cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Hydroamnios associated with fetal defects in buffaloes
Creators: name: Srinivas, Manda
name: Veeraiah, G.
name: Lakshmi Rani, N.
Publisher: name: International Buffalo Information Centre, Office of The University Library, Kasetsart University, Bangkok (Thailand)
Year: 2013
Subjects: Buffaloes,Bubalus bubalis,Hydroamnios,Renal dysgenesis,Cyclopia,Gestational accidents,Fetal defects,India

description: 1, 32, Buffalo Bulletin
Anti-depressant effect of curcumin-loaded guanidine-chitosan thermo-sensitive hydrogel by nasal delivery
Creators: name: Qi, Xue-Jie
name: Liu, Xiang-Yun
name: Tang, Lei-Meng-Yuan
name: Li, Pan-Feng
name: Qiu, Feng
name: Yang, Ai-Hong
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biophysics
Biochemistry
Space Science
Medicine
Pharmacology
Biotechnology
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Curcumin, a polyphenol compound extracted from the roots of turmeric plants, possesses anti-depressant effect by regulating the levels of neuroendocrine immunological factors. The purpose of this study was to investigate the anti-depressant effect of curcumin through nasal delivery. The results of phase solubility, Fourier transform infrared spectra, Differential scanning calorimetry, X-ray powder diffractometry and 1H NMR spectra assays showed that curcumin/hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin complex had been obtained. The viscosity of hydrogel increased rapidly at the temperature range of 29–30 °C through the test of rheological property of Guanidine-Chitosan thermo-sensitive hydrogel. And the hydrogel had good mucoadhesion properties. The cumulative release rate of curcumin was 55% in 10 h in vitro drug release test. Curcumin-loaded (14.6, 29.2, or 58.4 μg/kg) thermo-sensitive hydrogel could reduce the immobility time of mice in force swimming test and tail suspension test, while could not increase the independent behavioral activity of mice. In addition, curcumin-loaded (14.6, 29.2, or 58.4 μg/kg) thermo-sensitive hydrogel could increase the concentration of Norepinephrine, Dopamine, 5-Hydroxytryptamine and their metabolites in hippocampus and striatum. In conclusion, thermo-sensitive hydrogel delivery system can be seen as a promising formulation of curcumin for the treatment of depression through nasal delivery.
title: The Nice Treaty and the Irish Referendum: What Values are at Stake?
Creators: name: Murphy, Eithne
Publisher: name: National University of Ireland, Galway
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Economics

description: The purpose of this paper is primarily to highlight the issue of values in the European Union (EU) in terms of its practices as opposed to official rhetoric. The debate surrounding the Treaty of Nice, the context in which the Irish referendum took place and the political reaction to its rejection by the Irish electorate, all raise challenging questions about the conduct of meaningful democracy within the EU.
Scaling limit for a class of gradient fields with nonconvex potentials
Creators: name: Biskup, Marek
name: Spohn, Herbert
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider gradient fields $(ϕ_x:x\in \mathbb{Z}^d)$ whose law takes the Gibbs--Boltzmann form $Z^{-1}\exp\{-\sum_{< x,y>}V(ϕ_y-ϕ_x)\}$, where the sum runs over nearest neighbors. We assume that the potential $V$ admits the representation \[V(η):=-\log\int\varrho({d}κ)\exp\biggl[-{1/2}κ\et a^2\biggr],\] where $\varrho$ is a positive measure with compact support in $(0,\infty)$. Hence, the potential $V$ is symmetric, but nonconvex in general. While for strictly convex $V$'s, the translation-invariant, ergodic gradient Gibbs measures are completely characterized by their tilt, a nonconvex potential as above may lead to several ergodic gradient Gibbs measures with zero tilt. Still, every ergodic, zero-tilt gradient Gibbs measure for the potential $V$ above scales to a Gaussian free field.
description: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/10-AOP548 the Annals of Probability (http://www.imstat.org/aop/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)
Additional file 1 of A novel LUMNAqSoP approach for prioritising groundwater monitoring stations for implementation of the Nitrates Directive
Creators: name: Ondrasek, G.
name: H. Bakić Begić
name: D. Romić
name: Ž. Brkić
name: S. Husnjak
name: M. Bubalo Kovačić
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. Agricultural land use in (a) conventional and (b) organic farming management in Croatia in 2017. Table S1. Crop structure in conventional and organic farming management in Croatia in 2017. Figure S2. Map of the agricultural land use intensity classes (LUM; in %) in conventional farming management at the municipality level in Croatia in 2017. Table S2. Net mineral (N-min) and organic (N-org) nitrogen fertilisation rates for dominant crop categories at the county level in Croatia in 2017. Figure S3. Map of the net mineral N fertilisation rate classes (N-min; in kg N/ha) on arable agricultural land (excluding areas under organic farming) at the municipality level in Croatia in 2017. Figure S4. Map of the net organic N fertilisation rate classes (N-org; in kg N/ha) on arable agricultural land (excluding areas under organic farming) at the municipality level in Croatia in 2017. Figure S5. Summarised map of aquifer vulnerability classes (Aq) to nitrate pollution in agricultural land areas at the municipality level in Croatia in 2017. Figure S6. Generalised map of soil potential to pollutant transport classes (SoP) (Adapted from Bogunović et al. [47]; Vidaček et al. [48]). Figure S7. Priority classification map of 151 new candidate stations for the Nitrates Directive groundwater quality monitoring program in Croatia based on totally scored agro-environmental loads at the municipality level in the − 10% Land Use and Management (LUM) change scenario. Figure S8. Priority classification map of 151 new candidate stations for the Nitrates Directive groundwater quality monitoring program in Croatia based on totally scored agro-environmental loads at the municipality level in the + 10% Land Use and Management (LUM) change scenario. Table S3. Summary statistics of nitrate concentration from the national groundwater quality monitoring network for the 2014–2017 period. Table S4. Summary statistics of nitrate concentration from the national surface water quality monitoring network for the 2014–2017 period.
The role of thermal evaporation in galaxy formation
Creators: name: Nipoti, Carlo
name: Binney, James
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In colour-magnitude diagrams most galaxies fall in either the ``blue cloud'' or the ``red sequence'', with the red sequence extending to significantly brighter magnitudes than the blue cloud. The bright-end of the red sequence comprises elliptical galaxies (Es) with boxy isophotes and luminosity profiles with shallow central cores, while fainter Es have disky isophotes and power-law inner surface-brightness (SB) profiles. An analysis of published data reveals that the centres of galaxies with power-law central SB profiles have younger stellar populations than the centres of cored galaxies. We argue that thermal evaporation of cold gas by virial-temperature gas plays an important role in determining these phenomena. In less massive galaxies, thermal evaporation is not very efficient, so significant amounts of cold gas can reach the galaxy centre and fill a central core with newly formed stars, consistent with the young stellar ages of the cusps of Es with power-law SB profiles. In more massive galaxies, cold gas is evaporated within a dynamical time, so star formation is inhibited, and a core in the stellar density profile produced by dissipationless dynamics cannot be refilled. The different observed properties of AGN in higher-mass and lower-mass ellipticals are also explained because in the former the central black holes invariably accrete hot gas, while in the latter they typically accrete cold gas. An important consequence of our results is that at the present time there cannot be blue, star-forming galaxies in the most massive galactic halos, consistent with the observed truncation of the blue cloud at L*. [abridged]
description: MNRAS, accepted. Added discussion and references, conclusions unchanged. 14 pages, 6 figures (2 color)
THE MASS REARING OF TOXORHYNCHITES BREVIPALPIS ON THE LARVAE OF THE AUTOGENOUS MOSQUITO, AEDES ATROPALPIS
Creators: name: Clark, James Gregory
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 1982

