cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Networking the Early Modern World: The Applicability of Social Network Analysis on Historical Databases
Creators: name: Kuo, Ching-Han
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Social Network Analysis
Early Modern Europe
English Catholics
Low Countries
Douai

description: One of the important missions of the field of Digital Humanities is to integrate quantitative research methods into subjects within the Humanities. Social Network Analysis, which originated in Mathematics, has been extended to the fields of Social Science, as well as Humanities such as Linguistics and Literature. However, History appears to adopt this research method at a slower pace. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to comprehend the capabilities and constraints of Social Network Analysis in historical research. This research employs Social Network Analysis on a historical dataset, 'Duacensia', a component of the broader historical database 'Impressa Catholica Cameracens,' which aims to investigate the history of Catholic printing in the ecclesiastical province of Cambrai. Following necessary data preprocessing, the research begins by reconstructing historical migration through a Network map. Subsequently, it constructs a network based on people's collaborations to present a comprehensive overview of the printing industry in Douai, highlighting the influence of English Catholics. The study then proceeds to identify significant individuals within the industry, with a specific focus on the involvement of female printers. Finally, it explores various approaches to Network construction and concludes by providing an opportunity for interested scholars to further examine the Networks established by this research. The results show that Social Network Analysis is indeed worthy of application in future historical research. Its visualisation ability can be powerful in showcasing historical migration or clustering historical connections. Additionally, its metrics, when combined with statistical analysis, can provide scientific evidence that bolsters historians' observations and statements. Nonetheless, applying Social Network Analysis requires sufficient data, and in the case of historical data, some may be missing due to age. Consequently, in comparison to modern databases, outcomes of Social Network Analysis from historical data could be more inferential and need to be interpreted with cautious consideration of potential gaps and limitations stemming from incomplete or aged records.
Murina pluvialis Ruedi 2012
Creators: name: Thu, Aye Myat
name: Lwin, Ye Htet
name: Quan, Rui-Chang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Vespertilionidae
Murina
Murina pluvialis

description: 255. Murina pluvialis Ruedi et al. 2012
Common name: Rainforest Tube-nosed Bat
Myanmar name:
Distribution: Only occur in East Khasi Hills of Meghalaya in Northeastern India and recently discovered in Hkakaborazi Landscape, Kachin State of Myanmar (Bates et al. 2021).
description: Published as part of Thu, Aye Myat, Lwin, Ye Htet & Quan, Rui-Chang, 2024, Mammals of Myanmar: an annotated checklist, pp. 147-197 in Mammalia (Warsaw, Poland) (Warsaw, Poland) 88 (3) on page 178, DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0098, http://zenodo.org/record/13913939
Genotoxicology of diesel engine exhaust emissions in cultured mammalian cells
Creators: name: Kingston, Shaun Thomas
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 1994

description: Diesel exhaust emissions were collected from a 2 litre direct injection diesel engine using the Total Exhaust Solvent Scrubbing Apparatus (TESSA). Emission samples were collected from a series of two minute engine runs, at a variety of engine speeds and loads which covered the full operating range of the engine. The exhaust extracts collected were then tested for their cytotoxicity and mutagenic potential in cultured Chinese hamster cells. Emission samples were found to be extremely toxic, with most causing 100% cytotoxicity at concentrations of less than 100 /µg/ml. Chromosome aberration studies indicated that less than 50% of the emission samples collected induced increases in the numbers of cells with aberrations, and less than 10% induced aberrations in cell cultures exposed to emission samples with a supplementary metabolic activation system. Samples tested in in vitro sister chromatid exchange assays, induced significant increases in the frequencies of exchanges. Linear trend statistics calculated from chromosome aberration data, were used to reflect the relative clastogenic potential of individual emission samples. Linear regression of these trend values against physical components of the exhaust emissions, showed a significant correlation between sample mutagenicity in aberration assays and the emission of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) in the exhaust. Mapping of NOx emissions to engine conditions has shown that the mutagenicity of diesel emissions from the test engine tend to be highest under condition of low speed/high load and high speed with increasing load. Toxicity assays of subfractions of emission samples isolated by column chromatography has shown that the toxicity of the emission samples is associated with the aromatic and polar components of the samples. The dose responses obtained from mutagenicity assays, in which samples only caused increases in aberrations and chromatid exchanges at the same concentrations at which cytotoxic effects were observed, suggests that the emission may have a limited cytogenetic effects in vivo. Mapping of the clastogenicity of emission samples against engine speed and load, has shown that the most clastogenic samples collected, were emitted under engine conditions that might be expected to occur under urban driving conditions. Results of epidemiological studies of health effects of diesel emissions, and recent associations between particulate emissions and health effects are discussed.
Additional file 1 of Changes in blood metabolomes as potential markers for severity and prognosis in doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity: a study in HER2-positive and HER2-negative breast cancer patients
Creators: name: Thonusin, Chanisa
name: Osataphan, Nichanan
name: Leemasawat, Krit
name: Nawara, Wichwara
name: Sriwichaiin, Sirawit
name: Supakham, Siriporn
name: Gunaparn, Siriluck
name: Apaijai, Nattayaporn
name: Somwangprasert, Areewan
name: Phrommintikul, Arintaya
name: Chattipakorn, Siriporn C.
name: Chattipakorn, Nipon
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 1: Fig. S1. Study protocol. Fig. S2. Absolute changes in LVEF (A), LF/HF ratio (B), plasma troponin I (C), plasma NT-proBNP (D), and cellular oxidative stress in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (E) at 2 weeks after completion of doxorubicin treatment in HER2-positive versus HER2-negative breast cancer patients. Table S1. Lists of eighty-five targeted plasma metabolomes and the chromatographic technique for each metabolome. Table S2. Patients’ characteristics at baseline. Table S3: Baseline plasma metabolome levels in HER2-positive versus HER2-negative breast cancer patients. Table S4. Plasma metabolome levels in HER2-positive breast cancer patients at baseline versus at 2 weeks after completion of doxorubicin treatment. Table S5. Plasma metabolome levels in HER2-negative breast cancer patients at baseline versus at 2 weeks after completion of doxorubicin treatment. Table S6. The top five plasma metabolomes that their alterations were significantly correlated with the changes in each cardiac parameter of HER2-positive and HER2-negative breast cancer patients at 2 weeks after completion of doxorubicin treatment.
Eudiscopus denticulus
Creators: name: Thu, Aye Myat
name: Lwin, Ye Htet
name: Quan, Rui-Chang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Vespertilionidae
Eudiscopus
Eudiscopus denticulus

