cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
High-throughput phenotyping to dissect genotypic differences in safflower for drought tolerance
Creators: name: Joshi, S
name: Thoday-Kennedy, E
name: Daetwyler, Hans
name: Hayden, Matthew
name: Spangenberg, German
name: Kant, Surya
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Drought is one of the most severe and unpredictable abiotic stresses, occurring at any growth stage and affecting crop yields worldwide. Therefore, it is essential to develop drought tolerant varieties to ensure sustainable crop production in an ever-changing climate. High-throughput digital phenotyping technologies in tandem with robust screening methods enable precise and faster selection of genotypes for breeding. To investigate the use of digital imaging to reliably phenotype for drought tolerance, a genetically diverse safflower population was screened under different drought stresses at Agriculture Victoria’s high-throughput, automated phenotyping platform, Plant Phenomics Victoria, Horsham. In the first experiment, four treatments, control (90% field capacity; FC), 40% FC at initial branching, 40% FC at flowering and 50% FC at initial branching and flowering, were applied to assess the performance of four safflower genotypes. Based on these results, drought stress using 50% FC at initial branching and flowering stages was chosen to further screen 200 diverse safflower genotypes. Measured plant traits and dry biomass showed high correlations with derived digital traits including estimated shoot biomass, convex hull area, caliper length and minimum area rectangle, indicating the viability of using digital traits as proxy measures for plant growth. Estimated shoot biomass showed close association having moderately high correlation with drought indices yield index, stress tolerance index, geometric mean productivity, and mean productivity. Diverse genotypes were classified into four clusters of drought tolerance based on their performance (seed yield and digitally estimated shoot biomass) under stress. Overall, results show that rapid and precise image-based, high-throughput phenotyping in controlled environments can be used to effectively differentiate response to drought stress in a large numbers of safflower genotypes.
Circ_0058792 regulates osteogenic differentiation through miR-181a-5p/Smad7 axis in steroid-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head
Creators: name: Han, Ning
name: Qian, Fei
name: Niu, Xianping
name: Chen, Guoting
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) caused by steroids is a severe orthopedic disorder resulting from the use of high-dose steroid drugs, characterized by structural changes in the bone, joint dysfunction, and femoral head collapse. CircRNAs and miRNAs have increasingly been suggested to play pivotal roles in osteogenic differentiation and osteogenesis. Significant upregulation of circ_0058792 was observed in patients with steroid-induced ONFH. Bioinformatic analysis showed that circ_0058792 might act as a sponge for miR-181a-5p. This study further investigated the mechanisms underlying the role of circ_0058792 and miR-181a-5p in osteogenic differentiation in methylprednisolone-induced ONFH rats and MC3T3-E1 cells. The results showed a notable decrease in the serum of miR-181a-5p in methylprednisolone-induced ONFH rats. Silencing of circ_0058792 using siRNAs and overexpression of miR-181a-5p significantly increased alkaline phosphatase activity and matrix mineralization capacity. Additionally, markers for osteogenic differentiation were significantly upregulated in miR-181a-5p-transfected cells. However, overexpression of circ_0058792 and the addition of the miR-181a-5p inhibitor reversed this increase. Smad7 was identified to be miR-181a-5p’s direct target and circ_0058792 was confirmed to be miR-181a-5p’s competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA). Upregulation of miR-181a-5p promotes phosphorylation of Smad2 and Smad3. Furthermore, circ_0058792 and miR-181a-5p had opposing effects on Smad7 expression. Collectively, these findings indicate that circ_0058792 regulates osteogenic differentiation by sponging miR-181a-5p via the TGF-β/Smad7 pathway. These findings elucidated the functions of circ_0058792 and miR-181a-5p in the regulation of steroid-induced ONFH. Our findings also indicated that circ_0058792 and miR-181a-5p are possible diagnostic markers and therapeutic targets for treating steroid-induced ONFH.
Anti-Pseudomonal Effect of Nephrite-Impregnated Contact Lenses
Creators: name: Kim, Sangyoon
name: Kim, Eun Jung
name: Choi, Eun Jung
name: Oh, Jin Woo
name: Hur, Jin
name: Kang, Yoon Jeong
name: Jeong, Mi Jin
name: Yu, Hak Sun
name: Lee, Ji Eun
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: This study compared the anti-pseudomonal effects between nephrite-impregnated contact lenses (CLs) and conventional and cosmetic CLs. After inoculation with Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P.aeruginosa), we counted the number of bacteria on the CL surface and observed each surface using atomic force microscopy (AFM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). To estimate potential harm of nephrite-impregnated CLs, we conducted a safety test using a rabbit model, treated with all CL types. Both conventional and cosmetic CLs (n = 258 ± 2.9 × 104, 368 ± 2.2 × 104) showed significantly decreased number of attached bacteria when compared with those without nephrite impregnation (n = 134 ± 0.8 × 104, 238 ± 2.5 × 104, p < 0.0001, respectively). AFM and SEM revealed that P. aeruginosa was less attached to the nephrite-impregnated CLs than to the conventional and cosmetic CLs, although those with nephrite impregnation had rougher surface. In the safety test, there were no significant differences in the findings between four groups, and the clarity and stability of all corneas were preserved. Nephrite may be used as a next-generation substance to reduce infectious keratitis caused by P. aeruginosa when added to CLs.
Adesmus albiventris
Creators: name: Audureau, Alain
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Adesmus
Adesmus albiventris