description: Toxorhynchites brevipalpis has been successfully mass reared using the larvae of Aedes atropalpis as a food source in place of Aedes aegypti larvae. Because T. brevipalpis larvae are predacious on the Aedes aegypti larvae which often share their habitats in nature, T. brevipalpis can be potential agents for the biological control of these vectors. Previously, to rear enough T. brevipalpis for a biological control program required the rearing of millions of possible vector A. aegypti as a food source. This constituted a hazardous situation. However, A. atropalpis mosquitoes are not known to be vectors of disease. Using A. atropalpis larvae to feed T. brevipalpis larvae would provide a safe alternative to rearing millions of potential vector A. aegypti. The results of this experiment suggest that T. brevipalpis can be successfully reared to maturity on A. atropalpis larvae and that they are biologically equivalent to T. brevipalpis reared on A. aegypti larvae.
Additional file 1 of Scaling up pediatric nurse specialist education in Ghana – a longitudinal, mixed methods evaluation
Creators: name: Salehi, Roxana
name: Asamoah, Augustine
name: Young, Stephanie De
name: Acquah, Hannah
name: Agarwal, Nikhil
name: Sawdah Esaka Aryee
name: Stevens, Bonnie
name: Zlotkin, Stanley
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1.
Condensations of methyl propiolate with olefins and acetylenes mediated by group 6 dinitrosyl cations
Creators: name: Vessey, Edward G.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: The [Cp'M(NO)₂]BF₄ (M = Cr, Mo or W; Cp' = Cp or Cp*; except CpW) cations effect the condensation of methylpropiolate and 2-methyl-2-butene within their coordination spheres. The isolated product ratios of the reaction vary with the formation of the six-membered ring [Cp'M(NO)₂-C=C(H)C(Me)(H)C(Me)₂OC(=OCH₃)]BF₄ complexes being favoured over the five-membered ring [Cp'M(NO)₂- C=C(H)C(Me)(C(H)(Me)₂)OC(=OCH₃)]BF₄ complexes. Furthermore, the isolated product ratios vary from metal to metal with the percentage of six-membered ring product increasing from Cr < Mo < W. The connectivity extant in the molecular structures of the cationic complexes was determined by single crystal X-ray crystallographic analysis of a representative example of this class, [Cp*Cr(NO)₂-C=C(H)C(Me)(H)C(Me)₂OC(=OCH₃)]BF₄. These cationic lactone complexes may be demethylated by reacting their THF solutions with Nal to afford the neutral lactone complexes, Cp'M(NO)₂-C=C(H)C(Me)(H)C(Me)₂OC(=O) and Cp'M(NO)₂-C=C(H)C(Me)(C(H)(Me)₂)OC(=O). 2-Methyl-2-pentene and methyl propiolate are condensed in the presence of [Cp*Mo(NO)₂]BF₄ to generate the six-membered ring complex as the only isolable product. The condensation of methylpropiolate and diphenylacetylene or 1-phenyl-1-propyne by [Cp*Mo(NO)₂]BF₄ results in an unprecedented formation of the cationic α-pyrone complexes [Cp*Mo(NO)₂-C=C(H)C(R)=C(Ph)OC(=OCH₃)]BF₄ (R = CH₃ or Ph). These complexes may be demethylated to produce the neutral a-pyrone complexes, Cp*Mo(NO)₂-C==C(H)C(R)==C(Ph)OC(=0) (R = CH₃ or Ph). Only one regioisomer is formed with the regiochemistry of the 1-phenyl-1-propyne complex being confirmed by a single crystal X-ray crystallographic analysis of the neutral complex, Cp*Mo(NO)₂-C=C(H)C(CH₃)=C(Ph)OC(=O).
Enhancing reindeer husbandry in boreal Sweden - O melhoramento da criação de renas no Norte da Suécia
Creators: name: BERG, Staffan
name: LIND, Torgny
name: VALINGER, Erik
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: livestock
pasture
silvopastoral systems
agroforestry management
GPS collars
pecuária
pastagem
sistemas silvopastoris
gestão agroflorestal
coleiras GPS