description: 256. Eudiscopus denticulus (Osgood, 1932)
Common name: Disk-footed Bat
Myanmar name:
Distribution: Laos, Vietnam, Thailand and Central Myanmar (recorded in Bago Yoma; Koopman 1970).
description: Published as part of Thu, Aye Myat, Lwin, Ye Htet & Quan, Rui-Chang, 2024, Mammals of Myanmar: an annotated checklist, pp. 147-197 in Mammalia (Warsaw, Poland) (Warsaw, Poland) 88 (3) on page 178, DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0098, http://zenodo.org/record/13913939
The Effects of Ocean Acidification on Modern Benthic Foraminifera
Creators: name: Pettit, Laura Rachel
Publisher: name: Plymouth University
Year: 2015
Subjects: Ocean Acidification
Foraminifera
Carbon dioxide
Shallow water CO2 seeps

description: Some chapters of this thesis were prepared as papers and have now been published: Pettit, L. R., Smart, C. W, Hart, M. B., Milazzo, M. and Hall-Spencer, J. M. (2015). Seaweed fails to prevent ocean acidification impact on foraminifera. Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1475. Pettit, L. R., Hart, M. B., Medina-Sánchez, A., Smart, C. W., Rodolfo-Metalpa, R., Hall-Spencer, J. M. and Prol-Ledesma, R. M. (2013). Benthic foraminifera show some resilience to ocean acidification in the northern Gulf of California, Mexico. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 73: 452-462.
description: Ocean acidification may cause biodiversity loss, alter ecosystems and impact food security, yet uncertainty over ecological responses to ocean acidification remains considerable. Most work on the impact of ocean acidification on foraminifera has been short-term laboratory experiments on single species. To expand this, benthic foraminiferal assemblages were examined across shallow water CO2 gradients in the Gulf of California, off the islands of Ischia and Vulcano in Italy and off Papua New Guinea. Living assemblages from the Gulf of California did not appear to show a response across a pH range of 7.55 – 7.88, although the species assemblage was impoverished in all locations and the dead assemblage was less diverse at the lowest pH sites where there was evidence of post mortem dissolution. At Vulcano, the small macroalga, Padina pavonica, did not protect calcareous foraminifera from the adverse effects of ocean acidification. Calcareous taxa disappeared from the assemblage and were replaced by agglutinated foraminifera as mean pH reduced from 8.19 to 7.71. Settlement of benthic foraminifera onto artificial collectors off Vulcano was adversely affected in the acidified water, with few species as pCO2 increased and evidence of post-mortem dissolution. The foraminiferal tests, collected off Papua New Guinea, had lower δ11B as mean pH decreased from 7.99 – 7.82 for small (250 – 500 µm) Amphistegina lessonii, but not for A. lessonii or Calcarina spengleri >500 µm. In the larger foraminifera, photosynthetic activity by symbionts may begin to dominate the boron isotopic signature. Overall, the responses of foraminiferal assemblages to ocean acidification are complex, but there was an overall reduction in species diversity in infaunal, epifaunal and epiphytic assemblages as pCO2 increased. This raises serious concerns for the survival of shallow water calcareous benthic foraminifera as the oceans continue to acidify, with implications for benthic ecosystems and inorganic carbon cycling.
title: Ocean acidification in shelf seas: impact of large-scale forcing and local dynamics
Creators: name: Castaño-Primo, Rocío
name: Schrum, Corinna
name: Daewel, Ute
name: Thomas, Helmuth
Publisher: name: ASC 2015 - Theme session H
Year: 2024
Subjects: Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.We present the result of a 60-year hindcast simulation from the model ECOSMO II in the North Sea andBaltic Sea in terms of pH in the upper 50 m. A general decrease of pH is reproduced, with differentacidification rates depending on the basin. The Baltic seems to acidify at a slower rate than the North Sea.Various potential drivers behind this heterogeneity have been explored: the atmospheric increase in CO2is clearly the main forcing or the acidification, although its correlation with the North Sea pH is strongerthan the Baltic. Climate indices, primary production, and water temperature correlate differently, or not atall, with each basin, showing that each system has its own processes that modulate the main pH signal.
Marchantia polymorpha Linnaeus 1753
Creators: name: Jarvis, Charlie
Publisher: name: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Bryophyta
Marchantiopsida
Marchantiales
Marchantiaceae
Marchantia
Marchantia polymorpha