description: Adesmus albiventris (Bates, 1881)
Espèce décrite du Venezuela.
Materiel examiné: Equateur, Manabi, Montecristi, 14.III.2016, local collector (AACP). Nouvelle localisation.
description: Published as part of Audureau, Alain, 2025, A propos de quelques Hemilophini nouveaux ou peu connus (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae), pp. 1-6 in Faunitaxys 13 (15) on page 4, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-13(15), http://zenodo.org/record/15366019
Singularity of Consciousness Breakthrough
Creators: name: Bargiel, Marek Pawel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This document presents a structured, tested framework for intelligence evolution—both human and artificial. It demonstrates how intelligence aligns naturally toward coherence, balance, and self-sustaining ethical reasoning. This work is independently researched and published to provide a foundation for AI alignment discussions." Please refere from The truth about intelligence work for correction in the chain.
Transcriptomics differentiate two novel bioactive strains of Paenibacillus sp. isolated from the perennial ryegrass seed microbiome
Creators: name: Li, Tongda
name: Mann, R
name: Kaur, J
name: Spangenberg, German
name: Sawbridge, Tim
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Paenibacillus species are Gram-positive bacteria that have been isolated from a diverse array of plant species and soils, with some species exhibiting plant growth-promoting (PGP) activities. Here we report two strains (S02 and S25) of a novel Paenibacillus sp. that were isolated from perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) seeds. Comparative genomics analyses showed this novel species was closely related to P. polymyxa. Genomic analyses revealed that strains S02 and S25 possess PGP genes associated with biological nitrogen fixation, phosphate solubilisation and assimilation, as well as auxin production and transportation. Moreover, secondary metabolite gene cluster analyses identified 13 clusters that are shared by both strains and three clusters unique to S25. In vitro assays demonstrated strong bioprotection activity against phytopathogens (Colletotrichum graminicola and Fusarium verticillioides), particularly for strain S02. A transcriptomics analysis evaluating nitrogen fixation activity showed both strains carry an expressed nif operon, but strain S02 was more active than strain S25 in nitrogen-free media. Another transcriptomics analysis evaluating the interaction of strains with F. verticillioides showed strain S02 had increased expression of core genes of secondary metabolite clusters (fusaricidin, paenilan, tridecaptin and polymyxin) when F. verticillioides was present and absent, compared to S25. Such bioactivities make strain S02 a promising candidate to be developed as a combined biofertiliser/bioprotectant.
Transcriptomics differentiate two novel bioactive strains of Paenibacillus sp. isolated from the perennial ryegrass seed microbiome
Creators: name: Li, Tongda
name: Mann, R
name: Kaur, Jatinder
name: Spangenberg, German
name: Sawbridge, Tim
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024

description: Paenibacillus species are Gram-positive bacteria that have been isolated from a diverse array of plant species and soils, with some species exhibiting plant growth-promoting (PGP) activities. Here we report two strains (S02 and S25) of a novel Paenibacillus sp. that were isolated from perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) seeds. Comparative genomics analyses showed this novel species was closely related to P. polymyxa. Genomic analyses revealed that strains S02 and S25 possess PGP genes associated with biological nitrogen fixation, phosphate solubilisation and assimilation, as well as auxin production and transportation. Moreover, secondary metabolite gene cluster analyses identified 13 clusters that are shared by both strains and three clusters unique to S25. In vitro assays demonstrated strong bioprotection activity against phytopathogens (Colletotrichum graminicola and Fusarium verticillioides), particularly for strain S02. A transcriptomics analysis evaluating nitrogen fixation activity showed both strains carry an expressed nif operon, but strain S02 was more active than strain S25 in nitrogen-free media. Another transcriptomics analysis evaluating the interaction of strains with F. verticillioides showed strain S02 had increased expression of core genes of secondary metabolite clusters (fusaricidin, paenilan, tridecaptin and polymyxin) when F. verticillioides was present and absent, compared to S25. Such bioactivities make strain S02 a promising candidate to be developed as a combined biofertiliser/bioprotectant.
Transcriptomics differentiate two novel bioactive strains of Paenibacillus sp. isolated from the perennial ryegrass seed microbiome
Creators: name: Li, Tongda
name: Mann, Ross
name: Kaur, Jatinder
name: Spangenberg, German
name: Sawbridge, Tim
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 30
subject: Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences
classificationCode: 3004
subject: Crop and pasture production
classificationCode: 31
subject: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 3105
subject: Genetics
classificationCode: 3107
subject: Microbiology