description: Tradução de leaflet do Projeto AGFORWARD - A utilização de um sistema de rastreio por GPS levou à alteração da tipologia do trabalho no processo de criação de renas, pois a manada pode ser monitorizada e seguida remotamente por computador. Isso melhora o conhecimento quanto às rotas migratórias e ao uso das áreas de pastagem, dado que os movimentos dos animais são registados pelos aparelhos de deteção.  Com a ajuda do sistema de rastreio por GPS pode reduzir-se a quilometragem percorrida em veículos, e os ataques de predadores à manada podem ser detetados na sua fase inicial. Estes ataques são uma grande preocupação para os pastores Sami devido às perdas económicas que causam.
Hybrid framework for rapid evaluation of wind environment around buildings through parametric design, CFD simulation, image processing and machine learning
Creators: name: He, Yi
name: Liu, Xiao-Hui
name: Zhang, Hong-Liang
name: Zheng, Wei
name: Zhao, Fu-Yun
name: Schnabel, Marc Aurel
name: Mei, Yi
Publisher: name: Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
Year: 2021

description: No description supplied
Anti-depressant effect of curcumin-loaded Guanidine-Chitosan thermo-sensitive hydrogel by nasal delivery
Creators: name: Qi, Xue-Jie
name: Liu, Xiang-Yun
name: Tang, Lei-Meng-Yuan
name: Li, Pan-Feng
name: Qiu, Feng
name: Yang, Ai-Hong
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biophysics
Biochemistry
Space Science
Medicine
Pharmacology
Biotechnology
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Curcumin, a polyphenol compound extracted from the roots of turmeric plants, possesses anti-depressant effect by regulating the levels of neuroendocrine immunological factors. The purpose of this study was to investigate the anti-depressant effect of curcumin through nasal delivery. The results of phase solubility, Fourier transform infrared spectra, Differential scanning calorimetry, X-ray powder diffractometry and 1H NMR spectra assays showed that curcumin/hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin complex had been obtained. The viscosity of hydrogel increased rapidly at the temperature range of 29-30 °C through the test of rheological property of Guanidine-Chitosan thermo-sensitive hydrogel. And the hydrogel had good mucoadhesion properties. The cumulative release rate of curcumin was 55% in 10 hours in vitro drug release test. Curcumin-loaded (14.6, 29.2 or 58.4 μg/kg) thermo-sensitive hydrogel could reduce the immobility time of mice in force swimming test and tail suspension test, while could not increase the independent behavioral activity of mice. In addition, curcumin-loaded (14.6, 29.2 or 58.4 μg/kg) thermo-sensitive hydrogel could increase the concentration of Norepinephrine, Dopamine, 5-Hydroxytryptamine and their metabolites in hippocampus and striatum. In conclusion, thermo-sensitive hydrogel delivery system can be seen as a promising formulation of curcumin for the treatment of depression through nasal delivery.
Communication through plasma sheaths
Creators: name: Korotkevich, A. O.
name: Newell, A. C.
name: Zakharov, V. E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: Space Physics (physics.space-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We wish to transmit messages to and from a hypersonic vehicle around which a plasma sheath has formed. For long distance transmission, the signal carrying these messages must be necessarily low frequency, typically 2 GHz, to which the plasma sheath is opaque. The idea is to use the plasma properties to make the plasma sheath appear transparent.
description: 30 pages, 18 figures
Atypical cyclopia in a buffalo calf
Creators: name: Singh, H.
name: Gupta, G.
name: Jan, M.H.
name: Nabi, S.U.
name: Singh, J.
name: Dey, S.
Publisher: name: International Buffalo Information Centre, Office of The University Library, Kasetsart University, Bangkok (Thailand)
Year: 2013
Subjects: Buffalo calves,Bubalus bubalis,Cyclopia,Dystocia,India

description: 1, 32, Buffalo Bulletin
Additional file 2 of Scaling up pediatric nurse specialist education in Ghana – a longitudinal, mixed methods evaluation
Creators: name: Salehi, Roxana
name: Asamoah, Augustine
name: Young, Stephanie De
name: Acquah, Hannah
name: Agarwal, Nikhil
name: Sawdah Esaka Aryee
name: Stevens, Bonnie
name: Zlotkin, Stanley
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 2.
Antimicrobial resistance levels of veterinary Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Buenos Aires, Argentina: A 7 year retrospective study
Creators: name: Nuske, Ezequiel
name: Mas, Javier
name: Argüello, Andrea
name: Gutkind, Gabriel
name: Rumi, Maria Valeria
name: Conza, Jose Di
Publisher: name: F1000 Research Limited
Year: 2019

description: Bacterial resistance to antimicrobial agents is a growing public health concern. Even if the One Health concept invites us to consider companion animals as reservoirs of resistant strains there is scarce information regarding resistance levels prevalent in household pets. In this work, we analyzed the susceptibility pattern of clinical E. coli (ECO) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PAE) isolates collected from felines or canines between Sep 2010 and Apr 2018 in Buenos Aires (Argentina).