description: Marchantia polymorpha Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1137. 1753.
"Habitat in Europa juxta aquas, locis umbrosis." RCN: 8140.
 Lectotype (Bischler-Causse & Boisselier-Daubayle in J. Bryol. 16: 363. 1991): [icon] "Lichen fontanus major, stellatus aeque, ac umbellatus, & cyathophorus" in Dillenius, Hist. Musc.: 523, t. 76, f. 6 E, F. 1741. - Voucher: Herb. Dillenius (OXF).
 Generitype of Marchantia Linnaeus (vide Leman, Dict. Sci. Nat. 29: 115. 1823).
 Current name:  Marchantia polymorpha  L. (Marchantiaceae).
 Note: Warncke (in Bot. Tidsskr. 63: 359. 1968) referred to material at LINN (evidently sheet 1269.1) as "the type", but as it is associated with the Lapland plant described as the unnamed var. γ, it was rejected from consideration by Isoviita (in Acta Bot. Fenn. 89: 7. 1970) and Grolle (in Feddes Repert. 87: 210. 1976). Bischler-Causse & Boisselier-Daubayle (1991) have subsequently designated the cited Dillenius illustration as lectotype, and have been followed by e.g. Bischler & Piippo (in Ann. Bot. Fenn. 28: 279. 1991) and Perold (in Fl. Southern Africa, Hepatophyta: 84. 1999). The latter (p. 87) discusses current names for Linnaeus’ unnamed varieties.
description: Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), pp. 651-689 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 656, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971
Myotis chinensis
Creators: name: Thu, Aye Myat
name: Lwin, Ye Htet
name: Quan, Rui-Chang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Vespertilionidae
Myotis
Myotis chinensis

description: 257. Myotis chinensis (Tomes, 1857)
Common name: Large Myotis
Myanmar name:
Distribution: China, Thailand and Vietnam. In Myanmar, recorded in Shan State (Thuye Oo Min Cave), Kayin State (YathayPyan Cave), Mon State (Hnidon Hill Cave, Saddan-Sin Cave) (Bates et al. 2001, 2005).
description: Published as part of Thu, Aye Myat, Lwin, Ye Htet & Quan, Rui-Chang, 2024, Mammals of Myanmar: an annotated checklist, pp. 147-197 in Mammalia (Warsaw, Poland) (Warsaw, Poland) 88 (3) on page 178, DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0098, http://zenodo.org/record/13913939
Asterella tenella P. Beauv.
Creators: name: Jarvis, Charlie
Publisher: name: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Bryophyta
Marchantiopsida
Marchantiales
Aytoniaceae
Asterella
Asterella tenella

description: Marchantia tenella Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1137. 1753.
"Habitat in Virginia. D. Gronovius." RCN: 8143.
 Lectotype (Isoviita in Acta Bot. Fenn. 89: 22. 1970): [icon] "Lichen pileatus parvus carinatus, capitulis fimbriatis" in Dillenius, Hist. Musc.: 521, t. 75, f. 4. 1741. - Voucher: Herb. Dillenius (OXF).
 Current name:  Asterella tenella  (L.) P. Beauv. (Aytoniaceae).
description: Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), pp. 651-689 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 656, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971
THE WATER-SOLUBLE VITAMIN NUTRITION OF THE GILTHEAD SEABREAM (Sparus aurata L.)
Creators: name: Morris, Paul Christopher
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 1994

description: Given the paucity of information with regards the micronutrient requirements of the currently expanding number of cultured marine species, a series of investigations was undertaken to examine the water-soluble vitamin nutrition of the gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata L.). A preliminary study identified the qualitative requirement of this species for ascorbic acid, the B complex vitamins and choline for the maintenance of health and optimum productivity. Based on the observations of the preliminary experiment, a study was designed which allowed the development of a semi-purified diet and illustrated the qualitative requirement of the gilthead seabream for thiamin, niacin, riboflavin, pyridoxine and pantothenic acid. Using the semi-purified diet, the requirement for niacin and biotin were also established. As one of the vitamins for which the seabream exhibited a strong requirement, pyridoxine was chosen as the focus for an experiment which evaluated the benefit of the incorporation of this vitamin within a practical diet at levels which exceeded the minimum requirement. Thiamin is a vitamin which is known to exhibit a distinct relationship with carbohydrate metabolism, hence this vitamin was chosen as the focus of an investigation of the potential for the modification of vitamin requirements in response to major nutrient supply. Finally, having illustrated the requirement of gilthead seabream growers for ascorbic acid, an experiment was carried out to evaluate the efficacy of a series of vitamin C derivatives as feed supplements for this species. The current series of investigations has not only served to expand the present knowledge of the vitamin nutrition of the target species but has highlighted the potential for novel and applied research which remains within the field of micronutrients.
IDENTIFICATION OF STRUCTURAL AND ANTIGENIC COMPONENTS OF BACILLUS ANTHRACIS SPORES AND THEIR APPLICATION TO RAPID DETECTION USING BIOSENSORS
Creators: name: LOVE, TRACEY ELIZABETH
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 2006