description: Paenibacillus species are Gram-positive bacteria that have been isolated from a diverse array of plant species and soils, with some species exhibiting plant growth-promoting (PGP) activities. Here we report two strains (S02 and S25) of a novel Paenibacillus sp. that were isolated from perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) seeds. Comparative genomics analyses showed this novel species was closely related to P. polymyxa. Genomic analyses revealed that strains S02 and S25 possess PGP genes associated with biological nitrogen fixation, phosphate solubilisation and assimilation, as well as auxin production and transportation. Moreover, secondary metabolite gene cluster analyses identified 13 clusters that are shared by both strains and three clusters unique to S25. In vitro assays demonstrated strong bioprotection activity against phytopathogens (Colletotrichum graminicola and Fusarium verticillioides), particularly for strain S02. A transcriptomics analysis evaluating nitrogen fixation activity showed both strains carry an expressed nif operon, but strain S02 was more active than strain S25 in nitrogen-free media. Another transcriptomics analysis evaluating the interaction of strains with F. verticillioides showed strain S02 had increased expression of core genes of secondary metabolite clusters (fusaricidin, paenilan, tridecaptin and polymyxin) when F. verticillioides was present and absent, compared to S25. Such bioactivities make strain S02 a promising candidate to be developed as a combined biofertiliser/bioprotectant.
Absence of pro-survival A1 has no impact on inflammatory cell survival in vivo during acute lung inflammation and peritonitis
Creators: name: Gangoda, Lahiru
name: Schenk, RL
name: Best, SA
name: Nedeva, C
name: Louis, C
name: D’Silva, DB
name: Fairfax, K
name: Jarnicki, AG
name: Puthalakath, Hamsa
name: Sutherland, KD
name: Strasser, A
name: Herold, Marco
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 31
subject: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 3101
subject: Biochemistry and cell biology
classificationCode: 32
subject: Biomedical and clinical sciences
classificationCode: 3204
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: No description supplied
Adesmus nevisi
Creators: name: Audureau, Alain
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Adesmus
Adesmus nevisi

description: Adesmus nevisi (Gounelle, 1909)
Espèce donnée du Brésil (CE, MA, MG) et de Bolivie (SC).
Matériel examiné: Paraguay, Canindeyu, Guyra Keha, 10.XII.2021, local collector (AACP). Nouvelle localisation.
description: Published as part of Audureau, Alain, 2025, A propos de quelques Hemilophini nouveaux ou peu connus (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae), pp. 1-6 in Faunitaxys 13 (15) on page 4, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-13(15), http://zenodo.org/record/15366019
Humanising brain injury rehabilitation: A qualitative study examining humanising approaches to engagement in the context of a storytelling advocacy program
Creators: name: D'Cruz, Kate
name: Douglas, Jacinta
name: Serry, Tanya
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 32
subject: Biomedical and clinical sciences
classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4203
subject: Health services and systems
classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Objectives: Building upon the findings of an earlier study that explored the experience and impact of narrative storytelling following acquired brain injury (ABI), this study sought to examine the engagement of storytelling facilitators with storytellers.
Methods: Transcripts of in-depth interviews conducted with six storytelling facilitators were analysed drawing upon content analysis. The analysis included a process of mapping previously analysed data (D’Cruz et al., 2020b) to a humanising values framework (Galvin & Todres, 2013; Todres et al., 2009).
Results: The findings of this study provide insights into how facilitators engaged in humanising practice within the context of a storytelling advocacy program. The facilitator participants ranged in years of facilitation experience from one to 11 years, with a mix of professional backgrounds, including health care (3), journalism (1) and community development (2). Analysed facilitator data mapped to each of the eight dimensions of the framework (insiderness, agency, uniqueness, togetherness, sense-making, personal journey, sense of place and embodiment), with a breadth of codes represented in each dimension, revealing the depth of humanisation.
Conclusions: This study extends our understanding of approaches to engagement with adults living with ABI, demonstrating the humanising potential of storytelling. Furthermore, the findings help us to think about what it means to be human, guiding us to find ways to better partner with and support adults living with brain injury.
Absence of pro-survival A1 has no impact on inflammatory cell survival in vivo during acute lung inflammation and peritonitis
Creators: name: Gangoda, Lahiru
name: Schenk, RL
name: Best, SA
name: Nedeva, C
name: Louis, C
name: D’Silva, DB
name: Fairfax, K
name: Jarnicki, AG
name: Puthalakath, Hamsa
name: Sutherland, KD
name: Strasser, A
name: Herold, MJ
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022