Inclusion criteria were all (n=9688) ECO or PAE recovered from different samples in this period (urine, ear, vaginal, respiratory, skin and others). Susceptibility was evaluated by agar diffusion according to CLSI: ENR (enrofloxacin), NOR (norfloxacin), GEN (gentamicin), AMK (amikacin), AMC (amoxicillin-clavulanate), SAM (ampicillin-sulbactam), CEF (cefalotin), CTX (cefotaxime), NIT (nitrofurantoin) and TMS (trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole), IMI (Imipenem) for ECO and IMI, AMK, PMB (Polymyxin B), CAZ (Ceftazidime), TZP (Piperacillin-Tazobactam), GEN, ENR, NOR for PAE. Records were analyzed with R Language for Statistical Computing.

The recovered isolates were mostly from canine hosts (n=8404). Independently from host, ECO (n=5714) were generally associated with urine infections (62%, p < 2e-16, OR:  14.86), while PAE (n=3974) were predominantly related to ear infections (57%, p < 2e-16, OR:  12.36).

In addition to determine mean non-susceptibility (NS: Resistant and Intermediate) levels, we were able to establish temporal trends. Average NS levels of ECO were CEF: 55%, AMC: 39%, NOR and ENR: 38%, SAM: 37%, TMS: 35%, CTX: 19%, IMI: 0%, GEN: 16%, NIT: 8% and AMK: 1%.

ECO showed a significant increase in NS to CEF: 2.05%, CTX: 1.52%, NOR: 1.72%, ENR: 0.81% per year. Inversely, significant decreases were found in GEN: -0.96% and TMS: -0.87% per year. No significant variation was detected in AMK, AMC, SAM and IMI (p<0.01).

PAE displayed the following mean NS: GEN: 20%, ENR: 18%, NOR: 16%, TZP: 7%, CAZ: 6%, PMB: 8%, AMK: 6% and IMI: 2%. A significant decrease in NS to ENR: -0.95%, GEN: -5.74%, AMK: -0.72% and PMB: -2.09% per year (p <0.01). CAZ showed a non-significant decrease, while IMI and NOR levels remained stable.

The rapid increase in resistance levels to Cephalosporins and Fluoroquinolones in ECO are in concordance with the most frequently prescribed antibiotics in veterinary practice. Interestingly, PAE showed an overall low resistance with decreasing trends in this period.
Covers of Multiplicative Groups of Algebraically Closed Fields of Arbitrary Characteristic
Creators: name: Bays, Martin
name: Zilber, Boris
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Logic (math.LO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 12F10 (Primary), 03C60, 12L12 (Secondary)

description: We show that algebraic analogues of universal group covers, surjective group homomorphisms from a $\mathbb{Q}$-vector space to $F^{\times}$ with "standard kernel", are determined up to isomorphism of the algebraic structure by the characteristic and transcendence degree of $F$ and, in positive characteristic, the restriction of the cover to finite fields. This extends the main result of "Covers of the Multiplicative Group of an Algebraically Closed Field of Characteristic Zero" (B. Zilber, JLMS 2007), and our proof fills a hole in the proof given there.
description: Version accepted by the Bull. London Math. Soc
Agathodesmus johnsi Mesibov 2009, sp. n.
Creators: name: Mesibov, Robert
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Diplopoda
Polydesmida
Haplodesmidae
Agathodesmus
Agathodesmus johnsi

description: Agathodesmus johnsi Mesibov, sp. n. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: EB06E565-B956-4AA5-A896-0C17DE2A6B90 Figs 5C, 7B Holotype. Male. Mt Aggie, Brindabella Ranges, ACT, Australia, 35°27’S 148°46’E, 5000’, 24 August 1966, P.M. Johns, snow sclerophyll, AM KS107965. Paratypes. 12 males, 12 females, details as for holotype, AM KS94156 (two males dissected). Diagnosis. Head + 19 rings; gonopod telopodite with distal portion directed laterally near origin and with broad lateral branch without notches, apically tapering and curving basally rather than anterobasally. Description. Colour uniformly light yellow-brown after long preservation. Males and females as for A. steeli in all details so far noted, including apparent absence of spiracles (Fig. 5C), but male gonopod telopodite (Fig. 7B) with more short setae on posterior surface of basal portion, terminal tab narrower and less bent posteriorly, and distal portion directed laterally near base rather than posterolaterally, with narrow medial branch curving to lie against broad lateral branch, the latter undivided, curving basally and tapering to bluntly rounded tip. Distribution and habitat. The only known locality is the summit of Mt Aggie at ca. 1500 m, where according to the collector, “The site was in scrubby high altitude Eucalyptus, a few bits of snow were around and the ground was quite damp” (P.M. Johns, in litt.). Etymology. Adjective, genitive singular, for the collector Peter M. Johns.
description: Published as part of Mesibov, Robert, 2009, Revision of Agathodesmus Silvestri, 1910 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Haplodesmidae), pp. 87-110 in ZooKeys 12 (12) on page 98, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.12.206, http://zenodo.org/record/576462
LEAVE THE GUN, TAKE THE CANNOLI: THE AMERICAN DREAM AND THE GODFATHER TRILOGY
Creators: name: Chumbris, Aaron Michael
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2008