description: The work presented in this thesis describes a rational design approach to the rapid detection of Bacillus anthracis spores. A range of assay formats are available for detection of B. anthracis, however none fulfil the criteria of speed, sensitivity or specificity. Optical biosensors have shown promise for the near real time detection of low molecular weight analytes, although exploitation of these systems for bacterial detection has been restricted due to a comparative lack of sensitivity. Electroporation was unsuitable as a disruption method for immunoassay based techniques, whereas preliminary experiments suggested sonication could be utilised. A novel tubular sonicator designed to operate in a continuous flow format, and to minimise antigen denaturation was shown to remove the exosporium and some of the underlying spore coat of B. anthracis spores, resulting in a significant increase in assay sensitivity (up to 500 fold). A range of methods were employed to characterise the structural and antigenic components of the spore, focusing on those released by sonication. Many of these were not suitable for detection purposes due to the high levels of identity with homologous proteins within closely related species. However, BxpA and EAI and two novel B. anthracis spore proteins, a homologues of B. cereus ExsA and MntA, were identified as potential targets. Computer modelling techniques mapped the unique regions of these proteins to potential binding pockets, indicating that they could be utilised for the production of specific recognition elements. Due to the inherent problems with the use of traditional antibodies, single chain antibodies (scFv) were developed. EAI was used as a target as it was consistently identified using a range of methods. Results indicated that it was predominantly associated with the spore and was not completely removed by Urografin purification and subsequent wash steps, in variance to previous work. Elimination of previously observed cross reactivity of scFv produced using a standard biopanning procedure was possible through the development of a one step competitive panning strategy. Finally, through the use of the scFv produced, combined with flow through sonication prior to the assay, near real time specific detection of B. anthracis spores was demonstrated through the use of a known protein target.
ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF HEPATIC MICROSPORIDIOSIS IN COASTAL WATERS WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE HOST TAURULUS BUBALIS
Creators: name: STUBBS, JULIET ANNE
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 1985

description: Hepatic microsporidia were investigated from 5 species of fish, namely Taurulus bubalis (Euphr.), Crenilabrus melops, (L.), Gaidropsarus mediterraneus (L.), Ciliata mustela (L.). and Scophthalmus maximus (L.) and intramuscular microsporidia from 2 species, namely Taurulus bubalis and Cottus gobio L. Detailed ultrastructural studies carried out on hepatic microsporidia from T. bubalis showed it to be a new species belonging to the genus Microgemma (Ralphs) and it is named here as Microgemma dunkerli sp. n. Although hepatic microsporidia from the other species of fish are included in Microgemma, insufficient data was available to determine whether these were synonomous with M. dunkerli or a separate species. Intramuscular microsporidia were identified as Pleistohora sp. and Pleistophora vermiformis (Leger) from T. bubalis and C. gobio respectively. Unsuccessful attempts were made to experimentally transmit spores by per os and intraperitoneal injection using a variety of experimental hosts. Viability studies indicated that spores survive for at least one month under controlled conditions. A detailed study of host/parasite relations was carried out at Portwrinkle and comparisons made with populations from Roscoff, Wembury, Widemouth and Aberystwyth. Prevalence and intensity of hepatic microsporidiosis in T. bubalis decreased markedly northwards probably due to temperature. Overall infection levels were at their highest in late summer and autumn, 'O' group fish being the most severely affected. The main ecological events of the life cycle of Microgemma dunkerli are presented in the form of a flow diagram. It is hoped that this work will form the basis for an epidemiological model.
Myotis hasseltii
Creators: name: Thu, Aye Myat
name: Lwin, Ye Htet
name: Quan, Rui-Chang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Vespertilionidae
Myotis
Myotis hasseltii