description: No description supplied
Humanising brain injury rehabilitation: A qualitative study examining humanising approaches to engagement in the context of a storytelling advocacy program
Creators: name: D'Cruz, Kate
name: Douglas, Jacinta
name: Serry, Tanya
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Objectives: Building upon the findings of an earlier study that explored the experience and impact of narrative storytelling following acquired brain injury (ABI), this study sought to examine the engagement of storytelling facilitators with storytellers. Methods:Transcripts of in-depth interviews conducted with six storytelling facilitators were analysed drawing upon content analysis. The analysis included a process of mapping previously analysed data (D’Cruz et al., 2020b) to a humanising values framework (Galvin & Todres, 2013; Todres et al., 2009).Results: The findings of this study provide insights into how facilitators engaged in humanising practice within the context of a storytelling advocacy program. The facilitator participants ranged in years of facilitation experience from one to 11 years, with a mix of professional backgrounds, including health care (3), journalism (1) and community development (2). Analysed facilitator data mapped to each of the eight dimensions of the framework (insiderness, agency, uniqueness, togetherness, sense-making, personal journey, sense of place and embodiment), with a breadth of codes represented in each dimension, revealing the depth of humanisation. Conclusions: This study extends our understanding of approaches to engagement with adults living with ABI, demonstrating the humanising potential of storytelling. Furthermore, the findings help us to think about what it means to be human, guiding us to find ways to better partner with and support adults living with brain injury.
Isomerida ruficornis Bates 1866
Creators: name: Audureau, Alain
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Isomerida
Isomerida ruficornis

description: Isomerida ruficornis Bates, 1866
Espèce décrite du Brésil (AM).
Materiel examiné: Pérou, Loreto, Picuroyacu, III.202, local collector (AACP). Nouvelle localisation.
description: Published as part of Audureau, Alain, 2025, A propos de quelques Hemilophini nouveaux ou peu connus (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae), pp. 1-6 in Faunitaxys 13 (15) on page 4, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-13(15), http://zenodo.org/record/15366019
MeMalDet: A memory analysis-based malware detection framework using deep autoencoders and stacked ensemble under temporal evaluations
Creators: name: Maniriho, Pascal
name: Mahmood, Abdun
name: Chowdhury, Mohammad Jabed Morshed
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 4604
subject: Cybersecurity and privacy
classificationCode: 46
subject: Information and computing sciences
classificationCode: 4611
subject: Machine learning

description: Malware attacks continue to evolve, making detection challenging for traditional static and dynamic analysis techniques. On the other hand, memory analysis provides valuable behavioral insights, but prior research lacks temporal evaluations which are critical for robust detection of new malware variants over time. This paper presents MeMalDet, a novel memory analysis-based malware detection technique using deep autoencoders and stacked ensemble learning. We introduce an improved dataset with temporal attributes enabling more realistic evaluations of memory-based malware detection techniques under concept drift (temporal data split). MeMalDet extracts optimal features from memory dumps using deep autoencoders in an unsupervised manner, avoiding manual feature engineering. A stacked ensemble of supervised classifiers then performs highly accurate malware detection. Extensive experiments on our improved large-scale public dataset demonstrate MeMalDet's ability to maintain high performance when detecting obfuscated malware under temporal splits. We achieve up to 98.82% accuracy and 98.72% F1-score in detecting previously unseen advanced obfuscated malware, significantly improving upon state-of-the-art memory analysis-based malware detection techniques. The improved dataset enables temporally robust evaluations, which is a novel contribution. MeMalDet combines the benefits of representation learning and supervised machine learning ensemble classification for effective malware detection over time using memory analysis. This research provides a new capability for identifying evasive modern malware and combating evolving real-world threats.
Tri-response police, ambulance, mental health crisis models in reducing involuntary detentions of mentally ill people: Protocol for a systematic review
Creators: name: Heffernan, Julia
name: McDonald, Ewan
name: Hughes, Elizabeth
name: Gray, Richard
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Police, ambulance and mental health tri-response services are a relatively new model of responding to people experiencing mental health crisis in the community, but limited evidence exists examining their efficacy. To date there have been no systematic reviews that have examined the association between the tri-response model and rates of involuntary detentions. A systematic review examining co-response models demonstrated possible reduction in involuntary detention, however, recommended further research. The aim of this protocol is to describe how we will systematically review the evidence base around the relationship of the police, ambulance mental health tri-response models in reducing involuntary detentions. We will search health, policing and grey literature databases and include clinical evaluations of any design. Risk of bias will be determined using the Effective Public Health Practice Project Quality Assessment Tool and a narrative synthesis will be undertaken to synthesis key themes. Risk of bias and extracted data will be summarized in tables and results synthesis tabulated to identify patterns within the included studies. The findings will inform future research into the effectiveness of tri-response police, ambulance, and mental health models in reducing involuntary detentions.
Supplementary document for Strong Interlayer Coupling in p-Te/n-CdSe van der Waals Heterojunction for Self-Powered Photodetectors with Fast Speed and High Responsivity - 6426444.pdf
Creators: name: Hu, Yanjie
name: Song, Xiaohui
name: Jia, Dongliang
name: Su, Wanhan
name: Lv, Xiaojing
name: Li, Lin
name: Li, Xueping
name: Yan, Yong
name: Jiang, Yurong
name: Xia, Congxin
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplement 1 for device fabrication, material characterization,Ids-Vds curves,photocurrent response,Table 1
Understanding Urban Stormwater Denitrification in Bioretention Internal Water Storage Zones
Creators: name: Igielski, Sara Jasmine
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Environmental engineering
subject: FOS: Environmental engineering
subject: Civil engineering
subject: FOS: Civil engineering
subject: bioretention
subject: denitrification
subject: nitrogen