description: While most Americans are familiar with the concept of the American Dream, it is rather difficult to define in certain terms. Geela, author of "The American Dream," sees it as a social attitude "based on perspiration, innovation, risk and reward with the focus on a wholesome values system, integrity, family, community and a strong work ethic."¹ Historian James Truslow Adams, often credited with coining the phrase "American Dream," believed it to be a social order in which each person is able to reach the highest potential "of which they are innately capable, and be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position."² Whichever definition one chooses, the Godfather films embody this dream through the lifelong struggle of Vito Corleone to rise above his lowly birth in a pseudo-feudal society to become a man of wealth and power through his own cunning and mind for business. Yet American society has often set barriers to deter immigrants from seeking to improve their lot in life, and Vito's pursuit of the American Dream—as well as his son Michael's subsequent pursuit of the same—becomes instead a perversion of its ideals: wholesome values are replaced with a bloody honor code, the traditional family structure is supplanted by a hierarchy of Mafia dons, lieutenants, and street soldiers, and the community is ruled alternately through goodwill and fear. It is this perversion of the American Dream that forms the basis of this paper, beginning with Vito's early experiences in America and how discrimination and societal influences molded him and his underworld offspring. The second section examines the Mafia's influence on society ¹ Geela, "The Politics of the American Dream," Women's Radio News, http://www.womensradio.com/contentitemplates/?a=31&z=,(accessed 10 June 2007, 1). ² James Truslow Adams, The Epic of America. (Boston: Little Brown & Company, 1931), 214. and its role as an alternative version of the American Dream to those whom society had shunned and abused. The final section explores the reality of modern Italian-American life and how it is represented—or misrepresented—in the films. As a whole, this paper will argue that while society made it impossible for Vito or Michael to achieve conventional success, the criminal enterprise they created in its place bore the unmistakable influence of the American Dream, degraded as it was.
Additional file 2 of Diaphragm echodensity in mechanically ventilated patients: a description of technique and outcomes
Creators: name: Coiffard, Benjamin
name: Riegler, Stephen
name: Sklar, Michael C.
name: Dres, Martin
name: Stefannie Vorona
name: Reid, W. Darlene
name: Brochard, Laurent J.
name: Ferguson, Niall D.
name: Goligher, Ewan C.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 2 Bland-Altman plot of repeated measurements of diaphragm echodensity. The analyses were performed with the median grayscale value of the histogram (i.e grayscale intensity at 50th percentile of the total pixels = ED50). The blue line indicates bias, the dashed lines indicate both limits of agreement. The x-axis shows the mean of two values. The y-axis shows the difference between means of these values. The blue lines represent the bias, the dashed lines indicate both limits of agreement. A: Between-analyzer reproducibility of echogenicity (measurement on one image, two analyzers): bias = -1.5, limits (-8.6; 5.7); n=30 images. B: Between-image reproducibility of echogenicity (measurement on two separate images collected on the same patient on the same day, single analyzer): bias = -2.8, limits (-15.8; 10.2); n=30 images. C: Reproducibility of echodensity at end-expiration and end-inspiration (2 measurements on the same respiratory cycle, single analyzer): bias = -1.3, limits (-9.8; 7.2); n=15 images.
Bovine neonatal tetanus: A case report
Creators: name: Upadhyay, S.R.
name: Kafil Hussain
name: Singh, Rajiv
Publisher: name: International Buffalo Information Centre, Office of The University Library, Kasetsart University, Bangkok (Thailand)
Year: 2013
Subjects: Buffaloes calves,Bubalus bubalis,Neonatal,Tetanus,India

description: 1, 32, Buffalo Bulletin
Studies of Drell-Yan dimuon events in the CMS experiment
Creators: name: Lanyov, Alexander
name: Shmatov, Sergei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The potential of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment to measure Drell-Yan muon pairs is discussed. Muon pairs can be measured in CMS with high precision up to very high invariant masses. The systematic errors are considered. The potential to carry out precise measurements of the forward-backward asymmetry is discussed.
description: Presented on behalf of the CMS Collaboration at Hadron Collider Physics Symposium, 20-26 May 2007 La Biodola, Isola d'Elba, Italy
Comparative studies of the effect of BSA vs FCS as a supplement in TCM-199 on the in vitro maturation rate of buffalo oocytes collected from slaughterhouse ovaries
Creators: name: Deneke, Yosef
name: Yadav, Prem Singh
name: Rajib Deb
name: Trilok Nanda
Publisher: name: International Buffalo Information Centre, Office of The University Library, Kasetsart University, Bangkok (Thailand)
Year: 2013
Subjects: Buffaloes,Bubalus bubalis,Oocytes,In vitro maturation,BSA,FCS,TCM-199,Slaughterhouse ovaries,India

description: 1, 32, Buffalo Bulletin
Alignment of Staphylococcus epidermidis ST2 and ST215 isolates.
Creators: name: Kellgren, Therese
name: Dwibedi, Chinmay
name: Rydén, Patrik
name: Monsen, Tor
name: Widerström, Micael
name: Johansson, Anders
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Staphylococcus Epidermidis, alignment