description: 258. Myotis hasseltii (Temminck, 1840)
Common name: Lesser Large-footed Myotis
Myanmar name:
Distribution: Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. In Myanmar, recorded in Bago, Yangon, Rakhine State (Ponnagyun Township) and Tanintharyi Region (Myeik and Proposed Lenya NP) (Bates et al. 2005; Grindley 2019; Nyo 2005; Pearch et al. 2003).
description: Published as part of Thu, Aye Myat, Lwin, Ye Htet & Quan, Rui-Chang, 2024, Mammals of Myanmar: an annotated checklist, pp. 147-197 in Mammalia (Warsaw, Poland) (Warsaw, Poland) 88 (3) on page 178, DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0098, http://zenodo.org/record/13913939
Additional file 1 of Health-related quality of life in children and adolescents with Marfan syndrome or related disorders: a controlled cross-sectional study
Creators: name: Edouard, Thomas
name: Picot, Marie-Christine
name: Bajanca, Fernanda
name: Huguet, Helena
name: Guitarte, Aitor
name: Langeois, Maud
name: Chesneau, Bertrand
name: Van Kien, Philippe Khau
name: Garrigue, Eric
name: Dulac, Yves
name: Amedro, Pascal
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Supplementary Material 1.
Margaritaria nobilis Linnaeus
Creators: name: Jarvis, Charlie
Publisher: name: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Malpighiales
Phyllanthaceae
Margaritaria
Margaritaria nobilis

description: Margaritaria alternifolia Linnaeus, Plantae Surinamenses: 16. 1775, nom. inval.
"Habitat [in Surinamo.]"
Type not relevant.
 Current name:  Margaritaria nobilis  L. f. (Euphorbiaceae).
 Note: As the generic name was not validly published until 1782, this binomial is invalid.
description: Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), pp. 651-689 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 656, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971
DETERMINATION OF LARVAL FISH SURVIVAL FROM FEEDING AND DISTRIBUTION OBSERVATIONS
Creators: name: CONWAY, DAVID VERNON POLLOCK
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 2000

description: The series of papers round which this thesis is based highlight the inherent problems in assessing larval fish feeding success from sampling programmes and gut contents analysis, and show through novel observations, that counting the number of food items in the gut is not necessarily a good indication of feeding success. Food type, digestibility and size, gut passage rates and the particular lipid classes the food contains, must all be considered, illustrating the difficulties in interpreting larval fish energetics from field studies. The resistance to digestion demonstrated for copeped eggs, means that a potentially rich source of energy cannot be utilised. This may have severe nutritional consequences for the early larvae of many important commercial fish species which can feed heavily on these eggs, possibly influencing ultimate recruitment levels. While much can be learned from coarse grid, depth integrated plankton sampling, interpretation of relationships between food availability and larval condition was shown to require precise sampling of the larvae in their actual feeding environment. Intense integrated and vertically stratified plankton sampling allowed the most detailed observations on food selection by fish larvae ever carried out and demonstrated their considerable foraging adaptability, even in a changing food environment. Food availability is undoubtedly an important factor in larval fish survival because of its affect on condition and growth rates, but many other factors are now known to be involved and it is accepted that recruitment in a species may be decided at almost any stage of early development. The traditional approach to understanding the environmental impact on larval survival and fish recruitment has been by observational field ecology and correlation techniques. However, more recently, advances in mathematical modelling techniques in which we are involved, are allowing the representation and simulation of both physical and biological oceanographic processes. Progress in understanding how selective forces generally shape recruitment will depend increasingly on these exciting new techniques.
THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF PERIPHERAL BLOOD LEUCOCYTES AND GUT-ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE IN THE CICHLID, OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS
Creators: name: DOGGETT, TERESA ANN
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 1989

description: The peripheral blood of O.mossambicus was examined using light and electron microscopy and was found to contain four forms of leucocytes: lymphocytes, thrombocytes, monocytes and three types of granulocytes. The monocyte and two types of granulocyte were found to be phagocytic and ingest colloidal carbon and bacteria. The alimentary tract was found to contain a number of leucocytes, some showing a morphological similarity to those in the peripheral blood, while others were unique to the gut tissue. These intestinal leucocytes were found mainly as a diffuse cell population in the epithelium and lamina propria, and only occasionally as discrete lymphoid accumulations within the gut tissue. Ontogenic studies showed that a limited number of leucocytes were found in the gut tissue after hatching, however, there was a gradual increase in these numbers once exogenous feeding began. The intestinal enterocytes of both the anterior and posterior intestine were found to take up intubated macromolecules. An electron microscopical investigation revealed that these macromolecules were absorbed by pinocytosis and were found within large intraepithelial macrophages. These macromolecules were also absorbed and transported into the systemic circulation. In juvenile fish macromolecules were detected in the plasma following both oral and anal intubation, however, in adult fish they were detected in the plasma only after anal intubation, and in smaller quantities. Macromolecular absorption in O.mossambicus was compared to that in two other fish species, Cyprinus carpio and Sa1mo gairdneri, and it was found that higher levels of absorbed macromolecules were found in the plasma of O.mossambicus. Bovine serum albumin absorption by the gut of the three species revealed that both the 'intact' macromolecule and smaller antigenic fragments, probably resulting from enzymatic modification, were ansorbed and transported into the plasma.
Additional file 1 of Knowledge levels of doctors and nurses working in surgical clinics about nutrients and food supplements, a multicentre descriptive study
Creators: name: Büyükkasap, Aslı Emine
name: Yazıcı, Gülay
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplementary Material 1.
THE EFFECT OF DIETARY BIOTIN LEVEL ON THE PRODUCTIVITY OF THE FEMALE PIG
Creators: name: SIMMINS, PHILIP HOWARD
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 1985