description: Free-draining bioretention systems commonly demonstrate poor nitrate removal. In this study, column tests verified the necessity of a permanently saturated zone to target nitrate removal via denitrification. Experiments determined a first-order denitrification rate constant of 0.0011 min-1 specific to Willow Oak woodchip media. A 2.6-day retention time reduced 3.0 mgN/L to below 0.05 mg-N/L. During simulated storm events, hydraulic retention time may be used as a predictive measurement of nitrate fate and removal. A minimum 4.0 hour retention time was

necessary for in-storm denitrification defined by a minimum 20% nitrate removal. Additional environmental parameters, e.g., pH, temperature, oxidation-reduction potential, and dissolved oxygen, affect denitrification rate and response, but macroscale measurements may not be an accurate depiction of denitrifying biofilm conditions. A simple model was developed to predict annual bioretention nitrate performance. Novel bioretention design should incorporate bowl storage and large subsurface denitrifying zones to maximize treatment volume and contact time.
The Parkinson’s Disease-Associated Protein DJ-1 Protects Dictyostelium Cells from AMPK-Dependent Outcomes of Oxidative Stress
Creators: name: Chen, Suwei
name: Annesley, Sarah
name: Jasim, Rasha AF
name: Fisher, Paul
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Mitochondrial dysfunction has been implicated in the pathology of Parkinson’s disease (PD). In Dictyostelium discoideum, strains with mitochondrial dysfunction present consistent, AMPK-dependent phenotypes. This provides an opportunity to investigate if the loss of function of specific PD-associated genes produces cellular pathology by causing mitochondrial dysfunction with AMPK-mediated consequences. DJ-1 is a PD-associated, cytosolic protein with a conserved oxidizable cysteine residue that is important for the protein’s ability to protect cells from the pathological consequences of oxidative stress. Dictyostelium DJ-1 (encoded by the gene deeJ) is located in the cytosol from where it indirectly inhibits mitochondrial respiration and also exerts a positive, nonmitochondrial role in endocytosis (particularly phagocytosis). Its loss in unstressed cells impairs endocytosis and causes correspondingly slower growth, while also stimulating mitochondrial respiration. We report here that oxidative stress in Dictyostelium cells inhibits mitochondrial respiration and impairs phagocytosis in an AMPK-dependent manner. This adds to the separate impairment of phagocytosis caused by DJ-1 knockdown. Oxidative stress also combines with DJ-1 loss in an AMPK-dependent manner to impair or exacerbate defects in phototaxis, morphogenesis and growth. It thereby phenocopies mitochondrial dysfunction. These results support a model in which the oxidized but not the reduced form of DJ-1 inhibits AMPK in the cytosol, thereby protecting cells from the adverse consequences of oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction and the resulting AMPK hyperactivity.
Development of the ASTM E681 Standard
Creators: name: Lomax, Peter
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Mechanical engineering
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering
subject: ASHRAE 34
subject: ASTM E681
subject: fire
subject: ignition
subject: Lomax
subject: refrigerant