description: Eleven Staphylococcus epidermidis ST2 strains and eleven Staphylococcus epidermidis ST215 strains were multiple aligned separately using progressiveMauve v12.
Additional file 1 of Diaphragm echodensity in mechanically ventilated patients: a description of technique and outcomes
Creators: name: Coiffard, Benjamin
name: Riegler, Stephen
name: Sklar, Michael C.
name: Dres, Martin
name: Stefannie Vorona
name: Reid, W. Darlene
name: Brochard, Laurent J.
name: Ferguson, Niall D.
name: Goligher, Ewan C.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1 Method of analysis of the diaphragm echodensity. A. Panel of grayscale, from black (grayscale value = 0) to white (grayscale value = 255). B. Example of a diaphragm ultrasound image (Dia: diaphragm). The yellow rectangle delineates the diaphragm area (excluding the pleural and peritoneal membranes). C. Example of a histogram in a control healthy subject representing the proportion of pixels (percentage of the total pixels) at each grayscale intensity of the diaphragm. The two right straight lines represent the grayscale intensity at 50th (ED50, blue line) and 85th (ED85, red line) percentile of the total pixels. The green colored area represents the proportion of pixels (percentage of the total pixels) above the grayscale intensity of 65 (green area) and considered in our study as the upper limit of normal for echodensity. ED: echodensity; HEA: high echodensity area.
Agathodesmus Silvestri 1910
Creators: name: Mesibov, Robert
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Diplopoda
Polydesmida
Haplodesmidae
Agathodesmus

description: Key to described species of Agathodesmus Silvestri, 1 9 1 0 1 Head + 19 rings.......................................................................................... 2 – Head + 20 rings.......................................................................................... 3 2 Gonopod telopodite with broad lateral branch of distal portion apically expanded, notched and curving anterobasally (Avoca area, New South Wales, Australia)..............................................  Agathodesmus steeli Silvestri, 1910 – Gonopod telopodite with broad lateral branch of distal portion tapering to apex, without notches and curving basally (Brindabella Ranges, New South Wales, Australia)...................................................................  A. johnsi sp. n. 3 Body width ca. 2 mm; distal portion of telopodite with toothed fringes; New Caledonia..............................................  A. baccatus (Carl, 1926) comb. n. – Body width <1 mm; distal portion of telopodite without toothed fringes; Queensland, Australia....................  A. bucculentus (Jeekel, 1986) comb. n.
description: Published as part of Mesibov, Robert, 2009, Revision of Agathodesmus Silvestri, 1910 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Haplodesmidae), pp. 87-110 in ZooKeys 12 (12) on page 105, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.12.206, http://zenodo.org/record/576462
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Novel secondary metabolites isolated from selected marine invertebrates
Creators: name: Morris, Sandra Anne
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: A study of the secondary metabolism of two northeastern Pacific sponges and two Sri Lankan nudibranchs has led to the isolation of thirteen new and one previously known natural products. The structures of all of the compounds were determined by a combination of spectroscopic data analysis and chemical interconversions. A study of the chemistry of the northeastern Pacific sponge Hexadella sp. has resulted in the isolation of six new brominated alkaloids. Two of these, hexadellins A (77) and B (78), are derived from dibromotyrosine. The structures of compounds 77 and 78 were determined via their acetylated derivatives 79 and 80. Four compounds possessing novel bis(indole) structures have also been isolated. Topsentin B2 (74) was isolated as a mixture of two slowly interconverting tautomers, 74a and 74b. Methylation of 74 resulted in the production of trimethyltopsentin B2 (75); the structure of 75 was determined spectroscopically. The structures of dragmacidons A (81), B (82), and C (83) were determined by a combination of spectral data interpretation and chemical interconversions. Dragmacidon C (83) was originally incorrectly assigned as 88; the correct structure was determined based upon synthesis of the model compound 94. Compounds 77 and 78 possess antimicrobial activities. Compounds 74 and 81 show considerable cytotoxic and antineoplastic activities. Five new triterpene glycosides have been isolated from the northeastern Pacific sponge Xestospongia vanilla. The structures of isoxestovanin A (125), xestovanin C (127), dehydroxestovanin A (129), epi-dehydroxestovanin A (131), and dehydroxestovanin C (132) were all determined by a combination of spectral data interpretation and chemical interconversions. These compounds all contain the deoxy sugars L-rhamnose and D-fucose. Isoxestovanin A (125) possesses a new carbon skeleton and xestovanin C (127) and dehydroxestovanin C (132) possess linear trisaccharide fragments which have not been previously encountered in triterpene glycosides isolated from X. vanilla. The Sri Lankan nudibranch Chromodoris glenei has yielded the known compound 12-desacetoxyshahamin C (153) and the new metabolite shahamin K (155). Both compounds possess dendrillane diterpene skeletons. The compound chromodorolide B (156) was isolated from specimens of Chromodoris cavae. It is only the second known diterpene natural product possessing the chromodorane skeleton.
Autoradiographic Localization of Opiate Receptors in The Rodent Hippocampus
Creators: name: Chapala, Susan E.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 1986