description: Five experiments were conducted with female pigs to investigate the effects of dietary biotin level on: reproductive performance and hoof integrity over four parities (experiment 1); ovulation rate of the gilt (experiment 2); durability of hoof horn and the phospholipid and neutral lipid profile of perinephric and hoof horn fat (experiments 3 and 4) and milk fat (experiment 5). Experiment 1 showed that changes in reproductive performance and hoof integrity in adult sows occurred when pigs were fed levels of dietary biotin previously considered to have been sufficient to meet the sow's requirements (diet calculated to provide 32µg available biotin/kg). Notably, sows receiving 350µg supplementary biotin/kg returned to oestrus 2.9 ± 1.7 and conceived 6.1 ± 1.4 days sooner than controls (p < 0.05). -The number of lesions/sow increased greatly between 170 days of age and first weaning, at which time the control sows had significantly more lesions/sow (13.45 v 9.79; p < 0.001), but appeared to stabilise in the oldest sows. The production of unsaturated fatty acids in the neutral lipid fraction of the milk increased between early and late lactation in the supplemented but not control sows (p < 0.05) in a sample of sows from control and supplemented treatments respectively (experiment 5). The effects on reproductive performance and the biochemical and physical effects observed in the growing pig indicated that biotin deficiency may produce commercially significant effects prior to the development of symptoms of clinical deficiency. No treatment effects were observed for weight of ovary or number of corpora lutea produced by gilts (experiment 2). Hoof horn durability, measured using a Durometer, was greatest in gilts fed high levels of dietary biotin (experiment 4). The fractionated analyses of the perinephric fat indicated that the relative percentage of C16:0 and C18:0 compared to C16:.1 and C18: 1 increased with greater dietary biotin intake and analyses of hoof horn fat indicated similar trends (experiments 3 and 4).
PLANT MEDIATED EFFECTS OF EARTHWORMS ON APHID DYNAMICS
Creators: name: Kadir, Nawzad
Publisher: name: Plymouth University
Year: 2014
Subjects: Aphids
Brassica
Nitrogen
Protein
Earthworms

description: The individual and combined effects of the endogeic and epigeic groups of earthworms on the growth of Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa), and on the subsequent growth and development of the generalist sap-sucking herbivore Myzus persicae were determined in separate pot experiments. Many previous studies have investigated the relationship between soil biodiversity and aboveground plants, but few researches have considered the indirect interaction between soil biota and above-ground aphids. In this study the individual effects of Aporrectodea rosea and Allolobophora chlorotica and the combined effects of A. rosea and A. chlorotica, Aporrectodea caliginosa and Satchellius mammalis, A. chlorotica and S. mammalis, and A. rosea, A. caliginosa, Lumbricus rubellus and S. mammalis on plant morphology and physiology and aphid development (nymphs day-1, fecundity and number of adults) were investigated. Plant growth was affected by the presence of A. rosea which caused increases in plant biomass, height of plant, leaf surface area and specific leaf area (SLA). Mean number of leaves per plant was unaffected by worm density. In contrast, increasing density of A. chlorotica had no effect on any aspect of plant performance. The combined effect of A. rosea and A. chlorotica resulted in a similar increase in plant biomass to A. rosea alone. While the combined effects of A. caliginosa and Satchellius mammalis, A. chlorotica and S. mammalis and A. rosea, A. caliginosa, L. rubellus and S. mammalis caused increases in all plant parameters except leaf number. Additionally, the individual effect of A. rosea and the combined effects of A. caliginosa and S. mammalis, A. chlorotica & S. mammalis and A. rosea and A. caliginosa, L. rubellus and S. mammalis resulted in increased in leaf nitrogen concentration. Aphid development was also affected by the presence of earthworms. The nymphs day-1, fecundity and numbers of adults were significantly increased with increases in earthworm densities. The interaction between all groups of earthworms and their influence on aphid growth showed that the combined effect of two different groups was greater than the individual groups. Proteomic techniques were used to compare protein patterns in the plants. The combined effects of A. caliginosa and S. mammalis, A. chlorotica and S. mammalis, A. rosea, A. caliginosa, L. rubellus and S. mammalis earthworms on plant resulted in differences in number and kind of protein between plant treated with earthworms and the control, but no significant difference in proteins volume. Effects of earthworms on plant growth and aphid development are shown to be modified by increasing density and interactions between different species and functional groups of earthworms.
Myotis horsfieldii
Creators: name: Thu, Aye Myat
name: Lwin, Ye Htet
name: Quan, Rui-Chang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Vespertilionidae
Myotis
Myotis horsfieldii

description: 259. Myotis horsfieldii (Temminck, 1840)
Common name: Horsfield ’ s Myotis
Myanmar name:
Distribution: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Southern Myanmar (recorded in Bayint Nyi Cave, Kayin State, Indian Single Rock Temple Cave and Kyauk-Ta-Lone, Mon State and Proposed Lenya NP, Tanintharyi Region; Bates et al. 2001; Bates et al. 2005; Grindley 2019).
description: Published as part of Thu, Aye Myat, Lwin, Ye Htet & Quan, Rui-Chang, 2024, Mammals of Myanmar: an annotated checklist, pp. 147-197 in Mammalia (Warsaw, Poland) (Warsaw, Poland) 88 (3) on page 178, DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0098, http://zenodo.org/record/13913939
Myotis montivagus
Creators: name: Thu, Aye Myat
name: Lwin, Ye Htet
name: Quan, Rui-Chang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Vespertilionidae
Myotis
Myotis montivagus