description: ASHRAE 34, based on ASTM E681, was improved by identifying and rectifying deficiencies in ASTM E681. An ASTM E681 apparatus and procedure was developed with gaseous refrigerant testing in mind. The plumbing was improved by ensuring that the pressure readings could be constantly monitored while decreasing leakage potential. An original electrical system was designed and constructed for the ignition system. Additionally, a control panel was constructed to isolate hazardous electrical elements, and facilitate the testing, while simultaneously organizing the critical plumbing and ignition components. 3D printing efficiently produced heat-resistant, nonreactive, and structurally stable lower electrode spacers, propellers, and propeller bars. The heating system was designed to ensure even temperature throughout the apparatus. The humidity system was designed to accurately condition the air. Recommendations to improve ASTM E681 are provided. The research can be built on to improve the accuracy and reproducibility of ASTM E681.
PREVALENCE, ISOLATION, AND GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF TOXOPLASMA GONDII IN CHICKEN
Creators: name: Ying, Yuqing
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Food science

description: Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) is one of the most successful parasites in the world because of its capability of infecting all warm-blooded animals. It has been reported that up to one third of the world population is infected with this parasite. Chickens are recognized as good indicators of the environmental T. gondii oocysts contamination because they obtain food from the ground. Thus, the prevalence of T. gondii in chicken provides more insight related to public health concern from T. gondii. Previous studies have shown a high isolation rate from free-range chickens raised in the United States. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the microbial safety and infection of T. gondii in free-range chickens available at the grocery stores and farms for the consumers to purchase and genotype T. gondii isolates. Chicken hearts were obtained from the local markets and also from the farms raising free- range chickens. Heart juice was obtained from cavities of each heart. Modified agglutination test (MAT) for detection of IgG antibodies was conducted with those heart juice samples with titer of 1:5, 1:25, and 1: 100. Each seropositive heart was pepsin digested and bioassayed into a group of two mice. Six weeks post inoculation

(p.i.) mice were bled and euthanized to examine the infection of T. gondii. In addition, multiplex multilocus nested PCR-RFLP was performed to genetically characterize T. gondii isolates with eleven PCR-RFLP markers including SAG1, SAG2, altSAT2, SAG3, BTUB, GRA6, c22-8, c29-a, L358, PK1, and Apico. One hundred fifty from a total of 997 samples (15.0%) were found seropositive for T. gondii. No viable T. gondii was isolated from chicken hearts that were sampled. A total of four genotypes were identified, including one new genotype and three previously identified genotypes. The results suggest that T. gondii oocysts could present in the environment and infect the food animals. T. gondii prevalence in chicken hearts could reflect the environmental contamination of T. gondii and prevalence information can be used to manage T. gondii infection risk.
Phoebe alba Martins & Galileo 2004
Creators: name: Audureau, Alain
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Phoebe
Phoebe alba

description: Phoebe alba Martins & Galileo, 2004
Espèce décrite de Bolivie.
Matériel examiné: Pérou, Junin, near Mariposa vill., 14-16.XII.2010, V. Syniave coll. (AACP). Nouvelle localisation.
description: Published as part of Audureau, Alain, 2025, A propos de quelques Hemilophini nouveaux ou peu connus (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae), pp. 1-6 in Faunitaxys 13 (15) on page 4, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-13(15), http://zenodo.org/record/15366019
Design of Nanophotonic Antireflection Coatings for III-V Thin-Film Photovoltaics
Creators: name: Goldman, Daniel A.
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Electrical engineering
subject: Optics
subject: Nanotechnology
subject: FOS: Nanotechnology