description: Intrastriatal injections of kainic acid lesioned ipsilateral CA3 and CA4 pyramidal cells in rat hippocampus. Subsequent visualization of radioactively-labeled opiate receptor distributions was achieved by autoradiographic techniques. Analysis of these data revealed the density and subtype of extant opiate receptors, both ipsilateral and contralateral to side of lesion, in CA1-2, CA3, CA4 and the dentate gyrus. Differences in opiate receptor density indicate intercellular locus and the nature of a putative cellular mechanism underying opiate action in the process of learning and memory. Results are discussed in terms of putative cellular mechanisms.
Stable two-channel Kondo fixed point of an SU(3) quantum defect in a metal: renormalization group analysis and conductance spikes
Creators: name: Arnold, Michael
name: Langenbruch, Tobias
name: Kroha, Johann
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a physical realization of the two-channel Kondo (2CK) effect, where a dynamical defect in a metal has a unique ground state and twofold degenerate excited states. In a wide range of parameters the interactions with the electrons renormalize the excited double downward below the bare defect ground state, thus stabilizing the 2CK fixed point. In addition to the Kondo temperature T_K the three-state defect exhibits another low-energy scale, associated with ground-to-excited-state transitions, which can be exponentially smaller than T_K. Using the perturbative nonequilibrium renormalization group we demonstrate explicitly that this can provide the long-sought explanation of the sharp conductance spikes observed by Ralph and Buhrman in ultrasmall metallic point contacts.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures, published version, to appear in PRL
Opto-Mechanics of deformable Fabry-Perot Cavities
Creators: name: Metzger, Constanze
name: Favero, Ivan
name: Ortlieb, Alexander
name: Karrai, Khaled
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigated the opto-mechanical properties of a Fabry-Perot cavity with a mirror mounted on a spring. Such a structure allows the cavity length to change elastically under the effect of light induced forces. This opto-mechanical coupling is exploited to control the amplitude of mechanical fluctuation of the mirror. We present a model developed in the classical limit and discuss data obtained in the particular case for which photo-thermal forces are dominant.
description: 26 pages, 7 figures
A new horizon in the pathobiology, aetiology and novel treatment of mastitis in buffalo
Creators: name: Dhillon, Kundan Singh
name: Jasmer Singh
Publisher: name: International Buffalo Information Centre, Office of The University Library, Kasetsart University, Bangkok (Thailand)
Year: 2013
Subjects: Dairy buffaloes,Bubalus bubalis,Mastitis,Pathobiology,Aetiology,Clinical mastitis,Novel treatment,India

description: 1, 32, Buffalo Bulletin
title: Gendered Political Consumerism: A Case Study of a Fairtrade Community in the United Kingdom
Creators: name: Bartlett, Celia
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2025

description: Ethical consumerism has been positioned as an emerging form of political participation. By combining the enactment of positive social change objectives, with everyday routines and responsibilities, ‘citizen consumers’ are considered to be politically empowered, in a new political space; a space that is equally accessible to women and men. However, there is limited empirical evidence about what motivates ‘citizen consumers’ to participate, or how such participation is perceived. 

Taking a qualitative, practice theoretical approach, this research considers the ways in which 'citizen consumers' are socially embedded, through a gendered lens. It uses a case study of a Fairtrade Community to better understand how women's engagement in ethical consumerism is motivated, and how ethical consumerism is perceived. In doing so, this research problematises the idea that 'citizen consumers' express autonomous agency. 

By locating the meanings individuals attach to ethical consumerism within social structures, this research finds that ethical consumer practices are imbued with gendered power dynamics. This influences unequally gendered perceptions of individual responsibility to engage as 'citizen consumers'. Furthermore, this gendered perception of individual responsibility is not widely seen as empowering by consumers. Rather, it is perceived as an extension of unequally gendered responsibilities at multiple and intersecting levels, from the household to the wider community responsibilities associated with civil society. 

These findings have multiple implications, not least for the ways in which some women perceive their capacity to engage with enacting social change. The valorisation of individual responsibility risks sidestepping recognition of the need to address structural inequities, via collective pathways. This increases the likelihood that the inequitably gendered structures within which the ‘citizen consumer’ is embedded, might be reproduced
Ο προγνωστικός διαγνωστικός ρόλος της CRP στη φυσική εξέλιξη των ανεπίπλεκτων ανευρυσμάτων της θωρακικής αορτής
Creators: name: Αρτεμίου, Παναγιώτης Χρ.
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2012
Subjects: CRP
Ανευρύσματα
Αορτή
Φλεγμονή
Aneurysm
Aorta
Inflammation