description: 260. Myotis montivagus (Dobson, 1874)
Common name: Burmese Whiskered Myotis
Myanmar name:
Distribution: China, Laos, India, Thailand, Vietnam and Northern Myanmar (recorded in Adung Valley, Kachin State).
description: Published as part of Thu, Aye Myat, Lwin, Ye Htet & Quan, Rui-Chang, 2024, Mammals of Myanmar: an annotated checklist, pp. 147-197 in Mammalia (Warsaw, Poland) (Warsaw, Poland) 88 (3) on page 179, DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0098, http://zenodo.org/record/13913939
Margaritaria nobilis Linnaeus
Creators: name: Jarvis, Charlie
Publisher: name: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Malpighiales
Phyllanthaceae
Margaritaria
Margaritaria nobilis

description: Margaritaria oppositifolia Linnaeus, Plantae Surinamenses: 16. 1775, nom. inval.
"Habitat [in Surinamo.]"
Type not relevant.
 Current name:  Margaritaria nobilis  L. f. (Euphorbiaceae).
 Note: The generic name was not validly published until 1782 so this binomial is invalid.
description: Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), pp. 651-689 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 656, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971
Additional file 1 of Associations of plasma neurofilament light chain with cognition and neuroimaging measures in community-dwelling early old age men
Creators: name: Tang, Rongxiang
name: Buchholz, Erik
name: Dale, Anders M.
name: Rissman, Robert A.
name: Fennema-Notestine, Christine
name: Gillespie, Nathan A.
name: Hagler, Donald J
name: Lyons, Michael J.
name: Neale, Michael C.
name: Panizzon, Matthew S.
name: Puckett, Olivia K.
name: Reynolds, Chandra A.
name: Franz, Carol E.
name: Kremen, William S.
name: Elman, Jeremy A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Mental Health

description: Supplementary Material 1
Ecology and conservation of Mediterranean temporary ponds in the UK
Creators: name: McAbendroth, Louise
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 2004

description: Macroinvertebrate and plant assemblage composition and abiotic habitat characteristics were examined in seventy-six ponds, in the New Forest (Hampshire, UK) and on the Lizard Peninsula (Cornwall, UK), in order to unravel the ecological processes influencing ponds at a range of spatial scales and provide a clear definition of Mediterranean Temporary Pond (MTP) habitat (92/43/EEC) in the UK. In addition, a set of newly created experimental ponds were monitored on the Lizard to examine patterns of colonisation and evaluate the use of habitat creation in temporary pond conservation. The findings are synthesised into a number of management recommendations for ponds in the regions, with a particular focus on MTPs. MTPs equated to ephemeral, winter-flooded ponds occurring in shallow depressions on the Lizard, which had some floristic similarities to other western Atlantic fringe sites. They were dominated by low growing grasses, rushes and rare annual species of the Nanocyperion alliance along with a depauperate macroinvertebrate assemblage comprising Coleoptera (including characteristic rare taxa), Trichoptera and Chironomidae. The strength of physicochemical and spatial pattern in assemblage composition varied between the regions. Lizard macroinvertebrate assemblage similarity was spatially autocorrelated and related to water chemistry and pond area but New Forest macroinvertebrate similarity was not related to any of the measured physicochemical parameters. Plant assemblage composition was only weakly related to wet phase physicochemistry. Pond vegetation structured macroinvertebrate assemblages in different ways at different spatial scales. At large-scales, macrophyte richness and composition affected macroinvertebrate assemblage composition in both regions, whereas, at smaller-scales, macrophyte structural complexity (measured using fractals) influenced body size scaling and overall biomass of macroinvertebrates. Assemblages in both regions were significantly nested, indicating that species-poor sites tended to be subsets of rich sites. Macroinvertebrate nesting, on the Lizard, was not due to passive sampling, and was best explained by pond area, with habitat parameters and isolation being of secondary importance. Nested and idiosyncratic taxa differed in their spatial response to factors which structured assemblage-level nestedness; idiosyncratic taxa tended to possess broad ecological tolerance and good dispersal capacity, whilst nested species had narrower tolerance or limited powers of dispersal. Experimental pond macroinvertebrate assemblage similarity converged with pond age, despite continued variation in physicochemistry, and the assemblages that developed were not significantly different from small natural ponds in the region. Augmentation of current MTP habitat could therefore be achieved by creating new sites in close proximity to existing water bodies.
Myotis muricola
Creators: name: Thu, Aye Myat
name: Lwin, Ye Htet
name: Quan, Rui-Chang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Vespertilionidae
Myotis
Myotis muricola