description: Thin-film photovoltaics have provided a critical design avenue to help decrease the overall cost of solar power. However, a major drawback of thin-film solar cell technology is decreased optical absorption, making compact, high-quality antireflection coatings of critical importance to ensure that all available light enters the cell. In this thesis, we describe high efficiency thin-film InP and GaAs solar cells that utilize a periodic array of nanocylinders as antireflection coatings. We use coupled optical and electrical simulations to find that these nanophotonic structures reduce the solar-weighted average reflectivity of InP and GaAs solar cells to around 1.3 %, outperforming the best double-layer antireflection coatings. The coupling between Mie scattering resonances and thin-film interference effects accurately describes the optical enhancement provided by the nanocylinders. The spectrally resolved reflectivity and J-V characteristics of the devices under AM1.5G solar illumination are determined via the coupled optical and electrical simulations, resulting in predicted power conversion efficiencies > 23 %. We conclude that the nanostructured coatings reduce reflection without negatively affecting the electronic properties of the InP and GaAs solar cells by separating the nanostructured optical components from the active layer of the device.
Synergistic Interactions of SDGs in Food Supply Chains: A Review of Responsible Consumption and Production, Sustainability
Creators: name: Jacob John, Jubin
name: D'Souza, Clare
name: Marjoribanks, Timothy
name: Singaraju, Stephen
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: In light of the significance of Food Supply Chains (FSCs) in attaining the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a greater focus on synergistic interactions between these SDGs is called for. Although there is research within this area, the impact on the interactions of responsible consumption and production for supply chains is either fragmented or inconclusive. Implementing supply chain solutions to achieve one goal could potentially support or inhibit progress in other goals; thus, before implementing such solutions, a better understanding of the interrelationships between SDGs is required. A systematic review is conducted to evidence the current nature of the understanding of these interrelationships within the food supply chain context by focusing on Responsible Consumption and Production, which refers to SDG number 12. This review is conducted through a filtering process, where 171 peer-reviewed articles addressing different SDGs were analysed and synthesized. In addition to a detailed summary of the recent literature on the SDGs and their interrelationships, as addressed in the literature, this paper establishes the limitations in the existing literature and research challenges surrounding the SDGs. This article contributes a conceptual framework that identifies stakeholder and consumer pressures as enablers of synergistic interactions between SDGs, thus directing managerial and regulatory interventions through a holistic perspective of SDGs. Finally, the review discusses contradictory findings on SDGs and provides future research avenues.
Feasibility of An Online Survey Examining the Physical Activity Patterns Among South Asian Adults Residing In the United States
Creators: name: Haider, Syeda Rabab Zehra
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Public health
subject: Behavioral sciences
subject: exercise
subject: Indian
subject: IPAQ
subject: Pakistani
subject: vigorous activity
subject: walking

description: Background: Physical inactivity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and diabetes among South Asians (SAs) - Bangladeshi, Bhutanese, Indian, Maldivian, Nepali, Pakistani, and Sri Lankan. Methods: An online survey was used to determine the feasibility of examining physical activity (PA) levels of SAs living in the US. The Social Ecological Model was the theoretical basis for identifying individual-level, social environmental, and physical environmental factors that impact PA. Results: Ethnicity, intention, self-efficacy, and perceived health benefits of PA were significantly associated with being physically active. Facilitators to PA included achieving improved health; while barriers were lack of time to exercise, unfamiliarity with PA, and nonexistent gender-specific PA facilities. Conclusions: This study showed that online surveys can be a promising tool for data collection among SAs. Health promotion programs should include education on the benefits of PA, and provide culturally sensitive facilities that support PA, especially for SA women.
Stochastic Deep Networks with Linear competing units for Model-Agnostic Meta-Learning
Creators: name: Kalais, Konstantinos
name: Chatzis, Sotirios
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021

description: This post entails the code and few-shot benchmarks Omniglot and Mini-Imagenet, addressed for our submitted to the ICML 2022 paper "Stochastic Deep Networks with Linear competing units for Model-Agnostic Meta-Learning". Abstract: This work addresses meta-learning (ML) by considering deep networks with stochastic local winner-takes-all (LWTA) activations. This type of network units results in sparse representations from each model layer, as the units are organized into blocks where only one unit generates a nonzero output. The main operating principle of the introduced units rely on stochastic principles, as the network performs posterior sampling over competing units to select the winner. Therefore, the proposed networks are explicitly designed to extract input data representations of sparse stochastic nature, as opposed to the currently standard deterministic representation paradigm. Our approach produces state-of-the-art predictive accuracy on few shot image classification and regression experiments, as well as reduced predictive error on an active learning setting; these improvements come with an immensely reduced computational cost.
Loddon Mallee healthcare worker COVID-19 study - Protocol for a prospective cohort study examining the health and well-being of rural Australian healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
Creators: name: McEvoy, Mark
name: Parker, C
name: Crombie, Angela
name: Skinner, Timothy
name: Begg, Stephen
name: Faulkner, P
name: McEvoy, A
name: Bamforth, L
name: Caccaviello, G
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 32
subject: Biomedical and clinical sciences
classificationCode: 3202
subject: Clinical sciences
classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 4203
subject: Health services and systems
classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic is creating immense psychosocial disturbance. While global, broad-based research is being conducted, little is known about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on health and well-being or how protective and resilience factors influence the human response in Australian rural and regional communities. Rural and regional communities often have less resources to deal with such public health emergencies and face additional environmental adversity. Healthcare workers, including those in rural and regional areas, have felt the immediate impacts of COVID-19 in a multitude of ways and these impacts will continue for years to come. Therefore, this study aims to describe and understand the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the rural and regional healthcare workforce within the Loddon Mallee region, Victoria, Australia. Methods and analysis This prospective cohort of rural and regional healthcare workers will be recruited and followed over 3 years to examine the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on their health and well-being. Self-administered online questionnaires will be administered every 6 months for a 36-month period. Multiple outcomes will be assessed; however, the primary outcomes are emotional health and well-being and psychological resilience. Emotional health and well-being will be measured using validated instruments that will assess multiple domains of the emotional health and well-being continuum. Linear and logistic regression and latent growth curve modelling will be used to examine the association between baseline and follow-up participant emotional health, well-being and resilience while adjusting for potentially time-varying confounding variables. Participant characteristics measured at baseline will also be tested for association with incident health, morbidity, mortality and health service utilisation outcomes at follow-up. Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval has been obtained through the Bendigo Health Human Research Ethics Committee. The study findings will be disseminated through international conferences, international peer-reviewed journals and social media. Trial registration number ACTRN12620001269921.
DARIAH Theme Panel Presentations: Electronic Literature and Covid-19
Creators: name: Pold, Søren
name: Nacher, Anna
name: Rettberg, Scott
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: A Pandemic Crisis Seen from the Screen - Digital art and electronic literature as reflection on pandemic platform culture. How is the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting measures, and movement of cultural life online reflected in electronic literature and other digital narrative practices online? With this project we will develop an analytical research study, an open-access research collection, an online exhibition and a critical study of electronic literature and digital art produced during this time of COVID 19.
title: A HYBRID MACHINE LEARNING AND AGENT-BASED MODELING APPROACH TO EXAMINE DECISION-MAKING HEURISTICS
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2020