description: Σκοπός- Ο ρόλος των CRP και IL-6 ορού στην ανευρυσματική νόσο της θωρακικής αορτής σε ασυμπτωματικούς ασθενείς ως δεικτών πρόγνωσης και εξέλιξης της νόσου δεν ερευνάται επαρκώς μέσα από την παγκόσμια βιβλιογραφία. Μέσα από αυτή την εργασία προσπαθούμε να αξιολογήσουμε μία πιθανή συσχέτιση ανάμεσα στις CRP και IL-6 ορού και το μέγεθος του ανευρύσματος σε αυτή την ομάδα ασθενών. Μέθοδος και Αποτελέσματα- Σε 26 ασυμπτωματικούς ασθενείς με ανεύρυσμα της θωρακικής αορτής, προσδιορίστηκαν οι τιμές των CRP και IL-6 ορού και μετρήθηκε και το μέγεθος του ανευρύσματος. Οι μέσες τιμές (τυπική απόκλιση) των CRP και IL-6 ορού είναι 0,58 (1,07) mg/dl και 7,47 (17.78) pg/ml αντίστοιχα. Από τα αποτελέσματα φαίνεται ότι δεν προκύπτει κανένας συσχετισμός ανάμεσα στις τιμές των CRP και IL-6 ορού και το μέγεθος του ανευρύσματος. Σημαντικό εύρημα είναι ότι σε τιμές του λόγου CRP/IL-6 άνω του 0.8 προκύπτει σαφής και δυνατός γραμμικός συσχετισμός (r=0,78485) ανάμεσα στις τιμές αυτές και το μέγεθος του ανευρύσματος. Επιπλέον προκύπτει σημαντική σχέση ανάμεσα στο κάπνισμα, την ηλικιακή κατηγορία 69-80 έτη και την υπερλιπιδαιμία και το μέγεθος του ανευρύσματος (p= 0.0023, p=0,0607 και p=0,0704 αντίστοιχα). Συμπέρασμα- Σ’ αυτή την εργασία, οι τιμές του λόγου CRP/IL-6 που είναι άνω του 0,8 σχετίζονται με το μέγεθος του ανευρύσματος. Η κλινική σημασία αυτού του ευρήματος είναι νωρίς για να καθοριστεί. Περισσότερες μελέτες χρειάζονται να γίνουν με μεγαλύτερα δείγματα πληθυσμού και με μεγαλύτερο χρόνο παρακολούθησης για να εκτιμηθεί επαρκώς η χρησιμότητα των CRP και IL-6 ορού ως δεικτών πρόγνωσης και εξέλιξης της ανευρυσματικής νόσου.
description: Background- The role of CRP and IL-6 as a marker in the prognosis of asymptomatic TAA patients has not been well established. Therefore we evaluated a possible association between serum CRP and IL-6 and aneurysm dimension in this group of patients. Methods and Results- Serum CRP and IL-6 were determined and aneurismal size was measured in 26 patients with TAA. Mean (SD) CRP and IL-6 were 0,58(1,07)mg/dl and 7,47(17,78)pg/ml respectively. Serum CRP and IL-6 did not correlate with aneurismal dimension. Moreover there was significant correlation between values of the ratio above 0,8 and aneurismal dimension (r=0,78485). Secondly there is also significant association smoking, age group of 69-80 years old and dyslipidemia and aneurysm dimension (p=0,0023, p=0,0607 and p=0,0704 respectively). Conclusions- This report shows that values of the ratio CRP/IL-6 above 0,8 are associated with aneurismal dimensions. The clinical significance of this finding is early to be established. Further studies with larger groups of patients with longer follow-up are needed to evaluate the usefulness of the serum CRP and IL-6 as markers of the disease progression.
Entanglement Cost for Sequences of Arbitrary Quantum States
Creators: name: Bowen, Garry
name: Datta, Nilanjana
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The entanglement cost of arbitrary sequences of bipartite states is shown to be expressible as the minimization of a conditional spectral entropy rate over sequences of separable extensions of the states in the sequence. The expression is shown to reduce to the regularized entanglement of formation when the n-th state in the sequence consists of n copies of a single bipartite state.
description: Published version
Additional file 5 of Diaphragm echodensity in mechanically ventilated patients: a description of technique and outcomes
Creators: name: Coiffard, Benjamin
name: Riegler, Stephen
name: Sklar, Michael C.
name: Dres, Martin
name: Stefannie Vorona
name: Reid, W. Darlene
name: Brochard, Laurent J.
name: Ferguson, Niall D.
name: Goligher, Ewan C.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 5 Evolution of diaphragm echodensity according to the duration of mechanical ventilation. Thin curves represent the evolution of diaphragm echodensity in each individual. Thick curves with error-bars represent mean and standard error of the mean of the diaphragm echodensity according to the groups.
Nitrogen requirements for maintenance of growing Thai native buffalo fed with rice straw as roughage
Creators: name: Paengkoum, P.
name: Tatsapong, P.
name: Pimpa, O.
name: Traiyakun, S.
name: Hare, M.D.
Publisher: name: International Buffalo Information Centre, Office of The University Library, Kasetsart University, Bangkok (Thailand)
Year: 2013
Subjects: Thai native buffaloes,Swamp buffalo,Bubalus bubalis,Rice straw,Protein requirement,Nitrogen requirement,N balance,Roughage,Thailand

description: 1, 32, Buffalo Bulletin
Comparison of Vitellogenin Expression in both sexes of Orconectes obscurus in the Monocacy River
Creators: name: Channing, Stephanie G.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2013

description: Vitellogenin (Vtg) is a lipou,lycoprotein found in the hemolymph of female crustaceans that is identified as the precursor molecule of the major crustacean yolk protein lipovitellin (Vincent et al., 2001). If the Vtg gene is turned on in males, intersexual qualities and reproductive dysfunction begin to appear which can lead to a skewed sex ratio with an increased number of females in the population (Mills et al., 2003). According to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Fifteen Mile Creek Creek in Allegany County of Maryland retains normal sex skew ratios of Orconectes obscurus while the Monocacy River at Buckeystown Community Park of Maryland has an abnormally high female-to-male ratio. The purpose of this study is to determine if Vtg levels among both male and female Orconectes obscurus are elevated at the Monocacy site, where sex ratios have been reported to be skewed, compared to Fifteen Mile Creek, where sex ratios have been reported to be normal. However, analyzed data showed no significant differences among comparisons in Vtg expression.