description: 261. Myotis muricola (J.E. Gray, 1846)
Common name: Nepalese Whiskered Bat
Myanmar name:
Distribution: Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Southern Myanmar (recorded in Leik Kyi Village, Ross Island and Proposed Lenya NP; Bates et al. 2005; Grindley 2019).
Remarks: It was listed as subspecies of M. mystacinus in “ Wild Mammals of Myanmar ” (Tun Yin 1993).
description: Published as part of Thu, Aye Myat, Lwin, Ye Htet & Quan, Rui-Chang, 2024, Mammals of Myanmar: an annotated checklist, pp. 147-197 in Mammalia (Warsaw, Poland) (Warsaw, Poland) 88 (3) on page 179, DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0098, http://zenodo.org/record/13913939
Relativistische Geschwindigkeiten und Dimensionen
Creators: name: Sprenger, Roland Alfred
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Photonen sind für den Beobachter zweidimensional. Die Minkowski-Fläche eines sehr dünnen mit relativistischer Geschwindigkeit bewegten Stabes vollführt eine Drehung innerhalb der x-t-Ebene und gleichzeitig eine Drehung in eine fünfte Dimension.
Ballota acetabulosa Benth.
Creators: name: Jarvis, Charlie
Publisher: name: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Lamiales
Lamiaceae
Ballota
Ballota acetabulosa

description: Marrubium acetabulosum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 584. 1753.
"Habitat in Creta." RCN: 4262.
 Lectotype (Turland in Jarvis & al. in Taxon 50: 512. 2001): [icon] "Dyctamnus falsus Verticillatus Pericarpio choanoide Cret. " in Barrelier, Pl. Galliam: 26, t. 129. 1714.
 Current name:  Ballota acetabulosa  (L.) Benth. (Lamiaceae).
description: Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), pp. 651-689 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 656, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971
SPATIAL AND SEASONAL VARIATION IN THE PERFORMANCE OF ALGORITHMS FOR DERIVING IN-WATER PROPERTIES FROM OCEAN COLOUR
Creators: name: Westbrook, Anthony Guy
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 2000

description: The on-going calibration and validation of visible satellite imagery remains a core activity of the scientific community in pursuit of high quality data characterising the oceanic chlorophyll field, providing input to models assessing primary productivity and the potential role of the oceans in climatic regulation. This work serves to examine the operational characteristics of semi-analytical algorithms that are designed to derive key optical properties from space born observations of ocean colour. The collection of water samples contemporaneously with precision profiled radiometry conforming to similar spectral bands to those of the NASA Sea Viewing Wide Field of view Sensor (SeaWiFS) was planned and executed, with appropriate field sampling techniques developed in accordance with the SeaWiFS Ocean Optics protocols (Mueller and Austin, 1995). Data were collected during extensive fieldwork sampling at a near coastal survey site and during two deep Atlantic research programmes. Historical and recently developed algorithms designed to retrieve the diffuse attenuation coefficient at 490nm and chlorophyll-a pigment concentrations from upwelling radiances were applied to the optical data, to compare the mathematically retrieved in-water properties with the values measured in-situ. The radiometric data were then used to generate general and local algorithm modifications to assess possible differences in the mathematically retrieved values. Statistical analyses of the errors in mathematical retrieval of in-water properties identified stmctured variability resulting from the empirical approach to algorithm generation, supporting the point of view that locally constrained algorithms provide a method of achieving significantly improved results. The problems associated with the derivation of semi-analytical algorithms are then discussed and errors analysed. The new algorithms generated here are found to compare well with their source data and with work by other investigators. Systematic variability was found within the data sets and the affect this has on the determinations is discussed. It is suggested that data users be afforded details of the equations employed in the production of readily available remote sensing products, placing them in a position where they are better able to assess the data in the context of their work.
FROM RIVERS TO OCEANS: A COMPARISON OF CONTRASTING AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS USING BENTHIC SIZE SPECTRA
Creators: name: ABADA, AHMED EL-SAYED AHMED
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 2000

description: This thesis uses a range of different size spectra to compare contrasting benthic habitats in the aquatic realm. Temporal and spatial variation in benthic size spectra were investigated across a full salinity gradient (i.e. from freshwater, through estuarine to marine) in the River Yealm, south Devon, in order to gauge the influence of large differences in taxonomy and evolutionary history. Abundance and biomass size spectra showed a similar pattern among sites in all seasons but winter, suggesting that the size structure of benthic communities may be similar in sites with very different community compositions. A subsequent study comparing size spectra across salinity by employing artificial substrata suggested that substratum type also had little effect on the size structure of these benthic communities. A technique was developed for obtaining microbial size distributions for benthic communities and showed that microbial size structures were also similar between the marine and freshwater sites within the Yealm system. A final study demonstrated that the shape of size spectra was clearly affected by metal contamination. Size spectra across a salinity gradient -(i.e. from freshwater to lower estuary) in the highly contaminated Fal system were very different to those in the uncontaminated Yealm, due mostly to the low macrofaunal abundance in the former. This thesis is the first to assess patterns in benthic size spectra across a full salinity range in the same system. It is hoped that it will provide a base line for further studies in this exciting research area in macroecology and that biomass spectra might also prove useful as metrics for biomonitoring.