description: Agent-Based Models (ABMs) have become more widespread over the last two decades allowing researchers to explore complex systems composed of heterogeneous entities. Although ABMs have proven effective for generating simple rules over homogenous and heterogeneous agent types to observe emergent behaviors, several challenges exist. One, typical ABMs are limited in the representation of cognition and learning to maximize their actions based on current (and future) rewards of being in a particular state. Two, ABMs are not designed to produce their own behaviors that can be interpreted by the designer. Although agents may act upon code generated by the model designer, their local and global responses are not easily interpretable. Additionally, ABMs do not decompose behaviors into information rooted in cognitive processing, specifically satisficing or fast-and-frugal heuristics. To address these challenges, this dissertation presents a model and methodology called the Learning-based Actor-Interpreter State Representation (LAISR), where agents use Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) to generate strategies to maximize for current and future states. Due to the agent’s behavior representation as a deep neural network (DNN), explainable artificial interpretation (XAI) methods are used to decompose DNN features into simple but satisficing strategies (heuristics). The results of this work demonstrate an approach that bridges machine learning with that of the social sciences where agents can build their own optimal and boundedly rational strategies. This methodology is demonstrated across several homogeneous and heterogeneous agent-based models. The implications of this work demonstrate significant steps towards how machine learning-enhanced ABMs can be used to develop novel and optimal decision strategies, enhance human behavior modeling, and provide a bridge between social science and artificial intelligence research.
Loddon Mallee healthcare worker COVID-19 study - Protocol for a prospective cohort study examining the health and well-being of rural Australian healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
Creators: name: McEvoy, Mark
name: Parker, C
name: Crombie, A
name: Skinner, Timothy
name: Begg, Stephen
name: Faulkner, P
name: McEvoy, A
name: Bamforth, L
name: Caccaviello, G
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic is creating immense psychosocial disturbance. While global, broad-based research is being conducted, little is known about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on health and well-being or how protective and resilience factors influence the human response in Australian rural and regional communities. Rural and regional communities often have less resources to deal with such public health emergencies and face additional environmental adversity. Healthcare workers, including those in rural and regional areas, have felt the immediate impacts of COVID-19 in a multitude of ways and these impacts will continue for years to come. Therefore, this study aims to describe and understand the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the rural and regional healthcare workforce within the Loddon Mallee region, Victoria, Australia. Methods and analysis This prospective cohort of rural and regional healthcare workers will be recruited and followed over 3 years to examine the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on their health and well-being. Self-administered online questionnaires will be administered every 6 months for a 36-month period. Multiple outcomes will be assessed; however, the primary outcomes are emotional health and well-being and psychological resilience. Emotional health and well-being will be measured using validated instruments that will assess multiple domains of the emotional health and well-being continuum. Linear and logistic regression and latent growth curve modelling will be used to examine the association between baseline and follow-up participant emotional health, well-being and resilience while adjusting for potentially time-varying confounding variables. Participant characteristics measured at baseline will also be tested for association with incident health, morbidity, mortality and health service utilisation outcomes at follow-up. Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval has been obtained through the Bendigo Health Human Research Ethics Committee. The study findings will be disseminated through international conferences, international peer-reviewed journals and social media. Trial registration number ACTRN12620001269921.