) acute treatment versus adaptation with vorinostat.  Second, we investigated if selective inhibition of HDACs 1, 2, and 3 would be sufficient to generate the non-malignant phenotype by adapting SW480 cells to the inhibitor CI-994 and evaluating changes in proliferation, colony formation, and gene expression at PRC2 targets.    Three PRC2 target genes were identified that had striking changes in mRNA expression as a function of vorinostat concentration and/or adaptation that correlated with H3K27 modifications and may be important to generating the non-malignant phenotype: TSPAN8, STMN2, and EDN3.  Cells adapted to 12 µM CI-994 showed a substantial reduction in colony formation, suggesting that targeted inhibition of HDACs 1, 2, and 3 may reduce tumorigenicity.  Changes in mRNA expression in CI-994 adapted cells were similar to SH80 cells, indicating that inhibition of HDACs 1, 2, and 3 leads to altered expression of PRC target genes.  Substantial changes in gene expression were observed for TSPAN8, STMN2, and EDN3, further reinforcing the idea that these genes may be of particular importance to the non-malignant phenotype.
Mesoscale modeling of biomimetic macromolecular aggregates
Creators: name: Uppaladadium, Geetartha
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Drug carriers are designed with an aim of decent pharmacokinetics and  interaction with various nanoparticles. Several characteristics of drug carriers like shape  and size influence the pharmacokinetics and interaction. To understand the factors that  affect the morphology and dynamics of the system, we design coarse-grained models for  the constituents of the carriers. Capturing the physical phenomena would require a  molecular simulation technique capable of resolving over a vast ranges of space and time.  Disssipative Particle dynamics (DPD) is one such technique which can simultaneously  resolve molecular and continuum scales. This technique can handle large length (from 1  nm up to 1 μm) and time scales (nano-seconds to micro-seconds). This thesis focuses on  understanding the underlying mechanisms that affect the organization, shape, stiffness  and interfacial stability of biomaterials. This will help design simple biomimetic  macromolecules finding use in delivery of therapeutic agents and cellular sensing. It also  helps in understanding the underlying mechanisms of interactions between micelles,  proteins or synthetic particles with bio-inspired macromolecules.
Determination of endocrine disruption risk following exposure to betamethasone in surface and drinking water
Creators: name: Vestel, Jessica
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: To date, the presence of synthetic glucocorticosteroids in surface water and their potential endocrine disruption activity at environmental concentrations has not been fully investigated. Synthetic glucocorticosteroids (GC) may interfere with endogenous GC receptors within the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis and disruptions of this pathway can result in decreased reproduction and/or adverse developmental effects in offspring. Much of the evidence for endocrine disruption in wildlife populations has been derived from aquatic animals such as fish, due to widespread contamination of surface water. The HPG axis is phylogenetically conserved across all vertebrate species and fish have the advantage over mammals as an experimental model of reaching maturity relatively quickly and have overall shorter life spans, which make them ideal for life cycle toxicology studies. Betamethasone, a synthetic glucocorticosteroid, has been on the market in the United States since the 1980’s and is on the World Health Organization Model List of Essential Medicines. Betamethasone mimics the action of cortisol and may disrupt the HPG axis. Studying fish for the endocrine disruption potential of betamethasone is logical, as they could be exposed to pharmaceuticals in waste water treatment plant effluent following normal patient use and excretion. In the present study, the Pharmaceutical Assessment and Transport Evaluation (PhATE) model estimated betamethasone concentrations to be <0.6 ng/L in 95% of all surface waters and <0.1 ng/L for 95% of the U.S. population. Environmentally relevant concentrations were then used in a two generation fish full life cycle (FFLC) study with Japanese medaka. Gross endpoints were evaluated, as well as secondary sexual characteristics and vitellogenin expression. The highest concentration at which no endocrine disruption outcomes are anticipated (NOEC) was determined to be 0.1 µg/L and a reference dose of 7 x 10-5 µg/kg-day for humans was derived from the NOEC. The average daily dose to humans was estimated from surface and drinking water concentrations and calculated margins of safety ranging from three to thirty indicate no adverse effects are anticipated from exposures to betamethasone at environmentally relevant concentrations.